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      To The Chartists Of Derby. My Friends,—I...

      mirlgating those great principles of liberty , justice , truth , and humanity , of which you are the gifted Snd talented advocate . And in conclusion , may our countrymen be imfened with wisdom and perseverance , sufficient for gie attainment of these great reforms in the Church sni the State : so that happiness and . contentment may reign throughout the length and breadth of this sea-girt isle , the rights and consciences of all sen being respected .

      .Taxtjaby 29, 1848. The Northern St A R ...

      . Taxtjaby 29 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN ST A R ' ¦ „________ .

      Notice To The Members Of Ths National La...

      NOTICE TO THE MEMBERS OF THS NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . In consequence of the pressure of business occasioned by the Ballot no Monetary List appears this week . Errata . —In the Balance Sheet just issued a typographical error occurs on the Credit side of the account headed , Summart of Preceding Statements , —tho sum total of Expenditure being 2899 / . 5 s . 6 d . ; and the Balance being 62 , 5321 . 16 a . Branch Secretaries will please to make this intelligible to the Members . By order of the Directors , Thomas Clark , Cor . See .

      National Land Company. A Ballot For 305 ...

      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . A Ballot for 305 Acres ef the Company ' s Land tookplaco at the Chartist Assembly Room , 83 , Deanstreet , Soho , on tha evenings of Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday . Mr W . Cuitat presided each erening . The f allowing is the result : —

      FOJJR ACRESFrancis Pickard 1247 Leamington Henry Forty SOS Upton-upon-Severn James Stephenson 2049 Manchester Saras Clstrfc . 18 * 3 Nottingham Thomas Grnnley 992 Notts George Saunders 79 Westminster William Mooney 1676 Longton Adam Squire | 92 \ Samuel Squire | 93 1 'William Sauire 894 ( J iireenhalgn Squire 1163 ; . Jehu Linney W \ 0 Ece Ljsfc William Linney 1292 /

      Joseph Henshala 1644 Burslem Jonathan Siddle 1617 Smethwick Donald Crispin 1572 Office List William Lightfoot 1 S 2 Office List James Keenan SBary EliiabethKeenao . 356 / ' Thomas Tavlor 2418 Torquay Thomas HoJden 73 Bnry Roger Diliworth . 16-50 Preston g £ & W } *~ Samuel Hale M 2 Heywood Rash Williams 1269 ) Robert Drrsdale 127 u > KirkaIdy

      George Lester 1271 ) Wilberforce Stephenson : 809 Office List Jro . Robnnton 2224 O'CoMorwlle Josep h EldbOUK 927 Bradford Samuel Hodgkiss 1210 ) James Uodgkiss l ° 89 l ffindler William Hodgkiss 1212 C Andrew G' -egs } oVJ { Thomas Richardson 19 tm William Wood ^ gVNeweat Joseph . Wood 1 *> 6 ( Thomas Tbomhill 1967 ; m John Symons 245 a Teignmouth Jesse Sawyer 1343 Office List Thomas Rensbaw 907 Birmingham

      James Pollard f \ Maiicaester Lvdia Pollard ± 0 )

      THSSS ACSES . William Swallow IffcU Halifax James Williams 346 Marylebone JohnHobbs fl Reomarley William Carter 261 Sheffield William Sharp 200 Cheltenham Henry A . Major 74 Reading J ?* ° ! l Sarah hoi in Birkenhead M'William 1181—30 Thomas Howard 293 Atberstone Wluiam Hendy 151 Bradford George Yarney 100 Leamington John Harrison 235 Blackburn Oeorge Archer 35 Stoney Stratferd James Watson 1624 Dewsbury Henry Wilson HI Merthyr Abraham Ogden 1532 Rochdale

      TWO ACEESRobert Hewer l | l Cirencester John Hewer 5 SJ SamnelCIegg 29 M &« chdalo Wm Lawrence « 6 Tower Hamlets Abraham Street 301 Office List Joseph Thompson 693 Leeds ¦ William NiMn 2 ^ Walsall John Harris 2560 Ashton Sarah Hallsworth 182 Ashton Thomas Snfiblk 290 New Radford Richard Heath 9 ° Office List Samuel Boll 261 Manchester Henry Ashman « 3 Mells Samuel Willmot 2128 Croydon

      Joseph Crowson 197 Office List William PutriU 3192 Northampton Joseph Tither 1924 Oldham Matthew Wharton 3523 Bradford , Yorkshire Samuel Mahony 311 Congleton George Weed 39 Northampton Thomas Taylor 5 Manchester William Parrish 2799 Wellingborough JeinBissell 307 Gosport Samuel Welding 2925 Preston Ajolan Toy 54 IIull WiUia « Day }§ U Nottingham Joseph Wash . . lo 9 j _ Samuel Damain 366 Birmingham

      William Lewis gll Liverpool John Taylor d ± ij Wm . Cumi , Chairmani

      ¦ *9 The Member S Of The National Land C...

      ¦ * 9 THE MEMBER S OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Fbteitds , — It is notorious to you all that a vile attempt is on foot to deprive our distinguished ¦ chief and champion , Feargus O'Connor , of his seat in Parliament , and thereby deprive you of his invaluable services , and the cause of the Charter and the Land , of the aid of his talents . Mr O'Connor will , of course , defend his right to sit in the senate , and such defence will necessarily entail npon him a heavy expense ; this his enemies are aware of , and therefore determined , if they cannot cause his rejection from Parliament , to make him pay for the privilege of his seat . This we think ought not to be ; Mr O'Connor has already lost

      enough in his struggles for the people , and we are of opinion that tbe people ought now to defend him ; because in defending him , they defend themselves . In a few days the contest will commence , and tbe directors feel it to be their duty to afford you an opportunity of testifying your gratitude to Mr O'Connor by immediately subscribing your mites to enable him to fight your battle . Let the work of collecting the funds immediately commence—no one is SO poor that he cannot afford a little , and however little , let no one be ashamed lo give even a little—many are in good circumstances and can afford to give much . As an earnest of the sinceritv of the directors , they commence the

      subscription hy contributing 10 s . each . Members , not belonging to the branches , can make their remittances in postage stamps , and all ¦ will be acknowledged in the Northern Star of Saturday next . By order of the directors , Thomas Clark , Cor . Sec .

      Kekskgtos Axd Nottixo Hill. —Chartists A...

      Kekskgtos axd Nottixo Hill . —Chartists and Land members , attend the meeting tbat will be held at Mr Frost ' s , Marquis of Granby , High-street , on Tuesday evening next , February 1 , ia defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat in parliament . Maschestbr . —Mr James I each will deliver a lecture in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , January 50 th , and the chairman will read from the platform portions of the Noethbrn Stab and tbe Emhbobgh Weeklt Express . Chair to be taken at six o clock infcheevenins . mi . ., Merthtr Ttdtil . — The commemoration of the 6 irth of Thomas Paine will he held Feb . 1 st , at the Barclay and Perkins , Ponttnorlais , held by Jenkm Morgan , the 'Newport Victim- ' Supper to be on the tefoleat seven o ' clock , p . m . Ma Philip M'Gbath will lecture on the ' Charter and theLand , ' on Sunday , Jan . 29 th , atseven o ' clock at the Crown and Anchor branch .

      Maetlkb > ns ask Paddisgtos . —A social meeting will ba held on Monday . Jan . 3 Ist , at Mr Morgan ' s , HI , Pread-street , Edgeware-road , to commemorate the birthday of Thomas Paine . The chair will be taken at eight o ' clock . Rossssdaik . —Mr Tomlinson of Halifax , will deli-Ter a lecture at the bouse of Mr Robert Ingham , Swan , en Tuesday , February 1 . Subject : 'The Charter and the Land , in connexion with the prospects of the country . ' Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock

      Stalybbldgb Confederate Cltjb. Tb9 Membe...

      STALYBBLDGB CONFEDERATE CLTJB . Tb 9 members of this club held their usual weekly meeting ia the Repeal-room , Bossbottom-street , on Sunday evening last . Ths room , -which is capable of holding near four hundred persons , was , on this occasioa , crowded to excess , a large portion of the meeting being Englishmen , in whoss minds the question of Repeal ia taking deep reot . Mr James Leach , of Manchester , was announced as intending to delirer an address on the Repeal ef the Union , on ths principles of tho Irish Confederation , and to explain the principles of the Confederation , 'free

      from the prejudice and blgetry with which Interested men hate clouded the real objects and matlm of that body . ' Tho recent cowardl y attack of Mr John O'Connellupon the gentlemen from Manchester , who attended the late tasting In ths Rotunda , gars iaereggsd interest to the proceedings—as it was expected that , as twa of the gentlemen , thas attacked , would be at ths meeting , a reply to the honourable member would be . Bade . Shortly after six o ' clock , Mr Tr = anor , tho president of tbe club , accompanied by Mr Leach and several other gentlemen , eatered the room , ahd were received with great applause .

      krTEEAnos at ones took the chair , and said : Ladles and gentlemen , I an extremely proud to see asiemblsd here this evealng one of the largest and most respectable meetings ererheld In this room , andtorecojrhlseaBongst yeu large numbers of our English fellow . townsmen . ( Hear , hear . ) I hare long been of opinion that the Repeal quenion OBght to be made an English as well as an Irish question ; and I am glad that the cauncil of the Confederation are determined to maintain a bold and vigorous policy , and will shortly carry the war into what has been looked npon ss the enemy ' s camp , and agitate tho question of Repeal from one extent of England to ihe oher . ( Loud » pplaaee ) In order , however , that they may do this effectually , they must be supported bv you , and by every man who lores justice atid fair-play .

      ( Applause . ) Last Sunday evening , . I gave yon an account of my lata visit to Dublin , and I beg to assure yoa that that visit has given me more hops of tbe Repeal cause than I havs entertained for the last three years . ( Hear , hear . ) The splendid meeting in the Rotunda—the talent of the csnneil—and , above all , the honesty of purpose which I saw everywhere prevail , from the highest to tbehumbless of the Confederates , convinces me that ths question is but one of time ; snd satisfies me that the Coafederation will ultimately , and that before long , repeal tbataccurted anion of the two parliament ! , which hns mado Ireland a province of paupers , and is fast bringing England to the sameJttsentableeondition . ( Londcbeers . ) Ourhonest aad talented friend , Mr Leach—( loud cheers )—is hereto

      addrsss you , and to explain the objects we have in view , and I have bo doubt you will receive great instruction from his address ; but before I introduce him to you , I must bespeak your attention for a short time longer . ( Hear , hear . ) And now , ladies and gentlemen , I may be pardoned for introducing a matter personal to myself . I have no doubt you will forgive me for so doing , as it is seldom , indeed , Ihaveoccasion to speak of myself . ( Hear , hear . ) At the last meeting of the so-called Repeal Association , Hr John 0 'Connell feeling keenly that his powar over the people of Ireland was fast dwindling away ; and seeing the strongest and most undoubted proofs of this in the truly splendid meeting of the Confederation on the Monday previons in the Dublin Rotunda , could not help dtsplatiag his chagrin and intents mortifieitien , and

      thought proper , in language snore suitable for Billingsgate or 'Pill-lane , ' to attack some of tbe parties present on that occasion . After playing the part of Attorney General—on which office ao doabtthehoBOurablegeatlemaa has his eye—and stigmatising the Confederation ai au illegal body , and holding ! : up ( aa his father did onea with theKsrioN newspaper ) as & 6 t object for the tender mercies of the law officers of the Crown ; and referring to the last meeting of the Confederates , he breaks oat in the following classic rhapsody— 'And what did they do ! They got mo or three vagabonds to ceme over here ; and Mr Leach , the Manchester Chartist , and great gun of the evening ( to whom , by the by , they gave a dinner on tbe past evening , belched down with every thing , not even excepting the Queen . ' ) ( Soars of laughter . ) It maybe

      said that as I did not go from Manchester , I ought to pass this insulting language ever , and take ao notice of it ; but it should be borne in mind , that Stalybridge is bnt twentj . five minutes walk from Manchester , and as I was the only one who spoke at that meeting from this neighbourhood , escept Mr Leach ; and seeing that he ia more particularly honoured , there can , I think , be no doubt that I am one of those whom Mr John O'Connell has dared to stigmatise as ' vagabonds . ' Now I know that Johnson ssyg that a vagabond is a vagrant or wandering person , having no fired mode of obtaining a livelihood ; yet there caa be little doubt this learned gentleman used the expression even with a more gross and insnltinjr meaning than this ; hut let me teU that gentlemen ( and I trust thosi papers which have circulated

      the slander , will also circulate the answer ) that even the humblest of those' two or three vagabonds' are equally respectable in their sphere of life , as the honourable and learned gentlemen himself . ( Loud applause . ) But , ladies and gentlemen , I would ask who is this John O'Connell , who dares tins attack men who are in every respect his superiors ! Who is this poltroon , who dares to vilify respectable men , and say of them in their absence what he dare not saj in their presence ! before whom fair play and free discussion would be allowed ? TTbo is this man who dares to sail us ' vagabonds , ' who have nothing but what we have earned by our honest industry , and who have callings far . more respectable than this petty demagogue ' s i Who is this toi-disant leader of the Irish people . who dares thus calumniate men

      who hare mademorsaacrifieesin behalf of Ireland—nay , who sacrificed mora in a pecuniary point of view by going to Dublin to attend tbe Rotunda meeting , than this would-be leader has sacrificed during his political career 1 ( Crest applause . ) I again ask . who is this man ? He is one 'without any fixed mode of obtaining a livelihood , ' and therefore , according to Johnson , more likely to come under the appellation of * vagabond / than tho men to whom he applied t > e epithet . A barrister , but one who never held a brief er gave an opinion , but what he had previously borrowed from hi < father . The son of the most eminent and talented lawyer in Ireland . And from the great name and high popularity of his father , he had every ehance of making his way at the bar , and realising a handsome competence .

      but he preferred 'trafficking in political corruption , ' and trading in tbe misery aad wretchedness of a famishing nation . ( Vehement applause . ) A man wbose entire property has been realised by mendicancy , and who is now living upon tbat which was wrung from the most impoverished peo pie upon tbe face ef the earth . ( Loud applause . ) A man who boasted that be would die npon the floor of tbe House of Commons , before he would allow a Coercion Bill for Ireland to pars that house , and then made himself tbe laughing stoek of tbe world by being the first member in tbe bouse to praise the ministerial Coercion Bill , and was afterwards compelled by the voice of Ireland to oppose that bill , which he bad previously spoken favaurably of . ( Laud cheers . ) A man

      whom no client would trutt with a brief , ar employ as an advocate , yet who has the presumption to set himself up as the leader of tbe Irish people , and as the advocate of a nation , —( 'Bravo , * and great applause , ) —in order that he may the more easily aggrandise himself and the other tools of the ' Castle , ' who assist him in practising his deceptions on a too-confiding people . ( Applause . ) A man who in tbe palmy days of that association , which is now an English garrison , while professing the greatest devotion to the cause ef his country , and offering to sacrifice all he had , even life itself , proved his difiaterested patriotism , by periodically receiving large sums of moaey from tbe Repeal Fund , for tbe advocacy of that eause he professes to have so much at

      heart , ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) A man who would go to the feast cf the Lord Mayor of Dublin , and sit by while tbe memory of his illustrious father was treated with contempt , in order to pander to the prejudices of an English Lord Lieutenant , and not have the manliness or the courage to resent the insult , and afterwards become tbe apologist of the man by whom the insult was given , and then attack the Lord Lieutenant in bis absence , and say that , which this puny leader had not tbe honesty to ssy to his face . One who never added one sixpence to the wealth of his impoverished country , and who seeks to perpetuate religious discord among his country men , in order to minister to his own miserable vanity . The base tyrant who flusg the remonstrance of two thousand henest artisans into the gutter , and who would , if he had had the power , have consigned the same

      two thousand men to tho scaffold , for daring to differ with his august majesty . The man upsn whom it is said the « mantle of Moses , ' or rather the cloak of his father has descended , but who posseses neither the mind , the talent , the power , nor the honesty ot tbat great mnn ; and yet , like the Jackdaw in the plume of the peaceck , or the ass in the lion ' s skin , apes the manners , tbe power , and the language of him whoaej name he bears . Divest him of that name , and what is he ! A fourth-r . 'te parish demagogue , an empty frothy agitator ; * a ' n ^ are in politics , ' a government tool ; without power , without talent , a more atom on the face of creation , a tyrant and a coward . ( Loud and repeated applause . ) I think , my friends , I have now answered Mr John O'Connell , and paid bim bsck in his own coin with something like interest , nnd I may now ' Leave him alone in his glory ,

      VTith his father ' s cloak around him , ' ( Loud langhter and applause . ) . I shall now introdnce to your notice our friend Mr Leach , ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Leach then rose and was received with every demonstration of respect , and said : As to Mr John O'Connell , he thought be might for that evening leave him in the hands of MrTreanor , as he ( Mr Leach ) might yet have an opportunity of meeting that gentltman face to face , when he would prove who the vagabond was . ( Applause . ) He then proceeded in an addresswhich lasted an hour and abalf , to prove the injury which the Union had inflicted upon Ireland , and upon England , and urged all Englishmen to insist upon its immediate Repeal . He informed the meeting that a deputation would shortly visit Eoglsnd from tha Council of tbe Confederation , and said he was aura they would be welcomed by hundreds of thousands of honest Eng lishmen . ( Loud applause . ) Several new members were enrolled and the meeting separated .

      Elland.—Mr Hanson Will Ieeture At This P...

      Elland . —Mr Hanson will Ieeture at this place on Sunday , January 00 , at sis o ' clock in the ' evening .

      Letters Addressed To The Working Men Of ...

      LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE WORKING MEN OF ENGLAND . IN TRADE UNIONS ASSOCIATED , ON THE NECESSITY OF A CHANGE .

      Clothe it la words . —SauLGT . XiKIBB IV , Fellow Coumtrtmem , According to our promise iu tbe Siab of last week we now sit down tor the purpose of entering more fully to the consideration of that portion of the question with which we concluded . Yoa will re member that we were speaking ef the eomparatirely modern date of that particular form of union as now existing among the rarious trades , and that they had their origin after the dissolution ef the old trade monopoli 08—chartered companies or guiMa . Now if I am not too tedious I would press upon you to read 07 er the last paragraph of that letter again , for by en ^ nino vo n will ireta clear view ef the

      circumstances from whance our unions had their origin . Yoa will see that we were compelled by stern neees ? sity , having no yoice politically , or power socially , t <> maka use of whatever means for protection we could find existing among ourselves , and that aeana" ( the only one ) was found to consist of combination : lor after tha dissolution of the wealthy corporations , who now employed their capital individually for their own advantage Blone ; it waa dissevered that capital was only one portion of the compound out of which wealth could be reproduced , and that labour was after all the moving power—the principal lever by which the increase could be effected . It was then for the purpese of doing by combination that which wa could have never accomplished in an isolated

      state that trade unions were originated . We , the mass , possessed the labour . —they , the capitalists , the means by which that labour could be made oi advantage to themselves and us : but the old bond of union previously existing had been broken , or nearly so ; a few of them only remained , and those few very weak , and gradually giving away before the new order of things . Wade , speaking of tbe nature and objects of those old societies , says : —* One of the most desirable ends to attain in . the condition of the industrious is , that they should be secured from want and dependence . Now this appears to have been tolerably well attained in the eeenomy of the ancient associations , each society being a brotherhood , the members of which had mutual claims for support

      through all the vicissitudes of life , hence , the . purposes of a benefit society were answered , and the necessity for a poor rate superseded . ' With this quotation , then , we must be content , for it . ia impossible for us to do more than just glance at the question in this particular form . You can , however , by reflection , draw from this general view , conclusions necessary to enable you to see the force of tbe following reearks . Whatever divisions exist at the present time between tho employer andthe employed—how-, ever opposed in interests , or divided in habits—these have resulted from the change of circumstances in relation to the minner of employing labour and capital . There could be no combinations on the part of the labourer for self-protection when he wtfs the

      incorporated member of a society working for the general good , where capital and labour was engaged tor the one end , aa it should bo , and where the interests were mutual .. * They performed ( says Wade ) those functions in common that are now performed separately by masters and journeymen . ' And now we shall begin to see clearly the causes of the working man ' s misery . He has no control over his own labour ; he has been taught to believe by political economists that his labour is his own property , —that he has o right to sell it in the dearest market , and we have believed this fallacy , —but how can that over which we have no control be our own ? If there be a demand for our labour the man in the possession of capital finds it to be to his advantage to employ

      us . We toil , and receive in return a certain amount for that labour . We grownup from infancy to maturity , and still toil on , growing grey in the production ot wealth—but do u e grow rich ?—No ! Can we provide for old age ?—No ' . Are we not as poor in our age as we were in our youth ?—Yes ! And do not our children follow in our steps ' —Certainly they do 1 Wbo , then , has reaped the advantage of our toil ? Let the wealthy man—tho capitalist—he who tells jou , snd who by the wealth ( which under a system of social and ' political justice would be enjoyed equally by yourselves , ) robbed from your labour is enabled to pay , and does do so , for all the falsehoods which political economists have taught upon the question , and which the millions of our order are made to believe . If , then , we can only sustain life when there is a demand for our labour , what are the consequences to ns when there is no demand ? Let

      the starving multitude answer the question ! Let the hou'eless—the shoeless—the elothrsless who shiver in their nakedness—answer the question . But oh ! mock us not with the delusive juggle of freedom for labour . It ia you who reap the advantage , and you know it . You have made robbery in yourselves a virtue by the legislative enactment of class-made laws—reduced the people to starraton ; and if by a strong instinct of self-preservation , a poor starving fellow-creatnre ventures to take a morsel of bread , or the smallest trifle from the vast accumulation of wealth , the result of his own labour , you cry through the mouth of the priest , ' Thou shalt not steal '—tell him his labour is his property , when-you alone hold the power by which labour can be moved , and justify your falsehoods by the application of political economy , thus holding life and death in your hands .

      If then , my friends , you turn to the second letter in the Stab of the 15 th inst ., you will see there the following remarks . ' If we carefully analyse the fraud , despite all their professions , the curse of slavery is apon as—a living , active , thriving reality . ' And is it not so ? And ia there any thing more necessary to be said to convince us of the fact ? No , there is not , for we have the evidence in our own degradation , nor would I venture to say another word npon it , were it not that for the future , in whatever changes we may deem it necessary to make in the economy of our unions . ) I would have those changes based upon the knowledge . '©/" cause and effect , I would have you see why things are as they are , so that by a clear understanding of thera we may be enabled

      to ensure a certain effect by the application of proper means . Therefore , I ask you to read carefully the following remarks upon slavery ; and I do hope , my brethren , that since I feel no trouble to write it , you will pardon me when I say that you ought to feel no trouble in reading jt , for I do assure you that I feel it necessary not to let the mind rest with the strong physical feeling of a wrong , but to encourage and develope its power to a compass equal to the requirements of our order . And lor this purpose I beg to be ^ allowed to digress a little from the immediate consideration of unbn , the better to unravel the ^ tangled web of the present condition of labour . This country has had to pass through the various phases which ever distinguish

      the rise and fall of nations ; and without going further back into its history than the time of William the Norrean , commonly known as William the Conqueror , we shall find that at that time the working population were considered as mere chattels , orlivisg property bought and sold as were the cattle , cattle and slaves forming the principle medium of exchange by which the value of the necessaries ef life were determined . Now a state of society suclvas this must owe its origin to the discovery of the value ol labour . A single glance at man in a lowercondition than this , and we find him > mere cannibal ; for without a knowledge of the value of labour in its application to the soil he could never think of rnakin « slaves of his fellow men ; hence' it is said ( apart from

      the contingencies of the savage state ) that there is more freedom with the savage than with the civilised race ; now when the savage tribes make war upon each other , aa soon as they take a prisoner they first torture him for amusement and afterwards eat him . In this condition of humanity , it is the flesh and blood of the prisoner or prisoners which constitutes the wealth of the victors . No sooner , however , do they discover the value of labour than the disgusting practice ceases . And why at the present time do the men of wealth in the southern states of America not follow it ? Simply for ' the"fo llowing reason ; the labour of their slaves enables them to become rich ; they therefore know that to eat them would be exceedingly unprofitable , and il

      teey give 200 dollars for a slave it is for the purpose of making s thousand out of his labour . Now , the reason why this form " of slavery exists there , in , because that labour is dear , and the men of capita ) know that slave labour is cheaper than free labour ; and the reason why we have our present particular form of slavery in this country , is , because that our masters , the men of wealth , know that free labour is a thousand times cheaper than slavo labour , therefore , ' they tell us we are free , in order that we may wear our chains with a grace . I will illustrate the value of human flesh in the three phases of society of which we have been speaking . In the lowest or cannibal state , the flesh of man is a staple commodity , inasmuch as it is tbe wealth by which lile is sustained and the nation ' s strength promoted . In , the second , or slave state , where men are made to work , and where they are bought and sold in the market like cattle , or put np to auction , they are

      Valuable for the labour that is in them , and the purchaser is as much interested in their physical welfare as he is in that of his horse ; therefore human flesh is of value to him . Now turn we to our own consideration . You remember when an act was passed some two or threejyears eince . by the representatives of ourveryraerclful task makers , for thecmancipatien of thedogs—I mean the dogcartact—making it an offence for any man to put a dog in a cart harnessed , to be used for the purpose oi drawing any thing through the streets of London . In one week after the passing of the act there were six hundred dogs taken out of the New River , within half a mile , their labour was rendered valueless in consequence ; their masters in mercy drowned them at once , rather than slowly starve them to death . And was it not a mercy—an act of charity ? You must admit that it was- And do we not stand in the s » me relation to the capitalist ? decided )? we do . And you know that it is a common efc ^ switMa with

      Letters Addressed To The Working Men Of ...

      £ fi » " ra ? to- wealth Producer—and we hear it aaiiy— on , we ave ^ numerous by half ; wo want a war or something , to carry us off . ' To be sure we ™ « nu ? , fthe P « sent system of the distribution of wealtb becorreot , there can be no hope left , but the orrible alternatives ot pestilence , war . or starvatio n tor ns , when we have outlived the demand of our masters . Thus have 1 shown you a 'fact , ' wmon no man can gainsay—• a great fact . ' and no gospel can be truer . Reflect upon it , and then say wAetftet-rt is not a system of slavery—' a living , f »;! h £ ' u £ T resilty - ' T am ' » J brothers , yours rsuntuiiy , in next week ' s Star you shall hear again from January 25 th . A TWBNIY YkAR 9 ' UmWm '

      Ftatiotud Gmotfetfott Of «Ttf3 Crate,

      ftatiotud gMotfetfott of « ttf 3 Crate ,

      " Onion For The Mtion." The Central Comm...

      " Onion for the mtion . " The Central Committee have , as usual , received a voluminous mass of correspondence from all parts of the country , breathing , generally , a feeling of confidence m the Association—but , in many in . stances , intimating threatened and atlempted reductions on the part of the employers . This has been the feature in all the correspondence from the

      manufacturing districts . From Stockport , Manchester , Blackburn . Oswaldtwistle , Clithero , & c . & a , reduction is the ' cuckoo note . ' After nearly eighteen months verging upon the brink of starvation , the poor factory hands are in an ill condition to resist this fresh visitation upon their already impoverished condition . By the genera ! and simultaneous character of this movement , it is evidently a deep-laid conspiracy of the millowners te prepare themselves for the operation of thb Ten Hours Bill a move « ment which has been steadily in progress since the closing of the last Parliament .

      In August Mr John Bright led the van in closing his mill to three days per week , others gradually and steadily following the lead . The short supply of cotton was the cause assigned at that time for this measure . There may be good grounds in the failure of the cotton crop for this cautionary proceed . ing „ but there is one remarkable feature in the affair , which has never been very well explained-that , while the supply of cotton in bond in Liverpool showed a deficiency , as compared with the corresponding dates of the previous years , the American cotton markets presented the very opposite appearance ; the stock en hand in New York , Philadelphia , arid New Orleans , heing greater , by several

      thousand hales , than the corresponding dates of the previous years . However , now the prospects for the next year are confessedly of a most favourable condition , The crops far above an average—the stocks necessarily low—the power of production limited by one-sixth by the Ten Hours Bill , after the 1 st of " May next . How , then , can the manufacturers justify the proposed reduction ? Can they hope to maintain it , when the present unnatural and purely artificial depression shall have passed by ? Impossible ! If the factory operatives are true to themselves—if theyplace themselves by union in a position to take advantage of the time when the demand for

      manufactured goods shall outstrip the power of supplyif , above all , they firmly and resolutely refuse to be made instrumental , . either directly or indirectly , in the attempt which is now making to prevent theten hours clausi from coming into operation—then the value of labour must be enhanced in a much greater degree than any reduction which the millowners may be able to effect at the present moment , Strongly , then , should we caution the operatives of those districts , where this reductionhasbeen offered , to pause and reflect upon their present position and the prospects for the future ; concentrate your power , husband your resources for a future and not distant day , when your chances of obtaining all that

      you may reasonably and justly ask , will be far greater than your power now successfully to resist the present unprincipled and uncalled-for aggress ' ons upon the scanty pittance ( as it were in mockery ) called wages . But there is another quarter where this ' epidemic reduction is raging in fearful violence . South Staffordshire presents at this moment a picture at once disgraceful to the boasted intelligence of the age . The great bulk of the industrious population cf this important district were presented a choice of evils , either accept a reduction of twenty per cent , or starve . This is the fiat of the mighty monarchs who sit in council over the destiny of upwards of two hundred thousand of those by whose labour

      and skill they are indebted for everything they possess . Yes , some twenty or thirty gentlemen representing the capital , meet in solemn council and decide , whit?—what they shall sell their iron and coal for ? that they are quite justified in doing ; but they further undertake to settle amongst themselves what they shall do by the labour of the two hundred thousand men , without whose aid they will have neither iron . or coal to sell . We may ask , what is it which gives these dictators uncontrolled and uncontrollable power over the destinies , nay almost the lives of their operatives ? it is indisputably their allegiance to that great principle , union , which the

      working men in these districts have so lamentabl y neglected . It is this fatal error which renders them powerless , comparatively , in resisting these uncalled for aggressions ; we say uncalled for , because we cannot see any causes existing which can justify such a sweeping reduction . The latest accounts from the north and the large iron and coal districts in Scotland describe a considerable improvement and the most cheering prospects . The coal pits in Durham and Northumberland are importing labour from Scotland—offering the miners 5 s . per day —as the following Paragraph from a Scotch paper testifies : —

      Coal and Ibon Tbade , —We are informed that tl eir nre symptoms of a revival iu this trnde . The price of iron is on tl . e rlso , and the services of the coal and mining population are in better reQuent . This week no fewer than fifty miners were taken from tbe Hohtdvvn district , in Lanarkshire , to be employed by the Wingat ! Orange Coal Company , Durham , In England . Their average wage is to be five shillings per dny . Iu addition , we aro gratified to know that the Holy town district has just received tbe sura of £ 100 as n subscription from tbe Operative Masons' Union ot England , nMch will en able them to clear off any liabilities that may have been incurred during tbeir late contest .

      Is there in this anything which will make it appear necessary to reduce the price of labour in South Staffordshire ? We Irust the men will steadily resist this despotic mandate of the coal kings . It appears pretty certain those in the north are quite prepared to accept the trade which the Staffordshire masters seem so indifferent about . Several reductions have also been offered by the nailers of Bristol , Merthyr , & c . The Central Committee have resolved upon supporting the nailers of Bristol ; as from Mr Humphries' report there does not appear the sli ghtest cause for this reduction . The stocks are unusually low , and the demand good . It would appear , therefore , that like the ' influenza , ' the reduction epidemic has reached the good cily of Bristol . In connexion

      with the present condition of South Staffordshire an article appeared in the Times of Monday , under the head ' State of the Iron Districts , ' charging the ' oiators' delegated by the National Association of United Trades as aggravating and increasing the discontent of the work-people . The Central Committee felt it their duty io contradict iliis gratuitous libel ; they therefore authorised Mr Barratt to send a note to the editor of the Times , which thev thought' the boasted sense of impartiality of that journal would have secured for it insertion ; hut no , the Times is the organ and defenderjw / os et nefns ] of Capital , and it is folly for Labour to expect anything at its hands but calumny . The following is a copy of the note : —

      TO TUB IDITOE OF THE TIMES , Sin , —In your report from thu iron and coal districts of South Staffordshire , in jour journal of tO'duy , it is stated thatthe discontent of the work peop ' o is conoiilfraWy aggravated by ' orators ' dtligated by t ' j a National Association of United Trade * . As secretary to that body , I feel it to be my duty t * state , that so far from thisbuing the fuel , thu members of tho Central Com . mitteo , who are now in these districts , have beta deputed for the express purpose oi acting ns mediators between the masters and the men— and , as far as possible , to bring the mattirs in dispute to au amicable

      termination . The deputation has issued placards , earnestly requesting tha workpeople to abstain from everything approaching to a breach of the peace , and po n ; ing out the superiority of a temperate , reasonable , and conciliatory course . Their active services and valuable aid in maintaining the peacs of the district , have bjen personally and warmly acknowledjred by Captain Ro berts . nf the police ; Coloni . 1 Hogg and the other authorities , have also cotnpUtnen » ed the deputation fur tho meatier in vfhith they have acted , and expressed thtir approbation of the conciliatory and peaceful policy pursued by the Association with reference to the unhappy difference now existing' in these districts .

      I will only add , that tho leading principle of the National Association of United Trades is , in all eases , in tbe first instance , to endeavour to settle disputes by means of friendly mediation , and , wherever it ' is possible , by mutual concession , I am , sir , Tour obedient servant , „ . Thomas Babbait . Sec ,

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      This being sent for the purpose of removing ~ an undeserved calumny from honest working men , can find no admission to the . columns of the ' leading journal of Europe / Among the numerous instances of an encouraging character which have been received lately by the Central Committee , in approval of their conduct and general policy , the y have great pleasure in publishing the following from Alloa : — - The body of journeymen tailors hers express tbeir thanks to tbe Executive for their acts and general coniluet in carrying out tha principle of the Astociation , and will , at all timt-a , as for as our means will allow , aid in doing so . We agreed with the estra levy , ahd I hope we have done our duty in the great work for the emancipation of tbe anslaved working men , " Yours , truly , Jahes DotfSUB .

      National Association of United Trades . — A meeting of delegates representing the various trades' bodies in Glasgow and neighbourhood , coni . ejted with the above " association , wa « held in Bell ' s Coffee-bouse , last Monday , when it was agreed that in future , those trades in the society should act more in concert , so as to enable each trade effectually to resist tbe reductions of wages now threatened to some of the members , as also the better to secure an increase of wages when an opportunity offers . In connexion with the above , Mr W , Claughan , of

      Holytown , addressed a large meeting of the selfacting-mule workers in Murdoch ' s School-room , St Andrew ' s-square , on Wednesday evening ; and on Thursday evening Mr C . also addressed the blockprinters and print-cutters of Busby , where an excellent spirit was manifested towards the society , of which they aie members . As an evidence of the operations of the society , and its effects , it may be mentioned that no less than 100 of the Camelon nailers have been on strike since the 20 th of December la-t , against a reduction on their wages , who receive 7 s . 6 d . a week from the Association .

      On the evening of the 20 ih inst . a public meeting was held in-Busby , when Mr Claughan , from Holytown , agent for the National Association , addressed t ' ae meeting on the principles and working of the Association- After glancing at the severe and long protracted commercial depression to which the country was exposed , he entered into a minute and detailed account o' the origin and progress of the twine association for the protection of industry and the employment of labour , shswing the beneficial effects produced by the society for the employment of labour , contending that if the Association had

      been able to swim' through the difficulties and depression of the past year , it wouid be able to ' gallop' through the next .. He adverted to the apathy displayed hy the working classes in their slowness to organise themselves , for their mutual benefit ; thus it was often found that their employers were the unintentional agents in inducing them tn organise by their proffered reductions , whereas , had they possessed that perfect organisation which could alone protect them , such reductions had never been heard of . Mr Claughan was listened to throughout by a large and respectable audience with marked attention .

      Rochdale . —A meeting of the warpers and makers-up was held on the I 8 th inst ., at the Angelinn , to consider the propriety of of joining the National Association of United Trades . Mr Bailey , of Manchester , attended , in the absence of Mr Parker , who , from indisposition . could not attend ; many questions were asked and answered satisfactorily , and a resolution carried to join forthwith . Forty persons put down their names , and fifty others are shortly expected ; their adhesion money will be forwarded on the 24 th of the current month .

      Dudley , January 20 th . —Mr Robson reports having had an interview with one ot the iron masters—Mr Hall—hut the full particulars have not reached the office . On Saturday morning news came into Dudley that the colliers were meeting and forcing men out of the pits , and ill-using them , and that rioting was anticipated . Messrs Robson and Williamson therefore conceived it necessary to draw np a hill , and had it extensively circulated , and during the time their bill was in the hands of the printer , the authorities had one in the printer ' s hands , cautioning the miners that men willing to go in to work , would be protected by the police , and so on , but no steps were taken to prevent the meeting . It came off in the afternoon ; upwards of

      7 , 000 colliers were present ; Messrs Robson and Williamson addressed the meeting at great length , proving to them that but for their culpably disorganised state these reductions would not , probably , have been heard of . A show of hands for or against accepting the reduction was taken , when every hand in this dense meeting was in favour ol standing on * , and resisting this abitrary proceeding to the last . Messrs Robson and Williamson impressed upon the meeting the necessity of the most scrupulous caution , as no doubt there were , or might be , parties who would be but too glad to ensnare them into acts of insubordination ; the meeting passed off well , and at its conclusion , Capt . Roberts , of the police met Messrs . Williamson and Robson , and complimented them on their prudent and conciliatory policy .

      Several lodges have been opsned in these districts for the purpose of joining the National Association ; the men appear to regret their previous supineness , and seem determined not again to be caught ill such a state of unpreparedncss . Maidstone . —A reduction having been offered to the shoemakers of this town by one of the principal masters , a deputation was sent to visit the employer and brirg the powers of the Association to bear in favour of the men . We are happy to state that the matter was settled to the perfect satisfaction of employer and employed . That a list of prices was drawn up and mutually agreed on , and is , iu future , to be the acknowledged and standard list for the town . It is to be hoped the shoemakers of

      Maidstone , who have not yet joined the National Association , will see it their interest to join at once , and thus give weig ' at and effect to an arrangement so manifestly to their advantage ; it appeared that constant disputes and bickerings were taking place in consequence of the absence of any statement of prices ; and the price paid for any particular article to-day was no security that the same price would be obtained on a future occasion . Continual turmoil between the parties was the natural result of such a state of things , but by the new list the chances of future disputes is materially lessened , and the whole trade iu Maidstone is likely to be benefited , as the employers , pricps are the standard for most of the respectable shops in the town .

      Orrell , near Wigan— A deduction amounting to twopence iu the shilling has been offered to the nailers of this village , but having neglected to keep their payments good to the Association , they were not eligible to its pecuniary support . Mr Lenegan , however , attended by the desire of the committee , to render them any service in his power . Finding there was no chance of bringing the employers to terms , and finding that the men had some little cash

      in hand , he advised them to purchase a little iron , and set the men to work , instead of giving their little savings in strike pay ; this they were willing to do , if they thought they could find a market . Upon inquiry ' , they had no difficulty in getting an order for six or eight tons of nails . So they bought some iron , and * ent it on a car to Orrell . The master nailers are somen hat confounded at this stroke of policy . Mr . Lenegan fully anticipates that the masters will withdraw the reduction speedily .

      The discussion between Messrs Lenegan and Berry , one of the late members of the Miners ' Union , came off on the day alluded to last week . A very lengthy report of the proceedings have reached us friMu throe dilviirent quarters . As we have not space for the whole of these reports , and as we are desirous of dealing out the same measure of justice arid liberality to Mr Berry as we would desire for ourselves , we have made an abridgment from the three reports , retaining the substance ol the arguments used by each speaker , aud in which we have endeavoured to deal out impartial justice . A discussion upon the merits of the National Trades' Association took place in the large room , Ship-yard , Militate , Wigan , between Mr John Lenegan , provisional agent for the National Association , and Mr Berry , lecturer for the Miners '

      Association . Messrs Ingham and Hancock were elected chairmen , and Mr Sinclair Turrill was elected by the meeting as umpire . Mr Lenegan opened the discussion by explaining the objects of the Association , and proved , by reference to the preamble to tbe laws , that it did not contemplate injuring' or weakening the existing union , consequently it did not seek to weaken the

      Miners' Union , but , on the contrary , to consolidate and strengthen it . There is one remarkable feature about this discussion , observed Mr Lenegan , which would no doubt strike the audience as somewhat singular , namely , that the gentlemen ( alluding to Messrs . Deny nnd Ingham ) who now appeared as opponents of the National Association , were formerly ta he found amongst its warmest advocates . Mr Lenegan then read the following extracts from the Ziiteri Magazine for March , 1845 .

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      'A meeting was held at Wigan , to consider tha propriety of joining the National Association . Mr J . Berry in tbe chair . Mr H . Ingham moved the following resolution : — 'Tlutiii the opinion of this meeting , Union is the only means whereby working men can be emancipated ; and wo hereby pledge oursalves to do all that lies in enr power to bring about , as soon aa possible , a general organisation of all who live by their labour . ' Mr W . P . Roberta second , d the motion in n most powerful and elegant speech . Mr Lenegan read Mr Koberts'admirable speech on that occasion . We regret that our space will not justify us in reprinting Mr Roberto' valuable essay ( For it is thitt ) upon the advantage of National Organisation ; but as we know there is not a man in the Queen ' s dominions , for whom the colliers ought to have , and we believe have ao much respect , and tor whose opinions , upon all matters concerning their welfare , they should repose such perfect confidence

      , and as it is pretty well known that Air Duncombe , Mr O'Connor , and Mr Roberts are tbe only three public men in Kngland who are the disinterested friends of the working classes , and between whom , upon these matters , there appears to be a perfect identity and community of feeling and opinions , we shall do ourselves the pleasure , and wa hope the advantage , of extracting a few sentences from Mr Roberts' speech , for the especial benefit and instruction of tbe miners' body generally . . Mr Roberta said * The present meeting was not merely to demonstrate their confidence in the principles of union , but to consider a proposition for a consolidated union of all trades in this country \ a * the best mode of effecting a complete National Organisation for the protection of industry ; ' again , ' Every argument , ' continues the learned gentleman , ' irresistibly Jed to the conclusion , that the larger the union the greater would be its benefits , the better and more practical would be its effects . There was

      a movement now towards a National Union , and he ( Mr Roberts ) rejoiced to know that the mineraof Lancashire had taken their proper position in that movement . In sending Mr Berry to London to represent them in that meeting ( the Conference . 1845 ) they had done themselves and him immortal honour . Lvery working man in this kingdom might be employed at double his present wa ^ es if they were all united , and for this purpose a general union was of course more desirable than any number of partial unisns . Whatever partial benefit might be obtained by the sectional unions of particular trades , it waa clear to all who reasoned upon the subject , that no permanent good would be effected until there was a national organisation of all who depended upon

      labour for support , lie ( Mr Roberts ) therefore most cordially seconded tho resolution . ' MrLenegatfa time being expired , he retired , and Mr Berry , in reply , said , That Mr Lenegan had not told thera how he intended to carry out the National Organisation , how ho intended to organise all trades tofoa of an unanimous feeling . lie , ( Mr Berry ) for instance , could not see how a hand-loom we-. vcr , a tailor , a shoemaker , or a mechanic would be competent to mediate between him and his employer , or how a miner could , on the other hand , mediate in the disputes between any of these other trades and their employers . He further objected to the power given to the Central Committee to call tor what leviesjthey pleased ; he also complained of

      the construction of the Central Committee , consisting of thirteen members , seven of whom to sit in the Metropolis , and to receive six shillings per day . ( Mr Barry seems to be ignorant of the fact , that tha construction of theCentratCommittee was effectually changed at the last Conference . ) Ho would ask Mr Leneganjif 33 , 000 men were to strike , as they did 5 a 1844 , in Northumberland , what money would it ip * quire to support them at 12 < 6 J . per week ? why , said Mr B ., | it would take £ 20 , 625 . and 2 475 , 008 men te contribute it . ' Mr Berry then alluded to the Seotch miners , who ( he aaidj had not been sujp . ported by the National Association . He would teH Mr Lenegan that , at the last Lancashire miners ' conference , the Scotch miners had intimated their

      intention of joining the Lancashire miners' union . Mr Lenegan then comparing the cost for management of the Miners' Union , and the National As « sociation , proved from the balance sheets of ejch , that for the quarter endinz Septemb r , the expense of management for the National Association was £ 103 . 16 s ., while the lecturing department alone of the Miners' for two months , that is from tho 6 th of September to October 30-h , was £ 187- Us . 6 i . ; therefore , as far as the cest goes , it is trom the beat evidence altogether in favour of the National Association . Mr Lenegan then remarked upon tho arrangements of the National Association in their supporting none but legal strikes , by legal means , in which particular , he observed , it bore a

      favourable contrast to the Miners' union , which , from tho loose nature of its laws , had frequently supported strikes clearly illegal . Mr Lenegan then alluded to the branch of the Association for the employment of labour , and explained its mode of action . and which was hiahly calculated , when thoroughly appreciated , to assist materially in advancing tbe wages , and adding to the independence of the working classes generally , by absorbing the surplus labour . Mr berry , in his concluding speech , thanked the meeting for the attention they had paid toboth speakers . He then , in allusion to the b dance sheet of ths National Association , objected to the secretary ' s salary ; he pointed out several other items , one for a special meeting of the full committee at

      Christmas , 1847 , which he considered extravagant , and he also objected to £ 13 . Is . lOd . for the postage for one quarter . Mr Berry , moreover , complained that he had once done all he could for the National Association , and they had never given him a farthing for his trouble , although he got Mr Grocott to write for him ; he said he never would join uule .-s the miners were allowed to appoint and retain their own ageats . Mr Lenegan said be did not care if the miners kept 500 agents , so that they paid then ? , and as to Mr Berry ' s complaint of not getting paid for his services , he ( Mr Lenegan ) was sorry to havs so selfish an argument brought into this discussion . On the question being out , ' That tho Miners keep tbeir ageats , bat approve of the Association , ' ths

      latter clause was rejected by a small majority . The above is but an abstract from the three versions of tho report ; but it is hoped that Mr Berry and his friends will consider it impartial . The Central Committee will only offer a remark or two at the charge of injustice he makes against the National Association , for not paying him for his disinterested services . Previous to the conference , 1847 , tha provincial committee-man waa nearly an honorary office ; they were certainly expected to advance tha interests of the movement in their several locali ties , but were not authorised to put themselves to , orio incur any expenses , without the sanction of the Central Committee ; several did exert themselves .

      but Mr Berry was the only man who made a charge for his services , which , as they never had beensanctioned by tbe Central Cmmittte of that period , were , under those circumstances , justly refused . Mr Berry has since taken the opposite tack , and now opposes the jelf . saine move racist he was then the eluquent supporter of . These remarks are unwillingly drawn from the Central Committee , in consiquence of the gratuitous and quite unnecessary attack of Mr B . on the former committee , as not affecting tho great principle which the discussion should have been confined to by hoth disputante . The Central Committee arc decidedly opposed to thii . se personal encounters .

      LAND , MANUFACTURES , AND COMMERCE Messrs . Wisters and Rolmon waited upon Mr O'Connor at Gloucester , on Wednesday last , for tho purpo .-o of soliciting his aid , assistance , and advice on the desirability of bringing the principles and objects of the £ mplo ) mrnt Association into practice , by making by-laws ' to meet tbe wants of the people . The deputation have much pleasure to r port that Mr O'Connor received them in a gentlemanly and courteous mai . ficr , promising to assist the cunmitice in drawing up , or revising , the rules i : cce * - sary to reduce the principles of ihe Association to practice . Their views upon Ibis question will be printed as som as possible , fully stttirg forth their ol-jeita to the country . NOTICES .

      On the 1 st of February , will be published , prica Id ., No . 3 ol'the Cential Committer ' s Report . Orders should be given'through the local and district secretaries , to whom an allowance is u . ade for their trouble . Mr John Town will supply Keighley and neighbourhood , and Mr H ' m . C / aughau is tf . e w ! ioteia ! a agent for Scotland . A circu ' arfrom the Central Committee , calling for the arrears due by several bodies , got by accident s-ent to some parties who v \ ere not in arrears-It is hoped such trades will excuse theenor . For a list of the fresh adhesions , s-ee the reports . Any trades not having received the new registration sheets will be pleased to write . This notice becomes necessary , as many mistake have recently occurred in the Post Office arrangements , and it ia absolutely necessary that each body bo in posiCiswa of the said sheets .

      Extraordinary Occuhbescis.— A Few Days S...

      Extraordinary Occuhbescis . — A few days stnea nn occurrence look place , about a mile or two from Dundee , which has given rise to much talking aafl speculation in this quarter . It appears that a young woman had been residing at a Wm house not veryfar from this , preparatory to her marriage with a party in Edinburgh , when one evening lately aha suddenly disappeared , having nothing on but hit night clothes ! Of her whereabouts thMehu . beea no trace since , and whether she is still in lite , or otherwise , it is impossible to say . We learn that search has been made all about the neighbourhood , but hitherto without effect it was arranged that the marriage was to have taken place in Perth ; ba * the sudden and extraordinary disappearance of tha lady ha * entirely altered the aspect of matters , and filled the minds of her friends and relative ! with sricfand apprehension . ISince the above was sent us we learn that the body of the nnfortunate ytwng ffoman was found ia tha Erich * . ]—Dundee fwrw

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 29, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29011848/page/5/