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Sapp ^ d : -To-ph Batty , Correspond ^ « Wanr- Samuel Newton . Scrutineer ! James Tavlor S ^ retary ; Benjamin Backhouse , President ; Committee : Richard Pilling , SamuelTaylor , James Stott Joshua Barber , James Hilton , Ibomas Meilor . Jtm « Kirk Smith . Samuel Blsckwsll ; John Scholfield . Local Treasurer ; Edward Uooson , GeneralTreasnrer ; I « weAimstead and Uenrvkrimshaw , Auditors . Preparations are being made tor tne celebration of Thomas Paine ' s birthday in the Chartist Association-room , Bentmck-street , on
Saturday , 29 ih of January . Baccf . -A . irabSo meeting of the members and friends of the " Land Compnny met last Wednesday evenin- veek , December 29 th , 1847 , for thepurpose ef Iiearin" a lecture from Mr Thomas Tatteraall . Subject : — 'The Land and Labour Bank ; ' at the close of which the following resolution was passed : — ' That wo establish a branch bink , iu connexion with the Land and Labour Bank . ' BEniioNDssr . —A Savings' Bank has been established at the Tanners' Arms , Bermondaey , for the purpose of assisting the National Land and Labour Bank , under the management of the following enters— Mr Milward " . treasurer ; Mr Orrel and Mr Wells , trustees ; MrKemply , scrutineer ; J .-Bassett , Eecre ' my .
Cambridge—Glorious Triumph of the Lakd Plan . This 'Dispatch' despatched—It is a most singular circumstance that a town of so moeb importance and Opportune Situation as Cambridge , should have remained 60 long unconscious of what was transftfrin ? throughout the entire kingdom , and more especially in the districts immediately surrounding it , asresarJs the National Land Connany , —yet such is the fact . With the exception of what had been gathered from the Dispatch , and ene solitary individual—who had been induced bj a near relation living in a distant county to take out a four acre sharenothing whatever was known about the institution , iintil the arrival of William Bunton , a working man , from Lynn . After xisitin ^ the news agents through
the town in search of a Si-ab newspaper , he found that there was only one , which was taken by an individual who had recently entered the town , and entering a coffee house , he by familiar conversation absorbed the attention of the whole company , aHd induced those present to exert themselves to the utmost to cet up a public meeting . On Thursday evening t ^ eV . the first meeting ever held on this subject in CambriHpe , took place in Manning ' s large Temperance Coffee Room , under the Town Hall . At eight o ' clock , the hour appointed for taking the chair , the room war filled with apparently the middle class , or yonn . shopkeepers of the town—some of whom brought with , them whole piles ef the crazy Dispatch . containing every word that had been said about
O'Connor and the Land Money . A eentlemin of ths name of 1 Jail , who suted himspjfto be connected with the pn es , was called to the chair , who in a brief address informed thegentlemen present ef the object nf their be na : called together , and begged of them to give the ! e anrer a fair and patient hearinjr , and that afterwards , should aEy persons think well to ask any qu- ^ tu-ns npoa the subject , Mr Bunton would be . happy so reply . He conclnded by introducing Mr Bunton to the m ^ iine , who on rising said : Mr Chsirnian and Gentlemen , I considerit to be the daty of every individual , and more especially of thase pr . Jfe > sin ? themselves to he Christians , having the interest o themselves and the welfare of their fellow men p * . heart-, thatth * y should inquire intoand investigate
fa ' rly the principles of every project put forth in si cie ' v , professing to effect so desirable an object—? hat tbe thousand and one schemes which had been in existence , bidding against each other for popular support and then passing away , leaving not a wreck r-ehind , except the wrecks of empty pockets—that such schemes had a tendency not only to make men Iistles 3 and regardless of any new project which might be thrust noon their attention , but also to denounce the propagators and authors of such scheme as deibninz moner-erubb ? rs . However , it did seem fortunate for that cause , the principles of which he had en ^ aeed to unf'ld . that the many schemes or bubbles which isd been the means of bringing sorrow up . d thousands , and destruction noon whole families .
Ehould have been chiefly confined to the upper and m * re wealthy classes of society ; and that at the present moment , when banks were breaking in every direction , and railway shareholders driven to distraction , tbat a company composed solely of the working c ' asses should atthe same time be pouring thousands of pounds weekly into a fund for the purchase of estates , which by the idleness and neglect of a proflig « . te aristocracy were hourly passing out of their £ nds into the market fop sale . ( Loud cheers . ) The Land Company , which had been bat little more than two yeara in existence , under the direction of tint great philanthropist and benefactor of his fellow m *> n . Feareus O'Connor , was more than forty th usand strong—wa ^ tfnssessed of near one hundred
thousand pounds capital , and had purchased six different estates , consisting of two thousand asres of Lmd . ( Cheers ) The lecturer then explained the whole of tbe Banking system , and the National Lmd and Labour Bank , showing the company the security t offered above every other bank , the higher rate of interest it gave , and the g ^ eat good that v mid be done to themselves and fellow men by immediately forming thesselvea into clubs , and depositing weekly whatever they might think fit , or could spare . After a spirited address , which Ia 3 * ed more than two hoar ? , he concluded by reading Mr O'Connor ' s ad'Jress to the working classes , from the April uumbi'P of the Labiceer Msgaz ' ne , which had a great efivcfc upon the audience , and resumed his seat
amidst tbe plaudits and approbation of the meeting . No soorer had Mr Bunton resumed his seaf , than two or three j oune gentlemen of the middle cla » s were on their leg ? , armed to tbe teeth with copies of the BiSPATcn . to commence tbe assault , when Mr Mood v , a watch and clock manufacturer , ro ? eand said : That befnr « j the meetina entered into a discussion , he considers ! th . it the lecturer deserved , and ought to receive , an unanimous vote of thanks , for the able and round truths he ha-1 that evening laid before them . T ; iis beiusr seconded , the Chairman put it to the m ^ ctinc . and it was carried by acclamation . Then folowd one of the most storrav discussions ever he- > . rd in this place . Mr Fisher advised the meeting b fore they were led to part with their money , by the
fp . Vnt' -ti fi . ldre = s they had just heard—an address in which their fee'inss were excited and passions ih-Bime '—1- > hear what he might bave to snv upon the q-i 'stion . Tie had no doubt that what the lecturer hid stated is regard to the Land Company rais'ng so piuch money was true , but while he had been entertaiaina them with the manner in which the aristocracy tqu r . dered away their money—he did not say one word aba it how Feareus O'Cinnor was squandering a-xsy the peop ' e's money . From a great journal he fct-M in his fca-d —( ' Name , 'from the meeting . ) Mr Fi « ha ! : The DisrACH;—' e wouldjjrnve the most infamous profligacy on the part of this &r O'Connor . In spending the people ' s , not his own money . ( Here laD sneaker raa-J the articls abbui the Durchase of
torees . carnage of hors ? s that had lees to walk , &s . ) After which he asked the meeting if he had not fully proved the charge ; he , therefore , would ask the lecturer , as an honest man , hew he could reconcile this with the address he had just delivered ? Mr Bunten rose to reply : Sir . as far as I am able , I will give you not my but Mr O'Connor's own , answer . Whereupon he s * atcd that the horses were bought by public auction , where they were sold to the hiehest bidder , and trade a most happv explanation of the travelling expenses , by asking several questions of the audienue , as to how far the horseR ought to be travelled per day , &s . and showed that it would have cost double tbe money to have sent them by road , instead of by rail . ( Approbation from the people . ) Another gentleman
w « immediately up . avd begged to ask the lecturer ¦ what became of all the interest of the raoney in the various banks , &vA read another article fr ^ m the Ppfatch . Upon which Jfr Bunton rote and said : Ab I am a ^ ked , Where is the interest , ' I beg to say witb the principal . {' Well done , ' from the meetimr . ) Gentlemen , if any thing is wanted"to prove Mr O'Connor ' s sincerity or honesty of purpose , the proof is here ! Whereupon Mr Bunton immediately shook out a Northern Star newspaper . ( Great excitement in ths m-irftin ? . ) Here is his honesty . Uere is that very article copied frosi the Di-patch , and placed j ' d the rao 3 t conspicuous place in his own paper for all the members to soe . Nay more , every word , sentence , or paragraph , spoken or written acaiHBt the Land
Company , ha 3 had the game situation , while the Yillan-ms press-gang has never dared to publish one word of Mr O'Connor ' s in reply . ( Cheers from the meeting . ) At this stase of the proceedings a gentleman rose and said : That he believed the Dispatch to be the mo ^ t base , perfidious , and deceptive paper published . That no institution was ever start ? d for the benefit of tbe people , but what had a ready opponent in that hazard old bawd . No scheme , however cood , if it did not suit the whim of the wretches who filled its columns with their Btuff . He would 5 u ige of the value of the Land Company by the abuse
of that blackguard article just read , ' and here ' s my money , " said the ppeaker , ' to join this evening . " ' Several other gentlemen , here followed in the same rtrain of bitter condemnation of the Dispatch , when Mr Bunton informed the audience that this wa 3 the very last day persons could join the Land Company , bo mat if any present thought well to embark in our snip , they had batter adjourn to another room for the £ ? u rp ,. DS ?\ Jt another gentleman rose and said : That although he should never want the Land him Eglf , he would join for the purpose of helping to redne ft » rarplns labour market ; for 0 { a ! 1 « £ institution be had ever beard of , none ever ranked in importance
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with this Land Flan . At the close , thirteen indm * duals , fthoBlmply camo to bear about the novelty , took out fifty-two simreB , and paid their first instalment , and two pounds thirteen fihillintrand fonrponce was immediately sent off to the Land Ottioe . The Dispatch men were completely ' flabbergasted , ' and said , * Poor dupes , they will loss their money . " The movement being 1 b the hands of the right sort of men , we Bhall not be so backward in the national ca « 89 as we have hitherto been . ( . We cannot sufficiently ex press our thanks to Mr Bunton for his patriotic and valuable service * . He has 'deserved well of his coanhej . ' -Ea . y . Sl ....... of « *
Carlton .-A tea party was held at tke house Mr Jacques , on ChriBtmas Day , in honour of Mr Jacques drawing a prise of three acres of land in the late ballot , after which the merry laugh and song , together with toasts and gentitnents , and an excellent address from Samuel Hudson , contributed to the harmony of the evening . ^ # Carlisle . —The quarterly meeting of this branch took place last Sunday afternoon , when , after the subscriptions were paid in , Mr Nicholas Fish was called to the chair . The auditsrs bavinz given in their report , that they bad examined and found the books | correct , the secretary , trea 9 urer , arid scrutineer were re-elected ; and John Hatchinson and James M Gilvary appointed on the commits , along with
the auditors , Messrs' Gadde 3 and Heaton , whose term of office doea not expire for three moaths . A present of thirty shillings waB voted to the secretary , in addition to his salary , for past services , anda determination expressed to support him with their work , in consequence of hi 3 employer having discharged him for looking after their business . A special meeting of the above branch will take place next Sunday afternoon , January 9 th , at No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate . Th 9 sewhoare in arrears with local and annual expenses are requested to come forward with the same . A meeting of the paid-up shareholders in this district will take place on Saturday , January 15 tb at eight o ' clock in the evening , to devise some plan to eolleot money for the Land and Labour Bank .
Dkotisdeb . —The members of this branch held their yearly meeting on Sunday , the 2 nd inst ., nnd appointed officers for the next twelve months . The new officers request all the members to attend next Sunday morning , and pay off their general and local levies . Place of meeting , No . 1 , Chapel-atreet , Lane-end , Droylsden . IlAinrEBssniH District of the National Land Coupant . —At a special meeting of this district , held at the office , 2 , Little-vale Place , Hammersmithroad , on Sunday morning , January 2 nd , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — ' That the board of directors be hereby requested to appeal to all the paid up shareholders in the Company , to
contribute to a fand for the purpose of redeeming or purchasing their several allotments , a sum of not less than threepence per week each , and thereby facilitate the purchase of land , the building of houses , and the location of shareholders ; such sum or sums to stand in the name or names of the parties sa subscribing . ' The Bum of threepence was fixed as the minimum , in order to give the poorest shareholder the opportunity of assisting the Company and him or herself , while it is not doubted that some ( and a numerous class too ) will pay as mnch as ten shillings per month . Edmund Stallwood , secretary . IIull —At the weekly meeting of the Land Company , on Wednesday evening , it waa resolved : —
' That the local levies be one penny per Bhare per quarter , from the 1 st of January . Mr Stephens was elected secretary ; Mr Oliver , scrutineer ; Mr Barnett , treasurer ; Air Laverick and Mr Dodds , auditors . Meettnga are held every Monday and Wednesday evenings , at half-past Beven o ' cleck , at the Ship Inn , Church-lane . Leicester—The following officers were elected for tbe No . 1 branch , at a public meeting of the shareholders , held at the Exchange Room , Dec 23 th : —John Goodby , secretary ; William Bradsworth , treasurer ; Joseph White , local secretary ;
Samuel Hall Culley . local treasurer ; Thomas Jones and William Goddard , scrutineers . I beg to correct a report which appeared in tbe Nohthebn Star ot the 11 th of Dec , to . the effect that Z Astill , G . Noon , L . Arnold , and C . Gibson were elected officers for this branch ; tbat election was in opposition to the by-laws , and therefore illegal . The shareholders are hereby cautioned not to pay any mere money to them . The proper officers for the management of this branch are those elected at the Exchange . The business of this branch will be transacted at 5 S , Church gate , until further notice . John Goodby , secretary .
. » * In addition to the above we have received tae following : — ' Any correspondence you may receive for inEertion in the Star , representing it to ba the business of No . 1 branch of the Land Com * pany , not having my signature , is from a party of some thirty or forty , who are acting in direct opposition to our branch and the directors . Youra respectfully , Z . Astill . ' fgr Both parties may save themselves the trouble of any further crimination , or recrimination . Our columns are closed against such Bquabble 3 . These
local differences are matter for tke consideration of the directors " or the annual Conference . The readers of the Stab can feel no interest in them . —Ed . N . S . Manchester —A special meeting of the Manchester branch was held in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , January 2 nd , when the following resolution wan unanimously carried : — 'That it is tbe opinion of this meeting that Mr O'Connor be requested to take a petition into the House of Commons in strict conformity with the rules of the National Land Company . '
: ( Mbbthtb Tydvil . —Branch No . 1 of the National Land Company . —The members ot the above branch bad aa excellent ball on Christmas evening . Patriotic songs and sentiments added to the pleasures of tue evening :. Mr S . Ktdd in Shoilbt BKiDos . —On the moreing of Wednesday , 29 th December , 1847 . Mr S . Kydd delivered a pnblic lecture in the Odd Fellows' flail , in Shotley Biidge . Subject : —* The Land and its Capabilities , eeneral effects of the Small Farm System on the Social and Political Condition of the People , National Land and Labour Bank , —Land Insurance Branch . —Loan Fund , < fec , and the Ability of the Land Company to locate its members . ' The night being very inclement the hall was not so densely filled , as would have been the case had
the weather been more propitious , hundreds of per-Bons from the villages of Black HiU , Berry Edge , and Lead Gate being prevented attending from tho distance and weather . At a few minutes past seven o ' clock , Mr Samuel Kydd entered the hall amidst rapturous applausp , the hall at that time being ab > ut three partB filled . —Mr Robert Carr , one of the allottees for the Snip ' s End Estate , proposed , nnd Mr John Sideboltom seconded that Mr Joseph Saint preside , which having been carried , the chairman read the placard calling the meeting , after which he made a few pertinent remarks , stating that at the close of the lecture any question asked of the lecturer would be answered , or discussion would be allowed . He then introduced Mr Kydd to the meetinz . who , on rising , said : It was quite true that any
society or system , whose transactions would not bear the test of inquiry , or the fullest development of its affairs , was unworthy the support of the working classes . He regretted that time would not allow of his treating each branch of the lecture sufficiently at large , for that each subject required a distinct lecture of itself . He . ' read several extraots from the works of the Mes 3 rs Chambers on the progress and effects of the Small Farming System , which gave General satisfaction . He then entered at some length into the capability of two acres of land to support a family of five persons , instancing what had been done upon one acre of land , that had been brought into a high state of perfection , and had brought a clear £ 220 . for one year ' s produce . That by thining tbe labaur market of the redundant
labourers , the oondition of the remainder would be greatly bettered , as every one person placed upon the company ' s estates would not only be enfranchised , and rendered freemen , but would not be under the necessity of ~ performing slave labour for another , for that the profits of each allottee ' s labour upon his farm would be his own property . Every person put upon the land had the power of voting for a representative that would support the working man's capital—his labour , and when tbat should be the case , both the social and political condition of Bociety would be changed . On the question of the National Land and Labour Bank , Mr Kydd dwelt at great lengtb , arguing with greatfor . ee and effect that oe other banking establishment offered such security for the investment ot capital as it offered ;
inasmuch as other banks merely gave promissory note 3 of payment for the money deposited at two and a halt to three per cent ., whereas the National Land and Labour Bank gave the additional security of land , and a much higher rate of interest for deposits . Every £ 10 , 000 . deposited , and with which land was purchased , would have the addition of £ 5000 , worth oflabour and improvements for its security . It was , indeed , truly a savings' bank for small depositB , for although the establishments known under that title in this country were originally intended to benefit the lower orders of society , it was soon discovered that the funds might be by law extracted from them , and expended by the government in crushing liberty both , at home and abroad . Where now were the nineteen or twenty millions that had been invested in the savings' banks ? Ay , echo answered 'Where ?'
gone to swell tbat huge monster debt , comically enough called national . Now he , ( the lecturer ) should like to know by what means the people could pos 3 ibly be their own debtors . That waB the greatest humbug possible ; could any person be so insane as to borrow £ 100 . from himself that he might pay five pounds as interest upon ifc , and be compelled to employ another person to keep an account of such loan ? But the people are becoming alive to their own condition and their power ; for many thousands of pounds were being withdrawn from the natioaal swindler , 'and deposited in the National Land and Labour Bank , from which no Chancellor of the Exchequer could clutch if , nor take it for the purpose of crushing a union of working men , similar to the miner ' s Iftteetrike , by lending it to the master olass . Tie intei est paid by savings' banks ft as ? ery
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—r , , ]_ ,, „ . i i li i ¦ ¦ ii ' ' " low , whiM what were called national securities bore a much higher rate of interest , which the working classes were called upon to pay . Bat what yrcre those national securities ? Why pieces of paper , which were called Exchequer bills , Indian bonds , consols , &c . These worthless promi £ Bory notes were given by a Chanoellorof the Exchequer for coin of sterling valne , upon which he promusd'to pay a certain rato of interest per cent . The holders of these national securities were the money lords of this country , who ranged themselves about the precincts of the Bank of England , and who , when it was necessary to raise a money panic , brought great quantities of those securities into the market , and down went their price ; but when it suited those Jew-jobbers to v ....
filch the people a little further , then up rose the price ; and who but the people had the difference in the prioe to pay ? But a regular rate of interest was assigned by the National Land and Labour Bank ; and instead of a worthless ' promissory nets , it gave solid land and houses , as security to depositors . Upon tbat part of the lecture relative to tbe Land insurance , little need besaid . The Company undertook to secure dwellings , stock , &o ., on the payment of a small rate of intet est and thus was a poor man secured against the loss of his pig , sheep , cow , or donkey . It would be necessary for him next to prove to that meeting , that the Company wouldbe able to locate its members upon tbe land ; whilst many sapient editors of newspapers were writing articles
upon subjects of which they were totally ignorant , to prove tbat because in two years a certain number had only been located , that , therefore , it would require 1 , 500 years to locate t' -e whole of the members of the company . Amongst the number of those wiseaores was a fellow named Armstrong , editor of the Newcastle Advertiser , who evidently had been misnamed ; for he in justice should be balled Weakhead ; end had been doing bis little beet to prove bis ignorancce of the Land Plan . lie felt confident of the ability of the Land Company io locate all its members , for although it would not be possible to purchase four acres of land and erect a dwellingbouse for the sum ef £ 5 . 4 s . ; it would be recollected that in connexion with the Land and Labour Bank there vras a department exclusively for members of
the Company , viz : —The Redemption department . Thus the utility ef a savings' bank was at once realised , and at the Bame time allottees or members of the Company were enabled te purchase the feesimple of their estates by payments as low as 3 d . weekly . lie would not need to occupy much time « n the head of the Loan Fund . It was simply this : — Should any allottee require money to purchase a cow , pie , sheep , or other stock , the company advanced £ 5 ., £ 10 ., or £ 20 ., for such purpose upon his note of hand , promising to repay the amount at a certain time , charging £ 4 . per cent , per annum , for such loau . The lecturer then said that everything animate and inanimate in eature seemed happy except the animal man . The poet had justly said : — < Kan ' s inhumanity to man
Had * countless thousands mourn , ' Mr Kydd , in a most eloquent and affecting oration , finished an address which occupied more than two hours in ite delivery , amidst general applause . —The chairman inquired whether there was any question to be asked of the lecturer ; when Mr Emery said a gentleman near to where he was standing wished to know how members would stand when the Company should be registered . —Mr Kydd observed tbat ndh withstanding the extensive range of the sociefps operations , and although the greatest portion of the money had passed through the hands of the poorest of workin ? men , not one farthing had been misapplied . The reason was this . The branch secretaries sent weekly the payments made by members
to the treasurer , who kept a correct list of all monies received by himi the directors having the personal control of the money ; a list was also kept by that body , whose secretary also furnished a weekly list of all money receipts to the Northern Star newspaper for publication . By this means any defraud would bs immediately detected . Although this was no answer to the question asked , be had deemed it necessary to state the fact as a proof of the honesty ef the different parties Connected vriik the money part of the company ' s transactions . Whilst the company was provisienally registered , each individual member of the company waa liable for a breach of the law : whereas when the compnny Should be fully enrolled , the solicitor would be made amenable to law for s breach of the law , and firougk him would all actions be brought , for or against the Company . —The thanks of the meeting
having bsen voted to the lecturer and chairman , the meeting separated highly edified by the information received . Ten persons enrolled themselves members of the Land Company . Great good has been effected through Mr Kydd ' s viait to this neighbourhood . O'Connobvillb . —On Monday , a meeting of the allottees and others from the neighbourhood was held in the Schoolroom , which was addressed by Ernest Jones and T . M . Wheeler , —who impressed on their audience the imperative necessity of throwing the rampart of the CHARTER around the camp of the LAND . A resolution to that effect was unanimously passed , and after the usual votes of thanks the meeting separated , with a determination to agi tate the principles of the Charter in the neighbourhood . A social meeting was passed after the meetine—and all joined in the praises of their Home of Labour and bright aspirations for the future :
Old Shildon . —A money club in aid of the Land and Labour Bank , will be opened on Monday , the 10 th of January , at the house of John Parker , at seven o ' clock in the evening . Pewter Platter . —On Tuesday evening the members ot this lecality assembled in considerable numbers to promote the agitation for the Charter . Mr Dowling in the chair . Mr Smith addressed the meeting in most eloquent terms , after which Ernest Jones delivered a lecture of above two hours' duration , amid the warm applause of all present . A resolution pledging support of the Charter was unanimously passed . Preston . —The monthly genera ! meeting ef the Preston branch of the Land Company took place on Sunday evening last , January 2 nd , in the large room of Mr Franland's , Temperance Coffee-house ,
Lnnestreet . Mr Charles Durham in the chair . After some discussion , the National Land Company ' s petition was unanimously adopted . It waa likewise agreed that a public meeting be called as early as possible to lay the petition before the public . The committee appointed to draw up rules for the establishment of an auxiliary to the National Land and Labour Bank , and for Assisting members when located , gave in their report , when it was unanimously agreed that the committte be allowed till next monthly night to complete their arrangements . Mr Richard Nutter and Mr John Blackhurst were appointed scrutineers for the next month . At the close of the meeting a large number of members signed the petition . Petition sheets will lay for signature at the weekly meetings every Monday night , and at the secretary ' s , Mr James Brown , 71 . Park-road , every night in the
week . Siockfobt . —At a meeting of the members of thia branch the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — ' That we pledge ourselves to assist Mr O'Connor to prosecute the MANCHEbTKR Examiner . ' It was agreed to send from their local expense fund to that gentleman he sum of £ 10 . Mr Leech , of Manchester , lectured here on Sunday , to a large and attentive audience , After the lecture a vote of thanks was passed to him for his able lecture on tbe Land and Labour Bank .
SiALTBRinGE . —On Fiiday evening , December 31 st , a public tea party was held in our meeting-room , Cross . gtreet , Spring-street , when about one hundred sat down to an excellent tea , after which a number of songs , recitations , < fcc , were sung and recited by several of the members of this locality . The room waa splendidly decorated—On Sunday afternoon , January 2 nd , Mr Bedford , of AshtoR , delivered a lecture on' Chemical Botany , ' and gave great satisfaction . —At 8 ix o ' clock the same evening , Mr F . Metcalf delivered his third lecture on the ' Practicability of the Land Plan . ' Several questions were asked , and satisfactorily answered .
Sheffield . —The quarterly meeting of this branch was held at the Three Cranes Inn , on Tuesday evening , January 4 th . Mr Simpson in the chair . The secretary read the accounts of the past quarter , which were received . On the motion of Mr' Goddard , Mr Cavill was elected secretary . Mr Councillor Briggs was elected treasurer . Auditors and committeeraen were elected , and it was resolved : — ' That the salary of the secretary be eight shillings a week , instead of five , as before . ' Thanks having been voted to the chairman , the meeting broke up . The following persons were elected trustees for the money club : —Mr Councillor Briggs , Mr CouEcillor Wigfall . and Mr William Yaule . The money to be lodged in the National Land and Labour Bank , to the credit of the above gentlemen . Hours for receiving money from seven o ' clock till nine o ' clock on Monday evenings , at G . Cowill ' s , Democratic Temperance Rooms , 33 , Queen-street .
Socih London Chaiiust Uau . —Mr Edmund Stallwood delivered an address on ^ Progress , th& Charter , and the Land , ' on Sunday evening , Jan . 2 , to a most attentive and highly respectable audience . The address appeared to give universal satisfaction , as was exemplified in the vote of thanks adopted by acclamation at tho conclusion . To THB MSMBBIIS OP THH LAND COMPANY . —Fellow Members : At the late Conference of our body , held at Lowbands , certain propositions were carried respecting schools and teachers , to the fallacious tendency of which I beg to call your attention . It was agreed that the directors should appoint
teachers , and a majority of allottees Bhould have the power of rejecting them , or causing their dismissal , by uniting in complaining , and that in such case the teacher shall receive six months' notice to quit . Now observe the injustice to all parties concerned . In the first place , the teacher is expected to pay rent for the premises , as sell as for the portion of Land that may be assigned him , a fixed rent , without reference to the number oi pupils he may have , or the remuneration he may receive for tuition . Now if he accept tbe offer on such terms it is evident that his charges must keep pace with his liabilities . That he will not bo overpaid is evidently anticipated by his being allowed a portion of Land at four per cent .
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in contradi stinction to the allottees , as a sort of compensation . Experience justifies me in asserting , that where steadier is bent upon discharging his duties towards hie pupils in a faithful manner , he will bave neither time nor attentioa for the cnltivation « f ft large quantity of Land , as his task is one of too engrossing a character to permit it . On tneotner hand , if through the lowoen of the price paid for tuition it becoraea necessary for the teaoher to camvate two or three fiores of Land , to enable him to meethiscreditors . it is evident that the children will receive leas attention than they might otherwise command . I likewise know , that if young children are required home at a certain hour to perform any office ibt thei ? patents , that they get indifferent and . . , „ .. _ 4
neglectful , and if they ara threatened with confinement they are ready with tha plea , ' Please , sir , father said I must como home at twelve o ' clock to go upon an errand . ' Again , if the parents , through such an arrangement , should fancy that their children are neglected , a meeting would be called , and a resolution passed to diem m the teacher , who is to walk off after the six months notice Bhall hare expired . Now , I would ask , what are the allottees going to do with their children all thia time , and from what source io the teacher to get money to pay the last six months ' rent with ? And if he should be forced to leave vihen his crops are in tha ground , by what rule is ha to be indemnified for the outlay ? And on the other band , if tbe teacher and allottees should agree ever so well , I take it for granted that after a certain time tbe elder children will be taken
from him to pursue some calling , and if the residue be not sufficient to remunerate him , how long , do you expect that he will remain , to j )» y the same rent and taxea ? Common sense exclaims , no longer than is necessary to give notice to quit , when your sohool-house will lay upon your hands , dead lumber , unless you let it to some itinerant preacher . On an average there will not be a seven yeara' demand in the course of a generation of fifty years , for a schoolmaster , on any of these estates , and therefore no discouragement ought to be thrown in the way of teacher ? , by charging rent for the school house , as I do not imagine , that if allowed rent free , that the directors will be overwhelmed with applications from men of real capacity . I remain , fellow member ' , Your obedient rervant ,
Plymouth , E . RoB&BTSOir . December 20 th . Warwick . —At a general meeting of this branch , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — 1 That we regard tho suggestion of Mr O'Connor to hand over the Land Company to tbe tender mercies of an irresponsible government' as a matter fraught with many serious objections ; and that , so long as the majority of thiacorapany , being non-electors , are without the pale of the British constitution , and defrauded of the right of citizenship ; and bo long as the natioa ib cursed with the present system of class legislation , we ntteriy object to any governmental interference wita the property of this company ; and
while we gratefully applaud Mr O'Connor ' s disinterestedness , and implicitly rely on hi 3 honour ,. Integrity , and patriotism , we respectiuHy suggest that a full conference of delegates from every branch of the company should be held in London , to consider well this subject , and to weigh the matter gravely , before we petition the present government to incor * poratefour Land Company under the baneful influence of their despotic system of centralisation , as we should dep lore the day that ever saw the Land Company fastened to the leading strings of an irresponsible crown minister , and our labour fields-converted into a second edition of our hateful pauper unions . — H . A . Donamisoh , sub-Eecretary .
Westminster , 83 , Dean-street . —The members of tbe Westminster branch of the National Land Company attended at tbe above rooms , on Tuesday evening , the 4 th instant , to take into consideration the petition recommended by Mr O'Connor to be presented at the re-assembling of Parliament , when the following resolution was adopted by a very large majority .. Resolved : — ' That having considered the proposed petition to Parliament from the members of the National Land Company , in favour of making the Land Plan a government measure , we are of opinion that it will not be safe or sound policy to give up any part of the management of the said Company to the Uouse of Commons , or to any other party , by giving them the power of appointing trustees , pay-clerks , or any other officeTSj or managers of the affairs of tbe Company . ' James Grassby . chairman .
The following sums have baen received at this locality for Mrs Jones : —Mr George Wright , Is . ; Mr John Marshal ] , Gi . ; Mr Robson , 6 d . Wolvbbhamftow . —On Monday evening last , the 3 rd inst ,, a general meeting of the Bhareholdera was held at the Black Boy Inn , Horae Fair , Mr Tolman in the chair . The books were audited and found correct . The following persons were unanimously ehosen to form the committee : David Evans . John Rowley , Richard Dallow , George Ward , William Richards ; Edward Dud well , scrutineer ; Thomas Adney , treasurer ; M . Whittington , secretary . Westminster . —On Sunday evening last , Ernest Jones delivered a highly eloquent and argumentative lecture on'Irish Misery , its Causes , and its Remedy , ' to a large and delighted audience .
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . A Tribute of Respect to Mb John Gathaed . — To the shareholders of the National Land Company , the members of the National Charter Asscciatien and the Democrats of the Metropolis in general . — Brethren , —Mr John Gathard , the founder and devoted supporter of the Lambeth branch of the National Land Company , and the ever ready friend and zealous advocate ot domoeracy in general , who gave two years and a half ' s gratuitous services as founder and secretary to the Lambeth branch , has been reduced to great pecuniary difficulties , in addition to which , he has recently been bereft of his wife , which calamity has left him with three small children to buffet with the waves of adversity . The Democrats of Lambeth and Bermondsey knowing Mr Gathard ' s
worth to the cause , and deeply sympathising witb him in his affliction , hare resolved io hold a grand Concert , and at the same time submit to public ballot a coloured print of Foargus O'Connor , M P ., by Martin , and a beautiful engraving of O'Connorville , both superbly framed and glazed at the South London Chartist Hall . 115 , Blackfriars-road , on Mosday eyeniBg next , January the 10 th , at » d on which occasion , ' Mcsbm Robinson , ( of Greenwich ) , Rohbini , ( of Kensington ) , Stallwood , and other friends , have kindly given their services ; the tickets for which are sixpence each . They appeal to their Metropolitan brethren on this occasion to lend their
assistance is at once alleviating the sufferings of a friend and brother , and paying a mark of respect due to the patriot . Should this appeal meet with a hearty response , as we trust and feel assured it will , friend Gathard will be enabled , in the spring of the year , to take possession of his Chartist home ( Minster Lovel , ) unencumbered with pecuniary difficulties , and unfettered by obligations , except those ef gratitude to his Democratic brethren . On behalf of the Lambeth branch . —B . Rogers and W . Collins : Bermondfley , —W . Bowlinf , F . Jeffries , and J . Millward . Tickets to be had at all Chartist meeting houses ; afc the Land Office , 144 , High Holborn ; and at the South London Hall .
Banbury . —The shareholders of the above branch aro requested to attend at the Butchers' Arms , on Monday evening , January 10 th , at seven o'clock . Bilston . —A general meeting of the Land members will be held at Mr Linney ' s , Malt-shovel Inn , on Tuesday evening next , when every member ia requested to attend and affix his signature to the petition in support of Mr O'Connor ' s bill for the protection of the Company . Bahnslet . —A general meeting of the Barnaley branch will be held in Mr George Utley ' s ¦ Large Room , next Monday night , January 10 th , to take into consideration the propriety of compelling all members .. to serve on the local commitlee , in their turn , or forfeit threepence per quarter for refusing .
Bristol . —On Monday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock , a general meeting of the members of the National Land Company will be held at Mr Nicholls' Coffee-house , Rosemary-street , for tho purpose of hearing the balance sheet read , and electing officers , &c . Members are requested to bring the certificates of their paid-up shares . Those who cannot conveniently , will oblige by sending the number and date of their certificates , to the secretary , Felix W . Simeon , 10 , Temple Street , BriBtol . Cambkrweu . and Walworth . —A public meeting will be : held atthe True Temperance Coffee-house No . 10 , East-lane , Walworth . on Monday evening , January 10 th . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock , when the National Land Company ' s petition will be discussed .
Cheltenham . — The members of this branch are informed that a special general meeting will t-ike place at the Temperance Hotel , Cheater-walk , on Tuesday evening next , January 11 th , at eight o'clock . Dbrby —A general meeting of the members of this branch will be held on Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , to take into consideration the petition to Parliament on behalt of the Land Company . ' A list of all the defaulters in the local and directors' expenses will be laid before the meeting . A second meeting , for the above purpose , will take place on Monday evening , January 10 th , at eight o ' clock . Easinoton Lane . —Mr S . Kydd will ba at this place on Saturday evening , January 8 th , to deliver a lecture on the Land , and its Capabilities ; when all the members of the Land Company and National Charter Association are earnestly requested to attend . To commence at seven o ' clock .
GnEENWicn DisinicT . ^ -The members tbe Land Company residing in thia district , are requested to attend on Monday evening , January 10 th , at Mr Thomas Paris ' s , 2 , Cold Bath , ljwb . en alljtxpenses for ths directors and local fund must be paid . Nottingham . —The next meeting of the Land members will be held at the Horse and Groom , Peter ' s Church Side , on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock .
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" ¦ ' ¦ '_ ' | i - i i i HsDnnasFMLD —Thanextaeetiogof the members in this distriet will be held thia evening , January 8 th , at Ibboraon ' s Temperance-house , Buxton road , when the paid up inembete _ apa requested to pay their directors' and local expenses for this year , or they will not be eligible for the ballot . Those who desire to be p laced on family tickets will please to name it to the secre tary . No more money wi 11 be placed to the shares of the other members until tn . 8 directors' and local expenses for 1847 arepaidi Heiwood . — A genoral meeting of the members of No . 2 branch will be held on Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , at thehouee of Mr Jamea Evenson , Mills-lane , Heywood . JuiMEHOUflB , —Brunswick Hall . —The members of this branch of the Land Company are requested to attend a general meeting on Monday evening next , at ei ght , o ' clock . , , —«— . u « -. TT n »« aoi « T . n _ Thanext « efitiDBOf the members
I / Beds . —Mr Jamea Leach , from Manchester , will deliver two lectures to-morrow afternoon and eveninfo in tbe back room of the bazaar ; to commence at half-pa&t two and half-past six o ' clock . Norwich . —The quarterly meeting of the shareholders of the National Land Company will be held in the Old Library room , at St Andrew ' s Hall , on Thursday , January 13 th , at seven o ' clock in the vening . PonBRIRS , — AH paid-op shareholders of Hanley and Shelton branch National Land Company , are requested to forward the number of their certificates to W . Silvester , Tontine-street , Hanley , on Monday next , Jan . 10 th . Rochdale . —A general meeting of the members of the Land Company will be held in their rooms , Yorkshire-street , 6 & Suttday , ( to-morrow , ) attwO o ' clock in the afternoon .
South London Chartist Hall . —Mr Dixon will lecture in the above Hall on Sunday evening next , January 9 th , at eight o'clock . Subject : * The Land . ' Siockport . —The monthly meeting of tbe members of this branoh will take plaoe on Sunday , the Othof January , at two o ' clock , to take into consideration the adoption of the petition recommended by Mr O'Connor . SxiiTBniDOB . —Mr Bedford will lecture again on the same aubjeot , on Sunday next , at two o clock , MrT . Mitoalf will deliver his fourth lecture , at six o ' clock , on tha same evening .
Wakkfield . — Tho members of the Wakefield branch of the Land Company are requested to pay all arrears of directors' and local levies forthwith .
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AsniON-uHDER-LYNB , — We had a splendid tea party and ball here on Friday , the 31 st of December , in honour of F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., taking his Beat in the House of Commons . The room was beautifully decorated with portraits of celebrated patriots . The place was crowded , and the greatest enthusiasm characterised the proceedings . After the cloth was removed . Mr Joseph Taylor was unanimously called to the chair . Mr James Taylor addressed the meeting in a short but telling speech . A vote of confidence in our noble chief was carried unanimously . The room was cleared for dancing , which was kept up with the greatest spirit and most kindly feeling until about five o ' clock in the
rooming . BiLsioir . —At the usual weekly meeting of tbe Chartists of Bilaton , held on Sunday evening , January 2 nd , Mr Thomas Parker in the chair . After the reading of the Northern Stay , an excellent lecture was delivered by Mr Mantle of Birmingham , snowing the necessity of the reorganisation of the Chartist body , for the purpoBe of obtaining the enactment of the People ' s Charter . A meeting was held at Mr J . Linney ' s , on Monday evening last , our old friend Daddy Richards in the chair . Mr Mantle delivered an interesting lecture on the best means of alleviating the distress of the labouring classes . Mr Linney ably addressed the meeting , as did also our tried friend Daddy Richards . A determination waa shown to commence a branch ? of the National Association of United Trades .
Bbbbt Edgb . —The Cfiartiatsof thia locality held their usual meeting on Sunday , January 2 nd , when the report of the National Registration and Central Election Committee was read by the secretary , and highly approved of . The nest meeting ef this locality will be held on Sunday , January 7 th , at two o clock in the afternoon , at the house of Mr James Read , painter , when a discussion will beheld on education , as a principle necessary for the elevation of the working classes . Bethnal Greek . —Mr Tapp delivered a lecture at the Barley Mow , on Sunday , January 2 nd , to a numerous and respectable audience . Several persons took out cards of membership . Ernest Joaes will lecture here on Sunday , January Oth .
Bketh&eh , —An attempt has been made to stifle the voice of the working classes in the House of Commons , in the person of one of our renowned chiefs and patriots , Fcargus O'Connor , by endeavouring to unseat him , bj means of a petition to Parliament against bis return . It is with painful feelings that we view this proceeding on the part of a faction . Beaten at the election , beaten at the show of hands , tnd at the poll , the ) are now endeavouring to conquer , net by appealing to justice , but ( o the breeches-pocket , to tae supply of ministera ! gold , that has hitherto influenced the Nottingham electionsbut which was itself conquered by tho honesty and firmness of Chartism . With you , brethren in democracy , it rests , whether this new attack shall be defeated or successful . You have the power to defeat it , if you bave the will . Say not , you have no funds to Bpare , whilst you annually expend twenty . fbur millions in beer , spirits , and tobacco . Subscribe your funds at
oncefor—• If 'twere well done , then 'twere well it 'twere done quickly . ' Sbow those representatives you may send to toe Uouie et CommoBB , that you aro determined to assist and defend your frieDds from the attacks of your enemies . Cut and Finsburt Locality of the National Charter Association , Good Intent Coffee-house , Back-hill , Hatton garden . Meeting , January 2 nd . 1848 . Mr Hughes in the chair . Mr A . Fennell moved , and Mr E . tfobbs seconded , the following resolution : —
That it is the opinion of this locality , that those parties who have petitioned against Mr O'Connor ' s retuin , as M . P . far Nottingham , are actuated by unfair motives , and with an intention to put Mr O'Connor to needless expense ; and considering Mr O'Connor , . from hln post service * and unsworving patriotism , as eminently worthy of our confidence , we resolve to assist him in defending his seat by every legal means in our pomr . And we further call on all Democrats , singly , or in societies , Confederates , Repealers , and every one holding the faith of Democracy , to comeforwBrd ana assist us in resisting this base attempt to sileace the working classes in Parliament , threBgh the unseating of one of our representp . tlveH .
Supported by Messrs Sims , AntilJ , Gover , and Cater . Carried unanimously . Mr Fennell moved , sad Mr Sims seconded , the following address : — TO THE DEMOCRACY OP GREATBBITAIS AND IRELAND . Chartists—To joa especially we a ) peal—je who have borne the banner ef Chartism through battle , storm , and danger ; who have carried your cause through the length and breadth of tbe land—from Cornwall to the Orcades—from the Thames to the Tweed— until at lengtb it has become successful , nnd is acknowledged to be the only policy worthy the nause of a national one . Are js prepared to forego the many advantages jouhave gained t If not , then support that chief , who , in conjunction with the patriotic and noble Dancombe and his gallant coadjutors , have to long directed the moTOment . Aa je are men—so do jour duty .
Irish Repealers ! natives of tbe same land that gaio blrtk to one of our ohiefa—ye who Baw . his efforts for his and jour country—his exertisns against the Coercion Bill—his endeavours to obtain justice for yoar long misgoverned land—will you stand apathetic , anfl allow this great friend of your country to be sacrificed to the strong pocket influence of a Whig government ? To jou , then , countrymen of Emmett and Fitzgerald , we appeal , to asslst your country's champion to retain his seat . Bring the question on at your societies' meetings , open subscriptions , aHd Repeal may jet bo obtained , through the exertions of one of our chiefs , and we hope , soon , one ef yourB also .
Members of the National Land Company ! ye who aro sadeavouring , by the aid of Mr O'Connor and jour other dircetors , to become truly freemen—we call on you , moat emphaticall y , to come forward and aid your director to retain that seat to which the people of Nottingham have elected him—since in that bouse he can advance your interest , and that of the peeple in goneral , by bringiBg fornard measures for improving tbe condition of the people . We call upon you all to aid Mr O'Connor in thi e expensive struggle . Money muBt be had ; and shall we allow our frionds to bo ruined by remissneas and inacii . vity ? No ! emphatically , no !'
In conclusion , we call upon all who aro Democrats , wherever they be , to commence collecting funds tode-Itnd Mr O'Connor ' s seat . Let each give according to his ability , and let those who have much , give for thn 6 e who have nono . Show to your enemies that they have mistaken your character , tbat you are not men , all sound and furj , signifying nothing , but men thoroughly in earnest—and that when you send a repreBtmtative to Parliament , joa will , to the utmost of your power , keep him there , and defend him whon attaokea . The above address was supported by Messrs Gover , Allnutt , Nobbs , Poole , and Cater , and carried unanimously . Mr Nobbs gave in the resignation ef the council and officers . —Mr Nobbs moved : — That the resignation ot the council and officers of the locality be accepted . Carried . —Mr Gover moved : — That a vote of thanks be given to the council and offi . cers for their services .
Seconded by Mr Poole . Carried . Messrs Allnutt , Fox , Livesay , Fennell , Nobbs , Antill , aud Cater , were appointed councillors ; Mr Allnutt , treasurer ; Mr Feunell , secretary ; and Messrs Allnutt and Fennell , delegates to the Metropolitan Delegate Committee . —Mr Nobbs moved : — That the locality resolve themselves into a committee , for thepurpose of obtaining signatures to the National Petition . Seconded by Me Allnutt . Carried Mr Antill moved : —
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That s public meeting ba held at the QoodlntT * Coffee-house , Baok-hill , Hotton-gnrden , on Sunday Z ing next , f « r the purpose of aisiatfog the scheme fn building a nan hall for the Democrats of Lond&n Seconded by Mv AHnutt . Carried . The nieetin ., then adjourned to January 9 th . Public meetins to take plaoe at seven o ' clock in the evening . Alpbed Fbskell , secretary Dboohbda . —I am instructed to forward a CODJ of a resolution , passed at a meeting of the ' Drogheda Confederate Club , ' on Monday , December 27 th I remain , sir , toum truly , Patrick Hart . Resolved : ¦— " ' That s puDllo meeting ba held &t the Gnmi » . ~_ . * „ .,,,,.,, „ , £ ,. " ~ _ we « o"a In Unt
That our marked tbanki are eminently due , and hereby given , to our distinguished countrvniBn , Feargu » O'Connor , Esq , M . P . for Nottingham , for tha eloquent , argumentative , and fearless manner in which he recentl y brought tbe Repeal question before the British UouBoof Commoni ; as also for bis noble opposition to the tyran . nical Whig Coercion Bill . Wiluau Sflow , chairman , Patiuck Hart , secretarr * Mixendj * . —On Sunday , January 2 nd , Mr Tomlinaon delivered a lecture in the Chartist-room , Mixenden Stones . It was the opinion of every one present , that the lecture had never been equalled in thi 3 roorn .
NoxxfffOHiHSHiRB —On Sunday last the district council held its first meeting at the New Inn , Carrington . Mr J . EIHb was unanimously called upon to preside . MrProcter moved , 'That a public meeting be held in the Townhall , Nottingham , on Monday evening , January 10 th , te devise the means for defending the seat of our indefatigable Member of Parliament , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ' Mr Smith having seconded the resolution , it was carried with acclamation . A committee was then appointed to carry out the above . It waa then unanimously resolved , ' That tbe council take immediate steps to obtain signatures to the Nations ] Petition ; and that this meeting adjourn until this day week , then to
meet st the King of the Frenoh , Wooipack-lape , Nottingham , to devise tho best means of obtaining thesignatureg . ' The next resolution was moved by Mr Smith , and Beoonded by Mr Barrow , Tbat one penny per month bo remitted to the Executive Committee , in London ; tho remainder to be placed in the hands of the district treasurer , for the purp 03 O of carrying on the Chartist movement in this distriet . and to beat tho disposal of the district council . Joan Skerritt , 26 , Currftnt-nreet , was elected district tub-secretary ; and Mr John Ellis , sub-treasurer . The next monthly meeting of the council will be held at the sign of the Salutation , Hounds-gate , Nottingham , when it ia hoped the councilmen from every loeality . in the town and county , will attend .
Natiosal Victim Commiiibb . — The secretary , ( Mt John Simpson ) acknowledges tbe receipt of five shillings frem Mr E . Burley , of Manche s ter , on behalf of the fund for placing Mrs Jones—the law made widow of William Jenes , the Welsh Martyr , in business . OVENDSH , NEAR HALIFAX—APPALLIKODISTRESS . — On Sunday ereniug last , & lecture was delivered in the Chartist-room , Bradshaw-lane , Ovenden , near Halifax , by Mr Jonathan Thomas , on the distressed state of tbe working classes . lie showed that large numbers in this district have only twopence per bend per day to live upon , while large numbers have no work at all , and have to depend on the parish for relief which relief is less than one penny per head per day . He attributed this state of things to
classlegislatien . and dwelt at some length oa the laws of primogeniture , the army , navy , and the Church lie stated the only remedy tor the poor man was the Land , After speaking about an hour , he concluded by urging upon his hearers to agitate , and never rest till they had obtained a share in the Land and the Charter . ' A vote of thanks was unanimously given to the lecturer for Ma valuable lecture—alter which the meeting separated highly gratified . Tower IIajilet . 3—Atthe weekly meeting of the Whitiington and Cat Chartist locality and Land branch , the leading article in the SiABof January 1 st , entitled ' Democracy at Home and Abroad , ' was read by Mi ' Lawrencpi An animated discussion ensued on the present state of the country , fchen it was moved by T . Darlison , seconded by Mr Plunkett , ed
ana carriunanimously - . — Tbat this meeting recommend to the Metropolitan Delegate Committee to urge upon the country at large to bold simultaneous meetings , on one day and at one hour , to express the grievances the people labour under , and to pass resolutions or petitions , timely worded , to ba signed by the chairman , stating tbe number of the said meetings , and to be sent to tbe representative of the tovn or borough , as tbe case may be , requesting tbe member to present tbe same to the House of Commonsand at the game time to impress on those meetings tbe necessity of supporting a Chartist Convention , to meet when Parliament again proceeds to business , to create an agitation for the People ' s Charter , as we are well aware that the 80-otlled representatives of the people will not look te tbeir grievances unless compelled by tbe pressure from without .
Sunos Vallbkcb , Kbht . —The friends of total abstinence , and Chartists , held a public meeting at the Swan Inn , on Thursday evening , December 80 th . when the Rev . J . Ilamer took the chair . Messrs . Mann , Wells , and House , advocated the principles of the abstinence society , physically , morally , socially , and aationally . Mr . P . Wells , from London , expatiated on the importance of the labouring class understanding politics , aud demanded Universal Suffrage as the right of every man , untainted by crime , of sound mind , and of the age of twenty-one , Mr Wells * vent through , the entire points of tbo Charter , and delivered an excellent address , which was lourfly cheered . A vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the proceedings .
Sohers Town . —On Sunday [ evening last , at the Bricklayers Arms , Tonbridge-street , New Road , Mr M'Grath delivered a splendid , spirited , aDd soulstirring lecture on ' the Land and the Charter , ' which was received with rapturous enthusiasm , by an overflowing and attentive audience . The meetwas * subsequently addressed by Messrs Arnotf , Weeks , Robinsonjun ., Laurie , Turner , and Humphries . Unanimity and good feeliag characterised the proceedings . Twelve shares were taken up in the Metropolitan Democratic Hall ; and severs members were added to the National Charter Asao ciation . Mr Lucas presided . Si Helens . —The members of the Charter Association hold their meetings weekly ( every Sanday evening ) , at the house of Mr James Woods , Parrstreet , St Helen ? . The meeting hours are from five till nine o ' clook in the evening .
Towkr Hamlets . Crown and Anchor Society . — On Sunday evening the accounts were audited and found correct . The following officers were elected ; George Wilson , Treasurer ; Robert Tillreri Sub-Secretary ; Thomas Saundera and Thorcas Finnigan , — HowBham , Scrutineers . A vote of thanks was given to the retiring officers . DftHONSTRATION TO O'COSN'ORVIIAK ON WeII-MoNday bt Vans . —The committee will attend at tLe Coach Painters' Arms , Cirous-street , New Road , every Sunday and Wednesday evening , for the purpose of receiving weekly payments . Conveyance , 3 s . Mr Guest , secretary .
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CORK , &e . Makc . lank , Monday , Jan . 3 . —During th * last week the arriyals of English wheat for our market , coastwise , were on a very limited scale ; but f hose of barley were seasonably good . Ot' all other articles of home produce the receipts were small . From Ireland and Scotland very little grain came to hand . The imports of foreicn wheat were upwards of 25 , 000 , and of oats 12 , 000 quarters ; but those of barley , beam , and peas , must be considered comparatively small . So foreign flour came to hand , Fresh up , this morniag , a moderate quantity of wheat came to band from Essex and Kent , but that from all other quarters was small . Although the attendance of buyers , most of whom were very short of stock , was tolerably good , the demand fer aJi kinds of English wheaf . arising chiefly from the inferior condition in whiehltlie
pnneipal portion of the supply was exhibited , wac in a sluggish state ; however , the fiuest qualities of both red and white sold at prieas quite equal to those paid on Monday last ; but , in some few instances , the value ef the middling and inferior kinds had a downward tendency . — The supply of Barley exceeding the wants of the buyers , the trade was ^ exceedingly heayy at a decline in the quotations of fully ; is per qr ., and a clearance was not effected .-Notwithstanding tiie quantity of Malt on oiler was not so large , th » Malt trade was dull , and in somo instances the rates receded Is per qr . —With English Oats we were scantily supplied , but the suppl y of foreign was moderately good . Fine sound Corn supported late ratt s , but the heated samples wero somewhat easier to purchase—The sale for all kinds of Beans was very dull , at barely stationary prices . Iu Peas next to nothing was dolup , and late rates were with difficulty supported . — Indian Corn and Meal were quite as dear . —Flour , betb . English and Foreign , sold at full prices .
Wednksdat , JASf . 5 . —The corn trade has become simewhat Innguid , ami at the principal provincial markets he'd since Monday , ( ho tendency of pi-ices haa been downwards This has , howaver , been partly caused by the very bad condition ia which the samples have come to hand . Livxnpoot — Mondat-, Jan . 3 . —The late advance in the value of Grain aud Flour is well sustained , and so far as we can learn of expected supplies , they are likely to be below the wants of this market for some time . A goixl fair business has been doing in Wheat and Flour during the last week , at very full prices , and several purchases of the lowor d seriptions of both articles were made for investment . Indian Corn has found a steady demand for Ireland . No variation in the value of other articles . There has heen a moderate sale generally at extreme rates .
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Erinted Vy Dougal M'Gowan, Of 1c, Great Windmill.
erinted Vy DOUGAL M'GOWAN , of 1 C , Great Windmill .
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1452/page/8/
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