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      Mr Robots , —Ever once the Convention teinaied its sittings , I have been busily engaged in 1 attempt to give effect to the Land plan that we ten unanimously adopted . Since then , I have been t > kihg out for land , and instructing myself as to its oney value : and the result of my research is the nowledgethat at all times the Societ y would be able , hhout delay or difficulty , to apply its funda to the arehase of land . I have seen many farms that are > be sold , and others tnat are to be let . There is ne farm of 113 acres , -within half a mile of the Rei ate Station , and about twenty-two miles from Lon-Ion . It is good land , and its price is about £ 4 , 000 .

      Jpon the farm there is a quarry of Fnllers ' -earth brwhich a solvent tenant offers £ 100 per annum ; 0 that the real amount to be paid for the land would ie £ 2 , 000 . You inU bear in mind that I estimated ie price of land in the country districts , at a considerable distance from the metropolis , at £ 18 15 s . per acre ; and also recollect that within twenty-two pules of London , with the advantage of a railroad running within half a mile of it—that is , within an flour ' s journey of the metropolis—it would be much more valuable . But with my imperfect knowledge of the marketable price of English hind , let us see if 1 was mneh out in my estimate . One hundred and ihirteen acres , at £ 18 15 s . per acre , would sell for £ 2 , 118 ds .: and we can get it for £ 118 5 s . less .

      > . ow , the farm of which I speak is more advantageously situated , and is better land than I made my calculation upon ; and thus I have established the feet , that-we can get land for that price . I havenot , DOTCver . receivedasingleanswer . asyet . tomy appeal of last week : and therefore I shall not longer allow you , negligent as you are , to remain destitute of that practical knowledge which will alone urge you to the experiment . I believe , in my conscience , that the establishment of one home colony , consisting of thirty Independent small fanners , would present to your tninds the miniatnre of ihat great revolution which , at any given moment , you are capable of producing , without reference io , or dependence upon , the will , the policy , or the caprice of your rulers .

      1 have frequently told you that I never would recommend the people to do a single act that I was not prepared io take part in myself ; and now that all Diners are simulating in your labour and growing iielmpon your weakness ; and when you require a I'ractieal illustration of the only principle which , if nationally carried out , can make you free ; and when you arc either too indolent , too suspicious , or too unthrifty , to try it yourselves , I will endeavour to try It for you . 1 will endeavour to try it on a smail scale—say some thirty or thirty-five cottages withsuit able out-offices , kitchen garden , and an acre of land attached to each cottage ; and , as the first colonists , I propose locating that number of London

      Shoemakers on eertain conditions . I select those parties lor two reasons : firstl y , because those of that body T 7 hohavc been energeticall y endeavouring to carry out the plan , are amongst the best and foremost of ibe Chartist ranks ; and secondly , because I think I can locate them to their entire fancy and advantage , cd > spot where they will be within an eighieeH-peuny inn to London in a covered third-class carriage . I HBdersiand that it is a part of their plan to carry on iiieir trade in their own cottages , and to send one of iheir body to London with and for their work ; thus saving 29-30 ths of the expense . That is , instead of tadi paying 3 s . to go and come , each will pay very liitie more than a penny . Now this is co-operative labour and individual possession .

      1 propose , if I succeed in obtaining possession of iLe land , to make the offer to Philip M'Gratk to kteeme the patron of this first colony . I have not seen Mm to mention it io him ; bull select him , tecause , without any sianner of exception , he is one « " the most unexceptionable men I ever met in my iife . In fact , I defy any man , gentle or simple , to be sc ^ uainted with M'Gvath without admiring him , respecting him , and honouring him . Of course I would allot more land to him . If I succeed in this lirst experiment , and to do so no effort of mine shall * e spared , I shall then establish , another colony , pcrtaps larger ; and if he is willing , I wiMocate the £ ood and faithful Doyle there , and then Ciark in another . I don't mention Wheeler just now , because 1 don't think we ean spare him from London until the plan \ jeeonies almost national .

      The terms upon % vhieh each holding will be let to iheoeenpier , —ifl succeed as I hope to do , —will be on lease for ever , on the Mowing conditions- . —That Uic lease be forfeited if the lessee sub-let to any minister receiving any salary or endowment from the Sxaie ; to any banker , distiller , brewer , attorney , or 2 f < any person that would carry on the trade of pawnbroker , or seller of malt liquor or spirits : and the carrying on of any of those trades < a tsuaaesses -oiiid amount to the forfeiture of the lease . I have ' earned so much upon the subject of the land—that is , of the facility withjwhich we could purchase

      it—~ y . iim the last three weeks , tliat never did baby lisi : for toy , or schoolboy for a holiday , as I now long io celebrate the establishment of the first Home Colony . Every wise man that I converse with upon the subject is with me heart and soul ; while the {¦ topic themselves are lavishing and squandering tvery Saturday night upon debasing , unhealthy , iniedeating stuff , as much as would lay the foundation H England ' s future greatness . li will be the proudest day of my life when I see ias Svst batch of colonists entering their " own

      tasks . " 1 hope over every chimney-piece to sec a 32 'Jbtct and bayonet : and if we had a hundred thousand of them , we might then write essays , as the aoral force Irish repealers do , setting forth the phyfjfa ! capabilities of free Englishmen who might iien defy the foreign intruder and the domestic tyrant . In conclusion , my Mends , for the one thousandth time , I tell you that you have no possii' ! e hope of redemption save in the Land ! Your faithful friend and servant , FEAEGrs O'Gosson .

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      FRANCE . . O'Cossell asd mx Fkexch PbeSs . —The Journal "tt Dtbats , of Wednesday , contains a long article won Mr . O'Connell , descriptive of what it calls the J'aeraities with which he strikes the imagination of J « siinien , and joining in the utter scorn with which « ai person has inspired the impartial lookers-on in *« i countries . The Debate exposes the beggarly motives by which the Irish agitator is carried away , aismissing him with expressions of the utmost coi-ZtMP * \ The following is an extract from the article : ~ What has become of the grand hero ef repeal ? aie has gone to have some sporting on lm property , or he has invented soine new puerilities to strike tfie imagination of Ins Irishmen . Thus lie has organised ¦

      a club in tumour of tue declaration of independence vi J 7 S 2 . The object of the club is to encourage the national manufactures of Ireland , and therefore its members are only to be clad in native articles . ' -Tliennifonniscomposed of a green coat with a velvet foliar and gilt buttons , bearing 'the figures of 1762 & a wreath of shamrock , white waistcoat , green ? wmsers , black satin cravat , and white leather gloves . ^ Js hi this costume that Mr . O'Conuell display j sasdf on the days of meeting of the 1 "S 2 club . * ; * - } nre the puerilities with which he occupies a ^ people ; such is the way in which , so to speak , >; 1 ^ 5 with those great children of Irish , whom - lw luces more and more to the state of -aoutons y-r , ' - /?« ' O ! the fine political education 7 ., a » * * - *** v uuu * rv ** ± *\ , %% * . VltULUltUU

      * iW"able school for a people aspiring to go-^ themselves ! In truth , if such experiments > ani llot inadmissible , the best mode . that Eug-* M eouM employ to cure the Irish of their ds-• - « -iw Kepeal , would be to accord it to them for iTiT ^ Kl leave them to themselves . Then would iaiiri " wor ^ *" w > uW k ° eneeted by a -L < l-i ^ '"'iament , an independent parliament , a t'Ca " - Y V ^ lismmt . fiistory tells us what •^ ow ' wnt «* y » a 1 " ! i * wonMbe * bc same * t ? t m ' ^ place of forminjr part of processions st 3 f- « li ^ lf ? * " "! in place ofmakingashowofhim-***! wT 11 i ^™ «> at and white gloves , Mr . O'ConftsiiM ? « vc done much better to proceed to his !«* ' * . " " ouse of Commons , to defend Ireland and

      Uie aiZJ '" region , ana to give Jiis support to tirder tt , ^^ ?^ ° wcre risking the Government in iist jjj ^ w justice to his country . But he knows ^ o ^ enJ House of Commons his big-mouthed sit and ! ^ M not be suitable ; he likes better to ^ ia ^ jj ^ e his perorations in ConeBiation Hall , Stt ^ iixii / ' * laoboo J" ^ ° dares aas ^ r con - J ^^ ^^ or the War vs AxcEHU . ~ The ? ^ W TBesday announce that the Minister r ** nd aiffi * two dispatches from Marshal V > d his n « anuoui » ceshis arrival in the Ouarensenis , ^» an « i ^ r ^ lfiOTeinents . In ike second , he «« nntt of two aflraya oa the 13 th , between

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      — == the rear-guard of a convoy and about 500 Kabyles whoattacked . it . The enemy were beaten eff , with Uie loss of several killed and twentv prisoners . The French , who had only eight killed and fifteen wounded , captured 300 head of cattle , and made other boot } -. Another affair of sli ght importance took place on the following day . Marshal Bugeaud states , that in the evening of the 14 th some tribes made their submission . The entire insurrection in the Ouarensenis was caused , he says , by the same Schenff who raised the Dahra , and WJ p ?^ Sd Algeria from the Christians . Two other impostors , however , are stated to have appeared , one in the Mountain and the other m the Dahra the rear-ffnaid of a pnnvnir a «< l « hnuf R / lfi irml ... i . _

      Abdicaiios of Dos CiRLos . -The Kmesof Thursday says :-Oiu-ordinary express has brought us the Para papers of Tuesday , with our usual corresnondence . Ihe latter announces the abdication of Don Carlos m favour of his son the Prince of the Asturias "This event , " says our eorvescondcat , " was anl nounced to the King of the French yesterday bv a special envoy , who is , I am assured , at this moment m tlie Palace of the Tuileries . Don Carlos has accompanied that formal communication by a demand of permission to go whither he will , ' there being now no reason for continuing him in captivity . '" SPAIN .

      Ihb Pope axd the Spasisb Government . — The statement which appeared in the daUy papers last week , relative to the conclusion of an alliance between the Pope and the present Government , and the recognition by the former of Queen Isabella , appear VJ "a ™ > oi premature and not well tounded . Madrid journals of the 18 th , state that considerable excitement has been caused in the Spanish capital by the arrival of dispatches from Rome of a character widely different from those which bad been so Ion * expected . Instead of a concordat healing the differences between the Holy See and the Government of bpain , a recognition of the Queen , and a confirmation ol the sales of the Church property , all that the Pope has don » is to submit a temporary convention , the nature of which has not transpired , butwhichhasled

      to repeated meetings of the Cabinet . We gather from a | private letter that the rumour most credited states that the Pope stipulates for something like a state provision tor the clergy , equal perhaps to the value ot the property of which they have been dispossessed . Tire " MinsEauisE" » Spain . -A letter from . Madrid , of the ljthsays . ' — "Amongst other means of excitement , the Progressists have got printed and oflered for general sale , at the low price of two reals Iten sous h rench ) , the music and words of the ' Marseillaise . ' The advertisement of this publication , which appears in the Clamor Piiblho , the Eco del Cpntourdo , and the JEspcctador , says : — ' Thispopular air is dedicated to the people , in order that they may sing it whenever the partizans of despotism shall make any attempt against Spanish liberty . "

      Iiie Castdtano says that the document received from the Holy See is prepared with much artifice , so far as the sale of the national property is concerned . It is given to be understood that the Pope will pardon those who committed the fault of buying the church goods . Ills Holiness also conveys his expectation that , at a suitable opportunity , certain convents shall be restored , besides a number of minor points , all more or less of an offensive character So unlooked-for a contradiction of the repeated asl surances and vaunts of ministers , has placed them in a most painful situation . It is said that their vengeance will fall , in the first instance , uponM . Castillo who allowed Ms diplomatic eyes to be so completely blindfolded . The Carlists pretend that the Pope stipulates for the marriage of the Queen with the son of Don Carlos . Upon the Bourse much agitation prevails , and the funds are going down .

      . Narvaezam ) tue Pope . —The Madrid journals of the Mth continue their remarks upon what they generally consider the failure of the negotiations with llonie . Ihe Ministerial journal , the Ikraldo , while it gives some colour to the prevailing rumours , nevertheless denies that anything more serious than an embarrassing incident has arisen which calls for the exercise of discretion and moderation to remove it outef the way of a complete adjustment of differences . > . awaez is said to have displavedmuch unirar

      at what he believes the duplicity and bad faith of the Holy bee . He looks upon the Spanish Ambassador as Laying been duped by verbal promises , of a studiously doubtful nature , and threatens that he will -nth Ins own hand , nullify the law passed for the restoration of the unsold Church property . Pkokooatio . v of Tire Cortes . —The Queen of Spam closed the session of the Cortes in person on the 23 rd urn , ihe new constitution was promul gated the same day . [ How long will it be before the next new constitution" is promulgated ? 1

      SWITZERLAND . Dr .. Sieigek . —The following appeared in the HeraldvSTuesday : —The Swiss and Paris journals equally agree in stating that the sentence upon Dr . Steiger will be commuted to banishment to America . M . Guizot and Prince Mettcmich insisted that the Government of Lucerne should not stain its triumph by an act of unnecessary cruelty . The example thus set has been followed by the citizens , who have petitioned in favour of other prisoners , and are collecting subscriptions for the ransom of some who have not the means of baying their liberty . Among the petitions in favour of Dr . Steigcr , is one from 300 servant women .

      PERU . Letters have been ' reeeived from Callao , come down to the 8 th March . There is much more confidence felt that the Government will be placed on a permanent basis than after any of the previous revolutions which have followed each other in quick succession for the last twenty yeare . The elections were to take place in about a fortnight after the date of the accounts , and there was no doubt but Castillo would be made President by universal assent . Castillo has only been known as a military man , but his manners are simple , and it may be held as no unequivocal proof of his integrity of character , that amidst the scenes of domestic turbulence through which he has passed , when the rights of property were disregarded , and when he had many opportunities of sharing the spoil , he has remained uncontaminated and

      comparatively poor . Ellias , the champion of constitutional government , states in his letters that he has great confidence in Castillo ' s acting with prudence and moderation , and although he would rather have seen an end entirely put to military ascendancy , there was no choice left under the circumstances ! Ellias and his friends maintain a perfectly good understanding with Castillo , and the hope is that after Ids electiou to the presidency , measures will be progressively taken to disband the army and remove all apprehension of any more military revolutions . Dpon the whole , therefore , the accounts from Peru are looked upon in a more favourable light than for years past , and if the expectations formed are fulfilled , the country will make rapid strides in improvement under a stead y and enlightened administration of its affairs .

      INDIA ASD CIIISA .-G \ ERLAM > MAIL . L ° x »<«» Satcedat Mokxkg , Mat 2 i . —The Overland Mail , by extraordinary express from Marseilles , arrived in London this morning . The dates by this mail are , Calcutta to the 8 th of April , Lonibay to theoih , Madras io the 14 th , China to the 11 th of February , Suez to the 4 th of May , and Alexandria to the 1 lth . The news thus received is comparativel y unimportant ; thechieffeatHreisaconfinnationofthe previous accounts of Sir Charles Napier ' s expedition against the Eeloochees , and tte surrender of Bejar

      Kuan , their chief , and a large body of his followers . From the Punjaub there is nothing fresh , unless the continuation of the squabbles and attempts to overreach each other of Ghoolab Singh , and the lihalsas ; and the confirmation of the statement that Janiboo Rajah had at length consenteil to purchase the neutrality of these troops by a douceur to them of thirty-six lakhs of rupees . The Anglo-Indian army that was collecting on the Sutlaj had pretty well tauenjup it position , but was not expected to make any further movement unless an absolute necessity should arise .

      Suez , May 4 . —We received accounts from Judda during the past week of a very sanguinary piece of business that has recently occurred under the direction of the present governor , Osman Pacha , in fact , a second Mameluke tragedy . It appeal's there are certain tribes of Arabs inhabiting the country through which the pilgrims pass to Mecca , and on a late occasion some Turks , returning from Mecca , baring complained io the Pacha that they had been ill-used by the Arabs , an order was sent for the Sheiks to attend the Dewan at Judda , but the Arabs would not attend the summons

      without some guarantee for their safety ; at last they were induced to accept the pledge of a merchant in whom they ( the Arabs ) had some confidence , and having met at Osman Pacha ' s Dewan the subject of complaint was discussed , in which the Arabs are said to have proved the complaints made against them to be without foundation . The poor Sheiks were then dismissed , and told they might retire to their homes ; but sad to tell not one of them ever reached them , for about an hour after they had taken their departure a detachment of Turkish cavalry was sent after them , and cut every man to pieces , not only the Sheiks , but all their followers ; not oae wasleft to carry tome the tale .

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      WEST INDIES . Socthampios , Friday Evekixg . —The Royal Mail Company ' s steam-ship Avon arrived here this every ing with the West India Mail . She brings 300 , 000 dollars in specie and gold dust , and sixty-nine passengers . The advices from Jamaica are to the 24 th April . , ; IIoRiuBLE Tragedt . —Murder , Arso . v , axd Attempt at Suicide !! — Jamaica , April 23 . —About twenty minutes past one a . ji . yesterday , tlie inhabitants in the neighbourhood of the General Penitentiary were aroused by an alarm of fire . The police from the Penitentiary station proceeded immediately to the spot whence it was heard to issue-which was discovered . to be a negro-yard opposite the station . Un arming there , about six yards in front of the rooms , a man was seen lying on the

      groundap-, parently dead , and a woman wounded crying over him . lhc cry . of . fire being kept up , but no flames or smofe being visible , they went on towards the rear of tlie premises , when one of the Emancipados ( by a number of whom the premises as well as the neighbourho . Qd were occupied ) was met , pointing to a wound on his arm , and giving the police to understand that the man who had wounded Mm and the other man and the woman , was in the house . On looking throu « h the crevices of the shutter flames and smoke were perceived to fill the room , and a man was perceived within with a cutlass in his hands . Mr Hecks the superintendent at the General Penitentiary who i ? lA ft ? mP& * . ™ P .. ™* ™ th W ' subor dinatefficevsofth

      . q .. ejn ^ tritio ' n-. advised the mob ( which had vapidly flWMarand tlie police to batter in the place ; and this was immediately commenced . The jalousie awl doors were soon burst open , and then the place was discovered to be iii flames-the man who had been seen inside , was seentonishto tlie door with a cutlass in his hand , and flourish it , as if at sonic one , though nobody was in his reach . . Uie brickbats continued to be thrown and one of them striking the man as he flourised the cutlass , knocked him down , and his cutlass fell irom his hand . He got up , staggered into the flames , presently came out covered with blood and exhibiting a large gash on his throat , fell down near a bed \ vl ) ich was on fire . Andrew Brodic , one of the officers ef the Penitentiary , then went in and draped him from under the bed , whither lie had crawled observing that something , though lie could not make out what it was , fell from his hand , fie then was

      carried to the cage , together with the man who was tound with the wound on Ms arm . The man over whom the woman was seen crying , being discovered to be quite dead , with frightful wounds all ovcvthc body , his mangled corpse was removed without the premises over against the Penitentiary wall ; and the woman , who was also dreadfully , and ( there appears scarcel y any doubt ) fatally wounded , was removed to the hospital . It appears that the author of these horrible crimes is an Emancipado wholatelycame to this country from liavannah tlie unfortunate victim having been the murderer ' s benefactor , and the other man equally so , as well as the three women ; all of whom thi s monster in his savage jury lias more or less seriousl y wounded . We may here observe that no eause has been assi < mecWo origin ot the circumstances arrived at ; unless , indeed , we arc to allow the prisoner ' s assertion that he was first attacked , and only acted in self-defence to be any satisfactory mode of accountin g for it '

      hnws . from . Haiti . —General Hei-avd , who , as we noticedinourlastsummaiy . liadsailcdfor Haiti , onappi-oaclnng the shores of that island , found it advisable not to land , and returned , bringing with him the pilot \ y ho had boarded his vessel off L'Anse-Veau to Port Antonio ; and , alter remaining there a day or two , again sailed ostensibly for St . Thomas , leaW his foreign crew behind him , and hiring Jamaicans to navigate lus vessel . H . M . S . Spartan was sent after him on the 11 th , to make his vessel a prize it is said , for some breach of the navigation and Customs laws . Haiti m tlie meantime has been in much commotion ; several of Hoard ' s partisans are said to have been shot , numbers arrested , and rewards offered tor tlie heads or arrest of others—among them of course the largest for the head of Heranl There was a report also of a revolution having taken place m the Spanish part of the island , which had resulted m bantana being deposed from tJie Presidency , and replaced by General Regla Mota .

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      THE NATIONAL . LAND PETITION . Mr . Duncombe having kindl y consented to present tliefollowing petition , we , the members of the Executive , call uponaJlthelocalitiesin thekingdomtogetup meetings and adopt the same , getting the members of Parliament for the townoi- county ( where practicable ) , to present the petition—where this is impracticable , let then- petition be sent to T . S . Duncombe , Esq . By these means we shall be enabled to force the question of the Land upon the attention of the house T , M . WiiEEuai , Secretary . To tin Honourable < k Commons of Gnat Britain and Irfr land in Parliament asseniblcd The petition of the inhabitants of Lambeth in public meeting assembled .

      SnEWETH , —That the working classes of the united kingdom have for a long series of years sufiercu the most galling want and privation , consequent upon our unnatural social system . That during the last fifty years the trade and commerce of the country have increased enormously ; that the triumphs of inventive genius have given us the most astounding powers for the produce of wealth ; but that , notwithstanding , there lias been a visible deterioration in the physical , social , and moral condition of our much-abused and deeply-injured labouring population .

      That your petitioners , with feelings of pain , call the attention of your honourable house to the voluminous criminal calendar of the past year , as a proof of the lamentable condition to which the people are reduced . Your petitioners would likewise add , that the astounding revelation made a short time ago in your honourable house , by the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment , that " one of every ten of the population of England and "Wales is a pauper , " is another added to the long catalogue of proofs of the horrible destitution to which tlie producers of wealth have been reduced by the baleful operation of ttie iniquitous system of misrule under which it is their misfortune to live

      That in the opinion of your petitioners the destitution and crime existing in the country may be teced either to the existence of bad laws or to the want of good ones ; and that of all bad tecs upon t / ic statute-look , those thai jm-cvent the working cfoscs from , employing their Mow upon tiicir native soil—upon God ' s free gift to his weaUwes—are the most destructive in their consequences , ami unnatural in their operation . That your petitioners have observed with indignation , that whilst your honourable house has at all times squandered the public money upon objectB the most toworthy—such as £ 70 , 000 for the purpose of building royal stables ; £ 21 , 000 a-year to his Majesty of Hanover ; £ 50 , 000 annually to another foreign monarch , Leopold , King of the Belgians ; £ 20 , 000 , 000 as compensation to the unnatuval , the anti-Christian traffickers in human flesh and

      blood , for relinquishing their claim to what they never had a right to—youv honourable house has not evinced the slightest inclination to legislate for the elevation of the labouring population from their prostrate and degraded condition . That your petitioners would call the attention of your honourable house to the fact that a vast portion of the cosmos xaxm of the kingdom has been seized by the aristocracy under the guise of law ; that your petitioners conceive that the people's right to the common lands is

      clear and indisputable ; that the reversion of tlie ten millions of acres of common lands to tlie people would be productive of incalculable benefit ; that those ten millions of acres might be divided into two millions of farms of five acres each , upon which two millions of families might be located , and surrounded with circumstances of health , peace , and prosperity - , and that the location of even half ihe aforesaid number of families upon the land would take the " surplus population" fvom the artificial labour market , leaviug the residue in a position to secure an equitable remuneration for their toil

      Your petitioners , therefore , pray your honourablchouse to repeal sill acts for the enclosure of common lands , and restore them to the people , their legitimate owners ; and that your honourable house will be pleased to address her Majesty to devote a sum of money for the employment of the " surplus population" oil such lands , which sum may be realised ly reducing the civil list , the army and navy , and other Governmental expenses ; thereby reducing * e poor rates , and giving an impetus to r valuable and salutary home trade . And your petitioners will ever

      pray-LONDON . Meeting at Bebmosdsey . —Reoisiiuihw . and the Ujjd . —An . ov erflowing meeting was held at the forking Man ' s Chapel , Doclchead , Bermonusey , on n \ £ l- S T n ng ' i 28 th ' Snortly after eight o clock Mr . Gathard was unanimously called to the chair and briefly opened the proceedings Be condudea his address by . introducing Mr . C . Doyle to move the tot resolution as f 0 U 0 w g 8 . .- " That in the opuuon of this meeting it is the inalienable right of the tvorlong classes to have their fair share of conthat they should have a voice in the making of those laws which they are compelled to obey ; and as it is

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      a ™« '&Mmn fact that they ( the working classes ) are . neither locally nor nationall y represented in the councils O . the nation , this meeting earnestly recommends that . the Parliamentary anl EleSm £ adopted by the ate Chartist Convention be taken xm with energy and spirit b y the people throughout the country . m order that at the next Parliamentay election a sufficient number of Chartist candidates marbe elected , to force upon the Government and legislature the-necessity of making the people ' s Charter the Jaw of the land . " Mr . Doyle said , « £ fo + t ] le consideration of such important s bjects . It required very little reasoning to prove that the working classes - had as much right to the a SSS ' fS T ^ 1 and "PPer classes ; nay , if any £ = ? ltl , sole possessors of the governing S ? W V ^ . be the working class , seeing t » L ! iK y p }? dn T ? necessaries and luxuries con"™ I alk Wl cheers ) But there those

      , . . were lT 1 i SSC ! r mw effrontery as to dare say that we si odd not know how to use the franchise if we tad it . His answer to that was , try us . ( Loud cheers . ) liut the vices of societ y were not so much traceable to the . people ' s ignorance as to the viciousness and ignorance ot the Jaw-makers . ( Great cheering . ) It was quite time the working classes demanded of the aiistocvaey by what authority they held an exclusive right of making the laws which affected the liberties and lives of all . ( Loud cheers . ) He could not allow ot the right of the few to govern to the exclusion of the many . ( Cheers . ) - The laws of nature did not authorise such distinctions . ' ( Hear-hoar . ) One of her Majesty ' s Ministers had rkestfjJflaid , that one out or every ten of the people was a pauper—( nanie

      name;—on , Jie Jiacl the same by heart , Sir James toaham—yet the aristocracy and the bishops were not reckoned amongst that list of paupers . ( Hear , hear . ) No , the Archbishop of Canterbury obtained £ 30 , 000 per annum for worse than nothing , for preaching passive obedience and non-resistance to bad laws—doctrines that he ( Mr . Doyle ) repudiated . ( Loud cheers . ) If the present system continued , lie should not be surprised if one out of every five of the working classes were reduced to pauperism . ( Hear , hear . ) In many parts of the country , especially the midland counties , the wages ot the workmen were reduced to' five sMUings per week , whilst their employers , the manufacturers , made many thousands per annum . But it was

      unnecessary to direct their attention to the country , whilst so much distress , misery , and privation existed among the working people of London , such as the needle-women , Weavers , and others . How was this state oi" things to be altered ? There were but two ways . 1 st . Physical force , which he abominated . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought we had no business with a standing army in time of peace . ( Loud cheers . 2 nd . The mode was by moral means , by a cordial and determined union of t ue working classes , through which , at tlio next general election , they might send into tlie house some dozen or more men like T . S . Duncombe ( great cheering ) , who would take care that no business should be transacted until the people obtained thoir just ririits . and the People's

      Charter became the law of the land . ( Great cheering . ) — Mr . Stallwood seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler moved the second resolution as follows : — "That , in the opinion of this meeting , the Chartist Co-operative Land Plan , town up by a committee appointed by the late Chartist Convention held in London , on the 21 st of April last , and now before the public , is both necessary and practicable , and that this meeting recommends to the people throughout the kingdom the propriety of immediately carrying the plan into operation . " Mr . "Wheeler said , although their being too ignorant to vote bad been often asserted , no one had attempted to say that they were too ignorant to workand they desired the land

      , that they might be enabled to work and enjoy the produce of their own labour . ( Loud cheers . ' ) He did not think or expect all the people to become small farmers , it was simply to test the value of the land , and the importance of possessing tlie People ' s Charter , that tins movement was commenced . ( Hear , hear . ) The soil of England was eminently calculated for agricultural operations , and as other nations had learned to manufacture goods as cheap and durable as our own , it was futile to suppose that tins country could remain "the workshop ' of the world . " He knew it had been said that the land could not be profitably cultivated ; that might be tvu as regarded farmers with large quantities of it , an paying immoderately high rents without

      leases-( hear , hear ) , —but it did not follow that if the land was occupied by the working classes in small quantities , at low rents , and leases for ever , that they could not cultivate it profitably . ( Loud cheers . ) He contended that they could , and the people seemed to agree with him ; fov although their plan had been in operation but little more than a week , nearly 700 shares had been taken up already . ( Great chcerin < O Mr . M'Grath seconded the resolution , which was unanimously adopted . —Several questions were asked ami satisfactorily answered . A considerable number ot the books containing the " Land Plan and Rules " were sold , and a considerable number of shares taken un . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , and tlie jnceting quietly dissolved .

      Greenwich and Dei-iford . —At a meeting held at the George and Dragon Tavern , Blackheath-hill . on luesday evening , May 27 th , Mr . Brewerton was unanimously called to the chair . On the motion of Messrs . Floyd and Weatherhead , the sum of M was ordered to be forwarded to the Central Committee on behalf of the Duncombe Testimonial . City of Losdoh . —The members of this locality beg to inform ^ their brother Democrats of London and its immediate vicinity , that , in compliance with the decision of the late Conference , they have elected Mr . rVjlhani Dear as delegate to the Exiles Restoration Committee , and Mr . Daniel Gover , jun ., as delegate to the Central Registration Committee , lhey would urge upon those localities who have not already elected delegates to those committees , the absolute necessity of doing so forthwith , in order that they may be prepared to take advantage of any change that may offer itself at the next general election—to be prepared is half the victory .

      Westminster . — The announcement that Mr . M'Grath would deliver a lecture on the all-important subject of the Land , called together a numerous and respectable assembly , at the Sun and Thirteen Cantons , Castle-stvect , Leicester-square , on Sunday evening , May 26 th , and great was the disappointment and vexation felt by all present when it was found that Mr . M'Grath' did not appear to perform his promised duties . His absence was to some extent supplied by the chairman , Mr . R . Smith . The rules and objects of the Chartist Land Society having been read at length , a , discussion ensued—in

      which Messrs . Jones , Llewellyn , Stallwood , Wheeler , Sowter , Cuffay , and others took part . Twelve shares were then taken up in tlie Land Society . Mr . Parkes submitted the propriet y of calling a large public meeting at the west end of London , to promote the Chartist Land plan ; to which Mr . Fcargus O'Connor sliouM be invited . Tlie suggestion was immediately adopted , and the following persons appointed a committee to get up the meeting , and report next Sunday evening-. —Messrs . Parkes , Ouffay , Hitohin , Sowter , R . Smith . Rogers , and Milne . '

      ILuimehsmiih . —At a meeting held at the Dun Cow , Brook-Grcen-lane , on Tuesday evening , May 27 th ., Mr . Smith m the chair , the adjourned question . of the Land was resumed , Messrs . Cook , Newell , Stallwood , Mi hvood , sen ., Millwood , jun ., Millar George , and others taking part in the debate . The !? ir ?? i rc ol tion ™ unanimously adopted :-ihat the following persons , with power to add to their number , constitute a committee to consider tlie propriety of convening a public meeting , at which Lh ff i ? \ ¥ ^ expounied , an to vJuch the attendance of the provisional directors l £ S Tn ii" ¥ eMC 8 - T ? - ? ' " RusseU > Gil <* Wh * mW ? , £ , Stallwod , J . Newell , J . vr p ' wAv - Coo ' < J < Mmwoed , J . Leighfield , anil Mr . \ j . \\ illis ; and that the committee meet on Mon-S ^ i ningnf KJun ? , ? . attheDu « Cow , Brook Green-lane , at eight o ' clock precisely . "

      JZf ^ f » -tMb . O'Coskor m bisOamsi . ? " ? ° ? -- £ t aaieotaiBof the members of the Cen-WfcitfS ° l }\ Tcwer IIatnlets - held ^ the w hittington and Cat , on Sunday evening last , the iollowing resolution was unanimousl y agreed to- — A hat this meeting considers the attacks made ' on the character of Mr . O'Connor , by Messrs . O'Brien Hill , and others , are unfounded in fact , and mw ftommlevolence ontne part of the accusers ; and we SpSd ^ d ^ t ^ S done ' ? ^ PUimS the "W iStoThSS

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      LEEDS . l The Lasd . —On Monday evening , May 19 th a meeting was held in the Bazaar , Mr . Braithwaite in the chair , for the purpose of taking into considera tion the Land scheme . Mr . Brook introduced the question , and recommended that a branch should be formed of the National Land Society . He read the rules of the Society from the Star . A discussion followed , in which Mr . Shaw and others took part , and ended in a resolution being unanimously adopted that a branch should be immediately formed . The work of enrolment then commenced , when twenty persons gave in their nam& for shares . ' It was resolved that the meeting should be adjourned to Monday the 26 th . At the time'a ppointed there was n "reater

      attendance than on tlie Monday previous- ^ Mr . Farrar was called to the chair . Mr . Brook then commenced enrolling more members , which ended in tlurty-fivo shares being taken up . The first instalment waa then paid . One member , however , paid the whole ot his share , £ 212 s . 3 d . The total amount of money paid was £ 413 s . This is a verv good beginning . A distort committee , consisting ef Messrs . Brook , rurner , tarrar , WaMle , Balmbwongh , Shaw , Hew ri . » ' /" ? raitln yaite were appointed ; Messrs . S wS d aud ? avvlills was » PP «» inted auditors . It was then agreed on , that the wccldv nnvmfints

      swcntolwlf-past eight . This meeting was one ot " Hie most important that has been held br some time The question of the Land has made ZSl pS gress in Leeds . Since the adoption of it by the ( Jonyention the cry lias been , " When are you goi «« to form a Land Society V One is now formed ? ami its commencement has exceeded the most sanguine expectations of its promoters . Many persons , no doubt will join it who do not belong to the Chartist Association at present . Leeds used to be tlie last , in these matters , but now she is determined to take the lead , and tlie proceedings on Monday is a si gn of it .

      BOLTON . Ciuhtist Tea Pamt . —A Chartist tea party was nolden m the Chartist Meeting Room , Maw dslcy street , on Friday evening , May 16 th . Tlie room was tastefully decorated . After tea , appropriate sentiments were given , several patriotic songs were sung and the whole concluded with dancing There ^•« w late » jw «* wvival of the Chartist annihilation ol the Association ; but having got rid ot the lactious spirits , a reaction for the better hag

      commenced . The good men Jiavc again united-i SLn ? ff \ ialie " . < ap « Wo of Mating a thousand peisons-the tomi is aividcd into districts , aud the members visited weekly . The funds am in a state of prosperity ; our library is increasing , for which we are indebted to Mr . Fmlnv l-Ynzer . of Bank-street wlio has presented us with twenty ' valuable volumes * » o have also to thank Mr . . lolin Cook , grocer , of Lank-street , lor his kind donations . Altogether we have to congratulate ourselves for a glerious revival oi Chartism in Uoltou .

      MOTTRAM . Lasd fob the Kxolish at IUimk—At a preliminary meeting of the Chartists and friends favourable to the Land scheme , it was unanimousl y agreed tliat a central meeting of the district , conimVtu" the following places—Mottvam , Hyde , DukinOeld , Stalcvbi'idge , Moslcy , and Ashton—should meet b y delegation , at the Association-room , Ansel-yard ' Stalevondgo , on Sunday , June 1 st , for the ' consideration ot the Land plan and to cany out the recommendations of Uie ^ Convention . It is hoped each place will instruct their delegates as to how tar it is likely they can carry out the above object , Mr . William Uixon delivered a very suitable and instructive lecture at Mottram , on the 25 th May , which no doubt will do much good . BRADFOim .

      O . v bu . VDAY Moitxixii the members of the council "jetm their room , Buttovwwth-lmiuiings , when Mr . O Connor ' s letter to tlie Trades , on the Land , was read from the Star . On the motion of Mr . Cole , a committee was appointed to make arrangements for holding a public meeting on the subject . Two auditors were appointed . to examine and audit the books . Os Monday , the members of the Committee met to arrange for holding a public meeting on the Land question , when they unanimously resolved— " That a public meeting be bold on Monday next , at ei"ht o clock m the evening , in tlie large room , Uutterworthbiuldings . " It was also agreed that the scerotarv should correspond with Mr . Wheeler on tim suWeet , and be prepared with the rales to read to the meeting .

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      London-. —Chartist ILvir ., 1 , Tcusaoais-use , oKijiSKu-SiRKisT . —The adjourned public discussion will be . resumed at half-past ten ou Sunday morning next , June 1 st . The Metropolitan District Council will assemble for despatch of business at tlirec o ' clock . The adjourned meeting of the Victim Committee will be resumed at five o ' clock precisely . —At halfpast six o ' clock the City locality will meet to discuss the " Land question . " At half-past seven a public lecture will be delivered . Westminster . —The members of the Land Society are requested to assemble at half-jiast seven precisely , on Sunday evening next , June 1 st , at the Sun and lhirtcen Cantons , Castle-street , Leicester-square to elect a district committee , and other officers —At eight o ' clock Mr . T . M . Wheeler , - secretary to tlie Executive , will lecture-subject , " The Land , its capabilities , and means of obtaining it . " Admission ircc .

      Chartist Water Paoty . —On Sunday next , June 1 st , the Marylebonc locality and Knnnctt Brigade intend taking a pleasure excursion by water to breenford-green , near Harrow , and iuvite the cooperation ot then- friends—the proceeds to be devoted to the f urtlieranco of the Chartist causo . Tickets to be obtained of the sub-secretaries , Vincent Pakcs and S . House , at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circusstreet , and the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grovc . llEOisnm ! Register ! Recistkb I-Tlie Chartists ot the Borough ot Lambeth arc informed that they can be supplied witli forms of claim , ami all necessary mtovmation on the above subject , gra tis , by application to Mr . J . Simpson , Elm-cottage , Waterloo-street . Cambcvweli .

      Cambubavell an-d Waiwokth . —A meeting will bo held at the Montepelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , June 2 nd , at eight o ' clock precisely . K EMMETTlkiOAt ) E . -Mr . P . M'Grath will deliver a public lecture-subject , " The Land , " at the Hock lavern , Lisson-gvovc , Marylebone , on Sunday evening next , June 1 st ; to commence at eight o ' clock precisely . Cm- of London . — -The members of tbis locality are requested to meet in the Chartist Hall , Turnagain-lane , on Sunday evening next , at half-past six .

      wuen tue subject ot the Land will be brought forward . In accordance witli the oft-repeated wish of numerous friends , tlie council of the City locality beg to state that they intend forming a choir on Sunoay evenings , when the sublime compositions of the democratic poets of all ages , more especially those of . our own times , will be sung by numerous ladies and gentlemen who have already volunteered their sevyices , and whose example , the council trust , will be followed by many others , and thus enable them to place this locality in a position second to none in the movement , a be preliminary meeting will be held on Sunday evening , June 1 stat six o ' clock

      , . Mr . Wiieblkr will lecture on Sunday evening at qi ° » il 0 U r ' Casthwrtreet , Leicester-square . Subject , The Land , and the best means of obtaining possession of it . " Members joining the Land Society at the above hoiise will meet on Sunday evening , to elect officers , Ac . Spitaihelds . —An adjourned meeting will be held at the Standard of Liberty , on Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock , to discuss tlie subject of Co-operation . Mr . C . Doyle will lecture at the Democratic

      Chapel , Nottingham , on Sunday evening , and spend the Iollowing month in the surrounding district . Mv . Doyle will be prepared with cards and rules of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , Derby .. —A meeting will be held at Chester ' s Temperance-house , Osmaston-road , on Sunday evening , at six p clock , to enrol members for the Land Cooperative Society . It is requested that the Chartists ot Derby will attend , and take out their new cards of membership .

      Manchester . —A lecture will ba delivered in Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , by Mr . Win . Dixon . Tlie chair to be taken at half-past six o ' clock . —A meeting of the South Lancashire Local Lecturers , and all those who have taken , and are still willing to take part in tlie Chartist agitation , will be held in the Anti-room o ? the Carpenters' Hal ] , on Sunday , . lune 8 th , for the purpose ofievismg plans for avowing the dormant energies of the Chartists in this division of the coimtv of Sfa ^^ tetetatllkaa i *^^ oct ia tX ^^^ j &ftpsz

      Dewsbury DxsiRici .-The next Dewsbm-y district meeting will be held in the Chartist-room , Dewsbury , on Sunday , June 1 st , at two o ' clock in the atternoon , for the purpose of forming a branch , or branches , of the National Co-operative Land Society . Newcash . e-uton-Tyne . — The Chartists of Newcastle and Gateskead will hold their monthly meetingattiehoi . se of Mr . Martin Judc , Sun Inn , Side on Sunday evening , at half-past six . Cari . isie .--. The Laxd .-A public meeting will be n t rwYar A - ^ ' k m lat > at ^ o ' clock , in the Chartist Association Room , 6 , John-street Caldewgate , for the purpose of taking intoVoSder W ? T « ° pr ^ > inin eth . e Chartist CcTS 11 vT Society h , e mei » tos of the cSrtS Association are also , informed that the SS meeting of the Association will he held o ^ TiS evening nest , June 3 rd , at eight o ' clock 4 dS expected that . every member S the S f / %

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF EDINBURGH . Gentlemen , —My attention has been called to a letter , signed by Robert Peddie , published in the National Reformer of Bay 24 th , making certain enquiries regarding the reasons ef the GlasgoAv Council for appointing Air . Kydd , of the city , to lecfure through Scotland , at our expense and responsibility If you have authorised Mr . Peddie to make such enquiries on your behalf , as his letter infers , —for he writes in the name of the Edinburgh Chartists , — please embody the same in a letter addressed to me and you shall receive an answer , with full liberty to publish it in the National Reformer , or any other paper : but until I receive such" communication , I do not feel myself entitled to call a meeting of the

      Council , to consider the contents of a letter which I conceive to be alike mean and blackguardl y . Mr . Peddie seems to me to conceal hatred and animosity beneath the pretext of public good . The Glasgow Council know Mr . Kydd , and will , I have no doubt , answer all enquiries fairly put . Some of them also 2 ? , Vc ^ ' , since he has assumed the office of public censor of Scotland , and national correspondent for the Isle of Man , I would remind him of the sage old proverb , that "those who live in glass houses should never throw stones . " Scotland is disorganised , and consequently weak and futile in her assaults

      against the common enemy . The Glasgow Council desire a better state of things ; but some men mil neither do good themselves nor allow others to do it fov them . In fact , they would rather "' lead ' w t ? * r . r sme n heaven . " I regret to say , that Mr . Kydd informed me on his arrival from Greenock last week , that he was compelled , from inability to speak in the open air , to discontinue his labours as our missionary . Perhaps tlie announcemen t will be somo consolation to those parties . —James Smitii siib-secretary of the Glasgow branch of the National Charter Association . —P . S . Address , 20 , Rotten-KHV-strect , Glasgow .

      PAISLEY . i T ^ CT ^ r-B - ' Ml ! l Kydd - -a public meeting , called by the Chartists of this locality , for the purpose of hearing a lecture from Mr . S . Kydd , of Glasgow , was held on iuesday evening , the 20 th hist ., in the Chartist Church , Canal-street , Mr . Duncan Roberteon in the chair . The subject of the lecture was the causes which gave rise to the French revolution in I ( 89 , with its subsequent effects on the nations of Lurope . Mr . Kydd handled the subject in a manner which completely rivetted 'the attention of the meeting for upwards of two hours , in the course of which he was loudly cheered . At the close of liis address a hearty vote of thanks was given to the lecturer , after which the meeting ( which was the largest we have had in Paisley for a long time ) separated . '

      Mr . OCoxxon asd ms Slanderers . — At the usual weekly meeting of the Council of this locality ot the A ' ational Charter Association , held on Mondav night last , at Mr . Brown ' s , 44 , Storie-street , Mr A m tho cliair > thc blowing resolution , moved by Mr . Duncan Robertson , and seconded by Mr . James Paton , was unanimousl y agreed to : — Resolved , that although we arc of opinion that the popularity of Mr . O'Connor is too well grounded m tlie attections of a grateful , though oppressed people to suffer the least injury from the foul

      audunpvovoked slanders sought to be heaped on his character by that precious trio of base calumniators , Ashton , Hill , and O'Brien , yet we consider it a duty we owe Mr . O'Connor to express our approval of hi ' s reply to those ' worthies / which we regard as a clear and satisfactocy refutation of their whole fabrications . And , further , we would assure Mr . O'Connor tliat he has still ouv unqualified confidence , of which no individual shall ever divest him , so long as he maintains that title , which he has so justly merited —namely , the champion of labour , and the uncompromising advocate of the working classes . "

      THE POTTERIES . To hie Chartist Body—Friends , —I have much pleasure in again assuring you , through the columns ot theater , that , notwithstanding the political calm at present existing , ouv principles are making headway amongst the thinking men of all classes . I arrived here on Tuesday from Birmingham , aud had a splendid meeting on the Crown Bank—a fine open space in the centre of Hanley . Numbers of thc " respectable" classes were present , and paid the strictest attention to what I advanced . The working men , too , seemed to drink in every sentiment that ' uttered , and it waseviilent from the countenances of

      the vast majority , that Chartism has lost none of its charms b y having been subjected to persecution and contumely . I took a general review of existing abuses , proving that , were the people representec witn their present intelligence , that poverty and crime would be banished from tho land , and plenty ?? cufasntment substituted in their stead Mr Moss , an excellent Chartist , also made a powerful speech , and the meeting separated . I lecture here again to-night ( Wednesday ) , on the Land ; in fact , it is all the- rage hero , as well as every other place that I have been to . I expect a bumper to-nWit . Opposition from a certain quarter is anticipated . I shall send a full account next week . —Thomas Clark —xlanley .

      SOUTH LANCASHIRE . A Deuoate Meeiiso was held in the Committeeroom under the Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday last ; Mr John Murray in the chair . Delegates from the Iollowing places were present : —Manchester , Mr . Rankin , Mr . Murray , and Mv . Sidley ; OkVaawMr Aslem ; Bolton , Mr . Pickvance ; 1 Icy wood , Mr . bd ; Mossley , Mr . Watwhouso ; Rochdale , Mr . vuikclen . Ihe minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed ; after which the followin g sums were paid to the secretary to be transmitted to tho Executive :-Bolton , 5 s . ; Oldham , 7 s . W . ; Mossn ' , ?' , 10 ?' Heywood , for fouv months , 7 s . 4 d . ; Rochdale , for two months , 1 & . fd . ; total , £ 2 Is . 4 d . tour individuals from Rochdale , as their lew for Executive

      , 2 s . Thc following resolutions were passed unanimously :- " That the delegate meeting bo held mentlily , as usual , " " That we , thc delegates of south Lancashire , call tipon all the lecturers and others Avho _ have taken part in the Chartist movement m this district to attend a meeting , to be hold m tho Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , on Sunday , the atli ot June , at ; ten o ' clock in the morning , to consider the propriety of reorganising the district of South Lancashire . " " That the levy for next month be ono penny . " "That we recommend camp meetings to be holden . " " That the next delegate meeting beheld at Heywood , in the Chartist Associationvoom , Hartley-street , on the last Sunday in June , at ten m the morning . " " That our secretary ' s bill be paid with travelling expenses . " '' That we adjourn until the last Sunday in June . "

      BARNSLEY . iiiE Land . —According to the announcement in last week s Star a large and enthusiastic meeting on the Land question was held in Mr . Thomas Adam ' s large room last Monday evening , May 2 Cth . Mr . t rank MirfioM opened the proceedings by remavkin « tliat a certain unworthy character , whom ho disdained to name , had been attempting to throw odium on two ot their respected townsmen , viz ., Mr . Peter Hoey , and Mr . John Ward , of WorsW Common ; therefore to let the world know tho estimation these two genemen were held in by their fellow-townsmen' he lould propose that the former be the chairman and the latter the secretary to tho meeting ; which was seconded b y Mr . John Vallauce , and earned unanimously amidst the acclamations of thc meeting . ihe iollowing resolutions were then passed , after which thirty-one persons enrolled their names . tli «

      greater number of whom paid their entrance fee . Meved by Frank Mirfield , seconded by William Uriah Smart- ' That it is thc opinion of this meeting that it accords with our interests as working men to join iie Chavtist Land Co-operative Society . " Move < by Michael Seagrave , seconded by William Pearson-+ w !; T , moulci i tocan ' y ., ? t ttlc fu ' sfc resolution , all oso persons who are willing to become members of I « L < r " fc Uml 9 ° - ° P wative Society shall now cntei their names , alter which they shall proceed to elect a committee , a secretary , and treasurer . " Moved Xi ? nM IIcbtle » . seconded by Charles Ourrey-> t i . iJj onias Adam be appointed treasurer . " ftoved by Frank toMcM , seconded by John Clyde—Ihat Peter Hoey be appointed secretary to the Chartist Land Co-operative Society . " Moved by John Yallance , seconded by George Haigh— " That a committee of five , in addition to the secretary and treasurer , bo nDnointed to act for a month . " Moved

      amd seconded by ten persons— " That the following five persons constitute the temporary committee , viz ,, Charles Currey , Frank Mirfield , Michael Seagrave , John Vallance , and William Morton . " Moved by Charles Currey , seconded by John Wood— " That tins society and committee meet every Monday night ; business to commence at eight o ' clock and close at ten . " Moved by Jolm Leavy , seconded by Thomas Hebden— " That Mr . Thomas Adam ' s large room be the place of our future meetings . " Moved by John Clyde , seconded by James Finsdale- ; " That the secretary be authorised to correspond with the general secretary in London for the necessary information requisite in conducting this society . " Moved by John Clyde , seconded by Joseph Blades— " That these resolutions be sent to the Northern Star , requesting their insertion in that invaluable journal . " After which a vote of thanks waa given to the chairman , and the meeting separated ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 31, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1317/page/1/