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      ^ 7 ^ im&a . ieai States , " may be achie ? ed . Shards the production of " a consummation „ Strik to be wished , " it is the duty of all lD contribute > ho , possessing influence over ^ blicop inion , who desire to seeRepresentahve Ind Republican Institutions supersede the S » sste * 1 B £ 5 S now adverted to , that our own Cabinet and KlWrfTwiH be ***** * !»» » y suicjdal S ? Seat ed effort for its suppression , let ^ e people at home make common cause SflSethrenin Australia , and the downlaB of aristocratic domination is certain . If Tjjolijhmen in America and Australia can conduct their affiiirs well , wisely , and pros-, « rouBly under a Repnblic form . of

      goyemznent , why not at home i rregnant question , vhich mere surface Reformers would do well to ponder . ^ U uw *""*

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      THE HYjENA-HAYNAU HUNT . Within a few hours from the time that jiTSAUwaahnnted from Barclay ' s Brewery fDtothe . dnsfc-Hiiof the fJeorge Public-house , ire penned our earnest approval of the conduct of the honest working men , who distinguished themselves on that occasion . "We rejoice to find that bo large a proportion of the Press of this country has joined in our . hearty congratulaiions-to them , for having redeemed England an the eyes of the world , from the stigma of ¦ foe ing the accomplice and abettor of such a .

      Send in human shape ; and of the still more fiendish Imperial monsters who ujjed' him as their tool . Had such a spontaneous demonstration not taken place , it is probable that foreigners might have continued to confound the English people with the Times and the Chronicle . That , thank Heaven ! is now im . possible ; and we do not , therefore , wonder at the rage of these detestable monthpieces of absolutism , at being unmasked before the world . Henceforward , when they assume to represent public opinion in England , the brief refutation -will be found in the single

      word" Haynau . It . is difficult to understand where these p rints get their writers . They cannot be native Englishmen ; or , if really cradled hi this country they must have lived so long in the emasculating and demoralising atmosphere of Continental Courts , that they have lost every vestige of manly English feeling . Their sympathies are all on the side of rank , wealth , and of constituted authority . The Buffering , down-trodden , oppressed , and struggling people have no claim upon then * regard or consideration . The Chronicle , and

      one or two other sentimentalists of this despicable school of journalism , whine about the " grey hairs of an aged man , " and similar stuff Why the " grey hairs" of Hayxat ? were an additional reason in his case for the treatment he received . He and the same " grey hairs " when he presided over the disgusting and sickening scenes of carnage and outrage which characterized hiB bloody campaign hi Italy . When he brutally murdered Count Bahhyasi , and flogged a womanand a mother , in the midst of a square of soldiers , his hairs were as grey as they are

      now .. If age has no effect in tempering the savage passions , in teaching the most ordinary lessons of humanity , or of piety , why should they be pleaded in mitigation of retributive punishment ? But then the Times rejoins , Haynau only did , ¦ what he was ordered to do . What then ? Does that absolve Mm from accountability to the great laws of God and nature ? Because any demon , clothed with power , chooses to order other men to act like demons , and they do so , are all the rest of the world to be stricken dumb and powerless ? Are nohands to-be lifted—no voices raised in defence

      of outraged humanity ? We are next warned against the evils that may arise from permitting " mobs to take the law into then * own hands . We admit them . But are there not more insufferable and intolerable evils than any that ever were charged against Lynch law , even in its wildest excesses ? Weuld it not he a greater curse to society at large that it should have the heart , understanding and conscience , so thoroughly taken out of it ; its human instincts , so utterly obli terated and destroyed , is no longer to fed horror and aversion when deeds that violate

      every just , humane , or benevolent feeling of our common nature are * perpetrated ? So think the organs of absolutism in [ England . So wrote the un-English scribes of the Ti mes and Chronicle They positively seem to think they are living in Russia or Austria . The Times tries to make the unpremeditated outburst of honest indignation a conspiracy , and recommends a police commissioner to make it one ; and the Chronicle follows up the suggestion , hy proposing to set

      the Attorney General to prosecute Barclay's fcrewers . Now , these people had better understand , once for all , that they do not live under the regime of M . CASHES , and that any attempt to introduceitinto this island may he followed by consequences which they who advise its adoption may not at all relish . If they are not satisfied with the liberty of speech and action which exists here , let them betake themselves to Paris , Home , Naples , Berlin or Petersburg . We shall heartily re-• joicein so good a riddance .

      At all events they must feel deeply mortified to find that they nw stand before Europe and America as convicted liars . The carefully concoted and venal falsehoods , which day by day filled their polluted columns , are now known in their real character . People will , henceforward , know what value to attach to the " foreign correspondence , " and the "foreign leaders , " of a Press which has the unutterable baseness to lend

      itself to imperial , royal , and monied brigands , for the purpose of crushing the spirit of freedom and justice , wherever it shows itself . They are worthily mated with the petty mountebank Jobs O'CoiraELL , who ventured to eulogise Hysena-HATHAU at the last meeting at Conciliation Hall . They represent the opinion of the people of England juBt about as truly , and just about as much , as that broken down and dilapidated political pedlar doeB that of the people of Ireland .

      Honour to the workpeople of Bankside Honour to those who in the metropolis , and throughout the country , have responded to the virtuous indignation of ffie people of Bankside , and sanctioned their conduct by their honest approbation . It shows that the heart of the people is yet sound and whole , and that when the time arrives for a struggle in the cause of constitutional liberty in this country , England possesses sons who will not shame the illustrious men that shed lustre over her name . The Ceomwells and the Miuoss are not without heirs among the " common people , " however little sympathy there may be ^ Uh £ h em and

      then * glorious deeds ra Printing-house-square . One thing seems certain , Haykau will pnt faith in " The Thunderer "• ana its satellite no more ; within two days after his merited reception from the Brewers of Bankside he fled from our shores with aching bones . He carries with him a memento of sturd y British indignation , which all the " leaders " of the " the l < eading Journals" -will never efface f com hie recoUectioai , Wherever he shown his face we hope that men , women and children , will recollect his inglorious treatment , and his refuge hi the dust bin of George public-house , Bankside ; the driving of the cowardly old woman-flogger to that ignominious shelter had a worldful of sweet

      revenges in it , and sinks him so low that not a hundred Times ' s , each with a hundred times more power , can ever make Haykau hold up his head in the world again .

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      MORlES ^ tiirEITEt-- ^ Fob th « Wbbk ErowoTHtiBiDAT , Skptmibbb 12 ih , 1850 . - TOB THE ¦ WIIDfflG-UP GF TE LASB COMPANY . H ^ H ^ a ^ y- Rn > IB : - Central R < w « » a ale , POT J . iAsh ^ worthJOs—Trpro . per E . Trequenrerr 4 s ? d—2 JeweasOe Branch , per 1 L Jude 17 s 6 d-Xorthwlcb , per % Howe J ^ ivea . at liiro 6 fhce .-J . Pedden Gd-M ; Wardrop ea-B : Pisher Gd-Mr . Finestown 5 s 6 d . - . £ fcd . ReceiTedtyW . Hider .. .. 118 . 3 KecewedatLandOffice .. .. V 7 0 Total .. .. .. £ 2 5 3 AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received ly J < mNABsori . —Merthyr'Tjdvil , ' per , J . Owen 7 s—TodmoTden , per K , Barker 6 s—Greenwich and Depfc fcrd ( WaltePa Amis ) 5 s—Cheltenham , per J . Hemrbln 2 s 3 d Padsey , - perT . Wade -7 s—East London locality , per Mr . Tickers 8 s-Emmett ' s Brigade , per J . Blake Ss-Mr . . John Hughes Is—an Isolated Chartist Gd . , '< - ... FOR MRS . LACEY . Received by W . RiDER . —Congleton , Ten Honrs * Commit tee , per T . Kekfori 10 s . —Received by John Arnott , — Hodgson ' s" "Mil ] , near Blytb , periJ . R-Eol ) insou 3 s 4 d—Cowhen . near Birth ; per Messrs . Robinson - and Messer 7 s 2 d—Cheltenham , per J . Hemmin 8 s—Mr . Topnam 6 d . . ' DEBT DUE TO PRINTER . - Keceired by Johw Askoer—W . S . Tanner , ' Totness , per Mr . ShuteSs . . ¦ ¦ :- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ / :: ¦ . : . - ... v . - : ; TRACT FUND . \ Received by JohsAbsott . —Mr . Reynolds 2 s—Greenwich and Deptford 2 s—Bermondsey , per Mr . Edwards Is—Lynn per J . Twaits - Is—Royton per J . B . Hortfall - 2 s—Mr . Hughes 63 . ' ; . . .:- ' ¦ ., ¦

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      • - - * > . „ ' ¦ • - ! , I . > . " r * » -1 - . - . ¦ ¦ The Exboutivx Commute * of tiie National Charter Association met at the office , 14 , Southampton * street , Strandi on Wednesday evening ; Mr . John Milne in the chair . Mr . W .: Shute paid on account of Printer ' s Bill , for the Convention held at John-Btreety from Totness , 5 s . Mr . J . Blake , from the Emmett Brigade , invited the Executive to attend apublic meeting at the borough of MarylebODe , for the purpose of extending Chartism in the remotest parts of that borough . Correspondence was read from Lynn , requesting a'further supply of the tract . 'f Chartism , ' and expressing a deaire that steps be taken to extend the sale of democratic

      newspapers and periodicals in that neighbourhood . From Bristol , requesting a visit from Mr . Harhey , or some other member - ef the Executive , and : complaining that the West of Englandwas neglected by the Democratic missionaries . ¦ From Pudsey , -. remitting cash , and requesting ; a visit from Ernest Jones . From Cheltenham , remitting cash , and hoping ! that in any union that may < take place the People ' s Charter may ; be adhered to . From Royton requesting a further supply of the' tract " Chartism . f From Hastings and St . Leonard ' s , announcing the formation of a locality , forwarding a list of agents for confirmation , requesting an additional supply of cards and rules , and 800 copies of

      the tract "Chartism ,. ' . ' all of which'were complied with . From Keighley , a letter , was read from Mr . Firfcb , suggesting means to raise a Chartist fund , and establish' ChartiBt Missionaries . From Dorking , ( Surrey ) , a communication was- made , in reply to which' a suggestion-was made , that the friends at Dorking should form themselves into a locality , raise a small fund , and the Executive would be happy to send their democratic' missionaries to propagate the truths of Chartism in that place . The Seoretary was then instructed to summon the Victim-Committce ' - and-the . members of the Executive to a speoial meeting on Wednesday evening next , Sept . 18 tb , and the committee adjourned .. .

      ; HoinsQHAM .- ^ On Sunday last a camp meeting was held on the Forest near this town , which was ¦ attended by about seven thousand persons , for the purpose of hearing an address from Ernest Jones , Esq . Mr . James Sweet having been called upon to preside , opened the business by observing , that it afforded him much pleasure to meet so many thousands of his townsmen , and he felt highly honoured in presiding over so large and respectable an assembly . > -They would remember that . their enthusiastic and ' gallant friend , Mr . Jones ,-had juat emerged from the dungeons of the liberty-professing Whips , -where he had been brutally ill-treated for two years , - for daring to deneunce tyranny in high- places , and fer demanding , iustice and political rights for his

      enslaved countrymen . Would it be believed in after ageB that men were punished in the nineteenth century for a free expression of their opinions f fie Warned the enemies of the people against ' pursuing such a course , and declared that it was the duty of the people to meet , and to discuss the merits : of every proposition brought before them , and to face their enemies on every platform in England . He would not further trespass upon their 1 time but introduce his highly esteemed friend , Mr . Jones , who , on making his appearance , - was greeted- with every manifestation of applause . He said , 'the subject of his discpurse this day would be "Bread and Freedom , " showing the political and social , cause of poverty , disease , and crime , prevalent- in - this country , and

      the effectual means for their permanent removal . For more than an hour he rivetted the attention of tbe vast assembly , which frequently cheered him , and brought facts and figures to show that there had been a great increase of wealth in the country during the last forty years , making the manufacturers neb , while the wages of the producers of that wealth bad been considerably reduced , ' thus causing pauperism and crime to increase in a like ratio . He showed > by undeniable evidence that there was not the least necessity , for any man able and willing to labour , to be in poverty ; that there was no necessity for emigration ; that there was more than eleven acres of land for every man in the kingdom ; that g reat quantities of that land'had been stolen from

      the poor , and the people ought not to be satisfied until it was restored to-the rightful owners . He exhorted them to union and perseverance , and pledged himself to the advooacy of the 'People ' s Charter , -whole ' and entire , with renewed exertion , until it became the law of the land . At the close of Mr . Jones' address , a resolution was proposed by Mr . Emmereon , and seconded by Mr . Liggett , pledging the meeting te agitate for their political and social rights , which , on being put , waB carried unanimously . —A vote of thanks was given , on the motion of Mr . S . Saunders , " To the workmen in the employ of the" MeBsrs . Barclay and Co ., of London , for the glorious reception they had given to the Austrian brnte , Haynau—the butoher of men—the flogger of women , " which , on being put to the meeting , was carried unanimously . —A vote of thanks was

      accorded to Mr . Jones for his able address , amidst acclamations ; who briefly acknowledged the same , and moved , " That the best thanks of this meeting be given to their respected Chairman for the able manner in which he had conducted the business of the ; day , " -which , on being seconded and put , was also * carried unanimously . —Mr . Sweet suitably ac-. knowledged tbe compliment . —A collection was then made , and the sum of £ 3 subscribed . —On Monday a -fewrfriends invited" Mr .-Jones to dine -with them at the Seven Stars Inn , and after dinner the company adjourned to the large room in that' establishment , which had been thrown open for the accommodation of the public . Mr . Wright was elected Chairman , and made some suitable remarks . Mr . Jones again spoke for nearly an hour , to the delight of an overflowing audience . At the conclusion , many names were added to the National Charter

      Association . The CEirPLEOATE Locaiitt of the National Charter Association , 28 , Golden-lane , at their usual weekly meeting held on Monday last , appointed the following officers for the ensuing quarter : —Mr . Meather , president ; Messrs . Moring and Hampton , stewards ; Messrs . Washington and Travers , audi-. tors ; Mr . A . E . Delaforce , secretary . The Mutual Instruction Society , in connexion therewith , is in full and beneficial operation ; its respective class meetings are on Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday evening ? . The locality has been re-organised , and bids fair to become a prosperous portion of the National Charter Association . :, ¦

      SaBFrau ) . —Mr . Bezer delivered a lecture in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-street , on Sunday evening last , to a numerous audience . ; Mr . Royston in the chair . On Tuesday evening , September 10 th , Mr . Bezer again leotnred in the Hall of Science , Rocbingham-Btreet ; Mr . Otley presided . ; 1 Meteopehtan Deieoate Council met at the City Chartist Hall , 26 , Golden Lane , on Sunday afternoon , September the 8 th . Mr . J . J . Brisck in the chair . The first number of the fortnightly Chartist circular was placed on the table , and a quantity was immediately disposed off . : Mabuebone akd Paddinoton . — The -Emmet Brigade met at the Rock Tavern , Lisaon-grove , on Sunday-evening , September 8 th ; the room was crowded to excess . The subject for consideration

      was the extension of democracy in the borough- and its surrounding districts . Mr . Hamilton was called to the chair , and after the enrolment of . several members , the voting of money for the' exeoutive , the metropolitan delegates council , and for the circular , on the motion of Messrs . J . Blake and Kelly , the following resolution was adopted , — ' That for the more effectual extension of Chartism and the propagation of democratic truth , a great public meeting be convened by the brigade-within the westward portion of the borough , at an early day , and that the executive and other democratic friends be requested to attend . " It was also resolved , — " That the Emmet Brigade exhibit their practical sympathy for their distressed brethren of Other lands , by getting up a benefit for the Patriotic Hungarian , Polish , and other refugees , on the 30 th instant . " The brigade then adjourned .

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      Newcastle-on-Tyke .- —At a quarterly meeting of this branch on the 9 th insL , it was resolved" That inasmuch as great disparity exists amongst the various branches and members of the Company as to the rule to be observed' in regard to the unpaid-up Shareholders receiving back their subscriptions to the Company ' s funds , and other 'matters conneoted with the dividends , payable on the dissolution of the Company , this meeting is of opinion , that to ensure a uniform and harmonious dealing with all such distribution of the saidfunds > a conr ferenco should be called by the directors , to meet in December next , to lay down some uniform and just mode of winding up the affairs of the Company , and thereby exhibit a Bpirit of fairness and justice in the dissolution ef this unfortunate , but important public experiment , to emancipate- the working classes of thiB country / ' " That an appeal be made to the Directors and the various other branches of

      the Company , setting forth the utility , desirability , and necessity for such conference to be convened , and that proper time be allowed to afford the various branches of each district to obtain the opinion of their members on the business to be submitted to such conference , and reminding the officers of the Company that the last conference decided that , previous t 6 the Company being dissolved , another conference should be convened . " "That incase the said conference is convened by the Directors this meeting pledges itself to subscribe such reasonable sums as they may individually be called upon to pay towards the expenses of such conference by the committee of tbe branch . "' "That the resolution of a previous conference , with regard to the time which determined the forfeiture of monies paid in by shareholders be adhered to , unless altered bjr the projected conference ,: if Buoh is convened . ' ^ " That , in order to meet the necessary expenses of w inding up the Company ' s afiaira , eaoh shareholder

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      contribute sixnetace at ^ "thiB ' time ; thesametoW&& ducted from the dividend of those who do not pay previous to such division being made . " \ lf That the secretary ( Mr . T . Forrest ) forward the above to the Directors , and to the Nbrtiiem Star , for publication therein . « That the book ; containing-the ? liabili . tieB of eaolr member of ; the branch , ' * be left at-the bar of the Cock Inn , HeJ . d , of the Side ,: Newcastle , where the opuntry _ members ; can ,- at- any . time , liquidate such liabilities by paying the same to the treasurer of the branch , . or to the landlord of the above Inn . " . . « , . > . - ,

      OjCoNNORviLiBi Harvest Home FasnvAii . H The allottees on the above estate celebrated the < conclui sion of ( their harvest labours on Monday ^ the 9 th : msf . jhen about fifty of the oooiipantfl , their . wireg and children -sat down to the " cup which cheers , but not inebriates . " The band having enlivened the party with several- patriotic . / airs ,. Mv .-. 6 i Wheeler was _ called ; to the chair , who opened ' the business of the evening with a-poetioaiaddre 88 , > descriptive of the past occupations and preaentposition ' of the residents , whicti ; was received with . rap . turous ^ applause ; he also ; apologised ' for the absence of T . M . Wheeler ^ which , was ' caused by an unfortunate accident ; The first ^ entimenVVTbe People s ; Charter , max its > - enactment soeedilv

      em xP J ¦ toll ? nS milUons » was able responded to by-Mr . Cole , who showed the glaring inequalities of tbe , ; preserit system ^ -proving ;; that-a handloom weaver , might have worked from the days of Adam until now , and , that at present prices , he could not have ienrned one . year ' s > aalary .-rof ; : the , rlate Queen Dowagerj , and that an agriculturist , working : for ^ the same period , would not receive what the trappings of royalty cost eadr year ; r . , TheLand , the Peo-: pie ' s Birthright , may they speedily obtain" posses * sion ' of it . ' ? Rosponded to by Mr . Parris ; "Feargus O'Connor , and all the advocates of . the ; People ' s Right 9 . " - Mr . Sturgeon , -jun . ^> in responding , ably reviewed the characters of the . principal leaders of the democratic . body . "The .. Democratic Press . "

      Mr . j J . Hornby , of London , formerly an allottee , did great justice to this sentiment . The Victims , and all who have suffered , at home or abroad , for advocating the People ' s 'Rights ;" - ; Mr . 'Lacey , one of , the victims , ofl 839 , replied in > a . telling speech ; "TheBallottedMembers ,: may Ithey , indeed , find that they have drawn apriie . " -Spoken to by . Mr ; Limbourne . " The Purchagers , may it- prove a profitable investment for their , capital . " . ResobndedtobyMr . Bradford . « The Ladies , may ' their , smiles always encourage us in our struggles for Freedom . " Spoken to Dy Mr . S . Newsome . Mr . Lacey then movej , and Mr . J . Wheeler , sen ., seconded , the following ; resolution ,: — "That' this meeting , holding in detestation the character and actions of Haynau , the 'Austrian ; butoher , hereby express . itheir'Bymyathy for Barclay ' s : men ,- and thank-them for convincing him , and the world at :

      large ; that the working classes of this country , do not entertain the views expressed in the Times on Foreign Policy , but have ? a just ' abhorrence ; of cruelty and injustice wherever perpetrated . " , ; Mr . Horhby and' the Chairman supported the resolution ; and administered a severe moral , castigation on the Austrian hyena . Theiresolution ^ wasiunanimously adopted . Dancing then commenced , which , interspersed with democratic songs and recitations ; was kept up until an early hour . The company . then separated -with the pleasing-satisfaction , of knowing , that ; if the harvest they had reaped was -not : so abundant as they had anticipated , that , at . least , itB / producewas all their own , andrthat they had not been toiling merely to enrich ! their tyrant taskmasters , and they were more than ever determined to struggle on and convince -the world that possession of the land is the . only safe remedy for the wrongs of the wealth-producers , and that obtaining the enactment of the People ' s Charter , is the best means to effect this desirable end .

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      THE SWINSCOE MURDEfU-COMMITTAL OF CHADWICK'S WIFE AND MOTHER ., At the late Stafford assizes , sentence of death was passed upon William Chad wick for the murder of lis uncle , Samuel Tunicliffe , by administering to him poison . This sentence has not been . carried into effect , in consequence of strong representations having been made to the learned judge ( Mr . Justice William *) before whom hei ; was ' tried , and . also to the Secretary of : State , that other parties were equally guilty with himself of the dreadful crime . The result has been a respite during her Majesty ' s plea-i sure . The factairelatingtq the murder are briefly these . For several years . p ' reviously to last

      Cbristmas an old man named Samuel . Turnichffe ,, had resided upon a little property , belonging to himself , situated at-Butter ton ,, near Leek , in Staffordshire . In the latter part of that year Chadwick and his wife visited him several times , and . importuned . the old man' to leave his property , and reside with them at Swinscoe , where they had just removed from the Potteries . . During the interim before . his removal the old man Tunicliffe missed the deeds relating to his property , which had been taken from the place where they had been secreted . The importunities of Chadwick ' and his wife , ultimately , proved effectual and he went to live with them , being then , although seventy years of age , in apparently good health . Shortly after ., be had been thero he complained of illness , and was violently purged , and after the lapge of a month from his removal to Swinscoe , the old man died , the . prisoner Tunicliffe , Chadwick ' s wife ' s mother , having previously come

      over from the Potteries to wait upon him . In consequence of the anxiety of the parties to claim the deceased ' s property ,, representing that he had made a deed of gift or the sameto Chadwick ' s wife , and also from other circumstances , suspicions wore excited , and the body was exhumed , when large quantities of arsenic were found in the stomach and intestines . Chadwiok , his wife , and mother-in-law were subsequently arrested , but the two -latter parties were discharged , and Chadwick himself was committed to gaol . In consequence of statements made by him , and also from corroborative circumstances , Chadwick ' s wife and her mother , Ann Tunicliffe , were again apprehended , and on the 5 th iQSti , after the examination of eereral witnesses , at the oounty prison , both , prisoners were fully committed to take their trial at the next assizes upon the capital charge .. The principal portions of the evidence taken at the examination which tended to

      criminate the prisoners were , to the effect that in the latter end of January the prisoner ! Ann Chadwick went to a druggist ' s shop ; at Ashbourne , and asked for twopenny worth , ofcrotonoil , " wheu the assistant gave her sixty , drops only , mixed in linseed oil , the prisoner , stating at the same time that it -was for cattle , but which was subsequently proved to be fake , as Chadwick nover had any cattle in his possession . On the morning of the old man's death a neighbour was called in by Chadwick to witness the signing of a deed of gift by the deceased , at which time both the prisoners were supporting the deceased in . a chair , and who expired without signing the deed . When Chadwiok found the old man was dead he appeared very angry ,

      and said , "Iknew what would be up when that d _—dold—— came from the PottericB ;" , and then addressing the prisoner ( Ann Chadwick ) , said , "D- —n you , you are as bad , as her ; you know what we have done . " About half an hour after the old man was dead , the prisoner Tunioliffewpht Into the house of the next door neighbour , and when asked whether any assistance could be rendered in laying the body out , she replied , JiAU is douo up . " On the morning of the 25 th of FTbruary , the day appointed for the inquest , both the prisoners arrived very early at the house of Chadwick ' s father , who also resides at Swinscoe , and waited until Mr . Chadwick came down Btairs . Upon seeing him the prisoner , Tunicliffe said they had' been travelling

      nearly . all night from the Pottenea to get to the inquest , and that he must go there also ; and then turning . to the other prisoner , continued . "He must say that he had been boiling wheat in water with arsenic , for ^ he ; purpo se Qf poisonjng orows ; that he had set it on the slop . stone to cool , and probably th e . oid man iiiighf conic in and eat of it , as he wa 8 a ; greeqy old : fellow . " A few minutes after this had been said , a daughter of . Mr . Chadwick ' s came downstairs , wKen the prisoner Tunicliffe said to her , "Wo have burnt the deed ; wb have burnt the deed we have burnt it under the tea kettle , " pointing to the kitchen fire . ' The prisoner , Ann Chadwick , said , "Yes , we , have . " ? 7 pon being asked , why they had done so . the prisoner .

      Tuiiicliffe replied , " Tho Jast thing my husband said was , that we must burn it , forit might bring both families into trouble ., Upon being further questioned aB to whether . they had forged the name of the deceased , they returned jnp . answer . The prisoner Tunicliffe then said she should go to the waterhousqa , and aak Mr . Hale rto go -to thu inqiioist to say . that he had attended the old : man whilst he was ill , observing that it would be a | good deal in their favour . In the course of conversation with a man named Roberts , that person was proved , to have said to both the prisoners , " Theold man was poisoned , it is well known ; and some of you have done it . " To which the prisoner Ann Chad r wick said " You know nothing of it ;" . but Tunioliffo was not heard to replv . It was also proved that at

      , the inquest the convict Cbadwick ' said ' to his w ife , " You know you arc the guiltieat party , " to which she replied , " Hush , man , you do riot know " whatyou are saying ; you are mad . "~ William Tunicliffe , a youthi and son of the prisoner , proved ; hat his mother had desired him to fetch some deeds irom a drawer in ah upstairs room after her return ; roni SwinscoejrbecanBe his father would not let them remain in the house , arid ' whioh deeds he subaequeritly delivered to Mr . Halton , the chief constable , by ; whom they were produced ,. arid proved to be those whioh had been lost 'from / the house . of the deceased at Butterton . Corroborative cviaence , wa 8 also given , arid riiedib ' al testimony ad : duced to prove that the deceased had died from the effeots of poison . . , '

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      :, ..: ,. " FUT JUSTITIA . " . , " If It . werepossible for the working classea ,. by combining among themselves , to ral 8 e , or keep up the general rate of wage ' s , It need hardl y be ' said that this would be a thing not to be puniehed , but to be welcomed and rejoiced afc' ?| ' : ¦'¦¦ ¦¦ > ¦ ¦• f . ' . ..-.: :. ' , . • ¦ : fiTOABT Jljlti '' We fear pur members and the readers generally of the Nptth&m Star are getting' as heartily sick of the name of Edward Perry as we are , But , nevertheleaa , exercising as he does so powerful an influence over the well-being of a large class of our fellow operatives , we think we Bhall be excused by our members , arid by the general readers of the Stdr \ if we - ' still keep Mr . Perry ^ as" the hero " of our ^ drama . , f' We have , from the commebcemerit of this '

      strdg-——B ^ I—¦——M—B——B——1—y "^ ATIONAI ^ ASSOCIATION OP 1 fe ^ JMTED TRADES . T . S . PuwcoJiBB , Esoj ; , M . P .,. President . ; ; ¦ Established 1845 .

      gle . professed , and , to the utmost of pur power , endeavoured ' to conduct it upon strictly legal . principles ; In reference to the agreements , by and through which Edward . Perry holds so' many men bound to his chariot wheels , we have ; always expressed our opinion'of their utter irorthlessness in law . But we are riot ' lawyer ^ and it may be posBible * tbat'bur v&ws - upori , this ' BtibjeCt ; fflayibe entirely wrong ; but this Ve aVe , ait all . event ' s , certain of ^ -that these agreements are monstrously unfair as between one man and another ; that on the one side is to be fouDil all the kicks , and on the other side all tbe halfpence . If , after getting , the beat and highest legal opinion , it is found that they will really answer 1 ¦

      Mr . Parry ' 8 intentions ; well , ' upon that point , " we must admit ourselves beaten . ' But the ' duty then devqlyes , upon us to show up the nature and character , ' ojf these precious documents , " in order , to warn the 'tin . Plate Workers against * the monstrous pit into which they are coolly invited by Edward Perry and his clique to plunge themselves . But we assure Mr . Perry and our friends and readers , that we have the strongeht opinion . that these agreements are legally invalid'or voidable , and that in-a few days we shall be in a condition to open the doors of Perry ' sPriijon House , and liberate every man who is there held against his will . However this may be is , to the . issue of this contest , a matter of : the

      slightest consequence . Mr . Perry and his friends must take ' into their consideration the important fact ; that it-is not the Tin Plate Workers of Woiverhara pton , ' or even of London , that they are contending with , but they are now . engaged in a contest With thousands of the working men of England arid Scotland , ' who have lawfully and rightfully combined to protect each other from their reiring propensities . Thais ' -maybe a protracted struggle , but the issue iB certain ; ' "Toub working men it involves the mighty sacrifice- of , perhaps j' our pint of ale or beer per week '; but , Mr . Perry , permit ' us to ask j / ou , —permi ^ us also to' put a similar qiiestion to the gehtl FearWbmbe , ' when th&i benign and amiable cha ' racter gets fairly under our notice—what ' to you

      gentlemen , is likely to be , the cost of a long and tedioos struggle ? And in . tbe name of reason and common sense , a struggle for what ? for this simply , shalk ^ we be permitted ; weekly , to take , by the power that our position as employer give us , twenty , ihfrly , forty , even fifty per cent out of the pockets ' . of our workpeople . We say , on behalfjof ihese men , and backed by the indignant remonstrance of thousands of the working people , no , genUemen ; who shall not perpetuate so menatrous a robbery . By the time this article is in the hands of our members the book , the dreaded book , will be a great fact , thatall the craft , all the cunning of E . Perry , all the bluster , all the low-lived yulgarity of the meek and humble-like Fearncombe can never

      set a 8 ide . . ; .. - . , . . : . . . ';¦ < . . ' . ' ;' . The men of Wolverhampton , working in the tin trade have , by a law , the right to fix the price of their labouri They have done so and from the day that that book is presented to either of those gentlemen , from that day or hour nolens autvotem , they must and will pay the prices ' there indicated , to every man in their employment , except , perhaps , to 'the misguided or base tools , whom they have cajoled ' to sign their slavish bonds . But for ;< he credit of humanity , we do hope and . trust that we Bh ' all be- able to prove that these detestable documents are not binding . We hope to be able , despite 'Edward Perry , to open his prison doors , and'release many noble hearts that he holds ' there imprisoned against their will .

      . \ Vill our readers and members believe it , that Perry would be base enough , after getting Charles Haynes into Stafford Gaol , under the circumstances reported in last week ' s Star—that , ¦ actuated by that intensely mean , grovelling , money-grubbing spirit whichjs the unfortanate , prominent characteriatic of the men , that he shonld hare offered to use his ' iliflaence with the committing magistrate to releajje Hayri ' es from his disgraceful and unmerited punishment , j / " he would enter into another three years' engagement . We need scarcely say that Haynea spurned the disgraceful offer . ¦ Mr . E . Ferry lays hja bead nightly upon his pillow with tbe soothing Bleep-producing reflection , that'two better men than himself are inmates of a

      gaol at his instance . Mr . E . Perry is reputed to be a religious inari—an exemplary attendant and communicant fit big church . In the full knowledge of all the facts of this unfortunate affair it struck us forcibly whether Mr . Perry could , on the first Sunday in the current month , have gone through his usual religious duties ; we asked ourselves , ii it possible that Mr . Perry , with the images of Fenton and Haynes before his mind , ~ is it possible , that that man can offer himself as a recipient of the holy and mysteribus ordinance ? ; , The Central ' Committee proudly acknowledge the universal approbation with which their proceedings in this case have been met . There , is no

      subject upon which all men are so sensitivo as upon their pockets ; but , to the lasting honour of our members , one all-pervading feeling appears to aotu' ate them—afeeling of strong , powernl , intense indignation , at the mean and dishonourable conduct ofthe ' Wolverhampton ^ employers ' . We beg to assure pur members , that as long as . they place their interest in our keeping we will be faithful guardians to them . We hate , detest ,. and abominate " strikes . Mr . Perry knows how hard -we have strove to give to this struggle a better complexion ; he iknows the > compliments which , even from him , were , we believe , unwillingly . extorted as to the proper bearing and spirit shown by those of our

      committee who visited him , and let us , in justice , admit that from Mr . Perry we received a ' similar reception . Everything that could be done to avoid this last and only alternative , was done , and whatever of ill , detriment , and loss which may arise to any party from this collision wo , tho Central Committee , hold ourselves absolved ; but having been once forced into this hostile position we are prepared to stake our position individually—the position of the Association itself upon the issue . And our faith in our glorious Association , which has weathered the battle and the breeze , is so strong that we dare venture- to assure Mr . Perry and his friends that they have entered upon a contest without reckoning the costs . We still , as from the

      first , offer the Olive Branoh . We are still open to negotiate , but it must be upon terms honourable to our clients . ¦ ¦¦ ~ We , are in a position to take somewhat higher ground , and we at once state as a sinegua non , the utter abandonment of all Wrings — The pbiifeci frbkdom op Labouii—No Bokds . We absolutely repudiate man apprenticeship . The tinmen' of ¦ W ^ olverhamp ton have den ounced agreements , They have ' expelled every man who has so disgraced himself since the commencement of tho struggle ; and no Slavs can in -future be a member of the Tin Plate Workers' Society , or of the National Trades ' Association . Let Mr . Perry and his friends come into , the labour market like honest men , buy their

      labour at the cheapest price , that' is , the market Srice ; but no more shall they ride over their poor ripes , as they have hitherto done . We know the Condition of the trade at the present timo—we know the future , the immediate future that presents itself —a future , perhaps , unequalled in that trade by the oldest man Hying in it , and knowing this , gives to us a certainty of accomplishing for these men a simple act of justico—not an extravagant advance to their wage ' s—but even , that we should be justified in asking-rbut simply a-regulation , or , to use Mr . Perry ' s very ingenious word , an assimiution of prices ; bless the man , did he suppose for an instant that wo were unacquainted with tho full meaning of that word ! , " Oh , " says the aoute and lGarried Perry , ' this is riot aa attempt to raise tho

      wages , but : simply to assimilate them ; thercforo , I pay a certain price , perhaps something removed from tho two extremes ; therefore assimilate by taking iriy prices as a standard . " ; " Thank you " , sir , for nothing ; that is not our conception of the assimilating process . We mean this ; that you arid your friends shall in future give a fair price for your labour— such a' price , in foot , aa is already given by your neighbours . This is our position , arid one which we are' determined to maintain , and we know that pur members will support us in maintaining it . ' "' ; The correBpondence of the committee during the past week is of the ' mostencouragirig character . One universal shout of indignation has been sent up , which it is perfectly impossible adequately ; to convey . The central committee are frorii ' every « t Uarter inalwcted' -nay , enjoined , to carry on this

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      contest with vigour and spirit . " Wo need not say how willingl y we respon ^ 'fd ^ a demaridiio ' perfectly in accordance with our own feelings and sympathies . _ W have made : no public appeal in this case ; out of our own circle—we . are jealous of the honour of alone achieving this triumph . It is a mere bagatelle , and must shortly terminate in our favour . We hope next week to be able to report something decisive upon the ultimate issue of the affair ., ¦ : ¦ : At , all events tho central committeo ; know tneir duty ^ ana at . whatever hazard ,, they will faithfully and saoredly perform that duty to the men of Wolverhampton , to tho Association , and- tothemselves . . William Peel , aecrotary .

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      WOLVERHAMPTON TIN-PLATE WORKERS ; THE MAGISTRATES , AND AN ENEMY TO INJUSTICE . ' : " .. ' ..

      , TO . THE . EDITOR . OF THE ifORTHBRN STAR . . Sib;—Being specially ' appoirited to visit this town for the purpose of superintending the Tin-plate Workers' case , as well as the general business of the district , we feel ourselves called tipon , when , an incorrect statement is made , in the press or . out . of . it , to give an explanation , in justice to the parties pcouBed , as well as to remove from the mind of the reader any false impriBBBiori . , : ' ,-.. " We exceedingly regret ' that ,, at any time ' ,, misrepresentations should go forth , as they are calculated to destroy that good faith which ought ! on all oocasiong to exist , arid tend materially to throw discredit on any report which ' may appear , and more articularlwhen that information is

      p y forwarded by a solicitor . ¦ ' ' ' " ! ¦ Itis stated , in the letter signed by "An Enemy to Injustice , " that'" it is alleged on the report of last week , and on the . authority of Mr . H . Underhill , ; that a man named Feritbn is ' at present liin-, guishing in Stafford Gaol , having been committed there for three , months by the borough magistrates , ' at the instance of Jlrl ' . Perry ' , ' wider precisely similar circumstances to flwe ' eoniained in ViVftorgt agairat Wentmrifi . " ' This statemerit is incorrect ,. and , in our opinion , requires a poshive denial , nor doeB the report referred to warrant any cpnoluBion of thia kind .: "'""" ' \ :: r \ : ' : " ''" ' . "¦• ¦ - - ; ' '" . ' The faots ^ w ere these ,: ^ h ^ nian work ing in Mr . B . Perry ' s employ in the-months ' of May , June , and July , were dissatisfied with ther prices paid fdr their work , and they called a shop ' s meeting , through the under foreman , to discuss the question , This

      coming to the ears of Mr . Perry , he authorised the same under foreman to call another meeting , at which he told them that those who were not satisfied might leave . Pentb ' n and Weritworth / did so , and some few days after , he summoned them to appear before thip Borough magistrates , toanBwer a complaint charging theni with neglect of work . Fenton was brought before Mr . Underbill and another , magistrate , when it was ; proved that Fentondid . Ieaye , that ; he'iieverreturriedj and that he did leave underthe , impression that the agreement by which ! he was bound was at an end . The magistrates decided , that ' although Mr . Perry did verbally discharge him ^ it was not sufficient , therefore he must return' to his work , or go to gaol . The man returned to his employer , and is there

      now . ¦¦ ... The case of Tfentw # rth was fully reported , and it will there ^ b ' e Been ,, that ' althoug h" Wentyrorlh did stay after this' verbal . notice' was given , ' and actually , took ; outanother ' order of work , the magistrates in that cage , held the verbal notide'to be | 00 d . The last case' was tried before Messrs . Leigh ( the Btipendary magistrate ) , Loxdalo ( a bar * ristev ) , and another gentleman , which , probably , may account , in some degree , for the just and rational view taken in this case . The general tenor of tho letter of " An Enemy to Justice , " we admire , but we hate and detest the spirit whieh ^ has caused these troubles and dissensions , because the request is just , and the re * fusal abominable . ' ' We are , sir , yours most respectfully , Thomas Winters , Fiiebehick Grben . Wolverhampton , Sept . 10 th .

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      An bxciting Slave Case . —Washington , August 7 th . —The rnn « iway slaves have been so numerous of late in these parts , under the instigations of the Abolitionists here and elsewhere , that the owners of this species of property have become very much alarmed , and hence are disposed to remove them to safer parts of the United States , or to sell them to slave traders . A cruel instance of this kind is ere * ating great sympathy at present . The family of William Williams , the . coachman of Presidents Polk ; 'Taylor , and Fillmore , were suddenly , on Friday morning , seized by a slave trader and taken from their homes in this city , off to Baltimore , to be sent to New Orleans . His wife , over fifty years of age . three daughters , and three ^ grandchildren ,

      were thus snatched from him in an hour to a fate worse to him than death , to be sold in the South to the . highest bidder , and separated from him and each other . The poor man was nearly crazed by the dreadful parting . After many years toil he very recently purchased his own freedom , but his family were owned by some one in New Orleans . The President , feeling deeply for his distreBBjigave him money , and let him go to Baltimore to see them again . Williams found the trader would take the sum of 3 , 200 dollars for them , and he returned with the hope o _ f raising that amount here to redeem them . A petition was drawn up , and to-day circulated about the city and the House of Representatives , setting forth the fact , and asking for

      assistance , which was so promptly rendered , tnat tbe prospect is , in the language of Williams himself , very fair . ' - ' The President , Mr . Webster , General Scott , and a number of senators , members and citizens , have contributed Bums from five to fifty dot lars . Mr . Corcoran gave 200 dollars , which was the ! price asked for the aged wife , and he made her " free " at once . Besides doing this , Mr . Corcoran has purchased one of the women who has lived in his family for some years ; Mrs . Commander Paterson . another , and Mrs . General Towson a third , who lived with her some years past . So the children .

      for whom 1 , 500 dollars were asked , only remain to be purchased b y their grandfather , and he is in a fair way of raising the money . Loss op two Boats and theib Chews . —During a gale of Wind on the 29 th ult ., two boats belonging to Yell , in the Orkneys , while crossing Otter Round , by some unaccountable oauBe were swamped , and all on board , viz ., four men and a boy , perished . LmiuRT ' Discovert . —Many books have been written to prove the identity of tbe Man ia the Iron Mask . That man is now fully believed—at least by the railway , world—to be no other than George Hudson . —Puneh .

      ¦ The following appeared in our third edition of last week : ;—Ciation West . —An exhibition of the produce of several small plots of ground belonging to the men in the employ of Messrs . Walker and Co ., worsted manufacturers , of Bradford , took place on tke 3 l 8 t ult . in the Methcdistscbool . room . . Mr . Walker presided . Prizes were , awarded to Edward Green for vegetables ; Mrs . Brownhill for . large potatoes : Mrs . B . Walker for kidney potatoes ; Mra . J . Walker for onions ; Mrs . T . Ackroyd for turnips : Afrs . J . Ackroyd for celery ; Mrs . Evans for apples ; Mrs . Hall for parsnips i Mrs . S . Briggs for French beans ; Mr . W . Foster for rhubarb ; and Mr . Clayton for peas .

      Serious Fike , at the Nothsgham Bailwat Station . —On Friday morning , about half-past eleven o ' clock , the porters ab work in the goods yard at the Midland Railway Station were suddenly , astonished by observing flames issuing from a , vast number of bales of cotton wool , stacked under an overhanging roof on tho outside of one of the sheds . Tho building and the ¦ whole of the cotton , wool were destroyed in little more than an hour . Neither was insured . Fatal Fall Down Siaius . —On Friday Mr . Carter held an inquest at the Windmill , High-atreet , Lambeth , on the body of a female nearly 100 years of age , named Elizabeth Cootes . It appeared that the deceased , about a fortnignt since , while ascending

      the staircase to go to her room ,. fell down , and received a number of serious injuries on her arms , back , head , and left side Every thing was done for her that the nature of her case required , but she expired on Tuesday last , a few hours sooner than she had foretold . Tordiot , " Accidental death . ' ; . ( Fires . —Two fires occurred on Friday morning * . The first broke out about half . past two o ' clock , on the premises of Mr . J . A . Jordon , wheelwright , 20 , Old-street-road . The fire was not extinguished before it had coriimunicated to the premises of Messrs . Smith and Owen , timber merchants . Considerable damage was done to the stock . —About an hour afterwards another fire was discovered by th&

      inmates on the premises of Messrs . Caldecott , Manchester warehousemen , WopdrStreet , Cheapside . After cutting away a considerable quantity of timber the fire was extinguished . ' ' , , A Furiovs Bullock . —On . Friday afternoon the vioinity of Newingtori , Caroberwell , and Walwqrth was kept in iv state of alarm by iv furiotti . bullock , which broke from a herd di'iven aldn ^' the Kent ' road , and attacked every thing that came across it . A woman , named Ann Geering , living , in Towerstreot , Waterloo-road , was knocked down and gored by the animal . She had to be removed to the hospital . A gentloman , named Seagrave , bnagm Kennington-oval , was also dreadfully injured . -aim * a chase of two hours the animal was- secure d in

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      TO THE CHAETISTS . " BREAD AKD PKEEDOM . " Brother Democrats . — It is , I believe , enstomary for those , who are on a political tonr , to render an account of their progress to the people . I desire to follow , this example j bnt as I do not intend to occupy the ; attention of my readers -with telling them hovr many cheers were give n ; fo r ; the Charter , " or ¦ how many thousands cheered at the' meetings I have had the honour of addressing , but- to devote their time and mine to a more useful purpose . I will postpone all details as to the experience I have gleaned , and'the information I nave , obtained on my journey , until the

      conclusion of my tonr , when it is my intention to forward a Journal .. of my Tow to the " Northern Star " for publication . In this , it will be my endeavour to place before the country the true aspect of ; our movement . I will speak of things as I find them , and I am happy to say , we need be neither ashamed nor afraid of our opponents reading the account Wherever I go , " I am devoting all the time I can spar ^ from the railway and th ? platform , towards investigating tile relative position of employers and employed ; I am endeavouring to dive into that greatest source of ; popular

      misery—the wages-slavery—and I find that reduction of wages by direct means , is one of the least effective instruments which the capitalist is wielding for the destruction of the labouring class . 1 think I shall be able to gather into one focus , the details of an amount of oppression , robbery , and misrnle , that will surprise the reader , and unveil a conspiracy among the rich ,-that must open the eyes of the poor to the imperative necessity of union among themselves . - Every locality is aware of its own local wrongs—few are * aware of what passes beyond their own limits . The poet says ,

      "A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind ; " and I believe what is chiefly wanted in order to make all sections of the working classes unite , 't hough . now too often standing aloof from each other , is to show them how they are all suffering individually at the hands of one great common foe . ... •¦¦ -. ' . '¦' . I have now visited . and had the honour of addressing the largest assemblies tbathavs been held since 1848 , at Leicester , Derby , Northampton , Loughborongh , Sutton-in-Ashfield , and Nottingham . The meeting at Nottingham forest on Sunday last was one of the noblest demonstrations I have ever geenand the brave men of Notts passed on that occcasion a unanimous vote of thanks' to the

      men in the employ of Messrs . Barclay and PexMns , for yyidicatiflg the honour of English manhood against the woman-flogger of Austria . ¦ ' .. ¦ " .. ¦ ¦¦¦ ; : : •" ¦ ' ¦¦¦ I am now addressing you from Botherham—a furnace in tbe midst of a paradise—surrounded by tbe palaces of the ironmasters and mine-owners : — below , in the bowels of the earth , their slaves are pining in a black hell;—above , the rich idlers are reposing in a green heaven , amidst their lawns and woods . But between tbe two the spirit of truth iB beckoning the slave upward and onward—and last night proved it by the numbers and temper of the meeting that assembled . ; .

      Wherever I g » , I find the old movement disorganised—thank God for it ! Freedom don't wear a patched garment ; we'll make her a new one . Wherever I go , I find the embers of discord still lurking among the ashes of party strife and local ambition ; but , my friends , they are fast expiring , and everywhere I find a disposition to fraternise among tbe various sections of the Chartist body . They are tired of par ty strife—they stand in the presence of their great foe—they begin to feel that they cannot afford to bicker ; and , as : "Whig and Tory unite , when there is danger , to' crush thencommon foe—the people—so the people are beginning to unite against their common enemy—the

      rich ! Aye ! xhb bich ! People ! stultify yourselves no longer—understand your position rightly . To know the ground on which you stand is the first essential for victory . You are engaged in a war of the poor against the rich—of labouragainst capital . To reconcile them under the present systemmark ! I say , uxdee the pbbseni system—is impossible 2 To seek the alliance of the rich is insanity , far it is asking them tojight against themselves / , ¦ Remember this great truth : where there are extreme differences between the wealth of two classes—where some are very rich and some are very poor—freedom cannot exist for an hour . Therefore you must not strive to make the " bich bicheb , " for if you do , the poor will never be " rich" and always be slaves ; you must look to

      making the rich poorer , and the poor free , they will soon grow richer then . . - ¦ - -:. Society has progressed through various phases : the first tyrants of the earth were the . priests ; lings were the democrats of that day—and , with the people ' s help , subverted the priesthood . Then came kingly domination : nobles were the . democrats of that day ; and , with the people ' s help , subverted the Kings . Then came feudal domination : merchants were the democrats of that day ; and , -with the" people ' s help , subverted the nobles . Then came middle-class domination : and there -we stand ; we have at last arrived at the age when the veritable democracy is stirring . Proletarians ! recognise your position , and do not tremble at your glorious mission . .

      The People for the People !—the Poor por the Poor !—and God defend the right ! Jfever were the raw materials of democracy more plentiful or more promising—they . ; merely want working up . Everywhere the veterans are still true , and thank God the young blood is fast rushing into the movement ; we Bhall go onward with the blessings of the old , and the courage of the young , i A mighty change has transpired since ' 48 , I can trace it everywhere . And now Tthakis and IIcmbugb ! have at you once again and for ever . ¦; The Chabteb asd Victory ! ERNEST JONES . ¦ P . S . —I should feel much obliged to my friends in Leicester and Derby , since I missed availing myself of the opportunity , while I was there , if they would . favour me with all the information they may possess relative to tbe state of trade , wages , and different mean 9 used for the abatement of wages and increase of the amount of labour in their localities . I have accidentally received a number of the Derby Reporter , containing a tirade of several columns against the lecture I had the honour of delivering at Derby ; the article purports to come from the pen of a " working man . ' I disbelieve ifc—I do not believe a workingman would have been so ignorant of all the principles of social

      polity , as the writer of that article ; and so dishonourable , as to have shrunk from facing me on the platform , though invited , and to have written downright falsehoods in his statement , without even having Bent me a copy of the paper . I shall expect the anonymous correspondent to reveal his name and calling ; and , though he may expect that on my tour I should baye no opportunity of seeing his attack , and no leisure for a reply , I promise l » nn , he shall have one if the columns of his chosen organ will admit it . I owe it to my Derby friends w jaJcatB tho arguments I advanced , and I owe it to the world to refute the atrocious doctrines he maintains . . ] j t j , RothetJum ^ lltu September . 1850 . ;

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      , September 14 , _ 1850 . ^ . T ? . jgrf &ORT ; flflJEN STAR , 5 .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 14, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1591/page/5/