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      NOTICE TO THE ^ lEMBERS OF THE 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 , Summary of Preceding State-HENTS , —the sum total of Expenditure being 2899 J . 5 s . 6 A . ; and the Balance being 62 , 532 ? . 16 s . Branch Secretaries will please to make this intelligible to the Members . By order of the Directors , Thomas Clauk , Cor . Sec .

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      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . A Ballot for 305 Acres &f the Company ' s Land took place at the Chartist Assembly Room , 83 , Bean " street , Snho , on the evenirjg 3 of Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , Mr W . Cnmt presided each e 7 ening . The fallowing ia the resalt : —

      POUR ACRES . Francis Pickard 1247 Leamington Henry Forty 308 Upton-upon-SeYern James Stephenson 2049 Manchester Sarah Clark 1842 Nottingham Thomas Grunley 992 Notts G .-orge Sanndera 79 Westminster Wiiliam Mooney 1676 Longtoa Adam Squire 892 ^ Samuel Squire S 9 Hp ,, « , William Squire S 94 f anry Greenhalgh Squire 11 OV Jelin Linney 70 \ nffi 7 r . William Linney 1292 / Of 5 ce Ll 8 t Joseph Ilenshala 1644 Barslem Jonathan Siddle 1617 Smethwiek Dnn * ld Crispin 1572 Office List ¦ William LightfooS 1 S 2 Office L ' st James Keen » n 3 oG > „ Elizabeth . Keenaa 356 / Bury Thomas Taylor 2418 Torquay Thomas Ilo'den 72 Bury Roger Eil . wrcih 16 "> 0 Preiton Cabel Ellis 1697-1771 RridcreKater Thomas Ellis 710-711 / Bndge * ater SawueUIale 442 Hey wood Hugh Williams 126 Sfi Robert Drvsdale 127 ' >¦ Kiikaldy George Lf ' ster 1271 J Wiiberfurce Stephensen 809 Office List Jro . R « jbunton 2224 O'CunHorriHa

      Joseph Eld : oi « e 027 Bradford Samuel ilodckiss 1210 ^ James llnngk )? s 16891 tj : ji .. _ William Uodgkiss 1212 ( HuJdley Andrew C egg 1817 / Thomas Richardson 1964 ") William Wood 1965 UewGat Joseph W .. od 1 SC 6 f 1 > eweac Thomas Thorahill 1967 / John Symons 245 a Teisnmoutb . Jtss ^ Sawyer 3343 Offi : e List Tfcsmas Recshaw 9 : i ? KirmiLijhsEJ James Pollard ^ Manchester LjQia Pollard 40 J 5 HSSS ACE / ES . William SwaTiow 1734 Ualifas Jame 3 Williams 310 Mary ^ bona John Ilobbi 81 Redmarley William Carter 201 Sheffield William Sharp 200 Cheltenham Henry A . Major 74 Reading John " and Sarah Birkenhead MWiiliara . 1181-30 filrMimeaa Thomas Howard 293 Atherstoue WilJiam Uendy 151 Bradford George Varney 100 Leamington John Harrison 235 Blaekbnra George Archer 35 Stoney Stratford Jaeies Watson 1624 Desrsburr Henry Wilson 111 Merthyr Abraham O ^ dea 1532 Rochdale TWO ACKBS . Robert Hewer Hi ; reBcester John Hewer o ~ i ) Samuel Cleg ? 2900 R 1 chda ! e Wm Lawrence 44 G T-iwer Hamlets Abraham Street 301 Office List Joseph Thompson C 93 L = eds Wiiiiam Xicklin 234 Vfalsall John Harris 2560 Ashton Sarah Hallsworth . 1 S 2 Ashton Thomas Suffolk 290 New Radford Richard Heath 90 Office List Samuel Bull 261 Manchester Henrv Ashman 483 Mells Samuel Willmet 2128 Croydon Jose-. h Crowson 197 Office List

      William Putrill 3192 Northampton Joseph Tither 1824 Oldham Matthew Wharton 3523 Bradford , Yorkshire Samuel Mahony 311 Conglston George Weed 39 Northampton Thomas Tay lor 5 Manchester WlliamParVisb 2709 Weliingboroagh JaimBissell 307 Gosporc Samuel Welding 2925 Preston Ajolan Toy 54 Hull ^" t ^?^ i -ol Notdngliam Joseph Wash 1 o 9 - > t ,. . Samuel Demain 3 GG Birmingham Wiiiiam Lewi * * " } Liverpool John Taylor 34 // e Wm . Ccffat , Chairman .

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      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Trie ^ ds , —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 zni 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 upon 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 . Thi 9 we think ought not io be ; Mr O'Connor has already lost enough in his struggles for the people , and we are

      of opinion that the people ought now to defend him ; because in defending him , they defend themselves . In a few days the contest will commence , and the directors feel it to be their duty to afford tou an opportunity of testifying your gratitude to Mr O'Connor bj 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 io give even a little—many are ia good circumstances and can afford to give much . As an earnest of the sincerity of the directors , they commence the subscription bv contributing 10 s . each .

      Members , not belonging to the branches , can make their remittances in pofitage Btamps , and all will be acknowledged in the Northern Star of Saturday next . Bv order of the directors , Tkoiias Clabk , Cor . Sec .

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      Kessisqtos and Noting Hn * . —Chartists and Land members , attend the meeting that will be held at Mr Frost ' s , Marqais of Granby , High-street , on Tuesi . iy evening next . February 1 , in defence oi Mr O'Connor ' s seat in parliament . MixcHEsiEH . —Mr Janus I each will deliver a Iec ture in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , January 30 : h and the chairman will read from the platform portions of the Northers Stab and the Edisbuboh Weeklt Expbees . Chair to be taki n at six o clock intheeTeninff . . , ,, Mkithtb Tidtil . —The commemoration of the birth of Thomas Paine will be held Feb . 1 st , at the Barclav and Perkins , Pontmorlais , held by Jenkin Morgan , the 'Newport Victim . ' Supper to be on the table at reven o'clocKp . m .

      , Mb , Pnitir M'GnATH wilUecW on the 'Charter and the Land . ' on Sunday , Jan . 29 : h , at seven o ' clock at the Crown arid Anchor branch . Mahtleb ke and Paddisqtw . —A EOOial meeting "ill be held on Monday . Jan . 31 st , at Mr itogan ' s , 141 , Pread-street , Edgeware-road , to commemorate the birthday of Thomas Paine . The chair will be taken at eight o'clock . Rossesdale . —Mr Tomlinson of Halifax , will deliver a lecture at tke hoase of Mr Robert Ingfean ) , Swan , en Tuesday . February 1 . Subject : 'The Charter and i hs Land , in conaer inn with the prospect of the country , ' Chair to be lakec at seven o ' clock '

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      STALTBRIDGE CONFEDERATE CLUB . The nemberi of this club held their usual weekly meeting la the Repeal-room , RoBBpottOtn-street an Suaday evening Int . Too room , which is cspable of holding near four hundred pereoas , was , on thii occa » Iob , crowded to excess , a large portion of the meetine beta ? Englishmen , in whosa taittda the question of Ref sal U taking deep root . MrJamei Leach , of Mancheeter , was » noo « nced bb Ifttending to deliTer * n address on the Repeal ef the Unloo , ob the princlpl-s of the Irish Confederation and to explain tke principles of the Confederation ' free ST .,. TOT , nnrnngl » , n , n . . .

      Iromthe p « JQdico and bigotry with which Interested men hare clouded the realohject . motires of that body . TfaerecMrtcowerdl yattackofHr Jobn f / CoBuUnpon thegenUemea froia Manchester , who attended the late meeting in the Rotunda , gave Increased interest to the proceedings—as it was expected that , as two of the gentlemen , thus attacked , would ba at tho meeting , a r eply to tho honourable member would be made Shortly after tit o ' clock , Mr Treanor , the president of tfeo club , accompanied by Mr L « aeh and several other gentlemen , eatered th » room , and were receired with great mpplame .

      HrTKAHoS at ones took the cWr , and said : Ladles and gentlemen , I am extremely proud to see stembled berethis evening one of the largest and most respectable meeting * ever held In this room , andto recognise a » ongst jou large numbers of our EagHsh fcllow-to » nsmeB . ( Hear . htar . ) I have long been of opinion that the Repeal question ought to be made an English as well as an Irlsb question ; end I am glad that the ceunoil of the Confederation are determined to maintain a bold and rigorous policy , end will shortly carry the war into what has been looked upon at the enemy's camp , and agitate the question of Repeal from one extent of England to the © . her . { Load applause ) ' in order , hoffever , that they may do this effectually , they must be snpported bv von , and by every mas who loves justice and fair-ploy .

      ( Applause , ) Lnst Sunday eTenlng , I gave you an sccouni of my late visit to Dublin , and I beg- to assure you that that visit has given me more hope of the Repeal cause than I have enterreined for tho Ust thrte years . ( Hear , hear . ) The aplendid meeting in the Rotunda—the talent of the ouncil—and , abura all , the honesty of purpose which I law everywhere pr « Tall , from the highest to thehnmblesi of the Confederates , convinces me that the qaestion is but one of time ; and satisfies me that the Confederation will ultimately , and that before long , repeal tbataccurecd union of the two parliament ! , which hng rr ' ade Ireland » province of paupers , and is fast bringing England ta the samehHBntablteondition . ( Loud cheers . ) Ourhonest and talented friend , MrLeach —( loud chiers )—is hereto

      addMis you , and to explain the objects wo have in riow , Otis I have EO dOUbt you will t&cAro great instruction from hie address ; bat before I introduce him to jou , I mnst btspeak jour attention for a short time longer , { Hear , hear . ) And now , ladies and gentlemen , I tnaj be pardoned for introducing a matter personal to myself . I bave no doubt you will forgive me for SO doing , as it il seldom , indeed , I feave occasion to speak of myself . ( Hear , hear . ) At the last meeting of the so-called Repeal Association , Mr John O'Connell filing keenly that his powar over the people of Ireland was fast d windlin e away ; and seeing the strongest ana most undoubted proofs of this in tfea trnly splendid meeting of the Confederation on the Mondny prerhus , in the Dublin Rotunda , could not help displaying hiB chagrin and intense mortification , and

      thought proper , in langaage more suitable for Billingsgate or ' Pill-lane , ' to attack some of the parties pr-R « nt on that occasion . After playing the part of Attorney General—on which office no donbtthehonourablegeBtlemaa has his eye—aad stigmatising the Confederation as an iilegal body , end holdiDgit up ( as his fathtr did once with ihe 5 * rioK newspaper ) as & fit object for the tender mercies of the law officers of tbe grown ; and refcrriagto the last meeting of lbs Confederates , he breaks out in the following classic rhapsody— 'And what did they do ! They got two or three vagabonds to cams over here ; and Mr Leacb , the Manchester Cnartwt , and great gun of the evening ( to whom , by tke b y , they gave a dinner on the past evening , belched down with every thing , not even excepting the Queen . ' ) ( Ro&rs of laughter . ) It msy be

      said that as I did not go from Manchester , I ought to pass this insulting language ever , and take bo notice of it ; but it should be borne in mind , that Stalybridge is bnt twenty-five minutes walk from Manchester , and as I was the only one who spoke at that meeting from this neighbourhood , eicept Mr Leach ; and seeing that he i ? more particularly honoured , there can , I think , be no donbt thst I am one of those whom Mr John O'Conoell has dsred to stigmatise as 'vagabonds . ' Now I know that Johnson says that a vagabond ig a vagrant or wandering person , having bo fixed mode af obtaining a livelihood ; yet there caH be little doubt this learned gentleman used the expression even with a more gross and insulting meaning than this ; bnt let me tell that gentlemen ( and I trust those pspers which have circulated

      the slander , trill also circulate the answer ) that even the humblest of tbo 33 * two or three vagabonds' are equally respectable in their sphere of life , as the honourable and learned gentlemen himself . ( Loud applause . ) But , ladies end gentlemen , I would ask who is this John O'Connell , who dares thus attack men wha are in every respect bis superiors ? Who ig this poltroon , who dares to vilify respectable men , and say of them ia their absenca what be dare not bb . v in their presence , before whom fair pJay and free discussion would be allowed ? Wno is this man who dares to call ns ' vagabonds , ' who have nothing bnt whst wo have earned by our bonest industry , and who have callings far more respectable than this petty demagogue ' s ? YTbo is thistoi-duant leader of tke Irish people , who dares thus calumniate men

      who have mademoresacrificesin bshalf of Ireland—nay , who sacrificed more in a pecuniary point of view b ? going to Dublin So attend the Rotunda mesting , than this wnld-be leader has sacrificed during his political career ? { Gre » t applause . ) I again ask , who is this man ? He Is ons ' wi'hout any fixed mode of obtaining a livelihood , and therefore , according to Johnson , more likely to come nnder the appellation of vagabond , ' than the men to whom ke applied tVe epithet . A barrister , bat one who never held a brief ergave an opi . nion . bnt what he bed previously borrowed from his father . The son of the most emizent and talented lawyer tn Ireland . And from tbe great name and hi gh 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 corruptian , ' and tradiEg in the misery aad wretchedness of a famishing nation . ( Vehement applause . ) A man whose antlra property has baen realised by mendicancy , and who 1 b bo it living upon that which was wrung from the most impoverished peo pie npon tbe face of tha earth . ( Loud applause . ) A asn who boasted that he wonld die upon tbe floor of the Home of Common ? , before he would allow a Co . ercion Bill for Ireland to pass that house , and then made himself the laughing stock of the world by being the first member in the bouse to praise the ministerial C erci m Bill , and was afterwards compelled by tbe TOtcaof Ireland to oppose tbat bill , which be had pre . vionsly spoken fawurably of . ( Liud cheers ) A roan

      whom no client would truit with a brief , er employ as an advocate , yet who has the presumption to set himself np as the leader of the Irish people , and as the advecate of a nation , —(' Bravo , ' and great applause , ) — in or ^ er that he max the more eacily aggrandise himself and tho othtr tools of the 'Castle , ' who asMst him in practising his deceptions on a too-confiding people . ( AppUuse . ) A roan who in the palmy daja of that atwsfation i Ttbioh ia not ? an English garrison , while [ iroftssiog tbe greatest d return to the cause ef his country , and offering to sacrifice all be bad , even life itself , proved hiB disinterested pfttriotism . bj periodically rectirin ? large sums of mousy from the R peal Fand , for tbe artvocacy ot that eiuga be professes to have so much at

      iesrt . ( Hear , hear , and applsuie . ) A man who would to to tbe feast if the L-jrd ifajor of Dublin , and sit by while the mem-iry of his illustrious father was treated with contempt , in order to pander to the prejudices of an English Lord Lieutenant , and not have the m&nli ness or the courage to resent tbe insu't , and afterwards become the apologist of tbe man by whom the insult was given , and then attack tbe Lord Lieuterant in his absence , and say that , whicli this puny leadtr had not tbe honesty to « aj to his face . One who never added one sixpence to the wealth of his impoverished country , and who seeks to perpetuate religious discord among bis country men , in order to minister to hia owa miserable vanity . The bass tyrant who fluBg tbe remonstrance of trro thousand honest artisans into the cutter , and who would , if he bad had the power , hsve consigned the same

      two thousand men to the eeafijld , for daring to differ with his august majesty . The man npan wbom it is said tho ' mantle of Moses , ' or rather the cloak of his father has descended , but who posFeses neither the min < J , thetelent . tbe power , nor the honesty of tbat great man ; and yet , like the Jackdaw in the plume ot tke peacock , or tbe asi ia the lion ' s skin , apes the manners , tbo power , and the language of bitn whe-aej name be bears . Divest him of that name , and what is lie t A fourth-rate parish demagogue , an empty frothy agitator ; ' a knave in politic * , ' a government tool ; without power , without talent , a mere 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 back in his own coin with something lite interest , and I may now

      ' Leave him alone in bis glory , TYitb . h ' s father ' s closfc around him . ' ( Loud laughter and spplause . ) I shall now introdace to your uotiee our friend Mr Leach . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Ljach then rose and was received with every demonstration of respect , and said : As to Ur John O'Connell fie thouf bt be might far tbat evening les ^ e i » ra in the hands of Mr Treanor , as be ( MrLeach ) might yet hava an opportunity ef meeting taat gentleman face to fsce , when he would prove who the vagabond was . ( Applause ) Ha then proceeded in an address whieh lasted an hoar and ahalf , to prove the injury wbicn tho Voion had inflicted upon Ireland , and spon England , nnd urged sll Englishmen to insist upon its immediate Repeal . He informed the meeting that a itputatien would shortly visit England from tho Council of tbe Confederation , and said he was euro they would be welcomed by hundreds of thousands of honest Eugliabmen . ( Loud applause . ) , Several new members were enrolled and the meeting separated .

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      ? Jvl ^ r ! ESSED TO THE WORKING MEN OF ENGLAND . IN TRADE UNIONS CHANGE ™ ' ° THE NECESSITY 0 F A

      Clothe it in words . —Snstm . LxxreTlV . Fbllow CouKiimiBN , According to our promise in the Stab of last week we now sit down for the purpose of entering more fully to the consideration ol tbat portion of the question with which we concluded . Yeu will re member that we were speaking of the comparatively modern date of that particular form of union as now existing among the various trades , and that they had their origin after the dissolution of the old trade monopolies—chartered companies or guilds . Now if 1 am not too tedious I would press upon you to read over the last paragraph of tbat letter again , fur by

      so doing you will get a olear view of tbo circumg taaces from whence our unions bad their origin . You will see that we were compelled by stern necessity , having no voice politically , or power socially , to make use of whatever means for protection we could find existing among ourselves , and that means ( the only one ) nas found to consist of combination : for after the dissolution of the wealthy corporations , who now employed their capital individually for their own advantase alone ; it was discovered that capital was only one portion of the compound out of which wealth could be reproduced , and tbat labour was after all the moving power—tbe principal lever by which the increase could be effected . It was . then for the purpose of doing by combination that which

      we could have never accomplished is an isolated state that trade unions were originated . We , the mass , possessed the labour , —they , tbe capitaliBtB , the means by which that labour could be made ol advantage to themselves and us : but the old bond of union previously existing had been broken , or nearly bo ; a few of them only remained , and those few very weak , and gradnally giving away betore the new order of things . Wade , speaking of the nature and objects of those old societies , says : —• One of tho most desirable ends to attain in the condition of the industrious is , that they Bheuld be secured from want and dependence . Now this appears to have been tolerably well attained in the economy of the ancient associations , each society being a brotherhood , tlie

      members of which had mutual claims for support thro gh all the vicissitudes of life , hence , the purptses ot a benefit society were answered , and the necessity for a poor rate superseded . ' With this quotation , then , we must be content , for it . is impossible for us to do more than just glance at the quetttion in this particular form . You can , however , by reflection , asaw from this general view , conclusions necessary to enable you to Bee the force of the following re . marks . Whatever divisions exist at the present time between the employer and tbe employed—however opposed in interests , or divided in habits—tbese have resulted from the change of circumstances in relation to the m inner of employing labour and capital . There could be no combinations on the part oi

      the labourer for self-protection when he was the incorporated member of a eooiety working for the general good , where capital and labour was engaged tor the one end , as it should be , 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 *© aball begin to see clearly tbe cau-es 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 labiur is his own property , —tbat he has a right to sell it in the denreet market , and we havebsliefed this fallacy , —but how can that over whieh we have no control be our own ? If there be a demand for our labour the man iu 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 labpuv . We grow up from infancy to maturity , and still toil on , growing grey in the production of wealth—but do w e grow rich ?—No Can we provide for old age ?—No ! Are we not as poor in onrageaswe wtre inour youth?—Yes ! And do not our children follow ia our steps ?—Certainly they do ! Who , then , has reaped the advantage ot our toil ? Let the wealthy man—tbe capitalist—ho who tells you , and who by the wealth ( which under a system of social and political justice would be erjoyed 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 tbe millions of our order are made to believe . If , then , we can only sustain life when there is a demand for our labsur . what are the

      consequences to uswhen there is no demand ? Let the starving multitude answer the question ! Let the houseless—the shoeless—the clothusless who shiver in their nakedness—answer the question . But oh ' . mock us not with the delusive juggle of freedom for labour . It is 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 starvaton ; and if by a strong instinct of self-preservation , a poor starving fellow-creature ventures to take a morsel of bread , or the smallest trifle from the vast accumulation of wealth , the result of his onn labour , you cry through the mouth of tbe priest , * Thou shalt not steal' —tell him his labour is hisproperty , when you alone hold tbe power by which labour can be meved , and justify your falsehoods by the application of political economy , thus holding life and death in your hands .

      IftheB , my friendF , you turn to the second letter in the Star of the 15 ; h inst ., yoivmji see there tbe followisg remarks . 'If weoarefully sfplysetbe fraud , despite all their professions , the curse of slavery is upon us—a living , active , thriving reality . ' And is it not Si > ? And ia there any thing nyire necessary to ba said to convince us of the fact ? No , there is not , for we have the evidence in our own degredation , 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 unionB . ) I would have those changes based upon the knowledge ' of cause and effect , I would have you see why things are as tbey are , so that by a clear understanding of them wo may bo enabled

      to ensure a certain citect 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 it , for I do assure you that I feel it necessary not to let the mind rest with the strong physical feeling of a wrong , butto encourage and develope its power to a compass equal to the requirements of our order . And tor 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 preeent condition of labour . This country has had to pass through the various phases which ever _ distinguish

      th-3 rise and fall of nations ; and without going further back into its history than ths time of William the Norrean , comraoHly known as William the Conqueror , we shall find that at that time the working population were considered as mure chattels , or living 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 such as this must owe its origin to the discovery of the value ot labour . A single elance at man in a lower condition than this , and we find him a mere cannibal ; for without a knowledpe of the value of labour in its application to the soil he could never think of makinc 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 , as soon as they take a prisoner tbey first torture him for amusement and afterwards eat him . In this condition oi humanity , it is the fiesli and blcod 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 p . ot follow it ? Simply for the following rea'on : tke labour of their slaves enables them to become rich ; they therefore know that to cat them would ba exceedingly nnprofitable , and if

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

      valuable for the labour th ; it is in them , and the purchaser is as much interested in their physical welfare as he is in that of his horse ; there / ore human fieBh is of value to him- Now turn we to our own consideration . Ton remember when an aotwas passed some two or three ' years since , by the representatiTeE ot our very tnereif ol task makers , for the emancipationofthedogs—Imeanthedogcartact- 'makisg it an offence for any man to put a dog in a cart harnessed , to be used for the purpose of drawing any thing threugh the streets of London . In one week after the passing of-the act there were six hundred doga taken out of the New River , within half a mile , their labour was rendered valueless in consequence ; their masters in mercy drowned them at ence , 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 tbo same relation to the capitalist ? decidedly we do . And you know that it ie a common observation with

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      Silv AV Ute wealth Pro < tocer-and we hear it VvZTn ,. ft ? re t 0 ° numerous by half ; we want do and fTetblnsf ' C 8 IT - T U 8 ° ff- ' To b 9 sure we vrMltr > hL fthe P « aent system of the distribution of terribWlfn ° rre « ' there can *» ° P e left » but thti Lnfor « i » - atlVe 8 ° [ Pestilence , war . or fitarvaour 21 mc % ? e havo outlived the demand of whi ch ™™ ThUB haTe l Bbewn ? ou a'fcot / the hen ! -t T" Reflect u P ° > and the « " ^ Mi « ?!?*• ' ? nofc a 8 y 8 tera of slavery- ' a living , aSl v T nK reailty " ' , , ' ^ her 8 youf again from " K y ° U 8 ha 11 hear January 25 th . A TmY YW U ™ -

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      "Union for ths Minion . " The Central Committee have , as usual , received a voluminous mass of correspondence from all parts ° Lfiri ! n C 0 Un - try ' u breathinS' g ^ erally , a feeling of confidence , the Association-bur , in many instances , intimating threatened and attempted reductions on the part of the employers . This has been the feature in all th * correspondence from

      themanufaclunng districts . From Stockport , Manchester , Blackburn . Oswaldtwistle , Clithero , &c . &c ., 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 general and simultaneous character of this movement , it is evidently a deep-laid conspiracy of the millowners to prepare themselves for the operation of tht Ten Hours Bill ; a movement which has been steadily in progress since the closing of the last Parliament .

      In August Mb John Bright led the van in closing his mill to three days per week , others gradually and steadily following th « lead . The short supply of cotton was the cause assigned at tbat time for this measure . There maybe good grounds in the failure of the cotton crop for this cautionary proceeding , but there isone remarkable feature in the affair , which has never been very well explained-that , ' while the supply of cotton in bond in Liverpool showed a deScieney , as compared with the corresponding dates of the previous years , the American cotton markets presented the very opposite appearance ; the stock © n hand in New York , Philadelphia , and New Orleans , being greater , by several thousand bales , than the corresp onding dates of the mivious 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 propnsed 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 alJ . they firmly and resolutely refuse to be

      made instrumental , either directly or indirectly , in the attempt which is bow 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 <] : stant day , when your chances of obtaining all tha " you may reasonably and justly ask , will be far erea'e than your powernow 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 thig epidemic reduction is raging in fearful violence . South Staffordshire presents at this moment a picture at once disgraceful to the boasted intelligence of tbe age The great bulk of . tlie industrious population d 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 ftionarchs who sit in council over the destiny of upward . of two hundred thousand of those by whose labour and skill they are indebted for everything they pos ' - sess . Yes , some twenty or thirty gentlemen repy ' esenting the capital , meet in solemn council and decide , v ? hit?—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 doby 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 whieh 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 lamentably neglected . It is this fatal error which renders them

      powerless , comparatively , m 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 : —

      C&Al AMD Ieon Tbam . —We Bio Informed that tlolr are symptoms ofarevivnl in this tmdei The price of iron is on tlie rise , and the services of the coal and mining population ore in better request . Thin week no fewer than fifty miners were taken from tbs II > h town di&triot , in Lanarkshire , to be employod Vy the Wingut ^ Grange Coal Company , Durham , in England , Their average wage Is to be five sbilllngB per day . In ndili . tlon , we are gratified to know that tbe Holy town district has just received tbe Bum of £ 100 as a subscription from the Operative Masons'Union ot England , which will en able them to clear off any liabilities that mar have been Incurred during their late content .

      Is there in this anything which will make it appear necessary to reduce the price of labour in South Staffordshire ? We trust the men will steadily resist this despoiic mandate of the coal kings . It appears pretty certain those in the north are quitft 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 slightest cause for this reduction . The 6 tocks are unusually low , and the demand good . It would appear , therefore , that like the 'influenza , ' the reduction epidemic has reached the good city 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 ' orators' 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 to contradict this ^ ratHitous libel ; they therefore authorised Mr Ifarrati to send a note to the editor of the Times , which the ) thought the boasted senBC of impartiality of thai journal would have secured for it insertion ; but no , the Times is the organ and defender , / w / fl * ot ne / as 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 THB IDlTOtt 07 THD TIHE 0 . Sib , — In your report from ihu iron and coal oistrietf ofSoalU Staffordshire , iu jour journal of to-duy , it \ B stated thatthe rfincoBtent of tbe work people is cotx-Mnr . ably aggravated by ' orators'delegated by tMe Natfonal Association of United Trade * . As secretary to trmt body , I feel it to be iny duty te state , that so far from this being the fact , the members of th » Onir / il Committee , who are new in these districts , hare beta do > pated for tbe express purpooe of acting as me imun between tbe masters and tbe men— and , nafar an possible , to bnnr the matters in dispute to an arnicnble terminn .

      tion . The deputation h&B issued placards , enrnettly requesting the : workpeople to abstain from everything approaching to ft breach of the peace , and porting out the Buptrioritj of a temperate , reasonable , and concilmtory course . Thoir active aervioes and valuable aid in maintaining the peace of the distrist , here been personally and warmly acknowledged by Captnin Roberta . of ths police ; Colonel Hogg and tho othor auih iritiea , have aUo complimented the deputation for tbe meatier in which they have acted , and oxproitaed their approbation of the conciliatory and peaceful policy pursued by t ' A ssociation with reference to the unhappy differesoe now existing in those districts .

      I will only add , that the leading prlnolple of tho Ma . tional A » 6 ocfation of United Trades U , in all ensen , in the first instance , to endeavour to settle ilisputen b > means of friendly mediation , and , wher ^ vtr it is powihje by mutual coiicobiIob , I am , fir , Tour obedient servant , 'looms BiBBATT , Seo .

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      This being senr 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 , they have great pleasure in publishing the following from Alloa :. — The body of journeymen tailors hers express their tbanko to tbe Executive for their acts and general conduct In carrying out , the principle * ef the Association , and will , at all times , &a far as our means will allot ; , aid In doing bo . We agreed with the estra levy , and I hope we bave done our duty in the great work for the emancipation of tho enslaved working men . Toarfl , truly , Jahm Donalds .

      National Association of United Trades . — A meeting of delegates representing the various trades' bodies in Glasgow and neighbourhood , conr . ejted with the above association , was 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 the reductions of wages now threatened to some of the members , as also tbe 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 Murdock ' 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 membeis . 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 last , against a reduction on their wages , who receive 7 s , 6 d- a week from the Association .

      On the evening of the 20 th 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 protracte'd commercial depression to which the country was exposed , he entered into a minute and detailed account of the origin and progress of the twine association for the protection of industry and the employment of labour , shewing the beneficial effects produced by the society for the employment of labour , contending that if the Association had

      bpen able to ' swim' through the difficulties and depression of the past year , it would be able to ' gallop' through the next . He adverted to the apathy displayed by tlie working . classes in their slowness to organise themselves for their mutual benefit ; thus it was often found that their employers wore thu unintentional agents in inducing them tn organise by their proffered redactions , 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 raakcrs-up was held on the 18 th inst ., at the Angelinn , to consider the propriety of of joining the National Association of United Trades . Mr Bailey , oi 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 oi tbe iron masters Mr Hall—but the full particulars have not reached the office . On Saturday morning news came into Dudley that the colliers were meeting a id forcing men out uf the pits , and ill-using them , and that rioting was anticipated . Messrs Rohson and Williamson therefore conceived , it necessary to draw up a bill , and had it extensively circulated , and during the time ( heir bill was ia the hands of the printer , the authorities had one in the printer ' s hands , cautioning tha 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

      oieeting . It came eff in tbe 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 , bave been heard of . A show of bands for or against accepting the reduction was taken , when every hand in this dense meeting was in favour of standing oui and resisting this abitrary proceeding to the last . Messrs Robson and Williamson impressed upon the meeting the necessity of the mo 3 t scrupulous caution ,

      as no doubt there were , or might be , paries who would be but too glad to ensnare them into acts of insubordination ; the meeting passed off \ v- ! l , and at its conclusion , Capt . Roberts , of the poli e met Messrs . Williamson and Robson , and complemented them nn their prudent and concilimory polir- - . * Several lodges have been opened ia these uistricts for the purpose of joining the National Association ; the men appear to regret their previous supineness , and seem determined not again to be caught in such a state of unpreuaredness .

      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 tbat 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 , in 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 weight 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 in Maidstone is likely to be benefited , as the employers , prices are the standard for most of the respectable shops in the town .

      Ohuell , near Wigan—A deduction amounting to twopence in 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 chanee of bringing the employers to terms , and finding tbat 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 tbey could find a market . Upon inquiry ' , they had no difficulty in g etting an order for six or eight tons of nails . So they bought some iron , and sent it on a car to Orrell . The master nailers are somewhat 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 from three different 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 and liberality to Mr Berry as we would desire for ourselves , we have made an abridgment from the three reports , retaining the substance of the arguments used by each speaker , and in which we hare endeavoured to deal out impartial justice . A discussion upon the merits of the National Trades' Association took place in the large room , Ship-yard , Millgate , Wigan , between Mr John Lenegan , provisional agent for the National Association ami Mr Berry , lecturer for the Miners '

      Association . Messrs Ingham and Hancock were elected chairmen , and Mr Sinclair Turrill was elected by the meeting a 9 umpire . Mr Lenegan opened the discussion by explaining the objects of the A-sociation , and proved , by refcrence to the preamble to tbe laws , tbat 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 . Berry and Ingham ) who now appeared as opponents of the National Association , were formerly to be found amongst Us warmest advocates . Mr Lenegan then read the following extracts from the Miners' Magazine for March , 1845 .

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      'A meeting was held at Wigan , to consider ths propriety of joining the National Association . Me - J . Berry in tbe chair . Mr 11 . Ingham moved the following resolution : — 'That in the opinion of this meeting , Union is the only moans whereby working men can be emancipated ; and we hereby pledgeour-Belvea to do sll that lies in our power to bring about , as soon as possible , a general organisation of all who live by their labour , ' Mr W . P . Roberts seconded the motion in a most powerful and elegant speech , Mr Lenegan read Mr Roberts' admirable speech on that occasion . , We regret that our Bpace will not justify us in reprintiag Mr Roberts' rateable essay ( lor it ia this ) upon the advantage of National Organisation ; but as we know there is not a man in _______

      -the Queen ' s dominions , for whom the colliere eugb . to hare , and we believe have so much respect , and for whose opinions , Hpon all matters c » nce ? ning their welfare , they should repose such perfect confU dence , and as it is pretty well known that Mr Dun * combe , Mr O'Connor , and Mr Roberta are the only three public men in England who are the disiaterested friends of the working classea , 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 we hope the advantage , of extracting a few sentences froin Mr Robercs' speech , for tbe especial benefit and instruction of the miners' body generally . Mr Roberts said ' The present meeting was not merely

      to demonstrate their confidence in the p . incip ' cs nf union , but to consider a proposition for a consolidated union of all trades in this country , as the best mode of effecting a complete National Organisation for the protection of industry ; ' again , ' Every argument , ' continues the learned gentleman , 1 irresistibly lud to the conclusion , that the larger the union the greater would be its benefits , the better and more practical would be its effeots . There was a movement now towards a National Union , and ho ( Mr Roberts ) rejoiced to know that the miners of Lancashire bad 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 .

      Every working man in this kingdom might be employed at double his present wages if tbey were all united , and for this purpo 3 o a general nnion was of course more desirable than any number of partial unisns . Whatever partial benefit might be obtained by tbe sectional unions of particular trades , it wa 8 clear to all who reasoned upon the subject ; , that no permanent good would be effected until there nas a national organisation of all who depended upon labour for aupport . lie ( Mr Roberts ) therefore moat cordially seconded the resolution . ' MrLenegan ' a time being expired , he retired , and Mr Berry , in reply , said , ' That Mr Lenegan had not told them how he intended to carry out the National Organisation , bow he intended to or ^ inise all trades to b& .

      of an unanimous feeling . He , ( Mr Berry ) for . instance , could not see how a hand-loom we&verv a tailor , a shoemaker , or a mechanic would bo competent to mediate between him and his employer , or how a . miner could , on the other haud ,. . mediate in the disputes between any of these other trades aud their employers . He further objected to- . the power given to the Central Committee to call for what levies ^ they pleased ; he also complained of the construction of the Central Committee , consist * iog of thirteen members , seven of whom to sit in thd Metropolis , and to receive six shillings per day . ( Mr Barry seems to bo ignorant of the fact , that the construction of theCentralCommittce was effectually changed at the last Conference . ) He would ask Mr

      Leneganlif 33 , 000 men were to strike , as they did in . 1844 , in Northuraberland , what money would it re . quire to support tfiem at 12 i 6 > l . per week ? why , said Mr B ., « it would take £ 20 , 625 , and 2 . 475 , 000 ' men to contribute it . ' Mr Berry then alluded to the Scotch miners , who ( he said ) had not been supported by the National Association . He would tell Mr Lenegan that , at tho 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 Association , proved from the balance sheets of each , that for the quarter ending September , the expenseof management for the National Association was

      £ 163 . 103 ., while the lecturing department alone of the Miners' for two months , tbat is from the 6 ta of September to October 3 O . h . was £ 187-143 . 6 d . ;¦ therefore , as far as the cost goes , it is from tho facsC evidence altogether in favour of tbe National Association . Mr Lenegan then remarked upon the 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 tho Miners' union , which , from the ' loose nature of its Iaw 3 , had frt quently supported strikes clearly i \ lega \ . Mr Lenegan then attuded to the branch of the Association for the employment of labpur . and explained its mode of action , and which was highly calculated , when thoroughly appreciated ,

      to assist material )} " in advancing the wagea , and adding to the independence of the . working classes Generally , by absorbing the surplus labour . Mr Berry , in hiB concluding speech , thanked the meeting for the attention they had paid to both speakers , fie then , in allusion to the bilauce sheet of the 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 . la . lOd . for the postage for one quarter . Mr Barry , moreover , complained that he had once done all he could for the National Association , and they had never given him a farthing for hia trouble , although he got Mr Grocott to write

      for him ; ho said he never would join unless the miners were allowed to appoint and retain their own ageats . Mr Lenegan said he did not cave if the miners kept 500 agents , so tbat they paid them ,. and as to Mr Berry ' s complaint of not getting paid for his serrices , he ( Mr Lenegan ) was sorrj to liave . 80 selfish an argument brought into this discussion . On tho question being put , ' Thatthe Miners keep their ageats , but approve of the Association , ' the latter clause was rejected by a sraall majority . The above ia but an abstract from the three versions of the 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 , the provincial committee-man waa nearly an honorary

      office ; they were certainly expected to advance the interests of themovement in their several localities ,, but were not authorised to put themselves to , or to incur any expeni-ea , without the sanction of the Csntf . il Committee ; sovaral did esert themselves , but Mr Berry was the only man who made a charge for his services , which , a 3 they never had been sanctioned by the Central Committee of that period , were , under those circumstances , justly refused : Mr Berry haa sines taken the opposite tack , and now opposes the eeJf-sarae movement he was tuen the eloquent supporter of . These remarks are uawillingly drawn from the Central Committee , in consequence of the gratuitous and quite unnecessary attack of Mt B . on tue ftytmev wmrmttep , aa not affecting the great principle which the discussion should haire been confined to by both disputants . The Central Committee are decidedly opposed to these personal encounters .

      LAND , MANUFACTURES , AND COMMERCE . Messrs . Wifiter 3 and Rohon waited upon Mr O'Connor at Gloucester , on Wednesday last , for the purpose of soliciting his aid , assistance , and advice ,, on the desirability of bringing the principles and objects of the Employment Association into practice , by ranking by-laws to meet the wants of the people . Tho deputation have much pleasure to report that Mr O'Connor received them in a gentlemanly and courteous manBer , promising to assist , the committee in drawing up , or revising , the rules necessary to reduce the principlos of the Association to practice . Their views upon this question will be printed as soon as possible , fully setting forth their objects to tho country .

      NOTICES , On the 1 st of February , will be published , price Id ., No . 3 of the Central Committee ' s Report . Orders should bo given through the local aud district secretaries , to whom an allowance is made for their trouble . Mr John Town will supply KeJgbley and neighbourhood , and Mr "Wra , Claughan is tho wholesale agent for Scotland . A circular from the Central Committee , calling for the arrears due by several bodies , got by accident sent to some parties who were not in arrears . It is hoped such trades will excuse the en or . For a list of the fresh adhesions , see the reports . Any trades not having received the new registrar tion sheets will be pleased to write . This notice becomes necessary , as many mistake have recently occurred in the Post Office arrangements , and it is absolutely necessary that each body be in possession of the said sheets .

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      p » ° » " ' ~ ~ *¦¦—*«—r ¦ - " . 11 » it— . pjTTEo-irTnggjgmxifcJi f ~—~*^* a *^ x ^^ tt ^ a fflulgating those great principles of liberty , justice , truth , and humanity , of which you are the gifted and t&Unted advocate . And in conclusion , may our countrymen be irobned with wisdom and perseverance , sufficient for the attainment of these great reforms in the Church and 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 men being respected . negating those great principles of liberty , justice ,

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      Elland . —Mr Hanson will lecture at this place on Sunday , January 30 , at six o ' clock in the evening .

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      ExiRioaDWARY Occurrence . — A few days sinoe an occurrence took place , ubouta mile or two from Dandee , which has given rise to much ialking and speculation in this quarter . It appears tbat a young woman had been residing at a tarni house not very far from thia , preparatory to her marriage with a party in- Edinburgh , when one evening lately she suddenly disappeared , having nothing on but her night clothes ! Of her whereabouts there has been no trace since , and whether she is still in life , ot otherwise , it is impossible to say . V \ e learn that search haa been made all about the neighbourhood , but hitherto without effect . It was arranged that the marriage was to have taken place in Perth ; but theBudden . ond extraordinary disappearance of tho lady has entirely altered the aspoct of matters , and filled the minds of her friends and relatives with grief and apprehension . j . Since the above was sent us , we learn tbat the body of tha unfortunate jouog fyoman waa found in tho Ericht . l—Dundee Courier .

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      ¦ JAKUABY 29 , 1848 . mw , ' ' ' ' . ' =- """"¦¦ - ¦¦ ¦ ^ ssss ? - ?— - — —«„„ - ¦ -- __ - ______«_« -- « - ¦ ------ —

  • 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/vm2-ncseproduct1455/page/5/