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      To The Members O. V The National - Land Company

      TO THE MEMBERS O . v THE NATIONAL - LAND COMPANY

      I/Oadbn, Thursday. Night-Mr Fsibkog , He...

      I / oadbn , Thursday . Night-Mr FsiBKOg , Here I am once more , and I find that no fewer than six of the PRESS GANG have been building upon my longer absence . If a bigboy is attacked at school by five or six LITTLE CHAPS , he cries out "Fair play-ONE DOWN AND THE OTHER COME ON f , but , as I feel quite able for all at once , you shall have the result of the first five rounds next week with "THE GLOBE , " "THE MANCHESTER

      EXAMINER , ** "THE NOTTINGHAM MERCURY , " " THE DISPATCH , " and poor little Miall of "THE NONCONFORMIST ; and I promise you snch a dainty dish of Editorial fricassee as vou never tasted . It appears that Sommervilie , " THE OLD SOLDIER , " alias " ONE WHO HAS WHISTLED AT THE PLOUGH , " declines to meet me ; however , I shall be at Manchester , on Tuesday , the 26 th , to meet vou , and his employer will be compelled to meet me in open court . His plea is want of eloquence , but p lain charges only require plain words to substan . tiate them , while no eloquence can sustain falsehood . I trust proper

      arrangemeats will be made for a meeting on Tuesday night , the 26 th , at tlie HALL OF SCIENCE ; mind , the Hall of Science , as it is the largest place , and the managers of the Chartist Hall shall have ALL THE PROFITS , but it must be in the Hall of Science , at eig ht o ' clock precisely . You will see by the papers that I brought Cooden home , so that my tour was not unprofitable . This will satisfy you till next week ; meantime , I must beg your strictest attention to the directions of the Manager of the Bank ; and , during the present frightful crisis , money or post-office orders , and not even country notes , must be remitted for both ILand and Bank , and if bank orders are sent they must be payable at sight . ' Your faithful Friend , Feakgus O'Connob .

      The Ch&Rtist Laud Scheme. (From The Wake...

      THE CH & RTIST LAUD SCHEME . ( From the Wakefield Journal , ot Friday , October 15 th . J Some months ago we drew attention to the Land Scheme , as propounded fay Mr Feargus O'Connor . At that time , the press of the country observed a dignified silence upon the subject . Certain whisperings had been heard from the employee of Mr John Bright , M . P ., signed , * One who has whistled at the plough / This man , who had for seme time previously been engaged to do the dirty work of the honenrable member , was , shoot the time to which we allude , sent into Ireland to front op exidecce against the private character of Mr O'Connor . It was thought by this means , to damage the Land Scheme through the character of its champion . The Whistler is now weekly writing in Mr Bright ? s paper , letters of attack upon Mr O'Cotunr and his pet under * taking .

      Since oar last allasion to the Chartist Land Scheme , set only has Mr Bright ' s paper , but also a portion of the press , opened its fire upon it .. In once core alluding to this subject , we neither intend to be the apologists of the Chartists nor Mr O'Connor . We are uoadmirers of Chartism , as we have seen it exemplified in this , and many other towns in the north of England , and as for Mr O'Connor , he is weU able to defend himself without out aid . Bat we look upon the Land Scheme apart from politics . We see in the support tendered to it by the

      working classes , an . anxiety evinced to better their condition , which is highly creditable . They very properly look upon the land as the only resource for a nation ' s wealth . They know that the manufacturer of cotton pieces and woollen cloths may add to the wealth of afew—yea . may , perhaps , raise some men from indigence to affluence ; but they also see everyday bring fresh proofs that cotton pieces and woollen cloths cannot , in a time of dearth or scarcity , be made to fill the starving stomachs of their wires snd ^ hildten- They seethat a nation ' s wealth and independence consists in making— '

      Every rood of ground support its man ; and seeing this , they have resolved to render support to a scheme , which proposes to place oar population upon small portions of the soil , and those portions to be the nroperty of themselves , by the payment of a weekly , or monthly instalment . . The support which the working class has rendered to this scheme , has now assumed a shape which strik e * terror into the Moneyocracy . At first the weekly amount of mosey received in its favour , and announced ia the Stab , was trifling , —then it increased to hundreds , andI now thousands of pounds are generally acknowledged as having been received , since the preceding number of that publication . Whatthen ia the ceurseof these men who dread the intelligence of the working man ? At first the thing

      waslaaghed at , then sneered atandridicaled . hnt now it is abased . Feargus O'Connor is represented as a great cheat who is robbing the poor for personal gain . Confidence in him is to be destroyed as a means of hrcakta ? up the society . Column upon column is written fer the newspapers—all this is suspicious ; so long as the working classes were , spending their earnings at the beer shop , the dram shop , or were the frequenters of the pri » ring , the cock pit , or the bull bait , ithss men could lift the white of their eyes and lament the gross ignorance of their fellow creatares . They could talk of Temperance Societies and Societies for the Suppression of Vice , but now that the working man is clubbing his pence to purchase a litt ' e soil to provide / himself with the staff of life for himselt and children , temperance societies are forgotten , and the brains of prostituted hirelings are rack ? d to keep them in abject slavery and debasing

      igcorauce * When we find a powerful confederacy who boast of beine able to raise one year its hundred fumtand pousds , and the next it * quarter of a tni-lion , for the purpose of being enabled ' to buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest . ' When we find tint rich men thus combine , it is time that poor and honest men should unite , sa as to be placed in a position to sell their labour at a fair remunerative price . These mm , if they were sincere in their profession of respect to the working classes , instead of causing divisions , and envying * and jealousies , ought to be assisting Mr O'Connor to place the undertaking upon a praper footing . Instead of abuse and vile innendo . argument should beu = ed , the errors pointed out , and imperfections remedied , and if we found Mr O'Connor refusing aid honestly offered , and advice properly given , then it would be time enough to attempt to thwart htm in his object .

      We look upon Mr O'Connor as a visionary in some of his political notions . Many , of his views are the very antipodes of ouw , but we believe him honest both in his political faith and his private dealings , and the same credit which we ask , for good intentions and liberty of conscience to ourselves , we are prepared to extend to him . When we differ with an oppon'tttwedoso boldly , but when we agree with hra we are not afraid of lending him our meed of support . We look upon the Land Scheme of Mr O'Connor , if properly and earnestly worked out—and we see no reason to doubt the houMty of purpose—as

      one of the most valuable engines to improve the condition of the labouring population of this country which has ever been propagated , providing the men are indgstrious , sober and provident . If we were dispose ! to go into calculations upon the subject we believe we could prove that by proper management , and a fair distribution of labour , that the present rents , and taxes , of every description , might be paid by six hours' work instead of ten or twelve , and that the abominable system of Poor Laws with all its excessive paraphernalia might be abolished , and a great portiono ! ourpoliceand criminalestabliihrnents

      aswell-These views may he laughed at by many , but the present system is tottering to its foundation . We have bees going wrong for some time . Oar plans of currency and trade are dragging their votaries by wholesale in * o the meshes which blind legislation has prepared for them . Our merchants are trembling upon the brink of ruin—a rain which may perhaps be postponed for a time , but which will inevitably corccnnlets that reifish and reckless course is chanced which the great men of our land have been following for many .

      many rears . We have frequently before alluded to that noble sectiicent of Lord John Manners , at the Bingiey Allotment t'inncr ; ' That the man who had a stake in the hedge was abetter citizen and better member of society than he who had cone . ' This principle appear ? by modern legislators to have been lost sight of . It is that we are believers in that doctrine , that we are disposed to give onr humble support to any plan springing from whom it may , which tends to iner ,-a ? e tfcf .- stake which the working classes bavo in the c ount ry . We believe the Land Scheme wiil fend to that , > f properly worked out . To increase the happiness of our population we must improve their physical condition , and if their physical condition is Lettered , thfir intellectual and moia ! ones will also foll » : v in a arealer ratio .

      We set out with alluding to the Whistlr . ' In oar s ' xij , rage will be found some extracts frem his « Mer to the 'Manchester Examiner' of Saturday k » H . Wc weald call especial attention to the fol-

      The Ch&Rtist Laud Scheme. (From The Wake...

      2 ? n ^ ex nus t « It is in an answer to a charge from Dr M'Douat that this * Whistler' was advising physical force in * 39 and then instructing the magistrates how they could batcher the people by thousands in the streets . , \ . The year 1882 proceed the year 1859 by seven years ' , the year 1831 preceded 1839 five year * . In 1832 , a man , to prevent the bloodshed of the people , dared to ran the risk of his own life in Birmingham ; and when he saw other mea in danger of punishment for the sot which he had done , he Aid not , ' like a cowardly O'Connor , or physic-ill doctor , slink from the front of danger , and let other men be punished . To save them : he pat himself in the front , took all the consequence * upon himself , and coffered the . severest punishment which human being can * nffcr—death itself not excepted . With those coneeoaenccs before him , that man , to prevent the bloodshed of the people in 1832 , dared to . do what he did ; was he likely to advise physical forge and Mood ? shed when he was seven year * older , in 1835 ? _ ' - ^

      In 1834 , a conspiracy to take the cabinet minister * , the government office * , the barracks the palace , the sovereign in the palace , the Bank of England , the Tower and all London , and after London all England , by one great and laadcnstroke of * phjaical force , ' wasprewwted by that same man . The affair'at tfewpwt . In , Wale * , ial 8 S 9 . was . an affair of shntfteoock compared to it ; and never while Englaad . U' England wUl a . nation ' * existence tremble in the balance as it cUon that day , w & en this man dared to avert the terrible attempt . Was be likely to do that in 1831 , and advise physical force inl 8 S 9 ! - -

      I » t our readers carefully ' read over the extracts given , and we ask them if they can coma to any other conclusion than one ; that if this ' Whistler ' speaks the truth , he must have been either a spy to entrap the unwary or a physical' forcist' as had as any one . We require no other evidence to judge the man than that furnished by his own pen .

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      THE FRATERNITY OF NATIONS . GREAT MEETIN < TaT THE TOWER HAMLETS . An immense assemblage ' of people atthe call of the Chartists , and other democrats , met in that splendid edifice / . tbe Eastern Institute , Commercial-road , to express their sympathy with the men ef Italy , and their hatred of despotism , whether of Austrian » r other tyrants . The hall was densely crowded long before the hour arrived at which the chair was an aouced to be taken . ' At a quarter before eigh * ' clock . , t

      Mr Dexsia Dwaink " was unanimously called on to preside , and in an excellent speech opened the business of the evening . After which theaecretary , ( Mr John Shaw , ) read letters of apology from several members of parliament , clergymen , and other gentlemen , apologising for their non ' -atte & dance . Mr Ernest Jones who was received with protracted cheering , moved the first resolution as follows : — That this meeting , composed of persons of various religions denomination ? , do hereby express its unfeigned delight and gratification at the accession to the Papal Chair of Pope Pins IX ., sincerely believing that his exemplary piety his patriotism , and extraordinary talents , will be directed to the enactment of wise , just , and mer cifnl laws , for the benefit of his subjects , and the establishment of the glorious principles ef Constitutional Liberty !

      Mr E . Jones then said , Sir , —When I look at this meeting , and the individual by whom it is presided over , I feel proud , as a democrat , to partake in its proceedings . I see a numerous assemblage of men convened here , not for a selfish purpose , not to further . their own end andj aims , but to render help to men of other lands , strangers by clime , country , language , and tradition . And whom have we in the chair ? Not an aristocrat , not a man of wealth . Yes 1 an aristocrat , for he belongs to the nobleorder of the working men ! Yes , a man of wealth , because he earns what little he possesses . Time was , when such a meeting would not have been held , had not a lord , baronet , ' or squire , been in the chair . Times are changed . We prefer the man with the

      coronet inside of his head , - instead of outside . The working classes have learned not to he ashamed of their own order . -RespiCt yourselves , and you will make your rulers respect you . ( Cheers . ) We may , however , naturally ask , why are not the members of parliament , and the ministers of the gospel here , whom the bill states to have been invited ? Where is Bowring , who announced himself . at Brussels a § jfcb $ representative of the English working classes ( laughter , )—but who , at a previous democratic meeting held at John-street , refused to take the chair or attend , because the men calling the meeting , were not of influence sufficient . ( Hear , hear . ); They were working men .. More shame then to such as he , who withhold-their just

      influence from : working men . Why do they not try to make them influential ? But we spurn such representatives . We have , learned to speak for ourselves . ' We no longer go cringing toapurfled peer , or pursue proud ' commoner , saying : ' God gave us a tongue , bnfc we don't know ' how to use it . ' We no longer want them to lisp 'the rights of the poor !'when there ought to be no poor among such mighty riches ; or' the throne and the altar 1 ' while the cottage hearth and threshold are a rain ; or' the peace of the country !' while more men perish in their peace , than by the pike in the people ' s wars . Let the pensioner represent the plunder he has gorged , the soldier the blood he has shed , the lawyer the fees he has pocketed ; bat the hardy hand and the

      hearty shout shall represent the working man ; he shall speak fir himself , and thank God ! he need not be ashamed of his identity . ( Loud cheers . ) But where are the' ministers of the Gospel V Bribing sister Borne with'Maynootb . Grants and Church Endowment to become the tool of power as they themselves have done , and assist them to keep down the enlightenment of man . Rome spares the degrading favour . Rome does well in rescuing the Church from the State . Chartism does better in defending the people from the undue influence of either . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , friends , it may be said as Englishmen , what do we here to-night ? Do we serve ourselves , or do we aid our foreign brothers ? We do both , and that

      essentially . We are informing ourselves of foreign policy . Government are turning foreign policy against an—we will tarn foreign policy against bad government- Had wc attended to this , we should have known why Minto is sent to Rome , selling England ' s protection , that Pius may command his priests to preach slavery to the Irish . Had we attended to this , we should have known that Free Trade cannot better the condition of the English poor , any more than Protection can do . We should have known that foreign people were fighting for bread , while forced to send us Food . We should have known that foreign competition was rising against English enterprise . For in France , Italy , and Germany—there , too , the money-grubs are eating the

      fruit of the people s labour ; there , too , aristocracy , the wolf , is poisoning the stream of their prosperity , * there , too , the worker pines an exile from his rights , tiil we cry in the words of the hunted heretic : ' How long , ? 0 . Lord ! How lone F As Ions as the tyrants can , no longer than the people will . ( Applause . ) We are rendering essential service to you as Well , ray foreign brethren . Some may smile at onr meeting , because the ships are not freighted to convey our bayonets to the shores of Italy . But , remember , the strength of Chartism is growing , and when the people of England are free , the people ef the world will not be slaves . Men of Fiance , Italy , and Germany-Liberty is a tree of long growth in England . It was planted at Runnymede ; it was sunned by the fires of

      Smitbfield ; it was watered by the blood of Marston Moor , and the veins of Charles ; it was fanned bv the prayers ' of the Puritan , and dewed by the tears of the Exile—and now it is beginning to bloom beneath % fostering hand of the Charier . ( Immense applause . ) Therefore , " we have won experience . We now give the fruits of that experience to you . Men of France , Italy , and Germsnv ! send the voice of this meeting over the waters . We cme not here to congratulate yon , but to tram . We have passed through the ordeal you are now entering , and we wish to point out the errorsyr . u are committing , and the dangers en jour path . There is much to regret in theprcsentmovement in Italy . The conrage is there , the power is there , ite energy ia there , but the direction is wanting . They trust—not in their own arms—not in their own hearts—not in their own cause : —they put their trust in ponces . Alas ! alas 3 when will vou learn to

      realise the Bible warning , ' put notour frost in princes , ' Again and again it is verified ; again and again the people go blindfold into the snare . ( Hear , hear . ) Thus the mm of Germany trusted the word of a tyrant , abandoned their advantage , and found liberty strangled by a constitution . Thus the men of France resigned the tricolour to a king , which , had tlmy guarded it themselves , would now have waved alike over Notre Dame an

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      are the men of Tuscany and Lucca doing ? They cheer a prince who after twenty-four hours breaks his promises and runs away . They trust in their Duke , because he grants them freedom of the Press . But what is the freedom ? They must not wrilo against the Duke , or Duchess , or little Dukelings ; they must not write against the ministers , the aristocracy , or the officials ; they must not write against the police , the magistrates or the monks ; they must not write against the clergy , the army or the navy ; there is only one thing left for them to write ; to write themselves down as asses if they bear it . ( Loud cheers . ) The people of the Two Sicilies , \ under the Romei , what do they demand ? Now that tho king trembles , a crowned murdererin his palaceand refuses his

      , , dying mother to see her favourite son ; now that the capital heaves sullenly under his fee t ; now that his troops object to execute his butcheries ; -now that be is reduced to ask Austria for help , and Austria dare not help him ; . now that he i « forced to evoke the northern bayonets of the C * ar to come like an . icy avalanche on the bloom of Italy , but they are frozen fast in Poland—now what do the people ask ? A change of ministers ! Shame ! shame , Italians ! if you waste yoar fine energies on this . Shame ! Shame ! if you neclect the golden opportunity ! Take example by Poland . Think of the glorions manifesto of Cracow . Therefore , we sympathise with her generous hearts—therefore the Democracy of Europe owe eternal gratitude to

      Poland . Net because in olden time she saved the west from the barbarous Hun , to be crushed by the no less barbarous aristocrat : —but because her sons have written equality on their banner , and tried to build theirconstitution on the freeroil of their . OTtive land . Think of this , Italians ! Think ! why has Italy fallen ! She onoe was free , when the first peasants founded their agrarian republic on the ' banks of Tiber . But the Caesars defaced her—building the palaces of kings , which are the grave-stones of liberty . Then , when these sunk before the northern swords of still more potent tyrants , forth from their ruins crept priestcraft like a bloated spider , spreading its slimy web around the growth of ages , and hiding the light of truth , not under a bushel . but

      , under a mitre . ( Immense applause . ) Is there a change ? Is the web broken ? Does the light flash through ? There is a man named Pius . Why do we honor him ? Because he is more of the Roman than the priest , more of the Italian than the Roman , more of thejman than the Italian . Now , then , if he roeans well—now , if he is in earnest , why does he not speak the kindling words , that should fall like drops of fire upon the thrones of Italy ? Now that Calabria is in arms—now that , greater than its jEtna , Democracy flames in Sicily , now that Tuscany rabies he * Etrurians , now that Lombardy wrestles with her Austrian gaoler , now that Sardinia rises in her Alpine girdle now that it is the hour , why is he not the man ? Why—why does he not pronOUllCf

      those magical words : THE REPUBLIC OF ITALY ! I bid him remember ! a half-reformer is worse than a whole tyrant . You have began—you mustgOon—or you must fall . There isnobalf-way house upon the toad to liberty ! ( Continued cheering !) Democrats ! The task is yours . Unite . You have heard of the famous balance of power in Europe . There ate two scales—princes' and peoples * . Fraud holds the beam and rapine loads the weights : render * ing continental Europe as one empire of four kings , with minor satraps , whose crowns their jealousies keep floating in the balance . There stands the fourheaded monster—Louis Philippe , the royal auc tiorieer , bringing his own children to tho hammer . Nicholas , the angler for German states , baiting bis

      hook with Impenal Grand-Duchesses . Frederick William , giving his subjects a Diet so poor , one would have thought Soyer had been his minister . Ferdinand , an imperial Jack Eetch . redncing ' murdcr to a science of government . ( Loud cheers . ) Mark how , if the one is endangered , the others come to the rescue ; so that the odds are always four to one against the people . Wherever liberty rises , one , or all ef the hellish , four ate on the spot . Austria , like a beaten hound , may slink from Ferrara : like a crouching tiger she poors her 15 000 Croats on Piedmont . That is the balance of power . ( Hear , hear . ) France may fear to march her troops to Switzerland , lest they should bring back freedom like an Alpine flower , and plant it in the gardens of the Tuilleries ;

      but she sends money , guns , and muskets to the Jesuits there . That is the balance of power . ( Cheers . ) Thus the armies ef the four monarchs threaten the Ebro > nd the Vistula-rthe Tiber and the Rhine . If one . eumces . not , the others are ready , and as each isolated people rises , it still finds four to one . That is the balance of power . ( Loud cheers . ) How shall we remedy this ? What must we do to equal them ? Combine ! Let democracy , too , organise its European system . There has been a Free Trade Congress at Brussels—a conspiracy of the money bags , ( bear , hear , )—why not a democratic congress too ' ( cheers . ) Foreign demecrats ! Be this your mission : from Hanover to Hellas , Tram Poland to Portugal , organise one army;—look on the nations as its

      battalions , freedom as its general , equality ! as its watchword , and Europe as its camp ; put all in motion on one grand field day against tyranny , and each tyrant will be forced to stay at home to put the fire out in his own house , which will burn but the brighter when stirred by his bayonets . Then let Austria pour its hordes on Italy : they will pause when they mark the distant roar of Galicia on their rear . Then let Prussia march its guards on Switzerland : they will fail bitch when they find the people proclaiming a republic at Berlin . Then let Russia launch its Cossacks on Germany : they will turn aghast when they feel the lance of Poland on their flanks . Then let Philippe send his armies on Spain : he will ca ' . l them home when he hears the Marseillaise in the Tuilleries .

      ( Continuous applause , ) Thus will each people gaie fair play , and that is all it asks for victory . Thus may Europe win its liberty—by general union —whenever it will . By local insurrection—never ! Fellow-countrymen 11 have been speaking ef waryet would that liberty conld be achieved by peace . Happy you , my countrymen ! that you may pluck the flowers of freedom en its placid paths ; that you have learned they cannot be found in the money chest of the monopolist , nor in the coronet of the noble—but in the soil of your land ; not with the strong hand of rapine , not the red sword of war , but with the sinewy arm and the thinking brain , the creative spade and the untiring heart . ( Loud applause . ) But now , what you have gained in power .

      do not lose in caution . Brother Chartists ! Wc have told foreign democrats not to put their trust in princes ; do you net put your trust in every man who throws up his hat and shouts , ' The People for ever !' Yon have returned some good men to the House , look well after them that you may keep them good . If they are honest they will like it—if they are not so , they must expect to be found out . ( Hear , hear ) Happy is it , I say again , that you can progress in peace ; but abroad it is hot thus . There we call the nations to arms , and where is the slave who cries ' Down I Sheathe the sword . ' What ! sheathe it in Poland ? Sheathe it in Italy ? Sheathe it in Switzerland ; What , warriors of Sarmatia ! while your plains are light with the fires of your burning

      cottages , and ringing with the shrieks of your violated women , shall we bid the husband , father , brother , cringe like a cowering wretch' before the spoiler . What , mother of Mesaina ! shall yon wail unavenged over the noblest of your murdered citizens ? What , man of 'f arrow ! shall you not strike a blow for your poor young wife , whom the Austrian ? impaled alive before your eyes ? And shall we-be such dastardly cravens—shall we be snch a nation of shop keepers , so sunk in our dirty gains and miserable ledgers , as not to fire atthe sight ? Shall we not compel our government to aid you ai they compelled « j to aid the tyrant of Portugal ? If we are to pay taxes f or an army , we ought at least to make it do some good . ( Hear , hear . ) They may say * Would you plunge

      Europe into a war ? 'I answer : Yes , I would ! Better war than slavery ; better die by tho bayonet than by hunger ( Immense cheering ) . Or they may gay , ' Would yoa burthen the English people with taxation ? ' I answer , why did you burthen us with taxation for Portugal ; or to resist the Bourbons ; or to quell America ? I answer , we would sooner bear taxation for such a purpose , than to pension a harpy like the king of Hanover ; or the concubine of a regal dnke ; or tho traitors who have sold the people 1 I answer , the liberated nations would repay us tenfold onr expenditure . What ? would you not fight for the good cause abroad , as you have fought so often for the bad one ? Where are you , Puritans of Scotlard ? Where are you , men of Marston ? Where are yoa , soldiers of Limerick ? Is there no heart among your children ? No spirit in your posterity ? No

      sharpness left in the old swords of your fathers ? Yes and where is the middle-class syco phant slave , who will now come and cry Peace V ( Continued applause ) No , men of Italy and Poland ! perish the slave , who bids you sheathe the sword ! Perish the slave , who tells manhood to unman itsslf , and not strike a blow to save the grey head of a father from the lash , the honour of a wife , or tho life of a child . Perish the slave , who thinks an English hand should not be on the hilt for Poland ; or that an English tongue should falter at the war-blast when the liberties of Europe arc imperilled . No , we will not treat you thus , men of Italy , nor you , heroes of Poland ! first warriors of the 19 th century ! No , glory to you Thanks ! Thanks ! for having lavished your precious blood on the ramparts of western civilisation , cementing its old stones ; and may you never , never ,

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      sheathe thesword tillyourcountry isfree , and Nichola ' a whining captive , chained to the very pillar , be has raised m Warsaw- . ( The speaker resumed his seat amid protracted cheering andwaving of hats , ) Colonel OnonsKt , in a speech delivered with great earnestness of manner in . the French language , seconded the motion , which ' was carried unanimously . ^ Mr J . B . O'Briks rose amidst considerable cheering , to move the second resolution as foilows : — ; That all men are brothers of one human family , and m fraternally and fertently indulging in aspirations for tpe triumph of the people over their foreign oppressors ; ' tis with beart-felt sorrow we turn to aiihapps Ireland , which hasforages been the fport of faot 4 ons . Jlh . d kept in subjection by an unfeeling oUearchy .. We find our ..

      Irhh brethren in a « tate of famine and pestilence , and I pining In wretchedness unparalleled in tho ' hi » tory of nations . The cause of all this human misery we feel convinced is the result of class legislation ; we therefore pledge ourselves never , to ' cease agitation , until the People's Charter bseomes ( he law of these realms , which document would confer the elective franchise on every sane man , thejwr as well as the Weft , and rendtr complete justice to Ireland by the repeal of that accursed act of Union , effected by a corrupt and tvniUing legislature , for the profit , and oegrandlstment of them , selves , and the utter destruction of the rights of their countrymen . ' i Mr O'Brien said , he . perfectly agreed with the resolutions ; they had just passed , arid as kings formed

      Ki pecies of : fr ^ amiyla ^ mgttsih 6 mBelrea ,. hr e purpose ^ upwlding despotism , so should the people of alluntions fraternise in support of Democracy .- ; ( Loud cheers . ) v He thought that patriotism , like charity , should iegin at home , but not end there , ( hear , hear , ) amVimce we should sympathise with unhappy Ireland . ' y True it was that the Bourbon police was chiefly manned by Irishmen—so was the army—and the . writers on the base renal hireling presf , were also chieflj Irish —( hear , hear)—but he blamed the system , not the men , they could not get an honest living at home , and were compelled cither to starve there , or to go abroad and accept such employment as offered , itself . ( Hear , hear . ) He believed every honest rational being would sympathise

      with the natives of unfortunate Ireland : ( Loud cheers . ) That country had at least V > rne six centuries of oppression ; and there was not a single acre of land throughout , her broad domain , but had changed bands three times by confiscation since the invasion of Henry the Second , who presumed . to take possession of Ireland under thepietecce that the Pope of that day had made him a present ef it . Mr O'Brien then ably traced the wrones of Ireland up till the present period , and contended for the repeal of the legislative union , and the adoption of a democratic form of government based upon the principles of the People ' s Charter , as a panacea for the oppression nnder which they groaned . To obtain a popular opinion strong enough to carry this , it would be

      necessary to point out what should follow in tho shape of change in the laws relating to land and commerce . Without the Charter , he would not give a fig with this , the psople of Ireland might be enabled to work out their political and social redemption . Mr O'Brien resumed his seat greatly applauded . Mr Phiup M ^ Grath , wh-j was loudly cheered on rising in seconding the motion , said , they were not hereto express sympathy for Italy and Poland alone , but to extend a little to Ireland also . He believed the ills of Ireland could be traced to bad laws . We bad people in Conciliation and other halls , advocating a simple Repeal of the Union only , and their hearers , the people , seemed to forget that the Irish Parliament , when in existence , was but an

      assemb ) a ? eof the enemies of Ireland , and that the very blackest deeds stained the character o that Parliament ; hence , he did not like simple Repeal , but wished Univeral Suffrage with it . ( Loud cheers . ) He , like the late Mr O'Connell , wished to have Ireland for the Irish , not in name only , but in reality—( cheers ) . When we saw a people sinking into the grave from want , the thought the fiQQflcr the constitution that permitted it was annihilated ; was abolished , the better —( great cheering)—and before that event took p ace , the People ' sCharter must become the law of the land —( immense applause)—which could not be accomplished by talking only , but must be the result of united action . ( Hear , hear . ) And he believed the time had now arrived , when no man need fear to express hisloveforthose great principles . ( Cheers . ) Mr M'Grath then forcibly and . clearly demonstrated the fallacies put forth by the political economist , and asked if the things that were nowef daily occurrence ,

      did not prove tlie truth of his position . ( Loud cheers . ) So much , then , for Free Trade fallacies ( dear , hear . ) No . no ; nothing less than the ' People ' s Charter , ' can remove the monster evils under which the people groaned . ( Raptnrous applause . ) Then let t ! : o people be invested with political power , and they will work out their own redemption . The Tower Hamlets and Nottingham had nobly done their duty at the late election —( great applause)—and he believed that Mr O'Connor would lose no opportunity of benefiting tho people so long as he held a seat in the Commons'House of Parliament . ( Loud cheers . ) But lie , and other friends , must be supported from without ; therefore , remember , said he ( quoting at some length the words of Mackay ) . ' Action is the wise man ' s part . ' ( Rr . pturous cheering , during which Mr M'Grath resumed his seat . ) The resolution was unanimously adopted . Mr William Dixon moved the third resolution , as follows : —

      That in order to guard against an unholy alliance , deceitful and unfcrupulousTrinces , or corrupt and crafty governments may e & deaveur to effect , *> ith tho secret view of prostrating and riveting the chains of the peoplr , and destroying the spirit of freedom which animetCB the brave sons and sires of Italy , anil which formerly glowed in the hearts of the ( not yet extinct ) , race of nature's nobles , who couW ovwc jwoudly > boast of Jiovae en the beautiful aud fertile plains of unhappy Poland , whose crten fields were so oft' soaked with the gore of their kindred . We , therefore , reverently warn Pope Pius to use the utmost caution , and while contending for political ap . d religious liberty , place confidence only in the people , and that Omnipotent Heinjj of which he is the humble earthly representative . Success then to the God-like cause , wo feel assured wiil ultimately be the result .

      lie said , whilst they rejoiced at the wise steps Pope Pius the Ninth had taken , they ventured to warn his Holiness against his ' trust in princes , or hi-t confidence in kings , ' or in crafty diplomatists , lest he should be drawn into their wily snares , and 1 e turned aside from that reforming path he had so wisely entered . He must confess he did not like the mission of Lord Minto to Rome , he much feared it was for the purpose of inducing the Pope to take such steps as would cause the Catholic Priesthood ef Ireland . to enlist under the banner ot the English government . ( Hear , hear . ) We possessed privileges

      here which were not permitted in continental states , amongst others thatof assembling together in meetings like this , and he trusted we should make a nood use of them , and that we should not be censured for offering advice to Pope Pius , as he believed there was as great an affinity between moral and physical force , as their was between man and wife , and that self defence was at all times justifiable . ( Great applause . ) He would , reiterate ( he advice so properly and earnestly given by previous speakers , and shout , Action , action , action ! ' Remember that admirable poet , Byron wrote ; 1 , would be free , Himself must strike the blow . '

      ( Great cheering . ) The resolution was seconded by Ernest Jones , and carried unanimously . . . u . On the motion of Messrs 0 'Beie . v and M'Grath , a vote of thanks was carried by acclamation to the chairman , which he acknowledged , and the meeting was dissolved .

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      ' ' ¦ ¦¦ " ¦' ¦' ' -: > LeeosNew Gaol —This building was opened for the reception of prisoners on Monday last ; The « separate system , ' which obtained so much favour in the recent Congress on penal discipline at Brussels , is the system which will bo adopted , as well as at the House of Correction , in Wakefield , and the most favourable results avo anticipated from this mode of prison discipline , which frees the prisoners from the contamination of the society of the depraved , Tub Louub Oomuuskwebs of her Majesty ' s Treasury have directed that lentils and yams be added ts the list of articles with regard to which the navigation laws have been suspended until the 1 st of March next .

      Marvleboxb . —The Working Man ' s Association for the promotion of Useful Knowledge , held its weekly meeting on Monday , October 11 th , at the Princess Royal , Circus-street , New Road . After the admission of twenty five new members , and a considerable addition to the library , it was resolved , That the handsome botkease purchased by the society , capable of containing two thousand volumes , be paid for , and that the rules be printed . ' Persons ( teirous of assisting the above object are invited to attend on Menday evening next , at eight o ' c ' ock . The Nortliem Star , Advertiser , Hewitt ' s Journal , snd the We ( My Times are taken for the uso of members . A vessel lately arrived in Leith from St Petersburg , encountered several hurricanes , and the captain / somewhat in the spirit of the ' oldest inhabitant , ' declares thatduriag the 145 times that he lias , in the course of the last twenty five yesrs , crossed the North Sea , he never experienced such weather .

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      Bibmikgham . —Ship Inn . —At onr usual meeting on Sunday evening last , Mr Garland in the chair , after the reading of the « Whistler ' s' letter , and Mr O'Connor ' s reply , the following resolution was unanimously passed . Moved by Mr Fnssell , seconded by Mr Potts , ' Tbafcwe . the membera ' of the Land Company , meeting at the Ship Inn , Birmingham , very much regret the course pursued fey a great portion of the newspaper press , in endeavouring to misrepresent the conduct of Feargus O'Connor Esq . M . P ., aid thereby destroy the confidence ' of the people in that gentleman , that confidence he has so dearly earned by the great sacrifices he has made in the cause of universal liberty , and assure him , that

      neither the denunciations nor misrepresentations of a corrupt and venal press , can shake the confidence we repose in him , which has been strengthened by years of experience and cemented by the persecution to which he has been subjected . And we hope that in future Mr O'Connor will avail himself of the laws protection , and we pledge ourselves to render all the pecuniary assistance in our power towards defraying any expenses so incurred , it being our opinion that Mr O'Connor should net be allowed to expend his capital in the defence of our Company . Wo therefore call upon every member to subscribe his mite and thereby convince the ¦ . world that Feargus O'Connor , Esq . MiE ., the People ' s Bailiff and Repr ©; sentative , enjoys the confidence and gratitude of the working classes'and particularly of the members of onr glorious Land Company .. ¦ : ,

      Bolxo . v ;—Thelat « 'Brussels Cokfbbbkcb . '—At a meeting of this branch held on Sunday last , after reading the ' discussion at tho Brussels Conference , the following resolution was passed : — That we tender bar best ' thanks to Jlr Wecrth , the Bhenish drlegate , far his able and manly defence of the Chartists of England amidst a league of their enemies , which defence proves that , though a foreigner , he understands the minds of the English working classes better than the party who would bare assumed to be their representative , and for which Mr Weerth is entitled to their unanimous thanks . And , furthermore , we deny tho assertion of Dr Bowring ; neither he nor any of his school were delegated by the working classes to represent them at that or any other Conference , because his and their opinions on the Labour question are strictly opposite . The following resolution was also passed : —

      Ti-at we , the members of this branch , take this opportunity of expressing our utmost confidence in the board of directors , and hope and trust that any opposition they may meet with , instead of damping their ardour , will rather stimulate them to greater exertions in the good work of Labour's emancipation . Baccp . —The members of the Land Company held a public meeting in the Chartist-room , on Wednesday night , October 6 th . Mr William Tagg" being called upon to preside , opened the meeting by reading Dr M'Douall ' s letter to' The Whistler , ' and then called upon Mr Thomas Tattersall , tvko spoke in his usual eloquent style , and was frequently cheered during his lecture . At the close of his speech , the following resolution was passed : —

      That the thanXsof this meeting are due , and are hereby given , to the electors and non-electors of Nottingham , for the noble stand they have taken iu returning to Parliament the people ' s friend , Feargus O'Crrmot , Esq . Bbauhofb , rear Otlbv . —Mr John West lectured in this place on Sunday to a numerous and attentive audience , on the National Land Plan ; at the conclusion of the lecture , several questions were asked , which were satisfactorily explained . There are above fifty members in this place , all engaged in working at the tunnel .

      Gripplwjatb . — At Cartwright ' s , Coffee . hou ? e , Red Crossstreet , on Tuesday evening last , a crowded meeting was held to hear a lecture from Mr M'Grath , on the National Land Plan , Mr M'Carthj was unanimously appointed to the chair ; who , after a few brief remarks concerning the subject lor which the meeting had been convened , intreduced Mr M'Grath to the meeting . The wovthy lecturer was received with loud and . ' enthusiastic cheers , after which he entered into a ' ^ clear , lucid , and eloquent exposition of the origin , principles , objects , and resources of the-National Co-operative Land Company ;; demonstrating that the Lind Company is the only company in existence , calculated to regenerate the horrible condition of the degraded aud ill-used

      working classes of this unhappy-country : that is the oniysocjety in existence , professing to improve the condition of-the toiling slaves of Britain that has carried its theoretical professions into practical operation , and conferred great and tangible benefits on its members . The lecturer directed the attention of the sceptics who doubted this fact , to the estates of O'Connorville and Lowbands , both of which are now inhabited by the-successful members of the Company , and likewise to the other estates which are now the property of the working classes . Mr M'Grath in eloquent strains and convincing terms , showed the superiority of the condition of the free , unshackled aericultural labourer over the condition ni the factory slave , who , under the present

      demoralising system , is compelled to sacrifice bis feelings and opinions , and submit to become an animated machine subservient to the will and caprice of a despotic employer . He showed that an industrious man with a sufficient qnnntity of land as a resource for the application of his labour , would always be surrounded and blessed with an abundance of the neeessarie ? of life , and stated it to be . his firm conviction that God and Nature designed the surface of the globe and its resourced , not merely for a select few who have to all intents and purposes stolen it from the people—but for the use , behoof and benefit of the whole of its inhabitants , irrespective of their creed , colour , or religions opinions , and that no man has a just right to monopolise more land than is ado

      quate to supply the wants of himself and family , so long as any of the human family are destitute of the means , thereby to support themfelves by their labour . ( Tremendous cheers . ) Mr M'Grath next adverted to the mean , unprincipled , and unmanly opposition , which had been offered by'Theflogged soldier , " The canonised ape , ' and _ several other scribblers who are ever ready to sacrifice every feeling of justice ( even conscience itself at the shrine ef filthy lucre ) to oppose the rights of the oppressed operatives , in order that despotic , immoral , and unprincipled idlers may continue , as they have hitherto done , to oppress , fplunder , and enslave the class , whose industry has supplied them with , not merely the necessariesbut also the luxuries which they

      , , enjov . The lecturer not only dissected and disproved the flimsv reasons and arguments of the opponents of our glorious Land Plan , but alse proved , in the clearest manner , that if Mr O'Connor , or any other of the Company ' s officers , were disposed to defraud the Company , they could not possibly do so without the knowledge of the whole of the acting body ; and stated that it was an unlikely thing that the directors , treasurers , and trustees , weuld all combine to rob the Company , and damn the fame which their former services have procured forthem . He called upon the defamers ot Mr O'Connor prosent , to adduce one single proof of his dishonesty ; butthedastardly wretches did not make the attempt , because it was not in their power to deso . Many

      questions were asked , evidently with the hope that they could not be answered , but the individual who put them was disappointed ; they were answered in terms , so clear to be understood , thattbe answers elicited the most enthusiastic anddeafeningapplause . Three persons wwe present , fleterauied . ifpossible . to damage , not only the Land Plan , but the officers in the estimation of the meeting , or in other words , they would damn tho plan by defaming and bringing the officers into disrepute . One of these individuals declared , before the commencement ef the meeting , that he neither could nor would be satisfied , and that he would move an amendment if a vote ' of thanks was proposed to tho chairman . This is a specimen of the fair nlav we have to expect from the opponents

      ofourbeneficient plan—a plan which bids fair in a short time to exalt the slaves of this country from a state of misery and degradation to an exalted , free , and independent position . Mr M'Grath begged to draw the attention of the audience to the fact , that the Land Plan originated from a Chartist convention , and adverted to the fact , that the Chartists are tho only political body in existence who have pro duced any real and substantiate good for the working classes . He contested their acts and conduct with those of the Corn Law repealers , and proved to the satisfaction of tho meeting that the former is a great and indisputable reality , which is already partly . and will ultimately , be fully carried ont , whilst the latter has been proved a mockery , a delusion ,

      and a snare . That the one has fulfilled more than it promised , whilst the other has completely failed , and verified the prediction of its opponents . The lecturer wished to know where the high wage , great prosperity and plenty to do were to be found . Was it in Lancashire where the people wore actually starving for wantof employment ? A vote of thank ' s was proposed and seconded ; and as amendment made that no thanks be given . The amendment was put first , when only the proposer and seconder supported it , and when the motion was put ever . v other hand in the meeting was held up for it , the result of the factious opposition ofi ' ered to the meeting was that a great many new members wore enrolled . n . ,, DrjNDEK .-Tiiis branch of the Land Company hcJd

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      a meeting inruiar ' sCloyfiScli ^ -roofCoa tie 2 Uof October , when the auditors gave in their ' repartr which was adopted . The following offiee-bearew were elected - .-William Seattle , secretary ; Thomas Whitton , treasurer ; James ChristbuI , secretary r Messrs Reed and Webster , auditors . Thia branoh meets in the tbove room every Monday night , at eight o ' clock , to receive reports and enrol members . ; DDKisFnan .-The delegates from Hyde attended this branoh last Sunday , bringing with theto •¦> number of pamphlets , written by Mr Candelet , » sf Hyde . % » ee « BB > n Pul » rS C ! weScfi ^ rc «< Ma ' ! ie 2 Uof . 9 ° . lob 81 f » v'henthe auditors gave in their' report , wh , ch , ^ adopted . The following offiee-bearew were elected : —William " BfinliiB mp «» o « ,. Vhn « , ««

      entitled , 'Important to Beneht Societies , ' exp ' nining the workings of tbe Land and Labour Bank , its pre . ference to all others for security and interest , when the members immediately purchased a nuiuijer for distribution iu this locality . Mr Candelet alto stated , that he had no doubt but that another muHiauce will be made next week of £ 100 sterling by another benefit society ol Hyde . We have also been informed of another society in our immediate neighbourhood , in the ceurse of a month , making a remiUnnoo ot £ 150 to the Land and Labour Bank . So much for the Whistler . ' The quarterly report of this branch was audited last Sunday , and found correct , for which great praise is due to Mr James Locket , secretary . AH paid-up members are requested to pay their levies on or before the 31 st instant , or they will not be returned to tho ballot .

      Exeti'R . —At a meeting of this branch , ( in consequence of articles appearing in some of the provincial ' journals ) it was unanimously resolved , roganitera of the observations of doits or knaves : — That we place the most unbounded confidenca in the integrity and judgment of the working man ' s sterling friesd , Feargus O'Connor , E « q ., Jf . P ., in hia management of theeffsirs of the National land Company , believing , as we do , that tbe parties now eucoKrsgiag ; writers against this holy plan , have been the veriest enemies of the toiling millions . The members of . this branch are requested io pajnp all expenses , on or before Saturdav , the SOthinst , otherwise they will be disqualified for the ballot ,, which is te take place on the 1 th November . This , branch meets every Saturday , at eight o ' clock .

      Geohoib Muxs . —At a meeting ef the above branoh , the following resolution was unanimously passed '—

      That we disapprove of Mr Thomas Clark ' s decision , in ' answer to a correspondent , that amah and his wifo can hold four shares eaeh j as it is unjust and contrary to the principles of equality . Gusaovr . —Mr Kydd ' stourih Scotland hai been very successful for the interests of the Land Company . Many of the newspapers in the north have given favourable notices , and in some cases , longtby reports of his lectures . Amongst the membra of the press bo acting , I may mention tbe Jhmdee Advertiser , Dundee Warder , and Arbroath Guide . Mr Kydd ' s first lecture in Glasgow was quite a treat , replete with argument and fact , and the subjoined report , which we copy from the Gksqtw Exammr , ? 'er 6 aftm , wiil give the readers of the Star an idea of its worth : —

      LECTURB-NATIOBTAL LAND ASSOC ! ATIOJT . On . Tuesday evening , Mr Samuel Kydd , of London , delivered a lecture in the Chartist Church , Regent-street , explanatory of tho principles of the National Cooperative Land Association , Mr Sherrington being called to the obair , Introduced Mr Kydd to the meeting , which was weU attended . The lecturer commenced by saying that tho bill announcing tho meeting stated that the land was the only remedy ior the grievances of the working classes . Thonghthis country is said to be a monarchy , It is in reality an aristocracy—though it is honoured

      with a crown , tt is governed fey tbeescutc & eons of the nobility ; and by the aristocratic monopoly of the land , the country has been brought to the condition it now is . Within tho last few years we have had a vast manufacturing developetaent . Whilo property has been increased to an extent almost incalculable , tho condition of the people has become more and more deteriorated . , Tbe luadocracy and moneyocrnc ; of the country have become richer , and the people have become poorer , and this the statistics of the country will prove . From the year 1811 to 1811 . the population of England alonohasiacroasod 49 per

      cent ., yet the people on the land have not increased In the same ratio ; on the contrary , there has been actually a decrease of the working agricaUural population to tha amount of 287 , 909 . This increase , then , has entirely been thrown on the manufacturing districts—compete tion has b « en the tesult— -workman has bade against workman for employment—and misery almost universal ' has ensued . Ho would lay it down as a principle , that the capital of all classes shoald increase in a proportionate ratio . Though there has been a decrease of the population on the l * nd , there has been an increase of rental derived from the soil , from the year 1815 to 18 tt , to the aajonnt of £ 8 . t 00 , 000 sterling . This he coul * prove from tho income-taj returns of tha n >« pea--tivo periods , with , this increase of capital , there

      has been a rapid and steady decreaso of the wages of tho working classes , This position ha illustrated by the tnormous reductions of the rates of weaving . But by , the differences of prices of articles in 1814 and 1811 , heconsidered that that £ 8 , 000 , 000 have In effect been doubled to the wealthy classes . He contended that articles c 3 Bsum « d by the working classes were not low in proportion , as tho articles most in consumption aatong them were of a different character from those used bythe rich . What is theremedy we propose for this sta » e of things t We have , weat sufficiently frequent to the House ' of Commons to demand $ i , »« nr ,. w ^ _„ - _„ , i *„ . weso , but they gave us a stone . He would now briefly call tho attention of the meeting to the plan of Mr Feargus O'Connor , as developed in the National Land

      Association , We find that land which will sell for £ 65 in the neighbourhood of a large town , maybe had for JE 20 in a more remote district . As we cannot bring the land to the people , we propose to toko the people to . the Jond . How wo propose to do this , is a most important question . We say to you in tho first place , wewant your money , and if you do not give us your money ., wo cannot do anything for yon . We ask for tho men Who want a cottage and a piece ef land , A . subscription of £ 212 s . 4 d . will tntitlo a member to two acres oflaud and a cottage , and so on ia proportion . On this land iRternst will be charged , with the power of buyingit up by instalments . Ho said that the cottages in p ? int of neatness and cenvsniance , were of a description ' that not one man of a thousand in Glasgow had ever slept In , A member possessing two acres , receives £ 15 '

      to begin with ; for three acres £ 20 ; four acres £ 30 . This does not require to be repaid , but simply the interest of 5 per cent . There was no end to the resources of land , and two acres would find profitable employment to a man and his family . He was down at O'Connorville lately , and ha found the thirty-fivealletces in possession of 165 pigs—no ntean possessionas anybody who knew their value would readily acknowledge . These allottees belonged to various trades , and he stated it as a fact that the shoemakers among them had actually their allotments in finer condition thou those brought up as agricultural labourers . He was certain if his bearers were on the land they would bo happy , and if they were in ^ ustrous and frugal , they would soon bo enabled to clear their little properties of all burdens . The lecturer then alluded to tho

      advantages to be derived from the bank about to be Blurted , and tho opportunities which tho members would enjoy of borrowing money from the loan society to purchase livestock , which they might repay oa effecting sales . He then referred to the statement ot Mr Alexander Sommerville— ' One who has whistled at tbe plough '—as to the property being ia the legal possession of the society , He ( htrK . ) affirmed that tho property belonged to the association , and net to Mr O'Connor . With regard to its not being registered , it cannot yet be done , but it would be registered as soon a « possible . Mr O'Connor could not sell or Alienate the land , but ho ( Mr K . \ - would procure the acts affecting this question , and study itfor himself . After a few observations on the dishonesty with which trado is conducted , as exemplified more especiall y in the case of Mr Bannntyno , Mr Kydd concluded his lecture amid loud and enthusiastic ap . probation .

      The Chaibjun having intimated that Mr Kjdd was ready to answer any question that might be put to himon the subject of the lecture . Mr ( Tames APAXS requested the lecturer to give a distinct answer as to whether Mr O'Connor was the legal possessor of the land or no . Mr Kxdd replied that Mr O'Connor was nominally , but not in reality tho possessor . He was only tha agent of the association in effecting tho purchase , and ho would , remain in nominal possession till it ms registered , Mr Adahs said , Mr Kydd has told us that Mr O'Connor is purchasing land , for the society , because the soolety , not being enrolled , cannot legally do so for itself . If , then , it cannot buy for itself , how canits agent , acting , in its behalf , legally do so . He thought the memfeers of the society should endeavour to place this part of their affairs beyond editorial attacks . In his opinion Mr O'Connor was at that moment tho real proprietor , while the members were only tho nominal possessors .

      Mr Ktnj ) said the land can bo legally purchased in the name of Mr O'Connor , and ho retains it till tbe regis , tration is performed . The members are proving their confidence by their indifference , while the directors are doing everything in thotr power towards registration . Tho CoAiaicAM eaid , the members of the Lend Society had full confidence in the directors , it was to them . stive * that blame could be ascribed ianot coming for . word with their signatures , They aro woll aware that every measure ia being taken to have the matter set at rest .

      Mr Ktdd ' s second lecture was delivered in the Mechanics Institution , Cowiedcans , on the evening of Thursday , tho "Jdi . Subject :- ' Banking , its Principles , Land and Labour Bank , dsc , " and was honourably reported in the Daily Mail- His lecture ? in the districts acljoinimr have been of great value . And altogether I may safely affirm , that the meetings have been the beat we have had on the subject . Mr Kydd ' s excellent reception must have been as pleasin ? to himself as it has been gratifying to his old friends . Leigu . —The paid-up shareholders of the National L'ltid Company neglecting to pay their local and general levies on or before tbe 18 th Ont ., will n «> t bare their names placed on tho ba'lot list .

      LoconnoRouoH .-On Monday the quarterly meetins of the Land members was held , when Mr J . Skcvingtin was reappointed secreiary and treasurer : and Messrs Smith , Mosier , Warren , W , Simpinn , lYitchnrd , and Clark , committee .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1847, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16101847/page/1/