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      ^ enfrom aU pariaeCw ^ tlieMe ^ ofneu-Ci lizinff bbJ fa p ti 61 *? P ?^®^ opposition / To ^ L wfere added the names of men celebrated - the scientific world . for their atetr&fc re-^ ishes , buV infl 1 scarcely an exception , not ^ practical vorkiag' man was to . be found the KsL Of course a commission thusne-° * warily ignorant , to a great degree , of the ^^ £ a M atured of them , must be mainly defSHpon their " advisers . " The con ,

      tency of the " executive" they called in to *«? v aid has by no means been very satisfacfrilv demonBtrafed . The whole of- their roceedmg 8 have been singularly undecided , ^ c onsistent , and contradictory , as might have r ~ en gjpected from parties who did not know ibeir own minds . The missionaries they sent into the provinces , were , in many cases ; far be hind those they went to instruct , in all prac ^ tica ! details and a knowledge of the various ir ancheB of oar manufactures , and the eonaequence was > and is , a not unnatural distrust of the whole afiairon the part of those whose co-operation is absolutely indispensable to success - ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦

      -.. The grand defect of the scheme , however , app ears to ns , that pointed out by Mr . gVrtVSLET in the correspondence printed in an other part of this week ' s Star . While s ociety continues in its present form , the inventor has as good a right to be protected in iha exclusive enjoyment of the fruits-of his g enius as the landlord of his land , or the cap italist of his money bags . It is well known , that the patent laws in this country constitute an instrument of oppression and of loss to the poorer classes of inventors of the very worst before

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

      These facts onght to be kept in mind when ¦ sre hear such sweeping assert ions as to the in ferior inventive genius and artistic skill of oar own people . It is no wonder that the inventive and artistic faculties should be powerfully stimulated and developed in France , when a clever workman can have a machine or other invention , patented in his own country , % y paying about 100 francs , or 4 / . 3 s . 4 d . for that protection , while the English workman cannot secure an equal privilege for less than four hundred pounds . Mr . Towklet very forcibly and graphically

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

      iramble workshop or attic in -which they -were elaborated and tested , from the feeling that there was no available or adequate protection for their inventors . If the Pkdtce Consokt really wished that Great Britain should have fair play in the forthcoming trial of industrial prowess , her intelligent , skilful and practised artisans should have had the fullest assurance of being placed npou a just level with their competitors , and guaranteed against the possibility of others filching from them the beneficial results of many a month or year of hard study and earnest toil .

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

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

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

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

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      THE I < AST " MARE'S 2 JEST" OP « OUR CORRESPONDENT "

      TVe do not wonder at the Times deceiving Haxnatj as to the state of public feeling , when we see how regularly it is hoodwinked by its Foreign Correspondents . A set of rascals niore independent of the truth , and of readier inventive genius , it would be impossible to find anywhere . The lady who manufactured those captivating stories known as the * " Arabian Kight Tales , " in order to save her head , had a more livel y , graceful , and facinating imagination ; hut for the rapidity , the variety , and the number of these concoctions , we are inclined to think " Our own Correspondents " are not far behind that celebrated story teller .

      The most surprising thing is , the effrontery , the matchless coolness , and perfect command of countenance with which , when one lie is found out , blown to the winds , and contradicted on every point by facts , they hatch another , and yet another , seldom or ever condescending to the trouble of noticing the explosion of their last ; so that the falsehood serves the purpose for which it was coined and aent into circulation for the moment , that is all that is wanted . . Men with any remnant of a conscience would blush at being so frequently p illoried in print ;—but as AIawworm Eked to be abused—they seem to like exhibiting themselves hi the face of Europe as most consummate alarmists and constructors

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

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      corps . It would be an instructive labour if time one , who * could" command this requisite timej wpuld : collate his glaring contradictions , and evidently- Tsoncocted falsehoodSi for the last year or two . Doubtless , the task would excite as much indi gnation as amazement during its -progress ; but , it would have the effect of placing the unprincipled wretch , and hisequallynnprmcipled instigators , in such a light that' neither of them' would longer be able , even for a day , to mislead public opinion . , ' ..

      Some time since this hireling scribe , who is evidentl y in the pay of the Elysee , and does his best to deserve the quid pro quo , whatever it may be , gave a circumstantial account of a Congress of . Democrats and . Revolutionists that was to take place in the Channel Islands on a particular day . The Erench exiles were to be present from England , from Switzerland , and Belgium ; Italy , Germany , arid Hungary were to contribute their quota to the gathering , and a number of leading English Chartists were also to form part of the Assembly , —upon which , we were gravely informed , the " Powers of Europe" had their eve . All was known to them . Who was

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

      The Times of Wednesday contains another of these circumstantial and carefully-prepared police revelations , of the " common events which cast their shadows before . " We are told by this eminent authority , One of the most efficacious means of bringing about the universal perversion of the public mind is , the introduction into England of foreign mechanics , particularly Germans , who , they believe , by constant , communication with the

      English aperatives in the same workshops will gradually convert them . A gigantic organisation of all mechanical trades is tins gradually being effected—the immediate object being the rain of the masters and the creation of an association on the plan of the Socialists . The more remote object is the destruction of aU authority and the triumph everywhere of Communism . The country now selected in particular for these plans is England , in consequence of the greater freedom of language and action allowed there , and which the Socialist leaders are determined te push to

      the extreme . The sudden and simultaneous manner in which the draymen acted in the perpetration , of the outrage on General Haynan would show that discipline has already made some progress amongst them . As an opportunity may occur before long of saying more on this subject , it trill be sufficient for the present to direct your attention to the fact , that nothing is left undone to prepare the working classes in Eng land for a complete social teyolution . Those who have the power to prevent it must be on their guard before it be too late . . . . It is not necessary for us to say that there is not a tittle of truth in this elaborate lie .

      Even the Times is so startled by its bare-faced and palpable untruth , that it gives its infamous correspondent a . smart rap on the knuckles , and indicates to him , and the Absolutionists , of whom he is the venal and unprincipled hack , that they are carrying things too far , when they venture to state in the political circles at Paris ,, " that the British Government has , at the earnest entreaty of the Russian , Austrian , and Prussian Governments , consented to take measures relative to the Foreign Kefugees now in England . " Even the authorities at Printing-house Square are

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

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

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

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

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      MONIES RECEIVED Fob thx Wesk Endixq Thubsdat , September 19 ih , 1850 . FOB THE WINDING-UPOF THE LAP C 01 PAKY . Received by W . Rideb . —R . Wharfe , Terrington , St . Clements 6 d—Abthorp Branch , per J . Rainbow ( second sub . scrlption ) 4 s—Kincaple , per J . Edie 4 s Gd—Radcliffe Bridge , per R . Hamer 2 s 6 d . Received at Land Office .-Mt . Surtees 6 u-Mrs . Gradj Is—Mrs . Fryer 2 s 6 d . £ 8 . d . Received by W . Rider .. .. 0 11 6 Received at Land Office .. .. 0 4 0 Total £ 0 15 6 THE HONESTY FUND . Received by W . Rideb . —J . Cook , Ipswich Is—T . Fulcher , Ipswich Is—Friends , Ipswich Is . Received by John Absott . —Leicester , per B . Thompson 456 d - £ a . d . Received by W . Rider .. .. 0 3 0 Received by John Arnott .. 8 4 6 Total . £ 0 7 C AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received by Jobs AnsoTT . -Elderslie , per A . Wright 6 s 2 d-t 4-fiJ- per J . Cnlpanl ^ -IIastings . perB . Mose : 13 b -SonthLondraLocality , perB . Miles 5 s-New Radford , per S . Sannders 10 s . FOR POLISH REFUGEES . Received by John ABKoTr . -Leicester , per E . Thompson Gs—Mr . Billiard , per Mr . Newley Is . FOR THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . Received by Jons Abkott . —Leicester , per E . Thompson 9 s . FOR OR . M ' DOUALL . Received by John Absott . —Leicester , per E . Thompson Ills . FOR MRS- LACEY . Received by John Aenott . —Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds M Is —a few Chartists , Hastings , per E . Muse 8 s lOd—Leicester , per E . Thompson 12 s 2 d—C . Bubb , perE . Miles 6 d . tr ; act fund . Received by Jobs Ahkott . —Roy ton , per J . B . Horsfell , Is —Eldershe , per A . Wright 7 s-Hastings , per E . Mose 3 s . T ° "W THE DEBT DUE TO MR . O'CONNOR ON ACCOUNT , OF OAKUM PICKING . Received at Lihb Omct-G . w . ib .

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      GENERAL HAYj ^ U . A \ Z : The Mowing . letter appeared in the inorii ing journalaof Thursday ;; -- '' . ¦' - < Sir , —I have' only'just- been : made acquainted with the various remarks which have appeared , during my absence from London , in somo of the leading newspapers , respecting a letter of introduction which was given by my firm to General Haynan , and I hope you will find room to insert these

      few lines ; not that it is ray intention to oner an ; opinion on the attack on General Haynau , but I think the exact facts of the case ought to be made known ! General Haynau presented himself with a letter of credit on my firm , and having received some money , he requested an introduction . to Messrs . Barclay and Co ., and a letter . ( a copy of which I enclose ) was given to him . - - I hope I shall be oxoused for drawing your attention to this subject so long after it occurred , but a severe domestic affliction and absence from home ,

      prevented me from doing so sooner . I am , sir , your most obedient servant , " Lionel de Rothschiid . New-court , 18 th Sept ., 1850 . ' ( c ° py- ) " New-court , Sept . S , 1850 . " Gentlemen , —Wo have the honour to introduce to you the bearer of these lines , his Excellency Baron Haynau , and shall feel particularly obliged by your allowing the Baron and his friends to view your brewery . —We remain , gentlemen , your obedient servants , ¦ ( For N . M . Rothschild and Sons ) "B . Cohen . " For Messrs . Barclay , Perkins , and Co . Southwark . "

      By the above it ¦ would appear that the Austrian hangman was not introduced to Barclay and Perkins ' s brewery as the friend of Baron Kothschild , and that he was only the customer and supporter of the would-be member for the City . Whether the explanation given is satisfactory , time and the City electors will determine :- ¦ ¦ !

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      . ,. ; , .. ARBITRARY TREATMENT OF THE LAST POLITICAL VICTIM OF THE POWELL PLOT .

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

      the fine was not remitted . Under these circumstances , the friends who had met to welcome poor Jones from his dungeon formed themselves into a committee , for the purpose of using their utmost energies to raise the amount . Mr . Crump was elected treasurer , and John Arnott , secretary . ' The following subscriptions hare been received : —Arriott , 6 d . ; Hill , 6 < 1 . ; Crump , 6 d . ; Hilly 6 d . ; Hutchins , 6 d , ; Hunnibal , 6 d . ; Young , 6 d . ; Mrs . Uewley , Is . ; Miss' Simmonds , Is . ; Mrs . Brown , Is . ; Mrs . Mills . 6 d . Contributions will be thankfully received by the secretary , 14 , Southamptonstreet , Strand , London .

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

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

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

      about to be forced into a marriage with one Piguillo , a miller , whom she abominates , the deliverer comes forward again , and bribes the miller , whose only object is cash , to take his place at the altar . Giralda , believing that her husband is the miller , is ¦ waiting . for him at the mill on the nuptial night , when Don Manuel contrives to accost her , and assures her that he is her . real spouse . Preserving an invisible character throughout the piece , he guards her against the . machinations of a libertine Prince of Arraeon , who is constantly , pursuing her , and at last , making . use of the jealous fears of the Prince ' 8 consort , is able to declare that she is his wife . The incidents by which this result is brought about -would appear very complicated in a narrative form , but aro clear enough on the stage , the ingenuity of the author being chiefly shown in the expedients by which he makes Don Manuel watch over

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

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      — - —? - DREADFUL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY .-TEN LIVES LOST . A very melancholy cocurrence took place on Thursday morning , about half-a-milo eastward of the Brentwood station , on the Colchester line , by which ten plate-layers , servants of the comp any , lost their lives . It appears that these men , with about forty ot their fellow-vrorkmen , had just unloaded a train of ballast trucks , which was on the down-line , and to allow the engine and empty trucks to move on stepped aside , some of them between the metals ol the up-line , probably forgetting that the first _

      uppassenger train was at that moment due . -inis train arriyed quite punotual to its time . The moment that the engine driver perceived the men on the line he whistled loudly , and the guards and firemen applied their breaks ; but the poor fellows evidently became paralysed , and before the train could be stopped , ten unfortunate creatures were run over and killed on the spot . The eng ine of the ballast train was blowing off its steam , which may perhaps have prevented the men from hearing the approach of the passenger train . A fog prevailed at tie time .

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      Hakrlsm Lakb . —In consequence of the works for the drainage of tbe Haerlem Lake ,, the channel of the Lower Rhine ha& been very much narrowed , and the Governor off North Holland comp lains that much damage . na&Ueeadwie by fiflfl waters rising on the banks .

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      ' rl *! L ^ f KCUTlVa CoMMUfss op * afi NationAI Chartbb Association mot at the office , 14 , Southampton-street ,. Strand , on Wednesday evening , September 18 fch . ; Mr . James Grassby in the chair . Communications . wero read from Elderslje , announcing the enrolment of fifty members , from Halifax ,. encloBing . one , pound for the funds' ; arid " ^ . ¦" asfongs . remitting a further sum of thirteen shillings ; and announcing the continued progress of tnartism in that town '; from Lynn ,, that a locality had been formed under very encouraging prospects . Twenty-four members were enrolled , - and agents appointed . —The MaryUlone Mekirigin Carlisle-street . Portman-market . —On the 25 th inst ., the secretary d that

      ^ porte . Messrs . John Fussell , G . J . Harney , G . W . M , Reydolds , and . D . W . Ruffy had accepted invitations to be present : —The Union of the several Democratic Societies . —The delegates to' the subcommittee reported that it had been agreed by tho sub-committee— « That the title of the proposed society ^ hould be The National Union of Chartists and Sooial Reformers , ' and that the next conference of delegates should be held on Sunday week , the 29 th , at John-street Institution : " The council then adjourned until Tuesday evening next , Dojjcasier . —Mr . Ernest Jones delivered a lecture m the Guildhall , on tho 11 th inst . ; to upwards of 400 persons . Mr . Peter Fprden having been called to tho chairintroduced Mr . Joneswho was

      , , loudly cheered . He proceeded to point out the evils of our present political and sooial system , the evil effects of competition , and said that the only means of checking it , or improving the condition of the working classes , would be by placing the surplus labour on the land . He proved , by statistics , that two acres of land ia sufficient for the maintenance of one family , and that the soil of this country is capable of maintaining several times the amount of its present population . Mr . Jones also proved that the working classes must first secure their political rights before they can expect any- material change in their condition , either by co-operation , emigration , or any other , scheme . Mr . Janos ' s animated lecture was loudly applauded . This is the first

      political lecture we have had here for the last two years , with the exception of two Mr . Cooper delivered about six weeks since . We now want Mr . O'Connor to give us a call when he comes in the neighbourhood , and we hope soon to establish a new Chartist association . ¦ . Shejfield . —On the 12 th inst . the Democrats of this town had the pleasure of hearing a lecture from their patriotic friend and champion , Ernest Jones , Esq ., in the Hall of Science , but from timidity or bad management of the friends engaging Mr . Jones to be . hore on the Monday , and after the above gentleman had placed it in his route in the Star , the , whole arrangement was altered to Thursday , the 12 th : numbers of people came upwards of twenty miles on the Monday from the country , and were

      disappointed . But for those awkward circumstances no place in the town , however large , ¦ would have held the mass of persons who flocked , to hear him . , Mr . Otley was appointed to the chair . The lecturer directed the attention of his hearers to the positive fall of wages generally ; the wide difference in the mortality of life between the rich and poor ; the amount of money drawn from the working classes ; and the enormous advantage of having a small proprietary in land , concluding with a strong exhortation to his hearois to cease their miserable petty ambitions , and become men , working together as one man . Mr . JoneB having sat down , Mr . Bezer read an excellent article from the &mupon Haynau . Mr . Uezer then moved , and Mr . ( i . Cavill , seconded , the following resolution : — " That Marshal Haynau

      is a cowardly tyrant , unworthy . the respect or protection of mankind , and that the forcing his obnoxious person on English grounds , was an insult of the grossest kind : to the . feelings of Englishmen , therefore this meeting pledges itself to furnish , if needs be , something more substantial to the workmen at Messrs . Barclay and Perkins'brewery than mere votes of thanks , in the shape of a good subscription . " The motion being put from the chair was carried with acclamation . Th e usual thanks being voted to the lecturer and chairman , the meeting broke up . The Council have now entered into correspondence with Mr . Jones , with regard to his delivering two lectures in this town , when due announcement will be made , and disappointment ) will be next to impossible .

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

      Barker , of . Todmorden , "That this meeting being admirers of the principles of democratic and social liberty , and consequently haters of tyranny and despotism , in all its forms , sincerely thank the men in the employ of . Barclay and Perkins , and other residents in the vicinity , for their manly outburst of feeling as exhibited by them on the recent visit of that monster , Haynau , the military murder , executioner ,, and woman flogger , an 4 trust it will prove a lesson to all such tyrants and oppressors of the human race throughout the world . ' After a vote of thanks to . the lecturer and tho chairman , the meeting separated .

      Great Mkkiino at Binoiey . —This town prosented an unusual appearance of bustle and animation on Saturday last , in anticipation of the visit of Ernest Jones . Groups of persons were collected in all the streets , and crowds had poured in from the surrounding districts , some coming as far as twelve miles . At six o ' clock on Saturday evening a large procession , headed by a band of music and a barouche and greys , proceeded to the railway station , ; where Mr . Jones , on alighting , was received

      with a most enthusiastic welcome ; while the carriage advanced amidst the acclamation of the crowd , and followed by a vast procession thi'ough the town . In the Market-place the crowd became so dense that the procession came to a temporary halt , and Mr . Chadwick and Mr . Jones were obliged to address the assembly , after which the party proceeded to the Odd Fellows' Hall . This beautiful hall was decorated in the most tasteful manner ; and upwards of 300- sat down to tea , enlivened by the strains of a most excellent band . After the tables

      were cleared , songs , recitations , and a dance added to the charms of the evening . Mr . North presided , and sentiments were spoken to by Mr . Robinson , Mr . Hornsby , Mr . Holt , and Mr . Lightowler . Ernest Jones also spoke to the sentiment— " Success i to democracy , at home and abroad . " The evening ' s entertainments were characterised by the utmost hilarity and order , and this Chartist banquet will be held in happy recollection by all who partook in the enlivening scene . At twelve o'clock the meeting separated , after votes of thanks to the ladies , the committee , and their guest . By ten o ' clock" in the morning of Sunday , the 14 th inst ., numbers . of tho pgople were seen wending their way to the Druid ' s Altar—a romantio spot ,

      about a mile from Bmgley . The beauty of the scene , and the picturesque effect of the crowd clinging along the side of the- rock—the gay dresses of the female portion of the audience , contrasting strangely , with the dark background of the precipice , and the wild heather covering the surrounding hills—formed ' a tableau worthy the pencil of a painter . The speakers stood on the Druid ^ s Stone , the ; assembly-on > the > amphitheatre of rooka .. that half surround it . ; TheV proceedings . commenced with a domocratio hymn , Mr . North presiding ; after which Mr . Robinson addressed the meeting in an excellent speech . Ernest Jones then preached a Sunday morning ' s sermon , whereupon it was moved , seconded , and carried by

      acclamation—" That the name of Ernest Jones , with the date of his visit , and the period of his incarceration should be graven on tho face of the rock . " Mr . Jones having returned thanks for this , honour , and a hymn having beon sung , the meeting separated , after a vote of thanks to the chairman , highly delighted with the morning's service on the altar of a worn-out superstition . At two o ' clook in the afternoon , Mr . Jones lectured'in the Odd Fellows' Hall , to an overflowing audience . He spoke for an hour and a half . At six o ' clock in the eveuing the Hall was again crowded . Mr . Morrell presided , and Mr . Robinson first addressed the meeting in a beautiful and argumentative

      style . : Mr . Culpan , of Halifax , then spoke in ' a loud and masterly manner , on the relation of labour , capital and currency , and rivettedthp attention ' of a delighted assembly . Ernest Jones resumed his lecture , which he concluded , amid the acclamations of his audience . The committee then presented him with the sum of £ 11 , as a token of the friendship arid esteem of the inhabitants of , Bingley . Mr . Jones having expressed his deej ) sense of gratitude for this mark of kindness . and regard , the ' crowded meoting . separated , after . the customary votes of thanks . A splendid band was in attendance throughout the day , and played at the commencement and conclusion of the lectures .

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

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      Itators . A tea party was assembled in the Tempe -neei Hall , which was most . tastefully decorated atiderowuC ' ** the time " when the procession arrived . " Upwh ^ ° f ^ 00 s ? down to tea ; .-Mr North was move ' d to the chair . After / the- ; . tables had been cleared , the public y ? i * admitted , and the body , of the hall and galleries -were S ° » crowded ' to overflowitfg ; So great were tu ? numbers that sought admittance , and such was ? he multitude outside , that ErneBt Jones was obliged to leave the hall , and address the throng without trom the steps . ' Harmony enlivened the evening , aunng which several excellent ' recitations and son « . wore given by Messrs . B . Lightowler , J . J . Bezer ( of London ) , Ernest C . Jones , and several other persons ; and two bands performed

      alternately . We particularl y noticed a song sung by Mr . Lightowler ori the liberation of Ernest Jones ; and a poem recited by Mrs Moss , who had composed it on the same occasion . The followin * sentiments were spokes - to : — " The People- the legitimate source of allpower , " Bpoken to by-Mr . David Lightowler . The next sentiment was :-" Ernest Jones , Esq ., the talented advocate of the people ; may heliveto triumph ovor all hia enemies , and ultimately , assisted by other advocates of the people ' s rights , succeed in establishing those principles for which he ; has struggled and suffered /' Mr . Jones responded , but want of space precludes our giving the addresses of tho speakers . A vote of thanks was then moved by Mr . Jones ; and seconded by scores in the meetin * . and carried bv

      acclamation , to " Messrs . Barclay and Perkins ' s men , for their noble conduct in punishing the miscreant Haynau . " Enthusiasts cheers were then givon for the Charter , and a similar compliment was paid to Mr . Jones . Three groans were given for Haynaw , and the meeting was dissolved by the chairman , though hundreds of young persona remained behind to enjoy the pleasure of the dance . Thus ended one of the most magnificent gatherings we have had in Bradford for a long time . Hundreds of tickets could have been sold at the doors but the committee nan to stop the sale , hot being able to supply them with refreshments . Large Meeting : at HoiMPinTir . —The Town ^ Hall was crowded to overflow on Tuesday night last to

      hear an address from Mri Ernest Jones .- Mr ffortli was called totho chair . The lecturer spoke for upwards of an hour and a half , amid the enthusiastic , plaudits of the audience ; after which a vote of thanks was carried by acclamation to the workmen in the employ of Messrs . Barclay and Perkins , for their chastisement of that vile tool of kings , Marshal Haynau , and after the customary rotes of thanks , thia large and important meeting separated , highly delighted , with the evening ' s proceedings . . Hastings . —A meeting was held on Sunday , at the Red Lion Inn , Stone Field , for the enrolment of members and the formation of a lecture fund . Tho following resolution was passed unanimously : — " That this meeting cannot separate without

      giving their hearty thanks to the workmen in the employ of Messrs . Barclay and Perkins , and to the inhabitants of Southwark , for their manly feeling exhibited by them , in the reception given to that inhuman monster , Haynau , and for having by their heroic conduct , shown the tyrants of the earth , that however ready the aristocracy and their special organs—the lying Timts and Chronicle—may be to retaliate such crimes against humanity the working classes are not sympathisers with murderers and floggers of defenceless women . " Norwich . —At a meeting in the' Chartist room , St . Mary's , on Sunday last , the following resolution was agreed to : —" That the thanks of this meeting is due , and hereby given , to the men in

      tne employ 01 Messrs . Barclay and Perkins , and all vho assisted them in chastising the man-slaying , woman-flogging , and inhuman monster , Marshal Haynau , and we trust they will continue to show their detestation of all tyrants . " Edinbobgh . —A general meeting of three localities was held at Mr . Buchanan ' s Coffee-house ; on the 11 th inst ., to receive the report of the Bannockburn trip committee , and to adopt measures for the visit of Mr . Ernest Jones . —Mr . G . Brunner in the chair . —Messrs . Mathison and Wenley were appointed auditors , and after - transacting some loqal business , the meeting adjourned . —On Monday evening last—Mr . G . Brunner in the chair—the auditor ' s report was read and adopted .

      The following resolutions were carried : — - " That Ernest Jones , Esq ., be invited to deliver a lecture in Edinburgh . " " That a committee of . two from each locality be appointed to make arrangements for the meeting . " Other business closed the proceedings , and the meeting separated . Paisley . —At ' a meeting held in the Democratic room , 1 , George-street , Paisley , the following resolution was adopted : — " That this meeting having heard with pleasure the noble arid manly reception given by the draymen in the employ of Messrs . Barclay and Perkins , in London , to Marshal Haynau , the murderer and flagelator of the noble , virtuous , and patriotic people of Hungary , who , though he pledged his word to save the lives of the noble

      defenders of Arad , hung twenty-five of her generals in one day ; whose name is a byword and reproach , and whose life ought only to be spared for the people to show their detestation and abhorrence of such a monster . This meeting tender to the men of London their best thanks for having so acted , as it vindicates our character as a people , loving liberty and hating oppression . " Manchester . —A special meeting was called in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , September 15 , which was well attended , to consider the propriety of joining the National Executive of London , as at

      presented constituted , when it was moved by Joshu Guttridge , and seconded by Daniel Donovan , ' That wo , the Chartists of Manchester , do not join any Executive ' body , unless the members are elected by Universal Suffrage , according to the principles of the People ' s Charter . " The resolution was carried unanimously , with the exception of one vote . —In the evening , ' Mr . Dickenson , better know | n as the " Manchester Packer , " delivered a soul-stirring lecture to a orowded audience , in the above Institute , After a vote of thanks to the lecturer and chairman , the meeting separated , highly pleased with the evening ' s proceedings . :

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

      Emmett Brigade . —A meeting was held at the Rock Tavern , Lisson Grove , on Sunday , September 15 th ; Mr . Cook in the chair . Messrs . Riley , Cook , Hull , Munden , and Kelly , were elected a council for tho ensuing quarter , and Mr . Jacob Blake , secretary . Arrangements were made for the forthcoming meeting . The delegate reported from the Metropolitan Council , and tho Brigade expressed its willingness to aid and assist the Cripplegate Locality in getting up a publio supper to Ernest Jones and other Democrats , on the return of Mr . Jones from his tour of agitation . Whittington and Cat . —At a meeting lately held it was resolved : — " That we hail with delight the practical ebullition of feeling displayed by Barclay and Perkins' men on the recent visit of Marshal

      Haynau , and pledge ourselves to support them as much as our means will allow , in the event of their dismissal from employment ; at the same time , much as we disapprove of the Jews Disabilities Act , we cannot but express our astonishment that a man professing liberal ideas like Baron Rothschild , should countenance such a ruffianly murderer ; and wo likowise recommend the electors of the city of London to select a representative more imbued with the feelings of humanity . " A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman , and the meeting adjourned . Somers-town . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler lectured at the Bricklayers'Arms , Tonbridge-street , on Sunday evening , On the life and poetry of Percy Bysche Shelly , " The chair was ably filled by Mr , G . Humphries . Messrs . Hornby , Wilkin , AUnutt , and Nobbs also addressed the audience . The .

      lecturer was requested to resume the subject upon some succeeding Sunday ovening . Thb National Victim Committee met at the Executive Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening , September the ISth . Mr . John Milne in the chair . : The secretary , Mr . John Arnott , laid the accounts from March last down to tho present period before the committee , which Bhowed the receipts to be £ 32 8 s . 5 id ., and the relief to victims , and the expenditure connected therewith , to be £ 33 0 s . 2 d ., showing an excess of expenditure over receipts of eleven shillings and eight pence halfpenny . Several debts being due to the committee , it was resolved that the secretary write to the parties requesting immediate payment of the same . —The

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

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      rwu Secret «» y <> f State , for the immediate release ¦¦ * 'A °% aa ones » < HV in-other words , a remission , oftne fine . "—The committee then adjourned . , METnoPOMTAtf Dbieoatk CouNcit .-The Council assembled m < the ; Chartist-Hall , 26 , Goideri-Jaiie , Barbican . on ^ Sunday afternoon , September 15 th ; w % P * a ^ , ; tho chair . Several propositions were submitted , for the better regulations ofthft council 3 ¦ . proceedings ,- The sub-committee an * ZQunced ^ that the demand for circulars had been larger than the , supply ; that . the second number would ! io ready on Sunday , the ; 22 nd inst . An address T ? a 3 : submitted and agreed to . — -The democratic Press . r- ' illr ., John Milne submitted that the newavenders in Many cases refused to-sell the demo * cratio journals and periodicals )' and that it was necessarythat steps betaken for thejr proper and effloient circulation . —On the motion of Mr . W . A .

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

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      man — NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . T . S . Duhcombb , Esq ., M . P ., President . : Established 1845 . . . -.. ' . " WAT JUSTITJA . " " If it were possible for the working classe 3 , by combiuing among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it need hardly bo said that this would be a tiling not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at . " . ¦ ¦ AntATiT \ lirr .

      The superior efficacy and economy of national over local or sectional combination , begins to be recogni 3 ed and contended for as a principle by men of all parties in connexion with labour . The Executive of this movement are fairly entitled to tbe credit of having been the first practical enunciators of this important tenet ; and it is , therefore , with feelings of great satisfaction , that they witness the efforts now making by men of the highest talent as leaders and teachers of the people , to awaken the working classes to a due sense of their weakness when combatting , singly or sectionally , with the constantly aggressive power of capital .

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

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

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

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

      to receive and welcome Charles Hayhes , whose term of imprisonment , at the suit of E . Perry , expired on that day . The new book of prices has been printed and ciroulateckaniong the employers , and willingly accepted and assented to by all but the Perry faction . Mr . George Perry envious , we presume , of his brother ' s doings before the magistrates , has been improving upon that worthy ' s proceedings , and has had one or two of his men before the Bench , for the alleged infraction of a verbal agreement ; with what success we are not at present able to state , but we feel , every day , more assured of the impossibility of these gentlemen continuing , for any long period , this unavailing struggle .

      In reply to various communications , urging the Central Committee to continue their support to the Tin Plate Workers , we beg to assure our members that upon taking this question up we were fully aware of tne character of tho parties we had to contend with , and while advising moderation to the men , and using every possible-means td " avert any hostile proceedings , we were equally determined to stake even the existence of the Association , if necessary , upon the issue . Everything that has transpired has tended to strengthen them in the continued pursuance of this policy . To borrow Mr . E . Perry ' s language , " We have hoisted our flag , " and have nailed it to the mast , not to be struck until victory ia achieved , The BOOK , and " no surrender , " is our motto ; and

      further resistance to claims so manifestly just and moderate as those we advance on behalf of the tinplate workers , will be unavailing , and an act of mad and desperate infatuation . We are extremely sorry to state that a . ' very important letter from our friend Mr . Barber , the general secretary of the carpet weavers of Kidderminster , reporting an important delegate meeting , at which nearly 2 , 000 men working afc that trade in Kidderminster and its neighbourhood were represented , has got mislaid . Upwards of sixty delegates attended . Mr . Green , accompanied by the president and secretary of the tin-plate workers ,

      addressed the meeting explanatory of the cause andprogress of the strike , and the fixed determination of tbe Central Committee to bring the whole powers of tbe Association to bear in defence of the just claims of the men . A resolution was unanimously passed , pledging the Kidderminster carpet weavers to support their fellow-men of Wolverhampton until victory crowned their exertions ; and the Central Committee were also thanked for the determined position they had assumed , in defence of the rights of industry . Thanks were also voted to Mr . Green , and the deputation from Wolverhampton .

      We have also just received information of an important meeting of the blanket weavers of Earls Heaton , near Dewsbury , who , though not strictly liable by tho rules to the payment of this extra levy , have much to their honour , waved every privilege by which such payment might have been avoided , and have nobly taken upon themselves the honourable duty of contributing their assistance to snatch these men from Perry ' s merciless grasp .

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      GiAsaow . —Irisii Democratic Association . —At a meeting of this brauch held at 45 , St . Andrew Square , J . Hale in the chair , the following resolution was adopted : — «• That we , the members of the Glasgow branch of tho Irish Democratic Association , highly approve of the manly conduct of the men in the employ of Messrs . Barclay , Perkins , and Co ., for their significant chastisement of that monster Haynau , and also , that wo tender a vote of heartfelt thanks to tho patriotic women ? Bankside , for their noble conduct on that occasion .

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

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      September 2 i , 1850 . THE NORTHERN STAR . *

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 21, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1592/page/5/