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Mr O'Connor
MR O'CONNOR
We Have Received A Long Letter From Mr O...
We have received a long letter from Mr O'Connor , but the lateness of the hour and press of matter prevent its insertion this week .
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THE CHARTIST CAMPAIGN . IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING . A public soiree was held at the National Hall , High Holborn , on "Wednesday evening , February the 2 nd , to pay a well-merited compliment to those faithful champions of the people's political and social ri g hts , T . S . Buncombe , T . Wakley , and F . O'Connor , members of Parliament . At six o ' clock a goodly number of Detmtcrats of both sexes graced the hall with their presence . On Mr O'Connor entering , be was greeted -with the most enthusiastic
Cheers . Lntortunately , the long-standing illness of Mr Buncombe prevented his attendance ; and a similar cause , illness—though we trust only temporary—prevented the attendance of Mr Wakley . The tables having been cleared , Mr Ernest Jones was called te the chair , amidst enthusiastic cheers , and said : * As that great lawsbop in St Stephen ' s , across the counters of which the people are sold , is io opento-morrow . wearemet to-night to cheer those lew honest advocates whom we possess onward iu -ihe struggle . ( Cheers . It is said , when matters : are at the wont , they mend ; but if they are to be ¦ Blended , you must mend them J ( Hear , hear . ) Expect nothing from aristocracy , or middle-class .
"Welcome all friends ; but stand for yourselves . Do UOt buv of the political pedlars who hawk their : sJ 0 p-tnsde articles—their sectional agitations . If -yea imy , you will hsve . to pay for them in disappointment . Above all , expect nothing from government . You have heard the saying about burn-• ing both ends of the candle at once . Well , you inow that the queen is building a new palace for £ 150 , 000 at "Westminster . To-day ' s papers tell us the vestry of St Pancras are obliged to build a new fcastile for their paupers . There burn both ends of the candle . The aristocratic end at Pimlico , and the pauper-end at St Pancras . Thus the li ght of England ' s prosperity will soon burn out ! Seeing
that the workhouse is not yet built , and that the palace is ready , I would suggest that the queen be requested to g ive her new palace to the English paupers , since it has already long held the forei gn ones . ( Load cheers . ) You have heard that the revenue has decreased , and taxation has increased—there burn the two ends of the candle ! Last year added eig ht millions to the National Debt , and took millions from national production . There burn both ends of the candle I How long do you think monopoly will see its way ? As long as you are disorganised—as long as you are patient and
resigned—¦ which means slavish and servile—but no longer ! ( Hear , hear . ) Government are trying to breed national antipathies against our continental brethren . They are raising the war cry—they want to embody the militia . Tell them you abhor fighting—but if you are to fight , you will fight fer yourselves . ^ Ask them what you are to fight for ? Your rights ? Then speak of your wrongs . Your honour ? Tell them there is no honour in slavery ! Your native land ? Tell them to give it you , and then you'll fi'ht for it . Tell them you will raise Rational instead of National defences . ( Cheers . ) They are
trvine to foster animosity between you and a nearer land—between the twin sisters of the sea—the two pearls in the ocean ' s diadem—between England anil Ireland . ( Cheers . ) Mark , how skilfully they do it : -first they take the food from Ireland at the point of the bayonet . Well , the Irish naturall y come over to see what becomes of their food . Government have never seriously prevented this , for by it they gain a double object . They produce a fresh competition reserve to bring down English wages , and this foments feelings of hatred between the two nations . ( Hear , hear . ) Again , they send English soldiers over to coerce the Irish , and bring Irish soldiers here to coerce the English . The same with their police .
( Hear . ) Even God they try to make a party to their quarrel , and strive to re-create reli g ious animosity . One faction has again raised the miserable crv of ' No Popery ! ' We answer them— ' No hum-DUgl' ( Loud cheers . ) Ah , my friends , the blue waters flow between England and Ireland , and tyranny has not been able to bridge the channel over with its blood and steel—it cannot tie the two lands together with a halter , and unite them under a yoke ; hut fraternity will bridge over those waters with a bridge of lore , on which both nations shall meet half-way , ming ling their cries of « England for the English J ' * and ' Ireland for the Irish ! ' For the tvrants of the one are the oppressors of the other .
and the wrongs of either are the grievances of bothcontinued cheers . ) To the work , then , Chartists and never deviate in your course . Remember , a straiehfc line is the shortest way between two points ; therefore listen to no compromise , and swerve from ho principle . When a nation seeks freedom , a social movement , unaccompanied by a political one , is but a nugatory measure—while all political movements should also have a social tendency . ( Loud app lause . ) If , then , you want te emancipate yourselves—if you really want to obtain practical liberty—if you really want to make your glorious Land Company a national movement—rally for the Charter , as the great means to your end . It is , therefore , I have sincere pleasure in proposing
the following sentiment : — ' The People ' s Charter—may it speedily be enacted S 3 a law of this realm , and its benign influence faring true peace and lasting prosperity to the whole of the humankind . ' Mr McGbath , who was loudly applauded , rose to respond to the sentiment , and said he ag'eed in One observation made by their chairman , viz . ' That they had nothing to fear from a foreign invasion , ' but the invasion they should prepare against was that of the aristocracy , the profitocracy , and the taxcollector . ( Cheers . ) The -working men need take
no he ^ d about the humbug of ' Our National Defences , ' but proceed to put themselves in a position of defence from their domestic enemies—depend on it , their best defence was the panoply of the ' People ' s Charter . ' ( Loud cheers . ) Let them have that , and they would no longer be the sport of landlord or fundlord . ( Hear , hear . ) How is it they bad not got the Charter ? Simply because they had not been true to each other , they had not faithfully united in heart and hand . ( Hear , hear . ) Look at the present condition of the people of England , are they not far worse off than the slaves Of the West Indies ? Yes , for the latter are fed ,
whilst the former died , by thousands , of starvation . ( Loud cheers . ) in Ireland things were even worse . Why was this ? Because a system of class legislation is allowed to prevail . Did this not show them the necessity of struggling for the Charter ? If the people willed their freedom , they could win it . ( Much applause . ) No one was now found to deny the truth and justice of the People ' s Charter . ( Hear , hear . ) The time was coming when Mr O'Connor would give the "Whi gs an opportunity in the House' of Commons of telling the people their present opinion on Chartism . ( Great cheering . ) Those principles were in accordance with justice ,
¦ virtue , and philosophy . ( Loud cheers . ) The question resolved itself into this : should the minority rale ? There was not a single benefit society in existence acted on this princip le ? were one to put it forth iu its rules the soci ty would call in vain £ t 3 r members . ^ Ilear , hear . ) 'i"he one to make the laws , and the mass to subrnii , was the aim of the Whig and Tory tyranny and despotism . The time had fully come when Whig and Tory rule should be got rid of ; ( loud cheers , ) such musty-fusty rags of principles could no longer be endured . ( Laughter and applause . ) The free-traders recently held a meeting in Manchester , but they scarce seemed to know what thev had met about : he defied them to
Show that their nostrums had brought one single blessing to the working man ' s door . ( Loud cheers . ) Ko , it was left for Chartism . to do that .. ( Hear , hear . ) It was hig h time that the monster class lef ' lalation was swept into annihilation . ( Loud cheers . ) The Charter was to the people what money was to the traveller—his all , his everythingit would enable them to regain their agrarian rights ; open the door to religious liberty ; enable them to deal with the monster , miscalled ' National Debt , ' a d' : ' it which , when formed , was intended to remain as iong as the world should endure . ( Hear , hear . ) He trusted one result of this meeting would be reorganisation of Chartbm in this metropolis . He hoped they had resolved to adhere heart and soul to the ' Charter and No Surrender ! ' { Great applause . ) The chairman said , I have now to introduce a particular friend of Lord Palmerston ' s . ( Cheers . )
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Juluk Harset . who was received with great applause , said : It is now something like ten years since that symbol of our political faith , the Charter , was launched upon the stream of time . In the course of those years events have occurred which unmistakably announce the coming of that time when our Charter shall be law ; ( Cheers . ) Those who remember the zeal and enthusiasm of nine or ten years aso , and the sanguine hopes then cherished by multitudes of young men , and still younger politicians , and contrasting those hopes with the present position of the . popular movement may be inclined at the first glance to ask , what have we gained ? Is the reward achieved proportionate to the toil expended ? Could I speak now , as I would have spoken JlTLTAX I 1 * K ! C 1 ? V Wlin T 1700 -n „„ : „„ J _; xl _ .
ton years ago , I should most likely greatly underraU our progress . But the man who has lived ten years , and is the course of that time learned nothing , has been unworthy of his very breath . I have learned to estimate the hemely proverb that' Rome was not built ia aday ' and that apaopla gubjeated to a thousand years' misgovemmenfc , cannot be regenerated in the space of a single year ; and , thoughtfully reviewing the past , I come to the conclusion that our gain has been immense , and our reward equal to our toil . If that reward is not greater , it is because we hare not deserved it . Time has taught methe value of patience conjoined with perseverance . Oarprogress may be slow , but it is ssre . In the first place , we have winnowed the chaff from the wheat , and ban
pily are no longer troubled with the ' respectable ' money-worshi pping adventurers , who trafficked in the misplaced confidence of the people , to acquire therewith nositun , place , and jmblic-. plunder . ( Cheers . ) Again , aesxif-i ^ -v & iiffit ^ fvhirB ^ iM leaders have passed through the fires of persecution ; and while some faint-hearts have sunk beneath the scorching blast , others have like the pbejsix , ' renewed their youth and then * strength , and derived power from the very meanaemployed for their destruction . ( Applause . ) In spite of proscription and tribulation we have kept our serried ranks in good order , and no matter how bard blew the hurricane we have always borne our flag triumphantly aloft . When governments \ ersecuted , when the press denounced .
when the League attempted to delude the people , our Charter was like ' the cloud fay day and the pillar of fire by nisht , '—the unerring guide of those millions who desired liberation from bandage and safety from the sword of the pursuer . ( Applause . ) Within the last ten years we havo established a press , which is at once the proclaimer of our sufferiocs , the champion of our rights , the recorder ef our labours , and tha herald of onr progress . ( Applause . ) We have in many places stormed the entrenchments of local power , asd in the late general election we carried more than one position , and by the energy of the forces of Nottingham we were enabled to send our general into the very
citadel of corruption , there to plant the banner of the Charter . ( Great and continued cheering . ) Furthermore , the men of the fustian jackets have seen the uneducated chiefs of their class contending with veteran statesmen , college-bred legislators , sad the scions of the aristocracy , for the civic crown of popular representation—and in every instance triumphant on the hustings . ( Applause . ) At the late election we proved—in the words of an immortal legislator of France— ' the greatness of man and the littleness of the great . ' We unmasked the showy , shallow pretensions of the ' superior orders , ' and proved , that in spite of poverty and neglect , and the thousand disadvantages which conspire to chain the ssa of labour to the dust , —
'The man o' independent mind Is kin * o' man far a that I ' ( Immense applause . ) Lastly , the unexampled success of the , Land Company praves our progress . ( Hear , hear . ) The plan of that Company proves that we are no vain pretenders offering the people barren political theories . We are practical menmen who regard the Charter as the means to the great end o ! social happiness . ( Loud cheers . ) Thus much for our positive gains , surely sufficient to stimulate vu to increased exertions to attain the object of this agitation . I have spoken of exparience
correcting the errors of impatience ; but that experience has confirmed the wisdom ef the two great principles which has characterised this movement from its commencement . 1 st . The right of the people to achieve their liberation by any and every means consistent with honour ; and 2 nd . The ' necessity of self-reliance on the part of the masses . "With the most loathing scorn I repnaiate that system of cant , under cover of which political charlatans raise the cry of * Peace , peace , when there ia no . peace . ' Peace indeed ! there neither is nor should be peace between the oppressed and the oppressors . ( Cheers . ) Peace , indeed ! peace with assassins , with those who murder according to
law' Who take our lives When they do take the meant thereby we lite . ' Who slay their thousands daily by hunger and broken hearts ; who have murdered hundreds of thousands in Ireland , and have the unblushing assurance to send their blood-shedding Special Commission through that country , to hang a few petty assassins , while those wholesale exterminators , the Thuggite landlords , are allowed to sleep in their beds fearless of the gallows . Peace with those ! To all such be war ! deadly , fierce , unrelenting war . ( Immense applause . ) Aa the mighty son of Carthage swore in his boyhood ' No peace with Rome , * and faithfully fulfilled hisjvow to the last moment of his existence , so let us swear no peace with our
oppressors , and boldly seize upon every opportunity to Carry war into the enemy ' s camp in every shape and form calculated to effect our object . ( Great cheering . ) But , above all things , let us depend upon ourselves for oar own deliverance . We have never found justice , or mercy , or honour , at the hands of any class abore our own . Kings have used us to strengthen themselves against conspiring aristocrats Those aristocrats have in turn employed our physical power to curb the insolence of kings . Priests have invoked our strength , in the name of God and religion , to uphold the power of the Church . And , lastly , the middle classes , by wielding the might ol the millions , have snatched power from Crown , coronet , and mitre . But once their own purposes were served , king andlord , priest and profitmenger , have
rewarded us with a . double dose of despotism for playing the part of cat ' s paw for them . ( Cheers . ) The history of the last sixteen years proclaims trumpet-tongued the iniquitous and monstrous ingratitude of the middle-class . Unite with the middle-class ? Unite rather with wolves , bloodhounds , and tigers , honest monsters compared with that class whose conspiracies created the reign of terror and ruined the French Republic ; who in 1 S 30 a second time deceived and betrayed the people of France ; who have a l ready corrupted and blasted the institutions of Washington and Jefferson , and made the once 'model Republic' a by . word and a mockery ; and , above all , whose treason to the people of this country is the cause of all the evils and miseries suffered at this moment by the working classes .
« Iaws grind thepoor and rich msamab tha laws . ' and those rich men are the delegates and mouth , piece of the middle classes . ( Great applause . ) Working men , let their great truth be impressed upon your memories , and written upon your hearts , that Labour must be its own emancipator . ' By your own arms the conquest must be wrought . ' From the plough , the loom , and the anvil ; from the hut . the garret , and the cellar , must come the deliverers of your order . ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) You have nothing to hopeforat the hands of either faction in the legislature . I disagree with those who think that because Lord Finality has become a convert to Free Trade and Jewish Emancipation , that some fine morning he will wake ud a convert to Chartism . In
joining the Free Traders , snd coming forward as the champion of the Jews , he has but followed the instincts of his house , always to have hi * nose near the money-bags . The House of Bedford is too deep in Church plunder , ever to voluntarily accept the Charter . Aa to the stable-minded statesman , he has lately declared his opinions in unmistakable terras . He has written a letter , in which he declares that . he Toted for ' the bill , the whole bill , and nothing but the bill , ' as a final settlement . He agrees with Lord John Russell , that the country cannot afford to undergo a revolution once a year , or even once in twenty years ; and thinks the Reform Act calculated to fulfil all the rational wants of the conntry for half a century to come ! Working men , I trust we shall yet teach his lordship to sing to another tune . ( Cheers . ) Woe to these aristocrats , if in pitiful
imitation of the Danish monarch they attempt to stem the overflowing waves of Democracy . ( Cheers . ) Men of the metropolis , ' time and the hour' announce this to be the moment for action . The flag of regenerated Itaiv floats victorious from the towers of Palermo—{ cre " = n 0—and the wretched thing of Naples abandons grape shot for concessions those who iwe his «<&;«* ., but are now his masters ( Loud cheers . ) The thing of Naples when he first heard of the revolt , of Sicily , was tak- n very badly , and had to be twice bled . ( Laughter . ) Would that I were his physician . ( Re newed laughter . ) When kings are taken badly , it strikes me tha ^ tbe proper p lace to bleed th < m is in the neck . ( Great applause . ) Switzerland is about to unsheath her aword in defence of her ancient liberties , and her right to march ia the path of progression unquestioned by a traitorous king or an imbecile fcaiser .
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Metternich , en the brink of the grave , is foaming with rage , seeing , as he does , his accursed handywork already crumbling into rorna- The Avant' d Garde of the students of Paris proclaims the coming revolution in France . The British government , unable to meet its home difficulties , sees at the same time Canada preparing for another struggle , and Chartism taking root in Ireland . ( Cheers ) Democrats of London , now is the time for action . You have the sympathies of the people of all nations on your side . Your cause is just , and your enemies are in confusion . At such a moment the word must be— ' UpGvabds I—Vpasv at them »» ( Enthusiastic and prolonged cheerJHg ) The Chairman then read the following sentiment : — .. ..
' . ' T . S . Buncombe , M . P ., aT » d Thomaa Wakley , M . P ., may they live long in the enjoyment of that unrivalled popularity which they haye earned by their great exertion ' s in the causa of justice , and may they continue to struggle on in the same noble career until their exertions , aided by those ot the workirg classes , have given freedom to an oppressed and injured people . ' Mr William Dixon , in responding to the sentiment , said : He was sorr y that those gentlemen were prevented by severe indisposition from being present : If any man had deserved well of the
people , that man was Thomas Slingsby Duncombe . ( Great cheering . ) And his honourable colleague was equally worthy . Vote or speech , on behalf of the people , had never been found wanting . . ( Loud cheers . ) He was glad to be able to announce that the health c £ Mr 4 i & ncombe . was improving ?' and they might hope to see him , Wakley , and-O-Con * nor , battling side by side in the house of Commons , in favour of the people's rights . ( Great chef ring . ) Two better men than Duncombe and Wakley were not to be found in that House . ( Great applause . ) Look at the conduct of Mr Duncombe on the Graham
Post-office Espionage . Again , at his brave and courageous conduct in calling an unjust judge to account for trampling on the rights of the people . ( Great cheering . ) But it was useless for those men to struggle , if the people were apathetic- ( Hear , hear . ) The people now began to feel their dignity as men and right glad was he to see them on the march to freedom and happiness . ( Great applause . ) The Chairman then introduced the following sentiment , amidst waving of hats , handkerchiefs , and every conceivable demonstration of popular applause , long continued and oft-repeated .
' Feargus O ' Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and may prosperity ever attend his untiring labours lor the National Land Company ; and may ha long live a proud spectator of a nation enjoying those political and social rights of which he is the disinterested and gjfted advocate . " On Mr O ' Cosn q r rising , the plaudits were renewed with , if passible , increased vehemence , which having subdued , he said : He hopei his rehearsals in another place had not unfitted him for an enlightened audience . ( Laughter . ) Allusion had been made to the state Chartism was in ten years ago , and when he took his tour , thirteen years ago , as a Radical missionary , he told the people of Stockport
that ho was marshalling them for auction , and that he would knock them down as soon as he found a Minister that would bid Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Electoral Districts , the Abolition of the Property Qualification , and Payment of Members , for their services , ( Loud cheers . ) Well , he , like others , was considered mad for advocating those principles ; true it was , there was then a difficulty in procuring an audience , but now there was standing room for principle only on the Six Points , and experience had shown that England was the only place prepared for liberty . ( Hear , hear . ) He saw , with pleasure , the straggles for liberty in Italy , Austria , and Sicily ; that Spain
had begun to think it an anomaly that only 99 , 000 out of her population had the elective franchise ; that Portugal was grumbling at tyranny ; that Prussia had obtained a constitution ; and that the French monarchy hung by the thread of an old womftQ , in rjantaloonE- ^ laaghter and cheers *)—in no other country than this could it be said it was the working classes alone that could be rolled on to save the nation , and they had been so well drilled that they sever could be coerced again . ( Hear , hear . ) Do not suppose that the Americans would ever have hired themselves to assassinate the Mexicans if they had posssessed their own sentry boxes on their own Land . ( Loud cheers . ) We ( the Chartists )
have now both a political and social wedge—( loud eheers , ) -and the best description he could give of it was , that the spit was the Charter and the Land the leg of mutton to put on it . ( Loud laughter and great applause . ) Where was there a man to be found who had Struggled harder to ooment the union between the real Reformers of England and Ireland thaa he had done ?—a union based on true reciprocity and mutual interest—( loud cheers )—and whilst advocating it he had been knocked down and attempted to be assassinated ; but , happily for his countrymen , they were just discovering that the same class-made laws that oppress Englan'i bear with greater force on Ireland . ( Great cheering . ) He , therefore ,
stood in the proud position not to ask forgiveness , but to forgive . ( Hear , hear . ) Ireland had been coerced and had a savage special commission sent out , but no remedial measures had been tried , and Lord John Russell had tried to bolster himself up with a little bit of Jewish liberality , but no one could , at present , say what the New House of Commons was . It was a hackneyed phrase that' Labour was the source of all wealth , ' yet hackneyed aa it was , it was still necessary that th « y should rehearse it over to themselves , until they thoroughly understood it , and applied its principles to practice . ( Loud cheers . ) We must either have a new paper roof , or we must pull down the old house and build another
on its ruins , and he knew of no better basis tlian ' the source ef all wealth . ' A little more than two years ago he laid the foundation for a Free Labour field , and he would never cease his exertions until he had taught and made apparent its benefits to all . ( Great applause . ) Yet , he had been abused by the base , dirty , servile , hireling editors of the Pres ? , who did not possess one feeling or principle of their own . ( Great cheering . ) Our glorious Land Company had now nearly two thousand acres of land —ilargdnumber of horses and other cattle , making manure to grow cabbages for the working man , and although that vile thief-catching rag , the Dispatch , might revile him , it should not arrest his progress .
( Loud cheers . ) Well , after all , this Land Company had the sum of £ 50 , 000 in its exchequer . ( Rapturous cheering . ) After the location of a few more , we shall have the balance of power in several divisions of several counties . ( Cheers . ) He supposed they would have a discussion in the house on National Defences , and as he never said anything on the platform he was not prepared to say elsewhere , when the' Duke ' s' nostrum was brought forward , he would not forget to show them tha means of creating a national militia . But . says'G . O . G . 'in the Times of this morning , in answer to Mr Cobdpn . the Duke of Wellington don't want to raise the men all at once , but at the rate of ten thausand
militia men per annum . ( Laughter . ) When Sidney Herbert proposed to embody the militia before , he ( Mr O'Connor ) got up a National Anti-Militia Association , andtho bill was withdrawn . ( App lause . ) And wero the militia embodied to-morrow , and he drawn , he would rather co to prison than serve . ( Tremendous cheering . ) If a militia was required , let those serve who bad the vote , and depend on it the knapsack would soon make their shoulders so sore , that they would rather grant Universal Suffrage than carry it any longer . ( Loud cheers . ) Ho thought it rightthat every nation should govern itself , and consequently we should have no intermeddling . ( Loud cherrs . ) He looked upon England as the most enlightened nation , for after all they had their public meetings and free discussions , which other nations
sighed in vain for —( hear , hear)—true they had a pitched btatle in Lancaster , but since thcfl there was no danger of being taken up forsedition % ( Hear , hear . ( The people of England were now nr ^ paradfor a higher orderof Chaitist literature ; thev were now prepared to hear and discuss what they ^ vere to d- > with the Charter when they got it ;—( lciJ cheers . )—and hence they wou'd be in a better rendition than any natifn on the face of the aarth , in the event of a revolution . ( IIea , r , bep . p . ) He kow repeated , forthe one-hundredth , time ^ ihnfche would not nivo a pin for the Charter lo-r ^ orrow , if the land was locked up frnn them —( ^ cheers)—and now let him declare from this sr ^ tha t he would meet , single-handed ; all the e'Yitow of the calumniating press—and alter a discT jSSj 0 D j ^ would pledge him-
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self to obtain from the largest audience that could be Bad , a unanimous resolution , as follows : — ' Resolved tha * they . are all fools . ' ( Loud laughter and great cheering . ) Now , as the' Thief catcher / tart paper which engaged men of the mos « profligate habits a * its contributors , in order to pander to the worst passion s of the people , had the insolence to nsk what ? M , n ^ 0 f , interest of tho Land money , he i . wry Oonnor ) having silenced that pigmy battery woaW now charm these interested with the solution ot that problem . Nay . more , he would tell ihem of ll ? r x , tho Uteres * fle had made upon the pence of the people . He made a profit of £ 1 350 T on jJjS ? acrea the ? had n ?* de a profit fe ^ ® by , th 0 8 a ! e « f their rules ; he-had m , de a profit of nearly £ 1 . 000 in the T . nnd p „« . i . » n „ n ,
partment ; he had made a profit ot nearly £ 1000 of rubbish and . materials not valued ; and te come directly to the question of the ' Thief . catcher ' * i „^ * M-, dfty realise 3 P" >» t "f , £ ] , 0 Q 0 , over and abm the £ i . lis . 3 d . interest paid noon that stock . Now that was aomething—that was the sum of £ 8 , 000 realised oat of nothing , and over and above the interest in rent paid upon the land purchased , and £ 4 lis ., 3 d . interest upon Exchequer Bills . There was a £ 100 , 000 capital paid up , and the £ 8 , 000 made over interest was a clear bonus oteight percent , upon the whole paid up capital . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Now what would the sentimental "fhief-cateher' say to that i Was not that a good aituution for a company to be
in ? Was there such an instance on record ? ( ' No , no , ' and loud cheora . ) The Company had do accidents—they had riot lost a horta or anything else , and henca it would ' . appear that the great Giver of Life was looking : dowB ^ feeaignaintfy on their cause . ( Great applause . ) The operations of their company brought trade to shopkeepers , thus—round the estates , where men had not takan one pound per week previously ,, they were now taking nineteen and twenty . Looking at the Land Plan , either as a question of health , comfort , or wealth , it was equally beautiful . ( Loud cheers . ) Then , good God , why should we mind what the base press said ? Look at the progress made in the science of agriculture ? Why the weavers sent from the manufacturing districts to O'Counorville and Uwbands would not
, now turn th * -ir backs on the best agriculturists . ( Cheers . ) Years ago the middle and upper classes made tho speeches and you were the shouters , but . now amongst the working elapses are to be found the best orators ; well , agriculture was much easier to learn than oratory , as nature had made men agriculturists , while she had not created all men orators . ( Hear , hear . ) He had held a glorious meetingat Birmingham , consisting of 10 , 600 persons , and thus had she redeemed herself from that degradation to which her apathy and indifference had brought her . ( Hear . ) At the commencement of the Land Company he was told he could not buy land , but now he was inundated with letters from lords and noble lords , who wrote telling him that they Would sooner he had
their land than any one else , they so strongly approved ot hh Land Plan . ( Cheers . ) When he brought his Land Plan before tho House , he thought the » e would be no one found to say one word against it ; if there was , he should ask how it was they oonld pay men , live well , and save money afterwards , if a man could not obtain a good living on it for himself , by an improved mode of culture . ( Great applause ) The men at O'Connorville and Lowbands commenced work as soon as it was light , and left off when they could no longer see to labour ; that was the way to cultivate the national resources . ( Cheers . ) He would have every man in England put to job work , and he nw happy to say that in the February number of the Labourer , he had been enabled to submit a
proposition , for the consideration of the next Conference , to reduce the rents af the allottees to four pet cent . ( Cheers . ) Wow , was it not strange that merchants could give fifteen per cent ., and yet that we could not give four per cent , from that better security— L < 4 nd . ( Hear , hear . ) And then it was said , ' Oh ! FeargusO'Connor would go to America ; ' but if he did , he should leave all the money behind him ; but he could assure them that he had no intention ot going to America or any other nation ; he loved the land at home too well , and he was so healthy on it , that he felt he could live for ever ; and no king was half so happy ; no potentate so proud as he ; and he would never sully his name and fame by any misdoing . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Apologies had been
received from Messrs Duncombe and Wakley . He was happy to state thathe had received a letter from Mr Duncombe , stating that although confined to his room , he was better , and hoped during the . session to resume his duties ; and by May he ( Mr O'Connor ) hoped to have a baby , in the shape of a National Petition , ready for him , as he should always be happy to acknowledge Mr Duncombe as his leader . He never could be so ungrateful as to forget the visits paid him by that gentleman in the cell at York Castle ; ( Loud cheers . ) He ( Mr O'Connor ) had visited the other member for Finsbury this day , and he could assure tkera that Mr Wakley bad been leeched and blistered , and was totally unable to leave his room . He expressed his regret that he should be deprived of the honour of appearieg amongst them . The Chartist
position was now so strong , that they could not be put down ; should anything happen , the land would be the thing to fall back upon . And if an invasion did take place , they could fly to their green fields . ( Loud cheers- ) Were the Land Plan interfered with , he would not be responsible for the safety of tho country for six hours . ( Tremendous chewing . ) The Land Plan bound the people together in the golden link of money . ( Hear , hear . ) After eloquently and forcibly impressing on the Chartists the necessity of building a Metropolitan Chartist Hall , Mr O'Connor pledged himself to devote his life to the people , and never cease his efforts until all were politicall y free , and socially happy , by being located on the land , and resumed his seat amid the most deafening and long continued cheering :.
On the motion of Mr Jons Siuw , seconded by Mr Clark , and eloquently supported by Mr O'Connor , a vote of thanks was given by acclamation to the Chairman , who acknowledged tho compliment ; and the meeting having given three cheers for the Charter and the Land—three for O'Connor—three for Frost , Williams , and Jones—three for the Sicilian patriots , dissolved .
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TnuRsnAT , Feb . 3 rd . Both Houses of Parliament re-assembled this evening .
HOUSE OF LORDS . The Lord ( JnMiCEiwR took his seat on tho Woolsack at five o'clock . National Dekbnces . —The Earl of Habdwickb asked whether it was the intention of her Majes'y ' s Ministers to bring forward the question of the National Defences , on which subject he ( the noble Earl ) had a motion on the paper in this House of Parliament ? The Marquis of Lansoowjje ( who was almost inaudible in the gallery ) was understood to say that the subject would be first of all brought forward in the other House of Parliament . Their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . The Ileuse of Commons resumed its sittings today , after the Christmas recess .
Sir W . Somervillb gave notice that on Friday , the 11 th instant , he should move for leave to introduce a bill to amend the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland . Sir J . Packinoton gave notice of his intention on m \ early day to move for leave to bring in a bill for the prevention of bribery and corruption at elections . Financial Statkment . —Lord J . Russell said that it might , perhaps , be convenient for Uon . members , that he should state that it was his intention , either on the l'kh or the 18 lh of the present month , to bring forward the financial statement ; he could not state positively which would be the da ? , but he would give notice of that on a future day .
National Defencks—In answer to Mr Hume , Lord John Uossell said that he bad stated on a formtr occasion that he should take an opportunity of stating generally what had been dene both oy the present and former governments ia this country as regarded its detenee , and he begged now ^ to state that he would , when he made his financial statement , of which he had given notice ,, bring forward that subject , Justices of the Peace . —The Attorney-Guns rai . moved for loave to briag ' , four Bills to facilitate the performance ot the duties of Justices of the Peace —Leave given .
Wkst Indies . —Lord G . Bsntinck then rose , pursuant to notice , to move for a Select Committee to inquire into the present condition and prospects of the interests connected with and dependent on su ^ ar and coffee planting in her Majesty ' s East and West Indian possessions and the Mauritius ; and to consider whether any and whatmcasurcKan be adopted by Parliament for their relief . [ The noble Lord inflicted on his hearers a speech of three hours and a half duration . Its length precludes us from attempting even an abridgment of it . The distress of the West India Proprietors is no doubt a very shocking attain but in our humble opii ion the real distress of the people of this country should have first occupied tho attention of tho honourable House ]
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The Chancellor eHf . the Exchequer , in his reply to the arguments of the noble lord atated , that while ihe government was willing to grant the committee , it was not its intention to alter tho principle laid down by the act of 1840 , or to sanction the imposition ' of a tax upon the community at large fer the benefit of a particular class . The concessions proposed to be made to the colonies were , the admission of molasses for use in distilleries , but not in breweries ; : also , of cane juice , when the question of the duty thereon should be
sat / sfactorily adjusted , — -the extension of the period for the repayment of the . ' Hurricane' Loan , — to make a grant by way of loan to the Island of Tobago , in consequence of the losses occasioned by the earth . quake of last year , —to provide means-, also by way of loan , for the transport of free negroea from the coast of Africa to the colonies , and that a large portion of the expense contingent upon the transport of captured' negroes should be horse by the mother conntry . Tho debate was adjourned .
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The proposed-New Lanu Compakt . —A crowded meeting waa held at the Assembl y Rooms , S 8 * Dian » street , Soho , oh Sunday evening , January 30 th , toconsider the propriety of opening a ; new- Company . Mr E . Stallwood was unanimously called . to- the chair and brie / ty opened the proceedings . ~ Mr" James Grassby moved the following resolution : — That it is tbeoptnion of this lecality that the Bireotori are ja « ti 6 ed < in opening , a second company , end Are only carrying out tho resolutions of . tha . . 6 { jn % «^ j « hudd . at Lowbands , onB we'erdforthVi of opinion that-th ^ tand project should never cease bo long a 8 thera la a » an In these realms that li desirous Of leaving the overstocked Labour markot and throning himself upon the Land , to
work out his own salvation , and thereby redeem himself and family from dependence upon the capitalist into an independent freeman . Mr Grassby naid : At the late Conference he moved the resolution which authorised the closing of the Land Company ; it was— 'That the Land Company shall be closed on the 31 st day of December , 1847 , and that the Directors be empowered to open a new company forthwith . ' Hence , he contended , that in starting a new company the Directors would only be carrying out the instructions of Conference . ( Hear , hear . ) It was preposterous for any man to say tho Directors had not such power . —Mr Buckley seconded the motion . —Mr Jones moved the following amendment : —
That we the members of tha "Westminster branch of the Land Company , are of opinion that the opening of another company should bs postponed until after the decision of the Conference , and that vr * should at tha same time prepare a programme as a guide for the principle of action . Mr J . said : He was not so narrow-minded as to wish to deprive others of the advantage he enjoyed , but he did not wish r hasty gfop to bo taken , nor did ho think the present Directors capable of wielding such an immense capital and power as the two companies would place in their hands , and therefore ho wished the matter to stand over until the next Conference had had the opportunity of pronouncing a decision . —MrSturge seconded the amendment . —Mr Isaac Wilson , in supporting the amendment , said :
He did not think the Directors felt that they had the authority of the late Conference to open a new company , or they would not have attempted to answer the resolutions passed at several place ? , either of themselves or through Mr . O'Cmnor . He wished the present company to show its reproductive powers by proceeding in its operations at a much faster rate . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Sprying moved the following , as a second amendment on the original resolution : — That it ia the opinion of the Land members of this branch , that previous to the Directors opening a second Land Company , it is expedient that they should lay he . fore tho members of the Company , through the medium Of the press , the manner in which they propose establishing a new company so as not to compromise the in . tercsti of the members of the existing one .
It would be far better ( said Mr S . ) , that the Directors turned their attention to improving the old , than to the starting of a now company . — -Mr Ford , in second * ing Mr Sprying ' a amendment , said be did not think the practicability of the present company was fully developed , and therefore the Directors had better pause before they took any steps to form a new company . At all events , he thought the present Directors should devote their whole energies to the service of the present Company . —Mr Biacfcmore said : He differed in toto from Messrs Ford and Wilson . How was it that Lloyds carried on its operation of insuring ships and cargoes ? Could it be done if their operations were confined to one little island ? ( Cheers . ) How were fire and other insurance offices carried out but by extending their operations ? ( Loud cheers . )
He saw very plainly the necessity for a new company , snd thougkt the present Directors should conduct it , —Mr J . Milne supported the original resolution-Mr Stacey gave his voice for the amendment , whilst Messrs Almond , Millwood , Daly , and several others , ably contended for the opening of a new company . — Mr William Cnffay wished the old company to be properly balanced up and audited before starting a new one , and he thought it would be wise to call a Conference to take up this and other important questions . —Mr Grassby replied to some points of Mr Outlay ' s speech . He complained that tha Directors were occasionally running into the country lecturing ,
and that , too , in opposition to a vote of Conference . Ho thought it the duty of the branches to send the Directors word to obey the vote of Conference , and stop in town and attend to their business as Directors . ( Hear , { hear . ) He thought the arguments used by Mr Wilf on were much in favour of extended opera tions—in fact , the Directors were bound by the vote of Conference to open a new company . —The motion and amendment were then put , and the original motion , for opening a new company , declared to be carried by an immense majority . ( Loud cheers . ) A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting was dissolved .
Chokley . —A meeting of shareholders was held at No . 9 , Princess-street , on Sunday the 30 th of Jan ., when a spirited discussion took place on the Land petition , the result of which was its adoption , with the exception of that portion of theulast paragraph , praying the government to appoint their own trustees and other officer * , for the management of the Company . There was also 9 s . subscribed to aid in the defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat in parliament . The following officers have been elected for the next six months : —Peter Turner and Thomas Tetterington , auditors , * Thomas Bundle , scrutineer ; James Ileald , Treasurer ; and William Wilkinson , secretary . Drrbt . —A general meeting was held on Sunday week , when it was resolved that there be a Money Club established , for the purpose of forwarding money to aid and assist Mr O'Connor in carrying
out his grand National Land scheme . The next resolution was * That this meeting do protest against tho present directors of the Land Company undertaking the duty of becoming directors of the new Company . until auch time . aathere are at least twentyfive thousand of the present members located . ' It was also proposed , seconded , and carried , without one dissentient , ' That there be subscriptions entered into immediately , te furnish our talented friend and protector with money , to enable him to defend his seat in parliament . 1 'Nuhbatos . —The members of this branch of the National Land Company , have established a Money Cluh in connexion with the Land and Labour Bank . Dboylsoks . —Mr Donovan , from Manchester , has lectured hero ou 'The Present State of the Country and tho Land and Lahmr Sank . '
Durisfield . —At our weekly meeting , on Sunday last , Mr G . Bragg in the shair The call of the Dir & etors was read respecting Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament , whon we at once voted £ 2 . out of our local fa / id and ai »> commenced a subscription , when Jls . was collected from twenty-sis members present . Exeter . The accounts of this branch were duly examined last Saturday evening . Mr George Wilkinson , of North-stoect , was appointed treasurer , and Mr James Rowe , scrutineer . All pn'ties not having paid their levies for I 8 it are requested to do so forthwith . The friends of Chartisra arc requested to meet at O'Srisa ' s , 49 , llolloway-strcet , on Tuesday , Feb . 8 th .
Htdk . —Tho members of this branch held their usual weekly meeting at the ho'ise of Mr Thongs Wood , Albioa inn . Mr Joseph Shaw , the chairman , opened the proceedings of the meeting by announcing to tha members that a resolution had been agreed to on tho previous Sunday evening , that a levy of threepence per member be collected in aid of 4 he defence of Mr O'Connor ' s scat in Parliament . Mr Shaw t & en handed over one shilling as the contribution of his family . Mr Candelet called tho attention of tha meeting to the Hyde Provident Saving ^ ' Club , and stated that that Society had held their meeting that afternoon , and that they were in a highly uroapsrous state . He had made two remittances of £ 5 . each to the Lard Bank , on behalf of the members ot this Society , and to-morrow he should transmit £ 10 . more— £ 6 . on behalf of the Society , and £ 5 . the pri-I vate property of one of its members . ( Cheers . ) The meeting separated shortly after eight o ' clock .
RoTiiEiuuM . —At a meeting of the members of the Rotheiham branch , a subscription was commenced towards the defence ot Mr O'Connor ' s seat ia Parliament !
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Dubbt . —This i & anch met oirSuhday ° everiing , am voted £ 5 . to the fund fer the purpose of enabling MJ » O'Connor to defend his seat . SncKBDiicrii—At a meeting of this branch oTtttt National Charter Association , held at rheOreee Gate , Hackney-road , the following resolution v & i adopted : —' That it is the duty of eve ; y labourer whether Land member or Chartist , to assist MV O'Connor in deftsoding - his seat in Patlianiont , anro that a subscription ha entered into for ( hat f urn pose . ' ^ ^ ^ \ ^ BBT ^ th ^ l ^ cn ' me ^^ ay mr ^ m voted £ 5 . to the fund fer the purpose of enabling -M \
Staltrbidoe . —On Saturday , Jonnary 29 th , tho members of this branch met in their own meetinpi room , Croswtreet , Spring-street , to celebra ' . e thai Wrth of Thomas Paine , when an excellent dinneie : was provided . Mr James Greenwood was called too the chair . After a number of toasts bad been given , ? , the remainder ofthe evening wao spent in singing / , dancing ; & cv 0 af-Monday evening , aaubsoriptioBB was entered into to defend Mr O'Connor ' s seat in thaa House of Commons . The aura of £ l . 2 s . 4 d . wass collected . HeLiiE . —A public meeting of the members of this * branch met at the Methodist school-room , on Saturday evening , January 29 th , for the purpose of hear- » ing a lecture from Mr William Thomas , of Kendal ., Subjiect : 'The Land—man ' s inherent right . ' At ; the close , a vote of thanks was passed to Mr Thomas r for his valuable leetsire . '
Blaseburn . —At osr weekly meeting on Sunday night , our chairman , Mr Armstead , read the appeal from tbfrdirectors to the Land members , to defend our noble champion's ( Jeargns O'Connor ) , seat in Parliament . After a few brief remarks , the meeting , to show an earnest of what spirit -is in Black * burn , immediately rniset ! the sum of £ 12 ., which was ordered to be posted on Monday to the directors ; , and each andall agreed to try their several Iccilitic * and Chartist friends , to raise , if poBBib ! e , fa gooSly sum mem let . oiherbrane . bee . of the NatiomUifeaW Company-do-Kfeewfee .- '' : " - '' ' - ; j f j . ,
SH . KmBm ;—^ Atthe usual weekly meeting , MriGf , Goddard in the chair / the following resolution wail unanimously agreed to : — ' That a pu biic subscription be entered aito for the defence ot Mr O'Connors seat / l & . Id . was collected on the spot , and handed to the . treasurer ... On the -motfen . of . Mr ^ htn , [ k quantity , of books wasordered to be pvopared i . for ; t & i & collection of subscriptions . The members ; W . this branch are special ^ called upon to con tribute to fba above fond , and that without delay . ^ . Bamst ,. —At a meeting of the Bristol branch , " at Nieholls ' s Coffee-house , on January 31 st , it was agreed that a donation , of not Jess tbsn 3 d . he-paid by each member , towards defraying the expenses ' of F . O'Connorj E 8 $ , defending big fieaji ia Parliament .
BnAtNTRBE . —At a meeting of the Land members Mr W . Smith and Mr Wm . Winbolt were appointed to collect subscriptions toward defraying the expenses of defending the seat et Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., in the House of Common ? . It was resolved : — ' That a meeting be held at tho Falcon , High-street , at seven o ' clock on Saturday evening next , February 5 sh , to form a Chartist Association / AsnTOtf-UM > En-LrNK — At a meeting of the members of this brunch on Sunday last , it was unanimously resolved : — ' That each member be requested to "ub- 'crtbe not less than 3 d . towards defending Mr O'Connor ' s seat in the Hmise of Commons . '
Banbbrt— At the monthly meeting of this branch , held at the Star Inn , January 3 lst , M r George Watson in the chair , the following officers were elected : —Treasurer , Mr G . Grant ; scrutineer ; Mr James Bolton ; secretary , John Hone ; auditors , Mr G . Watson , and Mr S Coleman . A subscription was entered into to defend Mr F . O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament . Mbrthtr Ttdvil —Commemoration of the . birth of Thomas Paine . —A supper was held by the > mPluberaof branch No , 1 of the National Land Company and others , at the branch office , en Monday
evening , Mr J . D . ivis was elected to the chair . The following sentiments were given from the chair : — ' Thomas Paine . ' Drank in solemn silence , all Standing and uncovered . Ably and eloquently responded to by Mr William Jon «? . 'The slnrioua constitution of tho United States . ' Responded toby the chairman , who had been a resident there for six years . A number of patriotic songs were sung , and concluded with the ' Lion of Freedom' by the whole company . Thus ended one of the most . spirited commemorations ofthe birth of Paine ever hdi ia this town .
CRovDON . —On Monday evening , January 31 , the following officers were elected for the current six months : —Benjamin Culpeek , scrutineer ; Thomas Frost , secretary ; and Samuel Loveday , treasurer . Thomas Fiostthen moved thefollowingresolution : — ' That this branch of tho National Land Comp-iny entirely approves of the proposal to form another company , being of opinion that the friends of agrarian , justice should never cease their endeavmrs until every man in the three kingdoms is possessed of a house and land of his own ; and that this branch views the opposition to the formation of a new company , as emanating from selfish shopocrats and petty
money grubbers , who ha ve taken shares as a pecuniary speculation , and fear that the extension of the Land Plan will dimish their expected profits on the » ale of their shares . ' William fledges seconded the resolution . Mr Wilmot , who obtained a prize in the last ballot , feared that the extension of the Land Plan would raise the price of land , and thereby retard the location of the present members ; and Mr Westoby considered the motion as equivalent co a vote of censure on the decision of last Conference . Brothers Frost and Hodges replied to these objections , and the resolution was finally carried unanimously , the two dissentients remaining neutral .
Bauksley . —At a very numerous meeting of the members ofthe Barnsley branch , the following resolution waa carried without a dissentient . Moved by Frank Mirfield , and seconded by W . Norton : — Resolved . —That the members of this branch a » reeto pay five pounds , towards dofrayin ? the exoenses that may be incurred by Fenrgus O'Connor , E-q ., M . P , in defending his seat In the Commons' House of Parliament . The f riends of Freedom , and the Rights of Man ; are rpqupated to meet in Mr George Utley ' s large room , noxt Sunday night , atsa » en o ' clock , to derise
the best means of bavins ; the town of Barnsley Collected , for the express purpose of showing an example to our fellow workmen of other districts , as well as to let the tvrants see that they shall not kill the member for Nottingham with expenses , City op Londos Branch —At a meeting of th ' w branch , held at the Good Intent Coffee-house , Hatton-garden , on Sunday . Jan . 30 th , the following motion was moved by Mr Elijah Nobbs , and seconded by Mr Wright : — That if the Directors are desirous of opening a new Company , that it should be under the direction of a Ne * Board .
Which was carried . It was also moved by Mr Cover , jun ., and seconded by Mr Wright : — That ^ Ye , the members of this branch , do disagree with the balloting for family tickets . Stouhbmdoe—On Wednesday , the 23 th ult . a lecture was delivered in tho Christian Brethren ' s Room , High-street , on tha' Principles of Libertythe Land—and the Charter ; ' by Mr Mm tie , of Birmingham . After a most eloquent appeal to tha friends of liberty , to organise themselves in a body , to aaitate for their lost rights , the lecturer concluded amidst the approbation of the friends present ; after which the chairman , Mr John Chance , made a pressing appeal to the andienea to onee more rally , and form themselves into a body , to agitate for the People ' s Charter . A vole of thanks having been given to the lecturer , for his most instructive lecturethe meeting dissolved .
, Oldham —On Sunday last , Mr Edward Clark delivered a spirited lecture on ' The present Crisis , ' in the School-room of the Working-man ' s Hall . At the close of the lecture 4 >\ was colkcted for tha Executive Committee IIoiliswoob—The- shareholders of tlu ' a branch held their usual quarterly meeting on Sunday ! ast , in tho Chartist-room , Pew Nook , n-ben the following ofSeers were elected ;—John Brierly , scrutineer : J : > mes Taylor , treasurer ; John Taylor , secretary : James Clough and Benjamin Leach C ' ough , auditor ? .
IIammrrssscth District op the National Lv » Company . —At a meetins of the members ami friends held at the District-office . 2 , Little V . tle-plaee , on Sunday morning . January 30 tU Mr L . Y > Brown in the chair :: 0 n the motion of Messrs E . Stallwood and Millwood ,. supportedby Messrs Goodacro . nd Charge , it was uaaniraously resolved l That it is the opinion of this meetine that a now Land Company should ha oooaed forthwith under the superintendence of Mr O'Connor , but that its- affairs should bs kept separate and distinct from any existing Company . ' A Clothes and ! flat Club was formed for the purpose of encouraging the wear- if the ' O'Connor Tartan , " aril for the- mutual support of the members of tho Company and- their friemb . Sevoral additioimlsums were-received for defence of the seat of tha lion member for Nottingham , —ami tho meeting was adjourned until Sunday morning next , Fob . 6 : h , at ten o ' clock .
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TtLLieouLTRT . —A meeting of the members of this branch of the National Land Company will bo held in Coalsnaushton . hall , on the evening ot Saturday the 12 th of February , when it is hoped that alt those who have not paid their local and direotors levies will do so . DoivRTSFiBiD —A . general meeting ofthe members of thia branch will take place on Sunday nexs . m their rooms , at two o ' ciouk in the aitemoon . Ail members who have not paid their local and general
levies arc requested to pay them immediately . IIuDDKr . SFiEiD . -Tho members in this district are requested to attOUd a Plieval W ^ H ° » Monday evening next . February Tell , at IMmboi . s , emprranee-Iiouso , JJuxtnn-roau . tor the purpose ol co . iaiderino the petition on the Lmd question , proposed to be presented to the Mimse ot Commons— : he forming ef an auxiliary Land and Labour Bankthe fund for the defence of Feargus O'Connor , Esq's , seat in Parliament . Chair to be . U & eu ftt a ry-iartOJ to eight precisely ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05021848/page/1/
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