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To To The Working Classes
TO TO THE WORKING CLASSES
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' Mf v : Mv vert Dear Friends , ] had no had not intended to say more to you this Keek nn mereh merely to tell you that I had not time to say a rcrd -, hovrd -, however , I feel so thoroughly happy ju & t now wen o cven o clock Thursday ni ght ) that I cannot restrain thong thoughts . I I nevcj never , in truth , was so happy in all my life , and II tell yl tell yon why . After a very fagging week , 1 went ' Herri ) Herringsgate to-day ( Thursday ) a beautiful dayni sa \* l saw the occupants who came before tbeii nine , atoe , all working and happy , as you will learn com tlom the following narrative . I went to where iriffithriffiths from Worcester was working on his own
IMotmdlotment , and he will be able to judge whether 1 [ date tllate the literal fact or not . He was cultivating hi * lllotmdlotment , and had put a completely new face upon tt ; I «; I asked him how he liked it , and he said that btic nefte never felt so happy before in his life , and that no mnonejnoney would tempt him to sell it . A person who civas was with me , asked him if he would take £ 60 , and this rehis reply was , "No , nor £ 400 . A timber train t wouhwould not get me out of this now ; and I have written tto rato my wife , to tell her that I never was so happy . 1 1 have have slept upon straw every night , and I would not I cive icive it for . a feather bed anywhere else ; and there ' s
my sjny son there working , and hesaid yesterday , ' Father . 1 lik I like to work for myself a great deal better than for auyl anybody else . '" Now , l write these apparently trivial cite circumstances for the satisfaction of Griffiths' family , no * now located in a strange place . He is from \ Yorces tester—an elderly man , with a wife and seven childrt dren , and he never will work for any one but himsel self again . I then went to Oddy ' s house , the wool-CO ! comber from Bradford ; he was oat at work , but his wi wife was at home . I asked her if shewoold like to „ „ I t- * Rrdfnril nnH if she WOUld wish tO Sell back to Bradfordand if she would wish to sell
~ o go , le her allotment ? Her answer was , that she would not e sell it for anything that any one would offer ; that 3 she -would never leave it ; that she was always long , i ing for a home , and that now she had one at last . [ Tasked if Oddy liked it ? > nd her reply was , — 11 " Yes ; but he has written to some friends in York-• shire to send him some jackasses , as he ' s sure he i could eat the hind-leg of an ass , he has snch an : appetite ; and , if anything breaks us , it will be the appetite . " In short , all seemed happy and more than contented ; and the children
looked very different from factory slaves . The men were at work on every man's allotment , the dung was coming in , and I will promite the " Chambers ' s" and the " Whistler" such a Mayday as never was seen in England before . I hare been occupied every hour this week , and , but to preserve the charm , I should not have written at all . Kerlmarley will be as perfectly cropped and cultivated this spring as Heningsgate ; and , to my mind nothing can surpass our prospects . On the 3 rd of May there will be another ballot for the first , second , and third sections . And now , pray attend to the following instructions : —
We Lave come to the resolution not to receive money otherwise than in Bank notes or Post-office orders , payable at the General Post-office , London . We will not receive i as cash Bank orders until the money market becomes more settled , for , after the failure of \ the North of England Joint-Stock Bank , I we do not wish to run any risk . s I Kow , Secretaries must attend to this , as , last week , notwithstanding the simple instructions , nearly £ 200 was made payable at Bloomsbuiy , Charing
t Cross , Strand , Oxford-street , and other branch offices . Xow , my determination is to send back all ! Post-office orders not made payable at the General Post-office , London , and cot to acknowledge any monies sent otherwise than in Bank tales and Post-Office orders . Some weeks * Bank orders from three to twenty-one days' date came in upon different banks , which it is impossible to collect . All monies ! intended for THE BANK mav be transmittedbytBont
order payable at tight , as , until applied to the purchase of land , the instant the money comes , I lay it out in the purchase . of Exchequer Bills , so that we may not lose a day's interest . We have taken a splendid house for the Bank , and shall soon be the largest , the safest , and most prosperous concern in the kingdom . As long as I am manager , I will have 5 per cent , in Land , or 3 per cent , in Exchequer Bills , for everv £ 100 invested .
Now , I will here very briefly mention what I mean hv what I shall term the
LAXD-PURCHASE DEPARTMENT OF THE BANK , It is this : —Suppose 20 persons to have paid in a sufficient amount of money to purchase 20 allotments , that those 29 persons shall be located without ballot ; that is , that their own money shall purchase an estate in the wholesale market , which shall he divided amongst these 20 occupants , and houses and
out-offices built for them , at precisely the same rate that it was purchased ; that is , that they shall have it at wholesale price in the retail market , whilst the members will derive all the benefit from their capital until the full amount to entitle them to location is paid up . Now , nothing can be more simple or more just than ibis ; and these allottees will not belong to any sections , but will he a distinct class in themselves they can each send their own monies , and will not
require any secretary to transact their business . All these matters , and every subject connected with the Land , the Bank , and the whole concern , I will explain fully , simply , and familiarly to you , and at great length , in the April Number of " THE LABOUUER-, " and I wish every man to keep it as a baok of reference . Your faithful Friend , Feargus O'Coxxob .
P . S . —I trust members will see that the secretaries fulfil the following request , viz .: to send , as speedily as possible , to the Financial Secretary ( Mr . Wbcelar ) , an account of all monies paid into banks , and lie name of the hank , and to whose order payable , since the 5 th of December last , as I have called for many amounts which hare been noticed
as payable to my order , but which have been refnsed . This must be done at once as there is a large sum of money lying dead in that way ; and ihe amounts must be minutely specified , as , if the mm be £ 12 6 s . 4 d ., and I ask for £ 12 6 s . 3 d ., the answer will be , that there is no such order and I cannot henceforth be pestered with these details . F . o'c .
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BIRMLNG 11 AM . _ Messrs . Doyle , Wheeler . tu . ? St ? ' $ omoT > and Clark . J *™ teen "" misated to fill the office of Executive Committee for ma ensuing year . t-H ^^ 'H—Vofes of thanks have been passed w Uie mt mbere of the Executive Committee fortheir « rrices ; and to Mr . Clark , specially , for his defence fuivuV ? 1 B lne discflssion with Mr . Gurney . »« x » -. U - ~" A m «*" 'n g was neld at Coxheath , «« ar . Vai dftone , for the purpose of adopting the ^ ationa ! Petition in favour of the People's Charter , ^ uecbiir was occupied by Mr . Green , of Maidstone , wao rpened the meeting : by tome remaiks . and then wei
upon Mr . John Stonehouse , of Maidstone , as-dil ™ ed a ? ««? l ! ent address on the Suffrage * w the other points of the Carter . At the oncht-Rtitirn DafflCS Were attachedto the National tei- ! i i i ' i rt 'IELD--1 ' , lfl WeBt Testimonial computet ItM tbt-u- Fee % meeting last Sunday even-
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ing , in the Chartist rooro / Stanley-street , and after the financial part of the business was disposed of , t ' . e following resolution was unanimously agreed t ) :- ~ That the best thanks of this meeting be given to E -hard Oastlcr , Esq , and the metropolitan friends , for t'l ! spirited manner in which they have taken up the West Testimonial question , and that we solicit a con . t nusace of their support , to carry out the work we have bignn to a successful issue . The meeting was then adjourned to next Sunday evening at seven o ' clock .
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Friends , we feel it incumbent upon hs at the present time to address you upon some of the important duties which devolve upon you as denizens of a civilized state . An eminent political writer once said of his days , " These are times to try men ' s souls ;" and now , when -we gaze upon the gloom of our social and political horizon—when we see rampant faction crusading against a nation ' s liberties , commerce languishing , agriculture declining , workhouses full , prisons full , while thousands of our miserable fellow creatures are falling into premature graves ,
the victims of famine , and its no less horrible and destructive concomitant , fever!—we say when we view these appalling spectacles , and contemplate these monstrous results of etopid , ignorant , and despotic legislatvSu—when . in short , we see tbehlessings of Heaven and the bounties of earth contravened by man ' s injustice , we cannot help exclaiming in the language above—These are times to try men's souls . Friends , the position of your country becomes daily more critical , and her circumslances more embarrassed ; she loudly and imperatively demands the best services you can render . She is bowed down by he weight of factious oppression . She expects tvery natural and adopted son to do his duty .
We are thus induced to address you in consequence of the position taken by that little statesman , Lord John Russell , the other evening , in reference to Mr . Buncombe ' s motion for the repeal of the ratepaying clauses in the Reform Act . Ht has again taken his stand upon the finality of that abortive measure , declaring it to be an embodiment of ancient and modern wisdom , combined with the excellence of our glorious constitution ! We have Lord John and a part of his recreant gang standing before the nation in all the blackness
and deformity of their political character ; tve have them before us as the dogged opponents of eveiy organic improvement of the legislature . We ask , are such narrow-minded , anti-progressive men fit to preside over the destinies of thirty millions of human beings ? We cannot fancy a greater insult offered the public opinion than Russell's paltry duality doctrines . How dare any man presume to make the conceptions of his mind the ultimatum of improvement—but especially how dare the erratic Russell presume to do so , who is ever before us confessing the errors of his statesmanship ?
We feel it to be the duty of the unrepresented millions to speak unhesitatingly , and tell the noble little lord that his doctrines may pass as orthodox in times long past but that they are viewed by the intelligence of these days as stupid , irrational , and unjust . We hold , that any man who wishes well to his country should struggle , with fervency of feeling and energy of action , to hurl from power the despicable faction that arrays against the progress of ' . freedom and melioration of our laws and institutions . I Mr . Buncombe , the recognised champion of
parliamentary reform , has , by his motion , unmasked Lord John , as well as those subservient and prostitute politicians whose rule of action is to follow their leader as long as he fills their pockets with official gold . Such scurvy creatures merit the execration of every detester of hypocrisy and fraud . Twoand-twenty Whig officials voted for the inviolability of the bill , the whole bill , and nothing but the bill , eight of whom were apostates , they having supported Mr . Buncombe ' s motion on former occasions Mr . Buncombe has give notice of the following motion for discussion after Easter : —
Mb . Thomas Bcscombe , —That whereas an Act passed in the reign of his late Majesty King Wil ! i & m the Fourth , intituled , " An Act to amend the Representation of the People in England and Wales , " hag failed to fulfil the just expectations of the people , and is not and cannot b » final ; it is expedient to amend the same , by the repeal of the rate-pa > iog clauses , and by the insertion of provisions calculated to prevent any undue inflaeoces in counties and borouehs subversive of tti 4 fall , frej , and fair representation of the people in Parliament , We deem it onr duty to support , by every means in our power , Mr . Buncombe in his laudable
endeavours . We must have a vigorous agitation on this subject ; we must teach Lord John Russell that the common sense of the people cannot be mocked with impunity . Our general shows his alacrity to lead the assault against the citadel of Corruption , let us promptly support him in bis glorious labours on our behalf . Mr . Buncombe ' s motion will be valuable for several reasons—Parliament is verging towards dissolution , the above motion will prove the touchstone of its liberality , —it will operate as a trap to catch more of tbsoe political vermin that feed and fatten on corruption .
The course which we recommend you to pursue is , immediately to get up meetings in favour of Mr . Buncombe's motion . Let public buildings , in all cases where practicable , be obtained , and let the mayor or some other public functionary be got to preside . Let petitions be adopted , setting forth strongly the peculiar and general grievances of the locality ; let them be signed by the chairman and sent for presentation to Parliament by the representatives of the places , with a letter from the chairman on behalf of the meeting requesting not only their support of the prayer of the petition , but likewise of Mr . Buncombe ' s motion .
Friends , we have briefly pointed out what we conceive to be yourdut \\ at this important juncture , and in the hope of your cheerful and able performance , we remain , on the part of the Committee , — John- Knight , Chairman . James Grassby , Secretary . METROPOLITAN BELEGATE COMMITTEE , 83 , Dean-strest . March 10 th—Mr Tapp in the chair . Proposed by Mr Arnott , seconded by Mr Caughlan : — " That the following metropolitan localities be requested to sead delegates t » a meeting of the above committee on Wednesday next , March lilii , when business of an urgent and important character will be brought before the meeting , namely , —Marj-lebone , Whittington and Cat , Westminster , Lambeth , B rmondsey , Limehouse , Brassfounder's Arms , Crown and Anchor , Camberwell and Hammersmith . " Carried .
LEAMimTOS . — A subscription has been eammenced for Br M'Bouall , which will be kept open till Michaelmas . CAMBERWELL . -Messrs O'Connor , M'Grath , Clark , B > yle , Wheeler , E Jones , Skeltonand West , have been put in nomination to fill the office of Executive Committee for the ensuing year . A public meeting vill be held on Monday evening , March 15 th , at Harrison ' s Assembly Rooms , Eiststreet , Walworth , to elect five of the above-named Chartists . BRIGHTON . — The present roembere of the Executive Committee have been nominated for
reelection . At the meeting on Wednesday evening , a vote of thanks was passed to Mr Clark for his able letter to the Prime Minister on the conduct of the latter in opposing Mr Buncombe ' s motion for the repeal of the rate-psyine clauses . NATIONAL VICTIM , AGEB PATRIOT , WIBOW ANB ORPHANS' RELIEF FUND . —The committee met at the Assembly Rooms , S 3 , Deanstreet , Soho , on Tuesday evening , Afarch the 9 th , Mr . James Grassby in the chair . Mr . Gras > bv reported the result of his visit to the venerable veteran Reformer , Thomas Preston , and described him as a man struggling to obtain an
existence , but from his great age was unable without assistance to do so . Bo thought hira a worth * object for the exercise of the committee's beneficence . Mr- Aitsorr read a letter from the poor aged sterling Bem'crat , John Richards , stating that from sheer necessity he was at last obliged to succumb and take refuge in the Union Bastilc of Stoke-upon-Trent . It was resolved that Mr . Richards' lc'tei should be tent to the editor of the Northern Star for insertion , and that an appeal should accompany it . calling on the country to support the committee with pecuniary aid . Mr . Lakck reported that in Marylebone each member of the Charter Association contributed one penny per month to the fundsof this « oromittee .
Mr . J . Arsott said the Chartists of Somers Town gave one-fourth of the funds collected to the suppsrt of the sams benevolent object .
Mr . Ak-hu . handed in 7 s . 3 d . from the City locality , and contributed Cd . The committee then adjourned until Tuesday evening next . March the 16 th , at seven o ' clock precisely BILSTON—The present members of the Executive have been nominated for re-election . A meeting will be held on Sunday evening next , to consider the propriety of presenting a testimonial to tlie secretary , for his gratuitous ; md valuable services . ASIITON—The present members of the Executive committee have been nominated for reelection . MACCLESFIELB . —Mr . West delivered a very instructive lecture to the members and friends of the Mutual Improvement Class , in connection with the National Charter Association , en Monday nightlast , in their room , Stanley-street , on the " Real Cause
of the present Famine in Ireland , and the Real Remedies to prevent its recurrence in future : " Mr . B . Chandley in the chair . The attention of his hearers were riveted by the eloquence , and tb e sound truths uttered by the lecturer , and at the close of the meeting , a vote of thanks was awarded to him . Mr . West will lecture in the same place on Mondav evening next . Subject— " The Capital of Labour ?' SilEFFIELB . —On Sunday last , March 7 th , a meeting of the members of the National Charter Association was held in the Bemocratio Temperance Room , 38 , Queen street ; Mr . Councillor Brings in the chair . After the financial business of the
Association was disposed of , the following persons ' were duly nominated to serve as a eeneral council lor the ensiim ? quarter-. —Mtssrs . William Dyson , Samuel Jackson , John Seward , William Holmes . William Seaton , John Marshall , George Enntson , Arran Birkmtshaw , John Forest Homer , John Kemp , Isaac Knapp , Abraham Glue , Charles Bagshaw , Henry Richardson , Thomas Hague , John Foster , Councillor Briggs ( sub-treasurer ) , and George Cavill ( sub-secretary ) . Messrs . O'Coanor , Christopher Doyle . Philip M'Grath , Thomas Clark , Thomas Martin Wheeler , and John West of Macclesfield , were nominated to fill the office of Executive Committee for the ensuing
year . OLDHAM . —On Tuesday last , Mr . Blckinson delivered a very instructive lecture on the ** Land and the Charter . " At the conclusion , a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the lecturer for his talented and instructive lecture . MERTHYR TYBVIL—A subscription has been opened here for Br . M ' Bouall , and will eontinneopen till Michaelmas . CENTRAL REGISTRATION ANB GENERAL ELECTION COMMITTEE . —This committee met at the Assembly Rooms , S 3 , Bean-streefc . Soho , on Tuesday evening , March 9 . Mr . James Knight was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Milne , on the part of the deputation , reported the result of their mission to Mr . Buncombe . TbehonouraWeraeTnoer agreed with the deputation , that theagitation > ftr the repeal of the rate-payingclauses so well begun should be kept up ; he had given notice to renew his motion immediately after Easter . The following is the substance of Mr . B . ' s notice : —
That the Reform Act having failed to fulfil the jast expectation of the people , and is not and cannot be final —it it expedient to amend the same by repealing tbe rate-pajing clauses , and by the insertion of provisions , calculated to prevent any undue idfluerices in counties and boroughs subversive of a full , fair and free representation of the people in parliament . After the reoort was received , a discussion arose relative to the convening of another metropolitan meeting on the subject . It was ultimately resolved that the committee should consult with the members and friends in the localities , and report on Tuesday evening next . It was also resolved that Messrs . M'Grath and Ernast Jones be a subcommittee , for the purpose of drawing up an address to the country on the subject , in the columns of the Star . That each local committee , and all bodies or individuals agreeing with this committee on the subject , be requested to republish such address and cause it to be
distributed as widely as possible . That every borough , city , and county be hereby requested to appeal to their represtntatives by petition and letter , calling on them to support Mr . Buncombe's motion . Mr . Grassby stated that he had yet a large quantity of addresses and forms of claim on hand , for which he would be happy to receive applications . Mr . Boonham , the secretary of the Nottingham committee , read a letter he had received from Nottingham since he had been in town , expressing the determination of the committee of that town to co-cperato with the central committee in carrying out their objects . Messrs . Stallwood and Boonham reported that , in accordance with a resolution passed at the last meeting , they had seen a gentleman who hd agreed , upon certain conditions , to stand candidate for a seat in parliament upon the broadest representative principles . The report was unanimously received . The committee adjourned until Tuesday evening , March 10 .
HULL—At a meeting of tbe Chartists of Hull on Sunday , the 7 th instant , a eouncil having been appointed , it was resolved that the present Executive be pat in n oraination . As the Chartists of Bull are anxious to form a district of the National Charter Association . Ithey would like to hear from the following places upon the subject : —Selby , York , Scarborough , Malton , Gainsbro ' , Howden , Beverley , and all other places forming the old district . All communications to bo addressed , George Stephens , Ci , Stanifortb-place , Ilesslc-road , Hull . BRISTOL . —The present members of the Executive have been nominated for re-election .
MANCUESTEfi .-At the People ' s Institute , on Sunday the 7 th instant , Mr . Wm . Grocott was de sired by the chairman to read Mr . O'Connor '* letter , which he did in his usual excellent style whilst reading he * was repeatedly interrupted by applause . Afterwards tbe article on the Warrington magistrates was read , and during the reading tbe people showed tieir appreciation of the value of Mr . Roberts , the people ' s attorney . Mr . Bonovan , tbe leeturer , was then introduced , and commenced his discourse on the policy of the present government towards Ireland , and what it ought to be , by saying he would first direct their attention to the amount of
taxes to be drawn from the pockets of the English people merely to serve Irish landlords—landlords who ought to be held responsib ' e lor the physical wants of the Irish people , and ho made by law to provide for the in-iustrious destitute . If the possessors ef land failed in making provision for the poor , covenment was morally bound to confiscate proportionauly as much land as would be neeessary , ana not allow the poor Irish peasantry in thousands ( to starve as they were doing . He wished to know how long this cruel and unnat oral system was to continue . The landlords would be the principal parties benefited by the government loan of eight millions . Here was another argument against class legislation—rulers giving loans" to landlords at the people ' s expense , in order to cultivate waste lands , and when made
prolific the lords of the soil would eject the cultivators . It ought to be borne in mind that for eight millions borrowed we are to pay the lenders in return nearly nine millions , together with an annual interest of three and a half per cent ., all added to the debt . The queen had herarray , her navy , and her church , and a host of other good things , yet no one ever heard her talk about her debt ; no , it was the people ' s debt .. He had no hesitation in saying that the present ministerial policy in reference to Ireland would be ruinous to England . It was well known that Irish landlords were the greatest villains in existence , and futurity -would show that after the poor Irish had rendered the waste lands fertile and productive , the proud loan borrowers , the great oppressors of the poor tenants , will drive them
in shoals from the land of their birth . When that comes to pass the unfortunate forlorn Irish will again flock here in thousands , and necessarily till the labour market , and come in competition with the English industrious labourers . It is ( said Mr . B . ) impossible for an Irishman cooHy to speak on the wrongs of his country . He could relate from experience sad tales of woo , of suffering , and premature deaths in his long-oppressed native nsuntry . Ireland had for aces been subject to endless wrongs ; however , he would for the present cease to declaim and expose , and come to practical measures of reliefmeasures which would be adopted if they bad a Chartist prime minister . Here , then , he would submit to them a plan which would , in his humble opinion , if put into operation , turn greatly to the advantage of both England and Ireland . First , he would issue fourteen millions in the shape of paper ; then pass an act to take it 500 , 000 acres of waste lands , and build
200 , 000 houses on tbe land ; two acres to each house , lie would employ one man to two acres ; three men , on an average , to erect each house . He would suppose the building occupied about twelve weeks ; it would take £ 10 per house , and £ 20 for materials . He thought altogether this useful undertaking would give employment to one million of the poor starving people . He would estimate tleir services at twelve shillings per week ; the rent charge should be 5 f . annually—31 . for interest of capital , and 21 . annually towards liquidating the national debt . He wou . 'd now ask what ought to be done in order to realise this desirable state of things ? Universal representation is the means . Let us , therefore , unite Ibr this grand national object . Let us consider our common country besieged by famine , for such will soon be the general lot of Englishmen , unless the svstem is materially improved . Let us , th » n , be in earnest , and endeavour by universal exertion to regam those rights which God and Nature ordained
for all mankind . Mr . Bonovan concluded amidst general applause .
CHARTISM IN EDINBURGH . A Public Soiree of the Democracy of Edinburgh was held in the Inurmary-streefc Hall , on Thursday , the 4 th instant . The attendance was large and respectable . The wives and daughters of the members ot the National Land Company and the National Charter Association graced theentertainment in con siderable numbers . Mr . John Aitkens occupied the chair , and fulfilled the dut / es of tho position in a praiseworthy manner . After tea , several select songs were sung by Miss Butler a young and talented h (] j an ( j M William Meechan and Richard burkitt . The following sentiments were ablv spoken to by members of the National Charter Association : — " The people , the source of all greatness : may their progression be accelerated and their hopes verified ,-in the adoption by the legislature of the People ' s Charter !"
Mr . A . Cuiik , sub-secretary , spoke to this sentiment in a speech replete with sound reasoning . He illustrated the toast by showing the degraded position ef the people at the present time—instancins the miserable destitution of Ireland , and the Highlands and Isles of Scotland ; and asserted that if tho coronet of a duke ^ or the diadem of a royal puppet , was inconsistent and opposed to tbe " progression " of the " ace we live in" —that the possessors of . jftesc gewgaws should be denuded of their fooleries , * nd "clear the way" for the advance of the millions . ( Loud cheers . ) He contended that union and cordial co-operation were needful to the success of—were the
only mode of gaming—the People ' s Charter . Mr . J . Mokto . v then addressed the audience , and gave the following sentiment : — " Thomas Slingsby Buncombe , Esq ., M . P ., « ndtuc democratic members of the House of Commons . " He said he need not enter into an exposition of the good to the people which this patriotic gentleman had achieved . ( Hear . ) This was evinced in his presentationof the National Petition , and bis tact in managing the debate on tho " Espionage" question . As to the other democratic and popular members , Mr . Wakley and Mr . Williams claimed a share of their gratitude ^ ( Cheers . )
Fhenext sentiment , "The Land and Co-operation , " was spoken to by Mr . J . Cummiko , land agent for the Edinburgh branch of the Land Company . Mr . Gumming eloquently enforced the "land" scheme as a panacea for the many social evils with which society is afflicted . He said that they had heard a " great man in Israel" ( alluding to Mr . William Chambers ) deprecate the small farm system in the strongest terms ; but they had only to read and study the publications of that gentleman of a very lato date , to be convinced of the efficacy by that system . He ( Mr . Gumming ) went on to say that a Mr . Bone , a gentleman of the Malthusian school , had lately lectured in Edinburgh , and had given his opinion in favour of small farms . He said
that Mr . Chambers need not think that his recent verdict would weigh beatify on " well-disposed ope ratives . " Of the four sections which the directory had opened , three had been filled up , and tbe fourth was in rapid progress of being so . The smoke-erabroiled working people of the kingdon revered Mr . Feargus O'Connor for 1 » 8 noble and undaunted conduct in thus paving the way for a complete overthrow of the existing evil system ; his name was become a household word ; he was worthy to fill the place of a benevolent Howard—a disinterested Washington 1 It was a glorious boon ta the English and Scotch people when Banicl O'Connell gave them Fearpus O'Connor . ( Loud and reiterated cheers . ) Mr . Gumming concluded an eloquent address amidst great applause .
1 he next sentiment spoken to by Mr . J . CavnnACE was "Mr . Feargus O'Connor , and the Birectors of the National Land Company . " Mr . Crybbace highly eulogised Mr . O'Connor , lie well remembered that when Mr . O'Connor made his first Scottish tour , he was much vilified by the press . He , ( Mr . O'C . ) however , had been " weighed iu the balance , and not found wanting , " by those whom his glorious efforts tended to emancipate . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Crybbace then alluded to the other Directors . Of Mr . Boyle they could will judge—a true and undaunted friend to his fellow men . His late visit to Scotland had been of invaluable service to the common cause . ( Cheers . ) Mr . A . Gkant gave '' Trades Unions—their beneficial effects . " Ho said he was not an admirer
of trades unions , as a principle in themselves . Ho considered the state of matters calling for the interference of trades' unions , as consequent upon the vicious monopolies with which the working classes had to contend . He said that certain parties had asseverated that the price of labour , and the number of working hours , should be regulated by the law o ( supply and demand . This was rather a Bright con elusion . lie could not see wben a man was excluded from the pile of legislation , that lie was able to maintain bis position a » t » insfc the wealth of the capitalists , unless he combined in union with his fellows . Mr . Grant , as illustrative of the good produced by the operation and establishment of trades unions , referred to his own trade—the letter press printers . Mr . Grant concluded a long and able address , by calling on all working men to join and unite .
The proceedings of the soiree terminated about 11 o ' clock , when several of the company tripped it on the ' * light fantastic toe , " and kept up the dancing till a late hour . The proceeds will be devoted to the fund now raising in Edinburgh fur liquidating the debt due to Mr . Feargus u'Connor , for the money expended by him in defence of tbe Political Victims in * 39 and * 42 . GLASGOW ' . —To Mr . Thomas Martin Wheeler : Dear Sir , —On the other side jou have « bank order for the sum of £ 1012 $ 8 i , which will uayfor two fouv-aeve snares in the Chartist Co-operative Land Company—one share for John Miller , warehouseman , 223 , G . illowgatc ; and
another from James Moir , tea dealer , 174 , GiiUow ^ atc . I believe that neither of the parties are at all likely to enter upon the occupation of their allotments , though they had balloted successfully immediately . However , both are prompted to give this public countenance to tho company , hoping and betieviug that tbe people may yet , through its medium , see the importance of struggling anew , and successfully to relieve themselves from the overwhelming load of political bondaire under which they groa-. i . Trusting that the success of the L ' . tnd Company may be all that even Mr . O'Connor himself could desire , I remain , ray dear Sir , respectfully yours , Jakes Sloia—174 , Gallowgate , March 9 , 1847 .
VETERANS ' , ORPHANS ' , AND VICTIMS * COMMITTEE . The committee met on Tuesday evening last , at the Land office , Dean-street , Soho , Mr Grassby in the chair . A letter having been read from Baddy Richard * , it was agreod that the same bj forwarded to tho "Jforthcm Star ' ' for insertion , and that an appeal to tho Chartist public be appended thereto . It is as follows : — Hanky , March 8 th , 18 , 17 . Dear Friend , —Yen will oblige me by thanking the committee of the Veterans' funds for the assistance they have afforded me , and also inform them , that circum . stancen over which I have no control have forced me to enter the Poor-law Bastile of Stoke-upon- Trent . Think not that I enter willingly , or that I do not feel the degradation of si pauptr ; but so it is , and necessity has no law !
Weil , Arnott , I again repeat I am forced to submit to the Devil ' s law , und the regulations of the three Devil Kings ; at least for n time— now long , I know not : but to-morrow ' s sun will see me a prisoner in a more degrading place than Stafford Gaol . My litart is full—I can write no more . Yours fraternally , John Ricnians . To Mr John Arnott , Sorotrs-Town . Brother Chartists ! and brethren of the Land Company ! awake ! arise from your inhuman apjthy , read the above appalling facts , and say if poor old John Richards shall perish in an inftmal iiaitlle—tho abominable sys' . cm against which he has fought upwards ot half a century ? Come on then , at once ! and rescue his poor hoary head from such a shameful end . Think of the sufferings and feebleness of those valiant old veterans In the cause of freedom—Smart , Preston , and
old Daddy;—be determined to subscribe one penny n month to keep them alive their fall time ; this WOUlS also Assist the disconsolate wives and orphans of those ( many of whom , alas ! we still cherish a lively recollection ) who were murdered and banished by the detest able Whigs—the same despicable crew who refused ( or allow our champion Duncombe , to bring in a bill ; to repeal the Ratepaying Clauses of their Reform Bill , because it would bo too close an approximation to Universal Suffrage . Then attend t « tbe wants of your own order , talk no more of " want of means , " what ' s a fartfiiiigper week ? look at the thousands you pay for the land , ( which , we rejoice to see , ) your tnrthiugs from this time would enable your committee to render that support to the Vctersas , Orphans and Widows , so much required ; nor let us meet night after night doing nothing saoro than eoudojing with each Other OB the sufferings of our friends , and without the means to relieve
thcra . PuiLtr MGEAxn . James Gbassbv , Samoet . Unos . , j 0 I 1 N s , j , . , Geoboe Avtill . j 0 UN shaw , Sub-Trtasurcr Jouh Abkott , Sub-Seeretary .
Woolwich.—Mr M'Grath Will Deliver A Lect...
Woolwich . —Mr M'Grath will deliver a lecture on the Small Farm system , en Monday evening next , at the George the Fourth Inn , King-street .
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Ballot For The Location Of Shareholders ...
BALLOT FOR THE LOCATION OF SHAREHOLDERS ON ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF THE MATHON ESTATE , MALVERN , WORCESTERSHIRE .
On Monday Evening, March The 8th, The As...
On Monday evening , March the 8 th , the Assembly Room , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , was filled at an early hour with an anxious audience to witness the balloting for the fortunate shareholders . At seven o ' clock Mr . James Grassby was unanimously called to the chair . A committee of nine persons was appointed to superintend the ballot . Everything being in order the wheels were set in motion amid the most
profound silence , only interrupted by heartv cheers of congratulation , when some well-known brother gained a prize . The first ballot was for " Two Acre" allottees , of whom there were eight to be chosen . The prizes fell to the following persons •—1 Brierly Sleddow Rochdale 1737 2 E . Stallwood Hammersmith 2126 3 T . Gilbert Coventry 1036 4 E . Tibbies . Cirencester 2024 5 HHeskett & 1 f
. ( double ) J . ltehjh \ fof s Crompton J [ 7 J . Clark , Norwich 2492 B J . Bennett Stockton 760
Threti Acre * . FIVE PRIZES . 1 J . Hornby Stockport 1448— 123 2 J . Holmes Nottingham 1992— 160 3 R . Tiplcr Northampton 2052— 170 4 V 7 . Bottrill Northampton 393— 30 5 J . Home Brighton 1844— 148
Four . Jcrcs . SEVENTEEN VRIZ & S , 1 A . Rice Cheltenham 608— 609 2 Eli Sykes Huddersfield 1944—1945 3 R . Seed Clithero 467— 468 4 J . Bennett \ Votton-under-Edge 366— 367 5 A . Willis Rochester 472—2377 6 Eli Coolon Navarre St . Germains 97— 98 7 J . Plaice Lambeth 1046—101 ? 8 J . S . Beattie Glasgow 1657—2556
9 W . W . Coombes Newton Abbott 2068—2009 10 J . McWilltam Manchester 2081-2082 11-T . Loutel Alva 544—515 12 A . Dunford Citv of London 1726—1727 »»— { £ & £ } " - 14 C . E . Hill Rochester 991—996 15 J . Baker Birmingham 152—153 16 G . Barton Wheeler ' s List 1 G 04—1605 17 W . Atkins Peterborough 1698—1099 Thomas Martin Wheeler , \ 5 „„ , , . „ ,, ¦ ,,, „ ' > Secretaries . Philip M'Grath , J
After the ballot had given the above result , a second ballot took place for deciding the choice of location on the Lowbands' Estate , the result of which will be given in the ensuing Star . Mr . J . Arnott then moved a vote of thanks , expressive of the satisfaction of the meeting , and of the manner in which the ballot had been conducted , and to the committee and directors for conducting the same . Mr . T . R . Sherman seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved .
value op THeSHARES . —Mr . Edmund Stallwood was offered £ 25 , and a full paid-up Four Acre sba'e , for his prize of two acres , before he left the room on the night of the ballot .
Walworth.—A Well-Attended Public Meetinp...
WALWORTH . —A well-attended public meetinp was held at Harrison ' s Tempevas . ce Assembly Rooms , 9 , Enst-Iane , Walworth , on Wednesday evening : March 3 rd . Mr . J . SkwelIi , on taking the chair , said , if they looked at the labour market they found an immense surplus of unemployed labour which led to a very keen competition for work , reduced wages , and threw Men on their own resources , which were by far to « - alender . They had applied to government ant ' other parties | to aid them , but without effect : well , tin founders of the Land Company bad como Award , and he was happy to say their plan had bee crowned with success . Englishmen were proverbial for their industry , and he was satisfied that , under
the operation of the Land Company , with a modcrat degree of labour , they would be enabled to obtain ? very good living combined with a fair share of comfort . Sumo gentlemen h > d como forward with tbeii thousands , for no other purpose than to realize large profits ; this was not the case with t / io founders ami advocates of the Land Company . That company haii not yet been established two years . yet it had obtained its proud position , having 13 , 000 shareholders and realized a capital of £ 24 , 000 , with which they had purchased and now held three estates , all of which had been realized with the pence of the people , anf : on which a considerable number of shareholders were about to be located . He believed th . it the Lane
Company was a perfectly safe investment , and thai every farthing subscribed would be put to th < > put- ' p"se for which its subscribers intended it . ( Hear . ) lie had now much pleasure in introducing Mr , Clark , one of the directors . Mr . Clark , on rising , was greeted with much applause , lie said he had listened with great pleasure to the speech of their chairman , and , witii him . agreed that it was themselves that must work mil their own salvation . Their plan was one of Co-opera , ticm , " all for each and each " for all "—( liesr , hear}—the working classes had shown what united exertions couldeffect as exhibited in the splendid buildings of which London streets were composed ; also in the magnificent mansions and palaces by which tliey
were surrounded , but there were for others , for , dee'dedly , they had not reaped their share of advantage from tlmse efforts ; however , they now had begun to exhibit to the world the magnificent spectacle oi a people being determined to effect a great , a peacerul , and lasting good for themselves and posterity . ( Loud cheers . ) They had seen many changes , many a game of political shuttlecock had been played , but in all the revolutions that had taken place none of them had conferred any real or solid advantage on the working classes . ( Hear . ) In starting " The National Land Company" its promoters had taken care to base their rules on the principle of icpublieanism and pure democracy , every shareholder having a roieein thoelcciion of those who conduct
its affairs , Ry a union of means they could do that which it was impossible for any single individual to accomplish . [ Mr . Clark here entered into a lucid imposition of the operation , practical working , and progress of the Land Company—its land , buildings , National Land and Labour B ; vnk , & c , nmidat ureat applause ] Now , said Mr . Clark , in less than two years , all this has been accomplished . Upwards © t 13 , 000 shareholders have been obtained , and a capital of £ 25 , 000 been subscribed . Well , if this could l > e done in two years , and that the two first years of their existence , it was no exaggeration to say that in two more years the number of shareholders would exceed 100 , 000 , and its funds be moro than quadrupled . ( Much applause . ) Some people had
expressed much surprise , and been incredulous as to their ability to carry out the plan , but they ( lid not appear to take into their consideration that it was effected by mutual co-operation . Thus , at O'Connorville , a cottage and two acres of land cost £ 100 , but no single individual could purchase a nimby quantity of land , and build a similar house for a lesssum than £ 200 . And vhy not ? simply because Inmost go to the retail market for every thing ho required , whilst their Company could go to the wholedale market , buy the land , a « d then divide it into small allotments . TUwj their shareholders hnd the laud at the wholesale prices ; and so with the materials for building . If they investid £ 100 in any other raw material , it would waste away and becom << valueless ; but not so with the land ; the moro it was used , with proper treatment , the moro valuable it became . They had just established a "National Land and Labour Bank , " and be thought he was
justified in slating that the security they offered was much better than any that ihe Bank of England could give , seeing that they offered land and houses , whilo the Bank of England had only promises to pay , which could never be realised , as was amply demonstrated during the administration of William Pitt . The Labour Batik was a Savings Bank and Redemption Fund—( cheers )—giving them the opportunity of depositing the smallest pittance thtv could screw out of their earnings , and a means of redeeming their allotments and becoming freeholders . A small plot of hind of a few square yards in extent , on which stood a miserable dwelling , near O'Connorville , now let for a larger sum than the Company were about to charge ior two acres and a commodious and handsome cottage . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Clark here , amid much applause , read some extracts from Mr . O'Connor ' s work on Small Farms , and continuedthis was uo were pwty ox shvas war—it was a war of
Walworth.—A Well-Attended Public Meetinp...
enlightenment against barbarism . ( Cheers . ) lie called on the worV . inc men to withdraw their money from tho Savings Bank , and to deposit , it in their own "National Land and Labour Bank . " Mr . Dovlb , who was heartily welcomed , said a surplus of hands being in the labour market mast , as a matter of course , give the employers U-e opportunity of reducing wages , and itwas . i lnmc « Ubl « fact that at tho present moment there was a surplus of five millions who had to look to a Poor L »» - i ^ stilef ' or a rnissteblo cx stence . Now , he was . m « m those who contended that there were not too mm . y »<> -Iung people in tlw world , and that the land w- « : ll - . imply sustain in comfort the whole , provided u vas pro . perly cultivated and its produce equitably dii , touted . Mr . Dovle proceeded to demonstrate Uie i » -. v ! m » 8 W resultin ' if from thealiotment system in HcMcrhaio and other places , awl ifitwas so MicceBMu :. / . v . ubt what h
tinder such partial development , ovj ., hey do expect when fullv developed under the aus ;; . ; -a ot the Nation ^ Land Company ? ( Hear , honr . > I Uo Company wis now trying a great exp ^ o ^ 'nt , whether the people cnuld not enjoy a great' ) ¦ ' "VO of happiness and comfort * from two , thiw , and . our acres of laud , than was now to bo obtuimu lo :- £ 2 per week , and he contended that their pi-.--t-r » t . siicoessful proceedings foretold a triumphant ; s » ue . ( Greatapplause . ) After demonstrating tlw > : e- \ t effect the Lam ! Company must have in proivK . ring freedom , virtue , morality and happiness amo' \; s ' . the whole of human hind , Mr . Doyle resumed his seat , amidst the loudest applause . Mr . Brown said he had seen in the Norti--ti Star oflastweik an advertisement with wbh-i ; ho was well pleased , namely , that of a Bern-lit . SctkOj in connection with , or rather as an auxiliary tu the Land Company . He had desired for a lor .:: timo to Kcestich a thine established . Would , itli ^ r . Mr .
Clark or Mr . D .-. ylc let tho meeting under .-t ; ::, ' ' it ? Mr . Clmir— -1 can only say that both m / solf und friend Doyle are happy to belong to it ; »>••! a a Mr . Stallwood , the . founder , is present , 1 tbl .. ' .. he had better expl ain it himself . Mr . Stallwood rose and gave a brief exposition of tho "National Co-operative Benefit Soucty , " and sat down much applauded , when Mr . Jrffbt , in a brief but forcible speci !; , moved the following : — Resolved , that this meeting has heard « it ! i much pleasure the principle ! of the National Land Cftwi >» ny ,. expounded by Messrs . Claik and Doyle , two of the Hoard of Directors of that Company , and resolve to -. -it thom-< elvfig individually and collectively to support tli « ss'tne . Mr . J . Knioijt seconded the motion . Mr . John Simpso . y said since the meeting of Wednesday last , that district had added greatly to the shareholders of tho Company . Sevml persons were anxious fo join the Benefit Society .
The resolution was carried unanimously . A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the piofvmlings . CITY OF WESTMINSTER LIBRA !!! ' AND DEBATING SOCIETY . The Iarae room held by this society iutu « Tem « perance Hall , Broadway , was densely crowded oa SattmUv evening , March the 6 th , to bear the debate on "The Land and the Charter . " Mr . Lewis wa * called to the chair , and introduced Mr . Walford to the meeting , who shewed ihe advantage of spado husbandry over the plough , am demonstrated that if a man commenced on tw . > or t ' oree acres of land , if he was only diligent in the amplication of his labour , ho must procure a comfortable maintenance for himself « nd family , having a
surplus at the . year ' s end . He ably supported his position by quotations from the works ofDrs . Play fair , Zellowlcy , and others , and adduced the example of Belgium and other continental nations , as a proof that tho small farm system was a promoter of ' . limestioity , virtue , prosperity , and happiness : lie booed , therefore , to see every working man , thn .-u ^ b the means of the "National Land Company , " speodily obtain " a stake in the hedge . " ( Shwh appease , ) Mr . Bowler thought Mr . Walfoid hrul t . ' towna verv strong light on the subject , and thou « iit tho National Land Company well calculated to ko ? y- up wages by preventing undue competition in the i .-hour market , removing , as it obviously must , the surplus to the land . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Gent , from Lancashire , in following « n tlie same side , said tho land and building safeties were conferring great advantages on the pc-p ! o ut the North . Mr . Gallagher said he had travelled through France , and had witnessed families procuring a ;; nod living from an acre and a-half , and other . * fi-ni two acres of land ; his experience to'd him that a maa with a family of seven or e ghtchildrtn might obtain an excellent living , and have to spare , eft' fourscroS of land . ( Applause . ) » Mr . Trumblo made some very clever observations in support of allotments of land to the working classes .
Mr . Batersaid he had the pleasure of V . r-, o wing some forty or fifty persons who we- c vtalWlr . 4 fortunes simply by possessing and properly cultivating some four or five acres of land each . ( l . Tn'ms . ) It was agreed that the debate should . ^ tand adjourned , and that Mr . Edmund Stallwood should ] re-open it on Saturday evening next ( this evening ) , March the 13 th , at eight o'clock . A vote of thanks was thenunaniuiuusly a- 'aai . ' . d to Mr . Stallwood and the Northern Sun : Seven persons handed in their names fw ? h--wes in tho " National Land Company , " and ree ved to open a district , tho meetings to be held i . i the Temperance Hail . BIRMINGHAM . —Mr . D . Pott ? 1 ms fr'cr . reelected scrutineer . It has been resolved , tlvA .- ; levy of sixpence per member bo paid , to me et , il . o local expenses .
SOTTINGIIAM . —A general meetiwr . *• : ;¦• • held . -m Monday last , at tho Seven Stars in Marker ' late , Mr . Christie in the chair , when the auditor- ! for th « oast year made their report , at the cone ' . u- ' yn of which an unanimous vote of thanks was given eo Mr . J . Sweet for the honourable man ner in wlu . U ho Had discharged the onerous duties that had devolved upon him . A handsome gift was then jtiY . se . " wl to Mr . Sweet , as a mark of grateful acknowledgment tor his past services . The following p ( MV ! : < were appointed fts a committee , auditors , & . ? ,, for the current vear , viz .: —! Messrs . Treece , Shaw , 0--, lu \ ow , Hall , Smith , Christie , Bostock , Broad head and Steele . On the motion of Mr . Shaw , seconded by Mr . Oidkiiow , it was unanimously resolved , "That
tho sum of sixpence per member per year , he paid for local management by each section . " Mr . . ^ weefc then drew the attention of the meeting to v . letter from Poor Old D . * ddy Richards , who was in distressed circumstances , and also to circulars which Iip had received from "Dr . M'Douall'ft Coromiit-tv' and the "West Testimonial Committee ; " but in e : > nsequencc of tie impoverished stale of the poole , it w » 9 ordered that these subscript ioss be tle' -vid for a short period . On the motion of Mr . Bvd .- ' ey , seconded by Mr . Tiwce , Mr . Sweet was put in nomination to represent the members of this branch - -it . the next confercnee . Votes of thanks havirg been dven to the committee , auditors , & c , also to the chairman , the -meeting , which was numerously amended broke up .
READING . —On the question of locating ecrtaht individuals without being subjected to the ballot , it has liecn resolved by a majority of four t— " That we consider it will he " detrimental fo the rights of the majority of the sharcholdeis . and tend to introduce class interests , if the system of locating without ballot be introduced . " BRISTOL . —Resolution passed .- —Moved t-y Mr , Adams , seconded by S . Robbeck , " That , in ' . he opinion of this meeting , tho allowing members to be locatcd without ballot on the condition of their paying up their redemption , is antUdcmnoratiu in its tendency , and likely to give great dissatislm-uon tothe poor shareholders , as it will pive an undue advantage to the wealthy shareholders . "
Forthcoming Meetings. Acenvng-Rok.—A Mee...
FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . AcenvNG-roK . —A meeting for tho enrolment of shareholders is held at Mr . Bcoslev ' s , Abbey-strett ,. every Sunday evening at o o ' clock . Bit . \ i > POB » . —Shareholders will meet in the large room , ( formerly the Shooting Gallery , ) Bulttrw » rtabuildings , at 2 o ' clock on Monday , and at 7 o ' clock ; , a full attendance of the shareholders is requested . Uvdic . —The shareholders will meet at Mr . John Leigh ' s , John-street , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) at % o ' ch ok p . m . KiDDBKMixsTKB . —The shareholders of this branch are requested to meet at tho Nag ' s-head , Bewdieystrect , tin Tuesday the lfltk inst . Those who have not paid their levies are requested to do so forthwith .
Lima Tows . —Mr . Smyth , of Bradford , will lecture at the house of Mr . R . Ucdfeam , un Suudav ( tomiorrow ) . Subject , "The Land and the Charter . '' Ch & ir will be taken at half-past 2 o ' clock . AiixcnasiKB . —A general meeting of the shareholders will beheld on Sunday ( to-morrow , j in the hall of the People ' s Institute , ' IUyrod-rtreet . ( . hair to be taken at 10 o ' ekek in the . forenoon . Shareholders are particularly requested to attend . Mcsslet . —A meeting for the purpose of forming a branch society here , will beheld at the Fleece-inn , on Monday nest , March 15 th , at S o'clock . All parties wishing to become shareholders are respectfully requested to attend .
Ouhum . —The shareholders will meet in tho School-room of the Working-man ' s Hail , every Sunday at 2 o ' clock , to receive subscriptions mid enrol new members . Those who arc in avreais are requested to pay forthwith . .,.,. .- . Towkr Hamlets—The officers of the Whittmgton and Cat branch attend every Sunday uvetung , trom halt-part 0 till 9 o ' clock , lor the cnrokcrit ot mem * beva and to receive subscriptions . NoRTUAMPTON .-Mr . Munday mil commence recsiviiiK names and monies for the Land and Labour B ; i « ik on Monday next . lt ,. cuD . UE-On Sunday evening ( to-morrow ) a IVicntl will deliver » n address to ths shareholdors , at the room , Mile-street : chair will bo taken at $ Walworth . —Shareholdws are enrolled and conti-ibtiticns received by the Secretary every Monday evening , at the Temperance Hall . 9 , East-lane ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13031847/page/1/
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