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Tm-Immeaffiers Ofthelajjd ,,-^._ ,-—- , Compauy. ~~
_TM-imMEaffiERS _ofthelajjd ,,- _^ . _ ,- — - _, COMPAUY . ~~
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2 My dMy dear Friends , . " .. _- _„ . . , _.-. _e 'p o _^ oportioii bf _youareaMre of the purchase te Miqie _Jfinster Lord Estate , in Oxfordshire , all _artall are , doubtless , anxious to know more i _. t it it it _^ ne est ate , th e n , consists of SOO ss , of is , of the very best land I have yet seen for iburpobnrpose . "There is a large auaniityof
_Jings , Sings , and a freestone and limestone quarry a the ii the estate . The ni g h road from _Cfoelten-[ to I to Oxford runs through it for about a [ ter «[ ter of a mile ; and the highroad from pey tpey to Bampton fairl y cuts it in two for He affile and a half . . In fact , had I been obliged p atepake . roads for the purpose of allotting , I _fcd _nofcd not have laid it out more judiciously . I _hottnot ; think I shall have to make a perch of n , non , nor will the occupants have to keep a ih _u _& h in repair . Tbe estate is within twelve es ofles ofthe city of Oxford , within less than ee ofee of the market-town of Witney , and less n & m five of the market-town of Bampton , and
pri d price was £ 9 , 000 , or £ 30 an acre ; and ! iect sect to be in possession within a fortnight in ton this time . I assure you that none hut [ se fe who hare studied every branch ofthe pid pd Plan can form the slightest conception the | he valne of good roads . I will _g-jve you Be ime idea . I will presume a cottage , with _outsDdiisDdings , to consist of 150 loads of materials
ill sorts ; that , at 5 s . per day for m a n a nd se , and averag ing t he number of loads a t _, will be £ 7103 . ; whereas , if the roads 'e bad , and if tiie distance was far , fonr hund horses would not draw the materials for ) ttage , while I will undertake to draw all _required materials for a cottage at Minster rel , with five horses , in one day . Now , erve the difference between 25 s . for
-se labour , and £ 15 , at which I may reasony estimate it ; and suppose a two-acre itment : in the one casea man pays Is , 3 d . air , or five per cent upon 25 s . for horse rer and in the other case , he pays 15 s . air . This fact will , I trust , induce my friends look narrowly into the local advantages bre they all-bat insist upon my visiting ik to visit a property in Scotland , of which session may be had in twelve years . You
Usee at once that the novelty of this nd Flan , and the natural desire ofthe people be possessed of a plot of tbeir own , imposes slight tax upon my temper ; however , as I i determined , in sp ite of ' Eliza Cook' and Joyd ' s , ' to lay the foundation for the _inre location of twenty-four thousand men d their families , I am determined to keep r temper . The estate of Minster is situated mediately over and within gun-shot of the m of Minster Lovel ; it is within little
fere than a mile of the forest of Wychwood , iere the occupants will have an unlimited Bit of feeding cattle ; and a river abounding mh cray-nsb , eels , and trout , encircles a por-Em of the estate . In fact , it would be im-Ksible to _select a more favourable , health y _^ s uitable spot . I have now described the fete minutel y , and the purchase amply _re-( js . me for my day ' s work , which consisted _^ nineteen consecutive ho urs . I dare say fie thousands who "have visited Lowbands rtthln the last month have _uiven SO _elowlnff
_^ description of it that surprke will have vauheid before the day of the Demonstration [ nt this much I do say—that I have _trailed in many countries , a nd such a s i g ht I ever beheld . I have p l a nted a nd m a nu r ed larly half an acre of potatoes , t en pe r ches of Sbbages , and ten perches of Swedish turnips I each allotment , and I am now preparing the emainder ofthe ground for Swedes and white a trnips ; and all that I hare to request in ream for my l a bo u r i s , th at the members
ill return sober , thoughtful , and intelli-; nt men ; to represent them in the forth-Dming Conference , for there is now an mount of property to be represented , bd rights to be defined , which most not be ifled with . The amount of the weekly subfriptions astonishes many from its magnitude , bile I am astonished at its insi g n ific a nce , beevin g , in my soul , that if the working classes iere instructed io the Land Plan , tie amount _onld- _" W _' _fluf _^^
_Fext . week " I ; _^ _ _, _TOfe you / . _fat ; . _ ( ettw pon the _experimtSte ' I have feed ' at Lowands , and th e res u lt s , which h a v e as toni s hed D the fanners and labourers in the parish . 311 t hen , I remain , I Tour faithful Friend and Servant , _Feahgtjs O'Coxhor . i ' mtm 9
I Irish Cosfb^Eratiolj. The Confederates...
I IRISH _COSFb _^ ERATIOlJ . The Confederates met en Sunday evening , at Cartfright ' s Coffee-raioms , for the enrolment of members , _» ., ' Mr M'Carthy in the chair . The following gentenien addressed the meeting : Messrs Dwain , } . M ' Carthy , Kennedy , Reflly , Mar tin . Rsan , fcwtley , Tocter , Clancy , Braceland , Sullivan , be I The following resolution , moved by Mr Dwain , and Sconded by Mr Martin , wascarried with
_onedissen-5 nt only : — Besolved . — " That we view with the most poignant ief _thei-txent address pnt forward by tbe membus of mciliatioflfian to the constituent body in Ireland ; _inmat-Ji as they _refnse to co-operate with independent ¦ _pealeri . and thereby foment dissension amongst the ople , which has always proved fatal to the cause of ish iadependeace , and first laid onr country prostrate the feet . of British dominadon . * ' . Mr Clancy gave notice that he would , on Sunday act , move the adoption of the following
_BECLAHAHOS AKD OB / _ECTS OF tHE IRISH _COSTEDEEATES , _ASSOIBLED AT CABIWKIGHl ' s * — 1 . Vie hail all men as brethren , and hold tbem eqaals _, r _irhereat right to the d & enship of the world . 2 . We recognise the right of all nations and peoples > govern themselves by the will of the majority of their wn inhabitants . S . We deprecate all restraint upon thought ,- matters f opinion , free _discosaon , and the rational will ofthe _alject . 4 . We hold tbe right of property as inviolable in the ist discharge of its duties with the rest of the
_comma-5 . We hold taxation without representation , as the cerciseof an _asorped power , alike subversive of honour , onesty , _andjosirce . ' ? . ¦ ¦ 6 . We recognise merit alone , as the standard of politcai ai _Mnalsncy , and the cultivation of virtue and knowpdge , as a surer guarantee for the furore _happiness of unkind than the bristling bayonets of mercenary iordes . 17 . We hold every wanton aad causeles ? _restraini : on he wiU of the sntgect , whether practised by a monarch , _LColaility , or a popular assembly , a _ilcgree ot _atyranay . ? _QBincia .
* _*^ 1 . To use our best exertions to obtain a Bepeal ofthe _ ict of Legislative Union Between Great Britain and Irebad , and establish a Parliament in Ireland , based on the &]] , free , and fair representation of the whole people of or conntrj . § 2 . To cultivate a better understanding among all _¦^ _. _es of the _toi _^ gcommunity . g 3 . _ToaKiitmaiispelling _thfegloomofthepastbyEha-Bomng forth the hopes of tbe future . i 4 . To assist in _thedbwsfalof the hydra-beaded _mon-Iter " Prejudice , ** too often held np as a dread Baal , for lie worship of the _snedncateal , by designing men , for fceadvancsmentof their own base and perfidious pnr-* _p _« es . .... ' . ' _^ 5 . To eollfcct , as it were , in . _onemasageable reservoir , _ f torrent of light and truth , and direct , by other auxi-___ _uy means , " a vanery of _nsefol infonsatioB . S 0 S . To impress upon onr countrymen in England , by all the orgeat meansin onr power the necessity of _establishfcgan Irish Conference , to assemble , at least , once a year , io iondoo , in order to watch the _Farliaaentary proceed . lag * , and Other ( vise aid and assist in giving due effect to the legitimate straggle of the Irish people for Bepeal . I i
I Toukg Ireland, A Chip Of The Old Block...
I TOUKG IRELAND , A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK . « Coniistencyifl politics iainconaistency . ' -rl ' . _O'Cwnett IO THS ZSITOK O T THB HOETHEW « T 4 » . Sin , —Ton wiU oblige a portion of the Irish Confederates in London , by giving a place in thepeople a Mar to the following correspondence : — L . T . Ciasci , Hon . See .
50 , _Chiswen-street , London , Hay ism , » . Sm , —I am directed by an adjourned meeting of our members here , to address a few lines to joa , concerning an address presented from this locality to the council of the "Irish Confedtralion , ** by James Haiighton , Esq . Having waited for two or tbree publications of the Nation newspaper , and no notice appearing in the ordinary - way , and being anxions to uphold a mutual understand _, ing between the council and any portion of tbe _Confederatiim _, may I _request the favour of any communication
I Toukg Ireland, A Chip Of The Old Block...
¦ whi ch may enable me to satisfy the anxious inquiries of all here ! I aro , Sir , your very obedient servant , To Wm . HamiU , Esq .. L . T . Clahct . 9 , _D'OUer-street , Dublin .
I, B'Olibmtreet, Dublin, Slsl May, 1847....
I , _B'OliBMtreet , Dublin , _Slsl May , 1847 . Sib , —I bave the honour of acknowledging the receipt of your letter , "under date 18 th May , and in reply beg to say that I will submit it to the council at its first meeting after this date ; meantime , I have to state that the subscriptions forwarded by yon have been acknowledged in the Nation in the usual manner . '"•' ¦ - lam , Sir , your obedient servant . To L . T . Clancy . Wh . Hamxi , Sec . 50 , ChiswelLstreet , London .
London, May 31st, 18*7. Sre,—I Beg To Ac...
London , May 31 st , 18 * 7 . Sre , —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of yours in reply of the 21 st inst . Sot being able to look npon it as an answer to mine of the 18 th inst . I expected to have heard from yoa during the past week , seeing tbat several sittings of the council had taken place . I am anxions that tM » matter shonW be set at rest , as our inamberalooh . throueh me . for _ajnanuwer , not _expecting any through what might be termed "the more proper channel *' of the Natikm ' , besides , I am not inclined much longer to insult the confidence which my countrymen repose in me by upholding a system of indifference
to their just appeal . I was aware that the trifle of money sent was acknowledged in the Natio *; I did not allude to monetary matters , as your note would seem to imply . Such monies , I believe , are sent to defray the necessary expenses of correspondence , officers , salary , Ac , and sa long as they are properly so-applied we bave no further concern about the funds . -Will you , therafore _, be good enongh to give me a direct answer to my note of the 18 th inst . or otherwise refer me to some officer of the Confederation , wbose daty it is to attend to the correspondence of its members f T —main . Sir , most respectfully , Your obedient servant , x .. r _.-cumr _.
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9 , _"D'Olier-street , Dublin , 3 rd June , 1817 . Sir , —I am directed by the council of the "Irish Confederates "to inform yon that they never publish letters of adhesion , addresses , or _c-mmunications of any kind which they receive ; tbere Is not , consequently , any discourtesy _intended towards yoa or tbe gentlemen _sigaiag the address lately adopted at a meeting of friends of the Confederation in Loudon , ( which you were kind enough to forward here , ) by its non-publication . Tbe address and your accompanying letter were read in council , and filed , as all other such documents are ; bat tiie cnuncQ could not publish them , except by departing from their established custom . I hare the honour to be , yonr obedient Servant , Wx . HiMiLL , Acting Secretary . P . S . —I shall forward cardB of membership for the subscribers to the remittance sent by you , by next Tuesday ' s post . —W . H .
50, Chiswell-Street, London, June 18tb, ...
50 , Chiswell-street , London , June 18 tb , _1817 . Sir , —Not having received the cards of membership according to yonr promise , I am again reluctantly obliged to trouble yoa . It does not speak much for yonr conntil ' s improvements on the old system to have delayed the transmission of corals so long as five weeks . X am in _raweiptof jotars of th « Srd inst ., informing me "that the council never publish any letters of-adhesion , addresses , or communications whatsoever . " I lament tbat the conncU _, for its own sake , has thought proper to adopt snch a course of policy , as yoa mast be well aware that this was a source of great and just complaint by the seceding members of ( he council from Conciliation i Hall , and not _oufrequentiy broughidown their indignant
denunciation on the heads of the committee for having practised what the editor of the Sdtkn , in his remarks on father Kenyon ' s letter , in last week's publication , very justly denounces " a system ( which he abhors ) of combating dissent hy suppressing it . " How much of that gentleman ' s detestation of the system was mingled with the repeated suppression of our reports and resolutions , I wiU not atop here to inquire . However , as _pablicatiouiu our case was not tiie main object , we ean well afford to be eclipsed by oar national luminary , contented to panne oar own coarse , by the light of a star of lesser magnitude . Had we any _sach ambitions views , we have fall confidence ia the real abhorrence which Dr Grey , of tbe _Frcman _t Journal , would have of an act of injustice to any body of men addressing him ; besides , a
few shillings _expended on placards might at auy time have brought ns nearer to a Dahlia aadiense . ~ "Where there ' s a will there ' s a way . " In Vfdn you say , " there j _^ 9 _ dL $ __» _nja _*^ - _ toU _ n _^ ' oOTMdress * ' " orfembnitrance . IsnotSlmppresSenW injustice ! And dees not _dhihgnrUsykhd _j insult ever . fol- ' low in the train of injustice *! - Yon inform _^ _meHtiat it has been read in council , and filed as all other such doctHnents aTe . Whether this is intended as _anactof di & - conrtesy I know not , and I willingly yield it as an onsolved problem to the admirers of m _ _i _* MiScM . icm . Perhaps the party who discovered that Ur I . O'Connell's letter to ICrS , O'Brien was " strangely uncivil , '' might answer . It is now my paiufal duty to protest against this mode of dealing with the opinions of ay countrymen . Talk of
the indifference by the English parliament to the petitions of Irishmen ! Expect pledges from Bepeal candidates ! Address the Queen to call her Irish parliament ! Pare the English parliament act thus f Ought the Queen to condescend to answer the " Council of the Confederation , " when _ibat council will not answer its own members ? Befase us an answer in this case , and will aot tiie following questions arise;— . "Whose rights and privileges do yon pretend to support f Not the landlords , —yoa have denied tbe validity of their rights hy asking "to whom _. after all , does the land belong ? Not the aristocracy , —they have no sympathy with yoa ! Not the Whigs , with , them yoa are now like Hilton ' s devils , " beyond the pale of hope _!¦ " Not the people , —yoa hesitate to acknowledge their inalienable rights ! Not tbe Tories . —oh , " no ! never !
' * To this favour yoa mast come . *' Jn fine , is it not a mockery , a delusion , end a snare , to invite the thinking portion ofthe community to join in a Conf <_ deration whose _cooacil pats everything into a sort of _Patndora's box , bat without even hope at the bottom of it ? If the council have those stringent laws , who made them ! Or why were they not laid before the _Confederation ? ' You cannot succeed in this coarse , and , to use the words of your late treasurer , " yoa ought not to succeed /* Your silence , will only tend to arouse our energies , and stimulate us to more exertion ? , and wa will _treaioro ap in . oar hearts those hallowed principles contained in oar addresB more closely than ever : even as the tomb of Emmett remains _uniuscribed , let it remain unanswered "till other times and other men can do justice to oar intentions . " We are plain men , ever anxious to avoid giving offence ; we have no ambition to be gazetted as outlaws to the " gentlemen ' s code of honour , " but oar principles are dearer to as than bar lives , which
mast sooner or later be given np , aod if it should be oar blessed lot to mingle with the spirits of the illustrious dead of oar anhappy country we , at least , can say that we have hot bartered their principles at the mart of expediency , nor sallied tbeirpoliticalfaith by the treachery of oar silence . I now once mar * call on the council , through yoa , for an answer to that _address , not in the spirit of supplication , bat of justice , fair play , and of right . If it be aot worthy of an answer it is certainly net worthy of _hoase-room , and I do hope tbere _mU be found one member of the council Vfbo Will _PTOVB MB " abhorrence of the system , of combating dissent by suppressing it , " by following Uie example of the honourable and manly member for Kilkenny ' s conduct with reference to another document . This will be capping the climax , and tend to bringmatters to a speedy reconciliation between Old Ireland and Young Ireland , as "troe friendship cannot exist bat between equals , " lam , Sir , with best respects for your _oirn kindness , Your obedient Servant , I . T . Cunci .
Means To An End. To The Xdiiob 0* Ihe S0...
MEANS TO AN END . TO THE XDIIOB 0 * IHE S 0 BTHEBN STAB . Snv--The " means to an end" axe many ; and tbe men of Stockport , whose conduct at the present crisis ia highly commendable , bave shown the verv best method of obtaining the great end we have in-view , namely , the enactment of the _Fesple _' _s Charter . Last Wednesday night the Registration Committee ot Manchester voted two pounds , as their first offering to the Central Committee of London , as _reconsider that body to be tbe proper channel through wbich should flow the united strength of all the tributary streams of Chartism , and from thence to flow back upon the contested plains , directed by
the wisdom ofthe governing power , who will be best able to adjudge tbe neces-ary portions , according to the relative strength and position of parties in each borough . This is our opinion ; jet we quarrel not with others who wish to aid sectionally , always providing that the said parties mil also send their quota towards the Central Committee . _ . 0 a Sl _*™ aa ? the "Landsmen" of Manchester began Ua com work by appointing a committee of llurteen . Tbey toe divided the town into districts , and intend to _sobetevery member for his mite ; and where s the slave so lowly who will not aid in placinc the man m Parliament _whoisrescning their order from tbe slavery of the ciyiliwd barbarians , who lord over them in the _workshop , the factory , the warehouse , and even in the bowels _oHueir mother Earth ?
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Many men have often talked of the necessity of paying Feargus . O'Connor ; and others , alas ! have repaid him with the basest , ingratitude : But , my friends , let us show that now , at least , the Chartist party are animated one and all by the name holy spirit , and aredetermined to . elevate Democracy in the eyes of nations through , its leaders—men who would not shrink from the trust reposed in them , or cower beneath the glance of a , " speaker , " but who would ring the strong cry of Freedom into the ears ofthe afirighted minions of "Despotism , whose despiring whine for place and pelp would be drowned _inthegeneralsheutof joy which would welcome this great achievement . Oar course , then , is plain and simple ; all who can subscribe shonld do so , and that liberally , to
compensate for those who cannot . ' Meantime public meetings should be held in the green , fields , or the mountain side -and in this lovely season . they would not want for numbers , thereby spreading the great principles of truth and justice . far and wide on all the winds of heaven . I am instructed by the committee to ask of tbe following places whether we ; the men of the southern division or _Lancubire , sh o u ld no t hold our m o ns t er meetings , as well as the northern lads ? Therefore , I have to request the secretaries of Salford , Bolton , Bury , Hey wood , and Ashton , to send me the _decision of their localities , as to whether we shall have a district delegate meeting immediately or not ; and * here , I shonld hope , our brother Chartists will not treat our suggestions - with apathy , or silence . It they are against the' preposition , let them say so boldly , andat once ; but whether or no , the " Old
guards *!! of Manchester .: ' _uredetermined to " g _^ alkad /' ' 'imd _.-as ' 8 :- * raean 1 f'io *' aii end , " are going to send a _gosdly number with their delegates to the annual gathering on _Bhtckstone-Edge , which is coufidentirUl }* _ejected to to a most" glorious , meeting , as many societies are determined to go thither attired in their pictpresaue costume , and accompanied by tbe merry strains of Chartist music . Let as hope , tben , that the rest ofthe country will imitate the North , and do their very utmost in placing a few sterling Chartists side by side with Dancombe . to beard tbe lion in his lair , and , by tbe force of united action within , and the pressure from without , make a bad Government to tremble , good men rejoice , and tarn a corrupt boose to its proper purpose—a Peo p le ' s House of Commons . John O'Hxa , Secretary . P . S . _*—Answere to be sent to 76 , Hardman street .
Manchester. - A Pill For A Penny Pamphle...
MANCHESTER . A PILL FOR A PENNY PAMPHLETEER . TO TBE EDITOR OF TBS NORTHERN STAR . Sib , — "You would oblige me by publishing the fol . lowing remarks in your valuable paper . My reason _fevr troubling you at . this . time is , that we have in Manchester a " mrdd _^ be auilior" a sort of literary monomaniac , who has blessed tbe world with a tract , in which tbe Chartist body come in for something more than their fair share of abuse . Being one of that body , I am desirous ef telling tbe gentleman , who take * to himself the title of " A Friend- to Truth , " tbat be onght , at least , to be a truth-speaker . Thi 3 is evidently not the case , inasmuch as he states in his book , ( and , _by-the-bye , it is a book , for , as Byron says , " a book's a book , although there ' s nothing in it , " )— " Tbat the Chartists are notoriously the most ignorant , and also the most bigoted of an ; class of men in the three kingdoms . " Tbat
this is not the truth is proved by the fact , tbat this very book is written by a coward who dare net avow bis name to the greatest piece of bigotry , ignorance , and empty-headednes » that ever issued from tbe press ; and such , thaBk God , as no Chartist would , or could produce . It is styled " Charily and Common Seme , " and I have read it twice over carefully ; but , alas ! I can find neither charity nor sense in it : itis one continued string of empty , _anmeaning nothingness , and I wonld seriously advise the author , before he again takes- up his pen , to ex amine well the meaning of the words " Charity and Common Sense , " and see if the first consists in maliciously , wilfully , and without cause , " bearing false _witnessagainst his neighbour . " Upon investigation , he will find _. too _, tbat that sense , whether common or not , is very contemptible , which prompts a , man to become the tool of a clique , and thereby _( expose ; his . own weakness to tbe world . In ' conclusion ; Ibeg to teUthis' * Friend to Trath /' that ! if _Keiwulibe at
_ _te * _rdt _^ bl " f at _^^ _willsoapj _^^ tt _^ will thereJearn more : . " _Cjaff ) i _^] c _^^ C _<»^^ tt £ Siri ' X tbMheisat ' pres _^ enough to father bis bantlings with his proper name . I would not have him imagine that he , or the clique he associates with , are unknown to the Chartists of Manchester ; they are well known , and their motives too . But , for their consolation , I tell them that the Chartists are aware of their every move , and watch their every step ; and are at all times prepared to give them a " Roland for an Oliver . " I am , sir , a Chartist , who dare publish my name and defend the principles I profess , in " charity " and by the rules of " common sense . " Wm . Dixon . 93 , Great _Ancoats-atreet , Manchester , June 29 th , 1 _^ 7 . P . S . —Notwithstanding the ravings of such gentlemen as the , " Friend to Truth , " and their "
Cautions" to the working men not to give their money to F . O'Connor , Ernest Jones , Ac , the Land Movement in Lancashire is making such progress as is truly astonishing ; in fact , that progress is unparalleled in the history of co-operative movements ; as the following reports will show : — • Manchester Branch —Tbis branch of the National Land Company has sent upwards of £ 100 per week to the ; Land Fund for the last three weeks ; and tbe week just ended has been such a one as we never had before . On Sunday night , the 20 th , we enrolled fifty-three new shareholders ; -on Wednesday night , _forty-four ; Saturday night , sixty-four ; and en the evening of Sunday last , seventy . _ThuB it will be seen that the working classes have confi . _denee in the working ef the Company ' s plans , for the emancipation of the toiling millions . - There can be no mistake about the sincerity of those who join this movement , inasmuch as they not only give their names hut their money likewise .
_SiAMr-BRiBOB . —A public _meetiBg ofthe inhabitants of Staley-Bridge was held in the Town Ball on the evening of Friday last , June 25 th , to hear a lecture explanatory ofthe Land Plan of tbe National Land Company , by Mr William Dixon , of Manchester . The meeting was called at eight o ' clock , at which hour the town-hall was densely filled witb working men and their wives . Mr Woodcock , a working man , waa unanimously called to the chair . Mr VY . opened the meeting in a short but appropriate speech , and concluded by introducing Mr Dixon , who was listened to with breathless attention
for upwards of an hour , and resumed his seat amidst much applause . Mr Wild of Mottram next addressed the meeting , after which a vote of thanks was given to tbe chairman , and tbe people separated in a _peaceful andorderly manner . The enthusiasm which this meeting created will not soon be forgotten in Staley-Bridge . Such has been the demand for entering the company , that it has taken three secretaries to do the work , and up to Monday evening , 150 hew shareholders have been enrolled is the fourth section . Then " Hurrah for the Land and the Charter ! The Charter and the Land , hurrah !"
¦ Mahcbbsier . —At a full meeting ofthe shareholders held on Sunday , June 20 th , and by adjournment on Sunday , Jun e 27 t h , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —• That we , the shareholders ofthe Manchester branch , do hereby agree with other branches as to the time of holding the Conference , providing that the board of directors be elected at each Conference , and likewise the other officers of the company ; and . further , that we recommend to the directors tbe propriety of taking the sense of the country npon this matter forthwith . Mr Rankin moved , and Mr Bennett seconded , — That we instruct our delegates to the next Conference to press the question ofthe loans to allottees to enable them to travel from their home * to tbeir allotments , as agreed to at the last Conference ; and that parties who havehad tbe loan , and then sold their shares , should be _required to refund the amount of the loan out of the re . tarns of the sale _.
That owing to the vast increase in the business of the branch , tbat our officers sit four nights in each week , in stead of three , namely , — "Wednesday , Thursday , Saturday , and Sunday evenings . . ¦ That it be the instructions of tbis branch to our delegales that the plan of Mr O'Connor , as laid down in tbe Labourer relative to the tent of good and had land on the same estate , meets with our approbation , and ough \ to be carried out by the company . The meeting then determined to take into consideration tbe steps necessary to secure the return ol Mr O'Connor to Parliament , when the following rer solutions were agreed to ;—That the shareholders of tbis branch ofthe National Land ; Company elect * committee from their own body to collect from the land members what they can afford towards . jhe forthcoming election expenses , and that the same be sent ia the name of the branch , and within one fortnight . ...
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ferm _^ o _tfjgiSuntfty _^ evetdngs , if they require it , or see the _h-Matty appwitoJthe secretary . ; : : A coK _^ i _^ e of _thirtiien' was thm * teoted to carry oai ; _Uhe 3 ' * eg _^ g _^ - _^^ lection , m > defrom . the . member 8 _prMent . _H : ¥ : ' ' - ; _JThpwfetingthehadjourned _untilthe'tffird Sun ** day _ft '' _Jjfc . _* _M : •' _- ¦;¦ ¦ _.-.- _-y \ ,: _m _^ _00 & _$ i _! _$ 0 ' _^* ~ _ipff _& M _^ tering t _^ coinpalnjr * re _: _rapiriotfiiUy _infomMf-tn ' ti _^ for the future ; _twoffice will be open ; - for receiving contributions and entoHiBg'membe ' rs _,- _^ on'Wednesi day evening ,- from half-past seven until half-past 9 ' : Thursday _^ _-rening , 'the same ; oh Saturday , 'from seven ; _and ; on Sunday evening , from six to'halfi past nine o ' clock . —By order , Wm . Dixon , Secretary .
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And wbeii the rich avd knaVcB—say 8 , * '' times ' are hard !" Then , with the bigot ' s blind , fanatic eye , All wrapped around by-Folly ' s golden mist _. Although he sees the hungry tqousands die , Asks na to prove that misery " does exist . ' " Tben , _ineonnistently , admits the fact , And says , appealing to our " common sense " Submission is the only way to act , To gaiB our rights , and give the least offence I Look round—and would yon trace effect to cause , And learn whence poverty and _crims arisetook round—and read it in unequal laws ; , Look round—and blush for yeur mo ) ic _) oli ( M . And , if yoa fear to face tbe people ' s might ,
Learn truth to speak as well as truth to hear I And , if you fear that men should gain their right , Why did yoa give them cause to make yoa fear 1
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Thb Prorogation of _Pahliambxt . —We may now venture to-state it as an ascertained fact , that it will be necessary to defer the prorogation of Parliament to a date somewhat later , than that which a . short timesince was contemplated . Friday , the 23 rd of July , is the day which will , in all probability , witness the termination of the session . With respect to the dissolution , that is a matter of more uncertainty , and win depend , in a great degree , _updrithe weather . Should th © wops ripen rapidly , it will be necessary that they should be gathered ia before the country is thrown into the turmoil ef a general election , and in that case _thedissolution will not take place until the autumn is well advanced ; but should the _havirest prove a late one , advantage will be taken oi the comparatively idle interval , and the dissolution will follow immediately upon the prorogation . — Britannia .
CHARTIST CANDIDATES . , _Hattim . Mr Ernest Jones has issued the following " Address : " — TO THE ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF HALIFAX . GEim . EHEN , —in offering myself , pursuant to a requisition I have received , _«« a candidate for tbe honour of representing your borough in Parliament , I solicit your support as an advocate of the following reforms : —
*« 1 . Umivebsal _SnrmoE , as propounded in the People ' s Charter , since , if Capital has a right to represent itself , Labour has the same * right also , and since experience _teaches _^ that those invariably suffer who are not able to watch oVer their , own interests . : ' . ' _-- _- _^ . _^ _T _040 i _^ _is : _^& i # 2 ; . _YpilSjlY . _ _Baius , _lasthe ' _onlymeans _^ ' _tmdaejlnfi _^ _. _oWieti i _^ E _^ _atbas lon g been successfully adopted among the wealth y _eli-sseil ; f * 8 _^ ANN ' qAL Pabiiai ( ENT 8 , since we find that sound meaSMosare always more readily earried at the close of a Parliament than at its commencement ; and since the objection , that elections place the country in a state of excitement , is much more likely to exist after the intrigues and conflicting interests of seven yearB , than of one .
4 . No _Pbotebtx Qualification , since we do not find that a man ' s brains increase or decrease in proportion to his wealth ; nor that amassing riches is in . itself any 6 ign of virtue , temperance , or honesty ; nor that those riches guarantee the patriotism of their , possessor . 5 . Patment or _Membebs . as the labourer is worthy of his hire ; as , without it , the bettor man may bo excluded by poverty from serving his country ; . as those who serve gratuitously are more likely to be bought by ministers andas members of Parliament should be the _seruatifs and not the masters of tbe people , 9 . _Eqpal Electoral Distbict 9 _, since any inequality of representation must place important national measures at the mercy of individual er contracted interests .
Gentlemen , * , advocate tbe above points in their entirety , as embraced in the People's Charter ; believing them to be the only just course for placing Industry in in natural position , and for obtaining the enactment ofthe following measures , ' to the furtherance of which , as to that of the above , I pledge myself to use every honest means in my power .. 1 . The _Sepdutiok of Cbdbcu and State , and the abolition of all religious endowment , at the bands of Covernraent—since those who worship Mammon cannot worthily serve Cod ; since religion is far too sacred to be made tbe tool of party politics , beiag an emanation from the Deity , and not ofthe Houses of Parliament .
2 _. Tbe Restobation of that portion ofthe Chubch _PsoFEBTr taken from the poor , to its rightful owners , leaving tbe support ofthe ministers of religion to those who follow their guidance , 3 . A _VoLPKTABr SrsTEii of Education , enabling every section of the community to give their children religious and secular instruction , in accordance with their own convictions , without any Government interference orcontrol . 4 . The Abolition or Capital _PoNisBUBNTS , since the respite between condemnation and execution does not afford ttie opportunity for true repentance , and since _afsanguinary law exercises an injurious effect _. by familiarising the popular mind with acts of cruelty . 5 . The ABotirxour of the New Poor Law , and the establishment of , a system of relief and remuneration in accordance with the spirit of Christianity aad justice . ' ' " ... . ' I
« . The _fUrcat or tbe Laws o ? Pm _* ogemtbbeaj «> Entail , sinee these laws tend to lock up the land in the hands of a few , and keep a body , of political tools atthe beck of Government in the pauper-sons of titled houses . 7 . Ths Repeal of the Game Laws , since , as game _iskeptattheevpensoofall , it ought not to be exclusively enjoyed by the few . 8 . A Sistem or Dibect Taxation , and no secret service-money , since where money ie honestly spent , no one need be ashamed to own how it has been applied . * * 9 . An Extension of the Small _PBoraiETOBV Sistim , by means of Government support , for recla ' ming waste lands , and the purchase of land for the people , 10 . A consistent development of the prinoiple of _Pbbb Txade , by a repeal of the _Natioation Laws , and other monopolies pressing oh the mechanical and agricultural industry of the country .
Gentlemen—I have but to add in conclusion that , if returned , I shall lend my support to those measures , facilitating , by railroads and cheap postage , the means of easy and rapid transmission and intercourse ; tbat I shall oppose all foreign wars , not rendered necessary for self-defence , orthe purposes of humanity ; and that "j shall feel it iny duty annually to present myself before the inhabitants of your borough , in public meeting as- " _sembled , and there to resign my trust Into their hands , should such be the will of the majority . I remain , Gentlemen , yours very faithfully , London , June , 18 i 7 . _Ebnbst Jones ,
ItATioNAi , _Rkuktrmioh _atsd _Cbsibat . Eusotios Committee . —At a meeting held on Tuesday evening , June 29 th , at the Assembly "Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , Mr John Milne in the chair , communications were read from . N or wich , and some efficient steps taken relative to the forthcoming public meeting , to be held in Saint Andrew ' s Hall , on Monday next , July Sth . Interesting and important communications were also handed in by Messrs Stallwood and Clarke , from Plymputh , Coventry , and Tiverton , and the secretary was instructed te take the necessary stepB to carry into effect the wishes of the writers . On the motion of _MesBrs John Simpson and Ernest Jones , it was resolved : — " That Mr Philip M'Grath be hereby requested to again offer himself as a candidate for the representation of the borough of Derby , and that this committee pled _ge
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M itself to use every effort to aid and assist in securing his return . " Oar . the . motion of Messrs Clark and Grassby , it was unanimously resolved : " That this committee hereby earnestly call upon their brethre n ' and friends , resident in Leeds and its vicinity , to u . i > _.-'their utmost exertions to secure the return of Joseph ; Sturge , as member of Parliament for that borough . '' _Oh-the motion of Messrs Cuffayand Godwin , it was _Unanimously resolved : — "That a sub-committee of three persons be appointed to draw up an address to 'the country , calling upon all friends to send up funds : 'tb the Central Committee , in order that it may be equally divided amongst the several Chartist candidates who may need assistance , instead of _bein-u unduly given to any particular candidate . " Messrs Clark , Stallwood , and Grassby , were appointed to
tbatoffice . In the course of the . evening it was announced that steps were being taken . to bring forward Mv Julian Hamy aa a candidate for the representation of Tiverton . The secretary announced "that he had received the following sums during the week : —Stockport , £ 10 ; Hull , £ 2 ; Paisley , 10 s ; Marylebone , per Godwin , 2 a ; C , _Stacey , _la . T . _Whiifieid , _6 d ; James Cuttris _, 6 d ;' Manchester , £ 2 ; total , £ 1414 . Thecommittee then adjourned until Tuesday evening next , July 6 th , at eight o'clock . 1 ENGLAND .: _BncKisanAMsniRE . —Since the retirement , of Mr Tower , it was generally expected that no other
oandidatewould come forward in" opposition to Mr Du Pre , Mr Disraeli , and Mr , Cavendish .: On Friday ; however , an _nnuBually long electioneering address was issued by Anthony E . VVatson , - dated from Westminster , offering himself as a oandidate , _pledgiMjhimself to go , to the poll . _^ arid _, in the event Bfuis being returned , to vote in favour of an immediate extension ofthe suffrage , shortening the duration o f pa rliament s , the ballot , a revision ofthe system of taxation , areductionof tho standing army _, the separation of church and state , a reform of the House of Lords , and "free trade in everything-gold included . "
Bedfordshire . —Welearh that Lord Charles Russell , tho sitting Whig member for the county , bad determined to retire , and that Mr Thomas Charles _Higgins , of Turvcy , would offer himself as a candidate . Bismikojiam . —Mr Muntz has issued his _address to the electors , and heads his address with a quotation from Goldsmith : —
unpractised he to fawn , or seek for power By doctrines . fashioned to the varying hour . Thereafter he proceeds : . ' . ' V ,, I shall not make , any personal canvass , never having done _^ so , and believing that such a practice is _equelly _deaj-radiitg to both the constituency aod the candidate ; but I shall take care tbat every voter has an opportunity of recording his vote- forme , if _heis 'disposed " to do so . When I _respondel to your call in 1840 , contrary to my wish , s ' _erioasly to my inconvenience , and solely under an honourable pledge which I had entirely forgotten , I published an _address which embraced all my political views , and which I will again publish before the day of nomination . _ContciouB that during the last eight sessions I havenever deviated either in speech or vote from the principles which . I first professed , I have not the least difficulty in offering , _n hen . the day arrives , ta ae . count for my stewardship ; and I hereby challenge any one to prove that I have at any time forfeited my professions .
_BavBRtET . —Baron Goldsmid , better known in the East-Riding of Yorkshire , as Sir Isaac Lyon Geldamid , Bart , is about to offer himself as a _canuidate for the representation of Beverley in the ensuing parliament . Baron Goldsmid is a Liberal in the most comprehensive Whig sense of that term . —Hull Advertiser . Cm of London . —Lord John Russell , Mr _Patteson , Sir _^ George Larpent , Bart ., and Baron Lionel Rothschild , will severally stand for the representation of the city of London at the ensuing election . As Mr _Masterman and Mr Alderman Johnson , late Lord Mayor , are to come forward in the Conservative interest , we may expeot a keen contest . On Tuesday afternoon a meeting of members oi
the Liberal Registration Association was held in the large room of the London Tavern , which was densely crowded . The chair was taken by M . f orster , Esq ., M . P . The meeting was called by the committee , in order that fonr literal candidates should be immediately-nominated for representatives ofthe City of London at the ensuing election . The committee in their _^ ireport stated that they were enabled to say that there , were at the present time , 8 , 109 liberal ejeotors in the City of London , and 6 , 220 conservatives ; thereby leaving , in favour of the liberal in terest , a majority of 1 , 889 . Tho liberal party were
in a condition to return four members , and they were authorised to report that Lord John Russell and Mr Pattison intended to offer themselves for re-election . The other two candidates the committee wished to be returned were Sir George Larpent and Baron Lionel Rothschild . Sir G . Larpent addressed the meeting , stating that-he should , ii elected , do all in his power to promote the trade and prosperity ofthe City of London . He had felt it to be his duty to step forward on the great question of the Navigation Laws . Baron Rothschild next explained his political views . Several resolutions having been carried , the meeting separated . ;
Cablislg . —Mr Ferrand bas , we are informed , consented to come forward for the representation of this city . Ccmberukd , Eabt . —Mr Marshall has _accepted the requisition to offer himself as a candidate for East Cumberland in the room of Mr James . Dorchester . —Sir James Graham has been virtually cashiered as a member for this borough ever since his last great anostasy touching the Corn Laws . He will be replaced by a sound Conservative . Sir James is on the look-out for another constituency to betray ; but being without a " character from his last place , " , indeed , from any former place , his chances of success are very small . —Morning Post . Hampshire , _Souin . —Lord Palmerston , as will be seen by the following letter , declines acceding to a requisition presented to him :
_Carltou-gardens , Juno 21 Sir , —I bate to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17 th , ult ., transmitting tome a requisition signed by a large number of the electors for tbe southern division of the county of Hants , inviticg me to become a candidate for the representation of South Hampshire at the ensuing general election , and I beg through you to assure the numerous and respectable body of electors by whom that requisition has been signed , that I most sensibly feel the great honour which they have done me by an invitation which affords so manifest a proof of their confidence in me , and of their approval oi my public conduct . I need not , I trust , assure you that if I was unconnected with any other
constituency , there is no . body of electors whom I should hare felt such pride in representing as those of the county in which I live ; but having now for twelve years enjoyed the confidence of the electors , of Tiverton , I should be unwilling to solicit the suffrages of any other body as long SB my present constituents shall think fit to return me to parliament . —I have , & c ,, _Paikebstoh .-Liscotfi . —Sir Edivard Bulwer Lytton is a candidate for the representation of this city . Leeds . —The features of the week are the issuing of a preliminary statement of his views by Mr James G _.-Marsball , tbe meeting of Mr Beckett's supporters , and the coalition openly proclaimed at that meeting to return Messrs Beckett and Marshall . —Leeds
Mercury . . -, " Liverpool—The Liverpool Times states that" the parties who have driven Lord Sandon from the representation of Liverpool have decided , by a large majority , to bring forward Sir D . Mack worth , and Sir H . Douglas , as the twa * ' Protestant" candidates , at the approaching election . At the same time they paid Mr _Cardwell the high compliment of rejecting him as a candidate , partly on account of the general liberality of his views ,, but chiefly because be had positively refused to bind himself by any pledges . There is net the _loast doubt ofthe readinessef Sir Digby Mackwoith to stand , and those who have nominated Sir Howard . Douglas seem also to calculate confidently on induoing him to withdraw bis resignation . Whilst the _ultra-tories have rejected Mr Cardwell _. _as a candidate , the Liberal Conservatives have prepared a requisition to that gentleman , which . has already received the names ofthe
leading members of that party . As Sir Thomas j Birch is already ia the field on the liberal interest , we ate thus pretty certain of having four candidates , whilst , if Lord John Manners is brought forward , we shall have five . , Mabylbbone . —A meeting of the electors of this borough was held on Monday evening at Hall ' s _Riding-echdol , Albany-street , to _promote tbe re-election of Sir B , Hall , and to consider the address put forward by SirC . Napier . A letter was read from the last-named officer , stating that" he had been appointed to the command of the Channel squadron , and expected to put to sea directly _. and not knowing how long that service would detain him , it would be unreasonable were he to offer himself again as a candidate . " This announcement of the hon . member's retirement was received with great cheering . A resolution in favour of Sir B . Hall was then _proposed and carried almost unanimously .
Stafford . —Mr David Urquhart will stand for Stafford , and not Bridport . The hon . gentleman , it is stated , has every prospect of success . Stockport . —Mr Cobden will again present _himsell to the electors of Stockport for re-election . He has issued an address , in tiie course of which he says : Should you honour me with your confidence , I shall
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uope W ; ijc _wnn rencweu my post . , pr * pared to show that the present state of trade is no _fairuxperiment ofour principles , and that the consequent reaction will * be ; only an exception to tho ordinary _operation , of free trade , which , when fairly tested by , ..-, _li'vii _* . will . I _fairveiitly believe , " promote . the prosperity and " harmony of the whole community , ... . _WoLVBBmMPiUv . _- —Notwithstanding the Hon . C . P . Villiers is iikcly to . Denominated tor South Lancashire , nothing has yet been said of bis intention to decline the , representation of Wolverhampton . The ' probability is that he will remain faithful * to ' his v first love , and tlie electors cf South Lancashire , after going _thrimsii the forms of an cleotion , will becomii ' _clicd ngain t 6 solicit the services efsome other
favourite . VAHMOUTH .-The _^ _Kry- _Z / _eraWgaiys , "During his ten years membership itis believed Mr WilBhere has _bi-ou catt ' . _'ti upon to pay upwards of £ 10 , 000 , and feeliiy Uiata very considerable sum will be again required olhiin , in the event of a contest , he declines « continuance of the honour oh ' private and pru » de _.-, tial considerations . . _MrrRunibwdy . who has been a member I ' m- thirty yeai's , _loflhied equally anxious , _tboiiaih less determined-tha * i ' _: h'i 8 lcone . aj _* ue , fo _relinqukh hisrepresentai ' i vWonu _^^^ It is believed tliat , the ? expe'hi _« _tof ! conte 8 tibg _Tary mouth has not bseii less than ' £ 50 ; 000 'to Mr . Rumf : bold
_-. - .., - ' . SCOTLAND _^ . ' :. . < _---i- ; - " _¦* Aberdeen . —The . unexpected < withdrawal of Mr . _KaiiRfrman lias surprised the constituency . ¦ Capt , '* f _f-ordyce , of Brticklay _. is " already 'in thefie'ld . but he - ' 'i w sure to he opposed ; ¦•¦ _¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ _¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - . _- ' . _¦¦ - ¦ ¦ -. IRELA"ND .. ' ¦ _""' : '¦ ¦ y '' ::: ¦ : ,. ' . _- _' ;; _5 Cork EtEcrioN . —This election opened oh Monday . aV 3 !• b i eeraau ol _Castlccor , proposed Mr Leader ; He denounced the late government for its abandonment - of I he land lords ; he denounced the present , and promised that Mr Lfader would oppose the government ; he would also oppose repeal . Mr Townsend seconded the nomination of Mr Leader . Mr Luke J . Thea . - ' J . P ., proposed Dr Power as a repeaierand _asupporter - * - ol tenant-light . The Rev Mr _Dohecny , P . P ., Dun manway , seconded the nomination . Mr Leader came ; ' forward and said the landlords asked , through him , the support of the . people . In Political nrin- .
_ciples there was little difference between him and Dr Power—the latter began , with . repeal , he ( Mr Leader ) looked on it as at beat a measure to betriedafter all others . He attributed ail thepoverty of the country to repealers not losking for practical measures ¦ lie professed himself favourable to _emi--gration , aud a settlement between landlord and tenant on a basis of 19 years' leases , ( This _lattersen " timent was loudly proaned . ) Dr power then came forward . The doctor enforced the necessity of repeal , _awlbuimg _a > il iho _wijs 0 f " the country to alien legislation . He _n-as for the Ulster acceptation of _ten-int-righf—for leases of three lives and 81 years at least , and with a right to tenant compensation at the end of it . The sheriff having called for a - - bow of hands pronounced it in fa vour of Dr Power . A- poll was demanded on behalf of Mr Leader , which being granted , the court adjourned . Mr Smith O'Brien was present , as a voter of Cork , to support Dr Power .
Dublin _UwvsBaiTr . —Mr Whiteside has withdrawn his pretensions to the representation of the university for the present , and Mr M'Cullagh , a fellow ol the college , one of the most distinguished niathematicians in Europe , ia now a declared candidate on the Liberal _sido . Mr M'Cullagh is a Whig . The friends of Mr Shaw have , '; it is said , induced Mr Napier , a well-known barrister . " 'Histart , and tbe result of this _courau will not imp'obably be—should Mr Napior consent to make a cat ' s-paw of himself —tbat the _present members will be again returned .
Citt of Dublin . —Mr John O'Connell is the only Repeal candidate yet announced . The present members , Messrs _Gregory and Grogan , again stand _, on the Tory interest , although the _forranr , in his address , declares the necessity for " the removal of all harassing and oppressive restrictions upon trade and comm e rc e . " Cm OF KlLKRtW . —The Repealers of Kilkenny , who form a preponderating majority , are determined to re-elect Mr John O'Connell , in order , as the Kilkenny Journal says , " that he may sit for this city in ease of a defeat to repeal _principles inthe metropolis . "
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TO THE CHARTISTS AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . Brethren , —The last National Convention , in the performance of their duty as your faithful representatives , thinking the onward _progress ofour cause , our vast numbers , our wealth and our intelli g ence imperativ'ety demanded that we should have a larger share ofthe representation of the kingdom than we at present possess , wisely resolved upon" establishing a "National Registration and C'ntral Election Committee , whose business should be to devote themselves to the electoral registration of the Chartist body throughout the United Kingdom , and to
its better organization by means of addresses , publio meetings , and the selection and support of men who would pledge themselves , if returned to Parliament , to support the Six Points of the " People ' s Charter . " A public meeting , held at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , London , seconded the efforts of the Convention , by electing a numerous committee , consisting of many veterans in the good cause of" Democracy , " and including " the members of the Executive Committee ofthe National Charter Association . " That committee , faithful to their trust , have issued addresses , and called public meetings , and they now once more remind you that a General Election is at hand ; that there are already several
candidates in support of our glorious principles in the field ; and before the dissolution of Parliament ( an event expected to take place about the 16 th inst . ) , they hope and expect to bave many more . The success oi our candidates at the poll mainly depends on the mental , moral , physical , and pecuniary support they have a right to expect and receive from their brethren throughout the United Kingdom . That support , to be effective , must he given at once . No time should be lost . Chartists and Land men , be up and doing . " Now or never , now and for ever l " No isolated efforts , no supporting any one particular candidate , to the exclusion of all others ! Let unity of thought and action characterise your proceedings —follow the proud esatnple set you by the men of Stockport and Hull , send your funds to the Central Committee , the Committee established by vour
Convention , and ratified by your own _sanction ,- _* -who ) will see the funds you contribute justly , equitably , , and fairly distributed . Let the shareholders of the e Land Company , at their next district meetings , ie- > member that they owe the foundation of their now ' it eminently prosperous company to the Chartist it body , and evince iheir gratitudeto its founders , by y immediately subscribing to the Election Fund . Let _st your sub-secretaries and officers of the National al Charter Association , your district secretaries and d 1 officers of the National Land Company , become the ie authorised collectors of the National Election Fund , 1 , and let the same be remitted without delay to the ie care of Mr James Grassby , National Land Office , _s , 144 , High Holborn , London . So shall your united sd efforts he crowned with success ! Then rally , and id subscribe to the ever-glorious cry of " Our Charter er and Victory 1 "
Signed , on behalf of the National . Registration _t >» and Central Election Committee , — Ernest Jones , John Godwin , Thomas Clark , "' - John Milne , Edmund Stallwood , "W illiam Cu % , John Simpson . James _Grassbt , Jul y 1 , 1847 . . Secretary .
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. Journeymen . Bakers' Movkmeni . —A public meet . set . ing of the Operative Bakers' society , to reduce the the hours of labour to twelve per day , was held at the the Camden Arms , Randolph-street , Camden Town . on . on Saturday evening . Mr Nimro was called to the the chair , and after reading the bill calling the meetin _* , in _* ,, he impressed upon them the necessity of combiningning ; together to alter their present degraded conditiontion ., Mr Read , the secretary of the society , said he bee believed none present could dispute the assertions put null forward in the bill , for they were well aware the th < i
whole was truth , and indeed the worst had not beei been stated . He contended tbat no man should be _obligeoligeti to labour from Thursday night to Saturday nighbightt with little or no intermission , obtaining no other rear real than that afforded them in the night between thin thi rising of the dough , as was the case with many of tbof thi journeymen bakers of London . The _connequences bees tl themselves were broken constitutions , only half enlf em ployment _, an early , grave , and * destitution to the ) thei tamilies . The meeting was conduoted much to tl to til satisfaction of all present . _.-..- 7
Thb _ Mubdeu op , Coins . _—Appn- _sHXNswK or Ao * A . TnosY Lani . —Our readers will recollect tbat at tk at til last Derby assizes John Platts was condemned , aacd , an subsequently executed , for the murder of Geor | Geor _|* _Collia Of Chesterfield . Three persons were dbre diii tinctly proved to have been parties to the murdeaurdet o ne Movle y , a butcher , who is dead ; John Platl Piatt ' condemned ; and a third person , generally _supposupposi to be one Anthony Lant , a potman at Bramptcampta In his confession , Piatts implicated Lant , but I but 11 name was suppressed in the published confessiaifessi «
It will be recollected that one witness ( Slack ) _sawk ) _sawi man as if in a drunken state pushed by two othro _othn into Platts' shop , and tbat he ( Slack ) remarked trked tt woman who was standing near , but whom he m he « not know , that the drunken man would have have cold night ' s lodging . " This woman turns out toout too Mrs Redburn , who , since . ( Platls was _hanged , inged , u told all she saw and kmiws ; and Lant ffas takas tall into custody , in bed , at six o ' clock on the morninaornin " _Tuesday last . His examination took place on W ) on W / _nesday , and he has been committed to take his fee his _fet _atthenoXt'a ' ssKes ' . _"' _- ' . . ' / ... ... . ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 3, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03071847/page/1/
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