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      We Beg To Call The Attention Ot The Read...

      _Di-jby . Ron Park , attack _offcay- Hr Martia , Cqrt f BH ** k , _Cutlereai _th , aeUck of wheat ; Mr Robert _K'ConneU , _Castlereagh , * corn atack ; and Hr Anderson , Usnabreeny . had hia office-house let on fire and much damaged before the _fiamea were _extinguiihtd . No causes can possibly be assigned for the commission of these _wanton outrages , amd mo parties a * j _stkavs beta bus pected as tbe perpetrators . A remariaMe f _ircritastance in connexion with them is the fart , that they were all _ceenmitUd between the hours of fire and tit o ' _slock ; aad , aa the places are scattered over am area of several miles of country , it is presumed that tbere evttemily must have been anumotr of incendiaries , and that they acted is concert , and _cimultaaconsly . On _Friday _crening , about five o ' clock , two stacks of bay , fcilongiB _** to a _respectable farmer aimed , _DnfSa , wko reside * about a xnfle beyond the _Shinkhill burying . ground , were also set on fire and conramed . On the same evening also , aad much about the sane time , another neighbouring farmer , named Eirker , had a stack of hay _-aaliciausly destroyed . '

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      _January 6 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR . " —— _^^^^^ mmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm— _--------m-----------------m . _— - _^ _m-- _^ _--------------.-- _^ V

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      J Swxit Acknowledges Tho Re-Rapt Ofthe F...

      J SwxiT acknowledges tho re-rapt ofthe follow * n « - g um . _fsent herewith ) for the Victi-nrund . _Tiz- — _# « a From ihe _Serea Stars ... ' ' f » ' _ " _U _' CWpiniale ... ... 0 0 6 _ _HrHunt ... ... _, J Thomas _Cbxksbeb _a-knowledges the reedpt ef the foilowing sums for the Defence ef the Manchester Vic " tims : — £ r d Per _Douotou , Rochdale . „ ... 3 i n „ Brown , Traperamce Hotel , Manchester 0 5 _« For the Support of Prisoners , BA . Radford o 2 fi BarksEochdale '

      Ur , . „ ... 610 o John James Berrey ... ... 0 It o Tho monies announced last week were for the Defence of the Manchester Tictimi . Chaxixb Loom and W . Chptoh . —The demands upon onr colamns wiU not permit us to give your letters . Ht T . _MoTHEismtD , Macclesfield . —Your _cbmntunic * _. tion having been handed over to me , I beg t _» observe that the several Victim Committees ia the metropolis have but one or ject in view , namely , the alleviation of the sufferings of tbose ou whom the Whigs and their myrmidons have poured out their wrath , and to ad . minister help to the wives and children of those patrols who are bow languishing inthe cheerless prison house . It is not contemplated to restrict the relief to our brethren who were tried (! I ) in tondon . This would bt unjust in the _t-irtmo . Oar _Scotch , York _, shire , and Lancashire _advocates are entitled to equal consideration with the victims ofthe Powell audD & vies

      plot , and their families as severely feel the blow . It is Tery wrong to . _eingle out particular victims for especial . support . The { and * ought to beamalgamated . and the committees instructed to be no _resetter * of _person , A patriot , who has been all his life toiling between the four posts of poverty , may be no less sincere , ardent , and useful , than those who have moved in a higher sphere . * Make all equal * mnst be our motto . The con . conclusion of yonr note isan advertisement , and would he charged as such . W . Riee * . MbT . SormxT , Dalston ;— "We have only the portraits of John Frost , R . Oastler , H . Hunt , W . Cohbett A . O'Connor , P . O'Connor 'small tare ) and the plates of the Convention . Presentation ofthe National Petition , and view of 0 _* ConnorviUes . The portraits of T S . Duncombe and R . Etnraettare all disposed of . The samo answer to Mr 6 . Baker , Worcester . If the Loudon _sgents who supply the _Northes ** Sua to Mr R . Brooke . _Huddertfieia , aad Mr Butterworth ,

      Buckingham , will call at onr office , they will obtain the portrait of Mitchel . We can only snpply it to tbose who have their papers direct from this office , or from that of Mr Pa vey , Holywell Street . Ub Wild . Shaw Chapel , will obtain his portraits from U r Hey wood , SS , Oldham Street , Manchester . B . R . Mobgas , Merthyr . —The Land Office , 144 , High Holborn , London . Nation *! . Victijc a _> _- » Defence Ftj . np , —Received by Edmund Stallwood , at the Institution , John Street , on the night of the festival . On _. gf count of tracts , ( The Cry ot the Widowed Wife ) presented by the author , Mr Addiscor , 4 s 96 * . ; by W . J . Code , 2 s . 6 d . _JcHit Arnott acknowledges the following presents on behalf of the Tiitim aH'lDefenteFuBd _:--FromMr Sal . mon , sen ., Cooper ' s _« Purgatory of Suicides '; Mr Henry Whitmore , T wo Pair of Buckskin Braces ; Mr Black , Hervey ' _s Meditations , Universal Letter Writer , Foor Han s Preservative against Popery , _Cella in Search ofa _Hn'band , Memoirs of the Rev . S . J . Mills , PoUtical Anatomy of Ireland , Locke ' s Essays on the Understandinr . andthe Athenian Oracle ; Mr _Ba'Iey , Limehouse , O'Connor ' s Small Fa < ms ; Mr Barnard , _Dytc ond on

      War ; Mr Ford , Advice to the Million ; Mrs Bezer , Boy ' s Cap and Four Books , ; Mrs Be & tlev , Pccket Book and Needle Case ; Mrs Cuffay . Seven Parts of the Pictu . rsque Beauties of Great Britain , Portrait of MisB Mary Ann Walker , and Two Haps ; Hiss Saris , Greenwich , Three Oil Paintings ; Mr Whitcomb , ditto , Historical Chart , and Books ; Mrs Heath , ditto , two Prints , and a Papier Mache Box ; Mr B . Ford , Berwick Street , Soho Two Pictures , Two Trays , Four Sheets , and Anecdotes of Napoleon ; Mr Phillips , Five Ornaments , Jug , Brace _, let . Pincushion , and small Scissors _; Mr Nobbs , _FIrstrary , Natural Theology , by Faley ; Mr Lee , d'tto , T _« o New Satin Waistcoats ; Mr B . D . Cousras . Drury Lane . The Christian _Mytholoj-y unveiled , hy Mitchell , Good Sense , by Le Cure , Mealier Zadig , by Voltaire , Principle ? of Nature , by Palmer . _Feur Copies of _Paine's Rights of Man , Theological Works of ditto . Age of Reason , by ditto . Aphorisms of ditto , Tom Jones , Pope's Essays on Man , and the Bled : Dwarf , by Wooler ; Messrs Milne and GraiBly , a Quantity of _Famj-hlets and Tracts ; and Mr Samuel Boonham _, Three Pair of Men ' s Hote . Jakes _Li-WTOs _, Prescott—We cannot answer your question .

      Pkfence Fund. Lrcelvzd Bt Wiuiax »»Ib, £...

      _PKFENCE FUND . lrCElVZD BT WIUIAX »» IB , £ s . d . Stockport , per J . Piekford ... .... 0 7 ° Coventry , _psr C . Freeman ... ... 015 ' Hawortfa _, per E . Tidswell ... . „ 0 6 s _HoWnghaat , per'J . Sweat , „ „ . , 1 9 Z . Z . B ., _Glosiop , per J . Framce ... ... 0 5 0 Councillor C . Wood , _SbtSeld , per G-. Cavill 6 10 0 3 . _Foxley , ditto ... 0 10 Mary _Koaplon , ditto ... 0 10 Collected by Mrs Theobald ditto ... 0 4 7 Female Chartists , Sheffield ditto ... 0 10 Tola ! £ 2101

      National Tictim And Dbfbhce Fund. £ T. 1...

      NATIONAL TICTIM AND DBFBHCE FUND . £ t . 1 . Globe and Friends ... ... ... 0 7 0 Westminster ... ... ... ... 0 15 MrlBider , as per _SiiS ... ... ... 19 4 Ur Clark , ditto ... _« . ... 1 14 7 Mr _Ejdd . ditto ... ... ... 3 4 74 . Crown and Anehor ... ... ... 0 6 8 Cripplegate ... ... ... ... 0 2 7 Hr _Esst and Friends ... ... ... 0 4 0 Limehouse , per Mr Bailey ... ... 0 2 6 _,, „ ,, ... ... ... 0 2 6 A Skip ' s Cook ... ... ... 0 0 6 Sooth London Hall ... ... ... 0 2 6 Clitheroe _, per Mr Isherwood ... ... 0 4 6 P . r Mr Stallwood ... 0 7 S Total £ 8 9 111 J , J . _MESBIMJ . N , Honorary Secretary , Ut , High Holborn , London . January 4 * , 1849 . *«* It is r « quested that all monies for this Commit . tie be addressed as above . If forwarded by Thursda ; ln each week , it will be announced in the following Saturday's Stab .

      Latest From Ireland. The Baronies In The...

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

      Latest Foreign News. Important From Spai...

      LATEST FOREIGN NEWS . IMPORTANT FROM SPAIN . We find the following in the Jouskal do _Pbopls of Bayonne of the 31 st ult .: — f cOMFLSTE DEFEAT OS THB ABMT OJ * _CATAIOSIA , COMHANDED BT THB CAFTAIK CBHXBAI . SOS _MJUitJBL DK Li C _05 CHAI 5 _PJEWN . . An express , which left _Tich on the 26 th , says : — Cabrera has just given , in our vicinity , a bloody and decisive battle , which cannot be compared to any

      of his preceding affairs . This general , at the head of his army of 10 , 000 men , has _oompletely routed tie army of the Queen , 14 , 000 strong of all arms , commanded by General Concha in person . The certain positive results of this action , which was terrible , are , that four squadrons of cavalry , and 1 , 200 ofthe companies of the elite oi the Queen ' s army hava been made prisoners , and the rest have fled in all directions . Cahnri . * hough wounded in the head hv a ba' ! . hs * gene in pursuit of the

      _MTt-vT V . _10 M HUNGARY . / ¦' . ' :. . vi ,- * , '* Yir . disr . ligr . ' i ir in possession of Raab , m .. j , _v-xi nc ! defended by the Hungarians , _yefche K » i- " f "T . r ' ' - _> <' * ,, iJ -e' _^ -: ' _n- - _Zrtdi object , which -ras la cat ci the _reittit _•>{ _ilt Hungarian army , xnt \ ¦ _- . hf ' . H ' xxm _- acil 0 r ' _' _^ ' ' 4 n 06 UTre ' _' he _fitaMflvii _iateiidet ! -o z-tct that object , com . Bletel * - _'iLie-J , and the Hungarians , in two columns , fell bask in good order on Cosom and Ofen . The object of Kossnth is evidently to draw \ Finduchgratz bto thi interior Of tbe country , so » to let cold Sid hunger do their W » rkon _thelmpenil _troops , _~ a _fhTrT _havinz _conceatrated all bis forces , to fall _itneaT _^^ b r _° Sons She must necessarily leave - 1 Prestortmea

      a _fenrg h _, Kaao , and the other _m « a > , _« . u bring matters to aa issue , under circumstances in t-fhicb . the defeat of the Imperialists wonld be their otter dest _; action : It is said that Windisehgratz has taken possession ef Cormorn . It is by no means impro bable that he may also take possession of Pesth ; but if we mistake not Pesth will be his Moscow . The orders of Kossnth are stringent . Leave the nemy sought save the land , bum the cities and •& ges , and destroy the provision .

      Receipts Of Thb Nationill- Land

      _RECEIPTS OF THB NATIONill- LAND

      _COMPANY , FOR THE WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , JANUARY , 1849 . PER MR O'CONHOB . _IHABII . £ I . d . Parlchead „ 1 16 0 _Glogsop « 817 8 Llttletown M 4 11 8 Birmineham , Cray ford „ I li 3 Goodwin M 0 2 0 Bridlingtou Quay 6 7 6 Duckinfield „ 2 0 0 Oldham .. o 1 4 Accrington -. 13 6 Braintree M o 10 O Leicester . Astill O fi Witham _ 2 0 0 Old Shildoa „ 1 13 11

      Globe and Friends 0 10 Stourbridge „ 17 6 Oswaldtwistle .. 1 11 8 Bridgwater „ 017 J Merthyr , Powell 1 0 WEden „ 6 0 Rotherham _„ o Is 19 Jno Stephenson 10 0 NotUngham , Wm Fletcher M # 1 * Sweet M 5 S 2 H Towers .. e 10 e fsheairta M is o o J Tomiinson M ISO Mansfield , Boole 1 13 6 G Tomiinson ., 6 8 0 Droylsden .. 0 0 4 KPattison „ 8 2 0 _S'y _« 0 6 0 W Bailey .. 0 10 _Newcastle-upoB . _JHeiTerman .. 0 16 " jne . IM 0 ' WestmlH 6 ter w O 3 6 £ 61 10 3

      _ _^ BXPSMSS FOKD . Parkhead M 0 4 0 _JTomlinsoB .. 0 2 , 6 Llttletown _ 0 8 0 D Hopkins _~ 0 3 6 Globe and Friends 0 18 R Cooper ~ 0 2 6 Notringhata , j Croom «* 0 2 6 Sweet „ 0 5 6 S Croom -. 0 2 6 Mansfield „ 0 3 0 H Croom M 0 2 6 _Westminster „ 0 3 6 H _Woodea M 0 2 6 OldShildon .. 8 _» HCook H . 0 2 6 West Linton .. 0 6 0 WmWooder _~ 0 3 6 H Towers _„ 0 2 0 RCoolr _. 0 2 6 E Stratford .. o 1 0 G TomliMon •¦ 0 1 « G Tomiinson .. 2 6 - J Tomiinson „ 0 2 6 £ ? 12 0 J Tomiinson - 0 2 6 r

      TOTALS . Land Ftnd „ 61 10 8 _Sxpenge Fund 3 12 fl _Bonna 323 14 3 _I-oanFand 1 2 fi Tranafers ... ... ... ... 0 18 6 Wk . Dixon , . Chxi . tophm _Dovza , Taos , Cuts . ( Corr « s . Sec . ) Philip _M'Giaih ( Fin . See . )

      Executive New Year's Gift. Rotherham, Pe...

      _EXECUTIVE NEW YEAR'S GIFT . Rotherham , per J Turner H ~ H 1 0 0 G Julian Harney ~ m n . 0190 Staljbridge . per Mr Lawton M .. _» 0 10 0 Rjton , per Jobn BHorsfaU _„ « ~ 0 10 0 Nottingham , per J Sweet , ' CoL Hutchinson ' - 0 10 o Byron Ward , ditto .. ~ - _„ 0 5 0 King df the French .. « ~ M 0 1 0 DaTtntry , per 6 Ash well ~ .. -. 010 Masterton , J L Smith .. .. M H 0 2 0 _Weslmln-ter , J Grassby ~ .. 0 * 6 Great Uarlow , an Old Radical .. „ 0 2 6 Ditto . H Smith .. M - 0 1 0 Sheffield , G Cavill - „ _. 0 1 6 Donckster , B Armfleld .. .. - 056 _Birmiogham , People ' Hall , W H _findhall - a 1 9 Sheffield . T W , _uer G _CarlU - - .. nun

      _TroRbnaga . James Slade „ _« _w 0 O 6 Smallwell , per R Gardiner .. „ M 0 6 0 Newcastle , per M Jude ( for cards }! .. « 0 8 0 Birmicgbam , Ship Inn . per John Nawhouse _„ o 16 o Charles Goodwin „ „ ... 0 1 2 Dudley , John Dairies - .. .. „ a 5 e MrJSewell _» _„ _„ _„ .. 01 0 0 MrLarkm .. .. „ .. ** .. 0 1 0 Central _Ro-sendale H .. H .. 060 Ipswich .. _M .. „ H 0 10 0 _w e » _tLiaton .. H H .. « 0 _l 8 Norwich , T Coot , jrent ., per R A Clark _^ 0 10 0 T AVar and _FrieHds .. .. * .. „ 0 2 0 w Saddler .. _„ .. „ .. 010 Liverpool , P _Bi ierley _. „ „ _. „ m 0 10 Haworth , per E Tidswell -. _:.- .. _^ 0 6 3 Six Friends , _Glossop , per J France n „ 0 10 0 Sheffield , per G Cavill .. - ., „ 0 1 0 Ditto , Mrs Theobald .. - M 0 0 7 A Few Friends , _Wootton-tmder-Edge , per B

      Lacey - .. .. .. „ 6 18 0 _Bindley Chartists , per W _Moorhouse .. 15 6 W Hornsej _, Easington Lace ' _. _Sounty DurhtiiD , 0 2 0 W _Roser , Brixton Hill , Surrey .. _^ 010 Mr Fox „ „ „ H „ 0 1 0 Hr Cameron M „ M .. .. 010 M . per Mr Allnutt „ _„ „ „ e 0 fi _RnsbEry , per ditto .. « M . 0 M 0

      For W1tes And Families Of Victims. Mokiv...

      FOR W 1 TES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . MOKIVID BT W . 1 IMM . Stockport Singers , _tiverpool , P perMScragg 1 10 0 Brierley .. 0 I 0 * Sheffield , per W Haines .. 1 0

      * The Bum of 5 s Id acknowledged from Hr Horns-, Sheffield , for the Executive , ought to havt been for the Wives and families of the Tic tims .

      Defence And Victim Tvsd. >£Ceiveo At Hmd...

      _DEFENCE AND VICTIM TVSD _. > £ _CEIVEO AT HMD OFHCB . JfrJSewell .. 9 10 0 Norwich , per Mr An Enemy to Clark .. 0 10 0 Oppression .. 3 0 0 Praintree .. 0 6 0 Mr _larkia .. 0 1 0 MS .. -. ° _* 2 Globe and Friends 0 6 3 Ur Greenwood 0 10 Commercial lee- Mr Sadler ,. 0 10 tnraHaU .. 0 9 0 Wm WoodtT .. 0 * 4 Central Rossendale 0 4 0 Henry Wooder 0 4 4 Mr Workman .. 0 16 BohertCook .. 0 4 4 H * nry Cools .. 0 4 4 KICElVID ST I . XT *> T > . Botherham : per Masterton , J 1 Cavill .. 0 5 0 Smitb ( for Mr « * Cheltenham ,-Tno Sheffield , O _Hemmin .. 0 9 8 white .. 0 10 Ditto , Defence OH Gateshead , J B 0 2 6 J Turner .. 0 14 2

      For Hrs M'Douall. Xscbive& At -Avt> Ofvi...

      FOR HRS M'DOUALL . XSCBIVE & AT _-AVt > _OFVICB . Hr John Seven * 010 0 US .. .. 0 2 6

      Mrs E. Jones. Us.. .. 0 9 6 Fob The Kirk...

      MRS E . JONES . US .. .. 0 9 6 FOB THE KIRKDAZ . E VICTIMS . Mr Jo _* _anBew « U C 16 0 GEORGE WHITE'S FAMILY . Charles Seaurave 0 l Q

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

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

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

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

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

      by the Aristocracy ; and that y # * and Co . now propose to squander on _emigration , to be appropriated to the reclamation of the wastelands of their own mother couutry , whereon they would' squat' themselves in peace , in preference to being paupers and unwilling idlers . The problem of the age—the work ofthe age- is to endow the whole male population of the nation with the right of suffrage , and through that instrumentality to restore the equilibrium of society . To this duty the _jnai of our country will commit themselves fearlessly . The towards and dastards , ' alone will desert it .

      Sin _AuausinsFBEDBRicxD'EsiB died on Thursday morning , fie was son of the late Duke ef Sussex , by Lady Augustus Murray , daughter of the Earl of Danmoie . to whom his RojalHighneBa was married at Rome , 1793 . Upon the death of the Dake in 1843 , Sir Augustus preferred his claim to succeed to the titles and honours of his father . The House of Lords resolved thit bo bad not established hia olaima _.

      Letters To The Working Classes. Xxix. ' ...

      LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . XXIX . ' Words are things , and a small drop of Ink Falling—Uko daw—apea a thought , _produc * ¦ - _that whioh makes thousands , perhaps mU _. _lon * , thiak . ' Bl » OK .

      THOUGHTS ON NEW YEAR'S DAY . Brother _Proletarians , It would afford me veritable pleasure oould I addrew to you the compliments of the season , and wish you ' A Happy New Ys » r / But any such wish must be the merest , meawngless form of cere * mon ** , ao long aa 70 * 1 suffer politieal degradation and social wrong . It k true , we often hear of 'the good time coming , ' but will tbat good time come within the course of the year now commencing ? If so , 1849 will indeed , be a 'Happy New Year . ' It is because I am anxiously looking for 'the good time coming , ' that I will not tell you to ' wa . it a little longer . ' As long as yen may be content to wait , jou will « aHf , 1 , therefore , iay to you not 1 waif a ; little longer , ' but WORK a little STRONGER , rod then the ' good time' will speedily

      oome . In good troth , friends , it is full time that the _loag-lwked f « era of national regeneration had its commencement . Two generations have descended to the tomb sinoe tbe prinoiples of Chartism ( though not the Charter' ) , were first made the basis of a demand for Parliamentary Reform . Since Cartwright and his friends first raised the cry for Lqual and Universal Representation , how many have gone down tothe grave without seeing the accomplishment of their hopes , and toe merited reward of their labours and sacrifices ! How many patriots hare suffered imprisonment , banishment , and even death—how many families have been _desolated—how many hearts broken in the unequal strife of right

      against might 2 The _oemfortab ' e , well-to-do classes are in the habit of deprecating what tbey call ' violent changes , ' and are fond of insisting on the necessity of ' gradual reform . ' I think tbey may be well satisfied with the snail ' s progress of ' Reform' in thia country . The precious ' Bill' of 1932 was obtained only after fifty years ot agitation . We have now had ten years of Chartiflt organising , speech-making , petitioning , and suffering , and—how near are we to the enactment ot the Charter ? In other countries _four-and'twent _; hours will occasionally suffice to upset a dynasty , or achieve an organic change of , perhaps , greater importance ; but we , Englishmen , who think so much of ourselves , we meet , and shout , and 'humbly pray / and occasionally became very * exoited , ' and then

      very apathetic , and thia goes on until it suits the _purpote of some aristocratic , or _bsurgeois faction , to take up tha popular cry , and then , after sweating through a ' crisis , ' ' another crisis , ' a ' great crisis , ' and ' the _crai _* , ' we win power for the designing few , snd—a ahadow for ourselves ! The ' Reforms' we accomplish are' gradual ' , with a vengeance ! Brother Proletarians , for this oontemptible courB * » f events you are principally to _blsme _. I am sorry that I cannot admit , that ' the people are seldom wrong , and _neyerlong wrong . ' On the contrary , mj experience has taught me that the people are seldom right , and never long right . I assert this of the people generally—the people abroad as wel ! as at borne . In February last the people of France were

      right whea they kioked oat the King of the money jobbra . Bnt they were not long right . In April they were wrong enough , when they elected the infamous Assembly . Thei- almost unanimous eleotion of the counterfeit Napoleon to the Presidency , is as clear a case of national insanity as even' the strongminded English' exhibited , when , like roaring Bedlamites , they raised a lunatio howl from John O'Greai ' a to the Land ' _s-End , for ' The Bill , the whole Bill , and nothing but the Bill . ' Similar examples of popular folly might be cited from the tast twelve months' history of other nations . But enough . We should mend our own ways before we toe critically examine tbe faults of others . The two _crand _impediments to the proems of the

      Proletarian cause in thiB country are , " the want of knowledge , and the want of perseverance . I verily believe that the working classes might achieve their political and social emancipation without bo much as dreaming of pike or musket , if they were but inspired by the will to accomplish their regeneration . But the truth is , that a vast portion ef the working men are politically ignorant , or indifferent ; and of those who are enlightened , and who profess to desire ! their own enfranchisement , there are but comparatively few wbo possess the _energy and resolution necessary to came men to persevere in pursuit of an object , iu spite of difficulties and disappointments . It is a terrible fact , that after bo many years of 'Reform' and ' _Chartis _* _- ' agitation , multitudes of men . whose every interest would benefit by the

      triumph ef Chartism , are yet ignorant of or indifferent to the Charter . This iatrue , not merely of the agricultural labourers , bat also of a considerable portion of the town population . Here is the great , though not the only source ot our weakness . Were the proletarians of towa and country banded together aa one man , their task would be hard enough . On the one tide , > _w marshalled all the privileged orders , with all their tools , slaves , asd mjr * _midons . On the other aide is « portion of the working classes . The opposing forces are unequally matched . Wore au the . eons of industry to move iu one phalanx , the might weuld be not inferior to the right on the side of Labour , and the batt ' e would be forthwith wen . Something like such a phalanx must be formed , otherwise we may wait long enough for ' the good time coming . '

      Bat I bave alluded to another source of Chartist _weakness . I mean the want of perseverance on the part of professing Chartists . It ia an easy thing for a man to set his signature to a _petitioe , demand _, ing the Charter ; but if that ia all the effort he is willing to make for the rights claimed in such a petition , he sets but a sorry value on those rights It is easy for a man to attend an occasional meeting when some great speaker ia announced to exhibit , and easy it iB to cheer to the echo every impassioned appeal the orator may give utterance to in behalf ol Justice and Freedom ; but if the _clapping ef hands , and the shout of applause , comprise ( hat man ' s Chartism , his . children , if he . has any , will not be politically indebted to him . The men who stamp their impress oa their age , and do deeds commanding tbe gratitude of posterity , are ' made of sterner stuff . '

      At one of the democratio banquets reoently holden in Paris , one of the speakers , whose name has escaped my memory , observed that he had two sons , one of whom was among the transported heroes of the June insurrection , and the other had suffered & long imprisonment for the good cause . The speaker added , I BROUGHT THEM UP FOR THAT ! ' Thunders of _appla' _-se responded to this Spartan-like declaration . Honour to the democratic veteran I Honour to the sons worthy of suoh a sire ! ' When , ' said _BrnoN , * When Spartan mothers » _na ) l give birth to men , then will Greece be free . ' And , I tay , when that we Chsrtists shall be animated by the heroic spirit ofthe Parisian democrat , the days of privileged usurpation will be _numtered—the viotory of Jostice will be decreed .

      There are Chartists who are animated by that spirit , men whe in adversity as well as in prosperity are faithful to their mission . These are the men who have maintained the movement . in existence during the last few months ef class-perseoutiou and popular apathy . These are the men who are at the present time labouring without cessation to obtain support for the families of the victims , and for suoh of the _viotioa . 1 themselves who are in a position to receive tangible evidences of popular sympathy . Honour to those true patriots ! Were there not such men to be found—few or many—in most oi our towns , we might indeed despair of the future .

      But I complain that these true Chartists are not o * -operated with by the multitudes who at intervals are to b _« _found shouting foe the Charter . Where ate the masses who gathered round the Chartist banner in March and April last ? I may be answered that — disappointed in their expectations—they have fallen back in disgust or despair . This worse than womanly weakness , this childish lack of perseverance , H perfectly unworthy of men ; especially of men groaning under oppression , and professing to be animated by a desire for freedom . I commend to the inconstant professors of , Chartiara , the following extract from _a" private letter I have received from one of tbe patriots imprisoned at Kirkdale : —

      Twelve months will pass over , aod they will nad me just as aotive as ever in standing up for the rights of my order , and advocating the claims ef my oppresses * and plundered fellow workmen . PERSBTERAKCK IN A GOOD CAUSE , MY DEAR _JRIEHD , IS A SURE PRELUDE TO SUCCESS ; and ths signs ofthe times iudloate that ere long the public will pay more attention to our principles and objects than a venal press has hlthert _* peimltted ; and that Instead of being presoribed and imprisoned as . destructives , we shall be bailed sa the true conservatives ot the country . Anew year has dawned , and with the new year shonld come _newresolveBand new deeds improving on . the past . The _Jourij-ews-liberals havo already sketched their plan of campaign and are even now preparing te take the field . Will the working men be in the rear ? Will they allow the struggles and sufferings of the last ten yeaiB to have been made and endured in vain ?

      . _„ Brother Proletarians , it is for you to answer . For _mvself I once again , on this New Year ' s Day . lift up SrS for « _faE CHARTER , AND NO

      SURRENDER ! ' _ ,. _„ L Ami du Peuple , January 1 st . 1819 .

      The Fraternal Democrats To Ths Working C...

      THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS TO THS WORKING CLASSES . Equality , Liberty , Fraternity .

      Brother Proletarians , The commencement of a new year bids us break the silence which has , for some time past , been imposed upon us by the force of unfavourable circumstances . We speak of the associated body of which we are members . Individually , we have been neither silent nor inactive ,, whether success shone , or defeat

      frowned , upon our labours . The blows of tyranny have thinned our ranks . Bright hopes have been succeeded by bitter disap * poiutmeuts . But / strong in the faith of our principles , and deeply impressed with the necessity of labouring for the ascendency of those principles , we bring to the work before us undiminished enthusiasm , and the resolute will not to cease in our endeavours until the triumph of Justice is accomplished .

      When , on the _ever-raemorable 24 th of February last , the proletarians of Paris threw off the nightmare of corrupt tyranny , incarnated iu the person of Louis Philippe , the joy-shout of self-emancipated France awoke the nations from their slumbers , and iu nearly every land the people arose and demanded the recognition of their inalienable rights , and the possession of their long-withheld liberties . In many instances , the people were , for tbe time being , successful . Statesmen , grown grey in the

      practice of iniquity , fled from the sight of the peoples , whose patience they had so long abused . Kings boned their heads before the whirlwind they dared not confront , and tremblingly gave way to the requirements of the people . In the majority of cases , the Governments yielded not until they had tried ' physical force '—and failed . But the people retaliated not when the struggle was over . On the contrary , they even gave their confidence to those who had previously enslaved and coerced them . A fatal error !

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

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

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

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

      We de not pretend that the working classes are faultless . The past year witnessed some mistakes on their part which we trust will be avoided in the future . But worse than any fault or error iB the misfortune of ignorance , which still nullifies tfae moral and physical manhood of too many thousands of tbe sons of industry . Believing thai knowledge is p _*» v _* eir , 6 uy mission shall be to help to remove tbat fatal ignorance—the grand obstacle to tbe political enfranchisement and social regeneration of the proletarians of this land . Were the working classes thoroughly enlightened as to their politieal rights and duties , they could not fail to desire and to achieve their emancipation The first condition of Proletarian power is the will to be free .

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

      platform whenever more desirable . Thus much premised , we venture to make a proposition wbich we doubt not will receive the sanction of the democrats of this metropolis ; We propose to commemorate the French Revolution of 1848 , by a public dinner , soiree , or meeting , on , or about , the 24 th of February next , On that occasion we hope to assemble an aggregate gathering of the metropolitan democrats , for the purpose of paying homage to the heroes of the ' tbree days of February , ' and the principles which were defeated but not conquered in the four dayr . of June . '

      We invite the known and active democrats of the metropolis to assist us to carry out the proposed manifestation . We invite our brother democrats in the provinces to make the necessary arrangements for similar manifestations—manifestations strictly within the limits of order and legality , and which shall be strong , because their foundation shall be free and peaceful discussion , and their object the advancement of the sacred cause of Justice .

      Salutation and Fraternity . ( Signed by the Committee ) Sauced Kydd , Henry Ross , Edwin Gill , Charles Keen , . G . Julian Harney , Sec . Loadon , January lst , 1849 .

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      _Dbstrectiok of the Park Thbatr ** . — - ( From the _Nkit York _Journ-l of Commbrcb of Deo , 18 th . )—This notable establishment was announced to be on file about six a ' clock on Saturday afternoon , and almost _instantaneously tbe whole ofthe interior of the building was enveloped in flames . For a time the efforts of the firemen were directed to aave it , but they were soon found to be _unavailing , and every exertion was made to retcue tbe valuable proptr ' y adjacent , nnd , as tbe result proved , with sweats , In a few momenta the roofs and larger timbers fell io , and continued to burn fiercely till nothing but the bare walls remained . As nearly as oan be ascertained , the loss to tha owners ia about 30 , 000 dols , and to the lessee , in the neighbourhood of 20 , 000 dols . —both partiea insured in part . Twenty-eight years had intervened Bince ita first destruction .

      On Saturday morning , at about eleven o _' closb , a brush _manufacturer of the Rne Paatourel , waa seen by hia neighbours en the roof of hiB bouse , climbing , aa they supposed , to a pigeon house , _whichv he had ereoted _tbaru gome timo ago . His position being a daogerouB one , they called to him to retnrn , but , instead of doing bo , he walked te the platform of the pigeon house , and then threw himself into the yard . He still breathed when taken up , but died almost immediately afterwards . He had experienced great _lessex , by the revolution , and , being proceeded against by one of his creditors , It ' s mind was so affected that he hsd re & _olvea to commit euioide , and in his temporary insanity had _ohosen thia extraordinary means . —Paris Paper . _Cexvifrrs at _Portiam _* _-. —There has [ been another import » bi _» nofoonriet 8 during tht week * , and the buildings are now aa crowded as their present Btate will admit ot , —Sherborne Paper ,

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      On Tuesday , January 2 nd , tbe festival , consisting of tea , concert , and ball , was held at tbe Literary and Scientific Institution , John Street , Tottenham Court Road , iu aid ot the ' National Victim and Defence Fund . ' A goodly number sat down to tea , which was served up in good style by Mr Davies . After tbe social beverage bad been partaken of the tables were cleared . Mr Thomas Cooper was called to the chair amidst loud cheers _. The chairman said he was happy to meet them there on that occasion but he should bave been still happier had the number been _larger . Chartism had its ebbings and Sowings , bu ! t , let its stream recede ever so much , he ncver „ . WOUld desert its

      standard —( cheers)—but would rather rush to the rescue to raise it up again . It was well knowji that he had long since become a moral force man , but notwithstanding this , he could riot find it in his heart to sa y one word against the poor men now suffering in prison . ( Cheers . ) No , he believed many of them to be sincere—ay , as sincere as be once was in the same line himself —( hear , hear )—and he knew that some of them had the misfortune to be in that situation , to think evan a halfpenny red her . ring a luxury for a dinner—and wbile this was so they saw other men , no better than themselves , rolling in their splendid equipages and in the enjoyment of every luxury—they conceived this to be

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

      physical force doctrine , and be it also remembered _thtse men only favoured the enfranchisement of a class , whilst the men now suffering were the advocates of universal enfranchisement . ( Loud cheers ) We have one consolationalthough many men are in prison Liberty is not down—( much applause)—but despotism had been destroyed , as witness the fall of emperors and kings . Books , printing presses , & c , bad not bten invented in vain—despotism could not stand—liberty must progress , in the midst of knowledge , science , and discovery ; despotism could not maintain nor even raise its head _aijain . ( Hear , hear . ) His heart was entirely with Chartism . He had much pleasure in

      giving the first sentiment— 'The People , especially those for whose benefit we now meet . ' —Mr T . Clark , in responding , said , doubtless the victims for whose benefit they had met were , as the poet of his day and order had stated , sincere , and he only wished those for whom they had struggled would show as much sincerity by coming forward to support them in this their day of adversity . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought when the people had reformed themselves they could , by their determination alone , achieve what they now so much professed to desire . He trusted the day was . not far distant when tbey should not only meet to congratulate these men on their release from prison , but also on the

      enactment of the People ' s Charter as the law of the land . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr M'Grath , in rising to propose the second sentiment—• The People's Charter , and may it speedily become law ' -said , he believed the Whigs were in a fix—quite perplexed —not knowing what to do to satisfy the demands of the people of England and Ireland—( hear , hear)—and hence H was the duty of all good democrats to have and preserve a strict unity amongst themselves . Let them henceforth pursue an attractive policy , at least , rendering no opposition to any who stepped forward in the progressive course , at the same time holding fast to the People's Charter , whole and entire . ( Cheers . ) He held it to be a glorious

      fact , tbat a Republic at this moment existed in France , and we must look forward to a better application of the principles of Universal Suffrage on a future occasion . ( Applause . ) He would that every man in this country should stand equal before the law . ( Leud cheers . ) He was asked , whom would you elect had you the Charter ? He answered , a different class of candidates would present themselves under those circumstances , and he would leave the choice to the wisdom ofthe people . ( Cheers . ) The Charter would give vitality to six millions of human beings . ( Hear , hear . ) Every good cause appeared to him to have to pass through the ordeal ot persecution and scandal * let them

      pursue a conciliatory policy , remaining true to their principles , and , depend on it , tbeir cause must eventuate in a speedy triumph . ( Much applause . ) At the call of the chairman , three long and loud cheers were here giren for the People ' s Charter . — MrKjdd _, amidst loud cheers , rose to give the third sentiment , as follows— ' The Organisation of Labour . ' This sentiment appeared to him to be of the greatest importance . ' The Organisation of Labour' was a proof of civilisation , and he hoped in this year to _sc « the association principle _urexaU lor the advantnge of the Labourer . ( Hear hear . ) Labour had been in part organised for centuries past , it bad brought man frem barbarism to civilisation

      true Turner , in his history said , tbat feudal lords had spoken of' flocks of cattle and herds of men , ' The press and inventions had been alluded to ; with the aid of these , surely the' Organisation of Labour ' must progress to the advantage of the Sons of Industry . Tbe daily newspaper press had spoken of all who had alluded to the . Organisation of Labour ' as evil councillors , but if he had read Proudhon , Louis Blanc , and others , aright , their intention was to give property to those who had none , and in doing so surely they were taking the most effectual steps to raiBe up conservators of property , for those who had property were invariably found protectors of the rights and property of others . _^ _Lowd cheers . )

      Happily the ' Organisation of Labour' was better understood in 1849 tban in 1847 , and he thought he could demonstrate easily , that the ' Organisation of Labour' was perfectly practicable ; witness the works in government penitentiaries , labour in workhouses , & c _, & c _, and if it could be applied in these places , why not generally ? ( Loud cheers . ) Again , be said—look to tbis gathering—had thev not been witnesses to the ' Organisation of Labour ' when they saw the ladies so speedily , sweetly , and regularly supply them all with tea and the etceteras ?¦( much cheering and laughter )—and should they not further witness it when the ball and concert commenced . ( Increased laughter and applause . )

      He smiled when he read tbe Times denunciation of ' Icaria ;'—had there been no failure in English ' Icarias' which had been blessed with the _suppoitof the Times } ( Loud cheers . ) Was it right that myriads should be in a state of starvation , when ' the Book' said— 'Birds have nests , foxes have holes , but the Son of Man bath no where to lay his head . ' The French Revolution had made many men speak and write on the subject . Louis Blanc wrote in Piccadilly , and . Baron Alderson spoke ofit from the bench , and truly we ought to be obliged to tbe learned Baron for calling public attention to the

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

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

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

      On Tuesday, January 2nd, Tbe Festival, C...

      _WKtuiHM-B _** —The members ol the Westminsters National Charter Association met at the _Psr'fcinium Club House , oa Sunday evening * , Mr Black in the chair . A great number of books and other valuable artioles were handed in for the distribution , aad a large number of tickets _disposed of . Tha members preBent subscribed 4 j . ed . for the * _Executive Naw fear ' s Gift . ' Messrs M'Grath and Di * m addressed tha meeting on the necesrity ef _organisv tioa , and it was resolved that a course of leotnrei bt eomme > eed on the 7 th of January . The committee having made arrangements with aeveral talented gentlemen te lecture at the above commodious place it was also resolved . — 'That Mr Samuel Kydd shorn * give his first leoture oa Sunday , the 7 ch inst ., at half-past seven o ' clook precisely ; subjeot—England , her Manufactures and Population . '

      Bbmtol . —At a meeting of the Chartists ot _Bristol-, on Tuesday , January 2 nd , measure * were adapted to further the « Executive New Year's Gift , ' when 15 s . was collected , and the meeting adjourned until next Tuesday evenihg , at seven o'clock , at Mr Richards , Castle Mill Street .

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      _O'Connortill *" . —Robbery I —A meeting of the allottees was held on Thursday , the 2 _fftb ult ., to take into consideration the best means of putting t stop to the depredations lately committed on several of the members who have lost tbeir fowls , rabbits , tools , Ac , when it was determined to watch alternately during the winter ni g hts Mr T . M . Wheeler having been called to the chair , Mr G . W . Wheeler proposed , and Mr J . Bailey seconded , the adoption of an address ta Feargus O'Connor Esq ., which was unanimously agreed to . Several of the allottees who were previously desirous of selling , now ex _« pressed their determination to remain , even though they should bave to encounter another failure of

      their principal crops . A memorial to the Post-Master General was also adopted , praying for the establishment of a letter delivery , aB the number of letters received , and the distance from the ofice , tbree miles , warrant the belief that it will be granted _ADORBSS OF THK ALLOIIKB 8 AT o ' CONNOEVILLT * TO FBARQU 8 O ' CONNOR , B 8 Q ., M . P . _RE-riGIBD SlB , We , the allottees of O'Connorville , return you our hearty thanks for your kind promise of the remission of the back rent , and in the instance of thota who have purchased an extension of tbe period of ita payment , as also of the period for tbe _repayment ef the loan . We coold have wished for tha sake of union amongst all the residents on the estate , that the re

      mission of rent had been extended to all , bat we leave that to your kind consideration , and assure jom that although surrounded by difSculcies , co : sequent upon our icexperienoe and tho extreme unf _< _vourabienesB of the seasons , during the period of our occupation , yet our faith in tha principles upon whioh tht Land Plan ia based has never been ( shaken , nor our estimation ofits founder lessened , and thia fresh instance of your kindness—acquiesced in , aa without doubt it will be , ky ytur brother directors—will give ub fresh courage to pursue our onward path , trusting , ultimately , to overcome all our difficulties and enable you to point with pride to our prosperous condition _^ Yours on their behalf , Thomas M . _Whikleb , _Chairrcan , George W . Wheeler , Secretary .

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

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

      Theobald and the chairman the party broke up , quite delighted with tbe evening ' s entertainment . — On Monday evening , Januaiy 1 st , 1849 , the _memheis of tbe Female Chartist Association met inthe Democratic Reading Room , 33 , Queen Street . In the ah . sence of the chairwoman , Mrs Oats , Mrs Theobald officiated . On the motion of Mrs _Holmsbaw , seconded by Mrs Mills , the following resolution was _unanimously _carried'Tbat one-half of the _pubscriptions be weekly given to the Victim Fund . Tbere is every prospect of tbis Association prospering it now numbers fifty members . Friends in the country wishing the services of Mrs Theobald , will address as follows : ' To the secretary of the Female Chartist Association 33 , Queen Street , Sheffield . '

      TO FEARGUS o _' cONNOR ESQ . K . T . Esteemed Benefactor .. —We , the undersigned allottees of Charterville , humbly beg to address you upon your letter in the Star oi the 23 rd ult . We waited the opinions of the different localities , and feel sorry to find by last week ' s Star tbat there are some of our own order who would wish to thwart the noble feelings of you our kind guardian ; they seem surprised at your first denouncing the allottees and then coming to their aid ; but that is your nobleness of nature . You knew all were not deserving your censure ; but , like a true philanthropist , you attributed the ingratitude of some to the system we live under . You also took into account the novelty and inexperience of men coming from large towns , as well as the bad season . Our brethren

      should bear in mind we have bad no loan , and cropped all our land _oarselves , which was a trial for novices as we are . We have endured privations , and do now , but still we are proud of our position , and assure you that your promised _nift swelled our hearts with joy , and will increase our energy . We know the only reward you will accept and require from us is gratitude , and industry , and economy , to carry out the grand scheme of your master mind . That you may be long spared for our services is the prayer of your faithful allottees . Charles Willis , Eli Coolen _, John Rotheras , Charles Arnold , William Smith , "Nathaniel Hornby , John Horn , Edward Tibbles , William Smith .

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

      maintaining a family , — ' That those who cannot da bo and pay _tneir Tents , ought to retire and let others try ; for if the present system of non-reproduction of capital be persevered in the interest of nearly one hundred thousand pounds is completely lost , and no encouragemeut given to those unlocated to proceed any further , as their funds are exhausted to maintain those on the land , who , they bave been led to _R elieve , would be able to live well , and pay tbeir way independent of any one .

      Merthyr Tydtil . —The members of branch No . 1 , met at their new room , back of Wellington Street near the _market-house , on Monday evening last The subject of Mr O'Connor ' s letter was takeui nto consideration by the members of tbis locality , anr they came to the unanimous conclusion- ' That year ' s rent shall not ba given free to the locatet members for several reasons ; nor are they favour _, able to Mr O'Connor to pay for thera , for too many calls have been made already on his purse , but we are all in favour of granting them a longer time to pay , say on the following terms ; That they be left two years , and then pay one year ' s rent ; and at the end of tbree years , pay a year and half , and at the end of the fourth year to pay a year and a half which would dear up all arrears ; and we are of opinion if there is any exertion on the part o the allottees , they can comply with theee terms _.

      Tbs Sum _Es » Attn Moat EflrAiis _. —Afc a _pnbho meeting of the occupants of the Snigs End and Moat Estates , it was resolved : — ' That we cordially agrea without Hall , Bradford , and other friends , that Mr O'Connor has had too many calls ou hia purse already , aud that we are willing to pay our rents , at the tame time we denot wish to bs called _idlers---any person may see by going over the estates , that idlers do not live here . We are certain that our land if properly cultivated will realise our espectations , and bad we not been crippled iu starting by the stopping one-third of onr Aid Money , but been placed on the name footing with tbe rest of our located brethren , itis out opinion , we Bhould not ht . ve needed aunt * _wwfroaanyone , _—JisueWs Secretary

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 6, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06011849/page/5/