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      To The Old Guabds.

      TO THE OLD GUABDS .

      Mi Deab, Mi Old, And Honoured Companions...

      Mi Deab , mi Old , and Honoured Companions , — -I have received very many letters rem Lancashire and Yorkshfre—ftoni Dudley and Teignmonth , and many other towns in England , and from many parts of Scotland and Wales—all kindly and generously expressing unabated confidence in me , ' and the ¦ w annest thanks for my advocacy of their cause , telling me that they never will place confidence in any other leader , and telling me that I shall not resign my commission -with their consent ; and in reply to one and all , I answer , that I will hold the helm ; and , their confidence being so warmly expressed , that I win , after Easter , in spite of the Gagging Bill , revive , in person , an agitation for the

      LAND AM ) THE CHARTER . And then I "will show the revilers that I have neither lost my energy nor abated one particle of my enthusiasm . And , to tell yon the truth , I pant for the revival of the much-reviled animal . I cannot conclude this letter without submitting to you one that I have received from Bolton ; Mid , in truth , the perusal will repay you , as it is a strong illustration of my oft-repeated assertion , that I have received abuse in the exact proportion in which I have conferred alms—the largest recipients invariably being my greatest revilers . Here follows the letter ;— Bolton , April 1 st , 1819 .

      Most Respected Fbiesd of the People , —I have no desire to give you any unnecessary trouble by writing this letter , hut I consider it my duty to let you know what the Tiper , Cooper ( the poet ) has been saying here . We have had him talking in the Town Hall two nights , about some infamous . men that lived 200 years ago , and when heretired to the Temperance Hotel , be most needs hare a fling atMr . O'Connor , I will tell you just what he said : "That lie ( Cooper ) was not in favour of the Land plan , and did not believe Mr . O'Connor to be sincere in carrying it oatthat O'Connor only started that Land plan to recruit his exhausted mean * for carrying on the Star , aad that he ( Cooper ) nerer handled any of O'Connor ' s money . " This

      may be true , that he did not handle any of your money , but we know something about that dirty trick-It appears that Cooper is soliciting the patronage of the Free Traders . He has seen tiro rows of houses , one called Bright Terrace , the other Cobden Place : these houses have been built out ot the blood , bones , and sinews of the factory operatives ; and Mr . T . Cooper seems to be quite in love with this cotton lord . I should not be surprised if he brings out a poem in his-praise—that is if he can get some one to pay the printer . Ah , Mr . O'Connor , I could give you a true picture of tins same liberal cotton lord , but you knowenough about these tyrants . Nineteen rotes were polled from these houses at the last election , all for Walmdej . Yours , in the cause ,

      P . S . — I forgot to ten you Cooper ' s errand—it is the circulation of his penny paper . He has engaged a man to deliver circulars all over the town . Bear Sat , —La reading the Star last night , I was sorry to see a hint about your resignation , but before losing your invaluable services , I should like to know who is to fill up the vacancy . I know of no man living so well qualified for the office , and there is another consideration , it would be a more honourable way of doing business for the people to pay their debts , before they give you the bag . Sib , —Sever mind the vipers ; you have beaten all the Whigs and Tories in Europe with your Land plan , not forgetting the few Republicans that cannot see quite so far as you . Whether the base , brutal , and bloody Whigs register the plan or not , they cannot undo what is done Spring-time is come , and they ' re all a growing . Yes , Sir , there is a power on the earth , as well as a principle , which the things cannot destroy .

      I thank my friend for the information , as to be forewarned is to be forearmed , and here is my answer . The Poet waited upon me , with his child under his arm , and told me that he had waited npon Disraeli , Douglas Jerrold , Dickens , and several other literary characters , in the hope of receiving their assistance to bring oat his poem . He told me that they all gave him fair words , but added , with tears in his eyes , that I was his onl y hope . His tears softened my heart and opened my pocket . I gave him an order npon a printer to p rint and find paper at my expense . He gave me a bill for £ 26 5 s ., which was dishonoured and has never yet been paid , except in unmitigated abuse .

      Toir is a most comical genius . He has been Protestant , Dissenter , and Infidel—Puritan , Saint , and Atheist—total , teetotal , abstemious , and boozy ; in fact , he is the very impersonation of trinity in unity . He has been all things to all men , and God only knows- what he may be next ; but I sincerely hope that he never will bemyPoet Laureate , or the advocate of the Land Plan , as , in such case , I should strepeet myself , and fear , # e ster ility ojTthe soil . This Poetdidmore to paralyse Cfiarfiffln in the midland counties than any other man ; he confessed himself a physical force Chartist , hut relapsed into moral force resistance ; and , as confession is halfway to repentance , I hope that the soul of the Suicide may escape

      Purgatory . I remain your faithful Mend , 3 ? eabgus O'Connoiu P . S . The following resolution coming from Mr . O'Coknob's constituents , we extract from the " Nottingham Mm" of this morning . This we consider justifiable for the short space it occupies , while the voluminous correspondence from all parts of the kingdom would fill tie " Star , " which must he an apology to all for the non-insertion of them , as it would be invidious to select .

      ¦ " Cosfidesce xs Mb . O'CossoB . —At a meeting of the Charter Association ( Wm Treece in the chair ) , held at the Colonel Hutchinson tavern , on the 1 st instant , it was resolved , —* That we have full confidence in Mr . O'Connor as our representative , and likewise as the head of our association , and in expressing our confidence , we earnestly hope that he will continue to exert his great abilities in the conducting of our movement .

      To The Members Of Thenatioxal Land Compa...

      TO THE MEMBERS OF THENATIOXAL LAND COMPANY . Mr Friends , I need hot draw your attention ho the fact , that now nearly for a fortnight , the whole time of the House of Commons has been occupied in discussing the Land Question , and I think , without vanity , I may say in discussing the Land Plan . Sir Robert Peel has announced his Plan , which is the location of small farmers with

      limited capital upon the Irish soil—the facilitating the transfer of landed property—the complete destruction , or , rather , removal of those legal quirks and quibbles thrown in the way of the transfer of property by artful and designing lawyers—and , stall farther , the necessity of making leases for ever to ensure the application of the greatest amount of reproductive labour to the cultivation of the soil In fact , every word of Ms speech was a repetition of those means for ensuring the cultivation of the soil and , through it , national contentment and tranquillity , which I have submitted to you one thousand and one times , and with which you are now more familiar , and in which you are better instructed , than the Right Honourable Baronet himself .

      My friends , you remember that one of the great difficulties of Ireland was over-population , and that one of the League maxims was , " that population pressed hardly upon the means of subsistence . " Well , as in Rush ' s case , murder will out ; and on Monday night Bright , in the most powerful , the most able , the most pertinent , argumentative , and conclusive speech that has been made in the House of Commons daring the present Session , admitted , and satisfactorily proved , that Ireland was not half-populated , if facilities were allowed for the transfer of property ; if that monster evil—the Law of Pr imogeniture—was abolished ; if the poor , proud landlords were compelled to abandon their

      destructive sporting establishments , and betake thenuserres to industrious pursuits , and if-the Land was economically sub-divided , with proper statutory enactments forthe encouragement and p rotection of industry , and the destruction of Land monopoly . There were £ ve good speeches delivered npon the subject Napier ' s was ingenious , legal , hut not pertinent to the point Peel ' s was comprehensive and statesmanlike , but mysterious and ambiguous ; he was charged for not- having supplied the House with details , but in this he showed his wisdom , as , had he done so , every legal quibbler and every snarling cur would have had a snap at the lion ' s heels . Bright ' s —as I haye told you—was powerful , masterly ,

      To The Members Of Thenatioxal Land Compa...

      and to the point;—nay , it would have suited a Chartist meeting . It was much too good , but nevertheless appreciated b y the House of Commons . Lord Claude Hamilton ' s was ingenious , and very consecutive , but smacked of the landlords' interest ; and Mr . HoKSman ' s was clever and intellectual , but not at all to the point . However all—one and allwent the length of admitting the indispensable necessity of a comprehensive , practical Land Plan , and we have—thank God—furnished them with the only model which the nation will accept or the people will consent to adopt . Now let me show you the value of money expended upon the Land , in the shape of inducing tiie application of reproductive labour to the cultivation of the soil .

      Within the last four years twenty millions of money have been expended in idleness , and in the suppression of opinion in Ireland ; just as much of your money as was lavished upon the West Indian slave owners . Let us now see what—as regards the past , the present and the future—that amount of money , if expended upon reproductive labour , would have produced . But let me first make up the amount . Over twelve millions have come from the Imperial Exchequer ; while fifty thousand soldiers , constabulary , and pensioners , together with a host of well-paid officials , have heen required to coerce starving

      men into passive obedience and non-resistance . I say not a word of legal expenses , convict expenses , and feeding thousands of able unwilling idlers , in gaols and bastiles ; but if we average this force , including officers , at £ 40 a man—and we are under the mark—in the four years , the pay of these fifty thousand idlers would amount to eight millions of money , or two millions a year , which , added to the twelve millions , makes a total of twenty millions ; and now , instead of making that a Sinking Fund , or rather a Sunk Fund , see the effect that its beneficial application would have had upon Ireland , and the nation at large .

      I will not stand at the four-acre system , as we have not a population to permit of such a subdivision , hut I will extend the allotments to ten acres , and in Ireland , where labour is much cheaper , I will allow £ 20 per acre , ox £ 200 for ten acres of good Land ; £ 150 for a good cottage and convenient homestead , and £ 50 aid-money , to every man thus starting . Then what would be the result ? Why just this —that , allowing £ 400 a man , and ten acres for each , the Government might have located fifty thousand families ; and receiving in the

      shape of rent six per cent , upon the outlay , they might have added one million two hundred thousand a year to the Exchequer , instead of robbing it of twenty millions ; and upon half a million of acres , or the fortieth part of Ireland , they might have located fifty thousand families , or a quarter of a million of people ; and those quarter of a million would have given an impetus to English trade and manufactures , and a spur to domestic labour , instead of—as now—constituting an idle convict pauper class .

      Now , then , would that not have been a more proper , just , and profitable appropriation of your money ? And can any man forget , or can any man deny the fact , that the twenty millions lavished upon the West Indian slave owners , has hut tended to revolutionise our West Indian Colonies , precisely as the twenty millions expended in Ireland has destroyed all landlord exertion ,-inspiring the belief and the hope that English money would become the substitute of their negligence , indifference , and tyranny ? Peel's Plan may be sneered at by

      the visionary , and scoffed at by the interested , but it has already , taken fast hold of the mind of agricultural Ireland , and will worm itself into the mind of commercial England . As John Bull , once convinced by an able statesman , in whom he has confidence , that Ireland , if properly governed , can not only support its own poor , and cease to be a pensioner upon the British Exchequer , but would also become a better customer than all our distant colonies , will compel the immediate adoption of those statesmanlike measures by which alone both Ireland and England can be saved .

      My friends , it will be a great jubilee when the Peel staff appointed to carry out the Peel project shall visit O'Connorville , Charterville , Lowbands , Snig ' s End , and Bromsgrove , to receive practical information from my dupes . But so , depend upon it , it will be . Your faithful friend , Feargus O'Connor .

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      Nottingham.— Ddfner To Mr James Sweet. T...

      NOTTINGHAM . — DDfNER TO MR JAMES SWEET . The members of the Board of Highways , for the parish of St . Mary , sensible of the nighty satisfactory manner in which Mr . James Sweet , their late chairman , had conducted their affairs during the past year , testified the same by inviting him to a dinner at Mr . Thornton ' s , the "Seven Stars , " Barker's-gate , on Wednesday evening , 28 th ult ., at which the whole of the Board , together with the officials , attended . The alarm excited in the early part of the year , by the approach of cholera , roused the energies of the Board , and Mr . Sweet , in conjunction with his colleagues , has been most indefatigable in adopting means best calculated to avert the calamity , by causing the old drains to be

      cleansed , and new ones to be made in the most densely populated parts of the parish , and removing old dwellings for the purpose of effecting a free current of air , so as to render the town healthy and cleanly . The chair was occupied by Mr . Edmund Hart , lace manufacturer , and Mr . James Beardsley , druggist , niciated as vice-chairman . After the usual patriotic toasts had been given , the Chairman said—the toast I now have the pleasure to introduce to your notice is the one we are more especially met to celebrate . Constituted as this assembly is of Conservatives , Whigs , Radicals , and Chartists , of Churchmen , Dissenters , and Catholics , it is an admirable proof of your candour , and substantial evidence that you possess the true spirit

      ofliberality in thus assembling in the entire abeyance' of all party or sectarian feelings , to manifest your appreciation of an honest and independent man . Constituted as this assembly is , it must be an additional gratification to yon , Mr . Sweet , that it does not partake of the vain display of party , but that we assemble to acknowledge our high esteem for your character . I congratulate you , sir , notwithstanding thescandalousmannerinwhichyouhavebeenassailea not only by Conservatives , but by liberals . I remember well in years gone by , one of our local papers , week after week , laboured and groaned in sending forth its vile abortions . And it was nought but the consciousness of your own integrity which enabled you to pass through the fiery ordeal unscarred and untouched . Your bitterest foes have been power less . They must he convinced that the more they raved the more they added to their own infamy , and to 5 our honour , and , I hope , to your prosperity .

      As I have before remarked , it is not through any sympathy of political sentiment that you have been invited here this evening . It is for the faithful and efficient manner you fulfilled the duties of Presidency to the Board of Highways . Tour commendable punctuality , firm impartiality , and while you delivered your own opinion with discretion , you always displayed a proper courtesy to the opinions of those over whom you presided—in short , your services gave unanimous satisfaction , the which we now testify by inviting you to receive the expression of eur esteem and regard . I wish you a long life , and the inward satisfaction arising from a life well spent . With pleasure I drinkyour health . Mr . Sweet , m returning thanks , said , that whenever called upon by ha fellow parishioners to take office he would do so WJihout fear , favour , or affection to any party or section whatever ; that he would alwaysendeavour to earryovcb the principle of doing that which was rightand fust t « every man , and he felt most happy to remark , ( hat although the mem-

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      bers of the board whom he then had the pleasure of addressing , were of different political opinions , the most perfect unanimity had subsisted amongst them . He hoped that whoever might be elected to succeed them , that the same spirit for the public good might be persevered in . He most cordially thanked them for their co-operation during the year , and resumed his seat amidst the applause of the company by wishing them all long life , health , happiness , and prosperity . During the evening Mr . Richardson greatly contributedto the harmony of the company by singing a number of his truly national airs . The workmen employed on the , highways were bountifully entertained at the expense of the board . On Thursday a vestry meeting was held at St . Mary ' s church , for the purpose of electing a new Board for the repair of the highways . Mr . Cleaver ,

      a member of the Board of Guardians , occupied the chair . The dork read the report and the accounts of the outgoing Board , which were highly satisfactory ; the report was received , the accounts were passed , and a vote of thanks given to the old Board , was suitably acknowledged by Mr . Sweet , their late chairman . Mr . Roberts then moved , and Mr . Etches seconded , — " That in the opinion of this meeting the late Board have done their duty to . the ratepayers , and that we now proceed to re-elect them . " No dissentiehirappearing the chairman declared the whole of the late Board unanimously re-elected . A vote of thanks having been given io the chairman the meeting broke up . On Friday evening the Board met for the first time , when Mr . Sweet was again elected to preside over their deliberations .

      The National Charter Association To The ...

      THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION TO THE CHARTISTS AND DEMOCRATS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM .

      Brethren , —In the month of October last an assemblage of delegates from all parts of England and Scotland met at Birmingham , and called the present Executive Committee into existence , for the purpose of re-organising the Chartist movement , and once more reuniting the dismembered Chartist body , and , in the name of the great democratic party , pledged them your support . Your Executive Committee , having been thus called into existence , set to work with renewed energy and untiring zeal—devoting themselves to your

      services . They drew up a " Plan of Organisation , " which met with the most cordial and unanimous support from the Chartists of Great Britain ; they also resolved that petitions from as many parishes , towns , cities , and districts of the empire as possible , should be forwarded to Parliament in favour of the Charter . With this view they have caused copies of the petition to be printed , with which any locality can be supplied at the rate of two shillings per hundred , or any individual , at the rate of onehalfpenny each . A motion will also be submitted to the House of Commons in the month of May next , by the honourable member for

      Nottingham , founded on that petition . The Executive Committee , therefore , appeal to their brethren , in all parts of the United Kingdom , to be up and doing . Let the petitions be got up in accordance with the instructions recently issued in the "Northern Star . " And now , brethren , your Executive Committee would fain call your attention to the exhausted state of the Exchequer ; and having fulfilled their engagement to you , call on you to use your best energies during the Easter Holidays to supply the necessary funds , and enable your " Executive Committee" to meet the calls made on them to send out missionaries , and to

      speedily hold such a conference of members appointed from your body as shall be worthy of , and tend much to , the advancement of the cause of Chartism—thatls , thfe ' -rianse' & Cjustice , liberty , and true political equality ^ , $ hich must and will ensure true and lasting secial happiness . Placing before you the annexed statement of our financial affairs , and appealing to you to at once remit your subscriptions to the Secretary , at 144 , High Holborn , we subscribe ourselves , Devotedly yours , The members of the Executive Committee , Thosias Clark , William Dixon , James Grassby , Philip M'Grath ,

      G . Julian Harney , Henry Ross , Edmund Stallwood , Samuel Kydd , Secretary . March SO , 1849 .

      TINAXCUL ACCOUNT OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , Prom November 2 nd , 1818 , to March 31 st , 1840 . £ . s . d . Receipts , from all sources 77 4 11 Expenditure ... 77 8 7 Due to the Treasurer £ 0 3 8 Debts due by the Association , on account of printing , officers' salaries < fec „ , 12 8 2

      , £ 12 11 10 Property in bands of Association , good debts , & c 4 0 C Balance due by Association £ 8 11 10 April 3 rd , 1849 .- —Audited and found correct . . John Arhott , John Curk .

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      Tub Executive Committee met at their rooms , 144 , High Holborn , on Friday evening , March 30 th ; present , Messrs . Grassby , Stallwood , Clark , and Dixon . Mr . Clark in the chair . Mr . Dixon reported that Mr . O'Connor was desirous that the Executive Committee should form such a notice as they would like him to submit to Parliament on the " People ' s Charter ; " and call on him with it . Messrs . M'Grath and Clark were appointed a sub-committee for that purpose . —Messrs . Kemplay and Pike attended from Bermondsey , and informed the Executive that they hoped to get up a large meeting very shor tly in Bermondsey , in favour of the Chartist petition . The wish of the metropolitan delegate council having been submitted to the Executive , reof lectures

      lative to the non-delivery m publichouses , it was resolved unanimously , " That the understanding be set aside , and that each member of the Executive be at liberty to use his own discretion in the matter . "—The assistant-secretary was instructed to draw up and publish through the Northern Star , in the name of the Executive Committee , a short Address , appealing for funds to enablo ' them to carry out , with elect , the Chartist movement ; after which , the committee adjourned until Friday evening , 13 th April . National Registration and Election Committee . —This body met at the Two Chairmen , Wardourstreet , Soho , on Monday evening . Mr . Black in the chair . It was resolved , on the motion of Messrs . Stallwood and Arnott , " That a Hand-Book and

      Guide to Registration and Elections be published , at twopence each copy , "—On the motion of Messrs . Shuteand Godwin , " ThatMessrs . Grassby and Stallwood be a sub-committee for compiling such work . "—On the motion of Messrs . Stallwood and Grassby , " That the various Chartist localities throughout the United Kingdom be requested to aid in its circulation , and the consequent registration of Chartists as electors . "—On the motion of Messrs . Grassby and Shute it was resolved , " That active steps be taken in the matter of registration in the borough of Lambeth , with a view to returning a working man , in conyiuction with Mr . Charles Pearson , at the next election . "— On the motion of it resolved

      Messrs . Stallwood and Arnott was , " That the secretary put himself in immediate correspondence with his brother electors of Lambeth , with a view to elicit their support in the good work Me ' bthtb Ttdvil . —At a meeting of the Chartist and Land members held in their room , back of Wellington-street , on Monday evening last , the following resolution was unanimously adopted :- < - « - * That we , the Chartist and Laud members resident in this town , express our unbounded confidence in the honesty and integrity of F . O'Connor , Esq ., M P and we earnestly and humbly implore him not to give up the helm of the old political ship till she is safe in harbour , as we have no confidence in any other captain with equal and persevering courage to stand the tempest ; we have been so often de-

      Tub Executive Committee Met At Their Roo...

      ceived by so many persons professing great liberality . Metropolitan Delegate Council . —This council met at the Executive Rooms , 144 , High Holborn , on Monday evening , April 2 . Mr . Miles in the chair . 1 he . following persons handed in their credentials and tookthoir seats . Messrs . Nicholas Kirby and Ferdinando , from Crown and Anchor , Waterloo lown ; Mr . Dodson , from the Commercial Hall , Philpot-street ; Mr . W . Goodman , from South London . —Mr . Dixon reported that the deputation unpointed to wait on Members of Parliamentrelative

      , t 0 A t , , of Dr ' M'Douall , had written to -several and had obtained a personal interview with the honourable member for Manchester ( Mr . John Bright ) who had promised to do all in his power to aid their object . —Reports were delivered in from the several localities on the state of Chartism in the Metropolis , and the arrangements in progress for holding great public meetings in the City , Tower . Hamlets , and Pmsbury , shortly after Easter . The several reports were greeted with most hearty ap-Pftlfrfrt fo / Iowin 2 ««» ^ e Objects and Rules adopted by the " Metropolitan Delegate Council ;"

      OBJECTS . " That the objects of the Council shall be the furtteranco . of Parliamentary Reform , founded on , the ^ mciplfes . of the People ' s Charter , by means of a good organisation of aU its members , by petitions to parliament , by public meetings and lectures , by the diffusion of sound information , by means of the registration courts , and every other means that the laws of the realm may permit , and wisdom and discretion shall justify . "

      RULES . " That the Council consist of two members from each Chartist locality within the Metropolis and its suburbs , and such of the Executive Committee residing within the same limits , " " Each delegate shall be elected for six months , but shall be at liberty to resign his office at any time he may think fit . " " That its members meet for despatch of business at least one evening in the week ; the chair at such meetings to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . " " That a secretary and treasurer be appointed by the council at the first meeting after election . " " That such funds as may be required for the purposes of the council , shall be raised by levy on the

      several localities , in proportion to the number of members in each locahty , in such way as the localities may deem fit . " " That each delegate , on taking his seat the first time after his election , shall hand in credentials duly authenticated by the secretary of the locality of which he is the representative . " That on the written requisition of three members , the secretary shall at any time call a special meeting of the council . " " That in the event of any delegate neglecting to attend the council for more than two consecutive meetings , the secretary shall communicate such fact to the locality from which the negligent member is sent . "

      > " That the secretary keep a register of the names and addresses of the members of the council . " " That at ' the first meeting in each month , each delegate shall deliver to the council an account of the state and prospects of his locality . " " That two auditors be appointed to audit the accounts of the council every quarter . " " That a balance sheet be published once in every six months . " Charles TJtting , Treasurer .

      Alfred Fennell , Secretary . Halifax . — On Sunday evening , Mr . Rushton lectured in the Working Man ' s Hall . Previous to the lecture , Mr . O'Connor ' s letter in the Star was read , and also Mr . Cooper ' s fourth letter to the young men of the working classes . Mr . Clissett gave his second lecture on " Competition and Cooperation , " on Monday evening , and gave notice at the conclusion , that his third lecture would be deferred to that day fortnight , owing to Monday next being Easter ,

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      Cdartebville.—The Election For Parochial...

      Cdartebville . —The election for parochial officers came off in the parish church of Minster Level on Friday , March the 30 th , when the following amicable-arrangement was come to between the allottees of ChartevvUle , and the other residents of the pariah of Minster Lovel . Mr . Hudson of Minster Mill and Mr . J . T . Gimblett , of Mitchel-place , Charterville , were elected surveyors of highways for the year cnsuing . ' and the following four persons were nominated from which the magistrates will select two as overseers for the year ensuing . Mr . Clinch , banker and farmer , and Messrs . Beattio , Pickersgill ,

      and Gathard , allottees of Charterville . Our fair friends here are busy preparing for their Easter festivities , and their tea , concert , and ball , bids well to be a brilliant affair . MossLsr . —A meeting of the Land Company was held on Sunday last , when it was resolved that the members who cannot make their payment before the 1 st July next , or show to the committee their reasons for not doing so , shall be struck from the books and forfeit the monies paid by them to the Company . And that all the members be requested to attend the next monthly meeting , at their meeting room , Baguley , on the first Sunday in May , at two o ' clock .

      The Petition For The Charter. To The Edi...

      THE PETITION FOR THE CHARTER . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . My Dear Sib—The Executive Council recently resolved to call on the country to petition Parliament for the enactment of the People's Charter . The resolution has met with general—although I cannot say hearty—approval . To petition parliament seems to me to be a proper step ; but its efficiency must rest chiefly with the manner in which the request is responded to . " Whatever is worth doing , is worth doing well , " was a maxim of Edmund Burke . It would be well for all of us that we would remember and practise it .

      The Chartist movement has suffered much from a union of causes . It has often relapsed , and excitement has subsided ; it has , however , never quite lost its vitality—in honest truth it never can . Even now it stands out in characteristic relief from all other movements . Suffrage associations out of number have been established , but they have never taken deep root either among the working or middle classes of English society . The reason is obvious . Chartism , despised and rejected as it has been by many , has still remained true to itself . It is broad , comprehensive , andgenerousin its sympathies , and whether its opponents know it or not , the mind of England is drawing towards it . The youth and intelligence of this land are democratic . the Church

      and out of the Church , there are sign of progression . "What means all this cry about popular education , which I so much rejoice to hear ? It is an indication of remote and still powerful causes , showing that popular intelligence is paving the way for popular government . Power is fast passing out of the hands of the few ; to be vested in the hands of the ' many . No government , no barrier can effectually stop this progress . We may have motions and counter-motions in the Parliament—Disraeliagainst Cobden—Peel lording it over Lord John . The very difficulties of the state will force aristocratic domination into subjection , and whether the result he profitable or profitless , the trial must be made ; the problem of—Can the many govern wisely and well ?

      will be solved at no distant day . The time of the solution rests in a principal degree with the people themselves . Therefore it is that I call on my fellow-countrymen to take up this question of petitioning in good earnest . Some of you may say , * ' We are weary of petitioning . " Perhaps you may ; but is it wisdom to refuse to apply the power you have , because you have not a more active and efficient means at command ? Truly , no ; common sense and experience dictate a different course . The battle of the . ' people against the privileged orders must be fought out , and every available and honourable means must be used ou the side of the oppressed . Petitioning is a practicable means within our reach . The Whigs , who have been guilty of many base

      deeds , have always affected to look on petitioning as a sacred constitutional ri g ht of the people . Let the people , then , use this right . Such a right efficiently and energetically used , will ensure a discussion on the Charter in the House of Commons , a report of which will find its way into the columns of the newspaper press , and cause a general discussion throughout the country on the suffrage . Every discussion on the people ' s claims to political power is of interest and value . Truth and just demands gain popularity by discussion . They grow strong from the antagonism of opposition , falsehood and unjust monopoly lose from the same cause , and the re-opening of the discussion on the organic question of the suffrage , will prove at this time to be of value to the popular cause .

      Since I visited the counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire , I have seen , several signs of revival . The meetings I have attended have , on the whole , been rather satisfactory than otherwise . At Holmfirth I was honoured with the most numerous audiences for two ni ghts that were ever known in the history of Chartism in tha ilistrict , and I have good

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      reasons for affirming that those 'lectures have been of value to the movement , : " At Oldham , on Sunday last , I lectured to a most numerous and respectable | audience , and at Royton , on Monday night , to a crowded house . I do not mention my success from i motives of personal vanity . I do so merely to show grounds for my belief that the seeds are yet to be round that will one day yield an abundant fruit . Care and management , of course , are necessary ; but " experience—dear-boug ht experience—has taught some of us a limited share of wisdom . I am impressed with the idea that the star of aristocratic domination has culminated , never again to be seen towering in the zenith . An anonymous American writer of aristocratic tendencies , was recently constrained

      to write , in reference to England , that " Every year , more and more deference is required to the popular will . ' Your present ronxis may continue to exist ( and I would not that they were changed ); you may stilrWe a monarchy , and preserve your three estates of King , Lords , and Commons , but your government , nevertheless , is hastening to virtual democracy—a consummation most devoutly to be deprecated . This tendency has now , however , become inevitable . No human might can a TOs fc - , ifc ' Tno People never willingly surrender f " ?'• Power they have once obtained , and the day in which they could be dragooned into submission by nA ^ L ^ lj " 06 . ^ , P * * by- The rule of opinion HOW Stands OUt in b ^ der . relH-aad asserts its ^ sway with a mere commanding voice . OpiBlOn oTone sort or another , governs the \? orid . Even-when . it is but a prejudice , an error , there is Wpoweffri the moral world comparable to its nower . Fruitful in

      phantoms , it borrows all the colours of reality in order to deceive . Source inexhaustible of good and evil * it is through it alone that we see—by it alone that we will and act . " Although not subscribing to all the views of the writer , and sharing none of his respect for King and Lords , there is a vein of penetrating observation pervading the whole sentiments that cannot be overlooked by the most prejudiced reader . Democracy is destined to triumph , and the scorned of the past will be the adopted or the future . I am , as ever , your obedient servant , Samuel Ktdd . Manchester , March 27 th , 1849 . P . S . —I request all par ties desirous that I should lecture or attend meetings in their district , to write immediately to Thomas Ormesher , 62 , Little Bridgewater-street , Deansgate , Manchester . S , K .

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      "Man , poor and feeble when alone , The sport of every passing wind , In war—in trade—hath ever shown He ' s all resistless when combined !"

      TO THE CORDWAINERS OF LONDON . Friends and Shopmen—It is becoming , every day , more and more evident that our wages are being rapidly reduced to ' starvation point' by the unprincipled competition of the rival capitalists who trade in our labour . The ' question of questions , ' then , with us is—how may we best rescue ourselves from this labour-enslaving and misery-engendering system ? Hitherto our energies have been frittered away in mere denunciations of an iniquitous system , or in futile appeals to our labour-mongers for a * better ordering of things . ' But that' experience' which' makes even fools wise

      has now taught us that we can , and must , help ourselves , without waiting for the help of any one . For ( as William Howitt wisely remarks ) , ' you may wait on the banks of the great and ever-growing river of poverty for the golden boat of the capitalist to carry you over till you peiish of starvation . ' Therefore , let us be wise in time by resolving , that as we are the creators of capital we will now begin to create it for ourselves ! How ? By combining within ourselves the hitherto antagonistic characters of employer * and employe *? . And such is the object of the City of London Co-operative Company of Cordwainers .

      It is proposed : 1 st . —To accumulate a capital of £ 100 in shares of £ 1 each , payable by instalments of not less than sixpence per week . 2 nd . —The requisite capital subscribed , a shop witt be opened for the sale of goods , manufactured by shareholders , so that the profit , now absorbed by the capitalist , may be added to the labourers' wages , and the capitalistlabourer be enabled to compete with the most purse-proud capitalist-profitmonger . 3 rd . — After deducting a moderate per centage , the proceeds of sale will be immediately paid to the workman . The incidental expenses of the shop will be defrayed by

      one portion of such fixed per centage ; and the surplus will be periodically divided among the shareholders as interest on the capital advanced by them . 4 th . —To ensure that * honesty , ' which ' is the best policy , the instalments are invested , weekly , in the National Land and Labour Bane ; and , as ' short reckonings make long friends , ' the Banker ' s receipt for the previous week ' s instalment is submitted to the next weekly meeting of shareholders 5 th . —Desiring no drones in its hive the Company dispenses with paid officers ; and as equal burdens break no backs , ' every shareholder serves office ia rotation .

      If it be objected that our proposed capital is inadequate , we answer—that as we have justice for our object so we have prudence for our guide . We attempt only that which we can accomplish without injury to our present necessary limited resources . Besides , if we succeed thus far , we shall be furnished with the means for attempting yet more ; and our success will incite to other and more mighty efforts for Labour ' s independence . Therefore , you are most earnestly invited to become shareholders in the

      City of London Cordwainers Co-operative Company . You can make yourselves fully acquainted with its principles , and its proposed mode ot action , by attending any of its meetings , which are held every Sunday evening , at the ' George , ' PauVs . alley , Redcross-street . Come , then , Shopmates , and decide for yourselves whether you cannot thus raise yourselves to the dignity of independent capitalistlabourers , instead of remaining the ill-paid and despised slaves of capilalist-prqfitmongers . ' John Laod , Secretary .

      A Chartist Candidate Fob Sheffield. —In ...

      A Chartist Candidate fob Sheffield . —In consequence of a rumour that Henry George Ward had been called abroad on a diplomatic mission , which would cause » vacancy m the representation of Sheffield , we , the Chartists , held a meeting to consider the propriety of corresponding' with the Central Registration Committee in London , for the purpose of obtaining their assistance in carrying a Chartist candidate , and the following resolution was unanimously adopted : " That , in the event of a vacancy taking place , we request that the secretary do immediately write to the Central Registration Committee , asking their aid , and requesting them to send down Mr . Thomas Clark , as , in our opinion , that gentleman , from his polling 326

      votes at the last election , almost without notice , is the most fit and proper person to represent "ibis borough . —We beg further to call upon the Chartists respectfully to lend us their aid in this righteous struggle . " The old cry , that of " Don ' t divide the liberal interest , " is likely to be raised , but those people , should first consider , that if the liberal interest is divided , id won't be the fault of the Chartists , for we can at all events lay claim to liberality ; besides , we are convinced that Mr . Thomas Clark , has an undoubted claim , if it was right to spend upwards of £ 70 in the last contest , mien no Liberal but Mr . Clark was in the field . In the event of our receiving assistance from the Chartists in the country , we shall struggle to the last

      hour to obtain the desired end , that of electing Mr . Thomas Clark to represent this borough in parliament . We once more call upon the Chartist at once to raise subscriptions , and forward them , made payable to Mr . Grassby , 8 , Noah s Ark Court , Lambeth , London , on behalf of the Sheffield Charttsts . O . Cavili , Sec . IIalisaI . — On Wednesday week a public meeting was held in the large room of the Northgate Hotel ( called by requisition ) , to petition Parliament for a further reduction of the national expenditure . The Mavor nresided on the occasion . The speakers were

      Messrs ! J . Gaukroger , J . Edwards , D \ Crossley , J . Whitworth , Rev . E . Mellor , S . Swindell , J . Lumby , and J . Culpar . The resolutions were carried unanimously , and some hard hits were given to our honourable representatives . A petition founded on the resolutions , was signed by the Mayor , and forwarded to Sir C . Wood , for presentation , with a request to both members to support its prayer . A vote of thanks was given to the Mayor , and the meeting separated . ^ The CHAiLEt Murder . —Hannah Sandles , conr victed and condemned to death at the last assizes for the murder of her child , has been respited during her Majesty ' s pleasure .

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      LATEST NEWS . Tue LivEnrooi , Murder . —The poor servant girl . Parr , died on Thursday morning . 1 oisoxed Plot-n . — WoBcJssTERsmRE . — gcrcral persons have had a narrow escape from death through the carelessness of the fresh workman of a miller , who , requiring some alum to mix with some flour , by mistake used a quantity of sugar of lead . Nearly twenty persons suffered in Stourbridge after partaking of bread made from some , of the same kmd of flour , sold in that town , ¦ ¦ and which on analysis was found to contain sugar of lead . Fortunately none of these cases' have flvoved fatal .

      Four Pehsoxs Suffocated by Charcoal . —The residents of Miss C Mann ' s ladles' school , Libumahouse , St . John's-wood , wore greatly alarmed on Wednesday early , by discovering that three of the female servants , Eliza Tidd , aged 21 , Fanny Carter , aged 17 , and Elizabeth Griffith , aged 10 , had died during the night , and that a fourth was in a state of insensibility , from which she has not at present recovered . The facts of the case appear to be that the cook , who had been ill some time , and -svbo on Tuesday evening fclfc herself worse , asked permission of her mistress to sleep in a room adjoining the kitchen , in which the footboy had tempororily slept , as she thought she could ropose move quietly there than in her own bedroom . This was assented to ? on the . condition that one- of the housemaids should sleep with her , in case she might require assistance . It was thought that t / io room , which had no fire-place , might be too cold for an

      invalid , and a patent stove , which had been constantl y used in the hall , was brought into the room to warm it . Another servant also expressed a desire to accompany them . This arrangement having been made , the lady of the house and familyretired to rest , but it is conjectured that afterwards the fourth female servant , not liking to sleep alone , took up her abode with them . The custom of the family -was to call up the servants at six o ' clock in the morning . On being called at that hour on Wednesday no answer was given , when the door was opened and the appalling scene disclosed of three of the servants dead , and a fourth , Annette Peyke , gasping for life . Instant medical assistance ; was obtained , which was useless to all but "the one who was found in a state of insensibility and partly dressed . She is not yet sufficiently recovered to narrate' the particular ' s of this melancholy afiai p * 'hia " - "' ¦ " ' ^ '

      Extensive Issue of Forged £ 5 Notes . —On Thursday , at the Borough Court , Manchester , a young man , named W . Neales , was brought up for final examination on a charge of paying several forged £ 5 notes . No less than four cases were established against him . The prisoner was committed for trial at the assizes , Death from Scalding . —An Inquest was held on Thursday before G . Payne , Esq ., at Gray ' s Hospital , on the body of Margaret Stephens , aged three years ,-who died from having a saucepan of boiling milk accidentally thrown over her by her eldest sister , aged thirteen . The deceased was one of seven « hildrenleft by the mother at home on the 31 st ult . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death . " North Hants Election . —The contest for the

      representation of the northern division of Hampshire terminated on Wednesday , in the return of Melville Portal , Esq ., by a majority of 3 U 1 over Wm . Shaw , Esq ., editor of the ifark-Lane Express . At the nomination on Saturday last , Mr . Andrews , coach builder , of Southampton , proposed as a third candidate Timothy Ealvey , Esq ., of Southampton , editor of the Hants fndependent—but the proposition was not seconded . POPULAR MOVEMENT AT GENOA—A popular movement took place at Genoa on ) the 29 th ult . The gates of the city were closed , the tocsin was sounded , the people flew to arms . The Genoese municipal councillors Musso Montebruno , Montecelli , and Papa have set out for Turin , to assure the deputies of the support of the Genoese province , and offer an asylum to the representatives of the nation .

      A letter from Genoa announces that a Provisional Government has been proclaimed in that city , and that energetic measures have been adopted to repel the Austnans . SICILY . —A steamer from Sicily has arrived at Leghorn with the intelligence that 700 of the lloyal troops in garrison at Messina have deserted to the Sicilians , taking with them their arms , ammunition , and baggage . GERMANY . —The sentence passed by the tribunal of Fribourg on Strove and Blind , the leaders in the insurrection of Baden , is five years and four months' solitary imprisonment and the costs . The public prosecutor announced that he would appeal against the sentence , as not being equal in severity to the gravity of the offence .

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      MARYLEBONE . —A Gentleman is Search of Himself . —Mr . F . Bailey was charged with having created a terrible uproar in the neighbourhood of Wimpole and Welbeck-street , at a very early hour of the morning . —A constable said lie observed the defendant knocking at several hall-doors , and the query he put to the servants upon opening was , " Is that infernal rascal , Fred . Bailey , here V The replies being in the negative , Mr . Bailey became exceedingly indignant , but upon his threatcninir to inflict personal chastisement on a burly footman the services of the constable were called into requisition . He was fined 5 s .

      WORSHIP-STREET . — The Dollt Ststem . — Rebecca Adams , described as a geaeral dealer , hi Wentworth-street , Whitechapel , was charged with having unlawfully carried on the trade and business of a pawnbroker , without having the word " pawnbroker , " inscribed over the door of her shop . — Sarah Sully proved that she deposited a shire as security for a temporary loan , at the shop of the defendant , who advance ' d her fid . upon it , and the same amount in goods . On calling to redeem the article two days afterwards , the defendant demanded Id . as interest for the loan , which was paid . On another occasion the defendant advanced her 6 d . in

      money , and threepennyworth of goods , upon a flannel petticoat , which she redeemed on the following day , and was charged three halfpence for the accommodation . She had ¦ subsequently pledged various other trifling articles at the shop , and a like interest was always exacted . The defendant , each transaction , made out a ticket , which was attached to the articles , while they remained in her possession , but complainant was not furnished with a duplicate on either occasion . —Mr . Hammill ordered her to pay the penalty of £ 5 , or stand committed in default , for one month , to the House of Correction . The defendant protested her inability to pay the fine , and intimated that she had no effects to satisfy tho levy under the distress warrant ; but finding herself consigned to the care of the gaoler , she speedily produced the amount . CLERKENWELL . —Doing a Friend a Turn ' . —

      Charlotte Simpson and Ellen Barrett were charged with robbery . Mr . II . Warner deposed that on Monday afternoon he was at a public-house in Britannia-street , St . Pancras , when he was addressed by the prisoners , who implored his assistance , representing that they , with their children , were , and had been for several days , in want of the common necessaries of life , He accompanied them to a baker ' s , where he purchased them some bread , and directed them to return to him for further aid . They did so at a time when he was the worse for liquor , when , acting under their advice , he was led home by them to his own residence , and while he was asleep they absconded , taking with them nearly all his worldly effects , consisting of money , plate , bed linen , and wearing apparel . The prisoners , who were apprehended while offering some of the property for sale , were committed for trial .

      SOUTHWARK . —Charge of Manslaughter . — T . Bush and J . Ashton , in the employ of a butcher , were charged with causing the death of T . Bunty ,. aged eighty . The prisoners were driving along . Biackfriars-road in a chaise cart , and the deceased , who was passing , was knocked down by the vehicle , and when picked up he was insensible , and bleeding from the forehead ; he was conveyed to the hospital , and it was found that some of his ribs were broken , and that he had received a concussion , of which injuries he expired soon afterwards . In the course of the prisoners' examination it was stated that although they must Have been aware of having run over the deceased , they continued to drive on , and would have got away had not some persons

      who witnessed the accident run after the vehicle , and succeeded in stopping the horse , they were both sober at the time . —Mr . Cottingham said that it was only matter of astonishment that more persons were not killed in the streets , owing to the reckless manner in which butchers' carts , especially , were driven in crowded thoroughfares . The worst feature in this case was , the attempt of the prisoners to escape after running over the old man . He should remand the prisoners until the result of the coroner ' s inquest was known . LAMBETH . — Hobbert . — Ann Phillips , a woman of the town and an expert thief , was placed at the bar for final examination , before the Hon . G . C . Norton , on a charge of robbing John Brookes of a

      • old watch , a gold guard-chain , and other property , on the Hungerfovd Suspension Bridge . —The prisoner , who stoutly denied the robbery , was fully committed for trial . Several robberies of a similar description , and generally attended with considerable violence , have within the last two or three months been committed on the same bridg ? . They are generally committed by a man and wor an acting in concert , and as soon as they arc accomplished one of tho thieves starts forthe Middlesex and the other for the Surrey side . On the present occasion it is believed that the prisoner had a malp accomplice , who , securing the watch and gustarted to the Hungerford-market end of th * and got clear off .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 7, 1849, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07041849/page/1/