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Mi M y dear Friends , atuiSaturday last was a proud day for me and _aosjiaaspi- ionsone for you- Your class have jueieqaentl y beea led to expect ' great benefits st _om extravagant promises , and , bave been _^ frequently deceived . Such , however , ; _ncas not the case with you On Saturday , as it _s mas my p ride to hear one and all declare that _jry rery promise , however extravagant , had been ire fore than fulfilled , and every expectation ire fore than realized . You are now placed in
¦ j robe most honourable -situation that man can _ssitossibly aspire to , in a situation in which , by toleholesome and moderate labour , you may be depidependent of man ' s caprice and fortune ' s ow * rowns j in a situation which will . enable you laxji lay up a _su-Scieat store in the days of youth id ind health to live upon in yonr old age , or heiFfhen sickness may overtake you . "What a i __ . ensation of delight you must have _experiicesdced on last Sunday " morning , when , for the ¦ _stBKt time in your lives ; you awoke to the _betoheenng thought , tbat your day ' s employment id did not depend upon foreign markets or
domestic ttic tyrants ; when yon were enabled to survey youyonr labour-field from your castle window , aria-rid , to know that , if tired , you may lay . you dovdownand rest in yonr own bed , attended by _yoiyonr own wife ; and surrounded by your own chi children . Having placed you in that honourabl able and enviable situation , let me now counsel yoi you and implore of you to attend to my _advk vice . There is abeer shop adjoining your land : avi avoid it , I beseech you , as a PESTILENCE , foi for if any enemy can be the means of ousting
yo you from the lovely spot on which it was my pi pride to locate you , it will be man ' s greatest , m most vicious and inviting enemy , drunkenness . I I have earned a right to address you on this st subiecti because it is my boast to say that I hi have NEVER BEEN TIPSY in my li f e , and if if I had heen addicted to that base destroyer I I never should have had patience _* nerve , 1 health , strengtii , or constitution , to have red deemed you from starving , and , therefore , I j pray you to worship -obriety as a great and t adorable friend and Deity . Drunkenness is the
j first step to poverty , to crime and disgrace . ' You never hear ofa teetotaller being convicted < of crime , you never see a teetotaller starving-, , or Ms family in misery ; and what possible p leasure can the supposed enjoyment give you ? Next , I would caution you , not against the sinfor it is no S- _ _, nor yet crime—of poaching , and I do so , because yon are in the neighbourhood of poachers , and because I know the fascinations that the pursuit has for the young and thoug htless . Do net become poachers , because the practice will inevitably lead to drunkenness _, to Idleness , to neglect of yonr land , to
disgrace . Do not take the first step , for that is the most dangerous step ; if yon do you will be marked and watched , and your otherwise good character will be blemished by that one propensity . Do not allow yonr school-house to be turned into a _ _.. ___ - _sura-room as to which is the best form of religion , and , above and before all , neither attempt to force your creed on others , or allow preachers of any denomination to disturb yonr simp le society ; for , so sure as you do , so sure wiU feuds , and quarrels , and - issension , and strife , be the result ; and those who " come
amongst yon _totasl out devils will make a hell i ef your paradise . Avoid religious controversy j as you wonld avoid a plague , and worship your God each after the dictates of his heart ; but do not frown upon those who worship in a different manner . _N-ovr _, disputes as to what is most acceptable to the Creator has been the principal cause of poverty for the industrious , and plenty for the idle ; for , believe me , that those -who profess so much solicitude about your souls are mainly actuated by a love of gain . A murderous , plundering , adulterous king changed the religion of this country to gratify his lust , and to enable him to rob the poor for
the purpose of bribing the rich ; and the whoremonger and drunkard , George the Fourth , had the matchless effrontery to order new prayers , and to make alterations in the prayer-book , so __ at you are now Protestants hy Act of Parliament , whereas your forefathers were Catholics ; and if the beast Harry had wanted to marry a j _£ W * _-j „ » _#° _Hld . have been _aUyJews _^ - JS _^ J . pray yon not to allow cunning preachers to disturb yonr minds , that they may live upon your fears . Again , if a litigious _rnap , or a solicitor , should come amongst you , except our own poor man ' s LAW SEEKER , Mr Roberts , turn him from amongst you , for he
comes to strip you and then to laugh at you . Avoid gambling , for it leads to ruin . Love your wives and your children , because it insures respect and makes your children respectful , loving , and dutiful ; and , above arid before all , take care arid attend to their education in youth ; for , bear in mind , that , with the ready means of instruction at command , your children ' s ignorance would be a brand upon the negligent parent . It will give me great pleasure to visit you frequently , to encourage and instruct you , and help you—that is , those who deserve it—and my displeasure will be a
warning to yonr neighbours to doubt you ; for , indeed , yon may be happy if you are only prudent , and always hear in mind , that your failure would be " a censure upon me , and would arm our watchful enemies with food for slander , as they would ascribe your failure to the fallacy of the p rinci ple , or to anything to wound me ; they would pass over , nay praise , your crimes , if they enabled them to stab me . I am very sanguine in the hope , that before September twelvemonth I shall be able to place _OKE THOUSAND more in your position , and to go on still more rapidly each succeeding year , in proportion as the blessings of the system are felt and developed . Indeed , if the
working classes only willed their own emancipation , and were not possessed of the notion tbat they should pay up to-day , and he located to-morrow , I would makea paradise of England in less than JIVE YEARS , and would cheerfully slave every hour of tiie day for such ja noble purpose ; but 1 can scarcely blame their haste , as , truth to say , the transition from perfect slavery and dependence to perfect fxeehom and independence , is a t et . / . charming thing . If those with money would lend it at three-and-a-half per cent ., on the best security in the world ; I would change the whole face of society in TWELVE MOUTHS from this day , and locate thousands on their own land j but Labonr has always been its ova greatest
enemy . Now , my friends , wishing you God speed , health , comfort , and happiness , and assuring you that I shall frequently visit yoa , and , promising yon a letter upon what your next operations should he In next Saturday ' s Star , I take my leave for the present , and am , Your sincere and affectionate friend , Feakgds _O'Cosnob .
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W _ . nffi .-T __ D ____ -n _ G _Soct-ir . —The members of j this society held their _weekly meeting on Saturday _ereaing last , for the discussion ofthe adjourned quet- j tion , " How did Ireland lose the Parliament , and i whathavebeentheeSectBofthe Union ? " Mr Cathie president , Mr Bowler vice-president . Mr Broome opened the discassitn , followed by Mean . _Walfonl , Connor , Tilt ,. Trumble , Murray , and Cathie . A motion for adjournment was made and rejected , after which the Chairman announced the subject for next Saturday- consideration , "The Political Works of the Immortal Thomas Paine , " and the meeting _distilved .
_Fbikc-s Wmoht . —By an advertaement m another column , it will be seen that the justly celebrated Madame d'Arusraont , better known as _FraneesWright , UaIjout to * deliver a course of lec tures at _Fofs Chapel , South Place , Fuisbury _. on Tuesday and Thursday evenings , commencing on Tuesday next . Our readers generally are acquainted with ths " _Lectares" delivered in America by this lady , and all who are resident in the metropolis will doubtless embrace the present opportunity to near for themselves this eloquent apostle of progress . Madame _d'Arnsmoct cannot fail to have overflowing audiences .
Hn _ . —The Chartists of Hull wiU meet at the Ship Inn , Church-lane , on Sunday evening next , at 6 o ' clock . A public meeting will be held in the Seasons-ball , M __ : ion- _ ouse , for the adoption of a petition for the repe _. of the Katepaying Clauses of the Reform Act / on Monday evening next , May 10 th , at 8 o'dockpreeiseIy ..
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O'CONNORVILLE . EN 6 LANiyS MAY DAY . Saturday last will be a day ever remembered by those who had the good fortune to witness the spectacle of __ n oft-deceived class , more than gratified ; by the more than , realization of their fondest and most extravagant anticipations : The morning was lovely , as if made for _, tbe occasion ; and at an early hour the busy labourers were at work , finishing the roads , or rather gravel walks , after the damage sustained from carting some thousand tons of stable dung upon the poor man . estate . Shortly , the occupants began to come with their furniture , all anxiously looking for their own spot ; and , without a _sin _. le excention . all _exoressin _. the most unnualified
joy at the grandenr of ihe scene . About 10 o ' clock , Mr O'Connor arrived , accompanied by some friends , and was hailed with blessing ? , and welcomed with the clasp of many a blistered hand ; bis fret question was- * - " Now . are you happy ; who was " right , the Whistler or I ? " and tbeanswer of one and all was"E _ , d—n him , sure never was anything like it ; but I am happy . " Tbe women , if possible , appeared still more overjoyed ; while the children , like lambs released from the fold , gambolled about in mirthful play . Many , persons camefrom distant parts , from Lancashire , Lincolnshire , and Cornwall , all to see and judge for themselves ; and all ready , on their , return , to testify to the grandeur of what they bad witnessed , and all declaring that even FEARGUS
bad not half described the place . After the visitors and occupants had taken au ample survey , all were summoned to the school-room , to witness thepleas-- _ «¦ ' ceremony of mtrodncing the . first HOME COLONISTS to their HOMESTEADS and domains , and , troth to say , never , we belie ? ., did those present witness such a scene before . The working jacket was laid by , and a more respectable leaking class of honest men it was never oar fortune to behold ; and , certainly , a more auspicious ceremony 1 never was witnessed , while the free mother ., rescued fr om the cold gripeof Mammon , with their own babes in their arms , added great dignity to the spectacle . As soon aathe necessary arrangements had been completed .:. ..
, _ Mr Don- moved , and the _meetlngseconded _, Mr Wilkinson's appointment tothe cbair . The _Cha-uian said—Ladies and gentlemen , for without being guilty of flattery I may now apply those appelationa to the sons and daughters of Labonr . whose future avocations will be confined to the honourable maintenance ofthe most independent position man or woman can occupy , that of honestly earning their own bread by the sweat of their own brows . ( Cheers . ) _HewaBashareholderMcheen ) _--in that noble society , , that _religious and beautiful society , established by the energy and talent of their _d-sti-g-ished friend , who wast now before them . { Cheers . ) He hadcome from Exeter to witness the joy which must on such an auspicious occasion fill
every heart , and , for himself , hecould truly say that never in his life had he witnessed such a scene as had that day gladdened his heart , and astonished his eyes . ( Cheers . ) Ob , it was most charming , and he could not envy the feelings of the man who aimed at the destruction of such a holy _institntioB . ( Cheers . ) Many nostrums that had been proposed for the welfare of the working classes had failed , and each fail nre , very naturally , made men suspect the security _Qrsucce-jofsncceedingprojects . _^ ( Hear , hear . ) He confessed that frequent disappointments had made him too somewhat more sceptical , but , knowing our friend , and believing in his powers , and conscious of ' his energy , I canvassed the plan in all its bearings , I and have proved my faith in it b y _becomings four .
acre shareholder . ( Cheers . ) And now , having seen with my own eyes what ma ; be effected by study and perseverance , I am going to take another four-acre share this da ; for my son —( cheers)—and I shall not be ashamed to see my child committed to the society of his fellow-labourers . ( Loud cheers . ) lam sure the gladness that is visible in every countenance before me , bespeaks a cheerfulness and jo ; which I never _witnesssd in my life , before ; and then , if we cast a glance upon the magnificent scene presented tons from this spot , we most wonder and admire what one man ' s energy has created ; ( Cheers and . " aye . *) Hen every man will be master of his own time , and gnardisn of- his own family ; and , I feel assured , that the good man will not become a worse
man , and that the bad man will become-a better man . ( Cheers . ) Here is a place tor the education of yonr children ; there are _magnificent villas fit for freemen and industrious men to live in ; and ' there is your vineyard _. sarrounding eachman ' _s hearth , to yield you its fruits by wholesome and moderate labour . ( Cheers . ) I was not prepared for the position to which your kindness has elevated me , and , as Mr O'Connor and I have to proceed to Gloucester after the day ' s ceremony is over , I shall conclude by askingyou one and all beforeyou retire to _rest , to contrast your present situation and yonr future prospects with that you have left , and those prospects yon anticipated from the hardest life of toil . ( Cheers . ) I will now introduce Mr Doyle . ( Load cheers . )
Mr Don _., said—Friends , I had not the slightest idea that I was to address yen , until oar worthy chairman announced my name , and , consequently , I am quite unprepared to make a speech , —indeed , I hardly know what _tosay on this auspicious and everto-be-remembered occasion . I will , however , endeavour to say something , and , I hope , tothe purpose . Friends , it gives me unalloyed pleasure to find on tbis , the lst of May , on this , the most glorious and _^ eventful day for the sons and daughters of honest industry , a gentleman occupying the important and honourable position he now so ably fills . I hare two reaseni far being pleased ; the first is , tbat he , a man of wealth , and possessing considerable influenceuses both for the furtherance of human
, happiness ; and the second , that he . discarding ali the prejudice appertaining to his class , has boldly and nobly embarked in the sacred cause of human redemption . But it must not be imagined for one moment , tbat , individually , I attach the least value to wealth , yet , when I find a man , such as our venerable chairman , possessing wealth , and along with it virtue ofthe highest order , then indeed I am bound toofier my tribute of respect and gratitude . Mr Doyle then went into the question of « _o-operation , and adduced some striking facts in proof of its superiority orer individual exertion . For instance , said the speaker , in the vicinity of Ledbury , workingmen pay at the rate of £ 30 an acre rental , for land which is let oat in small allotments , while the land
on thb ( tbe People ' s First Estate , ) was purchased out-and-out for £ 20 ah acre . This fact , said Mr Doyle , not only proves the benefit of co-operation , but it also proves the value of : land in the retail market , as compared with the wholesale . For if any j one of the persons occupying a small portion of land near tbe town of Ledbury , had the means within his reach of purchasing one acre of it , and provided the part ; owning it - was inclined to dispose of . it , I v . ntore to assert that £ 300 would be the lowest amount taken for it . llr Doyle next made a fervent , appeal to the occupants , npon the necessity of their living in peace and harmony with each other , and amongst many _obserrationsupoa this important point , uttered the following : —Friends , you have , I hope , to lire forthe remainder of your lives upon this beautiful portion of your native land , and allow me , with all
the sincerity and fervour of m ; heart , to implore ot you to act together in the holy bonds of sisterhood and brotherhood , mutually assisting each _otherii time of need , _unfeignedly rejoicing when extraordinary success crowns tha efforts ef any . one amongst you , and repelling at once with vigour and determination the most remote tendency to quarrelling , illfeeling , or envy . Recollect , the eyes oi your friends _ 3 well as your enemies are directed towards you , and while the former will grieve if they find you are at enmity one with the other , the latter will exult at such » misfortune . Therefore , listen and brothers in this great social . and political morement , makea firm resolve todisappoint your foes , and gladden ths hearts of yonr friends . Mr Doyle sat down loudly applauded . The Chairman now _intreduoed their friend ,
Mr O'Coxnqk , who , on rising , was received with enthusiastic cheers and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . He said : My dear and beloved friends what eloquence of mine can equal the imnteuion that what you hare this day seen has made in yonr hearts —( cheers)—and yet what I now witness is bnt a feeble outline—a meagre , unfinished sketch of that foil-length portrait of freedom , happiness , and content-tent which will eventually result from the novelty I have ventured to propound . ( Cheers . )
While joy fills your hearts here , the song of gladness resounds throughout the land . ( Loud cheers . ) And must I not have a cold and flinty heart if I conld survey the scene before me withoutemotion ? Who can look npon those mothers , accustomed to be dragged by the waking li ght of morn from those little babes now nestling in their breasts . ( Here the s peaker was so overcome that he was obliged to sit down , his face covered with large tears , and we never beheld snch a scene in onr life ; not an eye _J the building that did not weep . ) After a short
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pause Mr O'Connor resumed : Yes , this is a portion , " of a great feature of ray plan to give the foiid wife back to her husband , and the innocent babe back to its fond mother . ( Here the speaker was again compelled to pause , and delivered the remainder of his address sitting down . ) My friends * your virtues have been implanted by nature ; your vices are consequences of oppression and . misrule . ' ( Hear , hear . ) The man who drives you to madness , to wickedness , despair , " to crime , and death , multiplies your sins to justify his own oppression . You are refused work , and then called idle— ( cheers)—you are : compelled to live upon . the labour of -yonr wives and children ,
while the dear is closed against your industry , and then yeu are called unthrifty ,, dependent , and profligate ; while I assert f or you , tbat there is not ' one in every thousand of the working classes who would not rather support his wife and family by the sweat of his own brow than be compelled to live as a prostitute upon their labour . Now , that is the very essence of my plan . I wish to distinguish between the willing and . theunwilUng idler —( cheers)—so that the willing idler should lose all sympathy and compassion , while the willing workman shall suffer no abstraction from his store for the support of him * * - - _^ .- * T >"~ " -. " . * - "" _**^ _A J _'**> _^ 4 ' J' _^ i ' * ¦ -, _'**•»* _* ' *'" ' 5 """'' ft '"_ _WJ # ' who will not work . " ( Cheers . ) I want to see what man is capable of producing . I wish to see man in his proper place—woman in her honoured position , aud the child to be reared in its natural affections ;
* ( Cheers . ) The novelty of tbe undertaking has startled many ; hut only because it required a practical experiment to prove its efficacy . It is the only novelty that has been produced since the world was created for the elevation of man to his proper position in society . ( Cheers . ) True , many warmhearted philanthropists have charmed you with the assurance that the Land is man ' s rightful inheritance ; but not one has ever attempted to put you in possession of it . ( Cheers and no . ) No , the theory has been used to put the advocates in possession of the land ' s prod uce , and the fruits of that patronage which your gullibility can realize for themselves , but your order does not possess one acre the more , while a foolish reliance upon those fascinating first , principles has diverted your minds from , the reality—THE
ACTUAL , POSSESSION OF THE THING ITSELF . ( Cheers . ) Now these are the most dangerous , because the most ignorant and designing reformers . ( Hear , hear . ) Infect theylive upon your credulity , prosper upon your confidence , and laugh at your folly . In the outset I was met by the difficulties attending the ' realization of my plan , but is it not always so ? When did labour ever yet propound a scheme for labour ' s benefit that those who live upon labour ' s folly have not denounced as Utopian , while , strange to say , the most Utopian scheme propounded by the rich , and all DEPENDING . _, ON LABOUR , is ; heralded to the world as a thing of easy accomplishment , and promising the most
profitable and certain results . ( Cheers . ) Thus if Mr Stephenson undertook to make a railway to the moon , and if he conld secure a committee with an influential lord , a wealthy squire , a cunning solicitor , a great banker , and a few religious parsons , ( cheers and laughter , ) the advertising press would at once see the great national advantage , and the certainty of success , consequent . pon the speculation ; and bear in mind , from the working of the iron mine to the quarrying of the stone , aud the piling of . the heaps , all would be labour , but yet , strange to say , labour cannot effect any of the most-iihple work for itself . ( Loud cheers . ) Now this was my difficulty , a difficulty which I saw , the difficulty of persuading men accustomed to live in the world of
artifice that they could live in the world of simplicity , ( cheers ); the difficulty ol persuading men that they could do what their fathers had done ; of persuading men that they could do for themselves what they are sow compelled to pay others for doing for them , ( cheers , ) OP PRODUCING FOR THEMSELVES , and exchanging THEIR CORN for all the otber articles they want , but cannot so profitabl y produce . ( Cheers . ) I know there is a great difficulty in accomplishing what man never attempts but while we see husbandmen- working and making fortunes for others , I see no difficulty in the same men , or other men of the same class , working and
making money for themselves . ( Cheers . ) I have never found any difficulty in making money of other men ' s labour applied to the land , and from that fact I learned my experience , which I am now determined to convey to you as NATIONAI , PROPERTY . ( Loud cheers . ) Having so far pointed out the supposed difficulties , I will now draw your attention to ihe facilities . Tbe main feature is confidence , and , I say with some little vanity , that I possess as large an amount of tbat ingredient as any man living , or that ever lived , ( loud cheers , and " you deserve it , " ) that then is the first requisite ; and next comes UNION and CO-OPERATION ; b y yonr aggregate
confidence and co-operation , I undertake to realise my every promise , and your most extravagant anticipations—( cheers )—and here , in passing , as Mr Doyle ' s announcement as to rent may have taken yon by surprise , let me inform you what your respective rents will be for fonr acres , three acres , and two acres . I now speak without reference to the interest for the respective sums of £ 30 , £ 12 10 s ., an __> 15 , given to occupants , and I now pledge myself that the rent of four acres , with house , will not pass £ \ 2 10 s . a year —( tremendous cheering)—three acres will not exceed £ 10 5 s ., and two acres will not exceed £ 6-163 . ( Renewed cheers . ) Now
this has been done by confidence and co-operation - , and mark how , by making the most of everything , and this was only known to us , the directors , while Mr Doyle has been engaged here in preparing for your reception , and therefore he could not be aware of what we only discovered by going over our expenditure —( bear , hear)—but I see the news is as gratifying to him as it ig to you ; and I'll tell you more , it is not onr intention to stop the . ploughing or labour out of the capital—( cheers)—and by in dustry and grabbing up useless fences and a woodwe are enabled to make you a free gift of those p iles of roots and fire-wood and posts that you
see piled for two years' consumption . ( Loud cheers and ? Thanks . " ) We will only deduct frora the capital the dung and seeds . ( Renewed cheers . ) Now , _twenty-two acres of these roots buried in the ground , did press hardly upon the means of subsistence . I have put them in their proper places behind your dwellings , and you wil convert them to their proper use , to boil your pots ( Laug hter . ) I found eighty-one acres of ground , and twenty-two acres of wood , fences , and " headlands" here , that pressed hardly on the means of subsistence , and I leave it 103 acres , 1 rood and 30 perches—( cheers)—and many a drop of my
sweat has enriched the land . ( Cheers . ) Now a word of comment . In sight of where we now are a worse cottage than the three-roomed cottage lets for 6 / . 10 s . a-year ; you will have a good one , with wells and roads , and FOR EVER , with two acres of land , and all the protection you desire , for 6 f . 15 s . —( cheers)—while I assert , without fear of refutation , that a _ _* _vt-.-0 _" _* - . d cottage W- fcw acres of this land would let to-morrow , every one of them , for 30 / . a year , and is not that payment for your confidence in me . ( Cheers , and " Bless you . * ' ) This
land has been styled average land : you have now seen it , and I tell you that a crow never flew over land capable ot being made to produce more than this land ; you have been told that it was all stones , but I can't see them—( no , nor we)—it is an early soil—a fertile soil—a _genisl soil—and a healthy soil ( Cheers , and _*« ay " . ) Now , fet me consider the inducements to labour upon it . Firstly , you have possession , and no tyrant can oust you ; secondly , every delve is for yourselves , and no tyrant can monopolise the lion ' s share ; and , thirdly , if should you dislike a
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free" ; life , _^ pu . will * always go back richer , men , as every d ? _y-s labour uphusbanded in YOUR SAVINGS BANK _^ will be purchased from yon" it its full value , . arid _Xnm . now commissioned , when your eyes havebeen opened to the delusion , to offer and pay do jjP in cash the respective sums of _Jg-O , £ 60 , and £ Wt _*<•* . a _two-acrc ,. '_ . three-acre , or a : _four-acre allotment ; so that up to the hour of your location you have not been deceived or juggled . Will any man sell ? ( if .. No , no , not for five times asmuch . " ) Now
then , whose : account was just , the Whistler ' s or mine ? ( Cheers , and " Yours ; no neither , it ' s far better than we ever expected , " rejoined by all . ) ' * Is this not then a . day of triumph for me , and for our brethren yet to be located ? and have I deceived you ? ( " No , no , it ' s beautiful . " ) . 'Another inducement to be industrious I may now mention it is this , that in August next I will give , ont of my own pocket , a premium of . £ 7 to the most deserving , of £ 5 to the next , and of £ 3 to
the next . ( Lourl cheers . ) I think the directors are quite right in looking for a sound foundation for what they are pledged to carry out , before they hold out further benefits ; ( hear , hear , ) but "by August next I feel assured that they will be enabled to offer yet more advantageous terms to the members , when the plan , only now in its infancy , is more fully developed ; andherelet me state , that * their study ; . _hieirdeHght , is to be able to realise morethan their _pTiiseVand ; your _^ hope . _iXq heers _^ . ' / _. ' but . _^ _hile-I thus hold out thc inducement to emulation , let me not be . inisunderstood—my object is to create social comfort , as _i-fell as plenty , in the cottage ; hnd therefore , do hot suppose that the man who grows
the largest cabbages , or has the cleanest ground , or best crop , is to receive my money—no , I will test his affection to his wife and children , as well as his ability to labour—( loud cheers)—I will dive into the baby ' s thoughts as well as into the land—and I haye a keen eye—and I will prefer . the man upon whom his wife smiles naturally , and to whom his children run joyously , to him who shall merely train them for the judge ' s eye—( loud cheers , and waving of handkerchiefs , )—I will be able to discover whether the affection and feelings are natural , or induced by training forthe reward . ( Cheers . ) That will be an inducement to increase happiness , and then , as yon were the first to display your courage ; and
exhibit your confidence , I am not afraid to . tell you , tbat no man who is industrious , sober , honest and affectionate , SHALL EVER LEAVE THE CASTLE IN WHICH I HAVE PLACED HIM , so long as I have a coat to sell br a . second shirt to pawn—( loud cheers , and clapping of hands , )—no , with God ' s blessing I will let tyrants know and revilers understand , that I can bear oppression and denunciation , but I cannot brook defeat . ( Loud cheers . ) Upon the other hand , I should esteem myself culpable , nay criminal , were I to foster , encourage , ' or save the idler or the dissipated from that just reproach and condemnation which is sure , to follow all who shall he turned out from neglect , dissipation ,
and idleness ; I will not stand between them and the fate they have brought upon themselves . ( Hear , hear . ) Herein then exists the material difference between our society and all others , undertaken as mere speculations to gull the credulous and confiding . In other societies , the puffing press is enlisted ,- all is , THANK GOD , OPPOSED TO ME . ( Cheers , and " never heed thera . " ) Thes ** deceivers puff , while puffing and lying pays , and , in process of time , a call is made for more , and more , and more , still the press approves , till , at last , there is one call too many for ADVERTISING , PRINTING , and payment of officers , still the press approves the
PRINCIPLE but denounces the DETAILS—( laughter)—then the shareholders are called together to hear of . their ruin and some ATTORNEY'S FORTUNE , and they learn that they are all still liable to the SHARKS . ( Cheers . ) Now , upon the other hand , I have made as much as paid all our expenses for nearly two years , while it has not cost you a shilling for advertising , and we have made a large profit of printing . ( Cheers . ) And why ? because the projectors of another society would hue a host of officers and sbould insure toleration from those officers by disbursing patronage to idle servants ; for instance in our case we would have a corps of LAND SMELLERS and LAND TASTERS . ( Cheers and laughter . ) We-should then have DRAFTSMEN and
VALUERS , ENGINEERS and PROJECTORS , SURVEYORS and ROAD MAKERS , ARCHITECTS and ARTISTS , OVERSEERS and PAYCLERKS , BOOK-KEEPERS and their CLERKS , and a committee of SALARIED idle OFFICIALS , who would not know a cabbage frora a _HAND-SAW ( Roars of laughter , and ' that _' sit . " ) Now , strange to say , I fill all those offices , and bailiff as well , and it is my pride to say , that , up to this moment , I have not charged for my travelling expenses to visit . and bid for estates , and here is the book in which your accounts have heen kept from the commencement , in which there is not a figure of mine , but all the
monies have been paid by me . ( Cheers . ) No SUNDRIES , no STATIONERY , no ERRORS , no POSTAGE , no charge for an expensive staff nor yet for the man of all work . ( Cheers . ) And , now , my friends , observe , that , according to the terms under which you invested your money , a much higher rent would he chargeable , but we have limited it to 5 ppr cent , upon the outlay , in or Jer that the most unexceptionable security may be given to the bank , and the most encouraging prospects held out to you . ( Cheers . ) 51 . a-year of ours wi . l be security ior ol . 10 s ., and the more valuable you make the 5 / , a year tbe better security it is—a security . which no bank that ever was in the world before has offered .
( Cheers . ) Thus , unlike other societies , you see you are not to be disinherited because you were the most fortunate . ( Cheers . ) No , my thoughts will be ever on you , my heart will be ever with you —( loud cheers ) and every advantage that accrues to the end you will have your share of it , and , again , I assert and pledge myself , that a section , when wound up , will leave an incalculable amount to be returned to each shareholder ; while , in the outset , we have relaxed the mode of fixing the rent , which g ives you an immediate and permanent advantage , and will enable you
to purchase ; your domains , as not an acre shall be SOLD or MORTGAGED . ( Great cheering . ) IwUl now call your attention to the mode of punishment I wish you to adopt , it is this—NEVER BEAT A CHILD , it makes them hardened—( loud cheers)—and cunning and artful —( hear , hear )—but yet they must be punished , and I'll tell you how ; say to s child that requires punishment , '''Now , WiU , or Betsy , thou shan ' t come to weed or work in the field , or go to school to-morrow . " ( Roars of laughter . ) Now I feel convinced that that would be much more
efficacious than beating . ( "Aye ! Im sure it would , ' from a mother ;) Try that , and I'll answer for the effect ; but , tell me , who ever heard a factory child crying for being told it should not work . ( Cheers , and "Never" ) Let me now show you your security , aad the security of the plan . A person has taken one acre of land from Smith , and two rooms in his house , and has paid his rent » advance £ 10 a-year . Now Smith will have three acres of land , and three rooms for £ 210 s ., and his tenant will live and make vast profit toor ' and I promise you will not work for any other master . ( Hear , hear , and ' " No . " ) Well , if the tenant thrives , and the landlord fails , we shall know to what to attribute it . Again , I have been
commissioned to look out for board and lodging for unhealthy , not sickly , but smoke-stricken children , belonging to London tradesmen j and who may be educated , say from 10 to 14 years of age ; and I understand that the parents would willingly pay 5 s . a week for board , lodging , and washing ; here then is one added to a family , and ten shillings over the rent of house ' and four acres paid . ( Loud _iheers . ) And what an inducement to tradespeople and friends for woe to the man or woman , with 3 . spies upon thero , who would dare to neglect or ill-treat the
stranger ' s child here . ( Loud cheers . ) And what delight to the parents to run down on a Sunday , and see the dull city MOPE turned into a sporiive country lamb . ( Cheers . ) And what an inducement to the parents to abandon the SMOKE of hell for the AIR OF HEAVEN . ( Cheers . ) Again , I will presume that a man is pushed for his rent , and I now speak in presence of the most practical farmer in this parish , and our kind neighbour , Mr Biggs , and I ask him if I overstate the price , when I say , that for nine weeks in hay time and harvest , a man will earn a pound a week . ( Mr Biggs . - _«• Yes , and more . " ) Here then
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is more than the rent of 2 acres , nearly the rent , of 3 acres , and all but the rent of 4 acres for 9 weeks work , leaving nearly 10 months for labour on-your own farm ; ( Cheers . ) Now what practical man will dare to uphold . theFree Traders' opposition to man being his own master , against- such : facts as these . ( Cheers . ) They , tell you that population presses hardly upon the means of subsistence ; so it well may when a fifth ofthe land is occupied with usele s s timber and fences , for no other purpose than to preserve the game for the idle . ( Cheers . ) And yet you have had a marvellous benefit from the game laws ; for , but for the fact of Dr Eyres having the right of shooting over this property , gentlemen and farmers
wouldbftve put it up . ome hundreds of pounds higher , but tiiey could not stomach ; thendtion of another possessing their _useless ' privilege . but , as I told hira , he would have nothing but PEASANT SHOOTING HERE . NOW . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Now you have that much benefit from the game laws ; and , as to my subject , the man who cannot get on here will always be able to realise a large amount for hit ; holding . But mark , 'another and a still greater advantage that it confers . ' The Autdcract of Russiahas lent , or is about to lend , your rulers two millions of money , in the vain hope of propping the system . . Now all these speculations will have a wonderful effect upon your poor starving brethren of Manchester , and the
manufacturing districts ; but what , will you care for the price of food when you grow it ; for yourselves ? if speculation affects it , you wont be eat less . ( Hear , hear . ) If it is low , your kitchen . will be a good market—if it is high , _yoifift neighbours' necessities will require the supply , and your industry will furnish the article . But some have gone so far as to assert , that those in want wont buy from you , ( laughter)—yeSyou may well laugh _. for , rest assured , the man who wants pork will make no difference between your pig and the tithe-pig of the Bishop of Exeter . ( Laughter . ) How delightful it must be to you , then , tobe independent of foreign speculators and domestic economists ! How charming to be
your own masters , ( cheers , ) your own servants and your own producers . Have I not always told you that FREE TRADE could be only carried out by FREE LABOUa ? ( yes , ) and have I not told you that the Land would be the next thing contended for ? ( Yes . ) The duty of a Government is ' to cultivate the national resources , and how can that be so extensively effected as by setting every man , woman , and child , to task work for themselres . ( Cheers . ) Ah ! how you will long for the peeping sun , till now shut out from you , and how you will regret his early departure . ( Cheers . ) How I have mourned to see gray-headed old men compelled to crack stones from morning till night , at eighty years
of age , men who had entitled themselves to honourable living and idleness , by labouring from ten to forty . ( Cheers . ) I ' ll give you an instance : —a poor old man , eighty-two years of age , carae to _* me some week ' s ago , and told me that the parish officers had taken one of his two loaves per week off since wheat had become dear , and asked roe to go to law with them ; I said " No , I have too much on my hands , but come to me every Saturday night , and I , A STRANGER , will give you from ray own pocket what your guardians refuse you . " ( Great cheering . ) This , then , is one of your inducements to labour , when young , for yourselves ; that you work hard when health and strength and nature permit , and
when health declines you have your retiring pension , and your children ' s society , and why shouldn't you ? ( Loud cheers , ) Again , see what a different race I will make—see what a noble edifice for the education of your children . ( Cheers . ) While a sectarian Government is endeavouring to preserve its dominion , by fostering sectarian strife , I open the sanctuary of free instrnction for the unbiassed training of youth , and woe to the firebrand parson who shall dare to fri ghten the susceptible mind of infancy , by . the hobgoblin of relig ious preference . ( Tremendous cheering , and waving of hats . ) Let the father nourish , and the fond mother nurture , their own offspring —( cheers )
and then we shall have a generation of FREE CHRISTIANS . ( Loud cheers . ) Again , what a sight to see 35 free men marching to St Albans , not to hold up their hand $ in mockery and insult , for a choice of tyrants , but to give their vote freely for a choice of representatives . ( Loud cheers . ) How respectable you- will be then ! ( Laughter . ) But they tell you , you can't live upon two , three , or even four acres ; but see what Mr Gillett has done ; he gave 2362 . for two acres of bad land , built a liouse , and last year , besides supporting his family made 57 ? . profit , and says he will make more this year . ( Cheers . ) Again , look at Samuel Briggs , of Oxfordshire ; he rented four acres , and now he
has purchased that and forty acres more , and has built many houses , all by his own industry , upon the first four acres . ( Cheers . ) And let me now assure you , once for all , that no man living has yet discovered the capabilities of an acre of land . ( Hear , hear . ) A fine old man , now 70 , has an acre and fifteen perches joining Lowbands estate , and he wants 600 / . for it , aad will get it ; and he has realised over 1 , 100 / . ( Cheers . ) Again , see the great value of co-operation in the item of building . You build one house , and pay retail price for every article , even to your laths , locks ; stones , and nails . I . build several , and purchase everything at the wholesale price in tha cheapest market , and so with land .
You want one acre , and pay 120 / . for it ; I want 500 acres ofthe same laudj and buy it for 40 / ., and give it to you for 40 / . ( Loud cheers . ) And then comes the great charm—Independence I You look at home for support , instead of depending upon the whim , the ability , or bounty * of foreign countries . ( Cheers . ) In short , I have brought you out of the land of Egypt , and out of the house of Bondage , and here , with God ' s blessing ! your industry , and ray love for my first-born , who were poor , but confided in me , here you and your children , and your children ' s children , shall abide in the land I have brought you to . : ( Tremendous cheering and waving of hats . ) Yes , it would break my heart to see one
of you disinherited ; indeed I could hot bear if . Yes , and you will be industriousi ; this , week ' s collection for this holy cause is nearly 3 , 200 / . ( Tremendous cheering . ) And mark what my greatest jov is—it is that the largest portion of that has been snatched from the GIN PALACE and the BEER SHOP . ( Great cheering . ) So when the market for abstinence , and virtue , and industry was opened , those reviled for their drunkenness , their idleness and vice , soon took advantage of it . ( Cheers . ) Yes , my friends ; but let us have an inducement to he honest , industrious and sober , and I will pledge _mygell that there will not be a rogue or idler , or a drunkard in the land . If you meet' a drunken
man , or even woman , in Manchester , the creature ii an object of envy ; but woe to bim who shall b « branded as a drunkard by the sober eye ofthe watchful and prudent here . ( Loud cheers . ) See , then , what example does , and tee the comfort the wife will derive from her reformed husband , ( Cheers and waving of handkerchiefs . ) I have been reviled for securing a pound ' s worth of labour for every 20 s . of your money spent . ( Cheers , and "Never Iwed them . " ) No ; your joy shall be my apology . Now , my friends , I am drawing to a close , and aB you have now seen all for yourselves—land and _heuses , roads and wells , firing and water—I am entitled to ask you—Are you gratified ; are your hopes realired
or disappointed ? ( A general cry of- *** "Its far , far finer tban we thought—its beautiful . " ) Are , you happy ? ( " Yes , yes , " and cheers . ) Is any among you deceived ? (" No , no . " ) Have the direc tors fulfilled their , pledges , and redeemed their word ? ( ' -Yes , yes , and more . " ) Will any man take the price for his allotment I have been commissioned , to offer ? ( " no , no , nor five times , " ) In speaking of the directors , it is my pleasing duty to bestow upon them that enconium which their zeal , their honour , their ability , and . honesty , justly
entitle them to , ( cheers , ) and master as lam of the subject , I am candid enough to confess that but for their co-operation and watchfulness I could not have succeeded . ( Cheers . ) I have never had one dispute , or cause of dispute , with my brother directors , and so great is my confidence in tbem , that , in my absence I leave tbem the full use o my name , and in their keeping it has not been dishonoured , and yet there are some envious of a situation which all who aspire to are not able to fill , but which appears easy till tried with seven days and- five nights work in some weeks . ( Cheers and " aye . )
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Now have I hot' a right ' to be h _ ppy ? _"Tsh-lr " _noW _^ nroceed to give each raari _' _his _Icapital , only stopping price of dung and seeds ; ' and . until ' we make up our accounts , we'll give " each two _^ acre ' _mti- &} , _cach _: three-acre man ., ?/„ f . ' and .. _eacli < . four-acre manA 2 J .,-( cheers ); and asthe directors have very , judiciousl y put off the grand demonstration [ ill Whit Monday , to enable many friends to visit this * _paradisei _* aiia ' _ gf you are many of . you . tired after long jourhie-, j _^ halt . * postpone the ringing of the bell till . Monday , ; the »; 24 th , when I will sleep on the estate if any of ¦ my" children will give tne lodgihgr , ( _cheers , and " ,- " aUf '?) . _£ arid then you shall have the . satisfaction of saying , i D-N THE ' FACTORY BELL : ( Mr O'Connor - ' concluded' amid the mo _^ waving of hat _^ by inoving _avvote of thanks to the u
excellent chairman , ; who , -though _^ MByor of the ; city _*^ of Exeter , was not _ 8 haraed ot afraid to commit hhio child , to the _xdmpahy _aridjexanipie of his fellow- ¦ ? labourers . ( Tremendous cheering . )' ! Mr "Wilkinson returned thanks for the Ihonou _. , \ conferred upon liimaridiripeatedhis _arowalthathe ,. . was nevermore gratifi . d- _ . iis life . '¦ - _;• When Mr . O'Connor proceeded to _handover ' the respective sums mentioned to the several occupants ; Mr Westmoreland imstantly returned his to be placed , in the Redemption Department , and Mv Kerfoot al- _ loive . d his to remain in -Mr ' , 0 'Connor s hands ; This _, ' . _- pleasing ceremony being concluded , Messrs O'Connor _, and Wilkinson started for Gloucester , amid the J prayers and blessings of the happy _fanhcra who have ' , ' been rescued frora slavery , and who consider th- _ i- ' _]" . selves amply _rewu'ded for their confidence , which we '' assert has not been misplaced . " . "" . " _,-, <>•
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_* _+ _S _** r ** ' _****»^^}**** _ir _**^* _+ _+ _*> _+ , ' ..- _;• - - ¦*;¦ - - ¦ . -r ' ' _. ;\ ' ; _-. 'J Aimo . db . Rt . —On Saturday , the bells of . the pa . '< ¦ rish church wero merrily rung for a considerable time > ' in honour of the allottees taking possession of their farms at O'Connorville . The bell-ringing created ' _, considerable excitement in . the . town , Rnd caused ' many to inquire for the first time the objeets ofthe Chartists , and the purpose of our glorious Land _--, Company . . ; .,.. •* . ' Ashton--k __ r-Ltne . —Oh Saturday _^ Jhe Ut of May , at 12 o ' clock , the bells ofthe pariah church -omnie „ ced ringing a merry peal in honour of the . allottees taking possession , of their allotments at O'Connorville . The bells rung upwards of one _hous ' . ' . and a half , to ths surprise of not a lew of the inhabi . ; tants .
Bacup . —The friends of freedom here held & « oir « e on tb e lst of May , in the Chartist room which waa beautifully , illuminated . The evening ' s entertainments consisted of songs , reoitations , and addresses by several ofthe members of the Land Company . Bolton . —The lst of May was celebrated here in a very spirited manner . Atthe festival , tho following sentiments were responded to by Mr M . Stevenson , Lomax , Raynor , and others : — " Mr Feargus O'Connor , the Champion of Universal Liberty , and Founder ef the Nationai Land : Company , may he live to sea the fruits of his untiring zeal and unflinching perseverance in the people ' s cause brought to a speedy and happy issue . "— The Landowners at O'Connorville , may this day be celebrated through all succeeding eenerations , a 8 the day when the foundation of British Liberty was laid to emancipate the toiling millions from class-misrule and slavery , "— - ' . he speedy return of Frost , Williams , Jones and Ellis , and all _otherexiles . " , . _,. ; .
_Car-is-.. —A numerous and respectable meeting oftho shareholders and friends of the National Land Company took place at the house of Robert Baiobridge , St Cuthbert ' _s-lane , on Saturday evening . Mr Gilbertson was called to the chair , who , after some remarks , gave "The people , the only legitimate source of power . " Responded to by Mr Roney . The following toasts were then given : — "The People ' s Charter . " _Responded to by Messrs Fish and Stephenson . " The National Land Company , and may the fortunate allottees on the _O'Conn _. rville Estate , who have this day taken possession of their allotments , meet with complete success . " Responded to by Mr Foster . ** Fe « r _ u-O _' Connor _, Esq ., and the other directors . " Spoken to by theohairman and Mr Foster . " T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., " and several other toasts were given in the course of the evening . Hun .. —Ou Monday evening , May 3 rd , a tea party and ball was held at the Ship Inn , Church-lane , to celebrate the location ofthe allottees at
O'Connorville . Lowbakds . — Notwithstanding the . unfavourable weather , the glorious lst of May was celebrated by festive sports both out-door and in . A cricket-match ; came off , and ia spite ofthe weather was well played . The bells of Red Marley Church rung a merry peal for two hours . Alter the cricket-match , filty-four of the men employed oh the estate , sat down to a very excellent cold dinner , provided by Mr Lloyd , of Staunton , Swanwieh , which gave ample satisfaction to All present . Mr Cutting-am was called upon to preside , and Mr Moody , branch secretary , was elected to the vice-chair . The cloth having . been removed , the first toast was— "The People , the legitimate source of power , "—which was spoken to by the
chair-| man , amidst great applause . The following toasts were also given : — " Feargus p'Connor , Esq ., the I Founder of the Land Plan , " with nine times nine , and one time more . — " The treasurer , trustees , and ! the other directors of the National Land Company , " iwiththree times three . "Health and prosperity tothe successful allottees at Herringsgate , their wives and children , " with three times three . " Duncombe , and success to the National Trades' Association . "— " The editors of the Northtrn Star , the Northern Star , vcA therest of the Democratic Press . " Several songs were sung amidst great applause . No _ ii . « aam . —On Saturday evening a supper took place at the Soven Stars , Busher Gate . Mr J . Boscok pre-ided , and the _fe-tivities of the evening were kept up till a late hour .
Pbhshobb _, _Wobcbstbrshibk . —Depabtur . op in Allottjb fob _O'Cohnor-I-L-. — Friday last , the 30 th ult ., was a high day with the Chartists of this locality . Mr Wm . Howse , one ofthe fortunate allottees at O'Connorville , having ; determined to leave his " cold quiet home" for "' the land of promisa " on tho above-named day , tbe member , ofthe Pershore branch ofthe National Land Company resolved thatthe public , both friends and foes of the cause , should be fully apprised of the happy change that awaited our friend Howse ; accordingly , before five o ' clock in the morning , a coach and four horses , decorated with laurels , evergreens and flowers , and having s . fall load of staunch _Chatti-it ¦ working-men , preceded by an excellent band of _musie in an open vehicle ,
and headed by the splendid banner of the _' Cheltenham branch oftho National Charter Association , and other colours waving in the morning breeze , proceeded to the residence of Mr Howse , situate at the pleasant little village of Pens-am , about a mile and a . half from this town . Arrived there , he was saluted by a few hearty cheers which made the welkin ring , and aroused from their slumbers the few _remaining rustics who had not yet escaped from the hands of Morpheus , and who eame , gaping opened-moutbed , to the scene of action , scarcely believing the evidence of their own senses , having to tke last moment been assured by the farmers , their employer ., that this Chartist Land plan was all a humbug , and that it was only a deep-laid scheme of Feargus O'Connor ' s
to get hold of the peoples money . Hero , however , was a coach and four , whioh vehicle had never befora been seen in Perskore , in the memory of the oldest inhabitant , really come for the purpose of cary ing off in triumph their neighbour . Wm . Howse , who had _been-w / _w- by that Feargus O'Connor into a neat _littlo house and two acres of good land , and had , even without consulting the feelings of tho Penaham £ 50 _tenants-at-will , been transmogrified , through the exertions of that very _se _| f-8 ame Feargus O'Connor , the enemy of the working man , from a hard-working _eiglit-shilliog-a-week-labouringserf , into a worthy and independent freeholder ef the county of Hertfordshire , Mr Howse having taken his seat away went the merry company , followed by the hearty
and lusty cheering of the astonished villager ., with the band playing merrily , the morning sun smiling cheerfully on us , and our friend _Howsa standing in a conspicuous place on tho top of the coach , ( the observed of all observers , ) and holding in his hand a coloured plate of O'Connorville , framed ; we entered Pershore about 8 o ' clock , where , notwithstanding the early hour , hundreds ofthe inhabitants had already congregated in the streets waiting the arrival of the Chartist farmer , and although some few grumblers were occasionally heard to . express their disapprobation , yet the great majority appeared p lease- that the plan had go far succeeded , and their hearty good wishes followed the hero _» f the day .
After parading the town we halted , and giving thre _ cheers for the Charter , three for the Land , three for Feargus O'Connor , and three for Farmer Howse , we proceeded , with colours flying , te the Defford Station of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway , three miles from Pershore ; where , on the arrival of the train , Mr Howse took his seat for Birmingham , and amidst the puffing of the engine , the enlivening strains of the band , and the cheers of his friends , our first Chartist _Farmur departed for O'Connorville . This demonstration hM put the working men on the qui vivt , and aa the result , we expect a large accession to our ranks . _ _, „ _Wjc . _Conir , J « n „ Sub-Sec .
SH _?_ n _ n . —A Tea Party was held in the DomocraticTemperance-room , 83 , Q _« een _. trcet , on Monday , in commemoration of the _Euancipated Slaves taking possession of their holdings at O Connomlle . Several new member , were enrolled . So . _ HAJ- r _ oi-. -Afestival _washeld on Monday evening Mr George Goodman m the chair : The first toast was " Feargus O'Connor , the founder of the Land Company . " Responded toby Mr J . Sida . way , iato of Rouen . A number of other toasts were given , and responded to in appropriate speeches . ' A number of patriotic son _« wore sting , Wo-wono' _Couuotf . —On Monday evening a publie tea took place in honour ofthe location at O'Cennorville , Mr George Booth in the chair . _, . A numb . * of patriotic toasts and songs were given in the count ofthe evening ,
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