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      "Union Is Strength." To The Chartists.

      "Union is strength . " TO THE CHARTISTS .

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      AND NATTONAI , TRJdES' JOURNAL . * i

      My Friends, The Time Is Coming When You ...

      My Friends , The time is coming when you must be " up and doing ; " and as "to be forewarned is to Tie forearmed , '' let me now explain to you the necessity of an exhibition of Chartist strength , Chartist mind , Chartist power , and Chartist resolution . \

      The Press and faction are beginning , as of yore , to boast of the lull of Chartism ; and although , as you are aware , I have most cordially joined in the present union between the middle and the working classes , yet I never entertained such , an idea as allowing the Press of that party to base its strength exclusively upon middle-class power , nor would such a misrepresentation be beneficial to the veritable middle classes ; and I Trail show you wby . \

      The middle class , as heretofore represented fcy the Press , means the owners of active capital , whose sole object it has ever been to support any ministry—irrespective of politicswho would transfer taxation from their order , no matter upon whom it fell . Upon the other hand , the present union between the middle and working classes has been established , not for the purpose of transferring taxation from one party to another , but for the purpose of measuring taxation by State necessity , and not by aristocratical idleness and ministerial necessity .

      Now nothing is more indispensable than that parties joining in such a cause should have a thorough understanding of their respective positions ; and the position which I wish Chartism to occupy is tins : —that its power should be acknowledged in the-movement j as , otherwise , you may rely upon it both middle and working classes will be deceived—not by -the movers in this agitation , but by the Government and the House of Commons .

      We have struggled long enough together to "be known to each other ; and that we have not struggled ineffectually is demonstrated by the fact , that we have taken the odium off our principles , and that they are now becoming the adopted of all , all seeing the necessity of Labour being represented , and the impossibility of the Labourer devoting his timet © legislation , if he was not honestly paid for his services .

      In America and in France—where the representatives of the people are paid—you will never find vital and important questions decided by the votes of a third , a fourth , a fifth , a sixth , and sometimes not an eighth of the representative body ; and , as I have frequently told you , Labour never will be represented hi the British Parliament by paid officials , nincompoop sons of peers , toadies looking for office ,- admirals , generals , colonels , majors , captains , lieutenants , commissioners , landlords , railway directors , ship owners , bankers , merchants , manufacturers , architects , cotton lords , capitalists living upon Labour , andabove all—lawyers , whose living depends upon mvstifying law .

      Now , a true thing cannot be too often repeated ; and is it not true , that the English labourers are represented as I have stated—and is it not equally true that the . English labourers have it in their power to completely alter the system BY THEIR UNION 1 The present union even of the middle classes could not be sustained—nay , could nothavebeen established—without funds . Not a lecturer on ljehalf of that body travels without his expenses being paid—and very properly so—while , in support of that movement , I travel at my own expense .

      The Chartists nave invariably acted upon " the principle , that " what ' s every man's business is nobody ' s business ; " and if enthusiasm and patriotism can be proved by comparison , let me draw your attention to the different manner in which that patriotism is developed in oppressed and starving Ireland , as compared with comparatively free and flourishing England . In Ireland , the Repeal agitation was revived on Monday last , and , with very little notice , subscriptions to carry it on amounted to 257 . ; while all England , Scotland , and "Wales saddle one individual with the payment of 5 / . a month , to exonerate their friends from slave labour , and allow their wives and families to starve .

      Tou may rest assured that I have given my most anxious consideration to this new fraternisation ; and that , while upon the one hand justice would not allow me to offer the slightest opposition , yet , upon the other hand , pride , vanity , ambition—and , I trust , a sterling love for the poor—urges me on to keep the spirit of Chartism alive . But how is this to be done ? Let me show you . I have already told you that , without the necessary funds , neither this movement—the Ere Trade movement—the Repeal movement

      Catholic Emancipation movement—nor the Reform movement , could have been conducted to a successful issue . And by the strength of iunds alone—if properly applied in 1839 and 18 i 0 , instead of being lavished upon " poor gentlemen , who were too proud to work , and toovoor to live without labour "—if it was Boiflsay . for the desertion of those rapscallions when our funds were exhausted , we should bave carried the day ; while I and manv others suffered incarceration and persecution , and obloquy was heaped upon our principles , by the desertion of those ruffians . in

      The Petition presented by Atiwood , ' 40 , contained over TWELVE HUNDRED THOUSAND signatures ; that presented by Dotcomce , in ' 43 , contained nearly THREE "MILLIONS AND A HALF ; and that presented bv Me , in ' 48 , contained over FIVE MILLIONS AND A HALF . Doubtless manv of you will recollect the tables that have been furnished , as to the amount that may be supplied by the weekly payments of your order . Some made a calculation to show you that a penny a week subscribed by each of one million , would amount to FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX POUNDS » ^ eek , or TWO HUNDRED AND

      SIXTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO POUNDS A TEAR , or nearly a million of , money in four years . Nor do I think—taking the professed enthusiasm of the Chartists as the basis of calculation—that these arithmeticians were guilty of any exaggeration beyond their faith in popular enthusiasm . Indeed , I can scarcely consider your order worthy the principles you profess , if a millbn are not prepared to pay a penny a week fox their accomplishment .

      Howbeit , I have shown you that no agitation can be carried on without the means , and I snail measure British enthusiasm by a minor standard . I will take a hundred thousand as the maximum number of professing Chartists , able and willing to subscribe a penny a week , that would amount to four hundred and sixteen pounds a week ; it would enable us to engage fifty able , sober , trustworthy lecturers , at four pounds a week ; to pay a Chartist Executive of five , ten pounds a week ; leaving a balance of two hundred and six pounds a week , to hold a Convention of sterling men , and to get up a Metronolitan demonstration . Now sucb a society as this , or rather such avepTesentetionof our society is b ^ F ™™* and inless than one year would so develop the sound mind of this country , as to secure lor

      Your order a full , free , and fair representation ii the Commons House of Parliament , upon the principles of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER , A ^ ain , I tell . you , that " what ' s every man s work is nobody ' s work ; " while , upon the other band it * there are not a bundled thousand wiring men in England , Scotland , and Wales prepared to give up a half-pint of beer or one pipe of tobacco aweek , they are wiling slaves , and deserve that oppression of wmch thevare the upholders . If even fifty thousand would g ive a penny a week , it would enable us

      My Friends, The Time Is Coming When You ...

      to employ fifty sound lecturers ,- at four pounds a week each , besides paying the Executive , while the active men in the districts could establish unpaid committees . i ^ plan is "Med . and if more funds snouldbc necessary , I will to such an object devote the entire profits of the " Northern Star , " and will take my full share of the labour and responsibility .

      . Now then , working men , if there are not fifty thousand of your order—that is , one in two hundred—estimating tie population of England , Scotland , and Wales at twenty millions , prepared to support your principles at an expense of one penny a week , or four shillings and four-pence a year each , as such a movement need not exist longer , you deserve to be slaves , and I hope and trust in God , you may

      so . I think I have put the question in the most simple form before you . I have shown you that every previous agitation has succeeded from the ability of promoters to ' uphold itwhile burs has' railed , ' aud its supporters been consigned to the dungeon / the tMnsport , ' and the grave , from your apathy , indifference—and I will add—dishonesty , and injustice . However , it is not yet too late . You shall

      have my service , my purse , my energy , and talent , if they are worth anything ; while , depend upon it , if we allow Chartism to appear to merge into any other movement , through the misrepresentation of the press , the promoters of that movement , namely , the veritable Middle Classes—who live upon the Working Classes—that is , upon profits legitimately made by their ability to spend—will also find themselves deceived .

      One of the great benefits that I anticipated from this fraternization , was the opportunity that it would afford to the Working Classes to develope their true principles before their former opponents , with a view to dispel those prejudices so injurious to both parties , and upon which alone the strength of their opponents is based . If , therefore , this is to be a veritable union , and if the united parties are ¦ to have . a thorough understanding—I think it but right and just that a discreet Chartist council should be appointed in every town in the kingdom ; and that upon the announcement of a meeting to take place , the Chartist Council

      should meet the Parliamentary Reform Council , not with a view of altering the programme of the Association , or to offer any , the slightest , opposition to the movement , but for the purpose of nominating Chartists to take part in every debate—no , I will not call it debate , but meeting . I will not call it debate , which implies controversy , as I am quite sure that the good sense , not only of the audience , bat of the speakers themselves , would point out the absolute necessity , not only for a union , but for harmony between the two parties ; as they may rest assured the watchful enemy would take advantage of any , " the slightest , rupture or disagreement .

      Such a course would give the Working Classes the advantage of being reported in the "Daily News , " the "Morning Advertiser , " and the "Sun ; " while , when the advocacy of their cause is confined to me , those papers give but a very scanty report of my sayings . However , we never before had in any popular cause so large an amount of Press generosity . As I have previously stated , it ia . my

      intention to make a tour of England , " Scotland , and Wales , before Parliament meets , as it is necessary that Lord ^ OHTf-snould have the mark of the squeeze he asked for , while it would be healed if the breeze was got up now , and we allowed a lull of two months . My attendance at Aberdeen on Monday next is not the commencement of my torn * . My tour will not commence till after Christmas , and then I shall have six weeks of it before

      Parliament meets . Chartists , I can do no more than I have offered . If you do not do your duty , you are willing slaves ; and when hunger pinches your bellies , do not come to me then and say ,

      "LEAD US ON TO DEATH OR GLORY NOW WE ARE READY ! " Winter is coming , the foreign markets are glutted , pauperism will frightfully increase ; the Middle Classes will feel it in the shape of poor rates , and the want of customers ; the evicted Irish tenants and labourers will come and compete in your labour market , in the hope of realising enough by the spring of the year to transport themselves to America ; England will be embroiled in continental fends and Strifes to suppress wars in which she could

      not take part ; the Irish lickspittle-representatives , when there is no patronage to offer as compensation for their depreciated property , will become a nest of hornets—they will join the Protectionists . Eusseix dare not dissolve Parliament in the teeth of the present Protectionist rancour ; workhouses will be crammed to overflowing ; haggards , barns , and ricks will be blazing ; you will be pining and piping , while by one glorious and unanimous developc mentofyour mental power , you may compel the Minister to discard the idle drones that

      live on your sweat and blood , to reduce taxation to the standard of national requirement , and your ability to bear it , instead of—as now —hearing oue party rejoicing in " Cheap bread , high wages , and plenty to do ; " while you are gaping through the baker ' s window at the cheap loaf , without tho msauS to buy it . Within eight months of the present year , ending on the oth of September , we have imported the following amount of produce from foreign countries : —

      For the sake of brevity we have hitherto omitted the comparison made iu these tables Between the first eight months of the two years ; but , as it is a fact of some magnitude , we may observe , by the way , that iu the eight months ending last September 5 th , we admitted for home consumption no less than 0 , 337 , 59 B quarters of foreign wheat , 1 , 018 , 858 quarters of barley , SG 9 . 077 quarters of oats , 219 , 310 quarters of rye , 1 , 733 , 778 quarters of maise , aud 2 , 356 , 878 cwt . of flour , besides some other considerable items of a similar nature . Burin * the two months

      compared wc have entered respectively 21 , 575 cwt . and 27 . 207 cwt of currants ; 3 , 429 cwt and 4 , 458 cwt . of raisins . In provisions there has been a temporary , and doubtless an accidental , decline upon the month , but , taking the comparison between Uicfirst eight months of the two years , we find an immense difference iniavourof the present year . The importations of bacon were respectively 184 , 302 cwt . and 349 , 727 cwt ; of salted beef , 87 , 006 cwt audll 9 j 8 G 7 cwt ; of salted pork , 206 , 740 cwt . and 300 , 400 cwt ; 00 , 972 , 248 eggs , and 73 , 005 , 759 ; and of rice 653 , 819 cwt and 781 , 205 cwt

      Now , allowing three quarters of wheat to the English acre , and over four quarters of oats and barley ; allowing an ox or a cow at five cwt . to the acre ; allowing more than eight bushels of flour to the acre—making a calculation of the amount of laud that would produce the amount . of bacon imported , and rice and other edible commodities at their fair standard , as substitute forother food ; and without taking currants , raisins and eggs , which are also substitutes , this gives , upon the eight months' importation , and at a very high rate of produce , estimated by the . , year , the produce of four million English acres , and Free Trade is as vet only in its infancy ;

      Now if you take the : evidence of that muddle-pated Raven , that . was examined before the Land Committee , and estimate the number of ag ricultural hands employedat the rate of two to the . hundred acresyou have eighty thousand English agricultural labourers thrown out of employment ; which , at five to a family , constitutes two

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      hundred thousand individuals who glut the labour market , reduce wages , or UCC 0 H 1 G pensioners upon the poor rates—of which the middle classes have to pay their full share , while the disheartened farmers and labourers become poor , and are unable to become customers in the trading market . Thus . asloften telly > ra , cheap and dear are relative terms ,

      and you will soon be starving in a cook shop ; while , if Free Trade was based upon free representation , foreign produce , coming from untaxed countries , would neither affect the grower , the consumer , nor the dealer—because , then we should see our taxation measured by the same standard as our foreign competitors , who are now , by CHEAP GOVERNMENT enabled to undersell us in our own market .

      I shall now conclude by begging of you to read the speeches of Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., and Geokge Thompson , M , P ., delivered at the meetings held at Marylebone and St . George's-in-the-East , on Wednesday night , and at which--both mehtbefs boldly , honestly , -and' -eloquently advocated UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE , whole and entire . Chartists ! " Awake , arise , or be for ever

      fa llen 1 " Lei us show ourselves and our principles once more in their full-length form . Court all who will join you . Join with the Parliamentary Reform Association . Explain your principles calmly and logically before them , and the day is our own . Your Faithful and Uncompromising Friend and Representative , Feargus O'Connoe .

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      GLORIOUS TRIUMPH \ THE li ¥ MD THE LAND COMPANY . TO THE MEMBER ? OF THE LAND COMPANY . Mv Fbibnds , — When I first established the Land Company I was perfectly aware of the difficulties against

      which I would have to contend . In its infancy , neither the Press nor its most virulent opponents anticipated its hasty aud gigantic growth ; and , therefore , both were silent upon the subject . When , however , it promised to invite the national mind to that great social benefit which alone could result from political equality , it not only became the target for Press and employer , but many of its most devoted adherents became its tormentors .

      Mr . Gubbins and a few others summoned me for the recovery of monies that had been expended in land and houses ; and to acquire possession of which they had had a fan- chance in the ballot box , the mode by which they and all others kiiewthe estates where to be alloted ; and thus , in my opinion , they were guilty of a fraud upon the Company . In passing I may observe , that I have only received eight summonses of the same nature ; and when we reflect that the Company contains over 70 , 000 members and that many of them are destitute , the fact of a greater number not having sued me , is a strong proof of national gratitude .

      I believe that all who have taken out summonses have been urged on by some solicitor or agent connected with some

      FREEDOM F OR THE MILLIONS society , in order to wean the public mind from a plan , which , above all others , is calculated to secure the-ind ependence of the working classes . If these summonses in ^ ne ~ Cbiraty Courts had continued , as a matter of course the Company would have become bankrupt . Aud in order to secure the funds of the Company , I resolved upon appealing to a higher tribunal , and with that view I applied to Judge Taleoxjrd , on Tuesday last , for a certiorari , to remove such cases to a higher court—that is , to take the power from the County Court

      Judge , and try the case before a judgo and jury-The summons upon which I moved was in the case of a person named Teipteee , who had employed tyro-professional gentlemen to oppose the application . Judge Talfoukd , however , without considering any argument necessary , granted my application , stating , that he considered the question of great importance , aud one which should be tried in one of the Superior Courts , and by a Special Jury , or , perhaps , by an Appeal to the House " of Lords ; aud , therefore , the property of the Company is now , thank GOD , saved from the

      grasp of lawyers ; while the very decision of Judge Talpoubd will , as a matter of course , urge the Queen ' s Bench to give judgment early next Term , upon the question of complete Registration ; aud Term commences next Friday fortnight , and the members may rest assured , tliatho exertion shall be wanting upon my part , to urge the matter on as rapidly as possible , while they should bear in miud , that the legal expenses must come out of my own pocket .

      If I required stronger proof than I have already received of the villany of a portion of the working classes , and their opposition to a plan most calculated to benefit their order , it will be found in the following letter . Of course I do not apply any censure to the writer of the letter ; but what will the working classes think of the members of a club , who undertake to pay snore in costs than would pay off the prisoner ' s demand . Here follows the letter , and the reader shall judge for himself : —

      Sm , —As I hold four paid-up shares in the Land Company , I am anxious , under present circumstances , to ascertain what power I have to demand , withdraw , or dispose of the same , for the benefit of my wife and family , who are in distressed circumstances . The club which I belong to has been assisting them ; they refuse it ' any longer while I have money in your hands , unless I will consent to prosecute you after I get my discharge , and they will assist me in so doing . I am of opinion tiiat you will consent to allow me the amount without having recourse to any such means ; the stern cause of necessity alone compels me to apply-to you ; I have wrote twice to the Directors , and to

      no eifect . I believe they answered both letters without you ever seeing them ; I am of opinion had you seen either of them , and knowing the circumstances I was placed mat the time , and , also , what would be the consequences of a wife and family deprived of then- sole protector , you would not have hesitated one moment ; she expects to be distressed in a short time for rent , unless you comply with this letter , which I am of opinion you will never let take place , but wUl stretch outyour hand in the time of need , and allow me the amount . "Sour early answer will much oblige your humble servant , William Wintebbottosi .

      Now what will the reader say to the proposal of this working man ' s club ? But as it appears that what is " sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander , '' Ave learn that the

      COBDEN-SCHOLEFIELD " FREEDOMFOR THE MILLIONS " .. Society is also in a fix , as the barrister has refused to legalise their "FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS ; " that is , to give the occupants the vote , but of course the Press will sympathise with those honest Trustees aud sufferers ; in their case the law will be all wrong ; the Barrister will be a nincompoop , a partisan , or a tool ; while , however , it may be strained against me , the law will be all right—I shall be a juggler , and the sufferers my dupes . . ¦ .. ¦ •• . I am sure that the decision of Judge Talfovkd will be matter ofno little consolation to the honest members of the Land Company ; whileTBiPiREE , aud his associates , will , Itrust , have acquired sufficient wisdom to inspire tlieni

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      itj ln ^ re confidence me than - legal qu , l $$ ' as . may rest assured , that iu myha « ffi | their property is safe , however the j ntocacSatf tho law may for a time lock it up . During ;^ mouth . those who-are now located uponthtffstates , and are prepared to pay their rent , willpceive their leases , and will require no legalrconstruction . of a barrister to insure them the ,, v ote ; while those who do not pay their . rents , and those who have purchased from members , and . have not refunded the Company ^ demands , will bo ejected ; then perhaps tfce vitalit y aud stability of the Company , andjthe hones ty of the Trustees , will be admitted ^

      AgamJIet me add , that I am resolved to pursue inJ : LandPlanin spite of all opposition ; and let m remind the members of the factwhich lye repeated to surfeit—that there is 20 s . w # h of property for ' every pound that ha ? beejfpubscribed , and that there'hever was , sin ^ man was created , a . Company upon ' wuose , -ajrab , ' n ^ ^^ ^^^ $ Si ^^ ^ H ^^ i ?^ : ' ^ the Company will agree in thF'lecision ^ Judge Talfoubd ; while every one who would have otherwise sued me , will-have saved his money , and ultimately find himself in a better position . .

      : . 1 shall now conclude with the following extract from the "Daily News" of Thursday , copied from the "Bury Post , " and which will , perhaps , give my Lancashire friends some notion of the value of even a quarter of an acre of ground , with which they receive neither loan nor aid money , and which is doubtless given to them iu a rough and uncultivated state , while it puts a blush in their face , and makes them comparatively independent of employers . It should be headed

      A HINT -TO SIDNEY SMITH . Here it is : — The Condition of Fabs labourers . — We understand that the government has instituted an inquiry into the state of the peasantry of this county , with a view to emigration measures . It would certainly be a great relief to many parishes to be relieved of their surplus population . It has been shown , however , that there are not more agricultural labourers in this covmty than wight to be employed upon the land . In too many cases farmers have not capital sufficient for their holdings , and they cannot employ labourers to the extent that would be profitable to those possessed of adequate means . The present low prices also onerate against employment , and botli causes , combined with the cessation of railway work , will , we fear , tend to loner the rate of wages , and to degrade the condition of

      the peasantry . Lord Wodehouse , in his address at the meeting of the Forelioe Association , made some very judicious observations on the subject , and on the means of improving the condition of the labourers . From what we have observed in this county , we . can assure his lordship and all other landowners , that if the labourers had a quarter of an acre allotment granted to them at moderate rents , they would very speedily improve their own condition . Allotments are general in the Shropham and Guiltcross hun dreds , in the parishes of Attlebnrgh , Buehenham , Bridgham , Larling , Hockham , Snetterton , Banham , Lopham , Havling , Quiddenham , Kennmghall , and GavboWisham , and in those parishes the labouvere are comparatively comfortably situated , and they are a robust , good-looking set of men , while in many other parts of the county they present a very miserable appearance , wtw at fos & tiv ^ s where they are rewarded for honesty and industry .

      I have often told you , that if Peince Albert built such cottages as I have for the poor , that there would be an office in every street , where tickets would bo issued gratis—or , perhaps , sold—to visit the magnificent villas erected by the philanthropic Prince—while the nearly 300 that I have built , together with four splendid school-houses , are an eye-sore to the country . Now , as a proof of the fact , that " one man may steal a hovsc while another dare not look over the wall "—read the following , taken from the " Daily News" of Wednesday ' . —

      Impacted Dwellisgs for Labourers . — Last week the ihgtimMic meeting of the Tunbridge Wells branch societv i w ^ KroV ^ ftW ^ Corn -Exchange in that town . ' Notwitlistan'dTiig tlie * extreme wetness of the day , which no doubt prevented many attending , the large room was well filled with a highly respectable and attentive audience . The chair was taken by Lord Ashley , M . l \ The report stated that the society had last year purchased about five acres of land on the London road , on which were at present erected six cottages for

      separate fiimities , as well as a lodging-house , capable of accommodating fourteen unmarried labourers of good character . To each cottage was attached a piece of land for garden-ground , of about the eighth of an acre . On the remainder of the ground the society contemplated building eighteen additional cottages . Among the rules to be observed by the tenants were , that the children were to be sent regularly to a day school , and a strict observance of the sabbath was to be attended to , and a punctual attendcucc at some protestant place of worship .

      Now , there is a happy union of church and communism ; the fourteen billeted bachelors , of course , living upon the principle of communism , and yet obliged to profess the Protestant faith , and go to church on Sundays . I will conclude with a prayer . —

      "GOOD LORD DELIVER ME FROM SUCH A SET OF HUMBUGGING HYPOCRITES . AMEN . " Your Faithful Friend , Feargus O'Connor .

      THE MATHON ESTATE . I uow wish to draw the attention of the poor , as well as the comfortable of the middle classes , to the means by which they may become possessed of a portion of this magnificent estate . In the first place , let me observe , that I can defer the payment of the purchase money for two months , upon a very trifling sacrifice of interest upon the . amount , while the title has been accepted by the conveyancer as valid and unexceptionabl e .

      The mode by which I would propose to dispose of that portion of the Estate not yet disposed of , is as follows ;—The money required to bo paid is 37 / . per acre , of which . % au acre , aud more , will be

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      returned , when tho standing timber and old materials are disposed of ; therefore I will presume that thirty-seven persons—having a pound each , but not 37 / . —shall put a pound each into a lottery , and that the successful man shall receive an acre in fee ; the seven next highest—that is , Nos . 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , and 8—receiving back the pound paid from the amount produced by timber and materials : and if the parties so balloting wish , to make it less of a speculation , that the successful man shall pay back annually a portion of the 30 Z . put iu by the unsuccessful candidates .

      As regards two-acre allotments , seventyfour should put in ' a pound each , and the fourteen who drew from Nos . 2 to 15 should receive back their money from the sale of timber and materials . ' The price of three acres would be 1111 , ; the members receiving back 2 U , which should be returned to those drawing from 2 to 22 . The . price of four acres would be 148 ? . ; the ^« jewful ,. man , ^ ceiriUg ^ 4 ^ el ^ 5 Brwaer ^ and . tftoBefdfa ^ wiilg ^ fro ^ 2 ! to , > 2 $ ' r & eivSng bac $ # g ^ ou ^ an ^ ui'aU bases ifr : beihg optional TOh ^ tfEwp ^ niake -tbji successful member repay'tu ^ fibunt p ^ bv

      the unsuccessful members , by yearly ihstal- " ments or not . Or thirty-seven men may put in 21 . each for two acres , 3 / . each for three acres , and 4 / . each for four acres , and then there would be , in every instance , a prize to every twenty-nine blanks . And if a still poorer class of men choose to venture a shilling , a half-crown , five or ten shillings , they may try their luck ; in all those cases where the ballot is confined to the poorest of the poor the drawer o ? the prize to be entitled to the 7 ? . an acre , as well as the laud ; as in such cases tho 7 / ., or the 14 / . if it was two acres , may be needed by persons belonging to the poorer class .

      If thirty-seven men wished to put in 4 ? . each for four acres , they may make an arrangement amongst themselves , that fourteen of the unsuccessful candidates may receive back 21 . each out of the 4 / . paid , instead of the seven receiving back 4 / . Now , in my opinion , this is a much better lottery than racing sweeps and other schemes which are advertised and puffed by the Press ; while a trifling amount saved from drunkenness and dissipation , would put tho working classes in possession of the most beautiful estate , in the most healthy aud beautiful part of England , and help to thin the Labour market .

      I have not so much anxiety about losing my own £ 500 , that I paid as a deposit , as I have about losing this hive where the industrious may swarm . I hope that I shall have an earnest response to this proposition by next week ; and that the working classes will understand that , at two acres to a man , this estate would enfranchise 250 of their order , and make them free and independent voters , without the barrister ' s construction of Jaw ; and those with money should understand that many solvent tenants—good agricultural labourers , have offered 1 GJ . a year for four acres , which would cost the purchaser 120 Z ., leavmg him over thirteen per cent , for his money and well secured .

      I do not consider it necessary to say anothoi word upon this subject . Feaugvjs O'Connor .

      Judge's Ciiambehs.-Ocrober 10m. Triptree...

      JUDGE'S CIIAMBEHS .-OcroBER 10 m . Triptree v . O'Connor . This was an action in the County Court of Marylebone for the recovery of £ 5 , paid by tho plaintiff as a " member , " to the defendant as a " promoter " of the National Land Company . The defendant now applied for a certiorari on an affidavit , alleging that tho matter in dispute was one involving a large number of small sums , similar in amount to that sought to be received , and which , in the aggregate , amounted to more than £ 70 , 000 ; and that there were several legal questions arising out of the action of great importance and difficulty—whether tho Scheme was legal or illegal , under the Joint

      Stock Companies Act , or under the act for the abolition of lottei'ies ; whether tho plaintiff having paid ^ voluntarily , and been a party to all the pro eeedings , could now recover his money ; the defendant ' s affidavit also stated that tho Queen ' s Bench had granted a mandamus , tho return to which would raise the present and several other questions . The Judge ( Mr , Justice Talfourd ) called upon the solicitor for the plaintiff to say whether these statements were true , and it was admitted that they were so ; but then it was contended that the application was too late , inasmuch as it now wanted but two days to the heaving in tho County Court ; the solicitor also complained of tho hardship to his client , who was not of ability to bear the expence , of taking the case before one of the

      Superior courts , and must , therefore , forego all hope of obtaining his money . The Judge , however , to the " too late" argument observed , that he had frequently granted these applications , even when made ex parte , and without any notice vrhatevcv to the other side , in which case tho plaintiff was wholly unaware of tho writ until tho names were called in Court : and as to the exponco of trying the dispute else whew , that was a circumstance which could not be remedied . He considered that the questions to beraisedmthe action were of very great importance , and ought to be tried by a Superior Court , and the more so , as , if the judgment then given were not satisfactory , it could be reviewed in the Exchequer Chamber , and afterwards in the House of Lords . He granted the certiorari .

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      Paisley.—-A Public Meeting Was Held In T...

      Paisley . — -A public meeting was held in the Exchange Rooms on Wednesday evening , the 3 rd inst ., iwwS'SS' i ^ li ? — tllc ^ ' amnesty to all pomicaFprisdners . —MrTUTTleniihg was called to the chair . —Mr . Duncan Robertson , in proposing the first resolution , said it was proper for them to consider whether tho persons on whoso account they were met deserved the punishment inflicted upon them ; for his part , he did not believe they did . He was deeply mortified to think that

      twenty thousand persons cheered Ernest Jones , while uttering the sentiments for which he is incarcerated , and that so few had practically shown their . adherenceto those sentiments . —Mr . Samuel M'Kine briefly seconded the resolution , which was ably supported by Mr . Daniel Paul , from Glasgow , in a long and eloquent address , and carried unanimously . — Mr . Andrew Robertson read and submitted a copy of a memorial to her Majesty , for the adoption of the meeting . —Mr . John Howie seconded the adoption of the memorial , which was carried . —After a vote of thanks to Mr . Paul and the Chairman , the meeting dispersed . South Shields , —A meeting of delegates from various localities of the Chartist Association , was

      held m South Shields , at tho house of Mr . Jackson , when matters touching the strengthening of the Association were discussed . A resolution was likewise passed , " That for the better organisation of the district , each locality elect a councilman to represent his locality in the district council meetings , for the next three months , and that the first district council meeting be held at the Cock Inn , Head of the Side , Newcastle , on Sunday , October 21 st , at two o ' clock , and that the Chartists of each locality in Northumberland and Durham be particularly requested to send a councilman , or a written communication of their willingness and means to aid in rallying around tho old flag of Chartism . "—

      Letters to be directed to John Hudson , Dawson's Court , Westgatc-strcet , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Dudley . —The Chartists of this town avc glad to see the attention of the Chartist body called to the debt duo to tho printer , and are of opinion that the plan recommended in the letter of Mr . Harney , which appeared in last week's Star , is the best way to raise tho money . When the several districts know how much is required from them , they will not fail to discharge a just debt whibh has been contracted on their account . As soon as the general secretary has made out his scale of the amount required from each district , we will forward our share . The Chartists of Dudley are desirous that the agitation should bo revived in this district . The towns

      of Stourbridge , Bilston , Wolverhampton , and Smethwick , where formerly there existed energetic associations , have been allowed to dwindle out of existence . If the few true men in these towns would unite and revive their associations , wo should be happy to assist them . It is intended , in conjunction with those towns , to hold a district meeting , to regulate future proceedings . —Jons Davis , Sec . Edinburgh . —On Monday evening , October 8 th , a concert and ball was held in the Waterloo Rooms , for the benefit of tho wives and families of the late Messrs . Williams and Sharp . The benefit was a bumper , and it is expected that the profits will amount to about eight or nine pounds , besides which subscriptions avc still going on for the above object .

      ¦An———A> The Victims. To Ttie Editor Of ...

      ¦ an———a > THE VICTIMS . TO TTIE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN' STAR . Sir , —You may insert the following letter , if you think proper , as an example worthy of imitation . W . Rider . " Tyn-yr-heol , Xoata , Oct . 8 th . " Dear Sir , —I herewith enclose to you a Post-Office order for £ 1 , which I give to exempt the brave and talented Ernest Jones from the degradation and punishment of oakum picking . I am glad that it is once in my power to contribute my mite to alleviate the suffering of such a bold and fearless advocate of tho rights and liberties , which even

      man is entitled to . I remember reading in the Stai that Ernest Jones was saying at the National Convention : —" That if the Government should attempt to hurt a hair of his head , the men of Yorkshire would rim down from the mountain tops to his rescue . " Uow this show ' ed his confidence . I conclude from your letter in last week's Star that Mr . Jones ' s real friends are very sparing with their shillings to save their victim from labour , or otherwise , death ! "Remaining , and concluding for the present , '" Respectfully yours , " Mr . W . Rider . " ¦ " William Jones . "

      Happiness. —That State Of Life Is Most H...

      Happiness . —That state of life is most happy , where superfluties are not required asd necessaries are not wanting , —Fkmxh .

      The Chartists Op Uxbridoe To The Chartis...

      THE CHARTISTS OP UXBRIDOE TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Democrats , —Are we doers as well AS takers ? Ave wo true to the cause we have embraced ? Are we men—and do we act as such ? If so , how is it that tho heart-rending accounts of the wives and families of the victims have hitherto resulted in little more than lip sympathy ? If Chartism is not worth a sacrifice it is not worth having , and if we arc not prepared to make such sacrifice we have no riahtto call ourselves Chartists .

      It is no use trying to shift the blame ; we are as much the murderers of Sharp and Williams as the base and brutal Whigs . Had we done our duty they would have still been living . We had the power to save them had we possessed the will . We have proved ourselves to be not that which we pro * fessed to be . We led these men to believe that we wore prepared to second the efforts they were making—did we do so ? Had thoy gained their object we should have eagerly grasped the fruits of their energies , and the air would have vibrated with our plaudits ; now they have fallen—wo forsake them ! j

      Brother Democrats , lot us no longer be guilty of such base ingratitude , but make an effort to place both tho wives and families far above the sting of want , and thereby prove ourselves worthy of pos « sessing that for which wo are now struggling . Yours fraternally , The Uxbridge Democrats . Uxbridge , October 5 th . P . S . —We inclose £ 1 for the Victims , to bo fairly divided , and 5 s . for the Executive ,

      The Union Between The Middle And Working...

      THE UNION BETWEEN THE MIDDLE AND WORKING CLASSES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTIIEBK STAR . Sir , —It is with tho most pleasurable ,-feelings that I now look forward to a lasting and-permanent union between the oworking and veritable middle classes , an union which for the real interests of both , olaBses-has . b . eea ' -too-long delayed . For this fatal error ,. ntfttou 1 } t * bpth parties have been blameable , and Ia ' ffisatisfied thjitbethparties on that account £ j ^ j £ ?^ 5 $ 8 ^ ^ SESb wMiUsMo . uie . of small IpKSfteft ^^ out ¦ otOTerywteD > : aepSiia on > the" ^ o ' rkuig . classes , ' rio ^ j A I ' presume 7 wW & a matter of course , that tho social comfort of the labourer must also improve the social comfort ot the shopkeeper and small tradesman , while the labourer s wretchedness and misery , consequent on want of employment , will as certainly be proportionately felt by the shopkeeper and small tradesman . This being the case then between tho parties ,

      ( and no one knows tho real truth here set forth better than the shopkeepers themselves , ) it is their interest , " as well as their duty , " to support every measure calculated to ameliorate tho miserable condition of their best customers , as by doing so they are most effectually helping themselves . One is almost apt to wonder how they could have been so long blind to their own interests . Every shop confers the franchise on its owner ; and the middle classes , backed by the whole body of the working classes , with a real reform for tho object , would be all powerful in the towns , —without them they are all but powerless . The' people need have no fear of being deceived , —indceil , this class never did deceive them , they were deceived themselves . Before the so-called Reform Bill they were unenfranchised themselves . In the Corn-Law agitation tiio great bulk of them were honest in then- endeavours ,

      believing that the ascribed benefits would flow irom them . Besides , the people have nothing to lose by union , but every thing to gain ; they will not be asked to give up their own principles , but oniy to give their most energetic support to a rather less measure of reform than their own , but having tho ultimate tendencies ; a measure which , if carried , will , without doubt , bring tho whole Charter , m all its entirety , in the first parliament that meets after it is passed . This then is worthy of some forbearance on the part of the long " unjustly " used labourer , and concession is neither asked nor required . Give heartily and freely your undivided support to your only and real allies—the shopkeepers ; and give the real reformers , who arc now tendering you their assistance , such a cordial support throughout the length and breadth of tho land , as shall make the foundations of corruption and tyranny tremble .

      I hope the middle classes will not be misled by the rumoured reforms of the present Government , — thoy have no such intentions , unless compelled to it by the firmness and unanimity of the veritable icfomiers . From Lord Grey ' s " conduct abroad lie is . not likely to turn reformer at home . On the veritable middle classes and working classes reform entirely depends ; attend to tho elections , both Municipal and Parliamentary . Every gain is double loss to the Government , and a double gain to reform , as by crushing an opponent we gain a friend . The Whigs are well known as needy and greedy place-hunters , and will concede any " thing rather than vacate the Treasury benches . " Reformers on the one side , and Protectionists watching tor place and pension on the other , will soon make them capitulate at our own terms .

      I am , & c , As Om Reformer Brechin , October Gth .

      The Lancashire .Miners. To The Editon 0?...

      THE LANCASHIRE . MINERS . TO THE EDITOn 0 ? THE SOOTHERS STAR . Sin , —At the delegate meeting held at Mr . n . Dixon ' s , Tyldesly , on the 1 st instant , it was f ound that 500 members had enrolled during the fortnight . It was also resolved : " That the resolution as " regards victims being supported from the county board be not entertained for the present ; but thals each district do support its own until the county is in a better state of organisation . " The county meeting was adjourned " to the 15 th instant , to be held at the Woodman , on the Oldham and Ashton road .

      On Wednesday , 3 rd instant , I met Mr . Fletcher ' s men working at tho Stoapo's Colliery , Little Lover , at six o ' clock in the morning , at the Unicorn , on account of their employer attempting to reduce a portion of his men ' s wages , working in the two yards coal , sixpence per load . At tho meeting an unanimous resolution was agreed to , " That tk-y would not work any more until all tho men wovlciny in tho two yards coal were advanced sixpence per load , and threepence per yard throughout the colliery . " A deputation was appointed to wait upon Sir . Fletcher to inform him of the men ' s resolution , but he refused their propositions . In the cveninir , at

      five o clock , another meeting was held , comprising men from all the principal collieries in the surrounding districts . It was a bumper in number as wellaseiitliusinsui . At this meeting it was agreed : — " That if any master attempted to infringe upon tho rights of the miners , that the men should deliver hi a statement for an advance of one shilling per load , and cease working until the masters are willing to give the required advance . " " The deputation waited upon Mr . Fletcher again in the evening ; and when ho found that the men were unanimous ami determined , he very reluctantly consented to give tho desired advance of sixpence per load , and threepence per yard .

      This is tho first victory of the union iu this earn paign , and the men appear to be iu good earnest . Yours respectfully , 25 , Sidnev-sh-eet , Bolton . D . Swallow . October 7 th .

      Death Of An Advocate Of The Miners Right...

      DEATH OF AN ADVOCATE OF THE MINERS RIGHTS . TO THE editor or THE northers star . Sir , — The Miners of Northumberland and Durham have differed a grievous loss in the demise of Mr . W . Bell , of Seaton Deleval' Colliery , who died last week of cholera , attended " with the most acute aud agonising suu ' ovmgs . Mr . Be \\ has endeared himself to his brother Miners by the devotion and sincerity with which he advocated their interests , and it was to him and a Vow sterling and unflinching men , that the present organisation of the Miners owes its origin—it having began at Deleval Colliery . The epidemic to winch he has fallen a sacrifice , has been uncommonly severe in that neighbourhood ; and , but for him , and a band of humane brother Minors , many more would have

      been carried off by the disease . The friends and neighbours being alarmed , and consequently unable to render assistance , Bell and others formed a committee to give their assistance , stationed themselves at various parts of tho Colliery , and warned every neighbour to call upon them ' when assistance was required . This they have done for several weeks , and the deceased being but a ailing man , could but ill afford to lose that rest necessary to follow his employment . Yet he never complained , but laboured at tho work of humanity until within a few hours of his death , which took place whilst being surrounded by his neighbours , all eager to do their utmost to save so good a man . The deceased had been up to the last fortnight ,

      general secretary to tho Miners of the North , and but resigned the office on account of his employer consenting to allow him to begin his usual work again at the Colliery , of which he had been deprived for the conspicuous part he took to arouse his fellow workmen to resist the attempted reduction of their wages . But his loss to the Miners is not all—he has left a disconsolate widow and four orphan children , some of them of tender voars , and it is hoped she will be honourably assisted bv her late husband ' s numerous friends and admirer ' s . A little from each will place her abOVC WilJlf , flllfl tlwfc is all thaUiunvAvvHy can uo to comfort her under her diro misfortune . Yours , & o . M . Jude .

      Tho "Floating Island" Has Reappeared In ...

      Tho "floating island" has reappeared in Dement water , and the " sea-serpent" off Nantaskct .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 13, 1849, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13101849/page/1/