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April 18, 1846. THE NORTHERN STAR. 5
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THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
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Jongeren-, dure the extremity of their distress , and that they must take that food which they could notjpwcm * and without which they could nothve . lhcy therefore assembled vesterday to the number of several hundreds and attached tbe extensive and valuable flour mills situate just in the town . These mills are thc largest , most valuable , and perhaps the best stocked of any in Ireland . They arc the property of several Quaker gentlemen , named Grubb , Malcolmsou , and Hughes . Fortunately , before the people could force their way into the nulls , the army , consisting of artillery and dragoons , had arrived at the
scene of outrage , and succeeded in dispersing the rioters without loss of property , and happily without loss of life . The people dispersed in the town , again , it would appear , collected at some rendezvous hi its vicinity , and they forthwith proceeded to Marfilcd mills , " tie most extensive flour manufactory in Ireland . The proprietor is Mr . Stein , a Scotch gentleman , largely engaged in thc distilling of whiskey from grain , and long a resident in this country . It is said that into this place the people were enabled to force their wav , but whether they were also successful in plundering it wc have n : t been enabled to ascertain . "
FURTHER ACCOUNTS . —CLONMEL IN A STATE OF SIEGE . DUBLIN . April 15 .
THE FAMLXE . -OUTBREAK IN CLONMEL . The following alarming accounts are contained in UieJYfct : — "Clonmel , Monday , April 13 th { 12 o ' clock ) . , * 1 write this labouring under the most dreadful anxiety of nriud . The town is in an awful—fearful state of excitement . Just now the main-street is lined with military , and the people infuriated : one hundred and twenty cart loads of flour came in just sow , escorted by the military and police . Mr . Ryan was hissed and hooted by the people , who crowded the streets in great numbers . The conduct of the military and police is beyond all praise ; they know the disagreeable duty they have to perform , and they do it with the best grace .
"Mrs . Shannons mill at Abbey has jest been broken open and the flour taken off . The Artillery and Dragoons , under tbe command of W . II . Rial ! , Esq ., ami Col . Phipps , have gone out . I know not what will be the result . May God help the destitute , starving wretches ! They see no attempt made to provide them with food or employment Deathdeath from starvation staring them in the face , and the food leaving the country before their eyes . 1 tremble for the result . Hitherto , their patience and fortitude were most exemplary ; but now—now finding that there is no immediate hope of work for them , ther are driven bv hunger to desperation . " " Clonmel , April 14 .
"I am scarcely able to convey to you the terrific proceedings of this eventful day . The town is in a sate of siege : whilst I write the main street is full of horse , foot artillary , and ordnance—fifty of us have been sworn in as special constables . Every baker ' s s & op in the town has been attacked and ransacked . Tubberaheena Mills have also suffered , and thirty ions of flour taken . The police were attacked , and several of them knocked down , cut , and wounded . Mr . Riall , Mr . More , Major Shaw , Mr . SVm . Ryan , and Captain Osborne , magistrates , are doing all that men can do , under the frightful circumstances . The military , police , and magistrates , are deserving of every praise for their merciful conduct The people are savage—their countenances bear in vivid colours the impress of hunger . Major Galway , commanding officer of the garrison , is the most humane gentleman lever knew . Officers and men are beyond all
praise . ** Any language that I could make use of would fall far short of the actual state of things here . If the people do not get food , blood will flow in torrents ; and on whose heads will that blood fall ?—who are to answer for it ? ¦" The shops are ail closed , and business totally suspended . The mills were attacked at breakfast hour on this morning — the bells rang , and the authorities were on the spot . Nothing serious occurred . ( from another cobbespoxdesi of the pilot . ) " Gionmel . April 14 .
" A large body of people proceeded to Hughes's mill , which I believe was quite unprotected by police or military . They were followed by Captain Osborne —they told him they must have work or food , as they " were actually * starving . Captain Osborne pledged himself that they should have work to-morrow and a dinner to-day , upon which they quietly retired . The poor creatures in general show great forbearance under their sufferings . But what is the government at ? We see a supply of bullets—but where is the bread V Tsb l " . A > nsE—Ikscrrectios—Pixxder !—If the following , from a respectable correspondent , descrip tive of a scene that took place in Tipperary , on Monday , bring not the government to a sense of their duty , we don't know what will : — " Tipperary , Monday evening , April 13 .
" This town presented a picture of anarchy and confusion this day , which it is to be apprehended , will lead to frightful consequences . " A dray , laden with flour , was seized in the centre ofthe town by the starving people , and , despite of the police , the greater portion carried off . The police acted Kith great foroeanssee , a- ? m their efforts to protect tbe flour they were pelted with stones and other missiles , and the chief constable , Mr . Egan , much injured . The army were immediately called out , and peace for the present is re stored .
"This state of things has been produced by the shameless , and I would say heartless , apathy of our neighbouring gentry and absentee landlords , as the only names on onr list ofthe subscriptions about being raised , is James Scully , Esq ., that excellent and humane magistrate , who came forward and laid down ' M . It was expected that our Protestant rector would at least subscribe a sum equal to our worthy vicar , when I tell you that Lis income from this parish is over one thousand pounds per year , besides fifty thousand pounds in the funds ; but he thought 20 / . a very large sum to subscribe .
The destitution here is much increased by the price of fuel , ten shillings being the price ot a small load of turf , which is retailed to the poor at one halfpenny the sod . The patience and forbearance of the starving people is wonderful under such privations , and-no efforts made to procure employment for them . "—Limerick Reporter .
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April 18 , 1846 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 5
The British Empire.
THE BRITISH EMPIRE .
A Publication Entitled " The Pepnlar Inf...
A publication entitled " The Pepnlar Informant , " has recently been published by Mr . Effingham Mfosox , Royal Exchange , two numbers of which are before us . We know of no work published since Pake ' s " Rights of Man , " unless we except the celebrated " Black Book , " so well calculated to open the eyes of the people to the monstroas abuses of our blessed system , which , as we have often heard , is " the admiration ; of tbe . world , and the envy of surrounding nations . " In addition to informing the people , tiie author aims a ' t the almost hopeless object of
en-Ughteuinc the blundering legislators of St . Stephens , who , although ( for the most part ) university-taught , are , great numbers of them , sadly deficient in really ' useful knowledge . " Each page consists of two columns , one of which contains "Geographical and Statistical fact « , " | the other "Political Inferences . " * Xhe subjects discussed are the size , population , resources , revenue , consumption , and representation of ihe British Empire ; the revenues , members , dignitaries and abuses of the Church of England and Ireland ; and the cost and absurdities ef the British monarchy .
The author of the Popular Informant commences by asking "What is the British Empire ? ' Wc < jUote what follows : — "You answer me that yon do not care ; you . whese hands are horny with handling the pickaxe , or hammering on the anvil , who are weary with plying at the leom , exhausted with guiding the unprofitable plough , or faint with picking oahum on the starvation ditt of a union . You answer me , that all you seek is a fair day ' i wages for a fair daj"s work , which you seek in vain , and that yon have little care beyond , But you are wrong . The richest of all possc-tsiong in which ever man took pride immediately concerns yon , —I mean the British Empire , helongiiig to that British people of which you are a memoir—probably a very useful member . "
" The sovereign ofthe realm—the prime minister , who is tlit real sovereign whilst holding office—the parliament —the army and the navy—are your servants , and only reprint the stewards and the bailiffs of a vast tstate of which oneaght-aua-t wentymillioneth share belongs to you . Qui * n Vjctobia , Sir R . P « i , the Peers , the Commons ' and the Bishops , have only , like jouisclf , ouoeig ht-aud-twenty-iuiinontitb s-liare a-pitcu , but no just t-laim to more ; sometimes indeod father less , as with the Guelphs and Coburgs ; less , because it was y-jur industry , Ji m- intellect , pour courage—or at least yonr fathers 'the fruit of which yon should i . ilitrit—which gatln-rcd ti . is magnificent domain together . Xow , she princes of tkersigij ,,- ianiiiv , and thi C ' jhajgs , lha , t i ? to say Hirr
A Publication Entitled " The Pepnlar Inf...
Leotou > and Prince Aibekt , without -ever contributing anything to the common stock , have stepped in to takaa lion's share ofthe wealth and power which you and your fathers had earned , conquered , and accumulated . I do not not mean to say that you enjoy your right . It is not the right which you actually possess , but which you ought to possess , that I am anxious to point out to yon . " The Popdar Informant -proceeds to exhibit the extent and population of the British Empire , that it is the largest in the . whole ) world , and the most populous , excepting the Chinese . " It is nearly one-eighth larger than the Russian Empire , more than double tbe size of Europe , and contains
oncsixth part of the dry land of the habitable globe . Its population comprises upwards of one-fifth of the human race , equal alone to the united population of Russia , Austria , France , Prussia , Spain , and Holland . " All this the Popular Informant explains at length and in detail . Next the reader is enlightened as to the amount of the " National Income , " alowing the amount derived from agriculture , fisheries , mines , and manufactured articles ; and further , showing how that income is divided . For the atonishing details of these " great facts" we must refer our readers to the work itself . We here select a few extracts from the " Political Inferences , "
WEALTH OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE . All tbe most varied and valuable productions of the earth , vegetable , animal and mineral , are to be found in the British Empire The cranberry thriving in an arctic—the oak tree and the wheat iu a moderate climate—the date , the cotton tree , the sugar cane , and the tea plant ofthe tropicsall flourish in its dominions . The white hear and thc arctic fox—the rhinoceros—the tiger and the humming bird , are alike denizens of its domain . It furnishes ivory from the walrus of the frozen regions and from thc tusks of the elephant . It furnishes spermaceti from the whale—feathers from the ostrich—coral from some of its shores—pearls from others , and diamonds from its tributary territories . Undoubtedly , the possession of this empire has , in many indirect ways , contributed to the wealth and enjoyment ofthe people of the British Isles .
The nation is , indeed , wealthier than any other in the world . A reference to the other column will show you , that , in almost every thing constituting national l ower and wealth , we must rather compare the United Kingdom with the whole of Europe , than with any country in it . In some things , as in the produce of hermines—in cotton uinnufattures—and in the extent of her navy—it is the United Kingdom against the world . So ( if we except the United States ) it is with her railways and canals—steam engines and steam boats . The whole of her manufactured produce , the value of the exports and imports ? can ' only be compared with those of the principal European countries taken together . The excess which the national income affords over the bare necessaries of life , exceeds , in the United Kingdom , that which the great bulk of Europe furnishes .
In almost every thing indicating wealth and power we find France equalling . Russia , Austria and Prussia , and GreatBritain doubling Prance , or equaUingthe whole put together . This wealth is very unequally distributed in the United Kingdom , since , about two thirds is in the possession of one quarter of the people , whilst ( inclusive of nearly three and a quarter millions of paupers in England , Ireland , and Scotland , and of four millions of potato-fed peasantry , ) another quarter of the people are in a state of abjeet poverty .
DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH . If we divide the population of the British Isles into two great classes of rich and poor , we shall find the rich to amount , as nearly as can be ascertained , to seven millions , or one quarter ofthe population ; the poor to twenty-one millions or three quarters ofthe whole . In the present acceptation of the word we shall , therefore , include in the class denominated rich , all who live upon theirc apital , or obtain their means of livelihood by directing the labour of others , or in any other manner , excepting by the sole agency of manual labour . 1 % the ¦ Jass designated as rich are hence comprised , the nobiUty , gentry , clergy , professional men , merchants , manufacturers , shopkeepers , and occupiers of land . The class of poor , amounting , asithu been said , to abont three-fourths of the population , Includes artisans , labourers , journeymen , occupiers of land who cultivate it without other assistance , and all others who obtain their living by the sole labour of their hands .
If we take the number of able-bodied men amongst this population , at the iigh estimate of one quarter of the whole , we have five millions and a quarter . Sow if we take into account three millions of paupers in Great Britain and Ireland ( two millions nine hundred and seventy-three thousand exclusive of Scotland . ) If « e consider that four millions more of the population of Ireland live exclusively upon potatoes ; and if we bear in mind that thc rate of wages in many agricultural districts is 9 s ., or even 7 s . a week ; assuredly 12 s . a week is a high estimate to give as thc average earnings of the labourer and operative . Yet this calculation gives ns only 1561 millions of pounds sterling as the joint income of these twenty-om millions of people . Xow as we have shown the income of the British people not to be under 458 millions sterling , it follows that the income of one quarter of the population nearly doubles , numerically , that of the other three quarters .
As the poor bare three times more mouths to feed with their 156 i than the rich with the 301 J millions which fall to their share , it is obvious , at the first blush that they are six-fold wealthier . THE POOR 3 IAX" 3 SHARE IN THE NATIONAL
SUCCESS . It appears , that though in some measure , the whole people have profited by tbe extraordinary increase ofthe National Empire , that one-quarter of its population only has derived much beaefit from it . Let ns therefore enquire , whether its accumulation was effected through the treasure , blood , endurance , and capital of that favoured portion of it ? So such thing . The labouring man , who smokes one pipe of tobacM pays the value of eight for maintenance of the national government and forces . The poor have contributedat least one-half , and probably , three-quarters to the funds by which thjs
extension was effected , or to pay the interest of the loan by which they were raised . There is no privileged class is England , as there was in Poland , and no castes as there are still in India , which said "We , and we only , have a right to tight the battles of tbe people . " On the cootrary , onr armies and our navief—in peace and war , are manned from the ranks of the poor . To secure this empire , they have perished twenty for one to the rich , and their bones bleach in every quarter of the world , from the regions ofthe Arctic snows to the foot of the Himalayan mountains , and lie scattered at the bottom of every sea , over which the flag of England has ever floated .
I In the old days of the Roman republic , when any conquest was effected , the conquered people were forced to send a tribute of corn , and oil , and wine , whieh was distributed amongst the people . When we force an empire like thatof China to pay ransom , when we subdue a territory ^ s large and wealthy as a European kingdom , tbe only result to the poor , is the expenditure of blood , and tbe increase of taxation . Th « part the rich and poor bear in onr foreign empire , truly resembles that ofthe giant and his friend the dwarf in thc fable , tbe former receiving all the . gain , and tbe latter all the blows . Yet , though the poor have contributed so large a share of blood and treasure to the acquisition of this vast property , when—sacrificed to monopoly—they sink iuto pauperism , then every right to relief is called in question . N « dog—no livinganimal—is to be fed like the pauper .
THE DUTY OF THE ENGLISHMAN . Yop , therefore , to whom these pages are addressed , theartizan—the labourer and the poor man—are bound to struggle for yonr right i » the representation of the state , which is now in the hands of one portion of the people , not only for the purpose of a more equitable distribution of the national burthens and advantages , but because , you are one of that people , to whose care a hundred and thirty-six millions of men- the dominion ofthe seas , and one sixth of the earth ' s surface have been entrusted—whilst even this trust is trifling , if we compare it with the awful responsibility entailed upon you , if tbe effect of your example upon humanity at large is considered .
I am perfectly aware , that power without knowledge for the people , would bVdangerous to their own interests , but the acquirement of knowledge depends upon yourselves , and if , in the present condition of England , there is no chance of the people attaining power , except through the acquisition of knowledge ; on the other hand , it is quite impossible for the people to acquire knowledge , without obtaining power . It is impossible to read this publication and therefrom learn the magnificent resources of the British empire , and not feel something like the glow , of exultation that we belong to this mighty state .
" Lives there the man with soul so dead , Who nevor te himself hath said , 'This is my own , my native land' !* But how speedily that feeling of pride is lowered by the kumilatjng reflection that these wondrous re sfiuccaare monopolized by the idle aud privileged , the men who by their industry , sjrill , and valour have built up this empire , being red need to politica serfdom , social slavery , and physical misery . Nevertheless
" England with all thy faults we love thee still , " and be it the work ofthe English people to redeem their country from the " faults" which at present defile her name , and tarnish her reputation . Let the people then resolv * to follow the advice of thc Potwlor Informant , and acquire knowledge , that once acquired they must speedily acquire power . It will then be their own fault if they do not make the id . ars work , and deprive the rich of their unjust monopolies , and nunatnral privih-ee We do not accord with everything in the " Popular hwmaa but considered as a whole we cannot too higWy extol , t . Chartist lecturers and public Z ^ rn ^ iA * w , u : ^ text-book , and no man should be without it . We must defer to another ccasion any notiteot . No . 2 . We may ae well add tiiatench number costs but Fourpeuce .
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS .
The news from mivtm FRANCE this week is unimportant . The Chamber of Deputies has been principally occupied with the debate on the extraordinary grant of ninety-three millions of francs demanded for the navy , and whieh has been reduced by the committee which was appointed to examine it to seventy-three millions ( about three millions sterling ) . The Russian Grand Duke Constantine is at Toulon , where he arrived on the 11 th . M . Francois Jean Sevestre , a member of the National Convention for the Department of Hie et Vilaine , died at Tournan , on the 6 th inst ., in the 'Jith year of his age . M . Sevestre was one of the most energetic membersof th atasscmbly . He voted thc king ' sdeath
, and , having been appointed one ot the commissioners ofPnblicSafety , he was charged with the surveillance of the children of Louis XVI ., confined in the Temple , lie was banished in 1 S 15 , and onb returned to France after the revolution of 1830 . We road in the Journal des Dcbats that a certain M . Blanc , editor of the papers called La Lecture aud La , Censure , and M ^ Vrayet de Surey , the printer of the same , having been summoned before the Court of Assizcfor the 20 th of April , for having published a work intituled "French Pandemonium , Almanac of Anti-Christ for the year of Satan , 1816 . " The crime laid to their charge is that of outrage against the person of the King' and the Endeavour to excite hatred and contempt ofthe government .
SPAIN Has been the theatre of extraordinary events . The military ruffian Narvaez is at this moment once more an exile , his enemy , the infamous Christina , has proved too strong for him , and at this moment he is in parj 8 a ruined , penniless exile . Narvaez tried to get up a military pronunciamento against Christina , but-fcis intrigues were discovered and he was compelled Si resign ; this blow was immediately followed by a second , his immediate explusionfrom the kingdom . True , the embassy to . Naples was offered him as a sort of decent covering to his expatriation , but this appointment he unceremoniously
rejected . On being commanded immediately to quit the kingdom , he pleaded that he had only just been bled , and was not in a condition to undertake a long journey , but no attention was paid to that consideration , and he was obliged to depart without further delay . A whole host of public functionaries , creatures of Narvaez , have also been dismissed . Two or three days before the fall of Narvaez , a revolutionary movement took place in Gallicia—the regiment of Zaraora , quartered at Lugo , had set the example of revolt . The war-cry was , * ' The Queen , the Constitution of 1837 , Don Enrique , and down with the Duchess de Rianzares !"
Late accounts represent the movement as out down . " Gonzalez Bravo , who has resigned his embassy to Lisbon , has arrived in Madrid . General O ' Donnell has been recalled from Cuba , and General Roncali has been appointed Governor of the island . O'Donnell has been created Count of Lucena , iu reward for his distinguished services in " days of much difficulty . " Disservicesin Cuba , and the sanguinary punishments inflicted on the slaves , are too well known to be easily forgotten . For such services , however , he would appear to be admirably adapted . Isturitz , who had been recalled on the resignation of Narvaez , is said , by letters from Madrid of the 12 th ,
to have partly succeeded in forming his new Ministry . According to these accounts Isturitz is president of the council . Mon is Finance Minister ; Pidal , Minister ofthe Interior ; and Armero , Minister of Marine . This combination cannot last . " It is easy to perceive , " says thc Times , " that a revolution is at hand which will thrust ignominiously , and for the second time , from the soil of Spain that Princess whose successive vices of youth and a ^ e have inflicted ou the kingdom , and on her daughter ' s reign , the curses and humiliations of the debauchery and avarice—followed , but not atoned for , by the mean propitiation of religious cant . "
Owing to the extreme distress of the industrious classes in
BELGIUM , revolutionary symptoms have manifested themselves in that country within the past few days . The Brussels Herald states , that in the course of Friday afternoon numerous copies of an inflammatory circular were distributed in this city , chiefly amongst thc working classes , and in the streets where they reside . The plan adopted was as follows : —At various points of Brussels two or three individuals dressed in blouses , under which they concealed large packets of the obnoxious circular , awaited for convenient opportunities to glide some copies into the hands of the passers-by , whilst other emissaries were on the
look-out to give warning whenever any ef the police authorities appeared . Copies were also dropped in the public thoroughfares , thrown into shops , or thrust under doors . Notwithstanding all the precautions which had been taken to conceal the authors of the seditious circular , the police soon got on their scent , and succeeded in discovering and arresting the printer . This first step led to further arrests , and we have grounds tor stating that the authors of thc circular are either already in custody or that they are well known . The following are extracts from the circular denounced as " criminal" and "inflammatory " : —
" Fhe future inspires cruel alarm . You rich people of the land , you aristocrats , are much to be pitied , notwithstanding your pleasures and the material treasures which you possess . lourhard-heartedness , your selfishness , your rapacity , your inhuman conduct , will lead to robbery , incendiarism , and assassination ! " That terrrible prophecy will be realised , if a speedy and efficacious remedy be not adopted for the distress of those who are not beggars by profession , but of those who know too well their dignity and their strength to degrade themselves to such an extremity ; for thc proverbsays , 'Hungry belly has no ears . ' " Military brothers ! your relatives , your brothers , your friends are about to expose their state of distress
fo the government . We do not wish to war against you ; all wc ask for is to have work and bread , in order that we may not all perish by hunger . Do not be against us , for you , soldiers , are also children of the people ; and if , by order of pitiless or ignorant chiefs , you fire on the people , your balls and bullets will strike your own fathers and mothers—your own brothers and friends . Do not h ' ic on the people , but say to yourselves , ' We soldiers are also of the people ; wc will not be our own executioners . '" The circular summoned all "true Belgians" to meet , and proceed en masse to the King and the Representatives of the nation , in order to lay before them an account of the prevailing misery . On Saturday six persons were arrested at Ghent , and conveyed to Brussels , charged with attempting to create disturbances ,
The intelligence from
GERMANY is very slight . In the Grand Duchy ef Baden the liberate are carrying all befone them in the elections . Tho King of Prussia has just issued orders to the President ofthe province of Silesia to cease all proceedings commenced against M . Rouge by the criminal courts at Breslaw . From
SWITZERLAND we learn that the radical revolution in Berne is running on smoothly . The Constituent Assembly , principally composed of Radicals , adjourned , after having named a committee of t . venty-seven members to lay the groundwork of a new Constitution . This committee has named a subcommittee of seven members , at the head of which is M . Oehsenbcin , the leader ofthe free corps ; then comes M . Kohlcr , formerly councillor of state . Pi-efect of Berthoud , a _ man of moderate faculties aud no personal consideration ; Stockmar , who
raised thc standard of revolt m 1830 , afterwards elected councillor of state , driven from the council by a stroke of policy of his former friend Neuliau , and forced to leave the country , and is now returned after an absence of many years . Funk , president of the committee of twenty-seven , takes the fourth place ; Stoempfli , editor of the Gazelle de Berne , and an ultra-radical , is avouug lawyer of great talents , and an enthusiastic follower of William Snell , a professor , who was dismissed the university by the late government ; MM . Innier and Belriebard make up the number . These gentlemen , will , no doubt , draw up a chatter in the spirit of that of tho Canton de Yuud .
r or important intelligence from
POLAND - detailing the increasing spread of the peasant war , we refer the rcader || to the seventh page . Important intelligence has this week been received from THE UNITED STATES . Some weeks ago Mr . Dayton ( a Whig ) called upon the President by a resolution to say what additional naval or military force , if any , he required , and for what reason or purpose this force was wanted . On thc 2 nd ult . thc following "Special Message" from the President was read , in answer to Mr . Dayton ' s motion : —
" TO THE SE . VATK OP THK rj . VITED STATES . " In answqrto the inquiry ofthe Senate , contained in their resolution of the ltth iust ., whether , in my 'judgment , any circumstances connected with , or growing out of , the foreign relations of this country require at this time an increase of our naval ormilitary feree ; ' and , if so , ' what those circumstances are , ' 1 have to express the opinion that a wise precaution demands such increase . " Ju my annual message of the 2 nd of December last I recommended to the favourable consideration of Congress an increase of our naval force , especially ef our hteara navy , and the raising of an adequate military force to guard and protect such ot our citizens as might think proper to emigrate to Oregon . Since that periond 1 have seen no cause to recall or modify those recommendations . On the contrary , reasons exist which , in my judgment , render it proper net on ly that they shvulU be promptly tamed
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into effect but that additional provision should be made for the public defence . " The consideration of such additional provision was brought before appropriate committees of the two houses of Congress , in answer to calls made by them , in reports prepared , with my sanction , by thc Secretary of War and the Secretary ofthe Navy , on the 29111 ot December and on the 8 th of January last ; a mode of communication with Congress not unusual , and , under existing circumstances , believed to be most eligible . Subsequent events have confirmed me in the opinion that these recommendations were proper as precautionary measures . " It was a wise maxim ofthe father of his country that ' to be prepared for war is one of the most
efficient means of preserving peace ; ' and that , ' avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace , ' we should ' remember also , that timely disbursements to prepare for danger { frequently prevented much greater disbursemets to repel it . ' The general obligation to perform this duty is greatly strengthened by tacts known to the whole ^ world . A controversy respecting the Oregon territory now exists between thc United States and Great Britian ; and while , as far as we know , the relations of the latter with all European nations arc of the most pacific character , she is making unusual and extraordinary armaments and warlike preparations , naval and military , both at home and m her North American possessions . " It cannot be disguised that , however sincere
may be the desire ot peace , in the event of a rupture these armaments and preparations would be used against our country . Whatever may have been the original purpose ot these preparations , the fact is undoubted that they are now proceeding , in part at least , with the view to thc contingent possibility of a war with the United States . The general policy of making additional warlike preparations was dis tinclly announced in tho speech form the Throne , as late as January last , and has since been reiterated by the Ministers ofthe Crown in both houses of Parliament . Under this aspect of our relations with Great Britain . I cannot doubt the nronrietv of
increasing our means of defence both by land and sea . This can give Great Britain no cause of offence , nor increase the danger of a rupture . If , on tho contrary , we should fold our arms in security , and at last be suddenly involved in hostilities tor the maintenance of our just rights , v ? it ' ioutany adequate preparation , our responsibility to the country would be of the gravest character . Should collision between the two countries be avoided , as 1 sincerely trust it may b » , thc additional charge upon thc Treasury in making the necessary preparations will not be lost , while , in thc event of such a collision , they would be indispensable for the maintenance of our national rights and national honour .
* ' I have seen no reason to change or modify the recommendations of my annual message in regard to the Oregon question . The notice to abrogate the treaty of thc Gth of August , 1827 , is authorised by the treaty itself , and cannot be regarded as a warlike measure ; and I cannot withhold my strong conviction that it should be promptly given . The other recommendations are in conformity with the existing treaty , and would afford to American citizens in Oregon no more than the same measure of protection which lias long since been extended to British subjects in that territory .
" The state of our relations with Mexico is still in tin unsettled condition . Since the meeting of Congress another revolution has taken place in that country , by which the government has passed into thc hands of new rulers . This event litis procrastinated , and may possibly defeat , the settlement ofthe differences between the United States and that country . The Minister of the United States to Mexico , at the date of the last advices , had not been received by thc existing authorities . Demonstrations of a character hostile to the United States continue to be made in Mexico , which has rendered it proper , in my judgment , to keep nearly two-thirds of our army on our south-western frontier , ii doing this , many of thc regular military posts have been reduced to a small force , inadequate to their defence , should an emergency arise .
" In view of these " circumstances , " it is my judgment , " an increase of our naval and military force is lit this time required , " to place the country in a suitable state of defence . At thc same time , it is my settled purpose to pursue such a course of policy as may be best calculated , to preserve , both with Great Britain and Mexico , an honourable peace ; which nothing will so effectually promote as unanimity in our councils , and a firm maintenance of all our just rights .
"JAMES K . POLK . " Washington , March 21 , 1846 . " Nothing in the Senate had occurred of importance subsequent to the reception of the above message . Advices from CANADA state that the provincial Parliament was opened at Montreal on the 20 th instant , with the usual formalities : The speech of Earl Cathcart embraces several topics of interest . He adverts to the present state of thc relations between the British and the United States governments , and urges the immediate and efficient re-organization of the militia ; at the same time assuring the parliament that " her Majesty will be prepared , as her predecessors have always been , to provide with promptitude and energy , corresponding with the power and resources of the empire , for the security oilier North American dominions . Intelligence from
ALGERIA of the Till inst . states that Abd-el-Kadcr , who was said to have fled towards the west , had returned to the east . He appears , however , to have completely evaded his pursuers . By thc last accounts , he was marching towards the Djebel Sahari , in the direction of the tei-ritory of the Ouled-Nails Gherabas , followed at a considerable distance by General Jusuf . Important news , affecting the interests of the free mountaineers of
THE CAUCASUS , has been received at Constantinople , to the effect that thc independent tribe of the Abazes , who occupy a vast district on the Black Sea , had agreed to make common cause with the Circassians against thc Russians .
LATER NEWS FROM SPAIN AND BELGIUM . INSmtltECTlON IN GAI 1 CIA . The Queen , Peninsular steamer , which arrived at Southampton on Thursday , brings the following intelligence : — " A pronunciamiento has been declared at Vigo , the 10 th , by the officers and soldiers in favour of Dun Enrique . "The Governor of Vigo and Commandant of the troops there were furnished with passports for Cadiz , and were to leave by the next packet . No blood had been shed in the affair .
" Martial law was declared at Corunna , and the mail packets forbidden to take paseengers to Vigo during the disturbed state of that part of Galicia . " The insurrection is said to beextending in Galicia . A movement is apprehended in Catalonia , letters from Barcelona of the 9 th instant state thatattempts having been made to seduce the troops from their allegiance , the Captain-General has issued a proclamation offering their discharge from the service and three ounces of gold to the soldiers who should denounce thc delinquents .
THE ATTEMPTED DISTURBANCES IN
BELGIUM . Brussels , April 14 . The distribution of the inflammatory pamphlets , of which wo have spoken , shows that many agents were employed and much money spent ; this distribution wits not confined to Ghent and Brussels , but was made at the same time among the workmen employed on the railway from Liege to Namnr—this we know for certain . We are assured besides , that copies of the same pamphlet have been seen at Oudenarde . His Majesty's attorney-general wont to Ghent on the 12 th , in order to cause several persons to be arrested . M . Parys , Sprinter at Brussels , has been set at liberty , l » ccause he at once disclosed from whom he received the pamphlet which he printed , and by whom he was paid for so doing . In consequence of the declaration of M . Pairs , M . Pcllerin the Bhocnmkcr lias been arrested .
We have received the following particulars from Ghent , which may be considered as authentic : — " The author of the pamphlet is a young man twentysix years of age , named Labiaux , a merchant's traveller , who lives at Molenbuk Saint Jean . He went to distribute thc pamphlet at Ostcnd , Bruges , and Client , where he was arrested . He had employed the printer Verbcnr , who had been arrested at ihe same time as himself . Four other persons ol Ghent , to whom Labiaux had given quantities of his pamphlets to be distributed among the people , are also arrested . Tlusc six persons , escorted by some gensdarmes , were immediately conveyed from Ghent to Brussels by a special train . ' The same train brought back the Attorney-General and M . Vcrbikc , Commissary of Police at Ghent . " — MoiHtuir Beige , April 14 .
Guest , April 12 . —The Hmsager de Ghent says : — " The appeal to thc people , which was distributed hi immense number * in our city on Friday evening , invited the workmen to a general meeting at thc Place ' «» Vcndredi , on Easter Monday , at ten o ' clock in the morning . At the hour when wc arc going to press , this place is crowded with curious spectators . All is quiet , and it is hoped that the day will pass over without any blamable excesses , the only result of which would bo fatal collisions , which our population , always so calm , have the greatest interest to avoid . "
We find the following passage in ( he Journal des J'Umdrcs : — " At the time of our going to press , some Buspicious-looking persons arc beginning take up thc pavement in the Phice de Veiidredi . We hope that the authorities will promptly interfere to do justice to these wretched disturbers of public tranquillity . "
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NOTTINGHAM . A public meeting has been held in the Town Hall for the purpose of considering the advantages of the " Small Farm System , 4 c . " On the motion of » fr . Widowson , seconded by Mr . Mosley , Mr . James Sweet was unanimously called upon to preside , who opened the proceedings by observing , that he had felt it to be his duty to convene the meeting in order that the inhabitants of Nottingham might , have an opportunity afforded them of gaining information upon the question of the Land Movement . He was sorry to observe that the corrupt press of England generally had burked the proceedings of the society , and if they wanted any evidence of thc fact , it was proved to a demonstration that evening by the
absence ol the whole of the Nottingham presi < -gaug . However he could state , for the satisfaction of the meeting , that Nottingham mid its neighbourhood had not lagged in the race . Localities had been formed at Uarriugtun , Basford , llucknall , Radford , Lamblsy , and Nottingham ,. which were daily rising in importance , lie congratulated them on the prospects of the Society generally , administered a severe castigation to the robber aristocracy ; enunciated the great principle , that " the Land was the People's inheritance , " and concluded by introducing Mr . T . Clark , who spoke for about an hour in explanation of the rules of the society . He urged upon the meeting the important fact , that if their social condition was to be improved , they must not depend upon others , but must do it for themselves . Many
of our opponents had predicted the failure of our plan , but he asked , how that possibly cDiiid be thc case , if we could work and raise wealth for others , could we not do so for ourselves ? Having tho money , the labour , and the land iu our possession , we could not fail , and he concluded his address amidst the plaudits of the meeting . Thc chairman said he should now have the pleasure of introducing another member of the board of directors , Mr . Mc Gi-fith , and he could promise them a rich treat . Mr . Mo Graih , on rising , was received with great applause , lie said , Mr . Chairman and Friends , 1 felt very great pleasure on my entrance into the hall this evening to hear our worthy chairman flogging the plundering aristocracy , and enunciating from this platform that " the Land was the People ' s
inheritance . " lie was there that evening for the purpose of defending that position , and discussing the question with any opponent who might appear : how had the aristocracy acquired the land ? By plunder and murder . The first aristocrats in all countries were thieves . We do not propose to steal it from thom , but to purchase it at a . fair price . He appealed to the meeting if they had not had enough of the present artificial state of society , which when it had used them up , aud consigned thousands to a premature grave , forced the remainder to wear a felon ' s garb in the gaol , or , what was equall y degrading and more appalling , to linger out a luiserabio existence as a pauper in the cold bastile . He urged upon them to join the Land Society , if they had any love for their wives aud children * . he adduced facts
and arguments to show that two acres << i land properly cultivated would produce a sufficiency to maintain in comfort a small family . lie wound up his address , which lasted upwards of an hour , and which was most attentively listened to throughout , by passing thc highest eulogium upon the character ol the chairman , whose . disinterested services he had witnessed for a number of years , amidst several rounds of applause . The ehairman inquired if any person had questions to ask of the speakers now was the time to do it , and info-mud the meeting that as
it was getting late , , he would enrol members in section No . 2 at his lown house . No questions being asked , on the mofion of Mr . Souter , seconded by Air . Boonham , the thanks of the meeting were given to tbe Mayor for the use of the hall ; to Messrs . Me Grath and Chirk , and the board of directors ; to the chairman , who briefly returned thanks , and proposed three cheers for the speedy return of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , which was hcartiiy responded to , when the meeting broke wp . Several new members have since joined thc ( society in Nottingham .
TOWER HAMLETS . At a Weekly meeting of the Chartists of the Whittington and Cat Locality ; the "following Resolution wus unanimously adopted - . — " That we tender Mr . Feargus O'Connor our thanks for his friendly and manly reply to our Resolution on the Ballot , that we consider it as one more proof , if proof were wanting , of his firm resolve to support the true interests of thc toiling millions !"
GREENWICH AND DEPTFORD . A general meeting of the C ! : artists of the above locality was held at Mr . Paris ' s worn on Tuesday eveiMng , April Uth , when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : "That Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Messrs . P . MpGrath , C . Doyie , T . Clark , and T . M . Wheeler , be ; re-olcctcd on the Executive committee for the ensuing year . " " That the thanks of this locality are due , and arc hereby given , to the present Executive for their energetic and praiseworthy conduct during the past year . "
LEICESTER . On Sunday last the good people assembled in the Market Place , ( as thoy were formerly wont to do , ) to hear an address from Mr . G . Buckley , on behalf of thc widow of poor Bramwich , and to pay Dhe last tribute of respect to one of nature's brightest ornaments—a man , whose whole sout was concentrated on the grand object , —to relieve the poor from social and political bondage : a man who aided in the furtherance of " The People ' s Charter , " aud one who was universally beloved and respected by his class . 1 h thc loss ol Bramwich the people have lost a sincere friend , and consistent supporter of their rights .
The claims of Bramwich to universal sympathy arc great , lie was a man after God ' s own heart—just , merciful , and no respecter of persons on account of their wealth ; " they were all equal in his sight—the bond , the free , the black , the white . " Mr . Buckley delivered a very impressive aud suitable address , from the 1 st chapter of Genesis , 28 th verse ; showing that the great dispenser of Divine Providence gave " enough for all , " but the wickedness of man had controverted by human laws what the Author of the Universe gave for all . After the Sermon the Mowing Hymn was sung , which had been composed for the purpose , by the deceased's fellow-labourer Mr . William Jones , of Leicester .
HYMN On the death of Bramwich , the Poet . Mourn for the dead ! poor Bramwich mourn Strew sweet flowers around his urn ! Tho' sys tem-murdured , —in each hreast His name ' s embalmed , iiia memory blest . ' A gentler harp was never strung , A bolder hand was never flung O ' er freedom ' s cords , to cheer the slave-But tyranny lias closed his grave ! His tuneful thoughts in anguish penn'd , Shall soothe our hearts , our morals mend ; Freedom with joy shall own his fame , When tyranny is but : i name ! Twas not God ' s hand that laid him low , — 'IT was dire oppression dcidt the blow , — Pointed the pang of lingering smart—The fatal pang that rived his heart !
VTliat shall we do to be avenged ? Brothers , —no more by strife cstrang'd—• Let us unite to overthrow The power that laid poor Bramwich low ! A letter was read from Mr . Cooper , which appeared to bring back the times when tho great Chartist Bard raised his voice ( on the spot where we stood ) against oppression , and from all external appearances had its desired effect . A collection was made for the poor widow , when 13 s . 4 d . was collected and immediately conveyed to tho afllieted woman ; tho expencc of printing , & c , being defrayed by a few friends .
ClIAIlTlST Co-OPElUTlVJ ! LAND SOCIETY ; AND TUB National Chahtbr Association . —At a joint meeting of delegates , of these two associations , held at 87 , Church Gate , on Monday last , for the purpose of taking iuto consideration , the resolutions passed at the Hall , Turnagain Lane , as instructions to their delegates elected to serve in the next annual Chartist convention ; also to cement in one union the three localities ol Chartists ' A Leicester , it was unanimously resolved on the mutton of Mr . J . Stodd , seconded by M . J . Haynes . " That this meeting views with alarm thc resolutions carried at a meeting held in thc Hall , Turnagain Lane , condemning the executive address , without showing any just or reasonable cause , which we consider is calculated to create a division aud discontent ; and
that this meeting expresses its opinion in favour oi the said address , and condemns all parties who may wrt /< ou ( sufficient reason , use their endeavours openly or covertly , to bring the Chartist government into contempt . " Moved by Mr . Barrow , seconded by-Mr . Green . " That this meeting is of opinion , it is desirable that two should be added to the Executive Council , in consequence of thc great increase of business ; but we denounce all attempts at dividing thc Chartist government , and do hereby express our unanimous opinion that the business of thc ' Chartist Co-operative Land Society , ' and ' National Charter Association , ' should bo governed by the same persons . " Moved by Mr . White , seconded by Mr . Skctchly , " Tuat this meeting places implicit conlideuce in thc present Executive , "—carried unanimously . Joint Goodby , Chairman ,
SUDBURY . The members of the Sudbury branch ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Society , celebrated the purchase of thc peoples' first estate , by a tea party , on Tuesday , thc 11 th day of April , at Mr . Joseph Goody ' s coffee and news-room , wh . eu th . oy spent a most happy evening . Boforo partaking of thc good things before them tho first verso of thai beautiful hymn , " Britain ' s Sons though Slaves you be , " was sung . As soon as tea was concluded the last verse of the befpre-named hymn was sung . Thc rest of the
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evening was spent in discussion , chiefly on the Land . At the close the health of tbe founderof the land project was drank with all the honours . SUTTON IN ASHF 1 ELD . The Chartists here have transmitted a petition to Mr . Duncombe , containing 1705 signatures , against thc Irish Coercion Bill .
BIRMINGHAM . At the usual meeting of the Chartists of this ocahty , the letter of F . O'Connor , Esq ., from the Star of Saturday last , respecting the Coercion Bill for Ireland , was read , when it was unanimously resolved to call a meeting , to bo held at the Ship Inn next Sunday evening , chair to be taken at eight o ' clock , for the purpose of getting up a petition against thut damnable Bill . Men of Birmingham , attend and do your duty . A deputation consisting of Messrs . Pott and Fussell was authorised to wait on the committee of the Repeal Association to ascer tain whether thoy intend to take any steps for gettin g up a public meeting aud petition for Birmingham .
IPSWICH . The Chartist Co-operative Land Society here is going on favourably , everything bespeaks that at no distant day this society will become powerful . As soon as our arrangements are complete , we intend to make the principles of it known amongst tho agricultural labourers around us . ' . All persons who are desirous to join this grand national body , or who wish for information , will receive every attention by applying to the secretary of this locality , Mr . Wm . Garrard , News Agent , Ipswich .
YORKSHIRE . West Ridixc Delegate Mkktixc—This meeting was held in the Working Man ' s Hall , Halifax , on Sunday , April 12 . After the preliminary business had been transacted , the following resolutions were passed : — " That we , the delegates here assembled , approve of the conduct of the executive in delaying the meeting of conference for a short time until we sea the result ofthe government measures now before the Houses of Parliament , & c . We coHsider it a very wise and prudent act and therefore beg ou : e more to express our confidence in the wisdom and prudence of that body . "That a special West Hiding delegate meeting he holden on Sunday , April 20 , In ths Working Man ' s Hall , Halifax , to take into consideration ( providing the convention he held in London ) , the best means t » adopt in order to secure an efficient represwitation of tho West Hiding on that occasion . "
It is most earnestly requested that each locality will send a delegate to represent them at that meet ing . Each delegate will be expected to bring proper credentials of their election .
LANCASHIRE . The Land . —A delegate meeting for Lancashire took place on Sunday morning last , at Wra . Dixon ' s , Temperance Hotel , Ancoat ' s-str eet , Manchester . Delegates present—Staley-bridge , Henry Fallows ; Salford , Robert Ramsden : Oldham , James Lord ; Bury , William Dutson ; Haywood , Jas . Whitehurst ; Burnley , Christopher Webster ; Wigan , Nicholas Canning ; Coolne , James Holgate ; Ashton , James Taylor ; Manchester , Daniel Donovan , James Leach .
mid John O'Hea ; Chorley , William Dixon ; Mottram , Sabel Crowthor ; Bolton , Mr . Mathews , chairman ; Rochdale , Edward Mitchell , secretary . A letter from Mr . Donaldson of Warwick , containing several instructive propositions , was read to the meeting . The letter was iianded over to Mr . O'Connor to be considered by the directors . Mr . O'Connor Mr . Clark , and Mr . M'Grath were present to rendei th , e meeting their valuable afsistanoe . The follewing resolutions , proposed by Daniel Donovan and seconded by Christopher Webster , were adopted : —
" That an Observation Committee be appointed to further thc objects of the Chartist Land Society . "ThatMr . O'iloa , Daniel Donovan , W " m . Dixon , Jag , Leuch , of Manchester , aud Mr . Hoyle of Salford , form tbe Committee . "Resolved , that a Tract Society be formed for Lan . cashire . " That we recommend that a Loan Society be established as soon as possible after the first location by the directors , for the benefit of the members . " Tnafit is considered by this meeting that mortgaging the land is far preferable to selling it . "That this meeting do not recognise any other party as directors of the Land Soeiety but those chosen at the last conference . " That any person located on the land be not restricted entering on any pro & sgion , except dealing in spirituous liquors .
" That it is the opinion of this meeting , that one penny per week be paid by each shareholder as a redemption fund to purchase their allotments . ''
NORWICH . At a meeting of the shareholders of the Norwieh branch of the Chartist Co-operative Laud Society , held on Monday , April 13 , the following resolution was agreed to : — "That this meeting is of opinion that an additional Executive Committee would be injurious to both associations ; therefore , we , the shareholders of this locality , respectfully call upon tho members of the Charter Association to instruct their delegates to oppose such proposition when brought forward in the forthcoming Convention . "
BARNSLEY . A public meeting was held in Mr . Acklam ' s room , on Easter Monday , to petition Parliament against the " base , bloody , and brutal" Coercion Act for Ireland . Mr . James Leary was called to the chair . He depicted the wrongs and injuries inflicted on his cojuntry in such a light as would melt the heart of a barbarian . He showed that any rich scoundrel had the power to turn hundreds of men , women , and children out of their humble habitations , to perish in the ditches , and of course that was perfectly legal ! No Coercion Bill was called for in that case . But let some poor man who , perhaps , was goaded to madness by witnessing his tender offspring dying of hanger and cold , through the deeds of these brutal
desolators of his home , only send one of these wretches to Beelzebub , as a just retribution for his bloody and infamous deeds , and then it was a dreadful murder , and a Coercion Bill was demanded . lie contended that a more peaceable , honest , industrious , and contented people than the Irish did not exist on the face ofthe earth—only let them have reasonable subsistence for laborious toil . He called u-. ; ou the meeting , and upon every person , no matter what creed , colour , or country he was of , to give the most determined opposition to this brutal bill . After several other speakers had addressed the meeting a committee was formed , and the town and suburbs divided into districts for the purpose of obtaining signatures to the petition against the bill .
BRADFORD . On Sunday the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society met in their room , Buttorworthbuildings . Mr . Dobson was called to the chair . The letter of Mr . O'Connor and other portions of the Star were read by the secretary , A discussion took place on the means of procuring a fund to assist parties to remove to the estate when allotted , and it was resolved , — " That a meeting of the members be held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , to devise the best means of establishing a society for that purpose . " On the motion of Mr . Tarry it was resolved , — " That we commence the second section , and the present officers act until a sufficient number are entered to elect their officers from their own body . " The meeting
| then adjourned to Sunday at two o clock in the afternoon . On Sunday the Chartists of the O'Connor brigade met in Mr . Leadley ' s workshop , Butterworth-buildiugs . On the motion of Mr . Smyth , seconded by Mr . Oddy , it was resolved , — . " That we highly approve of the conduct ol tho Executive , and are of opinion they have acted wisely in postponing the assembling ofthe Convention , believing that such postponement will be advantageous to the spread of Chartist principles . " " That a public meeting be held iu this room on Sunday next , at one o ' clock in thc afternoon , to elect a delegate to attend the forthcoming Conference . " _ " That a deputation be sent to the Repeal Asvciation , to receive their answer
respecting the holding of n public meeting to adopt a petition against the Irish Coercion Bill . " Messrs . . Oddy , Dobson , and Smyth , were appointed , and pro- ¦ ceeded to the Temperance Hall . They were received L kindly , but the members expressed their regret that b in consequence of the disorganised state of their body i and difficulty of obtaining employment , they were a unable to give pecuniary aid , but would do all in their r [ lower to forward the object . They thanked the e . working men of Bradford for the kindly feeling dis- ; - played towards their unfortunate country , and begged d to assure them that rank oppression , misrule , and d tyranny , obliged them to unwillingly intrude on the ie overstocked labour market . The deputation assured sd them that they would use every means to send a a numerously signed petition against the measure .
HEYWOOD On Good Friday , a tea party and ball was held the Chartist Association-room , Hartley-street , and id was well attended , the tea gave general satisfaction , n . The teetotal band played the whole time . On ) n Wednesday evening we were honoured with the pre-resencc of Mr . Clark and Mr . M'Grath , who deliverededl stirring addresses . The lectures gave general satia-iiafaction . We are getting up petitions against thehes Coercion Bill .
GLASGOW . At the Weekly Meeting of the braneli of thefefae Chartist Co-operative Land Society , which was holtolc at No . 27 , St . Andrews Square , Glasgow , on Tuc 3-ics + day , April 7 th , Mr . Alexander Coleband , in th 4 h « Chair : —Mr . John Bryan nead from the Star of thvthii 4 th , Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , which was received bl b ; : the meeting with much applause . He then proceeded to deliver an excellent address on the present stattat ! and prospects of tho Land Society . Mr . Rc-borbarr i ' uton then read from Mr . O'Connor ' s work on amnhinl ] Farms , "Rules lor tho practical management of of ;; four acre farm , " whjch seemed to give great en cm couragement to those pressnt . Since tho system ha ha < been introduced by us of reading works of this dis diss cription , our number hat been onjfjo jucrsassass weekly . - a „ . ^ ....
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 18, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18041846/page/5/
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