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add few yovsiQEB 25, 1848. THE NORTHERN ...
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HI O'CONVOK jl«D HIS PtTHOBTH ftuSBDS.—M...
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The National Land Company. , The Proceed...
^ " 7 as able to add a few more months ^^ he should like to know when the to &* - ^ n would be ? and that quest ion r * ° P er of the propositions that would be sub-* f . ° ftothe Conference , to name , not the 151 . u fcnt the very day of the month , when 810 Aould be henceforth located . " Whatever ^ he the practical effect of this arrange-« " *? . j t will , at all events , take the reeponsi-^ rt from the shoulders of the Directors . S Conference , by fixing the time of locati n nid May Day in future , no doubt fully conned all the circumstances involved in that Sn , and coming as it does from that bod y ? mav he reasonably assumed that the 1 aieral interest has been consulted , as far , as ^ These appear to us to be the principal alte-¦ rations resolved upon , with the view of
enat iia < r ' the Directors toproeeed to complete Be-• tfration under the Joint Stock Companies § r t when the property will be forthwith put ato the legal possession of the three trustees ^ pointed by the Conference—Thomas Allsop , iiq , Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ., and T $ ii Sewell , Esq . ; and as a still further . ruarantee for the proper management of the pecuniary affairs of the Company , Mr Grey , ( he eminent Accountant , and Mr Finlaison , the Actuary of the National Debt Office—the tery gentlemen selected by the Government
for tlie purpose or destroying the Company , it possible—were appointed auditors . . If the Reg istration nnder the Joint Stock Act can be comp leted by Christmas Day , it was resolved that a life-interest reversionary lease shall be g ranted at that time , to all the members at -present located . The whole of these alterations appear to ^ us to be characterised by the most anxious de sire to meet every possible objection , and to promote the advantage of the shareholder to the fullest extent Indeed , we have some misoivinss whether this one object has not been
unduly kept in vie * . In order that the Company , in its corporate , capacity , should have been able to act freely in accordance with circumstances as they arose , it mi ght perhaps have been desirable that they should have a greater latitude than the new arrangements appear to confide to the Directors . Another poin t also we feel constrained to allade ton amely , the original capital subscribed by the shareholdeis . We understand that the Conference was mainly composed of the district secretaries , and therefore all of them men tho roughly conversant with the means of the
member s in their respective localities . But with all deference to them and the Directors , we submit , that legislating for the very poorest of the members is not the most direct waj . of benefitting that class In some way or other cap ital must be raised to purchase land , erect dwellings and outhouses , and give the preliminary cultivation required by the rules of the Company ; and for our part , we see no mere feasible or just method of raising it in the first instance , than by making the amount of the orig inal share subscribed for bear a fair relation to the benefits proposed to be conferred on the shareholder by the Company .
One thing is quite certain , that the members must , in justice to the Directors and the Conference , immediately commence the payment-of their arrears in the rats © -decided upon by that body—namel y , 2 d . per share weeklyif the Company is to proceed at all . - "With what face can any of them coiaplain of the slowness of the progress of the Company if they withhold the means ? The number cf persons who have merely subscribed a few shillings and then stopped , apparently
for the purpose of being entitled to grumble , il very large . The Directors ought , in all eases , to insist npon the regular repayment of arrears , and also of the current payments upon shares required by the laws , and where these are not forthcoming , at once to declare the shares forfeited upon which these arrears are allowed to remain . In this way the Company would be weeded ef those who , while they multiply the apparent amount of its responsibilities , do nothing whatever to proride the means of meeting them .
With respect to the complaints made at the Conference by the representatives of the various Estates , we must say that , while we fully sympathise with , the parties by . whom they were made , in any privations or difficulties they may have undergone in the transition from one occupation to another , we must , at the same time , remind them that these difficulties and p rivations were inseparable from their own limited means , the funds at the command of the Company , and the necessary inconveniences arising from a first year ' s employment in what , to many , was a new and nntried field of laheur . One deduction only we shall make from these complaints , aad that is—if the allotted of the National Land
Company , who have seen provided with « -comfortable dwelling and outhouses , have had their little holdings put under cultivation , and been assisted by grants-gf money—if thesejereons , . going from town to country life , have found ihe transition so difficult with all those advantages , what must % e the fate of these who axe tempted by emigration-mongers into Canada , or the colonies , «** he Far West of tbe United States , to ,- commence a new life on the prairie ,-ar in the forest , altogether unaided by anyofjhern , and removed , ^ besides , from the ; thousand sssinute and subtle encouragements and hel ps which a densely peopled country presents toithe man who has his own cottage and his o & n labour-field beside it ?
Upon a eala and dispassionate se view of the whole drcumstances of the case , and the measures , resolved spon by the Confeceace , to justify and secure public confidence , it appears to as that everything that could possibfy be desired by any pen-on , however suspicious or exacting , has , bees done . If the Company does not , in future , advance so rap idl y to the attainment of its objects as the mere impatient © fits members may think it should do , they will at least know the cause ef the delay . The Directors may well reply to all complaints of that kind in tbe language of the Jews to the Egyptian task-masters , who wanted them :
to make bricks without straw . They have done aU they could to bring the Company within the law , and thus at once give protection to the property and legal responsibilities to the officers . They have in every conceivable and reasonable manner accommodated their arrangements to the means of the poorest members . They have devised and resolved upon measures by which , if the shareholders "ill onl y do their duty , the progress of the Company will be immediately accelerated . Mr O'Connor , the Directors , and the Conference have done their duty- —it rt mains for the members at large to do theirs .
Let us just add , in conclusion , that the working classes of England are in some measure put upon their trial in this case . Their conduct with reference to . it will show whether they are mere fault-finders and grumblers at other peop le , incapable of making any enlightened and continuous effort for their own Improvement ; or whether , while keenl y alive * o the injustice and defects of our political and ^ kd institution ? , and determined to obtain we necessary legislative and Governmental reforms , they can and will , atthe same time , pfenfull y and perseveringly use all the means ja their power for the benefit of their order .
* j > e spirit of self-helpfulness is now appealed «>; the ri ght direction of the enormous means *« ch the records of the National Land Cora-Vffi P ro ? e they possess , is now securely pro-5 n « T *** shareholders once again rally m their strength ard unity , and supply the fo s T atanytiling like the same proportion as nnerly , they will make an impression upon * Privileged classes far more powerful than Sn , ° dream of * The Pontic 31 refonns / Hen at present seem remote , may be speedily "J ^ ght wi thin reach by the well-regulated * ~* j ° n of a wealthy and peaceable bod y of small gj toen , such as would be created over broad ^ and b y the National Land Company .
Add Few Yovsiqeb 25, 1848. The Northern ...
yovsiQEB 25 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR , 5
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Hi O'Convok Jl«D His Ptthobth Ftusbds.—M...
HI O'CONVOK jl « D HIS PtTHOBTH ftuSBDS . —Mr 0 * Connor begs to acknowledge the very flattering" Invitation of Mi Plymouth friends for tho J 6 th of Uecdnbef , but for the present It is not in hit power to accept it . He also begs to correct an error into which they have good-naturedly fallen , by proposing to pay his expenses . Mr O'Connor ' s chief boast Oelsg that he has never travelled a mile , nor eaten a meal at the expense of the working classes , and he trusts that he never will J . Sweit acknowledges the receipt of the following : sums for the Victim Fnnd , tut . :- £ g d MrDalton .. 0 0 ' fi JJ'S ^^ " " •• • • • • * MrShepherd 0 0 8 MrHunt .. .. .. .. 0 0 J
e is Sogm Qkegoit , Middleton , should have sent 4 s 6 d with nis adrertisaincnt - A Constaht Rbadei , South Shields , and H . M . Barton , York . —We cannot auswer your questions J . A . BlWHOVB had better write to Mr G . White ; we do not know his address . Mr J . Lewis , Lantwit Varder .-Yes . Mr 0 . Biowir , Wakafield . — Mr MenneM , Prospect Yard , Westgate . wiU supply jou . The portraits were sent for your agent , to tbe care of Mr J . Cooke , Meadow Lane , Leeds . Thb MAxcHurn Vienna . —Thomas Ormesher has receded from Isaac - FeeL of Todmorden , lis . Post Office Orders to be sent to Thomas Ormeiher , 52 , Biidgewater Street , Manchester , made Ipaiable to Thomas fibberts , 25 , Mount Street , Holme . W . H . Hyatt , Bristol .-Kext week . MissBs Paul and Sheimkgtok , Glasgow . —Yoar letters arrived on Thursday evening , too late for insertion this week ; they shall have oar attention .
To The D Emocrats Of Great Britain. Gkhu...
TO THE D EMOCRATS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Gkhuikk , —Now that there is % lull in the storm of Whig persecution—now that Russell , Grey , and Jams , can gloat over prostrate Chartists and vanquished Repealers . —now that the dungeon , the transport-ship , and the penal colony are the gloomy abodes of some of tha beat and bravest—when onr Chartist Organisation is all but defunct , and the rod of persecution is held by the merciless hand of a Whig government over tha heads of aome ef onr best friends , now the important problem— 'What ia to ba" done V presses forcibly for sclotisn . The good men and true , who met the other day at Birmingham , felt that thia was a vital interrogatory , and that it was their duty aa upirers after the
triumph of democracy , to attempt , to the extent of their power , its practical eolation . Incited by this generous sentiment they met , took council one with another , and ultimately agreed among other things , to _ adopt and recommend to 4 the country the old principle ef organisation , aa affording the safest eoarxntee against the attacks' of an Attorney Genera ) , or the hellish machinations of government spies . They also gave it aa their opinion that the old plan of Organisation was the beat known medium ior concentrating , strengthening , and directing public opiates , bo that « beneficial effect shall be produced soon those who -have usurped the power to sway oar destinies . When we consider the chaotic state to which the villany of hireling spies , and
the persecution of the traitorous Whigs bad reduced the liberty movement , I think it most be evident toaU , that the Birmingham delegates have taken the proper preliminary step . They have stamped their sanction upon a plan of peaceful National Organisation , and have appointed some of the fitavneheat apostles of tho Charter in England , aa an unpaid Executive , to give effect to its workings-Thai far tho Birmingham delegates have given a practical response to the question , ' What is to be done I' They separated , pledged to renewed straggles teensure thespeedy . triumph of rightover might ; and now they anxiously wait to see how their labours will be appreciated by those who have the virtue to love , and the eearage to contend for freedom . For , after all . brother democrat * , it is yon who most infuse into tbe movement that vitality , and
endnre tt with , that vigour which will enable it speedily to reach tha goal of MOCeei , The drivelling miscreant Whigs calculate upon yonr complete discomfiture , npon your irretrievable disorganisation . Jarvis , and his respectable loyal colleagues , Powell and Barrett , cteM 'Lying Tom , ' and 'Hell-fire Dick . ' bo doubt think that they have exterminated Chartism from , the land , and . that henceforth onr only political distinctions will ba constitutional Tories and finality Whigs . ; Short-sighted eakulalators ; tfeey mayaa well attempt to extinguish the light of the sun , as to exterminate in the human breast tbe desire for liberty . Man is made by Gad , instinct with this € anoblu * feeling - aad the ( errors of persecution , whether nnder the phases of the dangeon , tho convict-ship , « r the ghVbei , will never -avail to stifie its laudable promptings for gratiaoation .
Be it our study , then , to ahow ' . tha liberal government that , although Cufrey and other victims of the basesteapionage atejearneying to the penal settlements , Gaartism is net exterminated , hst aa show that altheugh Tory ridden and Whig cursed , the epn-it of liberty stUlhoTera over onr country . Tell the tyrants who degrade you , that manhood ie not their monopoly , and that a day of retriba ioa will infallibly come . Raise . the voice of remonstrance again—let every tongue wag with recitals of wrongs
endured and rights witMeld—let there be co peace for the wicked , until political justice , fall and complete , blesses the toiling millions . The pretiainary to Una holy consammation ia organisation ; to ' the work , then , with the fervency and courage of men deternucedtai be free ; yea who lead the van of the movement in you reBpeethe localities , begin at once to gather a ? oar scattered strength . —bind it io the bondsof fraternity—and foster and consolidate it in the organisation ratified by the Birmingham delegates .
The atrecioos proceedings -of those vile hirelings of the W & igs—Powell , Davis , and Barrett—have broaght coin npon some over zealous democrats , and misery npon their hapless families ; be it , therefore , one of thflmostMeredaiaaof the Chartist organisation , te poor the balm of comfort npon the anguish of these victims , of the blackest monsters that ever disgraced humanity . To increase-the Victim Fandj is to put bread into the months tf the starving wives and children of the victims of exces sive r . » al open their own parts , and the vilest craft and conning . npon the part of government tools . Do this , and yon deprive the Draconic Whigs of that demenUo pleasure which they . would derive from contemplating the afflictions of their victims .
In regard te the Defence Fnnd , what is to be done ? Let us first see what the enemy is doing . Forty-six men , among whoa are to te numbered some of the best Chartists ia England , are nnder the ban of . government proteeution . They will be arraigned in a few weeks at Liverpool npen the charge of sedition aad treasonable conspiracy . Beswick , tke bashaw ol Manchester , and his & lue snbalttrai , ate straining heave a and earth , to assure their destruction . To permit him and hi ^ ktyjpy tools te triumph , withoat a cosnteracting eSatt on onr parts , woeld be to easti » obloqny on British democracy , from tshioh it could never De relieved by any subsequent procedure . Those Chartists already tried have been moat ably defended , bnt it was throagh Mr O'Connor ' s
assistance this waa accomplished . That gentleman geae ronsly opened bis purse in the & onr of need , bnt v ? bo or where it the Democrat that , can expect repetition after repetition of suoh expensive generosity ? From onr experience of Mr O'Connor , we know that his aid will not he wanting . The knowledge of that fact should incite each of us , according to his means , to do a man ' s share in tbe work , and should spur as on to continued exertion inthe creation of a Defence Fnnd , io ( large , that instead of wanting the aid of Mr O'Connor tbis time , we may ba enabled to liquidate the debts doe to that gentleman for former defences . Onr funds should ne sufficiently acsple tt secure for onr friends . the aivccaoy of the ablest talent at the bar .
Every locality should , without a moment ' s delay , take the necessary steps to raise their quota of the Defence Fund , and forward it to the Executive . Mj faith In the philanthropy of British democracy tells me thatample means of defence will be forthcoming . Let every Chartist feel that his Kite will be employed for the righteous pnrpase of rescuing frienda from the iron clutches of their implacable foes , thereby preventing indescribable calamities to helpless families , and I feel a strong assurance that his contribution will be cheerfully cast into the Defence Fond treasury . JcNica . London . Nov . 15 .
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Dbkadfcl Hcbbicaitc ra thb Cattkgat . — We have gleaned ( saya the Ddsdrb Couhibb ) the following particulars from a letter from Messrs Mullans , Knox , and Howden , of EWnore , dated the 31 st of Odtobsr , received by Mr Andrew Low , Jan ., Dandse . relative to * frightral hurricane which took place off Gottenbargb . in Sweden , and near the month of tbe river Gotba , on the night of the 35 th alt .: —The brig Union Grove , of Aberdeen , is totally lost at Fatholm ; crew saved . The brig Ruby , of Abroath , is totally lost at Wayo ; crew saved . The brig Noah , of Dundee , from Stettin for Hall , was wrecked at Camoa ; craw saved—the materials and part of the
cargo expected to be saved . The brig Scotsman , of Montrose , is totally lost ; crewsnpnosed to be drowned , the boat having driven ashore . The schooner Waterwitch , of Aberdeen , has got into Canioe with assistance . A Russian vessel , the Carl , of Riga , is totally lost . Several other vessels are wrecked , hat the names are net yet known' fifteen sail are reported to have got into Marstrand , bat no accounts had been reeeired as yet at Gottenbnrgh on the 25 th-The Lady Sale and Pomona cleared to-day , and tbe BelloHontheSOthnlt ., aU belonging to Dundee , bound to the Baltic . The brig Choice , Clark , arrived at Elsinore on the Slst ult „ and cleared for the Baltic .
Beadpoed . —The couecton an requested to bring in their books and the money they have collected for the Defence and Victim funds . N . B . The members are rvqneited to attend a meeting on Sunday , the 24 th inat .
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RECEIPTSOF THB NATIONAL LAND COMPANY , ;; -V ; ---FOB -THS wbbk BNDIN 9 THURSDATi " KOYEUBER 23 , 1848 . PER MR O'CONKOB , ssaBEf . - £ ' » . o . Lambeth .. o 8 3 Leicester , Astlll 0 6 0 Stratford ( Essex 0 10 0 Tonbridge Wells 0 10 0 Darsntry „ 5 0 0 Carlisle .. 5 0 0 Bury St Ed- John Hefferaau 0 5 . 8 rounds „ 15 0 WmSlocutn . .. 0 10 D « by „ 112 6 Thos Dicey „ 0 10 Banbury" „ 8 4 6 John Vigors r „ 0 1 ' 0 Birmingham , ChasMowl .. . 0 1 6 ¦¦
Goodwin „ 0 10 0 W T Stnwrann 4 18 0 Goodwin „ ' 0 10 0 W T Sturgeon 4 18 0 Nottingham , T H Turner „ 0 8 0 „ Sweet „ 6 7 8 Rober t HaU » 0 10 0 Stafford .. 013 5 James Hall .. 0 is 0 Manchester „ 4 8 0 Wingate Grange 13 6 Glasgow „ 0 14 Norwich , Clark 4 0 8 Kirkaldy « 2 0 0 •'«———Hawick M 118 10 £ »» 4 8
HPBHSBFUBD . Nottingham , \ V T Sturgeon „ 0 B 0 Sweet M 0 16 0 JBDodford „ 0 10 Shrewsbury , ' . 1 - Powell '„ 0 3 0 £ 17 8 Manchester „ 0 2 0 ± —i LOAN FUND . Nottingham , J Wiltshire . ,. 0 0 2 Sweet „ 0 3 2 W Hall .. 0 4 4 Shrewsbury , JBDodford „ 0 4 4 Powell „ 0 16 —— - Leicester , per £ 019 10 Astill M 0 6 4 ;
BONUS . Coventry H 011 0 Henry Hicks » 0 16 Westminster , W JWiltshize .. 0 6 0 Lows H 19 0 0 G W .. .. . 0 7 6 Birmingham , Wingate Grange 0 16 Goodwin .. 014 0 ——Leicester , Astill 0 10 0 ; £ M 12 0 Geo Buggins M 0 16 . 1 - RULES . A Banbury „ 217 7
TOTALS . Land Fund ... ... ... 45 4 8 ExpendeFund 17 0 Loan Fund ... 0 1910 Bonus . " ... ... ... ... 21 12 6 Roles .,. ... 2 17 1 jwTT j Wn . Dixon . CHlISTOPDEa Doilb , Thos , Cube , ( Corns , Seo . ) Philip M'GaATH . fFin . Set . )
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NATIONAL VICTIM COMMITTEE . BICEI 7 SD BT B . ZTDD . Chester , per R Cheltenham , Jno Hesketh » 013 6 Hemming , 0 3 1 Dumbarton , W Todmorden , J Ferguson _ 0 3 6 Robinson [ M 0 15 0 HaU . GBamett O S 8 \ victimTfund . BBCOTBO AT LiBD OFFICE . WmCM .. 0 18 0 Mr Jones . „ 0 10 MrBitmadd ~ 0 . 1 0 Tewkesbury , ' a G W „ 0 10 few Working Messrs M'Cann Hen M 0 19 0 and Hefferman O 0 7 | South Lambeth Mr GUI „ 0 0 6 Han „ 010 0 Mr Thorp , Derby 0 3 6 Mottram „ 0 13 WS « , „ 0 1 . 0 Coventry .. 0 6 6
KECEIVES ST 3 i ARHOIT . HrRJarvis , Snig ' sEnd „ „ „ 0 1 I DEFENCE OP LANCASHIRE VICTIMS . XBOBIVED BT W , BWBB . E Teales , Bristol 0 3 6 Banbury Branch , Brunswick Hall , J Hone .. 0 4 6 Limeboose , 3 J Lewis , Lantwit SFord » 0 5 0 Var « er .. « 1 0 Kentish Town . M Cox M 0 5 0 BECBIVES BV 8 . UDD . Cheltenham , 3 Hull , G Bar-Hemming ., 0 6 1 nett „ « 12 6 FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OP VICTIMS . SECEIVID BV W . BtOEB , John Hunter ttesidsnoe not named ) „ „ 0 0 S
FOR MRS H'DGUALL . BECEIVEO BT W . EIDEB , S Jonss , Bury « . 0 0 6 J Lewis , Lantwit Varder M 0 0 8 BECKITED ' BT I . ETSD . WmShearwood » " - » O ( I ( BECSIVED BT W . AITKEH . Mr Rider , London 0 18 10 A Female , Dn-A Friend M ( 06 Mnheld .. 0 7 4 MRS JONES . BSCE 1 VED BT W , BU > ES , J Lewis . Lantwit Tarder .. .. ,. 806
DEFENCE FPKD . lECIIVCD AT liIKO CFHCE , . Tower Hamlets Chartist Hall Locality ( col . lected at a'preliminary meeting , held in the large room , Crown and Anchor Tavern , Waterloo Town , for the Defence Fnnd .. 0 3 3 GW .. „ 0 10 Shrewsbury , Mr Chapman M OOO Powell „ 006 C Mow ! M 0 0 6 Mottram .. 0 13 H Elliott .. 0 10 MrM'Cabe .. 0 0 6 Coventry M 0 6 6 BECKIVED BT W- T . SOSBR 1 S , Prom a Few Friends at Hands worthy n 0 S .
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DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . BECEIVBS BT WIUUK BWEB , £ S . d . Gloacester . per J . D . ... ... ... 0 0 6 Holmfirtb , p < rB . Brook ... ... 0 7 0 Bury , per W . Selby ... ... ... 0 10 0 Dalston , per T . Sowerby . ... ... 018 0 P . O'Haalow , Kilmarnock ... ... 0 0 8 Birmingham , per W . H . HndhaU ... 0 4 6 A Shoemaker , Roth » hlthe ... * , 0 6 6 E . Veales , BrUtol ... ... ... 0 2 6 J . H . Pemberton . St Helens ... ... 0 3 6 John Hunter , ( residence not named ) ... 0 0 3 Tentnof j lrie of Wight , M . W . Notman ... 0 10 — — J . Gaily , per ditto 0 0 4 — — M . Cooper , per ditto 0 0 4
— - — R . 8 ., per ditto ... 0 1 2 J . Rozby , Munton Colliery ... ... 0 16 J . Sweet , Nottingham ... ... ... 0 13 G . Cavil ! , Sheffield ... ... ... 0 3 5 Mr Crofts , ditto ... ... ... 0 0 6 Brighton , No . 2 Locality , per W . Priest ,... 0 1 8 Brighton , per W . Flower ... ... 0 lo 0 Dudley , per R . Hayes ... ... ... 0 10 0 Lincoln , yer J . Budd ... ... ... 0 7 0 Bristol , per W . H . Hyatt ... - ... ISO Bary St Edmunds , per W , Liggett ... 0 5 6 Pljmoutb , per J . Rogers ... ... 0 15 0 Leicester , per Mrs Astill ... ... 0 4 0 Causeway-foot , near Kilburton , per J . Todd 1 0 0 Three Democrats , Manchester ... ... 0 3 6 U . L 3 sle , CoMen Square , „ ... 0 1 0
G . Arding , per A . Packer , London ... 0 3 5 W . Rasser , Brixton Hill M . ... 0 10 A few friends of Democracy , Southampton , 3 . Russell ... ... •¦• 0 4 9 £ 7 19 3 •^^ S ^ ww The sum « f « 9 . wss announced as received from Mr Sttbbings , Old Sent Road , on the 18 th fast . , for the 'Victim and Defence f and , ' instead of 6 s . Bl .
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CENTBAi VICTIM FUND . Receipts of Weak , ending Nov . 21 st . Finsbury , per Mr Antlll ... 0 7 6 Swalwell , per Mr Grassby ... ... * H 5 Sean Street ... ... ... 0 2 4 Cigar Makers , per Mr Brisk ... .. ® 5 t Mr Eider , as per Stab ... ... O 10 e Ernest Jones locality ... ... ... 0 4 3 BfcnswlekHsU ... . „ ... 0 2 6 Mr T . Clark ... ... 0 9 2 Mr Lawrence ... ... . » ... 0 0 £ j Mr Dyson , ( by bos In his shop ) ... 0 0 6 Mr Knight ... ° ° 6 £ 21610 1 BlSSSBSJSSSSlBlsBMBBMSl All future correspondence on thobushMBS of the Victim Committee , is to be addressed to the Land Office , Holborn . J . J . Msbbimai * , 266 J Strand , London . Honorary Secretary .
A Mia«B.—Lord Braco, An Ancestor Of The ...
A Mia « B . —Lord Braco , an ancestor of the Earl of Fife , was remarkable for practising that celebrated rale , ' Get all you ean , and keep all you get . One day walking down the avenne from bis bouse , be saw a farthing lying at his feet , which ha took u p and carefully cleaned . A beggar passing at the time entreated his lordship wonld give him the far thing , saying , it was not worth * nobleman's attention . 'hVafarthiagto yoursel ' , pulr tody , ' replied his lordship , and carefully pu „ the coin ioto his breeches packet . In addition to being his own farthing fin ' er his lordship waa his own factor and rent collector . A tenant , who called upon him to pay his rent , happened to be deficient a farthing . This
amount conld not be excused , and the farmer had to seek the farthing . When tho business was adjusted tbe swntryman said to his lordship , Now , Braoh , I would gie ye ashiUin'fora sight o' a th * goud an ' siller ye hao . ' « Weel , mon , ' repl . ed Braco ,, As no cost ye ony moir , ' and accordingly , for and in constderation of the aforesaid sum , m nand first weU and truly paid , His Lordship exhibited several iron boxes filled with gold and silver com . ' Now , saya t ho farmer , * I ' m m rich as yourself , Braoo . « A ye , mon ! ' said His Lordship , ' how can that be * Ba . canse I ' ve seen it-an' yoa can do no mm . Ctmiooa Dbath . —A few days ago , a child , three years old , was choked to death , near Sheffield , by a piece of raw turnip , which bad been given to him to eat *
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, TQ / im WQRKING . , CLASSES . & * x . fi a *\ ^ . ns fl , t n . 1 « WordBWthlngs ; . & ttd a smalldnpotInk : " ¦ •> .:: ¦•¦' : ^ aUing—like dew ^ -npoa a thought , prodaoes . . That which makes thousands , perhaps iniUlons , thUk . ' , ., . ' . " BiaoK .. '
THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN . GER MA NY , . Brother Proletarians , Someone has defined history to be ' Philosophy teaching by example . ' I cm sorry to say that that philosophy appears to he bat little studied by par order . A notorious state-fed priest—the Rev . Pareon Globe , of Cheltenham , lately taunted the industrious Democracy with their ignorance of history ; a taunt which recent events almost justify . The people—at . least , over a large portion of the continenthave thia year had the opportunity of ridding themselves of their-tyrants for aver . But that golden opportunity they have thrown away . The mistakes
committed tuso after time , in the history of the . world , we have seen repeated in our own day . The millions have allowed themselves to be juggled , and , of course , they again find themselves trampled dawn . Surely , had they studied the history of the past , they would ha * e avoided the errors of their fathers . When , in February a nd March last , the people of France and Germany contented themselves with exiling a solitary king and some half-dca ; n of the most obnoxious champions of despotism ( such as Gviaot and Meiibbnich ) too generously pardoning and even fraternising with the vast mass of Labour ' s
irreconcilable enemies , it needed no ghost come from the crave to predict the results of a policy so suicidal . Every reader of history is aware that defeated kings , and discomfited aristocrats never forgive their conquerors . In what page of any nation ' s history can there be pointed out the name of a prince who faithfully abided by the oaths and pledges wrung from him by the- people ? In what . country , in what age , did ever the aristocratic *! idlers and respectable robbers of society act with good faith , towards the mawes—even when owing , their very lives to the magnanimous mercy of those masses ! ' I . pause for areply . * - ,
Were I to pause till dooms-day , I should still have to ' wait a little longer . ' Liuartine ' s 'kiss of life , ' was a kiss of death to the peaple . The moment Thiers and the other chiefs of the bourgeoisie felt assured of their personal safety , they forthwith . commenced their plots againbt the Republic , and the June massacre was tha result . The combats in the streets' of Vienna and Berlin in March last , were scarcely over , when the victorious people forgave—and even , did loyal homage to the royal imbecile , and tbe royal hypocrite . Behold the results—the bombardment of tbe one city , and the reign of military ruffianism in the other .
Seeing ihatwktckts , and mentally picturing what might have been , bad tho people been wise and their leadera honest—seeing that in spite of the nnexampled herolam of oar order , the Bufferings of millions , and the deaths of thousands of patriots , despotism is nevertheless rapidly regaining its terrible , power , one . is tempted in the agony of disappointment to cry , ia the craven words of Maicoim : — /
' Let us-seek out some dssolste shade , and there , . Weep our sad bosoms empty , ' But self-respect , the wrongs of the martyrs , and the future . happiness . « f ... the human race , demand the adoption '¦ ot Macduff ' s nobler sentiments : — Let us rather .. . Hold fast the mortal sword ; and , like gosd men , Bestride our down-faHn birtbdpm . ' , It is most strange and unaccountable that the Viennese , after the hitter experience they bad had oi tbe faithlessness of tbe Kaiser and the Camarilla , nevertheless repeated in October the terrible error of Marsn—the error of making a half revofctwn J The capture of the Kaiser would have been an easy task , instead of which he was allowed to escape
from the capital . Eren that blunder might have been redeemed had energetic measares been adopted by the Diet . If , immediately after the flight *! ' the Emperor , the Hungarians had been applied to , tbpy oould , and would , have marched t » tho »; atea cf Vienna . Neither Jsllachwb nor AcERjrsHG , nor both combined , could have prevented the junction of the Hungarians with'thc Viennese , WiKotscBORATZ and his forces had not then arrived . Indeed , tha Hungarian did not need apply tog to ; on the contrary ; they repeatedly applied to the Diet for permission to enter'Austria , but that ap . plio & tion was either not . ' granted at all . or if so—ay or no , the fact is ' not clear—only when too late . Again , long baforo the city was blockaded , the fighting men of the Austrian provinces desired to march to the capital , but the Diet refused consent , and threw cold water on the popular enthusiasm .
This was not all : with the professed object , or under the pretence of maintaining ' order , ' the Diet and Communal Council reined , the popular fury , which in the ab * eneo of foreign aid , was the city ' s beet security against the besiegers . Lastly , if Fboibelthe companion of the martyred Robhet Blum—is to be believed , there was positive treachery within the eity . A large number of the ' respectable inhabitants' were of course ' anxious to be released from mob rule , ' and hence Windischgrats was so well informed of all that transpired within-the city ; hence cartridges filled with sand were served out to the defenders ; hence the cowardly negociations of the Communal Council with the enemy , and hence the welcome given by the same ' respectables' to tbe bloooMapping . conquerorB when triumphantly marching over the palpitating bodies and gory remains of the city ' s heroic defenders .
The horrors of the siege and storming of Vienna , have been detailed in the columns of this journal . The number of dead on both side is supposed to numbar many thousands , and the damage to property by fire and pillage , is estimated at very many millions of Airing . 'Every night , ' says an eyewitness , ' wa had the terrible spectacle of seeing the wbo ' e sky reddened with the fires that were breaking out from the ignition ef the bombs and congreve rochets . ' Again : — ' I assure yon it was a / sight I shall never forget—to see the bombs and congreve rockets hiding through the air , like fiery serpent ? , all directed towards tho derated city . ' Another eye witness says : — ' The horrible atrocities committed by the infuriatod Soldateska , no pen can describe .
* * Burnt and mutilated corpses of men and women filled . the ; air with pestilential odours . * # * In the night of the 23 . h te tbe 29 th , the sky seemed one glowing flame * * * Hundreds of men and women ran bewildered through , the streets , weeping and mourning the loss of all they possessed . ' The Odeon , one of the largest and most beautiful buildings in the city , and which had besn converted into an infirmary for the . Wounded , was set on fire by special command of an imperial general , The Croats surrounded the building , and « 5 least - five hundred human beings , including sick , wounded , and even
women and children , were burnt to death , or crushed to pieoes by the falling of the . ponderous roof , Not one of the victims was permitted to escape I In one private house , all the inmates , to the number of fourteen were butchered ! Some of the prisoners bad their ears cut off , and were then beaten to death with the butt ends of muskets . One writer says;— 'I hare spoken to a military officer who has seen the prisoners murdered , by hundredc outside the lines . ' The Croats violated women and young Rirla . and in soma instances those hell-hounds outoS the breasts of thek victims , or flung them into the flamtel
Behold the horrible fruits of popular moderation ! The people are goaded to insurrection , they triumph , and forthwith traitors and humbugs , like Lamartine , cry ' Oh ! magnanimous people 1 sully not yonr victory by tho shedding of blood ; think that mercy is the noblest attribute , and forgiveness the worthiest act of a victorious nation . Pardon , then , your enemies , and teach the world tbe belief jou cherish of the guilt of taking away life under any circumstances . ' The people act on this fatal advice ,
and their own destruction is invariably the result . Tha pardoned brigands immediately recommence conspiring against the commonwealth ; another struggle ensues , and the people are beaten . Then no orator , no writer of the ' respectable clans , ' bids the brigands be magnanimous or merciful . No 1 the conauered people are rebels , ' therefore let them be slaughtered , let them be pitilessly hewn down in matses , ' Strike terror' is the order of the day , and terror—I beg pardon—I . mean ' order' rei g ns , and ' Death is drunk with core !'
But the horrors of the Vienna tragedy did not end with the storming of the eity . The cold-blooded shooting and hanging of prisoners immediately followed . Death was threatened against any one harbouring or concealing a student . Literary men were particularly sought after , and every known Radical write ! - put to death . The Poles * who had fought with their characteristic heroism in defence ef the city , were marked out for special vengeance , and appear to have been ruthlessly massacred , MKSMJfmrjgKR , the commander of the National Guard , was shot on the ' " 18 th ; the savage Wiaduohqrhz refusing to respite the execution even long enough to allow of a petition being laid befi * e the Emperor for mercy . A petition was indeed despatched
by a special deputation from the Municipal Council but before the deputation oould have reached their destination ; the unfortunate M 2 S 8 rnhau ! Br was a corpse . The marder of Robbr * Bum , annoanced in last Saturday ' s Stab , was a wanton act of butchery , perpetrated to show the hatred of the butchers to the principle of popular sovereignty—Blum being atthjstime of Mi death representative of'Leipsio in the German Parliament at Frankfort . The latest newa represents the maiden as still going on . The horrible system of secret executions has been revived , so that the families of the victims are left in ignorance ef the fate of those dear to them . Many of tbe purest patriots—many of Vienna ' s belt and brivest—iave been put todeath by hanging , that mode f execution being intended to cart a stigma upon the
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memories of the victims , but the dishonour will be to the murderers , not the martyrs . '""• eiorytb them ; tKst'dteuiithlg groafcauae ! - - £ fngp , hrlgands , can Inflict no brand of shame , , , Or sbap ? of death , to shroud them from spplaut e : — Hoi mangier * of the martyr ' s earthly frame , , .. . Tour hangmen fingers cannot touoh his fame 1 SUU la yon prostrate land there shall bo some p » oudhearts , theBhrlnesofFreedoa ' svestalflame . , Lang trains of 111 may pass unheeded , dumb : ' - Bnr vbboiahcs u bbhibd , and justice is to comb I Emboldened by the success of the autocratical conspiracy at Vienna , the royal hypocrite of Berlin has thrown away tho mask of' Constitutionalism , ' and stands a self . oonfesaed hypocrite and unchanged tyrant , in March the people spared him , arid now he tauntingly addresses them in the words of
Mokanna—• Yo would be dupes and victims , and je arel ' The Prussian Assembly , though it had by no means done all it might and should have done for the nation , had done more than enough to excite the bitter hostility of the king . The abolition of titles and orders oi nobility was a heavy blow and sore discouragement to the Court faction . His kingship was still more galled by the Assembly refusing to acknowledge him' King by the Grace of God . ' The resolutions of the Assembly , calling on the Frankfort Parliament to interfere at Vienna on behalf of Gorman liberty , brought matters to a crisis . General Pfosl having resigned , the King commissioned . Count BRANDKNBURa—a bastard son of the late king—to forma ministry . As soon as the new ministry was
partially formed , his Kingship announced his will and pleasure that the Assembly should stand prorogued , its sittings when again opened to take place at Brandenburgh . The object of having the Atsembly at Braadenburgh was to bring that body nnder the terrorism of the military colletited by the Court . On the royal bastard delivering the royal message t <> the Assembly , the Conservative minority , like well-bred oura , put their tails between their legs and slunk out Of the hall . The Ridioal majoril y passed resolutions declaring the prorogation andremovalof the Assembly to be illegal ana unconttitutional , and pledging resistance to the same . But the royal traitor was prepared for resistance of any and every kind . Fifteen thousand troops , had been marched into Berlin , and twenty-five thousand more were encamped in the
immediate neighbourhood . Tho troops surrounded and blockaded the representatives in their meeting hall . Protesting against this violence , the members , at the close of the day , adjourned . . The next day the troops prevented the members assembling in their own Chamber ; accordingly the representatives procured another place of meeting , from . which they were ex * pelted at the point of the bayonet . They then assembled in another hall , and again experienced the same treatment . Aftar impeaching the Ministers as traitors , and appealing to thelceuntry , tke members at their , last publib meeting resolved unanimously to ' Stop the Supplies . ' Resolutions were passed , calling upon the people to pay no more taxes until the Brandenburg Ministry was expeiled from office and brought to trial , and the Assembly restored to tbe free exercise of its funotiobs .
. On the other hand , General Wbahoil baa dissolved the Burgher Guard , and placed Berlin in a state of siege . The clubs are suppressed , meetings of every kind prohibited , tha people disarmed , and the Press extinguished . Thus far , the physical force of thb tyrant has completely triumphed over the moral farce of the people . But the struggle is not jetended . If the provinces support theoapital . and the taxes should be generally refused , the royal hypocrite will be vanquished . Charles of England played & similar game , and lost both his crown and his head ; whether the Prussian plagiarist will be more fortunate , time will tell . . . How often must the lesson ba repeated— ' Put not Sour trust in princes f When , oh ! when , will the people comprehend the gr ^ at truth , that ' THET WHO MAKE HALF REVOLUTIONS BUT DIG GRAVES FOR THEMSELVES ?'
I had intended to have exposed the villanous conduct of the infamous English Press-gang , in relation to the Austrian and Prussian counter-revolutions , but I have net space at command to do justice on the ruffians tbis week- I will only , for tbe present , say to the people of Vienna and Berlinmaking use of the sentiment , though not the exact words , of Lbbru Rollin , at the Democratic Banquet on Sunday last—that , if the Press of England is against them , the People of England are with them . The aspect ef the Presidential struggle in Franco has not materially changed since my last letter . Tbe onion of the true Dimoerats— a consummation devoutly tobe wished '—has not yet been accomplished . The sentiments on this subject , put forth in my
last letter , have since th ? n > been expressed in the loftier language of the great Democratic leader of France . At the banquet above alluded to , Citiren Lxdru RoiiuN said : — ' My brothers , to establish in the world the reign of the Democratic and Social Republic , one moat important means is the union ef the Dsmooraoy of France . By ono retrograde step in Franco , the fate of the world will ba compromised and its well-being long postponed . ' May these words of truth sink'into the hearts of our French brethren . May union , energy , and determination be their ? , and then , in the words of the same speaker , all the opposition of all the governments in the world will be unable to prevent the establishment of the ' JRepublique dmocraiiguc etsociale !' L'Am du Fevple . ; November 23 rd , 1848
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THE 'SPREAD' AFi'ER THE ' MILL . ' In the Secondaries Court , on Wednesday , the . following case , Gardiner v . Wilson , was heard . The plaintiff In this action is a licensed victualler , in Long Lane , Smithfield , and defendant is also a publican in the vicinity . The action was brought to recover the sum of £ . 1 . Hi . 61 , for meat , drink , dec , supplied to defendant . The defendant pleaded tbat ' he was riot indebted , —Mr Duncan appeared for the plaintiff , and stated the facts , from which it appeared that in August , 1847 . the defendant and several ef his friends had been down to see a pugilistic exhibition tt Woking Common , between II . Walker and Heseltihe . and on their return home they went to plaintiff ' s house , where defendant
ordered dinner for hiraaelf and friends , twelve altogether . Defendant afterwards said that if p ' aintiff would send to his house next day he would pay him ; but although repeated applications had been made he had not been paid . —Henry Barnash was called , and said that he was an artist , in Goodge Street , Tottenham-court Road . He attended the fight' professionally j' by ' professionally'he meant as second to Walker , who was backed by defendant . He was not in the habit of'painting'faces with his fists . ( Laughter . ) He dined at plaintiff ' s , and they had several bottles of wine , but he could not tell how many , as they did not keep much of an account towards the latter part of the time . They went in at sis is the evening and stayed till five in the morn *
fng , ' smoking , drinking , singing , and chaffing . ' The score was brought in on a board , and defendant said it was all right . Witness afterwards heard defendant say te plaintiff ' s son , he ( defendant ) was almost ashamed to see hW , as he had not called to pay the score , but would do so . —John [ Gardiner was called , and proved the order having been given by defendant , ' and the promise by him to pay ; and Wm . Gardiner proved that defendant refused to allow any one to pay a share . —Mr Hughes said the defence was , the illegality of the demand . — 'The Secondary said the fight ancUthe betting might be illegal , hut the eating and drinking were perfectly legal , unless the dinner was part ef a bet , —Mr Hughea addressed the fury , but did not call witnesses , and the jury gave a verdict for full . the amount claimed .
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SpwmNBOua Combustion . —By Her Majesty ' s ship Spy , which was announced recently aa arriving at Gambia , letters have been forwarded , oommnnioafing tbo total loss of the English ship Jane Augusta , Captain Hewitt master , from Hull , bound for Coquimbo , by fire , off the coast of St Antonio . She was laden with coals , which ignited spontaneously when the vessel was about 100 miles to the westward of the island . At first a slight smoke arose from the cargo ; the master , suspeoting a fire kindling , had the hatchways uncovered , and poured down several tons of water , which , failing in diminishing the smoke , he had a large mass of the coals removed ; bat tbe men eould penetrate no further down on account of the great heat and sulphurous smoke . They continued to pour water down in large quantities , but the heat ana smoke increased , and at length the captain , ior the preservation of the crew , ran the ship ashore en the above-mentioned island . The very moment she
struck a body of flames shot forth from the main hold , and in a few minutes she was completely on fire . Most of the crew managed to escape an the island with safety ; one man was not so fortunate !; in attempting to save his clothes , which were below in the forecastle , he was suffocated and perished . The ship was burning two entire days- As may be supposed , she was destroyed to the water ' s edge . On the English Consul at St Antonio hearing of the catastrophe , he invited the crew—who it should be observed lost all their clothes and money—to hishovse , and rendered them every assistance until a vessel was prepared to take them to England . The schooner Despatch , Williams master , took the mate and most of tbe crew to St . Vincent ' s ( Cape de Verd Islands ) , whence they were transhipped on board Her Majesty ' s ship Spy , and onveyed to Gambia . The master and two of the officers of the unfortunate vessel were left behind at St Antonio , The vessel and cargo were bat partly insured .
Case op Murder . — We understand , from information which had reached the police authorities here , that a cold-blooded and most revolting murder , followed by robbery , was committed on Sunday afternoon , on the person of Janet Anderson , residing at the village of Battergash , nearJtoBblane . The murderer has absconded , carrying him with the sum of £ 15 in notes .
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IpswrcH .-Ilandbills having been circulated last week , calling a meeting of th * dissatisfied , members of the Land Company residing » JW ^ . » d -Jg locality , a meeting was . held ImE Saturday , Mi George Terry in the chair , when the Mowing pro . positions and amendment were submitted .-- inai those persons who have paid but do not now pay up their shares cannot be considered as oonafide mma bers of the Company , and have no right whato . ei to interfere in its affairs . ' Carried by a great majonijj four onlv voting aaainst it . ' That this meeting have
the greatest confidence in MrO'Connor and tee i-ana Plan , as at present constituted . ' Amendment . ' That no confidence can be placed in Mr O'Connor , but that a committee of five be appointed to adopt the best means to get back the money already paid by the shareholders . ' Amendment rejected , and the original proposition carried by an overwhelming majority . A vote of thanks was passed to the chair , man , and three cheers given for O'Connor , tho Charter , and tbe Land . Thus ended the meeting of the dissathfied .
Djncastbr . —A meeting of the Land members of this branch was held at the Brown Cow Inn , on Thursday , the Wh , Mr James M'Gee in the chair , when the proceedings of tbe Conference were read from the Star by Mr P . Foden , and , after a discussion , the alterations made by the Conference gavo general satisfaction . After electing the officers for the next three month ? , and parsing a rote of thanks tothechairmaaaudtoMr Phillips for his kindness in granting the use of his room to tbe members , the meeting separated . Tho following officers were elected : —Secretary , B . Armfield ; 'treasurer , J Bradley ; scrutineer , John Bell ; auditors , Joseph Mason and John Wadington ; committ » e , Thomas Phillios . James M'Gee . William Dodwn , William
Hollond , William Whitelow , and John Thompson . _ BiACKBOiw . —The yearly general meeting of this branch of the National Land Company waa held at Nurton ' s Coffee House , on Sunday , the 10 . h . After the balance sheet nas read and accounts passed the following officers were elected for the next six menths . A . Armstead , president ; R . Proudloye , treasurer ; J . G . Newbigging , secretary ; aud Wm . Singleton , scrutineer : * fter which Mr Brook gave in his report from the Conference which gave genernl satisfaction . Soma questions being put to Mr Brooks and satisfactorily answered , a vote of thanks waa awarded him and the meeting broke up , highly satisfied , Barnstaplb . — This branch of the Land Company held a meeting on the 13 ; li inst ., when tbe delegate
for tho Tiverton district reported the proceedings of Conference , which gave general satisfaction . The following officers were elected for the next six months —Mr KnilJ , treasurer ; Mr Pearce , scrutineer ; Messrs Stoneman and Clement , auditors ,- —the books were audited and found correct ; a determination was expressed to do our utmost towards forwarding the plan . The members have commenced paying the instalments due on tbeir shares , and otbera have subscribed to the Loan and Priority Funds . Meetings for the future will be held every Saturday evening , ateighto ' clock , Shnhild . —A special meeting of thia branch was held at tbe Mossley Arms , on Wednesday evening ,. November 15 th , when the delegate for the Sheffield district gave in his report from Conference , which gave general satisfaction , and , at'the conclusion ) a rote of thanks was awarded him . The following poisons were duly elected to serve as scrutineers and auditors , for the ensuing quarter — Joseph Billings
and William Heaton , scrutineers ; William flawkstey and James Simpson , auditors . The following resolution was agreed to : — ' That the future general meetings of this branch be held every three months instead of half yearly , as before , ' The next meeting was fixed to be held on the 3 rd oi January , 1849 . The unpaid shareholders residing in tbe country , are informed that all shareholders omitting to pay any part of their subscriptions dnring the next three months , will be struck off the hooka ; and all members in arrears with their local and general levies , whether paid-up shareholders or otherwise , are requested to pay the same immediately , so as to give tbe secretary an opportunity of remitting whatsums may be collected every week . The committee would ' recommend every other locality to adopt the same rule , believing that with regularity more fundi would be forthcoming . By order of the committee , G . Paulbs , chairman .
Dalwon . —A special general meeting of the mem * bera of the Dalston branch was held on Saturday evening , November IStb , . for the purpose ef making arrangements under the amended plan . Mr John Murdichin she chair . Mr Thomas Sowerby begged to call attention to the representations made to the Conference by the Deputies from the various » s > tates , which ho did at some length , and concluded by moving the following resolution : — 'That we , the members of tke Dalston branch of the National Land Company , bog to express our unbounded and unqualified thanks to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for his past services , and for hit able refutation ef the
false representations made to the Conference ; and this meeting begs to express its full confidence in the honesty , the integrity , and ability of that gentleman , to carry out the objects of the National Land Coo pany . ' The resolution was seconded by Mr Leech and carried . It was then moved by Mr Baty , seconded by Mr Corry , ' That an address , founded on the above resolution , he drawn out and sent to Mr O'Connor . ' Carried . Moved by Mr Leech , seconded by Mr Sowerby , . 'That ten shillings . be sent with the address , to Mr O'Connor , for tbe Defence Fund . ' Carried . Other business of a local character having been trans , acted , the meeting separated .
10 FBAROUS O ' CONNOR , HSQ ,, U P . HoifounsD Sir , —We , tho members of the Dalston branch of tbe National Land Company , are proud to see you maintain your position in the cause of democracy . We deeplysympathise with jou on accennt of the many attacks made on both your " public and pri . vate character . We repudiate and utterly abhor the assertions of tools , which had no other object in view but to blast and damn the Land Company . No : withstanding all the snares that have been laid in yonr path , we are proud to see you steer a steady course by them , and lead your children forward with anticipations to the time when they shall possess their liberties as freeborn Englishmen . The sneers that have been thrown at yeu , both in and out of Parliament , have
passed away like the baseless fabric of a vision ; they have found their establishment is oblivion ; and the glorious and undying principles , which you have so long advocated , and which we believe are as dear to you as life , shall ultimately be discussed and adopted , and lastly be made the law of the land . When we look at all the movements of jour past life , and critically scrutinise all your , public adventures , it inspires us with confidence in your grandly developed enterprise ; and , likewise , a glowing admiration of those principles which alone ean bene fit tbe working classes of this empire . We hope , sir , that yoa will prosecute your way until the labour market shall be thinned of tens of thousands , and possessjhcir natural inheritance as ordained by heaven , and generationa
yet unborn shall rise to heap blessings on your bead ; and your bitterest enemies shall have to acknowledge that your principles were based upo / i justice , equality , and truth . Noble minded and generous hearted sir , notwithstanding the many attacks that have been made upon you by the enemies of a faction , not a law of those that you have helped out of the mire , have dared to raise tbeir voices against you , and against the only plan upon the success of which de * pends the happiness and prosperity of the working classes . Nothing could be more absurd or more ridiculous than the false representations made to the Coherence by the Deputies from Lowbands , Minster
Lovel , & o ., respecting the condition of the occupants ; but we rejoice to find that all those falsehoods were ably refuted by you , amid the cheers of the enlightened portion of the Conference . In conclusion , sir , wo beg to express our unbounded and unqualified thanks to you for your past services , and more especially for the able refutation of the false representation above alluded to , aMuring jon of our unbounded confidence in your honesty , integrity , aad ability , and enweatingyou to go on in the great national undertaking . We remain , air , on behalf of the Dalston branch of tbe National Land Company , John MurdochChairman .
, Thouas Sowbbjit , Secretary . Stockport . —A meeting of this branch took place on Sunday last , when Mr Totkington , the delegate , gave an account of his mission to the satisfaction of the members , and received the thanks of the meeting accordingly . Bristol . —At a meeting of Land members held at Mr Richards ' a , Castle Mill Street , Mr Fink in the chair , MrH . Hyatt reported the proceedings of the Land Conference . Many questions were asked and explained te the entire satisfaction of all nresenL
and at the conclusion the following resolution was carried : — « That this meeting highly approve of the explanations given by Mr F . O'Connor in tho National Land Conference , and we beg to exp Mf our full confidence in him , and to return Our KM re thanks to that gentleman , and also to the delegates / An account of the expenses was handed in and read , and branches who have not contributed , viz ; Monmouth , Abargaveany , and Newport are requested to forward their share of expenses ; the suplns , if any . to be sent to the Victim Fund .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25111848/page/5/
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