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      Sigby , £ * 5 « Park , a stack of bay ; Mr Martis , Cenatauek , Castlereagh , a sUck of wheat ; Mr Robert M'Con-¦ 11 , Castlersagii , a corn stack ; and Mr Anderson , lisnabreeny . had his office-house set on fire and much damaged befere tbe flames were extinguished . Ho causes can possibly be assigned for the commission of these wanton outrages , aad no parties as yet have been suspected as the perpetrators . A remarkable sircumstance zn connexion with thera is the fact , that tkty were all committed between the hours ef five and six o ' clock ; ud , as the places are scattered over an area af several miles of country , it is pranmed that there evidently must have bees a number of incendiaries , and that they Acted in eenctrt , and simultaneously . On Friday eveaimg , about five 'dock , two stacks of bay , belonging to a respectable farmer simed , Duffia , who resides about a sale beyond the ShinkkiU baryiag-ground , were also Mtonfiroand consumed . On the came eveniag also , aad much about the same time , another aeighbeurlng farmer , named Kirker , bad a stack of bay Malicieosly destroyed . '

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      J Swzst acknowledges the receipt of the following snaii ( sent herewith ) for the Victim Fund , viz : — £ s . d , from the Seven Stars ... ... o e 11 „ HrCfaipindale ... ... 0 6 „ Mr Hunt ... ... « « 4 Thokas Csjckshix a : knowledges the recei pt of the following sums fer the Defence ef the Manchester Tic . « fcns : — £ a . d Fer Donovan . Rochdale „ . ... 3 e o „ Brown , Temperance Hotel , Manchester 0 5 6 ? or tbe Support of Prisoners , Rd . Badford 0 9 8 Mr Backs , Rochdale ... ... 010 o John James Btrrey „ . ... e Is o The monies annonncsd last week were for the Defence of the Manchester Victims , fjaxmtxs Looax and TV . Clifton . —Ths demands upon our columns will notpermit us to give your letters . Us T . MoTSUinup . Macclesfield . —Tour

      comnmnfestien having been banded over to me , I beg te observe that the several Victim Committees ia the metropolis have bnt one object in view , namely , the alleviation of the sufferings of those on who si the Vfhigs aud their myrmidons have poured out their wrath , and to administer help to the wives and children of those patriots who are now languishing in the cheerless prison house . It is not contemplated to restrict the relief to our brethren who were tried ( . ' . ' ) in London . This weuld be unjust in the extreme . Onr Scotch , York , rehire , and Lancashire advocates are entitled to equal -consideration with the victims of the Powell nndDaries plot , and their families as severely feel the blow . It is very wronjr to single out particular victims for especial support . The fundi ought to btamalgamated , and the committees instructed to be no respecters of person ? . A patriot , who has been all his life toiling between the four posts of poverty , may be no less sincere , ardent ,

      and useful , than those who have moved in a higher sphere . ' Make all equal ' must be onr motto . The conconclusion vf your note is an advertisement , and would he charged as such . TV . Ridm . JfnT . Sowskbt . Dalston : —We have only the portraits of John Frost , R . OasUer , H . Hunt , W . Cobbett , A . O'Connor , P . O'Connor ( small size ) , and the plates of the ¦ Convention . Presentation of the National Petition , and -view of O'Connerrilles . The portraits of T . 3 . Buncombe and B . Emmett are all disposed of . The same answer to Mr G . Baker , Worcester . IriHi Loudon agents who supply the Northiin Stab to Mr R . Brooke , Huddersfisld , and Mr fiutterwortb , Buckingham , will call at oar office , they will obtain tbe portrait of Mitchel . We can only supply it to those Tfho have their papers direct from this office , or from that of Mr Pavey , HoIyweH Street . Mi Who . Shaw Chapel , will obtain his portraits from

      MrHeywood , 13 , Oldham Street , Manchester . D . R . Moboak , Mertajr . —The Land Office , 144 , Eigb Holborn , London . HiTioUAi . Victim asd Dbfkkck Fb . vd . — Received by Edmund Stallwood , at the Institution , John Street , on the night of the festival . On account of tracts , ( The { fry ot the Widowed Wife ) presented by the author , Mr Addiscot , 4 s Sd . ; by W . J . Coek , 3 s . 6 d . Jan * Abhott acknowledges the following presents on behalf of the Victim and Defence Fund-. —From Mr Salmon , sen ., Cooper * * * Purgatory ef Suicides '; Mr Henry Whitmore , T wo Pair of Buckskin Braees ; Mr Black ; Herrey ' s Meditations , Universal Letter Writer , Poor Man s Preservative against Popery , Celia in Search of a Husband , Memoirs of the Rev . S . J . Mills , Political Anatomy of Ireland , Locke ' s Esiavson the Understanding , and the Athenian Oracle ; Mr Bailey , Limehouse , O'Connor ' s Small Farms ; Mr Barnard , Dymond on War ; Mr Ford , Adviceto the Million ; Mrs Bexsr , Boy ' s Cap and Four Books , ; Mrs Bentler , Pocket Book and KeedleCase ; Mrs Cnffay . Seven Parts of the Pictn

      rsqne Beauties of Great Britain , Portrait of miss Mary Ann Walker , and Two Maps ; Miss Davis , Greenwich , Three Oil Paintings ; Mr Vfhitcomb , ditto , Historical Chart , and Books ; Mrs Heatb , ditto , two Prints , and a Papier Mache Box ; Mr B . Ford , Berwick Street , Sobo . Two Pictures , Two Trays , Four Sheets , and Anecdotes of Napoleon ; Mr Phillips , Fire Ornaments , Jnjr , Bracelet , Pincushion , and small Scissors ; Mr Nobbs , Finsbury , Natural Theology , by Paley ; Mr Lee . ditto . Two Haw Satin Waistcoats ; Mr E . D . Cousins . TJrury Lane . The Christian Mythology unveiled , by Mitchell , Good Sense , by Le Cure , Mealier Zadig , by Voltaire , Princip les of Nature , by Palmer , Feur Copies of Fame ' s Rights of Han , Theological Works of ditto . Age of Reason , by ditto , Aphorisms of ditto , Tom Jones , Pope ' s Essays on Man , and the Black Dwarf , by Wooler ; Messrs Milne and Grassby , a Quantity of Pamphlets and Tracts ; and Mr Samuel Boonbam , Three Pair of Men ' s Hose ; Jakes Lawtoh , Prescott—We cannot answer your question .

      S» — Defence Fund. Xisiivbs Bt William B...

      s » — DEFENCE FUND . XISIIVBS BT WILLIAM BIBZB . £ a . d . Stockport , per 3 . Piekford ... ... 0 7 jj Coventry , per 6 . Freeman ... ... 013 * Haworth , per E . Tidswell 0 6 * Nottingham , per { J . Sweet ... ... 1 9 3 . Z . B ., SIossop , per J . France ... ... 0 8 0 Councillor C . Weed , Sheffield , per 0 . C & vill 0 10 0 J . Foxley , ditto ... 0 10 Mary Knapton , ditto ... 0 10 Collected by Mrs Theobald ditto ... 0 4 7 Female Chartists , Sheffield ditto ... 9 10 Total fa 10 1

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      »— . . ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ,. ^ NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUND . £ s . d . <* ' obe end Friends ... ... ... 0 7 0 Westminster ... ... ... ... 0 15 Mr Rider , as per Stab ] .,. ... ... 19 4 Mr Clark , ditto ... « . ... 1 14 7 Mr Kydd . ditto ... ... ... 3 4 7 j Crown and Anchor ... ... ... 0 6 8 Crlpplcgate -. ... ... ... 0 2 7 Hr East and Friends ... ... ... 0 4 0 Limehouse , per Mr Bslley ... ... 0 3 6 ,, „ t , * .- —• •** 0 J 6 A Ship ' s Cook ... ... ... 0 0 6 South London Hall ... ... ... 0 2 6 Clitheroe , per Mrlsherwood ... ... 0 4 6 P « x Mr Stallwood ... ... ... 0 7 3 Total £ 8 9 11 J J . J T . Mebbikan , Honorary Secretary , 144 , High Holborn , London . January 4 : h , 1849 . » n * It is rt quested that ell monies for this Committte be addressed as above . If forwarded by Thursday in each week , it will be announced in the following Saturday ' s Stab .

      . Latest From Ireland. The Baronies In T...

      . LATEST FROM IRELAND . The baronies in the counties of Down and Actrim , the scenes of the late acts of incendiarism , are to be proclaimed under the provisions of the Peace Preservation Act , and an extra police force to be stationed in the localities at the expense of the inhabitants . A reward of £ 100 is to be offered for the < discovery of the incendiaries .

      Latest Foreign News. Important From Spai...

      LATEST FOREIGN NEWS . IMPORTANT FROM SPAIN . We find the following In the Jotjbnal du Peupl * of Bayonne of the 31 st ult . ;—* O 0 KPLBI * defeat oi ths abmtof cataloma , com HANDED BT IHE CAPIATA GBHSBAL SOS HAS ML » B Li C 05 CHAI 5 PIB 50 N . An express , which left Vich on the 26 th , says : — Cabrera has just given , in our vicinity , a bloody and decisive battle , which cannot be compared to any of his preceding affairs . This general , at the head of his army of 10 , 000 men , has completely routed the army of tbe Qneen . 14 . 000 strong of all arms . oomfBanded by General Concha in person . The certain positive results of this action , which was terrible , are , that four -squadrons of cavalry , and 1 , 200 of the companies of tat elite of the Queen ' s army have been made prisoners , and the rest have € ed in all directions . Cabrera , though wounded in the head by a ball , has gone in pursuit of the Cenouered .

      LATEST FROM HUNGARY . Although Windiscbgralz is in possession cf Raab , which was not defended by the Hungarians , yet he was completely defeated in his great object , which was to cut off the retreat of the Hungarian army , and to bring them to action . His manoeuvre , which be states was intended to effect that object , com . pletely failed , and the Hungarians , in two columns , fell back in good order on Comom and Ofen . The object of Kossuth is evidently to draw Windischgratz into tha interior of the country , so as to let cold and hunger do their work on the Imperial troops , all his forcesto fall

      and then , having concentrated , « pon the army of Windiscbgratz , weakened by the sanisons which he must necessarily leave in Pres-Wh , Raab . and the other fortified towns , and bring aatters to an issue , under circumstances m which the defeat of the Imperialists would be their « tter destmction : It is said that Windisehgratz has taken possession ef Cormorn . It is by no means improbable that he may also take possession of Pestn , bit if we mistake not Pesth will be his Moscow . The orders of Kossuth are stringent . Leave the enemy nought save the laud , bum the cities and rattages , and destroy the provision .

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      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY , FOR THB WEEK ENDING THfRSDAT , JAN 0 A & Y 4 , 1849 . PER MRO'CONHOK . SUABZS . £ 8 . d . Farkhead » 1 It 0 Olossop » 3 17 8 Llttlstown „ 4 11 8 Birmingham , Crajford « l It J Goodwin H 0 2 1 Bridlington Quay 8 7 6 Duckinfleld « , 2 0 0 Oldham M 0 14 Accrington M 19 8 Braintree M 0 10 0 Leicester , AstUl t 5 8 VTitbam . 3 0 0 Old Shildon H 1 13 11

      Globe and Friends 0 10 Stourbridge ¦ 17 8 Oswaldtwittle .. 1 11 8 Bridgwater n 0 17 a Merthyr , Powell 1 a 0 WEden u ISO Retherham M 0 IS 19 Jno Stephenson 1 9 8 Nottingham , Wm Fletcher H 0 1 4 Sweet „ 5 3 2 H Towers „ 10 0 Sheffield M le 0 0 J Tomlinson M 0 8 0 Mansfield , Boole I 18 6 G Tomlinson _ 0 8 0 Droylsdea H 0 0 4 RP & ttison » e 3 0 El y ~ « 9 6 0 TV Bailey m O I 0 Kewcaitle-upoa . JHeffennan ' « 0 18 Tyne . U 0 0 ¦ Westmhuter M 0 3 6 £ 61 10 3

      BXPBR 8 B FUND . Farkhead H 8 4 0 J Tomlinson M 0 2 8 Littletorra M 0 8 0 D Hopkins * 6 8 6 Globe and Friends 0 18 B Cooper M 0 8 6 Nottingham , 3 Croom M 0 3 8 Sweet M 0 5 8 S Croom > 0 8 0 Mansfield „ 0 3 0 H Croom M 0 3 8 Westminster M 0 3 0 H Woodea M 0 3 8 OldShUdon „ e 8 0 H Cook M 0 3 6 West Linton M 0 6 0 WmWooder M 0 3 6 H Towers M 0 2 0 RCook m 0 3 6 B Stratford M 0 1 0 G Tomlinson H 0 S 6 G Tomlinson M 2 O J Tomlinson . 0 ! I £ 3 12 0 J Tomlinson N 0 2 6 m m I

      TOTALS . Land Fund ... ... ... 6110 8 Expense Fond ... ... m S 12 0 Bonus ... ... ... ... 233 14 S Loan Fund ... ... ... 12 6 Transfers 0 18 6

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      • JE 290 17 5 Wh . Dixok , Chbistophib DoTLB , Thos . Clabk ( Corres . See . ) Pnuir M'Gbath ( Fin , See . ) 1 XKCUTITE NEW YEAR'S GIFT . Rotberham , per J Turner m » M 1 0 0 G Julian Harney M w M ¦ 010 0 Stalybridge , per Mr Lawton M M . O 10 0 Ryton , per John B Horsfall .. M M 0 10 0 Nottingham , per J Sweet , ' Col . Hutchinson' ., 8 10 o Byron Ward , ditto - « m . 0 s 0 King ef the French .. m » „ 0 1 0 Davcntry , per 6 Ashwell .. M M 0 7 0 viasterton , J L Smith - „ M m 0 8 8 Westmln'ter , J Grasshy - .. M 0 4 S Great Marlow , an Old Radical .. » 0 2 6 Ditte , H Smith M w m 0 1 6 Sheffield , GCarill - , m « 0 1 « Doncaster , 3 Armfleld .. „ M 0 5 6 Birmingham , People ' s Hall , W H Sudhall » o 1 8 Sheffield , T W , ger G CariU M M .. o 6 C Trowbridge , James Slade H * . 006

      , Smallwell , per E Gardiner ., „ a 0 6 0 NewcasUe , per M Jnde ( for cards )! M w 0 8 0 Birmicgbam , Ship Ian , per John Newhouse M 0 16 0 Charles Goodwin M „ m M 0 1 3 Dudley , John Davies M „ „ . 650 Mr J Sewell „ ^ „ ^ o 1 0 0 MrLafkin ^ M „ „ . 010 Central Rossendale . M M .. 060 Ipswich M „ M „ h OIOO West Linton - . N .. « 0 l 6 Norwich , T Cook , ( rent ., per B A Clark M O 10 0 T Allar and Friends H M M . 030 Wm Saddler .. M M „ . 010 Liverpool , PBiierley . . . . 010 Haworth , per £ Tidswell - u . 063 Six Friends , Glossop , per J France . . 0 10 0 Sheffield , per GCavill .. . . . 010 Ditto , Mrs Theobald- . . . 007 A Few Friends , Wootton-under-Edge , per R

      Lacey . .. „ „ K 0 19 0 Blngley Chartists , per W Moorhouse . 15 6 W Horntey , Easington Lane ' . Sounty Durham , 0 3 0 W Roser . Brixton Hill , Surrey w . 010 Mr Fox M „ .. m . 010 Mr Cameron . „ . M . 010 M , per Mr Allnntt . ,. . . 806 Finsbnry , per ditto . . . . 014 0

      FOR W 1 TB 8 AKD FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . BXCEITZD XT W . BIBBB . Stockport Singers , Liverpool , P perMScragg 110 0 Brierley .. 0 1 6 # Sheffield , per W Haines .. 6 18

      DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . BBOBIVXS AT LAN » OWIC 1 . Mr J Sewell .. 0 16 0 NorVficb . per Mr An Enemy to Clark .. 0 10 0 Oppression .. 3 0 8 fraintree .. 0 6 0 Mr LarkiB .. O 1 0 MS .. .. 0 6 0 Globe and Friends 0 5 2 Mr Greenwood 0 10 Commercial Lee- Mr Sadler .. 0 1 o tnreHall .. 0 9 0 WmWooder .. 0 4 4 Central Rossendale 0 4 0 Henry Wooder 0 4 4 Mr Workman .. o 1 6 Robert Cook .. 6 4 4 Henry Cook .. 0 4 4 MCEIVIB BT S . XTBD . Roth ' eiham ; per Masterton , 3 L Cavill .. 0 5 0 Smith ( for Mrs Cheltenham , Jno Sheffield , G Hemmin .. 0 9 8 White .. 6 10 Ditto , Defence 0 16 Gateshead , J R 0 3 6 J Turner .. 0 14 3

      FOR MRS M'DOUALL . BBCBIVBD AT I . AHD OfFICE . MrJohaSewell 0 10 0 MS .. .. 0 2 6 MRS E . JONES . MS .. .. 0 2 6 FOR THE KIRB-DALE VICTIMS , Mr John Sewell 0 10 0 GEORGE WHITE'S FAMILY . Charles Sesgrave " 0 1 0

      * The Sum Of Ss Id Acknowledged From Mr ...

      * The sum of Ss Id acknowledged from Mr Homes , Sheffield , for the Executive , ought to have been for the Wives and families of the Victims .

      Stafford.—A Meeting Of The London Pronot...

      Stafford . —A meeting of the London pronoters of emigration . to South Australia , was lately held in the Nisi Frius Court of the Shire Hall , Stafford . A deputation consisting of Mr Scott , M . P . and others , attended from the parent society , ' to explain the objects of the promoters . The Earl of Harrovfby presided , and expressed his disappointment at the thinness of the meeting , there being not more than forty persons present , Hard as is the lot of the Stafford shoemakers , they prefer * old England ' to the wilds of the South , with all its wondrous fair sky and balmy breezes . They chaunt the couplets of Scott and ask : — Breathe there men with souls eo dead , Who never to themselves have said , Thb is our oven , our native land !

      We want home colonisation , say the strongheaded workies—a reconstruction of the social elements of society—a healthy development of the natural and all but inexhaustible resources of our own father land , before we think or talk of emigration . Emigrate ! for what ? to transplant the tyrannies , the corruption , the flunkeyisms that have crept in amongst us to the farthest poles of the universe , that the whole of God ' s earth , may be one vast mass of pollution!—Speak we not of colonial emigration , until we can supersede the vigour of barbarism by the health of reason , and a respect and acknowledgment of the imperishable rights of our kind in practice . —According to a statement

      made by Mr Scott to the meeting ( quoted from returns made to parliament ) , there are one and a half millions of paupers in the kingdom , to emigrate whom it wonld take ten millions of money . And as there is more than another million of un . willing idlers npon the country , besides , to at all relieve society of their burden by emigration , these also must be ' transported , ' which would take ten millions more—making in the whole twenty millions ; to « ship off * between two and three millions of our brothers and sisters , fathers and mothers , —which act would , « as pauperism increases in an increased ratio over population' by the rapid substitution of machinery for manual labour—have to be repeated .

      supposing it possible to thus sweep the country of the surp lus population at once—at the end of six years ! i . e . we must pay eight and a half millions annually for emigration , to quiet the bloated fears of the over . gorged few . —Mr Adderley M . P ., said m favour of emigration , that the mechanics of England , from their practice of cultivating garden-grounds , were capable of following agricultural pursuits , and instanced the fact that the people on Feargus O'Connor ' s allotments were mechanics and artisans . —Tes , Mr A ., but the sensible portion of the British artisans ask for the millions of money squandered

      by the Aristocracy ; and that you and Co . now propose to squander onemigration , to be appropriated to the reclamation of tbe waste lands of their own mother country , whereon they would' squat' themselves in peace , in preference to being paupers and unwilling idlers . The problem of the age—the work of the age— is to endow the whole male population of the nation with the right of suffrage , and through that instrumentality to restore the equilibrium of society . To this duty the men of our country will commit themselves fearlessly . The ' wwards and dastards , * alone will desert it .

      Sir AugustdsFhedbbickd'Estb died on Thursday morning . He was son of the late Duke ef Sussex , by Lady Augustus Murray , daughter of the Earl of Dunmor e . to whom hia Rojainighnesa was married at Rome , 1793 . Upon the death of the Dnke in 1843 , Sir Au gustus preferred biB claim to succeed to the titles and honours of his father . The House of Lords rewired that h &» d not established hia olaimu ,

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      XXIX . 1 Words are things , and a small drop cf Ink Palling—like dsw—apw a thought , produces That which makes thousands , perhaps millions , thlsk . ' Bxaok .

      Thouunao Vfl Ii&N Iaaavo A/A*. Brother P...

      THOUunAo vfl ii & n iaaavo a / a * . Brother Prolbtarians , It would afford me veritable pleasure could I address to you the compliments of the season , asd wish you 'A Happy New year . ' But any such wish must be tho merest , meaningless form ef eoro mony , so long as you suffer political de gradation and social wrong . It is true , we often hear of 'tha good time coming , ' but will that good time come within ( he course ef the year ftow commencing ? If bo , 1849 will , indeed , be a ' Happy New Year . ' Ii ia because I am anxiously looking for 'the good time coming , ' that I will not tell you to ' wait a little longer . ' As long as you may be content to

      wait , yoa will want . I , therefore , say to yon not i wait * a ] little longer . ' bnt WORK little STRONGER , and then the ' good time' will speedily come . In good truth , friends , it is full time that the Ioag-lcoked for era of national regeneration had its commencement . Two generations have descended to the tomb since the principles of Chartism ( though not the ' Charter ) , were first made the basis of a demand for Parliamentary Reform . Since Cartwbioht and his friends first raised the cry for Equal and Universal Representation , how many have gone down to the grave without seeing the accomplishment of their hopes , and tbe merited reward of their labours and sacrifices ! How many patriots have suffered

      imprisonment , banishment , and even death—how many families hare been desolated—how many hearts broken in the unequal strife of right against might ! .... The eomfortable , well-to-do classea are rathe habit of deprecating what they call * violent changes / and are fond of insisting on the necessity of ' gradual reform . ' I think they may be well satisfied with the snail ' s progress of ' Reform' in this country . The precious'Bill' of 1832 was obtained only after fifty years oi agitation . We have now bad tes years of Chartist organising , speech-making , petitioning , and suffering , and—how near are we to the enactment of tha Charter ? Ia other countries four-and-twenty hours will occasionally suffice to upset a djnsaty , or achieve an organic change of , perhaps , greater

      importance ; but we , Englishmen , who think so much of ourselves , we meet , and shout , and ' humbly pray , ' and occasionally become very 'excited , ' and then very apathetic , and this goes on until it suits the purpose of some aristocratic , or bourgeois faction , te taka up the popular cry , and then , alter sweating through a ' crisis , " another crisis , ' a ' greati crisis / and ' the crisis , ' we win power for the designing few , and—a shadow for ourselves ! The ' Reforms' wt aeoomplish are' gradual' with a vengeance ! Brother Proletarians , for this contemptible coarse ef events you are principally to blsme . I am sorry that I cannot admit , that ' the people are seldom wrong , and never long wrong . ' On the contrary , my experience has taught me that tbe people are seldom

      right , and never long tight . I assert this of the Eeople generally—tha people abroad as well as at ome . In February last the people of France were right when they kicked out the King of the money jobbtra . But they were not long right . In April they were wrong enough , when they elected the infamous Assembly . Their almost unanimous election of tbe counterfeit Napolboh to tbe Presidency , is as clear a case of national insanity as even' the atrengminded English' exhibited , when , like roaring Bedlamites , they raised a lunatic bowl from John O'Greal ' atotheLand ' B-End , for 'The Bill , tho whole Bill , and nothing but the Bill . ' Similar examples of popular folly might be cited from the past twelve months'history of other nations . But

      enough . We should mend ou * own ways before we too critically examine the faults of others . The two grand impedimenta to the progress of the Proletarian cause in this country are , the want of knowledge , and the want of perseverance . I verily believe that the working classes might achieve their political and social emancipation without so mueh as dreaming of pike or musket , if they were but inspired by the mil to accomplish their regeneration . But the truth is , that a vast portion of the working men are politically ignorant , or indifferent ; and of those who are enlightened , and who profess to desire their own enfranchisement , there are but compare * tively few who possess the energy and resolution necessary to eaute men to persevere in pursuit of an object , in spite of difficulties and disappointment * . It is a terrible fact , that after so many years of * Reform * and ' Chaitiai' agitation , multitudes of

      men , whose every interest would benefit by the triumph ef Chartism , ore yet ignorant of or indifferent to the Charter . This is true , not merely of tbe agricultural labourers , but also of a considerable portion of the town population . Here is the great , though not the only source of our weakness . Were the proletarians of town and country banded together as one man , their task would be hard enough . On the one side / . are marshalled all the privileged ciders , with all their tools , slaves , and mjr-ID / dons , On the other aide is a portion of the working classes . The opposing forces are unequally matched . Were « U the sons of industry to move in one phalanx , the might would be not inferior to the right on the aide of Labour , and the batt ' e weuld be forthwith won . Something like such a phalanx must be formed , otherwise we may wait long encage for ' tbe good time coming . '

      But I have alluded to another source ef Chartist weakness . I mean the want of perseverance on the pert of professing Chartists . It is an easy thing for a man to eet bis signature to a petition , demanding the Charter ; but if that is all the effort he is willing to make for the rights claimed in such a petition , he sets but a surry value on these rights , It is easy for a man to attend an occasional meeting when some great speaker is announced to exhibit , and easy it ia to eheer to the echo every impassioned appeal the orator may give uttersnea to in behalf of Justice and Freedom ; but if the clapping ef hands , and the shout of applause , comprise that man ' s Chartism , hia children , if he has any , will not be politically indebted to him . The men who stamp their impress on their age , and do deeds commanding the gratitude ef posterity , are 'made of sterner stuff . '

      At one of the democratic banquets recently holden in Paris , one of the speakers , whose name has escaped my memory , observed that he had two sons , one of whom was among the transported heroes of the June insurrection , and the other had suffered a long imprisonment for the neod cause . The speaker added , I BROUGHT THEM UP FOR THAT ! ' Thunders of applause responded te this Spartan > like declaration . Honour to the democratic veteran ! Honour to the sons worthy of such a sire ! ' When , ' said Bvbon , ' When Spartan mothers shall give birth to men , then will Greece be free ; ' And , I say , when that we Cfiartists shall ba animated by the heroic spirit of the Parisian democrat , the days of privileged usurpation will be numbered—the victory of Justice will be decreed .

      There are Chartists who are animated by that spirit , men who in adversity aa well as in prosperity are faithful to their mission . These are the men who have maintained the movement in existence during the last few months ef class-persecution and popular apathy . These are the men who are at the present time labouring without cessation to obtain support for the families of the victims , and for such of the victims themselves who are in a position to receive tangible evidences of popular sympathy . Honour to those true patriots ! Were there not such men to be found—few or many—in moat of our towns , we might indeed despair of the future .

      But I complain that these true Chartists are not co-operated with by the multitudes who at intervals are to be found shouting for the Charter . Where are the masses who gathered round the Chartist banner in March and April last ? I may be answered that — disappointed in their expectations—they have fallen back in disgust or despair . This worse than womanly weaknes » , this childish lack of perseverance , is perfectly unworthy of men ; especially of men groaning under oppression , and professing to be ammated by a desire for freedom . I commend to the inconstant " professors of | Chartism , the following extract from ^ private letter I have received from one of the patriots imprisoned at Kirkdale : —

      Twelve months will pass over , and they will had me just as active as ever in standing up for the rights of my order , and advocating » he claims ef my oppreised and plundered fellow workmen . PER 8 EYERAHCE IN A GOOD CAUSE , MY DBAR FRIEND , IS A SURE PRELUDE TO SUCCESS j and the signs of the times indicate that ere long the public will pay more attention to our principles and objects than a venal press fcae hitherto permitted ; and that Instead of being prescribed and imprisoned as destructives , we shall be hailed as the true conservatives of the country . Anew year has dawned , and with the _ new year should come new resolves and new deeds improving on the past . The toKWW-liberals have already sketched their plan of campaign and are even bow preparing te take the field . Will the working men lag in the roar ? Will they allow the struggles and sufferings of the last ten years to hare been made and endnred in vain ?

      _ Brother Proletarians , it ia for you to answer . For nwself I once again , on this New Year ' s Day , lift up my voice for 'THE CHARTER , AND NO SURRENDER !' L'Ami du Peuple , January 1 st , I 8 d § .

      Thouunao Vfl Ii&N Iaaavo A/A*. Brother P...

      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . Equality , Liberty , Fraternity . Brother Proletarians , The commencement of a new year bids us break the silence which has , for some time past , been imposed upon us by the force of unfavourable circumstances . We speak of the associated body of which we are members . Individually , we have been neither silent nor inactive , whether success shone , or defeat frowned , upon our labours .

      The blows of tyranny have thinned our ranks . Bright hopes have been succeeded by bitter disappointments . But , strong in the faith of our principles , and deeply impressed with the necessity of labouring for the ascendency of those principles , we bring to the work before us undiminished enthusiasm , and the resolute will not to cease in our endeavours until the triumph of Justice is accomplished . When , on the ever-raemorable 24 th of February last , the proletarians of Paris threw off the nightmare of corrupt tyranny , incarnated in the person of Louis Philippe , the joy-shout of self-emancipated France awoke the nations from their slumbers , and in nearly every land the people arose and demanded the recognition of their inalienable rights , and the possession of their long-withheld liberties .

      In many instances , the people were , for the time being , successful . Statesmen , grown grey in the practice of iniquity , fled from the sight ofthepeopies , whose patience they had so long abused . Kings bowed their heads before the whirlwind they dared not confront , and tremblingly gave way to the requirements of the people . In the majority of cases , the Governments yielded not until they had tried physicalforce '—and failed . But the people retaliated not when the struggle was over . On the contrary , they even gave their confidence to those who had previously enslaved and coerced them . A fatal error !

      Better believe in the humanity of a tiger than in the assumed liberalism of a vanquished tyrant . It is not more impossible for the leopard to remove his spots , or the negro to change his skin , than it is for the assassins of nations to learn the ways of justice , mercy , and truth . Will any dare dispute this assertion ? If so , we appeal to History to confound our opponents . Every page of the records of mankind ' s career teems with examples oi the perfidy of the enemies of Labour . Think of the events of the last few months only . Remember the pitiless slaughter of our Parisian brethren in the days of Juno ! Remember the coldblooded butcheries of unarmed prisoners when that frightful struggle had terminated ! Remember the horrid cruelties perpetrated upon the vanquished heroes of Poseu ! Remember the Milanese victims

      of Radetzski s triumph . ' Remember tbe sacking of Messina , and the violations , slaughterings , and burnings , perpetrated ' by royal command ! ' Remember tbe storming of Vienna ! Remember that devoted city in flames ! Remember the hellish work of bayonet and sabre , shot and shell , and the other infernal devices of military murder ! Remember the brave men hewed , torn , and crushed to pieces , or otherwise destroyed , in their heroic but vain attempt to save their homes , their families , and their liberties from tbe pollution of the savage instruments of Imperial crime 1 Remember Blum , Mbssenhauser , and the multitude of victims , whose blood , even now , smokes from the ground to testify against the perfidy and cruelty of the ' privileged orders , ' and tbe fatal folly of compromising the principles of Eternal Justice .

      But the oppressors and betrayers of the nation could not have committed the crimes we have glanced at , had not popular folly armed them with tbe necessary power . The people , by stopping short in the good work they so well commenced , prepared their ovm ruin . So true it is that— ' Those who make half revolutions but dig a grave for themselves !' In this country the year just terminated has been productive of disaster to the cause of progress . Persecution has dragged innumerable victims into captivity . The legislature has not hesitated to

      sanction a law directed against freedom of speech far more tyrannical than any similar law passed since the time of the Stuarts . The employment of spies has recalled the darkest days of England ' s history . Lastly , the oourjeoisie arrayed themselves , almost to a man , on the side of oppression ; and from the Tenth of April to the present day , they have sanctioned every act of tyranny directed against the working classes . Bear witness their ' special con-Stable' array—their verdicts in the jury-box—and Hhe ceaseless outpouring of lies and calumnies in their daily and weekly journals .

      We do not pretend that the working classes are faultless . The past year witnessed some mistakes on their part which we trust will be avoided in the future . But worse than any fault or error is the misfortune of ignorance , which still nullifies the moral and physical manhood of too many thousands of tbe sous of industry . Believing that knowledge is power , our mission shall be to help to remove that fatal ignorance—the grand obstacle to the political enfranchisement and social regeneration of the proletarians of this land . Were the working classes thoroughly enlightened as to their political rights and duties , they could not fail to desire and to achieve their emancipation . The first condition of Proletarian power is the will to be free .

      We will not assume a character to tvh ? ch we have no right ; we , therefore , avow that our society is numerically small . But , ere now , a few earnest men have changed the face of the world , and we avow it to be our ambition to assist in accomplishing—or , at least , accelerating—that new order of things , which we look forward to as destined to be the greatest and most beneficial change the world has yet seen . We propose to address you chiefly through the medium of the democratic press—British and Continental . But we shall have recourse to the

      platform whenever mere desirable . Thus much premised , we venture to make a proposition which we doubt not will receive the sanction of the democrats of this metropolis : We propose to commemorate the French Revolution of 1848 , by a public dinner , soiree , or meeting , on , or about , the 24 th of February next , On that occasion we hope to assemble an aggregate gathering of the metropolitan democrats , for the purpose of paving homage to the heroes of the ' three days of February , ' aud the princip les which were defeated but not conquered in tbe' four dayc of June . '

      We invite the known and active democrats of the metropolis to assist us to carry out the proposed manifestation . We invite our brother democrats in the provinces to make the necessary arrangements for similar manifestations—manifestationsstrictly within the limits of order and legality , and which shall be strong , because their foundation shall be free and peaceful discussion , and their object the advancement of the sacred cause of Justice . Salutation and Fraternity . ( Signed by the Committee ) Samubd Kydd , Henry Ross ,

      Edwin Gill , Charles Kbbk , G . Julian Harnet , Sec . London , January 1 st , 1849 .

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      Dmkujctioh or rwt Park Thbatm . —( From the Naif Yobk Journal of Comusrcs of Deo , 18 th . )—This notable establishment was announced to be on fire about six o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , and almost instantaneously the whole of the interior of the building was enveloped in flames . For a time the efforts of the firemen were directed to save it , bnt they were soon found to be unavailing , and ev « ry exertion was made to rescue the valuable proptrty adjacent , and , as tha result proved , with success , Ik a few moments the roofs and larger timbers fell io , and continued to burn fiercely till nothing but the bare walls remained , Aa nearly as can be ascertained , the loss to the owners is about 30 , 000 dols ., and to the lessee , in the neighbourhood of 20 , 000 dols . —both parties insured in part . Twenty-eight years had intervened since its first destruction .

      On Saturday morning , at about eleven o ' clock , a brush manufacturer of the Rae Pastourel , was seen by his neighbours en the roof of his house , climbing , as they supposed , to a pigeon house which he had erected there seaae time ago . His poeitien being a dangerous one , they sailed to him to return , but , instead of doing so , he walked te the platform of the p / ' geon house , and then threw himself into the yard . He still btaathed when taken up , but died almost immediately afterwards . He had experienced great lessee , by the revolution , and , being proceeded against by one of his creditors , his mind was so affeet « d that he had resolved to commit suicide , and in his temporary insanity had chosen this extraordinary means . —Paris Paper .

      CeNvioTs at Pobtland . —There has ' . been another importation of convicts during the week , and the buildings are now as crowded as thaiir present state will admit of . —Sherborne P «>« r »

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      On Tuesda Y , January 2nd, The Festival,...

      On Tuesda y , January 2 nd , the festival , consisting of tea , concert , and ball , was held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John Street , Tottenham Court Road , in aid of the 'National Victim and Defence Fund . ' A goodly number sat down to tea , which was served up in good style by Mr Davies . After the social beverage had been partaken of the tables were cleared . Mr Thomas Cooper was called to the chair amidst loud cheers . The chairman said he was happy to meet them there on that occasion but he should have been still happier had the number been larger . Chartism had its ebbings and Sowings , but , let its stream recede ever so much , he never would desert its

      standard —( cheers)—but would rather rush to the rescue to raise it up again . It was well known that he had long since become a moral force man , but notwithstanding this , he could not find it in his heart to say one word against the poor men now suf . fering in prison . ( Cheers . ) No , he believed many of them to be sincere—ay , as sincere as he once was in the same line himself-. ( hear , hear)—and he knew that some of them had the misfortune to be in that situation , to think even a halfpenny red her . ring a luxury for a dinner—and while this was so they saw other men , no better than themselves , rolling in their splendid equipages and in the enjoyment of every luxury—they conceived this to be

      wrong , and could conceive no other than a desperate remedy . ( Hear , hear . ) None knew what a prison was but those who had been in one ; only think of the continuous clank of the keys-the harsh voice of the gaoler crying out 'Silence' at the slightest whisper—and the anxiety ol mind a man in such a position must endure when he thought of what his widow and orphans might be doing-for such the wife and children must be called when E 0 bereaved of their natural protector —( hear , hear )—and surely such unfortunates demanded a world's sympathy . ( Loud cheers . ) And , remember , historians have written in favour of Algernon Sidney

      , Hampden , and other men of that stamp , all of whom favoured the physical force doctrine , and be it also remembered these men only favoured the enfranchisement of a class , whilst the men now suffering were the advocates of universal enfranchise , menf . ( Loud cheers ) We have one consolationalthough many men are in prison Liberty is not down- ( much applause)—but despotism , had baen destroyed , as witness the fall of emperors and kings . Books , printing presses , * c , had not been invented in vain—despotism could not stand—liberty must progress , in the midst of knowledge , science , and discovery ; despotism could not maintain nor even

      raise its head again . ( Hear , hear . ) His heart was entirely with Chartism . He had much pleasure in giving the first sentiment— ' The People , especially those for whose benefit we now meet . '—Mr f . Clark , in responding , said , doubtless the victims for whose benefit they had met were , as the poet o / his day and order had stated , sincere , and he only wished those for whom they had struggled would show as much sincerity by coming forward to support them in this their day of adversity . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought when the people had reformed themselves they could , by their determination alone , achieve what they now so much professed to desire . He trusted the day was not far distant when

      they should not only meet to congratulate these men on their release from prison , but also on the enactment of the People ' s Charter as the law of the land ; ( Loud cheers . ) Mr M'Grath , in rising to propose the second sentiment— ' The People ' s Charter , and may it speedily become law '—said , he believed the Whigs were in a fix—quite perplexed —not knowing what to do to satisfy the demands of the people of England and IrelMid —( hear , hear)—and hence it was the duty of all good democrats to have and preserve a strict unity amongst themselves . Let thera henceforth pursue an attractive policy , at least , rendering no opposition to any who stepped forward in the progressive course , at the same

      time holding fast to the People ' s Charter , whole and entire . ( Cheers . ) He held it to be a glorious fact , that a Republic at this moment existed in France , and we must look forward to a better application of the principles of Universal Suffrage on a future occasion . ( Applause . ) He would that every man in this country should stand equal before the law . ( Leud cheers . ) He was asked , whom would you elect had you the Charter ? He answered , a different class of candidates would present themselves under those circumstances , and he would leave the choice to the wisdom of the people , ( Cheers . ) The Charter would give vitality to six millions of human beings . ( Hear , hear . ) Every

      good cause appeared to him to have to pass through the ordeal of persecution and scandal ; let tbem pursue a conciliatory policy , remaining true to their principles , and , depend on it , their cause must eventuate in a speedy triumph . ( Much applause . ) At the call of the chairman , three long r od loud cheers were here given for the People ' s Charter . — Mr Kjdd , amidst loud cheers , rose to give the third sentiment , as follows— ' The Organisation of Labour . ' This sentiment appeared to him to be of the greatest importance . 'The Organisation of Labour' was a proof of civilisation , and he hoped in this year to see the association principle prevail for the advantnge of the Labourer . ( Hear hear . )

      Labour had been in part organised for centuries past , it had brought man frem barbarism to civilisation ; true Turner , in his history said , that feudal lords had spoken of' flocks of cattle and herds of men . ' The press and inventions had been alluded to ; with the aid of these , surely the' Organisation of Labour ' must progress to the advantage of the Sons of Industry . The daily newspaper press had spoken of all who had alluded to the' Organisation of . Labour ' as evil councillors , but if he had read Proudhon , Louis Blanc , and others , aright , their intention was to give property to those who had none , and in doing so surely they were taking the most effectual steps to raise up conservators of property , for those

      who had property were invariably found protectors of the ri ghts and property of others . ^ Loud cheers . ) Happily the' Organisation of Labour' was better understood in 1849 than in 1847 , and he thought he could demonstrate easily , that the ' Organisation of Labour' was perfectly practicable ; witness the works in government penitentiaries , labour in workhouses , & c ., & c , and if it could be applied in these places , why not generally ? ( Loud cheers . ) Again , he said—look to this gathering—had they not been witnesses to the ' Organisation of Labour ' when they saw the ladies so speedily , sweetly , and regularly supply them all with tea and the etceteras —( much cheering and laughter)—and should they

      not further witness it when the ball and concert commenced . ( Increased laughter and applause . ) He smiled when he read the ZYmes denunciation of ' Icaria ;'—had there been no failure in English ' Icarias' which had been blessed with the support of the Times ? ( Loud cheers . ) Was it right that myriads should be in a state of starvation , when the Book' said— 'Birds have nests , foxes have holes , but the Son of Man hath no where to lay his head . ' The French Revolution had made many men speak and write on the subject . Louis Blanc wrote in Piccadilly , and Baron Alderson spoke of it froiz > the bench , and truly we ought to be obliged to the

      learned Baron for calling public attention to the subject . ( Cheers . ) He believed the need being sown in a favourable soil , with a genial clime , the harvest must come , and we labourers enjoy its fruits . ( Great applause . ) Then , he sail , to social , moral , and political Reformers , ' Onward , onward . ' This cause must redound to the advantage of all who live by labour . ( Loud cheers . ) "Labour was the great civiliser—Labour was the great stay of our existence . It was Labour that destroyed feudalism . Then let us never forget that we are labourers . His countryman , Burns , visited many places , and saw almost all names held up but his own , and he exclaimed , ' These men are of aristocratic descent ,

      • Whose ancient but Ignoble blood , hath crept through seoudrels since the flood . ' ( Loud laughter . ) He had much pleasure in giving the sentiment . —Mr Stallwood gave' Health , happiness , and long life to our chairman , and many thanks to him for presiding this evening , ' which was greeted with loud applause . The hall was then cleared for the dance—after which the ball commenced , and was kept up with great spirit until two o ' clock . The concert was kept up with equal spirit . Many choice songs and recitations were given in the large coffee-r ? om , and at two o ' clock the party broke up highly delighted . .

      Dudley—A select party of the friends of democratic and social ' . reform met at the house of Mr Rankin , Cambell Street , on New Year ' s Night , o enjoy the social cup and celebrate the reorganisation of Chartism . After tea was over , Mr S . Watts was called to the chair . After which Mr Cook and Mr Jones addressed the meeting in very eloquent speeches , dwelling on tbe causes that had led to the late prostratien of Chartism , and pointing out the course to be pursued . Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting , and after several songs had been sung , a collection was made for the Executive New Year ' s gift .

      On Tuesda Y , January 2nd, The Festival,...

      WasiMiNfTBR —The members ot the Westminster S « ' « Association met at tbe Perthc-; -7 ? '" . Honse , on Sunday avenine . Mr Black lfti ? Ai A r , A 8 r"tnu * ber of books and other valuable articles were handed in for the distribution , and a large number of tickets ditfrosed of Ths members present subscribed 4 s . 61 Tftfae « ExeeX addressed the meeting on the necessity rf " reinS tiO » , and it was resolved that a cours / of Jee ' -ures be flommtaeed on the 7 th of January . The conJmi tet having made arrangemenfs wnh several talented gentlemen te lecture at the above commodious place it wasalso resolved , — ' That Mr Samuel Kydd should give his first lecture on Sunday , the 7 , h ingt ., a { half-past seten o ' clock precisely ; subject—Enriand her Manufactures and Population . ' ' ' Bristol . -A t a meeting of the Chartists of Bristol , on Tuesday , January 2 nd . measures were adapted to farther the Executive New Year ' s Gift , ' when ISs .

      was collected , and the meeting adjourned until next Tuesday evening , at aeven o ' clock , at Mr Richards , Castle Mill Street .

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      0 Connortille . —Robbery ! —A meeting of the allottees was held on Thursday , the 28 th ult ., to take into consideration the best means of putting a stop to the depredations lately committed on several of the members who have lost their fowls , rabbits , tools , & c , when it was determined to watch alternately during the winter nights . —Mr T . M . Wheeler having been called to the chair , Mr G . VF . Wheeler proposed , and Mr J . Bailey seconded , the adoption of an address te Feargus O'Connor Esq ., which was

      unanimously agreed to . Several of the allottees who were previously desirous of selling , now expressed their determination to remain , even though they should have to encounter another failure of their principal crops . A memorial to the Post . Master General was also adopted , praving for the establishment of a letter delivery , as the number of letters received , and the distance from the office , three miles , warrant the belief that it will be granted ADDBBSS Of THB ALLOTTEES AT o ' cONNOBVILLB TO

      PSAHOUS O ' CONNOB , ESQ ., M . P . RstPBcrED Sir , We , the allottees of O'Connorville , return you out hearty thanks for your kind premise of the remis . flion of the back rent , and in the instance of those who have purchased an extension of the period of its payment , as also of the period for tbe repayment ef the loan . We could have wished for the sake of union amongst all the residents on the estate , that the remission of rent had been extended to all , but we leave that to your kind consideration , and assure yoa that although surrounded by di fficulties , consequent

      upon our inexperience and tbe extreme unf » vourableness of the seasons , during the period of our occupation , yet eur faith in tbe principles upon which tha Land Plan is based has never been shaken , nor our estimation of its founder lessened , and this fresh instance of your kindness—acquiesced in , as without doubt it will be , » y y ? ur brother directors—will gin us fresh courage to pursue our onward path , trusties * ultimately , to overcome all our difficulties and enable you to point with pride to onr prosperous condition . Yours on their behalf , Thomas M . Whebleb , Chairman , Gjorqb W . Whbslee , Secretary .

      Sheffield . —A meeting of the members of this branch of the National Land Company was held in the Democratic Reading Room , 33 , Queen Street , on Wednesday week , to take into consideration the proposition of Mr O'Connor , with reference to the allottees . Mr G . Fouls was called to the chair , and the following resolution was unanimously carried . Moved by Mr William Cavill , seconded by Mr Frederick Lever 'That the proposition , as laii down by the above gentleman , be fully agreed to . It was moved by Mr Jtffery , seconded by Mr Holm shaw , ' That members in arrears be respectfully requested to pay the same , on or before the 11 th of February next , 1849 , at which time the next

      quarterly meeting will be held . Members who fail to pay any attention to this notice will , after the expiration of that time , be struck off the books . A vote of thanks being given to the chairman the meeting broke up . —On Thursday evening week , a grand Chartist soiree was held in the Hall of Science , Rockingham Street , in honour of Mrs Theobald . Upwards of two hundred persons male and female sat dawn to tea . After the cloth was removed Mr . John Jeffery was called upon to preside . After a few introductory remarks Mrs Theobald addressed the meeting , in her usual eloquent and impressive style , for upwards of an hour . At the conclusion ot her address the dancing commenced , whieh lasted till late . The usual thanks being voted to Mrs

      Theobald and the chairman the party broke up , quite delighted with tbe evening ' s entertainment . — On Monday evening , Januaiy 1 st , 1849 , the members of the Female Chartist Association met iu the Democratic Reading Room , 33 , Queen Street . In the absence of the chairwoman , Mrs Oats , Mrs Theobald officiated . On the motion of Mrs llolmshaw , seconded by Mrs Mills , the following resolution was unanimously c & rried'That one-half of the inscriptions be weekly given to the Victim Fund . There is every prospect of this Association prospering it new numbers fifly members . Friends in the country wishing the services of Mrs Theobald , will address as follows : ' To the secretary of the Female Chartist Association 33 , Queen Street , Sheffield . '

      TO VBARGU 8 0 CONNOR ESQ . M P . Esteemed Benefactor . —We , the undersigned allottees of Charterville , humbly beg to address yoa upon your letter in the Star of the 23 rd ult . We waited the opinions of the different localities , and feel sorry to find by last week ' s Star that there are some of our own order who would wish to thwart the noble feelings of you our kind guardian ; they seem surprised at your first denouncing the allottees and then coming to their aid : but that is your nobleness of nature . You knew all were not deserving your censure ; but , like a true philanthropist , you attributed the ingratitude of some to the system we live under . You also took into account the noveltv and inexperience of men coming from

      large towns , as well as the bad season . Our brethren should bear in mind we have had no loan , and cropped all our land ourselves , which was a trial for novices as we are . We have endured privations , and do now , but still we are proud of our position , and assure you that your promised sift swelled our hearts with joy , and will increase our energy . We know the only reward you will accept and require from us is gratitude , and industry , and economy , to cany out the grand scheme of your master miud . That you may be long spared for our services is the prayer of your faithful allottees . Charxm Willis , Eli Coolkn , John Rothbras , Charles Arnold ; William Smith , Nathaniel Hornby , John Horn , Edward Tibbles ,

      Wi / . tiAM Smith . Htjddersfibld . —At a meeting of the members held on Saturday evening last , Mr O'Connor ' s proposition to remit altogether the rent due from the allottees having been considered . It was resolved , ' That Conference having decided that three years should be given to the allottees to pay what was due on the first of November last , that the Directors be requested to abide by that decision , and to test if the allotments are really capable of

      maintaining a family , — ' That those who cannot do . so and pay tneir rents , ought to retire and let others try ; for if the present system of non-reproductioa of capital be persevered in the interest of nearly one hundred thousand pounds is completely lost , and no encouragement given to those unlocated to proceed any further , as their funds are exhausted to maintain those on the land , who , they have been led to R elieve , would be able to live well , and pay their way independent of any one .

      Merthvr TroviL . —Tbe members of branch No , I , met at their new room , back of Wellington Street near the market * house , on Monday evening last . ' The subject of Mr O'Connor ' s letter was takeni nto consideration by the members of this locality , anr they came to tbe unanimous conclusion , 'That year ' s rent shall not ba given free to the locate ^ members for several reasons ; nor are they favourable to Mr O ' Connor to pay for them , for too many calls have been made already on his purse , but we are all in favour of granting them a longer time to pay , say on the following terms ; That they be left two years , and then pay one year ' s rent ; and at the end of three years , pay a year and half , and at the end of the fourth year to pay a year aud a half which would clear up all arrears ; and we are of opinion if there is any exertion , on the part o the allottees , they can comply with these terms .

      Thb Sniss Ehd ass Moat Estates . —At a pubfio meeting of the occupants of the Snigs End and Moat Estates , it was resolved : — ' That we cordially agree with onr Hull ) Bradford , and other friends , that Ms O'Connor has had too many calls on hia parse elready , and that we are willing to pay our rents , at the same time we do not wish to be called idlers—any person may see by going over the estates , that idlers do not live here . We are certain that our land if properly cultivated will realise onr expectations , and had we not been crippled in starting by the stopping one-third of our Aid Money , but been placed on the same footing with the rest of our located brethren , it is our opinio * , we should not have needed annt * ance from an y one . —JaWM Wjkt . Secretary

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 6, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06011849/page/5/