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    • - 10i« donefertfle , people,mastl3e done by the ^ ,¦ 'United,youstena-„• . .. .;, the iasis of human action.'
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    • NATIONAL LAND COMPANY
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      - 10i« Donefertfle , People,Mastl3e Done By The ^ ,¦ 'United,Youstena-„• . .. .;, The Iasis Of Human Action.'

      - i « donefertfle , people , mastl 3 e done by the ^ , ¦ 'United , youstena-„• . .. . ; , the iasis of human action . '

      «O The Working Classes. Jlr ^^-N ' Mav H...

      « o THE WORKING CLASSES . jlr ^^ -n ' mav he considered as egotism B « these ^^ when * ^ ' - * - ^ fficulties foreshadowed before roe , jjjpniions mind you ji ^^ for gj g ht ^ [ Biu 5 t aS j jj ave adhered to the cause of 11

      feS ^ - ^ ? ° 88 Bdne f- f r ^^ iT idre ^ and one 0 f my greatest difficulties jgi ^' ^ e odium to which my opposition to jas " ^ anent calculated to injure your cause ^ h - pctei me J J et » neTertheless , as I have ^^ fcd for satisfaction for my perse-&** $ 1 & injured family—for my injured ^ . and for your injured order— -I now ff ulltr ^ m the gauntlet , and challenge any , * * ' ctsearchingcritie , * ° chargeme with any ^ ^ ° ^ e act of inconsistency , either in or out ^/ rfa flieut , dartog that period of more f ouarter of a century , ^ ^ faftnen of England , you are shrewd - . »{ Ac acts of public men . It is now

      — than seventeen years since x came 2 0 £ t ~ and cast your eyes over that pe-^ Taai say whether my services render me * °% > r of vour confidence . Babies who were 2 * under * four years of age , have now at-• fid tbs yearsot manaood I and many , who "^ e iben young and active , have , like myself , Sine prematurely old . - VorHng men , my reason for now address-• „ voa is to caution vou against being led out fthe true and veritable path of democracy . I ff often have I told you , that a popular Element must pass through three stages—? £ f CREATION , THE QRGANISAJ & Wthedirectio ^ of THE i pULAE MISI )? Tv"henIcan » . among 8 t tm there was no fixed mind . Notions of

      istional benefit were entertained as the result JJthe Reform BUI . " In 1835 , 1 created anew jjjnd , and , at an enormous expense , traversing the country hy night and by day , I organised that mind , and with its steadiness and ^ nlmitv I sought to direct that mind to the Setemeutof the PEOPLE'S CHARTER , jjjeon j-means by which justice could be done to your order . ' However , now that that

      Ju lias been created and organised , there are ambitious parties , who were sluggish and wflTe daring the two first processes , who ffonli now undertake to direct it according to ¦ thrown whim and caprice , and without any reference to your benefit or advantage . I jjall offer no antagonism to that party , jgjanse I have ever considered that tyrants we based their power upon vour disunion .

      j I » t to the Charter as the means—as the AHIy means—of so increasing the wealth of this coimtry , by such profitable labour as would jmply remunerate him , that no party , nor all pjrne unitedly , shall ever induce me to abandon its principles , or look for more than their aEcomp lishment . If a portion of your order had struggled for ftsp rincip les for a month as I have for twentyeehtyears , you would have been in possession of it long since ; and let me now illustrate tJ Kpovrer that your disunion confers upon your

      oppressors . Once upon a time a pnest of great piety , and supposed to be gifted with dime charms , took possession of a parish in the craniy of Kildare . The weather being very unsatisfactory , a deputation of seven farmers ^ raited upon his reverence , to request him to change the weather . He saw them separatel y in the vestry , and each asked for the weather that best suited his own purpose ; whereupon the p riest called them all in , read over the different descriptions of weatberthat each wished

      for , and told them thatas he couldnot give them seven Mnds of weather , to go home , and agree amongst themselves upon one kind , and they should have it ; by this means his reverence preserved his charm , as the farmers never -could agree upon one description of weather . 2 fowsuch . Is precisel y your position , and the position of the Government ; as-, long as you contend for different political" principles , so kig vnlthe GoYernm . en . tj like the priest , base its charm upon vour disunion .

      Working men , one who takes a prominent part in your cause should never mix himself up with any secret society , and should never TnthhoMhis views from you ; and , upon these grounds , I consider it ri g ht and just to correct an error , which , by some means or other , has been emulated . It is rumoured , that I have given my countenance and support indirectl y to the movement of which Messrs M'Grath , Clash , and Dixon , together with others in the Metropolis , are the leaders : and that I

      have countenanced and supported that movepent with the underhand intention of destroying or injuring the new Chartist organisation . jNoy , mark my reply , and I challenge contraction . Hook upon M'Geath , Clabk , and Duos , to be morally and politically honest ffien , I consider them ornaments to their class and to society ; while I have more than race distinctl y and emphaticall y told them , that as long as disunion existed , I would neither lend my name nor countenance to either party : and I even refused to attend one of their

      oeeungs , lest my presence there should be conned into antagonism to their opponents . Working menj I Dever interfere with the acts , of individuals ; while , nevertheless , I consider that justice to your cause should impel me frankly to speak my mind upon all questions interesting to your order ; and as it ^ presumed that I assisted Mr . Cia kk in his ^ nneiation of Mr . Haeney , let me nowin-** m you , that I more than once stated to -fc Cure , that I looked apon his repl y to - *¦ Harxey as unprovoked and uncalled for , In L 4 E £ stating that if I or any other person f M been assailed as he was , we would have "ten the same course .

      sh ? J' * Ctes "fer & "g k £ and josi thai yon ^ ould understand my exact position as re-| ? r as contending parties , and contending inj ^ duals ; and now I will call your attention a matter of far graver importance . I have «*>« stated , that if I could prevent it , Ine-^ would allow Chartism to he mixed up with S ^ " ISM ' " whae Ihaverecently disco-*"» ™ at the Socialists are working heaven ^ a earth to blend the two questions together ! J ^ umstance , which above all others , is « UCUlated to injure vour nrincinles and thfiir .,.

      S ° » ***** J support while ^ ey would withhold their support from you . J W SooaEsb rfEngJana , like the Socialists ^ ans , contend for an educational SIT-« 1 GE , and are opposed to Universal Suffrage . £ * ' ^ "P 11 this , and you wiU find that « J 6 who base their power upon education , JUpreserveyoarjgnorance as a meansof preying then : own power ; while my opinion is | J . ever has been , that if yon had Universal T ^ ge to day , ignorance before this day j * elvenionth would be looked upon as a crime ; ? if you require irrefutable proof of the ^ % t the working classes are anxious and j S * to instruct themselves and their far | ri es » vou have onlv to read the statements

      deh ! Ashley and other members , on the ^ oate on the Ten Hours Bill , showing how t } ,. ^ ^ of education had improved since iff ? ° ^ dimmisIled - this eo en ' tae ^ eads an ^ ^ ssensi ° ns ^ n iaj ffo ^ y ^ e been preserved , and blood relit , ; "V" streams , in consequence of those Poi r p ' ^ P * ? ty ^ BeveTsl P - ^ it h 0 l J hatthey caU the Hol y Scriptures ; and bloo ^ « U P ^ xese dissensions , feuds , ^ ed Jt ^ f *^ sevePal blood-suckers have * na lattened ; and I now tell you , without W Z . ] - the leaaers of political parties 4 in ^ 0 aUy fa ttened uponthoEe feuds aud

      Joarord h ^ have caused amongst orking men , the Wgeilu Tribune of last

      «O The Working Classes. Jlr ^^-N ' Mav H...

      Saturday has honoured my speech , delivered at the John-street Hall , with a comment , and which comment I give at full length in another place , while I shall make a few observations upon the matter . Passing over the comment upon my speech , I come to the pithy passages . The writer says : — Besides , we challenge Mr . O'Connor to show us the possibility , trader the present system of competition , of any man , by honest industry , and without speculating in the toil of others , earning £ 5 , 009 of a realised capital , far less £ 20 , 000 , to leare to any one . Nay , Mr . O'Connor himself could not lire as well , nor dress as well as he does , were it not for the exploitation of the poor devils that do the wort , wherebj he gets his rents , or profits , as the case maybe .

      Now , I think that the writer has taken a leaf from my book , as I have over and over again challenged all men or any man , to show me the possibilit y of an industrious man supporting himself-under the present system of competition . Then , with regard to Mr . O'CoNNOlt ' s mode of living and dressing , he defies any man to point out an individual who lives more frugally , or dresses more plainly , than he does ; while instead of living upon the poor devils , the poor devils lived upon him . And will the writer point ont one man in this

      world , with the exception of the philanthropic Robert Owes , who has so truly carried out the ^ veritable p rinci p le of Communism , as Mr . O'Connor ? , Has he not siven ^ p his professionj . his domain , the friendship of his relatives and friends , his twenty-ei g ht years' time , and the whole of the profits made of the Northern Star—at one time amounting to over £ 13 , 000 a year—to ameliorate the condition of the working classes ? And has he not repeated to surfeit the fact , that the present system of competition has been the ruin of the country ? Again the'writer goes on to say : —

      Communism , taken as a whole , means a reorganisation of aU the elements of society , so as to create a solidarity of interest , and to put an end to a merchant class , a trader class , and a working class , with separate and contending interests . It , moreover , presents no such element as a forced division of property , or a forced division of profits , as is assumed by ilr . O'Comnor . How , if the above is a veritable definition of Communism , I confess myself a true and veritable Communist , as the writer repudiates all notion of what is understood to mean that all property is common property , whether created by the producer or the consumer , who appear to have an equal claim upon the store . Again the writer says : —

      Were we to carry the war into Mr . O'Connor ' s own camp , we might point the inequality of misery , as evidenced in his Land Scheme , of indmdualism individualised , and contrast the wretchedness afCharterrille and O'Connorrille with the bounteous plenty of American Communism , as exemplified by the Bappites and Shakers . Now , my only answer to the above passage is , that I look upon my Land Plan in a different lig ht to the . writer ; and if he will but take the trouble of contrasting the difference of appearance before they were located and since , he will come to the conclusion that individuality of possession , and co-operation of labour , is the veritable p rinci p le upon which alone this country can be regenerated . I shall now conclude my comment with an observation upon the last passage . The writer says : —

      "In conclusion , all wo hare got further to say is , that if the Charter is not to lead to something like Socialism or Communism , what is the use of the working classes agitating for - 'it ? Viewed through the O'Connor medium , it would seem only to be an instrument for getting a few ambitious men into Parliament , and creating a race of miserable peasant cultivators , destitute of capital , machinery or combination—without which , under modern civilisation , aU industrial efforts must signally fail . \ Now , my only answer to the above is , that if the Charter were the lawof the land to-morrow , an ambitious man , or ambitious men , could do no Injury to the industrious classes , nor could they create a race of " miserable peasant

      cultivators , destitute of capital "—as one of the fundamental princi p les of such a Parliament would be to enable every man to live by the sweat of his own brow , and to give him full employment , by fully developing the resources of the country by the application of the labour of the country . And , so far from the miserable peasant being destitute of capital , as I stated a thousand times , the property now monopolised by the Church , and the property brutall y expended in the support of revolting Poor Law bastiles , should be all applied to the industrial labourer ; and instead of having fifty or sixt y millions a year raised to support idlers in luxury , and butchers to kill their fellow-men ;

      and instead of having two hundred millions a year , and upwards , of profit made upon indirect taxation and competitive labour—Mr . O'CoxjfOE is of opinion , that the country would be better governed—that the brutal laws now in force would be less required—and that all could be accomplished , not by a saving of ten millions a year , but by the payment of five millions a year , to fall equally upon all , and only amounting to three shillings and fourpence a head per annum . And no system but the system which Mr . O'Coxkok seeks to establish by theenactment of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER , ever will , or ever can accomplish this holy and desirable end ; while no power can ever achieve the Charter , except

      the UNION OF THE WORKING CLASSES . And , reviled and denounced as I may be by those who seek to pander to the fancy and credulity of the working classes , no power on earth—neither popular revile , middle class opposition , legal persecution , or governmental animosity , shall ever induce me to lower my banner , or change my motto , which

      is—THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER , AND NO SURRENDER 3 Working men , in the name of God , in the name of justice , in the name of liberty , in the name of your country , your wives , your children , your homes , and all that is dear to you , let me implore you , let me beseech yon , let me conjure yon , never to abandon the principles of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER ; and , never to- adopt any other until they become the

      law of the land ; and then , according to the maxim of the Yorkshire peasant , you will find " that all the stuff ' ee the world wor made for all the folk ' ee the world , " and then you'll have your share of iti In conclusion , my friends , let me assure you that however your order may , for a time , be split up into parties or factions , that I will contend against all , until I see the flag of freedom waving over regenerated England . The men I have most served have ever been my bitterest enemies .

      Your Faithful and Uncompromising Friend and Advocate , Eeargus O'Coknor .

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      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY

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      (From The Weekly Tribune Of 15th April.)...

      ( From the Weekly Tribune of 15 th April . ) This extract is from the Aorthern Star report , though : -we learn that instead of only one " old man having hissed , " the great majority of the audience repudiated the sentiments of the speaker . So much , therefore , for the correctness of the reporting department of the " only people ' s paper . " The first argument , if it can be called by the name , is an appeal to the selfishness of the person , whom Mr . 0 Connor finds fault with for hissing . He mi <» ht as well have asked—supposing a slavery abolitionist had gone to bed , and waked next morning and

      heard the news that a brother had died in Virginia and left him a thousand slaves , and that his selfishness led him to coin the estate into money , would that be any conclusion in favour of the justice of slavery ? Neither the selfishness of the hypothetical Communist , who , for the love of £ 20 , 000 , is supposed to change his principles—nor that of the Abolitionist , who , for the sake of gain , might be led to sell his brother ' s " human property "—is of any value whatever as an argument against Commuism , or in favour of slavery . In dealing with principles , we must appeal to a . standard of justice ; and that

      (From The Weekly Tribune Of 15th April.)...

      standard tells us that a state of society which enables individuals , by the chicanery of trade and commerce , the tricks of law and religion , or by laws made for class interests , to leave £ 20 , 000 , £ 50 , 000 , or £ 100 , 000 to their successors , to enable , them to riot in idleness and debauchery , is ah accursed system . Besides , we challenge Mr . O'Connor to show us the possibilit y , under the present system of competition , -of any man , by honest industry , and without speculating in the toil of others , earning £ 5 , 000 of a realised capital , far less £ 20 , 000 , to leave to any one . Nay , Mr . O'Connor himself could not live as well nor dress so well as he does , were it not for the exploitation of the poor devils that do the work where he gets his rents or profits ,

      as the case may be . The illustration of Mr . O'Connor , about the merchant and his three sons , as a refutation of Communism , shows the shallow nature of the orator ' s information on the subject on which he speaks . Communism , taken as a whole , means a reorganisation of all the elements of society , so as to create a solidarity of interest , and to put an end to a merchant class , a trader class , and a working class , with separate and contending interests . It , moreover , presents no such element as a forced division of property , or a forced division of profits , as is assumed by Mr . O'Connor ; but so organises the elements of education , production , distribution , and government , as to realise perfect equality without any Procrustean law to enforce it ; for equality would spring from the

      absence of all motives or circumstances to make inequality desirable , and from the improved characters " and dispositions created by new and superior institutions . Were we to carry the war into Mr . O'Connor ' s own camp , we might point- out the inequality of misery as evinced in his Land Scheme of - individualism individualised , and contrast the wretchedness of Charterville and O'Connoryille with the bounteous of plenty of American Comniunism , as exemplified by the Bappites and Shakers . We do not doubt Mr . O'Connor ' s claim to be considered a good agitator , but we consider him neither a discreet nor safe politician , nor a sound

      political economist , and were there any doubts existing on the latter point his display on , Tuesday would set the matter at rest for ever . In conclusion , all we have got further to say is , that if the Charter is not to lead to something like Socialism or Communism , what is the use of the working classes agitating for it ? Yiewed through the O'Connor medium it would seem only to be an instrument for getting a few ambitious men into parliament , and creating a race of miserable peasants cultivators destitute of capital , machinery , or combination—without which , under modern civilisation , all industrial efforts must signally fail .

      Dudley.—A Special Meeting Of The Shareho...

      Dudley . —A special meeting of the shareholders ot the National Land Company was held at the meeting room , Campbell-street , on Monday last , to consider the present position of the Company ' s affairs , and also to consider the proposition to wind it up . The meeting was numeronsly attended . Mr . Davies was called to the chair , and , after an animated discussion , the following resolutions were agreed to : — " That we are totally opposed to the government , or the House of Commons , having anything to do with the winding up of the Company , as we cannot expect justice , seeing that they have no sympathy with the plan , or Mr . O'Connor , its founder . " " That we agree to wind up the affairs of this branch by forming ourselves into an association , to be called the ' Redemption

      League , ' for the purpose of purchasing up all shares from dissatisfied men , and presenting the same to Mr . O'Connor , to be used by him in the furtherance of the glorious Land Plan . " The following short address , to accompany the resolutions , was then proposed by Mr . Simon Watts : — " We , the members of the Dudley branch of the National Land Company , call upon all members , in their several localities , who have faith iu the future , and confidence in themselves , and who believe that the ' emancipation of labour , can only be effected by their efforts , combined and well-directed , without that individual selfishness which has been the characteristic of so many of the fortunate members . Let us now rally to the rescue , and save it from the

      poisonous fangs of the blood-sucking capitalists . Shall the Land Plan—which has cost our champion so much time and expense—be all lost , when our co-operation can save it ? " Our co-operation raised it , and made it a g iant that struck terror in the traffickers in human flesh . They have succeeded for a time in damping the energies of all , and extinguishing the hopes of the weak . Let us , then , once more unite , and put on our former activity . The dissatisfied can soon be bought out , if you are half as zealous as you were to get them in . Let the men of action see to it , and the work will soon be done . Associations for the purpose of purchasing the shares of the dissatisfied , in your several towns , we deem to be the quickest way to wind up ,

      and it will be less expensive than an Act of Parliament would be . Our champion would be unfettered in his operations , and the Company restored to its former activity . Brother members , somo decided step must betaken to save the Company . To the work , then . Prove your confidence in the Land Plan by your actions , and let us have Mr . O'Connor voting confidence in us ,- instead of us doing so to him . Brother members , we beg to subscribe ourselves , the members of the Dudley branch of the National Land Company , who have united and bound ourselves to settle the affairs of this branch without an Act of Parliament . —John Daviks , chairman ; William Rankin , secretary . A committee—consisting of Messrs . Richard Hays , Simon

      Watt , William Dunn , Joseph Massey , and William Rankin—was then appointed to draw up and prep are a set of rules to be submitted to the meeting , which was then adjourned till Monday next , April 22 nd . The sum of £ 2 was paid in , to commence with , and the meeting separated . Macclesfield . —At a meeting of members , held at the house of Mr . Samuel Weston , on the 25 th of March , the following resolution was agreed to : — " That this meeting seeing there is no prospect of the Company coming to a successful issue , earnestly call for an immediate winding up of the affairs . " Glasgow . —A preliminary meeting of members was held in the Democratic Reading Room , 48 , Nelson-street , on the 8 th of April , for the purpose of taking into consideration the present position of the affairs of the Company , and the best means to be adopted under the circumstances in which the members are nlaced . Mr . W . Doherty having

      be " en called to the chair , Mr . John Cameron called the attention of the meeting to the several reports and letters in the Star of the previous Saturday . He said he was proud to see the men of Hull setting such a noble and practical example , and declared his willingness to place his scrip in the hands of Mr . O'Connor , believing that it would be used by him for the benefit of the people ; and he hoped that all the members would , do the same , and frustrate the Government and Sir Benjamin Hall , by placing it beyond their reach to wind up the affairs of the Company , which would for many years destroy the confidence of the working classes in one another , in any scheme which might be laid down for their emancipation . After the meetinjr , several of the members offered their scrip , that it might be sent at once to Mr . O'Connor , thus showing to his enemies the confidence they repose in him .

      The Following Letter Should He Read By E...

      The following letter should he read by every man who has an interest in the Land Company : — TO F . O ' CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Dear Sib , —In the Northern Star of the 6 th inst . I find two letters from Mr . James Taylor , in which he states that the language used by him ( as stated in the Suffolk Chronicle ) was false , and that at the Stowmarket meeting , as well as at the Ipswich meeting , he used different language—language carefully studied , so as not to give offence to you , or the Plan of which you have been the author . ^ Yith respect to the Ipswich meeting , I cannot make any reference so as to prove the accuracy of what is renorted in the Suffolk Chronicle , but that

      I believe will be cleared np by another individual , resident id Ipswich . I can spoak , and apeak positively , as well as the persons who have put their names below to the following words— " Hewished also to distinguish the operations of this Society from the operations ot another Society which was called a Land Society . Ho wished the meeting to understand that they did not appropriate , nor have title deeds made out to themselves ; they did not use the meney of the shareholders , and apply it to their own personal benefit . They did not profess to give two acres of land , a house , and £ 20 or £ 30 into the bargain , and all for 43 14 s . Thev did not intend to put themselTes m such a position that a jury of their countrymen should say they had swindled the people out of AU 4 UU 9 , He wished to make that observation ,

      The Following Letter Should He Read By E...

      because their institution had been confounded with anotger I should not have called him to the gyestiqmt Stowmanket if he had not departed from it , meensure you and your plans , which 1 did do a tT & ge ; meeting . Mr . Taylor can call you to account lousing offensive words , but he apparently forgets , while he was finding language to deceive you ^ nd others , that wilful lying was far more degrading than plain speaking . Yours in the cause of humanity , Charms Gladwell . "We , the undersi gned , solemnly attest that the language used by ifr . Taylor , at the Stowmarket meeting ^ was as near as we can remember , the same as imputed to him in the Suffolk Chronicle , and written in the above letter " 9 J' # ^^ y Robert Stiff , Brice Stimpson , William Stimpson , David Roper , William Roper , and Joseph Leeinan . " Stowmarket , April lith , 1850 .

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUFFOLK CHRONICLE . And though all this winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth , so Truth be in the field , we do injuriously to misdoubt her strength , let her and Falsehood grapple ! Who ever knew Truth put to the worse In a free and open encounter ?—Miltox . . . Sin , r-In your report Of Mr . Taylor ' s recent lecture ai thdgTemperance Hall , Ipswich , I , find the follqwingjptoigraph : —•' He wished the meeting to und > rstiM » at they did not appropriate nor , have title roem-nradeo t ^ the . parties ^ to ' use the money of the shareholders and apply it to their own personal benefit and

      advantage . They did not profess to make promises , to give two acres ot land , a house , and £ 20 or £ 30 into the bargain , and all . for £ 214 s . They did hot intend to put themselves . in such a position that a jury of their countrymen should say that they had swindled the people out of £ 112 , 000 . " It is not my wish to offer any antagonism to the objects and principles of the Freehold Land Society ; but as the veracity of the above paragraph has been this last week denied by Mr . Taylor himself , I think it right and just that you should be- "informed how this was brought about . In the Northern Star of the 30 th of March ; appeared a letter from Stowmarket ( which 1 have enclosed ) , wherein it states that Mr . Taylor made a most unfair attack upon the National Land Company and its promoter , and

      appended to which was a report of Mr . T . ' s lecture at Ipswich , and a reply from Mr . O'Connor , in very strong terms . Mr . Taylor must know , and you , Sir , must be aware that no opposition whatever has been offered by the National Land Company against the objects and principles of the Freehold Land Society , consequently such observation were quite uncalled for . It is no doubt very proper and also very just that the pretensions of every Society , having for its aim the ultimate benefit of the masses should be critically canvassed , and the character of its promoters fully discussed , but when gratuitous falsehoods are- made , and slanders uttered to secure that end , I must say in all-humility , but at the same time with candour , that such

      persons , and I care not who they be , lack sufficient argument to make out their case . ' I am now writing ; Sir , under the impression that the report in question is correct , for I never can believe that you or your reporter would descend to . so mean and cowardly a triek , as to wilfully misreport any one ; however let Mr . Taylor ' s letter to Mr . O ' Connor , which appeared in the Northern Star of Saturday last , speak for itself , it will be , I trust , deemed Buflicient neology for mj thus troubling you , and , in conclusion , beg to state that as in all probability Mr . O'Connor will shortl y visit Ipswich , it would be well that the responsibility of such paragraph should be attached to the proper party . - I am , yours respectfully , William Garrabd .

      [ As the correctness of our report— which was only a condensed version of the meeting at Ipswich - —has been broadly impeached our reporter has supplied the following verbatim note of the remarksMr . Taylor made , on that occasion , upon the particular point in dispute . It will be found to differ only verbally from the published report : — ¦ I wish also to distinguished the operations of this Society from the operations of another Society which is called a Land Society . I wish you to understand that we don't appropriate , nor have title deeds made out to ourselves . Wearenopartie ^ . touse your money and apply it to our own personal benefit and advantage .- We-don't-propose to make farmers of jou , to give you / two acres of land , a house , and 201 . or 301 . to have it ; aud all this for 21 . 14 s . We don't intend to put ourselves in a position that a jury of our country shall say we have swindled the people out of 112 , 0001 . of money . I wish to make these observations because we have been confounded with that institution .

      —Our reporter further states that there was no previous allusion whatever ,- by Mr . Taylor , at Ipswich , as to the Tory press attempting to confound the Freehold Land Society with the National Land Society . Whether such an allusion was made at Stowmarket , or not , ho is not in a position to say , as he was not there , and , consequently , no report of that meeting appeared in our columns . He desires us to add that he pledges himself to the general correctness of the report , and , at the same time , repels the insinuation , whether thrown out by Mr . Taylor or Mr . O'Connor , that he has misrepresented the sentiment for the purpose of reflecting , openly , or by inuendo , upon the character of Mr . O'Connor . ] Birmingham , April 11 th , 1850 .

      Sin , —I cannot resist my inclination to tender you my unbounded thanks for the unhesitating manner you inserted my letter of last week , and , what is more , for the open , frank , manly , and honourable withdrawal of the observations you made respecting my supposed remarks upon your Land Company . This course manifests , at all events , a disposition worthy of imitation by all those parties who have maligned you , but who have not the honour or honesty to retract what they have said , when they are proved to be false . With an earnest hope that you may outlive all animosity , and that your labours may be productive of incalculable good , I am , Sir , Faithfully and gratefully yours , F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . Jas . Taylor .

      17 , Portland . street , Cheltenham , April 9 th , 1850 . Sir . —I have thought it my duty to send you the underneath copy of the petition I have sent by the same post to Granville C . L . Berkeley , Esq ., M . P . for Cheltenham , to be presented by him to the House of Commons . By direction of a general meeting of the Cheltenham branch of the National Land Company , and at which meeting a resolution of honour and confidence in you was unanimously passed , and a resolution that the Company be wound up , was negatived by more than two to one , which resolutions were inserted iu the . 'Star of March 23 rd . With every feeling of-honour and respect , I remain , Sir , i . . " Yours most respectfully and fraternally , To F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . John Hemmijc . TO THE nON ' GUBABLE , THE COMMONS OF GREAT BBITAW- AND y IRELAND , IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED .

      The petition of the members of the Cheltenham branch of the National Land Company , in special general meeting assembled , sheweth—That your petitioners have the utmost confidence jn the practicability of the National Land Company , as established by Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . and humbly request your Honourable House wiU not interfere so as to prevent the aforesaid 1 \ O'Connor , Esq ., M . J * ., from completing the laudable , philanthropic , and patriotic designs to elevate its members by the occupancy of two , thfee , or four acres of land each , and a comfortable cottage , with seven pounds ten shillings sterling , per share , aid money ( which , in our estimation , renders It the best system of home colonisation yet propounded ;) and that you will grantthe aforesaid F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . a short act , by which you will render the Comoanv uerfectlv leeal . and

      give us an opportunity of showing to the world and your Honourable House , that our confidence in the honesty and integrity ofits founder and directors is not misplaced , and that- all their professions and promises will be realised to the utmost of our wishes , in spite of the factious opposition of an hireling press , which has done its best to prevent its realisation , by falsehood and misrepresentation . Whether your Honourable House grant this prayer or not , we earnestly entreat that you will not remove from the aforesaid F . O'Connor . Esq , M . P „ the trusteeship which lie has so honourabl y held , and so much to our satisfaction j but if the affairs of the National hand Company must he wound up , we further beg that your Honourable House will grant the aforesaid F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., aitt the other Directors , full powers to close and wind up the same , and your petitioners will , as in duty bound , ever pray , & c . Signed by the Chairman , on behalf of the Meeting , Joshua John Bragosp .

      Submarine Electric Telegraph.—The Opinio...

      Submarine Electric Telegraph . —The Opinionc Publique states that the submarine electric telegraph between Dover and Calais is to be opened to the public on the 4 th of May , the anniversary of the proclamation of the French Republic by the Con * stituent Assembly . In consequence of the groat decrease in the number of poor in the parish of St . Marytobone , combined with the low price of provisions the vestry of St . Marylebono decided on Wednesday to lower the rates 9 d . in the £ \ t

      Submarine Electric Telegraph.—The Opinio...

      ME . VICTIMS . TO THE EDKOR-OB BJIE JfORXHERN SIAB . Deak SiR . r-1 have been busily engaged , yesterday and to-day , in procuring bail for the political victims , and ; I have much p leasure in stating , that Messrs . SheR and Bryson , convicted of sedition ^ and Messrs . Conway , Prowten , and Morgan , convicted under the "Powell Hot , " have been , liberated from Horsemonger-lane Gaol ' and : also Messrs . Young , Uurney , Martin * Argue , Snowball , and Able , who were similarly victimized , are released from the "Westminster House of Correction , Tothill- Fields .

      Regretting that our esteemed friends , Ernest Jones , Fussell , Shaw , Bezer , M'Douall , Looney , and others , still remain under Whi g tyranny , I am yows an the cause of suffering humanity , , John Arnotx . 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , April 18 th , 1850 .

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      The ; Proivisl6na.17 Committee Of M^^^M^...

      THE ; PROiVISl 6 NA . 17 COMMITTEE OF m ^^^ m ^^^ Met at their office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening , April thel 7 th . Present : —Messrs . Davies , ' Miles ,: Reynolds , Crrasshy , Arnott ,, Milne , BrOwn , and

      Stallwood . Mr . Grassby in the chair . Letters containing money and reports of . progress were read from Bri g hton , Burnley , Ipswich , Limehouse , and Yarmouth . Mr . Arnott reported that he had taken the " Gem" for the aquatic excursion to Gravesend , on Whit Tuesday next . Messrs . Arnott and Reynolds were deputed to visit Gravesend , and take a place in which to hold a Chartist demonstration

      on the occasion , to which the attention of the " Men of Kent" is particularl y directed . Threatened Proceedings against Mr . W . J . Vernon . —Messrs . Grassby and Arnott reported that they had waited on Mr . Nixon , and that he had reduced his charges to the lowest figure , and that the amount , when so reduced , was 137 / . 5 s . it was then agreed , that an appeal should be made to the country through the usual channels , and that Messrs . Grassby and Arnott be instructed to draw up an address for that purpose .

      The Victim Committee . — Messrs . Bentley and Slocombe attended as a deputation from the City Chartist Hall , and paid in 10 s . for the funds of the association , aud stated they were deputed by their locality to wait on . that committee , and request it to take on itself the duties of the Victim Committee , as they had every confidence in the Provisional Committee . On consideration the committee concluded that it had no power to take the office on itself , and that as Messrs . Grassby , Milne , Arnott , and Stallwood , who were of those originally appointed , and who attended to their duty , it must for the present remain in their hands .

      Address on Tract Fund . —' This subject Was postponed until the next meeting , when Mr . Reynolds will submit an address . The ensuing Conference of the Parliamentary Reformers . —Messrs . Stallwood , Brown , and Arnott , were appointed a deputation to wait on that body , to effect on broad principles , if possible , an amalgamation of all parties . Westminster . —Mr . Stallwood brpught forward the proposition for opening a Chartist locality at the Temperance Hall , Broadway , when it was resolved that Mr . Gepghegan be immediately supplied with cards , and that as soon as the locality is formed , arrangements to be made for holding a public meeting in the Temperance Hall .

      Tower Hamlets . —M . v . William Davies reported that they now had the offer of a large chapel , in which to hold a public meeting in the Hamlets , and he wished permission to make arrangements for the same . He was accordingl y instructed to make arrangements for holding the meeting on Monday , the 29 th inst ., if possible . : ' The propriety of holding a public meeting in St . Marylebone , was suggested by Mr . Stallwood , but its consideration was postponed for the present .

      Mr . Fuzzon attended and presented a list of council selected b y the Finsbury locality , which was accepted , and , after the transaction of other business , the Committee adjourned until Wednesday next , the 24 th inst .

      Sheffield.—On Sunday Last Mr. M. A. Buck...

      Sheffield . —On Sunday last Mr . M . A . Buckley delivered an address to a numerous and enthusiastic meeting of English and Irish Democrats in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , S 3 , Queen-strcet Mr . Thomas Itenshew in the chair . At the conclusion , the following resolution , on the motion of Mr . M . Robinson , was unanimously carried : — " That we , the English and Irish Democrats of Sheffield , most cordially resolve to join hand and heart for the accomplishment of the " People ' s Charter , " in its entirety , and that we hold another conjoint meeting in the above room , on Sunday evening , April the 28 th . " Thanks being voted to the lecturer and chairman , the meeting broke up . Codnorpark ( Derbyshire ) . —At a meeting of the Chartists of this place , held on Sunday , the 1-lth inst ., "it was resolved— " That we join the National Charter Association" Ten entered their names as members , and paid one shilling each .

      Dundek . —The Chartists of this town have commenced holding convivial meetings tor the purpose of raising money for the families of the imprisoned Chartists , and have this tveek forwarded two pounds , five shillings , being fifteen shillings each for Mrs . Jones , Mrs . Fussell , and Mrs . M'Douall . Edinburgh . —A banquet and fruit soiree was held in the Land Company ' s office on the 10 th inst ., in commemoration . of the lOlh of April , 1848 ; Mr . J . Cummings , who was called to the chair , addressed the meeting at considerable length . Mr . Alex . M'Donald responded to the sentiment , " The Tenth of April , 1848 . may the object sought , the People ' s Charter , soon be made the law of the land . " Mr .

      Thomas Frascr also addressed the meeting . Several excellent and patriotic songs were sung during the evening , and the audience separated highly delighted . On the loth , a balance of one pound being realised , after paying all expenses , 10 s . was voted for the Monument io the memory of Hansard , Williams , and Sharp ; and 10 s . to the Victim Fund . The secretary was then instructed to forward to the Provisional Committee seventeen shillings , as members payments , and to request that Cards of Membership be remitted ; and also , two shillings , of subscriptions raised some time ago , on behalf of the Monument Committee .

      Tub Window Duty.—Sir George Pechell Bas ...

      Tub Window Duty . —Sir George Pechell bas obtained his annual return , which was printed on Saturday last , connected with the window duty . The amount assessed in the year ending the- 3 th of April was £ 1 , 893 , 033 , and the net amount received was £ 1 , 813 , 629 . The number of houses charged was 487 , 411 . In Manchester there were 7 , 754 houses charged , the duty on which assessed was £ 21 , 925 , and the amount received 4 S 0 ,-57 o . In , Liverpool the number of houses was 11 , 842 , and the amount assessed £ 32 , 401 , and the amount received £ 28 , 850 ; whilst at Uivmingham the number of houses charged , with duty was 5 , 423 , the duty assessed was £ 10161 and the amount roseived

      ,, £ 14 , 088 . Thr " old school" Presbyterians in America , offended at the mutilations which had been perpetrated , from time to time , on the Hymns of the good Dr . "Watts , proposed to issue a perfect and unaltered edition of "Watts ' s Psalms and Hymns ; " and behold ! when tho book was published it was found that sundry verses , and some entire h yrona , in which there were allusions to slavery , were omitted ! Dr . GESNEn , of New York , behoves that he can light thai city with gas made from Trinidad asplwl ' , turn at a oost of 50 cents , per 1 , 000 feet .

      Tub Window Duty.—Sir George Pechell Bas ...

      : ,-... f ;\ TnE LAND ,. rLAN . ' ' ''^ : "' , < : •<; i TO 1 HE EDITOR OF THB NOBTHKRN STAB . ' ' - ' - SiR >—lam very sorry that ' theland Company la in subb adilemma at the present time . It appears that theie is to be a comp lete closing of it : after it has struggled on for manyyears against , the insinuations and perseoutioiis of some of the greatest and most ; inhnrnah . tyrants and knaves that could be depicted ,: By the ablest ' pen in the ' country . : I wonder why nien should oppose the progress of any movement / bjl ' whomsoever started , which aims at the elevation . of the labouring population ., Bufc what am I thinking about ! Has it not ; always been the custom of the ; > ; - Trrrc T , Arcn platst ' ¦¦¦¦ ¦*¦¦¦ -

      press , and those who obtain their livelihood by the labour of the working class , to impede , and , if possible , , totally annihilate any plan for the alleviation ef the sufferings of the great rods * ef the comnwwUV ? Have , they not at its commencement given a Kind of a " nnfl / ' and by so doing turned ! those off the working cftm who ara rather high , and'haver not the capability to see and judge for thoniBel ' ves ; . awprost it ? - . When ) men have been found uader the-: denomination of , pufrlic instructors who hove oomiaibted such acts . et'knsyery , who can wonderbut ' thafcany plan founded * for the benefit of the indhstribus millions will ' fafl £ . « Klosg ' as surrounded by them- ? ' % < t Land Plan has-been , most basely maligaed'Hy tfiefgoblio press e ^ er since its commencement .. A nd novrr alas ! that its-ruination is almost completediiwhaflhave theyga & edlby ' it but the jeers and ' scoffs ' of that portion of the * community called , the- working class ,:

      forjwhosebenefit its noble expounder longfstruggled to upheld ; it against all their ; insinuations } ., and the base-and ; calumnious lies they Have- frora time to time-in * serted iu their puny papers * against his character .. Had the Land Plan been-oommen « ed by some doggedly ruffian , under the garb-of ' as upholder of th ' 9 " present institutions of the- country , and designated * by the name of-one of the chief supporters of the > - present contaminated state-of . society , it would * have been lauded to the vepysKabs by the press . Iti would have been held up as » plan that would ,, without fail , and underalleirounietarices ^ benefit , toan enormous extent , all who-would embark as ^ members . But as it is Feargus ^ QTCorinor who is Its founder—a man who has Jong' and nobly strjjg ~ - gledfor and in the ranks-ofthe- working class—tfiey -: denounce it as a Utopian scheme-, which will nottend to alleviate the sufferings-thai are at present :, borne iby > our halfr 3 . tarved ;; -, anaH ; 3 ^ p _ aid labourers . Th " jfteac | eiB who ' clfwi ^ a ' ^^ . ^ iii ^ s ^ M ^ . ^

      n doTirrffiennrengip & wTHHH ^^ If . they see any chapce . or manifestation of a scheme being surrounded by men who are called " honourable , " and " right honourable , " '» nd who are in the possession of ' ? ' ' state ' supremacy ,. "" they will , under every circumstance , and against ; all odds , support that scheme , thoug h they advocated the hanging of every newspaper editor in the- "JOnited Kinedom . But let a man come nobly forward with a schemer that would tend to do away with ' class monopoly /' and elevate the working class to- their just sphere , in society —{ Mr . O'Connor and the Land Plan , for instance)—and they will malign , and undermine both the Plan and the character- of the man at its head ; arid , if possible ; ( by the- basest of means ,

      complete its overthrow . If tho STompp . ny is to be wound up , I hope the working class will not be sovery forward in supporting any movement which may be got up by those hirelings- of the press , who > have been foremost in undermining a plan that sought to establish the redemptioa of our labouring community ; but keep aloof , and let them see that working men are not such fools- a * to support their greatest enemies , who have allied themselves together for the purpose of-keeping the people in misery and degradation , and ft * , the purpose of supporting the present institutions of tho country , at the cost of the lives of some of our most industrious and intelligent artisans . Yours in the cause of Democratic and Social Progress , J . B ., a paid-up Four-Acre Shareholder . TTrtwnrnAfl

      To Feargus O'Connor, Esq., M.P. Dear Sir...

      TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Dear Sir , —It is much to be regretted that you arrived at so hasty a conclusion respecting Mr . Taylor , of the Freehold , Land . Society : either that gentleman did make a most unwarrantable attack upon you , or the Suffolk Chronicle took tho cowardly liberty to attach the lying paragraph to his lecture ; this no one can question . But what-evidence , I would ask , have you had for giving a verdict in favour of Mr . Taylor , and against the Suffolk ChrO ' nicle ? None whatever , but the exparte statement of Mr . Taylor himself . I think , sir , I shall , before 1 have done , prove that he did make use of the remarks in question , and that the Suffold Chronicle i 9 not guilty of the particular charge alleged to it by Mr . Taylor . Mark , sir , iu the first place , the deep

      cunningnoss of Mr . Taylor , in speaking of the Stowmarket meeting , and denying that he made use of the words alleged by my friend Mr . Gladwell . He > knows , and-you must know , that that is not the question at issue . Did he , or did he not , make useof the words as repeated in the Suffolk Chronicle ? You shall hear my evidence , and judge for yourself ; Mr . Taylor ; in his letter of last week , speaks of your generous nature and love of justice ; how is it , if he be a truth seeking and truth speaking man , that he has not ; been gene ' roits apd / ustin return , and " contradicted the lying paragraph- ? Three weeks j'I think , is quite sufficient time tor the circulation of so foul a slander upon a generous man , and one who loves justice , without being contradicted by him who uttered it . Mr . Taylor has told you that he > was induced to notice the National Land Company in consequence of certain allusions having been

      made by some Tory papers against his Society ; but he never told you that we have another liberal paver in Ipswich besides the Suffolk Chronicle ; and both of these agree in the report of the slanderous paragraph . Surely , both papers aro not wrong . It is somewhat curious , and worthy of remark , - ' that each time Mr . Taylor has lectured in Ipswich it has beea on a Tuesday—the same evening that this branch of the National Land Company holds its weekly meetings—consequently I was not at his lecture , nor was any one for the same reason , who takes a prominent part in the promulgation of the People ' s Charter , or , I can assure you , so gratuitous a slander should ' not have passed off untold . That it was uttered , and by Mr . Taylor , we were informed , before our meeting broke up , and in a similar manner as reported in the Suffolk Chronicle three days afterwards ; and iurther , stilt I have the liberty given me , if I choose to exercise it , of a number of individuals

      names—somo of whom are shareholders in Mr . Taylor ' s Society—who will vouch for the truth of the report in the Suffolk Chronicle * . Surely , sir , something must have been said very bad , or I should not have been told by more than one person , that the remarks made in reference to yourself and the National' Land Company was quite unnecessary , and certainly uncalled for ; and , to sum up my evidence , I would particularly request your attention to the enclosed article from an organ of the Freehold Land Society , which Mr . Taylor has something to do with , either as conductor or editor , and

      I ask him if he will repudiate that article ? It is with no vain desire to offer factious opposition to Mr . Taylor or his Society , that I have thus orossed the branch ; I have lived long enough to be a bit of a judge of public men—have been in the storm and in the calm of Chartist politics , and my vanity leads mo to know who is deserving of confidence , and who of censure ; and I have suffered too much of bitter and . bittering persecution from that class with which 1 seo Mr . Taylor is surrounded , ever to be deceived by them . I am , sir , yours respectfully , W . Garrard .

      Secretary to tho Ipswich branch of the National Land Company . Ipswich , April 9 th . P . S . —I must hint to you that you stand pledged to visit Ipswich , and trust you will when convenient , fulfil it . We have never pressed you . as yet , but thetime is at hand when you must coma amongst us . —* W . G . [ This letter should have appearsd last week , bub was omitted for want of spiioe . —ED , i \ . S . ]

      . The Honesty Fund. To Pea50us O'Cojikoa...

      . THE HONESTY FUND . TO PEA 50 US O ' COJiKOa , ESQ ., M . P . " Bssfected SiR . _ We send , you an orda . r . fos-iihe sura of 5 s ., being our joint sontributions . to . assist you to defray the expenses , af the Nottingham ; Iliibel case , We are members oS'the Land Company and our confidence in your integrity rema jns . uhshaken ; we trust that you will liv * to see the-dpy when y our base revitors will acknowledge th ^ ir error ,, as wo firmly believe that j . our . steadfast adherence to principlo , and unswerving advocacy of the-people s cause will yet disavgii them . a $ d compe 5 them to

      acknowledge their / wror . ' We have net been induced to subscrihs-to the Honesty Fu . ro , from any other motive thaa that of testifying to you and the country , thataitl & ough a v & e press has endeavoured ta destroy yo-ur -usefulness to society , that its influence in that respect is very sm all with honest minds . It is also our opinion , that the subscriptions oftlio working classes to . this fund , will act most powerfully on the enemy , and it properly followed up , be the means of for ever silencing them , Wo are , Respected Sir , Yours in the cause of truth , James Dunn , Andrew Kino , Murdoch Guxn , o " ous Waisos , Asdksw Meilsox . Glasgow , April 15 th .

      An Oak Tree Forty Toot High , With Three...

      An oak tree forty toot high , with three tons of soil on its roots , has been transplanted at Graislev , near "Wolverhampton . The tree was mounted on ' a . timbor-cai-riago , and , with its branches lashed to prevent damage to wind ows , ' passed streets , a singular but beautiful sight ; A boRwsaitii vessel has brought tons of ice .. .. . V

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 20, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20041850/page/1/