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pontainsare to tarmony with the common alliance i . not necessary , tat which , on the e 6 ntrarv ~ ^^¦ ' ,-. IWainthefalerdlaw . enaMennt of ^ titt ,, . , * of a different nature . , "" Wat it contains Do not forget that inch "parttd aUIanM . »™ i 3 contrary to the mealing and tfca spirit nffh ' ancwnttreatles between the confederate TiU Tf campactguaraBUes toyou * iafflcieat « LJj ° , actiui 1 righto . Bo not pertiit an , W eTa ^ , ?* * your which taps thefouidation . of th , fefiriVf ^ X ! , the confederate , into twa bi ^ i S ^ ' *"" promise , from without our IS "" T B
ties . Tnn v ™ - „»_ a - " *" P ™ aence and our liberties . You know now tht motiveYwhkVh VT Utertoadopt ourresolution . 0 UTe » wIucll fc"e indues * us S § P « £ = S ofwJTH ? / ^ Z co ntiaue *> *•*> no notice pac ^ S t ^^^^^ ' ^ ^' ofthe ^ fflSSX . - * - *" ^ **•
The eonseqwnces that a persemance fa such a posi . dffl IT ? and the whole countryarein . MlcuUble . It depends yet upon you to avoid them . Take resolutions sich as your federal duties and the peace an 4 haoo u * of tbe confederation , ¦• wall as of your own canton ., require of you . What we wish is obedieneeto theUw , the maintenance of tbeinterter , security of the confederation , and order . Faithful and dear confederates , give us fraternally yoar hands to attain this end , which is prescribed to us by the duties which we hare sworn to fulfil . May 6 oa praerre aad protect our dear country ! The following instructions to the delegates to the States of the Sontetbuad ware then agreed to : — The Diet decrees that the federal representatives who shall be sent to the cantons of Lueerne , TJri , Schwytx , Unterwald , Zug , Fribeurg-, and ValaU ; in virtue of the decision of the 18 th of October of the present year , shall be charged to demand from the governments of these
camtons—1 . That the proclamation adopted in the sit . ting of this day be immediately rendered public—2 . That , on the other side , the authority charged t » give instructions to the deputies at the Diet be convoked with the briefest possible delay . The federal representatives have in addition , as in . structioas , to support by their representations the can . tenti of that proclamation in pretence of that authority , or in presence of theludigemeinde , if convoked without delay , after publicity had been given to the proclamation , and in general to act in ' the spirit of the said proclamation with the authorities to whom they shall have access . Finally , they an charged to forward with all haste their reports to the Diet .
If one of the two representatives could not or should not accept the mission , the preseat mandate is binding and obligatory on the other . < - The members of the committee . ( Signed ) Ochskhbeix ; Dt Finn , reporter J . Muhhkgek , Naeff ; Dr Enx ; Invnre ; H . DBUET . On the 21 st , the Diet appointed M . Dufourof Geneva , Commander-in-chief of the Federal Army . M . Frey IIerose , ofAaraa , wa 3 named chief of the 8 ta £
The cantonal government of Lucerne had re * fused to receive the federal commissioner deputed by the Diet to attempt to iffect an arrangement with the cantans of the League . Nevertheless , the other commissioners had departed for their respeotirecantona . The circulatian of the proclamation has been interdicted , and all citizens of Lucerne , who may be discovered publishing it , are to be arrested and prosecuted ! The advice received to the 23 rd brings reports of military preparations ia the cantons of St Gall .
Argau , Unterwald , Tessino , Vand , and Lucerne The government of Lucerne published , on the 19 tb , the following regulations of police : — 1 . Every one not a citizen of the canten , and who may visit the town of Lucerne in the quality of a traveller , is to declare that the bureau of the cantonal police the motive of his arrival at Lucerne , the time he intends remaining there , and the persons he intends to visit ; after which preliminaries hi . is to receive his eartedt turtle 3 . If , during his stay , he does not act in conformity with the data he gave is , withe make any new connec tion , and , in general , if he behave in suefc a manner at
to create suspicion he is to be deprived of his tarlede tank , and treated as s spy , or immediately sent out of the cantos . 8 . On bis going out of the' town , after the expiration of the time of his stay , each traveller Is to deliver up his Carte de jurete to the sentry on duty at the gate of the town . 4 . The direction of the police is in . trusted with the execution and publication of the present order . This ordonnance i 3 copied word for word from the pslice regulations of Vienna .
ITALY . Letters from Bologna of the 16 th inst . state , that some rioting occurred at Ferrara on the 11 th , and that the Austrians had fired upon the people , without , however , wounding anybody . The inhabitants threatened toringthetoc < in , but the Cardinal Legate interfered , ' and having obtained the liberation of one of the citizens who bad been arrested by the Austrian soldieis , tranquillity was restored . The protests of the inhabitants ef Fivizanoand Pentremoli , against the arrangement with the Duke of Lucca which transfers the former to the Duke of Modena and the latter to Parma , occasion great
anxiety . The people appear resolved to oppose all attempts at possession by the troops of Modena and Parma , and have already destroyed the bridges and parts of the roads to prevent the arrival of artillery . Astha Bnke of Modes * has only an army of 800 men , he eannot venture upon aa attempt to subdue a populatioa of 43 , 000 persons resolved upon a vigorous resistance , and relying upon support from Pisa , Lucca , and Leghorn , where the people have been excited in their favour by popular orators . Austria will thus find a pretext for intervention , and a eastu bettimaj arise notwithstanding the efforts of diplomacy to effect a friendly arrangement .
Savage cruelties continue in the dominions ef the King of Naples . One of the Romeo 3 , Jean Dominique , was executed , and after decapitation , the bleeding head was presented to his nephew Pietro , who was compelled to carry it on a pole through the streets of Reggio . Jean Andre Romeo , tbe brother of this victim , was still at the head ef the Calabrian insurgents . The royal troops , in bombarding Reggio , threw projectiles ia the Orphan Asylum , where several of the' children were billed and wonnded . The atrocities reported to have been committed by the Neapolitan government against the insurgents produced so much irritation at Leghorn that the
populace attacked the office of the Neapolitan consul , and tore down the royal arms of Naples from over the gate , and trampled them under foot ; Reparation for this was of course demanded of the Tuscan government . Letters fromLucca of the 12 th say , that the Tusean troops which arrived there from Florence the preceding day werereceived with geneVal acclamations of joy , and conducted in triumph through the city . A deputation was sent to the government to Lsk permission to destroy tie guillotine , capital punishment having been abolished by the grand duke . The obnoxious instrument was accordingly burned amidst the acclamations of theooDulace .
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . Arrivals from America state the revival of hostilities , and represent the Americans to have obtained possession of Mexico . The fighting recommenced on the 8 th of September . At first the Americans were repulsed with great loss . The only report of the result is contained in the following letter , addressed to Mr Dimond , al Vera Cnw : _ Orizaba , September 19 . I have the honour to inform you that an express arrived here this evening from Mexico , which brings intelligence that General Scott was in the city of Mexico . That on the liththe American troops took Chapoltepee and the citadel , and went into the city that night . General Bravo was killed , and General Santa Anna was wounded in tbe arm , and has retired with the remainder of his troops , which have suffered much , to Guaialoupe .
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"" - . FRANCE . jfc * Reform banquets are announced in the Paris ^ pas , but the government is preparing for any Se dangerous demonstration of public opinion , irtg two new forts of CanonvUle , commanding th e L jjey of the Marne , to the right and left ef St Meur ( dose * P ««« i ) . «* ft nearly completed . Moreover , k g fort of Gennevilliers , whose fire will cross those jTgontValerienand L&Briehe , wiUbeconstructed ^ 1343 . and cost about 5 . 090 , 000 francs . When jjjeae shall be completed the government may be -a to have the power of hermetically sealing up its J $ city of Paris , B Lsmartbehts published in his journal , Lt ftptFvBk , of Macon , an article entitled 'ADe-4 iationof Principles , which he addresses to the gaformers of France , and in which he Uys down the japrovenents which the people ought to demand , fie following are the claims which he says the RetanOTonshttoinsirtuponv--
• The sovereignty exercised bj the people ; the electoralrighta extended to all citizens ; primary jBSBbliesnomLutiBg electors for a temporary functisn ; electors nominating representatives for a gnuted period ; representatives , not delivered to the jaarcy ef the corruption of ministers , but paid by the —opfc , to remove every pretext for their servility ; E nction aries at their post , and not in the Chambers , ffcere they play two parts quite imcompatible-that o { persons controlling and controlled ; no other law is required to exclude them , that is quite sufficients national assembly ; ministers named by ballot by # 8 majority , which the Chamber gives or takes faotnem ; the dynas ^ wi thout any other privilege thin the throne ; the King inviolable ; the princes .
anp tecitizens ; » real liberty of worship bv the jep iraSoBoftteehurclifromthastate : liberty of ^ oeiafaon and of voluntary retribution , as the only jodget of raeo ' sconsaeneeswhenthus disenthralledabsolute liberty of instruction , with the exception of fl tttsurvejuance of morals which the itate ought oevertogiveup ; liberty of the press , by the revoe ^ ion of the lawsot September ; the security of the jeitof tee utonsl assembly guaranteed by a prudential »* against any abuse of the fortifications of Paris ; a permanent army and an army of reserve ; X Cair and just law equally distributing the charges of recruiting ; peace , tat Franca in her proper rank fepMeeMshewMi » war : Franeethenatnral and 4 T 0 wed ally of liberty of ideas and of liberty of titions throughout the universe ; abolition of slavery whoever the French flag floats ; the organisation of gratuitous instruction for the people on the largest tasis : _ progressive free trade ; Bocial fraternity in
prmaple and in the institutions ; living rendered cheap by the reduction of the taxes which press so heavily on articles of food ; a poor-rate , notwithstudingtne calumnies with which certain political economists endeavour to discredit "that institution ; foundlings to be adopted by the State , and not flung baek . to deatbby an investigation of the circumstances rf the birth ,, and : by the eltsing of the tnrningbastets ; the extinction ef mendicity , asylums for the infirm , and public workshops for these in health ; social charity promulgated in numerous laws to aid sll the wants , all the sufferings , and all the miseries that fall to the lot of the people ; a fixed sum given away each year as the liberality of the state ; a new office of Minister of Public Benevolence ; a minister of the people ' s living , &c . Let the government enter co this course of action , aid we will follow it freel y without asking whetherit wears s crown , a tiara , ocahat . '
SPAIN . Queen Christina is making active use of her time at Madrid . She baa already got General Fulgosio , the brother-in-law of the Duke de Rianzires , made Governor of Madrid , and it is said she is trying to get Hanoi himself made Minister of War .
PORTUGAL . Count Bomfim and his companions in misfortune were landed at Lisbon in safety from tbe Terrible , without any demonstration having been made either by the Cabralists or Patulea parties . Tbe registration , whether by fair means or foul , is goiag so hard again the Septembrists that their committee have formally protested to the Queen , and they are discussing the propriety of recommending their adherents not to vote at the approaching election . By the Iberia , whieh arrived at Southampton on Wednesday , we learn that the municipal elections took place on the lTth , and the result in the city was ia favour of the list of candidates , put forward by tbe Cabral party by a large majority .
SWITZERLAND . Letters from Berne of the 18 th inst . contain the resit of the first sitting of the Helvetic Diet . M . Fnrrer , the deputy for Zurich , proposed to the assembly to send two Federal representatives to each of the cantons of the League , to address a proclamation to the people of those cantons , and to direct the committee appointed last session to give instructions to the Federal representatives . The proposition of Znrich was carried by the ordinary majoritv of frelve states and two half-states . The as-embly cert proceeded to elect the Federal representatives ; bat the deputies of the Sonderband and Neufchatel took no part in the discussion . On the 20 th , the following proclamation was adopted by the Diet : —
reoemuTio * . The Federal Diet to the Cantonal Authorities , and to the People of the Cantons of Lucerne . Uri , Sehwjtz , Unteriralden , Zug , Fribourg , and Yalais . Faithful and ' dear Confederates—The situation of < nr country , « thirwUe so aappy , is grave , and . of a n » - tore to Inspire serious inquietude . The division which reigBB among the confederates threatens t » trouble the peace . Anxious with respect to the duty which is Imposed upon it , that of maintaining the interior safety of tbe Confederation , and penetrated with the sincera dotite of preserving the peace of the eountry , the Diet feels the necessity of addressing you some frani and Ikimvo-Irat words—word ? of confederal friendship .
A clear disposition of the federal pact , the 4 th article is to the effect—* The cantons cannot form among themselves bonds prejudicial to the nation , nor to the rights of the other cantons . ' Nevertheless , the governdents of the high states of Lucerne , Uri , Schwjti , Unterralden , Zug , Pribonrg , and Talais , have formed among themselves a private alliance , which , since It has come to the knowledge of the other states , has very properly caused nnmerons and vivid apprehensions . After frequent and mature deliberations in the coun-• dla of the cantons , aad in tne federal assemblies , tbeDiet I as pronounced thrtttatalliaucs nhich stakes tbexights and duties regulated in the same manner far all the cantons by the common compact , the object of a separate compact , and imposes on seme cantons the obligations which in certain drcumstanses are incompatible with those which they have to fulfil towards the confederation —the Diet we say , has pronounced that that alliance is { oatraxy to the not equivocal letter , as well as to the seme and the spirit of the federal past .
Iafact , aa alliance which places the contingent of troops of the cantens ' which form part of the alliance under the orders of a private eouncil of war , supplied with full powers and withdraws ttea thus from the fefiscal authority , is prejudicial to the first interest ! , and injures the right * of the other cantons . In eUianca winch , according to the declarations of some of the ¦ serai states themselves , is thus directed against tbe Diet ittdf and itsresolutions , which organises beforehand an armed resistance to its decisions , cannei continue to -erist in the general confederation , sad by the side of it , Titaout placing in great peril the interior security of tbe confederation , and without producing the . dissolution of the common bond which unite * the eoaiBleratei . Ills on this aeeonatthat , byiU nsolutioBof theSOfli -of July , last , the Diet has declared that separate alliance to be incompatible with the pact , and consequently dissolven . '
The rupreme federal authority to which the Pact at . tribu te * exclusively the right of coming to decisions , & ** , therefore , pronounced . This decision must be re-* £ ectedby all the states , without which anarchy will ** & possession in the confederation of the place of « 5 bt . Nevertheless , the resolution of the Diet has not yet ^ wn recognised by the cantons against which it is di-* ettsa . Persons have even gone so far as to declare , in tie Diet , that they ( the cantons ) will oppose an armed -esistan ceto every attempt to put it in execution , and with that object , they , for a long tixas past , have been making extraordinary military preparations . The Diet cannot tolerate such a state of tilings , with . O 9 t destroying all the consideration doe to the auemblj ^ aut braking the forw o { the legitimate power , and without sacrificing tbe honour of the confederation .
We cannot and will not yet admit that you , faithful sod dear confederates , should persist in a position irreconcilable with your federal duties , after we have frankly expased to you the veritable intentions ef our ra-« lution of the 30 th of July , as that should be between confederates and brothers . Want of confidence , and fears devoid of foundation , done could hare led you into the path which you have fctoerto followed . You fear a danger for the charters and liberties which pu inherit from your fathers , for your future position 10 & > federal alliance , for your faith , your religion .
Bat we give you the solemn assurance , that every in-** tio » of militating against these most precious benefits * f « far removed from us . They oug ht to remain in-Tul&te u being your sanctuary . How could the federal * Unority reconcile the design of doing an injustice to ^ b * confederates , an injustice to the co-estates , which " * &t greater part belong to the rawt ancient aiemberi ¦ w « ar aHianee « - * he federal Diet does not wish either the oppression of ««« Bl £ saeMltM aordle destruction o * the « 6 VM ^ nly rl ^ eeantons , nor the violent upsetting of the cantonal ™» » tMion « nor an unitary government , nor the vioU-** ff your rights or your liberties , nor danger to your ITjS UB * It wishes rather to accord to all the cantons , ^ loyall y , the protection which they hava a right to « afrom their etMtates against unjust attacks to the r ™»«; that tht dispositions and tbe object olthewm-^ . fDUa wdemudr we ~ £ tathil lleeoan * ' «* confederate brethren , tha t c * U upoa yoa to retire from a separate alliance , ^ netwiUutaadinj that the - 'iiposW . ai which it
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Fobck o ; Habit . —At the Quarter Sessions , Taunu ton , last week , the learned chairman , W . Miles , Esq ., while summing op the evidence in the first trial , turned his back to the jury , and addressed himself to the ladies who were sitting opposite . The cries of the conrt reminded him that the jury were on the opposite side of the court . The learned chairman had been accustomed at the Wells Sessions to address the jury on lie left side of the eonrb , and hence the mistake . Rulwit SpibqIsdicitoji . —An ingenious contrivance for registering the speed on railway trains has , within the past wees , been deposited in the Polytechnic Institution . The apparatus ia intended to prove therate of travelling by railways , and also the
tana occupied by each stoppage at the various stations on the line . Asa description of this invention might be acceptable to our readers , we give the following account . The paper which is to receive the register is a long slip about one inch broad , and length proportioned to the time the train may be Sff ^ T Jhepaper is rolledupon a small cylinder in the fast instance , andone end i » made fast to t cylinder of larger size , about eight orpine ncbes in diameter ; the cylinder is then madeto revolve , by means of a clock attached to the ama . ratus so that it tarns round every half-hour ; conse quently about three quarters of an inch of the paDer passes any given point Bv « ry minute : a r-moif j
new fixed to the upper part of the apparatus , so that it presses on the paper , consequently , aa the paper moves would make a atraight line upon it , were i t not that the pencil iteelf bad a lateral motion given to it . Thisarrangementissoattached to the train , that the pencil moves from one aide of the paper to the other every quarter of a mile that the train travels . Bj this compound motion a series , of diagonal lines are produced upon the paper ; the number of lines indicate time . As soon as the train arrive . " at a statitn , a straight line merely is produced ; and by observing tha length of the line , it indicates how bog the tram wasat the station . This apparatus is tbe invention of a gentleman earned Ricardo .
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THE NATIONAL LAHD AND LABOUR BANK AND THE MANCHESTER MECHANICS .
XA THE EDITOB OF THE NOBTHEBN 8 T 4 E . S « , —There has been a great deal said about the mechanics of No . 4 Manchester branch placing their fond * in the Land and Labour Bink . They have been heli up to public gaza by The Whistler * as dupes , ' and during thepait montb , the mechanics throughout England , Scotland , aad Ireland , have been holding meetings Itf their club rooms , to decide whether any of their ' blanches shall be allowed to place their funds in the iattfve Basic . In these discussions , Feargus O'Connor ' s , chttacter , and the character of the 4 th . branch have not been spared . Every means have been employed to check or destroy the confidence of the members of the above branch ; but instead of their confidence being weakened , the punctuality of Thomas Price , Esq ., tbe
Manager of the National Land and Labour Bank , in answer to a request from the secretary , of No . 4 branch , to send £ 30 to Manchester , has increased that confi . dence . The request went from here on Sunday evening October 10 th , and on Tuesday morning October 12 th , tbe money arrived safe in Manchester . This has brought a great many over to u « . I had almost forgot to state that with the £ 30 for forty-five days' interest , Mr Price sent 3 s worth of postage stamps . Let us see What it has cost No . 4 branch for sending £ 620 , and receiving £ 80 back again . It cost' one penny postage stamp , ' to send up the money , and one penny coming back . Compare this with tbe following . I was once at one of the mechanics' branches in England , when I was requested to be one of a party to take £ 15 to the Bank on behalf of the branch , and the cost was £ 110 s , aad the interest they would draw fortbtir £ 15 would be one and half
per cent . I think the mechanics and all other trades would do well to look to this and see tbe advantage they would gain by following the example of No . 4 branch . But there are greater advantages than tbe above . The mechanics have -336 members out of work , and out of that number , 26 S are receiving ten shillings per week each from the society ' s fund . Thus you see the expense to the society is every week £ 131 II * . paid to men who are willing to work . There are sixty-threemember * who are not entitled to receive any assistance . Some of these nave been in tbe bastile , and I believe some of those
who are at present receivisg assistance from tbe socUty , are just on the verge of entering the same miserable place . The members of the 4 th branch wish to remedy thU by placing the whole of tbe society ' s lands , viz ., £ 27 , 000 . in tka Land and labour Bank , so that it may be applied to the purchase of Land , and thus ' ocatt some of their members . There are 500 mechanics in Manchester who are members of the Land Plan ; now suppose these were locaud to-morrow , the 826 unemplojed would meet with employment , and thus save their society £ 13110 s per week , and if then were any of their members iuthebaitilt , they would , of course , come out and live upon their own industry . By aU the trad « s doing as the « th branch have done , and are still determined to do , they would save a great amount of money , both In their own funds and in the poor ' s rates . Am Onunvs Mechakic .
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lowter . lt , * * » fo S > > i «* 6 lMve'Wmak . th . W . DhIItch aid r % ^ ^ ormatioa of Wi » kh holder rf . tail .-i . ™ . _?* for th 8 -Wto , eltB * ' holder of a lease In t pM 8 " "
perDeHn , » V , ' orletor nerm « t » V » perP ^ Blty » > " * low rant , or as a prothe whoS , ° P 1 Ur 0 h " 8 uch a "taU quantity , at tSSSffiS * 1 T in 8 talmenU *• ¦ " <»**¦* had ? S ? nV" ? eDfcBneei the con » " «> t , " > at HI to Je 4 ut W Jn DBl ? * V * oa ! h «* moment fails connected with the LandCompaBy , 5 ° , ou tl IZ ' TrT" 8 UC ( * Hful in *™ & b » K h « is ^ ' ^^ i ^^ r ^^
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mans cause , your sacrifices and sufferings on their ao " cout , seconded by ybur'late '' splendid and triumpbanVr p iss to all their accusatiens > - have confirmed u » in our former opinionof your honesty . . ffe . are convinced , as we altrays ^ hava been , that you * motives art pure and dismterented , and that the labouring claaiu of Britain hare already been more indebted to your eiertionsthan to those o £ - ivny othor puMlo . leadewwho has proceeded you . You commenced your career amongst us as an advocate of the rights of man . onthe princi ples ef Uolverial Suffrage , and every day sinoo that period has provtd your sincerity ,.. ; ¦ . ., . ..
-. By your herculean efforts andthepoweref yourmiad , we have been enabled to resist oppression , and , for the first time In our history , we pment a front of union and intellect which must sbortly procure our fresdom . You have taught us not only the necessity of the SaffraRe but the right of every Inhabitant of a . country to a por ' tion of its soil , and the means of attaining it ; and we believe , sir , that it ia »• tbia better and most effectual plan of salvation , in connection with the Dank , that tbo rancour of your i and our enemies is more particularly directed . So long as the . prlnciples of tha Charter were only in theory , they depended upon the law for suppression , but no sooner did your Liad Plan begin to assume
an appearance of strength , and promise the emancipation of Britain ' * alaveB , th » n tary took the alarm , ana began te argue upon Its impracticability . Th » y san that the houseless , landless , and voteless , labouring class of England ,, whom they had looked upon as goods and chattels , to be worked up like cotton , wool , and other , materials , to create fortunes for the designing , would asoapefrom their bondage , and find out the value and comforts of independence , and we sincerely believe that the fear of this taking place , baj been the cause of the present persecu tion ; .
We assure jou , sir , as Chartists and Land members , that you possess our unbounded confidence , and that « fSSJ iWhtot 5 ? V' »™ B » yB , ' . < fttoblsrs , ' nor thB ? iSJi . v dlfWtonr tttten « on ^ m the Land and kum . S Z : lT ? haT 8 hltherto proT 8 d our ° D'y h «™ t > ou willbo . n , 7 ™ ' ° ' rishU ' ana tru 9 « n 8 *>"" for tSemnnoi « ° "J 'T " "" 8 « srou . effort 8 SSBKKft S ^ T ** claM ctowned ^ Yours , meat Bineerely , Work ^ Man ' s Hall , SSfilSSJSiS ° " -
P . S . —We stroDgl y recommend the pro » eoutlon of tho ManOutUf tomrnktr i - and a levy of twopence each amongst the Laadmombers , towards defrajinn the ex .. prases . We are all prepared to pay that , and ooro if requirsd .
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THE "FLOGGED SOLDIHR . ' TOTHBBOITOROFTHE NORTHERN STAR " Sib , —Lleut John Sbipp , who was first a drummer in the army , and rose by his own mark to an officer , states ( in a work publiihed by him , ) that while in the capacity of drummer he had inflicted no less than twelve thousand floggings , and from bis own experience found 'that when a soldier had been flogged once or more he bgceme s degraded that he never cared about his conduct afterwards . ' .
This , Mr Editor , i think is very applicablj to the onto of the degraded 8 omerville , alias , ' One whd has whistled at the Plough . ' Hi * character , from th « timo of hi « en ^ lutment m the . Scotch Greys , to the year 1832 , ' when h « received two hundred lashes by ordrf of Mojor Wyndham formiscenducf . has been marked , as disorderly in the extreme , with a total disregard for truth . A fripnd ol mine who belonged to the same company , can bear ample teitimony to the truth of this . ^ In a letter in anawer to one I sent him Mspsctlng the character of Somerville , he says , ' though at times of a studiouB disposition ; it was strange ,-to observe the sudden transition of hi * mind , which led him sometimes to , a life of dissipation , his moral conduct was not sufficiently powerful to guar ^ him against that disorderly course of Ufa which when too latehe
, repented of . More thaa one innocent sol aier has suffered from the calumnies and falsehood of SomerVille . ' I can give the name of-my Informant , ii necessary , who would not be ashamed to tell this ba « i Caledonian to his -hardened and unblushing fat , ot through th » medium of the Star , a little more than th » Whistler' would be proud to hear . The Wakefield Journal 1 b far from being wrong in eharaotDrlslng him »«• a 8 PI . The fellow it base enough for anything . Have jou , sir , read 'The Autobiograph y of a Working Man . by a well-known popular writer / as tha Mmihttter Examiner ha » it heading the first chapter of the autotio . nrapby Ah * well known he certainly is , and better known h » soon will be . Take for sample a little of bis own telling . In the sixteenth chapter of his famous Autobiography , we have a specimen of his wdLknown brutality , and ask ydunelves if it does not savour much of the man : here it is in his own words : — 'I had heard of Arabian horses being gentle and affectionate , and frem my stable
experience when a lad , I did not hesitate for a moment to stripoffmyscarletjacket , puton my flaanel waistcoat , and go to werk- to comb and brunh this beautiful stranger of the east—gift of a Queen ( Queen Adelaide ) . He allowed me to get to his head , but the moment I was there he sprang upon me with his teetb , like a furious dog . I perceived the trick in u second of time or Idbb ; an eld soldier bad warned me against such tricks , and his warning rushed to my rsoollectiop . Prompted to an action of self-dsftnce , as also with the ' resolution that the Onlookers Should not have their axpicted lough at me , I gave the ferocious brute such a blow with my clenched hand in the jaw , as to leave him a tnoth-ache as long as he was in the regiment , The veterinary gurgeon puzzled himBelf msny a time in his endeavour to ascertain what had fractured the horse ' s jaw and de . ranged his teetb , but the men who knew had the good sense , for their own sake , to say nothing about it . This is a fair specimen ef the man in his own tailin .
g A man of kindness to his beast is kind , But brutal actions show a brutal mind . ' And yet this Bavaje is allowed to grace tke columns of tho Jfimeft « J « r £ ir ( Hiiti ! er , andabuieanian in every respect his superior . He has forgot the many hard-earned pennies collected for him by the Radicals of 1832 to purthase his discharge . Has he forgot that . there was £ 800 raised in small awns to enable him to settle in life— £ 30 of . which was to pay for his discharge ! ¦ ' ¦ - . ¦; 'Oh ! thy offence is rank— "
It smells up to heaven . ' Shakspeare must have contemplated such a being when his genius suggested the sentence . Shall such a brutish scribe bepirmitted to insult with impunity the character of O Connor « whe , had he not , with heart even beyond his meani , stepped from the idle haunts of luxur , and ease to tell the toil-worn slaves of Britain they might still be free , and assist them in their Rloriom strugglemight now be enjoying the pleasures of a retired life . But no ! O'Connor saw that his ftllow-man bad need of his asiistance , and with the heart of OBe who could not benr to soe suffering humanity struggling under the groaning load of oppression end want , rose like a mighty giant , took suffering man by the hand , led him to the smiling fields of nature and told him that b y tha sweat cf his brow he should earn bis bread . A Fsiend ro thb Cause , and a Cbabiist .
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TO THE WHISTLER . As you are so wrfl re wed in the science of whistling , you are entitled to the appellation of'Whistler the first . Suppose you remember the cat o' nine tails whistling charmingly round your back 15 years ago at Birminjtham Yon told the Londoners , at a public meeting , that your only crime wag writing a lelle * , and th& tmaUWnk you received yon could compare to nothing but pouring hoiling lead down your back , but it seems bo great Is your itching for letter writing , that it would require boliinu hot lead poured down your throat to stop it . I do not know the amount of atrocity contained in the letter you were striped for ; but , if I must take your late tffusions as a specimen , I shouW come to the conclusion that you only got your deserts . But , however , the public of that day ( myself included ) , thought differentl y , and subderip .
tions were Bet on foot to purchase your discharge , and a handsome sum raised to set ynu up in some respectable business . The late Richard Carlisle starteij a paper for jou at his own expense , called The FdlitM SoWitr . He generously consented to stand to all the loBnes , and divide the gains with you . But how did you reward both him and the public ? After tht first number came out , you hypocritically pretended that your conscience would noUllow you to have anything to . do with a man of Car . lile ' s opinions . So very tender and sensitive were you , that you actually hired yourself to murder the Spaniard ^ and it is a pity but that some of the Spaniards' nmmnnl . tlon had found itiwaj to yo « r dastardly , csreaso . Ton certainly are a poor , mistrabh , degraded tool , that can be used to any infamous i urpose . I think th ' e millocrats
are pat to their last shift to employ you , But , I sup . pose , they could not find such a'brazin-faced ass in any other person ; . How dare either < ou , or your sordid employer pry into Mr O'Connor ' a family affairs , and pretend to publish to the world his family secrets ? How would your master like his new wife examined , and then have publlshed'how-much she " added to his ill-gotten gains t But I hope tho law will protect Mr O'Connor , an-l put its veto on such proceedinifB ; or , if not , what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander ., Some unpleasant disclosures may be made concerning other parties who carry on at a swelling rate b y merely shifting pegs . I should like to know how it tiappena that
your wicked employers feel such an interestin the work ing meu ' s welfare , and put themselves to such expense to prevent them being 'duped' out of their pence . It is apparent « neui { h to any one that can see b 9 yond his noie . They see Mr O'Connor ' s plan , if . extensively carried out , vronld tend to clear tbo labour market , of what they call the surplushana » , and thatweuli not do for them . They like always to have on hand a number of living ghastly spectres , to enable them tei keep wagea at the starvation point , that they may trample on the working classes with impunity . Irtmain , Whistling Dickey , not yours , Johs Wabd , Late secretary to the Barnsley Land Company .
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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ , M . P . Dsab Sie . —Wo , tha Charting ofKd s -bley . havogeen . with feelings of pain and disgust , that a party of unprin . clp led individuals are miking a strong effort to blast yeur character , and destroy that confidence whieh the thinking part of the labouring elan repose in you . In trying to efftet this diabolical object , they are resorting to the moat vile and infamous means , trader the usual pretence that they aro doing all for the benefit of tbe working people ! Past experience Appears to have convinced them that all attempts to put yon down by open force , and the arm of the law , would ho vain , and en this account w » find them coming outai PhttanthropitUV and LibmU (!) andsr the plausible characters ol WbiitlKB at the Plough , ' 'Weaver Boys , ' and otbei titles most likely to delude ; This plan of operations h quite In accordance with the obj . ct sought . > .
Instead of meeting you boldly and openly before a public audience , w » find them raking up the whole of yonr pait life , and oarefolly dissecting every remark you hare made in speech and writing , and even resorting to that vile andBMasiin-likeplan of hunting amongst your relativos to find out charge ! against your personal character . We can , however , assure you , sir , tbat our long acquaintance with yon , as tht advocate of tie working
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EKJ& ¥ " ^ ' ? <»» ng and undisputed fact , thai of this country from want and misery ffi K 2 them in a comfortable and mdependSosiSoB 7 r £ ^^ then Bre ^ Wteh . ndS . thi ^ K ^ S Land and Labour Juk : proving it , apriority oVer evary other bank m the kingdom , both asragardB tha ra « e of interest and tha security givtn upon all deposits , lie then entered into an a aatysis of tna objections urged by the pre « i and particularly those made by 'the Whistlbr / showing they wore flimsy in their character , nnd unsupported by argument . He stated that the grand object of these parties was not to benefit the people , but to destroy the reputation of Mr O'Connor , ia order to destroy his usefulness in the House of Commons , and deprive the people of the services of their best friend . The lecturer clearly showed that envy and private pique characterised the effusions which bare appeared in the press against this Land Scheme and ita founder .
lie concluded ma Iectu > e by calling upon the working classes to examine both sides of the question fairly , and if they found the Land Flan calculated to improve their condition and elevate them in sooietyi to use their utmost tfforts in carrying it cut . The speaker resumed hu seat amidst thunders of ap . plauae . No one appearing to offer any objections , the following resolutions were submitted to the meeting aud carried unanimously :--Sta 1 Seld- - rb 0 Ina 8 TattCr 8 all > " TOnded tyJanieB HaviB R read the attacks of ' the Whistler , ' upon Feargus O'Connor , E-q ., M . R . we are of opinion that th « venom of « the Whistler' has not nrhon from any lore or eympathy he msy hava for the working classes , of from any anxiety to protict them , but » itnpl y snd nolely at tha instigation of the moneyocraey , for which he will be amply paid . It is oar decided d piniontbat • tho
, Whi . tler' caret no mor « for the welfare of the working elawes than he does for that of Feargus O'Connor That he wUl eUlwr « hlaU « * hot or cold ; that he is a mere hireling , and w . ll write anything for which he is t aid . That he has convicted Hnnelf , as the Wekefidd Journal , » ay 8 , ( in 1832 . 34 ) , of being either a « py to entrap tto unwary , or else a ph ysical forclst as bad as anyone ' That we i > re of opinion that the object of ' the Whistler is to stop the money of the trades from going into tha Land , and Laboor Bank . We can well inwgina the nccsBsity for intereatei parties to cry np th , tabl ! l » of tho local banks , in ordoi- to prevent tU mon » , from being withdrawn , and it is our opinion that the Whiitkr ' is a tool made use of to try to lessen the confidence in our truefrltnd and champion , Feargus O'Connor Esq M P ., in order to destroy the Land Scheme and break up the Land and Labour Bank .
Moved by Robert Brook , and seconded by Join Kobinwm : — That we the members of the Todmorden branch ef tho National Lind Compmy , do hereby tender our sincere thanks to tbe directors , for their exertions on behalf o £ the said company , and that notwiih ' standinir ' . the foul attempts that have been madn to impeach their characters , we have unbounded confidence in their integrity . m Moved by Richard Close , and seconded by Jam € 3 Mj ' chell : — That we , the inhabitants of Toamorden , in pubHe meeting asurabled , do hereby tender our most sinoeia thanks to the electors and non-electors of' Nottingham , for their patriotic oxertiohs in returning to the Commons ' House of Parliament , that friend of the poople's ricbtg . Foargus O'Connor . Esq . Moved by Thomas Tattersall , and seconded by R . Brook : — . That tho b « it thanks of this nweting be given toM « John West , for hi * able lecture this sveniug .
Moved by Thomas Tartarean , and seconded by R . Brook : — That a report of the evening ' s proceedings be sent to the northern Star and ManchuHrEsammer for Insertion . Barnslry .. —The Irish Democratic Confederates o £ this town assembled at Mr Gewse Atley ' s large room , on Sunday the 24 th inst . Mr James Flood , a venerable patriot of ' 98 , was called to the oh ' air . amidst tha plaudits of fin countrymen ; after which Mr Michael Segrave explained the objects of the Association , and read for the meeting portions r . f Irish history , which gave great satisfartion . Mr John O'Leary read Mr O'Connor ' s letter to tho members of the Land Company , and then rose and addressad the meeting at great length , and made a powerful appeal to his
countrymen to support Mr O'Connor with thesinewa of war . Mr Edward Keith addressed the meetingat some lenEth , and concluded by proposing the following resolution :- ' Thnt this meeting , composed o £ Irishmen from Cape Clear to the Giant ' s Causeway , from the Hill of Howth to Connemara . do hereby pledge ourselves to support Mr O'Connor with the sinews of war , and that we enter into an immediate subsorip * tion for that purpose . Mr Michael Segrave seconded the resolution , and was supported by Anderson Coyl and others . The resolution was carried with great applauFe . A vote of thanks was given in the chaifi man . and the meeting separated highly delighted . Tub Land . —On Thursday , the 21 st ins * ., an interesting discussion took place in the coffee room of
the Temperance Hall ( Broadway ) , Westminster , ob tbe subject of' Tbe Land . Sevtral persons present publicly stated that thoEe who held the allotments c . mld be ejected at a moment ' s notice . Mr John Bas-r said , that he wai not a member of the Land Plan , but that . he had every confidence in it , and that it would ultimately be the means of redressing tha evils that surrounded the present population . Me 1 . B . Reading on being called on to explain the principle of registration , said-That he generally found in all classes of society persons who opposed all plans brought forward to improve the conditi < n of tha people ; who , frrm prejudice , would not acquaint themselves with the principles they opposed , but who pmned theirfaithon the sleeves of such journals as the
Dispatch , Nottingham Mercury , &e . Mr Reading then fully entered into the various proceedine 9 connected with the redsterin ? ef public companief ., at once w . futmg the charge brought against Mr F . O'Connor ; showing , to the satisfaction of the persons present , that that gentleman had not violated one iota of tha act of Parliament , but waadoing everytbisg to carry out its intentions . The paltry attempts lately made by a portion » f the press , hired for that purpose , showed the great progress of the Land Plan . Ha ( Mr K ;) was persuaded that Mr O'Connor was devoting the whole of his energies to the improvement o * the condition , and political regeneration of tho blistered hands' and unshorn chins . ' Mr Mile 9
M'Sweeney said , he certainly was not a member of the Land Comj any , hut ho mnst agree with the last speaker—that he had now to regret that he bad not joined . lie must acknowledge that in tW L&ai Plan he saw everything that was great and noble . By it the franchise would be placed in the hands o £ those who wonld never have poss&sstd it , had it not been for Mr O'Connor . Already had the agricultural serfs began to find that Chartism was * House and Land . ' lie believed that the Land Plan would , ia the er > d , lead to the regeneration of Enaland , and the happiness nf tho people . Several questions were then put to Messrs Reading and M'Sweeney , who answered them to the satisfaction of thsse putting them .
Swmdox . —A public meeting , called by placard , was held at the Odd Fellow ' s Hall , Swinuon , on Tuesday evening , October 10 th , to investigate into Hie charges , preferred in the Dispatch newspaper of Ootober 10 th , against the Chartist body and the Land Plan laid down by F . O'Connor . Mr Martin , artist was called to the chair , and opened the proceedings with a few pertinent remarks , and then read the leading article of the Di s patch of October 10 th , containing the charges . lie then called upon the da * feudants to answer the charges preferred against them . Mr D . Morrison came forward to defend himself and othen with whom he acted . lie entered very minutely into the Chartist a sitation . In tha course ofwhioh lie gave the Dispatch a severe but well-merited castration , and ably defended the character of Fearer .-. 8 O'Connor ngainst his foul-mouthed
s'anaerer . The spoakerjsaid , he was tony to think that a paper like the D /» patcA should have ' sold itself t » the oppressor . A paper that was once held in high estimation by the great bulk of the workiag classes , but was now rapidly falling . Mr Morrison then very cleverly replied to the attacks direct' d against tha Land Company and its directors . Mr Burton followed , and made a splendid defence ofChaitignu Mr 6 . Barber then came forward , and defendvd the Land Plan , and entered very minutely into the calculations wade by the Dispatch , jfottmgham Mercury ,, Ac , respecting the cost of locating the several mem * bers , &o ., and showed the errors of these calculations , Sevi ral others addressed the meeting , which was very attentive . The chairman called upon any one to come forward in defence of fte Dispatch , but no one appeared . The followifcg resolution was unanimously carried : —
That it ia the opinion of this nweting that in the leadingarticloof the . Dispateoof Ootober 10 th , and several other articles that Imvo appeared in that journal , there has shown a preat amount ef spieen , badtVeltoir . and ulter misrepresen tation of truth ; ana thU meeting declares that such a journal is unworthy of the Buppoil of any honeBt working man , ana will henceforth treat it with the greate&t contempt . ' A vote of thanks was unanimously rendered to tha chairman . At a meeting of this branob , on Monday evening last , the following resolution was unaBimiUsly adopted : — That the members of this branch enter into n subscription to assist in defraying anyexppnses that may be incurred by F , O'Connor , Esq , in prosecuting tho Manchester Examiner .
Maxchbstbr . —People ' s Isstitots . —On Sunday evening the meeting commenced by tho chairman , Mr Grooott , readin- Mr O'Connor ' s rejils ^ b the Whistler and company , « J « M" 6 th , ^» & ^ c ^ K « h the most profound »«* n » a / fc | y was delayed . The first kMapWtWffl dren , elicited great apptawa . W *^ fpffca $ crowded to excess . The readwWWrf |« hour * nd forty-thwe : f » » nn * - . » ¥ ^^ P& with unbounded and enAn » isap « BpplB ^; ti'ifei chairman then immediately iBtr jBdipa mlM the leoturer , who began his addrete . MioSWlei the gentry of the press hare neg )^ $ t # ap $ »; $ & talents for the real interest of t&H (^ #$ W $ now came forward as the pretend # wierasrcftlfia working classes . The Land Seherre wtoikcfflSarf i
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TO THE EDITORS OF THE' DISPATCH , ' ' LLOYD'S AND THE 'NONCONFORMIST ' AXD TO ALL IT MAY CONCERN . '
Gentmmek , —CircmnBtimceB have glren rise to a most powerful organisation among the working classes of this ceuntry , either for good or for evil , that hBS hitherto existed in any part of the globe—and other circumstance * are about to arise which ; are beyond your control , which t » ill « nfier it necessary forjoH . and those whom you may call to your aid or to your councils , to decidv whether this power shall ba directed to produoe the good or the evil . The few words which we submit to your consideration
contain truths of tha highett import to you , to every member of your families , to evory subject ofthewldaspread empire , over which you think you havo the power of teaching lies . Tho minds of the people « f this « OUDtVJ are no longer to bo inflaenced by a misconstruction of words , or of lies of any shade . Truth , airs , is the grand iaeaof the thinking and reading portion of the working classes of England now . Therefore , as friends , ' we should beg of you to dtsist making y # ur attacks upon us , the working claBiea , or upon thou on whom we have p ' . 8 ced our affections . . ¦•' , . , .
Q entlemen , ) eu have for a long time been resorting to means the most contemptible to spread abroad lies for those that Jive by aweing ui , with the hope of exciting our prejudices and fears , G ntlemen , we Bra wedded to our objects , and arc fully assured that our principles are founded on justice , and we s « t you at defiance . We know , too , when our designs are properly understood , all ' . will see they ore eminently calculated to promote genwal happiness and prosperity . ^ Written on behalf of the Chartists of BiUton , John Jones , Welverhampton-straet , Bilstoa , October 2 ath , 1847 .
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Committed to thb Flames . —Sir : I hare the pleasing task to inform you that I witnessed the burning of the Di s pat c h at Spinkwell , Dewsbury , on SuBdaynight week , for its dogin-the-maneer-like conduct , and abuse of that good man , F . O'Connor , E q , M . P . Through your glorious Stay , please let the world know , and you will much oblige a number of your friends , as well as your obedient servant , Joiin Elam . IfrDB . —At the weekly meeting of the membors of this branch , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — That having heard ' the Whistler ' s ' letter read from the Manchester Examiner , this meeting is of opinion tbat that vile scribbler ought to be brought to justice . This meeting expresses the fullest confidence in Mr O'Connor . '
A Member op thb Lakd Compast at Touquay has favoured us with a very long letter ; we can find room onl y for the following extracts : — ' That there never was such iaith and confidence placed in anj one man . since England has been a nation ( as asserted in the Dispatch ) , is true , and the subscription of nearly one hundred thousand -pound ? , and placed entirely at hi s disposal , is such a phenomenon as has never been heard of since the world began . Now , what hns been the cause of this confidence in Feargus
O'Connor , Esq . ? The ' fiery Feargus' has never in the course of his whole life betrayed tbe smallest trust , and that is tho reason why such conCdence . is placed in him ; and to think that now , when he has , as it were , the regeneration of the country almost in his grasp , that he will betray his trust , must be the height of folly . The plain simple fact is , thf monej grubs see p lainly that their harvest is almost at an end , and will be completely so if Mr O'Connor is allowed to proceed quietly with his Land Plan , and that there Sb no other way to prevent it but by fraud and lies . r
Bt'RNi . EY . ' -At a meeting of the National Land Company , branch No 1 , held in the Chartist room , it was reselvetl that the following address be sent to the Star for insertion : ' We , the members of tke Burnley branch No . 1 . of the National Land Company , having read in the Manchester Examiner a letter signed One whe has whistled at the Plough , ' and addressed to the shareholders of the Land Company , are of opinion that the writer of the said letter i » actuated by disappointed , vindictive , and malicious motives . But we hope that all such mean and cow . ardly attempts to injure the characters of the directors may recoil with tenfold force on such sneaking , idle , tinkering , politicians , f » . r we are confident that the promulgation of their lying and slanderous state , raents will have an effect on the minds of the reflecting portion of the industries classes , the rerv reverse
of that anticipated by the people ' s false friends ; especially those attacks on-the charaoter of Mr O'Connor . We have also read the article in the Dispatch attacking the conduct of Mr O'Connor , but we deem such a farrago of abuse beneath contempt . We also express our unshaken confidence in the whole of the directors , and hope that they will persevere in the good cause of labour ' s regeneitioD . Signed on behalf of the branch —John Burrows , Ubvuy ISmiih , Hbmrt Ciiarnock . ' ¦ Dewsbury . —At a meeting of the Chartists of this place , it was unanimously resolved , ' That a subscription be entered into towards defraying tbe expenses of a prosecution against the proprietor of the Manchester Examiner , for his scandalous attack on tho private character of F . O'Connor , Esq . M P ., tbe most unflinching advocate of the labouring peop le that this country can boast of .
CnoRLBT . —At a meeting of shareholders on Sunday , the 24 thinst . aTOteofc 6 nfidtncein their honest , indefatigable , and persevering champion and leader , Fcarjjus O'Connor , Eaq ., M . P ., and of censure on his calumniators , wai unanimously ndopted . Malvbrn , WeRCBSTBRsniitB . —At a meeting of the shareholders of the Land Company , held at tbe house of James Brovmell , Upper IIowBell , on Thursday , Oot . 21 st , the following resolution was proposed by Henry Mills , seconded by William Allen , and carried unanimously;— ' That having watched the course taken by the Weekly Dispatch during the time of the Anti-Corn Law agitation , wo look with contempt upon its pretensions to the character oi a public instructor , seeing that all its predictions respecting Corn-law . repeal have totally foiled , in addition to which it lacks honesty of purpose , as iB evidenced by its refusal to publish Mr O'Connor ' s reply to its virulent attacks upon that gentleman . '
Exetkr . —At a meeting of the shareholders of this branch , W . S . P . Wilkinson , Esq . and Mr P- J . O'Brien were eloctcd delegates for the county meeting to be held in this oity on Monday , Nov . 1 st ; it was unanimously resolved : — 'That the heartfelt thanks and sincere gratitude of this meeting be presented to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., our more than father , for liisable and talented refutation of the charges laid against him by the numerous hirelings of ^ the halfdozen protectors ofthe rig hts , privileges and penes of the working men—bless the mark—and if that were possible , our confidence in him is strengthened by the attacks of those hollow-hearted ' friends' ef the toiling poor . —P . J . O'Brien , Sec .
Nbwahk-on-Trbnt . —At a meeting of this branch of the Land Company , a vote of confidence was passed unanimously , expresaiveof full and entire confidence In : Feargus O'Connor , Esq .. M . P . ; and a vote of thanks to Mr Wuertk . the Rhenish deWnte at the BrUBaels Congress , hv hia advocacy of the cause of the working men of England . Todmorden .-A crowded meeting of the inhabitants ot Todmorden took place in the Odd Fellows ' Uall , ob Thursday , the 21 st inst ., at eight o ' clock in tLe evening , to hear a lecture on the Land and Labour Bank and tha Land Scheme ' -as propounded bj Feargus O'Connor , Esq-by Mr John West of Mac clesfield , late candidate for the borough of Stockport . On the motion of T . T » ttewal of Burnley , MrGeorg . ' Sujcliffe wag called on to . preside . The lecturer entered fully into the merits Of the Land soheme , and
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• WHISTLE AND I'LL . COMB TO YOU MT LAD . ' 10 TBE SDROR 07 THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —Will you oblige by inserting the following in your next number , as I bavs no faith in the Eiitor o the Examiner doing go , though I havo seat him a copy , with a request for its insertion . Touri . . B . B .
TO THK SDIIOHOF IHE MAKCHBSTBB BXA 1 CNER . Si * . —Your paper of Saturday last contains a mass of tbe most low , mean , and disgraceful abuie that ever appeared is print , and such as will give your readers an i * ea tbat' the Whistler bas spent a deal of his time in Billingsgate , or , at all events , he owes nothing , to ' genteel breeding . ' Ona would imagine by 'the WhistltrV pravlou letters that ha v » a * a man ineap » bla of « subitltuting personal abute for argument * —jour Saturday ' s number dispelled thit illusion . In tho first paragraph ' the Whistler * refers to his previous week ' s letter in answer to U'Douall ' s , which , ha states , contains certaiu propositions declaratory of tha question at issue between Feargus O'Connor and tha public '
From the above he would mak « your readera believe that there was a question at issue between Mr O'Connor and the public . The question has been long settled by the public—witness the weekly receipts , and is only at iisue between Mr O'Connor and a number of addle . headed prostituted editors , and with those parties I feel per . suaded he will soo settle the question . The Whistler ' s' charges of dishonesty ( perhaps he will deny calling him dishonest : the public may put their own construction upon the words 'despoiling and spend ' ingproperlynot hit < W ) he will answer for elsewhere ; but what will the public think of his consistency and hil aniioni solicitude for the care of people ' s money , when he tells them that he has been in possession of the evidence of Mr O'Connor ' s baseness since 1813 , and yet allowed him to dupe' ( happy word 5 ) them out of £ 100 , 608 !! before he made it known ! It would serve him right if the poor' dnpes' sent him whistling out of town , with the ' cafs tail to bit back , ' for not letting them into the secret sooner .
The peep into the counting-houie is a matter for Mr O'Connor to deal with , and which , I doubt not , he will do to the satisfaction of the public , if not to' the Whistler * and his friend Joshua , who , not having the courage himself , gets the ' old soldier' to shoot his bullets . The Whistler ' s * attempt at correspondence is a bungling affair ( how long is it since 'theWhistler' leant weaving ! j . I fancy I see them both in the same o'fice , using the same pen , and at the same time , both their minds upen ' votes of confidence , ' £ 100 , 000 , balance sheets , accounts , &c . As the * Whistler weaver boy' has such a desire to open the eyes of the poor 'dupes . ' and has not the
ability to meet the Dector and Mr O'Connor—not bdng aa orator . be will , perhaps—have no objection to discuss the question with an obscure individual ( the writer of thle ) , who cannot boast of the power to eaptivate by eloquence , or ' gall'by a recital of the tha many sacrifices he has made , consequently , we shall be upon an equal footing ; and , as ' the Whlitler' can boast of having discussed the question of physical force in ' 39 , for three hours , with men gifted to talk ( the Doctor amongst them ) , sorely he must have Improved since then , unless they talked him dumb . ' Perhaps the bottle of wiae prompted himwhich he paid for ! ( Secret service money is of garvice sometimes . ) If a little wine is requisite to find him words , a bottle is at his service .
If 'the Whistler' will not ditcuis the question in public , why does not the ' friend' behind the ccreen come forward and do so ? Truth—truth—truth alarms him . The poisoned arrows of envy may be shot forth from the editorial battery against the Land Company and O'Connor ; but the armonr of truth will turn the points , and they will fall powerless . It is all very well , Mr Editor , to be ensconced in an office inviting discussion through the press , and then burking tbe replies of correspondents by saying they are too lo » g , er 'yon * 4 ifi « r with them . DiscuiBion eli . cits ' truth , and that is not the object of the Whistler . ' Yours , 86 , Bonsall . gtreet , E . B ., a paid-up Sharehold » r . Holme ,
P . S . —Since writing the above , I think I can discover the object of'the Whistler and Co . ' in the letter of Joshua Hobson , in the -Examiner of Tuesday , where he says , — 'I showed him , 'Mr O'Connor , ' thatth * Land Plan would ' either make him or destroy him . '' It is the making of him they are afraid of , else , if he was in a wrong path , they would hold their peace that he might be ' destroyed . ' The Company will go on in spite of fao . tion . The people have learned to discriminate between friends and humbugs .
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^ S ^ f ^ JtrMLSf ^ i his TiIe received last week . lowing letters were THE PRE 38-GANQ AND MR O'CONKOR . M , ViZ ?** * *™* ™ 0 B M "" STAB . JESSZ mB t 0 " "W-Wlate ™ « rtfcy . which have recentl y been mada on him , by the ragged rascaUi of U , e pr « .. Formerl j it wa . considered politic » m J ^ i " latMB to p ™ him the cold shoulder , and to avoid giving any of his proceedings a corner in their
we . thercockjonmals . butachange is coming o ' er the spint of th . ir dreams . They perceive in the distance a small cloud which will soon cover the land , and shower down theblMsings ofequslity , causing the poor , overworked , and ill-paid artisans of this country to stand erect as men , declaring to those unprincipled Jem Crows , who fatten on corruption , that they are determined to bare that which God and nature desi gned for all—the LmmL Iharereaa , somewhere , of Sir Robert Peel ' s Lady * cutting out of the papers such articles of abuie as were heaped upon her husband , and pasting them on a large board , and exhibiting them to her friends and acquaintances as s triumphant proof of her husband ' s services to his country . I would adviie Mr O'Connor to imitate'lady Peel' in this respect , only instead of pasting the abusive articles on a board , let him print them in a beok , to be exhibited at all Chartist meetings , as a proof of his extraordinary services to the working
mra We have sense enough to . discern between our friends and oar enemies—enough to discern between the intentions of a man who is spending the best of his days in endeavouring to gain for us oar freedom , and those of a set of vultures who are using their utmost efforts to uphold a system which Is starving and working us to death , to support themselves in idleness and luxury . As a member of the society , ! woaldreoommendMrO'Connor to go on the even teaour of his way , resting assured that the mor « his enemies abuse and vilif y him , the more close w « will stick to him ; the , more they attempt to asperse his character the greater reason we shall have to rally around him , until such tirao as his exertions ihall prororeui the enactment of the Charter , which will place all such tool i as have Whistled at thePloHgh , ' in the situation of Othello , with his occupation gone . ' I am , Sir , - ' ' < - , A member of the Co-operative Land Company , PenzMwe , Cornwall . C . Reihoids , Jon .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1442/page/7/
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