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      Taxes Upon British Ingenuity, The'din An...

      Vegn from all parties , with the view of neu-SEe any factious political opposition . To S ^ TwIre added the names of men celebrated Ihe scientific world for their abstract re-^ aches , but , with scarcely an exception , not ^ practical working man was to be found n the list . Of course a commission thus ne-^ sanly ignorant to a great degree , of the SS required of them , must be mainly de-Sndent upon their " advisers , " The com-( * fency of the " executive " they called in to their aid , has by no means teen very satisfactorily demonstrated . The whole of their mroeciuea

      proceedings have been smgmany , inconsistfint , and contradictory , as might have been expected from parties-who did not know their own minds . The missionaries they sent into the pro vinces , were , in many cases , far behind those they went to instruct , in all practical details and a knowledge of the various branches of our manufactures , and the consequence was , and is , a not unnatural distrust of the whole affair on the part of those whose co-operati on is absolutel y indispensable to success .

      The grand defect of the scheme , however , appears to ns , that pointed out by Mr . ToWSlBY in the correspondence printed in another part of this week's Star . While society continues in its present form , the inventor has as good a right to be protected in the exclusive enjoyment of the fruits of Ms genius as the landlord of his land , or the capitalist of his money bags . It is well known , that the patent laws in this country constitute an instrument of oppression and of loss to the poorer classes of inventors of the very worst demanded before

      description . The large sums an invention can be effectually protected against piracy , constitute , in the case of working men , a practical denial of that protection . The only way in which they can hope to obtain it , is by soliciting the assistance of some person with money to spare ; and in nineteen cases out of twenty , the money lender either stipulates for'the "lion ' s share" of the profits , or takes advantage of the confidence reposed in him , and robs tho poor inventor of aU proprietary interest in the production of his thought , skill , and labour .

      These facts ought to be kept m mind when we hear such sweeping assertions as to the inferior inventive genius and artistic skill of our own people . It is no wonder that the inventive and artistic faculties should be powerfully stimulated and developed in France , ¦ w hen a clever workman can have a machine or other invention , patented in his own country , by paying about 100 francs , or 47 . 3 s . id . for that protection , while the English workman cannot secure an equal privilege for less than four hundred pounds . Mr . Towsley very forcibly and graphically

      sets forth the pernicious consequences of this inequality , and the response of the Commission to his complaint is not at all calculated to raise that body in public estimation ^ or to render the inventive poor man more in love ¦ with the Exhibition of 1851 . One year ' s protection is certainly too little for a machine , or for a new mode of working , which it may have taken years of thought and labour to discover and to perfect "We have known very many instances in which machines , capable of revolutionising production in their several departments , have never gone farther than the

      humble workshop or attic in which they were elaborated and tested , from the feeling that there was no available or adequate protection fcr their inventors . If the Pbejce Consoki really wished that Great Britain should have iair play in ihe forthcoming trial of industrial prowess , her intelligent , sMlfnl and practised artisans should have had the fullest assurance of bang placed upon a just level with their competitors , and guaranteed against the possibility of others filching from them the beneficial results of many a month or year of hard study and earnest toil .

      If the Chaxcellob of the Exchequer cannot afford to lose the money that would otherwise flow into the Treasury from the sale of Patents , the Promoters of the Exhibition ought to provide the means for defraying the cost of efficient protectioti to every invention of a valuable and a practical nature . They have , at least , the power to do that in all cases where the poverty of the original discoverer may prevent him from doing it for himself ; and unless that is done the contest will be no fair criterion of the actual skill and technical acquirements of our own working classes .

      But even if this temporary expedient was adopted in order to render the Hyde Park Exhibition a fairer and more trust-worthy illusr tration of British art , skill , and workman-like excellence than it will otherwise be , it would not do away with the necessity for an entire and thorough revision of the laws affecting patents . The very worst species of taxation , and of legislation , is that which places obstacles in the way of productive progress , and arbitrarily limits the power of man to minister to the wants , the conveniencies , and the luxuries of society . A tax upon inventive ingenuity is

      worse than one npon raw material . It is the true interest of society to educe the greatest possible amount of zeal and ability for its service and well-being ; and though machinery may , by its present misapplication , produce much evil and suffering , that imperfect and irrational state of things cannot always continue . The time must come , in the very nature of things , when the productive powers and facilities of mankind will so far exceed their natural and rational wants , that contests for the mere necessaries of existence will be as

      little thought of as competition for the air is at present . In connexion with equitable distributive machinery , the offspring of modern science will send a stream of plenty through all the ramifications of human society , leaving no nook or comer unvisited , and that desirable consummation will be hastened in proportion as the wealth-creating powers of mankind are multiplied and enlarged . They who are engaged in this noble and fruitful task have certainly a right to demand that society shall protect them while prosecuting their labours .

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      THE LAST " MARE'S aSEST" OF " OUR CORRESPONDENT . " We do not wonder at the Times deceiving Hatsau as to the state of public feeling , when we see how regularly it is hoodwinked by its Foreign Correspondents . A set of rascals more independent of the truth , and of readier inventive genius , it -would be impossible to find anywhere . The lady who manufactured those captivating stories known as the " Arabian Xight Tales , " in order to save her head ,

      had a more livel y , graceful , and fascinating imagination ; but for the rapidity , the variety , and the number of these concoctions , we are inclined to think " Our own Correspondents " are not far behind that celebrated story teller . The most surprising thing is , the effrontery , the matchless coolness , and perfect command of countenance with which , when one lie is found out , blown to the winds , and contradicted on every point by facts , they hatch anotherand t anotherseldo

      , ye , m or ever condescending to the trouble of noticing the explosion of their last ; so that the falsehood serves the purpose for which it was coined and sent into circulation for the moment , that is all that is wanted . Men with any remnant of a conscience would blush at being so frequently pilloried in print—but as Mawwokm liked to be abused—they seem to like exhibiting themselves in the face of Europe as most consummate alarmists and constructors

      of mares nests , concoctors of fabulous " facts , " and despicable on hangers and toadies of whatever ass may wear gold lace and epaulettes in office for the time being . The Paris Correspondent is an exaggerated * ype of ihe whole of this anti-veracious

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      corps . It ' would be an instructive labour if some one , who could command the requisite time , would collate his glaring contradictions , and evidently concocted falsehoods , for the last year or two . Doubtless , the task would excite as much indignation as amazement during its progress ; but it would have tjxe effect of placing the unprincipled wretch , and his equally unprincipled instigators , in sv ch a light that neither of them would mnger be able , even for a day , to mislead public opinion .

      Some time since this hireling ' scribe , who iai evidentl y in the pay of the'Eh ^ ee , and does his best to deserve the quid pre , quo , whatever it maybe , gave a circumst & 'htial account of a Congress of Democrats' rxad Revolutionists that was to take place in £ he Channel Islands on a particular day . T' ue French exiles were to be present from England , from Switzerland , and Belgium - , Italy , Germany , and Hungary were to contribute their quota to the gathering , and a number of leading English Chartists were also to form part of the Assembly , —upon which , we were gravely informed , the " Powers of Europe" had their eye . All was known to them . "Who was

      to bo President , —what they intended to do , and almost what they meant to say when they met in the revolutionary conclave . Nothing was wanting to the story but truth . It was pure fabrication . The day passed , and we heard no more of the alarming and portentous assemblage which haunted the dreams of Louis Napoleon , and troubled the repose of M . Carltek . Was the plot , in fact , not hatched by that unscrupulous and model Prefect of Police for the purpose of making himself important , and showing how indispensable he is to absolutists , who govern by espionage , corruption and the sword , under the desecrated title of a Republic ?

      The Times of "Wednesday contains another of these circumstantial and carefully-prepared police revelations , of the " coming events which cast their shadows Defere . " TVe are told by this eminent authority , One of the most efficacious means of bringing about the universal perversion of the public mind is , the introduction into England of foreign mechanics , particularly Germane , who . they believe , by constant communication with the English operatives in the same workshops wiU gradually convert them . A gigantic organisation of all mechanical trades is thus gradually being effected—the immediate object being the ruin of the masters and the creation of an association on the plan of the Socialists . The more remote

      object is the destruction of all authority and the triumph everywhere of Communism . The country now selected in particular for these plans is England , in consequence of the greater freedom of language and action allowed there , and which the Socialist leaders are determined to push to the extreme . The sudden and simultaneous manner in which the draymen acted in the perpetration of the outrage on General Haynau would show that discipline has already made some progress amongst them . As an opportunity may occur before long of saying more on this subject , it will be sufficient for the present to direct your attention to the fact , that nothing is left ncd me to prepare the working classes in England for a complete social revolution . Those who have the power to prevent it must be on their guard before it be too late .

      It is not necessary for ns to say that there is not a tittle of truth in this elaborate lie . Even the Times is so startled by its bare-faced and palpable untruth , that it gives its infamous correspondent a smart rap on the knuckles , and indicates to him , and the Absolutists , of whom he is the venal and unprincipled hack , that they are carrying things too far , when they venture to state in the political circles at Paris , "that the British Government has , at the earnest entreaty of the Russian , Austrian , and Prussian Governments , consented to take measures relative to the Foreign Refugees now in England . " Even

      the autnorities at Printing-house Square are sufficiently well informed to know that it is not true , and have also the unpleasant consciousness to know , that if the British Government were to attempt anything of the kind , it would lead to such a commotion in the country as would not , only expel any Ministry from ofiice by whom it might be attempted , but , to a demonstration of opinion with regard to the despotic Governments referred to , that would be even more emphatic , and not less simultaneous , than that which drove the monster Haynatj from our shores , in ' fear and trembling , with aching bones .

      Casting about for some colourable reason for this deliberate falsehood , we have been able to hit npon none so feasible , as that the " ex special constable" and would be emperor , with his man Friday , M . Cakuek , finding the treasonable Societe du dix Decembre so glaringly offensive , that all parties are likely to unite to suppress it , and so wrest from the President the means of forcibly seizing npon the throne he aspires to , have had recourse to this miserable trumped up falsehood in the hope of diverting these parties from the true scent . If so , it

      would appear they have failed . Measures of a determined nature , it is said , are about to be taken for the suppression of that illegal conspiracy against the constitution ; these measures being apparently hastened by the fact , that other parties contemplated theorganization of an opposite association under the title of Societe de 24 Fevrier . If M . Cakuer connived at the existence of a society taking its name from the day on which the President of the Republic was elected , he could have no reasonable objection to one which adopted the date of the foundation of the Republic itself .

      All these paltry falsehoods , all these despicable manoeuvres and schemes will , we believe , most certainly fail in their object . France is —as we have had recent demonstration , of the most unmistakable character — at heart thoroughly Republican . The attempt of either Louis NAFOiEON , or any other Pretender , to restore Monarchy , would be followed by another and a more sweeping revolutionary explosion than that which set the late Lovis Pbiutpe On his hasty travels , under the cognomen of " Smith . " All the lying correspondents of the Times , though they write themselves black in the face , cannot write the masses into tame submission to regal tyranny , nor pluck out from their hearts the determination to achieve the sovereignty of the People .

      Monies Received Fos Thb Week Endiko Thtj...

      MONIES RECEIVED FOS THB WEEK EnDIKO ThTJBSDAT , September 19 ih , 1850 . TOE THB WINDING-UP OF THE LAND COIPASY . Received by W . Rideh . —E . Wharfe , Terrington , St Clements 6 d—Abthorp Branch , per J . Rainbow ( second sub scrlption ) 4 s—Kineaple , per J . Edie is 6 d—Itadcliffe Bridge , per B , Hamer 2 s Gd . Received at Land Office . —Mr . Surtees fid—Mrs . Grady Is—Mrs . Pryer 2 s 6 d . £ s . d . Received by W . Rider .. .. 0 11 6 Beceived at Land Office .. .. 0 4 0 Total .. i . ., £ 015 6 THE HONESTY FUND . Received by W . Rider . —J . Cook , Ipswich Is—T . Fulcher , Ipswich Is—Friends , Ipswich is . Received by John Aasorr . —Leicester , per E . Thompson 4 s € d . . £ s . a . Received by W . Rider .. .. 0 3 0 Received by John Arnott .. 8 4 6 Total P 10 7 C AGITATION FOB THE ( H iRTER . Received by Jons An . \ oiT . -EIdersl 6 , per A . Wright Cs 2 d-ilalifai , per J . Culpan M-Hastings , per E . Mose 13 s -South London Locality , per E . Miles 5 s-New Radford , per S . Saunders 10 s . FOR POLISH REFUGEES . Received by John Abnott . — Leicest per E . Thompson 6 s—Mr . Billiard , per Mr . Newley Is . FOR THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . Received by John Aekott . —Leicester , per E . Thompson 9 s . FOR DR . M ' DOUALL . Beceived by Joas Abxott . —Leicester , per E . Thompson 10 s . FOR MRS- LACEY . Received by John Anson . —Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds 11 Is —a few Chartists , Hastings , per E . Mose 3 s lOd—Leicester , per E . Thompson 12 s 2 d—C . Bubb , perE . Miles 6 d . _ . TRACT FUND . I jeceived by John ABXorr .-Royton , per J . B . HorsfaU , Is -ildershe , P " * - Wright 7 s-Hastings , per E . Mose 3 s . T UQ ) K £ THE DEBT DUE TO MR . O'CONNOR ON ACCOUNT OF OAKUM PICKING . HecejTed at Land Qffice . -G . W . Is .

      General Haynau. T'Fle Following Letter A...

      GENERAL HAYNAU . T ' fle following letter appeared in the mornin ' g journals of Thursday : — Sib , —I have only just been made acquainted with the various remarks which have appeared , during my absence from London , in some of the leading newspapees , respecting a letter of introduction which was given by my firm to General Haynan , and I hope you will find room to insert these few lines : not that it is my intention to offer any

      opinion on the attack on General Haynau , but I think the exact facts of the case ought to be made known . General Haynau presented himself with a letter of credit on my firm , and having received some money , he requested an introduction to Messrs . Barclay and Co ., and a letter ( a copy of which I enclose ) was given to him . I hope I shall be excused for drawing your attention to this subject so long after it occurred , but a severe domestic affliction and absence from home , prevented me from doing so sooner . servant

      I am , sir , your most obedient , " Lionel de Rothschild . New-court , 18 th Sept ., 1850 . ( Copy . ) " New-court , Sept . 3 , 1850 . " Gentlemen , —We have the honour to introduce to you the bearer of these lines , his Excellency Baron Haynau , and shall feel particularly obliged by your allowing the Baron and his friends to view your brewery . —We remain , gentlemen , your obedient servants , ( For N . M . Rothschild and Sons ) ' "B . Cohen . " For Messrs . Barclay , Perkins , and Co . Southwark "

      By the ahove it would appear that the Austrian hangman was not introduced to Barclay and Perkins ' s hrewery as the friend of Baron Rothschild , and that he was only the customer and supporter of the would-be member for the City . Whether the explanation given is satisfactory , time and the City electors will , determine . ; ' \

      Arbitrary Treatment Of The' Last Politic...

      ARBITRARY TREATMENT OF THE' LAST POLITICAL VICTIM OF THE POWELL PLOT . Thomas Jones was sentenced to two'years' imprisonment in September , 1848 , and the full period of that time expired on Tuesday last ; September 17 th . On that day the required securities attended at the Westminster Police Court , and when the writer of this made the necessary inquiries at the prison , he was informed by the authorities that Thomas Jones was also sentenced to pay a fine of ten pounds to her Majesty , and be further imprisoned till such fine be paid ; consequently , he could not be liberated unless this was complied with , as

      the fine was not remitted . Under these circumstances , the friends who had met to welcome poor Jones from his dungeon formed themselves into a committee , for the purpose of using their utmost energies to raise the amount . Mr . Crump was elected treasurer , and John Arnott , secretary . The following subscriptions have been received —Arnott , 6 d . ; Hill , 6 d . ; Crump , 6 d . ; Hill , 6 d . ; Hutchins , 6 d , ; Hunnibal , 6 d . ; Young , 6 d . ; Mrs , Newley , Is . ; Miss Simmonds , is . ; Mrs . Brown , Is . ; Mrs . Mills . Cd . Contributions will be thankfully received by the secretary , 14 , Southamptonstreet , Strand , London .

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      Camberwell And Walworth.—A Meeting Was H...

      Camberwell and Walworth . —A meeting was held on Tuesday , at Mr . Graham ' s , Rose and Crown , Camberwell-road , when it was proposed by Mr . Simpson , and seconded by a few of the members present : — " That a Conference should be applied for as soon as possible , so that we might come to some arrangement for the winding-up of the Land Company . " — Carried . Also , — "That we should return a vote of thanks to the servants of Messrs . Barclay and Perkins lor their manly conduct in their reception of Marshal Haynau . "Carried . The meeting then adjourned until

      Tuesday , October 1 st . Loughborough . —At a meeting of members of this branch , resolutions censuring the directors for not convening a Conference on the decision of the Queen's Bench being known , as to the legality of the company , in accordance with a resolution of the last Conference , and requesting a Conference to be called at the earliest convenience , and also repro . bating the conduct of the located members , and urging the necessity of the adoption by the Conference of extreme measures , were unanimously adopted .

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      Olympic. Giralda, An Opera Composed By M...

      OLYMPIC . Giralda , an opera composed by M . Adam , to words by M . Scribe , which has recently created a great sensation in Paris , has been produced at the Olympic Theatre in the English language , and without the music . In this condition it appears as one of those innumerable pieces of intrigue , the scene of which is laid in Spain , and which are sure to comprise the love adventures of some royal personage , not endowed with a strong sense of the stringency of matrimonial obligations . The hero of Oiralda is a young Spanish nobleman , Bon Manuel de Calvados , who has rescued from robbers a plebeian damsel in a night so dark that she has not been able to distinguish his features . When the same damsel is

      about to be forced into a marriage with one Piguillo , a miller , whom she abominates , the deliverer comes forward again , and bribes the miller , whose only object is cash , to take his place at the altar . Giralda , believing tbat her husband is the miller , is waiting for him at the mill on the nuptial night , when Bon Manuel contrives to accost her , and assures her that he is her real spouse . Preserving an invisible character throughout the piece , he guards her against the machinations of a libertine Prince of Arrason , who is constantly pursuing her , and at last , making use of the jealous fears of the Prince ' s consort , is able to declare that she is his wife . The incidents by which this result is brought about would appear very complicated in a narrative form , but are clear enough on the stage , the ingenuity of the author being chiefly shown in the expedients by which he makes Don Manuel watch over

      Giralda without being compelled to show his face . On the whole , however , the piece is most satisfactorily rendered , and the scenery , dresses , and decorations , betokened a determination on Mr . Fan-en ' s part to follow the example so worthily set him by Madame Testris . The actors who performed the leading characters took every pains to give effect to the entertainment . The best part , perhaps , is that by Mr . Compton , who is perpetually bribed to hold his tongue , and perpetually assists his " wile ' s husband . " But , altogether , the piece goes on the plot rather than on the personages , real or fictitious , who carry it out . The piece is well put upon the stage , and the first scene—a moonlight view of a Spanish city—reflects great credit on Mr . Shalders , as an artist . We must not omit to mention the graceful dancing of Madame Louise , and the sylphlike Adele , which was deservedly and enthusiastically encored .

      Haymarket. Another Version Of Oiralda, L...

      HAYMARKET . Another version of Oiralda , likewise without the music , was produced at the Haymarket Theatre on Monday night . Here , as at the lesser establishment , the plot is closely followed ; but there is more attempt to give pungency to the dialogue , and the character of the miller is made more grotesque , for the purpose of exhibiting the peculiarities of Mr . Wright . Miss Kathleen FitzwiUiam , in representing the simple country maiden , with a heart full ' of love and affection , exhibits a degree of naivete , and oi general feeling , thoroughly adequate to the intention of the part , while her juvenile appearance completes the picture . A very pretty song , " Heart ' s Appeal , " composed by Mr . Alfred Mellon , was sung by her with a great deal of genuine pathos , and well deserved the encore which it elicited . The mise en scene of this piece , which was received with loud applause , is of a very superior character .

      Milton In Bunhill-Itelds.— Almost Adjoin...

      Milton in Bunhill-itelds . — Almost adjoining Fins bury-square is the New Artillery Ground , of which mention has already been made as the spot where the artillery was proved , and where the train bands of the city were exercised . Close by < was a most interesting spot , Artillery-walk , Bunbill-fields , containing the house in which Milton completed his " Paradise Lost , " and in which he breathed his last , in November , 1674 . The site is pointed out by the present Artillery-place , Bunhill-row . Milton ' s nephew and biographer , Philips , informs us that during the time the great poet lived in Artillerywalk , he used , in fine summer weather , to sit at the door of his house , in a coarse grey cloak , to enjoy the fresh air , and that in this manner he received the visits of persons of rank and genius , who came

      either to pay homage to him , or to enjoy his conversation . A Dr . Wright , a clergyman of Dorsetshire , informed Philips that ho once paid a visit to the blind poet in Artillery-walk . Ho found him in a small apartment on the first floor , hung with rusty green , where he was seated in an elbow-chair , neatly dressed in a black suit . His face was pale , but not cadaverous . He was suffering much from gout , and especially from chalk-stones ; and he told Dr . Wright that were it not for the pain he endured his blindness would be tolerable . It was in this house that he was visited by Dryden . Aubrey tells us : " John Dryden , Esq ., ' poet laureate , who very much admired him , went to him to have leave to put his ' Paradise Lost' into a drama in rhyme . Mr . Milton received him civilly , and told him he would give him leave to tagge his verses . "— London and its Celebrities ,

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      Tub Executive Committee of the National Charter Association met at the office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening , September 18 th . Mr . James Grassby in the chair . Communications were read from Elderslie , announcing the enrolment of'fifty members , from Halifax , enclosing one pound for the funds , and f Hastings , remitting a further sum of thirteen shillings , and announcing the continued progress of Chartism m that towa ; from Lynn , that a locality had been formed under very encouraging prospects ; Twenty-four members were enrolled , and agents appointed . —The Marylebone Meting in Carlisle-street . Portman-marM . —On the 25 th inst ., the secretary that

      reported Messrs . John Fussell , G . J . Harney , G . W . M . Reydolds , and D . W . Ruffy had accepted invitations to be present . —TAe Union of' the several Democratic Societies . —Tho delegates to the subcommittee reported that it had been agreed by the sub-committee— " That the title of the proposed society should be « Tho National Union of Chartists and Social Reformers , ' and that tho next conference of delegates should be held on Sunday week , the 29 th , at John-street Institution . " The council then adjourned until Tuesday evening next . Doncasteb . —Mr . Ernest Jones delivered a lecture in the Guildhall , on the 11 th inst ., to upwards of 400 persons . Mr . Peter Forden having been called to tho chair , introduced Mr . Jones , who was loudly cheered . He proceeded to point out the evils

      of our present political and social system , the evil effects of competition , and said that the only means of checking it , or improving tho condition of the working classes , would be by placing the surplus labour on the land . He proved , by statistics , that two acres of land is sufficient for the maintenance of one family , and that the soil of this country is capable of maintaining several times the amount of its present population . Mr . Jones also proved that the working classes must first secure their political rightsbefore they can expect any material change in their condition , either by co-operation , emigration , or any other scheme . Mr . Jones ' s animated lecture was loudly applauded . This is the first political lecture we have had here for the last two years , with the exception of two Mr . Cooper delivered about six weeks since . We now want Mr .

      O'Connor to give us a call when he comes in the neighbourhood , and we hope soon to establish a new Chartist association . " Sheffield . —On the 12 th inst . the Democrats of this town had the pleasure of hearing a lecture from their patriotic , friend and champion , Ernest Jones , Esq ,, in the Hall of Science , but from timidity or bad management of the friends engaging Mr . Jones to be here on tho Monday , and after the above gentleman had placed it in his route in the Star , the whole arrangement was altered to Thursday , the 12 th : numbers of people dame upwards of twenty miles on the Monday from the country , and were disappointed . But for those awkward circumstances no place in the town , however large , would have held the mass of persons who flocked to hear

      him . Mr . Otley was appointed to the chair . The lecturer directed the attention of his hearers to the positive fall of wages generally ; tho wide difference m the mortality of life between the rich and poor ; the amount of money drawn from the working classes ; and the enormous advantage of having a small proprietary in land , concluding with a strong exhortation to his hearers to cease their miserable petty ambitions , and become men , working together as one man . Mr . Jones having sat down , Mr . Bezer read an excellent article from the jftuiupon Haynau . Mr . Bezer then moved , and Mr . G . Cavil ] , seconded , the following resolution : — " That Marshal Haynau is a cowardly tyrant , unworthy the respect or protection of mankind , and that the forcing his

      obnoxious person on English grounds , was an insult of the grossest kind to tho feelings of Englishmen , therefore this meeting pledges itself to furnish , if needs be , something more substantial to the workmen at Messrs .. Barclay and Perkins' brewery than mere votes of thanks , in the shape of a good subscription . " The motion being put from the chair was carried with acclamation . The usual thanks being voted to the lecturer and chairman , the meeting broke up . The Council have now entered into correspondence with Mr . Jones , with reghrd to his delivering two lectures in this town , when due announcement will be made , and disappointment will be next to impossible . Hebden Bridge . —A densly crowded meeting was

      held in the Democratic Reading-room , on Friday evening , September 13 , to hear a lecture from Mr . Ernest Jones , " On the political and social causes of the misery , crime , « fcc , prevalent in this country , and the means to their permanent removal . " There were between 200 and 300 persons present . Mr . James Mann was called to the chair . Mr . Jones on rising was received with loud applause , and after lecturing for about an hour and a quarter , to the evident satisfaction of all present , the following resolution was passed by acclamation ; moved by Mr . E a rnest Jones , arid seconded by Mr . Richard

      Barker , of Todmorden , ' . " That this meeting being admirers of tho principles of democratic and social liberty , and consequently haters of tyranny and despotism , in all itstorms , sincerely thank the men in the employ of -Barclay and Perkins , and other residents in the vicinity , for their manly outburst of feeling as exhibited by them on the recent visit of that monster , Haynau , the military murder , executioner , and woman flogger , and trust it will prove a lesson to all such tyrants and oppressors of the human race throughout the world . After a vote of thanks to the lecturer and the chairman , the meeting separated .

      Great Meetino at Binolet . —This town presented an unusual appearance of bustle and animation on Saturday last , in anticipation of the visit of Ernest Jones . Groups of persons were collected in all the streets , and crowds had poured in from the surrounding districts , some coming as far as twelve miles . At six o ' clock on Saturday evening a large procession , headed by a band of music and a barouche and greys , proceeded to the railway station , where Mr . Jones , on alighting , was received with a most enthusiastic welcome ; while the carriage advanced amidst the acclamation of the crowd , and followed by a vast procession through the town . In tho Market-place the crowd became so dense that the procession came to a temporary halt ,

      and Mr . Chadwick and Mr . Jones were obliged to address the assembly , after which the party proceeded to the Odd Fellows' Hall . This beautiful hall was decorated in the most tasteful manner , and upwards of 300 sat down to tea , enlivened by the strains of a most excellent band . After the tables were cleared , songs , recitations , and a dance added to the charms of the evening . Mr . North presided , and sentiments were spoken to by Mr . Robinson Mr . Hornsby , Mr . Holt , and Mr . Lightowler , Ernest Jones also spoke to the sentiment— "Success to democracy , at home and abroad . " The evening ' s entertainments were characterised by tho utmost hilarity and order , and this Chartist banquet will be held in happy recollection by all who partook

      in the enlivening scene . At twelve o ' clock the meeting separated , after votes of thanks to the ladies , the committee , and their guest . By ten o ' clock in the morning of Sunday , tho 14 th inst ., numbers of tho people were seen wending their way to the Druid s Altar—a romantic spot , about a mile from Bingley . Tho beauty of tho scene , and the picturesque effect of the crowd clinging along the side of the rock—the gay dresses of the female portion of the audience , ' contrasting strangely with the dark background of the precipice , and the wild heather covering the surrounding hills—formed a tableau worthy the pencil of a painter . The speakers stood on the Druid ' s Stone , theH assembly on tho amphitheatre of rocks that

      half surround it . The proceedings commenced with a democratic hymn , Mr . North presiding ; after which Mr . Robinson addressed the meeting in an excellent speech . . Ernest Jones then preached a Sunday morning ' s sermon , whereupon it was moved , seconded , and carried by acclamation— " That the name of Ernest Jones , with the date of his visit , and the period of his incarceration should be graven on the face of the rock . " Mr . Jones having returned thanks for this honour , and a hymn having ., beonls ' ung , the meeting separated , after a vote of thanks to the chairman , highly delighted with tho morning's service on the altar of a worn-out superstition . At two o'clock m tho afternoon , Mr . Jones lectured in tho Odd Fellows' Hall , to an overflowing audience . He spoke for an hour and a half . At six o ' clock in

      tho evening the Hall was again crowded . Mr . Morrell presided , and Mr . Robinson first addressed the meeting in a beautiful and argumentative style . Mr . Culpan , of Halifax , then spoke in a loud and masterly manner , on the relation of labour , capital and currency , and rivetted the attention of a , delighted assembly . Ernest Jones resumed his ru - ' ? rllicJl fte concluded , amid the acclamations of his audience . Tho committee then presented him with the sum of £ 11 , as a token of the friendship and esteem of the inhabitants of Bingley . Mr . Jones having expressed his deep sense of gratitude for this mark of kindness and regard , the crowded meeting separated , after tho customary votes of thanks . A splendid band was in attendance throughout the day , and played at the commencement and conclusion of tho lectures .

      Grand Demonstration at Bradford . —On Monday evening last a soiree was given at Bradford to Ernest Jones . At six o'clock , a carriage and band of music were in waiting at the railway station , awaiting his arrival , and , though no preparations had been made for a procession , by tho time of bis arrival the streets were crowded , far as the eye could reach , with a dense mass of human beings . Amid the enthusiastic cheering of the multitude , the carriage moved on towards the Temperance Hall , preceded by a large and very handsome red banner , inscribed with tho words , " Liberty , Equality , Fraternity , " on the one side , and " Ernest Jones , the People's Friend , " on the other . The crowd formed in procession behind , and the streets on either side was lined with spec-

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      tators ; A tea party was assembled in the Temperance Hall , which was most tastefully decorated and crowded at the time when the procession arrived . Upwards of 700 sat down to tea . Mr North was moved to the chair . After the tables had been cleared , the public were admitted , and the body of the hall and galleries were soon crowded to overflowing . So great were the numbers that sought admittance , and such was the multitude outside , that Ernest Jones was obliged to leave the hall , and address the throng without from the steps . Harmony enlivened the evening , during which several excellent recitations and 9 T on 83 were given by Messrs . D . Lightowler , J . J . Bezer ( of London ) , Ernest C . Jones , and several other persons ; and two bands performed

      alternately . We particularly noticed a song sung by Mr . Lightowler on the liberation of Ernest Jones ; and a poem recited by Mrs Moss , who had composed it on the same occasion . The following sentiments were spoken to : — " The People , the legitimate source of all power , " spoken to by Mr . David Lightowler . Tho next sentiment was : — " Ernest Jones , Esq ., tho talented advocate of the people ; may he live to triumph over all his enemies , and ultimately , assisted by other advocates of the people's rights , succeed in establishing those principles for which he has struggled and suffered . " Mr . Jones responded , but want of space precludes our giving the addresses of the speakers . A vote of thanks was then moved by Mr . Jones , and

      seconded by scores in the meeting , and carried by acclamation , to " Messrs . Barclay and Perkins ' s men , for their noble conduct in punishing the miscreant Haynau . " Enthusiastic cheers were then given for the Charter , and a similar compliment was paid to Mr . Jones . Three groans were given for Haynau , and the meeting was dissolved by the chairman , though hundreds of young persons remained behind to enjoy the pleasure of the dance . Thus ended one of the most magnificent gatherings we have had in Bradford for a long time . Hundreds of tickets could have been sold at the doors , but the committee ban to stop the sale , not being able to supply them with refreshments . Large Meeting at Holmfirth . —The Town"Hall

      was crowded to overflow on Tuesday night last to hear an address from Mr . Ernest Jones . Mr North was called to the chair . The lecturer spoke for upwards of an hour and a half , amid the enthusiastic plaudits of the audience ; after which a vote of thanks was carried by acclamation to the workmen in the employ of Messrs . Barclayand'Perkins , for their chastisement of that vile- tool of kings , Marshal Haynau , and after the customary votes of thanks , this large and important meeting separated , highly delighted with the evening's proceedings . Hastings . —A meeting was held on Sunday , at the Red Lion Inn , Stone Field ; for the enrolment of members and the formation of a lecture fund . The following resolution was passed unanimously :

      —" That this meeting cannot separate without giving their hearty thanks to the workmen in the employ of Messrs . Barclay and Perkins , and to the inhabitants of Southwark , for their manly feeling exhibited by them , in the reception given to that inhuman monster , Haynau , and for having by their heroic conduct , shown the tyrants of the earth , that however ready the aristocracy and their special organs—tho lying Times and Chronicle—may be to retaliate such crimes against humanity the working classes are not sympathisers with murderers and floggers of defenceless women . " Norwich . —At a meeting in the Chartist room , St . Mary ' s , on Sunday last , the following resolution was agreed to : —" That the thanks of this

      meeting is due , and hereby given , to the men in the employ of Messrs . Barclay and Perkins , and all who assisted them in chastising the man-slaying , woman-flogging , and inhuman monster , Marshal Haynau , and we trust they will continue to show their detestation of all tyrants . " ¦ Edinbdboh . —A general meeting of three localities was held at Mr . Buchanan's Coffee-house , on tho 11 th inst ., to receive the report of the Bannockburn trip . committee , and to adopt measures for the visit of Mr ; Ernest Jones . —Mr . G . Brunner in the chair . —Messrs . Mathison and Wenley were appointed auditors , and after transacting some local business , the meeting adjourned . —On Monday evening last—Mr . G . Brunner in the chair—the auditor ' s report was read and adopted . The following resolutions were carried : — " That Ernest Jones , Esq ., bo invited to deliver a lecture in Edinburgh . " " That a committee of two from

      each locality be appointed to make arrangements for the meeting . " Other business closed the proceedings , and the meeting separated . Paisley . —Ac a meetings held in the Democratic room , 1 , George-street , Paisley , the following resolution was adopted : — " That this meeting having heard with pleasure the noble and manly reception given by the draymen in the employ of Messrs . Barclay and Perkins , in London , to Marshal Haynau , the murderer and flagelator of tho noble , virtuous , and patriotic people of Hungary , who , though he pledged his word to save the lives of the noble defenders of Arad , hung twenty-five of her generals in one day ; whose name is a byword and reproach , and whose life ought only to be spared for the people to show their . detestation and abhorrence of such a monster . This meeting tender to the men of London their best thanks for having so acted , as it vindicates our character as a people , loving liberty and hating oppression . "

      Manchester . —A special meeting was called in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , September 15 , which was well attended , to consider the propriety of joining the National Executive of London , as at presented constituted , when it was moved by Joshu Guttridge , and seconded by Daniel Donovan , " That we , the Chartists of Manchester , do not join any Executh ^ body , unless the members are elected by Universal Suffrage , according to the principles of the People's Charter . " The resolution was carried unanimously , with the exception of one vote . —In the evening , Mr . Dickenson , better known as the "Manchester Packer , " delivered a soul-stirring lecture to a crowded audience , in the above Institute . After a vote of thanks to the lecturer and chairman , the meeting separated , highly pleased with the evening ' s proceedings .

      Washington Locality . —The usual weekly meeting was held at tho King and Queen , Foley-street , Portland-place , on Sunday evening last , when a very instructive lecture was delivered by Mr . Wm . Davis upon the " Currency Question , " which gave great satisfaction to a numerous audience . At the close of the lecture , Mr , A . Hunniball proposed a resolution in condemnatien of the woman-flogging tyrant , Baron Haynau , and expressive of the high sense of approbation entertained of the noble-minded and generous enthusiasm which actuated the men of Barclay and Co . —Mr . Pagan seconded tho resolution in a short and telling speech , after which Messrs . Finlin , Wilson , Grose , and others , addressed the meeting in support of the resolution , which , on being put , was carried with the greatest enthusiasm . After some local business had been transacted , tho meeting dissolved . "*

      Emmett Brigade . —A meeting was held at the Rock Tavern , Lisson Grove , on Sunday , September loth ; Mr . Cook in tho chair . Messrs . Riley , Cook , Hull , Munden , and Kelly , were elected a council for the ensuing quarter , and Mr , Jacob Blake , secretary . Arrangements were made for the forthcoming meeting . The delegate reported from the Metropolitan Council , and the Brigade expressed its willingness to aid and assist the Cripplegate Locality in gutting up a public supper to Ernest Jones and other Democrats , on the return of Mr . Jones from his tour of agitation .

      . Whittington and Cat . —At a meeting lately held it was resolved : — " That we bail with delight the practical ebullition of feeling displayed by Barclay and Perkins' men on the recent visit of Marshal Haynau , and pledge ourselves to support -them as much as our means will allow , in the event of their dismissal from employment j at the same time , much as we disapprove of the Jews Disabilities Act , we cannot but express our astonishment that a man professing liberal ideas like Baron Rothschild , should countenance such a ruffianly murderer : and

      we likewise recommend the electors of the city of London to select a representative more imbued with the feelings of humanity . " A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman , and the meeting adjourned . . Sombrs-town . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler lectured at the Bricklayers ' Arms , Tonbridge-street , on Sunday evening , " On the life and poefcrv of Percy Bysche Shelly . " The chair was ably filled by Mr . G . Humphries . Messrs . Hornby , Wilkin , Allnutt , and Nobbs also addressed the audience . The lecturer was requested to resume tho subject upon some succeeding Sunday evening .

      The National Victim Committee met at the Executive Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening , September the 18 th . Mr . John Milne in the chair . The secretary , Mr . John Arnott , laid the accounts from March last down to the present period before the committee , which showed the receipts to be £ 32 8 s . 5 * d ., and the relief to victims , and tho expenditure connected therewith , to be £ 33 'Os . 2 d ., showing an excess of expenditure over receipts of eleven shillings and eight pence halfpenny . Several debts being due . to the committee , it was resolved that the secretary write to the parties requesting immediate payment of the same . The last of the imprisoned victims , Thomas Jones . —The secretary reported that the two years to which Ml * .

      T . Jones was sentenced , in Tothill-fields prison , had expired , and that application had been made at the prison , when the parties applying were informed , that the fine of £ 10 must be paid , before his liberation on bail could be effected . Several of his friends , accompanied by the secretary , had gone to Parksquare with a view of seeing W . Williams , Esq , M . P ., one of the Middlesex Magistrates , but found that gentleman out of town , and not likely to return for three weeks , therefore his assistance in applying to the Secretary of State could not be rendered available until that time . —On the motion of Messrs . Stallwood and Grassby it was resolved : ** ruat , a deputation do wait on George Thompson , Esq ., M . P ., to request him to make application

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      to the Secretary of State , for the immediate release of Thomas Jones ; or , in other words , a remission of the fine . "—The committee then adjourned . Metropolitan Delegate Council . —The Council assembled in the Chartist Hall , 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican , on Sunday afternoon , September 15 th ; Mr . Stallwood in the chair . Several propositions were submitted for the better regulations of tha council ' s proceedings . The sub-committee announced that the demand for circulars had been larger than the supply ; that the second number would be ready on Sunday , the 22 nd inst . Ah address was submitted and agreed to . The Demo * cratio Press . —Mr . John Milne submitted that the news venders in many cases refused to sell the democratic journals and periodicals , and that it was necessary that steps be taken for their proper and efficient circulation . —On the motion of Mr . W . A .

      Metoher , seconded by Mr . Bligh , it was resolved : — " That as the democratic press is one great means of propagating Chartism , the delegates , through their several localities , shall see if agents favourable to the cause cannot be fo und to vend the Aorthern Star , the Red Republican , and Reynolds ' s Newspaper , in the several districts , and report at the next sitting of the council ; and secondly , that similar steps be hereby recommended to our provincial brethren . " —Mr . Bligh announced that the Wat Tyler Brigade were about to open a new hall at Church-fields , Greenwich , on the 1 st of October .. The Bezer Fund . —Mv . Hunniball , handed in 19 s . 8 d „ towards the fund for placing Mr . Bezer iu business from the Washington locality . —Mr . J . Blake announced that the West of Marylebone meeting would take place at the Literary Institution , on Wednesday week . The council then adjourned until Sunday , September 22 nd . -

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      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., President . . Established 1845 .

      " fiat jbstitia . " " If it were possible for the -working classes , by combining among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it need hardly be said that this would be a thing not to bo punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at . " iStuakt Mill . The superior efficacy and economy of national over local or sectional combination begins to be recognised and contended for as a principle by men of all parties in connexion with labour . The Executive of this movement are fairly entitled to the credit of having been the first practical enunciators of this important tenet ; and it is , therefore , with feelings of great satisfaction , that they witness the efforts now making by men of the highest talent as leaders and teachers of the people , to awaken the working classes to a due sense of their weakness when combatting , singly or sectionally , with the constantly aggressive power of capital .

      It must be confessed , that many of these talented individuals who now pronounce NATIONAL UNION a NATIONAL NECESSITY , have been somewhat slow in arriving at this conclusion , and would appear to have been , up to this period , profoundly ignorant of the existence of this Association or of the great and continuoua efforts which we have made to establish this great principle . However much we may regret the loss of power which has thus been suffered by the previous apathy , or whatever other influence has deprived this movement of the co-operation of men who , from their talent , posi . tion , and influence , were so well calculated to advance its interests , we sincerely rejoice to witness the growing popularity of the great principle which forms the root or basis of this movement .

      A National Organisation of Labour , as a means of protection against the unscrupulous exactions of unprincipled capitalists , * ia now all but a universally recognised necessity ; and we may hope soon to see the leaders of the people themselves practice the advice they give to others , and laying aside their own prejudices and jealousies , set a noble example of unity , of purpose and action , in achieving this great triumph for labour . With a really National Organisation strikes would be impossible . No combination of capital would ever maintain a struggle against labour nationally united . But besides its superior efficiency as a

      protective agent , we can conceive no other means by which the great monster evil—surplus labour , can be fairly grappled with , and we apprehend the wellintended efforts now making to induce the trades to adopt the principle of self-employment , sectionally , will , like many other previous schemes , end in disappointment . We fear all such attempts are at present premature , and that a very general and extensive confederation of the working classes must precede any movement of an industrial , social , or political character , by which it is hoped or intended to benefit the labour interest .

      With such an organisation the full employment of every unwilling idler would be a thing of no difficulty ; the immense pecuniary means which such a confederation would command would render perfectly easy the accomplishment of this or any other scheme by which their interests would be promoted , and we are fully convinced that upon no other principle can any movement be successfully conducted . The correspondence of the Central Committee , during the past week , maintains its usual satisfactory character . In all quarters the conduct of the Perry clique is indignantly condemned , and the quiet and firm position of the Wolverhampton Tinmen as warmly approved , On Wednesday Mr . Winter proceeded to Stafford to receive and welcome Charles Haynes , whose term of imprisonment , at the suit of E . Perry , expired on that day .

      The new book of prices has been printed and circulated among the employers , and willingly accepted and assented to by all but the Perry faction . Mr . George Perry envious , we presume , of his brother's doings before the magistrates , has been improving upon that worthy ' s proceedings , and has had one or two of his men before the Bench , for the alleged infraction of a verbal agreement ; with what success we are not at present able to state , but we feel , every day , more assured of the impossibility of these gentlemen continuing , for any long period , this unavailing struggle . . In reply to various communications , urging the Central Committee to continue their support to the Tin Plate Workers , we beg to assure our

      members that upon taking this question up we were fully aware of the character of the parties we had to contend with , and while advising moderation to the men , and using every possible means to avert any hostile proceedings , we were equally determined to stake even the existence of the Association , if necessary , upon the issue . Everything that has transpired has tended to strengthen them in the continued pursuance of this policy . To borrow Mr . E . Perry ' s language , * ' We have hoisted our flag , " and havo nailed it to the mast , not to be struck until victory is achieved . The BOOK , and " no surrender , " is our motto ; and further resistance to claims so manifestly just and moderate as those wo advance on behalf of the

      tinplate workers , will be unavailing , and an act of mad and desperate infatuation . We are " extremely sorry to state that a ] very important letter from our friend Mr . Barber , the general secretary of the carpet weavers of Kidderminster , reporting an important delegate meeting , at which nearly 2 , 000 men working at that trade in Kidderminster and its neighbourhood were repre sented , has got mislaid . Upwards of sixty' dele " gates attended . Mr . Green , accompanied by the president and secretary' of the tin-plate workers , addressed the meeting explanatory of the cause and progress of the strike , and the fixed determination of the Central Committee to bring the whole powers of the Association to bear in defence of the just claims of the men .

      A resolution was unanimously passed , pledging the Kidderminster carpet weavers to support their fellow-men of Wolverhampton until victory crowned their exertions , * and the Central Committee were also thanked for the determined position they had assumed , in defence of the rights of industry . Thanks were also voted to Mi-, Green , and the deputation from Wolverhampton . Wo havo also just received information of an important meeting of the blanket weavers of Earls Heaton , near Dewshury , who , though not strictly liable by the rules to the payment of this extra levy , have , much to their honour , waved every privilege by which such payment might have been avoided , and have nobly taken upon themselves the honourable duty of contributing their assistance to snatch these men from Perry ' s merciless grasp .

      [ Press of matter compels tho postponement of Mr . Holmes' letter till next week . ]

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      - ^ » - — THE WOLVERHAMPON TIN-PLATE WORKERS . TO TUB EDITOR OP T 1 IE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —From a letter contained in your paper of the 14 th September , I perceive I made a slight mistake as to the case of Fenton , and I hasten to admit the propriety of Messrs . Green and Winters . My misapprehension arose in this way ; the magistrates decided that Fenton should have the alternative of being committed to prison or returning to his work . I understood ho had adopted tno latter course , but , on enquiry , I find he ha 8 preferred the Wolverhampton to the Stafford bastile , as the lesser evil of the two . T am Sir vour Obedient Servant , 1 am , & u , your ^ EjfJSMy I 0 In , ticb . Wolverhampton , Sept . 18 , 1850 .

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      Revival of Stage Coach es-Two stage coaches hafe been started o nm daily between Cambridgeand London .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 21, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21091850/page/5/