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    • THE LAND! IIO affO 31R. ROBERT BURRELL , BLAGKSMITH, GREENOCK.
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      The Land! Iio Affo 31r. Robert Burrell , Blagksmith, Greenock.

      THE LAND ! _IIO _affO _31 R . ROBERT BURRELL _, BLAGKSMITH , GREENOCK .

      Vea Dear Buwmix ,—I Write This Letter To...

      Vea Dear Buwmix , —I write this letter to you , beccause cause of all those who iave written to mc upoutke _BiBubjeiSubject ofthe Land , I think in vour short letter you hua , _vc « lia , Yc shown most practical knowledge of the subject aas wclas well as a strong desire to base those principles bv _mvhichwnicli our object is to be achieved _npou a safe ibui . * - ddatioidatiou - . added to which , you ask for instruction as q one . wane who _wald receive it as a ineaus of im provcuient i not anot as one who looks for some hasty avowal to which llie _miie may make captions objections . Let me then , in 1 thc fithc first instance , remind yeu that I have never yet 1 _lieea been answered upon the " ' GREAT FACT "— -that

      i tiic Ithc Land is the only field in which individual labour _t can scan ascertain its just value . It never has been rei futeiiiiited that all that I have stated as to the Land and i its _ctiits capabilities is susceptible of easy proof . But as i our < our opponents are at a tois for valid ' objections to the prim principle , they are compelled to rest their opposition tion npon mere matters of detail ; and the Land que-question being a very comprehensive one , and one on v on which landlords and capitalists have had a direct intc interest iu keeping thc working classes in ignorance , thc ; they ( the working men ) are reasonably enough firedup i np by every , tbe most extravagant , guess or impuden dent falsehood . Upon the other hand , experimentalists ists on working men ' s credulity and jobbers in excite citenient have the vanity to suppose either that their

      owi own sectional project is a good _subfMutc fov national org organisation , or cbc ihey foolisldy imagine that tut their flower would be overshadowed by the foliage of tin the national tree . Hence , some men lire subscribing ¦ va vast sums to transport themselves to foreign climes , up upon the faith of an unstable Government , au ins _» secure system , and inexperienced advisers ; and oil others , who talk of relieving the domestic labour in ; market by transporting a portion of the competitive re reserve ; and others , biisybodics engaged in a " 2 fAT . TIOXAL" sckeme of _buildimr , " are one and all to touched in their speculation , or wounded in their pi pride : and straightway raise a liowl of discontent , v wholly devoid of argument or reason . 1 had an last stance of this sort in Manchesterin a little thing

      , _w _rrko has been active in a building society ; and who » actually undertook to give the shareholders a ! ( legal opinion upon tho impossibility of the managers e eonvcyimr an equitable title to the _' _shareholders : and y _Tvbat is still more strange , sonic very sensible worki ing men asked me to notice this jargon , assigning as a a reason that many were influenced by it . llowc ever , it is a fact that I never have had any adverse I propositioiis to reply to , except the wild doubts < created in . the minds of working nicilby tho wilder 1 assertions of crotchet-mongers . I will now cany you back a little , aad tell you why i _italandlords and . capitalists arc opposed to the sub-( _diviaon of land into such allotments as would bc : sufficient to eniplov the wiioie _ubocs of a workinc

      man . The landlords are opposed to it , because the subdivision of land would carry with it its subdivision of that political power to which thc large landed proprietors in each county attach more value than they do to the rents of their estates . The smaller squires constitute a part of the political system ; the streams of political patronage , flowing to them from their chiefs . Hence in eacli county you will find three _crfour large landed proprietors of tlie respective parties leading thc political fashion ; and tbe dependents upon their patronage following it : and if you enquire into fhe circumstances of those ieadins landlords you will invariably liiiufbat what they lose by keeping their laud in the wholesale market , they more than make up by keeping it within thc political standard .

      Iu aa aristocratic country like this , patronage , m-Snencc , and distinction are as much sought after as wealth : and thc land alone confers them . Thus , I show you why thc landlords arc opposed to the subdivision of land . As to the capitalists , you are much too shrewd a man to require any reason from mc why these who possess no earthly property except what they can squeeze out of labour , will strain every nerve to keel ) labour in a state of such dependency as ¦ will ensure them the largest amount of profit ; and _j-ou well know , and they well know , that if there arc 200 blacksmiths iatuc market , aud only work for 150 , that the removal of the fifty idlers from the

      labour market would nearly double thc wages ofthe 150 who remained at their own work , and of whom there was no " surplus ; " and If there was au under standing that any fresh " surplus" would also be provided for upon thc land , the masters and men would then mutually agree npon _thDnnplicatiwi ofthe priuciple of _restriction ; and in a very short time it would be seen that the 159 blacksmiths , with the power of locating their " surplus" upon the land , would receive move wages for eight hours' work than the 2 l «) would receive icr twelve hours' work . Now such are the reasons why landlords and capitalists oppose the subdivision of land , and I think you will admit that very good ones they are .

      1 now turn to a consideration of tnat portion of your letter which refers to thc locating of occupants as near tlieir native or adopted residences as possible . In one of my previous letters upon thc Land , I endeavoured to attach a more limited , but , in my opinion , a more charming and patriotic definition to the term " _jiome" than " lias been ascribed to it by IKrns . statesmen , or warriors . I do not call England an Englishman ' s home ; Ireland an Irishman ' s _Iiimse ; or Scotland a Scotchman ' s home . A Northumbrian set down in _Cornwall would consider himself anywhere but" at home : " so a KL'darc or Wieklow : n . iu , tended in Galirar or Itoscommon ; or a Scotchman taken from Edinburghshire and placed in luvenicsishire . In mv _onjuion thc term " home"

      implies other associations than those which are national . it implies all that is social and convivial . Home means u ? cto climate—accustomed to thc soil—encleared to _acquaintances—attached to _localitieswitlitu call of friends—in reach of connexions . I call the village " where your forefathers lived "where _yoa have drawn your first breath—where you Lave played Inyonr youth—grown up to manhood with vour p layfellows—and made friends of them in old age : I call that your " HOME . " Besides , under the unseat system , habit gives a new definition to home . For instance , cotton spinners must consider where thev can get work , their home . So with miners ; si ) _witlTwooleonibers ; so with associated sheemakm ; and , in fact , so with all employed in nw . - _ivivfcictvivp-i .

      Now then , voov letter very properly draws my attention to the fact that Scot chmen tear that all the imd will be purchased iu England , and that , therefore , they would be removed from " home . Such , _leireTCi" _, * would not be the case . The subject is one which has had the consideration ofthe directors ; and while I perfectly agree with you as to thc desirableness of explanation upon the su . hjc . ct , 1 cannot quite agree with you as to the mode of meeting the objection ; and I will fell you why . What you propose is , that the country he divided into districts , sav . twelve or twentv ; aud that the districts shall

      ballot for preference of purchase ; and that all the shareholders in tbe successful district shall be first located in that district . Sow , there certainly would bc no objection to this , further than the priority given to the shareholders in the fortunate district ; and then it is quite true that the several _sbarc-Iiokicrs will be suited in districts . Now , I think hat a better mode of meeting the question—for it is not a _di-h ' eulty—is this : —That the ballot forloeation should take place in thc first instance ; and that the : ; a majority of those who obtained a prize , might deride upon the district iu which , land should be Tiineb _.-ised .

      You will bear with me if I digress a little , in order to keep thc _wbole question in your view . You apprehend , then , there might be a difficulty iu the war of purchasing land in certain districts ; and , therefore , propose to go on balloting in continuation muil we can disc-ever jt . ltcly upon it , l ) urrcll , that there is not a single district in England , Scotland , _MVTates , in which wc could not purchase as much land as we wanted . _Jly impression i « , that not only mar Englishmen bc located ia England , Welshmen ia Wales , and Scotchmen in Scotland , bnt that the society will very speedily bcin a situation , from the po . _i > e _^ ion of funds , so to ammss and manage as io ioisn . . . Yorkshire-men in Yorkshire , Ayrshiremcn iu Ayrshire , and Monmouth men in Monmouthshire . _Jfc fact , 1 have not a doubt upon my mind , that _fcvcral allotments may be purchased in the larger _M-mKics ; and one at * least in the smaller . And

      _3 ? _s « i , for myself , lean see no reasonable objection whatever in Scotchmen and _Enslishmcn exchanging ; t > t even tothc application of a Scotch fund to the pur-< haseoflm , d iu Scotland- Xow , lct mc shew yon ihe _p-cat desirableness of this "homely" ov "domestic " location . It is , iu fact , a proverb , that " _asrieulture aau _laamijavtcros should go baud iu hand ? ' and it is one _whse-h 1 am endeavouring to reduce to practice _, i'hus ; suppose a somber of cotton spinners io be located convenient to their work , I have shown > -nt _j-anmi _cr is ihe time for _asricultural operations ; ami

      during ihe winter _montlnTl see no objection to the working classes selling their extra labour in a » iar » cf where its value liad been tested in tbe five _JMxw market ; and the altered state of society « oui (] very soon bring ns to the realization of the _Viwc-rb , by enabling man to live- healthfully and » aik . rtabl y during the snmnnr months , and profit-. and coiitcutcdlv during the winter months , "jj W * a completely altered state of things . It is m _iiiooiisliiiie , sheer nonsense to talk of inducing ' _^" _Vjfelature to make the required sanatory anil ' y * rn « irc _ranifnffnna _flpmnnifnil Iiv the _working

      _cnVrN _squired improvements never can be the v _i eiccl't _trough , the improved condition of -in J )!™ ? classes themselves . Once give a man ; . 7 _^ V vc whether he will be comfortable or j /' l r a , ! e ' a , 1 ( 1 _Le * 31 accept _«»»*« " * cvenattlle sk t , _i - « reatcr gain ; but at present he has no altcr-J , " 6 u , i ., _*«& for anv wages offeved to him or to •! ,, _*• Ihus , I think , " I meet the Question of _ntttrrt Cw _- ° - v 1 zati <» " in its real meaning ; and _ir _fiV lUro V _§ 1 » _J'ou . I shall answer some ofthe vagaries _wtbe _makonten ts . 1 have been asked if , in the event of great success * 1 " \ _'n _? to flowfroni the Land plan , the aristocracy ' « middle classes wonldnot combine to frustrate _ftri : _$ * eTCnto ft 6 ®*® ' "f bidding against ns _w _lasd m the market ? Kow , could anv suggestion

      Vea Dear Buwmix ,—I Write This Letter To...

      be more foolish ? Landlords and capitalists do combine upon all questions that serve them in the _aggregate ; bnt they do net combine for thc individual advancemcat ' of any one of tlieir members , lint 1 wilt suppose such a thing even possible , as . a socieiv ot capitalists formed for the purpose of buying up all theland that wc had pitched an eye upon : what , in such a case , more easy thau to keep our eves shut and employ some "tool" who would have his per _ccntagc for winking or nodding at ihe auctioneer Jbr us . ? and all the satisfaction that the disappointed confederation would have would be that thc Land was bought " rox its , though not bv vs . " This is one of the monstrosities to which I have referred in the _cemmeiicenientof my letter . Another is a kind of

      two-edged sword , thrust at ns , with which our antagonists prick both sides of the susceptible _feelings of working men . One says , " don't you see . that you only get what cosis the society no more than £ _80—forjthcy have received £ 2103 . by way of sharemoucyand for which you pay £ o per year , while , vou could get £ 100 for four percent . " Another says , " " vou see the thing is a babble , for they propose to give each man £ 15 capital who has onl y paid up £ 210 s . " Now , to the first proposition , 1 answer that the very essence of the society consists in the fact that it caii give for _.-C 5 per year what , as individuals , no member of the society can procure for £ 10 a year ; or , in fact , procure at all : while , upon the other hand , the fact of being able to give £ 15 wholly and entirely occurs from being-able to cany out an extensive principle of _co-oncration . Another statement is . that the

      people will bs located upon moors or barren ground . In reply to this folly I can only say , that with . my consent ( and with the people ' s consent , I will always preserve a very prominent position in the soeiety ) , not an acre of _&«<{ _fontZ _sliall bc purchased . But move than that ; I shall be for purchasing the _veuy best 1 _AXB , enhanced in value from its contiguity both to the produce market and the labour market ; and if we buy land worth £ 2 an acre instead of 15 s . an acre , " it will make a difference of £ 210 s . a year in the rent ; and so much the better . Better still if we could purchase it worth £ 5 an acre ; for the good land takes less seed and less labour , and gives more _certatstt . Upon flic other hand , whatever _description of land we purchase will be such as every occupant can make worth five times the rent at which he takes it in less than five years .

      I now come to thc very most important part of the whole subject , namely , the probability of the wnole £ 15 being swallowed ' up in thc purchase of manure during thc first year . In handling this branch of my subject , allow me to draw your atleutiontothc curious fact , that the very vagaries aud follies of the landed aristocracy will turn out to be our greatest blessing : — I mean the foolish conditions that they impose on their tenants . The conditions now generally are , that only so ranch shall be broken up , aud that so much shall bz kept in pasture ; and in many cases that none shall be broken up . iorinstanec : a young man in the neighbourhood of Utiraley lately took ten acres of ground , witli the option whether he would nav £ 40 a year to keep it in grass , or £ 50 to

      cultivate it as he pleased . lie prcterreu paying the £ 50 , and he was quite right . Old grass land is always thc best , and most profitable for cultivation ; aud thc effect of the foolish restrictions imposed by landlords upon their tenants has been to make a " savings' bank" of tbe land of England . I will instance Middlesex , where scarcely an aero is broken np—it being all used as meadow ground to grow hay for the London market . In Ireland , where thc practise is perfectly understood and extensively acted upon , a labourer would prefer a half acre of good " gruff land" to a half acre of the best manured ground . A ' ow , I will tell yon xvkat this " _graff laud " is . It is what in England is called " paring" and "buming , " tho ashes serving as the very best manure for the cultivation of every single root , without

      a single exception ; and especially lor those garden crops and Lrcots that a cottager " would stand most in need of . It is thc . best ior potatoes , turnips , raaugclwurzel , cabbages , wheat , oats , barley , clover ; every thing in short . Suppose , then , thai ; a man gets ou to liis two acres in thc beginning of March , just the season for " paving anu burning ;" and suppose that he has an acre , of grass land , he docs not require one spoonful of manure . If ho has two acres , he can " pare and burn" an acre the first year ; half an acre the second ; and half an acre thc third . 2 fow this is the use which landlords would not allow tenants to make of the land ; and it was becoming so prevalent in Ireland , that ihe late Lord Shannon procured an Act of Parliament imposing a Snc of £ 10 per acre for every acre pared nnd burned . _KmYiempn will conclude that the fact

      of suck an Act ot favharaent having passed proves the objec-tieii to thc system : but it is no such thing . I'll tell you the reason of the Act being passed : —it was because tenants "pared and burned" their land at tho expiration of their leases , without giving it any manure for four years . They took a crop of potatoes , a crop of wheat , a crop of oats , and a crop of flax off thc land ; and then thc whole injury was put down to "paring and burning , " whereas the land would havo been just as bad if the four crops bad been produced with a good manuring for thc potatoes . However , I tell you distinctly and irrefutably , that when the land is properly treated afterwards , thero is no better . preparation than " paring and buming "; and , moreover , there arc several descriptions of land that will give better crops by being pared and burned than from the f cry best manure .

      I have now snown you the mode of providing manure for the fivst year ; and after that , every man with two acres would have more than be could use ; and that is supposing that lie had only one acre in giass . If he has two acres , lie could not do better that paw and hum it all at the rate of aa acre for thc first year , ami half an acre each year for the two succeeding years . iS _' ow here again is the decided advantage that a tenant of the Society ' s would Lave over a tenant of thc best landlord in England : another proof of the value of co-operation and frceikini of

      ncfinn-This Land question appears to bc puzzling all the "knowing ones . " The Times newspaper has a "Commissioner" in Cavan ; and , as far as he has _gouc iu detailing Irish grievances , he is re-asserting in 15-15 what I have been repeating since 1 S 23 : and at last he will bc compelled to come to my conclu-. sion , that neither politics , religious distinctions , nor political feuds , have anything to do with RibhOllism , Terry Alt-ism , White Boy-ism , or JfolJy iMaguircism : but that all isms merge into the one great ism—" vast of _texcheism . "

      Robert , letme explain to you , by an illustration you will understand , what this " _wjxt of _mTKEisJi ' means . It means , that if yon arc making horse shoes by thc . jo ? ., you will make more of them than if you were making them by "day-work" for the best master in Europe . When you arc making them by the _fof « , you are your oven master , and represent the mau-irho * lias a lease for ever of his land . Such a man has a perpetual interest in every hour he works , ns _vou have in evcrv stroke of the hammer ; while

      the man who makes horse-shoes by "day-work is thc slave of another , and veiy naturally up-husbands t _' - ; at strcneth which he would draw more largely upon if he himself had the benefit of the extra labour . I could not tarnish yon with a more apposite or better illustration of the _difference between a lease for ever and a lease for Years ; and however the _Tmscs ' correspondent may wind liis subject up , he willbuthave blown so maiiy _' bubblcsiutUtt alv , if he does not come to the conclusion that _wasi or iexuie is thc master _mwvfliice of _frcland .

      Robert , if you read the Times newspaper at thc commencement of the revived Repeal agitation , you mnv remember that it told you that if you travelled north , south , east , or west ; that whoever you met , ov whoever ron conversed with , of any class of societv . none , not even one , could fix npon any assignable cause for ihe distress or dissatisfaction of the Irish people ; in fact , that thc Irish were a nation of _asak-ontttits ; and that was thc sum and substance ol all Irish agitation : but now , in two short years , von read of " facts" in the Times which would set _iinsels by the cars ! In fact , the correspondent of the rimes now savs that repeated oustings constitute " a fact / ' and that that fact alone is enough for nun . _Sow , does not this prove that the Times was either ignorant of the "fact , " or withheld the "fact , until _Mollr _Masuire _, by "the ascent of her soapbubble , elicited the laws of colour and light for the ' Firm ' s correspondent . We have the admitted faetthat _fi-nr ,, _t _™ -roars after the 40 s . freeholders lost their

      political rights-thai is , from 1 S 31 to Ibil , seam 000 , 000 or the _Inisn PEOPLE have emigrated to ME Colonies _asd _Gkeat Britain , ok _havb exijsted ix the Aianr . Wc have thc fact ; and I love the Times expression ' . Tbe writer says : _"Theue is as ( immense power ix tacts . " "Wc have then , the fact , that as soon after the Emancipation Bill as the landlords could clear their estates , a thirteenth ot the whole population of Ireland were compelled to transport theroseives _, because they wore driven from tlieir little " homes . " We have the fact that m the countv of Cavan the occupiers of from one to thirty acres employ no labourers , for fear of improving their holdings , and being ejected ; and we have the fact , that the Timcs _' s correspondent only doubts whether a man and his family can cultivate thirty acres of land : and we hare the still greater fact , the greatest fact of all , that Molly Magmre is obliged to attempt to do for ker children wlrat neither the bo venrment , thelandlord 3 , northeri ' ines ' 8 Correspouaeat

      Vea Dear Buwmix ,—I Write This Letter To...

      ever can do : that is , to wring from the fears of thentyrants what has been refused to the just demands of a brave and suffering people . There have been no other objections , tiiat I know of , urged against _ouv Land plan ; and I dcly all the writers in the world , and all the _speakers in thc world , to write or talk down the value of thc land , its capabilities , or its applicability to the regulation of thc price of wages in the natural and in the artificial market . '" Robert , I think of thc land by day , and I dream of it by night . My mind is set upon it . My every thought is occupied with it , because through * its just appropriation I see the enfranchisement of man—the freedom of man—and the independence of man . This is the time , the very time for tho people to make the double _struggle for social happiness and political

      freedom . In thc infancy of tins agitation 1 was called ' fool ; " bn t every day ' s research is reducing my fool ' s cap that others arciittiiig for their own heads . I am sure it gives you as much pleasure as it does mc to see the glorious manner in which the plan is progressing , and I feel assured that its glorious result will' give us all inexpressible joy . In conclusion , Robert , you arc to understand that tiic question is not whether the society offers too _fascinating prospects on the one hand , or charges too much for what it gives on the other hand ; but tlie question is , whether , without the principle of co-operation , those who wish to redeem themselves from slavery could , under the present system , as individuals , accomplish it atcrnii price ? On then , Robert , for thc Land and the Charter : and in the " struggle" rely upon the co-operation of Your faithful and affectionate friend , _Feargus O'Co . vxoit .

      Eccles District Of Odd Fellows. At A Spe...

      ECCLES DISTRICT OF ODD FELLOWS . At a special Committee , hold July 29 ih , _lS-iti , to take into consideration the present critical state of thc District , tho following Resolutions were passed unanimously : — 1 . —That the Earl of Durham Lodge be allowed to r emove to the house of Host Marshall , sign of the Jolly Carter , Wiuton . 2 . —That this District having lost all confidence in the G . M . and Board of Directors , do henceforth consider that we arc not called upon to enforce or obey any rules or orders of the said Board of Directors . 3 . —That this District maintain itself distinct and separate from any Board of Management in which the Directors have any pecuniary interest .

      i . —That we havo read with surprise and indignation a slanderous publication , signed by the Oflieers of the Order , whicli endeavours to throw the odium and responsibility of creating disunion and insubordination throughout the Order , upon the numerous and respectable lodges that have refused to adopt their unwise and dangerous experiment , promulgated at thc Inst A . M . C , held at OrJasgow ; and that we lling back all the odium anil responsibility of having reduced to anarchy and confusion our once noble and flourishing Institution , upon the guilty heads of the G . M . and Board of Directors .

      5 . —That the conduct of the C . S . of the Order , in procuring the suspension of the , Humanity Lodge of litis District , without having violated any of the Laws ofthe Order , _wasaliltc unjust and contemptible , they having only given vent to their feelings in one General burst of indignation on tho appearance in their Lodge of the man who has laboured so fatally and energetically for thc overthrow ofthe Institution , which has raised liim from insignificance and supplied him with bread . 6 .- —That wo hereby stigmatize with our especial censure and reprobation , the conduct ofthe 0 . S . of the Order , in having represented at the A . M . 0 .. our Deputy , Prov . C . S . _llenshaw , as a suspended character , and thereby preventing him bringing _foi'wa . ul a proposition to the effect— "that the Board of Directors shall , in future , be deprived of all pecuniary iuf crest in the supply of goods or commodities to tho Order . "

      7 . —That wc have read with sentiments oi gratification and triumph , the resolutions ofthe Manchester District , in which they have , with courage and discretion , resisted the selfish and arbitrary dictation of the Board of Directors ; and wc most cordially concur with them iu those resolutions . S . —That thero bc a provisional Board of Management , to consist o f two members from each Lodge . 9 . — -That the best thanks of this Committee be given to thc _District _. Oilicers for their impartial conduct this evening .

      10 , —That a copy ol these resolutions , with the thanks and congratulations of this Committee , bc presented to the Lodges of the Manchester , Salford , and other Districts that _luvrc _M ) fearlessly asserted their rights , aud done their duty . ( Signed , ) Jbux _Jon . vsos , Prov . G . M . _EnwAnn WrriuxGTOx , Prow D . G . M . James Rexsimiv . Piter . C . S .

      National Independent Order Of Odd Fellow...

      NATIONAL INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS , L . D . District Office ( pro . tenij , Mr . Marsdcn ' s _, Sir Thomas' Buildings , August 18 th , 1845 . _Brethkex , A public meeting was 'held on Thursday evening , August _3-ith , 18-1-3 , in tho Queen ' s Theatre , Christian-street , for the purpose of adopting measures to meet the disturbed state of tlie district , caused by thc unjust interference and relentless persecutions emanating from the officers ofthe Order and thc Board of Directors of the Manchester Unity .

      P . G . Greaves , of thc Duke of Sussex Lodge , having been niwmniousl y called to the chair , the following resolutions were submitted to thc meeting , and upwards of 2 , 000 persons ( all Odd Fellows ) recorded their votes in favour of tho same . 1 st . "That this meeting considers tho laws passed at the Glasgow A . M . C . contrary to the constitution and true principles of Odd Fellowship , inasmuch as they are a direct and imwavvantalvle _intei'tercnee with tlie internal affairs of lodges , as guaranteed by the general Jaws of the Order in the management oi our financial arrangements . Having no confidence in men that would force such unjust and oppressive measures upon us , we therefore propose that the Liverpool district secede immediatelv Irom the Manchester Unity . "

      2 nd . "That wo establish ourselves as the 'National Independent Order of Odd Fellows ' , andwe earnestly solicit the zealous co-operation of every lodge and district in the universe , so that the principles of our noble Institution may ho fully carried out —free from extravagant ami useless expenditurefree from thc trammels of men who have betrayed the confidence we reposed in them , by their nnca ' lled-for persecutions , and utter contempt for the rights and liberties of the members of our order . " 3 rd . "That this meeting views with sorrow and regret the Jrcqucnt and numerous robberies that onr brethren have been subject to for a number of years , by evil , designing men , who have become officers of Lodges , and defrauded them of their funds , afterwards treating the members with defiance and contempt . W e therefore earnestly recommend , that wher properly organised , immediate steps betaken to enrol tnp funeral funds—that Lodges be requested to enrol their _by-lawR-ani that proper officers bo

      appointed immediately to carry thc above objects into ctfoct . " A want of confidence in thc Bonn ; of Directors has therefore been recorded by upwards of 2000 votes atone meeting , in this district ; and thousands of others , who were not present , arc of the same opinion . It is to he regretted ( for fhe sake of the Institution ) that tho men we placed confidence in should so far outstep the bounds of common justice , as to cause us to be instrumental to a separation from tlie Manchester Unity ; but when thc fact becomes thoroughly known to thc members to what an unlimited extent they have carried their system of tyranny and _oppression , we arc sure there will be ' bill one opinion "poii our proceedings , namely , —that it is time thc Unity sliould bc rid of , and fur ever ! ths men who at their public festivals , and at their social meetings , arc continually landing thc principles of Odd

      1 _'cllowslup , boasting ot tho many acts ol kindness shown to a brother , _—holding forth to thc universe that the pilot of their actions is Friendship , Love , and Truth ; at thc same time their deeds will prove that they have been continually seeking to increase their power over the members of the Unity ; and progressively increasing thc expenditure , for personal aggrandizement : and yet the member who dared to even murmur at their unauthorised piocccdings is immediately by their _( MCoinprouiisinginaiHlatesuspended for nine months ; that is , until the next A . M . Cnever for a moment considering that the persecuted member may be in distress—may bc sick—may die ' No matter to thc tyrants of Aytoun-strcct , " —the crime of having dared to allude to their despotic acts is a sufficient cause to sc \ _i > y thc bonds of brotherly Jove and charity from the Unity . Nay , more , in the event o the death of a brother so suspended , the same sanguinary punishment is extended to his widow and unoffending oflspring .

      ) Yc blush for their effrontery ! But for them io think that all members will tamely submit to be tyrannised over by them , is a most wofnl mistake , which the decrease in the number of their own supporters—the public mtiniiiii's of cveryindividual in the Order—and tho spirit of emancipation which is spreading fast throughout the Unity , will soon bring home to their conviction . There arc few members in the Unity who arc fully aware of the principal cause of tho present dissension hut agree on one point , namely— " That the proceedings of the Executive have been oppressive and unconstitutional . " They may say that ire should have taken a constitutional method of redressing our wrongs—that we should have sent a suflicicntnunibcr of representatives to tho next A . M . C , to annul their proceedings , and place other men in their situations . Wo admit that their plan may appear tho most ; prudent , but we deny that there would bo thc least prospect o f success . In ( he first place , any member who

      has attended an A . M . C . is aware that the officers and Executive of tFo Order Jwvc it hi their power to veto , by : _i system peculiar to themselves , any motion they may ; be opposed . to ! Secondly , they have corrupted thc system of representation by holding out an advantage of 23 per cent , to one portion of our brethren over the other—thc agricultural over flic manufacturing districts . Tlicy imagine that by giving tho agricultural districts such advantage , would be ensuring their support in _dcfeiucof iho financial scheme now brought forward . Thoy , tho Executive , curtailed thc number of representatives . But marl ; the power thev reserve for themselves Who is to decide which arc agricultural aim _wnicii aamanufacturing districts ? The Board of Directors , oi course 1 Wo ! to the districts that ave not submissive to their opinions , as thoy will soon discover tlicy may be set down ' as manufacturing districts , and bc immediately visited with the 25 percent , _ven"cnncc !

      Where , wo would ask , after such a corrupt system in tho A . M . C , is there any chance of a legal redress of our _grievances ? Tlie Donrd of Directors aro usurpers ! They have trampled upon our rights , and sneered at our just murmurs of complaint ! They have closed up thc only channel wc had to redress our wrongs , —have left- us no hope to relieve ourselves from abject slavery but to declare our independence of siieh _' a nefarious , self-aggrandizing , and corrupt set . Whatever may bc thc result ( not that wc fear their suspensions , as thc day ofthe bugbear has gone by , like chaff before the wind , and justice—even-handed justice—has withdrawn the veil from our eyes ) , they , the Executive , arc responsible . They have declared a war of extermination against the order for maintaining their rights ; and , not satisfied with the aid oi their satellites and minions of power , they have started , and keep in their nay , a corrupt journal , which cu < _lcavctti's ( but in vain ) to stop the groat cause of freedom .

      iVifli justice and truth in cur cause , we bid defiance to their oppression , — our wiongs loudly call for tlie support of every Jioucst member . They commenced the war when wc had no power to cope with them . Now wc have , and arc daily gaining voluntary _recessions to our numbers ; and ere long will make their despotic throne shake to its foundation—obliterate their names from our statute book for ever , — or if any particle bc left in it , it shall bc for the sole purpose of warning others against any attempt to tyrannise oyer their follow men . Put in waging war , we do not mean it to bc against our brethren who were true to the principles of our noble Institution ,

      and stood fearlessly for the _lau-s of bur order in their purity . No , far from it . We would rather solicit their aid , so that wo may the sooner crush the poor man ' s _encnij ' . We would urge upon thc agricultural districts not to bc too sanguine as to the sincerity of tho Hoard as regards their scale cf payments . Thciv tyrannical acts against us should be sufficient warning to them , that so soon as it suits their own purpose , _tiicy will treat them with similar conduct . Wc arc determined to keep inviolate those laws of the Order necessary to carry out the principles of Odd Fellowship;—wc shall retain that portion which is good , discarding the bad .

      Manchester , Salford , IIuddcrsiicJd , and many other districts have expressed a wish to co-operate with us , awl soon we shaU have an Order of Odd Fellows existing in principle , —not as ithasbecnof late , a fraternity bearing its name , governed by a Star _Glmnbov Inquisition . Wc are determined , so far as moral force will go , to crush their power , and the cause of our grievances shall bc heard wherever an Odd Fellow is to bc found . By order ofthe Provisional Coram Ittce , P . G . _Stasi-ev , Prov . C . S . pro tern . Nonciv . —You aro requested to appoint a deputy to attend a , Committee of tho district , to beheld in tho Philanthropic Lodge House , Host Aiarsdcn ' s , Sir Thomas ' s _Buihlimjs , on Wednesday , September 3 rd , at eight o'clock in thc evening , for thc purpose of electing officers for thc district . You are requested to bring a return book , with the name of every member who wishes to join the National Independent ; Order of Odd Fellows . The D . C . S . pro . tern _, nf tho . _nlinvc Order will bo in at tendance at the

      above house every evening , from seven tiff ten o ' clock , where every information will bo given ,

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      Mr. Willam Dixon To Tub Chartist. Rrjbli...

      MR . WILLAM DIXON TO TUB CHARTIST . rrjBLIC . My Friends , —I think that no man has earned a hotter right to appeal to you upon hehalf of good Chartists than I liavc . I am justified in making every exertion towards the maintaining aud supporting honest working men who suffer in the cause of Chartism . There was a time when I performed that duty myself—there was a time when I _jjave as much as from £ 30 to £ 33 a week to tho _sufi-brcrs . That time is gone , hut I hope it is not forgoten . William Dixon , the subject of this letter , has been reporter for thc _JYorlJif rn Star in the Manchester district for two years . Not only during that time has his conduct been most

      praiseworthy and exemplary , hut he is distinguished among his class for the uniform excellence of his character , his conduct , and his habits . A sad visitation , that oi almost total blindness , has rendered him unfit longer to perform the duties of his office . A _young man of active mind struck « itti blindness is a melancholy object , and 1 am sure you will think so . It is the intention of IKxan ' _s friends , and especially of the coliiers , to whom he has _cndeRi'ed himself by an uncompromising love ofhis order , to place him above want , and to preserve him from the tender mercies of a 1 _' oor Law _Bastile ; by establishing him in a Temperance Coffee-house—for he is a rigid Teetotaller—so that thereby the affliction of want may not be added to that of blindness .

      Mr . Thomas Whittalccr , of So , GS , Devonshire-street , _ChoriiOil-upon-Modloclc _, Manchester , acts as treasurer to a fund for carrying-out this benevolent , just , and praiseworthy ohject ; and need I say that every working man in thc _liinjjdom who can spare anything ( anil many hands make light work ) , should feel ajileasure aad a pride iu contributing the means by which this sad affliction of our dear and respected friend may be mitigated . I am sure it would shock mc , as it would horrify every good man , to hear that so amiable a Chartist was allowed to suffer from the neglect of our body . 3 S eed I say more than that I shall esteem every penny given to Dixon as a favour conferred upon myself ; and that I shall cheerfully act as co-treasurer with Mr . Wliittnker , and shall thankfully receive any offering to the fund . My friends , as I never beg for myself , I have a right to sue in justice for others . I am sure I need not say more than that I remain , yo ur faithful servant , _FEAiiGirs _O'Coxxon .

      Odd Fellowship. A Reply To "W. S.," Of B...

      ODD FELLOWSHIP . A REPLY TO "W . S ., " OF BELFAST . TO THE IDITOK OF IliE _KORTKETvH STAR . _Deau Sin , —I hope you will insert this reply to '' T _» . S . ' s" remarks . His letter , unless contradicted , may mislead many of the Order . It calls for an answer ; and although poorly qualified , I take up thc cudgels against him . Tlie Odd Fellow movement , ho must be convinced , if he really has read attentively what has appeared in the Star , is one of principle . I beg to draw his attention to the fact of thc G . M . and the Board of Directors , with O . S . Wm . Uadeliife , having suspended , previous to the last A . 51 . 0 ., many lodges and districts for not furnishing an account of their respective private funds , which said suspension was of itself an illegal assumption of power ; an unjustifiable attack on the independence of the Lodges , and contrary to the fundamental principles of thc Order . Yet thc A . M . C . did not censure them ; nay , on tho _contratT . sanctioned the acts .

      On the 21 st of June , shortly _aftertbelastA . M . 0 ., a public meeting of tho members of the Manchester district took place in the Old Manor-room , Highstreet , to consider thc alterations with respect to the scale of payments and benefits . The meeting was a crowded one . On the 23 rd an order was issued from Ajtoun-strcct , signed by "Wm . RadcliiTc , " declaring live individuals suspended from all benefits and immunities . Copies of this order were circulated in all tlie Lodges , leaving the members to find out what thc parties were suspended for . They afterwards learned that it was because thc marked five had attended thc meeting . Mind , only two out of the five took part in the proceedings ; thc rest merely were present . But they all were gifted and honest

      men : so _tney must be got rid ot . Was not this an illegal assumption of power ? Thc law specifics " that anv member breaking thc general laws of the Order , shall be TllIED by a committee of his whole Lodge , on by the district , and that / our-teen clear days' _woticc shall be given him previous to TRIAL , specifying the charge . Tlie law is explicit . Well , the meeriiig of the quarterly committee took place on thc 30 th of June , at the Three Crowns , Jackson-street , London-road . Two of the individuals attended to represent their respective Lodges ( they having been elected previous to being illegally suspended ) . They were ordered out of thc room by the then Grand Master of thc district , Francis Burdett . The detmties _reoucstcd to " be put in possession of thc law ,

      which authorised thc suspension ol any member without TRIAL . " The answer given by Burdett was , "He would stand by tho Board . " The document sent to him from Aytoun-strcct , commanding thc suspension , was then called for ; and after some discussion , the then secretary of the district , Ormond , went for it . lie shortly afterwards returned with a slip of paper , on which was written certain instructions to declare the five individuals suspended , signed by C . S . Wm . Hadcliffe . But this document was of itself illegal , inasmuch as _thcie was no sealot the Order attached : iu fact , no seal of any kind . Some one of the deputies proposed a motion to the effect , that they , the deputies , were convinced that tho Board of Directors had no power to suspend any

      member without Tr . uh ; ami that CDi ) S ? _quently the two deputies were qualified to sit . This was seconded , and the Grand Master Burdett was req uestcu to put it . lie would not - , and thc I ) . < 1 . M , llobcrts likewise refused—so did Secretary Ormond : upon which Burdett arose and declared thc meeting adjourned to the Monday following . Next day , Katcliffe , the director ofthe directors , _declarcd-thc v . _-hok district suspended , with the exception of nine Lodges . These are facts , _tfoinvhat will" W . S ., " thc lover of freedom , sav to them ? Will he not call this tvrannv of the most absolute description ? Will he still impute bad motives , and insinuate that the leaders of the movement are unprincipled ? But i nm _iirnakiiirr off in v narrative . On the Monday tlie

      District Committee met at the Three Crowns ; but no District Officers made their appearance , they were at that time at the Board-room , holding a hole ami corner meeting , composed of seven deputies , which tlicy termed the " Grand Quarterly _Committee" !! Thc seventy-five deputies , after waiting all the forenoon , adjourned to thc Temperance Hal , iiather-street , where thoy were joined by D . u- _m-Itolerts , who , repenting of his conduct , had resigned . He was unanimously elected Prov . G . M . ; S . _> eJd , D . G . M . ; P . P . G . M . Hardy , 0 . S . ofthe district : and on principle the deputies firmly made thenstand , resolved never to place themselves in the power of the Aytoun-streetauthoritiesagain . " n . S . asserts that the A . M . 0 . is the proper place to settle

      dispute ? . I ask him , as a lover ot freedom , would he willingly suffer himself to be at the mercy of men a single day , who assume a power to "suspend" liim when they please , and thus deprive him from ap pealing or having a voice there ? If he "would , I would not ; nor would any true democrat . "W . S . " further says : — "If thc resolutions complained of can be shown to bc inimical , and a majority ivillit , by laying the matter lawfully before the Board of Directors , the operation of the offensive resolutions eould be _suspended until the A . M . 0 . " Very easy to say couict ; bnt WOULD they be ? We will endeavour to _findout the improbability . Why , man , the directors openly avow tneir determination at all hazards to enforce the obnoxious resolutions .

      Odd Fellowship. A Reply To "W. S.," Of B...

      " W . S . " may be aware that by this timo two Lodges in Liverpool have protested against these laws being enforced : and they were suspended for opposing the plans of the petty tyrants of Aytonn-streot . Thc Liverpool members looked at thc principle involved in such conduct , ami pronounced in favour of separation from men , who declared themselves superior to the law . As soon as Hadcliffe ami his co-mates hear of a Lodge having dared to speak ont , that moment it is suspended . 1 1 beg of "W . s . " to rc-rcad all that lias appeared in tiie _«« i' from week to week : and reconsider whether the movement is one of principle or not . lie ridicules tiic ides of Lodges sending deputies to the A . M . 0 ., and implies that toe would compel each Lodge to send one . " If soit would be a

      legis-, lative assembl y with a vengeance , thero being 4000 Lodges . Wc would allow any _Loduc to send one , bub _compel none . Great numbers could not , on account of thc expense ; but as our parliament is annual and moveable , the Lodges conveniently situated will bo thereby enabled to take part ill the business . We found this to work before better than tho present system , because ihe Lodge deputies made tho committee so numerous that the few tradesmen could not entirely Have their way . As soon as thc Lodges were disfranchised , the tradesmen became raging despots , commanding the A . M . C , and carrying nito law what thev chose .

      It is natural that thc pcrverters of our institution will take every means to justify themselves and calumniate us . _nciicetlio foul and malignant slanders in their quarterly report . Their _object is to delude , and thereby frustrate thc cause of truth . Wc have found tlicm unfaithful , and consequently have exposed them . ' "W . S . " states : "that the alteration ( which , by the bye , is only a secondary question , the main being their unjust tyranny ) chiefly applies to thc funeral gifts for members' wives , and thinks that women will look with suspicion upon men who arc overanxious on this point ; that is , for looking after a largo amount at the death of tlieir wives , and when able to work as linfnrn . "

      Docs " W . S . " suppose that man is an insensible machine ?—that the loss of his partner is not felt ?—that no affections preponderate ? Ifso , _heissadly mistaken , and libels the race . Most widowers are left with children . Almost all wish to have the departed decently interred ; to liavc becoming mourning for themselves and children : and supposing all who lose their wives arc at thc time in good health , will £ o do ? No , it will not ! But if it would , wc can a ford , and do , par double the amount , for less payments . Under the now system , wc would but bo entitled to . £ 3 . My Lodge , in addition to the £ 10 , pay £ 3 at the death of a mom her or member ' s wife , making £ 13 : and we could a / lord to allow £ 5 .

      " W . a . " also says : — - " every Lodge was made acquainted with tlie proposed change long before the A . M . 0 . " 1 say in answer , no such intent was made known , ov n never would have passed , I wonder where he got , his information . Mr . Editor , I could have gone - . iirthcr into this , but have already encroached greatly upon your valuable columns . I think enough has bceu said to convince "W . S . "of his errors . If not , ho shall hear from mo again . Yours , truly , Husky _Balmfohtii , P . S . Star of Hope Lodge , Manchester District . _Manchester , August 17 th , 1 , Little Sable-street , Thomas-street , Shudchill .

      N . B .- " V . S ., " in his postscript , states :- " The regalia required by law is trilling , and that thc large sums paid ave voluntary ; " but he forgot to state that the Foard _ahvays keep a slock in hand , and push the articles , enconvagiiur Lodges to outstrip one another in Tomfoolery display ; and many new Lodges have been ruined by tho expensive stock of sashing , cans , itc , sent from Aytoun-strcct .

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      Spain. Teurorism Axd I.\Svnri:Crio.Vanr ...

      SPAIN . _Teurorism axd I . \ _svnRi : crio . vAnr DisraimscES ix Mamim . —Accounts from Madrid of the liHh inst . state that iho attempt to enforce M . Mo . vs' now tribute scheme bad caused great fermentation in thc capital . The tullowbg account we take from tlie Times . — M . \ nniD , _Ai'dust 19 . # lilood has been already shed in the streets of this city . As I anticipated in my letter of yesterday , the whole of flic shops , with the exception of those where provisions are sold , remained shut up this morning ; and from some movements amongst the crowds in tho low quarters of ( lie town it wasll ' carcd that an

      insurrection would bc attempted , and an attack made on the troops . Groups armed with bludgeons , and many with knives , were seen from an early hour passing through the streets . The armed force had been already placed in position at the I _' ucrta del Sol , the Plaza Mayor , Callc , Carrctas , and other commanding points . Three pieces of mountain artillery were stationed in thc Callo de Corrcos , between the Post-office aud the houses lately built by Cordon ) , the Maragato . About ten o ' clock General Cordova , accompanied by an escort of cuirassiers , made a circuit round thc town , and as lie was passing through the Pucrta del Sol , some cries were heard of" Mtiera Cordova , " " Muera cl Gobierno . " Cordova , forgetting liis dignity so far as Governor of Madrid _, drcw his sword and charged himself at the head of his escort

      amongst the crowd , cutting away to the right awlleft . A company of infantry advanced , and sup ported thc charge . Thc crowd retired a little way up the Calle Mcntcva , _vflww thvco ov _fonv soWicvs , who were separated from the vest , awl who were particularly violent , wore struck with sticks by sonic young men near them . Four dragoons turned back again , and re-eommenced the charge ; and they were met with a shower of tiles and stones flung from the top of a house which is building in the samestreet . Some of the soldiers thereupon presented their muskets , and fired at the balconies above them . It is said that several persons were wounded , and one killed . A young lady standing at a balcony in the same street was severely wounded in the eye from the splinter of a shutter which had . _bceastruok hy the bullets .

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      At twelve o ' , six _orsevcn were , the troops charged torn the rucrte de So along Jj _Oalle Alcala . One man is said to be killed , a iVtour or live wounded in thc Callo Carrctas . la the l lja San Miguel , between the _Ito Alayorm tl _eseiuv tori . il house , a shower of tiles , bricks , und stoi e > vus flung on thc _soMicrs as tlicy passed , bci cu 1 ohicou have bee . wounded with knives ; one hashad h baim nrariv cutoff . _Ceurici'S have been scut oil to the Basque Provinces to inform _Karvaez of tic suite m which Madrid is at this moment , it ccr aimy iaosents rather a _iiiclaiicholv appearance , —all the simps and houses shut , i ' _mrpcrewisabroad ; and the troops ., civic iiuard , and city police , wilii loaded _mussels and sabres drawn , lino the streets in every direcion , ready to act at a moment's notice .

      . .... Pom- of tiic ringleaders were arrested in _Jic _Callo-Jlcntera ( luring ( ho charge made by the troops ; flier arc _pfiaouiTS in the Post-office , and itis stud , will be trie r . iymt ami take iistSOt those tiiitj . 'mi . •¦ hut . 3 . The jiuli \ : u - . viral ? - ave wdered ¦

      _. . . ... * _....- i _. ... . — . i ... i _lOgive foi mal notice to the _uiviiers to open their . "hops ; those where _pivvisioiis aro sold to be opened immediately . 4 . Aot more than four poisons are allowed to be together in the streets , - _tinwo who violate the order to bc arrested ; und ihose who _rmkt , to he judged according to the Jaw of tho IVth of April , 1 S 21 . _Tbirty-scveii prisoners were made to-day ; three , ic is said , will be shot io-morrow . _Tinvu officers have been severely wounded with knives ; one , ic h wiid , mortally . More than four thousand shops and _csmulisiiniciits arc closed .

      Aixr . 0 'Ci . ocii . v . it . —Thc evening passed off tranquilly , and it is hoped that nothing wil ! occur miring tho night . Ono man was killed to-day in thc Callo Toicilo . Tho shop doors wore- forced open with muskets and axes m tke Callo Toledo , h is _niiv . _onrcd that Burgos , Saragossa , Toledo , and _tieviilo have also resisted in the same manner as Madrid . AI . vmud , Aucusi 21 . — -The shops in the samestate as yesterday ; the doors only half open . Itis rumoured that _vai-.- « _t ! . s towns ill tho neighbourhood have followed tho example of _jMatJi'id ; and the conductors of the Anilaiiisiau tlili _^ c- » icc « _»« e « lJo « that it is almost impossible to get any thing to buy along the road . .

      A young man named Manuel Gil , only twenty-four years of ' _.-tgc , a journeyman tailor , way siiot this _moi'niiig at half-past eleven o ' clock , outside the _Toletlogato ; he lias left a young widow . lie went io the ground with firmness , and dicil in the same manner . lie was accused of having stabbed an oiiicer in tho disturbances of tho day before yesterday . > i i riiiiiii „ , i _. im _.. iiB _. _i-ii . wnil-. iiii . imiii _. -Ti _» _.. ii . i _. i . i i _.

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      01 LUIT 2 ST CO-01 _'EilATlVE LAW J _SOClLTi Meetings fov ihe purpose of enrolling members and transit ! nig other business connected ' therewith are held every week on the following davs and nlaccs : —

      St _/ . MMl' _KVIttlXG . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , _Bla _.-Jd'riare-rond , at half-past six o ' clock . —City _Vkartin ih ' J , 1 , Turaagain-hmc , afc six o ' clock . _—it-ivtw . / i _.-. _s _/ _. v . - at tho Parthenium Club blooms , 72 , St . Mar ( inV ; -hf , m , at balfpastseven . —Somas Tomi : at Mr . D ' . _ulik'ei . _'u ' _s , . bricklayers' Anns , Tonbridge-strcofc , _Xow-ro : » i , at eight _—Toiver J / _cmlets : at the _Whitliiiglon and Cat , Chiiivh-roiv , _lk'tlimiki'cei ) , at six o ' clock pri _' _i-k-ely . _—EuiymU ' s _Jtrif / adc : ill ihe _llo-Ai T ; _-vcn > , _Lissoligrovc , at eight o ' clock precisely . _sioxdav r . vKxiyii . Camlerivell : fit tho Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' clock precisely . _U'JISIMV KVBl'I . Vfi .

      Tower _llamkis : at the V / _liitthigtou and Cat , Church Row , Lethnal-greeu , at eight o ' clock . — C _' _rceuwich : at the George and I ) r _«< _, oii ' , BhickJicalhhill , at eight o ' clock . _VVKOSKSUAX _WESISC . _ilaryklone . ' at thc Painters' Anns , Circus-street , at eight prcciselv . Cm _LJJAirnsT ii . _u _.,., j , ov ,. ,. . _ - \ r ,. Cooper ' s fourth lecture will take place ou Sunday evening next ( to-morrow ) , in the _atov _.- . _' _-naiiit'd hall ; to commence at a- quarter past seven . Subject the Middle or Hark Agis ; establishment of Christianity by Constantino ; Arinn , nnd other scots , and the fierce aud _luuvdet'oiis _wi'smuioiw in tho church

      rise of Papal _pon-t-r ; _uupt-rstitions talcs of thc saints ; sects of monks and friars ; tiie _snbtleiios of the schoolmen ; the Pauiieians _, Albigonscs , _& c . ; ri .-coi : ' Mahomet , and conquests , seiiT . cc , and _liiei-alure » i the Arabs ; the Crusades , and tlieir itiiluence in European civilisation . —The public « i ; seiis ? ion v _.-ili bo resumed at hsli ' _-pasc ten precisely . < m . Sunday _murhivig next , August tho ;) lst . —In ' the _afiei'iiooii , an three , the Metropolitan District Council will _meoi for the dispatch of _luirincss . Camhekweu . ami Wawvoutii . —A mctling will be held ut tho Montpelier Tavern , Wa iwuvib _, on _Monday evening nest , September 1 st , at eight o ' _clock precise ! v .

      Makvi . ki' . o . ve . —Thc members of tho above locality respectfully acquaint their friends that they intend to wind up their water-trips for the season with a grand excursion , on Monday , September the Sill , and solicit their company on tho _occasion . Thby have made . _ivrangemonis with the hinillord of file Plough , at Norihail , to provide them with all ncc ' oV _iiils for recreation ; a good dinner will also bo j > n > - rided , at a modwato charge . The boats will start from tlie Weigh-bridgc , _Paddiiigten , at hafi ' -pasfc

      eight ior nine o ' clock . Fare , _thi-re aud back , _niiio ponce . Tickets may he had of Vincent Pakcs , subsecretary , Painters'Anus , Circus-street , A ' ow-ioad . Coi ; K _.-ei"rn : ns' _TirsATiircAf . _1 ji ; . v . ' _- ; _i- _- .-i _' . — A benefit in aid of the sick , gnpcramiated , and burial fund of tho above trade , will be Jirid at tho Royal Victoria Theatre , ou Tuesday evening , September the \) ih . An excellent bill of lave is provided i ' _.-r the occasion , supported by those popular actors , M >\ _OsbaMkiwi , and Miss Vincent , witli the powerful company of that establishment , aided bv several able auxiliaries .

      lLni . uEi . _'s . wirJi . —A meeting will be held at the Dun Cow , l . > _i'Oc-k-gi'eci . > -laite , on Tuesday evening next , September tho 2 nd , at eight o ' clock _pi-cohclr . _Oiiautist Co-oi'i : kahvj 5 La . _vu Soch / iy . —A public meeting of all the shareholders in tho London district will bis held on Sunday evening , _August 31 st , in tlie South London Hall , Webber-street , Hiiiekl ' riars-road , to revise the present rules , ami to hear a report from the secretary of the present state «! ' the SoeietJ . Thc chair will be taken at seven o ' clock precisely . ''" Tub National Victim _Coiiiiittu-: will meet at live o ' clock , on Sunday afternoon , at tho Hail , _Tuniagain-lanc , to hear a _report from tho deputation appointed to advertise certain resolutions , and to transact other business .

      _LAJDiKTii . —The Lambeth Chartists aro requested to meet i « the South London Chartist _ihdl , at halfpast ten o ' clock in tho morning _jno day stated ] , to nominate members of ike General Council . ? J _5 " The meeting of liritish and Foreign Democrats announced to bc huldeuiu the Chartist Hail , Webber-street , _Bfackfriars-road , on Monday , September 1 st , is postponed in consequence of the unavoidable absence from London of several of the Porcijm Democrats , who were expected to take part in the meeting .

      \ y / _itMAS Patriots' Fuxn . —A public mectimr will ho held in thc City Chartist Hall , I , Turnagaiuhuic _, on Monday evening , September l'dh , to consider tho propriety of establishing a fund forthcrclicf of suffering advocates of democratic principles , —tli ' C recipients " of aid from the _proposed fund to he not under sixty years of ago . Chair to bo taken at eight o ' clock precisely . Feargus C'C ' onnor Esq ., isiiivi ' ted to preside , and Mcssr . i . Thomas Cooper , . Julian Harney , W . Rider , II . Hops , 11 . Ridly , T . M . Wheeler , Skelton , Shaw , Droit , and IJolwcH will address tbn _mcctim _? .

      _GuKEswicii . —A meeting is held every Bncsday evening at the George and Dragon , iJJaefdie _a -tb-bill , at eight o ' clock precisely , for the purpose of supplying the members with _poih-aits of remarkable _, patriots , and tho works of eminent public men . Greenwich _axii _Deitfokd . —Thc members _oflhc Co-operative Land Society residing in tin ' s locality held their usual weekly meeting on Ti _csday , wiieii it was proposed by Mr . Morgan and seconded by Mr . Floyd , that thc secretary g ) ve notice to the members to attend a general meeting on Tuesday , September 2 nd , at _eight o ' clock in the evening . _Towku _IIajiucts . —The members of the Land Society arc informed , that thc mcct ' iiii's will be held on

      Sunday evenings , at six o ' clock . A general meeting of the members of the central locality will be held at the WliiJtiiigton and Cat , Church-row , Rcthtialgrcen , on Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock precisely . Fiiatkksaii Daxquet . —The City Chartist locality having determined upon _getting up a fraternal democratic banquet to celebrate the anniversary of tho formation of thc French Republic , iho committee will meet on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at five o clocfj , when all persons favourable to the project are requested to attend , Maxcursteu . —Mv . Thomas Clark will lecture _fn

      Carpenters' Hall , Garrctt-vond , at six o ' clock p n Sunday evening next . Subject : "Tlie objections urged against tho Land plan , by Mr . J . B . O'Brien and his partiuns . " _CwAitrisi _Go-oPEflATivn Laxd Society . —A _publie meeting of all the shareholders in the Manchester district will be held on Sunday evening , in the Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , and to hear a report of the cioty . Lkeds . —Mr . P . M _^ 'Grath past six o ' clock on Sunday _Rociir / _ALE .-Mr . C . Doy Sunday evening next . Messbs . P . _M'Gbatii , T . address the people of Burnlcy 1 st ; Blackburn , Tuesday , 2 3 rd ' ; Bolton , Thursday , 4 Sunday , 7 th ; Mottram , Mon Tuesday , 9 tb ; Macclesfield , $ ort , _fnwsday _. _Utu ; _i

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 30, 1845, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30081845/page/1/