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TO THE MEMBERS OF TKE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . The _hest-mdmaa _dialTbT the first partaker of the fruits of the earth . *
M y dear Children , . - Having nearly comp leted _thewttges at -Minster 1 _^ , _«& _te _^ T" _Wfi _^ _MSt Usterdav { Tuesday evening , ) arid have been 5 _^ A thi . inornin _, with the surveyor , _avinl out roads and sites for Labour s castles . Nature appears to smile upon us , as the rrtorning is lovely , and I dare say the hope of cominsr summer is hamstring the frown from _tfcose who have passed through the ordeal of a first Trinter in their new avocation . Yesterday , a portion of our stud—thirty of them—with bright harness and light steps ,
passed _through the sickly town or Cheltenham , headed bv r band , and thousands of Labour ' s sons , who contrived hy exertion to keep themselves healthy in the midst of pestilence ; while the poor invalids , pampered into unnatural disease , peeped with their muffled heads , imag ining that Sir Willou _& hb y Jones had been unsealed , and that a contested election was at hand ; while many of the knowing ones , who witnessed the spectacle as the regeneration of Labour , looked on with an intensity of surprise that I have seldom witnessed In truth , it was a cheering sight to see such a cavalcade , followed by two vans of _Englishwomen and their children , and Irishwomen
and their children . But if the sig ht-seers had followed tbem to | their destination , and seen them housed in stables as good , if not better , than' her Majesty ' s , and built for the accommodation of forty-four horses , and built forthe sum , not of £ 70 , 000 , butof £ 64—and capable of being taken down in the morning , and erected twenty miles off in the eveningeach horse , like a snail , _carrying his house upon his back—then they would be astonished . But , as I propose devoting the whole of the next to
"Labourer , " which may , perhaps , run seventy-two pases , to the completest illustration of our whole plan as regards the working of the Compan y , and the princi p le upon which I propose to conduct the Bank , and having much to do in commencing operations upon a new estate , you will not expect much upon the subject of the Land in the present number of the Star ; while , as seed time approaches , I shall devote a certain space weekly to the most minute instructions as to the agricultural operations to be performed in the several
seasons , Icanuot , however , fail to call your attention to the very ludicrous fact , that some of the most virulent opponents of English agitation , and who have been wholl y silent upon the Land Plan , are now claiming credit as being the originators of agricultural improvement . For instance , read the following assumption of originality , which appeared in the " Nation" of Saturday last : — "WHO IS THE AUTHORt " Here Is a malignant attempt _to'deprire that profound statesman , l > ord Clarendon , of his well-won laurels : —
" to tke editor or the ratios . " Sib , —I tee that the English press is _giving Lord Clarendon _sreat _applause f _« r his agricultural missionaries . magn _vfjJlsK the project into allttw _dignity of a new and quite original ides . If you turn , however , to the files of 41 The Kxtiok *' for seme of the spring mi _nths of 1844—March , I think—you will find the Tery thing proposed in an article , under the head of Project ofa Soeiety for Public Instruction . ' It struck me at the time as a Terr
good idea , and 1 bare since had it in ray head . Tbe praise « £ originality , ' therefore , belencs to "The _XiTtos . " Yofe have had the § tart of Lord Clarendon by near' - * ¦¦¦¦ _ years . Whatsoever mer _' t is due to ! "<• — o _j 0 ur idea into effect , let him hat * f «' - ' _jJetursuum cuique . But neither , J _. _^ " _, __ _-oa * s " nor any other Englishman's _pivi ' " _ . . . „ - do _Ireland a baltpennyirortliof r . s _^ u- _; jj _* - - " . ' "ACoxstimt Reader or Thb _Hinon *
Is not this a joke r when for thirteen years and more I have been showing tbe absurdity of sending military and diplomatic Lords-Lieutenant to Ireland , and have heen urging- the necessity of sending such men as the Duke of Portland , the late Earl Spencer , the late Earl of Leicester , er Lord Ducie , to discharge the duties of a chief governor , and who should be surrounded by a Staff of practical agriculturists , disseminating agriculture and knowledge throughout the country , instead of being
followed by a staff of livened Iacquies , who didn't know the land produced the livery upon their backs , and the feathers in their hats . And as early as 1835 , nine years before the notable discovery of the "Nation , " I insisted upon the propriety of adding a Minister of Agriculture and Public Instruction to the Cabinet ; and as early as 1831 , in n Letter written to the Irish People , and circulated throughout Ireland , I enforced the necessity of the Small Farm system , and the complete alteration in the law , or rather custom of tenure .
"Well , my children , did I not tell you that when we had turned the excitable mind of moonshine followers to the pursuit pf substantial reforms , that the ignorant Press would lose its charm ; that ignorance of a subject susceptible of proof from practice , would rob the theorists of the profit of speculation , and wild and extravagant assertion ; and that , like all other inventors ef a new system , we would be first lau g hed at , then reviled , then howled at , then persecuted , until at length our opponents , deriders , scoffers , and persecutors , would be compelled to adopt our principles . But , my children , the value of the Land Plan is , that they may mock , deride , and scoff as they p lease , bnt I DARE THEM TO
PERSECUTE . If Pitt bound the idle to the Throne by the golden link , I have bound you to the Labour field , and the free castle , by the brazen link and the heart ' s affection . My children—my family , my Land family , —now numbers nearly half a million—that is , a hundred thousand heads of families , to whom their wives and children are rendered more
dear , since 1 have shown them the way out of the house of bondage to the Labour castle ; and as I look from where I now write upon the prospect which is before those -who shall be located here , I vow , before Heaven , that I would rather risk my life against the most fearful odds—and so would you—than abandon a project which makes temperance , sobriety , frugality , and good example , a pleasure to me , and worthy of vour imitation . -
I always feared that treachery might have arrested my progress before it arrived at the defiance point , but now I stand upon defiance —as I defy the devil himself , or even a Whig government , though I perish to-morrow , much longer to withhold the Land of this country from those purposes for which its Creator designed it ; and those who make a wrong estimate of my views and intentions , would very soon discover that what I seek to do by honourable purchase , others would _mafby revolution , after a frightful sacrifice of life and property .
In France , as well as in every other country in the world , the Reformers , seeing the impossibility of longer mystifying the mind b y the propagation of exciting theories , are , now that we have taught them the way , propounding the necessity of marshalling the public mind upon practical questions . I dare say that many who have not the braing to comprehend the grandeur and magnitude of our Plan , will wonder when I tell them that between now and the
latter end of February , I shall have made flearly a hundred miles of furze hedging ; thus supplying the ' occupants with the very best description of food for cattle , from the 1 st of Nevember till the 1 st of April—I mean that by that time I shall have enclosed every allotment with a furze hedge , and which for three er four years will constitute the best and the most lovel y fence imaginable , while every allotment will be completely enclosed with the Labour castle in the centre .
After my day ' s work , I devote my thoughts to the best means for establishing a new Company , and which I hope to propound in the next number of the " Lrt & oitrer . " There is one fact however , which , till then , I cannot _withhold from you , as of all others it proves the value of co-operation as well as the _neces-Sity tor vigilance . v _freaived estimates ; for _buj > pW the cot-
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tages at Minster with water , and b y Ae p lan recommended by those who were " read y to undertake the job , I discovered that their estimates for completion would amount to 4 , 6001 ., each occupant having then to go fifty yards for water . This difficulty cost me many an anxious thought , as it would have added 151 . an acre to the price of the land , —one half of what I paid for 5 t ; and p erhaps tiie critics of
the " Dispatch "—who are not water drinkers , by the way , —will be horrified , when I inform them that I have contracted for sinking a pump in every man ' s back kitchen , giving each a full supply of water , for 320 / ., thus saving the _company 4 , 2807 . upon this item , besides providing against great casualties and the probability of the disarrangement of very complicated machinery .
While I am in the vein , I must inform those who object to herse-power applied to drawing stones , lime , sand , timber , slates , and dung , and ploughing , that I have now forty-two of the finest horses in England ; that , by Saturday next , I hope to have ten more , and that before the middle of May , I hope to require more than one hundred ; and then , as I shall parove in the next number of the " Labourer ' beyond the power of refutation , I shall save the Company , in the item of horse-labour alone—over 2007 . a week , besides the manure of one hundred horses . What will the " Dispatch * say to that , ? I am requested , by many correspondents , to invite those who have shares to sell in the
Company , to notify their intention , with name and address , to the Directors at the LandOffice , as many are anxious to purchase , and will cheerfully pay up principal and interest ; and I have received several letters , stating that the unfortunate Mr Field , my dupe , and a correspondent of the " Dispatch" refused to sell his four-acre share , receiving principal and inte rest , and he had the manliness to state that he
preferred retaining- it , that he may be qualified to complain , so that he may fire away till he crack his lungs . In the course of a few weeks , I shall be able to announce the day when the occupants will be located at Minster Lovel , Snig ' s End , and the Moate ; and when the weather justifies me , that is , within the next month , I shall be able to an . nounce the time when all now balloted will be located .
I forgot to 6 tate that I have thirty-six head of cattle making manure at Minster Level ; that I « m going to purchase twenty-four wore , to make the number up to sixty ; and that I am going to purchase sixty head to make manure here—thus giving to Minster Lovel estate the manure made b y forty horses for nearly four months , as well as a large number of cows during the same period , and the manure of sixty head of cattle and seven horses from the present time till the latter end of March ; and to this place , the manure of forty-four horses and sixty cows for nearly
three months ; and that I shall have a large profit in making that manure , deposited on the farms , instead of drawing it fifteen and twenty miles , besides paying for it , as many farmers do . The value of this system may be best understood , when I tell you that I paid 2201 . for London manure put out at _O'Connorville , and nearly 1002 . for drawing it from the wharf , and which I could have done with my « wn horses at a cost of about 25 / ., besides _having their manure , but theismajl _aSiourit of capital then injiand _^^ _a _^' _not have , justified ! me in
' iffuertaking so large an expenditure as the purchase of horses and waggons ; while at Minster and Snig ' s End I shall have more than twelve times the quantity of manure put out on Herringsgate , and when I am justified in having a couple of hundred horses and a couple of hundred head of cattle , I will make a garden of every old worn-out estate that is released from the possession of the idler , and committed to the proprietorship of the industrious . There ' s a mouthful for the poor " Dispatch . ' '
Your fond and affectionate father , Snig's End . Feakgus O'Connor . P . S . —There is not a stone upon this estate yet ; there is not a road made or a well sunk ; and before the first day of April I will have ninety cottages and the necessary agricultural operations completed . F . O'C .
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Oswald _rvrisixs . —On Monday , the 3 rd inst ., we had * tea party snd ball , which was got up in a few kours , by the Foxhill BankTemperance Brass Band , in connexion with ua . The hail woe crowded almost to suffocation . After the cloth was removed , and the band bad played a few favourite airs , Mr Thomas Chippindale was unanimously called to the chair , who opened the meeting in a short but pithy address , and called up n a member to sing' Base Oppression , ' { from the Chartist hymn book . ) in the _chsrns of which all the assembled multitude joined . Another member gave an address , in which he showed the
evil effects of the _presetat system , and pointed to the Land and Charter , as the only remedy for _^ existine evils , and advised the assembly not to rest satisfied until that remedy was attained . The chairman then sung , ' The Lion of Freedom . ' in which all heartily joined . He then gave , 'Feargus O'Connor , _Eq . M . P ., the unflinching -champion of the people's rights , and may he live to see the Charter the law of the Land ; ' which was responded to by three hearty cheers . 'Ihe ball then opened , and was kept up until eleven o ' clock , when all separated , highly delighted with the entertainments .
Birmingham . —Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., will lecture in tbe Town Hall , on Tuesday , the 25 th pat ., at seven o ' clock in the evening , on the _capabilities of the Land , « fcc . All personB _wishing to become members of the National Co-operative Beaefit Society will meet at 111 , Res-street , on Wednesday , the 19 th inst . _Makchesier—The members of the Manchester branch of the National Land Company intend holding a tea party in the People's Institute , _Heyrodstreet , on Monday , February 7 ; h , in _hononr of the establishment of the Company , and the return
to Parliament of its energetic propounder , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . M . P . Chartist members of the Land Company , now ia the time for evincing your gratitude to the man who has so long , and so faithfully , advocated the fights of labour , despite the slanders of the press and the malevolence of its hired tools . —Tea on the table at seven o ' clock . Tickets may be had from any of the committee , or at the People ' s Institute . The monthly meeting of the Manchester branch of the National Land Company will be held on Sunday , January 16 th , in the People ' s Institute , lieyrod-street . Chair to be taken at nine o ' clock in the morning .
_ Ceotdon . — The friends are making exertions for holding a large meeting in this town , to make known the principles of the ' Fraternal Democrats , ' and push onwards the People ' s Charter . The meeting will come off on an early day . Messrs Julian Harney , Ernest Jones , T . Clark , aad other friends are invited to attend , and it is hoped that the meeting will at once be worthy of the town , and the great cause its object ia to forward . Halifax- —The first branch of the National Cooperative Benefit Society will be held at the house of Mr George _Buckly , Church-lane , on Saturday , Jannaryloih , where every information can he given and members enrolled . _Miogibt—Mr Bowden will lecture at thia place , on Sunday , January ICth , at six o'cloch in the evening .
Bath . —The disciples and admirers of Thomas Paine , are informed that a public dinner will take _ place to commemorate his birth , at the King William , Thomas-street , Walcot , on Monday , Jan . 31 st . The committee ef management are requested to attend at , Mr Cottle's , Nol , Margaret's Hill , Wal . cot Parade , on Sunday evening next , at seven oclock _. Cur and Finsbort _Localiit . —Mr Dixon will lecture here on Sunday evening next , January 16 th , at half-past seven o ' clock . Suhject : — The People ' Charter . ' . Halifax . —Mr Tomlinson will lecture in the Workins Man ' s Hall , on Sunday , January 16 th , at six o clock in the evening . Q , dee _!* 3 head . —Mr Clissetfc will lecture in tbe Round Hill Chapel , at this plaoe , on Sunday , Jan . 6 th , at six o ' clock in the eveniag .
Ellasd . —Mr Thackleton will lecture at thia place on Sunday , January 16 th , at six o'clock in the evening . _Bibstall . —The Chartists of this locality meet twice a week , viz ., Tuesday and Saturday evenings at half-past seven o ' clock , in the Barkerite Chapel ' Chandler ' s Hill . The Tuesday meeting ia for the ' purpose of discussion . The friends and opponents of Chartism , are fcoth requested to _atiend . _Lancashire Miners . —The next general delegate meeting of Lancashire miners will be held on Monday the 25 th of January , at the sign of the King ' Head Fart Stocks , near St Helen ' s . Chair to betaken at e l even o ' clock in _theforenojn ,
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THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING . The fourth metropolitan gathering convened by the Chartist Council , was held is that capacious building , the Royal Britiah Institution , _Copper-Btreet , _Finsbury , on Tuesday evening , January 11 th . On the platform we noticed Stafford Allen , Esq . and the Rev . Dr Campbell . Julian Harney was announoed to preside , bat not having arrived at eight o ' clock .
Mr Dixon was appointed chairman pro tern , and briefly opened the proceedings , remarking that the present possessors of the Suffrage held it not because they were virtuous , not because they had moral or intellectual qualification for the purpose , but simply Irom the accident of their possessing a little more property than their neighbours . Anything more absurd or ridiculous it was impossible to conceive Now he demanded tbe suffrage in virtue of his manhood , and _'hiB person was his title deed . ' ( Loud cheers . )
' Mr Thomas Clark—amidst loud -cheers—rose to move the first resolution , and said , her Majesty ( by the way the very highest authority ) in her Speech from the Throne , expressed her regret for the Bufferings of the people , but her Majesty ' s parliament had not done much . True , Christmas had intervened , and members of parliament preferred its festivities to legislating for a starving people . ( Hear , bear . ) Besides , those gentlemen gave their services forRothinff . ( Ironical cheering . ) Well , her Majesty had admitted that _great distress prevailed , and on this subject he ( Mr Clark ) perfectly agreed with her Majesty , but the people had no hand in creating this distress , The resolution that he was about to pro . pose declared , that parliament had to do with it , for
had that body attended to the interest of the people , and cultivated the resources of the country , it was impossible there could have been any distress amongst the wealth producers . ( Loud cheers . ) Yesterday he waB in the north of England . In Manchester the working classes , and the class immediately above them , were in great distress , indeed such severe privations had never been known at any previous period ef England ' s history . ( Hear , hear ) It could not be right that one man should hold the franchise to the exclusion of six others . ( Hear , hear . ) And , indeed , he did not believe that at any period six parts of the community had ever delegated their electoral powers to the other seventh ; but if such a contract did exist
it was nothing but right that it should be produced for their inspection . ( Loud cheers . ) He denied the justice of a Property Qualification ; but ii property was a test of fitness , surely the working classes must have a very strong claim , seeing that they were the producers of all wealth . ( Great cheering , ) As tho working classes were bound by the laws , go ought they to have a controlling power over those who made them . ( Hear , hear . ) And if they were denied that power , surely they could not expect that the working classes should feel moraliy bound to obey the laws . ( Cheers ) But _bad-ss many of the laws were , he could not recommend the breaking of them . ( Hear , hear . ) True , they had hitherto failed in their attempts to cet within the pale of the constitution , but still they
had toe consolation of knowing that we were engaged in a just cause , aad that by perseverance and _organisation they would ultimately prevail . ( Loud sheers . ) The prime minister , Lord John Russell , had admitted the truth of the principle , in his speech in favour of removing Jewish disabilities . ( Hear , hear . ) If the principle waa true as regards Jews , it must be equally true _sb regards Christian * -, and the working classes generally . ( Cheers . ) And their friends Harney , M'Grath , Dixon , Jones , and West , had as much right to take their seats as had Baron _Rothschild . ( Great cheering- ) It was not for him to come there and denounce the aristocracy , while the working men _them-Belves were to blame for not sufficiently bestirring themselves—( hear)—as he was thoroughly convinced
that when the people demanded their rights in earnest , then , and not till then , would the Peo _^' .-Charter be emblazoned on the scroll o " AJ _& tiu Constitution . ( Louden" ***' ' ' _^ _. x _^ _stifft Baa admitted the di « t _^ g | _¦> -fier prime minister had pleaderU _* 3 e " _justie >» oi the suffrage , and it was there ; iore'the duty of the people earnestly to demand their own , and nothing could prevent the obtainment of their just rights . A word aa regarded Ireland . Their class legislation had shown their utter _incapacita te ) govern England ; and if they could not govern thia is _' and , it must be admitted they must be enti . ely unfit to _legislate for another country , and hence he demanded a full , free , and fair representation for the Irish people , in a parliament in their own country .
( Loud cheers ) His demand was equal justice for England and Ireland—and he trusted that tbey would not only hold up their hands for the resolution he was about to submit to them , but rise to-morrow morning with a determination to carry its spirit into practice . He bad now great pleasure in moTiDg—* TJiat this meeting is of opinion the awfully depressed and degraded position of the industrious classes of Great Britain and Ireland , arises frem the monopoly of the elective franchise ; and that the people of these realms can never be permanently benefitted until tbe whole mala adult population are within the pale of the _Conotitution . ' Julian Harney having arrived , Mr Dixon vacated the chair , which was taken by J . II ., who waa received with loud applause .
Mr John Skelton , in seconding ihe resolution , said _: If they had ns power over those who made the laws , what could they expect but that _thoge who made them would do so for their own benefit ? ( Hear , hear . ) That that great wrong existed , appeared te be generally admitted , and the question is , how came that wrong ? Anmquiry into man ' s nature , at ones told them that individually he was weak , but that in his corporate capacity he was strong—( hear , hear)—and hence , the wisdom of cooperation . The resolution he was seconding said , that class legislation was the cause of the wrong , and that truth waa confirmed by the _sirra of commission and omission on the part of the legislature . ( Hear , hear . ) Surely , in a country so abounding
with wealth , and a population so famous fer their ingenuity and industry as the English people were , if properly governed , no portion of the inhabitants would be permitted to starve . ( Loud cheers . ) The reason why the _industrious wealth-producers now starved , was because they were excluded from the franchise . ( Hear , hear . ) But was it right that a few _gilded rites , basking in the sunshine ofa court , should baften oh their miseries . ( Loud cheers . ) Their friend Clark had justly told them that when they would they might alter the system . ( Renewed cheering . ) He called on them to think deeply on their state , and let those who were able to live , do something for those who are starving . The present system was a system of fraud and rank delusion , and must be destroyed before they could
found a just and _good one . ( Hear , hear . ) But they must not expect those who grow fat by that system to work a change . No ; for they required no change . Those parties had been satisfied with the mere name of reform , _whiht the people required the thing itself . ( Hear , hear . ) At the present time , the middle class reigned almost supreme . How ? By the power the people had delegated to them , by the means of a dishonest distributive system . ( Hear , hear . ) The people had hitherto conferred power and wealth on others , henceforth let thea keep both for themselves . ( Loud cheers . ) If the people wished a change , they must will it to night and to-morrow , and persevere until victory crowned their efforts . The Chairman then introduced ,
Mr Ernest Jones who came forward , and said , Mr Chairman and Friends , —There ia a period in a public movement , when after a time of depression it rallies from its own vital energy , ever inherent in the breast of truth . At that period we bave arrived—it is a period of promise—it is also one of danger . At such times some men caught by in incautious zeal , Wish to hurry progress beyond the bounds of safety , and by trying to grasp all in a moment , lose all for an age . ( Hear , hear . ) There are also some raeni who , influenced by personal ambition , talk to the peopleof their strength and their power : tell them to shatter their foes ; are more democratic than _democracyW-and have got something still more furious to propose than every man who preceded them . These men are the
humbugs of the movement . There are also some wet blankets , who fear the spirit they have helped to raise , and tremble at the power of which they form a part . These men are the drag . chains of the movement . I trust we shall be influenced by none of these to-night . ( Hear . ) I conceive we are assembled here to assist in passing a Coercion Bill against the government , and to produce such a ' pressure from without , ' as _ihall squeeze peor little Lord John into something like a decent an 4 statesman . like shape . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Seeing then that we never had a mere middle class , nor , therefore , a more hostile parliament —since the middle class are our greatest enemies . ( A voice : No , no . ) A gentleman says' no ; ' but I tell him that no class has ever proved as hostile to the
working man , as the middle class of England . ( Hear , hear . ) It has cast down aristocracy on the left , aud democracy on the right , and lives on the ruins of both . I do not wish to raise aristocracy . Let the bruised serpent lie , for it would sting the hand that healed it—hut your money law has been worse than tbe feudal one . . Under feudalism , the people were fat slaves—under your rule , bit , they are lean slaves . ( Loud _chsera . ) Seeing , then , that we never had a more middle class ; and , therefore , a mere _hostile parliament , I believe the hour for temporising has past ; we have felt the pulse of the _patientlorg enough , and now it is time to apply the lancet . The people know sir
this , , and therefore are organising . We , too , are increasing our army : the Old Guards are in the field again ! ( Cheers . ) We , too , are enrolling our militia ; the starving millions , for the peaceful , but none the less unyielding struggle . We , too , are strengthening our' national defences : ' courage in our hearts , discipline in our ranks , and unity in our action / ( Applause . ) But there are some gentlemen here who are not satisfied with this . Who say that millions of determined , well-organised , and well-inf ormed men are insufficient to obtain the Charter from a crippled _LTwfw ' i A r ? H krupt excheW a defenceless army ( that Lord Ellesmere recommends to walk out of one end of London , when the French walk in at the
other ) and a divided Parliament . ( Cheere . ) _TJew _S « SmmteU the people they must _gro _^ tr rich , if thoy SKecomefreS . W them they _musf > become free , if they want to grow rich . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Skc ton exhorts the people to _become wealthy . _WtH Mr Skelton be kind enough to tell them how ? He will say _co-operation-but I much feat * nothing cooperating with _nothing produces nothing . Become rich—what ? In the workhouse or the gaol ? Become rich-what ? Is the deer forests of out nobles ? Become _riCfl-Wflat ? _OdCs , a week ? Become rich -what ? In the church-yards of Skull , er bv the graves of Skibbereen ? ( Hear , bear . ) Go tell it to the unemployed in _Manehester-to the 20 , 000 destit . nto in Bradford . Go tell it to the Irish tenant , dying
by the light of _bie burning cottage . Go tell it to the beggar at _thedoors of _GroBvenor-square . Go tell him at once to be a slave , but do not let us insult bw misery , by telling him to become rich . ( Hear , near . ) I know you will here point to our glorious Land Company , and say : See what the _money-plsa has done ? So it has—it haa shown you how happy you could be , if you had the power of the Charter legislating en the Land . ( Loud cheers . ) Do you suppose the government will let you go on ? Do you suppose the middle class will let you enjoy the fruita of yonr co-operation ? No ! thia Company has _suceeded—thank God ! 50 , 000 families ara rescued from destruction and under protection of the law ; bo act of Parliament can be retrospective , but rest assured Parliament of future
will throw such difficulties in the way companieK , as to render their formation next to impossible—unless you obtain political power . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) And rest assured the middle class , if they find you can spare enough from your wages to buy land , will hit oa the expedient of lowering Jour wages Btili more , and you know they need not fear you if you are merely _money-grubbera , instead of men . ( Hear , hear . ) Moreover , the people were still in work , when they subscribed to the Land , the promises of free-traders still gave a galvanised action te the dead corpse of our commerce—but non-employment and pauperism become more and more with overy day , and the power of subscribing grows less with every hour . ( Hear . )
And how is the working slave to keep his riches , if he had created them t He has created wealth , all the wealth the country boasts of . Has he kept it ? 2 _? e ! And why ? Because he had not the political power to protect it from the privileged robber . ( _Cheeis . ) Bo assured if you make money , government will find some means to get it from you ; If you think to put down monopoly by this alone , y ou are much mistaken . It is like trying to catch fish with a bait , but no hook to your line . The Whig fish will swallow your bait , and be all the fatter for it . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Here again you may point to the Land Company—but the allottees of that company are not safe without tho _Charter . Let them remember their forefathers , the yeomanry of
England , all owned the land . How did they lose it ? Why by taxation . A freeholder waa obliged to do military service , and supply the costly equipment for himself and horse , according to bis holding , Frequent service ruined him—he was unable to supply the equipment—then he was fined ; at last he could not pay the fine—then his land was seizedand so you became landless and houseless _alavea . The present _Byatem has the same _resn'te , taxes and poo-Mates grow heavier every year , and these will fall _orushingly on the allottees of the Land Company . Every fresh surge of taxation dashing against that social rock , will crumble another fragment . You may say taxes fall as equally en the farmer and the landlord . Not so . They employ labour , and make
up the difference of taxation in difference of wages . Those who employ labour escape taxation—these who labour for themselves , they pay the tax . _^ ( Cheering . ) Now then _. centlemen , will money-grubbing do ? New then friend ? , co-operate I make raoneyt it will be wanted for tiro militia , and tbe added army ! Make money—it will be wanted for fresh palaces . Make money—it wjJI-b 8 wanted for new _bish _^ p _^ ?' - ' ..: iufey—it will _tenanted for royal babies , .. _fisETyou must give the royal babies pap , and you must build the royal babies nurseries , ( Loud applause . ) Make numey—and is thia impossible task your panacea ? Not ono word about Registration and Election—not one word about the triumph at Nottingham , and glorious stand made by other _con-Btituenoiea ? We have seated one man—the _eatne
power that seated one can coat five hundred . Parliament makes laws—members make parliamentand you are making members . ( Hear , hear . ) Not one word about the National Petition—the only means we have of letting the world and the British people know how strong we are ? Not one word about the National Convention—the only _leytimate authority of democracy ? Not a word about presenting that vast petition , with the National Convention sitting , England waiting in terrible expectation , Ireland engulphing armies , Scotland gathering in the Highland ? , snd _Ix ) ndon thundering in their ears , till the palaces oi' St Stephen ' s vibrate ? ( Immense cheers . ) No ! But go money-grubbing in the mine of industry , forgetting tbat monopoly , like a fiery
dragon , intercepts the way . Ay ' . Work harderstarve longer—that the rich may get more than they expected , and the board of luxury be garnished by the nest-eggs of co-operation . This is _. _^ indeed , folding a wet shroud around the heroic heart of Chartism . ! fou say millions of pence—I say millions of men I Political power must precede social amelioration . ( Much applause . ) leal Men of London ' . We must agitate and organise ! One simultaneous meeting , at one hour of one day all over the United Kingdom , to shew our organisation . One vast petition , to prove to the people themselves howstrong they are in their number ? . One vast procession of the men of London to present it , while a Convention watches the debate , and keeps
piling the pressure from without , till every town in England and Scotland rallies with the same spirit , and concentration on the part of government becomes a farce . ( Hear , hear . ) Let a member of your executive be constantly _travelling'through the country ; let all England be divided , _according to the principles of theCharter , into equal districts ; let meetings , at fixed periods , be held in these , it will , as it were , drill the people into organisation ; let those , who ! can subscribe so well to the Land _. _subscribe but a little to the Charter , and , depend upon it , we shall soon ob _« tain the Land , ( Loud cheers . ) Men of London ! you have more in your power than the rest of England . Yoa are at the fountain head of monopoly , and you can stop its course most easily . ( Hear , hear . ) The
gallant men of the North are a long way off , and the creditor who enforces his claim in person , is always more attended to than he who sends a letter . Your petitions from afar will be scorned—there are hundred of miles , and plenty of barracks between those _fetitlonera and Parliament . But you . Men of iondon ! can go in person , and knock at thedoors of St Stephen ' s ti ; l your privileged debtors tremble—as they gasp : we owe them for centuries of misrule , we owe them for blighted homes and dying children—we ewe them for ages of misery , in a land of wealth—we owe them for millions of murders—and , oh God ! here the terrible creditors are como at last , to call us tothereckoning , _and _dema-id the payment ! ( Thunders of applause . ) One word to those who are afraid of Chartism . We certainly have & knack of frightening the old women , and especially these in Parliament . ( Laughter . ) But let them be reassured . We are men ef peace . We abhor bloodshed
and violence . But we are not men of non-resistance and passive obedience ; we will not be the aggressors—but if we are struck , will return the blow , and they must stand the consequence . ( Loud cheers . ) Rall y , then , throughout the three kingdoms . Rally , men of Scotland 1 Not in vain must _MarRarot , Skirving , Gerald , and Palmer have suffered . Rally , men of Erin ! not in vain must Fitzgerald and Emraett , Wolf Tone asd Arthur O ' Connor , have been the martyrs of their country ! Rally , men of England ! Not in vain must you have filled the prisons of York , Lancaster , and Stafford 1 Not in vain must the widow and the orphan mourn a Peterloo 1 Not in vain must our exiles hope for a return ! Not in vain must the Old Guards march under their green flag , and an _O'Cohrior pioneer the path of liberty ! ( Mr Jones resumed his seat amid continued and hearty cheering , ) - The Chairman then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously ,
The Chairman ( Julian Harney , ) after explaining the cause of his non-arrival in time to take the chair at the commencement of the proceedings , said : —I understand from the _advei-tisemeut calling this meeting that our principal business is to be the adoption of a petition to parliament for _aredressof grievances . It has , before now , been said that' Petitioning for pity is meat weak , The sovereign people ought to demand justice . ' It is not for pity we petition ; even wero we capable of so degrading ourselveB , the experience of all time has proven that the oppressed Rever owed their deliverance from suffering and sorrow to the sympathy of their oppressors . ( Hear , hear . ) It was not by supplicating the mercy of the Persian invader that
Marathon was won and Greece was freed . It waa not by prayers and bribes that Rome waa delivered from the barbarians of Gaul . It was not by cringing to the insolence of Austria that William Tell created Swiss freedom . ( Applause . ) Itwasnotbybasesubmission to Edward that _Bsniieckburn was immortalised . ( Applause . ) It was not by vain attempts at exciting the sympathies of a despot ' s heart that our fathers rescued themselves from the treacherous tyranny of _Cbarles . ( Cheers . ) It was not bv petL turning lor pity that America broke her chains . ( Loud cheers . ) It was not by cryin « , _« Pity us good nobles—pity us good priests—pity us good king , ' that the
people of France were enabled to obtain aremission of the cruel bondage of feudalism , priesfcraf ' and monarchy . ( Greatcheering . ) No ! the power tul and the privileged never concede anything to those who ask their pity , and their sense of justice is never awakened until the . oppressed are in a position _f '' justice to themselves . Any petition adopted by thp meeting , or a thousand meetings , will be tbe very vanity of vanities , unless the people exhibit the will and determination to take other _stepB to enforce their claims . Bat a peopio that petitions net for p ity bat for justice , has already taken the first step in the sight direction . If that people ate in _earnest they will follow up their petition for justice by a demand—taking care that that demand ia expressed
not merely in words but 6 y _** _rj * f _»} ££ which justice aad sound pelicy , _*» _*^ , _^ it , at H tion . W , hear . ) Let us , then , _iwolveju »« n to-night we petition it shall be no _HI _& SB and forgotten in ths pawing hour . Let n » « _"JJJ _^ devote all our energies to obtain those franchises which . we claim as our tight ¦ _^^ « f 5 X speakers have commented on the wro e _^ Xra yet tocome will illustrate and defend ihe P" ° Xu of onr _glorioue Charter- I _* t me aho _~ » oo . the _glonous pn » which may be your * , if with resolute hearts you will but stretch forth your hands to _wkc your own . Behold thin mighty empire , bmlt up by the stron g arms and cemented by the blood ot our fathersBritain ' s empire is greater than _flvfflj' 0 fined
. _theuwayof Assyria , Persis t , or Rome . Vast as are the wilds and numerous as are the nations and tribes whieh own the _Bway of the Muscovite , both arei exceedcd _bythedominionBlordedoverbythifl'tightlitue island . ' Collectively , the whole empire covers an extent Of eight millions and » half of square miles and contains a population of 164 millions . _One-nzUi _oart of the dry land of tho globe owns the flag of this country . On England ' s empire the sun never Beta * ' the ' _ehart of our _coloniea _ifl a ohart of the world in outline- for we sweep the globe and touch every S / How _Ptrange that -fllions of the heirs of this magnificent heritage _awTteeped in poverty ; that _thousandB perish for lack of bread , and hundreds , _thhrorr nLht , have no shelter from the wintry blast .
( Hear hear . ) Tho ownerB and conquerore ot millions of miles of thia fair earth have net in their possession a foot of land . The natural and manufactured _richea of every dime are . contained within the Umite of the British . empire . _^ Corn and cattle , oil and wine , the fruits of the earth in every variety , wool , _oilkand cotton , iron and coal , furs and precioua stones , gold , silver and copper abound in prolUBion . Our manufactures are the wonder and envy of the world . For skill , industry and " heroism , one artisan ** , labourers , and sailors are the meat celebrated on the face of tho earth . All the elements of true greatness and happiness abound , in spite of which shame and misery have established their master sway . Shame upon
us that it should ba so . This empire its rightfully the property not of an idle , a schemin g , and & privileged few , but of the entire people . Is net _euch a prize worth struggling for ? ( Hear , heflr . ) The Charter is the means , and that prize is the end . ( Cheers . ) When , therefore , the usurpers of your inheritance ask you to arm in defence of ths country , ask them , what country f If they reply England ; tell them England is certainly yours by right , but is not yours by possession , and you refuse to arm for its defence unless you have your fair share of its advantages . ( Applause . ) The Duke of Wellington has written a letter in which , ' . with every symptom of real or affected alarm , he has set forth the feasibility of a Frenoh invasion , and the incapacity of this
country to successfully oppose the invader . The Duke wants an addition to the army of 40 , 000 men , and 150 , 000 militia mea . Tho Duke is a soldier ; homicide has been his trade , and a very successful _trade he has driven . You remember the fable of the city in alarm , when all the wise men were collected to deviee means for ha defence . ( The stonemason declared , very disinterestedly , that " . there was nothing like atone , the carpenter with equal patriotism gave his vote for wood , and the tanner declared there was nothing like leather . ( Laughter . ) So the Duke of Wellin g ton true to his trade , declares that there ' s nothing like soldiers . ( Cheers , ) He advises feelingly , as this will show : — An Account of pay , pemion , and rotes of _moaey , levied on the publio , for the support of the Duke of Wellington and his neirs , to 1817 inclusive 11 Money received as pay since
lie entered tbo army , up to 1818 30 . Do . as _pommandtr-in-chier Tn Europe Do . as bis share of prizemoney in Spain , said to be upon £ 880 , 009 Do . do . _prise-moaey in Franca , said to be upon £ 1 , , 080 Do . as salary whilst am- _^ bassador to France > ' 50 , 000 Bo . do . do . toTiennaj Mil . Pension of £ 4 , 600 per annum —this has been paid 37 years 148 , 040 1812 . Grant per C 3 rd of George IU . 100 , 000 35 year *' interest thereon ... 180 , 600 —— 389 . 000
1813 . Grant per 5 £ rd snd 54 th George III 409 , 000 1813 . 85 years'interest thereon ... 7 « 0 , « 00 — 1 , 100 , 600 1814 . Grant par 55 th George III ... 260 , 000 Si -fears' i & terctt thereon MO . OflO
. MO , 600 ( The 2 nd of Victoria recites the several grants—together £ 700 , 000 ) 1115 , Tote per parliament after the Battle of Waterloo ; t _« o _000 33 years' interest thereon ... 99 , 006 169 , 090 Interest is charged at above , as the public bave to pay the interest on the war debt
Tbe Duke ' s pay as field marshal , 1818 to 1847 , 30 years at £ 2 , 000 per annum 60 , 060 The Duke has since obtained , in addition , the following lucrative appointments ;—1820 . Appointed col . of the rifle brigade , pay £ 285 Us . per annum , 28 years 6 , 872 182 G . Appointed Constable of tke _Torrer , pay ..,. „ ,. £ 947 1826 . Warden of tbe Cinque Forts , pay £ 474
Fronts of these offices for 22 years , £ 1421 per annum ... 31 , 362 1827 . Appointed colonel of the 1 st regiment of guards—21 _yeiws pay at £ l , 2 G 0 per annum 25 , 200 1827 . Appointed commander-inchief , retained the name till 1830 , 4 ye » ra pay , at £ 3 , 458 per annum 13 , 832 1842 . Again appointed commander ia-chief—G years pay , at £ 3 , 458 per annum 20 , 748 . 34 . 580 £ 2 , 465 , 014 That is one side of the picture , now for its opposite . In a recent number of the Times appeared tne following : —
_*** _aa _> . _»»«« w _** _w * _s _«»* <| ja | - * m w |/ V | _jVC' w * *•¦ subordination amongst the _Eurepetm soldiers of Her Ma jesty ' s corps in the Upper Provinces has not _betn at allchecked by tbe threats of _sererity that have been held out , and the Commander-in-Chief , i _. fter _issuing a long order , framed with the object of dispelling the delusion prevalent with respect to the treatment felons receive on transportation , has found it necessary to order the sentence of death to be carried out in two instances . In one of these a man named Atkins , who had been convicted of striking an assistant-surgeon , was selected as the victim , and twelve men were ordered to act as
executioners . All the troops at Heerut were assembled to witness the scene . The unhappy man to the last ex . pected a reprieve . At length , however , the mandate was given to fire ; and , strange to say , but one bullet struck him , and that in the thigh . The _provost-sergeant stepped forward , and blew out his brains with a pistol , aud all the twelve men who cad fired were cast into confinement , and will be tried for a conspiracy to evade the performance of their duty _. Working men , that ' s your share of glory ; it is from jour class is drawn the rank and file upon whose palpitating hearts , brain-spattered heads , and goredyed limbs , such men as the Duke . climb the heights
of power , and achieve what they call glory . Your share efthe glory is to fall beneath the sword of the stranger , un-named and unknown ; or mayhap be butchered in cold blood for what tyrants call « insubordination . ' The slaying of Atkins , I denounce aa a foul and frightful murder . ( 'True . ') Doubtless , poor fellow , he had some one living who loved him , and looked forward to the time when he would return to bless the sight of those who mourned his absence , majhap , some erey . headed father , who sighed for him as for the staff of his old age ; or a mother , who had suckled him at her breast , and little dreamed , when parting the curls from his innocent , infant brow , that the hour would come when
« Tbat dome of thought , that palace of the soul , ' would be torn , splintered , shattered , wrecked in a sea o { blood , by the bullet oi an _asBasBin—the murderous slave of murder-loving tyrants . Remember , if the militia ia embodied , you may be forced , not merely to serve in England , but also to leave home and fight the battles of despotism abroad . In the time of the last war , numerous bodies of the militia who refused to volunteer into the army , were disarmed , and at the point of the bayonet driven on board transport ships , in which they were taken to the continent to swell Wellington ' s armies , where they perished by thousands from fatigue , hunger , disease , the bullet , and the sword , and the same lot may be yours , if you
tamely allow the militia to be re-embodied , subject to the will of your _oppressors . If the aristocracy tear the loss of their broad acres , of which their fathers robbed ours , let them fight for the protection of those acres . ( Cheers . ? If the Church fears the confiscation of its immense revenues , let the parsons _fteht for the Charch . ( Cheers . ) If tbe Jews and jabbers of'Change Alley fear fbe swamping of the funds , let them fight tor the pTOtection of their plunder . ( Cheers . ) If the millocnW fear tbe sacking of their rattle-boxes , let them . figh * _' _. for the protection of those dens of slavery and' temples of Mammon . ( Cheers . ) If the _shopocracy--that despicable class —that class , who like _Shakespeare ' s Young Ambition , firat used ua to mount upo . _^ to po _* _frer , and then
kicked as from them , and trampled us down-that organised combination of usurpationi _andusuryHf tkey fear the _Beizure of their tills and their ledgers , let them fight for the protection of their dirty _huck-Bterine . ( Loud cheers . ) Butvou _. menofthe million , over-worked and ill-paid sons oftoil _. houwle _sa and shivering serfs of privilege , you , who have neither lands nor revenues , nor _tithfiB , no ? funds , not nrofits , nor usury , nor votes ~ to whom the throne affords no protection and the law ao _securityagaiOTt whom the _legislature closes its doors and the Qiarch its _eyrop _» _thies » s _« _» " >* «» »» > or fi ght for none of these things . ( Great cheermg ) If yoo must fight , fight for yourselves . ( _Renewed cheermg . ) When lords and priests , and usurers , and political
, _osurpers , and social tyrants , askyou to arm for their protection , let your answer be . ' Nojote . no musket !' -- ' The Charter and No Surrender ! ' ( Tremendous cheering . ) Knaves and fools with one accord are now rushing into print with their schemes of national defence ; the Chartist scheme » , after all , the only _trua defence . The land for the people , every man a home , mry manavote , and every _mano , _mus-HeU Anstion ' 8 defences consist not m armies , _na-Ties , fortresses , and artillery , but in the courageous hearts and strong arms ofa people , possessing * Happy homes , and altar free , ' 'Men , high-minded mea , Men , who their duties _ksew , But knows their rights , and knowing , dare
maintain . ( Enthusiastic and prolonged cheering . ) Mr John _Fussbcl came forward to move the second resolution as follows : — ' That this meeting pledges itself never to cease agitation until the People ' s Charter shall become the law of the land . ' The subject of the Charter had been before the world for a period of something Jike _eii-bt years , yet there may be some who would be inclined to ask , what is « The People ' s Charter I' He for one , thought it the principle of political truth * and that to agitate for any thing less was all humbug _, and sheer nonsense ( hear , hear ) . The people had been too often deluded by the middle _clasasa ; the few had a privilege which was the right of the masses ( Cheere ) . The church had been alluded to , and this of itself was such a gross wrong , tbat it demanded a
searching reform . The queen held 130 livings in the church ; that disreputable neble , Waldegrave , waa also a church patron , aa was also that ambitious soldier , Wellington . There were no less than 4632 parsons holding livings , wbolhad never preached . from the time of taking possession , and never would until the day of their death . Let universal suffrage prevail , and he would never give a vote to any man except he pledged himself to the correction of this abuse . He too would look for a revision of the funding system _, lie wished to have a parliament that would make laws such as the people could understand . The Times recently told us that during the last four months there were 4 , 213 , 000 persons out of employ , snd 13 , 000 more who were only employed three days a week ; he thought a state of things like tbis called loudly for the ¦ Charter ( cheer < i ) .
Mr W . Dixon , who en again coming forward was loudly cheered , said he was a Chartist because he believed that God and nature gave him at ) birth certain rights , and he had been deprived of these rights , and he wished to be placed ia possessioa of some instrument by which he could regain them ; such an instrument waa the Charter . Mr Harney said , he had nothing to fight for . He , _MrjDixon _, had , namely the right to live . For the last ; forty years he had been deprived of that right , having oaly existed ( hear , hear ) . Universal _Sui frage was the great principle ; the other five _points of the Charer were simply the means of _working _vui tbat principle . The Ballot undsr pr _* _-ciii circumstances was necessary , or honest _-2 « a would be crushed for daring to perform their _conscientious duty ( loud
cheers ) . Mr Dixon then jii & tifie < i the principle oi Annual _^ _Parliaments , and _snt _^ d their absolute . _nccess » sity . It was { _arbiter te pay _tueir _"wrvants than to permit their servants to pay themselves ; and the >' was many a tinker or tailor _possesshi * more brain _, than half-a-dozen of those lordling «; and when Mr Harney was , aa he certainly woul ' . be , elected for ? Tiverton , ( loud cheering ) or his . _ther friends were returned for the several places for which they were candidates , they would be perfectly justified ia looking to their constituents for their wages ( load cheere ) . The Charter puts forth the great doctrine , justice to all—injustice to none ; and under its principles _^ . Land , Labour , and Capital would be fairly represented . Mr Dixon resumed his seat amidst great applause .
Tbe Chairman then introduced Mr John West , of Maccle & field , whom he highly eulogised as a sound thinker , an _eloquont speaker , a talented advocate of Chartist principles , and an honest man who had suffered greatly through the oppression of the enemies of labour . Mr West , who was most heartily cheered , sold he had much pleasure in informing them , that the mea of the west and the north had pledged themselves never to cease their exertions until the Charter became the law . Time was when the tail moved fhe head , but now the head moved the tail . ( Laughter ) . London had assumed its proper position : the Chartists were the true pioneers of liberty—the heralds of peace—not the messengers of war . All converts
would be welcomed , but the old guards must lead . ( Cheers ) , fie asserted that every human being had a right to live , and having the right to live , also had a _rit-ht to possess the means of living . ( Hea ? hear . ) He contended that he was the rightful member for Stockport . Richard Cobden sat for the _Wesf > Riding of Yorkshire , for which he was elected by show of hands , and by the same rule he ought to sic for Stockport . ( Cheers . ) The British _constitutioa was like a three-legged stool—it had two good legs and a small twig . Well , let them repair it by putsing in a third good leg , instead of the twig , and theo all might sit on the constitution without any fear of faliing . ( Laughter and cheers . ) But to effect that
the People ' s Charter must become the law of the land . ( Loud cheers . ) If they wanted Church Reform , let them get the Charter . If tbey wanted Law Reform , let them get the Charter . If they wanted the gallows abolished , let them get the Charter . Some said this was the wrong time to advocate theCharter . He wanted to know which was the righs time . This meeting was a good beginning , and the mea of London might depend on being well backed by the men of the west and north . The nest petition would be the best , because tbe most numerously signed of any petition ever presented . Mr West resumed his seat loudly applauded . The resolution was carried unanimously .
Mr Charles Keen moved the adoption of the National-Petition which was seconded by Air Lucas , and curried unanimously . Mr Dixon moved a vete of _thankB to the chairman , which was carried by acclamation * Thundering cheers were then given for Feargus C ' Connor , M . P ., the Land Company , and the Charter , and the meeting was dissolved .
Norti/Amrtoiv.—A General Meeting Of The ...
_NoRTi / AMrTOiv . —A general meeting of the members of the Land Company will take place on Tuesday next , January 18 th , at the Temperance-hall , Newland , at half-past seven o ' clock , to receive tbe report of the auditors , to appoint officers for the quarter , and to take into consideration the propriety of adopting the . petition suggested by Mr O'Connor . Nottingham . —The next meeting of Land members will be held at the Rose , Mount-street , on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock . Rossendale . —The general quarterly meeting of the shareholders will be held on the 22 nd inst ,, at the house of Mr Robert Ingham , Swan Inn .
Plymouth . — The members of the Plymouth branch are requested to attend next Monday night , at the meeting room , High-street . _Bbthnat , Green . —Mr T . Clark will _lecture her © on Sunday , January 16 : h , Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . Leeds . —A meeting of the members of the Land Company will be held oa next Sunday afteraoon , at two o ' clock , in the Bazaar , Briggate . LiTiLETowfl _* _, kear Leeds—The committee and auditors of this branch will meet at Mr Charles Brooks's , on Sunday , January 23 rd , at nine o ' clock , forthe purpose of _auditing the "branch books . At ten o ' clock a general meeting will be held . Those in arrears with their levies are requested to pay the same .
Mr J . Hunter will be at Thorney Colliery on Monday , the 17 th , to hold a meeting , and arrange for the organising the various branches in the county of Durham ; and at Wingate Grange on Wednesday , the 19 th inst . Any other place requiring his services in this district , will pleaso to correspond with him . Address , at _Easington-lane , county of Durham . Burt .--The members of this branch are _requeued to meet in their usual place behind the Albion Hotel , on Sunday ( to morrow ) January I 6 th , at six o ' clock in the evening , to take into _consideration the propriety of raising the local levies .
Worcester . —A general meeting of the Chartists and members of the _Lnad Company will be held on Monday night , at eight o ' clock , at the City Arms , Church-street , to adopt _nxeana to assist the Land Company . Lung-ton ( Potteries ) . — The membets of thia branch are informed , that Mr Isaac Ilammerslay , has removed to Flint-street , near the Loaf and Cheese , where this branch of the Company will meet on Sunday next , at half-past two o'clock , and continue to do so .
_Lgauisoto . v . — A public meeting of the shareholders will be he \ l at their _reein , Kenilworth . street , on Monday , the 17 tu , at eight o ' clock in theevening , for the purpose of establishing a money club , to assist the National Land and Labour Bank .
Printed Isy Dougal M'Gowan , Of 16, Great Windmill, Street, _ Haymarket, In The City Of Westminster, At The 0 Street
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_™ ., ' _J . V _" same _nnu _farish , forthe Proprietor , FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., and publish . d by Wiiliasi Hjewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , Br _.-in . _uou-atwet , Walworth , in tbe parish 0 f st . Ma _; - > _-. _Ke _» _- inpion , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , No . 16 , breat n _indmul-street . Haymnrltet . in the _Cityol'We , t minster . —Saturday , January 15 th , 1848 .
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