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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAM) SOCIETY.
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Mr Beab Fsxesbs, OnThnrsdaT|last,Iwent t...
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A JS AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNAL.
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Bonneli, Vale of Levun.—Baptized on Sunday, the
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Guild Stolk.v bv ith ow.v Fatuek. — A novel and
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To The Members Of The Chartist Co-Operative Lam) Society.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAM ) SOCIETY .
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Mr Beab Fsxesbs , OnThnrsdaT | last , Iwent to see an estate that was advertised to lie sold at Marsh Gibbon , near Bicester in Budangharasliire , and as the capability Of the SOU * has heen a matter much disputed by persons who know no more about it than idiots , and as it is a subject upon which of all others you should 1 « thoroughly informed , and as one fact is worth , a thousand argmnents and ten thousand vague assertions , I shall recount some facts which I saw and \ ome that I learned in my drive from Aylesbury to
Bicester , a distance of seventeen miles , and yon will anderstand that mineare facts , unlike the fabricated conversations of the League , manufactured between Steam-boat passengers and free traders , and not one ^ which ever really occurred . I have the vulgar labit of picking up information from any source , a od as I went in a gig and found my driver to be a terv shrewd fellow , I will recount the information that I gathered from him and through him . His name is Henry Turnham , he is boots and " ¦ second turn" at the White Hart Hotel , Aylesbury There is chapter and verse for the curious . I asked him what the usual rate of wages was in the
counirc district ; he told me it was 8 s . a-week , and was Toff in consequence of the introduction of agriculjmai machinery , such as thrashing and winnowing machines , and that the trials for machine-breaking lad been dreadful . At that time there were so jjjjjjv labourers in prison , that they were obliged to jend to the gaols in the morning to pick out those there was least against to " milk the cows . " I'm corrv they did not allow them to milk them themselvcs ; butyon see they can't do even so much without them . That's what I say , not what the driver said . A first cousin of his , "William Turnham , I think was one of three who were transported , they were made
tn example of because they carried guns . He was 2 capital workman , remarkably quiet and very much liked by his employers , he got fourteen years , and returned from the thieves' colony six weeks ago Tsith eight hundred pounds , ( I wonder how long he would be making that among the honest gentlemen at home ! 0 and was now about taking one of the farms of two hundred acres where the machines had been destroyed . Ton see how money makes the man , and how its influence covers the law's condemnation , as well as a multitude of sins . "When tve got to a village called Wadsdon about six miles
from Aylesbury , I saw a vast number of men working as if for their very lives , in a very large field ^ and in their shirt sleeves . I said , " That ' s a proper farmer ; he digs his land and employs plenty of men . " He smiled , and replied , " Sir , those are all firming for themselves ; that ' s a large piece of ground that the clergyman , the Rev-Mr . Latimer , took from a farmer that was letting it get had , and he let it out to the poor at the same rent as the farmer paid . " God Almighty bless that clergyman , " said I . " "Well , and does it produce more now ? " "More , sir , " said he , " aye
more than sis times ss ' ttiuch ; they are obliged to dig it , and it ' s the cleanest and best hit of landfor miles round . " " Well , " said I , " are they fond of the clergyman . " " Tes , they are , I often drive him and he ' s as nice a gentleman to speak to as ever I sat alongside ; he says he ' s very much pleased with his flock . I used to go to his church , and he has two for one now on Snndays , and they ' re so respectable looking . Indeed " he continued , " you may see the people running in all directions in summer t ime , when they ' ve done work for the farmers , and going till dark and almost before lig ht to -work for
themselves . " " "Well , " said I , " if there was a disturbance again would they attack their clergyman ?" " No , indeed , " said he , " but they'd fight for him—I don ' t say the farmers would , but all the poor of the parish would , and the shopkeepers of "Wadsdon ought , for there ' s a great improvement in their shops . " " 2 vbw , " said J , " do they pay more attention to what he says on Sunday ^? " " Tes , sir , to be sure they do , when they know that he's for their 1 good / ' It was half-past ten when I passed , and on j my return they were all working away , and to my j sorrow , as I was deriving to catch the train , I could
not go amongst them to cheer them , and join in thanksgiving to a minister of God ' religion . I have often said give me , a thousand times give me , the city with its church steeples , in preference to the city with its Jong chimnies . "When did you ever hear of a cotton lord letting land to the poor . The way to the farm I was about to inspect was intricate , and lay through bye-roads , and when within about a mile and a half of the place I stopped and called at a cottage on the roadside , where I found a strapping looking fellow between thirty and forty , with a charming smiling countenance , and dressed in
a blue smock frock , who answered and offered to accompany me to the farm . And now you shall have his history from his own lips . The farm was a common , recently enclosed . My guide ' s name is Thomas Cater . Before the common was entirely stolen the fanners leased it out in small lots , and Thomas Cater took four acres in the rough , with fane and all sorts of rubbish ; ( 1 give you his own words ) , he took the four acres at a rent of £ 5 a jear , or £ 1 5 s . an acre—he breast-ploughed and burnt it , and in two years and a half he made it SO GOOD that the FARMERS TOOK IT FROM HIM AS HE'D WORK XOWHERE ELSE—he had
lie best crops in the parish , and when they took it he would cladl y have g iven £ 2 lOs . an acre , or double rent for it , that is double what they charged him , which in its then state was much more than it was worth . He built a house , hut luckily for him not on the common , as that would have gone , but a mile and a half away from his work . Now make a sum of this return from 4 acres of common for two years and a half . He lived and supported his family and built a house , and he would not give his four acres for £ 10 a year , that
* s £ 5 a year for ever over and above the too high rent ; £ 5 a year at 4 per cent is worth £ 125 , so besides living and huilding a house , this man had earned £ 125 , or £ -50 a year for two years and a half , while the wages he could earn , and out of which he should live , but never could build a house , was 8 s a week , or allowing 10 s . —and to work every fey in the year— £ 26 a year . Again , the two veal's and a half was all labour and expense , every oiher year it would have been twice , thrice , aye ten limes as productive . Now who would work for a i
master , when he can work for himself . Well , exactly opposite the farm , at the other side , I saw a | man and two children , of about the respective ages \ of 6 and 7 working away , when Thos . Cater said i smilingly , Look at them . Who are they , said I . Why , * Kd he , that ' s the 45 acres that 12 of us look there at 30 s an acre , and that man is working on his own , ' a « d the youngsters are picking couch grass andj weeds to bum ; and they are so used to it , that ' they'd do as much as the man . Are they ever sick ? j ^ d 1 ? Sick , he replied witb a laugh , not they in- j deed , you'd see them crawling about there in sum-1 mer before they can walk ; and they get as cute as : eats before thev are 5 , and thev civ to come out .
" " , I said , how much do you hold—who is your landlord , and have you a lease ? I Lold 5 acres at £ 7 10—Mr . Root is my landlord . W e took it first for 3 years , and since then we go on from year to y ^ r . Get a lease , said I . O ! the landlord is a very Rod man . Get the lease , I replied . ICAN T , I 1 E ^ AID . Well now , I asked , what sort of crops have J" * ? Well , he answered , I'll tell you . There can "C no difference , said he , between the two sides of the ^ i but the farm you ' re on is the best land ; this J * ar he had three quarters of wheat to the acre , and " HAD 5 AND OVER . I then explained the disa ^ antage of living a mile and a half from his laud , v he appeared to understand ; and I also ex-
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plained the land plan , and how each cottage was on the land , and the lease for ever , and the bonus given to commence . O , said he , if I could only get that chance I'de jump for joy , WHY I'DE BE A
GENTLEMAN . I had gone so far with my letter , when Mr * Wheeler arrived at Herringsgate , at eight o ' clock at nig ht , with the advertisement of a farm of one hundred and eighty-eight acres that was to be sold in Oxfordshire on the following day but one , and to inspect which I am obliged to start at an early hon to-morrow morning . I remain , Your faithful friend and bailiff , Feabgtjs O'Connor . P . S , —I should tell yon that I did not purchase the land at Marsh Gibbon for several
reasonsfirstly , it was for the most part common though good land ; secondly , the best half of it was Hooded in winter by the overflowing of a brook which could not be lowered to a considerable distance ; thirdly , there was no sand to be had within three miles ; and , fourthly , it was very swampy and unhealthy , a thing that I am particularly anxious to guard against , and , beyond a fascina ting advertisement , you will see the necessity of minute inspection and enquiry before working men are located for life . Now I will briefly point out the requisites for a Chartist colony . Firstly . The land must be good
and digable , and the situation healthy . Secondly It must be within reach of good markets for the sale of produce and for labour , if those with two acres have families so large that they would feel disposed , at seasons of the year , to work for hire . Thirdly . Bricks or stone , lime and sand , must be within a convenient distance . Fourthly . Water is a great object to save the sinking of wells . Fifthly . The roads should he good , and if near a railway station , so much the better ; and last , hut not least in importance , immediate possession must be had , I have
recently had expensive trips to visit uand that I would not accept as aj gift for £ our purpose ; for instance , I never got within two miles of the estate in Devonshire that I travelled eight miles beyond Exeter to inspect . For the last three miles we climbed a rngged mountain side , like the bed of a rapid river ; and when I got within two miles of the farm , I learned that the expense of bringing bricks from the only place where they could be had even , to that point , was over £ 2 a thousand , being more than the prime cost ; that the road from that
point was impassable ; and that the farm , when I got there , was an unreclaimed mountain ; and I often said to my friend Mr . Wilkinson , who accompanied me : "I wonder what a set of Lancashire operatives would say of my judgment while they were dragging their furniture up this mountain-side , and when they got to their destination ^ find themelves in a wilderness , without a town nearer than ten miles . I heg that all persons sending advert'sements will make as much enquiry as possible relative to the above requisites . F . O'C .
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IRELAND . NARRATIVE OF MALCOLM M'GREGOR . no . H . Captain Burford was punctual to his appointment , and from 9 till 12 , the hour at which he bade me good night and adieu , 1 had learned more of Ireland and the Irish from a soldier , whose natural feelings of humanity , right , and justice , had not been surrendered to the fashion of a slavish profession , than I had gleaned from my fellow passengers , or
gathered from political writers or prej udiced tourists . I have always been averse to the usual mode by which ill-bred strangers hope to bespeak their respectability , by an eternal pulling at the bell , rowing the waiters , and abusing the fare ; and , therefore , my first night at an hotel in a strange country , was divested of the usual incidents that the more bustling meet with , and not unfrtquently fabricate . The route pointed out by my friend , imposed upon me the necessity of being up and ready by six , the hour at which the Western Coach started , and by wiiich Captain Burford had recommended me to travel the first
. few miles of my day s journey to the residence of the Rev . ^ Ir . Charred , there being nothing much worthj of my attention till 1 reached Bandon , a town about 15 miles west of the city of Cork ; and from whence , alter the arrival of the coach , I could comfortably manage my fi . st day ' s march . Upon ordering my bill , 1 was much astonished at finding the call responded to by " mine host" himself at so early an hour of the morning , and I was still more astonished at finding his charges as extravagant , if not more so than I had been accustomed to at the most expensive hotels athome or abroad , but as the fare and comfort
was quite equal to what I had a right to expect , I m . -w ' e no remark , I discharged the bill , and satisfied the numerous applicants , even to the beggars that surrounded the coach , like a perfect swarm of competitors , mountcd the bo . \ , and at the word " allright , " given with a rich Irish brogue , we started . Even at that early hour , every street had an appalling amount of the most squalid and miserable looking creatures that ever my eye beheld , who with anxious look surveyed those who were wending their way to thenseveral daily avocations . The groups for the most part consisted of half-naked females , the majority of
whom had an infant tied up in the tail of a tattered garment , and fastened round the neck , while they groped in the ashes and rubbish thrown from the houses in the middle of the streets , for such fragments of food as might have escaped the notice or have been beneath the acceptance of tho cat or dog , and as a crust or bone was discovered by the anxious groper it was wiped and thrust into the hand of the infant , with a smile and some endearing expression , which the ear could not catch , but which was returned by a J ook of something more than thankfulness by the child . My heart now became brimtull of sympathy ,
as I surveyed this twilight mendicant population of a wealthy city , who appeared to cower before the gaze of comparative respectability , and were preparing to make for some pauper haunt to wither as we passed further on , and as the day advanced , they appeared to fly in droves , where that fellow-feeling which makes us wondrous kind would level distinction and relieve them from scrutiny , and where they may remain unobserved until their hour came for another grope in the ashes from the merchant ' s SINK . When we had passed through the city , my mind was naturally bent upon what 1 had seen , and the thought struck me , that in my search after knowledge , such a scene had never been described by
tourist , author , or editor , and I reasoned after the following manner : Historians chronicle the most ridiculous sayings of foolish monarchs , with disgusting precision , and novelists confine themselves to an overwrought description of scenery , and make their heroes and heroines as unlike human nature as possible , endowing them with supernatural virtues and cosra « e upon the one hand , or defaming nature by pourtrayiug Ihera as monsters and ruffians upon the other hand , thus making some envy virtues which ew possess , and others practice vice which most are prone to . Surely , said I , the best read historian never could conceive such a state of things as 1 have just witnessed from all that he has read ; true , he may be able to trace the line of . 3 Jorm . an kin s from
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an usurper , and may be familiar with the . leading features of their reign , and such characters ag the cynic or panegyrist may think proper to paint them in ; he may he acquainted with the battles fought in their time , the names of the Generals , disposition of their armies , and their victories and defeats ; he may ha familiar with the manners and customs of the court , and the fashions and cabals of the age ; but , surely , I am not so much more ignorant than others , that what I have seen should bo n startling novelty to ME , and so familiar to OUR RULERS AND AUTHORS , and the majority of well informed men as to make repetition superfluous , and surprise a just charge of ignorance .
My fellow-passengers and the passers by , I observed , took no heed of what to them appeared to be an everyday occurrence , and when wo had got off the stones , and when the coachman had a moment to spare ffrm attention to the various turns and obstructions , I said , "Pray is what I have seen in the streets a usual occurrence ? " " What's that , -your honour ? " he replied . " Why , the multitude ol starving creatures that I saw in the streets . " "Ogh , " he answered , " you saw nothing ; if you were out about an hour sooner , you'de see them in earnest ; hut by the time the coach passes , the poor
eraythers that ' s naked are flit , and its only them that has some rags on them that you see . " " What , " I asked in amazement , " and do you mean to say , that there are others more miserable and destitute than those we passed . " " Ogh , then , I'll engage but if you were coming down with me when I comes to the stables about five , that you'd think nothing of what you see , as there ' s scores of ' em scampering home , with , hardly a father to cover ' em , before they'd be shamed be the people going to work . " And where , " said I , ' « is their home ? " " Wisha , " said he , " wherever the poor eraythers can find
a bit of shelter ; hut I often wonder , myself , what becomes of them . " " But , " I asked , " have you no poor laws to provide for the destitute ? " " Ogh , we has poor laws to be sure , but all of them that you see has childer , and the poorest of ' em would rather starve nor give ' em up . " " Well but , " I asked , " are they prostitutes , and have they no fathers ? " •' What's that ? " he asked . " Why , " said I , " are they bad women . " " Ogh , no , notone of them I'll be bound , the HOORS is betteroff . thedevilaoneof THEM'ilbeg , but their husbands is out in sarch of work , and can't get any , as the praties failed , and they trys to get
a morsel for the childer . " "O then" I observed , " it is not a usual occurrence , but merely temporary poverty , consequent upon the failure of the potato crop . " "Why , to be sure , " he replied , "that makes it worse , but upon my word , in all parts I go , at all times of the year , I sees plenty of them , but then this is the time when all would have work and a bit to ait , as the praties does be digging , and plentiful . " By this time we had got as far as the County Gaol , a magnificent cut-stone edifice , approached by a splendid entrance , and the land in its immediate vicinity was the most green And rich-looking I had
ever seen , with a river running through it , and which appeared to be covered with thistles , docks , ragweed , and all sorts of filth . Alas , " said I , if the inmates of yonder prison-house had been allowed to expend their labour upon the glorious soil within two miles of the metropolis , " and if the amount expended upon the prison had been applied to the erection of cottages , what a much better protection it would be for the properties of those , for invading which many a poor creature is now a branded , and perhaps irreclaimable thief , in yonder ONLY REFUGE FOR THE DESTITUTE . I also marvelled
why the merchants' side of the city , to a distance of many miles , should present such a striking contrast with the interior ; and , upon putting the question to the coachman , his only reply was , " O , the quality all lives on the river on the other side . " " What > then" said I , " do the merchants and quality cultivate the land so much better than the tanner ?" " 0 no , I'll engage the divil a hands turn ever they does , but they buys all the dung in Cork , andspreads it out on the lawns , and keeps it all in meadow ami for sheep . " We had now arrived at the foot of a steep hill , when the guard hollowed out " pull up ,
Tim , the gintlemin would like a walk this fine morning , to stretch their legs ; " and very shortly the passengers had all alighted , when I counted twenty-two , most of them , and especially the inside passengers , respectable looking well dressed persons . When we again took our seats , 1 asked the coachman what description of persons his passengers consisted of , when he replied , " why , your honour , they ' re ' most of them attorneys going to the sessions of Bandon , and them inside is counsellors , the sessions is on to day . " This was a welcome piece of intelligence , as it promised
to afford me an opportunity of forming my own opinion of the administration of Irish justice , of which I had heard so many conflicting accounts , while the class to which my fellow passengers belonged solved the riddle of so much mirth and jovousuess in the midst of so much general suffering , as from their jokes , lisht-heartedness , and laughter , they , at least , appeared to have escaped the national calamity . We had now reached the half-way house between Cork and Bandon , where we changed horses , an operation of so much importance in Ireland , and which took some time , and during which the coach was literally
surrounded with masses of famishing , perishing females , who , with infants tied up in the skirt of an old garment , and , in many instances , one in arms and another or more standing shivering by , solicited charity in the following manner : — "Ogh wisha then may God powr down blessings on your honours heads , and give something to the poor craythures that's famishing with tke hunger , and mayyou never know what it is to want . God knows but we haven't a bit this blessed day to put into the childer ' s mouths , and but their crying with the cowld and hunger . " This touching appeal was responded to bv a vulgar
joke from one of tho outside passengers , which excited general laughter , and by the insides by the raking of the glasses . When I had exhausted what change I had , and in return for which I received an ample share of blessings and prayers against want , the appeal to the more hard-hearted was * renewed with increased and more piteous implorings as the coach was about to start , and as before was met with heartless jokes , until all hope from further prayers baring failed , and as tho disappointed expectants moved out of the way , they joined in a general howl ot execration ; " Wisha bad luck to your sowls , you
upstart crew , but I'll be "b ail as long as there ' s a bit to be had yees'll not want , but yecs are going to Bandon to rob the poor , and the divil go along with yees , but may be it may come to your own turn to want a day ' s mail yet , and then yees il think of the poor I ' ll engage , when hunger comes to yer own doore ' s ; God Almighty speed yer honour oa the box , and may you never know distress or hunger . " All along the road on the bleak hill side I sawswarms of mud hovels without door or window ,
and which I supposed were intended as shelter for the shepherd and his dog while tending their mountain flocks ; but which , to my surprise , the coachman informed me were the dwellings of those poor creatures , whose husbands went in searcho ^ woik , and constituted the droves of beggars that " \ ;; . wheie assailed passengers for sonie relief ; in m instances tramping six and seven miles in the hope of avoiding the police and of getting a penny from a coach passenger or a casual traveller . We had now reached Innishanuon , a lovely village , pic-
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turesquely situated on the Bandon river , in the midst of green and beautifully undulating hills , once , as I was informed , the seat of the Adderleys , but now the property of a Jew , who became possessed of the whole family estate by feeding its late indolent , but yet worthy proprietor , until the proper time for foreclosing the mortgage and becoming the purchaser From Innisfaannon to Bandon , tho road for tlu-ee miles , the whole distance , is one unbroken level , with the Bandon river running on one side , and an impending wood of oaks upon the other . At nine precisely we reached Bandon , and stopped to breakfast
at the Devonshire Arms , where , as I purposed reroaming for the day to attend the Court of Quarter Sessions , 1 took up my abode . After breakfast , I asked the waiter if there were such a thing as a newspaper to be had , when , to my great delight , he introduced me to a smart and spacious reading-room , furnished with all the London , Dublin , and provincial papers ; and , as natural in my present character , the first information that I looked for was the English version of the Irish famine , and when I found the Times disengaged , I took . it up , and , to my surprize and mortification , I found its columns
replete with the most ridiculous editorial comments as well as approval of tho conduct of the government being regulated by the strict rules of political economy with regard to the price of provisions , and further , that in compliance with . its harsh and mysterious principles , that the price of provisions had been raised by government in deference to the law by which speculation is regulated . The Morning Chronicle having a character for more liberality , Ihopedtoreap some consolation from that source , but was still more mortified to find it advocating . Vlallhusian principles , which , if realized , would
endanger tho lives of many , and jeopardize the pence of the country in deference to tha laws of political economy . I had now in three days seen and heard enough of Ireland , and the evil . genius by . which her destinies are swayed , to induce me to write a faithful history of thst unhappy but gifted country and people . 1 had seen enough of Irish middlemen , barristers , and solicitors , and of the feeling of English officers and the English press to convince me that those powerful agencies , respectively and collectively , had been misused and . ' misdirected , and out ot their abuse had arisen the national character ,
which all would deduce fiom the evil propensities : and barbarous habits of the people . I saw that this character was made for them by circumstances over which they had no ccntroul , and as many writers have favoured us with the history of monarchs , warriors , statesmen , and divines , I resolved upon writing a history of the cottage , uninfluenced by ( ear , favour , or affection , so the reader may expect , at least , a faithful if not a fascinating history of Ireland and the Irish , from an unadorned narrative ot events as they strike me , allowing all to draw their
own conclusions from the facts I shall state ; facts which will illustrate and account for the Irish character ; facts unnoticed by historians , while they constitute the very essence of nationality , but unfortunately , now-a-davs , the monarch is the nation ; the ministers are his pnndeis , parliaments are his bankers , and the people are his paymasters and slaves . I was informed that sessions business would not commence till 12 , and precisely at that hour I entered the Court house to witness the administration of that sacred thing called justice . ( To becoittimicd weekly . )
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arc glad to sec that the illegal attempt ot the Duke of Leeds to shut up the pass to Glen Lui iicg , muid the Cairugonu mountains , has excited so much attention throughout England and Scotland . There has been a growing disposition for some years , on the part of the great Highland proprietors , and the English sportsmen to whom they let their shootings , to exclude the people from the mountain paths , to which the people have as clear a right as any landlord has to his estate . Fortunately , this last attempt of the Duke of Leeds , and the odd defence made lor it by the dake arid his eccentric friend , Mr . Grantley Berkeley , have put matters in such a train as will bring the question to a speedy issue . The Duke of Athol . imitatine his southern compeer , has . it seems .
determined to close Glen Tilt , which he has no more right to do tlism any Mr . Smith or Mr . Jones of London has to take possession of the best bedroom or drawing-room of Dunkeld house . These great Ninirods have yet to learn the great fact , that in the eyes of the law their fondly cherished deer ' are not " game , " but " vermin , "—a tact which was very clearly proved , not many months ago , to the great discomfiture of a Ross-shire laird , w : io * c deer were very summarily despatched by a lowland farmer , now settled , in Ross-shire , in whose turnip fields they had made depredations more extensive than welcome , They have yet to learn an equally indisputable fact , that no landlord has any rignt of exclusion over the wilderness . Waste land , if not free for the plough and the spade , is free for the _ foot ; at least , there are very good lawyers who maintain so ,
and any doubts that may exist upon the question will soon be set at reit . The right ot way is in England a right most dear to the people—a right wlticli the common law has ever enforced . One John Lewis , a brewer , of Richmond , tried this right against the influence ofthcvdiole Royal Family of England , and beat it tiuimphantly . The l'rihcess Amelia , daughter of George III ., was ranger of the lloyul Park at Richmond , and thought lie to shut up a footway that had been used by the inhabitants from time immemorial . Her father and all his court supported her . The brewer , backed by the people of Richmond , resisted the opression ; and after a long suit , vexatiously defended , won the cause . The Scottish law is not less clear and decisive . If there is not public spirit enough in the few Highlanders yet lelt amid the magnificent glens and mountains of Forth and Aberdeenshire to resist these autocratic
dear preservers , there is sufhoient amongst the tourists of England and other parts of the world to try the point . It will not be difficult to found an association for the preservation of the rights of way , and to depute half-a-dozcn sturdy pedestrians next season to force the passes , if need be . We fancy the dukes and their gamekeepers will be rather shy of laying forcible hands upon any pedestrian sent upon such a mission ; and we would advise the instant formation of a society lor this very purpose . It will be well supported , and funds will not be wanted for a cause so noble . We invite the cooperation of sightseers , of the admirers of the grand and the beautiful in nature , as well as of the friends of popular rights , in this cause- Such a society would soon bring the dukes to reason , and show them that what Royalty could not do for a few acres of ground in Surrey , aristocracy shall not do for whole counties in Scotland . —Glasgow Argus . ArPHAL Case . —Masteic and Servant . —At the
conclusion of the Perth Ciivuit Court , on Thursday , their Lordships met to hear appeals . The only one of public interest involved a question as to the duties of rami servants . The tenant of a farm adjourning the Loch of tho Lowes , betwixt Dunkeld and Malrce , had been wont to cut the grass growing on the batiks of , and to some distance in the loch . For this purpose tho persons employed have to wade into the water up to their middle , and remain in that state for some hours daily , uutill the whole is finished . The servant , hired at a previous term , according to the practice of the place , fell to perform this duty ; which he did one day , but having been informed thata person simmilarly employed at the place some years before had been drowned , he refused to
recommence next day , and was thereupon dismissed . The man brought an action against the master , before the SUeriif Court , and the Sherill' -substilute , confirmed , on appeal by the Sherrifl' -Dcputy , found in iavour of the servant , on tho ground , principally , that the work in question was out of the ordinary routine of farm work , and had not been specially stipulated for upon engagement ; as aho that it was dangerous to the health , if not also to the life , and that proper means should have been applied to perform the service wiih leas hazard in both respects . T'hc judges ( MiiiictcsH mul Cockburn ) entered at considerable length into the question , and the former appended a long note explanatory of the grounds upon which he sustained the decision in favour of the servant .
At the Manchkstuk Quarter Sessions on . Monday , the recorder expressed his regret to find a very great iucreace in the average uutnbar of prisoners for trial .
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• . ,. 'xs OP THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . PER MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . shakes . £ t . d . Birmingham , per W . Thorn 0 18 6 Cheltenham , per W . Leach 1 1 G 3 Sunderland , per U . Haines 0 10 0 Leicester , per ' A . Astill 2 0 0 Geovgie Mills , pei- W . Mechan .. .. 200 Kidderminster , p er G . Holloway .. .. 5 0 n Oldham , per W . ITamer 1 17 0 Alva , per J . Robertson .. „ „ 13 0 Asliton-undcr-Lyue , per E . Hobson .. .. 0 11 C Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 12 16 9 Liverpool , per J , Arnold .. .. .. 0 4 <)
£ 28 J 8 _ S SECTION No . 2 . ""~ " * SHADES . Maidstone , per W . Cogffer 0 11 8 Clackmannan , per G . Tatterson .. .. ' 147 Stockport , per T . Totter .. .. .. 1 15 0 Birmingham , per \ T . Thorn 1 15 0 Cheltenham , per W . Leach .. .. .. 2 17 0 Sunderland , peril . Haines .. .. .. 106 Norwich , per A . Bagshaw .. .. ., 109 Paisley , per J . Lithgow .. „ .. 2 0 0 Dundee , per It . Kidd 2 18 0 I'ctersborough , per E . A . Scoley .. .. 2 4 6 Alva , per Robertson .. .. .. ., 4 2 2 Ashton-uiider-Lyne , per E . Hohson .. .. 14 0 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 8 15 OJ Droylsden , per Do ... .. .. .. 19 ' 3 Liverpool , per J . Arnold .. .. .. 4 15 3
£ 41 _ 1 8 J PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SE « TION No . 1 . SIUIIES . £ s . d . £ R . d . Carrington - . 0 1 G 3 Boulogne . . 317 0 Sowcrby Helm - 5 0 0 Westminster - -070 Mr . J . Smith- - 0 1 0 Pershore - - 2 5 10 LaneEnd - 0 6 0 Bromsgrove - . 10 0 Glasgow . . 0 11 C Leamington - - 0 10 0 Sudbury- - - 2 0 0 Newton Abbott - 3 9 2 Camberwell - - 0 14 0 Leeds - - - 4 0 0 Racliael RowaU - O 1 0
£ 24 19 9 SECTION No . 2 . Lamhcth . . 16 0 Thos . Lee . 010 0 Glasgow - - 4 8 0 Edinburgh - -19 0 Teignmouth - - 2 17 4 "Westminster- - 0 15 2 Silverthowc - - 0 2 C Kenilworth , Wan-Carrington - - 1 2 4 derton - - 2 12 4 Mr . Harney - . 0 4 0 J . Mann . - 1 0 fl Mr . Goddard- - 010 0 Pershore - - 0 1 8 R . Harris and Son- 0 10 0 Perth - . - 1 0 « J . Patterton - - 0 10 0 Shiney Row - - 0 6 C . Mold - . 096 Leamington - - 2 3 fi Lane End - - 0 G 0 Newton Abbott - 4 10 10 Camberwell - . 0 10 0 Somers Town -200 F . York- - - 0 2 . 6 T . R . Rodborn -930 Nottingham - - 0 2 0 Finsbury - - 1 13 8 Aberdeen - - 0 18 4 Sleaford- - - n s o 6 . Jackson , Calais- 5 4 G Brass Pounders ' b ' oulongc - . 10 0 Arms . . . 3 10 2 Thos . Baughan . 6 10 I
£ 12 8 _ 4 TOTAL LAUD FUND . Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 28 18 3 Mr . Wheeler . „ „ ... 24 19 9 JE 63 18 _ 0 Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 41 . 1 Si Mr . Wheeler , „ „ ... 42 S 4 £ SS 10 0 }
EXECUTIVE . FEB MB . o ' CONKOB . A . Watson , Walsingham .. .. .. 0 10 RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . FEB GENEBAL SECRETAE 1 , Sheffield - , - 0 5 0 J . AlIert , J . White , Brighton - - 0 3 0 Robert Lawson , Merthyr , per Mor- J . Hole , Leaingan . - -020 ington- - -040 VETERANS ' , widows ' , AND UlirilAS ' S FUNDS . Brighton - - 0 5 < J Edinburgh - - 0 4 7 ERRATA . The sum acknowledged from Liinchousc last week Khould have been , second section , £ 119 s . ' Id ., first section , 0 s . ( id . ; the as . acknowledged from Littleton for National Charter Association should have been for Victim Fund ; the sum of los . ( Id . acknowledged Oct . lUth in the name of Firth should have been Perth . N . 15 . From several important places I have , not yet received returns of the number of their members , they must be immediately sent . T . M . AVheelek , Secretary .
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CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . SHARES , £ 2 10 s . The first section of the above flourishing Institution , consisting of 0 , 000 members , is now complete ; the members in it hold , among them , nearly ten thousand shares , upon which they have paid £ 13 , 000 . The second section advances rapidly towards completion , it numbers at present four thousand members , who have subscribed upon their shares £ 2 , 000 . Tims , although the society has been but fifteen months in existence , it has enrolled ten th-iusand members , and created a capital of £ 15 , 000 .
The following are the benefits which the society guarantees to its members ; holders of one share , a house , two acres of land , and £ 15 ; holders of a share and a-half , a house , three acres , and £ 22 10 s . ; holders of two shares , a house , four acres , and £ 80 . Leases for ever will be granted to the occupants . Tho society affords facilities for enabling members to purchase their allotments , and thus become freeholders . The rent of the allotments will be moderate , as it will be regulated by a charge of 5 $ cent upon the capital expended upon each . The society having been called into existence for the benefit of the working elssscs , the rules enable the poorest to avail themselves of its advantages , as the shaves may be paid by weekly instalments as low as threepence . Meetings for enrolling members are held as follows : —
SUSDAT EVKXhVG . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road : at half-past six o ' clock . —City Cfiurtirt Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six—Somers Town . * at Mr . Duddrege ' s Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-stveet , New-road , at half-past seven . —Tower Hamlets : attheWhittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-grceu , at six o'clock precisely . —Emmett's Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grovc . at eight o ' clock precisely . —Marylebone at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at halfpast seven . Gray ' s Inn Road , Mason's Arms , Britannia-street . —Hammersmith : at . No . 2 , Little
Valeplace , at ten m the forenoon . —Seweastlc-upon-Tyne : at the house of Martin Jiule , Sun Inn , Side , from seven till nine . —Leicester : at 87 , Church-gate , at six . —• Bradford : Woolcombers' Arms Inn , Hopestreet , at five . Westminster , at tho Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean Street , Soho , at half-past seven . —Bed Cross Street , City , at Cartwi'iglit ' s Coffee House , at eight o ' clock . —Belfast , Ireland , at Mv . Walker's , 7 , Bradley Court , Shanklu Road , at ten o'clock in the forenoon . Winchester , at Mr . Sturgess ' , Hair Dresser , Upper Brook Street , at seven o ' clock . Wolverhampton : at the house of Mr . Allen , Russellstreet , near Merridale Street , at seven .
MONDAY KVKNIXO . Rochester : the Victory Inn , Strood , at halt-past 7 . —Cambcrwell : at the Montpclicr Tavern , Walworth at eight o ' clock precisely . — Kensington : at eight o ' clock , at the Duko of Sussex . —Limchousc : at the Brunswick Hall , ltopemakcr ' s Fields , at 7 o ' clock . Leicester : at No . 17 , Archdeden-lanc , at seven o ' clock . — Chepstow : at the Temperance-Hotel . Bank Avenue , at eight o ' clock . — Amleii : at the house of Mr . William Oatcs , boot and shoemaker , Arinley Town-gate , at eight o ' clock . —Liverpool : at te
ei « ht o ' clock , at Mr . Farrell ' s Temperance Hol , < i , Cazncau-strect . — Helper : at the house of George Wigley , the Dusty Miller , Field-head , from seven lilfnine . —Bristol : at Nichols ' s Coffee House , Rosemarv Street , at eight . — Darlington : at John Moss's , No . " , Union-street , at half-past seven . —Chorlcy Wood Common ,: at Mr . Barbor's at seven o ' clock . — Ricbnunsworth : at the Cart and Horses , at seven o ' clock . —Mile End : at the Golden Cross , at seven o ' clock . Wolverhampton , at Mr . Allen ' s , Russell Street , near Merridale Street , at seven o ' clock .
TUESDAY EVKXlifO . Greenwich : at Mr . Paris ' s , Cold Bath , at eight o'clock . —dielsca : Cheshire Cheese , Grosvenoi-row , at eight o'clock . Whitcckqyel : Brass Founders ' Ann ? , Tuesday evening at eight o ' clock , llanley and Shelton : at Mr . Yates ' s , Miles ' s ^ Bank , Shelton , at seven . WEDNESDAY EVENING . Aberdeen : the ollicc-bearers meet at half-past seven , at No . 1 , Flour Mill-lane Hall . —Brighton : No . 2 , at No . 3 , Charlcs-strect . at eight o ' clock . Old Kent Road , Sumy , at the Eagle Brewery , Neat Street , Coburg Road , at eight o ' cloek .
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XflURSDAT EVHNIKO . - A _ Moreditch : at the Railway Engine Coffee ' lloirfeT Bnek Lane , at eight . A , y ,. SATD-RDAT EVENItfG . Ehbffieven . * G ^' a ' Speedwe 11 St ? ' ' th ? fWU ? r- SHEW 0 ? - The weekly meeting of in futuS «„ S : SP erat » ve Land Society will be-held tnPrn « nalm ? o 7-day finings , at seven o ' clock , at oSedUo Zl \^ ? . ' 'he shareholders are re-! ZS tte , ? U' h : mior directors and local exwiRe ^ cfc ° retary ^ nmkenphisaccounts BRAOTORD . - -. On Sunday , the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society and Chartist Association will moot m their rooms , at Butterworthbuildings , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . P 7 ,. ' , JflOBSDAT EVHNIKO . / . Shoreditttk r at th * U „! 1 -c __ : n-ir—' -nL-jr
North Briem / v . —A public meeting will be he"d in the large room of the Faint Revived Inn , Kortbr Brierly , near Horton Hank Top , on Sunday , ( fc- - -morrow , ) at five o ' cloek in the evening . Mr . { Tluuuaa Mann , the proprietor , has kindly offered the us « of the lodge room , on Sunday evenings , to the Chartist and Laud Associations . The Northern Star , O'Connor ' s Work on Small Farms , will be read every . Sun day evening . Mr . Smith and others will attend the meeting . Lectures on various subjects will lw delivered during the winter . Carrixoton Co-operative Land Society—The members of the above branch arc requested to attend , at the New Inn , on Saturday next , October 24 th , at eight o ' clock , on business of the utmost importance . We meet every Saturday night , .-it -. ight o ' clock , for the purpose of enrolling members .
Bradford . —The members of the National Charter Association are requested to meet , in the large room of the Woolcombers' Arms , Hope-street , on Sunday next , at five o ' clock , on business of great importance . The members of the Land . S < i <; iety will meet in the same place , at the same liuie , aa above . Bristol . —Messrs . M'Grath and Clark will lecture in the Mechanics and Scientific Institute , Broadmead , on Tuesday , the 27 th instant , on " The Land . " Chair to be taken at eight o ' cloek . A public meeting will be held on Wednesday , tho 28 th insfc ., for the purpose of adopting the National Petition ; Messrs . M'Grath and Clarke will .-ittend . Robert Norris , Esq . .. has consented to take the Chair .
Macclesfield — The . Chartists of this locality have taken Mr , O'Connor ' s advice by opening their room in Stanley-street , as a news room . Tho Northern Star , Douglas Jerrold ' s newspaper . Matte / tester Examiner , and all the democratic periodicals r . \ the day ai- e taken for the use of the members . l-. Kitual instruction classes meet every Wednesday . Thursday and Friday evening . It is in contemplation to establish a debating class . Mr . West has proruUc-d to
superintend it . There is also a well selected library belonging to the Association . Mr . W . Benton was appointed librarian last Sunday evening , v . ' ith instruction to prepare the books for eireuhition as speedily as possible . The Chartist Council meet every Sunday evening to enrol members . , at ftisht o ' clock . The committee of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet every Monday evening , » fc the same time and place , to enrol members , ami receive subscriptions .
Glasgow . —Forthcoming Conference . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Glasgow , will bo held in Murdoch ' s school-room , No . 27 , St . Ar . drow'ssquare , for she purpose of nominating deJogatos to represent them at the forthcoming Land Conference . Members are particularly invited to attend . ( Our correspondent does not say ivhen the roeeti «\ r will be held . ] The Chartists op Goujjals are requested to meet at the Wheatsheaf , Great Clyde-Terrace , on Tuesday night , at 8 o ' clock . Reading . —Meetings are held everv Wednesday evening , at 8 o ' cloek , at Mr . Turner ' s ' , Tern-Durance House , No . fi , West-street , when a di *« u-sion in connexion with the land takes place , to v .- ; a « h the public are respectfully invited .
Manchester . —The adjourned meeting >> i' Shareholders of the People ' s Institute , will be held on Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) the 25 th inst , at tv . - o o ' clock in the afternoon . Liverpool . —A mutual instruction class / . ' - -. s been formed here . Mr . Wni . Jones frill lectme o > i Sunday evening , October 25 , at Mr . Farrall's , Temperance Hetel , No . i , Carzenau Street . Chuir to be taken at seven o'clock . Huddhrsfield . —Mr . David Ross from London , will deliver a lecture in the Hall of Science , or ; Sunday evening ( to-morrow ) , Oct . 25 , 1810 . Subject—The Land .
The next General Delegate Meeting or Lancashire Misers will be held on Monday , tiio 2 nd of Nov ., at the house of Mr . James Ormrml , . ? : : «« of the Four Gates , Westhoughton . Chair to . he taken at 11 o ' clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting ( should the weather be favourable ) which , will be addressed by W . F . Roberts , Esq , and several other gentlement . Chair to be takvn at three p . m . Halifax . —Mr . B . Rushton will lecture in the Working Man ' s Hall , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , at half-past six o'clock .
West Riding Delegate Meeting . — A Special West Riding Delegate Meeting will be Irddsn , on Sunday , November l .-fc , in the Working M , > n ' .-s Hall , Bull Close Lane , Halifax , on business of importance , when each locality are requested to sen . i one delegate , to commence at one o ' clock precise ! :-. Hull . —The members of the Charti > t Association arc requested to attend , at the Ship lur > , Churchlane , to consider the means to be emploved in getting up a meeting for the adoption of tile -National Petition , precisely at tivo o ' clock in the aftc-rnoon of Sunday , the 2 oth instant . The nwmi > vrs of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society hold tlti-h- weekly meeting , every Tuesday evening , at eight ' " clock ' , at the above place .
Birmingham . —A general meeting of tke members of the Co-operative Land Society will be held at the office , 111 , llea-streot , on the 26 th insc .. ' at eight o ' clock in the evening , to appoint a eom'nitiue to make preparation for the forthcoming mcoring of the Land Conference . Ma . vnixgham . — The Chartists of this liamftfc held a meeting on Sunday evening , when several new members enrolled their names , ami arranged to hold meetings every Sunday moruiiv , at ten o ' clock , at the house of Mr . Falun . A Meeting of the Chartists of Masiiiiughanx will be held at the house of Mr . Idson , ai f . u o'clock on Sunday morning .
Towek Hamlets . —Mr . Thomas Mills will give an address at the Whittingtoti and Cat , Ouuvvii-row , Bethnal-grcen , on Sunday evening next , at eight o'clock precisely . Subject " Moral lteuritudi-, and Self-education . " Mr . Mills will also open the discussion on ' ' 'The Venal and Corrupt portion ol'Jthe Press . " Air . Ernest Jones will lecture at the abovo house , on Sunday evening , November tho 1 st , 1 SI 6 . MaxciiivStkr . —On next Sunday evening , October 2 Jth , ISiO , Mr . James Mooncy , of Todmi / r . Jen , will lecture in the People ' s Institution , Hey wood-street , Ancoats-street . Chair to be taken at kalf-past six o ' clock . The Retford Branch of the Chartist Co-fiperative Land Society , meet every Monday evening , at seven o ' clock , at the house of Mr . Thomas Duriiks , Moorgate , Retford .
Plymouth . —A meeting will be held on Sunday , the 35 th instant , on very important business , at . cue O --operative Library , High-street , of ail the readers of the Star , and friends of Chartism .
Bonneli, Vale Of Levun.—Baptized On Sunday, The
Bonneli , Vale of Levun . —Baptized on Sunday , the
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27 th Of September , by the Rev . Mr , Thompson , Peter Paul , O'Connoridlle , son of John , and Margaret Paul ; both sterlinir friends to the Charter and theLiiml .
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Guild Stolk . v bv ith ow . v Fatuek . — A novel and
Rather Amusing Case Was Brought Under Ui...
rather amusing case was brought under Uio notice ot the magistrates of Glossop at the last potty sessions , which presented several knotty poinU , wli-. eh rather puzzled the bench in ikir desire amicably u > arrange the matter between the parties , who stood in the relative position of father and mother to tho ol > tect of dispute . It appeared that the illegitimate child , the son of the parties , bat who had not bten alfiiiated , had been living with his father and grandmother for two or three years past , but that the mother had latterly laid claim to the boy , and had removed him . from the paternal care . The father , after enduring the separation for some time , could no longer sustain its pangs , so he stole the boy away , 'i he anxious mother forthwith ' fetched law , " as it is tunned in this locality , and brought the father before tho worshipful bench . The unlucky swain uleaded very patheti
cally to have the boy consigned to his ohai ' f . o , saying ir . was such a " comfort" to him and his mother , lie even ottered , ia his despair , to marry the mother of the youngster "i' th' morn , " if she irould have him , promising to keep both with pleasure , rather than part with his lad ; but the fair one was cruel , alleging , as the reason of hov refusal to take him for better or ibr woi ' ae , that alio leared lie would abuse her . Under the circumstances , after some deliberation and attempts to bring mattcvo to amicable ariangcnicnfr . tho magistrates decided that- the parties must have the child alternatively for a month , and provide it with suilicicnt food and clothing ; ot which , indeed , the little urchin seemed to have suffered no lack . They then retired to enjoy themselves at the nearest public-house , apparently in tne most approved Darby and Joan fwliiou i ^ J understand they had afterwards a triiliugdspue the father claiming and insisting upon having the boy the first month . —Mtnckester paper .
A . Pouter at tub Impmhal Hotel , . Liverpool , was fined £ 3 , and costs for an assau t upon a res-Stablc married woman , who drove late at night to iliat inn and applied for a bed-room . .. _
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 24, 1846, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24101846/page/1/
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