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MR O'CONNOR
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THE CHARTIST CAMPAIGN . \ _IMPORTANT PUBLIC MEETING . _^ public soiree was held at the National Hall , _ii- U Holborn , on Wednesday evening , February the '' nn to pay a well-merited compliment to those faithful champions of the people ' s political and _spcial _rii-hts , T . S . Duncombe , T . Wakley , and F . O'Connor , members of Parliament . At six o ' clock a ( Ti-ndlv number of Democrats of both sexes graced & 2 ** the hall with their presence . On Mr O'Connor entering , he was greeted with the most enthusiastic c heers . Unfortunately , the long-standing illness of yiX Duncombe prevented his attendance ; and a similar cause , illness—though we trust only teinporarT _ preveuted the attendance of Mr "Waklev . ,
The tables having been cleared , Mr Ernest Jones _Tfas called ta the chair , amidst enthusiastic cheers , _gr _. d said : * As that great law-shop in St Stephen ' s , acros s the counters of which the people are sole , Is to cpento-morrow , ffe are met to-night to cheer those few honest advocates whom we possess onward in the StrU 3 S _* le . ( Cheers . It is said , when matters are at the worst , they mend ; but if they are to be mended , you must mend them ! ( Hear , hear . ) Exnecfc nothing from aristocracy , or middle-class . "Welcome all friends ; but stand for yourselves- Do not buy of the political pedlars who hawk their slop-made articles—their sectional agitations . If vou buy , vou will have to pay for them in
disappointment . Above all , expect nothing from government . You have heard the saying about burning both ends of the candle at once . Well , jou know that the queen is building a new palace for £ 150 , 000 at Westminster . To-day ' s papers tell us the vestry of St Pancras are obliged to build a new bastile for their paupers . There hurn both ends pf the candle . The aristocratic end at Pimlico , and the pauper-end at St Pancras . Thus the light of England ' s prosperity _vriU soon hurn out 5 Seeing that the workhouse is not yet built , and that the palace is ready , I would suggest that the queen be requested to give her new palace to the English paupers , since it has already long held the foreign ones .
( Loud cheers . ) You have heard that the revenue has decreased , and taxation has increased—there burn the two ends of the candle ! Last year added eig ht millions to tbe _National Debt , and took millions from national production . ' There burn both ends- of . the candle ! How long do you think monopoly will see its -way ? As long as you are disorcanised—as long as you are patient and resignedwhich means slavish and servile-but no longer ! ( Hear , "hear . ) Government are trying to breed national antipathies against our continental brethren . They are raising the war cry—they want to embody the militia . Tell thera you abhor fi ghting—but if you are to fight , you will fi ght for yourselves- Ask them what you are to fight for ? Your rights ? Then speak of your wrongs . Your honour ? Tell them there is no honour in slaverv ! . Your native
land ? Tell them to give it you , and then you'll fi g ht for it . Tell them you will raise Rational instead of National defences . ( Cheers . ) Tbey are trving to foster animosity befween you and a nearer land—between the twin sisters of the sea—the two pearls in the ocean ' s diadem—between England and Ireland . ( Cheers . ) Mark , how skilfully they doit : first they take the food from Ireland at the point of the baronet . Well , the Irish naturally come over to see what becomes of their food . Government have never seriously prevented this , for by it they gain a double object . They produce a fresh competition reserve to bring down English wages , and this _ioments feelings of hatred betwetn the two nations . ( Hear , hear . ) Ag ain , they send English soldiers over to coerce the Irish , and bring Irish soldiers here to coerce tbe Enzlish . The same with their police .
( Hear . ) Even God they try to make a party to _tkeir quarrel , and strive to re-create religious animosity . One faction has again raised themiserahle crv of 'K o Popery 1 ' "We answer them— ' No humbus ! ' ( Loud cheers . ) Ah , my friends , the blue waters flow between England and Ireland , and tyranny has not been able to bridge the channel over with its blood aud steel—it cannot tie the two lands together with a halter , and unite them under a yoke ; hut fraternity will bridge over those waters with a bridge of love , on which boih nations shall meet half-way , mingling their cries of ' England for the English ! ' and ' Ireland for the Irish . " Forthe tvrants ~ ofthe one are the oppressors of the other ,
ar . d the wrongs of either are the grievances of both-( Continued _cheera . ) To the work , then , Chartists ! ar . d never deviate in your course . Bemember , a straig ht line is the shortest way between two p oints ; therefore listen to no compromise , and swerve from no principle . When a nation seeks freedom , a social movement , unaccompanied by a political one . is but a nugatory measure—while all political movements should also bave a social tendency . ( Loud applause ) If , then , you want to _emancipate yourselves—if you really want to obtain _practical liberty—if you really want to make your g lorious Land Company a national movement—rally for the Charter , as the great means to your end . It is . therefore , 1 have sincere pleasure in proposing
the following sentiment : — ' The People ' s Charter—mny it speedily be enacted as a Iswof this realm , and it . s benign influence bring true peace and lasting prosperity to the whole of the humankind . ' Mr McGkath , who was loudly applauded , rose tc respond to the sentiment , and said he agreed in one observation made by their chairman , viz . ' That they had nothing to fear from a foreign invasion , ' hut the invasion they should prepare against was
tint ofthe aristocracy , the pro . itocraer , and ihetaxcoi ' . _ector . ( Cheers . ) The working men need take r _,-:- -. cd about the humbug of ' Our National Defences , ' but proceed to nut themselves in a position ot _defence from their dom ? stic enemies—depend on it . their best defence was the panoply ol the ' People ' s Charter . ' ( Loud cheers . ) Let them ha v e that , and they would no longer be the sport ol b :. _;;; ord or fundlord . ( Hear , hear . ) How is it _ti'Vv - had not got the Charter ? Simply because t : -v had not been true lo each other , they had not
_fai'hful ' y united in heart anr ] hand . ( Hear , hear . ) L'iok at the present _condition of the people of _Enrlar . d . are they not far worse off than the slaves of tie West Indies ? Yes , for the latter are fed , _wl'l ' si the former died , by thousands , of starvation . ( Loud cheers . ) In Ireland things were even worse . WLy was this ? Because a system of class legislation is allowed to prevail . Did this not show them tht necessity of struggling for the Charter ? If the people willed their freedom , they could win if . ( Much applause . ) - _> 0 one was now found to deny the truth and justice of the People ' s Charter . ( _Ii- ' _-ar , hear . ) The time was coming when Mr O'Connor would g ive the Whigs an opportunity in the ilouse of Commons of telling the people their j resent opinion on Chartism . ( Great cheering . )
TL :. _; e princip les were in accordance with _just _' _ict ; , vir : i : e . and philosophy . ( Loud cheers . ) The C _' _-i : v . ion resolved itself into this : should the mi-::.:. •;*}• rule ? There was not a single benefit society in e > ::-: o \ ce acted on this _princip-e ? were one to put it f ' - ' : '; in its rules _thesoci-ty would call in vain
, fir _members . ( Hear , hear . ) Th <; one lo make the I ; i '' 5 , and Ihe mass to iubinii , was the ai ; a of the \ v ; .: _ ' and Tory tyranny and despotism . The time h : ¦ - ¦ ' _> fully come when Whig a nd Tory rule should be j-. * rid of ; ( loud cheers . ) such musty-fusty rags of [¦ ¦ _'l . _' . _'JJ'les could no longer be endured . ( Laughter _a- ' . d app lause . ) The free-traders recently held a _mating in Manchester , hut they scarce seemed to _k'K- ; v what thev had met about ; he defied them to
S' _0-v that their _nos : rums had brought one single !• ' . ;?! ng to the workin _*; man ' s door . ( Loud cheers . ) ] Nc it was left _f- ; r Chartism to do that . ( Hear , j
1 : u .- It was hig h time lli . it the monster class , ' I-.: _-Im ' _iou -was swept into annihilation . ( L < md ' < - ¦ _-. _; .-. j Tiie Chani _-r _vus _t'i ihe people what _i .:::. _ty was to ihe traveller—his ail , his everythingi : ' - .- -. Id enable the ;;; to rc ' - _'aiu their agr . _iri-Mi rig hts ; ; : the _d- ' _ir-T fo rsl ' _j-k-iis liberty ; enable them !• • ' ' - ' . v _.-i ' . h the monster , miscalled ' National Dt . bt , 'j ' - ' _.-: which , wh-: i formed . \ _vas intended to rt-:: iain i _£ - .:: g ? .: ¦ the ivorj . i _ih ' . iidd eu ' iure . ( Hear , he :-. r ..-j _L-: " _I ' . _r-. _tcd one _rf-suit _<¦ £ this nieciing would _bei--- ! ' « . . . _UijiUi-ili of C ;; arti _>;; i ; : i il . is metropolis . _lh- \ . ' _- :- d they had resolved * _o _ad-iere heart and tor . ' , j _¦' _-. 'Charter a : iu No Sail cruder . '' ( Ureal s \ - \ 1 _- - ¦• • ¦ - " l i . e chairman said , I have now to introduce a par- j t _>—_ r friend of Lori _Pimerstoii ' _s . ( Cheers . ) '
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Julian IIarse t , who was received with great applause , said : It is now snmetbiBg like ten years Since that _feVmhol of our political faith , the Charter , wa g launched upon the stream of time . " * ln the course of those years events have occurred which unmistakably announce the coming of that _tiete when our Charter shall be law-, ( Cheers ) Those who remember the zeal and enthusiasm of nine or ten years _aeo , and the sanguine hopes then cherished by multitudes of young men , and still younger politician * , and contrasting those hopes with the present position of the popular movement may _Iib inclined at the first glance to ask , what have we gained ? Is the reward achieved proportionate to the toil expended ? Could I Speak nowas I would _havespoken T
, ten years _at-o , I should most likely greatly underrate our progress . But the man who has lived ten years , andia the course of that tins learned nothing , has been unworthy of his very breath . I have learned to e & _timite the hamely " proverb that' Rome was not built in a day • and that a people _uubjeeted to a thousand years' misgovernment , cannot bo regenerated in the space ofa single year ; and , thoughtfully reviewing the past , I come to the conclusion that our gam has been Immense , and our reward equal to our toil . If that reward is not greater , it is _became we have not deserved it . Time has taught raetlie value of patience conjoined with perseverance . Ourprogress m 3 y be slow , but it is atre . In the first place , we have winnowed the chaff from the wheat , aud hap
pily are no longer troubled with the ' respectable ' money -worshipping adventurers , who trafficked in the misplaced confidence of the people , . to- acquire _therewith _jg _^ ti » n , pl ? ce ( -and -publio '/ plunder . - ( Cheer ? . ) 'A gain , nearly this whole' of our workers and leaders have passed _through the fires . of persecution ; and while some faint-hearts have sunk beneath the scorching blast , others have like the _pheanix _, renewed their youth and their strength , and derived power from the very means employed for their destruction . { Applause . ) In spile of _proscriptian and tribulation we hava kept our serried ranks in good order , and no matter how hard blew the hurricane we have always borne our flag triumphantly aloft . When . governments persecuted , when the press denounced .
when the League attempted to delude the people , our Charter wps like ' the cloud , by day and the pillar of fire by night , '—the unerring guide of those millions who desired liberation from _bandage-and safety from the sword of tho pursuer . ( Applause . Within the last ten years we have established a presj , which is at once the prochumer of our _safferings , the champion of our rights , the recorder ef our labours , and the herald of our progress . ( Applause . ) We have in many places stoimed the entrenchments of local power , and in the late general election we carried more than " one position , and by the energy of the forces of Nottingham we were enabled , to send ' our general into tbe very
citadel of corruption , there to plant the banner of the Charter . ( Great and . continued cheering . ) Furthermore , the men - of the fustian jackets have seen the . uneducated chiefs of tbeir class contending with veteran statesmen , college-bred legislators , and the . scion 3 ofthe aristocracy , for the civic crown of popular representation—and in every instance triumphant on the hustings . ( Applause . ) At the late election we proved—in the words of an immortal legislator of France— ' the ereatnessof man and the littleness ofthe great . ' We unmasked the showy _, shallow pretensions of the 'superior orders , ' and proved , that in spite of poverty and neglect , and the thousand disadvantages which conspire to chain the S _3 n of labour to the _dttat . —
1 man o' iuaepend _« nt mind Is king _ o' man far a that [' ( Immense applause . ) Lastly , the unexampled success of the Land Company proves our progre > s . ( Hear , hear . ) The plan of that Company proves that we are no vain pretenders offering the people barren politieal theories . We are practical menmen who regard the Charter as the means to the great end ot social happiness . ( Loud cheers . ) Thu 3 mueh for our positive gains , surely sufficient to stimulate us to increased _exertioas to attain the object of this agitation . I have spoken of experience _correcting the errors of impatience ; but that
experience has confirmed the wisdom ef the two great principles which has characterised this movement from its commencement . 1 st . The right of the people to achieve their liberation by any and every means consistent with honour ; and 2 nd . The _' necessity ef self-reliance on the part of the masses . With the most loathing scorn I repudiate that system of cant , under cover of which political charlatans raise the cry of' Peace , peace , when there is no peace . ' Peace indeed ! there neither is nor sho pi be pea ce between the oppressed and the oppressors . ( Cheers . ) Peace , indeed ! peace with assassins , with , those who murder according to
law' _VTho take our lives ¦ When they do take the means whereby we live . ' * _S _* _ho _slav their thousands daily by hungpr and broken hearts ; who have murdered hundreds of _thousands in Ireland , and have the _unblushing assurance to send their blood-shedding Special Commission _through that country , to hang a few petty _assassins , while those wholesale exterminators , the _Thiiffgifce landlords , are allowed to sleep in tlieir beds fearless of the _eallows . Peace with those ! To all such bs war ! deadly , fierce , unrelenting war . ( Immense applause . ) As the mighty son of Cartnace swore in hi 3 boyhood * No peace with Rome , ' and faithfully fulfilled hi 3 _* vow to fhe last moment of his existence , so let ns swear no peace with our
oppressors , and boldly seize upon every opportunity to carry war into the enemy's camp in every shape and form calculated to effect our object . ( Great cheerins . ) But , above all thines , let us depend upon ourselves for onr own deliveranee . We have never found justice , or mercy , or honour , at the hands of any class above our own . _JTinirs have used as to strengthen themselves _asainsfcconSuirins . aristocrat * Those aristocrats have in turn employed our physical force to curb the insolence of kings . Priests have invoked our strength , in the name of God and _reli-Sion , to uphold the dignity ofthe Church . And . lastly , the middle claiscs , by wie'ding _t' _-e might of the millions , have snatched power from Crown , corn-Bet , and mitre . Bnt once their own _purposes were served , king andlord , priest and profitmenger , hav e
rewarded us with a double dose of despotism for _nliyins the p _^ irt of cat ' s paw for them . ( -Cheers . ) The history of the _Ivt _sixteen years proclaims - _niraper-tonsued the iniquitous and monstrous _ingratitude o _? the middle-class . Unite with the _middb-. _class ? Unite rather with wolves , blond . hoard- ! , ar . d rigers , honest _monstera compared with that das- * _wcose conspiracies created the reign of _terror and ruined the French Republic ; who in 1830 a _second time deceived and betrayed the people of France ; who hav « already corruitpd and blr . _'tcd the _institutions of Washington and Jf fFcrson . and made the once ' model Republic' a by-word and a mockery ; and , above all , whose treason to the _pr-op _' e of thi _* country is the cause of all the evils and miseries suffered at this moment by the working cla _= ? . _ea .
• _Lavs grind the poor and rich men make the laws . ' ar . d tlK'Se rich men are the delegates and mouthpiece ofthe middle _clashes . ( Great applause . ) _Working men , 1 st their _ijreat truth be impressed upon your memories , and written upon your hearts , that Labour niiirt be its own emancipator . ' Bv your oirn arai 3 the conquest must bo wrought . ' From the _plough , the loom , and the anvil ; from the hut , the garret , and the cellar , aiust come the deliverers of your Order . ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) You have r . ' _.-tling so hope for at the bands of either faction in tho _legi-lature . I disagree with those who think that because lord _Finality has b ' . comc a convert to Free Trade and Jewish Emancipntisn , that some fine morning he will wake up a convert to Chartism . In
_joinlsi ; the Fret ; Traders , . snd coming forward as the champion of the Jews , he has but followed the instincts of his ln ' . _ise , always to have hi _« nose near the money-bag . The House of Bedford is too deep in Church plunder , ever to voluntarily accept the C farter . As to the stable-minded statesman , he has lately declared his opinions in unmistakable term * _, lie has written a letter , iu whicii he _declares that he voted for ' the bill , the whole bill , and nothing but the bi" / ae a'final settlement . He agrees with Lord J , ; i ; n Russell , _tls . at the country cannot afford to undergo a revolution once a . year , or even nnce in _tweiitv vears : and ihinks tbe Reform Act calculated
to ruin ! ail the rational wants of the country for hall a centurv to come ! Working men , 1 trust we shall vc _*; _t _^ aJh li ' i 3 lordship to sing to another tune . ( Ci _^ eis . ) Y \ " oe t > these aristocrats * , if in pitiful imitafi ; r . ti lie jJjTi ' sh monarch they attempt to stem tin .. _.--Hvwin- ' -. _v-ived of Democracy . ( Cheers . ) Men _oi _iii- _m-jtvonolis , ' time and the _Ii-mit * announce this . _!• _-, •; . < ¦ :. •* moment for acti' _-n . The ling of reg _.-mrratcil l-- . ii _ih . "' _.-s victoriously from _tbntowi-vsof _Palermo—( c' e ' _-, ; - ' . u ! ( he wretched thing of Naples abandon ¦ .- ¦ _•¦ - _-VjI-V concessions to thoso who were _hifsiil-; . _" ,. _V : ' _t ar . nnv his ma > Urs . ( ChccM . ) The tjdng ¦ r V . _i-. _i-s ' . vhcii he _lirat _lu-ar-1 nf tho rcvwlt oi _bicily ,
.. ' ' . - -.. .. ' . i .... ii .. -. nil ' in , I f _.-i hn twice bled . _'»' :: ; r . _; k ii verv badly , nnd had to bo twice bled . IL . - . _• .: _ - ;¦ . ) "Would that 1 were hisp _hvsieiun . ( R . j U - _^ _-i'l _^^ iitcr . ) When kimrs are l : ik « n bally , it _*' .: i : »" rsn : _vti-a ' _t I ; . . - proper _pl-ire to bleed theulisiii the : < . _-: :. ( _* i : t'at _applause . ) _Swi'z- _. _rJajid is . " . bent lo _ui ; s :. . .- _' _.:-i h .: r sword in defence of ber ancient liberties , _a-. d V . er riant to inarch in the path of progression _unqtl-. Sw _- . iie-d by a traitorous kin !; or an imbecile _kaisyr .
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Metternich , en the brink of the grave , is foaming with rage , seeing , as he does , his accursed handy work already crumbling into ruins- The Avante Garde oi the students of Park proclaims the coming revolution in France . The British government , unable to meet its home difficulties , sees at the same time Canada preparing for another awuggle , and Chartism taking root in Ireland . ( Cheers ) Democrats of London , now is the time for action . You have the _svmpatliies of the people of all nations on your side . Your cause is just , and your enemies are in confusion . At such ii moment the word must be— ' _TJf-GihbdsI—Up _asb at them ! ' ( Enthusiastic and prolonged cheering . ) The Chairman then read the following sentiment :
r . S . Duncombe , M . P ., and _Thomas "Wakley , M . P ., may they live long in the enjoyment of that unrivalled popularity whioh they have earned by their great exertions in the cause of justice , and may tuey continue to struggle on in the same noble career Until their exertions , aided by those ol the _worldi _g _classrs , have given freedom to an oppressed and injured people . ' Mr William Dixon , ia responding to the sentiment , said : He waa sorry that those gentlemen were prevented by severe indisposition from being present . If any man had deserved well of the
people , that man was Thomas Slingsby Duncombe . ( Great cheering . ) And his honourable colleague was equally worthy . Yote or speech , on behalf of the _people , had never been found wanting . ( Loud _cheers . ); _JieJvvas _^ glapllo : . be able to announce that the-health of Mr lJunconibe was improving , and they might hope to see him , Wakley , and O'Connor , battling side by side in-the house of Commons , in favour of the people ' s rights . ( Great chef ring . ) Two better men than Duncombe and Wakley were not to be found in that House . ( Great applause . ) Look at the conduct of Mr Duncombe on the Graham
Post-office Espionag e . Again , at his brave and courageous conduct in calling an unjust judge to account for trampling on the rights of the people . ( Great cheering . ) But it was useless for those men to struggle , if the people were apathetic- ( Hear , hear . ) The people now began to feel their dignity as men and right glad was he to see them on the march to freedom aud happiness . ( Great applause . ) The Chairman then introduced the following sentiment , amidst waving of hats , handkerchiefs , and every conceivable demonstration of populai applause , long continued and _oft-repeated .
' Feargus O Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and may prosperity ever attend his untiring labours lor the National Land Company ; and may ha long live a proud spectator of a nation enjoying those political and social rights of which he is the disinterested and gifted advocf te . ' On Mr _O'Coxsok rising , the plaudits were renewed with , if possible , increased vehemence , whioh having subdued , he said : He hope ! his rehearsals in another place had not unfitted him for an enlightened audience . ( Laughter . ) Allusion had been made to the state Chartism was in ten years ago , and when he took his tour , thirteen years ago , as a Radical mi 3 _sionary , he told the people of Stockport
that he was marshalling them for auction , and that he would knock them down as soon as he found a _Miaister that would bid Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Electoral Districts , the Abolition of the Property Qualification , and Payment of Members , for their services . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , he , like others , was considered m ; id for advocating those principles ; true it was , there was then a difficulty in procuring an audience , but now there was standing room for principle only on the Six Points , and experience had shown that England was the only place prepared for liberty . ( Hear , hear . ) He saw , with pleasure , the struggles for liberty in Italy , Austria , and Sicily ; that Spain
had begun to think it an anomaly that only 99 , 000 out of her population had the elective franchise ; that Portugal was grumbling at tyranny ; tha t Prussia had obtained a constitution ; and that the French monarchy hung by the thread of an old woman , in pantaloons —( laughter and cheers , )—in no other country than this could it be sail it was the working classes alone that could be relied on to save the nation , and tbey had been so well drilled that they never could be coerced _as » ain . ( ILsar , hear . ) Do not suppose that the Americans would ever have hired themselves to assassinate the Mexicans if they had posssessed their own sentry boxes on their own Land . ( Loud cheers . ) We ( the Chartists )
have now both a _political and social wedge —( loud cheers , )—and the best description he could give of it was , that the spit was the Charter and the Land the leg of mutton to put on it . ( Loud laughter and great applause . ) Where was there a man to be found who had struggled harder to cement the union between the real Reformers of England and Ireland than he had done ?—a union based on true reciprocity and mutual interest —( loud cheers )—and whilst advocating it he had been knocked down and attempted to be assassinated ; but , happily for his countrymen , they were just 'discovering that the same class-made laws that oppress England bear with greater force en Ireland . ( Great cheering . ) He , therefore .
stood in the proud position not to ask forgiveness , but to forgive . ( Hear , hear . ) Ireland had been coerced , and had a savage special commission sent out , but n 9 remedial measures had been tried , and Lord John _Russ-.-ll had tried to bolster himself up with a little bit of Jewish liberality , but no one could , at present , say _a-hat the New House of Commons wa * . It was a hackneyed phrase that' Labour was the source of all wealth , ' yet hackneyed as it wa ? , it was still necessary that they should rehearse it over to them selves , until they thoroughly understood it , and applied its principles _^ practice . ( Loud cheers . ) We must either have a new paper roof , or we must pulldown the old house and build another
on its ruins , and he knew of no better basis than ' the source sf all wealth . ' A little more than two _yesirs ago he laid the foundation for a Free Labour field , and he would never cease his exertions until he had taught and made apparent its benefits to all . ( Great applause . ) Yet , he had been abused by the base , _ilirty , servile , hireling editors of the Tr . s =, who did not possess one feeling or principle of their own . ( Great cheering . ) Our clorious Land Company had i ; ow nearly two thousand acres of land —ular _^ e number of h orses and other cattle , malum * manure to grow cabbages for tho working man , and although that vile thief-o ' ttching rag , the Dispatch , might revile hira , it should not arrest his _progress . ( Loud cheers . ) Well , after nil , this Land Company had the sum of £ 30 . 000 in its _exchequer . ( Rapturous cheering . ) Alter the location ofa few more ,
we shall have the balance of power in several divisions of _several counties . ( Cheers . ) He supposed they would have a discussion in the house on-National Defences , and as he never said anything on the platform he w . _13 not prepared to say elsewhere , when the'Duke ' s' nostrum was brought forward , he would not f orget to show them the means of creatini ; a national militia . But , says'C O . G . ' in the Times of this morning , in answer to Mr Cobden . tho Duke of Wellington don't want to raise the men all at Once , but at the rate of ten tlnmtami militia men per annum . ( Laughter . ) "When Sidney Herbert proposed to embody the militia before , he ( . Mr O'Connor ) sot up a National Anti-Militia Association , and the bill vias withdrawn . ( App lause . ) And wore the militia embodied _to-monw , and he
drawn , he would rather r . o to prison than serve . ( Ticmendous cheering . ) If a militia was required , let those serve who had the vnte , and depend on it the _knapsaek _wuuld soon mako their _sliouhb-rs so _> ore _, that they would rather grant Univ .-r .-al Suffrage than carry it any longer . ( Liud cheers . ) He thought it right that every nation should govern itself , and consequently we s !> muld have no _inteTieddliiitf . ( Lend diet ri . ) II _« looked np ,. n England a ? the most enlightened nati ' . rt , for after all they had thoir public meetings und free _discussions , wiiich other lntion . _* _sighed in _v- 'iin for—( hear , hear)—true they had a _jdU-h-jd _btutiii in Lancaster , but since then there
was no _danger tl ' being taken up for audition , ( dear , h _« ar . ( The people of England were now _nrc- ; iiiredf " r a higher order of _Cha-ti _.-. t literature ; tbey wcren !; _w io _vinred to _iuur and _dissuss what _tht-y were to d : i _ivilh the Charter when _tiu-y got it ;—( loud chicr .-. )—andhenrc tic ; -wou ' -lle in a b . _' . _ttercwi-dition than any nntHi > _oi the ilacu of tho earth , iw t ! _i-.-iVsv . it of a r-voladon . ( Hear , hear . ) He how r" - _jieat-. d , : ortho u ' _.-. _- -uur . ureuth time , tbathe would nut "he a pin for tie _Cnaner to-morrow , if tne _lan-. l Wis _hiclitd u ; - fr . m them —( chucrn )—and now le ! li ' ui declare iroui this spot , thai lu would meet , _siiigle-haiMled ; ail the editor * of the _calumniating press—and alter a _uiacussion , he would pledge him-
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self tof btain from the largest _andience that could be had , a unanimous resolution , as follows : — « Resolved that tky . are all fools . ' ( Loud laughter and greatcheenng _. ) Now , as the Thief catcheV ' _thet paper _ which engaged men of the most profligate habits as ita -contributors , in order to pander to the worst _pamioi . 8 ofthe people , had the insolence to ask what / M , _^ n meof , he _"Merest of the Land money , he _uviru _Connor ) having silenced that pigmy battery rJf _tlJZu * _& Me intere 9 _ted with the solution £ n _2 _ftK ° _^ _- leTe 8 t 1 » had made upon _tte pence ot the people . He made a profit of £ 1 . 350 _nCrAnnT ° u 139 acre 3 ; they had _mtde a P' $ t ™« _Lrf 00 b 8 a , e oi ' their 1 ' ule 3 J he had made a profit of nearly £ i , O 0 O in the- Land Purchase Department ; he had made a profit ot nearly £ 4 . 000 of _rubbisjhand materials not valued ; and to come directly to the question of the _Thief-catcher * _* i n _™ ou ! d tkat , da _^ realise a Profit of * l , 0 l ) 0 , over and ab > _ve tho £ i . Ha . 3 d .
interest paid npon that stock . Now that was something—that was tbe sum of £ 8 , 000 realised _oritol nothing , and over and abovo the interest in rent paid upon the land purchased , and £ i lis . 3 d . interest upon Exchequer Bills . There was a £ 100 , 000 capital paid np , and the £ 8 , 000 made oror interest wa * a clear bonus of ei ght percent , upon tho whole paid up capital . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Now what would this sentimental * Thief-catcher * say to that « Was not . that a good situation for a company to be in ? Wa _^ _hereauch an instance on record ? (* Ne , no , ' ap « load cheers . ) The Company had bo acoidents—they had not lost a horse or anything else , and hence it would appear that the great Giver of Life was looking ; down _benignantly on their cause ( Great applause . ) The operations of tbeir company
brought trade to shopkeeper- * , thus—round theestates , where men had not taken one pound per week previously , they wero now taking nineteen and twenty . Looking at the Land Plan , either as a question of health , comfort , or wealth , it was equally beautiful . ( Loud cheers . ) Then , good God , why should we mind what the base press B _^ id ? _Looh at the progress made in the seience of agriculture ? Why tho weavers sent _fmn tho i » _a » ujacturi » £ districts to O'Connorville and _Lowbands , would not now turn thtir backs on the beat agriculturists . ( Cheers . ) Years ago the middle and upper classes made the speeches and you were the _shouters , but now amongst the working _clarses are to be found the best orators ; well , agriculture was . much easier to learn than oratory , as nature had made men
agriculturists , while sha had not created all men orators _, ( dear , hear . ) He had held a nlorioas mcetirgat Birmingham , consisting of 10 , 600 persons , and thus had she redeemed herself from that degradation to which her apathy and indifference had Drought her . ( Hear . ) At the commencement of the Land _Companv he was told he could not buy land , but now he was inundated with letters f rom lords and noble lords , who wrote telling him that they would sooner he had their land than any one else , they so Btrongly ap proved of his LandPlan . ( Cheers . ) When he brought his Land Plan before the Ilousr- , he _thought tbere would be no one found to say one word against it ; if there was , he should ask hon it was they conld pay men , live well , and save money afterwards , if a man could not obtain a good living on it for himself , by aa
improved mode of culture . ( Great applause j The men at O'Connorville and Lowbands commenced work as soon as it was light , and left off when they could no longer see to labour ; that was the way to cultivate the national resources . ( Cheers . ) He would have every man in England put to job work , and he _wai happy to say that in the February imiubev ofthe _Labourer he had been enabled to submit a proposition , for the consideration of the next Conference , to reduce the rents ofthe allottees to four per cent . ( Cheers . ) Now , was it not strange that merchants could give fifteen per cent ., and yet that we could not give four percent , from that better security—Land . ( Hear , hear . ) And then it was said , 'Oh ! Feargus O'Connor would go to America - , ' but if he did , be should leave all the money behind him :
but he could assure them that he had no intention of going to America or any other nation ; he loved the land at home too well , and he was so healthy on it , that he felt he could live for ever ; and ne king was half so happy ; no pstentate so proud as he ; and he would never sully his name and fame by any misdoing . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Apologies had been received from Messrs Duncombe and Wakley . He was happy to state that he had received a letter from Mr Duncombe , _statingthatalthough confined to his room , he wa _^^^ a _^^ n _^ _htiped d 6 ifia _~^ _We _^ e _* si < into resume bis duties ; and by . May he ( Mr O'Connor ) hoped to have a baby , in the shape of a National Petition _, ready for him , as he should always be happy to acknowledge Mr Duncombe as his leader . He never could be ao ungrateful a 3 to _fergetthe visits paid hiio by that gentleman in the cell at York Castle . ( Loud cheers . ) He ( Mr O'Connor ) had visited the other member for Finsbuvy this day , and he could assure
them that Mr Wakley bad been leeched _andbiistered , and wns totally unable to leave his room . He expressed his regret that he should be deprived of the honour of appearing amongst thera . The Chartist position was no * so strong , that they could not bs put down ; should anything happen , the land would be tbe thing to fall back upon , And __ if an invasion did take place , they could fly to'their green fields . ( Loud cheers ) Were the Land Plan interfered with , he would not ba responsible for the safety of the country for six hour ? . ( _TreraendoiiB cheering . ) The Land Plan bound the people together in the golden link of money . ( Hear , hear . ) After eloquently and forcibly impressing on the Chartists the necessity ol buildim _; a Metropolitan Chartist Hall , Mr O'Connor pledged himself to devote his life te the people , aud never cease his efforts until all were politicall y free , and socially happy , by being located on the land , and _resifmed his seat amid tho most deafening and long continued cheering .
On the motion of . Mr Jons Sn \ w , seconded by Mr Clark , and eloquently supported by Mr _O'Co . v . vor , a vote of thanks was given by acclamation to the Chairman who acknowledged tho compliment ; and the meeting having given three cheersfor the Charter and the Land—three for O'Connor—three for Frost , Williams , and Jones—three for th 9 Sicilian patriots , dissolved .
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Thursday , Fee . 3 rd . Boih nouse 3 of Parliament re-assembled this evening .
HOUSE OF LORDS . The Lord C"iancki , lob . took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock . National Defences . —The Earl of _IIaudwicrk asked whether it was the intention of her _Majes-y ' a Ministers to _brins ; forward the question of the Na tfon . _i ] Defences , on which subject he ( the noble Earl ) had a motion on the pa _^ er in this House of Parliament ? The Marquis of Lansdow . ne ( who was almost inaudible in _thejwllorv ) was understood to say that the subject would be first of all brought forward in the other House of Parliament . Their Lordships then adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . Tho House of Commons resumed its sittings _todav , after the Cimstni _.-is recess .
Sir W . SuMERViLLK . gave notice that on Friday , the 11 th instant , he should move for leave to introduce a bill to amend tho Jaw of landlord and tODant in Ireland . Sir J . Packikoton gave notice of his intention on an early day to move for leave to bring in a bill for the prevention of bribery and corruption at cleclioKS . _Financial Statkmknt . —Lord J . _Uusskll said that it ini _^ ht , perbapa , bs convenient tor hon . members , that he should state that it was his intention , cither on the 1-ith or tbo _ISth of the present month , to _bring forward the fimuicial statement ; ho could not state positively which would bo tho day , but he wonid give notice of that on a future day .
IVatio . y . il _Dt . FExcr . s _. —In answer to Mr _Uvhs Lord John _Russbu , said that he had _stated on a fonmr occasion that he should take an opportunity of statin" generally what bad been dmic both oy the present ami former governments in this country as regarded its defence , and lie _begged now to state that lie would , when he made bis financial statement , of which he bad <; iven notice , bring forward that subject , J ( . - sticks op thk Pkace—The Attornst-Ges kr . _il moved for leave to bring in four Dills to facilitate flic _parforiuiincont _thodutiesof Justices ol the Feacw —Leave i _^ _ivon .
Wkbt Lnmt . s . —Lord G . _Bkxtdck th ™ ro _*? , _pursuant t . Mnaic-. . to move for a Hclcefc Oositnitteo t » iuo _/ _iirc into ihe present condition and prospects of the interests connected with and _dependent on sm . _'ar yid _ccll _' _iie p . _'aotin _^ in her Majesty ' s East ami _Wrst Indian _pnssvsaioii . _i and the Mauritius ; and to consider « h _. thcr n ;< y and what measures can bo adopted by _Parliament t ' or thoir relief . [ The noble Lord inflicted on his hearers a speech offhree hours and a half _duraticn . Its iVnulh P ' - _'oelud _.-M ' s from _atteni'iting even au _abridgment ot it . Tho _distress of the West India Pn _prietors is no doubt _avi-vy _shocking liliiir _, bnt in our Mumble _opii . _ion the real distrcs i of the people of this countryshould have first occupied > _"< hi ! attention of tho Uouoaiablc Hi-use . ]
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The _Chancellor of the ExcnKQUBR , in hia reply _tO'tbe arguments of the noble lord stated , that while the government was willing to grant the committee , it was not its ihtention . to alter tho principle laid down by the act oL 1846 , or to sanction the imposition of a tax Spon _thO community at large for the benefit of a particular class . The _concessions proposed to be mads to the colonies were , the admission of _molasses-ib * use in distilleries , but not in breweries ; also , of cane juice , when the question ot the duty thereon should be
_sstislactonly adjusted , —the extension of the period for the repayment of tbe ' Hurricane' Loan ,- to make a grant by way of loan to the Island of Tobago , in _consequence of tbe losses occasioned by the earthquake _oflast year , —to provide means ,., also by way of loan , fot _^ the transport of free negroes front the coast of Africa to thecolonies , and that a large portion of the expense contingent upon the transport o £ captured , ' negroes should be bom & by tho . mother country _. The debate was adjourned .
_Fitnur , _Febrcaut 4 th . Tho adjourned debate on Lord G . _Bentinck ' s motion for a committee of inquiry into the condition of the sugar and coffee growing colonies was resumed by Mr J . _WilsoD , who was followed _by- ) _tfr'lYBarW , MrBernal , _MrHayward , Mr _^ _BagsfcaWMr Disrae _li , Mr Labonchere , Mr Goulburn , and Sir E Buxton , after which Lord G . Bentinck ; replied , and the motion for the committee was agreed to .
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The proposed New Land Compaht . —A crowded meeting was held " a " t the Assembly Rooms , S 3 , Deanstreet , Soho , on Sunday evening , January SOch , to oonsider the propriety of opening a new Company . Mr E . Stallwood was unanimously called to the chair and briefly opened the . proceedings . —Mr James _Grassby moved the following resolution : — Tbat it is the opinion of _thisiecality that the Directors are _justified in opening a second company , and are only carrying out the resolutions of the _Conference held at Lowbands , and we are further of opinion that the Land project should never cense so long- ae there is a man in these realms that i « desirous of leaving the _overstocksd Labour , market and throwing himself upon the Land , to
work out his own salvation , and thereby redeem himself and f . unity from dependence upon tbe capitalist into an _independent freeman , Mr Grassby said : At the late Conference he moved the resolution which authorised the closing of the Land Company ; it was— 'That the Land Company shall be closed on the 31 st day of D- 'cember , 18-17 , and that theDirectors be empowered to open a new company _forthwith . ' Hence , he contended , that in starting a new company the Directors would only be carrying out the instructions of Conference . ( Hear , hear . ) It was . preposterous for any man to say the Directors had not such power . —Mr Buckley seconded the motion . —Mr Jones moved the following
amendment : — That we , the members of ths "Westminster branch of the Land Company , are of opinion that the opening ot another company should be postponed until after the de-( anion of the Corference , and that we should at the same time prepare a programme as a guide for the principle of action . Mr J- said : He was not so narrow-minded as to wish to deprive others of the advantage he enjoyed , but he did not wish a hasty step to be taken , nor did he think the present Directors capable of wielding such an immense capital and power as the two companies would plate in their hands , and therefore ho wished
the matter to stand over until tiie next Conference had had the opportunity of _pronouncing a decision . —Mr Sturge seconded the amendment . —Mr Isaac Wilson , in supporting the amendment , said : He did not th _' nk the Directors felt that they had the authority of the late Conference to open a new company , or they would not have attempted to answer the resolutions passed at several places , either of themselves or _through Mr . _O'Connor . He wished the present company to show its reproductive powers by proceeding in its operations at a much faster rate . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Spry ing moved the following , as a second amendment on the original resolution : —
That it is the opinion of the Land members of tbis branch , that previous to the Directors opening a second Land Company , itis expedient tbat they should lay before the members of the Company , through the mediara of the press , the maimer in which they _prop-jge _estabUa . liing-a _> _new-Coaijany _2 Stt _r as _; not . to compromise -the _int _.-terests of the members of the existing one _. It would be far better ( said Mr S . ) , that the Directors turned their attention fo improving the old , than to the starting of a new company . —Mr Ford , in seconding Mr Sprying ' s amendment , said he did not think the practicability of the present company was fully developed , and therefore the Directors had better pause before they took any steps to form a new company . At all events , he thought the present
Directors should devote their whole energies to the service of the present Company . —Mr Blackmore said : He differed in _toto from Messrs Furd and Wilson . How was it that Lloyds carried on its operation of insuring ships and cargoes ? Could it be done if their operations were confined to one little island ? ( Cheers . ) How _n'ere fire and other insurance offices carried out but by _extending their operations ? ( Loud cheers . ) He saw very plainly the necessity for a new company , and thought the present Directors should conduct it . —Mr J . " Milne supported the _original resolution—Mr Stacey gave his voice for the amendment , whilst Messrs Almond , _Millwoid , Daly , and several others , ably contended for the opening of a new company . — Mr William Cuffay wished the old company to be properly balanced up and audited before starting a new one , and he thought it would be wise to call a
Conference to take up this and other important questions . —Mr Gra ? sby replied to some points of Mr _Ouffay ' s speech . He complained that ths Directors were occasional ly running into the country lecturing , and that , too , in opposition to a vote of Conference . Ho thought it the duty of the branches to send the Directors word to obey the vote of Conference , and stop in town and attend to tbeir business as Directors . ( Uear _. _Hiear . ) He _thought the arguments used by Mr VVil-on were much in favour ot extended opera tions—in fact , the Directors were bound by the vote of Conference to open a new company . —The motion andamenilment were then put , and tho original motion , for _opeiing a new company , declared to be carried by an immense majority . ( Loud cheers . ) A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the _meeting was dissolved .
_Chorlkt . —A meeting ef shareholders was held at No . 0 , I _' _rincess-stieet , on Sunday the 30 th of Jan ., when a spirited dise . ssion took p lace on the Land petition , the result of which was its adoption , with tho exception of that portion of the last paragraph , praying the government to appoint their own trusties and oilier officer _? , for the nunaeeruent of the Company . There wns also ! K subscribed to aid in tho defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat in parliament . The following officers have been elected for the next six months : —Peter Turner and Thomas 'fetterington , auditors ; Thomas Urindle , scrutineer ; J . _imes llc : xld , Treasurer ; and William Wilkinson , secretary . Dkksy . —A general meeting was held on Sunday weekwhen it was resolved that there be a Money
, Ciub established , for the purpose of _forwarding money to aid and assist Air O'Connor in carrying out his grand National Land scheme . The next resolution was ' That this mee ' . ing do protest _against the present directors oftho Land _Company _undortakini' the duty of becoming directors of tho new Company . until such time _. as thero are at least _twentytive thousand of the present members located . * it was also proposed , sccondrd , and carried , without one dissentient , ' That thero be subscriptions entered into immediately , to furnish our talented friend and protector with money , to enable him to defend his scat in parliament .
iS _' _UNf-AT'KV—The _members of this Iraneh of the National Land Company , have established a Money Club in connexion with tbe _L'uul and Labour Bank . Drovlsdes . — Mr Donovan , from Manchester , has lectured here on 'Tha Present State ot the Country , and the Land ami Lab -nr Bank . ' _Sf'MKRS Toiv . v . —On Sunday evening last , Mr Philip Iltnry Martyn delivered an able , and instructive lecture on the present state of Chartism , 'ihe lertare was received with » reatQUthllsia _> m . IIvdk . — The members of this branch held thoir usual weekly _nn- _'etinj * at the _ho-ise of Mr Thomas Wood , Albion Inn . Mr Joseph Shaw , theohairwan , opened the proi' _0-. _'diiii . 's or the _meeting by announcing to the members that a rc &;>! _ution had been _agreed toon the previous Sunday evening , that a levy ol threepence per member be collected in aid of the defence of Mr _O'LVs . ' iiiov's seat in Parlian-. cat , Mr
Shaw then han . _' _e-d over "lie shilling as the contribution uf _hi-5 f _' _-imily . Mr Car . _d'del called th _. i _ntitJuion of the mre ' _iiiis * to tlio Uyde Provident _Savi _^ y _l-lub _, and _i-tuted that that Society bad held their r . ieoti _;^ that afternoon , and that thoy were in a _highly _pros-I'cronsstate , lie had made two remittances ot . £ . 3 . each to tin Lai d Bank , oa behalf of the members of this Society , and to-morrow he should _traus'nii . ' -10 . more— £ . _"j . '" . n _bi-haif ' ef tho Society , _asid £ 3 . the /' - vate _proporiy of ono of i : s members ) . ( _Piir-ers . ) Tie m eel in- _^ sepava'ed shortly at ' _. er eight o ' _cl-ck .
_1 ! ot !! e : ; h . \ m . — At a _ire-niir ; of _thtiBembeva ot the _Itotk-riiara branch , a _subienotic-ii was eoinmeilCt _' i : _t-iwards the defence cl Mi- O'Connor ' s- scat in 1 _' _ar-Undent *
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_*— - on Sunday _evening voted £ _bvto > the fund forthe purpose of enabling AAV O ' Connor to-defend his seat . _Shoredittb- —At a meeting of this branch oftltll National Charter Association , held at tbe Gre < e « Gate , _Dflcknoyroad , the following resolution _vrnm adopted : — ' That . it is fhe doty of every Jabourerep whether Land _mcinber or Chartist , to _ass st _A'A'i O'Connor- Jri _^ _efi-ffldiDg his _j & eat in Parliament , a » _m t _^ j ;; a sn _^^ p _lK _^ a _^ _bs _entered into for that pttUf _W _^^^& _yxmt-Ssissday , January 29 th , thin _^ cj _^ _aw- _of _'ibbis - branch met in their own _meetinni . Jfdom , _Crbss-street , Spring-street , _toceJebraie thb ; _Krih of Thomas Paiae , when an excellent _tinneiewas provided . Air James Greenwood w as called tetco the chair . After a _nuasber of toasts had been giyenny _, the _remainder of the evening wa _*> spent in _sinsjingg _, _; _, dancing , & c . On Monday evening , a _subscriptions was entered into to defend Mr O'Connor ' s seat in thQ £ E House ot Commons , The sum of £ l . 2 j . 4 d . _waasi collected .
Boihh . —A public meeting of the members of thi ' sff "' branoh met at tbe _Methoefiat school-room , on Sa * ur-r « day evening , January 29 ch , for tbe purpose of hexr-- ing a lecture from Mr _flilliarn Thomas , of _IvecOalJ _,, Subject : 'The Land—man ' s inherent _rwht . ' Abb the close , a vote of thanks was passed to Air Thomas's * for his valuable lecture . ' _Blackbdkw . —At our weeftJy meeting- on Sundayr ' night , onr _ohairman , Mr Arm & tead , read the appeal ! from the directors to the Land members , to defctntt onr noble champion ' s _( _Feargtas O'Connor ) , seat ia 1 Parliament . After a few brief remark" , the meet--ine , to show an earnest of what spirit is in Blade- » burn , immediately raised the sum of £ 12 ., which 1 was ordered to be posted on Monday to tho _directars j j and each and all agreed to try their several lie _ditic- * _> and Chartist _frierjda _, to raise , if possible , a goodly ' r " Bum mora . Let other branches of ths National Laca I Company do likewise .
_Shkvfieij ) . —At the usual weekly meeting , Mr ( J ,, Goddard in the chair , the following resolution was ( unanimously agreed to : — ' That a public _subscript tion be entered into forthe defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat . ' 12 * . Id . was collected on the spot , and _handed ] I to the treasurer . On tho motion vf Mr Pryer , 3 _; quantity of bonks was ordered to be prepared for the collection of subscriptions . Tl > e ascmbers of this : branch are specially called upon to contribute to the /' above fund , and that without delay . _Bbismi . —At a meeting ofthe Bristol _branr-h , afc ; Nicholls ' _s Coffee-house , on . January oht , it _wdsi agreed tbat a donation , of not lass than Sd . be paid by eaeh member , towards _defraying the expenses of ' F . O'Connor , E _? q _,, defending his seat in Parliament .
Braintree . —At a meeting of tbe Land members , Mr -W . Smith and Mr Wm . Winbolt were appointed to collect subscriptions toward defraying the expenses of defending the seat of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., in the House of Commons . It was resolved : — 'That a meeting be held at the Falcon _^ Hig h-street , at seven o ' _ulock on Saturday evening next , February 3 ; h , to form a Chartist Association . ' _AsiiTOJMjsDBn-LTHE—At a meeting of the mem-., bers of tbis branch on Sunday laat . it was Ymam-. mously resolved : — ' That each member be requested-. to _PubFcrtbe not less than 3 d . towards defending Mr O'Connor ' s seat in the H _« nso of Commons- '
Banbury . —At themontnly meeting of tbis branch , " held at the Star Inn , January 81 st , Mr Georg e Watson in tho chair , the following officers were " elected : —Treasurer , Mr G . Grant ; scrutineer , Mr James Bolton ; secretary , John Hone ; auditors , Mf G . Watson , nnd Mr S . Coleman . A subscription was entered into to defend Mr F . O'Connor ' s seat in : Parliament . Memhyr Tydvil— Commemoration of the birth _, of Thomas Paine . —A supper was held by tha members of branch No . 1 of the National Land Company and others , at the branch office , on Monday _eveninrr . Mr J . D wis was elected to the chair
The _followine sentiments were given from the chair : — ' Thomas Paine . ' Drank in solemn silence , all standing and uncovered . Ably and eloquently _res- » ponded ta by Mr William . Tonus . ' The glorious constitution of the United States . ' R < spondi-d to by the chairman , who had been a resident there for six years . A number of patriotic _sonsjs were sung , and concluded with the * Lion of Freedom' by the whole company . Thus ended one of the most spirited commemorations of the birth of Paine everluld ia this _to- _^ n . Croydon . —On Monday evenin ? , January 31 , the following officers were e ' -ected for the _current sis months : —• Benjamin Culpeck . scrutineer ; _Timings Frost , secretary ; and Samuel Loveday , trfasurer * Thomas Frost then moved tbe following resolution : — ' That this branch of the National Land _Company entirely approves of the proposal to form another
company , being of opinion that the _friends-of agrarian justice should never cease their endeavours until eveiy man in the three kingdoms ia possessed of ia house and land of his own _; and that this branch ; views the opposition to the formation of a new company , as emanating from selfish slmpocrats and petty money grubbers , who have taken shares as a pecuniary speculation , and fear that tho extension of the Land Plan will dimish their expected profits on the sale of their shares . ' William Hodges _seconded the resolution . Mr Wilmot , who obtained a prize in the las 6 ballot , feared that ' the extension ' of _the'Lahd Pl & i would raise the price of land , and thereby retard tbe location of the present members ; and Mr Westoby considered the motion as equivalent to a vote of censure on the decision of last _Cenference . Brothers Frost and _ilodces replied to these objections , and tho _resolution was finally carried unanimously , ths two dissentients remainine neutral .
_Baussley . —At a very numerous meetine ; of the members ofthe Barnsley branch , tho following resolution was carried without a dissentient . Moved by Frank Mirfield , and seconded by W . Norton : — Resolved . —That the members of this branch a _>; _r- « e to pay five pounds , towards defrayinar tha _txnenses thaS may be incurred by _Fsartrns O'Connor , E-q ., M . P , in defending hia seat in the Commons' House of Parliament . The friends of Freedom , and the _Rinlit _* of Man ; are rrqucsted to meet in Mr Geerfro "Utley _' s large room , next Sunday night , atsevf-n o ' clock , to devise the best means of having £ lie town of Barnsley collected , for the express purpose of showing au example to our fellow workmen of other districts , as well as to let the tyrants see that they shall not kill the member for Nottingham with expenses .
_Cirv OF LoiVDoy _Bramck—At a meeting of this branch , held at the Good Intent Coffee-hou ? e , _Hatton-garden , on Sunday , Jan . 80 th , the following motion was moved by Mr Elijah Nobbs , and seconded by Mr _Wright : — That if the Directors are desirous of _opening anew Company , that it should be uuder tho direction of a New Board , Which was carried . It was also moved by Mr Gover , jun ., and _seconded by Mr Wright : — That v , v , the number ! of this branch , _do-iisagree with , the _balloting for family tickets . Stoukbridoe—On Wednesday , tho 2 . _* Jth ult . 3 lecture was delivered in tho Christian _Brethren ' s Room , High-street , on the' Principles of Liberty —»
the Land—and the Charter ; ' by Mr Mintle , of Birmingham . After a most eloquent appeal to tha friends of liberty , to _organis _* - themselves in a body , to agitate for their lost rights , the tectum' concluded amidst the approbation of the friends present ; after which the chairman , Mr John Chance , made 3 _pressing appeal to the andience to once more rally , and form themselves into a body , to . i § sr .. _i ' e for the People ' s Charter . A vote of thanka _h-iviuj ; been given to the lecturer , for his most instructive lecture , the meeting dissolved . _Ounnji . —On Sunday las * , Mr P . dward Clark delivered a spirited lecture on ' Tiie _r . _ivsoiu Crisis , ' in the School-room of the _Workinw-mmV Hall . At the close of tin-iecture 4 ' . was _coibctcd for ti : o Executive _Comnn ' -tve .
IIiu _. m _.-swood —The a ' nare ' _iioUlara of this bran fill held _thr-ir usual _qjartorly _inet'tin 2 on Sunday : a * t , in the Chartist-room , PuwNook . when tiie f . i 0 _' . vi : _i-: I ' _liicors were oleefvd : —J _. din _Uriorly , y crn . _'ineor ; Jamea Taylor , treasurer ; J'dia Taylor , s _.--. ; _tot : u-v ; _Jamca Cb > u ; h and _llonj . ivahi Loach _Cloiijjh , _auditor . . _ILlMMRHSMlTH _DtSTMCT OP THE N . UIO . V . U . L . i'D Company , — -At a _moetini of ths member * . _> :: •! : ; ic :: h bcld at the Distriot-oiHoo , ' 2 , Little _V-ile-idaes , ou Sunday marninw _, January oOtli , Mi' L ... F- _Ih'O _' _-vii iu the chair : On the motion oi . Messrs K . . _Stalh-.-uod . _- rul Millwood , supported by . Messrs Good _.-icro-nd Clnr : e , it was unanimously resolved ' Tint it is the o _.-itdon of this _ni _.-slins : that a new Laud Cc . iupai . iy should bo opened _Ibi'tbwiih _urnier tho siij ) pri :. t « _mk-iifo of Mr _O'Cs . n . mr , but that its affairs _siinr . _Vi h _> kept
separate and distinct Irom any _existing _comp Uiy . A _Clonics and Hat Club was formed t ' or the piirp .-so of _eiicourii-iiisj the wear ofthe ' O'Connor Tart ail , ' ilSld for the mutual _suv-pcrt "f the manibci 3 ot rho _Comr- 'ny _; ind thtir _tYionds . Several _additiotiaismna ' . veto-received for defence of tbe seat ot the ! : ;<; _i member for _Kottinsham _, —and the nice'in-: _^ as adjourned until Sunday moruiuij next , Feb . _d-. h , ni ten o ' clock . _Soi-T-i l . osnox Cii . ueruT Ham .. —A lr . _r . _ii' . ' _C'iiS committee has been formed for the _;>! : _i'po-j or neeivitK ; am ! ini _^ _miitiru _ih'po'iis oi _r . nv an _' . _i-p _Uo the _rvitioiwi Land and Labour Hank , i :: _i'tk 3 _wishing to further tho objects of its _proi-ncror or profitably Invest thtdr sr _.-m _.-s , will _hw- «» _^ ' _^ ont ; ut
_oniwlunitv , as tlio _c-iuiiil-. uo atten < i eve : ; . - _i-..--.-.:, niaht , as ' aM . _ve . Tlio same _co'rmiC _' ee mv _~ _> - _- j authorised _U receive su ' _wripti _^ _for _i-X ' _-- ' ••" - Mv O'Connor's sr : i : iu parliament . _—w . _-m _.-. u- _> - ¦ _.-. Gi : kE . _nw : _l-ii am . lV , " fi _* _oi' _* .-J « _^/ - " ' _« ti :. t _Meeting _lio-m . C'X _lUU-hei-rov , _W _^ _- ' . d . - r _Ih-wesin the « _-J .: tir . Mr _Ahi-an opcucM . ee . _J _.-euss-oii he Ind previously _$ ivcu _nwue _i-i . _ _«« .. . i _ v ; ra eankd ui with spirit , H . _^ _™* VX \ _"'] _w - ' d : ; _vfi'e ; ii _;^ _;;^ t . _afonou _- tcosn .. U a ee . ! _.-.,- . . : » . _omftu-r . cJ i » ai : v ' _KA"dy a _fu-npurativi _*' . _»¦• _.,, - . _:-. un . _- etvi _. _^ t"d to attend . U i . iiilso _riiqu- _^ _:. _' .: i :,: _theel-i-H will _r-. _ttei-d at > ix ' . ' clock . 1 v . v . vi , _>; > ¦ : _•« . •' ,
_iilli ] _caviie-l _) lhat Mr .. 1 _Ln-:-ln a _feivu-ea to - . j _' _-tofullv _iiccealjjd on Sunday _eveniuwi _^ t _^ o _dvU-V 3 _ISCtUW , _% / _J _>& . i 3 e _>>
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05021848/page/1/
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