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      pzt&Liu ^ v&aB&ja tt&jiukt ^^ Li ^^^ 10 THE MEMBERS OFTHS NATIONAL LAND COMPANY .

      " Ibo hMbtntaan shell be the first parted of the * i nits of the earth . " Mt dear Childbsk , , Having nearly comp leted the cottages at Minster Lovel , and having createla . Paradise in the wilderness , I arrived here ( Smg * Lnd ) yesterday , ( Tuesday evening ) and have been 2 L ged i this morning with the surveyor , la ^ nl out roads and sites for Labour s castles . Nature appears to smile upon us , as the

      morning is lovely , and I dare say the hope of COinin " summer is banishing the frown from those who frave passed through the ordeal of a first winter in their new avocation . Testerday , a portion , of our stud—thirty of them—with , bright harness and ludit stsps , passed through the sickly town of Cheltenham , headed by a band , and thousands of Labour ' s sons , who contrived by exertion to keep themselves healthy in the midst of pestilence ; while the poo r invalids , pampered into unnatural disease , peeped with their muffled heads , imagining that Sir Willoughb y Jones had been unseated , and that a contested election was at hand ; while many of the knowing

      ones , who witnessed the spectacle as the regeneration of Labour , looked on with an intensity of surprise that I have seldom witnessed , In truth , it was a cheering- sight to see such a cavalcade , followed by two vans of Englishwomen and their children , and Irishwomen and their children- But if the sig ht-seers had followed them to { their destination , and seen them housed in stables as good , if not better , than' her Majesty ' s , and built for the accom-nodation of forty-four horses , and built for the sum , not of £ 70 , 000 , but of £ 64—and capable of being taken down in the morning , and erected twenty miles off in the

      eveningeach horse , like a snail , carrying his house upon Tiis back—then they would be astonished . But , as I propose devoting the whole of the next "Labourer , " which may , perhaps , run to seventy-two pages , to the cempletest illustration of " our whole plan as regards the working of the Company , and the principle upon which I propose to conduct the Bank , and having much to do in commencing operations upon a ¦ new estate , yon will not expect much upon the subject ofthe Land in the present number of the Stccrj while , as seed time approaches , I shall devote a certain space weekly to the most minute instructions as to the agricultural operations to be performed in the several

      seasons . Icanuot , however , fail to call your attention to the very ludicrous fact , that some of the most virulent opponents of English agitation , and who have been wholly silent upon the Land Plan , are now claiming credit as being the originators of agricultural improvement . For instance , read the following assumption of originality , which appeared in the " Nation" of Saturday last ;—"WHO IS THE AUTHOR ! " Here is a malignant attempt to'deprive that profound statesman , lord Clarendon , ef his well-won laurels : —

      " 70 TES EDITOR OF THE S 4 TI 0 K . "Sib , —I see that the English press is givin ? Lord CiaxeEdoa ^ -eat applause for his agricultural missionaries . o&gnifrlBs the project into all the dignity of a new and ^ uite original idea . If 50 a turn , however , to the files of " The Natios" for SBice of tae spring months of iS 4 i—March , I ciiafc—jc-h trill find the very thins proposed in an article , under tha head of ' Project of a Society for Public Instractioa . ' It struck me at the time as a very rood idea , and 1 have since had it in my head . The praise of originalitv , therefore , bc ' . enes to "The Xatios . " You bave had the start of Lord Clarendon by nearly four jears . Whatsoever merit is due to him for carrying your idea into efiet , let him have fail credit for it . Detur amr n euiqye . But neither Lord Clarendon ' s nor any other EngiUhman ' s prsjeets mil eTer do Irdand a halfpennyfTOrtkof good . ACox-riiiT Skadks oi- The Satios . "

      Is not tills a joke ? when for thirteen years and more I have been showing the absurdity of sending military and diplomatic Lords-Lieutenant to Ireland , and have been urging the necessity of sending such men as the Duke of Portland , the late Earl Spencer , the late Earl of Leicester , er Lord Ducie , to discharge the dutiss of a chief governor , and who should be surrounded by a Staff of practical agriculturists , disseminating agriculture and knowledge throughout the country , instead of being

      followed by a staff of liveried lacquies , who didn ' t know the land produced the livery upon their backs , and the feathers in their hats . And as early as 1835 , nine years before the notable discovery of the " Nation , " I insisted upon the propriety of adding a Minister of Agriculture and Public Instruction to the Cabinet ; and as early as 1831 , in a Letter written to the Irish People , and circulated throughout Ireland , I enforced the necessity of the Small Farm sys . teni | and the complete alteration in the law , or rathe ? custom of tenure .

      Well , my children , did I not tell you that when we had turned the ' excitable mind of moonshine followers to the pursuit of substantial reforms , that the ignorant Press would lose its charm ; that ignorance of a subject susceptible of proof from practice , would rob the theorists of the profit of speculation , and "wild and extravagant assertion ; and that , like all other inventors ef a new system , we would be first laughed at , then reviled , then howled at , then persecuted , until at length our opponents , deriders , scoffers , and persecutors , would be compelled to adopt our principles . But , my children , the valua of the Land Plan is , that they may mock 3 deride , and scoff as they please , but I DARE THEM TO

      PERSECUTE . If Pitt bound the idle to the Throne by' the golden link , I have bound you to the Labour field , and the free castle , by the brazen Jink and the heart ' s affection . My children—my family , my Land family , —now numbers nearly half a million—that is , a hundred thousand heads of families , to whom their wives ana children are rendered' more dear , since I have shown them the way out of the house of bondage to the Labour castle ; and as I look from where I now write upon the prospect which is before those who shall be located here , I vow , before Heaven , that I would rather risk my life against the most fearful odds—and so would vou—than abandon

      a project which makes temperance , sobriety , frugality , and good example , a pleasure to me , and worthy of your imitation . I always feared that treachery might have arrested my progress' before it arnved at the defiance point , but now I stand upon defiance —as I defy the devil himself , or even a "Whig government , though I perish to-morrow , much longer to withhold the Land of this country from those purposes for which its Creator designed it ; and those who iriake a wrong estimate of my views and intentions , would very soon discover that what I seek to do by honourable purchase , others would mar ^ by revolution , after a frightful sacrifice of life and property .

      In France , as well as in every other country in the world , the Reformers , seeing the impossibility of longer mystifying the mind by the propagation of exciting theories , are , now that we have taught them the way , propounding the necessity of marshalling the public mind upon practical questions . I dare say that many who nave not the brains to comprehend the grandeur and magnitude of our Plan , will wonder when I tell them that between now and the

      latter end of February , I shall have made nearly a hundred miles of furze hedging ; thus supply ing the ' occupants with the very best description of . food for cattle , from the 1 st of Nevember till the 1 st of April—I mean that by that time I shall have enclosed every allotment with a furze hedge , and which for three or four years will constitute the best and the most lovely fence imaginable , while every allotment wiil be completely enclosed with the Labour castle in the centre .

      After my day ' s work , I devote my thoughts to the best means for establishing a new Company , and which I hope to propound in the next number of the " Labourer . ' There is one fact , however , which , till then , I cannot withhold from you , as of all others it proves the value of co-operation as well as the necessity for vigilance . received estimates for supplying Jthe cot-

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      tages at Minster with water , and by the plan recommended by those who were ready to undertake the job , I discovered that their estimates for completion would amount to 4 , 600 / ., each occupant having then to-go fifty yards for water . This difficulty cost me many an anxious thought , as it would have added 15 ? . an acre to the price ofthe land , —one half uf what I paid for it ; and perhaps the critics of

      the " Dispatch "— who are not water drinkers , by the wav , —will be horrified , when I inform them that I have contracted for sinking a pump in every man ' s back kitchen , giving each a full supply of water , for 320 / ., thus saving the compuny 4 , 2307 . upon this item , besides p roviding against great casualties and the probability ofthe disarrangement of very complicated machinery .

      "While I am in the vein , i must inform those who object to hsrse-power applied to drawing stones , lime , sand , timber , slates , and dung , and ploughing , that I have now forty-two of the finest horses in England ; that , by Saturday next , I hope to have ten more , and that before the middle of May , I hope to require more than one hundred and then , as I shall prove in the next number of the " Labourer ' beyond the power of refutation , I shall save the Company , in the item of horse-labour alone—over 200 / . a week , besides the manure of one hundred horses . What will the " Dispatch" say to that ?

      I am requested , by many correspondents , to invite those who have shares to sell in the Company , to notify their intention , with name nnd address , to the ' Directors at the LandOffice , as many are anxious to purchase , and will cheerfully pay up principal and interest ; and I have received several letters , stating that the unfortunate Mr Field , my dupe , and a correspondent of the " Dispatch" refused to sell his four-acre share , receiving principal and

      interest , and he had the manliness to state that he preferred retaining it , that he may be qualified to complain , so that he may fire away till he crack his lungs . In the course of a few weeks , I shall be able to announce the day when the occupants will be located at Minster Lovel , Snip ' s End , and the Moate ; and when the weather justifies me , that is , within the next month , i shall be able to announce the time when all now balloted will

      be located . I forgot to state that I hare thirty-six head of cattle making manure at Minster Lorel ; that I am going to purchase twenty-four more , to make the number up to sixty ; and that I am going to purchase sixty head to make manure here—thus giving to Minster Lovel estate the manure made by forty horses for nearly four months , as well as a large number of cows during the same period , and the manure of sixty head of cattle and seven horses from the present time till the latter end of March : and to this place , the manure of

      forty-four horses and sixty cows for nearly three months ; and that I shall have a large profit in making that manure , deposited on the farms , instead of drawing it fifteen and twenty miles , besides paying for it , as many farmers do . The value of this system may be best understood , when I tell you that I paid 220 / . for London manure put out at O'Connorville , and nearly 100 / . for drawing it from the wharf , and which I could have done with my own horses at a cost of about 25 / ., besides having their manure , but the small amount of capital

      then in hand , would not have justified , me in undertaking so large an expenditure as the purchase of horses and waggons ; while at Minster and Snig ' s End I shall have more than twelve times the quantity of manure put out on Herringsgate , and when I am justified in having- a couple of hundred horses and a couple of hundred head of cattle , I will make a garden of every old worn-out estate that is released from the possession of the idler , and committed to the proprietorship of the industrious . There ' s a mouthful for the poor " Dispatch . ''

      Your fond and affectionate father , Snig's End . Feargus O'Connor . P . S . —There is not a stone upon this estate yet ; there is not a road made or a well sunk ; and before the first day of April 1 will have ninety cottage 3 and the necessary agricultural operations completed . F . O'C .

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      Os ^ aldtwisile . —On Monday , the 3 rd inst ., we had a tea party and ball , which was got up in a few feonra , by theFoxhill Bank Temperance Brass Band , in connexion with 113 . The bail was crowded almost to suffocation . After the cloth was removed ,- and the band had played a few favourite airs , Mr Thomas Chippindale was unanimously called to tho chair , who o ; ened the meeting in a short bat pithy address , and calledup jn a member to sing' Base Oppression , ' ( from the Chsrtist hyrrn bock , ) in the ohorus of which all the assembled multitude joined . Another

      membsr gave an addreEB , in which he showed the eril effects of the present system , and pointed to the Land and Chapter , as the or-ly remedy for " exiatia . ; evils , and adTised The assembly not to rest satisfied until that retnsdy was attained . The chairman then sung , 'The Lion of Freedom , ' in which all heartily joined . He then gave , ' Feargus O'Connor , E-q M . P ., the unflinching ' champion of the people s rights , and may he live to see the Charter the law of the Land ; ' which was respond « d to by three hearty cheers . The ball then opened , and was kept up until eleven o ' clock , when all separated , higbly delighted with the entertainments .

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      THE PEOPLE'S CilARTER . IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING . The fourth metropolitan gathering convened by the Chartist Council , was held in that capacious building , the Royal British Institution , Cowpf-r-Btreet , Finsbnry , on Tuesday evening , January 11 th . On the platform we noticed Stafford Alien , Esq . and the Rev . Dr Campbell . Julian Harney was announced to preside , but not haying arrived at eight o'clock , Mr Drxos was appointed chairman pro tern , and briefl y opened the proceedings , remarking that the present possessors of the Suffrage held it not because they were virtuous , nos because they had moral or intellectual qualification for the purpose , bnt simply Irom the accident of their possessing a little more property tbaa their neighbours . Anything more absurd or ridicalou 3 it was impossible to conceive . Now lie demanded the suffrage in virtue of his manhood , and 'his person was bis title deed . ' ( Loud ehfere . )

      • Air Thomas Clark—amid 3 t loud cheers—rose to more the hratresoluti 9 a , and said , her Majesty ( by the way the very highest authority ) in her Speech from the Throne , expressed , her regret for the sufferings of the people , bat her Majesty ' s parliament had not done much . True , Chris ! nns had intervened , and members of parliament preferred it ? festivities to legislating for a starving peofle . { Heir , hear . ) Besides , those gentlemen gave their services for nothing . ( Ironical cheering . ) Well , her Majesty had admitted that great distr « s prevailed , and on this subject he ( Mr Clark ) perfectly agreed with her Majesty , bat the people had no hand in creating fchu distress . The resolution that he was about to propose declared , that parliament had to do with it , for

      had that body attended to the interest ofthe people , and cultivated the resources of the country , it was impossible there coaid have baen any distress amongst the wealth producers . ( Loud cheers . ) Yesterday he was in the north of England , la Manchester tho working classes , and the class immediately above them , were in great distress , indeed such severe privations had never been known at any previous period of England ' s history . ( Hear , hear ) It could not be right that one man should hold the franchise to the exclusion of sir others . ( Hear , hear . ) And , indeed , he did not believe that at any period six parts of the community had ever delegated their electoral powers to the other seventh ; but if such a contract did exist , it was nothing but right that it should be produce-J for their inspection . ( L'md cheers . ) Ue denied the justice of a Property Qualification ; but if property was a test of fitness surely the working classes mu-t

      nave a very strong claim , seeing that they were the procurers of all wealth . ( Great cheering . ) As tho vrorkin , ' classes were bound by tho laws , so ought they to have a controlling power over those who made them . ( Hear , hear . ) And if they were denied that iwer , surely they could not expect that the working classes should feel meraliy bound to obey the laws . ( Cheers ) But bad as many of the laws wen , he could not recommend the breaking of them . ( Hear , hear . ) True , tbey had hitherto failed in their attempts to get within tha pale of the constitution , bnt still they had the consolation of kuowing that we were engaged in a juat cause , and that by pereeverance and organisation they would ultimately prevail . ( Loud cheers . ) Tiio prime minister , Lord John Russell , had admitted the truth of the principle , in his speech in favour of romovioK Jewish disabilities . ( Hear , hear . ) If the principle was true as regards Jew ? , it must be equally truo an regards Christians , and the working classes general !/ . ( Cheers . ) And their friends Barney ,

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      ¦ iir | iiTrmr """ 1 T ^"' PWTiiif ^ PfTf 7 iiiiTi * r"TTTTni'iiiiir *''"" i"irr "' ' vr ™"" " *™^"* ™*'" m , ^^ IBEgM ^" ¦»'_ .. _ ¦ - 1 m \ M'Gra b , Diiun , Junes , ond West , had as much rgbt to tafe « their S 3 a ts as had Baron Rotbo .-hild . ( G eat oheennsr ) It was not for him to come there and denounce thoa'istecracy , while the workin ? men thenr * selves were to blama for cot sufficiently bestirring t hemselves —( hear)—as he was thoroughly convinced that when fie people demanded their rights ' n earnest , then , nnd cot till theri , would the People ' s Charter be embbzmed on the scroll of the British Constitution . ( Load cheers . ) Iler Myesty has ad mitted th > distress , and her prime minister had pleaded the justica of the suffrage , and it was therefore the duty of the people earnestly to demand their own , ' and nothing could preTeni tha obtainmenS of their just rights . A word as regarded Ireland . Their o ' a ? 3 legislation had shown their utter incapacity to <; overn England ; and if thev c > uld not govern this

      is ' and , it raust bsa-imitted they must be enti . ely unfit to legislate for another conntrr , and hence he demanded a full , free , and fair" vepre ; 6 ntfitiou for the Iruh ceaple , in a parliament in their own country . ( Loud cheers ) His demand was equal justice for England and Irelan d— : « nd he trusted that they w * a'd not onlv hold up tUeir hands for the resolution lie w iS about to submit to them , but rise to-morrow morning witk a determination to carry its spirit into practice . He had now great pleasure in moving— 'That this meeting is of opinion the awfully depressed and degraded position of the industrious classes of Great Britain and Ireland , arises from the monopoly of the elective fr&nclme ; and that the people of these realms can sever be permanently beneStted nntil the whole mala adult population are within the pale of the Constitution . '

      Julian Harney having arrived , Mr Dixon vacated the chair , which was taken by J . H ., who wasrecaired with loud applause . Mr Johs Skkliok , in seconding the resolution , said : If they had ne power over those who made the laws , what could they expect but that those who made them wonld do so for their own benefit ? f Hear , hear . ) That that great wrong existed , appeared l » be geneifa'ly admitted , and the question is , how came that wrong ? An inquiry into man ' o Eature , at onee told th ? m that individually he was weak , but that in his corporate capacity he was strong—( hear , hear)—and hence , the wisdom of cooperation . The resolution he was seconding said , that dasi legislation was the cause of iho wrong . sins of

      and that truth was confirmed by the commission and omission on the part ofthe legislature . ( Hear , hear . ) Surely , in a country so abounding with wealth , and a population so famous ier thoir ingenuity and industry as the English people were , if properly governed , no portion of the inhabitants would be permitted to starve . ( Loud cheera . ) The reason why the Industrie uj wealtfa-producers now starred , was because they were excluded from the franchise . ( Hear , hear . ) But was it right that a few gilded flies , bashing in the sunshine of a eourt , should batten oa their miseries . ( Loud eheera . ) Their friend Clark had justly toM them that whcH they would ihey might alter the system . ( Renewed cheering . ) He called on them to thiok deeply on their state , nnd let those who were able to liredo aomettang for those who are starving . The

      , present system was a system of fraud and rank delusion , and must bo destroyed before they could foundajuBt and good one . ( Hear . hear . ) Bufc they must not expect those who grow fat by that system to work a change . No ; ¦ for they required no change . Those parties had been satisfied with the mere name of reform , whilst the people required the thing itse'f . ( Hear , hear . ) At the present time , the middle olass reigned almost supreme . How ? By the power the people had delegated to them , by the means of a dishonest distributive system . ( Hear , hear . ) The people had hitherto conferred power and wealth on others , henceforth let then keep both for themselves . ( Loud cheers . ) If the people wished a change , they must will it to nigkt and to-morrow , and persevere until Yiotory crowned their efforts .

      The CruiP . WAX then introduced , Mr Ebxesx Joke , ftfc . 9 ame forward , and said , Mr Chairman and t ' nenus , —There is a period in a public movement , when after a time of depression it rallies from its own vital energy , ever inherent in the breaat of truth . At that period we have arrived—it is a period of promise—it is also one of danger . At such times some men caught by 3 n incautious zeal , w . sh to hurry progress bejond the bounds of safety , and by trying to grasp all in a moment , lose all for an ajr / , ( Hear , hear . ) There 1 are also some men , who , influenced by personal ambition , talk to the people of their strength and their power ; tell them to shatter their foes ; are more democratic than democracy—and have got something still more furious to propose than

      every man who preceded them . These men are the humbugs of the movement . There are ako SOW © Wet blankets , who fear tie spirit they have helped to raise , and tremble at the power of which they form a part . These men are the drag-chains of the movement . I trust we shall be influenced by none of these to-night . ( Hear . ) I conceive wo are assembled here to assist in passing a Coercion Bill against the government , and to produce Buch a ' pressure from without , as Fhall squeeze peer little Laid John into something like a decent and statesman-like shape . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Seeing then that we never had a mere middle class , nor , therefore , a mure hostile parliament —since the middle clas 9 are our greatest enemies . ( A voice : ' No , no . ' ) A gentleman says' no ; ' but I

      teil him that no class has ever proved as hostile to the working man , as the middle class of England . ( Hear , hear . ) It has cast down aristocracy on the loft , aud democracy on the right , and lives on the ruins of both . I do not wiBQ to raise aristocracy . Let ( he brufced serpent lie , for it would sting the hand that healed it—but your money law his been worse than the feudal one . [ Under feudalism , the people were fat alavea—under your rale , sir , they are lean slaves . ( Loud cheers . ) Seeing , then , that we never had a more middle class , and , therefore , a mere hostile parliament , I beiieTe the hour far temporising na 3 past ; we have felt the pulse of the patient Iopg enough , and now it is time to apply the lancet . _ The people know this , sir , and therefore are organising . We , too , are

      increaainsr our army : the Old Guards are in the fielii again ! ( Cheers . ) We , tco , are enrolling our militia ; the atarvine millions , for the peaceful , but none the less unyielding struggle . We , too , are strengthening our' national defenceB : ' courage in our fcearls , disci ' pline in our ranks , and unity in our action . ( Applause . ) But there are some gentlemen here , who « e not satisfied with this . Who aay that millions of determined , well-organised , and well-informed mtn , are insufficient to obtain the Charter from a crippled gorernmenr , a bankrupt exchequer , a defenceless army ( that Lord EUesmere recommends to walk out of one end of London , when the French walk in at the other , ) and a divided Parliaraent . ( Cheera . ) These gentlemen tell the people they must grow rich , if thi-y

      wast to become free . I tell them they must beccnia free , if they want to grow rich . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Shelton exhorts the people to become wealthy . Will Mr Shelton be kind enough to tell them how ? He will say co-operation—but I much fear nothing cor operating with nothing , pr « Juce 3 nothing . Become rich—what ? In the workhouse or the gaol ? Become rich—what ? In the deer forests of our nobles ? Become rich—what ? On 63 . a week ? Become rich —what ? In the church-yards of Skull , or by the grarea of Skibbereen ? { Hear , bear . ) Go tell it . to the unemployed in Manchester—to the 20 , 000 destitute in Bradford . Go tell it to the Irish tenant , dying by the light of his burning cottage . Go tell it to the beggar at thedoors of Grosvenor-square . Go tell him

      at once to be a slave , but do not let us insult his misery , by telling him to become rich . ( Hear , hear . ) I know you will hera point to our glorious Land Company , and say _ : See what the money-plan has done ? S 3 it has—it ha 3 shown you how happy you could be , if you had the powerof the Charier legislating on the Land . ( Loud cheers ) Do you suppose tho government will let you go on ? Dj you suppose tbe middle class will Jet you enjoy the fruits of your co-operation ? No ! this Company has succeded—thank God ! 50 , 000 families are rescued from destruction under the protectii n of the I ? . w ; ho act oi' Parl ament can be retrospective , but rest assured Parliament will throw such difficulties in the way of future companie ? , as to render their formation next to

      impossible—unless you obtain political power . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) And rest assured the middle clas ? , if they Gnd you can spare enough from your wages to buy land , will hit on the expedient of lowering your wages still more , and you know they need not fear you if you are merely money-grubbers , instead of men . ( Hear , hear . ) Moreover , tho people were still in work , when they subscribed to ths Land , the promises of free-traders still gave a galvanised action te tho dead corpse of onr commerce— but non-eMployment nnd pauperism became mote acd more with every day , and the power of subscribing grows Ies 3 with every hour . ( Hear . ) And how is the working sl ave to ketp his riches , it he had created them ? He has created wealthall

      , 6 he wealth the country boasts oi . Has he kept it ? Na ! And why ? Because ho had not the politicai power to protect it from the privileged robber . ( Caeeis . ) Be assured if you make money , government will find some raean 3 to get it from " you . If you think to put down monopoly by this alone you are much mistaken . It is like tryin ? to catch fish with a bait , but no hook to your line . The Whig fi ^ li will swallow your bait , and be all the better for it . ( Cheers and laughte * . ) IIer « again you may point to tha Land Company—but the allottees of that company are not safe withoat the Charter . Let them remember their forifathcra , the yeomanry of England , all owned { he land . How did they lo ^ e \< ?

      Why by taxation A freeholder was obliged to do military service , and supply tbe cosily equipment f « r hira ? elf and horse , according to his'holding , Frequent service turned him—he was unable to supply the equipment—then he was fined ; at last ho could not pay the fine—then his land was seizedand so you became landless aud honsnless slaves The present sjBtem has the same re .-u'ts , taxes and poor-rates grow heavier every year , and these will fa lcrushmgly on the allottees ofthe Land Company Every fresh surge of taxation da 3 hin « at-aiast that social reck , will crumble another fragment You ? W tax .: s fall as equally on the farmer and the kndord . Hot so . They employ labour , and make n the difference of twH «» kflww rf JJS :

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      na—H ^ gMMt ' 1 '"'" " 1 mm 1 ¦ m ^ m » _^_ T hose who employ labour escape taxation—thoit who labour for themselves , they pay the tax . ( Cheering . Now then , sent ! emen , will monej-grabbing do ? nVW then friend * , co-operate ! make money , it wd be wan ' -ed far ths milH- ' a , and the added army ! Make money—it will be wanted for fresh palac < s . Make mo « ey—it wili ba wanted for new bisloy . Make money—it will be wanted for royal babies , since you must give the royal babies pap , and 1 yoa must build the royal babies nurseries . ( Loud applauso ) Make money—and is this impossible task your pnuacea ? Not one word about Registration and Election—not one word about the triumph at Nottingham , and glorious stand made by other constituencies ? We have seated cne man—the same - ° " ° " '

      power that seated one can seat five hundred . Parliament makes Jaws—members make parliamentand you are making members . ( Hear , hear . ) JN » t ono word about tho National Petition—the only means we have of lotting the world and the Pnti ? h people know how Btrong wo are ? Not one word sbeuttheNatienal Convention—the only legitimate authority of democracy ? Not a word about presenting that vast petition , with the National Convention sittiu ? . England waiting in terrible expectation , Ireland enzuipbins armies . Scotland gathering mthe Highlands , and London thundering in their ears , till the * palaces of St Stephen ' s vibrate ? ( Immense . wurn . ) No ! But eo mop . ey-srubbing in the mine

      oi industry , forgetting that monopoly , like a uery dragon , interrupts the way . Ay : - Workhardwstarve longer—that the rich may get more than they expected , and the board of luxury be garnished by the nest-e ? g 3 " of co-operation . This is , indeed , folding a wet shroud around the heroic heart of Chartism . fou aay millions of pence—I say millions of men * . Political power must precede a real amelioration . ( Much applause . J Yes ! Men of London ! We mu 3 t agitate and 01-gani < ie ' One simultaneous meeting , at one hour of one day all over the United Kingdom , to sbcw our organisation . Oae vast petition , to prove the people themselTes how Btrong they are in their number ? One vast procession ofthe men of London to present it , whilo a Convention watches the debate , and keeps piling the pressure from without , till every town m England and Scotland rallies with the same spirit , and concentration on the part of government becomes

      a force . ( Hear , hear . ) Let a member Of TOUT executive be constantly traYellingUrough thecountry ; let all England be divided , according to the prmcipies of theCharter , into equal districts ; let meetings at fixed periods , be held in these , it will , as it were , dri 1 tbe people into organisation ; let th «» , wno can subscribe so well to the Land . subacribe but a little to the Charter , and , depend upon it , we shall soon obtain theLand . ( Loud cheers . ) Menof London ! you have more in your power than the rest of England . Yoa are at the fountain head of monopoly , and you can stop its course most easily . ( Hear , hear . ) Ine gallant men of the North are a long way off , and the creditor who enforces ' his claim in person , is always more attendfd to than he who sends a letter , four

      petitions from afar will ba scorned—there are nundred of miles , and plenty of barracks between those petitioners and Parliament . Bat yoa , A » en 0 London ! can go in person , and knock at thedoors or St Stephen's ti . l your privileged debtors tremble—as they gasp . We owe them for centuries of misrule , wo owe them for blighted homes and dying of children—we ewe them for ages of misery , in a land of wealth—we owe them for millions of murdew—and , oh God ! hero the terrible creditors are come at last , to call us to thereckoninir , and demand the payment ! ( Thunders of applause . ) One word to those who are afraid ef Chartism . We certainly have a knack of frightening the old women , and especially those in Parliament . ( Laughter . ) But Jet them ba re . isaured . We are men of peace . We abhor bloodshed

      and violence . Bnt we are not men of non-resistance and passive obedience ; we will not be the aggressors—but if we are struck , will return the blow , and they must stand the consequence . ( Loud cheers . ) Rally , then , throughout the three kingdom ? . Rally , men of Scotland ! Not in vain must Mara&rot , Skirvinp , Gerald , and Palmer have suffered . Rally , men of Erin ! not in Tain must Fi'zgerald and EmnuU , Wolf Tr-ne asd Arthur O'Connor , have been tbe martyw of their country ! Rally , men of _ England ! Not in vain must you have filled the pri 3 ona of York , Lancaster , and Stafford I Not in vain must the widow and the orphan mourn a Feterloo ! ^ Not in vain must oar exiles hope for a return ! Not in vain must the Old Guards march under their green Ha ? , 3 nd an O'Connor pioneer the path of liberty ( Mr Jone 3 resumed his seat amid continued and hearty cheering . )

      The Chaibuan then put the resolution , which was carried unanimously , The Chairman ( Julian Barney , ) afte ? explaining the cause of his non-arrival in time to take the chair at the commencement of the proceedings , said : —I understand from the advertisement calling this meeting that cur principal business 13 to be the adoption of a petition to parliament for a redress of grievances . It has , before now , been said that—1 Petitioning for pity is mest weak , The sovereign people ought to demand justice . ' It is cot for pity we petition ; eveawere we capable of so degrading ourselves , the experience of all time

      has proven that the oppressed never owed their deliverance from auSerlos and sorrow to the sympathy of their oppressors . ( Hear , hear . ) Itwas not by supplicating the mercy ofthe Persian invader that Marathon was won and Grepce was freed . It was not by prayers and bribes that Rjme was delivered from the barbarians of Gaul . It was ni t by cringing to the insolence of Austria that Willtam Tell created Swiss freedom . ( Applause . ) It was not by base submission to Edward that Bauneckburn was immortalised . ( Applause . ) It was not by vain attempts at exciting tke sympathies of a despot ' s heart that our fathera rescued themselves from the treacherous

      tyranny of Charles . ( Cheers . ) It was not by petitioning for pity that America broke her chains , ( Loud cheers . ) It was not by crying , ' Pity us good nobles—pity us good priests—pity us good king , ' that thepeopieof France were enabled to obtain a remission of the cruel bondage of feudalism , priestcraf ' , and monarchy . ( Greatcheering . ) No ! the powerful and ths privileged Beyer coacede anything to those who ask their pity , and their sense of justice is never awakened until the oppressed are jn a position toilo justice to themselves . Any petition adopted by this meeting , or a thousand meetings , will be the very vanity of vanities , unless tbe people exhibit the will and determination to take other steps to enforce their claims . But a people that petitions net for

      pity but for justice , has already taken the first step in the right direction . If that people are in earnest they wil ! follow up their petition for juBtice by a deraand—taking care that that demand is expressed not merely m words but by deed .- - , —by all the deeds which justice and sound policy , combined , may sanction . ( Hear , hear . ) Let us , then , resolve that if to-night we petition it shall b-2 no vain work done , and forgotten in the passing hour . Let us resolve to devote all our energies to obtain those franchises wh'ch we claim as our right and our due . Other speakers have commented on the wrongs of your class and the sufferings ef your order ; and speakers yet to come will illustrate and defend the principles of our glorious Charter . Let ins show you tbe .

      glorious prize which may be yours , if with resolute hearts you will but stretch forth y . mr bands to t . 'ike your own . Behold this mighty empire , bm'lfc up by the strong arms and cemented by the blood of our fathers , Britain ' s empire is greater than ever Offned the sway of Assyria , Persia , or Rome . Va 3 t as are the wilds and numerous as are the nations and tribes which own the S 7 ray of tha Muscovite , both are exceeded by the dotuiniona lorded over by thi 3 'tight little island . ' Collectively , the whole empire cove' ^ an extent of eight millions and a half of square miles , and contains a population of 164 millions . One-sixth part ofthe dry land of the globe owls the flag of this country . On England ' s empire' the sun neversets ;' ' the chart of our colonies is a chart of the world in

      outline ; for we 6 weep the globe and touch every shore . ' How strange that millions of the heir * of this magnificent heritage are steeped in poverty ; that thousands perish for lack of bread , and hundreds this very night , have no shelter from the wintry blast . ( Uear hear . ) The owners and conquerors of millions of miles of thi 3 fair earth have n « t in their possession a foot of land . The natural and manufactured riches of every clime are contained within the limits of the British empire , Corn and cattle , oil and wine , the fruits of the earth in every variety , woal , silk and cot ^ n , iron and coal , fuis and precious stone 3 , gold , silver and copper abound in proiuaion . Our manufactures are the wonder and envy of the world . For skiil , industry

      and heroism , our artisan 9 , kbourew , and sailors ar < Mhe most celebrated on the face of the earth . All the elements of trin greatness and happiness abound , in spite of which shame and misery have established their rimBter sway . Shame upon us that i : should be so . Tkis empire is rightfully the property not ol an idle , a scheming , and a privileged few , but of the entire people . Is not such a prize worth struggling for f ( Hear , hear . ) The Charter is the means , f ^ d tha t prize is the end . ( Ch- ; ers . ) When , therefore , the usurpers of vour iQheritaneo ask you f . o arm in defence of the cnuntry , ask them , what corn-try ? Iftheyre ly Em-land ; tell taem England is eeminly youra by right , but 13 not yours by possession , and you refuse to arm for its deionce unless you have your fair share of its 1 ™* % * 1 : ^ P ^ V . . The Puke of Wellington Written letter in iraM

      a , with every srmptom of real or affected alarm , he lms set forth the feasibility ot a trench mvasion , and tha incapacity of this country to successfully oppose ihe ijvadcr . The D "f ^ "t * " « addition to the army of 40 , 000 men hi ; l ff'T' , The Duke is a soldier homie de has been h » crnde , and a very successfu trade he has driven . You will remember the table 4 Ue city in alarm , when . ail the wi ? e men were collected to devis-3 moans for its defence . The stonemason declared , very dis ntorestedly , tint there was nothing like Stono , the carpenter with equal patriotism gave lm vote for wood , and the tanner declared there was nothing like leather . ( Laughter . ) So the Duke of Wellington , true tohia trade , declares that there 3 nothing like soldiers . ( CheeH . ) He advises feelingly , as this wiU show : —>

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      having only existed { hearv hear ) . Universal Suf » frase was the great principle ; the ottfer uve poiatg of the Charer were simply tha means ot work / ng out that principle . The Ballot under present circum . stances visa naces- ary , or honest men wouln be crushed for daring to perform their conscientious outy ( loud chwra ) . Mr Dixon then justified the principle of AnnnarParliamente , and showed their akolutonecei . aitr I « w * 3 t 3 r better te Psy their serTanta than * o oerrnSt thair servants to pay themselves ; ani there . tink faUor possessing brains having only existed ( hear , hear ) . Univemi Suf »

      was many a er or more than half-a-dozen of those lordlwgs ; and whan Me Harney w *> , *» ne certainly would be , e ecttd for Tiverton . doud cheering ) or ha other friends we : g wturnedforthe several places , for whu-h they werg candidates , they would be perfectly justified ia lookin * - tothe ' . r constituents firttneir wages ( loud cheers * . The Charter put 3 forth ths great docinne , justice to all- injustice to aone ; and under its p mciples , Land , Labour , and Capital would be fairly repre . ifintei . Mr DiXOa reswwea ais seat emidst re . it 3 f ?

      TheChairman then introduced Mr John West , of Maccle » fi * Uf whom he highly eulogised as a sound thinker , an eloquant speaker , a talented advocate of Chartist principles , and an bonest ^ man who had amfered greatly through the oppression oi the ecero » e « of labour . Mr Wkbi , who was most heartily cheered , said he hid much pleasure in informing them , that the men of the west and the north had pledged themselves never te cease their exertions until the Charter be * came the law . Time wps when the tail moved fbg head , but now the bead moved the tail . ( Laughter ) . London had assumed its proper position ; tho Chartista were tbe true pioneers of liberty—the heralda

      of peace—not the messengers of war . A ! i c-nverta would be welcomed , but the old guards must lead ( Cheers ) . He asserted that every human being had a right to live , and having the right to live , also had a right to possess the means of living . ( Eleas hear . ) He contended that he was the rightiul member for Stockport . Richard Cobden sat for the Wes ? Riding of Yorkshire , for which he was elected by show of hands , ar . d by the same rule he ought to aifi for Stockport . ( Cheers . ) The British constitution was like a three-legged stool—it bad two good leg * and a small twig . Well , let them repair it by put * sing in a third good lee , instead ofthe twig , and then all might sit on the constitution without an ? fear o £

      falling . ( Laughter and cheers . ) But to effect thai the People ' s Charter must become the law of tha land . ( Loud cheers . ) If they wanted Church Re * form , let them get the Charter . If they wanted Law Reform , let them get Jhe Charter . If the ? wanted tbe gallows abolished , let them get the Chas . ter . Some said this was the wrong time to adrrcatg the Charter , fle wanted to know which was the right time . Tkis meeting was 3 good beginning , and tbemea of London might depend on be ing well backed by tha men of tbe west and north . Thenest petition would bethebesfc . Jbecause tbe most numerously iigned of any petition ever presen £ ed . Mr West resumed Ma seat loudly applauded . The resolution was carried unanimously .

      Mr Charles Keb . i moved the adoption of tbsjNs « tional ; PetitioR which was seconded by Mr Luca » , aad carr ied unanimously . Mr Dison moved a vate of thanks to the chairmaa , which was carried by acclamation . Thundering cheers were then given for Fearful C Connor , M . P ., tbe Land Company , aad the Ciiw ter , and the meeting wad dissolved .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . ^ OBTJiAMPTOff . —A general meeting oi Vhe mem \> srS ofthe Land Company will take place on Tuesday next , January 18 ; h , at the Temperance-ball , New . land , at half-past seven o'clock , to receive too report of the auditors , to appoint officers for tha quarter , and to take into consideration the propriety of adopting tbe petition suggested by M * O'Cennor . , _ , NowisGHAM . —The next meeting of Land meHbe'S will be held at the Rose , Mount-street , oa Sunday evening , at saven o ' clock . RoassJDA&B . —The general quarterly meeting of the shareholder will be held on the 22 nd inat . at tha house of Mr Robert Ingham , Sw :-n Inn . Pltu > uth . — The members of the Plymouth branch are requested to attend next Monday nighfcg at the meeting room , High-street .

      Lebj > 3— A meeting of the members of tie Land Company will be held oa next Sunday afternoon , sfe two o'clock , in the Bazaar , Brkgate . LuTLBTowsf . J-EAR Lsbd 3 —The committee ana auditorr of this branch will meet at 51 r CharUa BrookB ' s , on Sunday , January 23 rd , at nine o clock , fortke purpose of auditing the branch books . A 6 ten o'clock a general meeting will be held . Those in arrears with their levies are requested to pay tha

      same . Mr J . HiraiBR will be at Thqrney Coiiiery ob Monday , the 17 tb , to hold a meeting , and arrange for the organising the various branches in the county of Durham ; andatWingate Grangeon Wednesday , the 19 th inst . Any other place requiring his eer > vices in this district , will please to correspond with him . Address , at Easiogtsn-lane , county o £ Durham . Bubt . — -The members of this branch are requested to meet in their usual placs behind the Aibiqa Hotel , on Sunday ( to morrow ) January 18 th , at six o'clock in the evening , to take into comideratiun the propriety of raising tbe local levies . Worcestbr . —A general meeting of the Chartists and members of the Laad Company will be held oa Monday sight , at eight o'clock , at the City Arm ? , Church-Etreet , to adopt means to assist the Land Company .

      Lo . voto . t ( Potteriw ) . — The membets of thia branch are informed , that Mr Isaao Ilammerjlar , has removed to Flint-street , near the Loaf and Cheese , where thia branch ofthe Company will meaS on Sunday next , at half-past two o ' clock , and continue to do so . I . KAUixGTGX . — A public meeting of the share * holders wili db held at their reem . Kenilwonii-street on Monday , the I 7 tb , at eight o ' clock in the evening , for the purpose of establishing a money club , to assist

      the National Land and Labour Bank . Crotdox . — The friends are making exe : V tions for holding a large meeting in this Iowb , " to make known tke principles of the ' Fi-aternai Democrats . ' and push onwards the People's Charter . The meeting will cone off on an early day . Messrs Julian Harney , Ernest Jones , T . Clark , and other friends are invited to attend , and it is hoped that the meeting will at once be worthy of the town , and the great cause its object is la forward .

      H . ALiFAx . —The first branch of the National Co « operative Benefit Society will be held at the housa of Mr George Buckly , Church-lane , * on Saturday * January 15 tb , where every information can bs givea and members enrolled . Makchkbmr . —The members of the Manchester branch of the National Land Company intend holding a tea party in the People ' s Institute . Heyrodstreet , on Monday , February 7-h , in honour of , tho establishment of the Company , an-i the return to Parliament of its enerfetic prppounder , F »» rgus

      O'Connor , Esq . M . P . Chartist members ot tha Land Company , now is the time for evincing your gratitude to the man who has so Ions , and so faithfully , advocated the rights of labour , despiie tha slanders of tho press and the malevolcnoe of ita hired tosls —Tea on the table at seven o ' clock . Tickets may be had from any of tbe committee , or at the People ' s Institute . The monthly nifeiins of the Manchester branch ot tho National " Lan ; l Company , wl ! be held on Sunday , January J 6 J 1 . ia the People ' s Instiiute , lleyrod-atreet . Chair : o ba taken at nine o ' clock in the morning .

      Birmingham . —Feargus O ' Connor , Esq ., M . P ., will lecture in the Town Hall , on Tuesday , the 23 th , nst ., at seven o ' clock in the evening , on the ca&abi * ilities of the Land , < fc . \ All persons wishing to become members of the NAtional Cooperative Benefit Sofciety will meet at 111 , Rea-itreet , on Wednesday , the 10 ; h inst . J Bbthxal Grees . —Mr T . Clark will lecture liera on Sunday , January 16 : h . Chair to bo taken ai eight o ' clock . Bath— The diaciple 3 and admirers oi Thomaa Paine , are informed . that a public dinner will take place to commemorate his birth , at the King William , Thomas-street , NValcot , on Monday , Jan . 3 lst . The committee ef management are r < q ; ested toattendat . MrCottle ' s . Nol , Margaret's Iliil , Wai . cot Parad ? , on Sunday evening next , at sziea . o ' clock .

      Cut and Fissbcrt iccalitt . —Mr Dison will lecture here on Sunday evenin ? next , January 16 : h , at halfpast seven o ' clock . Sulject : — ' The People ' Charter . ' Lkjbs . —Mr John Shaw will deliver a lecture tomorrow eveninji at half-past six . Halifax . — -Mr Tomlinson will lecture in the Workins Man ' s Hall , on Sunday , January 16 ; u , at six o ' clock in the evening . QuEEMrnEAD , —Mr Clissetfc will lecture in tlia Round Hill Chapel , at this place , on Sunday , Jan . 6 th , nt six o ' clock in the evenin ; . Ella . nd . —Mr Thachletmi will lecture at this place on Sunday , January 16 th , at six o ' clock in . the evening .

      BiRsTALi .. —The Chartists of thi 3 locality nieefc twice a week , viz ., Tuesday and Saturday eve&in ° 8 at half-past seven o ' clock , is the Barkerite Chape } ' Chandler ' s Hill . The Tuesday meeting is tor tha purpose of diacussion . The friends and opponenta of Chartism , nre both requested to attend

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      AnAccouniofpay . p . Bslon . iffld vote ^ fooaB ^ l ^ oB tho public , for the inpport 0 ? tho Duke d Wellington and bis heirs , to 1817 laclosire !! Menoy received as psy since ha entered tLa army , up to 1818 30 , 000 Do . as Commander-in-chief in Europe Do . at oil Bbaro ot prisemoney in Spain , said to bs upon £ 300 , 000 ...., Do . do . prire-moaey in France , said to ba opon £ 1 , 000 , 089 Do . &s salary nbikt anv " | baasador to France ...... > 50 , 0 t 0 ii i ImTmi ' i I iHiiTiiii

      So . do . do . to VienaiJ 1811 . PeBsion of £ 4 , 000 per annum •—this baa been paid 37 years 118 . 080 1812 . SraatperSftrAofGeorgeI . il . 108 , 000 85 vearfc' intereit thereon ... 180 , 409 ' . ____ 289 , 000 1812 . Gran * per 53 rd and 5 ith George III 408 , 000 1813 . M ye « i' iatemt theresn ... 790 , 000 ^ ^ ^ 1814 . Grant p « r 55 th G « on ; e III ... 290 , 000 31 veaw' interest thereon 346 , 000 ' , 540 , 600

      ( The 2 nd of Victoria recites th » » everal graaU—together £ 700 , 000 ) 1115 Vote per parliamant after ths Battle of Waterloo 60 , 000 3 S jaars ' lutersU thoxeon ... 99 , 003 —— X 5 ? , 000 In Ur «« t U charged a « aboie , as the public have to pay tho intereit on the war debt The Duke '* pay as field mar-Bbal , 1818 tolSi " , 30 / ears at £ 2 , 0 tf 0 per annum „„ . 60 , 000 Th » Duke ha * since obtained , in addition , tho following lucrative appointments : — 1830 Appointed col . of the rifle

      brUade , paj £ 23515 * . per annum , 28 yeari 6 / 973 1828 . Appointed Constable of tbe Tower , pay £ 947 1826 . Wfttdon of the Cinque Ports , pay £ M Profits of these office ! for 22 yeara , J 6 H 21 perannnm ... 81 ,

      36-1827 , Appointed colonel oi the 1 st regiment of guards—21 years pay at £ 1 , 200 per annum 25 , 2 " > 1837 . Appointed eommander . inchief , retained tbe name till 1830 , 4 year * pay , at £ 3 , 458 per annum 13 , 832 1 S 4 S . Again appoioto < l commander £ « . chlef—S years pay , at £ 3 , 458 per annum 20 , 748 M 580

      £ 2 , 463 , 0 H . == That is ene side of the picture , now for its opposite . In a recent number of tha Times appeared tne following : — MitiTABT Exbcdtiok if INDIA . —The progresi of insubordination amengBt the Eureptan loldiers of Her Ma jestj's corps in thr Upper Provinces nao not been at allchtaVedbj tho tbreafs of gererity tflaS bare been held out , and the CommaniSei . in . Chief , pfter iiBulng a long order , framed with the object of dispollinff the delusion prevalent with respect to the treatment felons receive on transportation , has found it necessary to order the sentence of death to be carried out in two instances . Im one of thesa a man named Atkins , who bad been convicted of striking an atslstant-surgeon , was selected as the victim , and twelve men were ordered to act as

      executiontrs . All tho troops at Meerut w « 8 assorabled to witness the scene . The uDhappy man to tho last ei . pected a reprieve . At length , however , the nnndate was given to fire ; and , strange to say , bnt one bullet struck him , and that in the thigb . The provost-sergeant stepped forward , and blew out his brains with a pUtol , aud all the twelve nun who had flred were cast into confinement ^ and will be tried for a conspiracy to ov » ao tho performance of their duty . Working men , that ' s your share of glory ; it Ib from jour class is drawn the rank and file upon whose palpitating hearts , brain spattered heads , and goredyed Iimb 3 , such men s » the Duke climb the heights

      of power , and achieve what they call glory lour share ef the glory is to fall beneath the Bword of th' - stranger , nn-nanled and unknown ; or mayhap be batchered in cold blood for what tvrants call' insubordination . ' ' 'The slaying of Atkins , I denounce as a foul and frightful murder . ( ' True . '} Doubtless , poor fellow , he had some one living who loved him , and looked forward to the time when he would return to bless tbe sight of those who mourned his absence , mayhap , some grey-headed father , who sighed for him as for the staff of his old age ; or a mother , who had euckled him at her breast , and little dreamed , when parting tbe curia from his innocent , infant brow , that the hour would come when

      1 That dome of thought , that palacs of the soul , ' would be torn , splintered , shattered , wrecked in a sea of blood , by the bullet of an assassin—the murderous slave of murder-loving tyrants . Remember , if the militia la embodied , you may be forced , not merely to serve in England , but also to leave home and fight the battle of despotism abroad ; In the time ofthe last war , numerous bodies of the militia who refused to volunteer into the army , were diaarmed . and at the po ' mt of the bayonet driven on board transport ships , in which they were taken to the continent to swell Wellington ' s armies , where they perished by thousands from fatigue , hunger , disease , the bullet , and the Bword , and the same lot may be yours , if yon

      tamely allow the militia to be re-embodied , subject to the will of your oppressors . If the aristocracy fear the loss of their broad acres , of which their fathers robbed our 3 , let them fight for the protection of those acres . ( Cheers ) If the Church fears the confiscation of its immease revenues , let the parsons fight for the Church . ( Cheers . ) If the Jews and jabbers of'Change Alley fear the swamping of the funds , let them fight tor the protection of their plunder . ( Ch ? ers ) If the millocracy fear the sacking of their rattle-boxes , let them fight for the protection of those dcn 3 of slavery acd temples of Mammon . ( Cheers . ) If the shopocracy—that despicable class —that class , who like Shakespeare ' s Young Ambition , first used us to mount upi n to power , and then kicke-1 us from them , andtramoled us down—that

      organised combination of usurpation and usury—if tkey fear tho seizure of their tills and their ledgers , let them fight for the protection of their dirty huckstering . ( Loud cheer . * . ) But jou , men of the million , overworked and ill-paid aons of toil , houseless and shivering Berfs of privilege , you , who have neither lands , nor revenues , nor tithes , m > r fund * , nor profits , nor usury , nor votes—to whom the throne affords no protection and tho law no security--against whom tha legislature closes its doors and the Church Us sympathies , fight not at all , or fi ^ ht for none of these things . ( Great cheering . ) If yon r oust fight , fight for yourselves . ( Renewed cheering . ) When lords , and priests , and usurers , and political usurpers , and social tyrants , ask you to arm for their protection , let your answer be , ' No vote , no musket' . '— ' The Charter and No Surrender ! ' (

      Tremendous cheering . ) Knaves and fools with one acenrd are m * w rushing into print with their schemes of national defence ; the Chartist scheme is , after ail , theonly true defence . Tht land for the people , eviry man a home , every man a vote , and every mana musket . A nation ' s defences consist not in arraies , navies , fortresses , and artillery , but in the courageous hearts and strong arms of a people , possessing ' Happy home ? , and altar free , ' 'Men , high-t oinded men , Men , who their dulits knew , But knows their rights , and knowing , dare maintain , ' ( Enthusiastic and prolonged cheering . ) Mr Johs Fus « Ert came forward to move the second resolution as follows !_

      ' That thi 3 meeting pledges itself never to ceaae agitation until the People's Charter shall become the law of the land . ' The subject of the Charter had been before the world for a period of something like eicht years , yet there may be somo who would be inclined to ask , what is The Pt-ople ' s Charter V He , fo ? one . tlv-ught it theprineiple of political truth , and that to agitate f . > r any thing less was all humbug , and sheer nonsense ( hear . hear ) . The people had been too often deluded by the middle classes ; the few md a privileeo which was the right of the masses ( Cheers ) . The church had been alluded to , and this of tfaelf was such a gross wrong , that it demanded a searching reform . The queen held 130 livings in the church ; that disreputable nutfeWaldegrave was

      , also a church patron , aa was also that ambitious soldier , Wellmjjton . Thrre were no less than 4632 parsons holding livings , who . had never preached from the tini 9 of taking possession , and never would until the day of their death . Let universal suffice prevail , and he would never give a vote to any man except he pledged himself to the correction of this abuse , lie too would look for a revision of the funding system , lie wished to have a parliament that would nuke laws such as the people could understand . The Times recently told us that during the last tour months there ' were 4 , 213 000 persons out of employ ,

      and 13 , 000 more who ware only employed three days a wtek ; ho thought a state of things like this called loudly for tbe Charter ( iheers ) . Vr W . Djxon , who on again coming forward was loudly cheered , said he was a Chartist because ho lelioved that God and nature gave him at ; birth certain rights , nnd he had been deprived of these rUhls , aud he wished to be placed in possession o ? Eorae instrument by which he could regain them ; such an instrument was the Charter . Mr Harney said , he had nothing to fight for . He , Mr Dixon , had , namely tbe right to live . For the last forty years ho had been , deprived of , that right

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 15, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1453/page/8/