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      Bister Lm \ near YTitney , Oxfordshire . TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION , On Satoday , ** 31 st day **** *** AT THE STAR HOTEL , OXFORD , \ tThreoo ' clock , m the ; Af ternoon , IN EIGHTY-FOUR LOTS , \ La OF IHS MORTGAGES , u £ mim mmmn j « Si ? S 5 S tS ? tt ;* J Ox 8 d > the vicinity of the following excel-£ market tow *? , laamely :-Wrtaey three !! aes . Burford , four miles ; Woodstock , eight miles Oxford , thirteen miles ; and Parriugdon , twelve miles ; and distant from Cheltenham , twenty-five miles . ^ Comp rising abont 297 acres of superior land , principally arable , and a great p ortion of it in a high state of cultivation ; together with eig hty-two excellent cottages , of three * fonr , and more rooms each , and ont-offices , the whole of them built in a very superior manner , in stone , with slated roofs , & e ., and conveniently fitted up for immediate occupation , each cottage being situate and standing upon an allotment of two , three , or four acres . Also , an excellent homestead and labourer ' s cottage , and suitable agricultural buildings . The estate was formerly tho property of John "W aJker , Esq ., deceased , and was farmed T > y him for some time , and two or three years since was purchased for the purpose of allotment , and creating small freeholders . The cottages on the estate are very pleasantly and advantageously placed , as to frontage , & c ., and the whole property presents a very agreeable and picturesque appearance ; and most of the allotments having been occupied and under culture , chiefly by the spade , for some time , the soil is greatly- improved , as is evidenced hv the superior crops produced at the present time . The greater number of the persons now occupying portions of the property are under compulsory lerms to quit and surrender up their respective allotments immediately , unless the purchasers of one or more lots are willing to accept them as tenants ; and some others Bold until about November next ; possession of the lots in their occupation cannot , therefore , be given immediately . It is proposed to offer the original homestead , labourers' cottages , and farm buildings , with about twentyfive acres of excellent meadow land , partly watered by the river Windrush , ( an excellent trout stream ) , in one lot . The high road from Oxford to Cheltenham runs through part of the property , affording capital frontages to many of the cottages ; and most of the others front the public road , running through , and dividing the larger portion of the property leading from the Oxford road to Brizenortoa . "Within a short distance of the estate is the forest of Wychwood , over which , there is an imlinufed right of common . There is also plenty of good building , paving , and lime-stone on the estate . The Vf hole will he Sold % Auction , without reserve , in numerous lots , affording to small capitalists , and other persons , an opportunity of possessing a Freehold Estate , and votes for the County , which seldom presentsitself ; and to the mouied man an advantageous mode of investment , as there cannot be a doubt of the allotments finding ready tenants to pay a good interest for the money invested . Full particulars and plans of the Estate may be obtained from the Mortgagees , Mr . Weaving , corn merchant , Oxford ; and Mr . ~ W . Pinnock , of Chimney , near Bampton , Oxon . ; Elijah Litchfield , Esq ., solicitor , 89 , Chancery-lane , London ; Messrs . Lee and Bees , solicitors , Witney ; at the Bull Inn , Bnrford ; the Bear Inn , Woodstock ; Crown , Abingdon ; King ' s Anns , Bicester ; Buck and Bell , and at the Guardian Office , Banbury ; Three Cups Inn , and place of sale , Oxford ; at the Midland Counties Herald Office , Birmingham ; and of the Auctioneer , Witney . ,.

      To The Wobking Classes. M Y Fbiekds, The...

      TO THE WOBKING CLASSES . M y Fbiekds , The " Show Box " is now closed : the exhibition has cost you nearly one-half million of money : and will any , the most sagacious politician , point out one single particle of benefit that your order has derived from the exhibition of 1850 ? And , do I blame either "Whi gs , Tories , Protectionists , or Free Traders , for the swindle and delusion ? ] So . As I always speak openly to your order , and as I do not seek to derive other profit from the advocacy of your cause than the amelioration of tiie condition of your families , 1 tell you that it is yourselves that I blame .

      I have jast returned from Paris ; and there , although , the force of the musket and the bayonet preserves the tyranny of the PRESIDES ! and his clique—yet , the working classes of Paris , unlike the working classes of England , are thoroughly united , and their minds are steadfastly fixed to the cause of liberty , while you are like a rope of sand—disorganised , disunited , and divided into sections . Why is this ? Ifc is because in France they struggle for the principle—LIBERTY—while in England you sectionally struggle not for principle , but for the fancy of foolish and

      interested leaders . If any mania France undertook to elevate himself to the rank of leader , by any means which were injurious to the cause of liberty , and if such disunion injured the popular cause , his head would he cut off ; while in England , such a man can muster a little clique of thoughtless fools , who have no interest in your welfare ; while , upon the other hand , if you were as united as the French people are possessing , as you do , a much greater power of mind , tyranny should succumb to liberty without a blow being struck .

      Paris is now just what Paris was when I last visited it . The palace of the Special-Coksiable Pbesidekt is surrounded from morning till night , and from night till morning , with hordes of troops ; and the National Assembl y is guarded in the like manner . And does not this prove to you that the Jaws are made by force , and that the power of the President is upheld by force ? The mind is suppressed b y the cannon and the musket , which , however , cannot last long ; while the mind of England is suppressed by your own

      antago-I stated before what the tyranny of the government was , and it still continues . Within the last few days several Mayors have been dismissed for signing petitions against the infernal Electoral Law , which has disfranchised nearly onehalf of the French electors ; and on the l < Mh of this month ( August ) , the members of fiie Municipal Council refused to wait upon and pay homage to thePBEBiDEKT on his tour -. they preferred tendering their resignations , which done

      was , to the great satisfaction of the population . Now where is the member of an English counol-aye , or where is the mechanic , the artificer , or the arfasan m England , who ™> uid i notgo to some expense to pay homage to the SgJ . « her tour through the \ Z £ l Where is the dty jhe town , fleiiDafflSt r ^ way stotio ^ ^ woddU becSS ¦ Bfitfmto « fc apeep at a wom an X h £ only one head , two eyes , one nose , one month one body , and two legs j all , of course , expecong to see much more . . e

      e However , thMstateof France , and this state of England cannot much longer last , as the English Mokabch and the French Pbesidbnt will discover , to their cost , the folly of basing their power upon the degradation of the wort ^ Saaeseg .

      To The Wobking Classes. M Y Fbiekds, The...

      Well , now , fellow working men—I call you fellow working men , because my mental labour ie as arduous , and perhaps more so than your manual labour , while I pay for mine , and yon are paid for yours—I tell you , that if you were as united for one month as the French people are , you would have the CHARTER AT THE END OF THAT MONTH ; and I tell you still further , that you never will have the Charter , but ; on the contrary , the tyrant's power will sessiohall y , increase so long as you arc disunited . Every , man , as I have often told you , who attempts to elevate your order , is looked upon with , contempt ; and

      characterised as a ruffian ; while you yourselves are ungrateful to that man . If a scheme is propounded upon a national system which is capable of elevating your order , that scheme and the SCHEMER are reviled and persecuted by the Press ; while , upon the other hand , if the same scheme is individuall y adopted , the propounder is represented as a generous philanthropist ; and can I furhishyou with a stronger instance of this assertion than the eulogium justly conferred upon Hahhiet Maiotnjbau , for her successful cultivation of two acres of bad land ; the result of which was published in the Morning Chronicle and in the Star of Saturday last .

      Now , will : any ; xnan of . your order imagine that the Moipnihg Chronicle , or any other newspaper , would so eulogise , or even publish the result of an experiment of mine , if it was likely to become general ? Last week I wrote yon a short letter from Paris , describing the conduct of GOODENOWH HATTER , as Chairman of the Land Committee . As a matter of course , I had no opportunity , in consequence of Parliamentary rule , ' to make a comment upon his answer ; but yet , as I am not to be driven from my course , on Wednesday last I put the following question to the' SPEAKER : —

      " Mr . Speaker , as you have more experience in Parliamentary matters than any other member of this House , and as I presume that your object is to preserve the houoor and the dignity of this House , I wish to ask you , whether it was just , honourable , or honest , for a member of the Government , appointed as chairman of a committee , and acting as judge to investigate the conduct of a member of this House with respect to his

      administration of the funds of thousands of working men ; I ask you , " whether it was consistent with his position , whether it was honourable , or even honest , for a member of the Government , acting as chairman , to pay secret service money out of his own pocket , to procure secret evidence from an individual whom he was afraid to examine before that committee V ( Hear , hear , and oh , oh ) .

      The Speaker had had no notice of the question—( hear , hear)—buthewould generally say , that he saw no reason why a member of a committee might not , if he pleased , pay out of his own pocket for information that he fairly thought likely to be of service to the committee . ( Hear , hear . ) . Mr . Havter felt bound to say a word . ( So , no . ) The hon . gentleman— " so called "—( order , order ) . "Will the hon . gentleman—The Speaker called upon Mr . Hayter to withdraw the expression he had just made use of , which "was at once done .

      Mr . O'Connor . —Sir , let him proceed , the censure of slaves is adulation . ( Loud cries of order , order , and great uproar ) . Mr . O ' Connor , clenching his fist at Mr . Hayter , exclaimed;— "Ah , yon have been a juggler , a swindler , and a plunderer . " ( Order , order , order , and great uproar ) . Mr . O'Connor , " I repeat it , in railways , in Holland , Belgium , and England . " ( Renewed cries of order , order , and uproar . )

      Now I have given the reader a verbatim account of the whole transaction ; and I again ask him what confidence he can repose in a Ministry , not only justifying , but defending such a man ? But I have not done with him yet . He is member for "Wells , and WELL the people are represented ; and I will give him such a breeze upon the brink of the WELL , at the next election , as he never witnessed ; and cost me what trouble and risk it may , and let who may be his opponent ,. ! will have him kicked out , whatever SECRET SERVICE 310 NEYhe may pay to his " WHISTLERS " or his " DRUMMERS . "

      Working men , now that the " Show Box " is closed , let me implore of you to sink all antagonism and bickering , and present a steady and manly front against all your opponents . Remember that

      United , you stand , Divided , you fall . Listen to no rubbish . Give ear to no dissension , offer no antagonism to those who advocate the six points of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER : put no drag-chain upon the popular waggon . Contend for the Charter , and when you get it you will have achieved the means of elevating your position . Contending for more than the Charter is putting the cart before the horseit creates enemies for you , and justifies antagonism ; whereas , "will any man , the most sagacious , point out one single benefit to which your order is entitled , that the Charter would not confer upon you , while the hostility and antagonism of your own order enables your oppressors to withhold it .

      Some men who cater for popularity tell you that they are Chartists and SOMETHING MORE . Now , will you , or can they tell me , what the SOMETHING : MORE means ? My meaning of the Charter is this : that it would allow every man full and ample wages for free labonr by the proper cultivation of the national resources of the country . That it would make you independent of all other states who now supply you with food at a

      mere WEATHERCOCK price . The thinning of the artificial labonr market would raise the wages of all who did not even wish to look upon the land . The surplus population would then be removed to the land , and the artificial labourer would ' noi have such competition to contend against But do not expect that a man can do a nation ' s work ; and therefore hug you chains so long asyour slavery depends upon your own disunion .

      Working men , in order to prove to you that the censure of slaves is adulation , and that I rather rejoice in the reviling of rascals , allow me to furnish yon with the following note , which I did not receive till my return from Paris , or it should have had a more speedy reply . to reuccs o ' cossto , bc iu . 10 , New tforfolk-street , PhUpot-street , Commercial-road .

      Sib , — My wife and family are at CharterviUe , and I thi » mornicg received a note from her , of which tht following iia copy : — "John and Stephen Clark came here last Saturday , and staid till Sunday , but if I had knowa their errand they should not have staid here , for I learned on Honda ; that tier had rlllified Mr . O'Conner by calling him every thing bad that they could lay their tongues to , which gratified the disaffected here : for if only a word be spoken against Mr . O'Connor It gives them great delight" Now , « ir , I think if the Ciarks have anything to say against you , it would he more honourable to caU a public meeting , and lay their complaints before it , and invite yon there to answer the charges they can bring against jou , eo that the poKUcmaj testis to judge « f ( jj e merits or demerits of J * ' caw , rather than going abouttackMtingamanwbo htt done so much for them . AmJto l £ v * humble and obedient Servant , Aogostlst , 1850 . Camameaa Habsimk .

      To The Wobking Classes. M Y Fbiekds, The...

      I am much obliged to my friend for this communication , but the only notice that , I will condescend to take of it is this : lei ; the two FIFERS join the WHISTLER , arid g < jt up a band to abuse me ' as''much aSpossible . ' My friend cannot suppose that I would condo- ; scend to take any notice of those two HIRED RUFFIANS , those Siamese youths , who seem to be linked together by some BRIGHT CHAIN ; but if they will come on the plat-: form at John-street , on Monday next , I will unlink their chain , and separate the Siamese . Your Faithful and Uncompromising Friend , Feaegus O'Conmob .

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      The "Whistler" Again. To Joseph Hume, Es...

      THE "WHISTLER" AGAIN . TO JOSEPH HUME , ESQ . Sm , — -I take the libert y of addressing you , seeing that recentl y in the House of Commons you supported Mr . Hayter in ; defending the character of Alexander SomerviHe . I do not pretend to interfere , between him , and Mr . O'Connor . I know nothing of the Land Plan 'J it may be profitable , or not , for anything know about it .

      I am one of the unfortunate men who joined the British Legion , commanded , by General Evans , in May , 1836 . When the Legion , w as bombarding ' -. Iran , a . fortified ; town , in the north of Spain , the regiment to which , I belonged was engaged in undermining one of the gates . - At this siege I was thrown from the walls , and my right leg was broken in two places , besides which , I received Other injuries , and was discharged the same year . Major Hornbrook , the commanding officer , recommended me to the Spanish Government , to receive six months pay as a reward for my services . Four years passed away , but I could get no tidings of my claim ; at length an advertisement appeared in the newspapers , which stated that the

      claims of the Legion would be paid by instalments , at 103 , Albany-street , "Regent ' s Park , London , and that the claimant must appear personally , or empower some some person to receive the money . Somevville appointed an agent in Glasgow , named Morrison , to forward the documents to him , and promised to remit the cash in a few days , Mr . Morrison is a bookbinder , residing in Gallowgate , Glasgow , and being a respectable man , a great number of us gave him eur certificates , and about a month afterwards be paid , me onp pound eight shillings , deducting two shilling ' s for agency , as my first instalment . The second instalment became due , but no cash being forthcoming , Mr , Morrison doubted that all was not right , and advised me to write to M . Casfanada , the Spanish commissioner , and I did so .

      JTow , sir , you say the conduct of Somerville , since leaving the army , is highly to his credit : mark what follows , for here is the reply of the Spanish commissioner : — ' Ahtwktx Peebles , —In reply to yon , respecting your certificates , your first instalment was drawn by Mr . Alexander Somerville , No . U , Bridge-street , Strand , and yow second by Mrs . Rebecca Holton , 148 , Rosemary-lane . " I then applied to a gentleman in the East India Douse , and I am much indebted to him for his kindness to me ; this gentleman had an interview

      with M . Casfanada , who said , " Those poor fellows have been shamefully used by Somerville , but I am sorry it is out of my power to do anything for them . " 2 fow , sir , is this what you call creditable conduct , —obtaining my certificate , and selling it to a Jewess ? I do not see how you could be ignorant of these transactions , as the cases at the Mansionhouse , before Sir Peter Laurie , must have been known to you ; but , if you inquire at Edinburgh , Glasgow , Paisley , Greenock , Kilmarnock , and Ayr , a host of witnesses , my fellow sufferers , ; will furnish you with similar evidence of his creditable conduct .

      I have considered it to be my duty to lay this statement before tho public , and it is your duty either to refute it , or confess your error . ASTHOSY PEEBLES . No . 2 , Exe-street , Exeter , late a private in the Sappers and Miners British Legion .

      The Land And Labour Bank V. The "Whistle...

      THE LAND AND LABOUR BANK v . THE "WHISTLER AT THE PLOUGH . " At a general meeting of the members of the Manchester No . 4 branch of the Journeymen Steam Engine Machine Makers' and Millwrights' Friendly Society , held on Saturday , August 10 th , a letter was read from the Northern Star , in which the •• ' Whistler at the Plough" makesthe following statement : —• ' « It was not until the middle of 1847 that other newspapers ventured to combat the huge delusion of the Land Scheme , and that more transparent swindle the Land and Labour Bank associated with it , and then it was chiefly from me they had their information . All that year I was incessantl y engaged in examining the Scheme and Swindle ,

      in warning the shareholders of their danger , in preventing Trade Societies , Benefit Societies , Burial Clubs , and other associations from sending their funds to the Land Bank . Though my exposure of the unsoundness of the Bank did not prevent all these societies from parting with their money , and parting with it for ever , I saved many of them from ruin . But for my timely interference , the Engineers and Machine Makers would have lost £ 20 , 000 more than they did lose . " We , as a branch , having banked our money rathe Land and Labour Bank , beg most rer spectfully to contradict the above statement as being utterl y false , as the Mowing dates and figares will show , viz . t—

      1847 £ s . d . 1847 . £ s . d . Aug . 27-Deposit 620 0 0 Withdrawal . ^ Oct . 11- „ 80 3 0 ' Not . 9- „ . 20 3 3 Interest 18 U 3 „ 26— „ 25 5 0 &* - ¦ » ' ¦ "' . ¦ Jaw . 5— „ 10 0 1 „ 19— „ 10 O 5 Apr . W— „ 30 Oil May 8— „ so 8 fc i , 23- „ 20 6 i Juno 5—; „ 8010 4 „ 22- „ 10 3 9

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      I ... [ This statement has been compared with th « Bank books , and is quite correct . —T . Pbice Manager . ] The above figures do not show any loss . Signed on behalf of tho Branch , Robert Gilujody . Datid Schopield . JohnWhiteby . N . B The Manager showed the greatest promptitude in remitting the withdrawals ,

      The Fiuun Won The Sheffield Pub Tbamj.— ...

      The Fiuun won the Sheffield Pub Tbamj . — The robbery of the safe of the FilesnuW Society of Sheffield , to the amount ef £ 121 , by Samuel Paley , a member of the committee , who immediately absconded , in company with a woman named Brooks , was recently reported , since which Mr . Warren , one of the secretaries of the trade , having ascertained that the delinquent had gone to Hambursh . followed him thither , and had the good

      fortune to discover him in an hotel , where he was residing under the name of Smith . He protested that he had only about £ 40 of the money left , and , as Mr . Warren came to the conclusion that this account was true , he agreed to accept that sum , promising Paley that no further proceedings should be taken against him . Having secured this remnant of the spoil , Mr . Warren returned to Sheffield , leaving Paley in Hamburg ; and the filesmitbs have declared themselves satisfied with the zeal of their

      secretary . Asimal Makubs , —A vessel named the OtnellOi arrived from Buenos Ayres , has brought a cargo of animal manure . This is a distinct description of manure from guano , and is officially designated by the tarn mentioaed .

      I:Ern2lst Jones To. The Chartists. : La ...

      i : ERN 2 LST JONES TO . THE CHARTISTS . : la repiyrto . cpnilnuhicatiohs ' received I bog ; tp state , that ! purpose commencing , my " tour .. through England and Scotland on the first of §| ptember next . . y ^ int eud-reaching Scotland by the middle of that month , audjhave ; to express my regret , that . neither , diealth nor time permit me to attend the Bannockburn Demonstration , on ¦ thej 26 th instant . ' -...- ¦ .. ' ¦ M y route being nearly completed , all places that may further desire my services , are requested to address their letters to rae , at 62 , Queen ' s Road , "Bayswater , London . ; -- 14 tjrAugust . " ' ' Ernest Jones , .

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      $£ - > msiWA ! noNAL ; - charter i-;•; ' - \ . 'P . ^^ ASSOCIATION . .: , ; < ¦; . "¦'• | ; Avery numerously attended public meeting waS ; Beld at ; tlie Literary and Scientinc ' -insti-^^' ; ' ? o ^ n-Btxee ^ , yitaroy-squar ^ - on Tucsr ; d || WeningV ; Mgu ^ 13 th ;; ^ ' ^ Z ^ . ' - . ' . ; , 4 Mk ; *] LD 1 i tARD Miles . was uri ' animouWicalledj ; ^ . the ; chair ,. and ; , said ,. thesemeetings , * $$ ( $ ' caij ^ Q ; ^ r hjtt & oughfit 8 r proceedi ' ngs . s TTOfeiU / iti & iii ^^^ U & kaartvnnnm ^ tinXa ' Att ^

      U |* VA UUUU * VUV * M * UUXAV ** A \^*/ Jv ?\« W 1 * AI »' DUJT « Ug- )'* JUV as a set off , they had the grant to the ' new " Duke of- 'Cambridgo , his sister , and mamma . Next came a motion relative to Tiger Ward , late of Sheffield , and his worso : than savage doings in' Cephalonia . This Ward caused sixty-seveii ' persons to be executed before the faces of their Sorrowing relatives in cold blood ; and yet , when a motion was made for an inquiry into this horrible atrocity , only ninety * six members attended in their places and only forty-six would . vote for tho inquiry . ( Hear . ) Some of-the Liberal members of the

      honourable house , ; had been convening a meeting of working men , and others , at the Whittington Club ,, for the purpose of raising a monument to Sir Robert Peel ; and at that meeting Mr . Bright had told them , that in this happy land pauperism was extinguished , and universal prosperity prevailed —( laughter ) - —and because some of the ( working men expressed dissent from ^ this monstrous fabrication , those living monuments to . Sir Robert Peel ' s genius , the police , were ' called in ; so it appeared that the opinions of . the working men wore not wanted , but their subscriptions . ( Hear . ) Why should working men subscribe to a monument to Peel ? Did the Manchester Massacre , so well known as Peterloo , demand ifc at their hands ? did the notorious six acts ? tho several Irish

      coercion acts , or his anti-reforming princi ples 1 Never did Peel do anything from principle , but everything from expediency . ( Hear . ) Mr . G . VV . M . Reynolds moved : — " That , as the session of parliament is now drawing to a close , and , as no single measure has been passed with regard to the interest o ? the enslaved , oppressed , and cruelly persecuted , masses ; while , on the other hand , ample attention has been bestowed upon matters in which the industrial classes have no political sympathy , this meeting regards that fact as another proof of the often repented assertion , that the House of Commons only represents the privileged orders ; and this meeting is confirmed in its opinion that nothing but the

      enactment of tho People Charter as the law of . the land will remedy existing abuses . " Mr , Beynolds ; said , that when parliament had voted tho supplies , honourable members generally begun to leave for " , their country seats ; but , on Saturday last , large sums of money . were voted , when only fifteen members were present—yet , when ^& t O'Connor brought forward his motion for the Charter , how speedily was the house counted out . { Hear , hear . ) ; On the death of , the late Duke of Cambridge , the government proposed to give £ 12 , 006 a year to the present duke , yet , if an admiral had served ; his country ( after a fashion , of course ) , he would not £ e fc as many hundreds for a retiring pension . Was it right or just that he ( the

      Tjuk 6 ) should-have £ 12 , 000 per annum , when he had done nothing to deserve it ? ( Hear , hear . ) It was tlio mere accident of birth ; had he been born on Saffron-hill , or . in St . Giles ' s , he would hare been scouted , or treated as a vagabond . ( Cheers . ) Again , he did not think it right that the nation should be called on to support the progeny of an address , although their father might bo of royal stock .- ( Loud . ; cheers . ) ; , Theri had been several measures before the bouse relative to the admission of Jews to , Parliament ; now , looking at Rothschild personally , he regarded him as the impersonation of Mammon ; but the question , when viewed in its proper li g ht , should and would be , regarded as the last barrier of religious liberty , and

      as such should be immediately removed . ( Loud cheers . ) Yet how had Lord John shuffled , and ultimately thrown the question over until next session , on pretence of their not being time to get it carried thvough . this session ; but their was time to get a bill through to give Marlborough House to the Prince of Wales , who was only nine years of age . ( Hear / hear . ' } Another subject that came before thehouso was-the Cuifee-streot Savings Bank . It appeared that there was a great defalcation , and Sir James Graham - had wisely remarked , that if Parliament was responsible at all , it was responsible for the v » hole amount , and not for a portion only ;—( hear , hear )—but only a modicum was admitted , and this bill , even , was withdrawn ,

      to make way for the several royal bills . The government had taken the savings banks under their care , and the depositors now received an interest of three pounds six shillings and eightpence per annum ,: and it being government securities , it was looked on as preferable to any other ; with this idea a , million of persons had invested their little earnings in the Cuffe-street savings bank ; and he wanted to know if they were not of infinitely more importance than the paltry royal bills for Prince of Wales ' s royal stables , or Dukes of Cambridge ? ( Loud cheers . ) Lord John had gravely ' said , on Sir B , Hall ' s motion , that parliament had done more during the session than any other legislative body . ( Laughter . ) All he ( Mr .

      Reynolds ) . could say was , that the working classes bad derived a very small amount of benefit from it . The Exhibition of 1851 had aiso been attended to in the house , brought oh by the facetious Colonel Sibthorp , and it would , appear that tho first expense that would be entailed on the country , by this Exhibition , was a sum for the maintenance of two thousand five hundred extra policemen , to keep order during the Exhibition ; a bill was about to be introduced at the commencement of next session to increase the force to that wmoviut . ( Hear , hear . ) In alluding to the reel monument , he said he looked on the working man who put his hand in his pocket to support it as a traitor to his own order . ( Loud cheers . ) , The Times teemed with

      advertismehts relative to a monument for " The good Duke of Cambridge . " What had he done , except having drawn his twenty seven thousand a year , and spent it J . he ( Mr . Beynolds ) defied any one to point out one act he ever did . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . ReynoldB then briefly alluded to foreign affairs , and in conclusion said that it was his firm conviction that nothing short of the People ' s Charter would produce a sufficient remedy , and it was the duty of the people to show the government that they never would desist , from agitation until the People ' s Charter became the law of the land . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Cuatueb Vinm seconded the resolution . Mr .-, Isaac yfiisos supported the resolution , which was put , and carried unanimously . Mr . SrALliWOOD , in a brief speech , which was greeted with much anplause , recommended the

      following resolution to the attention of the metropolis and provinces , and most cordially moved its adoption : ~ " That this meeting hails with delight the prospect of * federal union between the National Charter Association , the Reform League , Fraternal Democrats , and Social Reformers in general , and earnestly hopes that the aboro parties will energetically and unitedly struggle until every vesti ge of ignorance , tyranny , and oppression shall be removed , and the political and social rights of all be finally established . " Mr . Macneil seconded the motion , declaring that none would he more ready to carry into effect the precepts contained in tho resolution that the members of the National Reform League , ( Cheers . ) The motion wa « adopted by awlMoatvon . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated .

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      .,; Brighton.—The Members Melon Monday E...

      ., ; Brighton . —The members melon Monday evening , and , among other business ; -took into consideration the notice issued'by ; the ^ Executive Committee , for the purpose of forming , a union of the various Democratib-SM head-g _ uarJers are in London '' ; -Wlso ) ff tov make arrangements ' to receive ErneSt' ^ b ' nesi ^ aq ,, on Wednesday evening , August ZlsiJ , ' ^ . After a Y 6 te '' of : thauks to tlie chairman ,, the , meeting separated ^ ¦¦ ' . ' ,.. ' ., ' ,. ' ¦ " ' ¦' , ''' ¦ :, 1 ; '' .,. ¦ ; •" ' "' Metropolitan Ablegate , CbWc ' ii .. —Thia Body met at the City Chartist Hali „ 26 y Goldeh-laho , on Sunday afternoon , ^« gust 11 th .

      Mr . Stallwood was . unanimously called to the chair . —A fortnightl y Chartist Tract . —This subject was again brought forward ^ specifications put in , and , in order to obtain more information , it was further adjourned hritil the next sitting . —Mr . Fuzzon p 6 stpohed'his motion for an open-air meeting on Clerkcmvellgt ^ yn ^ n ^ v ^ J ^^ [ "ir ^^' ' Nemr paper . — -The following resolution was unanimpusly ^ dopted ;^ - ;'' That' the best thanks of ; tliis : Mncil ^' are eminently' due and hereby

      M | to ^^{ p $ . it ^ Be ^ , on ^ iid . | ^^^^| dj | to , , to ;^ b , e >^ r 6 v . ious weekl y roeelplr ^ : ^ that ; a great public . meetn % , for the district of . Westminster and Pimlico , should be held at the Temperance-hall , Broadway , on the 2 Gth instant , and' the Pimlico friends' assistance was respectfully solicited . Some other business was transacted , a vote of thanks given to the chairman , and the council adjourned .

      DfiBBy . —A meeting of delegates was held on Sunday ] ast , Augusi 11 th , at Swanwick , when the following places were represented : — Derby , Helper , Swanwick , Codnor Park , Butterly , and Sutton-in-Ashfield . It was resolved : — " That the above-named places form themselves into a district ; that Mr . Bezer ho engaged to lecture at Derby , Belper , Swanwick , and Sutton-in-Ashfield ; that a camp meeting be held on Holbrook Moor , and that the Derby council have the management of it ; that the next district delegate meeting be held on Sunday , 22 nd September , at the Anchor Inn , Swanwick , and that Mr . John Moss , boot and shoe maker , 81 ,, Parker-street , Derby , bo district secretary , to whom all communications for the district must be addressed . ' '

      feouo LocAtxTY . — The members met in then- hall , 2 , Little - . Dean-street , on Wednesday last ,, to discuss the propositions of the National Reform League . Mr . Robinson was called to the chair . An animated discussion ensued , in which Messrs . Swift , Rogers , M'Neil , Stallwood , and several others took part , when it was agreed that the debate be again adjourned till Wednesday next . A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman , and the meeting , which was well attended , dispersed .

      Iue Executive Committee op the Namomu . Charter Association met at the office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening , August 14 th , Present—Messrs . Davies , Stallwood , Grassby , Arnott , Miles , and Milne . - 'sMr . Davies in ' the chair . -, Correspondence was read from Faluirk , requesting a supply of the tract " Chartism ; " from StaloybrW go for a like supply ; and also for one hundred of the addresses issued by tho Metropolitan Delegate Council ; from Todmorden ' and Exeter remitting cash , and requesting a fresh supply of cards and tracts ; from Yarmouth requesting the sanction of . the Executive to form a Chartist district in and . around Norwich and Yarmouth , the first meeting to

      be held at the Light Horseman , Stump Cross , Norwich , which was granted . The address to the electors and non-electors , on the necessity of returning some sixty Chartists at the next general election , was unavoidably postponed until next week . —Secretaries , attendance at the Office . —For the greater facility of business for the future , tho secretary has arranged to be at the office , 14 , Southampton-street-, Strand , every day ( Sundays excepted ) , from ten to six o ' clock ; and on Monday evenings from seven to nine , o ' clock . —The Federal Union . — The Secretary reported , that he had sent the invitations , and that the severul friends bM accepted of the same . ~ Great Westminster and Pimlico

      meeting % —llv . Stallwood reported , that the Temperance Hall , Broadway , was taken for the 26 th instant ; that Messrs . Reynolds , Harney , and others , had agreed to attend , and that correspondence was opened with other Democrats . —Mooms bwry . —rMessrs .. Isaac Wilson , and E . Finden , attended as a deputation from the above locality , and expressed & desire to have a large public meeting convened to aid the spread of Chartism in that district , and to request the aid of the Executive . The deputation was most courteously received , and a meeting at an early day in the Assembly Booms is anticipated as the result . At its rising , the Committee adjourned until Wednesday evening , August the 21 st .

      Strike Of The Drivers And Firemen Of The...

      STRIKE OF THE DRIVERS AND FIREMEN OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY .

      The unfortunate dispute between the Eastern Counties Bailway , and the employers of the locomotive department has leTuiYnataa in the resignation of the engine drivers and firemen in the service oi the company . On Monday afternoon after a conference with Mr . Ellisi one of the directors , no fewer than 178 notices were sent in , intimating their intention of quitting the company ' s employment on Monday next . In the evening a large meeting of the body was held at the George , Stratford , for the purpose of considering the course they should pursue during the dispute .

      The Chairman said , that in accordance with the wish of the meeting on the previous day he had accompanied the deputation appointed to present the memorial to the directors , After some time , the Chairman and Deputy Chairman being out of town , they succeeded in seeing Mr . Ellis , a director , and he then proceeded to detail to him the grievances under which the men had laboured since the introduction of Mr . Goocb . Mr . Ellis listened very at tentiveiy to their statements , and while he regretted that there should be any dispute between them and the company , remarked that he was not prepared to give them any answer to their application . In conformity , therefore , with the previous determination of the firemen and drivers , the whole of the notices of their resignations were sent into the ofiice of the company ' s superintendent .

      An important resolution was then adopted—viz ,, "That the drivers should not work with strange mates , firemen , and that if a stranger was placed upon the engine with them that they should immediately quit it , and allow the stranger either to pro ceed with the engine or leave it . " They argued that this was no refusal of duty , they only declined to travel with a stranger ; but , even if it was a remeal , the company would have their task in fining or imprisoning the whole of them . ' This was the way the London and North Western men succeeded , and they urged that they must dp the same if they wished to be xictoviouB . The meeting having been addressed by several speakers , and the fitters pledging themselves not to perform the duties of driver or firemen if called upon , the assemblage broke up .

      Mkkiiso o » ins Dibeciobs . — On Tuesday the directors of the company had a board meeting on the subject , which lasted some time . We understand that the complaints of the men were taken into consideration , and that the board came to the conclusion that they were of a far different character thaa had been represented by them , and , therefore , confirmed Mr » Gtcch ' s con . duct . It was also said that the con pan' had adopted every precaution in running too trains and carrying on the traffic . in the event of the drivers and firemen quitting as they propose on Monday morning next . ., „ ' ; * . ' V

      Another Meeting Of The Men - Took Place ...

      Another meeting of the men - took place on Wed « nesday at the ; Qeorge Jnnj . Stratford , for the purpose of adopting ,. a resolution ba tho subject of the differences ? between themselves / and the directors . , ; •'• Ji - ' T . Hope , oho of tho ehgihe-drivofs , was voted to the chair , and isivid -tftvt he ' had ' drawn up . ah address which he would road , and whon he h ; id so done , he hoped that ' every one would bear him out as to the truth of what he had stated in the address , It was as follows ;— . .-

      I ' Fcllow-ivoiimen . -it is with ' the deepest pain and regret , not , only to myself , but f-. ^ m sure to all of you thtltwe havD . foiindoursekcs compelled to give notice - to our employers that we shall quit their service on Monday ' next : Isaytb . it this stop has been taken aa a matter of liccessify , be « Cause none of US would willingly leave the line upon which the . greater number of the men haves been working their engines for the last . seven . or . . eight years ; and some of them from the very openjng of the railway—many of us , too , have large families , and are , of course , not likely , linljsss in i , qi'y extreme cases iudeed . 'to risk tho chance" cf ; being thrown out of employment . ' . I behevWvcry ' driver and fireman uoon the lino has fjiveii'tioiice to leave

      the service . No sooner was it known at Norwich than some ; of tho Stratford merr ^ veve iletormined not to submit to tho gross acts of injustice that have been inflicted upon numbers , of . U . S , ; , than thoy , as well ' as tho men at the other stations , who appear to have but one feeling , and that is of irritation and indignation , resolved also at once tolbrow up their situations , as they consider that with' our new superintendent -we are to have introduced a now system of pains and penalties , the eytravaganae , absurdity , and exasperating injustice of winch would be , if generally carried out , frequently to tako half a man ' s wages away , for no fault whatever of his own , and in fact make . it . impossible for him to do his work with anything like comfort to

      himself , or justice to his master . Jfow this , fel ) ow < workmen , is making a very serious charge against our employers , but it is thesenousness of truth ; and as reporters from the public press are present . I will state before them the facts that' are so " well known to ourselves . What wo complain of ' . is > the introduction of a now system of fines iniiicted without rhynie or reason ,-and for accidents over , which the drivers and firemen have no more control ' than " the man in themoon , " Our new , superintendent came here about a fortnight ago . Wo knew very well wo should have a . sharp , eye upon ' us , but for 'that wo . did not care . We know our duty , ¦ we . , hayo . always done >• it , and were prepared to " 'dbf ; it . ; , We . wei'e , however , not

      prepared for money punishment to be visited upon us undcVasystem which iu reality lays it down as a principle that machinery is never to get out of order , and that steei and iron are never to break or wear out ; but if an eccentric strap breaks , or the cotter of a draw spring should come off , the driver and firemen are to be fined a day ' s pay . And this is not the only measure of which we comphin . It is very evident from what has taken place during the last fortnight that a cutting down system , of economy is to ho carried out against the drivers and firemen upon this line , and that length ) and faithfulness of service , skill , sobriety , and good conduct , are to weigh as nothing against Gd . a day to be saved out of this man ' s wagesor 4 d . a day ' out

      , of that man ' s pay . I will now mention the sort of , system under which we have been working for tho last fortnight . Tho first case of injustice I shall lay before you is that of Joseph Tutton , driver , and George Jenkins , fireman . When about thirty-four miles on his journey , and while running at the ordinary speed , the cotter of his cross-head broke in three pieces . Sow you all know that he could no more prevent the accident than any man who may bo passing this house at this present moment ; but , nevertheless , both driver and fireman were fined two days' pay and suspended for two davs and three quarters . The next case is that of James Steele , driver , and William Bird , fireman , While running , the cage of his clack broke , the ball of the

      clack worked into the pump , and the consequence was tho eccentric strap broke . Xo skill , however great , no care , however watchful , could prevent such an accident , and yet both men were fined onequarter day each . Another case is that of Henry Harris , driver , and John Knight , fireman . The eccentric sheave of the engine slipped and caused a detention of the train ten minutes . Such a thing as this will occur to the best driver in the world , without his being able to prevent it ; but under the new system tho men were fined . a ^ wavier day's pay each . James Monks , enginemau , and William Cowcn , firemen , were fined Is . each for a porter neglecting- his duty in turning off the water . When Monks went to Mr . Goocb about it , ho

      ( Mr . Gooch ) told him he was sorry ho had fined them , but as ho had given his word he would not alter it . Monks told him ho would not submit to be fined unjustly , tbeveforc Mr . GoocYi immeaiately discharged him . Tho next is a case unparalleled in . railway management . Mr . Gooch requested William Hetritt , engittenian , to shift his family to Norwich , as he fully intended for him to run from Norwich to London and back—a distance of 200 miles—for one day's work . Hewitt told him no man could do it . Mr . Gooeh's reply was , that he would not he the only person that would have to [ do it , as he intended to have tho time tables altered so that every man could do it . The next case is that of James kelson

      engine-driver , and William Jolly , fireman . Their train consisted of thirty waggons . While shunting this train , tlie _ draw-bar of one of the waggons gave way . For this they were in no degree co blame ; but they "Bore of coarso fined one day ' s pay each . There are several other cases of this character . Edward Reay , driver , and William Head , fireman , were fined Is . each , because a draw-bar broke in taking a train of thirty loaded waggons . George Cann , engine man ,-and John Hall , fireman , were discharged for no other reason thnn that were old , and had been to this company faithful servants , and were receiving , by servitude and good conduct , tho first-class wages . Mr . Gooch distinctly told Cann , he would pay no man whatever the wa ' ges he

      ho was receiving ; so that old , experienced , and good men , are of no more value to Mr . Gooch , than tho youngest engine driver on the line . let the public decide whether these experienced men , or tho firemen and men , of any or no character from other places , that Mr . Gooch may be engaging and promising the same rate of wages as the first-class enginemen and firemen have , arc the fittest to entrust their lives to . George Barling , engineman , was summarily discharged because he refused to do tMfo men ' s work in one day—namely , his own and a fitter ' s . Thomas Thompson was " suspended because the set screw of his top clack blew out , a circumstance over which he could not possibly have any control . It is , fellow workmen , against such

      wanton injustice as that whwh I have ) ust detailed to you that we protest . With such a system in operation , no driver , however skilful , however experienced , however careful , can ever be safe from the infliction of injustice upon him . The government of the country would have just as much reason to punish a man for breaking a ulood vessel , or falling down in a fit , as our locomotive superintendent has had for punishing the men for the cases I have mentioned . Whatever the motive by which our superintendant has been actuated , I know not ; but what I feel is that the new system is intolerable ; that I could not work either comfortably or safely under it ; and that , as far as I am concernedj I prefer to seek employment olsewh & ro . I here feel

      it necessary to state to those who hayo not seen the morning newspapers , that tho arbitrary conduct that has been pursued towards us is sanctioned by tlie board of directors ; it is , -therefore , preposterous to think of ever returning to the service of the Eastern Counties Railway Company , unless the whole system of pains and penalties he abolished , and the men can have ample security that good conduct shall meet with its proper reward . " At the conclusion of the address , George Burling , shedman , bore his testimony to the truth of all that the chairman had stated . W . Hewitt , engineer , W Weodhouse , engineman , J , Marks , driver , J . Rastriek , fireman , Phillip Tatle ( for his brother ) , a fireman , — Hiude , a driver , and Robert Cree , a fiveman , also corroborated the statement of the

      chairman . J . Rastmck then moved a resolution to the effect that the conduct pursued towards the drivers and firemen of tho Eastern Counties Railway had for the last fortnight been most irritating and unjust ; that the men had been fined for accidents whichho human prudence or foresi ght could prevent ; that old , faithful , and skilful drivers , receiving tho highest class of wages , had been summarily discharged without causes assigned ; and it was the opinion of this meeting , speaking for themselves , that they could not possibly continue to work under the system recently introduced , and by the operation of which all their care , experience , and skill were rendered entirely useless in preventing the infliction of frequent and heavy fines . This resolution was unanimously agreed to , and the meeting separated .

      The « Omar Iwnnisn " Ststem.—An Eminent ...

      The « Omar iwnNisn " Ststem . —An eminent tea dealer of Bath , who for many years has beer ' celebrated for the excellence of his goods , was som * time since astonished to find his customers express their disapprobation of the quality of his teas ; months rolled on with a declining custom before h « discovered that the fine flavour of his beverage , which " cheers but not inebriates , " had been destroyed by tho offensive odour which proceeded from some tea papers which had been printed _ for him at Birmingham , at an extraordinary low price ; the ink with which they were executed being made of the commonest oil , the effect on the tea was of a most nauseous nature . u . » . «„ . « Tab Taum LEAanfc-Mr . Shea Lalor feas proceeded to London , on ft mission from the council of the Tenant League , to urge upon . the Cabinet ml the Irish members the necessity of instant legisla-Ubu for the protection of th « tehantr j .. v -j

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17081850/page/1/