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      TO EEAKGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . ' Sheffield , Oct . 6 th , 1851 . Dear Sir , —I was glad to see in the last " Star " a letter from you , in which yon speak of payingaea Tiait . I wrote to Mr . Sweet immediately to learn their intentions , promising that I would collect a few together to consider what could be done . I did obtain the the attention of a few of the right sort .

      * You mast know that great apathy exists here . However , mention waB made of a soiree , but nothing could be effected until we heard from Nottingham , beyond looking for a place of meeting , which we have found rather difficult . Our Circus is transmogrified into a Casino and ihe proprietor of the Theatre declares ie will not let it for our purpose . But we are expecting that we shall be able to arrange , so that we may have it for one night . * I have just received a letter from Mr . Sweet , wherein he informs us that they have abandoned their intention , in consequence of yonr not having received his letter in time . wish that

      • Should you agree to a meeting , I our arrangement could be made for a soiree , as a tea meeting would go off better than a simple lecture . I shall see some of yonr 'friends tonight , when we shall talk the matter over ; and I -hall advise with our friends in Nottingham . If you could name an early day I think that would be the best course to pursue . A goodly number of the Land shareholders here would yet go any length to sustatn ' yon . | I entreat youlto name a day when you could ha with ub . Suppose I suggest the 20 th of October . We shall then be in the midst of the Municipal elections ; the peop le here are now taking much interest in local elections .

      « I also consider it my bounden duty to snggest that the whole of the proceeds be given to the Honesty Fund . Awaiting yonr answer , * I am your obedient servant , 'Geobge Cave-L , ' Mr Deab Sir , — I am instructed by the committee for your reception , in caBe you risifc our place in yonr Northern toar , to-write to you and as we have heard yon intend to be

      at Sheffield ere long , if you can make it convenient to come to Halifax , it will much oblige a committee of forty formed for your reception on the occasion . Your answer direct , or through the ' Star , ' will much oblige the committee and Yonr humble Servant , Benjamin Rtjshton , S ecretary . Halifax , October 9 th . 1851 .

      If you write , addreBS « B . Rushton , Ovenden , near Halifax . ' Respected Sir , — At a public meeting of the enrolled Chartists , held in the Joiners Hall , on Wednesday evening last , it was moved by A . M'Leod , seconded by John Brown : — ' That Mr . O'Connor bo respectfully invited to visit Newcastle on as early a day as he may find it convenient to do so ; and that the corresponding secretary forward the same to MrO'Connor . '

      . Dear Sir , I have great pleasure in forvrardin < r you the above , knowing that your presence amongst us at the present time would be hailed with acclamation , believing that the time has now arrived when ample justice must

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      be done to the character of one who has always "been at his post to defend the rights and liberties of man . I am , respected Sir , Yonr most obedient Servant , Angus M'Leod . 2 , Melborn-street , Gateshead-on-Tyne , Newcastle , October 9 th , 1851 . P . S . —An early answer willl oblige . SlR , —I write on behalf of the Chartists of this town to request that when you take a tour through the country to rally up Chartism , that you will come to North Shields ; when it will be the endeavour of the Chartists of this

      town to give you as glorious a reception as possible , knowing that Chartism only wants to be stirred up to be a greater giant and more healthy than ever it has been . We are glad that your health is restored , so that you may begin a vigorous agitation ; and , by the assist ^ anca piaU tnz&reformei& , Ihope that we eha } be able to affect even Lord John's . Eeform BUI next year , and make it approximate to

      something like the Charter . Hoping - that you will not be long before you are amongst us , when we will endeavour to get up a bumper meeting . Looking for your answer in Saturday ' s ' Star , ' we conclude with kind wishes for your welfare , and that your health may be spared to carry on another Land Company , when foremost among its supporters will be Thomas Thompson , Secretary . North Shields , October l 4 th , 1851 .

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      THE FACTS OF THE EXHIBITION . Mr . EDITOR , —I am heartily glad that the g reat event of the year ia now numbered amongst the things that were . Enough has been said and written respecting the Great Exhibition daring the past eighteen months , not enly to satisfy its most enthusiastic admirers , but als * to disgust those who perceive in the proposal one of the many means devised by crafty men to misdirect a nation's attention , and to lead it from

      following certain profitable inquiries , calculated to benefit the suffering classes of the country . In so far , the idea itself haa proved eminently successful . But one thought has occupied the minds of our countrymen latterly ; and so deeply has it penetrated , that it is not too much to say the Exhibition will long be remembered , not for its elevating tendencies , but for the inculcation of a Bight-seeing desire , producing , as a result , an increase in the number of drones , and hence greater oppression of the bees , than we have had hitherto occasion to complain of .

      As , then , the Exhibition has been so great a lion of the year , it is to be hoped , now , that it may be fairly pronounced to be dead—that men will consent to give it a decent interment forthwith , and let actual experience , during the next four years , write its epitaph , lam content , for my own part , to adjourn the final decision of good or evil in respect thereto , and to ask public opinion , at some future time , to pronounce the verdict ; trusting to be disappointed , that when given , it will be to the discomfiture of my own countrymen , and prove that John Boll ' s disinterestedness wag more honest than wise .

      Let me now suppose , that this fragile construction is destined to disappear , and 'leave not a rack behind ; ' and that the facts connected therewith , being real subjects of thought , are the only traces of its history . Then , there is enough before us to prove to the world that the Exhibition of 1851 is not worthy of the columns of commendation bestowed upon it , and that it has failed to be the mighty scene of attraction , drawing to its portals those masses of the community whose labour and skill alone formed the sight which other eyes than their own have feasted on . The minority of eur adult population has only seen the world's display , and of those who have , the labouring classes have formed the smallest portion .

      The published statistics of the Commissioners declare , that 6 , 201 , 856 visits have been paid to the Paxtonian work ; rather more than one-fifth of the population of the United Kingdom . Of this number , we may fairly say , that taking into consideration the repeated visits of 26 , 000 season ticket holders , as also those paying 5 s ., 2 s . 6 d ., and Is ., that at least one-third of the total number may be deducted , for those visiting the Exhibition more than once . The figures will then stand as 4 , 201 , 856 . Of the visitors , not included in the late census , foreigners from all parts of

      the world , as also persons from our own colonial dependencies , another million of souls may be subtracted ; whilst for all the youths , and children , male and female , varying in years from three to twenty-one , not less than an additional million must be allowed . Thus , the adult visitors of our own people may be stated as 2 , 201 , 856 . Taking the population of the three kingdoms to be twenty-eight millions , the male and female adult portion thereof I set down as twelve millions , which is their estimated number , now that Ireland has so fallen in the scale ; leaving the figures as

      two and a half millions of visitors out of twelve millions of adult people . Certainly , this is a vast improvement upon the present representative system for the election of members of parliament ; and would be , in any other circumstances , worthy of being pronounced a decided hit ; but , always considering the extent of the patronage and puff , and the liberality of certain railway directors and steam boat proprietors , with the many other sources of extraneous aid afforded , as extended to the

      Great Exhibition , it is anything but an extraordinary achievement , which leaves nearly ten millions out of twelve as non-participatory in this mighty work of royalty . Of course , many of my deductions are merely hypotheEes , upon which five out of bix men would more or less differ ; but let the reader observe for himself as respects the numbers of the divisions mentioned , and I think he will readily admit , that iny conclusions are by no means exaggerated . If they be , that tendency is assuredly in favour of the success of the Exhibition .

      Again : How many of this two and a quarter millions have come from the ranks of the artizan and dangerous orders . Firstly—The men . Who will refuse to say , that for every working man entering the building , there has been another who lives upon the product of his labour ? Secondly—Of the women . "Who will hesitate to admit , that the majority of the female English visitors were not composed of the wives nor dependent relatives of the labouring men ? Probably , if the truth could be ascertained , we should discover , that not more than one million of men and women , belonging to the working classes , —such as mechanics and their wives and adult sisters , and other weekly labourers , factory and agricultural have seen the Exhibition !

      , Truly , it may be said , all this , if true , proves nothing against the great event itself , Hit an unwillingness , on the part of the remaining ten millions , to be spectators of so vast an undertaking ; but I reply by observing that it proves as much the inability as the unwillingness of the many to visit it , notwithstanding the charge was but a shilling , and

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      that people were carried four hundred miles for 5 s . ; as also , that this talk of unparalleled demonstrations , this mighty congregation of the people , i _ ' something too much ; ' that it is more id 6 al than real ; and the facts are a lasting evidence of the wide-spread misery pervading the country , showing that at least one half the British adult people wereunable to dedicate even a few shillings to the appreciation , by their sense of sight , of so gigantic a scheme .

      I fear , Sir , of the one and a half millions of men and women in Ireland but a small proportion of these have been partakers of this great national sight ; and that Scotland has not sent , of her million , any very considerable addition . The towns of England , including her metropolitan residents , have chiefly contributed to the rich coffers of the Commissioners , leaving populous districts elsewhere ,

      injrambera of . people amazingly large , wholly without a chance of witnessing the Palace of Glass ; indeed , in the eastern part of London , such as Bethnal Green , 'Whitechapel , and Stepney , of the poorer classes , the question is now to be heard passing from one to another , ' Have you seen the Exhibition ? ' And the answer obtained clearly evidences , that but few amongst each hundred of them has seen more than its exterior . >'

      And now , that there is nearly a quarter of a million of money in the hands of tho Commissioners , how much of this great sum is likely to be devoted to the benefit , present or ultimate , of the wealth producers ? I fear but a small portion only . In this , as in all other surplusages , the money will be frittered away , and the good accomplished too trans * parent to be profitable . But , as public

      attention ia very generally centred upon this inquiry , it is much to be hoped , that no idle monument or statue work will be permitted to play the part of a sponge , and so absorb the larger amounts , that the lesser would be too small to be troublesome . Of all things this kind of abjectedness must ; not be countenanced ; albeit , I am anything but satisfied , that some such proposal will not be submitted for the approval of a'' discerning public , '

      Sir , if I were to give an opinion as to what should be done with the said surplus , I should most certainly advise the following course : — Firstly , the setting aside of one-half the amount for the benefit of the creditors of those made bankrupts , and insolvents , in consequence of a deficiency of trade and imprudent speculation , the former caused by , and the latter engendered as the result of , such Exposition ; and secondly , the dedication of

      the other half to feeding the poor creatures , who will be thrown out of work and pauperised , through the development of foreign industry and skill . My proposal I know will not be adopted ; but , when the money is . expended , probably some persons may recollect it ; and like Lord Geo . Bentinck's suggestions for Ireland in 1846 , it may be again mentioned , but with regret , that it was not properly appreciated . Censor .

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      Coventry ... ... ... 0 9 0 Cripplegate ... ... ... ... 0 7 0 Crook o 8 G Edinburgh ... „ . 0 10 0 Exeter ... ... ... „ . 0 10 0 Glasgow 1 10 0 Greenwich ... 0 11 1 Hanley and Shelton 0 13 8 Hastings „ 0 10 . 0 Hoxton ... ... ... ... 0 7 2 Jpswich o 10 0 Islington ... .. 033

      Lambeth 0 3 0 Llanidloes ... ... ... ... 0 8 8 Mar 7 ) ebono ... ... ... 0 4 0 Menhyr Tyd * U , 0 10 0 Newcastle-on-Trne ... ... 0 17 5 NewRadford ... 0 6 3 Newtown ... . „ ... 0 8 2 North Shields ... 0 6 11 Fadiham ... ... ... 0 18 Peterborough 0 10 4 Plymouth ... ... . „ 0 8 0 Ship , Whitechapel ... ... ... 0 10 0 South Shields' ... ... ... 0 5 0 Stalejbridge .... ... .... 0 2 6 Stookpori ... ... ... 0 10 0

      Sutton-in-Aahfleld ... ... ... o lo 0 " Torquay . ... ... ... 0 5 i " Victoria Park Locality ... ... 0 lo lj Washington ditto ... ... 0 _ 3 Waterloo , Blyth - ... 0 7 0 White Horse Locality ( late Crown and Anchor ) ... ... ... 0 15 0 Worcester ... ... ' ... ... 0 16 3 Yarmouth , Norfolk „ , ... 011 5 Collected at the National Hall ... 2 10 4 | Ditto at the Hall , Finsbury ... 0 4 8 J Ditto , by John Arnott ... ... 0 13 0 Subscriptions for meeting at the National flail ... . i . ... ... 3 9 0 G . P . Taylor ... ... ... 1 0 0 Small Sums ... ... ¦ ... 0 12 3 Balance in band ... - ... ... 0 4 2 J Total receipts ... ... ... £ 29 9 8 |

      EXPENDITURE . Rent of office . „ ... 2 8 0 Ditto of the National Hall .,, _ 12 0 Ditto of Coffee-room , John-street ... 0 5 0 Ernest Jones ' s expenses to Cheltenham , Hantey , Exeter , &c , ... „ , 2 6 0 Boardman ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Printing ... ,.. , „ 2 6 0 Stamps , Stationary , and Parcels ... 2 13 _ Secretary' Salary ... ... 2 G 0 0 Total Expenditure ... ... ... 40 15 10 Ditto reoeipts ... 29 9 8 £ Balance due to Treasurer ... £ 11 6 Ij Audited and found correct , this 29 th day of September , 1851 , Alfred HunmjullA AlIll .- tnni Augustus Pibhcy , J AudltorB '

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      level with the crimes of felony and burglary . Wiioa men , for giving expression to their aenuments ol dissatisfaction , in the language of remonstrance , in defiance of the statutory law of the land had to undergo the horrible brutalities of the silent system ; ' whilo others had to perform the filthiest drudgeries for the transported felons confined in their prison . Aud all this was dono , not because the Judges who tried them bad ordered it to be sa —neither had ttie legislature at any time given them any such power , but because the Secretary of State , or eomo one over or under him in the government , at their caprice , set the authority o £ the House of CommonR aside , and substituted penaltios Of thair own creation . Any one looking over the treatment of the victims of ' 39 , ' 42 , aud ' 43 , can scarcely credit the fact that thesa

      men were imprisoned under tho samo Statute ) and for the sume specific offences ; for during theae r \ periods , there hav >; been every variety of prison . ^ discipline , degradation , and drudgery , aa -well as > unconsatutioiiiil , illegal , and hitherto unheard & £ restrictions , inflicted upon them , and all in' open violation of the atatuatory law . These matters are now no longer to be looked upon with indifference , » n < . i wo are imppy to inform you that some ¦ members of yiarliatmnt are now alarmed at tbese unconstitutional encroachments , which , if not checked in their onward career , will ultimately lead to the nniiihii . ition of le ^ idlHti * e iiuthoritv \> y official Usurpation . If tho people of this country have given tlieir Representative Assembly the power of enacting pains and penalties , which are to become , with the consent , of tho Lords , and tho sanction of ttie Crown , the law of tho land , how comes it that a single official , without consulting either of the three powers , can set aside thoir authority , and

      increase or diminish these penalties , or substitute others at his own discretion ? Surely members of parliament have not been guarding their ownrighta , in thus allowing their powers" to be set aside by officials exercising authority under their own ' guarant-o . ... . ''' . " It ib our duty to forward the interest—that i $ cons'stently-to protect the champions of the people ,. which'interest will be greatly facilitated by supply ing those membera of Parliament with any state * ments of abuses which have occurred in any of the prisons where political offenders have been incarcerated ; and by this means obtain a Committee oE Inquiry during the next session , not only frr au investigation into the Chartist Cases , but tho cases

      of all political offenders that have tuflered restrictions of any kind at the instigation of their prison authorities , not in accordance with stntustorylaw . And thus two interests , beth dear to the people , wilL be conserved by the Bame means—the representative authority over the government officials , and protection for political agitators . Since wo lasfc addressed you , wo have , at the request of a number of our democratic friends , admitted them as members of our Association , giving them the right to sneak and vote upon all questions , reserving those

      official duties to the ' Victims , ' which could not be acceded to others ¦ without destroying the characteristics of ihe institution . " It is the duty of all political victims to forward , a statement of their cases to the Secretary as early as possible , because the facts so acquired will form the foundation of the charges that are to be laid before the House , so as to otftain protection in . future f 6 r all classes of political reformers ; - ' Uv order of the Committee , "J . M . Brtson , Secretary . " 25 . James-street , New Cut , Lnmbeth . "

      On the motion of Messrs . Shaw and Prowiing , the following persons were added to the Committee : — " Messrs . White and Itamsden , of Bradford ; Messrs . Aitken , Pilling , and M'Douall , of Ashton ; Messrs . Leech , West , and Allen , of . Macclesfield ; Messrs . Yates and Richard , of the Potteries . " The Secretary was instructed to write to the above individuals , and request them to form branches in their neighbourhood . Messrs . Martin , Bryson , and Fronting , were elected as a deputation to wait on the Eossuth Committee . Mr . SnAw then brought forward the case of Mr .. Ratcliffe , of Ashton . —The Secresary read a long and interesting letter from Mr . Aitken relative to the oase . Mr . Wheeler moved , and Mr . Shaw seconded : — " That a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Shaw , Bryson , Young , and Dick , should be appointed to wait on the various il . P . ' s favourable to the object , and request them to attend tho deputation with Mr . Ilindley , M . P ., to wait on Sir George Grey . " After various other motions , the Committee adiourned .

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      The " Christian Socialist" for this week contains cheering reports of tho progress of the -Associative principle , in various parts of the country . In Salford , a Working Hatters' Association , which was established j D . March last has , despite great difficulties , made considerable progress . Tbey Wnte : — " In the middle of July we were determined to take a place of more convenience , and to employ entirely a portion of our members ; our workshop up totlv . it time being veiy inconvenient , whilst vre had none of our members permanently employed , but tho work had to be done after the usual hours of labour at the manufactory ; we wero then employed at . Capital to the amount of £± 0 having beoti paid aa subscription , ( since converted into shares ) , and

      £ 27 as a loan from some of our members , wo have now a shop capable of accommodating eighteen men . The business transacted up to last month amounts to £ 110 ; the profits being hitherto left towards the purchase of tools , _ c , we cannot ascertain the amount until we take stock . These figures we consider to bo very favourable , as we have only been fully at work for the last three months . We have served , in addition to the ( Justlestreet Association , the Bradford store , the store ia Garratt Itoad , Manchester , of Which we are all members ; tho Tailors' Association , Princessstreet , Manchester ; the Tailors' Association , Trongate , Glasgow , to . ; and we gradually increase ia our retail trade with the public , although it is tho worst part of the year for our business . "

      Mr . Lloyd Jones , who haa been making a tour in Scotland , reports that he is surprised at the extent to which the co-operative principle had been adopted and practised in that part of the island . At Cumlachie the store numbers sixty members . At Parkhead 110 . At Ayr he found three co-operative stores there , doing about £ 130 per week , all belonging to the same company , which has been three years in existence ; the original share of os . is now worth 15 s . At Kilmamock , he found , i store belonging to the Society of Foresters , opened three months buck . Another storo iB about to be commenced here , and tho shoemakers are about to associate for production . " They called me , " he writes , " a public meeting by beat of drum , at

      which there was a firat-nite attendance . I addressed them for an hour and a half , and left them in a state of tolerable co-operative excitement . " At Mauchline , ho called at the store , which ia a fine new building erected ljy themselves . They started in 1839 , do about £ 52 per week , and capitalise their profits ; the 3 s . 6 d . share of 1839 is now worth £ 7 lOs . J { There is a store at Catrine doing a . good business , one at Auchinhcck doing" £ 4 . 0 por week , one in Old Cormock , doing £ 24 per week , one in Salston doing £ 80 per week , another at Newmills doing £ 30 per week , another at Darvel doing £ 70 per week , and two » t Rutherglen doing £ 100 a week each . " This is a pretty fair crop of co-operation , " ho adds , " to discover in one week .

      , and there ie much more to discover Early in next year I shall return again to Scotland , and lecture in all the principal towns on the organisation of production and consumption . As I before told you , I bad not the least idea that co-operation had made a titlie of tlio progress which it ha made in Scotland . " Siibehness . —The Co-operative Provision Society , under the firm of Corner , Blake , and Co . dealing in groceries , provisions , spices , teas , and coffees , have been in the field since January 30 th , 1850 have had much from

      . They opposition parties interested in tho trade , but have , nevertheless , prosperod beyond their expectations . The number of members is 822 , and the yearly amount of business , £ 8 , 5240 7 s . 7 d ; They are enrolled , and their articles specify that they should sell to members only . Old emu . —Tho Industrial Co-operative Company under the firm of William Marcuft and Co . G ] * Manchester-street ,. Oldham , dealing in groceries and drapery , hats , shoes , and clogs , number 150 membors , and have done a business of £ , 1827 in three quarters of a year . They are enrolled and pay dividends to members only .

      Halifax . —The Working Men ' s Co . ODeratk « Society , No . 18 , Cow-green , Halifax , numbers " 40 members , and does a yearly business of £ 3 dfift It deals in groceries , provisions , and drapery and is enrolled . Its prospects of a continued and auc cessful progress are cheering . * uc w ^ SS& ^ 8 E 53 ? iX » ^^ p ^ lt ^ ltl ^ Si an average , £ 1 , 100 ye .-, rly . ° ears ' MiDDLE 8 BonouGH . -The Middlesborongh Co-ope-Zl ^ A 8 S 00 latMm , ln Stockton-streerf numbers foitj-paid up members , and does £ 7 10 s . business weekij . it dea [ s jn generai groceries and . lour , and is not enrollud . MlDDUSTON . —TljeMiddleton and Tonge Industrial Co-operative Society , Long-street , Mitldieton , has 160 mum burs , and does £ 2 ,-100 business yearly . It deals in provisions arid drapery , nnd is not enrolled .

      Padiiiam . —The Padiham Co-operative Score , Qoy-sti-eet , l ' adii . ain , numbers 125 members , ami does £ 3 . 300 business yearly . . It deals in groceries and drapery , such as ginghams , fustians , ohecus , and also iu butchcr'a meat , and is enrolled . .

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      " Unite ! unite ! ye Chartists brave , Let tho land yonr watchword be ; Scout , oh , scout , the servile slave , Who crouches when he may be free . Up , ye heroes , at the despots , Lick no more the tyrant' s hand ; Leave your pauper workhouse mess-pots , lire lifce freemen on . your land . Then Free Trade will be a blessing , When man can work , and eat , and play ; "When shepherds cease to lire be fleecing , Then each flock its own will pay . "

      TO THE VERITABLE CHARTISTS . My Fbiesds . —The « Times ' of Friday has another article auusing KossUTH , bat we learn that he is to arrive at Southampton on the 20 th of this month , and it ia my intention to go down there to receive him ; and I hope he - will have a warm reception in this country , aa lie has been banished from his own country for endeavouring to secure liberty for hiB fellow countrymen ^ The men af London are -preparing flags , with his name and the colours - of his country upon them , to meet him at Southampton .

      Good God ! only just think of , an English paper abusing a foreigner for trying to secure liberty for his fellow countrymen ^ If KpSSSXH makes a tour through , England , Ireland , Scotland , an 3 Wales , I will accompany him ; and I promise you that in Ireland he will have guch a reception as no man ever received in that country . Now , ^ hat do you think of a man \? ho has contended for liberty for Mb

      own country being abused by the ' Times ' newspaper ? I need say no more about Kossuth , than that I hope and trust that the English people will give him the reception he justly deserves . I shall now answer ihe invitations of my iind friends , who have invited me to Sheffield , Newcastle , Halifax , and North Shields . I have pnblished their letters ; and my answer is that I will first attend Sheffield , then

      Halifax , then Newcastle , then North Shields , and other towns in the neighbourhood also . The Sheffield friends have invited me for , the 20 th , but they will see by this letter that I am going to meet ihe brave Kosstjth , at Southampton , on that day ; and if my Sheffield friends will give me a week ' s notice , I will have great pleasure in visiting them , as theirs was the first Eng lish , town that I visited eighteen yeaia ago , and . they

      cried—• HUEBOW PAT . ' after me . But I knew I would make them abandon the hatred of the Irish people . And let me now tell the English people that I am resolved , however persecuted I may be , to advocate Chartism , and to establish another Land Company upon my own responsibility , without any connexion with law , for as I have told yea before , and I repeat it again , that it makes my blood boil when I reflect that you bare idle land , idle labour , and idle money in this country ; and 1 again declare , and most solemnly , that I would rather live upon a 3 humble meal a day , and not see a drunkard , a criminal , or pauper in -the land , than be Emperor of the . world , and have a -hundred millions a year .

      You ought to have some feeling for me when you know that I have given up friends , relatives , family , racehorses , hunters , hounds , a splendid home , 3 splendid domain , and my profession , at which I made three thousand pounds the first year I was called to the bar . I gave them all up for Chartism , but when I came to England in 1832 , when I was returned-to Parliament , I hated the English people , but before I was with them a month , I discovered that they werejas much oppressed by the government as the Irish people .

      Now , my friends , I think you must come to the conclusion , that no man in this world has contended for liberty for the poor as I have , and no man has been subjected to the same amount of persecution that I have been . Howe ver , I am now resolved to endeavour to arouse the English mind , and to traverse the country to do so . I remain , Yonr Paifchfol and Uncompromising Friend , Feakgus O'Connor .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Offices—14 j Southampton-street ,. Strand .. _„ The Executive Committee of this bod y held their usual weekly meeting as above on Wednesday evening last . Present : Messrs . Arnott , Grassby , Jones , and Milne . Messrs . Harney and Holyoake being in the country , were absent . Mr . Hunt from illness , and Mr . O'Connor were also absent . The correspondence received was read .

      The Secretary reported that Mr , Jumes Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paterno 8 ter > row , had kindly presented to the Committee two thousand copies of the tract , entitled « What is a Chartist V T he same to be disposed of in aid of the * Charter Fund . ' And therefore , all localities and friends who desiro to circulate this excellent tract are requested to forthwith apply at the office , ( by letter or otherwise , ) when they will be supplied therewith at one shilling per hundred .

      The Secretary also stated that the * subscription sheets' v / ere now ready , and all who were interested in collecting monies for the 1 Charter Fund' are solicited to immediately apply for the same . The Committee then adjourned to Wednesday evening , October 22 nd . The following friends have been nominated to fill the vacancy in the Executive Committee , caused by the resignation of Mr . GK W . M . Reynolds . '—Robert Le Blond , Charles

      Frederic Nicolls , John Shaw , John James Bezer , Athol John Wood , and George Haggis . All persons are requested to vote for one candidate from the above list . The election shall be decided by ballot , and the agent shall make a return to the General Secretary of tbe name of the candidate elected , with the number of votes polled for each . Such returns must be forwarded on or before Wednesday , October the 29 th , as all votes received after that date will be null and void .

      Signed on behalf of the Committee , JOHN AltNOTT , General Secretary . The following letters have arrived from Messrs . G . J . Holyoake and G . Julian Harney : — ' Stockport , October 8 , 1851 . 'Dear Abnott , —Absence in the provinces has prevented me taking any part in your Wednesday councils of late ; and for some short time longer it may be bo . Perhaps , by way of compensation , I may regard myself as a species of free missionary of Chartism '; as means of serving it occur in my journeyings ; but I would rather join in the meetings of my colleagues , especially at this season .

      'Thenecessity of making such an " appeal , " for so it will be regarded , as that just published in reference to our funds , or rather want of funds , argues an unsatisfactory Btate of Chartist ideas respecting the maintenance of their views and position . Will our friends never learn that if their principles are worth holding they are worth maintaining ? If we are to answer for Chartism we must be enabled to support it ; we must not be Bet up as bo many ciphers to . represent a bottomless exchequer , and a stranded party . Where are all the deputations vi ho wait upon ub time after timeand all the localities who stand up for the entire

      Charter ? Is not their enthusiasm worth a pence ? If they would subscribe an " entire shilling" each , we should be able to move . But your statement speaks of " liabilities . " What have been incurred must be met , but I can be no party to incurring more . I would go some lengths to serve Chartism—I would serve it at the expense of liberty , perhaps of lise but I will not go into debt to serve it , for the sufficient reason that Chartism cannot be served in that way . A movement that attempts tolive afterthat fashion does not deserve to life . Let us give up our secretary , relinquish our offices , rather than justify this

      suspicion . ' When a Congress was about to assemble in London some two years ago , I asked a gentleman in Manchester what would be-the best test that could be proposed to try the fitness

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      of members of it so as to secure their influence out of ' dlprs . " Simply that they should believe in { heir tradesmen ' s bills , " was the brief reply , and there 3 s truth ' in it . There can be no lasting political influence that is not based on some moral character . And so Bmall a proof , as this of political sincerity is the least we . can give ; therefore , one of two things must take place—either the Chartists must take care ( and that without twice soliciting ) ,, at . 7 . are supplied with funds to meet all liabilities , or we must take care that thera are

      none . In my absence , therefore , understand metO vote for the liquidation of all existing claims , and against every proposition which shall in any way imply a new one . But I need not argue a point upon , which there will probably be no difference of opinion among us . A course so severe ag this , will indeed restrict some of our operations , hut it : will bettf r ; - © ptiile us to the co-operation bfmen of business and character . All men who love a self-sustaining course will be disposed to work with ub .

      ' It has been a source of pleasure to me to see that Thomas Cooper has for some time been working / or us ; and I hope booh to find him working with us . In filling up any vacancy occurring in the Executive , our intelligent coworkers in the localities will not forget one so able to advance our common cause—one who is , indeed , the greatest missionary we have . Were I not a member of the Executive , I

      should take some means of communicating * to the Chartists on this subject . So practical an ally as Mr . C . F . Nicholls is proving himself , would be desirable as vacancies occur . I do not allude to Mr . Robert Le Blond , one who is our Treasurer , and who so constantly sustains Chartism by his tongue , his pen , and his purse , is not likely to be out of the thoughts of any of us .

      ' Mr . Arthur Trevelyan , whose name is familiar to the friends of every progressive cause , instructs me to pay you forty shillings , as a subscription from bin ) . Yours faithfully , ' < x . J . Holyoake . John Amott , 14 , Southampton-street , ' Strand , London . ' Temple Hill , Troon , Ayrshire , October 14 th . '

      * Mv Dear Arnott , —I am glad to Bee that in response to the Executive ' s late Audress , certain localities and individuals have forwarded their contributions towards discharging the debt of £ 34 , It is to be hoped that what a - few have already done will be imitated by the party in general , and that a handsome balance will remain to hand to the treasurer after payment of the debt . Should this hope not be realised , it will become a serious question for the members of the

      Execxtive as to whether they will continue tho thankless task of serving on the Committee . For myself , asking nothing of the Association , I am not willing '' -fo make shipwreck of my honour—personal and political—in acting as the officer of a body , impotent for everything but that of getting into debt . Each member of the Committee will determine his course . I have said enough to indicate that which circumstances may not unlikely determine meto take . ' ' . " -- ' ,

      The , present nothingness of Chartism ia greatly to be deplored . The game of polititical humbug will , as heretofore , be successfully played by sham reformers , through tbe want of a body powerful enough to spoil that game . As to Lord John ' s bill , it is enough to say that no good thing can possibly come ont of t . he Nazareth of Whiggery . When the skies fall we shall catch larks ; and some such unnatural phenomenon will be sure to transpire ere Lord John will set his seal to a measure of real reform .

      I observe with sorrow a disposition on tbe part of some of our friends—even members of the Committee—to glorify the Parliamentary Reformers' for their enlarged liberalism ! la the ' Leader' of the 4 th inst ., our friend 'Ion , otherwise Gr . J . Holyoake , trumpets the late Manchester meeting , and tells us that ' the points of the new Parliamentary Charter are so comprehensive as to merit the description of being the largest practicable measure of reform the people can ask of the House of Commons . '

      ' If Buch is friend Holyoake ' s conviction , I do not see how he can , consistently , continue a member of the Executive , of a body existing to obtain what he must hold to be an impracticable measure . He approves of Sir Joshua Walmsley ' s fling at " untractable ultra-liberalism ; " that is to Bay Chartism . The talk about " great concessions made to tbe people" is an insult . By what right do Sir Joshua and Co . assume the authority to

      withhold or concede rights at their pleasure ? It is not true that "the overtures now made are generous and truthful . " The Editor of the " Leader , " too , asserts that " that which the Parliamentary Reformers now stand for is ' Universal Suffrage '—the representation of the whole people , &c , &c . " " The Extension of tho Suffrage to every occupier of a tenement , or portion of a tenement , " sounds very fair ; but there must be some system of registration . Will the Editor of the " Leader " tell us whether we are to have Charter registration , or the registration always hitherto set forth by the little Charter men , namely , "for

      which the occupier shall be rated , or shall have claimed to be rated to the relief of the poor . " Has this rate paying qualification been thrown overboard ? If so , how is it the Parliamentary Reformers have kept a matter of bo much importance to themselves ? Moreover , let me ask what system of registration do they now favour ? They hold fast by Triennial Parliaments 1 for the working of which see France . They shirk Payment of Members , clearly to keep working men out of the House of Commons ; while the abolition of the Property Qualification would enable thera to secure the return of their own paid , needy , and unscrupulous hirelings .

      'As to the "honest tone , " "boldness of speech , " " broadness of sympathy , " " vigorous " and " warmer spirit "—old birds understand this kind of chaff . Let them give us bold measures , broad principles , and details strictly according therewith , and then I will trust them ; but until then I will trust them not . * I might have said much more , but I will not trespass on the time of the Committee . ' Health and Fraternity , G-. Julian Habney .

      BALANCE SHEET OF THE NATIONAL CHARTElt ASSOCIATION , FROM JUNE 25 m TO SEPT . 29 xii , 1851 . RECEIPTS . . l L . £ b . a . Arbroath 0 9 0 Beeton 0 3 0 Bermontlsey ... 0 5 0 Bingley 1 ' £ 10 Bolton V . 0 10 8 Bristol ... ... 12 0 Bulwell ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Cheltenham ... . ... , „ 0 5 0 Congleton ... ... ... ... 0 6 2

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      POLITICAL VICTIMS' ASSOCIATION . Mr . Bezer in the chair . The following address fra 6 unanimously adopted after some discussion " THE THIRD ADDRESS OF TnE POLITICAL VICTIMS' ASSOCIATION . " BBornBs Victims and Democratic Fbibnds , — In addreaBing you once more we fell an honest pleasure in stating , that we are progressing slowly but steadily ; which we take as an indication of our future stability . We have not been responded to with , one of those bursts of popular enthusiasm that pours in for a fleeting hour , and then sinks into apathetic indifference and ultimate neglect . But we find that those who join eur ranks , do so after reasOnablo

      inquiry and evident conviction , that in supporting oar Association they are aiding in t e erection of one of the best bulwarks of popular liberty that has ever existed in this or any other country , 11 To the thinking portion of the people it must be gratifying to know that an institution ia being raised , the permanent aim and interest of which ia to afford protection to those who havo the sympathetic courage to stand forward in the advocacy of popular freedom , without the fear of being deserted in the day of persecution . "At the present time the people of Europe are looking forward to an advancement of their social and political rights . They are tired of contending with section against section , and are now beginning to undei-Btand their true interests ratuer than continuing to wasto their strength upon trifling

      disunions . " Nevertheless many fallacious plans of reform will be offered to you , and they will endeavour to enlist you in their support , and in the eventof your non-compliance , they will not fail to persecute you because you have exercised with integrit y your judgment ; prosecution will then become the instrument of tho government , to silence , for a time , tho voice of those popular teachers who may attempt to warn the people of tho dangerous tendency such plans would have upon their future welfare . But who will be willing to come forward for that nur pose , under tho present state of prison impositions which have of Into been introduced , for t ™ pres purpose of bringing a bold assertion of right II I

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      Bbadford . —On Sunday evening a large and influential meeting of the Irish Democratic Alliance was held at the Neptune Inn , Bridgestreet ; Mr . John Kirwinin the chair . Aftei the enrolment of several new members , Mr . Smyth moved a resolution ' that the Irish Democratic Alliance do pledge themselves to support the two liberal candidates for Little Horton Ward in the ensuing municipal election for town council . ' Mr . Smyth observed that the Alliance were now bound to create an

      interest in the borough for themselves . In 1850 there were not twelve Irish burgesses in the horough ; there are now 120 . As apolitical party , they were onl y a few montha in existence ; and this was the gratifying result of their-attention being called to the register in municipal affairs . In a year hence , there would Be 4 QO dr ' 500 . hutgeBBe 8 ; and thus the interests of Irishmen would he respected , and courted . Mr . Smythcalledupon themtosupport Mr . Hudson , secretary of the Chartist Association , and Mr . Glover , whose address declared he sought no political privileges for himself that he would not award to all , Mr .

      John firlover ia now a member of the council , and his votes in that body proves him to be a man every way worthy of the confidence of the democrats of Little Horfon . So convinced are the Tories of this town that they are exerting every means at command to bring in a Tory coupled with Mr . Glover , and hoist tho Chartist candidate ( Mr . Hudson ) whose conduct in the case of the Hungarian and Polish Refugees has been the theme of general approval , and admitted by his opponents to be a man well qualified to fill such an important office . The resolution -was unanimously adopted . — On Monday evening a

      meeting of the friends of Mr . James Wad © , and Mr . Glover was held at the Queen ' s Arms Inn , Manchester-road . Mr , Gillard in the chair , who stated the object of the meeting was to propose two fit and proper persons as candidates for municipal honours , in the forthcoming election . He was informed that Mr . J . Wade held an office in the corporation which would exclude him from becoming a candidate , and , under these circumstances , tbe meeting would be at liberty to propose whom they thought proper .- —Mr . Thomas Walton , landlord of the Queen's Arms Inn , was then proposed , also

      Mr . Joseph Hudson , and Mr . John Glover . On a show of handB being taken , Messrs . Walton and Glover were declared the successful parties . On some questions being aalced , respecting the political creed of Mr . Walton , the Chairman , a Tory , declared he would allow no questions on politics , This led to a regular fight of kicks and cuffs , and with some difficulty the interference of the police and landlord finally restored order , and the meeting broke up , not in any way satisfied that in asking a question the answer would be a broken head or a Bwelled log , by the brouge of an Irish Orangeman .

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      " We Were Slaves Till Greatly Rising In His Country's Right, Her Kos3_Th—Her Deliverer, Sprung To Light ; A Race Of Brave Hungarian Sons He Led, Guiltless Of Courts, Untainted, And Unread, Tfhose Inborn Spirit Spurned The Ignoble Fee, Their Hearts Scorned Bondage—For Their Hands T?Ere Free."

      " We were slaves Till greatly rising in his country ' s right , Her Kos 3 _ th—her deliverer , sprung to light ; A race of brave Hungarian sons he led , Guiltless of courts , untainted , and unread , Tfhose inborn spirit spurned the ignoble fee , Their hearts scorned bondage—for their hands t ? ere free . "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 18, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1648/page/1/