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      Heartless Tyranny. To The Editor Of The ...

      HEARTLESS TYRANNY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOSTHEB * STAB « r- An act of tyranny bas been perpetni * d in this tcw ^ V ^ ocS by aa agent of the Lord of tne Manor S . in i « way nsjnst and oppressive as any that If .. t » ven place MdetthRtclas * of . pressors , the Irish Janilord * . A resectable and benevolent roan occupyin- a foraiunder Lord Vernon , being dcsirous . of allevia-? in ? the miserable condition of a aumbtr of his poor n-i .. ' , bo-ir « , fnb-let a quantity of his land for that purpose , which the p-w-r fellows eaRerly prerared , and in ninny ins'acre * had manured tlielai . d and p lanted some of tlifcircrops . Their hopes , howev . r , « ete soon blasted . The venomous pen oi some unknown wretch let the

      afrenc know that the poor men were working the land upon Mr O'Connor ' * plan , and for themselves too . This WM ton much for the r >» mpsr « J and bloated menial of a feudal baron—he mustputn » top to such work . In vaia did thepourfeUo « sre ? r-. sent their misiry , and the hardihip it would he tj them to be deprived of their allet . ments after bavin ? purchased manure , seed , and agricultural imp ' encnis ( many of them Minting their stomarhs for that purpose ); fall was to no purpose , the mighty menial declared that the nuisance should not be lol-rated under nisi , so that tbe pour men w . ro com-P'lled to give up their plots . It is but justice to State , that the farmer who sub let it has done all in his pawer to compensate the men for their loss . Yours faithfully , Thomas Webb .

      To The Editor Op The .\Ohthe«.V Stah. Si...

      TO THE EDITOR OP THE . \ OhTHE « . V STAH . Sib Yrertjiice to inform jou and the members of the Land Compuny-eBtiallj , that a number of as hare form d ourselves " into a co-operative associatioa called tlit- 'K nuston Ci > op-rative G-irdeners Society , our object heing to hire laud in our neighbourhood ; and to accom . plish such , we have c vmmtneed subscribing in sbcres of 2 s 6 i . each . ; any person eligible to become a member bo raat'er trhat creed or politics . Our object is te prove the vilue ofthe land in our own localities and the practicability ofthe Land Plan , as a means to an end of

      ultimately redeeming tha -K-orkins classes from their at present degraded position , to free men , free in thought , and free to ac * . Trustinc the public notice through the medium ofthe Stjx . will attract the attention of other localities , we at the same li ne unitedly hope , and roost earnestly wish . J & ealth and long lifeitojour benefactor and friend , Mr Feargus O'Connor . I remain , dear sir , Tours respectfully , K . Axdibsoic , Secretary . P . S . Any localities wishing for a copy of the rnles can have them , by applying to the secretary . March 7 th 1 S 48 .

      The National Petition. To The Editor Of ...

      THE NATIONAL PETITION . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERS STAR . Sib , Seeing that the National Petition is to be pretented to the Somse of Commons by our champion , Mr O'Connor , on the 16 th of April , I think I shall not be doine my pwt , having a vote for the borough of Mary , lebone . if I neglected sending to the two members , requesting them to give the petition their support , or no vote from me at the nest election . Hoping all Chartists having votes will do the like . I am , yours , . TnHK Stephens , an old Chartist .

      TO THE E-JITOB OT THE KOBTHEBN STAB . Si 2 , —It would appear , by the conduct of some of the employers , that they look on the workine man as an engine created for their especial use , to be employed so long as it suits their fancy or interests , and then to be thrown aside as so much living lumber , having no longer any right to live upon earth . Thi .=, or something like it , must be the idt-a of the mea who show such antipathy to the men in their tmploy trying to make provision against a time of age or destitution .

      I am induced to trouble you with the foregoing re-Barks , by the conduct of my employer towards rae . Being a Miccessfal allottee in the Lind Company , I had naturally b'gun to congratulate myself on my gnod for . tune—when , it havine come to my master ' s ears , he put a damper on my rejoicing by an abrupt dismissal , telling rae , at the same time , that , had he been aware of my in « tentions . he would have dismissed me four months ago . I appeal to you , as a public journalist , to say whether it is jastti the working man thus to punish him for his attempt to provide fer his future comforts ? and it is certain that if there is any class which has need to do so . it is the lawmakers—as Mr Lsngford , my former employer , inows that no man can obtain employment after he has passed the meridian . Therefore , to punish him for trying to provide for his latter } e * rs , is tyranny of the worst hind . I am sir . Yours respectfully , Jakes Holhes Sew Lenton , Hatch . IS ' . h , 1 S 48 . .

      Our Exile3 . Tbe Following Utter Ban App...

      OUR EXILE 3 . Tbe following Utter ban appeared la the Cosxwalt . Cbeokicle . published in Tan Diemen ' t Linrt : —

      TO THE EDITOE OP THE COBirtTACL CHBOEICIE . Sib , —In leaking over a recent copy of your journal , my attention wag attracted to an article on the subject of prison indulgences , which opens a wide fiald of obssivEtion , and one in which , if you have the moral Courage to proceed , you may render the most essential service to many really deserving characters—for amongst fin heterogeneous mass composing the prison popnls-£ out it must he admitted thereare some of that descrtptl a and I « on ! d , without farther preface , draw yeur sttention to ons whose case presents the strongest elaimi that csn be urged npoa the notice of thegavernnental autliorities . Zsphaniah Williamg , the compatriot c-f Frost and Jones , who has , for a oomdaefsble time , resided in this town , and in reference to whose

      general character it weuld be superfluous to allude , core then bj saying it is that of nnwtrering rectitude , Tjorght integrity , and stern . unb » ndi & g probity but , pasrinzby the deserts of irreproachable condect / he has performed oae of the most meritorious actions on record , and , should he never receive any advantage from itep ^ rfoTms-nce . at the haufa ofthe censtitntedauthor ! , ¦ firs , it ig but right that the press should blar . on it forth , corroborated , as it is . hy the unreserved and honourable attestation of T . Ifaton , Esq ., the police maRistrats , thus showing , beyond the possibility of doubt , that there Cflsnot be anything of collnsioa about it . The meritoliousaction I allude to is this : —The inmates r . f 5 ew Sorfslk laoatic Asylum had banded themitlves together ia a conspiracy ; had armed themselves with

      bludgeons , and threatened to born down the asylum , threatening to kill any one that » ame near them . Tha laid keepers « ere afraid to approach them , as were also & e constables . Ac length Williams was applied to , and , el the risk of his life , he went in amongst them , and web altiraately snccessful in prevailing en them TO VOliU ' ^ lish their weapons , and retire each to hi ? cell , ffl have omitted to state that this occurred on the Sonday tnerains * , an 4 tbe whole of the prisoners cm . piojEd on public works , were actually called eut of church to assist , and what the array of physical fores filled to effect , Williams accemplished with a few kind var & e . This took place in June , 1845 , and at the fene Williams was iuducei by the solicitation offrlendt to memorialise for an indulgence . The lat Governor , Sir E 'Wilmot , forwarded the memorial to the home

      government ; and in course of time Williams received the Allowing very laconic Gladstonian reply to bii application , a copy of which I enclose . A writer in your jouraal ef September lit , signed * Magees , ' very truly observes , that , in most cases , it has happened that the Best men have met with the worse fate . It Is litelally exemplified in the cass ef poor WiJliams . But s * re ! y it is time that the specious fraudulent tricktry , which has been so long and so often practised , aud shieb has only tended to advance and reward vlllany , thould be superseded by a mor » judicious bestowal of indulgences ; aud I verily believe that in no instance is is more richly deserved , or would be more highly appreciated , than in the case of the political exile , "Williams . I em , sir , jours truly ,

      COPT OS BEPLT TO APPLICATION . MzHitASOtJE The Lieutenant-Governor has received a despatch from the Rteht Heaoarable the Secretary of State , in which Mr Glads'one Intimates , that her Majesty has not been pleased to approve of a Ticket of Eeave being granted to Z , Williams , who was recomsended by his Excellency . . W . Saieit , Comptreller ' s Office ,

      Bdrt Edge.—At A Meeting Of Tbe Bury Edge...

      Bdrt Edge . —At a meeting of tbe Bury Edge National Charter Association , on Sunday , March 4-th . the following persons were elected as members of the council for the ensuing year , vii : — Anthony Scorer , Joseph Simnson , George Summerem , Joseph Saint , George Toung , John Maughan , treasurer ; Robert Carr , secretary . " Eieteb . —At a meeting of the National Charter Association , on the 10 ; h instant , Messrs Webber , Havill , and O'Brien were appointed to nrrar . ge for a public meeting , on Saturday , the 18 th instant , for the adoption ofthe National Petition ; also , to apply to the Teignraoutb , Tiverton , Collnmpton . 'Wellington , Taunton , Bridgewater . andBarnstaple localities to aid in securing the services of a delegate to the forthcoming Convention . All communications to be sent te the secretary , P . J . O'Brien , 49 , Holloway . efcreet . _ .. ..

      ___ Oidhah . —On Sunday last Mr J . Lpach delivered two lectures in the Working Man ' s Hal l , to a very respectable andience . At the close of the second feature an address was unanimously adop'ed to ba presented to the Democratic government of France , congratulating the people of that country on the glorious victory they have obtained over their despotic tyrants . Keighlet . —On Tuesday afternoon , ' March 7 , apubiie meeting of the inhabitants of Keiahiey waa aew m the Market-place , to congratulate Hie French B ~ U ° n on the glorious victorv thev have gained over arfr ^ Pr ? il fi reSsion - Mr ' Weatherhead and others rLnde ' rstt mo * ? ****** . but press of matter Zmo ? i ££ Z & ™ W impossible to give a

      Feargds O'Connor's National Land Scheme....

      FEARGDS O'CONNOR'S NATIONAL LAND SCHEME . PUBLIC TEA . PARTY AND BALL . On Tuesday evening last , a public tea parly snd ball was held in the rooms of the Corn Exchange , m honour of the location of six of the Preston members of the National Land Company . Among the persons announced to address the meeting was Mr Fear ^ us O'Connor , M . P . for Nottingham . The room was

      crowdpd—about six hundred pereons , of both sexes , beice present . An excellent tea was served up ; and , after the tables had been cleared , a temporary platform wa < erected , from which the different speakers addressed the assemhlaee . At one end ot the room , a piece of white calico , surrounded by a red border , was nailed to the wall , bavin ? upon it the words Foarcus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., the founder of the National Land Company ; ' and , and at the other end was a similar pi <« ee of material , bearin g upon it tho words ' The science of Agriculture u only in its

      infsnev Mr James Fbanhland having been moved to the chair , said—Ladies and gentlemen ( though it would be . ' perhaps . more appropriate ^ say working men and women ) , he accepted their call to preside with the preatest pleasure , for Iw held it to be a privilege to he allowed to take a conspicuous part in so praiseworthy a movement as the present one . It was a movement which had for its object , ultimately , the salvation of oar common country ; and , immediately , the amelioration of the condition of suffering humanity . ( Hear , hear . ) There was , to him , in contemplating man s return to big legitimate possession of the land , something pleasing and sublime ; for then he would not be wholly dependent on trade ,

      nor would he be the victim of sordid man ' s injustice . ( Cheer ? . ) We might , in the present day , look on every hand , and behold steady , would-be industrious , and deserving men , unwilling idler ? , whose pallid cheeks proclaimed aloud the want of ihe common necessaries of life ; and many of those men preferred the streets to tlieir homes , in consequence of the destitution ef their families—such families being barely kept alive at the expense of others . The condition of these men was but a shade better than our own when the land in this country was comparativel y unproductive , from the want ot labour . ( Hear , hear . ) He would aefy any roan to walk ( as he had done yesterday ) through the vale from Chipping towards Preston—which might be rendered as beautiful a

      p lace as ever the sun shone upon , and was now literall y a heap of rubbish—he would defy any man to walk through that vale without f ° eling forced to acknowledge that the land was lying waste for the want of labour ; and at the same time hundreds of labourers were being thrown into the unien bastiles through that want of labour . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) Who had not seen , when he bad travelled into the country , a field on the one side teeming with plenty , and on the other side comparatively barren ? If we asijed the farmer what was the cause of thiswhat made this field on the oneside teem with plenty , and be on the other in a barren state , he would tell them , * The landlords , and the want of capita ! . * We might then ask him how , when he carried out

      improvements on the one hand , they were not productive of benefit to a certain extent on the other hand , and he would say , ' He had neither the capital nor the disposition , when he held his land on so fickle a tenure as at present;—when he dared not tread on a partridge nest ; when his boy dared not keep a dog to assist him in protecting the sheep , if such dog was ever known to have disturbed a hare or a pheasant ; and when he had effected any improvements in the land he could be turned off it at a moment ' s notice , and have all he had expended sacrificed to the caprice of a tyrannical—an unprincipled landlord . ' He ( the chairman ) had been told on Sunday evening last , by a practical farmer , that in a certain townshi p in Lan--cishire the land was worth from 15 * . to 20 s . per acre

      less than it was fifteen or twenty years ago The land had been allowed to deteriorate in value ; and yet . at the same time , this township wa * much pressed with poor rates . It was scarcely possible that such things could be allowed to exist , and yet they were at present in existence . The present meeting was a social tea party , to congratulate their friends who had been allotted land . and who were soon to be located according to the principles of the Land echeme ; but were it apolitical gathering he might indulge a liitle , and say that there were other reasons , besides exclusion from the land , which had tended to bring about the present deplorable state of things . He might tell them that even their ' ewn darling Land Scheme , ' as it had been termed , would

      never he carried to a successful issue until the government found it to be their duty to repeal that monstrous law known as the law of primogeniture , which left all to one individual in a family , and burdened the rest of that family upon the community at large . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Were they not met upon another object , he mipht go into the history of the past few days , which had brought vengeance upon an unprincipled tyrant ; which had frfced a noble people from their bondage ; and which , in all probability , had changed the destinies of Europe . ( Cheers . ) He trusted that the happy day might arrive when all persons should , by their own industry , be made hsppy , and when they should be allotted and located on the fruitful land . He looked forward ,

      also , to that happy day , when man , by his own industry , should be able to maintain miraself and those Prflvidence had made dependent upon him ; when he should labour willingly , from early morn till dusk ; wben his wife should have time to attend to the internal arrangements of her house ; when he could sit in converse with happy , social , sober friends , to talk of his duties and his , rights ; when he should educate his children— * teach the young idea how to shoot ; ' and , when his labour and industry would qualify him to retain his position as a happy citizen of a free and glorious Republic , ( Loud applause . ) However , it would ill-become him to detain them any longer . He knew of what that meeting was composed ;—he knew it waa composed of a mixturejof the grave and gay ; some seriously disposed , and others

      itching fer other amusements ; and he knew , also , that they had present among them a tried advocate of ( he people ' s rights , and the founder of the Land Scheme— Fwguft O'Connor , Esq ,, member of pM » liament for Nottingham , and no thanks to the powers that be . ( Laughter and cheers . ) Knowing that , he thought it would not he his duty , as chairman , to occupy any more of their time ; and he would sit down by lhanking tbem for the orderly manner in which they had listened to the remarks he had made ; and , if there was any person present opposed to the principles they advocated , he hoped they would give to them that calm and dispassionate hearing for which a British audience was so highly famed . ( Loud applause . ) The chairman concluded by calling on Mr Brown to propose the first resolution .

      Mr James Brows said that the duty which waa imposed upon him that evening , waa one which could not require much energy on his part to perform ; and , as there were several strangers present , besides their esteemed friend Mr Feargus O'Connor , who were desirous of addressing them , he would not detain them long . He held in his hand a resolution to propose ; but before he did so , he would beg their attention whilst he endeavoured to express the feelings which naturally arose in his mind on an occasion like the present . They were not met to celebrate any great battle ; they were not met to triumph

      over the fall of any dynasty ; but they were met' for an object as great , if net greater , than if they had been met for such purposes . They bad had to contend , since the establishment of their Land scheme , with a foe more formidable than any ofthe armies which had at different times over-run ^ Europe , and that foe was the public press . That press had thought it its duty , from the commencement of tbe struggle , to impede their progress by every means possible , unprincipled , and dishonourable ; and they were now there together that ni g ht to proclaim that they had vanquished the press . The resolution placed in his hands to move was as follows : —

      That this meeting—assembled for " the purpose ef rejoicing at the successful and prond position to wMch the National Land Company baa attained , and in honour ef the location of sir ofthe Preston members of the company who are going te be taken from the miseries naturally attendant upon the present . artificial labour market , and placed in a position for a fair developement of the capabilities of labour when applied to the cultivation of the national resources of this countryconsider , that if generally carried out , the principles of the National Lend Company would tend to promote the political and social regeneration ef the working classes of Great Britain . He thought it would be wise , on his part , to ' sit down by merely proposing tbe resolution . Mr Wm . Beery s econded the motion .

      The Cbjurumi i Our friend MtFeatgua O'Connor will speak upon this resolution . ( Loirc applause . ) Mr Fearoos O'Coknor , M . P ., then came upon the platform , and was received with tremendous cheering . He said : Mr Chairman and my friends , after a lone absence from your town , I assure you it gives me no ordinary pleasure to meet you upon the present occasion ;—upon an occasion to commemorate a great event , namely—the release of six of your townsmen from absolute bondage to positive freedom . ( Cheers . ) But there'js a circumstance connected with this night ' s gathering which gives me still greater pleasure . I have laboured long , and now find that I have not laboured in vain , to create a sound mind among the working ; classes of this country ; and I may truly say that I have been

      amply rewarded to-night by the sound , rational , and sensible speech delivered by a man worthy of the name of Frankland . ( Cheers . ) It has been my fortune on several occasions to attend both large and small gatherings ; and without attemoting to pay a compliment on the present occasion to that gentleman I can say that I never heard a speech more replete with sound c ° mmon eense . ( Cheers . ) Itia more valuable to me because it was evidently unstudied , and was the creation of his own mind , impelled perhaps by the scene . before him . There is an error however , which my friend Mr Brown , who moved the first resolution , has committed , though perhaps a trifling one , and made with a good and kindly intention . He has told yot that the press opposed the Land Plan from duty ; but that is an

      Feargds O'Connor's National Land Scheme....

      error . The press have opposed that Plan from interest , sycophancy , depravity , and corruption . A great portion of my business through life has been to give to that press the power to do good when it is inclined to do so , and to pare its claws when it is inclined to do mischief ; and perhaps there is no country in tbe world that can boast of bo groat a triumph as we can over the lewdness of the press . And why ? Because here am I a stranger standing before you , and standing before the representatives of the press , and 1 defy that press to destroy the mind that I have in a great measure created . ( Loud applause . ) There was a time when the press was all powerful , because tho press was like a veiled prophet , and every man thought that a newspaper

      was a bible , and everything that he saw in it was a Revelation . But now every man has lcaint different , a d has learnt the truth . He now knows that an editor ia but a portion of the property ofthe plant belonging to those who sell the paper . He knows that an editor is paid for what he says , and he knows , also , that like other . manufacturers , be makes his wares for the best market . ( Cheers . ) And new , my friends . I have a great moral to this tale , and have to request of you to doubt me when the press praises me . The press of this country has done more to destroy liberty , nnd has done more to produce the present disorder among all classes of society , than all the other classes put together . Tho press of this country has ever been foremost

      in supporting the power of those classes who are most opposed to labour . And why t Because lahour , being most unproductive , and the labouring classes not belonging to the advertising community , and mo * t papers living on advertisements alone , they are obliged to pander to the want of principle and di- p raved tastes of the advertiiinc class—no matter what opinions they may themselves entertain . I thank the press for having opposed the Land Plan ; for if theyhad not opposed it I should have doubled its stability . ( Laug hter . ) For instance—imagine a poor little editor sitting in his cock-lolt , writing for the parties employing him that matter onl y which wi \\ se )\—wrHing ' aboutlhe capabilities of tbe soil , and borrowing ideas from other subjects ; and

      in which we have many opportunities of seeing the ignorance of that class from whom we are taught to receive knowledge and learn tho literature of the day . There is now a ersat change coming over the spirit of the times . In a country not many miles distant from ours—notwithstanding that its tyrant monarch was firmly seated on the throne , the people have been victorious against him , and he has been compelled to seek a safe asylum in England . As described by your chairman in his excellent illustrative speech , we have a tyrant turned upon tbe State ; aud in all likelihood wo shall be called upon to contribute to his maintenance and to the maintenance of his family . It is not at all to be doubted that the working classes mav

      be ca'led on to support another king . They already contribute immense sums to the support of tho King of Belgium , to whom they gave £ 50 , 000 per annum . They contribute also to the support of the King of Hanover ; and I should not be at all surprised if we add another to the list ot pauper king- ' living on the labour ofthe people of this country . But now I have dene with the rabble of the press , and kings , and will come to the more important subject before me , namely—these six children coming to live by their own free labour upon the soil . ( Cheers . ) I venture ti say , notwithstanding the opinion ot tho press , that all the land purchased is clay land , all the houses damp house ? , and all the allottees discontented and starving—still I venture te assert that no power , no

      seduction , no ignorance , no representations , no entreaties will be able to seduce these aix children from their own castles as soon as they are partakers of the sweets of their own labour . ( Cheers . ) It is true that when I first established the Land Plan , it was a novel question to the working man , who wns accustomed to the drudgery of artificial life , to the depression of wages , and to act according to the caprice and wishes of those who employed him . He then never gave it a thought that his breakfast was produced from the land : that his dinner was produced from the land ; that his supper came from the land ; and that in fine , his hat , coat , shoes , stockings , and every article upon him was produced from the ' and , ( Cheers . ) Every article is produced from the land ,

      every object which he lies upon and which are above him , is produced from the land ; and now the people know that they look upon the land as their own . and from which they may gain their own redemption and salvation . ( Applause ) As a matter of course , the object of the Land Plan is to buy over the labour market for industrious men—those who live in poverty and who over-stock the labour market—the object is . then , to buy oyer the labour market tor them , forlh . 3 purpose of making good tho losses in trade . It is no wonder , when the government tax industry to the sum ^ of £ 6 . 000 , 000 in the shape of poor rates , from which tho idle alone receive the full benefit , it is no wonder then that they should wish to take the surplus labour out of the market , that

      they might thereb y increase the value of tbe land . Every man in his senses knowstbat for some years past trade and commerce have been falling off . Every man knows also—although there has been an increase in the price of the raw material and a great decrease in the price of the manufactured articlethat the capitalists would oppose the Land Scheme . It is no matter what the price ofthe raw material is ; it is no matter what the price ofthe manufacture *! article is ; the men who command the money , and , thereby , command the ltbour , make up the deficiency in the profits out of a deficiency in the wages . That is the rea ? on why these men are opposed to the Land Plan , These men know about as much about the land as an Irish pig knows about geometrr .

      ( Laughter . ) I would take a hundred free traders , or s hundred political economists , who write about tbe land , and I would locate them on an estate ; or I would take a hundred editors , and what a thing that would be . ( Laughter . ) How I should like to see a hundred editors located on an estate {—( laughter)—what a menagerie that would be . Well , I would take a hundred editors , long-headed as they think themselves , but ignorant as they are—idle as they are—and unless they were like Nebuchadnezzar , and could lire upon grass , every ose of them would starve . ( Loud cheers , and laughter from the reporters . ) They would soon find out how much they knew about the land ; and if they produced anything at all it would he eeese , because they must have

      a poope quill ; and , therefore , - they would preduce eeese , if they could produce anything . ( Laughter from the reporters . ) That this Land schema of mine should , consequently , be opposed by the press and by capitalists , 1 am not surprfsed ; but let any man take a walk with me ; let him look at the land on which my friends have been located ; let him see the improve ments which have already taken place on it ; let him look at the countenances of those located on it , and eee the once r ?» le faces turned into a good bluah ; let him see the woman who , a short time » go , was obliged to rise at the dawn of morning , to throw the sucking child from her breast , and hurry off to her work ; let kim see her in her own castle , sitting by

      her own fireside , the mistress and empress of her own household . ( Loud applause . ) But , my friends , I believe the press and the capitalists are Christians , and , therefore , I will g ive them scripture . God tells man that he must live by the ' sweat of his brow . ' God tells man also that the husbandman must be the first partaker of the fruits of the earth . God does not tell man to live by the sweat of another ' s brow , but he tells him to live by the sweat of his own bro * . God gave you the land , and told you to cultivate it ; and to make you labourers he made natural labour , but the devil made you artificial labour , ( Cheers , ) The husbandman and the labourer have as great a right to enjoy the fruits of their own industry as any man who lives upon his own land . ( Cheers . ) In

      the present st & to of trade , in the present state of commerce , when there is a speculation and traffio in all other articles of life , why are men opposing others respecting the land ? God gave man a sufficiency to apply to his own sustenance and support , and one man has as much right to labour on the land and support himself by hia own industry , as another has to take a shop if he wishes to become a shopkeeper . Therefore I have shown you that God created man an agricultural labourer , and told him to live by the sweat of his own brow , and gave him labour wherewith to maintain himself ; but he created none of those speculations wherewith labour might he speculated upon and trafficked with . ( Cheers . ) Some of our opponents sav that two acres

      are not enough ; that three acres are not enough ; and that four acres are not enough to support a man upon . If that is the only objection , it could soon be disprsedof ; for if they are in a position to say that four acres are not enough , then let them say what will be enough . I ask them to fix the standard , and if four acres are not enough , to nay what is . I would not wish you to cultivate " one acre of land , for never has there been a man born , since Adam was a little boy who could cultivate one acre « f land up to the highest state of perfection . The manufacturers of Lancashire thought it a hardshi p when they were obliged to send their twist abroad , deelarina that the greatest profit lay in the greater necessity . I have , therefore , to complain of the manufacturers for opposing the Land Plan ; because in the same way the greatest amount of labour must be applied to make the land most profitable . On Thursday night

      next I bring my measure before tho House of Cammons , and then I shall , from their own words and by reading tbeir own statutes , satisfy them ; because I have it on record , fr ; . m an act passed by the House of Commons , that no man in Ireland having a quarter of an acre of land is intitled to relief from ^ the poor laws , because he ought to live on that quarter ef an acre . ( Cheers . ) Therefore , if I am able to satisfy them from , their own words , and from their own mouths and journals , then I say that I have silenced the press gang » nd the opposition of the House of Commons . I told you in the first instance when 1 established my Land Plan of tho difficulties with which it would be surrounded ; nnd I was told that it was impossible to find an acre of land which 1 could purchase , for tbe landowners would not sell us the land . But as soon as I purchased the first estate then these gentlemen had the gilding taken off their gin £ erbread . There is no more of that now : for if

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      there is an estate to bo sold in England , the persons selling it look on me as the best purchaser , because I am able to give mora than any other man for it . Every morning my table is crowded with notes from landed proprietors , commencing— ' Sir , I have a splendid estate to offeryou for sale . ' Another great disadvantage wo : were told of wis , that operatives , tailors , shoemakcre , weavers , ( bo ., could never dig . I havo had them now on one estate for only six or seven months , and every man upon it says he is able to work with any agricultural labourer in the parish . It was thought an extraordinary thing to require the immense time of seven years ' apprenticeship to become a tailor , when that tailor in seven months could dig or stick a cabbage . «««*„*« t /\ Un an \ A in Df < nflr 1 nrifl fchfi nerflftDH

      One great nnd important thing with regard to the Land Plan is , that we are doing away with the old system of farming which has descended from generation to generation ; and which has caused men to preserve the old hedges , forests , and fences , which encroached upon the land , and which their grandfathers had adopted years before them . We are now introducing an entire new system into the science of agriculture , and we are bringing all the mechanical skill of the country upon the land , thus forming ! a complete set of labourers . In Hertfordshire and Worcestershire , where our colonies have been lo rated , wo have had men who have been farmers all their lives come to these novices to leara agriculture , and they have been astonished at the improvements

      effected in the cultivation of the creps . This is a ureal fact—a greater fact thsa free trade . ( Cheers ) That is not a great fact , but is rather a great lie . When I was in parliament before , I tried what parliament would do , and I proposed several measures . One has been alluded to tonight . One was a bill against the present odious tenure , which gave the tenant the soil , but prevented him from applying his capital upon it . If the tenants were to have the entire benefit from their own exertions they would rise at dawn of morning , and work not till noon , but till moonlight . The people have a right to the tenure of the land . Another thing which I propped waa , a different ayatem of Poor Laws for Ireland ; that they should be supported by premiums

      from the higher classes ; and ( hat is the same law that I would propose for England . I am opposed to any description of Poor Law whatever , and am in favour of a law—not a pauper law—but one to provide relief for the aged and infirm , who , in their youth , have not-been able to lay by enough to support themselves in their old age . ( Cheers . ) My plan would effectually get rid of idling , for I am in favour of unwilling idlers , and if my plan was carried out , when tbe really industrious found a willing idler pressing on their industry , that idleness would become 8- crime , and the idlers would be sent to prison , 'f bat is the principle which my plan would establish . But perhaps the press have told you that yon are all my dupes ; and perhaps the press have told you that this plan baa been adopted for my own

      benefit , I say that this plan ti thfe raoet rcmuncta ting one ever yet adopted for the working classec , and why ? A man pays £ 5 4 ? . 4 d . He does not get his location at once , but as soon as he gets his location , that very moment his £ 5 4 s . 4 d . is increaeed to £ 100 . If that is fie , then this man cannot be a much injured man , hut he is placed upon his farm , - and does not press on any other class like the manufacturers , who speculate in labour , in the hopes of getting a market for it in other countries . Then again , when I place a man upon a farm , I shall have taken tkat man out of the labour market , and thereby have increased the wages of those who are left . There is a class of persons—a bigoted class—an ignorant class . ' of industrious men , who have as great an interest in the welfare of the labourer as the iabourer has himself . These are the

      class possessing a vote in tbe country—the shop , keeping class—and I ask those of Preston if , where thereare 10 , 000 men in a district , whether they would sooner have 10 , 000 men earning £ 2 per week , or 50 , 000 or 20 , 000 earning 15 s . per week ? I should like to know which ef the two would spend most money with the shopkeepers . The more the labourers the greater the benefit to tbe shopkeepers . Therefore , as I have shown you a thousand times , all parties ought to support each other . Every man displaced by machinery , or by any other mean ? , presses hardly on the industry of other classes . What is tbe duty of covernment ? Is it tbe duty of government to sit upon the treasury benches to vote away the taxes , and to send out bayoneta and police

      to collect ; them ? If that is tho duty of government , then we have the finest government that ever lived . I consider it the duty of government to see that no man who is willing to work wants for food , and it is the duty of government to find work for those men ; That is the first great principle introduced by the new provisional government of France ; and I see that everything valuable in their proclamations has already been propoaed by me a thousand times over . They have got a working man upon the provisional government , and they have declared it the duty of the state to find labour for those who need it . Now , this , my friends , ia all that I ask , nnd it is the duty of government to find out every source of employment ( Mr O'Connor then commented upon the increased

      value ot gold m this country ; thought that every man should be allowed to be his own producer and his own consumer ) Fiota north to south and east to west , in this country , there was not an acre of land cultivated to one-twentieth of its capabilit y - . The uentlcmen who had , by their calculations , endeavoured to show that the Land Plan was impracticable , ought to constitute a council to be Chancellors of the Exchequer . He admitted that the men could not be located as fast as he could wish ; but there was no Company in the world which had commenced operations as soon as this bad . By mortgaging the land , however , he conld locate them faster ; but that was a dangerous proceeding . He now thought he had convinced them by plain arguments and facts that he

      could locate the people according to hi * Land Plan , and that proceeding would greatly relieve the labour market , and , consequently , benefit all other classes We paid , at present , £ 6 , 000 , 000 per annum for poor rates ; but , by having £ 1 , 000 , 000 of that for the relief of the poor , by giving £ 3 000 , 000 to locate the poor , and saving the other £ 2 , 000 . 000 , they would confer a great benefit on the country . The location upon tho land would give the people a degree of freedom , independence , and health , and a degree of pride also , to bo enabled to live in his own castle and consume his own produce . It would be cheering also to see his children not idling about , but being willing to assist him as soon as they could put their bands even to weeding a garden . The tithes of this

      country belonged to the people , and not te the parions . They were for educating the people , for supporting the people , for remunerating the working clergy , and not for the purpose of paying a million of money altogether to keep one idle pauper in every parish . lie had told the ministry the other night , that the very thing which had produced tbe French revolution we were doing now , and that the people of this country would no longer bear it . ( Cheers ) He had showed the Chancellor of the Exchequer the sources from which we were entitled to expect a large reduction of taxation , instead of an incre ^ e . Lat the government locate the people on the land ; let them disband the greater portion of our array ; let them relieve the landlords , and improve the

      condition ofthe manufacturers and shopkeepers , and then £ 4 , 000 , 000 per annum would be more thun ample to keep up all that would be required . It took now from £ 11 , 000 , 000 to £ 12 , 000 , 000 for the army ; but let every man s castle be his sentry box , and thea there would be such a National Guard that we should have no fear ot invasion , though , perhaps , we might have cries of' The throne ia in danger , ' ' The church is in danger . ' ( Cheers . ) During the last quarter of a century he had been agitating , and during that time he had attended more public meetings , and addressed mere assemblies , than any man living , fie had been a farmer , and waa consequently acquainted with agriculture ; ho bad been a great fox hunter ; he had been fond of tho card , table ; he

      had been a barrister ; he had been a journalist ; he had visited the mansion of the lord and the commoner and the hovel of tho poor man , and he had derived his knowledge more from his labour among the psor than from school , college , or any society among the higher classes . ( Cheers . ) He remembered the time , when the people of Preston did not know that there were such places aa Paisley or Bristol , and now every portion ofthe land was printed in the Star , as having contributed . towards tbe Land Plan . He was sorry , however , to havo to tell them , that they were themselves the cause of a great portion of their

      slavery , because the existence of the government was the prima facie proof of its adoption by the peop le . They had it in their power to say to the government that the taxes and impositions upon the people were unjmt , and therefore they would have no more of them ; and government must go about its busi « mm But they must be all united ; be all of one mind , and must all declare together and cry aloud for ' peace , retrenchment , and reform . ' The freetraders promised them high wages , cheap , bread , and plenty to do . Had they got it ? They must be all united far it was utterly impossible , however , for one man to accomplish everything

      ' As well might tbe lamb with the ti ger « nite , The lark with the hawk , the dove with the kit ^ , ' If they looked for anything short of the whole six points ofthe Charter , then would he have done with tuem He would takeno less , and if they gave uo one principle then would he then give them up . He had told them , in 1836 , that the time would como when Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel would bid against each other , and the time would come when he would be the auctioneer and would biready to knock them down . Lord Chesterfield said ,

      iS , ln * has ni 8 pnco , andean . be bribed . ' He uur u Connor ) had his price , nnd the very moment that price was bid he would sell the people . Directly his terms wore bid he would knock them down at one blow . They must not mistake him , lor he had often told them , and he had aho told the gentlemen of the press , that aa yet the Land Plan was only a miniature portrait , but they must look for the full . 'length * and then the Charter would make it a national plan —( Cheers . ) They must not say that ho had deceived them , for he hail put now of their money into his pocket , but had speist every

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      farthing he had in the advocacy of their cause . He could assure them that he had never been so much astonished and surprised as when he saw what the present House of Commons was composed of . They had upwards of 280 new men in the house , and though certainly'theydid . ' waatHome newblood infused into it , he could confidently state that a more corrupt parliament never sat . Aa Mr John Bright told Lord John Russell , — - ' There never was a House of Commons who so totally disregarded the wishes of the working classes of this country . ' He ( Mr O'Connor ) had been down at tbe Potteries last night , in the middle of a procession a wile long , and no less than 1 , 000 persons had sat down to tea in a covered market . It had been said that he had'been mad fay tht nn Ka UnA ?¦* fVia ariirn / iiA « r \ f Hunt * abhia ITa

      with them , and perhaps ho mighVbecome a lunatic once njatn . They had been prosecuted and perseoutcd , and like the French , they were prepared for the complete freedom of the people . They had not been allowed to discuss reform , and an imeute nnd revolution came upon them . The present revolution , however , had not been accompanied with the butcheries of 1793 . But even that time it was English money sent over to France b y William Pitt , ' ' and wrung from our pockets , that had led to such butcheries . We now had the panper king come over to this country , to live on our labour , who was a short time ago the greatest monarch in the world . God forbid , however , that wo sheuld have blosdshed in England , and that we should ever see one

      set of Englishmen opposed to another set in deadly conflict . He himself , had never been tbe cause of one drop of blood being shed , but ho had laboured long and hard , and as he had sought the lion ' s share ef popularity , he had been contented to take the lion ' s share of persecution . He had been incited and had come down among them , and he could assure them that he felt more honour in addressing that meeting than he felt in addressing the House of Commons . And why ? Because he had learned all that he knew from them . ( Applause ) Mr O'Connor then spoke at some length on the influence ofthe women , and urged on them to persuade their husbands to adopt bis principles . He then related an anecdote of a man who had been compelled to

      enrol in his Land Plan , because his wife pinched his legs in bed . ( This anecdote , being highly intellectual and amusing to the meeting , was of course received by them with much laughter . ) After advocating the principles of Chartism to some further length , be said that Lord Clarendon , tbe Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , had said that , Feargus O'Connor ' s Land Plan was the only thing which could be ndop . ted to benefit Ireland . ' What would be thought of that ? Tho great Irish Mentor—the great Lord Clarendon , and there was something ia the name of a lord ; though the Lord deliver him from such lords , was all he had to say—the great Clarendon had actually said that the Land Plan was the best thing which could be adopted .- — ( Cheers . l Last

      week there had been Chartist meetings held , and attended by 40 , 000 or 60 . 000 persons , which had not been reported by the gentlemen ofthe press to the length of his finger - , and yet there had been meetings of the middle classes , where only forty or fifty attended , upon the question of the income tax , which had been reported at full length . The press should do justice to the people , and if anything serious was to occur in consequence , the press would not be blamed for withholding the opinion of the people . He remembered the time when he had forced a whole body of dragoons to return to the streets before he would leave tbe streets . He had last Saturday week published a letter in the Northebn Star , in which he placed the patriots in the late

      French revolution in their proper light . M . Odillon Barrot , eaid Mr O'Connor , created the schism , but he did not know what it would end in , and . therefore , he skulked away from his own fire , and allowed the people to be butchered . The people , now they have gained their object , will not have this great champion , and they are quite right . A similar sort of thing had taken place yesterday in London . There Mr Charles Conhrane—a person whom I do not admire , because I believe him to be but a Tory in disguise—this gentleman called a meeting yesterday in Trafalgar-square ; but when the time came for Its being held , the authorities discovered that it waa illegal to hold a public meeting within a mile of the House of Commons during the sitting of Parliament .

      They informed Mr Cochrane of this , and Mr Cochrane wrote down , calling on the people to disperse , and telling them that it was not to bo held . This note was sent down just at the time the meeting was about to commence—in fact , the people had begun to assemble , and what was the consequence ? Why , the people , when they found that their meeting was to be suppressed , went through the streets , and ties troyed lamps and windows , and were about attacking the palace itself , when the dragoons came up and drove them off . In consequence of this another risine is apprehended . I myself will be no party to what others do , and if any men are led away by false representations , they are not my soldiers ; but I believe that my Old Guards nill take very good care not to

      be led into any false track . ( Cheere . ) Another thing that bas also occurred is an imeute at Glasgow . I will not say that tbe people there were betrayed , but they have revolted , and have turned out in thousands ; and there is now only the electric telegraph to say that all the rails have been taken up in the neighbourhood , and God knows how this may end This much I will tell you , that I will be no party to anything which hag not for its object the accomplishment of the Charter , and what is necessary for the Land Plan . People who wish to go with me must strike out their lees to step on my heels . The people are entitled to all that I now ask for , and even more , and they could not show him men who would go further than he would . You must follow my

      discipline , and if I lead you into error , I shall remain among you cs a hostage , and blame me if ever I attempt to deceive you . I owe tyranny a long arrear , and so do my family , of which I am how the last > My family has been more persecuted than anv other family I believe who have ever lived , fer I have an uncle now in his 50 th year of banishmsnt , for having declared the very same principles which I am now advocating to the meeting-. I have been persecuted myself , and have been for sixteen months cast into a felon ' s cell , aud my private letters opened by tbe governor of a caol before I could receive them myself . ( Hear , hear ) They have attempted to make me feel ashamed of myself , but I can defy them to point out one single dishonourable or ungentleraanly act ,

      ungenerous or unjust , which I have ever committed in the wholeof my life . ( Loud applause . ) I hare bern chosen by the people of Nottingham to represent them in Parliament ; but I have been petitioned against , and well was it that that petition was withdrawn . If the committee had been sitting on Saturday next , I would have shown them such a Nottingham as they have never seen before . I have before fought in Nottingham , when I had no purpose of my own to serve ; and , if this petition had net been rrifcSidrawn , God only knows what would have happened . The people of Nottingham , to the number of 20 , 000 , came to a resolution that if I was ousted on petition , that tbey would form in procession and march up to London to tho House of Commons , and

      thrust me into tbe house as their representative . Throughout-the whole course of my life I am thankful that I have not been the cause of one drop of human blood being shed . The people have been told by the Eress and others that I am a confirmed drunkard , ut I wish to ^ God every man was ' no more a drunkard than myself . Notwithstanding what has been declared by the press , I can truly say that from the day I was born to the present momeaf , I never was more drunk than 1 am now . ( Cheers . ) It has been said that I was barn a drunkard ; but I believe that no man was ever born a thief , nor was any man ever born a drunkard . Every man has been born with principles which might bo turned into vices or virtues , according to the training he has received . We

      can reclaim a drunkard ; we can reclaim a thief ; we can reclaim a liar—though that is difficult ; but we never can reclaim a cruel man . If a man is cruel , his cruelty has been born with him ; and for my part , I can soy , that I never inflicted punishment even on a dumb animal . Therefore , you will see at once that mv movement ia to develope all the good qualities of man . Idleness is a crime , when a man has it in bis power to obtain labour ; and that is one of the ' eodeof Jaws which I would introduce . Men of Preston , and my friends , before taking ray leave I would ask you to keep j our eye upon social reform , upon the Charter , and upon tho means of freeing yourselves from the bondage which you have for so long a time endured , and not to heed what the venal , prostitute , aud corrupt

      press say . When the progs praise me , then you desert me , for then shall I be going wrong . I ask for nothing for what I may do and hsvo done , but when I have spent my all in trying to regenerate you . 1 trust that when I shall ride abeut among the farais upon which you will have been located , I shall find not one of my children who will not give me a night ' s lodging and a supper . When I have accomplished my aim , from that mement I shall never again enter the House ol Commons , but will become your minister of agriculture , if there is any possibility of paying . _ Samson was a streng man , and Solomon was a wiseman , but neithor of them could pay money if they hadn ' t it . It has been said that I have

      been making a good thing out of [ this Land Plan , butl hnvedevoied all that has fallen into my hands to its legitimate purpose , while nearly £ 1 , 000 has gone out of my pocket iu the shape of travelling expenses . I don ' t say this boastfull y , but I say it in answer to those who endeavour to disturb the affection and confidence which you have in me , and to prove the position which I ought to hold among you . ( Cheers . ) When I see the fruits of ray labour and your confidence , then will I walk among you and see the hardworking people , tin happy mother and the contented little children ;—and , seeing pcac ^ , h-ippinesa , and prosperity reigning around them , then will I walk among you like the great Peruvian , who said . * Thia this is my work . '

      [ Mr O'Connor then retired , araid . loud applause , having addressed the mooting for ab . iut one hour and a halt . The above ia an outline of his speech : we have abridged several portions of it ] The resolution was then put and carried . Mr Berry , of Farrington , then moved' Ttmt we , the working classes of Preston , do herabj pledge ouraslves ' never te abandon our claim to self .

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      government ; and therefore , we htrebv , /^ the pemion for the People' , Charter , B . th ! " V by which justice can be doae to the fad ., « , . " " V other classe * » nd b y which our gloriou , W ? "'ft be made useful . ' •' - "P ! ^ ^ j Mr Webster of Burnley , briefly on , > l solution .-Agreedto . 7 ' efl ) ***>*&* th . Mr Liddbll then moved , seconded h » u * ' ** ' Resolved .-Tbat thia meetin . - *« D fender to Feargus O ' Connor , B « q ., jj ; p . pec « iill , gratitude for the manner iH which ' he i , " ' ' , " Sw ) rights of labour during ihe course of u i „ n '' funded a ticul'irlyfortho cutabJishment of , nmi , f ' . hu *' Kratuitous mnnn . r in which he has c „ rr :, ' . * 2 eal ° U 8 ,.: ciples of , tho National Land Compan j . ' '> att Sn Agreed to . ' "' ernvf > rnmant > *« . J * u- /• _ _ ~~~ ^^^ H ^

      Mr I * . O'CoNNoa briefly replied ami moving a vote of thanks to the chains ° ncIu ^ L Seconded , and carried with applaus-The Chairman responded atsonie len ' ,, Mr Brown briefly moved a TOte 0 f i , ¦ , Mayor for the use ofthe rooms . l ! fs to ft Mr F . O'CoNNon seconded the mnt ; n The room was then cleared f £ , t ^ fe was kept up to the livel y strains of » "'?• * % cellent quadrille band till an ewlJw lh % ] 2 *' t } day morning . y njUr o « WjAi ?

      Chartist 'Land-Jobbing> Tea Pa>Tt. On Sh...

      CHARTIST ' LAND-JOBBING > tea pa > tt . On Shrove Tuesday a tea party , got up 1 / the ' ft , points gentry of this town , was held in tic Cora & change-room , to celebrate the location of lis indWidailJ from L » uca ? hire on tho Land bought by » Company ., the aboro persons , accordino-fn « i .-- *— ¦ sn »\» A 'LanO . Scheme . ' The party was certainl y nume / ' and among tltem were fhe hundred Chartists of PreT ' of the moBt raMd breed , linked together , of courjo ^ the ' bonds of fraternity . ' One reason , PLrha | wj , ' numerous a party was congregated together was , ' ia 1 ? sequence of O'Connor , the land-jobber , and , as L « t / himself his tho Stib

      In own paper , Nqethebn - , ' contri ? tor , architect , engineer , surveyor , farmer , dung mal ^ cow and pig jobber , milkman , and member of n » ^ ment , ' having been announced to be preaunt at « ' meeting , and deliver an address . He did « i-liver an , i dress which consisted of his usual blarney an'l bambj-. ling . In a towering speech , in which he endeavoured ; moke himself appear the very paragon of perfection ,. an honest and an upright man , he denouaced « , press as Tile , absurd , and unchristian ; in f > : ct , a f ten « r who had nover heard anything of the Bpeeli Defers , would almost have been persuaded that it * was at least one sinless man in the world , ( according ! his own showing ) aud that man was O ' Connor

      The Miners Attornay . General , Roberts , fhould i | have been present , as well as others of a similar ck ' racter , but they were non est inventus , and we think Hm for oace In their lives they acted with prudence s » i good sense , In refusing to attanfe ihemselvt-s to tbeCiii , tist principles as proposed by O'Connor . We cong ^ t , ' Me tbem upon this staying away . The addresses of thespeakers were of the mostinflas matory natura . Had we space at command «•« peth ,. ' might have given a specimen of the substance of son ' of the speeches , of which tho boasted L ^ ind Scher formed but ihe merest fractional part . It certainly * . alluded to , and ofcour . se O'Connor himself praised i » t the very skies , observing that by it ever . , bod y would u saved from the workhouse , and wonld livs in a state of

      ease and comfort , and the ' hard-hearted ortrseers aji relieving officers' would be no longer a terror . If » , pe » ple would only join themselves to the Land Socittj in process of time they would receire a certain numts [ of acres of ground , when they might sit at ease evef afterwards , and have the pleasing satisfaction ef w . tM . tag everything around them growing spontaneouslyjjjj in the most abundant manner . We wondtr * hea Pea . gusdies , whether all the land he has bought will be legally bequeathed to the working classes , as be says is will be . We heard some individuals in tbe room mutter 1 wlah we may get it . ' In a late number of tjj Weeklv DiBrATCH there is the following : — ' Now m

      iuspactthat long before Feargus O'Connor is called to his account , the Land Company will be in the conditioa ofthe corporation described by Lord Thurlow , which had neither a body to be kicked nor a soul to be damissj In two yoirs from this period tbe Land bubble will ha ^ j exploded , leaving a wreck behind . ' We wi I say no more respecting this democratic'demonstration ' ,-ind thispo . litical Upas , who has always been notorious for poisonior aud taiuting the air around him , and infecting thejreea tree of liberty itself . The party , after the speech mak . ing , consoled themselves with indulging at iheshrineoj Terpsichore for a few hours , after which all dispersed , without a breach of the peace !

      We cannot do better than recommend t ?> tha especial notice ot the subscribers to this notable scheme , the following paragraph from the LlTEBrooL Mebcckt tf Taanday last : — * The Linn Scheme . —In the last number of the 'Labocbek / a monthly publication devoted to the si . rocacy of the Land Scheme , Mr O Connor states thai ' tbe society now numbers one hundred thousand headl of families ; ' out of all that number onl y pop hundred and sixty had found refuge upon tbe O'Connor estates , Tho remaining 99 , 840 ' heads of families , ' with theii wives and families , still remain outside , waiting till

      cottages have baen provided for them . As the comjmnj has now been about three years in operation , the buii . ness of location must go on fifty times faster than it U doing at present , if this grand scheme for improving the condition of the poor i « to be dealt fairly by all . Bat k While the grass grows the steed starves . ' Of the one hundred thousand members of the company , who sulscribed their weekly pence to Mr O'Connor , the great majority will be dead , in the ordinary course of nature , Iobi ; before they ci \ n have the slightest chanca of befog placed upon the Land , as a very slight knowledge of arithmetc may serve to convince them , '

      Drkadiul Suicide By A Gentleman Op Fobtu...

      Drkadiul Suicide by a Gentleman op Fobtujis . — On Thursday week the inhabitants ofthe town ot Cardigan were thrown into a state of considerable excitement in consequence of the suicide of M ;> rris Morris , Esq ., who , it was found , had cut big throat in a most frightful and determini d manner . It appeavs that the unfortunate gentleman , who was of i somewhat eccentric disposition , had been for two or three days previously in a very unusual and excited state , but from what cause produced has not transpired , and on the day of committing the dreadful act he had not left his . bedroom . Attention was first attracted by the inmates ofthe room helow his bedroom finding gome drops of blood falling from the ceilin )? , and on the alarm bt-ing raised , Mr Thomas , of the Red Lion Inn , instantly proceeded to tha

      bedroom , on entering which he found the unfortunate gentleman lying on the floor ol the room , with his head nearly severed from his body . Medical assistance was immediately procured , and Mr Noot , surgeon , promptly attended , but the deceased waa beyond the reach of human assistance , fc $ having entirely divided all the principal arteries and cut Ufa throat completely to tbe bone . On lifting htm ( rm the ground , his head fell back as if completely severed from the body . It appears the deceased committed the act with a penknife , which was found under him when he was raised from the ground . 0 a Friday an inquest was held on the body , which fully established that the unfortunate gentleman was tf unsound mind . The jury returned a verdict that ' The deceased committed suicide whilst in a state of temporary insanity . ' He was in his 45 th year .

      Strange Discovery or a . Bukgl & r , —A gentle man , named Dutton , Inged 80 , of the Brynne , near Wrexham , Flintshire , was listening in his bed to his clock striking tho hour of twelve at midaisht , when to hia surprise the list six strokes sounded much louder than the former . The old gentleman naturally supposed that a door had been opened ; upoa listening , he heard the jinking of keys , and to his astonishment he was but too fully convinced that an intruder had entered hia bedroom , anl was about to tako the contents of his bureau . _ He immediately jumped out of bed , and clasped an individual having on a fustian coat ; he held him tightly , and called lustily for assistance . The thief carried the iear ! es 3 old gentleman through two rooms when his son-iclaw and wife arrived , who succeeded in capturing the burglar , who is now safely lodged for trial in the county gaol . It appears the scoundrel had only been dismissed from the service about three weeks .

      The recent stormy weather has done considerable damage to the Plymouth Breakwater . One tenth of the entire police force in Ireland is stationed in the county , of Limerick . It is stated that in England there are persons employe ! in the trade ot casting idols for tiie Infca market . Is is said that the greatest destitution prevails in the German territory of Silesia , and .. that 600 , 00 c persons had been reduced to starvation . The KoiSlscuK Zmtu : > g states that in Moscotf there is now living a lady who is in her lCS ; b ye- "" . and who was married to her fifth husband when she was 121 . years old . The American government has ordered that choh roform shall bs used in surgical operations in the military hospitals , and has sent a supply of thai dru" to Mexico .

      A singular aud ir ^ genioiu ppecimen of an anciei't clock , made b y Isaac Habreoht , in the year 155 & for Pope Sixtus V ., is at present exhibiting at 5 shop in Fleet-street . As an old woman was lately walking through tte streets of Paris at midnight , a patrole called on '; ' Who goes there ? ' ' It is I patrote ; don ' t be afraid : was the answer . A country actor , the other day . refused to p lay the part of Paris in ' Romeo and Juliet , ' on tbc i'ie * that he had not been engaged tor the French cbsracters .

      Abkhnetht's 1'Ile Powders Were Specially...

      Abkhnetht ' s 1 ' ile Powders were specially preparer »* an adjunct to tho external application of " ' AbenuithJ ' rito Ointment' for every variety of piles . The use ot l" - . : orful aperients tends " greatly to destroy tho beiiefi 1-1 " effects of tho outward application and to increase ratlinthan diminish the disorder . It is too much the cust " ; With tho afflicted t . l have resource to strong liUiVlU ' J , medicine in cases of this complaint , and in almost evi' ' . _ such instance tho patient is materially injured «»« tKdisease greatly aggravated . Where tho bowels iir ° ^ ; ' fined , the ' Abeniethian Powders' have the effect ot !<¦• moving the obstruction , aud of allaying any intlamm ' tion tint exists . They cool and strengthen the body a' - render thoroughly efficient the use ofthe Ointment .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 18, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18031848/page/6/