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      To The Rwctf^Nft Classes

      TO THE rWCtf ^ Nft CLASSES

      Mtfuiesps, ^ • In Little: More, Than Six...

      MtFuiesps , ^ In little : more , than six weeks after yon havoread this letter the « f Sh 6 w Box" will have opened J and I invite you now , and implore of you , to dispel all antagonism , and establish a thoroug h ' union amongstyout : order , so that your repres ^ fatives ^ iflmay call them soand the Ministers : whc rule , yoji ,: may base thefr prindplesupori-your union , and not upon their own juggling and chicaners . I am

      happy to nnd that that foolish anfflBijurious dissension , which bo long weakened our ranks arid injured our cause , is being laid aside . I attended a meeting at Greenwich , on Monday night last , and I never saw a more attentive tody of men and women assembled together . Mr . Brows , a working man , ocenpied the ehair , and performed his dut y most admirably That meeting was called for the . purpose of assisting the poor Polish and Hungarian

      Refugees j and after my speech . 1 succeeded in xaismg two pounds fifteen smffings and tenpence half penny . Now , , if all towng would contribute that amount to carry on the Chartist movement , we would be enabled to have able and eloquent speakers traversing the country , and propounding our policy and politics . If the middle classes desire to propound any principle which is likel y to serve their own purpose , and to enable them to hold

      power over , yon , fifteen or sixteen bun-• dred pounds is subscribed at one meeting and are you foolish enough to tmnk . that that class would subscribe fifteen - 'hundred pence , or ifteen hundred farthings , to improve the con-• difion of the slaves , from whose yery blood , sinews , and marrow , they extract that wealth ^ vhich enables them to . live luxuriousl y ? Although a better union now exists amongst J Oiffl own order , I regret exceedingl y that there should be any . disunion between lie

      district leaders of the people . I think that every man has a right to propound hb own princip les , and express his own ' sentiments , without iieing reviled for doing bo ; and I have now come to the conclusion that , after next week , no such antagonism shall be published in the Northern Star . If anything appears this week which requires a reply , that reply shall be published ; but there the matter shall end , as your enemies will base their power upon your disunion .

      Of course , as I decide that every man has aright freely , fairly , and openly to-express his opinion , I take this opportunity , and after mature and serious deliberation , of expressing my approval of-holding a Conference in ^ Manchester , and before Parliament meets , awl for the reasons which I have frequentl y stated before , and from which no argument hals ever diverted my mind . Of course , you wUl naturally come to the conclusion that I base my policy upon that principle which is hest calculated to serve your order ; but , as I before stated , while I give you my own opinion

      freely , I will abide by the will of the majority —not of towns or villages , but of population ; and I think you will all admit that that is a fair principle . I have stated to you before—but I will repeat it again , in order that you may come to a fair conclusion as to my principlesthat , in 1839 , 1 was offered to be placed upon the bench as an Irish judge , if I would abandon Chartism and leave the Conference ; and any reply was , that if Government amalgamated all the offices , Governor-General of India , Lord-lieutenant of Ireland , LordHiah

      Chancellor , and Prime Minister , that I would rather beg my bread and uphold my principles , than abandon them andaccept all those offices . I have alsotoIdyoubefore , thatthepresentLord Emhsbuby , whipper-in to the Whigs , told me * that I should have the whole patronage of the great county of Cork—of course , upon the understanding that I would support the Go--vemment upon a question of great importance , then under discussion- ; and , without giving an answer , I voted against the Government , which , he told me , was a very unusual practice . ' ... , _ . Now . my friends , can I give you a clearer

      definition of the treachery of your lenm entae tires , than'the fa ^ fT ^ or ^ many "' ln sn " rools and lickspittles being made noble lords and baronets , and some getting lucrative situations , for opposing and voting against the very principles upon which they were returned ? And now , believe me when I tell you , that members who profess to represent you in the House of Commons , will sell you for office or situation . For God ' s sake , do not for a moment believe that traffickers , who can coin their wealth out of your dependence and misrepresentation , care one single farthing for you . No ! they may cater for popularity , and spout Liberalism , but their Liberalism means

      SELFINTEKEST . My friends , you will find that not only all Europe is in a state of incip ient revolution now , but that the Northern and Southern States of America are also preparing for a revolution . The Catholic clergy of Ireland , and the Irish people , are in a state of frenzy —and naturally so—that has not existed for many years . The Catholic clergy of Ireland would not allow the Irish peop le to join with Surra O'Bbien because he "was a Protestant ; but you may rely upon it that they will all , and naturally , join the Pope and Cardinal Wiseman j and this is the struggle that I wish to prepare you for .

      The papers all exult in the return of Mr . Goow foT the county of Limerick , and in the defeat of Mr . Byak , the Catholic candidate ; but you must observe and understand , too , that the poor Catholic electors have nearly all been obliged to emigrate to America , or elsewhere ; while the Protestant electors are able to remain at home—so that you are not to draw any conclusion of the Irish mind or feeling from that election . lore of

      Working men , let me once more imp jou , and entreatyou to g ive up all antagonism . Ifhe government , parsons , and pious men will now try to divert your mind from politics , and turn it to the Papal question . I suppose you havf-read the sermon of thatp iousparson , Dr . McNeil , in which he most brutally stated , that we should have no respect for the life of the Catholic , and that all Catholics were sure TO GO TO HELL I I think this pious Christian parson gave the Wsk Orangeman ' s toast—" THE POPE IN THE PILLORY , THE PILLORY IN HELL , AND THE

      DEVIL FELTING PED 3 STS AT HIM . Now , if the Catholics do go to hell , I hope they will not have the nnsforhme to meet this pious parson there , as I think he m most likely TO GO TO PUHGATOftY-the fittest p lace for him . . , In conclusion , let me once more implore oi you to club your minds together , abandon all antagonism , and hold a Conferencein Manchester before Parliament sits ; and observe the wise system of the miners in electing your Executive ^—that is , let the candidates be submitted to each locality , and let the representative of that locality state to the Conference the same of the person elected .

      Working men , this is the time for you to be np and doing ; and let me implore of you to abandon your apathy , and prove . your devotion to your cause . Your faithful Fnend and Advocate , Feabgus O'Coknob .

      Trvebtos. -At A "»** *?I£Stl ' Golden Li...

      TrvEBtos . -At a " »** *? i £ STl ' Golden Lion , Westexe , on the 13 th inst Mr w . BowduTein the chair , the ^ circular ,. Wf "J . Bider , " and the Editor's address , ^ the copy from the Trmes being read , * ^ FWSfr J £ ? a subscription be convened f <* tne ?« x V ^ nS and that £ 1 be sent this week , as the first instalment , towards the O'Connor's Defence Fond and tbe-WindinjMipofthe Land Company . Alter tne discussion oTBeveral local subjects the meeting broke up . _ Proposed Natiohai . Charter akd bociAL KRtobm Uaioif . —The Committee of Observation met anTu ' esdayevening ,, and after the transaction of financial and other buemess , adjoniHed .

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      The Land Company. My Fbieitds , Last Wee...

      THE LAND COMPANY . My Fbieitds , Last week I had seven actions against me m the Northampton County Court , but every one was decided in my favour . I had three in the Tewkesbury Court , and the Judge postponed judgment for a month . To-day ( Thursday ) , I had one in the Westminster Court , which , in consequence of the illness of the plaintiff , was postponed ; . and I now tell all those who have sued me , and attempted to put the Company to expense , that they shall be the very last paid-off members . YourPaithfalFriend , Feabgus O'Conkob .

      Southa Mpton County Court. Chapman, Jame...

      SOUTHA MPTON COUNTY COURT . Chapman , James Seal , Jesse Neal , Thomas Neal , J . Foster , M . Foster , T . Foster , v . O'Connor . Heard June 12 th , 1850 ; Judgment delivered December llth , 1850 . These eases were heard at the Court held herein June last . The Plaintiffs were subscribers to theNationallandCompany . andtheDefendantistnemanagme Director of the same concern . In seme actions , previousl jbroughtMthiscourt against the sameDefendant , under similar circumstances to the present judgment passed for the Plaintiff , on ; the : ground that the Defendant had received the full amount of

      the shares , while the Company was only provisionall y registered , contrary to the provisions of the 7 and 8 Tic , chap . 110 , ( the Joint Stock Company s Act , ) which prohibits the receiving of more than 10 s . on each £ 100 , before complete registration . No question was raised , nor did itoceurto any one ( so far as I know ) to doubt whether the scheme in question was within the scope and subject to the provisions of that statute . But since those judgments were delivered here , the Court of Queen ' s Bench has decided that this Company is not within the provisions of the Joint Stock Company ' s Act , and , on that ground , has refused to enforce its complete registration . To this decision , while I

      regret its consequences , 1 am bound implicitly to submit . - It follows from it , that this matter must be dealt with without any reference to the statute referred to . It is clear that the ground on which my former judgments proceeded is thus entirely cut away . It was urged , indeed , for the Plaintiffs , 1 st—That the Defendant having represented this Company as provisionally registered must be subject to the same liabilities as if it were within the statute ; and 2 ndly—That the consideration for the payment of the subscriptions by the Plaintiffs had failed , that consideration being shares in a Company within the provisions of the Joint Stock Company ' s Act ,

      and capable of being completely registered . As to the first point , Mr . Becke relied on a passage from my judgment in the case of Gubbins v . O'Connor , delivered on the 2 nd of July , 1849 , which , however , applies only to the case of complete registration being refused , on the ground of the illegality of the Company . To bold that the prohibitions and liabilities , imposed by the statute , did not apply in the case of a scheme , which , but for its illegality , would be within the provisions of the act , would be to defeat the objectof the Legislature , which may well be taken to have been to ensure the sifting and investigation of schemes of a certain

      kind before the full amount of the shares can be called for , or the projects permitted to be thoroughly carried out . But it is otherwise in the case of schemes to which , from their very nature and constitution , the act does not apply at all ; Though they may , by mistake , have been provisionally registered . All that one can say in such cases , is , that the Legislature has not thought it necessary to make any provisions or to take any special precautions respecting them . It may be somewhat startling to have to place the National Land Company in this latter category , but this follows from the decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , to which we must defer here .

      As to the second point , I am not satisfied that the Defendant undertook , as part of the contract on his side , that this scheme was within thee Joint Stock Company ' s Act , or that it ever would be-Scom pletdr reeistertd , ' provided its ' . ^ HffitSdSgjdffijSfeftfc Plaintiffs all stated that they ba ^ never * heard of that act or of complete registration , it is clear that snob , considerations formed no part of the induce ment to them to part with their money . The case then comes to this—the plaintiffs paid their money for shares in a concern in which they are not specially protected by any recent Legislative

      enactment . They paid it , expecting that they would each receive an allotment of land . Upwards of three years have elapsed and no land has been allotted to them . On the other hand , the Defendant does not appear to have held out to them any specific period within "which every shareholder was to become an allottee ; and though there is too much reason to believe that the scheme is , as a whole , utterly impracticable , yet it is not proved that the Defendant , when he received the money , knew or believed it to be so .

      In other words , neither failure of consideration nor fraud , is made out by the evidence before me ; and without one or ttie other of these the Plaintiffs cannot recover . Besides , I presume it would now be considered that the Plaintiffs became partners with the Defendant immediately on the payment of their subscriptions , and the investments of money in the purchase of Land . I am thus reluctantly compelled to come to the conclusion , that this Court can afford the Plaintiffs no redress for the losses they have sustained through their blind and misplaced confidence in the Defendant . There must be a judgment of non-suit , of course , without costs , as the Defendant did not appear . WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT . —Thursday . DONALDSON V . O ' CONNOB , M . P .

      The Plaintiff , an upholsterer and decorator , carrying on business at 15 , Pierepoint-row , Islington , sought to recover £ 5 4 s ., under the circumstances thus set forth in the summons— " False pretences , and contrary to the rules of the said Society—the Society ordering Mr . O'Connor to refund the amount , and Plaintiff repudiating the shares so taken . " Upon the c ase being called , a son of the Plaintiff */ deposed that his father was dangerously ill , and could not by any possibility attend . His Honour said he supposed the Plaintiff wished for a postponement , and if Mr . O'Connor had no objection to urge why it should not be deferred under the circumstances , he had none . Mr . O'Cossob : 1 have not the slightest objection if it would be any inconvenience to the Plaintiff . Upon this the son of the Plaintiff applied for a fresh summons , without costs , which was granted .

      The Chartist Tictim, William . Cuffat. T...

      THE CHARTIST TICTIM , WILLIAM CUFFAT . TO TUB EDITOR OF THE SOUTHERN STAB . Sib , —Tour readers and the public generally were given to understand that William Cuffay and bis fellow-sufferers on landing at Van Diemen . s Land received a ticket of leave , and were consequently in a state of comparative freedom ; we know this to be the fact with reg ard to Meagher and his companions , and also relative to Lacey , who was transported with Cuffay , and whose wife has sailed to the letter from the Home

      rejoin him , but following Office shows tbat the public have been deceived as to the fate of William Cuffay . His friends not having received any communication from him since leaving England were surprised at his silence , and his wife , who was residing in Chatham workhouse , applied for information , and also for a free passage , to be enabled to follow him . The following is the renlv she received . I trust some public steps will be taken relative to this matter , if not it will reflect discrace on the Chartist body . oisg Thomas Mabtin Whbeksr .

      "Tombs, Cuffay. -- • " Downing-Stj'eel;,...

      " tombs , cuffay . -- " Downing-stJ'eel ; , Dee . 5 tb .. " MADAM -I am directed by Earl Grey to acquaint ? w w « lordship has Lad under his considera-? Z tour letter Of the Hth of November , which was tion y «« »«* T G \ ' e Grey , and was referred by mt ^ X deUtmlnt . In reply , I am dihis desire * ° J "" . ? * _ our husband appears to ^ A ^ C ^ SSa ' - Land in the ship jSSSZZ fd S at any letter which you may be desirousWaddressing tohimcanbe forwarded by the Genmai Pn « h on payment of the postage . , u to insure

      may , however , be desirable that in order its receipt that you should specify »*»*™ W of the letter the name of the ship IB which he sailed together with the period of sailing , and the colony to which he was sent . In answer to your application to be furnished with the means of joining your husband in Van Diemen ' s Land I am directed to acquaint you that it is not ip Lord Grey's power to grant assistance froa the public funds to any c . °° " vict ' s wife to enable her to join her husband until it shall have besa snorted that ka has received a

      "Tombs, Cuffay. -- • " Downing-Stj'eel;,...

      ticket of leave . J Should ^ our husband at ai ^ lme , by good conduct , have earned that indulgence ; you would receive that ' assistance in proceeding ^) Van Diemen ' s Land whicjhjjs granted inrsimilafpases , that is , half the ^ ei ^ ens ^ dfthe passage be ^ wyd on behalf of the parties , " and the proper outfi §? h $ ; furnished , and"if they . are ' forwarded to th ' e ^ plae ' e of embarkation , the Colonial Land and Emigration Company . will furhish them with a cbriveyarieeTtd their destination ! ^ The " expense of a passage'to ^ yan Diemen ' s Land maybe assured at £ 15 ^ for -adults , and half for children . - . " : ' .- ' . < - /• ¦<{ ' ' - ^ H ¥ " I am , yours , & c ., : ¦ ; ± ¦ -a ,- : ^ : yt , . . ' j . 0 . Hawes , Secretary ^; a

      Poland, Hungary, And Englan D.^ A Public...

      POLAND , HUNGARY , AND ENGLAN D . ^ A public meeting was held oh Monday evening' ; at the Lecture Hall , Greenwich , for the . benefiteiof the Refugees . At eight o ' clock the Hall wasiTrell filled , and Messrs . O'Connor and Jones . . w ^ erg loudly cheered on makjng their appearance ^^ were likewise about twenty Poles and Hungarians who accompanied them .. ,- ' : V ' :- ' " \" Lii ' : - '' * W & Mr . Brown havih g > been / voted- t 6 ^ . th % i ; oJj | tr fc alluded to a meeting held in that ' -HairDy ^ Wl Dudley Stuart , and snowed ; tbat , thofltf th ^^ were the conntrjmen , and'fo ' tfghtunderBre ^ anffers of Kossuth , Bern , and Dembinski , yet'they received ' no . support from , that gentleman nor hia friends , They bad then on the platform the standard bearer of Bern , and he trusted that , the men of Greenwich would nobly support them . How could they look Kossuth in the face , when he came to England , if they allowed his fellow countrymen to starve ? Any subscriptions for their benefit , must be sent to him at Turnmill-street , Clerkenwell , or to the Trades ' body . Rising Sun , Calendar-yard . When the Chairman concluded , a song was given by the Refugees . Mr . O'Connor , on rising to address the meeting-, was received with loud cheers . He was pleased in attending that meeting to support his Polish and

      Hungarian brethren , yet it made his blood run cold , to know that they were banished from their country because they endeavoured to promote its prosperity . It these men had been the great and noble of the land , if it was men ofhigh stationonly who had been banished , the government of this country would have magnificently supported ' them . Lord Dudley Stuart and the aristocratic admirers of Poland supported only the rich ' — . those who who were able to take care of themselves ,: ( A Voice , "No . " ) Who was it that dared to say "• No ? " Had be ever given one farthing to these men—had they received the least benefit from the entertainment at Guildhall , which professed to be for Poles ? It was well known that they had not . Let him then not again

      be interrupted by those who know-not the facts . ( Loud cheers . ) Let the man who interrupted him go to the poor hovel where these Wen slept two and three in a bed , and contrast that wilh the palaces of their aristocracy ; - ~ Did it not make their blood run cold , to hear'how , the ruffian Haynau treated their fellow countrymen when in his power?—men , women , and children , equally subject to the lash , and other atrocities , disgusting to human nature . He regretted ; that Barclay and Perkins' men had not' subjected him to similar treatment ; but all honour was due , and should be given to them , for their noble conduct . He would now refer to the political aspect of their own country , and he hoped they . would soon be in a condition to hinder any nation from oppressing its subjects . They , would soon have a revolution in England—not a physical ,

      but a mental revolution , and little John Russell asking them what they wanted in addition to the Charter .. Property was daily getting . into fewer hands , the poor were becoming poorer , and the rich richer : he did not mean that the poor were in a worse condition than ever they had been , but they had not participated : in . the benefits shared by all other classes .. During all the years he had sat in Parliament , there had never been such an appearance of open conflict as was now in perspective . He told them that , in one month after its assembly , there would be such a revolution in the minds' of the House of Commons as had never yet been witnessed . All the Irish Catholics in the House , who were formerly the greatest supporters of the government , who were complete lick-spittlestb "the Ministers , would now # be-l » rd ^ Joijn 4 Russell ' s

      longern ^ eardoalling ; Uponthem to 8 nppprt . theiE young andlbvely Queen . The party brpken \ up , by 1 the death of Sir Robert Peel would mergeinto the Whig and Tory ranks . { "No . " ) Who said MNo ?" What did they think constituted the difference ber tweena Whig and a Tory , but the touchstone of the Treasury ? In . Ireland , they had seven and a half millions of Catholics , and only half a million of Protestants . Ireland constituted England ' s greatest difficulty , and would ever remain so , while she was tyrannised over and down-trodden ; and this gave the priests of that country the power that they possessed , and deserved to possess . If the Duke of Wellington was to invade Ireland at the head of an armament of one million of men , equipped and

      marshalled in the most perfect manner , and their priests told the Catholic peasantry to go unarmed and face them , they would do it , and rush on certain death , believing that if they died to-day they would go to Heaven to-morrow . Lord Carlisle had been addressing meetings in the North : his speech of four columns was reported in the Timet , one-half of which was poetry , and it served well to tickle the fancies of lords and ladies . Lord Ashley and others had also been expending their eloquence on the question of Papal aggression . Did they think that these men cared one farthing about the matter , further than it was connected with their own temporal interests ? Dr . M'Neil , at a meeting in Liverpool , had . stated that every Catholic was

      sure to go to hell ; the Times and Chronicle were afraid to report it , " doubting its truth , and it was not until it had first appeared in the Liverpool papers that they did so . It appeared that the doctor ' s congregation were so disgusted that they went to him the same afternoon demanding an explanation . M'Neil expressed himself agonised at what he had said , and was most willing to retract in the evening what he bad asserted in the morning ; was not such conduct shameful ? Yet it was to pay a host of those black slugs that £ 10 , 000 , 000 was yearly drawn from the nation . The army , also , cost them eight millions , and poor-rates another eight millions yearly . It was to get rid of these imposts that they needed the Charter . He cared not who

      was on the throne , the Devil , the Pope , or the Protender , provided the power behind the throne was greater than the throne itself . The Protestant clergy received ten millions yearly , but he asserted , that if they were offered £ 10 , 400 , 000 to become Catholics or Puseyites , they would accept the offer . Henry VIII . had put them to bed all Catholics , and they awoke in the morning all Protestants ; the reason for the change being that the Pope had refused to grant him a dispensation for adultery . He did not ask them to become Catholics , Puseyites , or belong to any of the various other sects , but he asked them to allow all to wors hip God according to the dictates of their own consciences , and to cease paying one sect ten millions a year for teach

      ing them the road to Heaven , when as each sect had a different road , they might , among so many roads , not take the right at last . In addition to his coming there to support the Refugees , he came to implore them to take no part in the Papal question : letthetwoparties fight it out like the Kilkenny cats , until only the tail of only one of . them was left , then the people might come in for their rights . In the ensuing year they were to have the Exhibition at the Glass Palace in Hyde Park . Thither would come the capitalists from all quarters of the globe in the pursuit of gain ; they would have to compete with the capitalists of America , and they were men not only of money but of intelligence , for the men who had money and intelligence , from all

      the countries in Europe ,, were found hastening to America ; but even there signs of a revolution were becoming apparent ;' the North and the South were arrayed in opposition to each other ; there , as in this country - parties were no longer divided into Whig and'Tory , but into Free Traders and Protectionists . In England , all the Irish Catholic memhefi WOUW Bide With the Protectionists in opposition to the Government . For himself he belonged to no party , he belonged to the people . For thirty years he had advocated their cause , and though he was opposed by all parties , the Press combined , yet tnew was not a single newspaper in England could sav a word which would defame his character , He

      wished that all had worked as hard tor tneir own liberties as he had . The base and foundation of their wretched position was their own antagonism to each other . Shop keepers and tradesmenought to unite with the working man , —the better his position , the better customer he became to them . It made his blood run cold , to see men ,, women , and children , starving in a land , blessed by Providence , like England ; if that was Protestantism he for one would never cease protesting against it . His father built a splendid church in the > parish in Ir « r land where he resided ; the tithes belonging to . it amounted to £ 2 , 000 . The rector lived 200 sjiles off " and never visited it for Many years ; thseurate never attended to performte « W if itftnoeared

      Poland, Hungary, And Englan D.^ A Public...

      . ? ^ J ?^ . threatening day ; the clerk lived eighteen miles off on account . Off shop'fie had taken , and had bis salary raised £ 18 a yiaron acwuWofthe extra d ? s'aA ^ bsd tojourn ^ a snebbeearhoiise , and hiijfdaugtiter ' - was / a iprdstitrata- '^ Thet ^ of the ^ pfcshiohers , ^ exceptXhis ' iWSMMtiyt , were * CJ & qlicV ,- ' and . ; foj £ tvvenly years ^ Cftholic chape ^ glit bei seen , destitute ? of ^ "flSfiSwhirst they had t ^ ay-thisr lar ge gum'tb'fthe Protestant church . Wh ^ he * arrived ' to manhood hjrattehded atTiKe ves ^ lJanMey Wopose'dia ' ceys .

      I or cnuron rate of 5 fd .-per / acre ; -for the repairWthe ' church ; by the aidf 6 fM . s 7 tehaht ^ i hn r ? duced itsto id . an acre , and on ^ the / nex ^ ser toon bdngpreachfed . ho was violently . denouuce ^ byH ame iftoid ; the -pulpit . ; He . told them this . asl ^ illuBtratipn ^ theJsi- ; , & - ?? of the Catholics j-i ^ rglitibri ^ tbl'tpIriBli ' Church . ( Mr . O ' Connor ; %% Yc / the iaaraes ^ dates ? & c ., of all the jjarties ^ ; with . ) The ? agitation in ^ EuglSnd wa ' s producing- a counter agitation in IreIand . 0 A meeting ^ CatW liebishopspid ' priests had . bjjcTfi ' held in ? Dublin ! for the ^ iurpose ^ ofj ; presentingfan ' sa ^ j Wiseman , inr * hioh addre ^ th % ^ ass ^ ted TtM in future they slbuld not acknowledg ^ the'QuWs Supremacy as m head of ithe ; iChurca ' . Was itTnot ah anomaly , to ;? vtoy tithes ^^ ^ d . ' suDtort-aAarson

      g of : a ; different r ^ rigibn ^ ffi ^^ n ^ h ^ rMiSsI suredthirt l ^ ould las ^^ g' ^ s 1 hey were dis : united . "He { Mr . O'Connor ^ intended to travel throughout the whole country to unite them into one great body , whenthiiwas done , the safety and security < wbi ^ h were s ^ id to characteris e the days of Alfred || might be again ; found in , this country . This Papal question , would produce a united response lr , om Ireland . ^ Out of every twenty members of parliament eighteen Catholics would be elected at the next election , and Russell would either have to resign or quail beneath the tempest he had created .: What did they think ¦ Russell cared for besides quarterly at the Treasury ? He would rather be Prime Minister to the Pop e for £ 5500 a for

      , year , than to the J ^ ueen £ 5000 . Self interest was the grand basis of action . It was the same with working men , the man who earned high wages looked with contempt on , and cared not for , the interest of his ill-paid brother ; his turn to feel the scourge at length came , and all sunk in the same gulf , from the fact of their being disunited . While representing the County of Cork , on an important question , Lord , Hillsborough , the whipper-in of the government , offered bim half the patronage of his county—the eighth of Ireland—if he would vot ( j for ministers . He told him that has his influence returned the other member he ought to have the whole of it . When the motion came on Mr . Lambert moved- an amendment , and he

      ( Mr . O'Connor ) seconded it . He had not intended to have spoken on the subject , but this insolentattempt at bribeiy , had : fbrced him to it , and when questioned by Lord Hijlsborpugh as to bis rejection of the offer , he expressed his contempt and indignation at the whole-system . There were not fire truly independent men in the whole house . Shaman Crawford , and Kelly , the M . P . for Kilkenny , who both supported his ^ motion for the Charter , were so ; he did not know another . ' . ( A . voice : "Joe Hume and George Thompson . " ) Hume had rendered the people some services , but he was not independent of the government . "George Thompson-Scries of , the " Rajah bf ^ Sattarah" )—he was a gdodmanj and the treatment he had recently received in America

      showed the antagonism other nations felt towards John Bull . / Thirty years ago , when he first came ever from Ireland , he entertained a similar feeling , but he soon distinguished betwetiiiithe English people and their rulers , and found ihat ,- the people of both countries were equally oppressed . He thanked God that t , he people of both countries were netting more " sociable . Formerly , ' there used to be an ill-feeling | gainst Irishmen' coming to this country for employment ; but'they now began to adopt Cbbbett ' sMews—that ' if -the corn . 'the cattle , and the pigs of ^ eland come \ here the . Irish people had a rightjtp ^ npme after themj :, There would soon be another r ^ olution in Europe , when Lord John would be ready to grant their demands ; he trusted

      that they would not mix Socialism or Republicanism up' with the agitation ; First . get : the Charter , and all they needed would soon'be obtained . . In 1780 , C . J . Fox advocated every point of the Charter ; but when he got intj ^ power , thrpugh the « xer-^^^ J ^^ M ^^^ yj ^ bill tt ^ p ^ gmtjpersous ^ Boldmg ^ ConiujHBBions oKfiontraotrf Uder . gqvernmeht ;'? irom : hating a seat an . parliamen |^ and told . them ^ that that was the whole Charier . '' They ^ must agitate for the Charter entire ; every principle of it ; except the ballot , was- the basis of _ the old constitution of this country , a constitution that was now based on everything that

      was deceitful and atrocious ; let the m be even more disunited than they now were he would still remain firm to tho Charter .- He trusted they would see the folly of- disunion , the mental power of Chartism would be too powerful for the brute force of the government ; let them , then , have a pull , a long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether , and the power to oppress them would then for ever cease . Mr . O'Connor , who snoke with great animation , was loudly cheered during the whole of his speech . The Chairman , in allusion to the attempt of some persons to contradict Mr . O'Connor , entered into a statement to- show the manner in which Lord Dudley Stuart had acted towards the refugees :

      Mr . O Connor , prior to leaving , called for a collection for the Poles , & c , and the sum of £ 2 15 s . 10 id . was collected . During the collection a number of democratic songs were sung . Mr . E . Jonks , who was received with applause , next addressed the meeting in a speech of great length and eloquence , of which the following is an outline . He was pleased to hear the sweet melodies given by their Polish and Hungarian friends , but he regretted that their voices could not be heard to the music of cannon in the battle-field , instead of to the jingling of pence in that room . He trusted that the names of Kossuth and his companions , which had been pronounced with enthusiasm in that room , would soon be pronounced with still more

      rapture as the victors over their tyrannic foes . Those gallant men had thought in coming to England , that they had quitted a land of slavery to come to a land of freedom . He could inform them that they had come here also to a land of despotism . In the lands they had quitted , despotism was openly practiced ; here , it was done by treachery and stealth . Give him the open and avowed foe , instead of the pretending , liberty-loving , philanthropic enemy . In England , we boasted of our charitable institutions—of our trial by jury—of our representative 'form of government—of our free press , and our right of public meeting . Yes ! they could meet in the open air , provided the police did not interrupt them ; they could utter what they thought fit , provided they feared not imprisonment ; they iree ic woutu not tnem

      naa a press , ous report . Look round the room—there is only the reporter of the Northern Star , and of one other paper , present . The law did not respect persons , but it had a great respect for purses ; and , whilst they were insulted with charity , they were denied justice . They were told it was tho land of wealth as well as of liberty . He acknowledged that ; but how was that wealth distributed ? The few were kept in luxurious idleness , whilst the many were starving at their toil . They were told that they had arisen to this grandeur under the glorious system of competition , He acknowledged that the upper and middle classes had risen ; but the working classes had descended to the lowest depths of misery , Competition , they said , was the parent of . cheapness ; but it was also

      the parent of misery . Competition meant cutting your brother tradesman ' s throat according to law . To start a new shop you mnst sell cheaper than your neighbour . You do not want to be deprived of your profits , so you reduce the wages of your men . Your neighbour sells his goods still lower , to undersell you ; and labour is again made the sufferer . If competition was carried out alike in the higher as the lower classes , he should not so much blame it ; but , at present , it only benefitted the placemen » nd idlers , the vampyres and bats of society , If it was a benefit to the roots of the tree , why not to the topmost branches ? Did they see tbat competition among lawyers or doctors lowered their fees ? Did the pareons save their souls at a lower price on aflOOUnt of competition ? Why was there not a competition

      among crowned heads , to govern this country at a cheaper rate tnan £ 395 , 000 a year ? If it was good for one class it was good for all classes . He trusted the time would sboii come when these exiles cbuld ' rbturn to their own free country , and leave us enjoyingvthe reality , and not the mockery of freedom .- ( Hear , hear . ) He was not going to flatter the working men oWBngland any more than their oppressors . The democracy of England was a mean , servile , and crouching thing . Ever since the time of the Puritans / it had been craven and sel fish * He hoped to Godthatthose gallautexiles would prove the leaven that would infuse the true spirit of Democracy throughout the whole of their ranks . Mr . Jones then dilated upon the Papal question , showing that their interests were no more regarded by the ' * Canterbury Pope" than the foreign Pope , and that they should organise themselves , and be prepared to march over the broken and disjointed

      Poland, Hungary, And Englan D.^ A Public...

      fragments ., ©?^ ^ m ^^ mm ^^ m ^ m ^ achieve thetfemanoip & tion by c ^ opefative ' BChemes / WtH & ftfeglbot-lnm ^ « dvbcated < the : h & Wing ^ b'fa'Cbhfe ^ oe iri : M ^ y w ana l a ^ . > aMvh ^ th ' ei'fo | I ^ jt % . p | aSo £ - action ; : —That '• g . ; Cpnvenjiipn of ; forjyrmne : sh . o ' uldA 38 | OTMenn London ; thai theyshould . sign ; well drawn lip petitions in . fayour of the Charter ^ als ! 5 , ;^^^ their views' on theTemirfl of LWrt ?* ThA ''' tHirrannv '

      Question , ' law . of ^ Partnership ^ and ' ' ' other Social Reforms / Eaoa ^ pejtitiori ''' should ! be ^ do pted by ' a grand demonstration ' Wejtb ' & t ' on ; K | nmtfgtbn-com men in 1848 , " anid' 1 ' . be " -pfesen ' t ' ed ^ tb ' the" house by a deputation ; In ;; all ; theseLthi pfs . ithey ^ , should act strictly within- the ; limits ' pf ; 'th ' e . law ;< and if it were broken , , 1 ' efc / the "" . respbhsibiifty rest , on those wJib broke it .. . A iajgeting-bf this sort . ' should bevheld ^ bout every ijve ^^ nd ; the Democratic , ij $ 2 ' . ' f > should found mqtibn upon motion in the hbuje'iijlon these petitiohs , to ' ;" tKe stbppag ' o of all bthMbusi ness . ;; By thismeans , they wouldcbmpe 0 bBm ' to debate . and discuss tiie question—audi if Supported froin , withoutj :. wbuidfim » % -4 be : governnlen'l ^' succ ^ MeM «; thM . j ; Mr ^ ? b 4 eBthen stated . his in' * tentroi ^ lfffajmga ^ urjhjftelapd to further their ohiects $ md ; 8 atdowtt ^

      m ^^ mm ^^^^ f ^^ nm ^ f moved '&' vole Oi thanks to Messi ^ . O' Connor , ^ Jones ) and 4 he Refugee Committee , for their exertions . on behalf of his oppressed and exiled countrymen . " He wellknew their forlorn condition , having filteen years since come to this country , in a similar situation ., The major then objected to some of the statements of Mr . Jones , respecting the difference between English and continental despotism , giving it as his opinion , that greater liberty was enjoyed

      in' England than in any European country . Having taken an active part in the movement in 1839 , and carefully watched it ever since , he entreated them to keep to the Charter , to accept , neither less nor to agitate for more . It was such conduct that had , pn prior occasions , ruined the movement . He then , in an exceedingly witty and clever manner , alluded to Mr . Jones ' s plan of the Convention , petitioning for other things in addition to the Charter , which gave rise to a spirited and prolonged discussion between these two gentlemen .

      Mr . Brbanski seconded the vote of thanks , which was unanimously carried . A similar vote was given to the Chairman , and , after singing the , " Marseillaise Hymn , ! ' the meeting dissolved ., : ., •• . ' . ' .

      The Polish . Working Association. Every ...

      THE POLISH WORKING ASSOCIATION . Every honest man is in duty bound both ' to testify to truth , and to deny falsehood ; whenever he can conscientiously do so , we therefore unhesitatingly declare , that we do not share in the opinions pronounced by Messrs . Breanski and Jarmolinski upon the emigrants of 1830 in general , and in particular upon one of them , yiz ., the Citizen Kola Bartochowski . ( See in number 684 and 686 of the Northern Star , the article headed , " The Hungarian and Polish Refugees and their dissolved committee . " ) To our knowledge all the emigrants of 1830

      likewise left their families , ' their position , and their fortunes , to serve the sacred cause of their country ; a merit which Messrs . Breanski and , Jarmolinski claim for themselves , but appear to deny to them . Those emigrants , moreover ; have not manifested towards us that indifference which Messrs . Breanski and Jarmolinski are pleased to accuse them of , for it was owing to the exertions of the centralisation of the Tolish Democratic } Society that a committee , composed of some members of the . National Charter Association , constituted itself . As to Citizen R . Bartochowski , we can honestly attest that we have derived great benefit from his endeavours , and that he has a iust . elaim upon our gratitude . ¦

      We do not enter into the motives which prompted Messrs . Breanski and Jarmolinski to publish their article in the name of the Hungarian and Polish Emigration , but we must beg leave to draw the public attention to the following facts : — ¦ 1 st . —That the Hungarians and Poles do not constitute one and the same emigrations ! body . 2 nd . —That neither the Hungarians nor the Poles authorised : those two gentlemen to act in'their name . : „• It is therefore evident that they must have laboured , under . som &! mutake ^ :..: lffopld / to . ^ d 4 h | it no Otherre ^ n ^ aTpinfluenced .. ;¦! :: ; .. % y ^^^^ f ^^ Mi ^^ . ¦ ;'" . " ., "" - ' . " ' CzfcsSiCKi , ' . Secretary .. ' 27 > Wilmot-street , Russell-square , December 16 th . .- * •¦ ' ¦ ¦!»' ¦¦ .. ;¦ - ¦ ' - ' tO , ! ' i ¦¦'

      The Polish Refugees. To The Democrats Of...

      THE POLISH REFUGEES . TO THE DEMOCRATS OF ENGLAND . - Beothkr Proletarians , —Twenty-six Polish refugees who confided in the integrity of the Old Committee are at the present time in a state of utter destitution , the committee having expended all the funds at their disposal . The committee feci justified in stating that these unfortunate exiles have a powerful claim upon the sympathies of all who desire the emancipation of the human family , they having fought m the Hungarian campaign under the lion-hearted warriors and leaders , Kossuth , Bern , Dfembinski , and Guyon , up to the period of the betrayal of the noble Hungarian

      struggle by . the treacherous General Qeorgey . During their sojourn on our hospitable shores they have worked at slipper making and other humble occupations , and when at work would not receive a fraction from the funds , but at the present time work having failed , they are without the means of earning their subsistence , and the committee therefore trust that this appeal to the Proletarian classes will he heartily responded to . Our Polish friends receive sixpence a day , out of which they pay threepence for lodging . They are desirous of obtaining employment , and would be glad to receive intelligence of any labour to perform . A charge having been made against the committee that at the Cowper « street meeting , fearing . a disturbance from certain . Polish men who were present from Turnmill-street , they engaged a number of policemen , the committee beg to state they never agreed

      to , nor sanctioned at any of their committee meetings , any police interference , and they altogether repudiate the charge Subscriptions and communications received by E . Delaforce , secretary to the Metropolitan Trades , 10 , North-square , Portland-place , Globe-lane , Mile End ; R . H . Bloomfield , secretary to the Whittington and Cat locality , Church-row , Bethhal-green ; S . Reynolds , secretary to the Crown and Anchor locality , Waterloo-town , ditto ; H . Styles , secretary to East London Scientific Institution , 11 , Nelsonstreet , Hackney-road ; J . E . Moring . Citylocality , 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican ; J . Arnott , secretary to National , Charter Association , 14 , Southamptonstreet , Strand ; Captain Rola Bartochowski , 39 , Upper Norton-street , Portland-place ; Leader office , Crane-court , Fleet-street ; " and by T . Ferguson , 3 , Gay's-buildings , Elizabeth-street , Hackney-road , sacretary to the Polish Committee .

      Signed on behalf of Committee , W . Davis , J . J . Bezer , J . J . Bkisck , Sub-Committee .

      The Refugees.—At A Committee Meeting Hel...

      The Refugees . —At a Committee meeting held on Tuesday week , at the Fraternal Home , Turnmill-street—Mr . Lunn in the chair—after the general business was transacted , Mr . Brown ( in reference to tho dispute between the old and new committee ) contended that that committee had no right to force a man on the funds in opposition to the Refugees . This had been done . That person had been many years in England , and had held situations as a teAcher , for which he received good salaries : he had also offered himself to the British

      government as an officer for the Indian Army , but a commission of the Refugees had declared that he was not a fit person to be placed upon the list . Mr . Brown stated that there wore not more than seventy four Refugees , and that he could show his list of fifty-six persons who were relying lor support on this committee . He had allayed the feelings of the men , and he had tho good wishes of tho whole of them . Mr . Brown refuted the calumnies raised against him , and concluded by calling upon the democrats of England to supportthe Refugees . The address of the Trades' had given every sfttisfnvHw ,

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      Manchester.—A Special Meeting Of Members...

      Manchester . —A special meeting of members was held in ' the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , December 8 th , when the following resolutions were passed : — " That we , the members of this branch , do assist Mr . O'Connor in the Bradshaw case . " The following persons were elected as a committee to collect subscriptions : —Thomas Smith , Thomas Stephens , Thomas Mitchel , Thomas Clark , Daniel Honavan , John Sutton , James Alcock , and William Foster . " That in consequence of the apathy and indifference manifested by : the great body of shareholders of this , branch to their own Interests , and thereby throwing all the burden and expense of management upon a few of Us member ? , we hereby authorise our officers to cease acting fo .-all members who refuse to conform to the rules oi

      Manchester.—A Special Meeting Of Members...

      the Company , and thereby compel them , * when tho Company is wound up , toget their mWyifaTbeaV ^ CM ^^ ^^ ^^^^ A ^ h ^ ;^^ .. Z ^ . ^ ^ " ? Bra » ford . —At " a meet ; ng , / b ^ 15 th of December ] , the . ^ lmB % | feenl ^ cr ^ s ' ur >; ; prised ^ the ^ graobs ^ W ^^ fyi & aiiNfithe ^ fe »^ ' 8 hipgeMr ^ A 3 eonnprV : ofr thc Direct ^^^ ell wvmprtgage / : an estate- to ; defrayVitfafti IT ^ tf ^^ tmwvmm *

      m telS ^ ^^ ^^ d ^ bSfd'be \' hMrl # ^ j ^ hlh ^ on ^ gf ^ % ni ! p * fr- P ^ nno ^ : \ hoAa 8 ; . n ev > r ^ H ceiveTfa . fraetionffDsai . them , but has spent his life ' : his > ? gfi ^ e ^ his , 5 ir / % r the gobd ;! b 7 ; thb work ing fcla ' ssarW"this country ' .. The hleh of Bradford hope ! ' ' wh ^ n ! $ rpb' Connor geis ^ tbe affair , sp ^ tie ^ thatfie ; : ^ wJll'fdriffVnew plan ; anS theywill ' rally roundj '' anat ' assist him with all'their power . ^^ " ^ ' ^;' . ^^

      ^ A ¥ HibNrt ^» BR-LvNE .- ^ A large ? meeting of mem * , berswas , hel ! d , in the Lahd-ybom , ;; CharI 6 stown , ' off Simdayafternwn , December 15 th , whehlthe . follbw ; , i » g resplutipns' were uuahimbiwfjc , carried : ^ j' Th ^ tf the-members of this branch , an # " aIi " ehemies ~' of . inV justfee , be solicited to pay thy ^* ni ! bf o . nFshillinli , each rtowards defraying the'laVfespenses in the late ? action- between Mr . O'Connor and . Bradshaw . " . Thirty members paid down their shillings , ' which ; sum was > ordered to- be sent forthwith ;> "A * cbmmifc ^ tee was then elected to divide the toffh ^ and ' o ' ahvaafu the memeers and other friendK-.-TwoahundreS cards were-aljio orderedJo . be pifmtej 3 , ' . * stating ' thd case , and spSciting aubsroptions Irbroi ' th'bse who . are too p ; ol 6 Kt ; 6 ' pay a sWamg , butlwho ' may'be wil- ' img to give aecordingt ^ their means . " ThemenVbers . of'this !» ranch |{ were warned ; 'that tio claiia ^ oul # b ^ made ^ romth ' e branch" books for any mehi-Je ^ nn til hisle ' viiBS ' are paid up in full ; . ( ' . t . ^ . ^ , . .

      ^ Jjath . —subscriptions will be received by Mr . T . Bolwell , 5 , Galloway ' s-buildsngs , towards defraying the expenses attendant on the winding up of they affairs of the Land Gompany .. . .. ' , * Exeter . —At a general meeting of ' members held : at the Crediton Inn ,. Paul-street , on December 17 th , it was resolved , — " That each member do pay 6 d . to the Winding-up Fund . " Resolved , — " That it be ? suggested to the Directors that any member putting * the Company to expense by summoning Mr . O'Connor to any County Courftor otherwise , shall forfeit that amount of expense from his or her claim . " Resolved , — " That this meeting be adjourned until January 14 th , 1851 . " :

      The O'Conffok Defence Fund. The Central ...

      THE O'CONffOK DEFENCE FUND . THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION-OF UNITED TRADES . IO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —4 am desired by the Central Committee of the National Association to request you to place their names on the O'Conno * Defence Fund for 10 s . each , and they extremely regret that they have not the power , by the rules of the Association , to vote a sum for the same laudable purpose from its funds ; as they conceive this Association is deeply * indebted to Mr . O'Connor for his disinterested generosity , in allowing them the regular and gratuitous use of his paper . I need not enumerate t » the members of the National Association tha

      great and many advantages we have in gaining publicity for our principles , by this valuable privilege . I am sure every one must be deeply sensible of it ; and I , therefore , conceive it is the duty of every member of this association , especially those who have been benefited through its agency , themselves to do that which the laws do not permit their committee to do for them , by commencing , in every body and section of the association , a subscription ; to the best of their meansj to prevent that truer patriot from being V RUINED BY EXPENSES , " incurred in generous efforts to obtain for them their political rights , and to improve their social

      condition . The committee hope that this appeal will be promptly responded to , and that the secre-. taries will make it a duty to bring the subject ' before their bodies immediately , and undertake the office of advocates for so just a purpose . ' Permit me , sir , to take this opportunity of offering Mr . O'Connor , in our own names , and on behalf of the thousands we represent , our warmest thanks for his . kindness to . us , and our fervent hope that he may live yet to see his enemies confounded , and hisi waria aspirations for the emancipation of the people from , slavery and poverty , fully realised . I am , Sir , for self and colleagues , Yours faithfully , Wiluam Peel , Secretary .

      Central Committee : — Frederick Green , Thomas Winters , Edward Hampshire , Wm . Peel , secretary . ; . Lbn'don , December 19 th , 1850 . . - . ' . , , ~' . i ~ , x ; : . > ^^« Mi ^ AR ^^ ¦ i ; DEA » 'SiB , ii . Encjosed ; y . otf , wil ^ ; Order-. for 8 s ^ 7 bT ., ? which ybur' undeVme ^ t ' ioned - 'friends and admirers have sent as their share of the expenses incurred in the libel proceedings , and permit us to say , that we are quite tired of fighting with our enemies while they have so many advantages oyerus . We are convinced , from years of sal experience , that , however often we may appeal to the law for protection , that we shall never derive any benefit from its just administration , while those q ^!

      against whom we war can twist it just as they like-. Of all things , the law is the most flexible ; and those who have the power of its administration always mould it to suit their own ends . v 7 e believe it is the policy of our enemies to entangle you in the meshes of the law : to "Ruin you with expenses , " has long been their aim ; but let them have their way , and permit them to belie and calumniate you to their heart's content , they will never be able to destroy you in the estimation and respect of those whose confidence you prize so highly . Had we all the money which has been expended in fruitless attempts to obtain justice , what a moral war we could raise against those who rob , plunder , and oppress ? us . Let us act wisely , collect all our strength together , create a mind and pour its irresistible waves against the stronghold of our enemies , and batter it to pieces . We regret the difference that has arisen respecting the time and place of holding a

      Conference ; but if individuals or localities are to do as they think proper without consulting the acknowledged Head of Chartism , we shall have to look in vain for that unanimity of action and sentiment which is so essentially necessary to enable us to accomplish our emancipation . In conclusion , we acknowledge no man our leader . ; we are lovers of principle , not men ; but as a proof that you possess our confidence and respect , we subscribe our names with the amount of our subscription : —James Longbottom , is . ; John Longbottom , Cd . ; Thomas Longbottom , 6 d . ; AbnerLongbottom , 2 d . ; JosiahLongbottom , 2 d . ; Thomas S . Longbottom , 3 d . ; John Young , Cd . ; Jonas Swire , jun ., 6 d . ; David Swire , 6 d . ; Henry Kershaw , 6 d . ; Charles Cootes , sen ; , Gd . ; Charles Cootes , fun ., 6 d . ; Henry Cooper , 6 d . ; John Livesey , 6 d . ; Thomas Slater , 6 d . ; John B . Horsfall , Is . 6 d . ; Total 8 s . 7 d . Yours truly , J . B . Horsfali ., Secretary .

      TO MR . RIDER . Dear Sir , —Enclosed you will find a post-office order for £ 1 10 s ., collected by a few friends in and around Halifax . It is the opinion of the subscribers that it is intended to carry out Lord Melbourne ' s maxim . "Ruin him with expenses , " and we therefore call on all true democrats to rally round Mr . O'Connor , and show partisan judges that they will not allow him to be sacrificed by such base proceedings ; at the same time we call upon Mr . O'Connor not to enter any more the would-be Law Courts , seeing that justice cannot be obtained from , such quarters . Yours fraternally , Uriah Hinchcliite . Halifax , December 15 th . P . S . —Five shillings of the above must be acknowledged as from Cunderhills , near Halifax .

      10 MP . WILLIAM RIUER . . Dear Sir , — Enclosed are thirty stamps , as a small tribute towards Mr . O'Connor ' s unlawful expenses . I hope and trust thatthe lovers of freedom will generally respond to the call , and assist Mr . O'Connor in conquering his and our enemies , by subscribing their mites to his Defence Fund . I also hope that Mr . O'Connor will have the pleasure of seeing his Land Plan adopted through the length and breadth of the land . As a proof of my sincerity , if Mr . O'Connor will commence another company ( as I understand he intends to ) I will subscribe myself a member of it , although I have two shares in the one now unfortunately to he wound up . Yours respectfully , Joseph Lewis . Lantwit Yardre , December llth , 1850

      o mr ; w . rider . Sir , —Last year I presented Mr . O'Connor with a scrip for a paid-up four-acre share , but that gentleman declined receiving the same , saying it was too much for a poor man to give , and telling me he had put the scrip into the Land Office , and would . take care of it for me ; I now forward to you twenty-four postage stamps , —twelve for the winding up of the Land Company , and twelve for Mr . O Connor s Defence Fund ; and I authorise you to pay to the last named fund £ 1 out of tho fint money that becomes payable to me , If . * " ^ ft A ™^ K ? would wive £ 1 or 10 s ., or 5 s ., out of their shares ; ^^ i ^ Sta ^^^^ ™} livinsr namely , Feargus O Connor , Esq ., M . P . . I Z no Chartist butlloye honesty of principle m all classes of men . Yours respectfully , 81 fiOBBBX SalfDIFOBO . Moss Side , D

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21121850/page/1/