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: 0 TO SMALL CAPITALISTS AND OTHERS-_ Minster Lovel , near Witney , Oxfordshire . TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION , BY MR . LONG ,,
l ! On Saturday , the 31 st day of Aagas _^ _lSSO , AT T _ k STAR HOTEL , OXFORD , At Three o ' clock , in the Afternoon , IN EIGHTY-FOUR LOTS , BY OBDBB OF THB MOBrGAOEES , 1 VALUABLE F _5 EEH 0 LD ESTATE , e Pleasantly and advantageously situated in the 1 villa-re of Minster Lovel , in the county ot s Oxford , in the vicinity ofthe following _excellent market towns , namely :-TVitney , three i miles ; Burford , four miles ; Woodstock , eight i miles ; Oxford , thirteen miles ; aud Farriug-) don , twelve miles ; and distaut from Chelteni ham twenty-five miles .
, Comprising about 297 acres of superior _: land , princip ally arable , and a great portion ; of it in a high state of cultivation ; together i witb eighty-two _excellent cottages , of three , i four , and more rooms each , and out-offices , the whole of them built in a very superior manner , ] in stone , with slated roofs , & c , and conveniently fitted np for immediate occupation , each cottage being situate and standing npon an allotment of two , three , or four acres . Also , an excellent homestead and labourer ' s cottage , and suitable agricultural buildings .
The estate was formerly the property of John Walker , Esq ., deceased , and was farmed by him for some time , aud two or three years siucewas purchased for tho purpose of allotment , aud creating small freeholders . The cottages on tiie estate are yejry pleasanfly and ia _^ vantage 8 fi * ly _" piaced , * as ' to ' frontage , ' & c , and the whole property presents a very agreeable and picturesque appearance and most of the allotments having been occupied and under culture , chiefly by the spade , for some time , the soil is greatly unproved , as is evidenced by the superior crops produced at the present time , The greater number of the persons now occupying portions ofthe property are under compulsory terms to quit and surrender up
their respective allotments immediately , unless the purchasers of one or more lots are willing to accept them as tenants ; and . some others hold until abont November next ; possession of the lots iu their occupation cannot , therefore , be given immediately . It is proposed to offer the original homestead , labourers' cottages , and farm buildings , with about twentyfive acres of excellent meadow land , partly watered by the . river Windrush _, ( an excellent trout stream ) , ha . one lot . The high road from Oxford to Cheltenham runs through part of the property , affording capital frontages to many ofthe cottages ; and most of the others front the public road , running through and dividing the larger portion of the property leading from the Oxford road to Brtzenorton .
Withia a short distance of the estate is the forest of Wychwood _, over which there is an unlimited right of common . There is also plenty of good building , paving , and lime-stone on the estate . The whole "will be Sold by Auction , without reserve , in numerous lots , affording to small capitalists , and other persons , au opportunity of possessing a Freehold Estate , and votes for the County , which seldom presents itself ; and to the monied man an advantageous mode of investment , as there cannot be a doubt of the allotments , finding ready tenants to pay a good interest for the money invested .
Full particulars and plans of the Estate may be obtained from the Mortgagees , Mr . Weaving , corn merchant , Oxford ; and Mr . W . Pinnock , of Chimney , near Bampton , Oxon . ; Elijah Litchfield , Esq ., solicitor , 89 , Chancery-lane _^ London ; Messrs . Lee and Bees , solicitors , Witney ; at the Bull Inn , Burford ; the Bear Inn , Woodstock ; Crown , Abingdon ; King ' s Arms , Bicester ; Buck and Bell , and at tbe Gnardian Office , Baabury ; Three Cups Inn , and place of sale , Oxford ; at the Midland Counties Herald Office , Birmingham ; and of the Auctioneer , Witney .
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_THELASDl THELASDI _THELASD ! TO THE ARTIFICIAL SLAVES . Mr Fbiexds , — _^ Whenever an independent person undertakes to promulgate a principle which is calculated to render benefit to the industrial classes , he is sure to be reviled , so long as the idle and united capitalists can live , revel , and luxuriate npon the antagonism of their disunited slaves . Let me implore of you to bear one fact in mind , and that is , thata principle calculated
to elevate your order , cannot be too searcbingly inquired into , or too continuously discussed . When I commenced the Chartist movement , ini 835—fifteen years next December—I told you that if the laud was locked up to-day , I "would not give you a straw for the Charter tomorrow . In those days you knew nothing about the land , and you were under the cruel fangs of tyrant so-called Reformers , from whose elevation to power you anticipated complete prosperity for your order .
_TJpto the passing of the Eeform Bill , and by tiie Chandos clause in the Reform Bill , the landlords invariably measured the value of their property by the standard of political patronage , and not by state necessity aud national requirement Their one hundred and thirty thousand tenants-at-will were the basis of their political patronage ; and , therefore , the landlord who conld command a sufficient number of £ 50 voters to secure an amount of political power , to enable him to confer governmental places , church livings , army and navy commissions , and other benefits upon himself and family , did not care twopence about his landed property .
Those gentlemen have , _however , discovered that they mast now look to the land , and not to patronage , as the means of subsistence ; and not only they , but the whole press of the kingdom is now circumspectly examining and defining the capability ofthe soil . NvA only ill 1835 , but in 1845 , when I commenced my Land Plan , the landlords were opposed tome , every newspaper in the kingdom was opposed to me , free traders were opposed fo me , shopkeepers , government , and the law were all , one and all , opposed fo me ; while now , the goad has been stuck into them , they are opening their eyes , and their brains are becoming more lucid .
Perhaps the newspaper which is least under the controul of Government , or political factions , is the _Jfornino Advertiser ; and now , in order to prove to yon , " that the folly of today may be the-wisdom of the morrow , " and that a bold and independent man will adhere steadfastly to principles which he considers capable of elevating your order , let me furnish you with the able and clearly written , and uncontradictable article from the Morning Advertiser of Tuesday last . Here it is
Mr . L Smxford has addressed a Utter to Lord Johh EcssEtt . under the title of The Victorian System , being apl < m to employ the poor , to e ducate their rinidrcn , asuitoreduuihtpoor rates , _< fo . Nothing is easier than to accomplish all these objects „ government were only disposed to attend to ' its primary daty , the c * re of the people—that obiect for which all _« over _ nenti ' , not founded in violence are instituted . But if the government were to pro fess the inclination , it would add , that there were no funds at its disposal . "We , however , maintain
that the people annually _furaisli twenty times the foods necessary for carrying oat such views as arc drawn by Mr . Stanford ; and it is no answer to the people to tell them , that their money is all expended in civil lists , salaries , pensions , buildings , arayr , navy , and ordnance . Above one-third of the revenue—and we keep far below the mark—is spent on salaries that are made too high , because they are receired fay the aristocracy—on pensions that would ** ot have been granted had not the claimants wlongea to the aristocracy—on gaudy buildings wtuch axe not adapted to their purpose—and on war
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establishments , which are maintained in order to _quarter the dependents of the aristocracy upon the people . When public uaoney is so misemployed , there will never be any to devote to the service and advantage of the people . Mr . Stanford ' s plans , however , would not require much outlay on the part of the State , even in the way of a loan . Ho wishes , in oder to establish a better provision for the poor , to extend the allotment system under the powers of an act of parliament . He proposed this measure to Lord John Russell twenty years ago , but it was met by the objection , tbat the poor could not procure manure to cultivate the land . The system has , however _, been successfully in operation in the north of _Buckestablishments _wKinfi ?»•»•<•* tn _^^ t _» ino _< i _;« _ , * . _/! , _« _*«
inghamshire . At Sherrington there is a plot of land of about fourteen acres , which had always been considered so bad and valueless , that no person could cultivate it with advantage , and it . would not let for more than Jive shillings per acre . A few years since it was sold to a poor man , named Kose , for a small sum , and he now lets it out in allotments to the poor of a quarter or half an acre each at three pounds per acre . Mr . Stanford says that the poor took the land with avidity at that price , and are cultivating it with e ? ery possible success , and procuring from it prodigious crops . This fact proves that the poor can and do procure manure , ani" that . in , very sufficient quantity . BaYthis is put beyofld question by another fact , that tbey obtain from this' bad land sixlu
bushels of wheat per acre , and moreover have a continual succession of crops . "We observe that convicts are to be employed in reclaiming Dartmcor as much as possible , and ( hat it is expected that mqor will he remunerative properly in a few years . " That of course will depend upon the management of the mea and the money . Such is the spirit of jobbing in every department of public service , that thero can be no hopes of realising a profit . But why cannot a similar experiment be made with the honest poor ? Are the sympathies of the legislature and government to be always with the felon ? By giving employment to the honest poor , allowing tbem to pay rent for the
land which they reclaim , there would be fewer felons , and fewer paupers , and thus two sources of great cost and trouble would be dried up . At Newport Pagnell . Lord John Russell is informed in the letter , Mr . George Lucas lets about seven acres of land in fourteen allotments , at the rate of £ 6 per acre ; the rent is paid quarterly , and the landlord answers for the rate ' s and taxes . " If , therefore , " says Mr . Stanford , " tho poor can and do afford to pay at the rate of £ 6 per acre for land , a mile from their dwellings , and £ 3 for very bad land , it is fair to calculate , that they can and will readily pay from £ 3 to £ 4 per acre on the average for land for such purposes . "
The late Lord Egmont tried the allotment system successfully , and so have many others in different parts of the kingdom . "Wherever it has been tried , the effect has been most favourable on the habits and morals of the poor . Avarice never committed a greater blunder , than when it destroyed small farms and cottage husbandry . It raised its revenues , but it lost tbe affections of ihe people . It destroyed all their motives for attachment to their country , and unless something be done towards restoring things as they were , the _landowners of England may some time hare the same occasion for unavailing repentance which the noblesse of France so bitterly experienced for the verv same
erroroppression of the poor . Mr . Stanford connects the education of tbe poor with the allotment system . For this purpose , he would make the clergyman and parochial authorities a trust under the act , with power to take the lands , and any lands convenient for the allotment system , -at a fair rental , avoiding , of course , ornamental enclosures . On this subject , he has the following explanatory matter : — " Presuming that the land can be obtained at £ 2 per acre on the average , and will let on this system at £ 3 10 s ., that the sum obtained from the allottees over and above the rent paid by the trustees , form a fund ; first to provide instruction to
the children of the poor , who may be educated for a very small sum , by selecting a person in the town or village competent to " teach , or who shall be instructed Uf necessary ) for tbat purpose , and be appointed by the trustees ; and tbat the sum over that necessary for sucb instruction become an accumulating fund on the plan ofthe Savings Banks and Benefit Societies combined , to provide for the poor holding the lands , in case of sickness and for burial , or any other casualty , and to afford the means for those who choose to emigrate ; and I would also encourage weekly , periodical , or
promiscuous deposits in the same fund for the like par . poses . It shonld be an absolute condition , tbat those who have allotments should have all their children , under twenty years of age , educated ; and a preference in the letting should be given to those with large families , to the industrious , sober , moral , religious , and deserving , and the allotments should be in proportion to tbe necessities of the parties as to nnmber , tiie ., and only hand or spade cultivation should be allowed , taking care also to avoid anything like little farming these operations bring on the consideration ofa reduction to be effected in
the poor rates . In reference to the poor-rates , amounting in the aggregate to about £ 7 , 000 , 000 per annum , he cab culates , that if 3 , 000 , 000 acres are taken at £ 2 per acre , and let at £ 3 10 s . on the average , the poorrates ( by so much profitable labour having been provided as to realise the difference } , will be reduced at least £ 4 , 500 , 000 a year . Apparently little more is wanted from government than an act of parliament to legalise all
operations , and , at the same time , to encourage the system by giving it the countenance of the highest authority . It would be ridiculous to attempt to cast doubts upon a scheme of tbis kind . The allot ment system has not only never failed , where it has been tried , but it has always proved eminently successful , yielding profit to Ihe landlord , advancing the condition of the poor , socially and morally _, and relieving the ratepayer . We can conceive no opposition to it , but such as might proceed from persons who profit by the increase of felony and
paupers . The education of the pocr , we observe , is restricted to reading , writing , aad a few of the first roles of arithmetic ; but these are only tbe means or mechanical aids of education . Let tbe poor learn as much- of arithmetic as tbey can ; it exercises tiieir minds ; aud add to tbis slender course of tuition , history , geography , and the elements of agriculture , for such as can understand them . Header , could any nincompoop , employed to advocate the principles of a party paper ,
sitting in his cockloft with his goose quill behind his ear , refute those simple bnt able arguments ? And yet , although you find poor barren soil , only worth five shillings an acre , increased to the value of £ 3 10 s . an acre , that is £ H for four acres , without a cottage , and a mile distant from the occupant's residence , and no manure , yet you are told that a man is not capable of living upon four acres of land , with a splendid cottage in the centre , an abundance of manure , and the land
cultivated , with * £ aG aid and loan money given . Will not your own knowledge convince you , that had it not been for the treachery , the plunder , and rascality , ofthe ruffians who became possessed of land and house , aid aud loan money , that , ere this time , ' I should have had five thousand cottages and more built , and that I would have been employing a large number of the surplus population , made surplus by machinery ? The Wakefield and West Riding Examiner of tiie 3 rd of August , has the fo & y of criticising my Land Flan ; but I would ask the writer of that article , ? f he has heard ofa certain person being _transporfedforPIG
STEALING V Of course , I shall not mention names . I think ' I have told you before , that if twelve men , who had committed twelve murders each , were placed in a room to frame laws against murder , they would frame the most bloody arid atrocious laws , with a view of concealing their barbarism ; whereas , if twelve humane and kiad hearted men , were placed in an adjoining room for the same purpose , they would frame humane and gentle laws , looking upon murder as an accidental act , rather than as a conspiracy . I do hope , that every man who sees the Star , will not only read , but well study , the _article that I have copied from the Morning Advertiser of Tuesday last . _. . _ i will now give ybu another extract from the _same paperof Wednesday last . Hereitw .
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" Thoclerical and lay guardians of the Isle of Thanet have taken ( from Michaelmas ) ten acres of land . This , with the present two acres of garden , will make out twelve acres to employ inmates of the poorhouses , young and old , upon out-door industry . " * ¦ '¦ ;¦ : ¦ Now , recollect that in 1833 and 2834 , 'jf introduced an Irish Poor Law into the House of Commons , which was to have been basedjipon a precisely similar system ; and how oftenjhave I told you that there cannot be a greate _^ nomaly or absurdity than idle land , idle h % our , _tt nv _Al / _iU _;^ ) __ . j ___ « . - _* . * ' - « - _ .
and idle money , while you are importing : the produce of other lands thousands of $ pes across the Atlantic , and paying eight millious a year to support unwilling system-made _^ au _" _perBl This system is notonlvan absurd _^ M not only a robbery—but leads to ' -murderf ana * ' the day will yet arrive when the REAL MURDERERS shall stand in the awful presence of tbat great God , into whose cbli ' dcil ' neither the dictum of the judge , the _$$ bie of the law , or tho prejudice ofthe _juryfshajl dare to enter—where _** _mvii _* der will be _sueS _^ iit ; not by construction of human law or _poBHcaf ingenuity .
My desire is to leave tho world better than I found it . No man that ever lived before me , or who will come after me , has stood so steadfastly to the improvement of your order as I have . No man of my class or means has lived as frugally as I have , and has been taunted , reviled and persecuted as I have , and most so by those whom I have endeavoured to serve . However , as tho principles I advocate are not based upon lucre , but upon integrity , and the desire to ameliorate the condition of all , though scouted by all , I will remain dogged as a mule , determined , by one means or other , to make the industrious poor independent of the idle capitalist .
My friends ,. I will conclude by once more imploring of you to read the article whioh 1 have extracted from the Morning Advertiser ; keep it in memory , and let it be the monitor of your mind and director of yonr actions . Do not listen to men talking about land who would not know a cucumber from a hand-saw , and who do not care about the land so long as they can extract a sufficiency from your folly and credulity to purchase the produce ofthe land . And remember my lines , repeated before the " black slugs" at the London Tavern : — . Unite , unite 1 ye Chartists brave , Let" THE LAND" your watchword be ; Scout , oh ! scout , the servile slave
That crouches when he may he free . "U p , ye heroes—at the despots ! Lick no more the tyrant ' s hand ; Leave your pauper workhouse mess-pots—Live like freemen on your land . Then , free trade will he a blessing , When men can work , and eat , and play ; "When shepherds cease to live by fleecing , Then each flock its own will pay . Tour Faithful and Unpurchaseable Advocate , Feargus _O'Coioor
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TO THE OLD GUARDS . Mr Djbab axd _Honoured Friends , In spite of opposition , slander and impudence , ' I have not been driven from my course , or from the advocacy of those principles by the attainment of which I hope and trust in God I shall ere long see you , your families , yonr friends , and relatives happy , comfortable and independent . You are aware of the antagonism against which I have had to contend for many months —I will say for many years—in London ; and you are also aware that I have frequently told you that if I was obliged to rest upon my oars , I would stand firmly and resist the current of the tide , the buffetting of the billows , and the growling storm _.
I have told you , that although Paris is France , London is not England ; and I have relied upon the confidence , the integrity , and the affection of the busy bees in the Northern hives to put down , to overpower , and overcome the buzzing of the drones ; arid at length you have succeeded . My comment never a pplied to the veritable working classes of London , but to the " poor gentlemen ; " who endeavoured to enlist them in antagonism to me , in _* he hope of making them the basis of their own idle living . For a length of time my name had been mentioned with contempt at
the Jbhu-atreet meetings ; however , having full confidence in the veritable working classes , and feeling perfectly- convinced that wild and selfish enthusiasts could only animate them for a time , notwithstanding all the slander to which I had been subjected , I appeared before my old friends , in the same building , on Monday last , for the purpose of raising a subscription to enable Mrs . Lacey and her little famil y to join her expatriated husband . Fussellone of the recently emancipated victims , was in the chair . He made two able , powerful ,
and eloquent speeches ; he showed tho folly of men who had been incarcerated for political offences giving up their labour , and hoping to live idly upon politics after their emancipation . I dare say , when I was emancipated from York Castle my old friends would have raised a large subscri ption for me if I would accept it ; but I never have , nor I never will accept a farthing for advocating your cause ; and _^ for this simple reason—that my advocacy of yonr principles , would naturally be considered selfish if it was based upon lucre .
Old Guards , we are now in a trying time , and my desire is not to see you broken up into sections and factions , which make you a rope of sand and constitute the tyrant's power , but to see you thoroughly united ; not _sectionally led by this leader aud that leader ; not following men , but principles ; and then how soon labour would achieve its triumph ; and then , oh God , how happy I should be . I believe no man , even of your own order , ever had tbe same confidence in the integrity of the majority of the working classeB tbat I have ; but mind the maxim of Lord Barry-MORE— "that one enemy can do you more harm than a thousand friends can do you good . "
' Old Guards , the " Show Box" is closed , the weather is becoming more genial ; the days are shorter ; and you will be likely now to abandon your pleasure trips to derive political knowledge ; and therefore I will be shortly amongst yon to test your mettle , and direct your mind , because I think it has passed through the two _firststages , namely : CREATION and ORGANISATION . You have a powerful antagonism to contend against _^ but your principal antagonist is your own disunion , and that is what I now hope to destroy .
On Sunday , the lst of September , I will bave the honour of attending a camp meeting at Mountsorrel _, near Leicester ; and , on Monday , the following day , I will , according to custom , meet my constituents in the Market Place of Nottingham , arid there tender my resignation . As far as I am able I am determined to cany out the principle of ; Annual Parliaments , although my friends do not conform to the principle of PAYMENT OF MEMBERS ; -
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_uld Guards , { _J havo- had a hint that MY FRIEND , Bfaffshaw , intends to muster his forces there upon that occasion , but' I defy him . I would pay him handsomely : if lie _Wdiiljl veiituro to ' come upon the platform , and I think my friends would pay him' as ' handsomely . . : ' Old Guards , tlie atrocious , the base , bloody , aud brutal _acts _f that , , Parliament has . passed for Ireland , during _fiie I ' asfc session , should _convince . you of what th > pp ] icy pf ; a : Govern-, _fficnt-i _£ _'W ; hen ; a people _( _iarje-fdisunitod ; , but I
am _^ _appyt to find ' that ; the . tyranny , of- the Government , and th 4 ' : hopeles 8 i 8 tate'of Ireland ; bave created a union -botween the'Young _trelivnders and _-thelrislij AUiance _^ _? ' ft * od ' 'lb . 6 pe and trust that your ¦ 1 6 _iig-Sunering . _^ iilp c *; 6 ate such a union of your , order as willfoyer _^ i _sip w , and forever destroy , ' ' the tyranuy of ' _ypj _^ _'Op ? pressors . Iregvet _, exceedingly , . thatit will not be in my _^ oWei _^ to _Attend the _* meetirig _^ t Bannockbhril , - o _ f Monday next ; ' as my _aptliflitov'hiforms _^ _isHn _-a _isp _- effs abul _^^^
is tb be sold ori Saturday next ; the 31 st inst . This fact gives me great annoyance , as I entertain a strong feeling' of afl ' ection for , and haye been always well received by , my Scotch friends . rNfow , Old Guards , in conclusion , let me once more implore of you to set all antagonism aside , to be united as working men , who should live comfortably upon the profits of their well requited labour , and do not allow interested demagogues , who would live upon your credulity , to create disunion , which would establish the strength of your tyrant
oppressors . Your Faithful and Uncompromising Friend , Feargus O'Connor .
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THE POWELL PLOT . On Monday evening , tho 19 th inst ., a numerous and highl y respectable assemblage of persons , met at the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Fitzroy-square , to hear a lecture from Feargus O'Counor _^ Esq ., M . P ., in aid of the fund no w raising to enable Mrs . Lacey aud family to _joiu their husband and father in the land of his exile—South Australia . At eight o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor , accompanied by Mr . Fussell and the committee , entered the hall , and were greeted with loud demonstrations of applause .
Mr . John Fussell was unanimously called to the chair , and said , he felt happy in being called on preside over a meeting convened for the purpose of hearing a lecture from their well tried friend Feargus O'Connor —( hear , hear )—for the truly benevolent aud philanthropic purpose of enabling the wife to join her husband , and the children their father , in the land of his banishment , where he had been consigned by the tender mercies of the Whigs on tho evidence of miscreants of the _Powellian order ., ( Loud shouts of hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Connor , with his usual benevolence ,
had stepped forth that night to aid the weak against the strong . Chartism must ultimately triumph , despite the foul systein of espionage which was a disgrace to the country . ( Cheers ) By such base proceeding ? , the causo had been placed in imminent peril , and many honest , zealous , and worthy persons had fallen victims—amongst whom was their _excellent friend William Lacey , and he was pleased to know that a determination existed to re-unite this much injured and oppressed family . From the victim Lacey he ( Mr . Fussell ) . had ever experienced the greatest kindness , and the
people were indebted for his zeal , perseverance , and sacrifices ; whilst the whole ofthevictims were largely indebted to their honourable friend , Mr . O'Connor , who had kept Ihem from oakum picking for fifteen months , and otherwise been the means of contributing to their greater comfort arid defence . ( Loud cheers . ) He , as one of tho victims , thauked his fellow countrymen for the support thoy had so handsomely rendered to their wives
and families . As regarded Chartism , he held firm to the principle , and liked much the idea of " a federal union , " broached within the walls of that institution yesterday . Let that principle be adopted , and democracy would be something more than a rope of sand . He had no doubt their excellent friend , Mr . O'Connor s lecture , would tend . to cement that union , and lead to the speedy enactment of Chartism and the _establishmeut of uuiversal liberty . ( Great cheering . )
Mr , O'Connor , on rising , was received with tremendous cheering , which lasted for a considerable time . He said that he would prove the sincerity of the interest be felt for the wife of the expatriated victim by informing the meeting that he had that day received an invitation to diue with an old and valued friend , which , however , he declined , in order that he might render service to Mrs . Lacey . ( Cheers . ) He was glad to find another victim ( Mr . Fus sell ) presiding over that meeting as chairman ; and , although a member of parliament , he felt a greater honour in addressing him than in addressing the Speaker of the House of Commons . His attention was called to the name
of Powell , whose name was read from the bill by the chairman . ( Perhaps that meeting was not aware that that sycophantic ruffian had also laid a trap for liim ( Mr . O'Connor ) . He wrote io him about the same period , telliug him that upon a certain night a revolution was to take place in a certain part of London , and that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) would be assassinated if he did not join in it . He turned his letter inside out , aud re-directed it , with this answer— " Go to the devil , you scoundrel !" ( Loud laughter . ) He wished that all others had given him such a reply . He would give
them another instance of the many traps that were laid for the "RED CAT . " ( Laughter . ) Yes ; he was the "RED CAT" of Chartism ; and , in 1830 , when the Whigs dreaded the power of the united mind of the people , they enlisted thousands of spies and informers , in the hope of catching the " RED CAT . " One night , two auspicious-looking fellows called at bis house at Hammersmith , and wished to seo bim privatel y . They told him that tho Chartists were prepared for a revolution that night , and thai their _intention was to assemble in Fetter-lane , and set fire to it ; and that tlie
plot would not succeed if he ( Mr . O'Connor ) did not tako the command . Upon hearing this announcement , he instantly rang the boll , and when the servant came in , lie said , " Robert , are there not policemen upon this beat , generally parading before the door ?" "Yes , BhV _' . he replied . " Then , " said Mr . O'Connor , " go and fetch them in . " The servant had _tcarcely closed the door upon those two hired ruffians , when they rushed at it , dragged it open , and scampered off as fast
as their legs could carry them . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) He thought that would g ive them a . fair definition of tho traps that were laid for him . They were met there that night for tho purpose of enabling tho wife and little children of an exiled patriot to join' the husband and father ; and perhaps tho best course that he poiild pursue , would be to repeat tho chanty sermon of thr celebrated Dean Swift' . Upou
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his first visit . _tojEiiglarid , _thefDeUtiSvas looked upon as a _. _kindjot-prtfpbet ; lie : was invited to _pVeacTji 7 a , . _M- arity- ' . sermon , at _,-a very large church , . a-ud . being very proud , and hot wishing to , he : exhibited as a raree show , _tliis ' was his charity sermon : — "He who giveth to' the poor , lendeth unto the lord ; if you like your security , down with your dust . " ( Great cheoring' and laughter . ) ; If Cobclon or Bright , or somo of the leadihg Financial Reformers had been transported for advocating the principles of theiripavty , what time woiild _^
elapse before thousands of pounds would be raised to assist their families to emigrate , and to erect monuments' to commemorate their great deeds ? ( Loud and continued cheering . )] It startles ; me , said Mr .. O'Connor , to ' hear ' those most , vociferous cheers , in a hall which _, . upon my appearance , I thought would resound w ( th groans and hisses . '; ( Loud cries of " no , no . " ); , Mr * :. O'Connor had- understood that it was customary to scout his ri ' ame ; when men +, io n _^; , jia _^ that building . . - * ( Loud ' ' _sftoufcl' * of " iio , ' never , "j Well , he was glad to hear it ; aud _hetoJd them that if-he was scouted and
hissed at every meeting , that he would sti _") adhere steadfastly to those principles for the advocacy of which Lacey , poor Cuffay , and others had been exiled . ( Cheers . ) However it may distress tiieir _feedings , or annoy their ears , he would tell them over and over again , tbat they and not the Government were the forgers of their own chains . ( Cheers . ) They ought to be ashamed to cheer it—they ought to be ashamed to hear it—as it was a fact that could not be controverted . What was , and ever had been the position of many of their leaders 1 Give many of them a pound
a week to advocate the principles of the Charter , aud let another pavty offer them a guinea a- week for advocating principles that were opposed to it , aud they would accept the higher salary and advocate the lower principles . ( Two or three feeble cries of "No , no ; " which were soon drowned by cries of " Yes , yes ; " aud loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor repeated it , and he would repeat again what he had often , told them , that the man who _earned fifteen shillings a week looked with scorn upon the man who could earn but ten shillings ; while the man who . earned ten looked with contempt
upon the pauper in the bastile . ( Cheers . ) Well , they should bo ashamed to cheer that too . The last session of Parliament — in wbich not one act beneficial to their order _waspassed—the blue books and rubbish cost them nearly "half a million of money . ( Shouts of "Shame . " ) They had six hundred aud fifty-six members , forty constituted a house , and oue hundred and fifty was looked upon as a large houso ; whereas , iu America aud Frauce nearly the whole ofthe representatives of the people were iu constant attendance . And why ? Because they were paid for their
services . ( Cheers . ) And if their representatives were paid instead of having bankers , merchants , and officers , and traders , attending to their own business by day , and attending dinner , supper , and ball parties by uight : coming iuto the House , rather muggy , to vote away their money ; they would then have representatives who would sit by day with clear heads , and attend to their duties . ( Loud cheers . ) A great many enthusiastic philanthropists vowed that they would contend for the Charter and " something more ; " but , would the most sagacious
amongst them define what " something more" means ? Ho would struggle for the Charter and nothing more , as the Charter Would confer upon their order every right and every benefit' to which they were entitled ; but , as he had frequently told them , if they had too many irons iu tho fire all would cool ; whereas , if they continued to blow the Chartist bellows , little Lord John would ask them if there was anything more than the Charter they wished for . ( Loud cheers . ) ( A
mau in the gallery shouted " Republic . ' ) " Ah ! " said Mr . O'Connor , " there ' s another cold iron in the lire ; " and , as he stated in the Houseof Commons he repeated there , " that he didn't care whether the Pope , the Devil , or the Pretender was upon the throne , provided the power behind tlie throne was greater than the throne itself . " ( Loud cheers . ) Although he might surfeit them by repetition , he would again repeat a fact at which they should blush , and which should make them ashamed of
themselves—it was this : the whole governmental expenses of the United States of America cost that independent country only eight millions a year ; while we paid to bishops and black slugs teu millions three hundred thousand a year . ( Shouts of " Oh , oh , " and " Shame . ") Aye , the shame was to themselves ; and to prove that this was the heaven of those cormorants , they preached that it was as impossible for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heuven , as for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle . But , as this was their heaven , and as they made it the people ' s hell , they did not caro as long as they were happy hero , as to their chance of meeting the old gentleman in the world to come . ( Loud
cheers , arid laughter . ) Well , it took eight millions a year to support unwilling paupers in this country—as much as the whole governmental expenses of America—while the land of their birth was crying out for their labour . Their army cost them as much as tho whole governmental expenses of America ; and let them seo how their government was now constituted . Sir John Cam Hobhouse , now a minister of the government , but formerly , not only a Reformer but a Revolutionist , once said , that if he had his will , he would turn the Thames into the House of Commons , and swamp its members ; while , during the last Session of Parliament , it made his ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) blood run cold , to hear this enthusiastic Reformer—this inundator of the House
of Commons—lauding Lord Gough with fervour aud ecstacy , for tho brutal manner in which he ordered tho English troops to slaughter the Indians , who were contending for their legitimate rights . ( Shouts of "Shame . " ) Ah , but it showed them the effect that money had upon all leaders —( cheers)— -whiloit was his ( Mr . OConnor ' s ) pride and glory to say , that he never had , nor never would , travel a mile , or eat a meal , at the expense of the people . ( Cheers , ) He bad paid to Mrs . Frost over 200 / . out of his own pocket , when her husband was expatriated ; and was he in the same condition now , he would not allow the government to understand that the wife of another victim was
compelled to appeal to the country for the means to euable her to join her exiled husband . ( Loud cheers . ) There she sat by him on the platform , a lady-like , a modest , but careworn woman . ( Cheers . ) Well then , would they allow her sorrow to continue , _wheu a mite from each would drive it away ? ( Cheers , and " No . " ) Although nothing had recentl y been done for England , yet the present state of France inspired him with hope . France was the neighbour and great ally of England , England was now sanctioning the suppression of liberty in France , in the hope that when Franc © became a despotism , she in return would enable Englaud to contend against the power of the popular voice ; but the _nevershall succeed , ( Loud cheers . ) He ought aot to be
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invited upon a platform to address them a question of banishment and cruelty ; it his Irish blood to too great a height ; ho the last of his family now in Europe ; he determined , however , to contend agaiust opposition of friend and foe , to better the ditioiffof _* heir order , and leave the world than he found it . ( Loud and continued cheering His uncle wasm the uinetieth year of his and iii tlie fifty-second year of his banishment for contending for Irish liberty . "His
had Been for years iihmured in dark under _grou _| ia fcells until , his forehead had bec rbtteW ' and ho had lost the use of . . his limbs _^ ii _^ bY _% etcn der mercy ofLord Castlereagh he . was allowed to be taken out _. of his cell a handbarrow to receive the fresh air . ( of " shame , " and horror . ) Well , - ¦ then , not that enough to reuse his blood ? Let remember thatit was now _" ear twenty since ho was first returned to parliament , while Bitting in that house he defied them point . to a siuglo speech or a single vote his which was opposed to their interest . ( :
cheers / and cries of " Not one . " ) No . * and although boasting was of no great value to their order , he vowed before high Heaven , that'he woiild rather starve'in a garret than acce " pt of all the ' offices and salaries ' of Governor-General of Iudia , . Lord ' _. Chancellor , Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland * ' and Prime Minister of . England , to give one vote . that was injurious' to the interests of the people . ( Loud aud continued cheering . ) And however some vnd en , 1 _U 11 lor .
men may despair , ho never did , when he saw the improvement that had taken place in'the mind ; of this , country since he first propounded Chartisniv ?; _TIveh i he lookedupon six or eight in a _littie _^ _arrota ' s _' a' _^ _bbd'ineet iHg ; while , now , no house or building is large enough to hold those we could assemble . Then , tlie men of London only knew Edinburgh , Glasgow , and Manchester by name , whereas , now , thero is not a town in England , Scotland , or Wales , in which the leaders of ihe movement are not
known to each other . He need not again repeat Dean Swift ' s celebrated sermon , but lie did hope and trust that every man present who had it to spare would contribute his mite , to enable Mrs . Lacey and her little family to join the exiled husband aud father , and thus make them happy , and prove their own generosity . —Mr . O'Connor resumed his seat amid loud and long-continued cheering and waving of hats . Soriie collectors then went round the meet * ing , and realised the sum of £ 5 10 s . 10 d ., which , on being aided to the money received for admission , amounted to £ fl 8 s . 8 _^ d .
On the motion of Mr . O Connob , a vote of thanks was awarded to Mr . Fussell by acclamation , for the able manner iu which he had presided . Mr . Fvsseli having briefly returned tb _/ inks , Mr . T . Brown rose to move a vote of thanks to Mr . O'Connor , aud took the opportunity to request that gentlemau to deliver a lecture ou behalf of the suffering patriotic exiles now in this country ; and should Mr . O'Connor agree to do so , he should wish it to be given somewhere at the East'pud of London . He also wished to suggest to Mr . O'Connor the utility of his mixing himself more amongst them , and thus become one of the veritable
democracy . ( Loud cheers . ) The motion was seconded by Mr . Wilks , and carried amidst great applause . Mr . O'CoNNon came forward to acknowledge the compliment , amidst waving of hats , handkerchiefs , _ c , and said he would cheerfully comply with the request made by Mr . Brown . The Poles were a brave people , and had been grossly ill-used by the monster of Russia . ( Loud cheers . )
Three cheers were then given for the Charter , whole and entire , and no surrender : three for the Poles , and the incarcerated victims in other countries ; three for Kossuth , Bern , Mazziui , and _Ledru Rollin ; and three groans for the Whigs—when , the " Marsellaise" haying been sung , the meeting terminated .
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Ths Executive Committee of ins _Actional Charter Association . —This body met at the office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday , August 21 st . Present : . Messrs . Grassby , Stallwood , _TUilne , Arnott , and Miles . Mr . Gta « _sliy in tlie chair . The secretary reported that a most numerous and unanimous meeting was held on Sunday last , to form a f ' _eder'il union of the several democratic parties , which had resulted in the appointment of a sub-secretary , whose duty it would be to cement such union . On the motion of Messrs . Stallwood and Arnott , tlie following resolution was
unanimously adopted : —" That tlie Executive recommend the' n _. inci Book of Registration' to tiieir brethercn throughout the country , as containing somo excellent _information , well calculated to add Chartist strength to the present electoral roll' ; and which work , they are happy to know , _can now be obtained at one _shilling and sixpence perdozon . " It was then agreed . — " That the John-street meetings be discon tin wd for the present , and that the next _ineetins' be held at the Tempevance Hall , Broadway , Westminister , on Monday evening : next , Aug . 26 th , to which attention is particularly requested . Ail sub-secretaries ofthe National Charter
Association are requested to make an immediate return to the ofiice , of the number of members enrolled in their several localities . The address to the electors and non-electors was postponed until the next meeting . The committee adjourned until _Wednea _. day _eveniiifr , August 2 Sth , at eight precise !}' . _Metropolitan Dblbgaik Couxcil , City Chartist Hah , 26 , Golden-lane —At the meeting on Sunday , August the 18 th—Mr . Edmund Stallwood ia the chair—it having heen announced that the men of Stalvbridce requested some of the _addresses of the Council " for distribution in that portion ot tho county , on the motion of Messrs . W . A . Pietchor and C . Jeifcry , the following resolution was carried by acclamation : — " That this council duly
appreciates the compliment paid to it hy the men ' of Stalybridge , in _taking some of its addresses for circulation , which _vtill stimulate it to further exevtiont ; , and excite it to acts of sympathy , when called for by Stalybridge or elsewhere . " A letter was then read from J . I . Lockhart _, Esq ., acknowledging the receipt , and promising a notice of the council ' s address in tho columns of the Rucks Advertiser arid Aylesbury News , and _announcing the concordance of Messrs . Hamilton ( editor of the Lucks Advertiser , ) and J . I . Lockhart , Esq ., with the principles of that address ; also setting forth ( if agreeable ) Unit Messrs . Hamilton and Lockhart would commune with the council at the City Chartist Hall on Sunday afternoon , September the lst . Upon the motion
of Messrs . F \ mon and Johnstone , tlie following resolution was unanimously adopted . — " That tlu » council bave heard , with feelings of delight , the letter of J . I . Lockhart , and pledge Messrs ' . Hamilton and Lockhart a fraternal greeting en Sunday , September the 1 st , when they have announced their determination to honour it witli a visit . " 7 / _ic _Fmtnightly Chartist Tract . —On the resumption of this debate , estimates were handed in from several _nvmu _, and , after a discussion , in which Messrs . Fletcher , Mown , Johnstone , Dicey , Wilken , Stevens , Fuller . and others took part , on the motion of Messrs . fiuszon and Fletcher , it was resolved—" That each delegate report progress to their several localities , and take their opinion as to the number of _tracta each locality can use , and the support they can otherwise give . " Open Air Public Meetings . —A \ i \
A . Fuzzon then brought forward the proposition" That public open air meetings be held on Clcrkeii < well-green , or somo other convenient spots , " which was seconded by Air . Jefl ' ry ; and after a long and animated discussion , in which Messrs . _Bi-isck , _" Stevens , "Wilken , Johnstone , Fletcher , Finlen , Mora ** , Jeft'vy and _StnWwood took part , was negatived by a largo majority . Progress of Charlhm , < fcc—On the motion of Messrs . Brisck aud Moran it was resolved — " That this council aid and assist in getting up , so far as speakers and making the objects known are concerned—a public meeting in tlie City Chartist Hall , on _Monday evening , September tbe Oth . " After the transaction of other business , and a voto of thanks to the Chairman , tiie council adjourned until . Sunday afternoon , _August the 25 th , atthreo o ' clock precisely
, . . ... ,,., , _., Northampton -Mr . Bezer lectured on Monday night last in the New Hall , to _u large ami gMl ) _KipeotnUevudiencr , on " Political _«*' J ™ ;' _™ form , with _Sorolationa of his Iinpn > onme « t . JBn B . ' b happy vein of treating the above subject gainej for _hintZtwued plaudit ! , ami at the conclusmn _faf > receired the unanimous thanks of the meeting .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 24, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24081850/page/1/
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