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      10 THE MEMBBRS OF THE CHARTIST COOPERATIVE LAND COMPANY . My dew Children , " . It was my intention to have written yon iometiung in addition to my lut week > let ter , wMdt w not published ; sometWng connected with the frightful tttfTof vovW tnd ' destUnUon of thit fertile ana lovely parish , perhaps one of the most heavenly apote the mind can imagine , but onr friend , Alvw * W »» J ¦ UwliV % »« w ¦¦¦¦ i »~— - — , .

      " THE 'WHISTLER" has afforded , me sucn an opportunity of BLOWING HIM TO THI FOUR WINDS OF HBAVEN , that I am tempted to devote the space to him . His letter , upon which I am about to write , is in John Bright ' * paper of the 26 th of December last , eo , of coarse , he had not teen mine of the same date in the " Star , " and he had not , at that time , received the lashing that Jamea Taylor , painter , gave him in last week ' s " Star ;" nor , indeed , is it likely that he wonld he turned from his MESS if he had .

      Bright and the " Economist" have , no doubt , calculated upon the danger to their slave trade if , foT £ 2 . 12 s . 4 d ., their slaves could purchase their own manumission , and at the same time somewhat loosen the rivets in the chains of others , whose labour would become proportionately more valuable by diminished competition . This greedy man , like many others , too anxious to recommend themselves to their masters , has done too much for the money , tod has done it in an untradesmanlike mannerj—he u like the devil ' s apothecary—DOUBLY DILL GEST . Perhaps you remember Bkron Rolfe ' s obiemtion , when the informer Griffin stated that tit Editor ' s only fault with him was , that he WAS TOO INDUSTRIOUS . "Gentlemen , " observed tbt just judge , " perhaps the Editor may think the SAME NOW . as OUR DILIGENCE NOT UN .

      FAIRLY LEADS TO SUSPICION . " Then , in analysing the mechanism and workings of a con * spiracy , that just man beautifully remarked , and it is worth repeating , " Gentlemen , in case of conspiracy , the guilty parties generally make choice of the most astute aud artful men they can procure to carry out their illegal designs , and yon will say , whether unsophisticated men like Pilling , and many others of the defendants , are of that stamp that would be likely to serve such a purpose , or whether it is mt more probable that they -cted of their own free wiP , and the more especially as all who have address d you appear rather to glory in the part they hai e taken than to repudiate the charge . "

      Never did Judge more completely sacrifice all party and pal try consideration to truth aud justice , than did Baron Rolfe in giving expression to the above simple , but searching and sound truth . I stall now proceed to contrast SUMMERVILLE with Griffin , as regards his OWN INDUSTRY , and ¦ ball prove that Bright and Co . are conspirators , and the Whistler their accomplice . THE WHISTLER , ia his first letter after visiting Herringsgate , was nauseously fulsome in his pra i se of the beauties of the spot , and BIG WITH HOPE in the success of so splendid an undertaking , " the first step in the right direction the working men had taken . " I mentioned to more than one friend , Mr .

      Clarke among the rest , that the source , the MANCHESTER EXAMINER—Bright ' s paper—was suspicions ; and that he might rely upon it , the OLD SOLDIER was only baiting his trap . In fact , the first letter was too fulsome ; and it was against my wish , and only in compliance with that of the Director * , that I allowed even the extract to be published . Well , the second letter makes its appearance , and is mainly answered by Mr . Taylor ' s short reply in last week ' s Star rin which he wholly contradicts every assertion made by the DEVIL'S APOTHECARY . Next comes the letter upon which I am now commenting , and from which I select the following extract , u proof of the Apothecary ' s great ; if not over diligence : ¦—

      " After further inquiries I got a book at the office , for which I paid half-a-crown , on " The Practical Management of Small Farms , bj Feargos O'Coasor , Esq ., barnster-at 4 aw .- At different booksellers ' shops I tried to get the other publications of the company , wd at last I satdown with such as I could obtain , and read them all . I soon perceived what the obstacles to the registration of the society had been , by the great number of great things which the

      society was to do besides the cultivation of small farms . That the society was utterly unsound and wotthlen as a mere business speculation , was soon apparent . And though unsound companies are registered and put under the protection of the law , bo tar as giving their shareholders the means of redress from their trustees and from one another , I doubted if the Chartist Land Company esuld be so registered .

      " To retolve . ' thatdoubt Chancery Lane was visited , and from that locality I found my way to the office for the registration of joint stock companies in Sergeants' Inn , Fieet-street . At that place I was told that the company was registered . I asked to seein what form , for what purpose , and who ofits shareholders were registered . A book of indices was haiided to me . 1 found the title " Chartist Co-openoire Land Company , " aud a number placed against it . I repeated the number to one of the derki , who laid , " One shilling , if you please . " Whereupon I paid one shilling , and he , going to a shelf and

      finding toe Dumber on the back of a very tbin book , laid tbe book before me . It was a very thin book indeed , containing only four pages , and only one of the leaves being written , and very little being written on that ! f ( - a good deal lea than should have been written it the Chartist Co-operative Land Company had been '' placed under the protection of the law" to " give increased confidence to persons about joining the socut ; , and to secure fdue diligence and honesty on the part of the officers . " I shall come to the words and names which were registered before I quit the « i * l branch of this subject . But I proceed now as I proceeded then .

      Q " Is this company legally registered V A "We cannot tell . " ' Q " If anything is omitted which should have beets registered , what will the result be ?" 4 . ''Wecannot answer legal questions here . If anything is omitted , the act provides that heavy penalties Ehall be incurred . You must consult the act wpariiament providing for the registration of joint stock companies . " Q . " Can I get the act here !" A . "No ; you can buy it at the Queen ' s printers ; or of the law stationers in Fleet-street . " Q . " What is the title of the act !"

      A . ' An act for the registration , incorporation , and regulation of joinst stock companies . " Hearing ^ which , I proceeded to tbe office of the Queen's printer * , and paying 1 * . 3 d . for the act in quertion , took it back to the Registration Office , showed it to the Registrar , and enquired if that was the act under which the ChartiBt Co-operative Land Company was registered , and he . looking at it , said "was . He added that if the company was not

      repUredin conformity to that act , they were liable » a'l the penalties set forth in it to prevent its inmosement I shall now quote from those portions <« it vtUich refer to the Chartist Land Compasy . " Now then , reader , what think you of all that disinterested research , and all published in the Journal of an Economist , who will vote for anything you A Win in PROPER SEASON , except THE TEN HOURS' BILL . Now observe , he first goes to Herringsgate from Manchester , 200 miles ; he

      tra-« rsestliewholep laceTorfullthreehours , onawet , cold , pehi . g day ; he had heard all that he published in ais seco nd letter , but withholds every sentence of it m the first—not a word about the fresh timber , and no * ater , and bad roads , and drunken plasterers l he drank with in the Beer Shop ; no , he was J U booe-FULL OF HOPE , BURSTING WITH "WE ; he doesn ' t go back to the BUTTONLESS UCKGUARD at once ; no , the sympathetic , in-Qastneus youth ; goes to London , and gives you an ccount of his enquiries , but not a word of truth . No ; * ... i— --- ™ j w- - mv « h . * viu v * nutui nu : Ull

      « r-like , and Ca > tles-like , and Edwards-like , the % MISREPRESENTS himself . He did go to the j- and Office , but he represented himself as a magis-^ tef or two Counties , with large landed estates , c | i he proposed turning to the same purpose as J Company ' s Land , and wished for a copy of their p ' « i and all the documents counccted with their jJJH'AXTHROIMC undertaking ; and for a copy of he ^' Co" » or ' s work on Small Farms , statiug that litdr * * IIuatel y acquainted with me , O'Connor , as "" ' ^ t Herringsgate , though I never laid eyes on

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      the man in my life to my knowledge , although 1 sympathised with him , and made many bold speeches on bis case , when he was flogged ; and more than once used language in his behalf which should have insured a more straightforward course from him as regards anything ! I was concerned in . So much in proof of the conspiracy , and thatTHE WHISTLER is a hired spy ; and now to prove him in the concomitant character of INFORMER . He goes to the Land Office , and shame ! 0 shame to tell ! sees three gentlemen with THEIR BACKS to the fire on tbe man » » J We to my knowledge , althonth 1

      a COLD DAY . He asks for the only work the Company professes to sell—the Rules—and he gets a copy—he then asks for a balance sheet , and he gets it , though the Company only professes to print it for its own members . He asks for other woiki , which he is told are out of print ; and then he asks for others , which the cold gentlemen told him ' are oppressed , in compliance with COUNSEL'S OPINION , until the Company was COMPLETELY

      REGISTERED . He then buys my work on Small Farms , but he has prudently abstained , from comment upon that ; friend Bright , no doubt , telling him that he had better not WHISTLE AT THE SPADE ; Well ; he is very inquisitive , and goes off to the Registration Office , ana pays one shilling , and is handed a very THIN BOOK , just as thick , however , as it wovld be bad it contained the mere PROVISIONAL

      REGISTRATION of a RAILWAY COMPANY TO THE MOON ; hut this neddler-knows that the poorer class like a great deal being said and written about them , and , therefore , they should understand that provisional registration does not infer the writing of a book , but the mere preliminary step towards COMPLETE REGISTRATION . Well , having paid a shilling , which is no doubt an item in his account per contra John Bright , he asks so many questions that the cold gentlemen in that office ,

      like the weaver at Herringsgate , were too busy to gratify his curiosity , though CHANCERY LANE was visited to RESOLVE that doubt , as our critic stiles it Well , that wasn ' t enough , but off he goes to the Queen ' s printer's , and actually pays Is . 3 d . for the Act , though they GAVE HIM THE WRONG ONE , and back goes the WHISTLER , "And is this the Act ? " he says ; bursting with anxious solicitude for the victims . " Yes , " says one of the gentlemen ; and then " says I" and " says he"

      —I have now traced this conspirator , spy , and informer ( if he could make anything by it ) , from Bright ' s Up , shop through his maze and back again to the manufactory , and I ask any man of common understanding , to come to other conclusion than that he is a slavish tool employed by a slave owner , to do his bidding . Now let me tell him , and the reader , that the Act under which the company is provisionally registered , and will be COMPLETELY REGISTERED , was framed , not to aid informers , but to protect society ; and that , before he could

      recover BLOOD MONEY , he should prove wilful neglect ,, or peculation , or dishonesty , against the officers . I tell him more , that the laws of the rich are not framed for the protection of the poor , and still more , that they are not so framed , any one of them , as to protect society against INFORMERS , for , as has been observed millions of times , you may drive a coach and four through any Act of Parliament , and if so inclined ( which God in his mercy forbid ) I would undertake to prove neglect and non . compliance with Statute Law against every society

      m existence—but I should not like to return to society with the brand upon me . And I tell the informer more , that every thing required has been complied with ; and the Company being in existence before being provisionally registered , and the law not allowing more than a stipulated amount to be raised on each share , the amount of shares has been altered to meet the law , but not to affect the members . He forgot that , where he hoped to prove

      neglect , he was establishing vigilance , as he tells us that the COLD GENTLEMEN had suppressed some documents , in compliance with the provisions of the Statute . And now it Lunyeddty to tell you , that it is your duty to put ns and yourselves , as speedily as possible , beyond the reach of this and all other CONSPIRATORS , SPIES , and INFORMERS , by furnishing the Directors , WITHOUT DELAY , with the names , occupation , and place of abode of every member .

      I always told you that enrolment or registration would hamper or perplex us—now you see it . You asked for it The want of it gave our enemies a handle , and I resolved that I would not be thwarted by charges of dishonesty or concealment ; but if the members had been left to their own judgment , they never would have required security beyond confidence in me , though all their property was vested in me and MY HEIRS FOR EVER ; well-knowing that all their property would be conveyed to my heirs , as their trustees , to execute the several trusts

      conditioned with them . Thus I have explained all to you . It is now three o ' clock on Wednesday morning . I am the only one up in the house , after having walked and re-walked every field of Labour ' s second estate , and at this hour of calm reflection I am not thoughtless of the stupendous responsibility I have imposed upon myself . I know that , at three to a family , THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND little children and their parents are , though sleeping , DREAMING confidence in me . I know that I would rot in a BASTILLE before I would forfeit that confidence

      or lessen their scanty bread by a single crumb . I know myself , and feel determined to go on in spite of letter-lord , slave-roaskrs , CONSPIRATORS , SPIES , and INFORMERS ; and I envy not the coldblooded reflections of tbe cold-blooded monstei who , for hire , would write himself down a hypocrite . I travelled here on Tuesday with REBECCA and my old bailiff and family , who never saw a steamer before ( as he terms t he train ) , and already all have conspired against us except the elements . We have IRE , AIR , EARTH , and WATER , which they

      cannot keep from us ; but the owner of the principal stone quarry has forbid his tenant to sell us stone ; and the owner of the barren sand-pit , open to all for a century , will not allow rae to have sand , nor will they allow us to have stuff for making roads ; and I learn that t he farmers will not send their [ teams to work , and my neighbour threatens to stop up a HIGH ROAD to prevent access . Read that WHISTLER , and chuckle ; but read

      this and tremble ! I can get the be ; t bncks in Eng land for about £ 1 . 5 s . a thousand—that is , 17 s . a thousand cheaper thau at Herringsgate . I can purchase carts and horses , or would wheel the bricks in a barrow . I have FOUND SAND ON THE SPOT , aud in six hours from this time , I will have a clay-kiln on fire , burning clay to make roads—the finest material in the world . So , TYRANTS—I DEFY YOU !!! INFORMERS - I DESPISE YOU !!!

      Chartists ! the man who has scoffed at your principles has hired a spy to break up the movement thai would give to each of Labour ' s sons a nest and labour-field . Slaves ! the maste r who makes money ( Continued to the Sixth Column . )

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      TIE . ' , by the wealthy the mly , and the fortunate against theUouru , g « lMW ,, W » are *> t prepared to defend this wholesale charge in the abstract , while w contend that the want of thnftmess eviuced ty the manj * a consequence of our institutions , both commercial and political , being framed and altered from feme to time for the content , security .: and p ^ for the accumulated savings of the daily 1 ™ S ™^ I ^^^^^^ L ^ ' ^ S ^ ^ M commerce preclude the possibility of the poor man becoming a competitor with the -

      weekly savings The Savings Bank becomes , lua . •*! , , alternative , the only -depository for his daily or weekly parings , and from ^ Jl n ^ t r ^ ' ^ ^ * J « fo ^ ment A ar ^ » large profit in diminished Uterest for £ c ZJ * ce V ^ IX ? t - "; f" 5 T ** ' ^^ "i FW ° eTen * tb hun * ' the «•»¦«« « money mark * can command th highest rate of profit or interest , while the poor man is reduced , to the alternative of being his own deoositor withnut , ' nt * r « t L . «* . «»;« . ?•« vT ? 7 ^^ K ^^ Sff ^ &w ? : ^ ^ rr ^ S ; ^^^

      ^ . -Bythefacttbatitis the only nwket ope ^ m . - ^ fy . -. That it present . security .-rA , W / y .-That it guarantees the power of with drawal in seasons of necessity , but even this power isre % icted by conditions sometimes harsh and inconvenient Thus we establish Rvalue of co-operation * without industry at one pound two per cent , that being the difference between the rate of interest received by the poor saver and him who can command a sufficferi amount to insure the highest rate of interest We have been remindtdtosurftvt that the > ryoli&giand consists in the equal opportunity afforded to all in the market of speculation . We admitthe

      The National Land and Labour Bank . „ , ^ ' ¦? ^* J *? Stock t Bank : ' » a ? wty * % ** > Mbin * C ° raPaniM ' StMm Navigation Companies , and all other undertakings introduced to the world with a fsscmating prospectus establishing a fictitious amount of . hares , and a mere nominal amount of call , present the desired opportunity to the small capitalist The rewlt , however , of attempting to engraft this fascinating reality upon an unheeded fiction , has been the ruin of thousands and the effect has been as follows :-Maoy a poor man , jumping at the promise of high interest , and unscared by the phantom of future calls , has paid the required deposit , which an inconvenient call cojnp el ji him , to . sacrifice altogether , or preserve as a forlorn hope , at the expense of future contributions , until the societysaffa ^ arewound up and he find , himself hable to all losses ; a few wily concoctors and solicitors taking bis crippled child to nurse ; and thus fattening upon his credulity Hence , we show thesimple value of Co-operation without industry , while we assert , without fear of contradiction , that the carryid * on the necessary operations of trade dependmg upon mdwdual industry , is not restricted to three , four . five . ten . or «« , fift ^ n „„¦ « . Tn ,, « , 1

      value of capital an be best . pprecuted by the enormous fpunt of wealth that its possessors have been enabled to accumulate out of hirediabou Let us illustrate this position . A tenant holds a hundred acres of land at one pound an acre , aud dear in its present state It will reDu ^ i ' soo nr £ * an acre to drain it , and then it become , worth £ 2 an acre-thus returning the tenant twenty per cent , upon theLpente f * 5 ^ I Z te Jl fifteen per cent , for the cap ^ l , he would still b ^ shopkeepers would be beuefitted . through them the domestic manufacturer and merchant , and , through all , the government But this soured ^ of sn cl tion js stopped by thetandlord ' s indifference to benefit his tenant , and the tenant's difference to benefit the landlord ; whereas if it belongedto the occupier the work would be done . But how much more pointedly the fact will present itself to the reader , when the capital is applied to enable and encour ge the small husbandman to prosecute his own industry . The summary of these observations is that " cutourage

      A Nation ' s Greatness i s better secured by individual prosperity than by commercial traffic , which must restrict industry . The duty of a government is to increase the national resources of the country to the highest state of cultivation theywill admit of ; , and the way to insure this national nodi . h » th 7 . n TT t < TI andtheequiUble ^ OTEQUADdistribution of its produce ; while the error of the present system ^ S tr ^' ^ ^ ^ ^^ resisting the cultivation of our national resources to that particular standard which insures them the largest monopoly of the produce We hold it to Z Z indisputable fact that the application of free labour , which means the labour of the small proprietor to the land , the cultivation of our mines , minerals , and fisheries , can alone develope the national resources ,, and at the same time establish a satisfactory standard of wages in the artificial labour market while th ? higher rate superinduced by well requited industry in the natural market , could be borne by the manufacturer , the -J ^ tr ^^ SiS impetus given to domestic trade and commerce , through the increased consumption of the free labour class wcaicuiawe

      The industrious man who has contributed a long life ' s accumulation of property for others must start at tbe announcement of our nresent nrim , - nMPr " That the criminal law is a problem yetto . be solved . ' - That the sanatory cond ^ of education reqmres deep consideration and mprotemen ,. " Now we hold that governments , and governments only , are answerable for the Us ne 2 S and imperfections , for sanatory defiaency and educational regulation ; and we further hold that free and well-requited labour would render ouTciZnlw now a problem , if not obsolete , at least a thing of rare application to an improved and moral society . cwninai law , That the free labourer can best educate his own children , ventilate his own house , and preserve his own and familv ' s health Tn th * w u » , n ,, r mOr ket we estimate a man's labour cheaply , very chea ly , at £ 50 per annum , and thus , if we have a million of paupers whos sSd Ubou t n ^ w ! rth £ o " a year each , the nation loses £ . 40 , 000 , 000 per annum , added to an expense of seven millions per annum wrung from Z TlabTr ! f T 77 * other purpose than to keep up an idle reserve at other people ' s expense , for the capitalist \ o t * Z ^^ ££ ? J * Z * T' / " ° wages in the artificial market Here then is a national sacrifice to class gain and individual monopoly g ' S d ° reslCwf ~ forcreatingafreeandindependentlabourclass , whose industry shall be applied to the cultivation of our national

      The National Land and Labour Bank upon the Mowing principle : —viz . That it shall consist of three departments;—a Deposit Department ; a RedemDtion TVn 9 rtm « , f a q- i-Fund Department ; and we shall now treat of those several departments eack under its proper head . redemption Department ; and a Sinking

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      : i > / " ¦;> __ . ; , -.- TContinued from the Second Column-. ) of your infants ' blood , and would sacrifice his seat rather than untrammel them , aaks for YOUR VOTES ! Land members ! Bri ght has hired a tool to ruin your movement , and insolently relies upon your support . Voters ! oppose him ; non-electors ! hoot him from the hustings . Don't believe lnra , if he disowns the " Examiner , " he is the PRINCIPAL PROPRIETOR ; it speaks his sentiments , and r aus be opposed to yours , KICK IT OUT OF EVERY HOUSE OF RESORT . The Informer HAS NOT ACCEPTED MY CHALLENGE , he dare not , he cannot , rely upon my countrymen now to MURDER ma .

      My children , rejoice in the opposition all are offering me , else I might grow dull , and tame , and inactive . At the next election , the SPIT AND THE LEG OF MUTTON will be our watch word and our CRY , and let confident tyranny pre&uine as t may , I tell you , that , when that time arrives , we will be better prepared and more resolute than our enemies may suppose . Our first duty is to , strengthen Buncombe ; our next is to weaken out enemies . Bright is one of our greatest . Good night . Ever your faithful friend and bailiff , Feabgus O'Connor .

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      THE CHARTISTS OP EDINBURGH . ' The Quarterly General Meeting of the Edinburgh members of tbe National Charter Association waa held in Painter ' s Hall , Carruber ' s-cloae , High-street on the eveniRg of the 21 st ult . Mr . John M'Donald was unanimously called t » the chair , who , in a brief hut excellent address , opened the business of the meeting .. Mr . Alex . Grant , sub * Treasurer , then read the minutes of the preceding quarter , and entered %% length into the position and prosnectB of the branch .

      lie remarked that the cause now occupied a respect * able and honourable footing ; and that it required only energy . and perseverance to produce great and permanent results . He was confident of great accession to their members if usystem of constant agitation was kept up . The following gentlemen were then elected to serve as members of general council for the ensuing quarter : —Messrs . William Mechain . John Grant , James Cumming , John M'Donald , James Morton , James Robertson , William Munro . Alexander M'Donald , John Watson , Walter Pringle , David Watson , Duncan M Dougall , Robert Rentout .

      Mr . Archibald Walker ' was re-elected Treasurer by acclamation . Mr . Alexander Grant was proposed , and unanimously approved , as sub-Secrtary ; but he distinctly stated that he ceuld not accept the office again , as he found that he could not command time sufficient to discharge the duties of sub-Secretary with satisfaction to himself or with benefit to tUe branch . He was never in the habit of doing anything by halves ; and he was the less disposed to do so in connection with the great and paramount question ' of the political salvation of the country . !!•

      would do all he could , save holding office ; and the council would find him always at their command if he had a leisure moment to spare . lie thanked them for the honour proposed to be conferred uyen him ; and as he could not accept it for himself , he would propose as his successor a joung , able , and promising democrat , who possessed many indispensable requisites for the office ; and although he could not be expected to h ; ive the benefit of the experience of older friends yet he doubted not but his general aptness would quickly conquer the bdjection . lie concluded by preposing Mr . Alexander Blaok as sub-Secretary .

      Mr . Archibald Walker brought the subject t > f the Repayment Fund of Mr . O'Connor under the notica of the meeting , which was received in the warmest measure , and a resolution was carried that a voluntary subscription should be commenced , to continue for six weeks . The motion being seconded and put , was carried by acclamation . Mr . James Morton addressed the meeting on tha propriety of inviting Mr . Feargus O'Connor to oppose BabingtonM'Caulay at the next election for the City , which , from the present position of political parties , was thought to be ueur at hand . Tha subject was referred to the council , in the meantime to be considered by them , aud prepare for a special general meeting . A vote of thanks was " unanimously given to the chairman ; after which the meeting broke up .

      SUNDERLAND . The Chartists and members of " the Land Company held a New Years' Festival on the 1 st inst . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Irvins and Dobbin . A very happy evening was passed , PRESTON . A special meeting of the Preston branch of the Chartist Co-operative L ^ fid Company will take place on Monday evening next , Jan . 11 th , at Mr . Ilool ' g . Ienu > erance Hotel , Lane-street , to elect auditor ! and scrutineer , iii accordance with the liules issued by the directors .

      BOLTON . .. ft ! blic tea part ? . nd fest'val was held here in Jne Olurfcist Association Room on the even ' in" ot New Year s Day , in honour of F . O'Connor and E . Jones , Esqrs . The room was tastefully decorated with evergreens and portraits of patriots of by-none days , aud those of the present . After tea the tables were removed and the . amusements commenced which were kept up until early in the morning

      LONG-TON . A few friends to popular government have recently opened a subscription , which having already amounted to £ 12 , they resolved to forward the same to the Central Registration and Election Committee , to a < d and assist in returning to the ensuing Parliament twelve men imbued with talent , energy , and public principle , sufficient to enable them to assist ' .. ' 1 J 1 ncon »! e ' ksq-. in effecting tha enfranchisement ot the millions . Books for the reception of subscriptions , of any amount , are still * pen at tho houso of Mr . Isaao liammersley , lork-street , where the committee meets every Sunday afternoon , at halt-past two o'clock .

      TO THB PEOPLE . Dixon Hotel , Manchester , Jan . 6 th 1817 . Dcak Fbiends , Some very annoying mistakes have occurred in the arrangements announced for ray lecturcB , by which , great inconvenience , and loss of time have ensued , No snswm have been sint me from Halifax , Rochdale , or thft Potteries . Henue any disappointment whith may have beeo felt should not be Attributed to negligence ok my part . I have always oudearourtd to be punctual to unappomtnwni . I regret the misunderstanding , as to Sheffield , and will do away with that by lecturing , there on Sunday the 17 th , and Monday the 18 th , ifthtBedajs will suit them . J

      I will also remed y tho disappointment at Rochdale b ylecturing there on Sunday , the 10 th , withoutfail . I have accepted the invitations from Accriugton . imd Blaekburn , and ml [ lecture m the former town , on Monday , the 11 * , andin the latter , ou Tuesday , the 12 th . I propose visiting Prestoa , on Wednesday , tho 18 th , as a ft lead mforms me a room can be had . 1 can also b . a T 5 " ?^ '" a lecture in Cborley , on Thursday , the 14 th . I hope the abore arrangement * will prove sal Usfactory to the peop \ c , and beneficial to the cauie . Answers had better be forwarded in all cases to me if uptoMomiay , thollth . at Dbons , Great AncoaUtrcet , Manchester , or to the above mentioned places in Laucashire if later , Faithfully yours , in the cause . P . M . M'DocaW .

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      tlilio i , w ^ soliciting order for its was prauing its comfortable SsKrr 1 qUa U T ' in tl } ° * he 9 t terms to Mr ! t fil S ? n A y' ^ h ° llSte 1 e . withthe great ^ Uttention . As a climax to his eulogium , the inter , ested party declared that the use of one of the . aid stoves would save the purchaser one half the quantity of fuel he at present consumed . 4 v < V < mJ ?« h m T > i ***• ' oarnCB « y inquired Mr . hd ? iny fSr ° ° f thC 8 t ° ™ ld m 0 u ! ™ ost d ? cidc ( lIv I do- I will answer for it . ' , ini- i \ a ? WJ ! , ; r haud » my friend , ' said he , delighted , ' and I'll tell you what I'll do : I'll have two stoves av \ tl save it all . '

      And how could his friend « et over this antipodean arithmetic ? Would not Cocker himself say , that if ono store wonld save half the fuel , two stoves would savoiUU ?" Trans-Atlantic Contkmpt op Court . —A learned justice was supported on his right and left by hig worthy associates , when Mrs . P . was called upon to give evidence . ' Take offyonr bonnet , Ma lam , " «« i had rather not , Sir . " ' Zounds and brimstone , Madam

      , take off your bonnet , lsay . " "lnpublio assemblies , Sir , woiiioh gcum'ly cover their head * . Such I nni suro is the custom elsewhere ; and therefow , I will not take off my bonnot . " Do you hear that , gentlemen ? She pretends to know more about theso matters than the Judge himself ? Had y > u not batter , Madam corao and take a seat on the bunch ? ' No , Sir , 1 thank you , for I really think there ave okl women enough there already . "—Aitwricanpuper .

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      Deposit . The Deposit Department to be open to all who wish to vest their monies upon the security of the landed property of the National Co-operative Land Company . and bearing interest at the rate of 3 } per cent ! per annum .

      The cap , W deposited to be regulated by the Mowing scale :-tl , at is to say .-tbat for every £ 60 payable as rent-charge by the occupants over and above the amount necessary to pay the interest of £ i per cent , on the Redemption Fuad , the directors will beemTwerld to rSTl'Zo thus leaving a sinking fund , n this department , over and above the company ' s liabilities , of two and a half per cent . ' P 0 Werea * ° rCCelVe * 1000 > Suppose , for instance , an estate producing £ 600 a year over and ahnw th * r « mn ! ln « » a v i ¦!• »• e „ ' in the redemption department ) to oe occupied by the m ZmTo the ^ Ipan v who T k J ^ " *" . ** *"" ^ ^ * " mOmt lotment , subject to a rent-eha / ge proportioned to the purchaI 1 ^ , 7 £ . * £ j fl * f ^ " ^ * T ^™ ** his aU banMhedueetorswouldbeemAeredto ^ ? " ^ « " «** the tru 8 tees aa 8 ecui % the Each depositor of any amount not exceeding * io ' would be en ^ A depositor wishing to draw any amount from £ 10 to £ 20 , must give one week ' s notice . From £ 20 to £ 50 , a fortnight ' s notice ; and from JG 50 , to any amount , one month ' s notice . The amount of deposit at any one time not to be less than two shillings and sixpeice .

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      Redemption Department . The Redemption Department to be open to the members of the Land Company , and who , whether occupants or shareholders , will be entitled to deposit their funds in that department upon the following conditions 1 — * •««««« o , wm ue enuuea to j t " rrrs ^ « -, - * , , ******* » , m . ** , « , « i . ^ mfSm 4 ^! 2 : z % Z ^^ : Z ^ £ Z ;^ ZTi per annnm from his rent-charge-that « , the member who , if not a depositor , would be liable to a rent of £ 8 L will » h . « ! T a ^ ! titled to receive his allotment at £ 7 rent . We state £ 25 , but the depositor o 7 any su « under h t —T ' « fl" * * ' be en " hisdeposittothereductionofhisrent at four percent . The additionaThalf ^« T ^ b ^^ T ^ ' T ^ f * i " SUed * ^ their monies in the Redemption Department not h ^ aJ ^ o ^ Z ^ lTi ^ !^ consequence of ^ holders who deposit month's notice before they can draw any portion of their ' depoa ^ t f ITat dep . " ^! tLTiSLtiT' T' f' " 5 " ^ * * " * the deposit less the month ' s interest ( the lender receiving the interest ) couMb effected " * " *** " ^ " " * *" tMMfcr °

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      Sinking Fund Department . ^ irrrs ^ jr ^ si ^^ . r r rrr ** i - ^ - - ^ . ^ . f ^ o f * , * , ^ ^ ^ poorer occupants , to be repaid by them in easy and convtnient instalments . location of the We shall now proceed to consider the LIABILITIES AND CONTINOPxrrTWs «« i iL ^ of meeting them . We will presume that , £ 5 , 000 , or one haYfof the ^ hoe su ! tf H T , uPon the d « P ° f Apartment , and the Company ' s means pany ahould , consequently , I prepared with thai J ^ ^^^ SSSTT ? F * £ * J T ^ " ^ "" ° - by the application of the Company ' , floa ^^ Mowing manner ; that b to say . - ^~ " ^ Hi ^* ~^~~~^ The remainder of the funds in the several departments would lip unnlionWo fn tka ., i . * ij *• * i . ^ , r ~ uiciiw wuma ue applicable to the purchase of land , erection of houses , and location of occupants .

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      Expenses . The expenses of the Banking Department are amply provided for by the payment of one shilline ner vear nor fi w » ™ n u * u v . u , 4 , W Comm and the surpl ., the 8 Wral departments to be applied Jtne benent of < £ S 2 S ttjR *? £ 2 ! Z IE

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      Mode of Securing tne Means of Xffeeting Liabilities The Land Company proposes to locate its members upon two acres of land which ^ h » ll ho ™ „„ ., jmq it * - sballcost £ 30 , and to « pend in improvements , and give to the occultTeLm of £ 15 T I ? ? , ' £ W ° r £ 37 > 1 Os ' : to erMt a house which tare the Company charged a-vea ?; **« V « L ^ JS 3 ^ ™ £ ^? T t ^ f" ""* P re li ^» ary expendU that i ., if the land costs £ 30 an acre instead of £ 18 HsVand tfcTole 760 \ Z $ ZZI n f P ** V ° f the Land and the erection of <»^; ditional price of the Land , and £ 5 per cent , upon the £ 30 the addLionaTnS of he housf 1 ^ " 7 T **! * ^ ^ ^ ^ ' « " " ing the rent of occupant in the latter case £ 71 ft . 6 d . per annum , th Tame ^ le SLwe t ? T ?* T *^™ ° ^ - thus mak " we ^ ng r ^ ^ ^ thX ^^^ " > - — - *• cai ^ l , without taking credit for any portiou of the £ 15 capital expended nCZTrftobS ^ T ^ ^ . " ^ T" ' 8 eXpe'lditUre * 132 1 Os ' ^* ^™^ margin for the increasing value secured upon the expenditure of a man and his familv '* h . Wm- ^ n , f « , * t a t , u , ' WUaout a « y * - « . r ,- .-. se ^ ? 7 T 48 . * ^^ Sl . ^^^ rT ^ C'Ji . ^ - * *

      Firstly , —Without co-operation the occupants could not procure a single allotraest Secondly , —An individual carrying out the scheme would charce rent arM » rdinirtn ' tiii > . ^ -i i * , ^ * , * the convenience and desi e of the pir occupant to have a m S %% ^ ££££ ' ^^ * ** * «* "I— only l > y J ^ Z ^^ EX * ""* ^ eOnVenieUt allOtMentinfee ' consequent , the occupant would be liable to a periodical increase of Four 0 . 1 y ,-All profits consequent upon saving of rent over interest is divided equitably amongst the several shareholders . Fifthly .-AsmaU proprietary class is the only possible means by which the fair standard of the price of labour can be established in the artificial marl et The only means by which poor rates a"d workhouses can be made unnecessary et > The only means by which the national resources can be fully developed and profitably cultivated ;

      The only means by which famine-save that which is the will of God-can be averted ; The only means that can render man indifferent to foreign production ; The only means that can gWe an impetus to home trade and home industry The only means that can secure a national militia , who will fly to the cry of « My cottage and my country are in danger «» The only means by which education can be encouraged , health secured , aud violatiou of the laws of society , be consiLed crime The > ly means by wh , ch the arts and sciences of Britain can be made to vie with those of any other na . ion upon earth liX 'Zl L ^ Ji ! " man mav be developed > and his evil prftpwisities kept h subjtction 1 ) y lhe ; holesorae «~

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 9, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1400/page/1/