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8 TEE NORTHERN 1TAR. January 1,1848
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I Am The Person Who Wrote The Report All...
Bet I most say , in ju » t ee to H'Guire , that , weordta ? to his own statement , he knew nothing of lbs "hove letter till it appeared in print . This , in itself , shows tfee Daie , rascally disposition of the writer , to forge another man i name W it , and is proof peeitiTeof tfce-nasierioal strengcn of Mr Josn O ' ckm ^ ll ' sfollaweri mBarnsleji lr , j » ic * that Irishman have at length ««* *» ™ gerons folly of folUwingmen , and begin to ^ optthe wiser course of adhering te p rinciple . I" «««« you « r . that e « rvSenteDCe of the report that appeared in the STrtoftheUth uit , fe ***** « rr £ Ct - J" » word blamhemine was not mentioned la it And , more , over , I kzve heard R . iUy , not only curse John 0 ComwU , but his fither , one hutidredtimes over before his death . It is reallv surprising , notwithstanding the many flog . cines the Yoacg Irelander * have given these men , they
will Prill contiaue to hmr religion , he » d and shoulders , into ev . ry subject . But the time bag arrived , as iu politics , when taentobe considered religious must show that they correspond with their outward professions . It Trillnoidotobea saint in chapel aad a devil elsewhere ; tO act the gOOd Pharisee , and , at the « ame time , fee tiie best supporter of Ihe publicans . They IU , by saying th-ydidnotkaow there wers Democratic Confederates to Barnsley , as both Cleary and Reilly promised toattend one of our meetings , to adopt the petition against the OoercionB . il . Eeillj did attend , and heard the pnnci . Jtles of t > . e society explained . Heretofore , cuomflg , Sfopwr knaves h ave kept the bUhmea resident m this tow ,, / pHt into parties , north against south—but 1 am proud to say that , in the Ir . sh Democratic Confederation , to Clear
we have men from the Giant ' s Causeway Cape , and from Coimeinara to the Hill ofHoWSh . The ProteStalltis unitefl with tlltCatho lic , and the Presbyterian with both—each determined to maintain those glonous 5 rinc nles for which their forefathtre fought and diedand , at the same time , prepared to lend a helping hand to tbe brave , struggling Cb & rtirtR ef Britain , and sjm . pathisewith the advocates of liberty all over the world In conclusion , I would recommend Reilly . who last week declared that he lia * no confidence la John O'Connell , the nest time he takes a pen in hand , to write hiaielf do * n a fool , and ceaseusieg the goose quill forthefntutej aad if thev are not satisfied with the term of wilfal and hypocritical liar ? , let them call a public meeting of their countrymen , and I will cuarantce to psy the expenses if I do not prove every sentence of the report to be
strictly true . I remain , dear sir . Yours , very respectfully , UtCBAZt Seobatb , Barnslev , December 2 Gtb , 1817 ,
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BALANCE SHEET OF THE CENTRAL REGISTRATION AND ELECTION COMMITTEE . 2516-17 . DR . £ . ¦• d « T . S . Buncombe , Esq ., M . P . ... 5 0 0 T . Wakley , Esq ., M . P 5 0 0 Charles Crchrane . E q . ... .. 9 * ° Sir Strain Hail , Bart ., MP . ... 5 0 0 Colonel T . P . Thompson , M . P . ... 5 0 0 Cbartes Lashlnstor ,, Est } ., M . P . .. 2 0 0 Sir De Lacy Evan ? . Sniehr , M . P . .. 110 William Sictpion , Esq . ... ... 0 10 0 Manchester 42 0 0 Dodburst Bw . 0 2 6 London ... 13 6 5 \ B < th ... 0 11 C Bolton 8 0 ORotherham 0 18 9
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Lnngton ... 2 6 2 L- = Ljh ... S 13 11 "Wigan .. 0 3 6 Newport , Jlon-Collumpton 0 4 6 mouth ... 8 10 0 MaidFkrop ... 1 7 SSwanwich ... 10 0 Brightlingsea O 10 6 Chelmsford 0 2 G BUckstoneEd ? 8 6 Sudbury ... 0 8 0 Lincoln 0 IS 0 Kingston De . Tillicoultry 4 6 0 veral ... 0 7 0 Mr Wheeler , as Carlisle ... 3 0 0 per Stab 0 11 S Ripley .. 0 3 0 Paisley ... IU 6 Swindon .. 1 11 6 Liverpool ... 1 0 0 Thriilington 0 2 § Trnemouth 0 10 OQosport 0 7 6 . Newton ... 0 10 0 Abergavenny 0 2 6 Armky ... 0 9 & Ashton .. 4 3 2 Xuneaton ... * 0 12 OColfard .. . O 6 K
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Girvan ... 0 12 3 Leicester ... 2 4 0 Crayford ... 0 7 0 Crief ... 0 14 O Holbeck „ 0 16 5 Newton Ahr . 0 14 6 Chorley ... 0 9 9 Eiremont ... 0 2 6 Darlington O 5 GKsighley .., 2 10 O Winlaton ... 0 8 2 Sutton , near Bonlogne-Eur- Keighley 10 0 raer ... 0 1 G 8 Falkirk ... 9 5 5 Stockton ... O 5 0 Kilmarnock O t S Hansell ... 0 9 0 Daventry .. 0 2 6 Jlankton Dev . 0 10 0 Wandsworth 0 6 0 Oxford .. 0 11 6 Market Lsvgt . 0 8 6 Tredegar ... 0 6 6 Oswaldwhistle 0 10 0 ^ Newcastle- Peterborough 0 9 6 upon-Tyne 3 18 * TnnbrWge ... 0 14 0 Alexandria 2 5 9 HallingB'od 2 10 0 Hammittan 2 0 0 Stoke ... 1 11 0 K-itering ... 0 2 9 Glaigow ... 6 12 6 Bikewell ... Dundee ... 1 0 0 Astley ... O 7 5 Clackheaton 0 1-6 . 313 1 Oj Collecttone at Crown and Anchor Tavern 1 17 1 j Receipts of Dinner at ditto , October 25 , 1 S 47 80 12 7 Miscellaneous receipts from localities and individuals .. . ... .. 61 14 4 J Total Receipts ... ... 479 0 3 J Total Expenditure 400 3 fl | Balance * £ 69 16 4 £ Wtlhah CorFAT" ) , ,. JousSavam / Auditor * . Jaues Gbassbt , Secretary .
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To The Electoss And Non-Bleot0rs Of Hali...
TO THE ELECTOSS AND NON-BLEOT 0 RS OF HALIFAX Fellow CGUxnmtEH , As your borough stands in the anomalous position of blowing hot and cold at the same time , having returned ft ( nominal ) free-trader and a protectionist , a Maynootb-roaa , and an auti-Mayuooth-tnas , a Whig and a Tory ; although in the last case I admit there is a distinction witbout a difference ; and since you are thus virtnallydiafranchised , on tbeseand many Other leading questions of the day , permit me to offer a few remarks on the conduct nf government , and the temper of parliament , since tho commencementoi the late hurried session .
The leading questions that hare been before the bouse , are coercion and finance—and I beg you to observe , that in the Queen ' s speech , ( thefihadoTrT programme of ministerial measures ) no mention is made of a further developement of free-trade , ( since the suggestion as to the navigation laws is but a graft from tbe old tree , )—no allusion to our vitiated legal sj 8 tern l --no allusion to our church and land monopolies , —no allusion to tbe jrrossest er all monopolies , that of the franohise . The ministry have thus declared themselves unwilling to grapple with any of the leadingrequtrementsof theday , and throw themselves across the path of progression , relying on their two great tnainstavs , taxation and the bayonet .
The mercies and tbe cruelties of our £ ove ? nvuent are alike injurious . Take Ireland as an instance . Last year you were called on to sub scribe , that the victims of aristocracy might linger on—this year j ou are taxed that those victims may 6 fe exterminated . List year you were forced to pay to ? ave tbe lives of tbe Irish—this year you are forced to pav for the murder of the very same people . You areconstrained to look on while your wealth is there wasted in unproductive and contradictory employment—mak ng tttrnpike-roadsinstead of tilling fields ; and then con - structing railways to render these very roads next to useless ; constructing the means of transit , but taking no steps to create produce for transmissionand then leaving the ruinous works in an unfinished slate . The only means of transit now required iu
Ireland are to the churchyard and the plague-ship of the emigrant—or to conduct the bayonet of coercion to the heart of its victim . In opposing the Coercion Bill , do not suppose 1 slight all due protection for life . But when I remember that thirty coercion bills have been passed within the last few years , and have only aggravated the evil . I cannot see that this one , though backed by plague and faminei will prove more efficacious than ita predecessors . The best guarantee for the landlord ' s life , is the performance of his duties ; and though , in any instance murder should be punished , —the shot of the assassin is but the echo of voices in St Stephen's , dictating sanguinary lawg . When , therefore , the secondary criminal
in Ireland is punished , I claim punishment too for the primary culprit on the treasury bench . I call oa you , to petition parliament against a system so nefarious—and when I say ' petition , ' I am not for any spaniel-like suing at the hand fiat strikes US , but I look onyonr Petition aa a PROTEST , doe from those who wa'd not be participators in a crime . Do not , either , think that your protest is out ef date , that the question of coercion is settled , —it is but beous , —and yon are concerned in its developement , as well as the Irish ; for , as in Ireland , the system is brutality and the layonet—so in England it is brutality and kumdugwith the bayonet in the background .
Allow me , now , particularly to point yonr attention to our financial system , —a subject which has slishtly engaged the time of our legislators , in the last session . I beg you , firstly , te observe on how uneven a foundation it is based , since all taxes on the necessaries of life weigh more heavily on the poor than on any other class—and , since owing to our bad social system , all taxation , ( even that on luxuries ) comes out of the pockets of the working classes . The tax on an ounce of tobacco is , in proportion , a heavier tax on the man who has only a few shillings per week—than it is on him who has hi 9 thousands a year . Again , he who employs hired labour virtually escapes that tax , which the labourer is forced to pay—since additional taxation , even on luxuries , either causes the pulling
down of waaee , or the employment of fewer hands ; thus verifying my assertion , tbat all taxes ara paid out of the pockets of the poor . This holds good even with a so-called * protective tax , ' as for instance , the corn-tax ; tor , though wages might rise in consequence , the poor were not benefitted ; no , the reverse was the case , —aince bread rose too , in price , and the price of labour was never raised in proportion to the price of food . Thus , even here , the poor man was the loser . What has the Chancellor 0 f the Exchequer propounded to equalise our system 0 f taxation f Thatsystem then is one sided , oppressive and unjust ; the financial system , raised upon this basis , is uncertain and destructive . It is a system calculated to Tsndfttmine tbe independence of our country . You will remember that , during the late panic , Nicholas of Russia propped up TAreadneedlcstms by buying English stock and paying for it in gold . You will also remember that , since 1815 , Russia has been
progressing , while England baa been retrograding , in financial strength . Finance being tha great leverage of modern diplomacy , any one having it in his power to stir the muddy waters of our financial difficulties , will be able to dictate to an embarrassed cabinet . Nicholas will , therefore , maintain and increase his investment , favoured by the fortunate discovery Of gold mines in the Ural mountains , since it gives him the power to create , at any moment , a panic is Exgmto by throwing all his stock upon the market , and taking golu in exchange . Here is a golden noese thrown round the neck of our diplomacy ; a foil security , that his designs on Southern conquest and European liberty s ^ all not be thw arted —here is a mine practised under onr position as a first-rate power . Such are the consequences of having tbe government vested solely in a landed and roomed aristocracy . What has yonr minister member , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , done to obviate the danger ?
He has wisely confessed himself incompetent to meet these difficulties—he has called a committee to his aid . But how is the committee constituted ? Of an equal number of leading men of the most conflicting opinions—whose discussions will be lengthened beyond nil rationallimits—and , owing to the very constitution of the committee , end at last in nothing . That committee of crotchet-mongers is but a mask to amu ? e the people , until some fresh occurrence leads tbeir attention to another quarter . Well mis ' ht one of our leading financial organs say on the day before parliament met , when it was rumoured that Lord Grey and Sir Charles Wood were on the eve of resigning : — ' As respects the latter gsntleman , we regarded the news as too good to be true , Happy will be the day for the trade , the commerce , and the finances of England , when Sir Charles Wooi shall cease to be Chancellor of
the Exchequer ; for a more incompetent person—and he is as conceited as he is incompetent , —never filled tbe important office which he holds . We have no idea that Sir Charles Wood is the man to resign of his own accord . We shall not , we fear , see him relieved from the cares and released from the responsibilities of office , until he has been ejected from Downing-street by the loudly ex . pressed voice of public opinion . ' The remedy for our financial difficulties if the Chancellor of the Exchequer had the political honesty to ( propound it , is very easy of attainment . Equalise taxation , by making it direct in stead of indirect as at present , —establish a property tax that should weigh no heavier in proportion on
the means of the poor than on those of the rich , and , by throwing down the barriers of restrictive legislation , take the legislative power out of the exclusive keeping of tbe monied class , and place it in the hands of the entire population . Then a panic in the money market could no longer cripple the policy of England , —and though Nicholas might perplex the English usurer , be Would not be able to paralyse the English nation . From the . experience of the past session one may judge the promise of the future , nor expect reform at the hands of government of any of those eld monopolies , which press with every day more heavily oa the miseries they create .
When I was at Halifax I stated I waa a freetrader—bnt , at the same time , I asserted , that the leading and professing advocates of free-trade were NOT free traders . Talk of free-trade—while yon annul tbe monopoly of corn—but monopolise that which produces
it—THE LAND . Talk of free-trade—while you aim to manufacture for all the worid ? Tbat Is not free-trade—it is trade all on one side—it is the monopoly of trade by one clars of one country . Talk of free-trade—while you uphold a Customs and Excise , the two wings by which your Chancellor of the Exchequer , like a cherub of taxation , darts into the pockets of the poor . Talk of free-trade—while vour pysfem ia confessedly founded on COMPETITION , which means : ' I will ruin my neighbour , tbat I may have his share of the profits and my own too : I will setup a shop on this aide of the street to ruin the old efitabliohed house on the other , by under-selling it ; and I will repay myself the difference in price out of the wages of my workmen . ' Your system was not free-trade , it might shift some of the burden from the shoulders of the mill-lord to those of the landlord—but did it take one fraction from the shoulders of the working man ?
I repeat , I am a free-trader—but my free-tnde is not ithe free-trade of competition , it is that of COOPERATION : it is not : « How can I ruin my brother man , to oblain his share V but , * How fan Ico-operafe with him for our mutual benefit VAs a free-trader , then , I demand free-trade in jand . We want free-trade in our fields , not alone incur seaports . As a free-trader , I demand free-trade in our courts of justice . We are told tbat the law is no respecter of persoss ; perhaps bo—but it is of pursEs . Justice is an expensive luxury , which you may have—if you c ^ n pay i ' or it , Many a poor man is deprived of justice , being usable to meet the pre-
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limmary expenses . Why not make the law accessible to all—abolish the golden barriers surrounding it —and you would havo sufficient security against frivolous litigation in the taxed payment of counsel by tbe losing party . Aa a free-trader , I demand free-trade in legislation . If it is good in the Hall of Commerce , it is good ic the Hall of Legislature—it ia good in the precincts of the ' State Establishment . ' And I beg to remind you , if you held our Irish brethren justified in complaining against supporting two cburches , that , since Maynooth endowment , the Dissenters of England are supporting THREE !
If , then , fellow countrymen , I have truly represented your sentiments on these subjects , I call on you , and my title for so doing is that I consider myself your rightful representative , to let no opportunity pass of publicly impressing thesei your convictions , on the government and the country . What yon do now , is more important than what you do at an election—now , you must sow the seed , if then you would reap the fruit . Do not trust tbe Radical speech ol Lord Joh n Russell on the Jewish Disabilities Bill , although he quoted one of the statutes of the law of England—that : It is a bibthbtght of the people to enjoy the privileges
COMMON TO ALL . That—The franchise was a right ( to the Jews ) , unless some ground o £ disqualification could he proved against them . That-Being subject to tbe burdens of the State—being born in this country—being compelled to fulfil those duties which the State imposes on them , they ( the Jews ) have a jailt claim to he admitted to its honours and rewards \ Do not trust him , although : — He appealed to that constitution which Is the enemy of restriction and disqualification . Do not trust him , although be admitted tbe fitness of the people for the franchise , by saying ;—l believe ihsAthe people we to tho full as eulightonod as the members of this hous » .
Do not trust him , although that which holds good for the Jews , must hold good for the Christians too . He will still oppose the reform of every abuse . His Jewish liberalism is easily traced to its source . It was tbe votes of 600 Jews who returned him for the City of London , when h s election , but for them , would have been lost . No doubt hia honourable colleague made certain stipulations , and we see the fruits . I balieve , with me , you are in favour of religious liberty ; but even the state churchmen will now see the inevitable necessity fer a separation between Church and State . For , if the Church is under the political power , and that political power is in part wielded by Jews , the anomaly of an unbeliever making laws for a Christian Church , would be too strange for even tbe moneymongers of that church to countenance . Lord John Russell is happy iu his religious sympathies : He lives on the Catholics *—represents the Jews—prays with the Protestants , and misgoverns all .
Doubting not tbat tbe noble energy which you displayed at the late election has been strengthened by the misdeeds of our government , and the consequent misery of our brethren—and promising BiyseJf tbe pleasure of soon again paying you a visit , and looking forward to the time when popular indignation shall have swept away a make-shift ministry and moneybag Parliament , I have the honour to subscribe myself , Your Representative , although not your Member , Ernest Jones . 14 , George-street , Portman-square , London , 30 th Dacember , 1847 .
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THE NATIONAL REGISTRATION AND CENTRAL ELECTION COMMITTEE . TO THE PEOPLE 01 ? THE UNITED KINGDOM . FILM * Coontbtmen , —At a public meeting held in this metropolis , on the 31 st day ot August , 1816 , we received our appointment as a committee , which has since been acquiesced iu , and ratified by almost every town , city , and borough , in the Kingdom . A » jour representatives , we issued a public address to tho country , calling on our fellow countrymen to « register , register , register , ' also to collect funds , and prepare for the general election of 1847 . We also issued forms of claim to be rated ; and published other matters of Information connected with the subject of Registration , and we are but too happy to state that the appeal was responded to . Many were induced to register , funds were forwarded , and our demo * cr & t ' c brethren buckled on their armour for the electoral
fight-the day arrived , and our candidates were found in the fields , at Finsbury , Nottingham , Halifax , Sheffield , Derby , Tiverton , & c ., Ac ., in all of which places the great principles of ' The People ' s Charter' were made known , and a lasting impression created . It is our p leasing duty to congratulate you , that our president and vice-president still continue members of the Legislature , and that one of our collesgues ( Mr Feargus O'Connor ) , is also a member of the representative body , and from the great impression made , ar . d the still growing feeling in favour of our principles , there remains but little doubt that several more of our body will speedily become members of the ' Lower Mouse , ' VTe congratulate you , that at the late election seventeen persons professing the principles of' The People ' s Charter' were returned .
Fellow Countrymen , much has been done , much remains to he done ; our usefulness OU the late occasion was retarded , by the late period at which the subscrip . tions were transmitted to us . Tour committee , therefore , suggest , that this difficulty should in future be obviated by their possessing an ample fund inadvance ; you are yet in a minority , that minority must be converted into a majority . The agitation for ' The People ' s Charter' has recommenced with fine epirit ; carry it out vigorously , get up your public meetings and petitions , national and local ; support your friends , Duncombe Wakley , O'Connor , and all who truthfully and nobly support your rights in ' the House . ' Organise , organise , register—and , above all , raise a public fund of at least ten thousand po undp , to support your candidates at the next election .
Prom your late tfforts . your committejwve , after defraying aU expenses , and retaining a sufficient sum in hand to meet any immediate call , been enabled to deposit a ' nest erg ' of sixty pounds , in the 'National Land and Labour Bank . ' Continue then your subscriptions . Remember that only one in sis is yet represented—that the great mass axe still in slavery's galling chainsthat the adulterous intercourse of Church end State still continues—that Ireland still groans under the weight of her miseries—that Britain ia fast sinking in the scale of nations—that her children are famishing « n » whilst ber resources are uncultivated ; again , we say , brethren , arise in your majesty and might—agitate—by your public meetings—by lectures—by deputations—by petitions—make use of the press—the platform—and the Registration courts .
Tour committee is still willing to labour in your behalf—up , then—and be ye energetic and determinedlet wisdom but guide your strength , and jou will find the hall at your fret , the destiny of the legislature will be in your hands— 'The Charter' will be yours—and prosperity and happiness greet the dawning sua of Universal Liberty . Signed on behalf of the Committee , Teohas Slihgsbt Duncombe , President , Thomas Waklex , Vice-Frssldent . Edhdnd Stailwood , John Milne , "Willuu Comr , John Godwih , Thohas Claek . John Sihssok , Treasurer . James Gbassby , Secretary , Assembly Rooms , Dean-street ; Seho , London , This 21 st day of Deeember ,. 1817 .
Note . —The Committee ' s balanca sheet , appears in tbe Nortmbn Star of January 1 st , 1818 . Every local secretary is requested to read the foregoing address , at tho fir & t meeting held in his locality after Ua receipt .
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Four Children Bukkt ioDeaih—Mr W . Payne held four inquests in St Bartholomew ' s Hospital on the bodies of four children whose deaths were caused Under the following circumstances : —The first was respecting the death of Louisa Ann Hughes , aged eight years , whose parents reside at No . 1 , Thomasplace , Shoreditcb . The deceased , on Christmas Eve , was engaged lighting a fire , when , in lifting something from the mantel-piece , her clothes became ignited , and she waa speedily enveloped in flames . The fire was extinguished as quickly as possible , and the deceased was removed to the above hospital , where she expired on Saturday last . —The second inquest was concerning the death of Timotby Bowen , aged five years . On Monday afternoon the deceased
fell off the fender into the fire , which set his clothes in a blaze . In this state he ran into the street , with the flames mountiag over his head . The fire having been extinguished , the deceased was removed to the above hospital , where he shortly afterwards died — The third inquiry was touching the death of Emma Groyes , aged ten years . Ellen Jones said , that the deceased on Sunday week was on a visit at a friend ' s house , at No . 2 , South-street , when , in reaching some sugar from the mantel-piece , her clothing took fire , and she was dreadfully burnt over the whole of her body . She waa taken to the hospital , where she
expired on Saturday last . The father of the child said , that deceased bad told him since she had been in the hospital , that a girl , named Kitty Mitten , had placed a lighted squib under her clothing , and thereby caused the accident . This was stoutly denied by the girl ia question , and also by the other inmates of the bouse . —The fourth case was respecting the death of Georgiana Poole , aged five years . The deceased during the temporary absence ' of her parents , by some means set her . clothes on fire , on Monday last . She wastaken to the above institution , where she expired almost immediately after her admission . Verdict in each case— 'Accidental deatb . '
The private banking accounts of Cromwell are in the possession of the ancient London banking-house of Messrs Chikls and Co . ^ The censorship has been re-established in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , in which province , since 1839 , the government of the Netherlands had allowed tbe liberty of tbe press to exist . . .
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Dukihhbld . —The quarterly . meetin g of tma branch will be held next Sunday , at two o ' clock ih the afternoon . The members are requested to pay both their local and generalleries . The subscription list towards the prosecution of the Mawoitbstbb Ex-AMiHBBia still open , and we recommend such members as have not yet tendered their subscriptions to do so aa early aspojsihle . . Abbrgaveust . —A good branch of tbe National Land Company has been established here with every appearance of ita progressing rapidly . Durham . —At a meeting , held at the house of Kit Christopher Blytb on the 20 th Dec , 1847 , Mr Benj . Hill in the chair , the following persons were elected officers : —Treasurer , Mr Christopher Blyth ; secretary , Mr Thomas Bustin ; scrutineer , Mr John Gumming ; auditors , Mr Thomas Jaques and Mr Felix Hunt .
Shorewtcbtand Hackney . —Mr Dowling lectured on Sunday evening last , at the Green Gate , Hackney-road , and gave satisfaction to all present , after which several members entered the money club . ^ Sauobb . —A meeting of the members of this branch took place on Monday evening last , to take into consideration the petition of the House of Commons which appeared in last Saturday ' s Stau , prayine ; fer the house to appoint the trustees of the Land Company . To that portion of the petition abovenamed , which gives the government power over the company , by appointing trustees , we entirely object . We would prefer that the appointing of the trustees should remain in the hands of the members .
NOME SrkLuB- —Mr Kydd delivered a lecture here on Monday , Dec . 27 th , on the Land and its capabilities , the general effects of the Small Farm system on tbe social and political conditfon of tbe people , National Land and Labour Bank , Land Insurance Branch , Land Fund , and the ability of the Land Company to locate its members . The lecturer handled the Tarious points of bis lecture in % mas * terly style , and elicited tbe frequent and hearty applause of his auditory . The Landsmen and Chartists are informed tbat the O'Connor Defence Fund is now open , and it is expected each will forward bis mite .
Ma « cxk » ibid—A public meeting was held in Parsonage-street Chapel on Tuesday evening , Dec . 21 st , Dr M'Douall was announced or the bills to nddress the meet ing-, but in consequence of that gentleman labouring nnder severe indisposition , a deputation was sent to Manchester to engage Mr James Leach , who attended and delivered a soul-stirring lecture on the advantages to be derived from the National Land and Labour Bank , in connexion with the National Land Company , to a numerous and respectable audience . A vote of thanks was awarded to tbe lecturer and chairman ) and the meeting separated highly gratified wifh the eloquent and instructive lecture they had heard . A convivial party will be held in the Chartist-room , Stanley-street , on Monday evening next . Tickets to be bad of tbe committee .
Hebdeh Bbidgb Association-room , Dec . 27 . —The tnfttbie * if tliw loQility held their annual festival on Christmas day , when about 160 sat down to tea . The room was tastefully decorated with evergreens , interspersed with twelve beautiful potatoes , from Lowbands , broughS by one of the allottees , James Hellowell ; the potatoes weighed from lib . 2 oz to lib . lO & s . each . After the cloth waa removed the evening was spent tn singing some of the most patriotic songs of the past and present day , and dancing till a few minutes past eleven o ' clock , when the company separated highly gratified .
"Witney —A public meeting of the inhabitants of this oncc-thriving town , was held fast Thursday evening , 23 rd , to hear a lecture on the Land question , by Mr C Doyle ; when , at six o ' clock , the hour announced for commencing the business , the large room ( lately occupied by the Temperance Society ) was densely filled by a respectable audience , chiefly composed of the hnrdy sons of toil . But we also noticed , a goodly sprinkling of what is tevmpd the middle class , —farmers , shopkeepers , manufacturers , and bankers , —all equally ahxious to learn something of the grand novelty , which has created such a sensation amongst them . The chair was ably filled by Mr Clark , of the Staple Hsll Inn , who in a brief but neat and sensible speech introduced Mr Doyle , —who
was received with every demonstration of respect by one of the most orderly meetings we ever saw . Mr Doyle commenced by showing the gieat utility of frequently meeting together , to discues their grievances , and to express their opinions on all the great questions propounded by onr state physicians , both in and out of parliament , for the amelioration of their condition , for it was only by calin and temperate discucsion that the trnth was ellicited , as it too often happens that measures purporting to be for the benefit of the people , turned out to be but another link in the chain ot oppression , deeply affecting the future welfare of themselves and families , and the dearest interests of society . The lecturer then , in a clear and forcible manner , demonstrated
that tho continual pretensions of our legislators to the merit of ameliorating tho condition of the industrial portion of society , warranted the assumption that there were grievances to redres * , and it was , therefore , their bounden duty to consider what those grievances were , and tbe probable efficacy of tbe measures proposed for their relief . He then con - trasted the relative situations of the industrious labourers and artisans with tbe drones of society , and said , ' that if eight shillings a week was sufficient for a labouring man—twenty thousand two hundred pounds a year was too much forthe archbishop of Canterbury ; there was something wrong here which not all the nostrums of Tories , Wbigs . nor Free-traders would remedy . ' He then directed
tbe attention of his hearers to the rise and progress of tbe National Land Company , and its applicability to the wants and requirements of the people , hot only the mere labouring portion of the community , but also of tbe merchant , and the shopkeeper , inasmuch as by its general adoption , a regular and a better home market would be created , which would insure a more equitable distribution of tbenational wealth , a ful ' er development of the national resources , and a more satisfactory participation in the bounties of nature by every section of society , and that it was the duty of the government of the country to cause the waste lands to be cultivated so as to give employment and food to those who were willing to labour , but who were too often , as at the
present time , in consequence of the artificial state of the labour market , tbrotvn out of employment in large masses , to the great injury of society at large . After inviting discussion , and hoping that ho one would go away without expressing their opinions freely , if they dissented from what he had advanced , Mr £ > . " concluded a very able lecture of one hour and a haif juration , by an earnest appeai to his audience to gain all the information they could on ao important a subject , and if they approved of it , to lose no time in becoming members of the National Land Company , and ressumed his seat aoaid the ^ hearty applause of the crowded assembly . Thanks having been voted to the lecturer and chairman , the meeting separated , highly gratified at having heard the truth preached , and we understand that it is the intention of the men of Witney to hold another
meeting at the earliest opportunity for the furtherance of the objects of the National Land Company , and its elder brother , and very necessary adjunct , the National Charter Association . Davehtbt . —On Friday evening , Dec . 24 th , the Daventry branch of the National Land Company held their first annual meeting , to celebrate the success of the above Company , when they sat down to a most excellent supper , provided for tbe occasion at the Odd Fellows' Arms ; after supper the following toasts were giren and responded to : ' Success to the National Land Company , '' Health of Feargus O 'Connor and the other directors , ' and the ' Return of Ftoat , Williams , and Jones . ' After which , notice was given that the next quarterly meeting will be held atthe sameheuse , on Jan . 25 th , at eight o'clock in the evening , when one of the members will deliver an address .
Address of thr Hole Branch op the National Laud Company . —To the inhabitants of the North and East Ridings of the county of York—Friends and brethren , for ye are brethren all , Englishmen who advocate the cause of freedom , hear us ; we deem it an imperative duty to address you at the present crisis of our country ' s affairs . Perhaps there never was a period more fraught with misery than the present—an awful instance of the ill effects produced by class legislation . You have formerly done your duty , we now call upon you again , fully convinced that you only require to be thus addressed in order to act , according to such wise and salutary measures aa may hereafter be suggested . As members of the National Land Company we owe you a debt of gratitude , as democrats we are ready to act with you . In our official capacity , ive call upon the members of the Company to do their duty to their
country . We suggest that a delegate meeting be held as soon as possible to organise the district , and consider upon some legal and constitutional course of action suitable to the present state of things . We shall be glad to receive communications on the subject , and recommend that tha proposed meetino to beheld either in Hull , Selb . r , or York . Finally " remember the National Petition for the People ' s Charter , a we'l conducted organisation could effect much for that or any other petition . We are fellow countrymen of yours in the cause of true English liberty ; The Committee of the Hull branch , irithe name , and by authority , of a numerous meeting Committee—Henry Greensides , Richard Anderson John Shipman , Charles Buirill , and George Farr Treasurer—George Barnet . Chairman —Robert Jackson . Secretary—George Stephens . All communications to be addressed to George Stephen- " 04 Stamforlh-place , Hesselroad , Hull . "' '
SiALEYBRiDGB .-On Sunday last , Mr . T . Metcalf delivered his second lecture in the National Land Company ' s mee . ting . wmm , Ctoss-atreet , Sprmcstreet , on the practicability of ihe Land Plan The lecture will be delivered on Sunday , Jan . 2 nd to commence at six o ' clock in the evening . ' SnEFPiEBB . «» Thequarterly meetingof this branch
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will belbeld on Tuesday evening , Jan ; 4 th ; chair to be taken at seven o'clock . . O'C & fcsoaviiifc . — Asocial meeting took place on Christmas day , among the members and ffienas ot the National Land Company . Severalexcellent songs and recitations were delivered by Messrs . Williams , Sherman , Mrs Hoddy and others . The health ol FflSrgUB O'Connor was proposed by Mr'Shearman , from London , and was ably responded to by IWheeler . Great praise is due to Mr Millar and Mr Williams fortbeir kindness . Afteragood old English dance the company separated , highly delighted witn the evening ' s proceedings . Rochdale . —Last Sunday tbe auditors brought up their reportand fresh officers were appointed .
, Accmhoton . —The following officers have been appointed : —Mr Whitaker , president ; Greenwood Hartly , Secretary ; James Smith , Treasurer ; James Duckworth , secretary ; Berkett Davies , scrutineer ; PaulKelshaw and Peter Pilkington , auditors ; Geor ge Lang , Henry Whittaker , Thomas Bury , Thomas Bertwell . John Kenyon , committee . Oldbubt . —A Christmas tea p-arty of this branch has been holden , at which Mr Cook of Dudley presided , when tbe following toata were honoured :-" The People , tbe source of all power ; " responded to by Daddy Richards . "Feargus O'Connor , M . P . the founder of the National Land . Plan ; " responded to by Mr Warnage . " The People ' s Charter" responded to by Mr . Ball . " The Old bury branch of to
tbe National Land Company ; " responded by Mr Drury . " Frost , Williams , and Jones ; ' responded to ' by'Mr Mantle . " T . S . Duncombe , Esq ;'' respond to by Mr . Mantle . A resolution of thanks to Mr O'Connor for his patriotis labours in parliament , COMtekd the proceedings . Mmum Ttdyil—The tea party pf the second branch came off . on Christmas eve . The attendance was very encouraging ; John Emerys Jones was voted to the chair . Several toasts were given ; amongst others were " Long life to the star of re deroption , 'F . O'Conner , Esq . ' Success to the object of Ws mwavon . " The ftmancipation of labour , " A resolution of tbanks to Mr O'Connor was imammously adopted . On Monday evening the
committee assembled , when steps were taken to obtain signatures to tbe Land petition . Carusus . — The members of this branch sat down to an excellent supper on Christmas eve , provided by Mr James Clarkson , Royal Oak Inn , Culdewgate . After ample justice was done to tbe good things so liberally provided , Mr John Gilbertson was called to the chair , who briefly opened the meeting and gave the following sentiment : — " The People , the producers of all wealth , and may that time soon arrive , when the working portion thereof , will be first partakers of their industry . " Ably responded toby tbe vice-chairman , Mr John Hutchinson . Tha chairman then gave : — " The People ' s Charterand may the advocates of that measure ,
, persevere with increased energy in their endeavours to make it the law of the land . " Responded to by Mr Thomas Raney . The next toast was : —•• The health of Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ; the well-tried , faithful friend of the working classes , and may be continue In fiat straightforward course he ha a hitherto done ; until the whole of his malignantassailants aredriven into that obscurity which their baseness so well deserves . " Responded to by the chairman and Mr BIy th . The next toast was : —'' The National Land Company , the progress of which has hitherto been marked with such success , and may it continue to
meet with the same prosperity until the whole of its membera are located , furnishing a lesson to liEht otbers on the road to freedom and happiness . " Responded to by Mr , Forster . The chairman then gave — " The National Land and Labour Bank , and may tbe trades of this csuntry soon see that it is the best and safest investment for their money , and thatthey may cease to put it in other banks , where it is made an instrument of persecution to themselves . " Responded to by Mr Sowerby from Dalston , Several other toasts were given , and song sung during the evening . TO THE CHARTISTS AND LAND MEMBERS OF
THE BILSTON LOCALITY , Brethren , —During last summer circumstances forced the old and long-tried patriot , Daddy Richards , to become the inmate of a "Onion Bastile—tbe Chartists of BiUton felt indignant—thoy raised the means to bring the old advocate out of the said prison , and pay his passage to Bilston ; tbe ; did more—the ? supported a motion made by Mr Linney , that they would contribute weekly for the purpose of keeping the old veteran amongst them , but very few have performed their duty , and was it not for the genuine kindness of five or six of the Chartist body the old veteran , who has devoted a life to improve the political and social condition of his fellow . men , would be left to starve . This is shameful conduct—ungrateful treatment—yet such is the case .
If the memben who meet at Mr Linney ' s every Sunday evening would contribute the trifling , tbe paltry sum of one penny each , it would enable Mr Richards to pass the remainder of his days in com ' ort . Even now , notwithstanding his age and infirmities , he is doing all he can to advance the cause , ar . d sural ; the Bilston men will not allow him to pine in want Earnestly soliciting tbeir attention to the above , 1 remain , on behalf of the Chartist Council , Thomas Alhohd , Gecrgie Mills . —To the Membibs of tbe National LaHU CpMrAST . —Dear Friends : "We , the undersigned , feci convinced that the generality of you who are connected with the Land scheme , are poor like ourselves , and will find great difficulty when called upon to take possession of your respective allotments . Wo , therefore , suggest the following plan , and feeling conscious that if carried properly Into tffeet it would hatha means of enabling you to purchase a cow and a pig , and to go on
your way rejoicing . Our plan is simply thus : —supposing that 1000 members join in oo . operation , and pay in by instalments 6 d . or more per week , until each has paid in the sum of £ 1 . 6 s ., they would be enabled to com mence and give to each one upon taking possession of his allotment , the sum of , £ 20 ; allowing them theperlod of three years to pay it back by instalments . Of course we wish it to be understood that the weekly subscription of 6 d . from all be continued to tbe end . If the above is approved of , we suggest to the Edinburgh district that a delegate meeting be held in some centralised part of the district , at an early day , to take into consideration the drawing out of rules , and the electing of officers to carry out the plan . We remain , dear friends , yours fraternally , John Simmon , John Cox , "William Mechan , James Chamers , William Sommerviile , Further information canoe obtained by enclosing a postage stomp , and addressing William ^ Mechan , secretary , 59 , Fountain Bridge , Edinburgh .
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Manchester . —A special meeting of the Manchester branch will be held in the People ' s Institute on Sunday morning , Jan . 2 nd , 1848 . Subject for discussion : — ' The petition recommended by Mr O'Connor , in reference to the National Land Company . The shareholders of this branch of the National Land Company are requested to pay their levies on or before Jan . 10 th , to be eligible for the Ballot on tbe 17 th Jan . Shareholders living at a distance , can send their levies in postage stamps to the secretary , W . Foster , No . 12 , Alice-street , Devonshire-street , Hulme , Manchester .
. MoiiRAii . —rhe monthly meeting of the sharewill take place in the lecture room , Mottram , on Sunday next , Jan . 2 nd , at one o ' clock , when the following questions will be considered : —The best means of procuring funds to the National Land and Labour Bank . The propriety of establishing a provident savings club , and the formation of a brancb of the National Co-operative Benefit Society . At two o'clock Mr Robert Wild will give a report of his delegation to Manchester , Stockport . —On Sunday next Mr James Leach of Manchester , will lecture in the hall of the Lyceum , Wellington-street , at six o ' clock in the evening . The Library in connexion with the Charter Association , will be opened on Monday , Jan . 3 rd ,
Smsfiv Row . —A general meeting of the National Land Company will be held at the house of Mr T , Watkins , Mill Pit , on Monday , Jan . 3 rd , at six o'clock in the evening , when business of great importance will be submitted to the meeting . Thoso members tbat are in arrears with their local levies , are requested to pay the same forthwith , likewise the paid-up shareholders are requested to pay the expensa fund levy for 1848 , or they will not be eligible for the Ballot on the 17 th Jan . Newcastle-dpon-Ttne . —Mr Kydd ' a route for the next week : —Sunderland and Bishop ' s-wearmoutb , Monday , January 3 rd , and Tuesday , Jan . 4 th :
Shiney Row , Friday , Jan . 7 th ; Easington-lane , January 8 th . The above places are requested to correspond with the Newcastle , secretary , aud inform him of the place of meeting and the time it will be held . All places and branches in tbe county of Durham requiring Mr Kydd ' s services will please to correspond with Mr James Nisbitt , No . 10 , Gibsonstreet . New castle-upon-T yne . The members of the Newcastle branch are requested to attend at M . Jude ' a on Sunday evening next , January 2 nd , at six o ' clock , to consider the adoption of the petition of the members of the Land Company as recommended by Mr O'Connor in the last Stab .
. U-MffouD— The shareholders ef this branch are requested to attend a meeting at the Hope and Anchor , Chapel-street , Radford , on Monday evening next , at seven o'clock , for the purpose of commencing a money club to assist the Bank and likewise to adopt the best measures for getting the petition signed , Doncaster . —A general meeting of the members will be held at the house of Mr Means , St Sepulchregate , next Tuesday , Jan . 4 th . Preston . —A general meeting of this branch will take place on Sunday next , Jan . 2 nd , at six o ' clock in the evening , in the Wge room at Mr Frankland ' s Coffee House , Lune-street , to take into consideration the National Land Company Petition , and the best means of bringing it before tho public . The committee for establishing a club to assist the National Land Bank , will give in tbeir report , Thh Future Allottees of Minster Lcvtl now
residing in or near the Metropolis are requested to communicate their names and ' addresses to Mr E . Stallwood , ; 2 , Little Vale-place , Hammersmith .
road , with a view of holding s social party early fo i ; January , in order tbat tbey may become personallwll ' acquainted with each other previous to taking npnj their future residence on the Chartist social Colstiy ly - NationatjR & giwbatiohahd Elsctiok Commixi ee "; ( —This committee assembled at Dean-street , | on Tuesles day evening . December 28 th , 1847 . Mr John Milne n ? in the chair . —When tbe Banking Deed was sub . ib « mitted aad approved of , and the money ordered to to be depssifced forthwith . A letter from the Vice . ie President , T . Wakley , M . P ., having been read , the be committee was adjourned until Tuesday evenine e Jan . 11 th . B > *'
Hamusrsvuzr District op thk Land Cojipahi , ™ . — The members are hereby informed that a special al meeting will be held at the District Office , 2 , Little le Vale-place , Hammersmith-road , at ten o'clock of the ie forenoon of Sunday next , Jan . 2 nd . And that all ill tbe directors' levies must be paid forthwith > by all 11 who wish to be in the next Ballot . Greenwich and Dbftfobd . —The members of the ie Land Company and National Charter Association i and otherjfriends residing in tbe above locality , are e requested to meet at Mr Morgan's , 39 , Butcher-row r Deptford , on Sunday evening , Jan . 2 nd , to take into o consideration the propriety of calling a public meet- :-ing for Mr Kydd , that gentleman having stated his s willingness to attend . The members and friends are e alse informed that Mr M'Grath will discuss the a Land Plan at the Lecture Hall , Greenwich , on i Friday evening , Jan . 7 th .
Fiwsbubt . —A general meeting will be ield on s Tuesday , Jan . 4 th , to form a money club . Lokgton . —Members of this branch are informed , that there will be a public meeting at tbe house of f of Mr J . Hammenley , York-street , Langton , oa i Sunday , January 2 nd , 1848 , at 2 o ' clock in the- > afternoon . Buby . — -The members ef this brancb are requested I to meet in the Sessions room , Market-street , behind I tbe Albion Hotel , on January 2 nd , at 6 o ' clock In 1 the evening .
Pottsribs .--The delegates of the Pottery district are reouested to atUnd the monthly district meeting on Sunday , ( to-morrow ) at 4 o ' clock , p . m ., { $ meet at Mr Yates , Miles' Bank , Shelton . LouoHBonocon—Mr . Skevington will deliver a lecture on the Land and Labour Bank , at the Wheatsheaf , on Tuesday . January 4 th , at 7 o ' clock in the evening . A special meeting of the Land members will be held at the Wheatsheaf , on Monday January 10 th , at 7 o ' clock in the evening . Bbbmonbsky . —The shareholders of this brancb are . requested to attend a special general meeting , on Tuesday evening next , January 4 th . On Tuesday ^ December 28 th . the following officers were elected : Frederick . lefferies , Secretary ; John Milwardj Treasurer ; W . Law , John Orrell , and Mark Amos ,
as Scrutineers ; John Block and John Bird , as Auditors . Wolverhampton , — A general meeting of the shareholders of the Land Company , will be held on Monday next , January 3 rd , in Mr . Dallow ' s large room , Black Boy Inn , Horse-fair , at 6 o ' clock in the evening . Daddy Richards is expected to ^ deliver a lecture in the above room , on Sunday evening next , at 6 o ' clock . Rochdale , —On Sunday next , the 2 nd of January ^ a special meeting of the Land members will take place in tbeir room , Yorkshire-street ; chair taken at 2 o ' clock , when all must pay up tbe arrears of levies . Those who wish to join in the family tickets , must attend and ^ faring the numbers of their certificates .
Nottingham . —The uext meeting of the Land Company will be held at the Lord Nelson , Piattstreet , on Sunday evening , at seven o'clock . Westminster . —The ' members of this branch of the Land Company are requested to attend a public meeting , at their rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Tuesday evening at half-past seven o ' clock , to t & ke into consideration the propriety of petitioning parliament to make the Land Plan a government measure . One of the directors is requested to attend the said meeting . ^ Kidderminster . —The members of this branch are particularly requested to meet at the Falcon-Inn , Mill-street , on Monday next at half-past seven o ' clock , Loughborough . —A special meeting will be held at the Wheatsheaf Inn , on Monday , January 10 , by which time the members are expected to pay up their levies .
Soothampion . —A special meeting of tho shareholders of this branch will be held at eight o ' clock , on Tuesday evening , January 4 , at the Burton Ale House , on which occasion Mr Kemp will deliver an address . Subject : ' The advantages of tho National Land and Labour Bank . ' To commence precisely at half-past eight . All general and local levies must be paid by the 10 th , or the paid-up members will not be entitled to tbe ballot . PvOsskndale . —The paid-up members are requested to pay the general and local levies by January 8 th , Parties neglecting to comply with this request , will not be eligible to the ballot . Leicestbb . —The quarterly meeting of the number 3 branch of the National Land Company will be held on Sunday , January 2 nd , at tbe house of Mr Biggs , at the sign of King George the Third , lower end ef Abbey-street .
, Bbaintrek . —Some days ago Mr Clark delivered a very able lecture at this place , on the advantages of the Land Plan . Tho lecture gave great satisfaction
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THE LONDON CONFEDERALISTS . Christmas has been anything but a merry one to the expatriated sons of Erin in this metropoliswhat with thougblsc-f those at home , surrounded as they are with gauntfamine—fever—and Whis Coercien ; their cup of sorrow—alas ! must be full . It is to be regretted that some of tbe members of the council of the Irish Confederation should , at their late meeting in Dublin , endeavour to assist the patriots ofTJonciliation Hall in trying to suppress the public feeling exhibited in favour of Mr O'Connor at that meeting , which drew the following manly remonstrance from one of its most energetic members , as the following extract will show . It i 3 from their own organ , the Nation : —
Mr M . J . P . Barry rose for the purpose ef expressing his dissent from some observations which bad fallen from Mr M'Gee . He thought that Mr O'Connor was not to blame in bringing forward tbe question of Repeal in the House of Commons . If the Irish members were not prepared to argue the question then they would not be prepared sis months hence . ( Hear , hear . ) They had the preparatioaof tbe monster meetings—they had the preparation of seven years' agitation ; and be ( Mr Barry ) would not join with the gentlemen , who met in another place crying 'Down with Feargus O'Connor . ' ( Hear , hear . ) Another reason , whicb might be a justification of the course pursued by Mr O'Connor , was this—that , U the Repeal debate had been mil sustained , the Coercion Bill would have been thrown into the vacation ; and if it were onW as a device to
resist aggression on the liberties of the Irish people , Mr O'Connor was justified in bringing forward the question at tbe time he did . . ( Cheers . ) ' ' The Da via Oo . nfbdebate Club . — The usual weektj meeting of this club was held on Monday evening , in the Lecture Room , Dean street , Soho , Mr E . O'Mahony in the chair ; who ia a neat and brief speech alluded to . the progress of Confederate principles throughout the width and breadth of Ireland , and read a letter from Mr Anstey , M . P ., from the Cork Examinee , in which that gentleman states at
that indisposition alone " ^ evented him being the House to take part in the Repeal Debate , at an early hour ; but that on arriving he was shut out from the diyision , and that he intended to hare spoken and voted in favour of Mr O'Connor's motion . MrFi < Z £ ibbon then read tithe meeting the letter of Mr W . Fagan , M . P ., to the 'Desmond Cork Confederate Club , respecting tbe late Repeal Debate , which was received with loud cheers . The meeting was then addressed at great length by Mr P . Looney . Several persons were then enrolled , and the meeting separated .
Ihb Daniel O'Gonheu ConfedbrateClub—The last meeting of this club was held at the Victory , Newenham-street , Edgeware-road . Mr Arthur Tracey in the chair . Mr Geany read several articles \ n >™ the Irish journals . Mr E . Kenealy , Mr Dalr , Mr * . Looney , Mr Geany , and Mr Stack , addresBed the meeting in eloquent and able speeches . Several Confederates were enrolled , and the meeting ad-3 onrned . Tbs Southampton CoKPEnEBAnisis On Monday the 20 th ult ., the usual weekly meeting of the 'Brian Boru' Confederate Club was held at the Coal Meters' Arms , Castle Buildings . Mr James Ma ° uire
was called to the chair . Thechairman congratulated the meeting on their increase of numbers and strongly urged the necessity of energetic exertions for fatherland . Several members having spoken with reference to the unconstitutional character of the Coercion Bill of tbe detestable Whigs , the thanks of the meeting were then awarded to Mr Feargus O'Connor , M . P ,, for his prompt opposition to that measure , and for his willingness and ability to defend the rights of Ireland generally . Several new members having been proposed , and subscriptions received the meeting , which was a crowded one , was then adjourned to Jan . 3 rd .
CONFBOERATE MEETINGS FOR THE ENSUING WeFK ^ Cubhan Confederate Club , Blue Anchor , York Street , Westminster ; Sunday evening . O'Connkli , Confederate Club , Victorv , Neweuhani Street , Edgwara Road . Davis Confederate CJub , Assembly Rooms £ 15 Dean Street , Soho ; Monday evening . ' Hussey Burgh Confederate Club , Grosvenor Rooms , 48 , Grosvenor Place , Pimlico ; Tuesday ereniog .
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§ £ ^ Vr ™^? treetandl , arish . "the Proprietor FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., and publish by Wilmah Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , Brao . don-strcet , Walworth , in the parish of St . Mary , New . ington , in the County of Surrey , at tho Office , Ni \ l * Great "Windmill-street . Haymarket , in the CityotWe ? . minster . —Saturday , January 1 st , 1848 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 1, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_01011848/page/8/
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