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    To The Working Classes

    TO THE WORKING CLASSES

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    1 My dear Friends , "Wl "When I teJlyou that I am obliged to steal aa fewa few hours from night in order to submit to 3 jou . ' you a full , simple , and complete treatise in next imonlmonth ' s Magazine , which must be published 1 next next week , I feel assured you will excuse jme 1 me this week ; and , if you should feeldisap-¦ jxhd pointed , ! flatter myself that next week you will be r be more than repaid , as I am determined to vrit vrite an unanswerable treatise upon the questior tion of questions—THE LAND AND THE BANK .

    ] I caaonly tell you that it is now two o ' clock on . on Thursday morninjr , and that at half-past five I I start on a journey of thirty-three miles to at ! attend an auction , and that for the last fortni nig ht I hare not slept five hours a night . Here , an and at Herringsgate , we are going on most gl g loriously . I have seventeen horses OF OUR

    O OWN at work , and fifteen in-calf-heifers m making dung , and ten houses up , and the carp patters' work of all nearly completed . 1 wul ji just give you one word upon the value of co-0 operation . On Friday last I purchased ten 1 horses , for which coal merchants , brewers , t timber merchants , and distillers , were all

    bid-£ ding , but 1 said . " No , they are worth more to t the weavers than to you , and the weavers' pence i shall beat your pounds , " so I bought them- At 1 half-past fire on Friday I wrote to Lowbands io build stables for ten horses ; my letter did not arrive till one o ' clock on Saturday , and at seven ¦ on the same day the horses were each in separate firm stalls with mangers , and paved and finished . Now what say you to that ? and I was offered eight guineas , four guineas a-pieee for two more than I gave , and on Monday they earned 8 s . 4 d . a horse , drawing stones to build houses for men that never had a house

    in their lives . When I tell you tliat I have the least profit from 'The Labourer , ' I may . without begging , ask you to read and KEEP the next number . Your faithful Friend , Feargus O'Connor .

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    METROPOLITAN . Aofd Victims * Fvsd . —To ( he Editor of the Aor . them Star : —I this evening , March 14 . waited on the asi tating committee of the Tower Hamlets , at the Wbittington and Cat , Bethnal-green , and had good reason to be proud with the resuk of my visit , tor on explaining the degraded and miserable position of poor old " daddy Richard ' s , " ann" the rest of veterans , victim * , & c . after some desultory conversation , every one appeared to be actuated by the same motives , viz . to adopt the most speedy and effectual means to ameliorate the sad , and deplorable condition of our unfortunate fellow-creatures ; and in sympathizing with their sufferings , generously noted the sum of £ 1 , to the funds of the " veterans' and orphans' committee , " with a hearty promise to do their utmost in future , and strorgly recommend all localities to contribute one penny a-month , which

    small sum they feel confident would enable the conimitee to amply provide for the future support of the aged and infirm , as well as for those who are deprived of their natural protectors , by the selfish crew , who enact their base laws to crush and grind us . "They anxiously ( through the Star ) look for responses from every quarter in the kingdom , to the noble example they have set , and although the majority are very poor men , are nevertheless determined that our friends shall neither rot in prison , or a Poor Law Hell , for the want of their raite . All honour be to their feeling hearts , and God speed them in their herrnane resolresl" Say I . —I most tell ycu . nU * , that one charUab ' . e soul , whose heart seemed to be made of flesh and blood , cheerfully gave a shilling , with a regivt only that the sum was so small . Tour ' s truly , J . Shaw 24 , Gloucester-street , Commercial-road East .

    At tbb Meeiiso " of the AJEraorw . ira . v Cou-1 UTTEK . —Mr Cummins in the chair , the intended meeting i-i support of Mr Duncombe ' s motion for the repeal of ( the Ratepayimj clauses was considered , when it was resolved that the delegates should consalt their constituents on the subject , and report at the nut meeting on Thursday evening , March Stu . Beruosdsey . —The members have recorded tbeir votes for Messrs O'Connor , Dovle , Wheeler , Jones , and M'Douall to fill the office of executirecommittee . The chapel at Dockbead h s been taken for a meeting to be held on Tuesday evening , March 30 th , for the purpose of furthering the cause of Chartism . Maetmb -se . —Mr J . F . Lindon , delivered a lecture to a very numerous audience , at the Coach Painters' Arms , on Sunday evening last , his subject was " Natural and Politital Economy , " which

    he treated in a thoroughly artistic manner , contrasting natural economy with the humbug , known by the name of Political economy at the present day . He was frequently interrupted with loud cheers . At the earnest request of the meeting : Mr Lindon consented to deliver a second lecture on this subject on Sunday , 28 th inst . The National Victims ' , Widows ' , ixd Orphans ' , iso ageo Patriots' Relief Committee assembled at the same place and same evening , Mr J . Simpson in the chair , when the case of the veteran Preston was brought before the committee , and the sum of ten shillings voted to him . Ten shillings was also ordered to be forwarded to J ? r J . Yates for the use of Mr J . Richards . Ten shillings each was likewise swarded to the veteran , T . R . Smart , and the lawmade widow of Vfil jam Sherrat Ellis . The following sums were handed in : — Mr John Shaw , on behalf of the agitating

    committee of the Tower Hamlets ... £ 10 0 Westminster Locality , per James Grassby ... 0 7 9 Two Friends , per ditto ... ... ... 0 10 Somen Town , per John Arnott ... ... 0 3 4 CamberweU and Walworth , jwr John Simp-* 0 U ... ... ... ... 0 3 3 H . D ., Tower Hamle t * ... ,., ... 0 10 Mr Bornbam ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Soho . —The Central Registration and Genera Election Committee met on Tuesday evening , at the Assembly Rooms , 83 . Dean-street , Mr J . Shaw in the chair . —A communication was read from Mr . Davies , Secretary to the Greenwich Local Committee , announcing the formation of a committee in

    that borough , and requesting addresses , forms of -claim , and information , on which to found an active campaign , which were duly forwarded—Mr J . Shaw was authorised to prrcure and lay before the next meeting of the committee , information connected with the requisition got up in the Tower Hamlets , inviting Universal Suffrage candidates to present themselves at the nest election Mr M'Grath then brought forward his motion . — " That a Metropolitan public meeting be held at the Crown aid Anchor on Wednesday evening , the 14 th of April next , to aid and assist Mr Buncombe in agitating for a repeal of the Ratcpaying Clauses in the Reform Act . "—The motion baring been seconded , Mr Tapp , secretary to the local committee oftbe

    City of London , said he had no doubt that the City locality would exert themselves to the utmost to support the object intended ; in fact , they thought of waiting on every professing liberal within the boundaries of the City , calling on them for their aid . pecuniary and otherwise . —Mr B . Rogers , Lambeth , said hU locality would also do its utmost . After several members of the committee had given their opinion on the subject , the resolution was carried unanimously . It was , then , resolved that a circular be issued , thanking the Metropolitan and Provincial newspaper press , Lr the support rendered on a recent occasion , and invoking their future aid in the cause . —Messrs M'Grath , Stallwood , ar . d Grassby were appointed a sub-Committee , to draw up the circular , and take the Crown and Anchor Tavern

    for the occasion . It was likewise resolved , unanimously "That all Metropolitan localities , as well as every Chartist , and all friends to the repeal of those obnoxious clauses be hereby requested to aid , by pecuniary and other means , in supporting ' this Metropolitan demonstration ' " "That subscriptions be received for that purpose at S 3 , Dean-street , Soho , and br all secretaries and other officers of the localities . " That the whole of the members ( including the tellers ) who voted for Mr Duncombe ' s motion , be invited to attend the proposed meeting , with all such other friends as the committee may think fit . " A very pleasing communication was read m Nottingham , and the committee adjourned outil Tuesday evening next at eight o ' clock . Somers Town . —On Sunday last , a crowded

    aiectj og was held at the Bricklayer ' s Arms , Ton"r id ge-strcet , New Road , Mr Turner in the chair . Messrs O'Connor , M'Gralh , V heeler , Clark , Doyle , and Skelton , were nominated to act for the ensuing year . A subscription of 3 s . -Id . was made for Daddy Richards . Mr Gathard afterwards lectured on practical Agriculture , and gave great satisfaction . Socm LosDos . —A special meeting of the shareno . ders of the Lambeth district , will he held at the ' - ''" artist Hall on Sunday evening , ( to-mnrrow ) , at J ^ n- rast six o ' clock , to take into consideration the

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    >« st mode of defraying the expenses already in " curred in carrying on the business of the above branch , and either to confirm or rescind the resolution passed on the 18 th of August , 1845 . relative t « the payment of local expenses . —Mr . G . W . Wheeler will lecture , as above , at eight o clock o : < the same evening . Subject , " Spade Labour . " The Solemn Farce !—Resolutions have been adopted at various district meetings within the last few days , for the purpose of getting up a public meeting and tea partv on Wednesday , 24 th inst ., at White Conduit House " , T . S . Duncombe , Esq , M . P ., will take the chair . The National Association has offered its services . The public will be admitted , at a charge of 2 d . each , after tea . Toweb Hamlets . — On Sunday evening , the agitation committee met and voted £ 1 to the Victim Fund ; and adjourned to Sunday evening , ( to-morrow ) , at six o ' clock , at the Globe and Friends , Morgan-street , Cnmmercial-road .

    PROVINCIAL . Bjlsto-v . —The following officers have been appointed : —Committee—W . Jcnnines , R . Rowlej , W . Richards , J . Pinner , and T . Almond . Scrutineer—A . Fairburn . Treasurer—J . Linney . Secretary—W . Furnival . Cilstos . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists of Bilston on Sunday evening , the case of Mr Richards was brouent before the meeting by Mr Linney . A subscription was entered into which amounted to twelve ahillinsa , and was ordered to be sent to Mr Richards forthwith . The sum of ten shillings was voted to the " Veteran Patriots' and Widows * and Orphans' Fund . " It was resolved , — " That the local secretary be presented with a copy oftbe plate of O'Connorville , elegantly framed and glazed , as a testimonial of respect for his valuable and gratuitous serviees .

    Bradford . —On Sunday , the Chartists of Bradford held a meeting at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when the present executive were unanimously nominated as candidates for the executive commits for the ensuing year . Dcmfuies . — The Democratic phalanx continues in a most satisfactory state in this locality . Internally it is all that could be desired : a full muster-roll , the most perfect unanimity and good feeling amongst its members , a reading-room full of newspapers and other periodicals ; everything , in fact , which can minuter to theprosperity and usefulness of an institution such as the Dumfries and Maxwelltown Workin ? Men ' s Association . The last quarterly election ot office-bearert resulted in the appointment of the

    following staff : —treasurer . Mr John "Wilson , framework knitter ; secretary , Mr James Grierson , currier ; finance secretary , Mr John Wilson , smith ; librarian , Mr J . May son , bookseller ; auditors , Messrs William Grievson and John Paterson , ironmongers . And the association seems determined after a pretty long rest as regards out-door work , to renew its efforts , so often successful , in the way of arousing the public to a sense of its rights , and how to establish them . It has been arranged toset afloat the National Petition in this district , and a committee is now actively engaged in the preliminaries . Anothercsmmittee is busily employed in arranging

    some , and catling out other measures decided on by the generanneetinc , preparatory to the holding of another of these soirees which have been productive of fo much gooi ; in this locality . The ninth anniversary of the institution of our society will be held in the Temperance-hotel , on the evening of the 26 th inst . Mr A . M'Asland has been appointed t « i preside ; the programme has been discussed and settled , musicians all but secured , and of the decorations of ihe room , the array of beauty and manhood , the speeches , the songs , and the fiddling of the fiddlers , 1 shall take care to give you an arcple report . Correspondent .

    Halifax—The following persons have been nominated for the Executive : — Messrs D . Donovan , E . Jones J . West , — Tattcrsal . and D . Ross . IIebdeh Bridge . —The following resolutions have been adopted - . — "That it is the opinion of this meeting , that there should be two delegate meetings in each district , previous to each annual conference , the first for the purpose of appointing a district secretary , and the second for scrutinizing the votes and giving instructions to the delegate ; and that the directors should fix the time and place for the first meetings . " "That for the better managing of the election , a list of the candidates' names should be published in the Star , at least , three weeks before the day of election . " " That a list of the successful candidates should be published in the Star , at least two weeks before the meeting of the conference , to prevent the possibility of two delegates going from one district under the plea of ignorance or mistake . "

    Manchester . —The following gentkmen have been nominated for the executive : —Messrs . Christopher Doyle , Philip M Grath , Feareus O'Connor , Thomas Clark , and Thomas Martin Wheeler . Manchester . —At the People ' s Institute on Sunday evening , Mr Grocott read Mr O'Connor ' s letter from the " Star , " and several other articles , which were well received . Mr Dickenson then delivered a lecture on the rise and progress of the cotton manufacture . [ We have no room for the report of the lecture . ] At the conclusion of Mr D . ' s address he was presented with a silk scarf as a testimonial of esteem from the Manchester Chartists ; and also with the following address : —

    " The Chartist Council being desirous of roani festing their devoted attachment and profound esteem towards Mr Thomas Dickenson , for the able and assiduous efforts he had displayed , during the i ast few months' residence in this town , in the ranks of the peopleand the cause of democracy , do hereby present him with a scarf , as a small token of gratitude ; for we have observed in him , while advocating popular rights , a sincere oesire to promote human progress . The cause of suffering humanity has occupied his chief attention . With a degree of natural eloquence peculiar to himself , he has exhibited the manifold evils of class legislation , the monarchical pride of sovereigns , with all the paraphernalia of pomp and extravagance . He has also judiciously displayed , in

    terms not to be misunderstood , an historical account of English aristocracy , exposing the oligarchial tyranny of the present ages , as well as past . He has taken great pains , in his discourses , to make known his profound views on the present state of societ ); the rapacious desires of the rich to acquire wealth at the physical expense of the poor ; the great affluence of the one , and the hardships of the other Truth has been his only weapon , and he has directed , or rather desired , the working clashes to walk in the paths of virtue , and steadily seek after useful knowledge . In sympathising with the British labourers ,

    he has particularly wished to see tlera , not only an enlightened but elevated race of citizsns , and has advocated unity , as necessary for the accomplishment of their emancipation . Seeing that knowledge , power , aud unity is strength , le has done all in his power to iropres ? these two axioms upon their minds . We deeply regret that we cannot secure his permanent stay in this town . However , we feel assured , where ever he goes , he will make known our principles the principles of the People ' s Charter . As he is now taking his farewell , we wish him t-accept this as a memorial of our grateful esteem . "—Signed on behalf of the Manchester Council , G . JI . Smith ,

    . Mr Roberts then briefly addressed . the meeting , ex' pressing his satisfaction at the proceedings . On the motion of Messrs Dison and Donovan , a vo ! e of thanks was given to Mr O'Connor for his able refutation of Chambers ' s . Oldham . —On Sunday last , MrT . Jones , lectured in the school-room of the Working Man ' s Hall . At the close a member's meeting took place , for the purpose of nominating fit and proper persons to serve the Executive Committee , when the following individuals were put in nomination , viz : —Messrs . O'Connor , M'Grath . D y e , Clarke , and Wheeler . Rosendalb . —At the weekly meeting on Saturday , Mr O'Connor ' s letter in the Star was read , and a vote of thanks passed to that gentleman for his valuable services .

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    FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Messrs Clark and Potle will visit the following places during the enduing week : Buckfastleigh , Totnes , lorquay , Newton Abbot , and Teignmoutb . Birmingham . —Members of the petition committee who did not attend on Sunday last , and other persons holding petition sheets , are requested to at ten on Sunday evening , March 21 st . Business of the utmost importance nil ! be laid before the meeting . Bbadford . —The members will meet in their room , Butterworth-buildins ; s . on Sunday , at two o ' clock . Four shillings were collected for Daddy Richards .

    Betusal Ghees . — On Sunday evening Mr Lyltyle will lecture at the Railway Engine Coffeehouse , 122 , Brick-lane , at eight o ' clock . Dr . M'Douall ' s Route . —Monday , March 22 , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , in the Guildhall , Sandhill , at seven o ' clock in the evening , for the adoption of the Na tional Petition ; Tuesday , March 23 , Britley , Durham ; Wednesday , March 24 , Blyth , Northumberland . Distress in Ireland . —A public meeting will be held at the City Lecture Theatre , Milton-street , on Wednesday evening , March 24 th . T . S . Duncombe , Esq-, M . P ., will take the chair .

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    Hull . —A meeting will be held at the Ship « w » , Church Lane , to-morrow evening , at six o ' clock , to consider the propriety of holding a public f meeting in favour of the motion of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., for the Rate paying Clauses of the Reform Act . Halifax —Mr Alderson will lecture on Sunday ( to-morrow ) in the Working Man ' s Hall , Bullcloselane , commencing at six o ' clock . Lancashire MmEBS . —The general delegate meeting of this body will be held on Monday , March 22 nd , at the Wheatsheaf , Coppall , near Chorley . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock . W . P . Roberts , Esq ,, and others will address the meeting .

    Liverpool— The quarterly meeting of membeh will take place to-morrow evening , at Mr . Farrell ' s , 4 , Cazneau-street . Manchester . —MrR . Marsden . of Preston , will deliver a lecture at the People ' s Institute , Ileyrod * street , AncoaU . to-morrow evening . Subject : " What the Nature of Trade is ; and the steps necessary to be taken by the Working Men of England , if Ireland ' s horrid woes are to be averted . " Metropolitan Committek . —The next meeting will occur on Thursday , March 25 th , at 83 , Deanstreet , Soho . Business of great importance will be submitted . The chair will be taken at eight o ' clock . - ; V Manchester—Mr Donovan will lecture ifc'thc Chartist room , Mill-street , on Sunday evening . at six o ' clock . The council will meet in their room , on Sonday , 28 th inst ., at two o ' clock , instead of Monday night .

    Marvlebonb . —Mr T . M . Wheeler will lecture oh Sunday evening , at the Coach Painters' Arms , Marylebones . Subject : " Governmentits effects upon the happiness and prosperity of a Natiou . " Newcastle-upon-Tyne . — A deputation has waited upon the mayor for the purpose of convening a public meeting to take into consideration the principles involved in Ihe People ' s Charter , and also to petition the House of Commons forthwith . The meeting will be held in the Guildhall , on Monday next , at seven o ' clock , p . m . Norwich . —A social meeting of Chartists and members of the Natiraal Land Company will be held on Wednesday , March 24 th , at six o ' clock , at Mr G . Hewlett's Coffee-room , in honour of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , and in commemoration of the Land movement , propounded by F . O'Connor , Esq .

    Nottingham . —A meeting of members will be held on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock , at the Seven Stars , Barkers-gate , to enrol new members , and transact other business . Nottingham . —The Election Committee will meet at the Seven Stars , Barker-gate , at seven o ' clock , to-morrow evening , to transact important business . Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr J . Williams , of Stockport , will lecture in the school-room of the Working Man ' s Hall , at six o ' clock . A punctual attendance is requested . A tea party and ball will

    toko place in the large room of the above place on Easter Monday , to commemorate the laying of the first stone of the building , also in honour of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , and in commemoration ofthe Land scheme , promulgated by F . O'Connor , Esq . Soum Loxoas Chartist Hall . 115 , Blaekfriarsvoad . —On Monday evening next . March the 22 nd , a public meeting will be held to take into consideration , the Queen's proclamation relative io a general fast ; and to pass resolationa relative to the present wholesale murders committed in the Irish nation by class legislation . Chair to he taken at eight o ' clock precisely . .

    Sheffied . — The West Testimonial Committee will meet at the Democratic Temperance Rooms , on Saturday evening , at eight o ' clock . On Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock . Mr Otley will deliver an address on " The folly of fasting and praying for the sins of others . " Somers Town . —Mr . P . M'Grath -will lecture to-morrow evening , at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at eight o ' clock precisely . Subject , " The Roval Proclamation for a General Fast . " Tower Hamlets . —A general meeting will be held at the Globe and Friend , Morgan-street , Commercial-road , on Tuesday evening , March 23 rd , at eight o ' clock . Mr Harrison will lecture on "the State Church" on Sunday evening , March 28 th , at seven o ' clock .

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    MESSRS . CLARK AND DOYLE'S TOUR . LtDBUxy . —On Tuesday evening , the 9 th instant , a numerous and highly respectable meeting was held in the Town Hall , for the purpose of hearing addresses from Messrs . Clark and Doyle , directors of the National Land Company , u ; son the land , its capabilities , and the means of obtaining it , as laid down by thc Company ' s regulations . At about 20 minutes to S o ' clock , Mr Huish , an ardent and sincere friend to the cause , was elected to the chair , who opened the business inn pithy speech , and then introduced Mr Doyle to addre-s the assemblage . The speaker gave agraphia but lamentable history of the physical and social evils under whoso blighting influence the

    working people have suffered , and pointed out in clear and forcible language the remedy , which , if applied , would effect a cure , viz ., the Land ; and sat down loudly applauded . —The Chairman next presented Mr T . Clark , who , upon rising , was loudly cheered . Mr C . fully explained the land plan , its principles , objects , and details , and shewed in the most convincing manner , the benefits that would result from their adoption by the sonsof labour , and the trading classes generally . —Mr C . ' s speech gave the greatest satisfaction . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman and the lecturers , after which the meeting dissolved . This was the first meeting ever assembled in thin faction-vidden town for so laudable an object , and there can be no doubt but the efficient labours of the gentlemen who held forth on the occasion , will be productive of considerable good .

    Dktuks—Puimc Meeting . —On Wednesday evening list we were favoured with a visit from Musms T . Clark and C . Doyle , wlm attended here for the purpose of explaining the objects and means ofthe National Land Company . The meeting was held in the National School-room , and was presided over by Mr Bond , jun . It was this gentleman who recently sold his right to location on O'Connorville to Mr Gamball , of Somers Town , for the sum of £ 90 . The meeting wasvery numerously attended , and ihe addresses were most enthusiastically receive ' .

    Bbidoewatkb . —For the first time in the memory ofthe oldest inhabitant of this corrupt and priest-dominant borough , a public meeting for a worthy purpose was held on the evening of Thursday , the Uth instant , in a commodious room . The meeting was called to hear addresses from Messrs Clark and Djyle upon the all-important subject of the land : A working-man ofthe right stamp was unanimously elected to the chair , who made a very effective open * ing speech , which was repeatedly applauded . — Messrs Clark and Doyle apoke for two hours , and

    their sentiments seemed to give the most perfect satisfaction to their auditors , as unmistakeably evinced by the frequent bursts of approbation which intervened 'during the time . At the conclusion , they received the hearty thanks of the meeting . When the business was over , a goodly number of friends retired to the " Fleur de Lis , " and partook of an excellent and substantial supper , the getting up of which reflected the greatest credit on the worthy host and hostess . Several democratic toasts were given and responded to during the evening , and the utmost harmony and brotherhood prevailed

    throughout . Wellington . —On Friday evening last , a public meeting ofthe inhabitants of Wellington , was held in the large room ofthe Half Moon Inn , for the purpose of considering the propriety of forming a brai . ch of the National Land Company . At half-past seven , Mr Thompson , schorlmaster , was clled to the chair , and opened tho proceedings of the evening . —Mr Clark then proceeded at considerable length to develope the plans of the company , challenging refutation at everv point , and was frequently interrupted by the plaudits ofthe meeting . At the close of Mr Clark's address , the chairman urged some objections ho entertained against the land plan , tu

    which Mr Doyle replied in one of his usual eloquent and able speeches . At the conclusion of which , the chairman brought forth a budget containing certain calculations which he had prepared previous to coming to the meeting , on which a discussion ensued . The result was , that after the chairman had exhausted his opposition , he declared that he was satisfied , and that be had no doubt hut that the objects ofthe company might bo effected with tie means proposed in the rules . A vote of thanks was then moved by Mr Clark to the chairman for his services , which was seconded by Mr Doyle , and carried unanimously .

    Plymouth . —Messrs Clark and Doyle addressed a full meeting at the Mechanics' Institute , on Monday evening . Several questions were submitted , 1 which they satisfactorily answered . Mr . Clark

    tit f A tlie , » Wmy of the present banking system , and completely set at rest certain doubts which existed in the minds of some who were present The proceedings of the evening were most sabsfactory , and the following resolution was carried unanimously :- ^ - That theNational Land Company and the Land and Labour Bank possess the confidence of this meeting , and that we pledge ourselves to theronf » " ^ dto txerfon to promote the objects mercoi i he miSs , on of these gentlemen is likely to effect a vast amount of good here . * METROPOLITAN .

    CAMnERWEii , and W 4 LWonTn . —A very numerous meeting of shareholders was held on Monday evening , at Harrison ' s Assembly-rooms , 9 , East-lane Walworth ; Mr William Woodford in the' chair .-Mr John Simpson detailed the rise and progress ' of the Land movement in that district , and said , were the principles of the Land Company in rail play throughout the length and breadth of the kingdom , there could not be such a thing as famine . The present dearth , scarcity , famine , or whatevpr other term they might choose to designate it , was caused solely by misgovernment . Seven now shareholders were added to the company : a considerable acquis ! . tion was also made to the ranks of the Charter Association . It was also announced , that the proprietor

    to oms had gives op the Dispatch , and comtakinjr in the Northern Star . ioRT .--The shareholders approve of the sugfor holding the next conference at Lowbands , on the 1 st of July . Lambbyh . —At a meeting of shareholders held at the South London Hall on Sunday last , it was suggested that the directors call upon members and others to pay into the Bank not less than one penny per week ; interest , however , not to commence until £ 1 be subscribed , the society having the benefit until that time ; butSJ per cent , will be psid afterwards on whatever cash may be subscribtd . SitoKKMTcir . — On Wednesday evening last Mr M'Grath lectured on < he Land . The lecture gave

    great sitisfaction , and a vote of thanks was given to Mr M'Bratb . After tho lecture , a special meeting of the members was held , when Messrs S . Dowling , L . Kina , E . Peterson , J . Glover , and T . Newsom , werechfsen for committee ; S . Dowling , scrutineer . Westminster . —The debate on the Land and the Charter was resumed at the Westminster Library and Debttiiig Society Hall , Broadway , on Saturday evening , March 13 , by Mr Stallwood , who gave an able exposition of the " six points , " vigorously defending ( his just ana true representative government from the assaults of its enemies , and showed the connection between the Land and the Charter , and clearly demonstrated that from the immense quantity of uncultivated land in England , Scotland

    and Ireland , that were the people fully and fairly represented , a more equitable distribution of wealth must of necessity f-nsue , and , consequently , that it would be utterly impossible that those awful scenes of misery , destitution and death which were now so fearfully depopulating Ireland , could take place , and that no proclamation for a "Solemn Farce" would disgrace our land . Mr Stallwood resumed his seat amidst loud applause , — Mr Cathie did not fxactly coincide with the six points of the Charter . If we went upon CoVoett ' s principles , that all had a right to live , and consequently all should be represented , then should women and children have the franchise . For his part , he thought an educational test necessary , and believed it would be beneficial if

    every person was compelled to produce a diploma from a Meclianics' Institute before he was admitted to exercise electoral privileges . He could notasree with his friend , who had so eloquently descanted on the intellectual powers of his order ; on the contrary , he did not think all , or that a majority of the intellect was to be found on the side of the workirg classes , and quoted the great powers of mind i f Earl Chatham and fjdmtind Burke , in support of his views . He ( Mr C . ) thought property better calculated to produce enlightened , cultivated men than poverty , and concluded by asking if any ono would dispute the advantages of his educational test ? [ Mr Stallwood : Yes . I will . ]—Mr J . Gathard said , it mi » ht not be politic or prudent to advocate women

    suffrage just now ; but , at the same time , he certainly would not object to that , but as regarded children , os with plants and animals , a certain time must elapse before thoy were ripe ; hence he objected to children possessing the vote , and thought the n ? e laid down in the Charter a good one , —it . being the one of legal maturity . ( Hear , hear . ) As regarded the diploma of his friend , he would very much like to know in whom the appointment of judges of the Mechanics'Institution was to be vested ? ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Cathie had admitted that knowUdge prevailed to a much greater extent in fclie United States than in England ) : how was this to be accounted for otherwise than from their having an approximation to the People ' s Charter , and consequently the people

    of that country had no stamp acts , or other toll bars on the road to knowledge . ( Cheers )—Mr Trumble , in following on the same side , said he did not like the doctrine of expediency , and thought if we waited till they admitted "it was time , " we never should possess the suffrage . ( Cheers . ) He contended for the superior intellect for his order—the working clashes . Take the first peer of the realm , the Duke of Cambridge , as a specimen of the intelligence of his order , hear him declare that he invariably voted with the minister , and consequently that he had n » mind of his own , although he had been a legislator for nearly half a century—( hear , hear)—his friend Cathie had quoted Earl Chatham as a specimen of aristocratic elequenoe , but he should remember that even his was not hereditary wisdom , and against this

    he had a most brilliant and mo * t powerful mind , that arose from and acted for the people to placehe meant John Philpofc Curran . ( Loud cheers . ) Ay , { . « aid Mr Trumble , ) only give the people the suffrage , and then the golden barriers will be removed , and from the working men will spring many a John Philpot Curran . ( Applause . ) The time for closing having arrived , it was resolved that this question be considered finished , and that Mr Cathie bring on his question— " the influence of machinery , " on Saturday next ( this evenng , March 20 ) . The room was so crowded that many could not find admission . Wc understand that a more commodious room will Ih provided below t ' te commencement of the next debate . A considerable acquisition to the numerical strength of the Debating Society was made .

    Woolwich . —The first important meeting on the subject of the land was held at the George the Fourth Tavern , King-street , on Monday evening . Messrs Philip M'Grath , J . Gathard , E . Stallwood , S . Boonam , and W . Hewitt , attended from London to assist in the proceedings . The spacious club room provided for the occasion was crowded . Mr W . Hewitt was unanimously called to tho chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . Mr J . Gathard ad . dressed the meeting , and said that land with labour was the source of all wealth , but it had hitherto been locked up from the working classes , and tens of thousands of * them were consequently thrown out of employ , having no other resource to fall back upon than snob as that great abomination the new poor law

    afforded , and which was hated by every rifeht-tmndeu Englishman . ( Hear . ) Well , the working men had by their delegates assembled together in the month of May , 1845 , a * d formed the present National Land Company , and which , although not jet two years in existence , had already arrived at a giant ' s strength , the pence and shillings { of the working classes having accumulated into a fund of £ 27 , 000 , with which the company had purchased three estates , now in their possession , to which tbo several fortunate shareholders were allotted ; and the directors were new in quest of other favourable spots for the purposes ofthe Company . In December last , he ( Mr Gathard ) had the good fortune to obtain a four-acre prize , for which he had been offered 100 / ., but had declined the offer .

    f he Chairman now called on Mr . M'Grath , who was loudly applauded , and said they did not meet here as Whigs or Torios , or any other description of partisans , but for the purpose of considering the best means of placing the working men on the land . He held the principle that the possession of land is well calculated to improve the condition of the people . A few months ago scarcely anything was said or written on this all-important subject , but since the successful operation of their company had transpired , every newspaper , periodical , magazine , para-V i ' j u " ' teeme , i witn articles on tho land , whilst it . Itad become a staple commodity for legislators to descant on . ( Hear . ) Everything , whether food , clothing , or dwellings , sprang from the land ; yet the land was monopolised by a few , which he

    declared to be a gross injusticc- ( cluers )—for if the land be the property of the few , those few . like his Grace of Newcastle , have a right to do what the ) like with their own , and consequently should they please , might abstain from cultivating a single acre , and thui starve large masses of the industrial population . ( Applause . ) Ho believed that G & d gave the earth to big people , for the benefit of all . — ( Cheers . ) However , he did not wish to take the land by force from those who held it in right of laws made by themselves , but he did look to those who held it as bound by their tenure to render an account , and to cause an equitable distribution o { its produce . ( Applause . ) Mr M'Grath then reviewed tho mode in which the landed aristocracy obtained possession , and asked , was W ) t BUOh a .

    ffamaas ^ BaS -cheers ) -a and ut Scotland the whole land was held by three thousand men , amongst whom his Grace of Sunderland was rated as the greatest me nopohst , besides being charged with ( through his agent ) turning the poor people from their holdings out on the highways , to perish . Mr M'Grath next entered into a lengthened and loeid exposition ofthe National Land Company , its practical working , its estates , buildings , National Land and Labour Bank & c , and demonstrated the value of the security given by this bank to its depositors over every other

    institution of the kind in the kingdom . Mr M'Grath resumed bis seat amid loud and protracted cheering . A resolution , expressive of the approbation of the meeting in the principles of the Land Company , as propounded by Mr M'Grath , was moved bv Mr Dempster , and seconded by Mr Stallwood , and ( after some questions had been put and satisfactorily answered ) was carried unanimously . A district of the Company was then formed for Woolwich and vicinity . Mr Green was appointed secretary , pro tem . The nights of meeting will be Monday in each week , at 5 , Bwesfova-street . A number of shares were taken out . A vote of thanks was afterwards given to the chairman .

    PROVINCIAL . ALMOKDBtmy . —A branch of the Land Company has been formed here , and the following officers elected : —John Roy , secretary ; Richard Brook , treasurer ; John Bradshaw , scrutineer ; George Stanfield and George Roberts , auditors . Accbikotos . —At the weekly meeting , the following resolution was passed unanimously : — " That it would be unwise to hold the next Conference at Lowbands , believing that little good could arise from holding meetings at such a place , unless the allottees had been located at least a sufficient time to have reaped ono crop of their own sowing . That the same accommodation cannot be had for the members as in a more populous place , and more members may be added to the company by holding the

    Conference in some large town , such as Sheffield , Leeds , Bristol , Blackburn , Preston , Bolton , Burnley , & c , and further , it was decided at the last Conference , when and where the next Conference should be held ; and this meeting is of opinion that the directors ought not , unless from some urgent cause , to either alter tho time or place of meeting as agreed to by a Conference of Delegates , otherwise conferences will be useless ; their decisions will be looked upon as not binding , and the success of the society will be endangered . " Bramhofe , kkab OrLKr . —On Sunday this place was visited by Messrs Alderson and Smyth , and the principles of the Land Association explained ; when arrangements were made for the formation of a branch of the National Land Company .

    Bolton . — At a meeting of the shareholders on Sunday evening , a resolution was passed condemning the Chambers's , and thanking Mr O'Connor . BnAoroRD —The members ofthe Land Association held their usual weekly meeting , on Sunday evening in Butterworth-buildings , when a resolution was unanimously adopted in favour of holding the conference in July , at Lowbands . Chatham . — A public meeting was held at the Plough , New Brompton , Chatham , on Tuesday evening , when Messrs Willis and Payne , from the

    Rochester branch , attended , and explained the great benefits to be derived by the working men joining the Land Company . Tho room was well filled ; several questions were asked , and the answers seemed to give general satisfaction . Several took cards and paid their entrance money ; others promised to join . Manchester—A general meeting of shareholders was held in the Mall of the People ' s Institute , on Sunday last , Mr Radford in the chair ; when officers were duly elected . No money can be received at any other place than the office , which is open on Wednesday , Saturday , and Sunday evenings .

    NEWCASTLE-uroK-Ti-NB . — Resolution passed : — " That in the opinion of the shareholders of this branch , the expenses consequent upon holding the previous conference having been ro » re than tho income , we vote against holding the ensuing conference sooner than the time and place appointed by the late conference ; which conference shuuld , if the state of the expense fund permit , order the next conference to meet in July 1848 , at such time and place as it shall deem proper . " Nottikohau . —• Mr . Douse lectured at the Fox and Hounds , last Sunday evening . Subject , " The Cul . tivation of the Soil . " A spirit of inquiry was aroused ; and , at the conclusion , Mr . D . received an unanimous vote of thanks .

    PEnsHORE . —The shareholders thank Mr O'Connor for his reply to Chambers , and approve of the Conference meeting it Lowbands , on the 1 st of July . Rochdale . —A gentleman who had recently visited O'Connorville delivered a highly satisfactory leeture last Sunday evening , to an attentive and numerous meeting . At the conclusion , a few questions were asked , and replied to satisfactorily . Rbtford . —The shareholders at this place have expressed their disapprobation of the conduct of the Chambers ' s , and their thanks to Mr O'Connor . Swindon .- —At a meeting of shareholders , on Monday last , the following resolutions were agreed to : —• ' That the next conference be held at Rcdmarley . " " That one penny per month be levied on oach member to defray local expenses . " All members in arrears , unless paid on or before the 1 st of April , will be struck from the list of shareholders .

    Forthcoming Meetings. Bradford.—Sharehol...

    FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Bradford . —Shareholders are requested to meet at 31 , Spinkw heel-terrace , on Sunday , at two o ' clock . Chelsea . —Shareholders will meet at Herbert ' s Temperance Coffee-house , Exeter-street , Sloatiestreet . on Tuesday evening next , to consider the propriety of convening a public meeting . Uanley and Shelton . — The shareholders condemn the Chambers ' s , and express their thanks to Mr O'Connor for his able reply . KiDDgRMissTsn —Resolutions hare been passed approving of Mr O'Connor ' s suggestion respecting the next conference , and ' the society of twenty or more individuals to buy an estate for themselves . " Leicester . —A resolution has been passed condemning the Chambers ' s . Liverpool . — Shareholders will meet at Mr .

    Farreli a , ' 1 emporance lintel , 4 , Cazneau-street , on Monday , March 22 nd . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . Manchester . —Shareholders will meet in the Hall of the People ' s Institute , on Sunday March 28 tll . Chair to be taken at ten o'clock . N . B . —Communications to be addressed to Mr . Dixon , Temperance Hotel , 93 , Great Ancoats-street . Masslkv . —The shareholders will meet every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , at the Fleece Inn . Salford . — Shareholders are requested to present their cards on or before the 27 th inst . The officers will not be responsible - for any error after this notice . SnoBEDiTcn . —Mr . G . Wheeler will lecture at Mr Taylor ' s , Railway Engine Coffee-house , 122 , Bricklane , on Wednesday next , at eight o ' clock . Subj ect , "Spade Husbandry . " Mr T . M . Wheeler will lecture on Wednesday , the 31 st .

    Todmoiidbn' .- Resolutions have been passed thanking Mr . O'Connor for his refutation of Chambers's doctrines ; requestirg Mr O'Connor to visit Tod * mordeu ; and that a tea party be got up on the 1 st of May , Wioas . —This branch will meet in the large room , Bear ' s Paw Inn , on Sunday , ( to-raorrowj at six o ' clock in the evening . It is proposed to form other districts in the locality . York . —Shareholders will meet in future at the Blue Bell , Fossgate , every Tuesday , at seven o'clock , P . M .

    Terrific Murders In Ireland.—We Have To ...

    Terrific Murders in Ireland . —We have to record one of the most sanguinary outrages perpetrated in this unhappy land for some years past . There are various versions of it in Dublin , but all giving the main fact , that a pay clerk of the Board of Works and a constable have been brutally murdered . Mr . Prim , one of the pay clerks of the Board of Works , accompanied by an armed policeman , left Thomastown on Monday morning ahont eight o clock , with a sum of money for the payment of a body of men at Callan . They were in a gig , and when they came up to a sharp turn in the road ,

    they were stopped by five armed men , who shot them dead . It is said that there is hardly a vestige of the head of either Mr Prim or the constable left , ami that in the course of the day a man was found in a wood not far from the scene of this double murder in a dying state , two bullets having entered at his shoulder and lodged in his lungs . It is staled in a letter from Kilkenny that tins man has confessed he was one ofthe party . A remarkable feature in connection with this fearful outrage is , that the brother of Mr Prim had just been sworn on a jury at KiU kenny for the trial of a man charge-. ! with robbing another pay clerk ofthe Board of Work * .

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    The Fraternal Democrats. On Monday Eveni...

    THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . On Monday evening this society assembled ait tbeir place of meeting , Drory-tene , when , in the unavoidable absence of G . W . Wheeler , J . Cnughlan was called to the chair . Some new members having been elected , letters were read from W . Daniells , editor of the Miners' Advocate , and R . Wild , ot Mottrara , who were both nominated for member , ship . The discussion on the American Land Movement was then rejoined .

    J . Overton said the American Reformers had put forth twelve propositions , in which , for the most part , he concurred , although he regretted that the Americans did not go the whole length of proclaim , ing the land national property . He wished the Americans would invest the women with the franchise , and set their faces against the holding of land as private property in any shape . J . Moy repeated the objections he had urged on a previous- occasion to " partial reforms . " Land monopoly was » ot the great evil—the monster error

    was the allowing land to lie at all held as private property . After the first French Revolution there were e ' even landholders where there had been but one previously - bust was the condition of the people improved ? He admitted the right of every individual to possess as his own the improvements he effected o » the land , but not to hold a property in the land itself . He next showed the evils of the present currency system , and contended that the American Reformers were also in error as regarded the currency .

    G . Julian Harney , while holding the doctrine that the laud should not be private property , defended the American Reformers . If their movement was not perfect , it was open to improvement ; the laws of the American Reformers were not like the laws ofthe Medes and Persians . Carl Schapper opposed the views of the preceding Speaker , who seemed to have taken Jean Jacques Rousseau for his model . , He ( C . Schapper ) was not forgoing back to the teachers of a centuiy

    ago , or even to the time of the French Revolution ; nor did he approve of the Communism taught by Robert Owen . The German Communists did not believe in the practicability of family communities ; the Germans would proceed in propagating their principles , until the majority of the people were ripe for the change , and then change the entire system , social and political , at once . He disapproved of the American movement , because the Americans admitted the holding of the land as private property .

    On the motion of W . Rohson , seconded by — Brown , the discussion was again adjourned to the next meeting ; W . Robson to open the discussion .

    Emigration. We Refer Our Readers To Our ...

    EMIGRATION . We refer our readers to our police report , where they will find an exposure of that swindling scheme , " The Mutual Emigration Association . " The warnings we have held out against emigrating to Texas are now confirmed by the Lord Mayor of this metropolis and the Government Emigration Commissioners . Of the real state of Texas we may say something another time ; this week we ask our readers to " mark , learn , and inwardly digest" the following statement of the appalling condition of the poor emigrants in New York : — From Yoioip America of Fab . 6 th

    the surrtiuNG imhigiunts . The wretched victims of capital and land monopoly are daily thrown upon our ihoris . AH our cbarityhou « esare « rammtd to suffocation . The exhibitions of misery lire horrifying . Homeless , landless , half naked famishing , benumbed with cold , covered With iilth and tags , crawling with vermin , tottering to and fro with the ship fever m-oii them , they stalk through our streets , mere wreck * , ot' men and women ! At night , it' so fortunate , they are gathered into the station houses indiscriminately , among our own vagrants , and in the morning ure again cast into the streets . They wander about through the day heart-brokin and desolate , casting their imploring looks upon the cart-less throng of passers , spenkin ^ a language tha t their lips dare not utter , " 0 , give me a home ! give me shelter ! give me bread and warmth ! give me but a woid of sympathy even , if you ean do no more I" Some have perished in the streets , in tliu tombs , and in the various station houses > tv , o

    were found drowned in the East river , who undoubtedly put an end to their wretched existence . The hospital at Bloomingdale is like a field of carnage , where the deud and d ) in * are piled up in one mass oi ° revolting contagion . The physician is sick ; there is but one nurse for all the patients , and she has been laid sick with the ship fever . The dead and dying lie for hours beside each other in narrow unventilatcd apartments , ilothers have abandoned their young infants and gone , none know whither . Three young innocents , so abandoned , & re Iving amid tilth and vermin moaning piuously for ore and nourishment . OGod ! what a specimen of misery is there to he witnessed' The eye may sketch it , bu tongue nor pen cannot relate it iu its horrible details We intend giving nwt week a" history of ihess emigran hospitals and their abuses : l « t this rrcital suffice for ; h present . The common council have the matur in hand if they abate the vtiongs , well ; otherwise wo shall as for a redrew of grievances at the hands ofthe p ipulace

    Murder In Shoreditcii. About Half-Past T...

    MURDER IN SHOREDITCII . About half-past ten o'clock on Wednesday night a fearful murder was committed by a man , named Thomas Brooks , an umbrella-rib-maker , upon Win . Gobert , who at the time was living with the sister ot the former . The prisoner , when conveyed to the station-honse , at once confessed the crime , merely assigning as a reason for its commission that , had he not shot deceased , the latter would have shot him . When searched , some powder and shot were found on his person . From his statement , it appears that deceased , in company with the female mentioned , entered the house , and demanded some trilling property in the prisoner's possession . Upon being ordered to withdraw , and refusing , Brooks threatened to lodge a bullet in the breast of deceased , and

    instantly fired ; the shot entering on the left side of the breast , death ensued instantaneously . The prisoner is apparently under 20 , and his victim about 23 years of age . On Thursday morning the prisoner was brought before Mr Arnold at Worship-street ; but the investigation was a private one . We have , however , gleaned a few particulars at the ab > ve stated time . It appears that as police constable 201 II was proceeding on his beat through Hare-alley , Shorcditch , he was called into one of the houses therein by a female , who said that a man named William Gobert had been shot . The constable at once prjeeeded into the house , where he found Gobert lying upon the basement flooring uppn his back . lie hid been shot through tho body . Ho gave one moan only on the approach of the constable , and then ceased to

    breathe . The constable then proceeded up stairs , ' where he perceived upon the landing the prisoner , ' Thomas Brooks , who is connected with the murdered man either by marriage or otherwise ,, with a sort of carbine in his hand , which had evidently been just let off . Brooks , on perceiving the constable , exclaimed , "If I had not d » ne itt < ttiey would have served me out . " Inspector Harris searched the prisoner , and found upon him a dark lantern , a powder * flask , with powder , and some shot . The unfortunate man , it appears , had been to the house ( one of bad repute ) on a previous occasion to demand certain things belonging to him in the prisoner ' s custody , and he was then told if he came there again on such «» errand , " ho would Buffer for it . lie aid go again and hence the dreadful catastrophe . The prisoner was remanded till Tuesday next .

    Pmsiky.—Triumph Ov The Working Classes.—...

    Pmsiky . —Triumph ov the Working Classes . — -A meeting has been recently held here for the purpose of forming lines of railway in connexion with this town , and with the view of thrusting upon the people undertakings which have been countenanced by monopolists j and thus , whether beneficial or otherwise to the majority , endeavouring to deceive the working classes into the belief that their interests were really consulted ; whilst the sequel has proved that the monopolists have been signally defeated , anil held up in their own , proper colours . At a crowded meeting last week , Councillor Council in the chair , the following

    resolution was submitted : — " That the arbitrary con . duct of the Ayrshire Company , in charging too high for minerals and parcels , their irregular hours of starling the trains , and the otherwise improper treatment of the inhabitants , call loudly for the establishment of an independent line of railway be tween Paisley and Glasgow . " After a stormy debate , the concoctors of the meeting were utterly routed , the following amendment being carried amidst the applause ofthe meeting : — " That as there appears to be no material dift ' erence between the lines as to the mineral traffic , and as it is evident , from the argument brought forward , Vhatneuher will secure

    to the inhabitants the benefits of competition , this meeting leaves the respective companies to fight their own battles . " We are glad to see the men of Paisley are " » p and doing , " and , although we regret to add there is a vast amount of sad destitution amongst them , they have not sunk into ( carelessness and apathy which distress too fatally engendm , and of which the sister country pxesents so fearful an example . Lkwks . — The election to suppl sioni-d by the acceptance of the bv Sir II . Elphinstono , Bart ., itesday . Captain Lyon , the finding no chance of success , < Ferfept i tho froo trader , to waft

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• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20031847/page/1/