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      The United States Of The Australian Repu...

      pnblic opinion , desire to see Representative sad Republican Institutions supersede the antiquated heredit ary and feudal governments -which have heretofore kept the world in bondage . It is by tbe creation of a powerful op inion in favour of such movements as that now adverted to , that our own Cabinet and Parliament will be deterred from any suicidal

      and short-sighted effort for its suppression . Let the people at home make common cause _Tsvith their brethren in Australia , and the downfall of aristocratic domination is certain . If Eng lishmen in America and Australia can conduct their affairs well , _widely , and prosperously under a Republican form of government , why not at home ? Pregnant question , which mere surface _^ Reformers would do well to ponder .

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      The Hy^Ena-Haynau Hunt. Tvithin A Few Ho...

      THE HY _^ _ENA-HAYNAU _HUNT . TVithin a few hours from the time that Hat >„ 0 was hunted from Barclay ' s Brewery into the dust-bin of the George Public-house , ¦ _vre penned our earnest approval of the conduct of the honest working men , who distinguished themselves on that occasion . We rejoice to find that so large a proportion of the Press of this country has joined in our hearty congratulations to them , for having redeemed England in the eyes of the world , from the stigma of being the accomplice and abettor of such a

      fiend in human shape ; and of the still more fiendish Imperial monsters who used 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 { Uironicfe . That , thank Heaven I is now impossible ; and we do not , therefore , wonder at the rage of these detestable mouthpieces of absolutism , at being unmasked before the world . Henceforward , when they assume to represent public opinion iu England , the brief refutation will be found in the single word" Hatsau . "

      It is difficult to understand where these prints get their writers . They cannot be native Englishmen ; or , if really cradled in this country , they must have lived so long in the emasculating and demoralising atmosphere of Continental Conrts , th _: _it 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 , downtrodden , oppressed , and struggling people havo no claim npon their regard or consideration . The Chronicle , and one or two other sentimentalists of this

      despicable school of journalism , whine about the " grey hairs ofan aged man , " and similar _stufE Why the " grey hairs" of Haynau were an additional reason in his case for the treatment he receired . He had the same " grey hairs" when he presided over the disgusting and sickening scenes of carnage and outrage which characterized his bloody campaign in Italy . When he

      brutally murdered Count _Batthtant , and flogged a woman and a mother in the midst ofa square of soldiers , Ms hairs w ere 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 , Hay > atj onl y did what he was ordered to do . What then ? Does that absolve him 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 no hands to he _lifted—novoices raisedin defence of outraged humanity ? We are next warned against the evils that may arise from permitting " mobs" to take the law into their -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 ? Would it not be 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 obliterated and destroyed , as no longer to feel iiorror and aversion when deeds that violate every just , humane , or benevolent feeling of onr common nature are perpetrated ? So think ihe organs of absolutism in England . So write the un-English scribes of the Times and Chronicle . They positively seem to think they are living in Kussia 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 , by proposing to set the Attorney General to prosecute Barclay ' s hrewers . Now , these people had better understand , once for all , that they do not live tinder the regime of M . Carlier , and that any attempt to introduce it into this island may be followed hy 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 hetake themselves to Paris , Borne , Naples , Berlin or Petersburg . We shall heartily rejoice in so good a riddance .

      At all events they must feel deeply mortified to find that they now stand before Europe and America as convicted liars . The carefully concocted 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 John _O'Coxxeix , who ventured to eulogise _Hyaena-HAYSAU at the last meeting at Conciliation Hall . They represent the opinion of the people of England just about as truly , and just about as much , as that broken-down and dilapidated political pedlar does that of the people of Ireland .

      Honour to the workpeople of Bankside Honour to those who in the metropolis , and fhronghont the country , have responded to tho virtuous indignation of the people of Bankside , and sanctioned theu * 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 straggle 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 ¦ _Cbomwells and the _Miltoxs are not without heirs among the " common people , " however little sympath y there may be with them and Iheir glorious deeds in Printing-house-square . One thing seems certain , Haykau will put faith in " The Thunderer " and 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 sturdy British

      Indignation , which all the " leaders" of " the Leading Jonrnals" will never efface from his recollection . Wherever he shows his face we hope that- men , women and children , will recollect his inglorious treatment , and his refuge in the dust bin ofthe George public-house , Bankside ; the driving of the cowardly old woman-flogger to that i gnominious shelter had a worldful of sweet revenges in it , and sinks him so low that not a hundred Times , each with a hundred times more power , can ever make Ha y nau hold up his head in the world again .

      Sr. Mabie's Catholic Chubch Was Opened A...

      Sr . Mabie ' s Catholic _Chubch was opened at Sheffield on Wednesday . The ceremony , wliich was very magnificent , was attended by a large number ff the Catholic clergy and aristocracy .

      Monies Revived Fob Ths Tvhbh Ending Thpb...

      MONIES _REVIVED Fob ths _TVhbh Ending Thpbsdit , BEPIKilBgB 12 th , 1850 . FOB tHB WINDING-UP OF THE LAND COMPANY . _^ lO _^^' _tonL - Central Rosen - _a _* _e . P _^ J * Ash-R _^ _iT _™ « " - ? _^ r E _TreqMMer 4 s 9 a-Newcasfle Branch , per IL Jude . l 7 s 6 _d-Northwich , per W . Howe fifl te _^ i . at Ofho _ -J . Pedden 6 _d-M . Wardrop ea-D . Fisher _Gd-Mr . Finestown Ss _6 d . Received by W . Rider .. .. 118 3 Received at Land Office .. 0 7 0

      Total .. .. .. £ 253 AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . Received by John _Absott . —Mertbyr Tydvil , per J . Owen 7 s—Todmorden , per _R-BarSer 6 s—Greenwich and Deptford ( Walter's Arms ) 5 s—Cheltenham , per J . Hemmin 2 s ad Pudsey , per T . Wade 7 s—East London Locality , per Mr . Tickers 8 s—Emmett's Brigade , per J . Blake 3 s—Mr . John Hughes ls—an Isolated Chartist 6 _d . FOR MRS- LACEY . Received by W . Rideb . —Congleton , Ten Hours' Committee , per T . Kckford 10 s . Received by John Abnott . — Hodgson ' s ililL near Blyth . per J . R . Robinson 3 s 4 d—Cowhen . near Blyth , per Messrs . Robinson and Messer 7 s 2 d—Cheltenham , per J . Hemmin 8 s—Mr . Topham 6 d . DEBT DUE TO PRINTER . ' Received by John Anson * . —W . H . Tanner , Totness , per Mr . _ShnteSs . TRACT FUND . Received by Johs Absott . —Mr . Reynolds 2 _s—Green-nich and Deptford 2 s—Bermondsey , per Mr . Edwards ls—Lynn per J . Twaits _ls—Itovtou per J . B . Horsfall 2 s—Mr . Hughes Gd .

      To The Chartists. "Bread Asd Freedom." B...

      TO THE CHARTISTS . " BREAD ASD FREEDOM . " Brother Democrats . —It is , I believe , customary for those , who are on a political tour , to render an account oftheir progress to the people . I desire to follow this example ; bnt as I do not intend to occupy the attention of my readers with telling . them how many cheers were given for 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 exper ience I have gleaned , and the information I have obtained on my journey , until the

      conclusion of my tour , when it is my intention to forward a Journal of my Tour to the " _Northern Star " for publication . In this , it will he 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 spare from the railway and the platform , * towards investigating the 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 ' eapitah ' st is wielding for the destruction ofthe labouring class . I think I shall be able to -gather into one focus , the details ofan amount of oppression , robbery , and misrule , 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 ofits 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 , though 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 that have been held since 1848 , at Leicester , Derby , Northampton , Loughborough , _Sutton-in-Ashfield , and Nottingham . The meeting at Nottingham Forest on Sunday last was one of the noblest demonstrations I have ever

      seenand the brave men of Notts passed on that occcasion a unanimous vote of thanks to the men in the employ of Messrs . Barclay and Perkins , for vindicating the honour of English manhood against the woman-flogger of Austria . I am now addressing you from Rotherham—a furnace in the midst of a paradise—surrounded by the 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 snd woods . But between the two the spirit of truth is beckoning the slave upward and onward—and last night proved it by the numbers and temper of the meeting tbat assembled .

      Wherever I go , 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 theember 3 of discord still lurking among the ashes of party strife and local ambition ; but , my friends , they are fast expiring , and everywhere 1 find a disposition to fraternise among the various sections of the Chartist body . They are tired of party 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 rinite , when there is danger , to crush their common foe—the people—so the people are beginning to unite against tbeir common enemy—the bice ! Aye ! thb hich ! 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 labour against capital . To reconcile them nnder the present systemmark ! I say , usdek the fresekt ststem—is impossible ! To seek the alliance of the rich is insanity , for it is asking them to fight against themselves ! Remember this great truth : where there are extreme differences between tho 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 " men richer , " 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 wili soon grow richer then .

      Society has progressed through various phases : the first tyrants of tbe earth were the priests ; kings 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 tho people ' s help , subverted the kings . Then came feudal domination : merchants were tho 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 for the Pooh !—and God defend the right ! Kever 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 shall go onward with the blessings of the old , and the courage of the young . A mighty change has transpired since ' 48 , I can trace it everywhere . And now Ttrants and Humbugs ! have at you once again and for

      . The Charter and 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 , ff the ? would favour me with all the information they may possess relative to the state of trade , wages , and different means 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 _tirads of several columns against . tbe lecture I hadthe honour of delivering at Derby ; the article _purports to come from the pen ofa ' _« working man ; I disbelieve it—I do not believe a worlung man would have been so ignorant of all the principles of social

      polity , as the writer of that article ; and 80 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 sent 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 have no opportunity of seeing his attack , and no leisure for a reply , I promise him , he shall have one if the columns of his chosen organ will admit it I owe it to my Derby friends to vindicate the arguments I _advanced , and I owe it to the world to refute the atrocioui doctrines he maintains . ' _, E . J . ¦ _Rotherh »_ , _Ufo _Septwaber , I 860 , !

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      _Thk Executive Committee Op The National...

      _ Thk Executive Committee op the National Chabteb Association met at the office , 14 , _Southampton-aircet , Strand , on Wednesday evening ; Mr . oOhn Milne in the chair . Mi * . W . Shute . paid on account of Printer ' s Bill , for the Convention held at John-street , from _Totness , 6 s . Mr . J . Blake , from ihe Ernmett Bri gade , invited the ' Executive to attend a public meeting at the borough of Marylebone , 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 " Chartism , and expressing a desire that steps be taken to extend the sale of democratic newspapers and periodicals in that neighbourhood .

      From Bristol , requesting a visit from Mr . Harney , or some other member ef the Executive , and complaining that the West of England was 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 . " 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 300 copies of

      the tract " Chartism , " all of which were complied with . From _Keighley , a letter was read from Mr . Firth , suggesting means to raise a Chartist fund , and establish Chartist 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 tho truths of Chartism in that place The Secretary was then instructed to summon the Victim Committee and the members of the Executive to . a special meeting on Wednesday evening next , Sept . 18 th , and the committee adjourned .

      _Noitinoham . —On Sunday last a camp meeting was held on the Forest near this town , whioh was attended by about seven thousand persons , for the purpose of hearing an address from Ernest Jones , Esq . Mi * . 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 just emerged from the dungeons of the liberty-professing Whi < _rs , where he had been brutally ill-treated for two years , for daring to denounce tyranny in high places , and for demanding justice and political rights for his enslaved countrymen . Would it be believed in

      after ages that men were punished in the nineteenth century for a free expression of their opinions ? He 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 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 discourse this day would be " Bread and Freedom , " showing the political and social cause of poverty , disease , and crime , prevalent in this country , and tlie effeotual means for their permanent removal . For more than an hour he rivetted the attention nf

      the 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 tho manufacturers neb , while the wages of the producers of that wealth had been considerably reduced , thus causing pauperism and crime to increase in a like ratio . He showed by undeniable evidence tbat 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 great 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 . advocacy ofthe 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 . Emmerson , and seconded by Mr . Liggett , pledging the meeting te agitate for their political and social rights , which , on being put , was carried unanimously . —A vote of thanks was given , on the motion of Mr . S . Saunders , " To the workmen in the employ of the Messrs . Barclay and Co ., of London , for the glorious reception they had given to the Austrian brute , Haynau—the butcher 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 acknowledged the compliment . —A collection was then made , and the sum of £ 3 subscribed . —On Monday a few friends 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 ofthe 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 _Cbifplegate Locality of the National Charter Association , 26 , 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 , auditors ; Mr . A . E . Delaforce _, secretary . The Mutual Instruction Society , in connexion therewith , is in full and beneficial operation ; its respective class meetings aro on Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday , and Friday eveningp . The locality has been re-organised , and bids fair to become a prosperous portion ofthe National Charter Association . Sheffield . —Mr . Bezer _delivered a lecture in the

      Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-street , on Sunday evening last , to a numerous audience ; Mr . Eoyston in the chair . On Tuesday evening , September 10 th , Mr . Bezer again lectured in the Hall of Science , Bockingham-street ; Mr . Otley presided . Martlebone asd Paddington . — The Emmet Brigade met at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , on Sunday evening , September 8 th ; the room waa 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 executive , 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 irutb , 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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      Maidstone.—At A General Meeting Of The M...

      Maidstone . —At a general meeting of the members of the National Land Company of Maidstone , held Sept . 2 nd , the following resolutions were unanimously adopted ;—" That each member of this branch pay all local aud general levies , and Gd . to defray tho expenses of winding up the affairs of the company : "— " That a vote of thanks and confidence be given to Mr . O'Connor , for his benevolent exertions in behalf of the working classes of Great Britain and Ireland . " Newcastle-on-Tyne . —At a quarterly meeting of this branch on the 9 th inst ., it was resolved" That inasmuch as great disparity exists amongst the various branches and members ofthe 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 connected with the dividends , payable on tho dissolution pf the Company , this meeting is of opinion , that to ensure a uniform and harmonious dealing with all such distribution of the said funds , a conference 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 spirit of fairness and justice in the dissolution ofthis unfortunate , but important public experiment , to emancipate the working classes of this country . " " That an appeal be made to the Directors and the various other branches of the Company , setting forth the utility , desirability convened

      and necessity for such conference to be , and that proper time bo allowed to afford the various branches of each district to obtain the opinion oftheir members ori the business to be submitted to such conference , and reminding the officers of the Company that the last conference decided that , previous to the Company being dissolved , another conlerence sbould bo convened . " " That m case the said conference is convened by t he 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 the 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 by

      Maidstone.—At A General Meeting Of The M...

      _^ Projected conference , if suck is convened . ' ihat , in order to meet , the necessary _expenses of winding up the Company ' s affairs , each shareholder _j 0 _n' " b"te sixpence at this time , the same to be deducted from the dividend of those who do not pay previous to such division being made . " " Thatthe secretary ( Mr . T . Forrest ) forward the above „ the Directors , and to the Northern Star , for publication therein . " " That the book , containing the liabilities of each member of the branch ; be leit at the bar of the Cock Inn , Head of the Side , -Newcastle , where the country members can / at anytime , liquidate such liabilities by paying tho same to the treasurer ofthe branch , or to the landlord ofthe above Inn . "

      0 CoNi _* ORvn , ! E Habvest Home Festival ¦— The allottees on the above estate celebrated the conclusion oftheir harvest labours on Monday , the 9 th _ns'Vwhen about fifty of the occupants , their wives and children , sat down to the " cup which cheers , but not inebriates . " The band having enlivened wu P . arty with several patriotic airs , Mr . G . Wheeler was called to the chair , who opened the business ofthe evening with a poetical address , descriptive of the past occupations and present position ofthe residents , wliich was received with rapturous applause ; ho also apologised for tho absence of T . M . Wheeler , which was caused by an unfortunate accident . Tho first sentiment , " The Peoples Charter , may its enactment speedily emancipate tho toiling millions . " was able responded

      to by Mr . Cole , who showed the glaring inequalities of tbe present 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 earned one year ' s salary of the late , Queen Dowager , and that an agriculturist , working for the 8 ame period , would not receive what the trappings of royalty cost each year . " ThoLand , the Peo pie ' s Birthright , may they speedily obtain possession of it . '' Responded to by Mr . Parris . " Feargus O'Connor , and all" the advocates of tlio Peoplo ' s Rights . " Mr . Sturgeon , jun ., in responding , ably reviewed the characters of the principal leaders of tho democratic body . " The Democratic Press . " Mr . J . Hornby , of London , formerly an allottee , did great justice to this sentiment . " The Victims ,

      and all who have Buttered , at homo or abroad , foi advocating tho People ' s Rights . " Mr . Lacey , one pf the victims of 1839 , replied in a telling speech . " The Ballotted Members , may they , indeed , find that they have drawn a prize . " Spoken to by Mr . Lambourne . ' The Purchasers , may it prove a profitable investment for their capital . " Responded to by Mr . Bradford . " The Ladies , may their smiles always encourage us in our struggles for Freedom . " Spoken to by Mr . S . Newsome . Mi * . Lacey then moved , and Mr . J . Wheeler , sen ., seconded , the following resolution : — " That this meeting , holding in detestation the character and actions of Haynau , tho Austrian butcher , hereby express their symyathy 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 oh

      Foreign Policy , but have a just abhorrence of cruelty and injustice wherever perpetrated . " Mr . Hornby and the Chairman supported the resolution , and administered a severe moral castigation on the Austrian hyena . The resolution was unanimously adopted . Dancing then commenced , whicb , interspersed with democratic songs and recitations , was kept up until an early hour . The company then separated with tho pleasing satisfaction pf knowing , that if the harvest they had reaped was not so abundant as they had anticipated , that , at least , its produce was all their own ; and that they had not been toiling merely to enrich their tyrant taskmasters ,. and they wero 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 Chartor is the best means to effect this desirable end .

      The Swinscoe Murder—Committal Of Chadwic...

      THE SWINSCOE MURDER—COMMITTAL OF CHADWICK'S WIFE AND MOTHER . At the late Stafford assizes , sentence of death was passed upon William Chadwick for the murder of his 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 tha learned judge ( Mr . Justice Williams ) before whom he 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 _, sure . The facts relating to the murdfi * are briefly these . For several years previously to last Christmas an old man named Samuel Turnicliffc , had resided upon a little property , belonging to himself , situated at Butterton , 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 , whioh had been taken from the place where tbey had been secreted . Tho 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 he had been there he complained of illness , and was violently purged , and after the lapse of a month from his removal to Swinscoe , tho old man died , tho prisoner Tunicliffe , _Clodwick's wife ' s mother , having previously come over from the Potteries to wait upon him . In consequence of tho anxiety of the parties to claim the

      deceased _s property , representing that ho had made a deed of gift of the same to 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 . Chadwick , his wife , and mother-in-law were subsequently arrested , but the two latter parties were discharged , ahd 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 oth inst ., after the examination of several witnesses , at the county prison , both prisoners were fully committed to take their trial at the next assizes upon the capital charge . The principal portions ofthe 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 twopennyworth of croton oil , when 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 false , as Chadwick never 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 ofa 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 Chadwick found the old man was dead ho appeared very angry , and said , "Iknew what would be up when that d d old camo from the Potteries ; " and

      then addressing the prisoner ( Ann Chadwick ) , _ssid , " D n you , you are as bad as her ; you know what wo have done . " About half an hour after the old man was dead , tbe prisoner Tunicliffe went into the house of tho next door neighbour , and when asked whether any assistance could be rendered in laying the body out , she replied , " All is done up . " On the morning ofthe 25 th of February , tho day appointed for the inquest , both the prisoners arrived very early at tho houso of Chadwick ' s father , who also resides at Swinscoe , and waited until Mr . Chadwick camo down stairs . Upon seeing him the prisoner Tunioliffo said _, they had been travelling nearly all night from the Potteries to get to the inquest , and that he must go there also ; and then turning to the other prisoner , continued . " He must say tbat he had been boiling wheat in water with arsenic ,-for the purpose of poisoning crows ; that he had set it on the slop stone to cool , and

      probably the old man might come in and eat of it , as he was a greedy old fellow . " A few minutes after this had been said , a daughter of Mr . Chadwick ' s came downstairs , when the prisoner Tunicliffe said to her , "We have burnt the deed ; we havo burnt the deed ; we have burnt it under the tea kettle , " pointing to the kitchen fire . The prisoner , Ann Chadwick , said , "Yes , we havo . " Upon being asked why they had done so , the prisoner Tunicliffe replied , " .. The last . thing my husband said was , that we must burn it , for it might bring both families into trouble . Upon being further questioned as to whether thoy had forged the nanus of the deceased , they returned no answer , Tho prisoner Tunicliffe then said she should go to tho waterhouses , and ask Mr . Hale to go to tho inquest to say that he had attended the old man whilst he was ill , observing that it would bo a good deal in their favour . In the course of conversation with

      a man named Roberts , that person was proved to haye said to both tho prisoners , " The old man was poisoned , it is well known ; and somo of you have done it . " To which , the prisoner Ann Chadwick said " You know nothing of it ; " but Tunicliffe was not heard to reply . It was also proved that at the inquest the convict Chadwick said to his wifo _, ' . 'You know you aro tho guiltiest party , " to which slje replied , " Hush , man , you do not know what you are saying ; you are mad . " - —William Tunicliffe , a southand son ofthe » _risoner , proved

      , that his mother had desired him to fetch some deeds from a drawer in an upstairs room after her return from Swinscoe , because his father would not let them remain iu the house , and which deeds he subsequently delivered to Mr . Halton , the chief constable , by whom they were produced , and proved to be those which had been lost from the house of the deceased at Butterton . Corroborative evidence was also given , and medical testimony adduced to prove that the deceased had died from the effects of poison ,

      National Association Of United Trades. T...

      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., President . Established 1845 * " FIAT 7 USTITIA . " " If it were possible for Hie working classes , by combilling among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general _mte-of wages , it need ; hardly be said that this would be a thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed aud rejoiced at . " -Stuabt Mim .. We fear our members and the readers generally of the Northern Star are getting as heartily sick of the name of Edward Perry as we are . But , never _theless , exercising as he does so powerful an influence over the well-being of a large class of our fellow operatives , we think we shall be excused by our members , and by the general readers of the Star , ii we still keep Mr . Perry as the hero of our drama .

      We have , from the commencement of this struggle professed , and , to the utmost of our 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 out opinion of their utter _worthlessness in law . But we are not lawyers , and it may be possible that our views upon this subject may be entirely wrong ; bui this we are , at all events , certain of—that these agreements are monstrously unfair as between one man and another ; that on the one side is to be found all the kicks , and on the other side all the halfpence . If , after getting the best , and highest

      legal opinion , it is found that they will really answer Mr . Parry ' s intentions , well , upon that point , we must admit ourselves beaten . But tbe duty then devolves upon us to show up the nature and character of these precious documents , in order to warn the Tin Plate Workers against tbe 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 stronge-t opinion that these agreements aie _legally invalid or voidable , and that in a few days we shall be in a condition to open the doors of Perry ' s Prison 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 Wolverhampton , or even of London , that they are contending with , but they are now engaged in a eontest with thousands of the working men of England and Scotland , who have lawfully and rightfully combined to protect each other from their reiving propensities . This may be a protracted struggle , but the issue is certain . To us working men it involves the mighty sacrifice of , perhaps , our pint of ale or beer per week ; but , Mr . Perry , permit us to ask you , —permi us also to put a similar question io the genii Fearncombe , wben tbat benign and amiable cha racter gets fairly under our notice—what to you

      gentlemen ,. is likely to be the cost of a long and tedious struggle ? And in tbe name cf reason and common sense , a struggle for what 1 for this simply , shall we be permitted , weekly , to take , by the power that our position as employer give us , twenty , thirty , forty , even fifty per cent out of the pockets of our workpeople . We say , on behalf of these men , and backed by tbe indignant remonstrance of thousands of the working people , no , gentlemen ; who shall not perpetuate so men-Btrous a robbery . By the time this article is in the hands of our members the book , the dreaded book , will be a great fact , that all the craft , all the cunning o ? E . Perry , all the bluster , all the low-lived vulgarity of tbe meek and humble-like Fearncombe can never

      set aside . The men of Wolverhampton , working in the tin trade have , by a law , the right to fix the price of their labour . They have done so and from the day that tbat book is presented to either of those gentlemen , from that day or hour nolens _autvolem 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 shall he able to prove tbat 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 .

      Will our readers and members believe it , that Perry would be base enough , after getting Charles Haynes _. into Stafford Gaol , under the circumstances reported ia last week's Star—that , actuated by that intensely mean , grovelling , money-grubbing spirit which is the unfortunate , prominent characteristic of the men , that he should have offered to use his influence with thc committing magistrate to release Haynes from his disgraceful ' and unmerited punishment , if he would enter into another three years' engagement , We need scarcely say that Haynes spurned the disgraceful offer .

      Mr . E . Perry lays his head nightly upon his pillow with the soothing _sleep-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 man—an exemplary attendant and communicant at his 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 , is 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 mysterious ordinance ?

      The Central Committee proudly acknowledge the universal approbation with which their proceedings in this case bave been met . There is no subject upon which all men are so sensitive as upon their pockets ; but , to tho lasting honour of our members , ono all-pervading feeling appears to actuate them—a feeling of strong , powerful , intense indignation , at the mean and dishonourable conduct of tho Wolverhampton employers . We beg to assure our members , that as long as they place their interest in our keeping we will be faithful guardians to tbem . We hate , detest , and abominate strikes . Mr . Perry knows how hard we have strove to give to this struggle a better complexion

      he knows tho 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 wliich may arise to any party from this collision we , 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 ofthe Association itself upon the issue . And our faith in our glorious Association , which has

      weathered the battle and tho breeze , is so strong that wo 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 Branch , We are still open to negotiate , but it must bo upon terms honourable to our clients . We are in a position to take somewhat higher ground , and we at once state as a sine qua non , the utter abandonment of all hirings — The pebfect frekdom of Labour—No Bonds , We absolutely repudiate man apprenticeship . The tinmen of Wolverhampton have denounced agreements . Thoy have expelled every man who has so disgraced himself since the commencement of tho _struufflo : and

      no Slave can in future be a member of the Tin Plate Workers' Society , or of the National Trades ' Association . Let Mi * . Perry and his friends come into thc labour market like honest men , buy their labour at tho cheapest price , that is , the market price : but no more shall they ride over their poor dupes , as they have hitherto done . Wo know the condition of thetradoat the present time—wo know the future , the immediate future that presents itself —a future , perhaps , unequalled in that trade by . the oldest man living 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 oven that we should be justified in asking—but simply a regulation , or , to use Mr . Perry ' s very ingenious word , an assimilation for in

      of prices ; bless the man , did he supposo an - stant that we wero unacquainted with the full meaning of that word 1 " -Oh , " says the acute and learned Perry , "this is not as attempt to raise tho wa _« es , but simply to assimilate them ; , therefore , 1 pav a eortain price , perhaps something removed from the two extremes ; therefore- assimilate by taking iny prices as a standard . " " Thank you , sir , for nothing ; that is not our conception of the assimilating process . We mean this : that you and your friends shall iu future give a fair price foryour labour—such a price , in fact , as is already given by your neighbours . Thia is our position , and one which we are determined to maintain , and wo know that our members will support us in maintaining it .

      The correspondence of the committee during the past week is of the most encouraging character . Que universal shout of indignation has been sent up , whioh it is perfeotly impossible adequately to convey . The central committee are from every quarter instructed—nay . enjoined , to carry on this

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      contest with vigour and spirit . We need not say how willingly we respond to . a demand so perfectly m _*" ! covdan ' co with our own feelings and sympathies . ¦ " 8 havo _mado 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 _decisiTe upon the ultimate issue of the affair . At all events the centralcommittee know their duty , and at whatever hazard they will faithfully and sacredly perform that duty to the men of Wolverhampton , to the _Association , and to themselves . William Peel , secretary ,

      Wolverhampton Tin-Plate Workers, The Mag...

      WOLVERHAMPTON TIN-PLATE WORKERS , THE MAGISTRATES , AND AN ENEMY TO INJUSTICE . .

      TO THB EDITOR OF THE S 0 RTHERN STAR . Sib , —Bejng specially _appointed 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 opon , when an incorrect statement is made , in the press or out of it , to give an explanation , in justice to the parties accused , as well as to remove from the mind of the reader any false impression . We exceedingly regret that , at any time , misrepresentations should go forth , as they aro calculated to destroy that good faith which ought on all occasions to exist , and tend materially to throw discredit on any report which may appear , and more particularly when that information is forwarded by a solicitor .

      It is stated , in the letter signed by " / in Enemy to Injustice , " that "itis alleged on the report of last week , and on the authority of Mr . _H-. Underhill , that a mail named Fenton is at present languishing in Stafford Gaol , having been committed there for three months by . the borough magistrates , at the instance of Mr . Perry , under precisely similar circumstances to those contained in thc charge against Wentworth . " This statement is incorrect , and , in our opinion , requires a positive denial , nor does the report referred to warrant any conclusion of this kind . The facts wero these : The men working in Mr . E . Perry ' s employ in the months of May , June , and July , were dissatisfied with the prices paid for 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 mipht leave . Fenton and Wentworth did so , and some few days after he summoned tbem to appear before the Borough magistrates , to answer a complaint charging them with neglect of work . ' Fenton was brought before Mr . Underhill and another _nmgistrate , when it was proved that Fenton did leave , that he never returned , and that he did leave under the 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 Wentwsrth was fully reported , and it will there be seen , that although Wentworth did stay after thia verbal notice was given , and actually took out another order of work , the magistrates in that case , held the verbal notice to be good . The last case was tried before Messrs . Leigh ( the stipendary magistrate ) , _Loxdalc ( a barrister ) , and another gentleman , which , probably , may account , in some degree , for tbe just and rational view taken in this case . The general tenor ofthe letter of "An Enemy to Justice , " we admire , but we bate and detest tho spirit wliich has caused these troubles and dissensions , because the request is just , and the refusal abominable .

      We are , sir , yours most respectfully , Thomas Winters , Frederick Green . Wolverhampton , Sept . 10 th .

      Tiie Associative Labour Conference At Ma...

      TIIE ASSOCIATIVE LABOUR CONFERENCE AT MAKCHESTER . The delegates mot on Wednesday _morning , and the business of the Conference terminated in the evening . Mr . W . Bcrslam ( one of the delegates from tho operative stonemasons ) said the greatest evil his trade suffered from was surplus labour . In Manchester a short time ago , it was proposed , that tho stonemasons throughout the country should subscribe tt penny per week to form an emigration fund , in order to remove this surplus , but the proposition had a very narrow majority in its favour , and it was thought better to defer for a time the execution of the project . At present the members of the society subscribed threepence per week to form a fund for mutual assistance . Whenever

      there was a strike , the members received from it 10 s . a week during the time they continued out of work . The society spent about £ 2 , 000 a year forthe support of tramps ; and incase of accident , to a member from pursuing his trade , they subscribed Cd . each and gave him £ 80 to put him in some way of business . If one of tbem was killed by an accident they gave his widow £ 40 to establish her in somo business , and £ 8 for funeral expenses . Mr . J . Williams , ( delegate from tho Stockport Redemption Society ) said that in order that the society might be made available to the poorest of tbe poor , they had commenced subscribing 6 d . per

      week . They weie not all shoemakers , but they had commenced with this trade because it required the least capital . The profits would not be divided , but would go towards the accumulation of stock , as the object ofthe association was merely to render the workmen independent of the non-producing class . Mr . Walter Cooper ( delegate from the London central board ) said at tbo time when Mr . Henry Mayhew made his revelations , in his letters to the Morning Chronicle , several meetings had been held by the tailors of London to condemn the slop and sweating system which that gentleman had exposed . It was at this time that the first co-operative experiment was made in London . Professor Morris and

      other promoters of the movement , who wished to give an experiment of this kind a fair trial , furnished £ 300 as capital to commence with . A number of journeymen tailors accordingly associated themselves together for the purpose . They furnished a house , fitted up splendid workshops , ventilated them well , and provided them with everything requisite for the comfort of the men . They then took in a stock and commenced work . There were twelve members when the association started , and in a short time the number increased to thirty-seven . The members appeared to have become both wiser and better men since they have joined the association . No new members were admitted of whom tlie rest did not know something , and they were thon required to serve three _monihs' prob .: tionship before being admitted members . During tbis time , however , they were paid their wages along with the rest .

      The conference was addressed by Mr . Loyd Jones and the Rev . C Kingsley , ( delegates from London ) ; Mr . Stalk and Mr . lloyle , ( delegates from the Saliord Cooperative Provision Store ); Mr . J . G . Clarke , ( a delegate from the Practical Christian Church ); Dr . John Watts , on behalf of the Rochdale Redemption Society ; and the Chairman , who represented the Rational Society . The meeting was also addressed by delegates from the letter-press printers , tailors , glass-cutters , tho Rochdale Equitable Pioneers' Society ,, and thc Bury Redemption Society . The business concluded with two resolutions , one ( moved by the Rev .

      Charles Kingsley ,. and seconded by Mrk Walter Cooper ) to the effect that the reports now received from tho delegates fully corroborated the evidence previously existing , as to the _rottenness-of the present competitive system in trade , and proved that tho association for co-operative labour and tho establishment of mutual exchanges , would be the best means of improving the condition of the working classes ; the other ( moved by Mr ... Loyd Jones , and seconded by Mr . James IIoyle ) , to the effect that tho existing _cosnmitteo had the-full confidence ofthe present congress , and wero empowered to call another delegate conference withm a few months

      . In the evening there was a publio meeting at the Old Manor Court Room , wther numerously attended ,, at wbich Mr . Abel Heywood , a town councillor , presided , and which was addressed by tho Rev . Charles Kingsley ( clergyman ol Eversleigh ) ,. Dr . J . Watts , Mr .. Loyd Jones , Mr . G . Mantle , and others . Mr . J . H . Nodal moved , tho first resolution : — " That in the opinion of this meeting the present systems oi wages and competition are unnatural , tend to immorality , and , produce incalculable evil in sooiety . " Mr . ( X D . Mantlb seconded tho resolution .

      Mr .. Loxd Jones moved tbo second resolution : — "That the principleof association in theproduction and distribution of wealth , has been sufficiently successful to justify its _substitution for the selfish _imqwity of wages , slavery , and individual comp etition . Dr . J . Watts seconded the motion . Rev . C . Ejnosley moved the third , resolution " That this meeting pledges itself to . _^ " _^ _g £ moral means the great _princip le of co-operative as _sociation . ' _* _ soiiition ; and thia Mr . W . CoorKR seconded tho resoiuuu . and tho previous rosolutions were _agreea

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 14, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_14091850/page/5/