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A THE tfO*T|HERN<^TAR October 21, 1848,
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LOU'S BL.tXCS REPLY JO «. TWER- * 3 .
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GROSS MISREPRESENTATIONS.
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TO THE ALLOTTEES ON THE MINSTER LOTEL ES...
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THE YORKSHIRE VICl'IMS. A committee of m...
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P 0 R T R AI T _ 0 F GUFFEY. The above p...
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PORTRAIT OF JOHN MITCHEL. This portrait ...
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PORTRAIT OF W. SMITH O' BRIEN We huve no...
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CAUTION. LAND COMPANY. The attention of ...
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MR O'CONNOR'S VISIT TO EDINBURGH. The "N...
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THE NORTHERN STAR , SA.TDRDA.I . OCTOBER 21, 1848.
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WINTER PROSPECTS. It is, we believe, now...
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NATIONAL ORGANISATION OF TRADES. We have...
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lo -fUa&era & Cornsuonimift
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J. Swket begs to acknowledge tho receipt...
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THE LAND CONFERENCE. TO THE SHAREHOLDERS...
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CENTRAL VICTIM COMMITTEE. Receipts of we...
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i *— t——--~- THE WIDOW OF THE LATE COUNC...
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Royal Polytechnic Institution.—-Notwith ...
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Nottingham.—-The Chartists of this town,...
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS. CHARTIST. Halifax....
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A The Tfo*T|Hern<^Tar October 21, 1848,
A THE _tfO _* T | HERN _<^ TAR October 21 , 1848 ,
Lou's Bl.Txcs Reply Jo «. Twer- * 3 .
LOU'S BL . _tXCS REPLY JO _« . TWER- * .
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TilS R ' . G . 'ii TO I . AEOOS _* _. ON SATURDAY , October 2 Sth , ensuing , a STAMPED SUPPLE MENT Will he issued mth the SPIRIT OF . THE AGE ' loins Blanc s J . _ewW _" * _LSrT soBato-o , the Bight to Political _bnrt _^___ i \ _ZTdoW _* _Vindica-AW _^ _ffisags- * " _""^ g _ = Orderssio-Hbegivcnimmediately . Office , 10 . Bolt Court , Fleet Street , London ; and to he and of all News Agents .
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JUST PUBLISHED . TUE PEOPLE ' S _CUARTER , A VBBBATIM REPORT OF A LECTURE hj Samuel _Kvud ; delivered at Milton-street Theatre , Cripplegate , London , July 19 th , 1818 . Ur John Sbaw fD elegatetothelate chartist Contention , and at present a Political prisoner , ) presided as chairman . London : E . Dipple , 42 , HolyweU-street , Strand ; and all booksellers , frice Threepence .
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DO YOU SUFFER TOOTHACHE 1 - 11 so , nse B * ahdk ' b Esambl for filling the decayed spots , rendenn _^ defectiTeteeth sound aud painless Price One ShiSSe only , similar to that sold at Two Shillings and _Sixncnce . Sold by chemists everywhere . _S _^ _onTals .- 'It has given me the use of ows _«* etf my month , which luxury I had noi- enjoyed for _abeut two _% rteS _SSKStt _* sB _^ S _^ f _^ st . r _. _ss ' , 12 , HewiDgton . creiceut _, _LoBdou . * I have filled two teeth , and find I can ose __ i-em _« well as ever I did in my life . I haw _^ f _^ _ggjache Ednce . ' - _Abbaha ** Coixiss , North-brooK-plece , _"SSSfiSf _& _r _testimony in various newspapers , every one of which is _stneto authentic . K » y _difficulty in _obtaining _itoccurssend One Shuhng and a _SmnpttJ . _WwSTt , Bell _' s-buadings , Sahsbmy-square , London , and you will ensure it by return of pest . -Agents wanted .
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LOWBANDS MERCANriLE , MATHEMATICAL , ASD AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL . Priefipal—P . J . _O'Baitu , late of Exeter . In a few days there will be a vacancy for a Boarder or two . Terms , Twenty Guineas per annum . No extras . An Apprentice want « d , who will hav * the privilege of attending aU Classes , ; the use of Musical Instruments and Music . , .. Singing , Music , andDancmg taught . Parties visiting Lowbands or Snig ' s End "can be accommodated with Board and Lodging , on reasonable terms . j Lowbands . Redmarley , near Ledbury .
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FOR SALE , _ . , A PAID-TJP _SOBB-ACKE SHaBE _, ia ihe JSaUonal Land Company . _** - _**— , Apply to William Crossley , Kirkheaton , near Huddersfield .
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TO BB SOLD . FOR £ _i IPs , a full paid-up FOUR-ACRE SHARE in tbeNationalLand Company , clear of aU expense to the end of the present year . The wase ef sale is the _cvner is about to leave lor America . For further particulars , apply , postpaid , to P . A . L , _ove , _Matket-Larington .
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Qaeen Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert . KOW READY , THE LONDON AND PARIS AUTUMN AND WINTER FASHIONSforl 8 i 8 . 19 . by Messrs BENJAMIN READ Bad Co ., 12 . Earfcstreet , Bloomsbury-square , London ; and by O . Beeotx , HolyweU-street , Strand ; a very splendid PRINT , mperblv cr loured , accompanied with the most _astlonable , _norel , and extra-fittisg Riding Dress , _Hunt-BTindFroci-Coat Patterns ; the Albert Paletot , Dress and Morning Waistcoats , both single and double breasted . Also , the theory of Cutting Cloaks of every description fully explained , with diagrams , and _wery thing respecting style and iashion iUnstrated . Th _» method ot increasing and diminishing all the patterns , or any others varticnlarly _explained . Price 10 s .
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FARMS ON SALE . A TWO-ACRE FARM at Mihstbb , Lotel . Two _Two-Acse _Fasxs at Lowbasds . Two _Two-Acek Famis at Ssig ' s End . Applications to be addressed to the Directors , at their Office , H 4 , High Holborn , London .
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OH SALE , A TWO-ACRE FARM , at Snig ' s End , well cropped . Apply to Mr Horr _, Snig's End .
Gross Misrepresentations.
GROSS MISREPRESENTATIONS .
To The Allottees On The Minster Lotel Es...
TO THE ALLOTTEES ON THE MINSTER LOTEL ESTATE . Gsnilemek—I havo just been informed by Mr Stallwood that you have received a letter fiom Mr M * Wi ! li * ia , in which he charges me with havingl at a public -seeling at Manchester , spoken to the prejudice cf ytur characters . Gentlemen , justice to you and to me requires that this charge should be either admitted or rebutted . Now I beg distinctly to say , that tbe oharge against ma is wholly without foundation . The fact ? , which c * n be att « _w > d by _hnadreda who were at tha ace tins , ara briefly sb
followa : —Daring the _discassion of the proposition for the payment of one penny per share by the members . Mr _M'William spoke against it , on the groond that she _isembare _wsre too poor to meet such a demand De al-o _ia"d , that he could assure the meeting from his owa knowledge , that if it were naaired from tha _locatedmembtra , 'that the MinBter Lovel allottees could not , meet it . ' From the tone acd manner of Mr M'William , I felt that ( here was implied in his _language—wfeeiher intentionally or otietwlsa—the same cbarge of the _Company ' s fai we which has b en so obstinately urged by ' _its foes rem- its commencement . I considered it my duty at once to prevent the impression which such a state meat , if uncontradicted , wonld ba likely to make noon the audience .
Acting upon this sense of duty , I then said , not particularly in reference to Minster , bnt generally to the estates of tbe Coopany _. that although the allottees would certainly have difficulties to encounter in the _Commencement of their land operations , nevertheless they would be able to meet all reasonable demands of tee Company . I also said that we mightexpect some to fail upon the land , but that suoh failures would be the exceptions ta the general success ; and tbat all who brought industry , sobriety , asd _perseverance to bear npon the land , wonld reap the reward of comfort and independence ; while such as lacked these _elements of sn cess wonld as snrely fail npon the land aa thev would in any ether situation .
This , gentlemen , is the substance of what I said in _reference te the allottees , and I havo yet to be shown that there is anything in it ( hat cailsfor retraction . . Neither can I perceive in it anything which Mr M William ' s ingenuity could torture into a slur upon the Minster 8 llottee & . On the other hand , I think tbat I defended them irom the slur which Mr M'William ' s statement would cast upon their exertions . My rule , as far as I can exercise it , haa been neither to permit mistaken friends nor open foes to injure the character of the Company .
Permit me . gentlemen , to eay , ere I conclude , that no _condasc appears to me more censurable than that of lying , private letter-writing upon public matters . _Tse Directors of the National Land Company have abundant cs-ase to complain of tbis nefarious praotice . It haa been already indulged in to suoh an extent as to _ciusa considerable expense to the Company _, and very great annoyance to all concerned in the management of is . Such a course should be stamped with the reprobation of every honest man . Gentlemen , I give von my most positive _assurance , that nothing was further from my thoughts , while addressing tbe Manchester meeting , than to call in question either your seal , your industry , or your sobriety , and that any representation made to the reverse is either an ignorant or a wilful perversion of my meaning . I am , respectfully yours , Philip M'Gbath .
The Yorkshire Vicl'ims. A Committee Of M...
THE YORKSHIRE VICl'IMS . A committee of members and officers of the Bradford branch of the _Lind Company has been formed for the purpose ofobtain _& g subscriptions , to sapport the wife ana family of Mr John Smyth ( late secretary to tke Land Company ) , and towards providing fends to defend him on his trial . Mr Smyth has ior a long time held the office of secretary to this branch , and is now awaiting bis trial iu York Castle On a charge of conspiracy et Bradford . He has a wife and four children depending on him for support , and the _Gomoittes earnestly appeal to the various branches of the Laad Company throughout tbe king _, dom , immediately to make subscriptions , and forward the same by Peat-office order , made payable to ' Mr William Clark , _shoemaker . ' Ail subscriptions will beackaowied ed _weekly , in the Northern Stab . Communications must be addressed to ' Mr William Clark . _Buttsrworth _' s-buildings , New-bridge , Bradford , Yorkshire . ' On _behafi of the committee , William Clabk , secretary . Edwabd Hines _, treasure * - .
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COTTAGE FARMS NEAR LINCOLN TO BE SOLj > _, THREE COTTAGE FARMS ; Oae wi'h Three Acres ; One with Four Acres ; And one with Five Aorxs ; Of rich and very convertible Land in the highest cultivation . The cottages are quite new , and replete with every convenience , comprising an appropriate Dwelling , with three good rooms , kitchen , dairy , stable , and cowhouse , with _pineries , all enc _l osed within a walled yard . The Cottages have very excellent frontages to the great roads , and are one mile from the city of Lincoln , and in close proximity to the Termini ef Five Railways , conneotinf * Lincsln with London , the Outports . and tbe Manufacturing population of the Midland aad Northern _districts . The roads are excellent . Water pure and abundant and lha air salubrious .
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Now Beady , a sew Edition of Wit . 0 _'CO . NNOK'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . TBE CHEAPEST EDITION EVBK PUBLISHED . Price 16 . 63 ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of he Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Jnst published , price 3 d ., THE _EYIDBKCE 61 YEN BY JOHN SILLETT , In his Examination before the Committee on the National Land Company . Thia important body of evid _« nce forms Bixteen _cl aseW prin _t ed pages , and _conclusively proves what may be dene , to explaining what John Sillett has done , with Two AcreB . No 22 , OF "THE LABOURER " COSTAIHB TWO _ARtlOLSS BT UR . _EKSESI JOSEB , eosiPM * : — _Hirabean Kstional Literature _Mtucria Sys . em The Hurdere _? Trooper Tbe Ere of St . John Jnst _Publishtd , price Is . Sd ., forming : a neat volume , EVIDENCE TAKEN BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE Appointed to inquire into The _Natiosal Land _Coumkt ; wiih a _rtview of the tame , and an Outline af the _Propositions fer amending the _^ Conotitntion of the Company , p . oaa to comply with the Provisions of the Law . Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row , London : A Heywood , Manchester : and all Booksellers in Town and Ceuntrr .
P 0 R T R Ai T _ 0 F Guffey. The Above P...
P 0 R T R AI T _ 0 F GUFFEY . The above portrait , taken by his _fe'low-sufferer , Wm . Dowling , is now ready . Prioe 63 . Orders received by Mr _Dixso , 144 , High Holborn .
Portrait Of John Mitchel. This Portrait ...
PORTRAIT OF JOHN MITCHEL . This portrait will be given with the " Northern Star" on Saturday , the llth of November . Price , with the paper , SEVENPENCE .
Portrait Of W. Smith O' Brien We Huve No...
PORTRAIT OF W . SMITH O BRIEN We huve now in course of engraving * sp lendid likeness of W . Smith O'Brien specimens of which will shortl y he in thi hands of our agents . Also portraits o Meagher , O'Gorman , and Duffy .
Caution. Land Company. The Attention Of ...
CAUTION . LAND COMPANY . The attention of the Directors having been called to an advertisement announcing an allotment at Lowbands to be let , take tbe earliest opportunity of informing the public , that no allotment can be let unless all monies due tothe Company are refunded precisely tbe same as in cases of transfer ; and the Directors are of opinion that every man will acknowledge the justice of this course , for the follow _ing reasons ; _agricultural operations are performed for members and not for non-members , and the Aid Meney is given on the presumption that it will be expended upon the land , while , if the system of sub-letting was permitted , the Company ' s funds would be expended for the benefit of non-members , and the allottee , having obtained his Aid Money , may let to a pauper , and thus defraud the Company . Moreover , as enormous rents have been demanded , and offered in several instances , the Directors feel the impropriety of saddling upon the Land Scheme so gross an injustice—one which would make it impossible to test the real value of the principle . Under these circumstances , parties taking leases from occupants , cannot hold the allotments .
Mr O'Connor's Visit To Edinburgh. The "N...
MR O'CONNOR'S VISIT TO EDINBURGH . The "Northern Star" of Saturday next will contain reports of Mr O'Connors meetings at Aberdeen , Dundee , Edinburgh , & c .
The Northern Star , Sa.Tdrda.I . October 21, 1848.
THE NORTHERN STAR , SA . TDRDA . I . OCTOBER 21 , 1848 .
Winter Prospects. It Is, We Believe, Now...
WINTER PROSPECTS . It is , we believe , now ascertained beyond a doubt , tbat in consequence of the general failure of the Potato crop , and the Wheat crop being under the average , we shall have to import Provisions largely during the ensuing winter . There will not , however , be the difficulty in finding supplies abroad that was experienced during our recent famine panic , on account ofthe scarcity everywhere prevalent , and the extraordinary number of customers who were competing with each other in the few markets where " bread stuffs'' to spare , were to be found . So far , therefore ,
our case is better than it was last year . This is , however , but a negative kind of satisfa c tion . Had tbe predictions of the Free Traders been true , we might have looked forward to a large importation of Foreign Grain without alarm . It would have been concurrent with brisk trade in the Manufacturing Districts , which would have been alive and busy in producing the textile fabrics , and hardwares , that were needed to pay for the corn imported
from the shores of the Danube , the Ohio , or Mississip i . The more food we imported , therefore—consistent with a fair price to the Home grower—the Terrier we should all have been . But , unfortunately , in this world theory and practice do not always square with each other , and there is a special likelihood of their disagreeing , if the theory itself is one-sided , and leaves out of sight some of the most material items requisite to a sound calculation of results .
This was and is the case with the Commercial theories of the Free Traders , They indulged in abstractions which looked very well upon paper , and sounded excellently in orations in and out of Parliament , but they wholly omitted facts of a stubborn nature , and of irresistible influence , and the consequence has been , the falsification of all their prophecies , and the utter failure of their system . In the first place , tbey totally omitted all consideration of the influence exercised upon trade—both home and foreign—by our present Currency Laws , and yet no one portion of our political system is equal in importance , or in the universality of their influence , as the laws
Winter Prospects. It Is, We Believe, Now...
which _resMib- ' e the i < sv _« Jind the _rirr-ikjip-i 11 myney . it appears thatthe importers of foreign grain into this country in times of scarcity , prefer our gold to our calicoes , and other manufactured stuffs . How does this operate ? The Bankers Act of 1844 practically lays down two cardinal points for the regulation of the Currency . —1 st . A limitation of the issue of Bank of England note : * to 14 , 000 , 000 / . on securities , with the addition of the specie and bullion transferred to the Issue Department ; and , 2 nd . A limitation of any future issue to the amount of such securities—bullion and specie . Itis the avowed object of the Bank to . base the
circulation on these three things ; if , therefore _, the specie is drawn out by the holders of notes , who are entitled under the Act to have their notes paid at 31 . 17 s . lOid . an ounce—no matter what the price of gold as a commodity may be in the market—it follows , of course , that the notes in circulation must be diminished in the same proportion . They eannot issue notes beyond the 14 , 000 , 000 ? ., except in exchange for specie or bullion . Now , what happens iu the case of a bad harvest ? Why a large quantity of specie is drawn from the Bank to purchase the foreign grain , or other subsistence ef which we are deficient . The
consequence , under the present law is , that the paper circulation of the Bank of England , and , of course , of every other bank , is simultaneously and rapidly contracted . Tbeir own notes pour in upon them to be exchanged for specie to buy foreign grain , or make remittances for foreign undertakings . They cannot issue new notes beyond the 14 , 000 , 000 / ., except in exchange for bullion or specie , which is the very thing they are every day losing , and which is bought up in all parts of the country for foreign exportation . The consequence is inevitable , that these notes must be called in as rapidly as the sovereigns go out . The screw is tben put onthe _circulation must , in order to obey the law , be contracted at all hazards . If 5 OOO _. OOOl . or
10 , 000 , 0002 . of sovereigns are drawn out to pay for foreign grain or other provisions , 5 , 000 , 0002 . or 10 , 000 , 000 / . of notes must be drawn in to equalise the paper with thegold and silver above the 14 , 000 , 0001 ., authorised to be issued on paper securities . In the case of the highest sum supposed , the circulation would be diminished 20 , 000 , 000 / ., or nearly a third of its total amount , at a time when the public interests most loudl y demanded its extension . Common sense would counsel an enlarged issue uf paper currency , in such circumstances , in order to
maintain our home industry , until , in the course of time , the bullion gradually returned to this country , and there being no farther necessity for the notes , they could be withdrawn from circulation . As it is , the enormous abstraction from the circulation , caused by a foreign drain of specie , and a consequent contraction of notes , paralyses industry throughout the country . Railway and other great works are suspended altogether , or proceeded with more slowly—the thousands dependent on these works for subsistence are thrown idle .
In the manufacturing districts , short time , diminished wages , and increasing pauperism , are the invariable concomitants of such events . The army of the _compulsorily idle , swells , to an alarming amount—the rates increase—and they have to be paid by shopkeepers who have less custom , and workmen who have less to spend . There is every symptom that we are about
to enter uponone of those perilous periods , which , under this insane system , have so often shaken our commercial system to its centre . We are but badly prepared to stand the shock . The trade of the country may be said to have been stagnant for the last two years . It has certainly not recovered from the severe panic of 1847 . But the clouds become thicker and _Marker over our heads . The numbers
out of employment increase all over the country , and , as a consequence , crime and vagrancy multi ply . Local rates are mounting up to an intolerable height , until , in many cases , they are almost equal to the rental itself . Short time is becoming the order of the day in Lancashire . Railway property is in a fearful state of depreciation , and altogether our prospects for the winter seem to be of the most gloomy and unsatisfactory description _.
We do not enumerate the Cholera among the list of evils that threaten us , for this reason ; that if the Free Traders and Emigrationmongers be right in the assumption , that there are too many of us in the British Isles , the sooner there is a '' clearing out'' the better . Cholera would act speedily and cheaply in that way , and we are inclined to believe , also , more humanely than the schemes of these psuedo-philanthropists . If people must be " got rid ef , " it is better for them not to " stand upon the order of their gfling , but go at once . " The man who is swept off by the visi tation of Providence , will , at all events , escape the expatriation , the jungle fever , or the slow death of a heart-broken exile from the land of his fathers , to which some people would
condemn him as an alternative . In another aspect , the Cholera will prove a positive public benefit . The comfortable classes are roused by their fears from their usual supineness and indifference to sanitary matters . They are impelled by their own sense of self-interest to see that their poorer neighbours are supplied with the ordinary requisites for health , and that their dwellings shall be better supplied than they usually are with pure air and water . In this sense , therefore , the threatened visit of the Cholera will prove a public benefit , and may even have a tendency to eheck the ravages' of typhus fever , which annuall y commits a havoc among the poorer classes equal to the whole of the men who fell at Waterloo .
In the meantime , the few considerations thus cursorily presented , will show our readers that a crisis is before us . It is lamentable to think that we shall have tt face it again , with such disgracefully _inciHfs _^ etent rulers as those now in office .
Winter Prospects. It Is, We Believe, Now...
N _.-itional Proj . ert ; _-, ai one of the si _-iis of the times ? The Aristocracy , not content with the grand spoliation in the time of the Nor man tyranny , and the plunder of the Church Lands at the time ofthe so-called " Reformation , " have gone on filching the commons _, and waste lands from the people , until at length they have reduced the masses to the condition of a race of landless slaves , eagerly contending against each other for leave to toil , though at the cost of the universal depreciation of the value of their labour , and the consequent miserv which is now unhappily the lot of
millions . The attempt made by a portion of the working men to save themselves , by cooperating to purchase Land , and on that land furnish themselves with independent employment , instead of having been fostered by the Government and encouraged by the Press , has been coldly frowned upon by the former , and assailed , denounced , ridiculed , and conspired against by the latter . It would be curious if the excommunication of the Chartist Land Plan by the Government , and the Press , should call forth an avowed and organised Agrarian
ag itation I We shall be curious to observe the means taken by the New Association to carry out the first principle of their scheme . The subject is beset with difficulties , but , doubtless , the concoctors of the plan have counted the cost of their intended enterprise . The fifth " principle , " which we notice next , because connected with the LandQuestion , sets forth— " That as Great Britain and Ireland contain a superabundance of land , skill , and capital , to profitably employ and comfortably support more than double the present population , the Government shonld introduce a bill estab .
lishing self-supporting home colonies , to give immediate employment to the numerous but compulsory unemployed of our population . ' This one object alone would be sufficient to command our good wishes for the success of the Association . At the present time , when Emigration schemers , under all kinds of pretences , are prowling about seeking to devour the victims of Competition , a society like this will bi > all the more _variable . But the Asso *
ciationists may be assured , that they must be able to command a strong manifestation of public opinion before they may hope to see the Government and Parliament giving their sanction to anything so sensible as Home Colonisation . Still they must not despair . If the work « which they propose to themselves is arduous , the end they aim at , if obtained , will amply reward their toil . As Paine said in the crisis of the fate of America , " The harder the conflict , the more glorious the triumph . '' The second ofthe "fundamental poinciples " testifies to the steady march of the Democratic creed : —* ' That the ' elective franchise should
be extended to ever y man twenty-one yea _** s ot age , of sound mind , and _uncontaminated by crime . " This , after all , is the grand object worthy of apeople ' _sstruggles , Forthefranchise , wisely employed , would bring everything else . It is no argument against Universal Suffrage , that the French have made so bad a use of that great right , as evidenced by the horrible crew of scoundrels collected together in the National Assembly . It is no argument against razors , that we sometimes hear of a madman who , instead of shaving himself , has cut his throat . Knowledge is power ; and wanting knowledge , the people must be powerless , even though armed with the nominal powers of _citizenship . The institution of Associations like the one
under notice will be a great good , tending at once to enlighten and inform the working men of theTrades , and hasten the time of their political emancipation . We shall merely indicate the remaining " principles" set fsrth in tbe _sasjety _' s programme . The abolition of the present money laws , and the substitution of a representative currency ; machinery to be made available to the interests of the = whole community ; employment and education secured b y the Government for all ; local boards of trades , composed of an equal number of employers and employed , under the superintendence of a Minister of Labour ; and , lastly , equalisation of taxation , by substituting for all other taxes n graduated Property Tax .
We deem it useless to comment on tbe rules and regulations ef the Association , which , we understand , are at present under the consideration of the several trades bodies in the _metronolis . The Trades themselves must be the best judges ofthe rules necessary for their protection , _organisation , and progression . We wish the Association every success , and shall be glad to record its progress .
National Organisation Of Trades. We Have...
NATIONAL ORGANISATION OF TRADES . We have received the prospectus of a new plan of Trades' Organisation , for the industrial _, social , and political emancipation of Labour . The objects set forth in the plan must command the sympathies of all _well-wisherB to Labour ' s rights . But we fear that those objects are too vast , and too radical , to enlist the hearty support of theTrades . We shall be glad to find ourselves mistaken , and happy to acknowledge our error , if the future proves
theTrades to be sufficiently advanced in knowledge , _iiniora , and public spirit to take up this plan , devised by men who themselves are certainl y animated b y an earnest spirit of pure patriotism . Would that we could believe them to be tbe representatives of their order and not merely an advanced section of that order . Eight "fundamental princi ples'' are set forth in the prospectus . The first declares" That the land being the gift of the Almighty to the people universall y , ought to be held in sacred trust by the State for their benefit and not be exclusivel y possessed ba fractional
y part of the community , " This declaration of what , thirty years ago , would have been called ; ' Spenceanism , ' enunciates a princi ple founded in eternal Justice , but which it _seemo-such is the power ; of In justice—cannot be proclaimed without an explanatory statement , disclaiming anything approximating to spoliation . " Private landlords should be full y compensated for dispossession by the State . " "The land " says tbis prospectus , « should be placed und ' er the
guardianship ofthe State—not to be sold , but let , at such a standard of rental as may be required for revenue purposes , and the general exigencies of the State , " The ri ght of State interference ia unquestionable . The members ofthe new Association demand an extension of the principle asserted in all Railway Bills , and particularly in the law , entitled » The Encumbered Estates ( Ireland ) Bill , " recentl y enacted . Are we to regard this declaration of the New Association in favour of making the Land
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J. Swket Begs To Acknowledge Tho Receipt...
J . Swket begs to acknowledge tho receipt of the following sums for the Victim Fund , vi * . : — £ a . * , d . Mr Scott ¦ . ., .. .. .. 004 Mr Shepherd .. _.. .. .. 0 U 3 Mr Hall K .. 0 0 1 FOR DR il _' DOUAll . Prom tbe 'King of the French' .. .. 0 12 From the Nottingham Shoemakers .. 0 6 0 MrChipendale .. .. „ .. 006 R . M .- Head tho newspaper , and let the polioe follow their own course . Th * ''Babkeb' Defence Fond . —Wo have received an ap . peal from the Hanley and Shelton Committee , on behalf of Mr Barker , wbich we hope will be responded to by the friends of liberty . We have not room for the address .
We have received a plan for the organisation of the Chartist body from Mr D . Cater ; but , as the foundation consists of the old plan of' schools , ' there is no likelihood ofits being adopted . A _Reader , Manchester , had better arrange with Mb landlord , We believe the tenant is liable to pay all taxes . W . Haiman _, Exeter . —We have handed your letter ever te tbe directors . The Potato Disease . —Stephen Underwood , Lambeth , says , ' that bad potatoes should bo well washed , and then grated on a coarse grater in water . Strain the pulp through a hair sieve , and let the liquor stand about _half-an-hour ; then pour tha water off , wash the settling up again with a little clean water , and let it stand another half-hour . The result will be a hard settling . Tbis , when dry , will keep twelve months ,
and will bo a good wholesome food for pigs . The bad potatoes will produce , if not actually rotten , about sixteen per cent , of farinn , worth 29 s , per cwt . D . W ,, Aberdeen . —Noroom . _Jukenfjeld _Tjctims . — Mr C . Hurst begs to _acknotrlodne the receipt of 5 s 7 _Jjd , received from Mr Edwards , Moth-am . A _GKNEaxi ,, Nottingham —Yea . Thomas Menkeil , Wakefield , having several orders for the' O'Connor Tartan , ' wishes o know where they can bo purchased . SHAKKroii _Tibanni . —William _Cowling , collier , Byersgreen , states , that he has been discharged from Byersgreen colliery , for readin the Northern Stab . LiaiRTr Fond . —The majority of the shareholders have decided on postponing it for six months . John Arnott , Sec .
The Land Conference. To The Shareholders...
THE LAND CONFERENCE . TO THE SHAREHOLDERS Or THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY IN THB METROPOLITAN DISTRICT . _Fbiends , — Having been appointed tha returning officer for the eleotion oi two delegates to the Land Conference , to be held at Birmingham , on the 30 th inst , and in order that the election may be properly oonducted , I submit to ) OU ( he following regulations for that purpose : The liata of the candidates will be in the bands nf the branch secretaries early on Monday next . Committees Bhould be at or . ee appointed ( tbe timo being very short ) to carry it out by ballot if possible . The committees Bhould colleot
threepence from eaoh shareholder to pay the expens ts of the election and _delegation . The elections must take place at the lateBt , on Wednesday evening , Ootober 25 ch . At the meetings for the elections let a scrutineer be appointed from eaoh branob , to attend at the _Miltonstreot Theatre , on Thursday evening " next , at eight o clock , to inspect the votes and bring with them the lists ( scales ) , and also the funds to pay the _deiesateSi _&» those who _neglect to comply with this will be disfranchised . I also recommend the shareholders _belonging to the Offioe List to pay their levies , and record their votes at the nearest _hranoh .
Trusting that you will act promptly in this important business , I am , yours fraternally , Jame 3 _Gbabsby , district ssorotary , 8 , Noah ' s _Ark-couit , Stangate , Lambeth , Ootober 18 th , 18 * 8 Names op _CANDinATus to _Rbprbbbnt Lokdoi- ih tub Confbrenois . —83 , _Dean-atreet , Messrs Miles and Hitobings ; Somers Town , Arnott and Cooper ; Volunteer , Limehouse , Baird and Rawell ; Hammersmith , James Millwood ; Greenwich , Samuel Kydd and Firth of Snig ' s End j Bermondsey , James Knight of Minster Level , and Mr Kemplay ; Cam _terwelJ , Mr Side ; Chelsea , James Milwood ; Lamleth , Side and _Cumminga ; Marylebone , Parker and Corderoy ; _Whittington and Cat , Henry Melper .
The Land Conference. To The Shareholders...
r _^ _S-Ii _'T J _Otf T- £ -3 _H-ri i . _' _10-iJ- - . LAUD COMPANY , POR THB WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , OCTOBER 19 , 18 * 8 . PE * MR O'CONNOR . HAMS . £ t . 6 Shoreditch u 0 7 0 Blackburn « 18 3 Alnwick „ 7 * 0 _Middlesborough 200 Market _Laringtoii 0 5 0 Manchester .. 1 2 » Nantwich .. C 10 0 CIdham .. fl 15 ; 0 Frome , T . Rogers 1 . 0 0 Darlington .. 4 15 6 Merthyr , PoweU 1 4 * _Whltttngto * and _TotneBB _., 1 19 11 Cat .. 19 9 _DriSela „ 7 0 9 Accrington .. 12 1 " Leigh .. 1 4 S Market Raien .. IU 0 Bath .. 0 19 0 _Newark-on-Trent 5 0 0 Central Eossen- Sandbach ,. 0 16 6 dale „ 817 8 Wm Baillie . ' . 0 16 Nottingham , C Mowl .. 6 2 0 Sweet .. 0 S 0 £ _i 5 5 5 MPEN 6 E FUND . Shoreditch .. g 1 9 Sweet ,. 0 3 9 Market Lavington 0 3 0 Oldham .. 0 2 8 Merthyr , Powell 0 1 0 Whittington and Leigh .. o 8 0 Cat .. 0 3 6 Bath _.. 0 2 0 Market Rasen .. 0 6 0 Nottingham , Sandbach .. 0 10 ~ ____ AID FUND . '' Merthyr , Powell 0 6 8 Shoreditch .. 0 0 6 f Blackburn . 19 9 £ 11 SH Land Fund , „ ... 45 5 5 _FzoanseFund ... ••• 1 11 2 AU Fund 1 16 11 h . _ita 0 5 0 ,.. iud Purobase Department , Shopland 40 0 0 _ £ 88 _18 1 _Wu , Dixon , OmiSTOFHEB DollB , Tho * . _Citas , ( Corre * . Seo . | Philip M'G-UTH _, ( Fin . Seo . ) THE LIBERTY FUND . EEOBIVED BT 8 . HDD . Somers Town , D _Hunslet , per J Nurse .. 0 10 Page .. 056 _Wellingborough , Wm _Westley 0 18 0 £ i It 0 All monies for the Liberty Fund to be addressed to Mr Samuel Kydd , National Land Office , High Holborn , London . VICTIM FUND . _BSOBIVEB »* f W . MDE * . Holmfirth , per Pottery Field H Marsden .. 0 2 8 Hunslet , per J E . W . .. 0 6 « Page .. 0 5 0 £ 0 13 0 _arOJIVBD BT i . HDD . Wellingborough , Wallingford , C "ff Westley .. 0 5 0 Phillips .. 0 4 0 Leicester , Wm For Mrs Cuffey Sutton .. 0 12 7 ditto 0 £ 1 J MCB 1 _VBD AT UND OMICE . ThosWhlttaker 0 2 6 A . _Filend , Dur-A Few Friends , bam , for _Nrs West End .. o 1 0 M'Douall .. fl 1 0 From _Brasside 0 3 0 Chas Mowl ~ 0 0 5 £ 0 7 11 FOS XBS Jt ' _DOtTALL . KECE 1 VED BY W . BIDEB . Dackenfield Land Members » ~ » 0 5 0
Central Victim Committee. Receipts Of We...
CENTRAL VICTIM COMMITTEE . Receipts of week ending Ootober 15 . Camberweii , per Mr Simpson 0 5 0 _Newcastle-on-Tyne , perM . Jude 1 12 11 Swalwell , per Mr R . Gardener 014 5 Dean-street locality , London ... ... 0 8 3 LtndOfiict 0 G 2 Globe and Friends locality , London ... 0 12 0 Ernest Jones locality , London ... ... 0 i Z _ _Greengate locality , London ... 0 2 Oj £ i 1 _Jobiah John Mebbihan _, hon . seo . pro . tern . 266 J , Strand . London , Notice , —As the Committee are much in want of funds , it is earnestly requested that all persons holding tickets , or monies , on account of the late benefit at the Strand Theatre , will attend the oommittee at Dean-street , on Wednesday evening next , that the _scconnt may be at once balanced . MRS M'DOUALL . £ « . d William Rider 0 0 6 James Sweet , Nottingham ... ... 0 16 6 A Friend , Newton ... ... .. 0 2 2 19 2 Mr Sweet very properly says , I am quite ashamed of my countrymen who have cheered their friends on until they have got them consigned to a dungeon , and now neglect or refuse to assist their wives and families . ' Ashton has so many victims of its own that we _scarcely know bow money is to be raised to defend them all . —W . Aiirbn .
I *— T——--~- The Widow Of The Late Counc...
i *— _t—— -- ~ - THE WIDOW OF THE LATE COUNCILLOR BRIGGS OF SHEFFIELD . The following sums have been received by the committee appointed to receive subscriptions for the widewof the late Mr Thomas Briggs of Sheffield . The subscription list is still open , and the committee earnestly request all to assist who have it in their power . —H . Pavsb , Chairman . Oct . 10 th . £ , s . d . Mr Ironside .,. ... ... ... 5 0 0 _MrGraysone ... ... ... 9 5 0 MrGoodlad ... ... ... 0 5 0 A Friend , per Mr Ironside ... ... I 0 0 A Friend for a widow ani orphan children , per A . Booth ... ... ... 10 0
Ur Payne ... ... ... ... loo A Friend , per Mr _Psyne ... ... 10 0 J . Sampson ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 G . Wood ... „ . ... ... 0 19 0 R . Cox ' s boek ... ... ... 0 4 7 J . Stevenson ' s ditto ... ... 0 2 0 E . _Cavlll's ditto 0 4 11 W . _Cavill's ditto 0 7 9 J W . Dyson ' s ditto ... 9 0 6 Jno . Allison ' s ditto 0 2 5
H . _TImperlj's ditto ... ... 0 b 6 T . Moxln _' _s ditto , „ ... ••« 0 _V > Ci W , Lawton ... ... ... ... 10 0 Joiner ' s Society ... ... _••• 0 10 0 MrBroadbent ... 0 5 0 T . Turner ... ... ... _••• 0 5 0 T . Wadsworth ... ... ... 0 5 0 R . _HabershoH ... ... ••• 9 2 6 Jno , _Johnson ... ... ... 0 2 6 Jno . Tyler 0 2 0 A Friend 0 5 0
Ditto « 0 2 6 W . D »• 0 10 A . B , C 9 2 6 T . E M 0 5 0 J . P . C 0 5 0 David Miller . » 0 2 6 A Friend * ... 0 2 0 Ditto ... ... ••• 0 2 0 Dr Thompson ... ... ... 010 0 G . Johnson ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 J . Padley ... .. ... ... 0 2 6 Total £ 17 1 6
Royal Polytechnic Institution.—-Notwith ...
Royal Polytechnic Institution . — -Notwith - standing the apparent emptiness of the streets in tbe metropolis , yet this admirable establishment continues to attract thousands of visitors , who seek for information or amusement . Among the numerous mechanical arts carried on here , is one which attracts many ofthe female part of the audience ( the manufacture of lace ) . The process through which the cotton passes from the raw state into various fabrics — first by the spinning machinery the raw material is converted into thread ; then may be observed the platting of the threads , to form braid by the braiding machine , or we may pass to the elaborate and beautiful lace machinery , and the
same thread may be at once converted into lace of various kinds and patterns ; the delicate and intricate movements in the lace machine , appear to dazzle the eye by their complexity , and almost lead us to suppose the thing impossible , which we still observe going on before us that is , a number of threads in motion , and the finished fabric slowl y rising from this apparentl y confused mass . Lectures are daily delivered by Doctors Ryan and Bachhoffner , on Chemistry and Natural Philosophy ; the admirable aud lucid manner -with which these gentlemen describe the various phenomena is well adopted for the institution , which is visited and patronised by ail classes of the conntry .
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Nottingham.—-The Chartists Of This Town,...
Nottingham . — -The Chartists of this town , have commenced selling Chartist Tracts and Periodicals , by which thev bave realieed a weekly profit of 10 s . which is devoted to Chartist purposes . They hope the _ChartiBts generally will imitate their example . BiRMiNGHAU .---The Chartists meeting at the Ship Inn , have withdrawn themselves from the . _association , pendfng the organisation . Bibmihgbah . — ¦ A meeting was held on Sunday evening last , in the People ' s Hall , which was ad dressed by Messrs Pare , Mills , and Brewster . A democratic school has been formed here which promises to do mnoh good ,
_Mabiucboo t . —At a members' meeting of this J . oality ( having previously dissolved the association under the new organisation ) it wbb agreed to form an association under the old organisation , with the determination to use every effort to cause the People ' s Charter to become the law of the land . A local council was eleoted , and several members enrolled . Hou-mrtm —Tie Chartists of this town held a _spirited meeting in their room , Underbank , on Sunday evening last , when a resolution waa unanimously pasted , condemnatory of the conduct of government in prosecuting Mr J . Barker , and all other advocates of Chartism , whioh was moved by Mr Ives , of _Huduersheld _, and ably seconded by Mr Job Armitage , of Bury-brow , after wbioh a collection was made for the defence of Mr J . Barker , and the support of the _Whia-made viotirns . . The meeting broke up highly satisfied with the evening ' s proceedings .
_Stovrbbidm , —Mr O Connor delivered an address to the people in the theatre , on Monday evening last . Mr T . Clark in the chair . The meeting was one ofthe most orderly we ever witnessed , and listened with breathless attention to the varied remarks of Mr O'Connor on the Land and Charter . Resolutions re * Iative to the principles discussed , were put from tbe chair , and carried unanimously . _HaiifaX . —A West Riding Delegate meeting was held at Nicholls ' s , Temperance Hotel , en Snnday , the 14 th , when the following resolutions were passed : — ' 1 st , That all parties who are in arrears io the late West Riding _Demonstration do settle the aame within one month . '—Moved by Isaac _Ciisset , seconded by Enoch S _vkes-2 . ' That a levy of one penny per
member be made by the several branches in tha Riding . ' Moved by Mr Clark , seconded by Mr Sykes—3 . * That the various branches in the Riding are recommended to adopt the eld plan of _organition . ' Moved by Mr Clark , seconded by Isaac _OliBsset—4 * That the secretary be authorised to write to the chairman of the Liberal interest in the West Riding , requesting an answer as to whether they are willing to bring forward Mr Sturge , or some other person holdtBg his opinions ; and in that caw pledging them our support ; and if not , we pledge ourselves to _ubo our influence to secure the return of a Protectionist Tory . '—5 . ' That the next delegate meeting be held at Halifax , on the second Sunday in November .
_Lwobstbb _~ The Chartists of the No . 1 branch held their quarterly meeting on Tuesday night , for the purpose of passing their _acoounts , electing officers , & o . for the ensuing quarter , when they came to the unanimous resolution of abandoning the plan of organisation reoommended by the late National Assembly , and substituting the old plan in its stead , _NawcASTLB-uroN-TYflK—The following resolutions were passed at the distriot delegate meeting held in Newcastle , on Sunday , October 15 th . — ' That the sum of two-pence per member be levied upon the members of eaoh branch in this district , to defray the expenses of sending two delegates to the Birmingham Conference , and the expenses of tbis district
meeting . '— ' Tbat no members vote be recorded for the election of delegates , except such member be present at the branch meetings convened for the purpose of electing the delegates . '— _« That the branches immediately commence collecting the levy of two pence pec _member , and transmit the same to Martin Jude , tbe district treasurer , on or before the 26 th of October . '— " That the Newcastle branch , appoint a committee to _scratioise the voting returns of the branches , and conduct thoe ' ection of the delegates , and also to draw np a programme for the instruction of the delfgateB , for this distriot from the resolutions tbat may be passed in the various branches and transmitted to the distriot secretary . '
Forthcoming Meetings. Chartist. Halifax....
FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . CHARTIST . Halifax . —A district delegate meeting will be held at Nichols ' s Temperance Hotel , 16 , Broad-street , Ealilax _, on Sunday afternoon , Oct . 22 od , at two o ' clock , when all localities in the district are requested to send a delegate . Batlst , neab _DawsBoar . _—» A district delegate meeting will be held at- Bromley , opposite the Post Office , New-street , Batley , on Sunday afternoon , October 22 nd , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when delegates from every locality in the district are requested to attend , and those localities who have subscribed to the District Fund , for expenses consequent on the intended visit of Mr O'Connor to the distriot , are requested to forward their contributions by the delegates .
Mr Donovas ' s Routs j » ob Nbxt Wbbk . _—Congleton , Sunday , Ootober 22 od ; Crewe , 23 rd ; Wolverhampton , 24 th ; Bilston * , 25 h ; Dudley , 26 th ; and as Mr Donovan ' s objeot Ib to explain to the Chartists and tbe publio , the base treatment the men of Manchester received at tbe hands of the police , and to make the beat _arrangement possible for the defence of the forty men included in the Manchester indiotment , it is earnestly requested that the good men of these towns will aid in the struggle of right against might . _Beruohdset —The _ChartistB of this locality will meet on Monday , the 30 th . under the old plan of organisation , at Mr Fowler ' s Duke of Sussex , Grange Walk .
Rochdalb . —On Sunday , Ootober 22 ad , 'Mr James Leaoh of Manchester , will leoture in the Chartistroom , top of Yorkshire-street , at half-past six , p . m . Subject : — ' Cooperation ; ' _disouaiion invited . —N . B . —Parties desirous of becoming members of the Cooperative Store , may receive information of Robert Gill , secretary . Assembly _Roous , 83 , Dean-strket , Soho . —Mr Samuel Kydd will deliver hiB concluding leoture en the subject -of ' Michelet ' _s People , ' on Sunday evening next , Ootober 22 nd . To commence at halfpast sevtn precisely . Birmingham—A grand ball and concert will be held in the People ' s Hall , _Loveday-street , on Monday evening , O -tobsr 30 th , for the benefit of Mrs John Fussell . of London .
_Bilsion . —The various branches of the Land Company i ' b this distriot are requested to send delegates to meet in Mr Linney ' _s-room , Newton , Bilston , on Sunday , Oct . 22 nd , at one o ' olock , to agree to instructions for the delegates at the ensuing Conference . Sodth London _Chabiisi Hall . —Walter Cooper will deliver a leoture on Sunday evening , Oct . 22 nd , , at eight o ' olook . Subjeot : 'The writings of Charles i Dickens . '—A meeting of shareholders of the hall will I take place ob Friday evening , November 3 rd , at i eight o ' cleck . _Nobthumbsblanb and Ddbham , —Mr . _West'Broute i for next week : —South Shields , SHnday , _Oofobar _t 22 id , at ten o ' olook in the forenoon ; Felling , Sun- day , October 22 _ad , at two o ' clook in the afternoon : ; Newcastle , Sunday , Ootober 22 nd , at seven o ' olock £ n the evening ; Swallwell , Monday , Ootober 23 rd ; ; North Shields , Tuesday , Ootober 24 th .
Hull —The Chartist members are requested to o attend a general meeting on Sunday evening , October ir 20 th , at , the Temperance Hotel , _Blanket-row , on a business of importance . Oldham . —A lecture will be delivered in the ie Sohool-room of the Working Man ' s Hall , on _Son-1-day evening , Oot . 22 nd , by Mrs Theobald , of Man- a-Chester . To commence at six o ' clook . _Manchkstkh . —Mr Finagan will deliver a lecture re in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , evening next , fc , Oot . 22 nd . at six o ' olook .
Liubhoobb . —Mr Kydd will leoture in the _Bruns- _swick Hall , Limehouse , on Tuesday evening Ootober er 24 th , and at the Globe and Friends , Commercial- al . road , East . Subjeot : Labour , and employment for For the people . ' Chair to be taken at eight o ' olook . BoRi .-On Sunday evening , October 22 , a leotoretre will be delivered by a friend in the Chartist _Asso-jociation-room , in Stanley-street , at half-past bixbix o ' clook . Holmfirth . —Mr James Knot will deliver a lecturenre i in the Chartist meeting-room , Underbank , on Sun-on . day evening , Ootober 29 th , at bix o ' clook . Subjeot : ot : ; 'Is ChartiBm consistent with true Christianity ?' Nottingham . —Mr J . Sweet will address the friondandsi at the Colonel Hutohisen , on Sunday evening next , _ixt _,, at half-past seven o ' clock .
LAND . South London _CHABnsr Hall . —A meeting of off the Land members will lake place on Sunday even- _'ening , October 22 nd , at Bix o ' olook , upon importanttantt business . CAKUNeTON . —The Land members are _requestedstedS to meet at the New Inn , on Sunday next , atsistsm o clock on important business connneoted with the thee Conference . _Eabinoion-Lanb . —A special meeting of _Lan-iandJ members will be held at Jehn Hunter ' s _publiohouse'UBe _, _! _, on Saturday evening , Ootober 21 st , when a levy ory oln 3 d . will be paid to defray the district delegate ' s ex , _ex-.-peaseB to the Conference . The annual meeting wig will be held ou the Saturday following , October 28 th 28 _thi toeleot officers , & c , for the enBuingyear .
A _Mbbiinu of the Land Company , to _disouss tha thin letter of Mr O'Connor , and to instruct the _delegatesjatesa will be held at Milton-street Theatre , en Thursdaysday _* Oct . 26 th . _Dwunwbld . —A meeting will be held on Sunda-ndai morning , Oot . 22 ud , at ten o ' clook , at Charlaarlee Hewitt ' s , Dukinfield , Old Hall , to consider oertaiertaii propositions for the Conference . All members airs an requested to attend .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21101848/page/4/
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