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      r VriESDS —Aslhaveoftentold youeverj ' ' iould ' be atovred toexpresaMa opinions , 3 11111 . then the sentiments may be argued , ^ f , ir conclusion may be come to ; and to and S Jo you that the censure of fllaves ie adu-V ™ and tbat I always publish in my own r auv abuse of me which appeare in ano-I ^ T aow furnish you . with a letter which 'S . red « "! % *» " P P er of Saturday fTS no doubt written by THOMAS CLARIS . ESQ . Here is the letter : — , „ r . ' FATiUsa , " OF THE PEOPLE , AND HIS 1 11 E . A . T . MEST OF UIS CHILDREN . j 0 THE EDITOR OF l ^ OTfl ' s WEEBXT XEWSPAPER . 5 lB )—Rulyiug upon jour devotedness to truth , jrour willingness to expose fraud and injustice , f ' xpose , witU your permission , to lay before the niilic , through your widely circulated paper , a L ^ mary of the present position of the Land

      Coinp Premising that somewhat recently I considered 5 i . dutv to expose , in a weekly publication , the r ' efa ' rious character of the bill introduced into the jkiu ?< : of Common * by Mr . O ' Connor for dissolving tie isatii . nal Land Company , I may take leave to jonTntuhte ths members of that company upon the faeuhat in passing through the Ilouse of Commons ( oaiwittee , the said bill has assumed another and a jnore honest character . JJut what is the nature of the chan ge which has foine over this bill ? Why has not Mr . O'Connor informed his readers and his dupes of the alterations it has undergone ? I have reason to believe that my expose of the bill drew from Mr . O'Connor the assertion , or rather excuse , that he had not published the bill in his paper , the Northern Star , because it w & s incomplete until it had passed through coiami ttee . I repeat the question then demanded kIjV is it not now published ?

      1 answer that Mr . O ' Connor hesitated then , be-„ nse tbe bill proclaimed the dishonour of dishonest Sdlaithlcss intentions ; and now , because of the ^ fo mv that awaits conviction . But it will be said , 5 O'Connor did publish the bill before it went ^ ° comnu ? tel Truly he did , like the poht . cal Solan he is , when he was compelled by its pub-CSmmi he JMendofthePeople ; . the periodical before alluded to . , , , , In confirmation of tbe assertion thai the amended bill is tantamount to a conviction of dishonest injentions on the part of Mr . O'Connor I refer to the

      fact that the clause providing for the payment of the ( his ) bank ' s liabilities out of the Land Com-« lv ' s funds , is wholly disallowed by the committee * I alsor « -fer to another attempt—the pretended Lrtwcnpoa the 0 ' Connorville estate . Thank * < o the " committee that this too was frustrated . Another fact bearin * upon this point , is furnished fcv the evidence of Mr- Chinnery , the so-called solicitor of the company , who admitted that property belonging to the compmy had been sold Tfiiien was not accounted for in the schedule of the Vfll " in which should have been enumerated all tbe

      property so sold . Having thus adverted to the amended bill , I will ipeflj indicate the changes it has undergone . Perhaps the most interesting one , because the most hopeful one for the Mure prospects of the fjarelolders , is that whereby Mr . O'Connor is deprived of all pretensions to proprietorship in the Company's property , and by which he is most em-; , jiiically treated as its agent . Provision to this ki is to be found in several parts of the amended 131 . In one place it comes so happily that I must pnicularise it . That is where Mr . O ' Connor had fiealtuily introduced a proviso intended to affix the labilities of the Land Bank upon the funds of lbe Lwd Company . From this it will be understood that the bank is entirely separated from the Campany .

      . Another , and not unimportant change , provides for the payment , out of the Company ' s funds , of tbe expenses incurred by the petitioners against tbe till . Bat the most important change , because , in aj opinion , dictated by every principle of Justice , ioiionr , and humanity , is that by which the allottees are to have their several allotments secured to them upon comparatively easy and equitable terms . In addition to this , there is the last and reasonable provision for giving compensated to those allottees who may prefer to relinijnish their holdings . Such , then , is the position of the Land Company , as implied by the bill amended by the Committee of

      the Ilouse of Commons . But that bill has not yet become a legal instrument . It has not even , up to the time I write , been read a third time in the Bouse of Commons , although Mr . O'Connor has lad the barefaced and unpardonable effrontery to isforia his readers that it has . I am informed , from a most unquestionable source , that , up to the aoixinij of Saturday last , the necessary notice for the third reading had not been given . I trust , for the sake of the parties interested , that Mr . Roebuck * iil , in the Ilouse of Commons , ask a question as pertinent to the interests of the shareholders as he did ia reference to the just claims of the depositors in the Land Bank .

      But I aver that had Mr . O'Connor ' s bill been as blameless as he wenld have people believe himself to be , still , as 1 have before contended , the hasty and furtive manner in which he was passing it through the house , betrays the character of his object * and intentions . Be had hoped silently to tare passed it , without inducing examination , or aching opposition . If not , why were not its provisions submitted for approval to the shareholders ? And why did he refuse to allow the petitioners against the bill to be hoard beiore tbe Committee ? thus evasively taking advantage of an informality in tie petitions .

      But if Mr . O'Connor has been somewhat foiled n his i mpose , I must warn the shareholders that he has yet j « nerfor further mischief . Upon them , however , wiil Cejaid the duty of limiting the influencing of that poner . 2 a < can be done by the shareholders , it they millorgatetth e means of defending their rights and interests bel . iiike Master in Chancery , supposing the bill finally to Pa the parliament . They should immediately set a sub-Knjii . jn on foot to employ counsel , in order to have Mr . O'Cuanor ' s claims upon the Company critically examined . It : Directors' evidence on the nature of tliese claims , and in ference to Mr . O'Connor ' sappropjriationanddisbm-se SSI 't « f monies , justifies the expectation that several tbouto pounds may be saved if a rigid examination beia-• itm-d before the M ster in Chancery . This is an object fcit is worth an effort , as it may increase the dividend fsjaUe to the shareholders ; for the Directors have pub-^¦ T asserted that Mr . O'Connor has appropriated the liad Company ' s funds to the maintenance of bis bank , « a the sustenance of another' sinking property . ' to

      ^ oialcme for the purpose alluded should the membsKot the land Company subscribe their money , but for fe not less important object of pushing the bill through I « 3 ramerit , in the event of Mr . O'Connor neglecting to do *'• That he hesitates is evident from the length of time " asspired since the Committee reported the bill That « tiil neglect this duty , unless urged on by the memo's , or some other external force , there can be no Mabt ; and it is advancing a mere common-place assertion ** Mvthat , unless the bill become * law , there is no secular for the interests of the shareholder * or the rights of " > - a lottees . As an example of the awfol sacrifices which will be pflj to result from leaving any power longer in the "oas of Mr . O'Connor , 1 may mention the sale of **« of the Minster lorel allotments , which recently took

      __ Hie loss on the avowed cost of these allotments is truly ^"' a feliinp . From a calculation of a return before me , wowing how much each allotment sold for , It appears that « e laud itched about £ 4 C per acre , from which deduct wcpst jirice { vir ., £ 32 per acre ) , and there will remain * " or & 8 fora two-acre allotment , to pay for the house , "ocli is said to have cost £ 150 , together with the aid ffl'irrfy , laying out the estate , cultivating it , huildimr . the MMol-ho ttse . & c Trms Mr . O'Connor is a wise and care . < a'Steward 31 Besides being an honest and truthful one . is an instance of the latter qualities , I may here very pqwrly introduce iact in reference

      a to that geatleman s Matron respecting the rent paid by theallottees of O'Consvrille . jj ] one of ifr . O'Conner ' s mysterious statements tffe pecnmaiy accounts with the Company , he averred thn S r recMVed aboat * W rent from tbe estate men-S . » we House of Commons he stated , with most &! £ ** ""'" consistency , that not any rent had been paid nwn any of the estates . Nowtheftctis . as far as O'Con-,-JT 4 : eiS concerned , that a sum exceeding i / OOiasbeen rnMf ~ \ reniri , ed ^ 5 , and loan-money , & c . 1 lur rent being the must considerable item . UijHug , 1 ^ humble effort * mav -vet am « n ?» ,.

      « eh 0 werg t 0 a geMe of jjjgjj . ^ , - e 8 i and to a regaja for ^ n ? hts and thanking you , Mr . Editor , for indulgence , I am , sir , very respectfully , TJbi « citt . ^> ow , the best answer that I cau give to the * " ° e letter is , that I request the located memj * son O'Connorville to send a statement to 1136 of the amount of money they have paid , f * " * shall he criticall y published in the Aoitbern Star ; " while I assert that not 7 l re than 1 have given credit for has been fa so much . w coarse the returned bonus money upon r ^ Borrille , or any other money received " C onuorville b y the Directors , and not by v !* as been acknowledged in the former

      j ? lance sheets ; but the account that I give of J ^ ta received by my self from O'Connor-T fi js rather over than under the mark ; and p ^ a to God that the allottees upon the n . p estates were as honourable as the titi onno . rvil 'e allottees . As to the estates ' at Minster Lovel , they were sold b y the ^ gagee ; and b ad the allottees paid tbe a ! h ° e money ^ ne nP <> n that estate , not an t ] m mt would na ¥ e been EoW » an < 1 nota o'e man would have been ejected . ^ Somas Ciark , Esq ., who held a two acre fran . ? leHt at Lowbands , has never paid a ^ of rent & e located members upon O'Connorville via \[ D ° dford have been the only parties have not abused me : and those upon

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      O'Connorville who have paid up their rent , shall speedily receive leases for ever of their allotments ; and I am shortly going down there to attend a meeting , to which I have been invited . On Thursday I received a letter from Mr . Chinnery , telling me that Mi-. Cooke is about to sue me for interest on mortgage money , due on Snig ' s End . Now , will not the reader see that those located GENTLEMEN have great FEELING for me , and for those by whose money they have been located ? As a matter of course , an exact account was laid before the Parliamentary Committee in 1818 , and also before the Parliamentary Committee that sat a few ^ weeks ago , and it was also published in the " Northern Star . "

      Thomas Clabk , Esq ., also states that the Bill has not been read a third time . My opinion was that the Bill had been read a third time , and I called ugon Mr . Chtnseby ou Thursday , and-ao & ciT Jum if'it had been read a third time , but he told me that it had not , as many alterations -were to be made . Now , my . friends , I will state again what I have frequently stated before , that I am resolved to carry on another Land Company , upon my own responsibility , when the present one is wound up ; and , if yon have read the account of the population of Ireland , in the "Dail y 'News" of Thursday last , it will make your blood run cold , when you learn that the population of that country has diminished

      ONE MILLION AND A HALF since the last census -was taken . Now , what do you think of the conduct of a Government ruling such a country as Ireland , with a fertile soil and genial climate , allowing that country to be depopulated , while its land is idle , and its population unwillingly idle , while we are importing food from all parts of the world ? Is it not enougb to make your blood run cold 1 Is it not enough to cast , not censure , but disgrace , upon a Government that so rules that country ? Good God ! if those RUFFIANS who have

      been located upon the land , purchased with the money of the poor people who have not been located had paid their rent , what a state I would have had this conntry in now . I would have had thousands upon thousands of cottages built , and I would have had thousands upon thousands of families released from poverty and destitution . But , as I have often stated to you before , those who live upon the very sweat , blood , and marrow of the poor , do not wish to have such

      a project earned out ; but , however reviled and abused I may be by my professing Mends , I am determined not to abandon that cause which is calculated to elevate the poor . Now , let me ask Thomas Clabk , Esq ., if he had been the manager of a Bank , and was persecuted for money in BRADSHAW- ' S action , and Macnajiar . Vs action , would he be able to state what I can—that he had not drawn a fraction out of that Bank ? And what will the unlocated members think of the

      located members at Snig's End allowing me to be prosecuted for the interest due upon the mortgage ? What , I say , will they think of such honourable located members as those ? Now , my friends , as I wish to preserve my character , and to rescue it from tbe abuse of those infernal ruffians who professed to be my greatest friends , but have become my greatest abusers I throw it before them , and will publish any article they wish in the "Northern Star , " and will give a fair , a clear , and incontrovertible answer .

      When this Company is wound up I am resolved to carry on another on my own responsibility ; and then the Government and my abusers will see THAT THE CENSURE OF SLAVES IS ADULATION , and that I still preserve the confidence of those , to elevate whom I have devoted my time and money , and for doing which I have sacrificed family , friends , and relations—have given up a splendid domain , my hounds , hunters , racehorses , and my profession , from which I received £ 3 , 000 the first year I was called to the bar , what no barrister ever did before in the seven first years of his profession ; and I defended several people without fees .

      Do not the working people of England think that another man in my position would have now been a member of the government , if be bad abandoned tbe cause of the people , and gone with that party who profess to rule the people , but who oppress tbe poor . I told you before that , in the year 1833 , that I was offered the whole of the patronage of my own connty , if I would support the government , and not the Irish people . I also told you before , that in tbe year 1839 , when the Conference was sitting , I was offered to be placed upon the Bench in Ireland as a judge , if I would abandon Chartism , but I refused it .

      And now , working men , I repeat again what I told Lord EmsntiRy in the year 1833 , who was then whipper-in to the Whigs— " That if they amalgamated all the offices of Governor General of India , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , Prime Minister , and Lord Chancellor , and offered them all to me , that tbe whole would not bribe me to give a vote in the House of Commons that was calculated to injure the poor . " What do you think of Thomas Clark , Esq ., giving it as his opinion , that I am not entitled to any money paid into the Bank out of my own pocket , when the Bank was connected with that Company contrary to my wish ?

      My friends , let me tell you , in conclusion , that however I may be reviled by THOMAS CLARK , ESQ ., and others , that I am resolved to adhere stedfastly to the principles of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER , vfhole and entire . Tour Faithful And Uncompromising Advocate , Feargus O'Connor . P . S . —I apologise to Mr . Clark , as I have learned , jo st as the paper was going to press , that Mr . Ibeland , one of the located members at O'Connorville , is the author of the letter in "Lloyd ' s Newspaper . "—F . O'C .

      Hhechatism Effectoamit Cubed Bt Holxowat...

      HHECHATISM EFFECTOAMiT CUBED BT HolXOWAt ' S PlIXS . — A serjeaut of one of the regiments doing garrison duty in Hobart Town had been lor years a martyr to rheumatism ; he wa » under the care of the regimental surgeons , hut deriving not the least benefit from their treatment , in despair , he had recourse to Holloway's Pills , and , as by a miracle , this invaluable medicine hnd been the sole means of perfectly curing him , and he UQW enjoys the best of health . For obvious reasons , the names of the serjeaut and tbe regiment are withheld , but Major Walch , of Ho-I bart Town , will vouch for the truth of this statement .

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      I And National Trades'journal.

      I AND NATIONAL TRADES ' JOURNAL .

      Wl W. Ho. 713. Loudon, Satdeday, Joly 5,...

      WL W . HO . 713 . LOUDON , SATDEDAY , JOLY 5 , 1851 . ^ « 2 !?^ 125 S , ^ « . «

      " Figure " Of The Qoebk, Amer Fuxman.— H...

      " Figure " of the Qoebk , amer FuxmaN . — Her Majesty and Prince Albert , as we last week stated , visited the Exhibition on the 11 th ult ., and inspected the iogeneous machines of Mr . Alderman Crawhall and Mr . Plummer , of Newcastle . The flax machinery of the latter gentleman , as we have since learned from " our own little bird , " iraa not in motion when the royal visitors came up . Curious to witness its action , they requested that the progress might be exhibited ; and , of course , tbe

      request of the Sovereign is a command to the subject . In a moment the machinery -was in motion . Alas 1 the penalties of curiosity ! Princes must pay them as well as people . Her Majesty and her Consort were suddenly lost in a cloud of dust , from which they emerged " quite a figure S" They took wbat they got , however ( and that was no trifle ) , very good-humouredly j and it ia whispered that the north-country lasses , in charge of the machine , were much tickled at the sight of the Prince dusting his coat with his hands as lie beat a retreat . —Gateshead

      Observer . . . ¦ , « ,.. Dividend Day . — Kotice was issued on Wednesday at the Bank , that the July dividends will be paid to the public on Wednesday next , the 9 th inst ., in the Rotunda . The transfer-books for the following annuities will be opened on the undermentioned dates : —Consolidated Three per Cents ., on Thursdav , the 17 ih inst . ; Three per Cent . Annuities ( 1726 ) , ditto ; Ifew Five per Cent . Annuities , ditto ; Annuities for Terms of Years , ditto .

      " Figure " Of The Qoebk, Amer Fuxman.— H...

      " He who permits oppression shares the crime . ADDRESS OF THE ~ HALIFAX CHAB

      TIST COMMITTEE TO FEARGUfe O'CONNOR , ESQ . SIRj _ For a long time we have witnessed the efforts of the press generall y to do you all the mischief they could , and to some extent they have accomplished their object , as regards money concerns : —indeed , they might think you were proprietor of the mines of California . Sir , when we think of the sufferings , persecutions , and the distress you hare account

      endured , both in body and mind , on of the labouring part of the people , we ( the Committee ) feel it our duty to do all we can to bear you up in the conflict you are waging against the enemies of our political and social rights . When we carry our mind back to the commencement of your political career , and think of the men who surrounded you , when your pocket had something in it worth looking at , but when we look at the present , now that you have spent all you had , where are these men ? Alas ! some of them are in the ranks

      of your bitterest enemies , while others are bush-fighting against you , wishing to destroy you in the dark . You know this as well as we do ; but we think it a duty thus to express our feelings publicly on these matters . However the people may have slumbered , you have always been alive to a sense of more than your share of public service ; and it is now the solemn duty of the Chartists of this country

      to show the unprincipled allottees , the government , and press , together with the Committee of the House of Commons , that Mr . O'Connor shall not lose a single shilling of his money—that now , in tbe hour of his greatest trial and persecution , they will rally round him with the same devotion that he has clung to the principles of equal rights and equal laws . It is well known to all who attended the

      Conference , at which the Bank was established , that Mr . O'Connor was hostile to the project ; but true to the principles of Universal Suffrage , he allowed himself to be governed by a majority ; and we ask , would it be honest or right to allow him to pay the expenses of carrying on that Bank ? Is it right that these individuals who have paid no rent to the Company , but have drawn rent from the letting of their allotments , should receive compensation ? And because Mr . O'Connor would not agree to

      so monstrous a proposition he is not to receive again the money he has advanced , and proved to be owing to him by no favoured a sourcenamely , two government actuaries , Look At the language of Mr . Herbert in the House of Commons , and the soft soap used about the allottees who have paid no rent , calling them " the noble people of England . " We should like to see Mr , Herbert placed in Mr . O'Connor ' s position ; then , we think , be would sing another song , both as regards himself and the allottees .

      It must be evident to every thinking mind , that it is the intention of Government tools to ruin him if they can , and that they will do if the Chartists do not bestir themselves , and make common cause with their suffering friend ; which , if they do not , the world will know that Jip-sympafchy is the only kind of support the Democracy of this country will give to their most devoted friends and advocates . Signed on behalf of a Committee of forty-six Members , ROBERT SUTCLDFFE , Chairman . Benjamin Rtjshxon , Secretary .

      Balance Sheet Of The National Charter As...

      BALANCE SHEET OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . From March 26 , to June 24 , 1851 . bbcbipts . £ s . d . Arbroath ... ... ... ... 050 Banff 0 3 0 Barrhead ... , „ 0 12 0 Bermondsey ... ... ... 0 18 0 Bingley 0 12 0 Birmingham ... ... ... 10 0 Brighton 0 18 0 Bristol ... ... ... ... 0 5 4

      Charlaston ... ... ... ... 0 11 9 Cheltenham 0 8 0 Chelsea ... ... .... ... 0 3 0 Cripplegate ... ... ... 0 4 0 Devonport ... ... ... ... 0 12 0 Dundee ... ... ... ... 0 12 0 Emmett Brigade 0 17 0 Falkirk 0 7 II Glasgow ( per Dodds ) ... ... ... 1 0 0 Ditto ( per Brown ) ... ... 1 10 0 Greenwich ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Hebden Bridge ... ... ... 0 2 0 Holmfirth ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 Honley ... ... ... ... 0 4 0 Iloxton ... ... ... .... 0 5 6

      Huddersfield ,. ' 0 5 0 Ipswich ... ... ... ... 0 7 0 Kettering ... ... ... 0 4 0 Lambeth ... ... ... ... 0 7 2 Landport ... ... ... 0 6 8 Leigh ... ... ... ... 0 14 0 Liraehouse and Ratcliff ... ... 2 6 1 Loughborough ... ... ... 0 5 2 Motherwell ... , „ ,,, 0 6 0 Newcastle-upou-Tyne ... ... ... 1 12 4 New Radford 0 3 11 Paisley ... ... ... ... 0 2 7 i Peterborough ... ... ... 0 4 9 Prestonholme ... ... ... 0 5 0 Plymouth 0 4 0 Staley Bridge 10 0

      Stockport ... ... ... 0 7 6 Waterloo Blyth 0 12 11 Washington locality ... ... 0 16 0 Westminister ditto ( York-street ) ... 0 9 0 Ditto and Marylebone ( district ) ... 110 Woodman locality ... ... ... 015 10 Worcester ... ... ... ... 0 16 5 Concert at John-street ... ... 5 15 6 Collected at the Lecture Hall , Greenwich 0 10 6 Ditto at the Phcenix Tavern ... 0 7 65 Ditto at St . Pancras ... ... ... 0 9 7 Ditto by J . Higgs 0 8 0 Ditto by H . Markall 0 4 4 Arthur Trevelyan 10 6 Small sums ... ... ,,. ,,. 284 Balance in hand from last quarter ... 2 0 3

      Total for Charter Fund 39 2 6 Balance from Convention ditto ... 9 18 9 Total receipts 49 l 3 EXPENDITURE . Rent of Office 4 1 G 0 Dittto Lecture Hall , Greenwich ... 2 12 G Ditto John-street Hall 2 0 0 Hire of Pianaforte and Pianist ... ... 12 0 Letter-box and Fitting 0 8 0 Printing — ••• — ° 1 ° . ^ Posting and Boardmen ... ... 0 12 0 Stamps , Stationay , Parcels , & C . ... 3 5 m Secretary ' s Salary . 2410 0 Ditto as part Balance of Salary , due in December , 1850 ... 2 15 4 Total Expenditure 48 17 0 j Total Receipts 49 1 3 Ditto Expenditure 4817 01 Balance in Hand 0 * } Audited and found correct , June 24 th , 1851 , Ambed HnssiBBLiA Auditors < Augustus Pibrcy , /

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      National Charter Association Offiees--14...

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION Offiees--14 , Southampton-street , Strand . The Executive Committee of this body held their usual weekly meeting , as above , on Wednesday evening last . Present—Messrs Arnott , Grassb y , Hunt , Jones , and Mike . Messrs . Harney and Eoynolds , being in the country , were absent ; Messrs . Holyoake ( through an important engagement elsewhere ) and O'Uonnor were also absent . Mr . JameB Omssby pressed . Correspondence of a very encouraging character was read .

      Ernest Jones reported the satisfactory results of his mission to Cheltenham , Hanley , and Worcester , and banded in 6 s . 6 d . for cards from Hanley . Mr . Jones also stated that he had arranged , towards the close of the present month , to visit Bristol , Bridge-Water , Exeter , Devonport , Plymouth , Torquay > Tiverton , Merthyr Tydvil , Llanidloes , Newtown , Congleton , Tutbury , Birmingham , Newport Pagnel ) , and Peterborough ; and other places which may require his services are requested to communicate with him at 72 . Queen ' s-road , Bayswater , London .

      The Secretary reported that the auditors ( Messrs , Hunniball and Piercey ) had audited the accounts for the last quarter , and that tbe balance sheet , which they had passed as correct , showed the receipts for the Charter Fund , during ihat period , amounted to £ , 39 2 s . 6 d ., which , with a balance from the Convention Fund of £ 9 18 s . 9 d \ , made a total of £ 49 Is . 3 d . ; and that the expenditure for the same time amounted to £ 48 17 s . 0 | d . — leaving a balance in hand of 4 s . 2 $ d , After a long discussion on various important matters in connexion with the movement , the Committee adjourned to Wednesday evening , Jul y 9 th . Signed on behalf of the Committee , Johw Aknott , General Secretary .

      John-Street Locautt.—On Tuesday Evening ...

      John-street Locautt . —On Tuesday evening last the adjourned discussion on " The relative merits of Free Trade and Protection , " was resinned in the Coffee room of the Institution ; Mr . J . B . Leno in the chair . Messrs . Wilson , Blair , Weston , Read , O'Connor , and Murray , having expressed their sentiments on the subject , Mr . Benny moved its adjournment until Tuesday evening next . —The room was crowded , and the question excites great attention . MASCHB 8 TEB . ~ On Sunday afternoon , June 29 th , a meeting took place in the People ' s Institute , to consider what part the Chartists should take in the coming struggle . Friends from the country were present , having been invited by circular . We

      noticed several old faces , who had not taken part in the Chartist agitation since 1848 .-The chairman read the circular calling the meeting , after which the secretary reported progress . —Mr . James Leach then said , as it was a sort of friendly meeting to confer one with another , no programme was before before the meeting , every one had one of their own . He was required to give his opinion as to what ought to be done . It was contemplated parliament would dissolve early in August , and it was very probable that an agitation would be set on foot for an extension of the suffrage ; and it was also probable , about the same time , another agitation would commence for Protection , under the name of Protection to Native Industry . It , therefore , behoved

      them to consider what part they should take in those questions ; and much depended upon the sort of extension of the suffrage Lord John Russell would propose next session . Mr . Leach then went into detail on the questions of Free Trade , Extension of the Suffrage , and Protection ; after wUich Mr . Wild , from Middleton , reported on the political condition of that place , and gave his reasons why he had not been so active in politics lately . —Mr . Thomas Dickenson said , tlioy had petitioned parliament , and memorialised her Majesty ; but they had commenced at the top , and bad consequently failed . They should address the electors . He

      had a draft of an address , which , if it suited the opinion of the meeting , and they empowered him to make it out , he would do so . Mr . Dickenson read tie draft of an address , which was carried , with two dissentients , and one thousand copies ordered to be printed against next Sunday , when Mr . Dickenson promised to give a lecture on the address , —Mr . Grocotfi asked the chairman if discussion would be allowed next Sunday ? when the chairman said : Of course , it was the usual practice . —On Sunday evening , June 29 th ,. Mr . John Stoneley lectured in the above hall , on " True , versus False Polities . " After the lecture , a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the lecturer .

      Pihsbuot . —The associated democrats met on Sunday night , at 21 , Vine-street , North end of Hatton-garden . Mr . Daniel Hockley in the chair . After the usual business was disposed of , Mr . R . Haiiday moved the following motion , which Was seconded by Mr . P , Johnson , and carried , unani mously : — " That the so-called liberal press of this country is censurable for hypocrisy in pretending to defend the oppressed against the oppressor , which is evinced in the systematic way of withholding a report of the humane , sympathetic , and overcrowded meeting , held in the National Hall , Holborn , on the 25 th of June , in the case of that much esteemed champion—Ernest Jones , Esq . "—Mr . Johnson reported that he had received

      correspondence concerning the ohtainment of a Democratic Hall , which was as follows : —A gentleman in an extensive trade , residing in Henrietta-street , Covent-garden , offers large premises near the Whittington Club House , in the Strand , afc a nominal rent , and on a lease of nearly tliirty-six years , and a donation of twenty-five guineas , to enable this association to convert the said premises into a Democratic Club House , and with a view of merging this association into a metropolitan agitation , to procure the political freedom of the people . After much deliberation on the subject , the case was deferred for the consideration of the council . On the motion of Mr . Cater , the question for discussion was put off till a future time , on account of the lateness

      of the evening , viz : " Will the Exhibition of All Nations counteract the Manchester Free Trade project , of bringing Labour's remuneration down to Lord Brougham ' s Starvation Standard of diet ?"It was also announced thiit Mr . William Worseldine , professor of ancient history , & c , would lecture on the following Sunday , and that Mr . Johnson would resume the discussion on Thursday night , viz : " Is dancing compatible with the principles of morality V The Cbistai , Copjbb Hocsb , 21 , Vine-street , Hatton-garden . —On Friday week last , William Worseldine delivered a lecture on Socrates and Plato , two renowned philosophers , whose names had been ever held in the highest veneration as men who were the ornaments of the age in which they

      lived , for the greatness of their minds , the sublimity of their philosophy , and the purity of their morality—and were the authors of that profound system of reasoning , and interlocutory mode of writing , which posterity had so successfully imitated . The lecturer asked , was it not strange that so great a man as Socrates—who , acccording to Cicero , * ' brought philosophy from heaven to dwell in cities ''—should have been persecuted and put to death?—ay , and that by respectable and educated men ! But the solution of the problem was to be found in the corrupt and sordid policy of the few to keep the mass of the people in ignorance . It had been so in every age ; but tbe sun of truthful knowledge had , bj his mild rays , shone amidst tbe darkness of ignorance and the storms of bigotry

      He had achieved many triumphs , and would sbine more and more until the perfect day of enlightenment . In conclusion , it could not be doubted that some of the teachings of Socrates and Plato were more plausible than true j yet those teachings were carried on in sach good humour , and evinced such profound intellectuality , that it was impossible not to admire them , persuaded , as he was , that truth would ultimately arise gloriously out of the chaos of error : for the si gns of the times indicated the moral and intellectual improvement of all classes , and the opening of b righter prospects , when moral worth , talent , and industry , would be alone respected . Then should we have realised the golden age , when justice woulddwell with mankind , and civilisation throw her mantle around the universe .

      Fissburv . —The members met on Sunday evening at the Finsbnry Literary and Scientific Institution , Leicester-place , Ray-street , Clcrkenwell . ¦ Mr . Gurney in the chair . A-resolution was adopted , calling upon the Chartists -body to subscribe for the purpose of presenting Mr . Ernest Jones with a testimonial , as a reward for his firm adherence to principle , and the many sacrifices he has made .

      John-Street Locautt.—On Tuesday Evening ...

      Mr . Windmill gave notice that on Sunday next lie should move that a meeting be convened at the above Institution , in order to petition parliament to institute an inquiry into the cruel treatment of Mr . Gurney during his incarceration in Tothiil Fields Prison . The meeting then adjourned . —The members again met on Monday evening , for the purpose of adopting a petition to Lord ralmerstou , on behalf of Louis Kossuth and his brave companions in exile . Mr . Halliday in tbe chair , who set forth the objects of the meeting , and paid a deserving tribute to Kossuth and the male and female patriots of Hungary . Mr . Windmill moved the adoption of the following petition : — TO ME BIGHT HONOURABLE LORD VISCOUNT l > AtMEHSTON , M . P ., SECRETARY Q ? STATE FOH F 1 M 1 E 10 S AFFAIRS . the humble Petition of the Iflhabitants of Finsburv

      Smewetu , —Ihatyour petitioners have attended ameetinir atttie tinsbury Li terai-yandScientinuInstitutioii , Leicestei " place , Kay-street , Clerkenwell , with a view to sympathise with , and to endeavour to procure the liberation Of Louis Kossuth , who lias , by Ida moral worth , eloquence , and love of constitutional libert y , won the affections of everv civilised country , ' but who is nevertheless an exile in the Turkish dominions . Your petitioners , believing that your Lordship possesses a mind fraught with enlarged views and liberal sentiments , are emboldened te hope that your tordshij > will grant the prayer of their petition , by immediately taking such steps as shall procure the liberation of outs who has adorned humanity , together with his brave companions in exile . < And your Petitioners will ever pray , & e .

      Mr . Osborn , in a short but energetic speech , seconded the adoption of the petition . —Mr . T ? uzzon next addressed the meeting , and gave an interesting account of tho wanderings of Lady Kossuth in search of her husband . Mr . Fennell supported the petition , and explained at some length the origin and progress of the Hungarian revolution . — Mr . Haggis ably supported the Hungarian cause and the adoption of the petition . —The petition was carried unanimously , and the meeting then adjourned . On Tuesday , July 1 st , the members again met and held the first of a series of Tuesday evening meetings to review the proceedings in Parliament and the political events of tho week . . Mr . Lee in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Lee , Winmill , Haggis , Puzzon , Ac , and , after a vote of thanks to the Chairman , the meeting adjourned to Sunday evening next .

      Defaulting Agents. 10 Ihe Editob Of The ...

      DEFAULTING AGENTS . 10 IHE EDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —On perusing Mr . O'Connor ' s letter in last week ' s paper I find the following paragraph : — " The agents for the Northern Star now owe me between £ 3 , 000 and £ 4 , 000 , and no other proprietor of a newspnper would allow them , to do so . " I will venture to prophecy , that if Mr . O'Connor would publish tbe names of these defaulting and dishonest agents , that the men who are now most forward in their denunciation of him , would be

      found to figure in that list to a pretty considerable amount . It is due to the subscribers of the Star that these men should be known . Many of them no doubt are great advocates for " Moral , Political , and Social Reform , " while they neglect to practice what they preach , and rob others with impunity . During my agency I have lost some considerable sums of money among professing democrats ; but that would not justify me in getting into Mr . O'Connor ' s debt , and swindling him out of his money . My papers are paid for in advance ; and other agents might do the same , if they would attend to their business , and reform themselves .

      The acts of many of the so-called democrats are truly despotic and dishonourable , —their conducts disgraceful , treacherous , and ungrateful , and Mr . O'Connor must now be convinced that such characters cannot serve a good cause in any way ; how many have left the Chartist ranks for more pay ? How many have been all things to all men , that they might humbug some ? How many have ceased preaching tbe pure doctrine of political equality , and joined the ranks of tbe enemy ? How many , after begging , borrowing , and stealing his money , have abused , belied , and defamed his character ? Some such vampyres live in Nottingham—where the people do Moiv them . I am , dear Sir , yours respectfully , James Sweet .

      Snakes M The Grass. To Mr. W. Rider. Dea...

      SNAKES m THE GRASS . TO MR . W . RIDER . Dear Rider , —It is with deep regret that I take up my pen to address you upon a very painful subject ; but as I feel convinced in my own mind that every influence is being used to injure the circulation of the Star , I feel called upon to let yon know what are some of the evidences of that conviction . A person of the name of James Bolton , who has been for some time a subscriber to the Star , ordered of the news-agent , Edward Swinglehurst , Marshlane , an engraving of the Crystal Palace , for which he would pay the price charged . He

      repeated the order for several weeks , and became so irritated that he gave over taking in tbe btar . I have heard of other oases where similar influences have been brought to bear upon subscribers to the Star , but not being positively acquainted with details , I forbear to mention them ; I have myself , on two or more occasions , felt the effects of this treatment ; in one case I never received a number of the National Instructor ; and though I repeatedly ordered it for many weeks after , I could never get it . It was the same with the Labourer ; and other parties were treated the same way . I am at a loss to conceive who are the parties that thus indirectly are striking a death blow at the existence of the only paper that has consistently , through good and evil report , advocated the rights of labour ;—Whe ther it be the local or general agents is a question

      which I wish you to probe . The Star has always been the advocate for co-operative establishments , and its columns have always been open to report the proceedings of such movements . I do not think that there ever was a paper in England that has done such signal service to the cause of co-operation , yet " tell it not in Gath . " At a delegate meeting of co-operative societies in Manchester , a few weeks since , a vote of thanks was carried to several papers , and one of those papers was a Preston paper which has no sympathy whatever with such movements . I notice this because some leading Chartists were there as delegates , ~ men who have derived the little influence they possess from their names having been seen in the Star , and who have no doubt received their " laming" from its columns ; and yet the Star was not included in the vote .

      At the time when every political cur is snapping at the heels of Mr . O'Connor , and when the Land directors—men who have basked in the sunshine of Mr . O'Connor ' s Land Plan—have , in the hour of adversity , stung the hand that fed them , it is galling to think that news-agents , who owe their existence as tradesmen to the selling of the Star , should be made the instruments of a base endeavour to injure tnat journal . 1 remain yours , Jambs Brown , 2 , Upper Lawson Street , Preston , June 30 th , 1851 .

      O'Connorville. A Public Tea Party Was He...

      O'CONNORVILLE . A public tea party was held on Friday , the 27 th ult . at the School-room , O'Connorville , in honour of John Shaw , one of the Political Victims of 1848 , then on a visit to the estate . After partaking of an excellent tea , Mr . Sturgeon was called to the chair , and the " Allottees' Anthem , " composed by J . Shaw , was sung by the audience . —The Chairman then briefly explained the object of the festival . The following sentiments were spoken to by Mesava . Ratcliffe , Paris , and G . Wheeler : — " The people , may they soon obtain their rights ; " "O'Connor and the other Democratic leaders ; " " The Press , pure and free ; " " J , Shaw and all who have suffered in the cause of the people . ' *—Mr Shaw acknowledged the compliment paid to him , and during a long and able address detailed his prison

      treatment . —Arrangements were then made for Mr . O'Connor ' s promised visit to the estate , and the evening concluded with mirth aud harmony . A public meeting of the allottees was held on Sunday afternoon in the Schoolroom , when , in consequence of the representations of Messrs . J . Shaw and T . M . Wheeler , the meeting to welcome Mr . O'Connor was postponed until Monday , July 14 tb , in order to afford time for the London friends to attend the demonstration . Mr . Ratcliffe was instructed to correspond with the friends at Uxbridge and Watford , and Mr . John Shaw with the London localities . A cold collation will be provided for the allottees and the invited guests . The band of the Hungarian and Polish Refugees will be engaged for the occasion , and other steps taken to ensure a large muster of London and country friends favourable to the system of Co-operation and Home

      Colonisation . On Monday evening a second public meeting was held on Chorley-vjood Common . The attendanee was very good . Mr . Paris occupied' the chair A resolution , denouncing the injustice of class legis-

      O'Connorville. A Public Tea Party Was He...

      lation , was moved by Mr . It . Smith , seconded by Mr . Griffith , and supported by Mr , Sturgeon . A resolution , expressive of confidence in Mr . O'Connor , and inviting him to visit them , was moved by Mr . Kiitcliffii , seconded by Mr . Ford , and supported by Mr . G . Wheeicr . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated .

      Desecration Of The Monument Erected To T...

      DESECRATION OF THE MONUMENT ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF HANSHARD , WILLIAMS , AND SHARP . A Public Mooting to consider tho above subjec 6 was held on Monday evening , at the Literary Institution , Morpethstrcet , Bcthnal Green . The place was crowded to excess , and hundreds in the road endeavoured in vain to gain admittance . Shortly after eight o ' clock Mr . j Arnott was called to the chair , and after detailing the objects of tho meeting , and the steps previously taken , read the following letter from the Secretary to the Cemetery Company : — 33 Spital-square . 27 th June , 1851 . '

      , Sra , —In reply to your note respecting the damage done to the monument erected in the Victoria l ' ark Oemetery to the memories of Uanshavd , Williams , and Sharp , I have to inform jou Unit the Company has ordered , it to be repaired . I am , Sir , Your ObedientServant , Mr . J . Arnott . John Humphrst , Secretary . Mr . Arsott also road a letter from Mr . Cox , the mason , tho purport of which was , that he had received instructions from the Couiyany to repair the monument . The CiuiHMAjf congratulated the meeting upon this desirable result . It was not in a pecuniary li ght that ho looked on this triumph , but as a lesson taught to tho rich and powerful that public opinion must he consulted , and that uoion among

      working men was alone necessary to achieve other and mightier results . Mr . Thornton Hum moved the following resolution : — "That this meeting has heard with satisfaction the communication from the authorities at the Victoria Cemetery , and appoint Messrs . Arnott and Vicars to report to the Committee convening this meeting when the repairs promised have been completed . " —Mr . Hunt , iu an argumentativ speech , demonstrated from the case before them that the people needed only to bestir themselves to carry all their reasonable desires . Had they been an united party , such an insult would never have been Offered to the memories of their deceased friends . Ho trusted that this incident would have its due

      weight with them , and teach them to put a just respect and value upon their own mighty , but dormant , energies . Mr . G . J . Holyoake seconded tho resolution . He had that afternoon , in company with Ernest JOflCS , visited the cemetery , and was convinced , from the damage done to the monument , that it was no idle spirit of mischief which had prompted it . It must have been the work of several hands , and have needed considerable power to effect it . If proper exertions had been used by tho directors , tho perpetrators of the mischief might have been discovered ; but , being tho property of working men , it was presumed that the insult might be inflicted with impunity . He was glad that in this instance they had taught the monied class that they were amenable to public opinion , and that they could not outrage tho feelings of humanity without experiencing the infliction of public

      indignation . The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . Brisck , in a neat speech , moved tho following resolution : — " This meeting resolves that the sufferings of the dead for the furtherance of Chartism shall not have been undergone in vain , and to carry out their principles determines to assist in the efficient organisation of the district as a locality of the National Charter Association . ' ' Mr . E . Jones seconded the resolution in a long and eloquent address . As a fellow-prisoner with Williams and Sharp he sympathised deeply with their fate . A short time prior to the death of Williams he met him in the wash-house of the prison , and Williams put a note in his hands , written with his blood , m which he stated that he was being murdered . ( Great sensation . ) Mr . Jones then commented in indignant terms upon the treatment of the prison authorities , conduct ,

      which , sooner or later , would meet with retribution , and which only served to render those who survived their treatment the more embittered against a system which allowed such atrocities to be committed with impunity . Mr . Jones concluded a long and powerful address by calling on them to support the organisation , and enable the Executive , by pecuniary aid , to collect the elements of tho democratic mind now scattered throughout the country into one great focus ; by so doing they would show more true respect for the memory of the departed than bv any amount of . mere empty laudation . Mr . W . Davis supported the resolution . The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . WnEELien moved , and Mr . Brisck seconded , a vote of thanks to the Chairman , and dwelt briefly upon the objects of the meeting . A considerable number of members were enrolled , and a collection made to defray the expenses .

      The Hungarian Refugees. The Following Ci...

      THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES . The following circular , addressed to the inhabitants , has been extensively circulated in the Staffordshire Potteries : — " Pour of the brave men who fought on behalf of Hungarian nationality and independence , are seeking an asylum and protection at your hands . It is wholly unnecessary to dwell upon the events of that war—they are invested with a melancholy interest , but are already familiar £ 0 every Englishman . Suffice it to say , that struggle was , so far aa the Hungarian people were concerned , essentially one of self-defence , and was conducted by them in a spirit worthy of the holy principles for which they contended—their conduct was distinguished by magnanimity , forbearance , and mercy . On the

      part of the Austrian and Russian governments , that war was carried on in a manner , unworthy of any civilised state—in a spirit of sanguinary ferocity , treacherousness , and revenge . Deeds of horror wwe perpetrated by the Allied Powers , unexampled perhaps in history—some of which even delicacy will not allow us to mention , Neither age , nor sex , could soften the bitterness of their tigerlike propensities . Unhappily , too , brute power triumphed over humanity and justice , and those who took up arms on behalf of the popular cause , have either fallen into the hands of the riltllleaa conquerors , and been , in most instances , cruelly put to death , or have boon scattered over the wide earth ; of which latter class four have found their way to Hanley .

      " They come direct from Liverpool , where they have resided about four months , and have won the esteem of tbe friends of progress by the strict propriety of their conduct . They form a part of the trusty Polish Legion that achieved renown under the command of tho gallant Dembinski , who is now in Paris . When their cause had been betrayed by Georgey , they succeeded in effecting their escape into Turkey , in company with the illustrious Kossuth , who still remains a prisoner , while they have been released .

      " The Refugees are anxious to find employment , and arc willing to work at any description of labour in which it is possible for them to engage . Three of them aro men of good abilities and education , and are . rapidly acquiring the English language ; the fourth is a man of considerable muscular power , and would be of great service in almost any department of unskilled labour . " On behalf of these noble-minded but unfortunate men , we earnestly entreat : 1 st . Aid in money , that due be

      provision may made for the Refugees until they can procure the means of sustaining themselves . 2 nd . Clothing , that they may appear in public in a befitting costume , It is thought that nearly every gentleman of the neighbourhood might find a garment or two lying idle in his wardrobeuseless to him , Vint sufficiently respectable for tho present purposes of the Refugees . 3 rd . The committee desire to obtain employment for the objects of their solicitude , as tbe only honourable means of permanently providing for their wants .

      "Ihe inhabitants of the Staffordshire Potteries have always claimed , and always hitherto exhibited , a Character for humanity " and benevolence ; and at a time when trade is more plentiful than for some time past , thoy will not surely turn a deaf ear to the claims of a few heroic men , whose only crime is that of having unsuccessfully resisted the encroachments of tlm worst tyranny of modern times . We feel assured that this appeal will find a hearty echo in every township in the Potteries Signed on behalf of the Potteries Refugees Commit ! eo , JoaiAii J . Mbrhimas , Secretary .

      A Liberal Bishop. —The W'Esimm-Ou^I R, S...

      A Liberal Bishop . —The W ' esimm-oU ^ i r , states that the Bishop of DuShi ? , ! 0 £ 15 towards an IndependeniThan * , t'Sf ^ upon-Tyno . - The following i « o ? ln /\« wcasUe' Sui .-Although , with arS m f ^ f ? - ' June 18 - scarcely satisfy * the dem ™ nd 8 rf ™ *^ ? f ' , « n own people , yet 1 } i ave „„„„„ j ? mj ovv , " church and my webret Ireland ¦ £$ Z ! L ^' gotten tnat , Christian meaning 0 tsSu 7 eu , 'r «; "'" may ^ as *> *>' dpHne , veryX ^ rSnl T r ^ " ^ - ° doctriDe « dis " essential in Christiani \ l i S fai 1 - t 0 1 ,, c « 'cate what is spiritual destituHon ^ v » *"• P ainfull y "ware of the lation , and of Se nains ^ M v le ° V ™ " *™ S popuminatelnndeliLiLTi ' h 1 , ^ havc bee » tilke " t 0 di S r mjself iuVtifii ^ ° c , alism 5 l cannot , the . efore , feel more « S l " , resistin K *< " » ' "W on M »* ° * Swr f . 3 wZ ' i commull iou * place of worship , and C E 7 a iMp establishmen t of schools in the prinnurnLi revealed religion . Towards those joint good SS ? h ' . , J the c » "B" « a « o « "ill be pleased to 'iccept the enclosed ch < clt .

      r „ ..... 1 ilm - Sil " > J'our obedient servant , James Wilson , Esq . K . Puselji , Death op the Earl of Derby . — Tbe Rig ht Hon the venerable Earl of Derbv died at his seat Knowsley Hall , Lancashire , on Monday J . iSt , in tho Seventy-seventh year of his age .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 5, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05071851/page/1/