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i&s Friends , J . week I present you with my B ilance t s etting forth the receipts of your monies S ^ | j , e 5 th of December last—up to wliich ^ j I had brought my last Balance Sheetf ^ &om it }' w ' ^ ^ earn h ° y monies JD » ^ n applied , and how secured . There fc ^ t to be carrledto the credit of the Comtjf amount of interest due by the Banks , f * . j , has not been specified in the bankers ' ks "P ^ F " ^ w' » ch the bal ance K j " com es—that will appear in the next ^ knf e ^ cet j I ) ut il M 0 W stanils to y ° ur cred » t rijglwnks . I am minute and particular * " „ th « e apparently insignificant items
? nipa » yis comp letely registered , it will be mi W ' duty , and , I assure you , a most pleas-- rone , to submit the whole account , from the rt dav of our incorporation , down to the Sment of convey ing the whole property to Lstees for your benefit , to auditors appointed , -1 » ill insist upon , by the Court of Chancery 3 nd then you will find that each week ' s ^ iney has borne interest from the following Jteek , " sni that u P on no sin £ occasi « n has a ^ illimr been appropriated , even for a day , to - tfjjer than its legitimate purpose . There are ^ er accounts yet to be settled , a rough whwh
ske tch of - ' gi ™ you at foot ; but the " njoceete of which have not yet come to my j ^ k . Auditors , practised to such business , ^ H n ot have the slightest difficulty in detecting err ors—while it would be impossible for a fin ance Committee , of the best arithmeticians in the world , to go over my account or the gcre tary ' s account , during the whole period poured for the deliberation of Conference . One duty they can perform , and that they did attentively . They can see the manner in giuch the labourers' accounts are kept by the jfliliff ; and the tradesmen ' s accounts , and the jeneral account , kept by the overseer ; and thev can understand that those books could
{ nly be fradulent by collusion between me and ? he bailiff , or between me and the overseer . You should understand minutely how your 5 nonies are expended—as it is of all questions , jheone upon which I would wish to make you jealous , and even suspicious . The Wages' Account , then , you will find in a separate ( olumn ; setting forth the amount paid each ffeekj and the way the business is transacted is this . On Saturday evening I sit at a table , nth the bailiff on one side , and the overseer sn the other . The bailiff calls the names of tbe labourers , the number of days they have jfoikedintheweek , and the amount earned , jcd I pay it . Then the overseer goes through the same process with his hook . In neither of
those books is there a word or figure of mine . That done—the bailiff and overseer tell up their columns , and , prior to the Balance Sheet being made out , my clerk proves those columns , and carries them forward , as you end them , in the balance sheet . The other sum ? , paid for timber , materials , contractors , fcor-es , and other things , are paid by cheque ; snil these books , together with the chequebooks , the ' . bankers ' -books , made up to Saturday , the 14 th , as well as receipts for every farthiiig paid , were exhibited to the Financial Committee—but the auditors will have to go ever every column , to test every item , to examine the bankers ' -books , see to the interest , and receive vouchers , from the very commencement , to the day of complete registration .
lou must understand that theBalance Sheet was made up to Saturday , the 14 th , the latest day at which a farthing was received—and that it included Land money , Bank money , aid Land Purchase money ; and all Balance Sheets should be made up to the hour they are submitted for audit—and for this reason , because a fraudulent treasurer might very easil y makeup a deficiency of 4 , 000 / . or 5 . 000 / . out cf a week ' s receipts , not included in the Balance Sheet . At the font , you will find an item . Bank Orders in hand , 2 / 2 / . 6 s . 9 d ., wlih-h were received in the previous week , and not transmitted to me till the following Tuesday—and , consequently , could not appear in the cash account in the Bank . I , therefore , reserved them to submit to the Finance
Committee , to whom they were exhibited , and they were banked upon the following dav . Another item of 24 ?/ . 2 s . 81 , comprising half note * , and cash in the hands of the directors , could not be paid to me until the other half notes came , which could not be till the following week . In the Balance Sheet , which I presented to the Conference in December , I took credit for Post-office orders , half notes , Bank notes , monies in Bank , and postage stamps , to
the amount that you see at the top of this Balance Sheet , and in this Balance Sheet you set credit for them in cash . You will see another item of £ l 3 Q 2 s 7 d , called rejected orders ; some of these were bank orders , requiring Mr Wheeler ' s signatHre , some Mr M'Grath ' s signature , and some the signature of the district secretaries who procured the orders , but did not make them payable to me , " and , therefore , the banks refused to accept them as cash , and they are , therefore , now in mv possession .
there is another large item of £ 2 / 3 , odd , * hich , for the sake of accuracy and simplicity , Ihave not charged in this Balance Sheet at all ; it is monies lodged in country banks to my credit in every bank in London , and merely notified to the directors thus , — Placed to the credit of Feargus O Connor , in the Bank of * , Halifax , or' anywhere else , the sum of twenty pounds , to he paid at the Bank of Barclay and Co ., London . ' Now , I have written twenty times upon this subject , informing secretaries that no credit would be given for monies so sent , and I am resolved
now to act up to it . I spent several days riming about from bank to bank not able to re- j wive one half the amount that was said to be ! lodged in the above manner . It is very easv to S « Post-office Orders or Orders from " the District Bank , made payable to me AT SIGHT , Md transmitted to the office like a bank note . Soa > e secretaries send orders payable twentyfine days afterdate , and this confuses our account very much , as our Bank of Deposit will w > t reecive them as cash uutilthey arrive at maturity , therefore we lose the interest , and I gain the complication . Another mode of
transmitting monies must also be abandoned , I mean that of sending half notes this week , to be acknowledged this week , and . the remaining half notes coming next week . Now there is no one branch of the system which imposes m trouble and annoyance upon the directors than this , and , therefore , through me , they '¦ "gentry and earnestly request the abandonment of this mode of transmitting money . AU monies must be transmitted through Postoffice Orders , Bank Orders made payable to
* "e at sight , or half notes sent in different tetters by the same post , or one half sent to arrive on Tuesday and the other h ; df on « ednesday , as , after this week , the receipts * ul be made up to Wednesday night instead ° * Thursday night , as it is utterly impossible *« have the week ' s receipts at the " * Star' office m time for the Scotch post , if the monies revived b y the five o ' clock delivery on Thursday evening are to be included , and it would Y very injudicious to have one list for Scotknd and another list for England .
fhe Conference that met in December voted that my Balance Sheet should be published in several English and Irish newspapers , but 1 found that Ihe expense would be something * W £ 60 , and I didnot wish to allow that to appear as an item in this Balance Sheet to gratify *>> ' own pride . I don't know that I have any « ther observation to make as regards the balance Sheet , and now I shall call your attention to a most striking , curious , and cheer-« g fact . ' 4 I often toldl you that it had taken
« e a life of agricultural practice , and fifteen years of intensel y deep thought and calculalo « » to comprehend and understand the details J ™ machinery of the Land Plan ; and I have ul ? > - Hlith perfect truth andWeritv , that uo whw man in the world does understand it .
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1 have told you that nocapitalist could compete with me as a purch ; iser , becanse I can convert into cash what other purchasers either consider valueless or a drawback . Now to illustrate thus for you , I paid for timber and rubbish at Lowbands , £ 665 , and now I will give you the debtor sand creditor ' s account . JX ! . _ . y . th * ^ capitalist could compete
Dr . Lowbands , debtor to ocoupants £ COS 0 0 Cb . To 100 load of oak timber to be purchased for occupants at Snig ' s End 500 0 0 Received for Bark £ 140 Due £ 10 150 0 0 Converted of old materials , stone , and timber in old buildings ... 150 0 0 R ? eeiyed from T . Aclam , for old materials and fruit trees ... 140 0 0 Hay , uied by horses ... 94 0 0 Cyder press 10 0 0 Turnips and fire wood sold 65 12 0 Timber used for building pnrposes ... _ ...... 160-0 ^ O ^ " v : Probable- price © f alaSs , ^ ' ^ - - " posts , and doors , sent to Minster Lovel , to the account of the occupants at Lowbands ... 20 0 0 Profit on cows , about ... 75 0 0 Dung included in £ C 65 , and since made and put out for occup . r . ta ... 300 0 0 Probable profit upon sale of eleven acres , one rood , twenty perches of flooded meadow ... 110 0 0 Timber , tiles , and bricks , distributed amongst occupants 80 0 0 Old materials of stables and stones , not yet converted 30 0 0 Fro . it trees on occupants ' allotments 7 0 0 Timber used in fencing and putting gates to allotments 20 0 0 1911 0 0 Deduct amount paid ... 665 0 0
Profit of occupants ... £ 1246 12 0 You will bear in mind that I announced , after the purchase , that I would turn nearly £ 2 , 000 out of materials . Well , was I far out ? Now there ' s a curious sum , showing you ; firstly , the amount made of rubbish , and secondly . the fact that this £ 1 , 246 made , reduced the price of the 150 acres of land from £ 50 an acre to about £ 41 14 s an acre , or reduces the rent of a four-acre allotment by about £ 1 13 s a-year , but more than that , we made all the profit on carriage , which we should have had to pay if the materials were not there , which would have been enormous , and which I put against the labour of stripping bark ,
grubbing trees , and pulling down buildings . There is another veryimportantitem , Horse Labour . Now , if I had hired horse power instead of buying horses , the work would have been perfected in about two years , and would have cost more than four times as much as it came to . I should like to have time to calculate what carriage of stone , lime , and sand would have come to by hired labour , while all must admit that the dung of twenty-three horses is no small advantage to a farm which for several years had been deficient in that item . Indeed , I should like to see a return of the expenditure for horse power alone , if hired , upon a hundred and fifty acres of ground having no old materials upon it .
I now beg to draw your attention to the resolutions passed this week by the directors , respecting the Loan Fund , " it was resolved that no occupant should he entitled to aid from the Loan Fund until he should have been six months located . Secondly , That the maximum amount should be £ 5 per acre , that is , £ 10 to a two-acre occupant , £ 15 to a three-acre occupant , and £ 20 to a four-acre occupant . Thirdly , That no loan should be made for a period longer than twelve months . Fourthly , That persons purchasing allotments shall not be entitled to aid from the Loan Fund .
fifthly , That occupants entitled to loans must transmit their application to the district secretary in whose branch they entered , with the name of their proposed securities ; that the secretary must submit it to the Observation Committee , and the Observation Committee and district secretary must submit their approval of the sureties to the directors , who will then communicate with the occupant applying for a loan . Such are the resolutions to which the directors have come , and I will now state a fact for the satisfaction of those who have expressed so much sympathy for the occupants of O'Connorville . It is this , on Tuesday last the directors contracted for the erection of
out-buildings for the several occupants . I now turn to perhaps the most important branch of the land subject , I mean
THE BANK . I have this morning engaged as a manager , a gentleman of most prepossessing manners and appearance , who has been highly recommended by the first houses in London ] and in two of which he served thirteen years , and from wliich he has the most creditable and unexceptionable testimonials for honour and capacity . Henceforth , all letters connected with the banking department are to be directed to " James Kmcht , Esq ., Manager , "National Land and Labour Bank , " High Holborn , London . "
And every depositor will , in as short a time as possible , receive from him a sheet setting forth the amounts and date of deposit , with a printed head ; and the depositor wishing to increase his deposit will transmit the bank sheet received from the manager , with the further amount sent to be placed to his credit , and by return of post the depositor will receive back his sheet or card , with the additional sum acknowledged and signed by the manager , or perhaps a large card , which can he transmitted without rumpling , and preserved in a clean state , would be still better
that the manager will decide upon , and will also communicate to each depositor the mode by which he is to draw upon the Bank so as to secure him against the possibility of forgery . The manager 3 will require the signature of each depositor , in order that he may paste it in a book , opposite his account , to verify its genuineness , in case of drawing upon the Bank . A half-yearly account will be rendered to every depositor in the deposit department and the redemption department , and the interest will
be transmitted with the account ; all of which will be made up to such day in each half year as the manager shall decide upon . In a short time eachjdepositor will receive a cheque-book , to enable him to draw for such sums as he may require , and the London depositors will receive a banker ' s book , instead of the card , to be transmitted by post to country customers , and they also will receive a cheque book , and the money received each day will be banked upon that dav , and bear the rate of interest of the
day , or will be applied to the purchase of Exchequer bills on the following day , bearing interest ^ £ 411 s . 3 d . per cent ., until it is applied to the purchase of Land , when it will return 5 per cent . Henceforth , therefore , Labour s Batik will be as . creditably and as ,, critically managed as tbe Bank of England ,
In the next number of the Labourer , r shaft $ itc a treatise which will occupy the whele space , » pon the whole qaestion of the Land , and its several depart , ments ; the Bank , and its several departments ; and the Insurance-office , and its several departments ; and that treatise I will bequeath as a legacy to the men of figures , as a file for the vipers to gnaw ; and as I suspect the wind from which many of the calralations are wafted is . from the north , J will allow the arithmeticians to judge of the facility with which a hundred thousand members , or any number , may be located within a period of less than five years ; In the next number of the Zttam * . I ' ihffitfiti !
indeed , I have known much stranger instances of the reproductive principle and geometrical progression in the north . I have know men upon £ 100 a year , who , in seven years , have built streets of cot : tages , purchased houses , built factories , lent large sums on interest , and had good banking accounts ; and , of course , upon the principle of reproduction ; and as I can smell a rat as far as any other man , and see as far as any other man through a stone wail , I suspect that the founder of this reproductive principle feels jealous at the patent being something modified in other hands .
Now , it must be distinctly anderstpod thai all letters connected with ^ e ^ anking business , are to be addressed as above , and wholly unconnected with letters addressed to the directors , in coanection with the Land ; and the letters to the manager must simply coHtain the amount of money enclosed , and the department in which it is to be invested . Another , and a not lesi important subject , I shall now call your attention to—namel y , EXECUTION OF THE DEED . On Monday , the 13 th of September , the MONSTER DEED-better than the MONSTER INDICTMENT—will he at the office of the Company , 144 , High Holborn , to receive the signatures of all
members of the first , second , and third sections , from 4 o ' clock in the afternoon , till 10 o ' clock at night . Proper clerks will attend there to aid the directors , and one thing I wish to impress upon all is this , that no man will sign his name until he has made himself certain , and the deed certain , against blots ; that is , that he will shake the loose ink out of the pen before he attempts to sign . The fouracre shareholders are particularl y invited to attend and sign , and for this simple reason because the law requires that the deed should be si gned by a number representing one-fourth of the capital ; and , therefore , one four-acre signature , is as good as two twoacre signatures . The schedule will contain the
names of all , but the deed , to be completely registered , need only have the signatures of those who represent a fourth ef the property . Subsequently , that is after complete registrati on , a portion of the shareholders of the " fourth and fifth sections will aho have to sign . The Deed will remain at the Company ' s Office for a fortnight , till Saturday , the 25 th ot September , when it will he taken to Nottingham , thence to Manchester , thence to the districts where the members are most numerous , and in those three districts I believe we can secure the signatures of members
representing a fourth of the property . All who are in the London district , that is in the outskirts , or who wish to come for the purpose , may sign at the office in London ; and all shareholders who come from aiy part of the country on business may sign at the office in London . Now , surely , these instructions , both as to the mode of paying money , as to the transacting business with the " Bark , and signing the Deed , are so clear and simple that a child may understand them ; and then , when we are completely registered , what will the poor devils have to talk ahnut ?
The last subject is the next BALLOT . This ceremony will take place on Monday the 25 th of October , and for 300 acres of Land already purchased by the Company ; and to satisfy many correspondents it is necessary to state , that those ballotted for already will be located according to priority , as the several estates are ready . By Saturday , Lowbands will be complete and finished , and already the work progresses rapidly at Minster Lovell . So that you see no time is lost , or is likely to be lost .
Lest a revolution should be at hand , and lest , as in the Newport affair , it might be supposed that 1 absconded to avoid it , I beg to inform you that it is my intention , in the course of this or next month , to take three weeks' holidays , when I shall have arranged for the contracts of Minster , and left Mr Doyle there to pay wages till my return . After which I shall make a tour , commencing in Scotland , through the North of England , the Midland Counties , the West of England , and Wales ; and the object of that tour will be to secure signatures to the National Petition , to explain the Land Plan ,
and to beg Money to defray the expenses of a Chartist Convention , to assemble in London , and sit for a month , immediately upon the opening of Parliament ; and I am shrewdly of opinion that that Convention will do more work , and render more service to the cause of democracy , than all the parliaments or conventions that ever sat ; and for these tworeasons —because the people are better informed and better prepared than ever they were , and because , with God ' s blessing , and the assistance of a few wealth y individuals , who have volunteered their services in the ri ght direction , Democracy shall by that time have
A DAILY NEWSPAPER of its own , entitled , THE DEMOCRAT . You see therefore , my friends , that I am like the old fox , who , however headed in his course , is sure to reach the contemplated point in the end . For 12 years I have been contending for a daily representation of our principles . I devoted my unpaid service to support the True Sun in the last weeks of its existence . I edited , and travelled for , the evening star during the whole of its existence , till it ratted and became Tory , and never took a sixpence for labour and expense , but , on the contrary , supplied it with stamps and money to pay wages , sometimes to the amount of £ 100 a week . This will give you an idea of my notion with regard to a daily newspaper . 1 have been at it for twelve years , and now
I'LL DO IT . t shall be a domestic paper , a labour paper , a land paper , a trade paper , a fire-side paper , a Chartist paper , and shall have upon its staff , the ablest men who can be secured for honourable remuneration . It shall he a morning paper , and shall give you full reports of Parliamentary proceedings , and , my life upon it , that you will start it with a circulation of Ten Thousand to begin , as it will be the spoon to stir every man ' s coffee , the sugar to sweeten every man s tea , and the mustard to flavour every man ' s meat .
THE DEMOCRAT SHALL BE OUR MUSKETRY , THE NORTHERN STAR shall be our artillery . The old cannon , that has stood the battle and the breeze , for now nearly ten years , will still keep thundering at the citadel of oppression ; while our daily musketry shall fire through the crevices of despotism . You will be pleased to know , that the old cannon vras never sahailed , so sound , or so healthy , since it fired its first shot , as it is at the present moment , aud you will be pleased to learn , that the publisher was yesterday COMFELLED to increase his weekly order for paper and stamps by FOUR THOUSAND . So who cares for the brawlers ; the old cannon has opened the breach , and at the meeting of Parliament vse will meet the enemy with OUR DAILY MUSKETRY . Ever , your faithful Representative , Friend , and Bailiff , Feakgvs O'Connor .
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Lames' Ltmrart IxBinoTioif . — -A Ladies' Literary Institution and Mutual Improvement Association has just been established in Boak-street , llegentstreet , by a committee of ladies , for the purpose o affording facilities for the mental , moral , and soeia advancement of their own sex , for which purpose a library and . classes are being formed for every branch of study ^ Drawing room lectures , couversazzioni and soirees will also be occasionally given . A number oi members have already been enrolled . Her Majmtt and suite will remain , in Scotland for a fortnight longer ,
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w FORTHCOMING MEETINGS .. AsnTos-UNDEE-LTNB . —The members ofthis- bvf . Rch are requested to attend a general meeting , a&Sho Chartist-room , BentiBch-street . Bolton . —The quarterly members meeting '©? ihis branch , will bo held on Sunday evening next ,, September 5 th , at 0 o'clock . All members , in arrears for loeal or general levies , are requested to pay up the same as early as convenient . Carrinskto : * . —Alteration of ths timo . oftmecting of the Carrinpton Btancli . —In future , tho earrington branch ; will meetcrery Sairarday nigh * ,, at the New Inn , from Sto-10 o ' clock . .... Chkmbnham ;—Tho members of- this , braneh will hold a meeting on Wednesday evening , next , September Sth , at tile British Union . School-room , at half-past seven o'clock .
IIuddeuspikkk—A special meeting will' bo held on Saturday ( thia-avening ) , tlie-ith of Seotoflpber , at 7 o ' clock , in the-Scnool-room ,. No . 3 JH , Albion-street , commonly called the Barkerite Chattel . Mr GledliSj . the delegate to the late Conference * will give his report of the proceedings at Lowbands . A secretary and officers- for the Fifth Section will be appointed , and the rata of levy for local , and tho secretary ' s espenses , agreed upon . Hyde-. —The members of thia branch having svioceeded in obtaining the large roooa adjoining Mv S , Benny ' s , Crown Ion , llyde . lane , the shareholder * will meet every Sunday evemng , at 5 o ' clock . Iybstom . —Mr 8 . Carr , of Staleybridge will lee ture On the the capabilities of the land , ' at Mr J Fin 5 ay , s , on Sunday , September Sth , at 8 o'clock , A meeting of shareholder * , will take place on Monday , September 13 th .
KiDDERMinsiER . —The membars of this branch are requested to meet at ' tho Nag ' s Head , on Tuesday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock , on business of importance . Mkrt 3 iyb Tydvil . —Tho members ofHhe Merthyr branch are requested to meet in their room , at 7 o ' clock , on Monday evening next . Mottram- '—The monthly meeting of the shareholders will bo held in tho lecture room , opposite the Bull ' s Head , Mottram , on Sunday , September 5 th , at 2 o clook . Mr Robert Wild will address a meeting of theBhareholdeta and friends in the above room , at 5 o clock , the same dato , subject : — ' The proceedings of Conference at Lowbands . '
NEwcASTLK-isroN-TYNK . —The members of this I branoh ef the Land Company , are informed that the iirst quarterly general meeting will be held in the house of Mr Jude , Cock Inn , Head of the Side , on j Sunday next , September Sth , at 2 o ' clock in the afternoon . The auditors of the branch will meet at I the same time , to audit the branch accounts . The committee appointed to audit the local account ? of this branch of the Charter Association , and t > ac . count of the monies subscribed for the Central Election and Registration Committee , ao'J the late expenses tor lectures , are requested , to attend at M . Jude s , onSunday September 9 th , at 10 o ' clock in the forenoon . . Noeth Sbikirs . —A meeting of this Branch will w held , at Urc house of Mr F » . tt . Magnesia Bank ,
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on Monday , September 6 th , at half-past 7 o ' clock .- ' / t for the purpose of electing officers . . Vi- £ / Miryubose . —This branch will meet on Sunday , September 5 th , at the Coach Painter ' s Arras , Cirens-street , New-rond . On Sunday , the 12 th , Mr Humphries will give his report of the Conference , at the same plnce and time ; 8 o ' clock . Oidiiam . —On Sunday , September 12 th , Mr Daniel Donovan will deliver an address in the schoolroom of the Workingman ' a Man ' s JJall , lloneige-stretf , Subject : — 'A summary of the proceedings of the Land Conference , at Lowbands , dc-cription of this h uses , the school , the crops , and tho future pros * ^ pects of the allottees / Chair to be taken at 6 o ' clock . v . . in the evening precisely . PjtEsiON . —A quarterly meeting of the' Prestort f V branch will take place at Mr ilool ' d . Temperance ; . \ Hotel , Lune-street , on Monday evening iitxt , - at 8 o ' clock . v Rosuesier . —Tho 8 hareH » Wer . i are requested ttf t ' attend * a general meeting , at i > keir flice , Mr Furminger ' e , nest door to tbe Firs Bells , St Margar « t '« \ < Bank , on Monday evening , September 6 th , at S ' o ' clock . . Sai , poj . S ' . ~ A * hareholders'mee £ ftowilltnlieplac 8 v in the large room , Bank-street , G / t fat George-street , ' on Sunday . Cto-isornm , ) at 2 o ' clock the after * noon ,, SALFOBD .- ^ TherewillbeadiscussicffontheLand \ \ rJan in the inrge Bnom , Bank-street , Great George * ' ¦ ¦ \ street , on Susday « to-morrow ) , at C o * 3 isck in tha v evening . * . .. St . llsLENSz-A- meeting will bo held atf Sunday V " ' Host , the 5 th instant ., for the purpose of sstablhhing a branch of 3 ie National Land Compart ? , at tha bouse cfMrJaroes-WoocJs , publican ; Parr-BiSfefit ; . ¦ ' • f * " ™ - —A meeting of this branch willSaheld <"¦» in | ho Hall of the Byoeum , on S undav next . V J- « wonDra .-. Mi Thomas Tattersa ' ll , of Eijsley ; f will kctura in the Odd Fellow ' s Hall , on Tlm ^ taj- ' - the Otb of September , at 8 o ' clock in tfcc evening . ' »
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GENERAL SUhPENSlON OF LABOUR ^!? - COTTOW FACTORIES . . At a uncial delegate , meeting of the operativer cotton tpmnen of Lancashire and the neighbour- / l ? R : ;? ou , n 4 fe 8 , - held : jD ; KftnAe 8 tef , August 29 &Jfor the purpose of considering if auy and whaS " measures oti , ; ht to be adopted under ihe confirm * aneo of that depression in trade , which has now e » isted for so long a period ; Mr Benjamin Tajlor ia ~ tne cliair , tb * following resolutions weie passed ;—*¦ 1 . That thi « meeting dtoply regrets the contiuu > - ance of the depression wbioh . has now existed lor ' twelve montl p in the cotton trade of this district , arising , as this meeting bcliawa , from the high price of the raw material , and the dearntss of the necessaries of life , and- aggravated by an unprecedented . ; demand for money , in consequence of railway ex-¦ tensions , and a consequent crippling of commercial j credit .
2 . That this meeting rejoioas in the prudent mea-Jsure 3 which hare ^ bet-n genewvlly adopted by the trade , to diminish the extent of the evil by working short time , aiid tlius ^ at once lessening tbe consumption of cotton and the proddotion of goods ; bntcan-; not avoid expressing regret that theso measures were not sooner and-more universally adopted . J& . 3 . That though tho delegates assembled at this meeting cannot but feel sensible of the privations to which their fallow operatives- and themselves have , been subjected , in consequence of the very great reduction iu the peric&of employmeat , and the conBe-. quent diminution of their earnings , yet they deBire to tender their sincere thanks to the general body of . their employers , for haying adopted the reductio * i 8 t time in preterence to the reduction of wa » es .
i . Jhat , this meting would rejoice-to believe that the period of difficulty was- iilmest over , but from the continued disproof tion between tho pr » ce 3 ot goods and cotton , and-the number ot firms who have recently given notice-, eitLsrsiill further to reduce the time of working . » ' to close their mills altogether , they cannot but-fear that severo pressure willstill have to be endured both , by the capitalist and his work-people . 5 . That , under these circuanstaness , and considering the diminishing of the- capital oi" their employers as prospectivel y calculated to be injurious to the operative classes , this meetirghas been led to
consider whether any steps couldsbe safely and practicallytaken to lor sen the evils by < which we are yet threateaed ; and viswing with BMioh uneasiness the risk of a continued , and even iucreased , depression during : the inclemency of winter , this meeting desires to express a confident opinion thafcit would be highly desirable to diminish the probability ofsuch an aggravation of the calamity , by entirely suspending operations in cotton mills fora few wselis during the preaont mild and genial seasonj . wheii , in const quence of the abundance ofvegeiabla food , and the waimth of <• the weather , and the possibility , in many instances , of finding out-door employment , the pvivdtions to which the operatives wouldto exposed would not ba
so severe . 3 . That this meeting , though prepared to recommend to their fellow operatives to take this courae , ) at knowing how desirablo it would be to havothe concurrence of their eni | iloytjs and the influence of public opinion in its favour , desire the secretary to forward tho resolution ot this meeting to Wilsoa Uutten , Esq ., M . I ., J ,. Brotherton , Esq ., M . P ., Mark Philips , Esq ., and 0 . lliudley , E > q ., M . P ., with the request of thia-mcetmg that they would kindly endeavour to obtain the opinion ot" tbe master 3 upon the course proposed . ; , assuring them that no tlfort will be wanting on the part of the operatives to bring about a successkil result , in a manner satisfactory and respectful to the employers . : ' Bekm . Tavi . ok , Chairman . ; Taos . Biundle , Secretary . —Manchester Guardian .
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nilHP ^ NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP U . N'ITED TRADES . { Continued from the Fifth Page . ) . £ 28 7 s 2 M , The paper makers' society of Maid , stono , have debited to-tho I-Iulytown miners ; 610 ' ia addition to the above .-
NOTICES . All trades and sections of trades who have not received the appeals of tho Central Committee , on behalf of the llolytowniOiiners , can have Uiem on application at the office , No . 11 , Tottenham-court-road , or by letter . Those trades belonging , to the Association who hav *; not received copses of tbe- last quarter ' s balancaslieet , may obtain . thesameby sending their address : to the office of the- Association , and those trade * who wish to be supplied wi 4 h cards and rules , wil ? please to forward their orders for the required numbers .
All money letters , in future , must be transmitt ed to Mr James \ Y , ebb , Einansial Secretary , 11 , Tottaaiham-coiirt-road-, London . ; , and the orders made payable as usual at > the Blooiusbnry Post Office , a : ad , all letters of general business-arc to be addressed to-. Me T . Barratt . It is particularly requested thai . each secretary will ire train fro tu mixing business qu :- ^ ion 3 in money letters . The Central Committee have received intelligence from their agent in Scotlaud , stating , that oa , Monday last a . deputation- waited upon him from the Ilolytown iniuersearly . in the morning , aucUtated they wero- extremely sorry they had issued , tho document , an'J . that , thsy would issuo another . latter to all partias . withdrawijia the same , but thi ^ v-ill K . ot prevent them from . ioauSng a circular in 'vindication , of tln-ir policy . All Jhe Scotch , trades , in connectbi * with the United : Trades ?¦ Association , can be supplied with , rtjles end icards , . on , application to Mr kobson , Bella ' Coffee-house , Iron-Gate-streefc , Glasgow .
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Ac tion . — las , Cotton Manupactussrs and tiibir Wc > WKOi ' , LRr—Thcru appears to be 2 . complete stagnation in the cotton I ranch in this district ; so much so , that many , of ihe mills have been stupped'the w . hole of the past week , and othiw arc noticedt » work two oc-thws days a week in future , unles 3 aa . alteration , takes ylnco hi the mnr&cts . We are sos ^ y to find that tb / is state of things is beginning to imata a . dispositma in the minds of tha employers to reduce the already too low wages . Tha workpeople , as tha other hnad , have begun to denounce such a stqp as likely to , lead to the worst scsults . _ Some few . days ago tko operative- cotton spinners in the eisgloy oi Mcssjs . J . and F . Andse- % , of Mossky , d : ? ' a ' i ; vee 4 [ with their masters , since which some persa % , xcspect >
nbly dressed , has been ia the neighbourhood threatening to set the mill oa fire . He endeavoured to prevail upon a boy to procure him a candle awl a box o £ lucifer matches , offsttng the lad a shilling for hia trouble ; the boy , however , refused , aadran and told , his lather . The stranger has not siace been heard of . The mill has been closely watebsd by men armed ever since . It ii said that the M § s 3 rs Andrew have ofFcrcd a reduction of ten per cent TUp however , deny this ; but their spinnors assort tlia ' it was done , under cover , b y the manage * , Owi \ , g to themea having opposed this , the spsnsera ^ mplo ved in the neighbouring mills held a saeot ' . ng at the Georga Inn , on Saturday , when a subscription of one shilling per head wa 8 entered intt > . to nav to Mnsurs An .
! drew s spinners , they Imiugheen out of employment a whole week , by tho m ?^ rB re fusiHg to work tho mill at the present vsar . es . It is to-day generally rumoured that the awnv . facturers will meet on Tue * . day next . to ascertaiutiie feelings of a majority as to tne propriety of stopping the mills for a whole month . In addition to this , U is said to be the intention of a large number to teduce the wages at leasts percent I'bia haa callci forth a circular from the spinners of Kosaley , in which they say , ' We will agree to work i five , four , ay , three days per week , and endeavour to Bubsiat upon one meal a day , rather than submit to a reduction . ' The above ciroular was delivered to the masters yesterday ( Monday ) . — Livtrpod Mercury .
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t « S ^ 5 ? t ~ At "' e ^ eWyiwetinu ofthis branch Anrt ? k TemPe ; a « ce Hotel , WMIley Banff Mr i «?^ i « JT f dl ° Ur Worthy ( fe : ' ^ te t 0 Confer euce at Lowbands , Gave a mostcbefirinff and inte resting deaenphon of Lowbands Estate , and cave an elaborateaccountof the whole proceeding ? o ? Con f r !! C 0 - / yote of thnnka was giveo to Mr Arm stead , and the other delegates representing this d ? Hotel WhalW r ' "I * " sit in the Kmpenwi sili ftlii &S HT lShWM in the -nin ^ oX mJ ' wTv * , 119 weekly roeeHngof shareholders , Mr Jeremiah Yatea gave m his report from the Con ' ference , which gave general satisfaction . After the
enrolment oi several new members , a vote of thanks was given toour delegate , and the meeting separated . It wa matter of consolation to the few active members of this branch to think that , from < mt of the Tpry-ridden town of Burslem , where Dr M'Douull J 3 * # !! k < i frpm the market glace by , the authorities , ^ SSiSS *??*! P ? 4 oe : t P lain the ; objpots and pirn- , # . ew »§ lM » I « nd | Plan rand , « eort « dJ > ya posse ot policeman out of t 6 w » , \ , m ?^ number in , th ^ short space of two months nearly seventy ' me mben : who have subscribed the sum of £ 20 Is . 8 d . We rejoice at this , inasmuch as we conceive it to be a stepping stone to freedom ; and will have a tendency to lessen the influence of the liberty hating cUqueof this Tory and priest-ridden town . Darlington . —At a meeting ot members of tho
Land Company , votes of thanks were passed to John Moss , late treasurer , and Thomas Galley , scrutineer , tor their services . A vote of censure was passed on the magistrates of Sleaford , together with a vote of thanks to Ernest Jones , Efq It was determined to give all the support in the power of tho members of this branch , to the widow of the murdered Dodson . Edoe . End , bear Botilt , HANis . —The TillacerB ot this place being eo well pleased at the proceedings of the tea meeting held here , on the 23 rd inst in commemoration of the allocation at Lowbandi and also the Nottingham victory , were determined if possible , to have a second explanation of the principle 3 of the Land Company from Mr John Sidaway whose speeches on the Land and the Charter had
such a telling effect at the meeting , on the 23 rd On Sunday last , a hrge concourse of people aiserabled to hear Mr Sidaway , who commenced by stating , that lie had not walked five miles to exci te their passions . but their reason . He was glad to tee such a respectable concourse of people assembled in the rural district of Edge-End , on a day that was dedicated to good works . He had come to explain the principles of the National Land Company . Mr Sidaway then went through the whole of the rules and actions of the company in a clear , lucid and talented manner , carrying the whole audience with him . Mr Sidaway explained the land redemption scheme , and deposit fund , and made one of the most powerful appeals to tho people in advocacy of the land movement , ever heard in the countv of
Hants . The lecturer continued for nearly two hours with almost breathless attention , and » t the conclusion , a vote of thanks was moved by Mr Goodman , seconded by Mr Allbatard , and carried without a single dissentient . Great good has been done by Mr Sidaway , and ere long , Edge-End will be foremost in the movement in Hampshire . IIanlky ( Potteries ) . —The following officers to this branch have been appointed : —President—E . Sale ; secretary- * Wm . Silvester ; treasurer—Thos , Shirley ; scrutineer —II . Price ; auditors—J . M Knight and J . Dawgon ; committee—Elijah Cliff George Pickering , Charles Heath , Charles Hackney , John Simpson , and Isaac Cartledge ; assistant setary—C . Simpson ; secretary to the Bank department—Henry Foster . The following resolutions were adopted : —
Ttat each member's arrears for local expenses bo deducted from his subscriptions once a month , to commence tbe next meeting Bight . That the secretary have a gift of ten shillings ana a coloured portrait of Mr Feargus O'Connor , for his pa « t services . Tat a vote of thanks be given toour delegate , Mr J . Yato » , for the satisfactory report he has given of the business of Conference . Votes of thanks were also accorded to the officers of the branch , and to Mr Foster , chairman of the meeting . Hull—At the weekly meeting of this branch on Monday evening last , it was
resolved—That an estra moeting take place every Wednesday evening , for the transaction of general business anJ holding friend ) ; discussions upon subjects most likely to promote the interests of the Company gent rally . To commence at half-past seven o'clock , at the Ship Inn , Church-lane .
Kettbriho . —The following officers have been appointed for the next six months : —Joseph Ilatfield , scrutineer ; John Smith and Wra . Smith , auditors ; Thomas Barlow , sub-treasurer ; Jacob Goode , subsecretary . Leicester . —The shareholders of No . 3 branch , are requested to attend their room , 87 , Church-gate , Leicester , on Tuesday evening at S o ' clock . Any one of the four-acre allottees on the Lowbands estate , wishing to dispose of his allotment , will oblige by sending terms by letter , post paid , to Z . Astill , 87 , Charch-gate , Leicester .
Lououborodoii . —At a spechl meeting of tht members of the Land Company , it was resolved—1 That a party to the forest take place on the 20 th o ' September , in celebration of F . O'Connor ' s return for Nottingham , and that Mr J . Sweet of Nottingham , be invited to attend on the occasion . ' It was also resolved— ' That Mr O'Connor be requested to a ttend a camp meeting in Leicestershire . Merthtr Tidvil . —The secretary of tho Merthyr branch of the Land Company and several other friends were invited to Newbridge , twelve mile > south of this place , to form a branch of the Land Company in that place last Sunday , The required instruction was given , and we have no doubt that a very strong branch will be formed there in a lew weeks . We hsvr also been invited to Cardiff , to establish a branch in that town .
Newton Abbott . —A meeting of tho shareholders was held at tho Jolly Sailor Inn , to hear a description of Lowbands from MrJ . B . Crews , who had been sent by the members to the demonstration . IMr Crews gave such an account of what he had seen and heard while on his mission as satisfied and delighted liis hearers . A vote of thaka was given to Mr Orews for his services . At the same meeting , it was resolved—That the thanks of tho Democrats of Newton Abbott be given to the electors and non-electors of Nottingham for the glorious struggle the ; have mads and the triumphant vletoi-y the ; have gained for thcm . < elres and 6 lie whole Democratic tody by so nobl ; returning Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for that borough .
Sheffield . —A special meeting of the memboss of the Shcflield branch will be held at the Threo Cranes ' Inn , Queen-street , on Tuesday evening , Septsmber 7 ih , on business of great importance . Chair io be taken at seven o ' clock . The members of thfr Company and their friends aro informed that thoiia is an excellent library in connection with the- above branch , which has been closed some time , bat 13 now re-opened to the readers of every class at a very low rate . Persons wishing to become readers ofdhe above library , can do so by applying to Mr CavilK
Southampton—Monday , the 23 rd ult . was a proud day for the Land and Charter here . The town had been placarded some few days previously , announcing that a public tea and'ball would take placo at that beautiful ' rural spot , called Edge End , situn&d about five miles fcom Southampton : and one Mile from Bottly . Tho villagers were all excitemcat at le thought of a visit irom the Southamptoaiann . The gathering was to celebrate , first the resarn of Mr O'Connor as M . P . for Nottingham , and also the allocation of the glorious ' 45 ai Lowbiinda . The eom . mencom . ent of She proceedings was annsamced for fauv o ' clock , p . m . By six o ' clock in tha morning the Uag of the Southampton branch of t ! &e National Land Company was waving ia the breeiw * from their committee rooms . By 11 o ' clock , a depuration fiom the Winchester branch arrived in towa , and at one o ' clock , the hour announced for thestavt , the street of St Mary ' s presented a very animated appearanco .
The smiling countenances ot roalo and female showed wkatjoy the thoughts of freedom eot ' . ld inspire . At a quarter-past one o ' clock two . huge vans full of living souls bogan the march . —The first "van had the fla » of the branch in front , presenting a , cheerful aspect , with Heaven ' s smiling approval ; t , ho second vat had suspended a beautiful banner , with the motto'Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for Nottingham , the untiring advocate of the people , ' and a second banner horo the inscription- All men are born equal and free , and may God grant them power to assert their rights and maintain them . ' By two o ' clook vans , omnibuses , gigs , phaetons , carts , Ac , were going a-head to the spat dedicated for ' Liberty ' s Triumph , while others on ahanks ' ponies , broug ht up the rear at half-past three o ' clocki A tremendous cheer announced the arrival oi ' thopilots on the spot , where stalls of gingerbread dealers , nnt craelcers , &o ., Bhowed evident signs of the joy of the tillagers , The Charts * *» W on eyery tongue , an
the gigantic piles of plumb oakes , bread and butter , steaming gunpowder , and pyramids of strgar combmedto bid welcome to all . An excellent brass band , toenliven the parties , and also to accommodate the lovers of the light fantastic , ffaotin attendance ; A de . putation frem the Gosport and Portsea Land-members arrived per train just in time . At four e ' clsek the tea commenced , when one hnndred and fifty persons Bat down to give proof of the potency of a country appetite . The tea being over a waggon was placed in froniofthe booths , , and-Mr George Goods , man wa 3 called to the chair . He commenced by a brief address . The meeting by this time wa » four or five hundred strong . The fi ? 3 t sentiment was rh * People the source of aWpower , ' The sentiment was responded fr > by Mr Saamduralate of Lon-. ..
, non . In an argumentative speeeh ,. lie showed tho power of the people , and defended them from tho toulaspersioaa of their enemies , an * aat dfowa loudly applauded . The- Chairman then sahs : ' e » Connorvil e , the Peojile ' a Firet Estate , ' amidst the cheem oi the meeting-. The neat sentiment was- TS * National Land Company ,, and may the tlbrious-seeds of human redemption , sown atO'Conno / villfeand Low-^ noB , produce a harvest of universal- happia « sg , peace , and contentment / The Chairman-snitf Jiehad great pleasure ^ incalHnp on Mr John Sifewaytore-SS ^^ i ' L " * R reeted ftW-fam ?! ^ 3 ^\ Bg . , Baid hB was proud to see soifflany as-^ ff&fflJKftlOMlfa tion of theLand an « thVCnoir 1 ef . " - H # w - Mppbu"d-Vo ' see so many strangers , and he trusted they- -wouM
carry to weir homes tlw trathB that would be- heard that day . Mr Sidaway then called their attention to the Land Plan as founded by that noblo of nature , Feargus O'Connor , Esq .. He gave a history of the rise of the Association , its wonderful advance in all parts of England , France , Belgium , and other parts of Europe . lie defended , most masterly , the- ( J ( m > - pany from the taunts add falsehoods of the hireling scribes , and challenged the world to produce suob a Company composed of so many branches , and cash passing through so many hands , and many poor bands ( too , without a fraction of a farthing missing its way . Ah , ' sard the speaker , ' the Press had told them that Mr O'Connor would run away with their hard-earned pence to America or some other like place , but he should like to see
himrunmg away one of these fine mornings with Lowbands Estate on his back , and not till then , would he cry ' Danger a-head . ' Mr Sidaway resumed In 3 seat amidst thedeafeningpl ° uditsof his hearers . The nest sentiment was 'The brave Electors and Non-electorsof Nottingham , in returning Labour ' s champion as M . P ., and may their glorious example be the . means * of procuring at the next election , a fair representation of the whole people . ' Tho chairman called upon Mr Westlake , of Gosport , who , in a clever and talented speech , passed a high eulogium on the Nottingham heroes , and called on the meeting to be prepared to follow their example at the next election . The next sentiment was ' The Northern Star and all the Liberal Press of every country . ' Responded to in excellent style by Mr Seaward , of Winchester . The next sestiment was 'The glorious Six Points of the Charter' ltesponded to by Mr John Sidaway , who completely laid bare the present system of
legislation . The next sentiment was 'The Health , Peace , and Prosperity of the Allottees . ' The following toasts were also responded to : — -The Democracy of all nations , and may the wrongs of Poland inspire all the good and true—never to ceaso agitation till oppression , misrule , and tyranny are hurled to the earth , and a temple of freedom erected on their ru-nB . ' The speedy return of Frost , Williams , and Jones , ' which was responded to by a stranger , who had been in durance vile for the Newport affair . Several other sentiments followed . The shades of evening summoned the visitors to prepare for the town , and with great reluctance the whole party left the rural spot , determined to meet another day , Three hearty cheers were given for the Land and the Charter : The Electors of Nottingham Brave Bold O'Connor ; The Speakers ; The Chairman and the Ladies , and thu 3 ended this gathering of the brave and true in commemoration of Labour ' s Triumph .
St IIkliebs , ( Jsrsey . )—A meeting was held here on the 'ith of August , when one hundred and ten persons joined theLand Company . A further accession of members has taken place since that date . SuNBBRLUip . —A meeting of shareholders was held at their meeting rooms , No . 5 , Nomber Garth , on Monday night , August 80 th , when Mr George Bowhill was »| lected scrutineer . TowbiI Hamlets . —At a meeting of the Globe and Friends branch , and Chartist locality , the following resolution were unanimously carried : — -Moved bv
Mr T . Bradford , seconded by Mr J . Kemp— ' That the thanks of this meeting at e due , and hereby given , toF . O'Connor , Esq , M . P ., . and the other gentlemen that so ably supported the principles contained iu the People ' s Charter , at the soiree given in honour of the triumphant return of G . Thompson , Esq ., M . P ., for the Tower Hamlets . ' Moved by Mr Shephard , seconded by Mr Docksey— ' That tho thanks of this meeting aro due , and hereby given , to Mrs Mary Howitt , and the rest of the ladies that graced the soiree with their presence . '
The Land and tub Charter . —Atameeting , heldat the assembly rooms , East-lane , Walworth , on Menday evening , August 30 th ; Mr John Byrne in the chair : It was resolved—That Messrs Byrne , £ , Mushall , T . Mushall , J , Rhodes ,, J . Head , R . Aickenhead , B . Harrison , and J . Bushell ,. be a committee for conducting the business of the Land and the Charter in this district . That Mr Thomas Burgess be sub-secretary to the Chartist body . That , for the future , the public meetings shall take place in these rooms on Wedneaday evenings , but that tbe secretary atteud every Mond . v evening , as usual ; to receive contributions , &c . It was then announced that Mr James Grassby would attend on Wednesday evening , September . 8 th f at eight o ' clock precisely , to piyo a report from tha Land Conference , and the meeting adjourned ..
Worcester , —At a full meeting of the shareholders of this branch , Mr James Harding delivered ; hia raport of the proceedings of tho late Conference ,. A vc 4 e of thanks was unanimously awarded to Mr II .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 4, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1434/page/1/
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