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    QCTOBSt 23, 1847. THB. MOftT ' limm «Tii...

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    TO THE ELECTORS OF MANCHESTER AND ITS T1...

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    MmunYR TrnviL —All the paid-up members o...

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    eialcar » ro pot others m front , whuahekeepsa rf ^ ctfol distance m the rear himself , with his tail hanging between Ins legs . -We have exposed his laoonr Bank and Xandtcheme . ' r 7 e have shown that it must fail , not only onder it * present managemesf , bat because it holds out prospects that can never be realised ; and we , like Cobfcetti will be content to be . broiled on a gridiron , if tbe wholefabric stand for a period of seven years . It is perfectly dear that Feargus O'Connor is working out the ideas ofother men , and that he is ignorant of the man . agementofsochasodetyas he has undertaken to control . ItwonMmatterlittlewhatbecome of a man who hat fomented so much discontent among tbe working classes—who has led them astray and then forsaken them—who has agam insinuated himself into their confidence , with no other view thantoagirrandise himself ; but whenfromSO . WOto 600 m persons have been induced to

    , subscribe theirmoney under an idea that each will become the ownerof an estate , the delusion is crnel ^ whfle the absurdity is so palpable that we feel astonished that rational men should have been taken in by such a promise . Among such people Mr O'Connor ' s abuse may be taken as something very smart ; bat reflecting persons will come to no other conclusion than that Mr O'Connor is a humbug-, and Ids land and labour rig a regular take in . "We have ebjectedto fhelarge share o 7 power aimed at by fierce Feargus . He at first proposed to have fteo co-operators , byway of check on Ms accuracy and fidelity is keeping accounts , and then hereluctantly extended the number to jive . He and two of his self-chosen associates form a majority in the Court of Directors . These coadjntorsmay be men of kno » n property and standing in society . Theymaybemenwhooweno favour or gratitude to Jeargna ; men not in needy circumstances before

    they were raised to their present high , station as trustees - men not in the least likely to fall into any scheme for their own particnlaradvantage . The Chartistsmsy know something of tiiem , though wa do not O'Connor ' s answer to the objection that large Joint Stock Companies ought not to be for a long time under the uncontrolled sway of any man is , not that such a state of things bas been carefully avoided in the Chartist Land Company but that ttere misti be confidence in aU nek concerns . Now we deny it , and we refer the shareholders to the histor nftheKorwichlafe Assurance Office for tbe last twent years as exposed in the columns of the Abnetcft Mercury I ^ ttheChartatsoflanraahire mquire cf their brethrey of HorfoJk whther

    y e was no division of profits when thy last periodical term for declaring a bonus came round . What caused thejaareholders to meet in London and . ITonricb ,. and what they di scovered when they

    THE CHEAT 0 > AST ) HIS LAUD AUD LABOUE HUMBUG . That vulgar-minded man . feargus O'Conner , who would hang and afterwards gibbet us with bis own hands for exp * 5 ujgKs Laud and labour scheme , among other infamous lies , has informed bis deluded followers , that ear answers to correspondents are all moonshine ! and that we never have a question npon any important subject asked ns ! He i » driven in fact , to his wit ' s end . He blackguards and abuses us , and imagines , silly fellow , that his staff passes current for argument . He calls ns fools , doits , and nincompoops , because we have mustered courage enongh to tell him that he is something worse . He would lay a cane across onr backs , if be were not aware that the compliment would be returned with good interest . Such an ezposare as we have given him mnst soon reduce the creature to Us own level . The men who

    now pay a smiling a week to keep up the deepJaid scheme sow working out by Feargus , will soon begin to discover that they may consider all their deposits as s * much Ioit money . There is not the slightest chance of their ever seeingthem again—they art inevitably sunk—gone ! The depositors , like Paddy , who knew that bis tea-kettle was at the bottom of the sea , snlyhe could not get at it , know that they have paid their money into the hands of an agent , only its in tie bank—the Labour Bank—where tbey cannotclutch . it ; and Feargus has taken especial care that no one shaU touch it but—himself . Let as look at the balance sheet *—such a balance sheet ! The first item , then , to which we beg to call the attention of the subscribers to the Land plan , and for which , we acknowledge to beingindehted to the spirited editor of tbe Sot . ttsgham Uebccst , is a charge made by their bailiff of three hundred and twenty poinds for sixteem cow * and

    four heifers . We hats heard , of lite , from the villagers of this vicinity , dupes to the Land bubble , of the extraordinary qualities and virttes of an 'O'Connorcow *— a phrase which has quite passed into a household word in this neighbourhood . Fifteen oaiaoss or hue a-sat ! an animal of this wonderful breed is said to yield ; Besides doing aU the ploughing and cart work of the farm . Incredible as it may appear to some of onr readers , this Strange statement , said to be made en tbe authority of the Honourable and Learned Kemherfor Nottingham nimself , is , we verily believe , credited by hundreds of mechanics or rnanufacturin ; operatives , who are the chief subscribers to the Land plan , and who are mostly as ignorant of every thing really connected with the management of stock , and the cultivation of a fare , as , to use one of Mr O'Connor ' s own similes , an Irish pig is of geometry . After having heard so repeatedly , as we

    before said , of the marvrUons product of an O'Connor cow , and seeing that the Lowbands estate enjoyed the advantage of just a score of these prolific animals , we turned anxiously to the credit side of the account of Feargus O Connor , Eh , Treasurer tethe national Land Company , ' tusee what was really derived in Worcestershire from a dairy of such valuable animals . Two thousand gallons of milk a-week , thought we , for five months at least , mustbave produced a pretty bit of mosey for milk and butter . But , lo and behold ! not a farthing appears in the balance sheetfsr anything farther relating to these twenty cows , except a large item charged for their keep and 20 s . being derated to the Company for a cntnui . Peter Tendons , a poor Nottingham stockinger , who is a subscriber to the Land plan , with a large family of poorly clad , half-fed children , is charged by the Treasurer to the Rational Zand Company , in aa account which he pub * lishes for his benefit , with one pound for a churn ! bnt poor Peter derives , in that account , no advantage from bis chum . But , having now introduced our readers to the O'Connor cows , we will , if tbey will not think it too

    much trouble , conduct them to the Lowbands stab ' es . This large estate comprises one hundred and sixty-fire acres ! statutemeasura : including roads , ditches , and femes ! And bow many horses do yonimagine the working men's bailiff—the man who has 'deroteda whole life to practical agriculture—and fifteen years of deeply intense tbnngbt to the maturing of apian' for locating a number of semi-panperfamiSes on scraps af land in the country—has provided for putting this land into something like a state of cultivation for their reception , and carting materials for the erection of their cottages t "Why , twenty-three!—twenty-three horses at a cost of nine hundred and fifteen pounds , one shilling and fourpence ! These twenty-three horses are bought and paid far in good bard money , wrung , by the wiles of an archagitator , from 'MMteredfiands , * to the tone of nine hundred and fifteen pounds , one shilling and fonrpence ! and bow do yon think they were got home from the fair or market ! Try if yon can make it out after reading the two following entries in the balance-sheer , in connection : —

    Twenty-three Horses .. .. £ 915 l 4 Carriage and expenses .. 3319 4 Hot content with wasteful ; expending , in the purchase « f horses , so large a sum as £ 915 — money which was confided to him , in the simplicity of honest industry , for purposes altogether foreign , in the main , at least , to any thing which would be accomplished by these expensive teams of cattle , —bnt be then , in the most cold-hearted indifference to the wants and necessities of those whom he insults by calling them 'bis dear children , ' expends a sum equal to what fourteen of them had contributed , — inthehope that thereby they wereplacrngthemstrlvesin 3 condition to become eligible to be bjllottedfor a home , —in sending these animals , accompanied by a snfficic : 1 body of attendants , to their destination , without any fatigue , by raiL Feargus O'Connor anderstands the art -of blarneying'better than any living mania the empire ; he never bad but one successful rival , and he is gone , aad he will practise it more unscrupulously . Had this

    man not the most thorough conviction in his mind that be possessed unlimited power and influence over bis dopes . —that they were" through the medium of his agents , brand to submit tohis behests and impositions , without even daring to complain against them , —would be bare presumed to hare purchased twenty cows with theirmoney , maintained them for six months at their expense , compelled them to formst him even with a Chnrn jit tbecislof 20 a ., and never render to them an account of the product of these animals t Or wonld he have preMmedtonav « expended £ 9 l 5 inhorseflesh , with nearly forty pounds more for' carriage and expenses' of these cattle , and yet debt them during six months with £ 113 6 s . ? d . for hired team work done on this paltry estate of 165 acres 1 Bnt the mind sickens nnder the details of the awful waste of money , so hardly earned as that deposited in the hands of the Honourable Member forKottingbam , which bas takes place in the furtherance of these schemes of Irish civilisation and prosperity carrjine on at Lowbands and Herringsjate . better

    Now , my love , as you like sugar-stick than the bamboo , let me take you to task in gentle terms , my gentle dear . Don't vou think 'humbug / ' rig /—( rig , by the bye , is a very naughty word , but you dont know the meaning of it—it means an imperfectly cut horse)—' bull dog * — 'Fierce Feargus *—are very , " very impolite words ; and you must lack argument , my love , when you condescend to use them with your sweet lips . Yon say you do not call Feargus a dishonest man , yet you tell my dupes that tbey are to be victimised . You say that I led Frost , Williams , aad Jones on , and then slunk away to see my estates . I assure you , Eliza , you do me wrong , indeed you do ; and then you compare roe to a village cur . howling when there ' s no danger ,

    aadslinking away with my tail between my legs when there is danger . Now , . sweetest ' . these are naughty , very naughty words , and created great alarm in my mind ; for , always believing that what editors of newspapers say must be true , in agony I looked for the thing of which you spoke , and I could find no tail between my legs—I never had a tail between my legs—I woa ' t have a tail between vaj legs-and if you wrote from experience , and have one between yours , you are a very naughty man , so you are ; and the people will call you " a cur , and I can ' t help it . . « Mylife / you say , 'thatthe lest

    whole Land Plan is rotten , " but yet , you should one day be compelled to approve it , jou say that I am only working out other men ' s views , while you are perfectly conscious that the Land Plan is all a mysterious scheme of my own . Then you Jobject to my having a vote with my co-operators , as though you were determined to make me a nonentity—m feet , my love , it ' s clear , it ' s evident , that you we jealous , and wish to have me all to yourself . I fear you were ^ toxy bobus , Eliza—in your cups , my dear—when you stated that I said there should be . confidence in all Joint Stock Companies . Why , my love , it ' * the Yery

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    reverse of what I stated ; and then , your flash of the Norwich Life . Assurance Office is too eomical to notice j and ^ if we need not *> to America for instances of failures , why did you aneciauy direct our attention t ^ that hemispW in your firstletter ? and Wictf I answered in those rode terms with which you charge me ; but then , you haven ' t even given mytext right , nor have you given a word of my sermon , although Uave given every one of yourhomihes . Asforthe financial depart mentofthe ^ Bolt Court Parliament , it constitutes one of my principal objections to Joint btock concerns . You see , then , that 1 have no objection to spreading your thunder throughout the land , and , indeed , I fear that it

    now requires a little shove behind to push w through Temple Bar to the west , and up Ludgate-hill to the east . So much for yours of the 3 rd ., which absence prevented me from earlier noticing . And now , allow me to make a comment upon that of the 10 th . You begin with what you call * infamous lies , ' and then go on with 'blackguards / arid of your exposure reducing the' creature to his own level , * and although you say you don ' t assail my honesty , yet you say , * its all gone for ever ; * and then begin your acknowledgments to the spirited editor of the Nottingham Mercury , ani then the horror of sixteen cows and four heifers costing 3201 . Why , my love , your objection to cows is very like youT-objection to banks . Why should not we have cows and

    especially when we made 75 L profit , and all the manure , and accommodated our men with milk when . they couldn ' t get it elsewhere ? And—oh , prepare your ears for horror—I gave 22 / . 10 s . for some of those cows , and farmers bid 221 . 5 s . ; and then , as to a churn , 1 have heard of men churning butter in their boots—I have churned it myself in a bottle—bnt surely you don ' t object to butter too , and if you don ' t you can't have it without a churn ; and surely you can t have a churn , a barrel

    churn , my love , for less than a pound . And then , ai to the cows giving fifteen gallons , believe me , my dear , it is a flight of fancy—the exuberance of your budding imaginationand yon must not put fibs in my month and then chastise me for your own tarradiddles . I have a . cow , though—but only one—the celebrated Beckey , and I'll bet you a kiss , or half a dozen pair of kid-skin gloves , that ahe'Jl give ten gallons a day on top grass . And then , as to the horse-hire , after the horrid waste of

    money spent on horses ; and food , ; dont- be angry when I tell you that I have bought six more horses since I came here , and that I am going to buy ten more . next week , and that I am paying 17 s . a thousand for drawing bricks , because 1 can earn more with my own horses , and that I am hiring from ten to fifteen horses every day besides , in drawing timber from the canal , and coals from ] the wharf . And , will you

    credit it , that my twenty-eight horses do as much as seventy hired horses , and yet I am backward with my ploughing for want of horse power . Now , PH . tell you how this item for horse labour will stand in the next balance sheet . As soon as spring time comes , with Gods blessing you . will see one hundred spanking cart horses working for paupers at Mathon , and then you will see the horrible item : —

    100 Horses , at £ 50 per Horse £ 5 , 000 50 Waggons £ 20 each 1 , 000 Harness £ 4 per Horse 400

    ... £ 6 . 400 Now what do you think of that—and then weekly wages of fifty carters at 15 s . a man , 3 ? l . 10 s . ; and then food for the week , 1 ( 0 / . ; and yet a profit of 150 / . a week , besides manure , as the difference between that and hired labour . In a previous part of your letter of the 10 th , you say that I would lay a cane across your back if I was not fearful it Would be returned with interest . I assure you , my love , nothing on earth would give me greater delight than to decide a question , which the six editors cannot argue , by WAGER OF BATTLE , and I undertake to rid the world of six nuisances in half a dozen minutes .

    Now I have done with my lore letter , and I ask you to point me out a particle Of argument in either of your epistles . Now , Mr Editor , a word with you . You bullaboo of a fellow , who do you think minds what you say . If poor Publicolacould risefrom the grave he'd laugh at you , but , with characteristic ingratitude , you send weekly to the dead letter office for his contribution , and humbug your readers with the belief that your favourite contributor still lives . But I suppose newspaper scribes , like monarchs , never die . Ill give you a little parody , Mr

    Editor , upon a good old University song—I was a printer ' s devil , Jams senior ( ED ) , Well known by the pimples of my face , For throwing hack my head . Chorus : And a toping we will go ' ee , go ' ee , go ' ee . And a toping we will go . A senior ( ED ) is immortal , And never can decay ; For how can he ba turned to dnst , Who daily wets his clay . CAortu : And a toping we will go .

    Now , my friend , in your bit of rubbish of last week , you talk of the thumping the Nottingham Mercury is giving me , but don ' t fail to read the thumping I have given you all ; and , contrary to your assurance , I beg most solemnly to assure you , that it is not only my intention to bring an action against your friend of the Manchester Examiner , but that it is done , and , if needs be , the' fustian jackets , blistered hands , and unshorn chins ? will pay the costs—but I

    have never asked them to do such a thing yet . And now , for your satisfaction , although you speak of the declining circulation of the Star , l assure you , upon my honour , thanks to the handle the editorial fry have given me , it ' s increasing , I won ' t say inconveniently , but we never have enough to supply the demand . You have taken your turn by the ballot , and the poor Globe , the JOLLY BOAT OF THE TIMES , comes next . The Globe

    says'CHARTIST LAND SCHEME . There are 3 , 000 shareholders in Mr O'Connor ' s Chartist Land speculation , all ot whom expect allotments ; but as , daring 2 years , only 90 are to have pardons allotted , 500 years most elapse before tbe shareholders' hopes can be realised . The Chartists themselves begin to see the folly of the scheme , and are withdrawing their names . ' 'Now , Timkins , what do you say to that for an arithmetical!—for a public instructor ,

    Timkins , who tells you all about the revenue , and makes tie nicest calculations for you , and then tells you that forty-five times 500 is 3 , 000 . Timkins , those who undertake to convict by figures should be as clear in their numbers as an indictment in its formalities . Why , Timkins , forty-five times 500 is 22 , 500 , and at forty-five per year , it wonld onl y take sixty six years and eight months , Timkins , instead of 600 years , to locate 3 , 000 members . '

    ' Timkins , when I was a boy this is the way we learned arithmetic , if once 0 is nothing , twice Omust be something . And now , Timkins , is there any other question you have o ask ? ' ' Yea , Master Tomkins , I have been puzzling my head about that there 381 . odd , for bringing horses with legs by the railway . ' Ha , Master Timkins , you baint no political economist . Well , Master Timkins , just see here , see how plain figures make things . Now , it is 125 miles from London to Lowbands , and suppose you travel them horses twenty-five miles a day , rather too much for heavy horses , Master Timkins , bat say twenty-five miles

    —well , that ' s five days and five nights on the road , Master Timkins , and at four shillings a horse dajf and flight * and turnpike , Master Timkins , that ' s 41 . 12 s . a day—232 . for the journey , Master Timkins . Then a man to three horses , our bailiff would' nt let them have more , Master Timkins , that ' s eight men at 4 s . a day—1 / . 12 s . Master Timkins—Sl . forjthe five days . Then , Master Timkins , you must either bring them eight chaps from London , eight scamps , Master Timkins , or the bailiff must send eight men from Lowbands . Now , Master Timkins , put their fare and expenses , and night in Lunnon , down at a pound aman , and you have 81 . Then , Master liiokiiis £ you lose five day ' s

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    labour of the horses travelling and one | day to rest at , hqme , . and there , Master Timkins , ; at 8 s . 4 d . a day , is g / . i 0 s . a horse , or , Master Timkins , 571 . 10 s . " Now , Master Tinikins . . _ £ s . d . ' Hxpensea ofHorsesonroad „ 23 o 0 --Expense of Hen" .. .. .. 800 Men ' s fare and expense to London 8 0 0 Loss of Horse Labour : „ ., 5710 o

    " v * r - i - 9810 0 Now , Master Timkins take „ 38 19 4 from that , and you hare a Baring of 5710 8 And Master Timkins , not counting bad weather in March , and damage to feet of heavy horses by travelling , and chance of . chaps get * ting drunk and running races ; so now what say you ? ' 'Why , Master Tomkins , it ' s the gloriestest piece of political economy that ever mortal man heard of , but I ' m blest if them there vagabonds wouldn ' t puzzle brains of poor folk , that can't calculate like thee , Master Tomkins ; but it ' s astrue as the light , Master Tomkins , that when I read that there stuff . I thought we were to get all for nothing , and pay nout for anything . '

    Now , my friends , I tell you how I answer the arithmetic of this booby ; and then I'll tell you a story about him . I got possession of this estate on the 11 th of September . Saturday last was the 16 th of October , and there were forty-seven houses and the outbuildings up , and by Saturday next , that is , when you read this paper , there will be sixty ; up , and I did ' nt intend to mention a single word about it until , by the end of November , I was able to show you that I did more in the last ten . weeks than in the previous two years ; as , by the end of November , if the weather is at all fine , I shall have ninety houses up here . And , perhaps , the Mercury man will be horrified when I tell him that already I have paid the

    said Mr Tripp 1 , 500 J . within the first month , for goods delivered , besides paying 6 s . a ton for bringing them from the canal here . : And , my friends , what will the ruffians say , when they learn thatlsOJ . a week would not pay for attjthe horse-labour that we should require here , if we had no horses of our own , besides being short of the dung—the most important ingredient for a poor man , and what no other occupant , except the tenant of my . Land Plan , ever gets a spoonful of . And what will they say , when I tell them that I would have saved 1 , 0007 . if I had had horses of my own at Herringsgate , instead of paying Q 0 l . for the carriage Of dung , and 6 s . a day'for donkeys to draw a wheelbarrow of sand . "

    Ah ! my friends , they can't bear the Plan . I sent three stunners in one of Coalman ' s waggons , this morning , " fortythree miles to Lowbands , with three tons and a half of seed wheat , the finest that was ever seen in the world , for the occupants there ^— and which they are not to pay for till harvest , and I am now preparing nearly five tons to send by railroad to Herringsgate , which they will not have te pay for till harvest—they get the

    most , because , though the smallest farm , they have the most land prepared for wheat . This is tbe great secret of farming , to change the seed—and , although I wish the occupants to be thrown as soon as possible on their own resources , I think on them , and them alone , by night and by day ; and , with' God ' s blessing , with the proceeds of the declining Star , I shall soon be able to lend them money upon their own security , for if I had millions they should have it all .

    Now for a story about the Globe , and I have done for the night , and I assure you I have had a long day of it , and it is now past ten o ' clock . In 1836 , we had a meeting at the theatre in Halifax , with reference to which , the Globe published a very insolent paragraph about me . I posted off to town—at that time there were no railroads—I arrived at the Globe office at eight o ' clock in the morning , and raw poor little Mooran , the editor . He shook like an aspen leaf , and I asked if he was the author of the paragraph . He said no ; and referred me to another , who told me the editor would be there at nine o clock . I called at nine to

    the minute , when I saw from the titter that there was evidently some hoax brewing . I was told that the editor was in his room , and to walk up . I knocked at the door , when a very gruff voice roared out'Come in . ' I entered , and saw ahugewhiskerando , with a big blackthorn stick by his side , and the breakfast things on the table . 'What ' syour will , sir ? ' said whiskers . 'Are you the editor of the Globe f 1 said I . 'Yes , I am , ' said he . 'Then , ' said I , ' I require an explanation of this paragraph . ' 'Humph , humph , ' he grunted like a pig . 'Well , what about it ? ' 'Why , merely that if

    you are the author , you must retract it in the Globe to night , or meet me in the morning . ' ' Show it to me , ' said he in a milder tone . 'Oh , I did ' nt write that , it ' s very wrong to take those liberties with private characters . I shall see the writer , and compel him tomake the proper amende in this evening ' s paper . ' And sure enough , the most ample and satisfactory apology appeared in that very evening ' s Globe . Now , I have done for the night , and tomorrow morning the Whistler shall have the benefits of my waking thoughts . ' My good ruffians , what ' s your demand for killing two small childrea V— - Babes in the Wood .

    My friends , the League ruffian , the convicted spy the man with the glazed hat , who , it now appears , was the man who was hired by the Newport magistrates to entrap Frost , Williams , and Jones , comes next in the list . Every man who has read the clear and unanswerable analysis of this man s own biography in the Wakefield Journal , and published in the Star of last week , can come to no other conclusion than that this fellow

    has been the hired instrument of any party standingjin need'of a good ruffian ; nevertheless , as the people ' s bailiff should not onl y be virtuous , but above suspicion , I shall not confine myself to an exposure of his hedge law and rampant nonsense , but I shall put his every charge into the hand of William Grocott on Tuesday night next , to be read to the men of Manchester by him , as the indictment of the ruffian , and every word and every . sentence , aid every count , J will answer , not mystically but simply . Arthur O'Connor and Roger O'Connor , my landless nephews , robbed by me ;

    the cutting down of timber ; the mode of procuring qualification for the county of Cork ; the establishment of the Northern Star , and my resources at the time ; its liabilities and my liabilities ; the discharge of Joshua Hobson and the cause ; the whole affair of John Cleave ; my fraudulent books ; Mr Stocks , the coroner , the brewer and solicitor , of Halifax ; the payment of the interest upon the scrip of the Northern Star ; every transaction of my life , I will be there to answer « or , and William Rider shall also be there , who has been in my employment from the commencement : and I challenge my

    accuserEto produce John Ardill , my bookkeeper ; John Cleave , ' the injured London agent ; Joshua Hobson , my much injured editor—and I will pay all their expenses . I will meet this Mr Mannix ' s question , and every relative male and female I have in the world ; and without excitement , but relying upon facts , simple ; facts alone , I will not only refute every chargej but I will show the folly , the futility of one and all . And now , I come to the consideration of those legal ab surdities which this scoundrel , has trumped up , and which the learned editors of the Nottingham Mercury , the Dispatch , Uoyd ' s Trash , the Nonconformist , and the Manchester Examiner , characterise as

    ' able and interesting exposures , Firstly . —He savs that I told you some time ago , or that I made Mr Wheeler tell you , that the Company was registered . He lies , and he knows it . Mr Wheeler never said any such thing . There has not been a man in the world so anxious to have the thing completely registered as myself , and there never was a trustee who will furnish such a balance sheet as I will , when the time for transferring the property arrives . There won't be a farthing , nor the fraction of a farthing , mining or misapplied . Secondly . —He tells you' the penalties incurred for he Infringement of an Act of Par-

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    liament , which he can t read ; while I tell you that the'im poBsibility of protecting the property of the Company from ' the meshes of the law , from spies and informers ; during the ] process of registration , was ^ the ^ very reason > vhy the property has been purchased in my ,, name , f tell you that I objected to it , and I tell you , that it was only—not by the vote but by the insistence of the directors and Mr Chinnery , Mr Roberts ' s clerk—that I consented . I wished the estates purchased in Mr Roberts ' s name but Mr Chinnery said , that it would be very wrong , if the estates were purchased in the name of the solicitor to the Company .

    ; TAw % . —This knobstick definer of the law appears to forget that the directors had every expectation , and ; had aright to entertaSb ' every expectation , of having the Company enroVed under the Benefit Societies Act , and that alterations were made in that Act when we were performing operations which , during the time of provisional registration the law would not allow the Company to perform . And this beast should understand that Mr Roberts , Mr Buncombe , and a banister of great celebrity—not Mr Manni * -had'more than one interview with Tidd Pratt upon the of

    subject enrolment ; but the new Act requiring the consent of the Attorney G eneral , and that law officer refusing his consent , we were foiled in theenrolment , which the directorssetabout without a moment ' s delay , as soon as the first Conference , held at'Manchester , decided upon enrolment . And now the protection of the Company consists in all the acts ' , having been performed innry narhe . • ' ¦ : ' - Fourthly . —The worse than nonsense , the rubbish , of telling the shareholders that they are all liable for this , for that , and the other ; whereas they are no more liable for anything than the man in the moon . The Act of

    Parliament is framed for the purpose of protecting the thoughtless and . unw . iiry . from the machinations of the fraudulent and , the cunning ; and nothing would give me greater- pleasure than to haye ' eVery act of mine , in connection with the ,. Company , submitted to the strictest enquiry of a Court' of Law or a Coiirt of Equity . Fifthly . —How can I answer ? how can any man answer ssch rubbish as , that the persons

    who sell me estates may reclaim them at any time they think proper ? , Why , my friends , I will put an extreme case . Suppose me to he convicted of treason , oronurder , and to be executed ; in such cases * the Crown is entitled-to the property of the criminal , and the Crown is the most powerful and inexorable opponent , and yet , even in such case , the Whig Lord Chancellor , the first Equity Judge , would step in and tell the Crown that it was clear that

    the property was trust property , and that those for whose , benefit the property was bought , although they should have been more cautious in the selection of a trustee , nevertheless should not be ' sacrificed to their own credulity and pardonable weakness , and his judgment would be for the shareholders and against the Crown . That ' s : presuming the toughest case—that I was hung ; but does the

    English language furnish terms of contempt sufficiently strong for those hired tools who characterise such folly as able and interesting ? Why , the ruffian mighi as well say—nay , better—that Goatman may come and take his carts , Dixon his horses , and Tripp his timber . Indeed , I should like to see the vendor of one of these estates serving me with' notice to quit under the Statute entitled ,

    'WHISTLER'S LAW OF RECLAIMER . ' Sixthly . —This mountebank tells you , that if I died , all the property would goto . my nextof-kih . Now , to take the strongest end of this stick first , I tell you that if I died , even without a . will , it would not go to my next-of-kin , because there , too , a Court of Equity would step in and decide that it should be applied to the purposes of the trust , and which trust would be defined , if necessary , by an issue , sent to . be tried by a Court . of Law . And as to my not being able to will the property to the shareholders , can you imagine even printer ' s devils coiiiposing such stuff ? Why , if the property was my own and not

    under settlement , and if I had a thousand sons , I could bequeath the whole property , to trus- ; tees for the uses and purposes denned in my will . I could leave it to be distributed as alms , to build almshouses , tobuild churches , to build schools , or to / purchase land and build houses ; and didn't these fools of editors understand that millions upon millions worth of property is held by trustees appointed under the will , of deceased parties leaving those properties ? Now , what becomes of the property of all other parties similarly situated . Oh , but this is different , this is for you > and you are paupers—this is the law for me ^ because I am your trustee : ¦¦

    Seventhly . —The fellow tells you . that the property is all mine , and that I can do what I like with it , although the vendors may take it all from me . Eighthly . —He tells you , that depositors in the Bank have no security . Now , which of these horns will he-hang upon ? If the property is mine , all " my property is liable , as security , for all the . liabilities , of my bank ; and , therefore , in proportion as he weakens the security of the shareholders he strengthens the . security of the depositors . So : that you see heis in a mess , and , hit him high or hit him

    low ; you can ' t please him . , Ninthly . —He ^ has got some jumble in his head as to the reduced value of an estate by the amount of timber valued upon it . He says , that if an estate' cost £ 7000 , with £ 9000 worth of timber ; that that estate , ' stripped of the timber , wouldbe reduced to the value of 6000 / . Really , my friends , it is out of the power of a master magician to handle the jugglery of this showman with any thing like gravity . Now , just let me place this mystery of a fool in its proper light , and I will showjydu , that , so far from those complicated incidents diminishing

    the security lof an estate ^ they actually increase it . Now , for instance , I buy 100 acres of land at 50 / . an acre . I buy it at competition—it is worth the retail price to me- ~ while my competitors but offer the wholesale value , all the timber upon the estate is a wholly separate thing—that ' s valued by two persons appointed , for the purpose ,, the one y the vendor , the other by the purchaser . What is called 'lop' and 'top' is never valued ; it goes for the expense of conversion , and the timber is always valued wholesale , and leaves me a large amount of profit , the old materials ,

    of which I converted nearly 500 / . worth on the little farm of Herringsgate , I don't pay for ; gates and other things , I don't pay "for , —hut I sell them all , and whatever profit I make upon the distinct , property bought by valuation , goes to reduce the price of the land —so that the 100 acres bought for 5000 / . without timber , would be leased to the occupants at : the rate of 250 / . ; which is 5 / . per cent , upon the 5000 ? . ; but if I made 500 ? . profit by timber and materials , it would be deducted from . the 5000 / . prime cost , arid . then the occupants of that land would only be liable to a rent of 225 / . a year , or 51 . per cent ;

    upon the 4500 / . ; thus leaving to the depositors in the , Bank property worth 5000 / ., and which cost 5000 / . at a competitive price , for 4500 / . deposited ., This is one of the circumstances which enables me to tell the Nottingham Mercury m , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Sir Robert Peel , and all the bailiffs , land agents , farmers , landlords , directors , and managers of the Land Company , and all other companies , that no man does comprehend tins whole Land Plan , in its entirety , BUI .

    MYSELF . Now , for instance , again ; I purchased this estate of Minster Lovel at the rate of 30 « . per acre—I have 1000 / . worth of materials upon it , for which there is no charge , such as farm buildings , timber to be converted , and other things ; besides , I have soldsomeout-lying bits for 67 * . 10 s . an acre , aud I will sell forty acres of it , someof it flooded land and not fit for our use , at the same price , and the profit upon that will go to reduce *^ P " of the remainder to about 25 A an acre—which costSO / . ; thai

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    giving every depositor of 100 / . —120 / . worth of land assecurity . ' Oh ' . but , ' says this Whistler , with'his-mouth open , ' these outbuildings and other things are taken into account by the competitive purchaser ^ and are an incipient item in the , vi sible aggregate / and you sell the plums , which , as a consequence , goes to diminish the wholesale ; value of the relatively valued property • but ' it ' s not so , because our rent is 5 / . per cent upon the amount paid , and the plurnsyare not sold—it is the unavailable property 4 hat is sold ; and now I ask vou if a more lucid , clear , and simple-answer , ' could be given to an absurd , a ridiculous , a Aonsehsical question ? Take . the two estates , for instant

    that I have converted—at Herrinesffate I had over 20 , 000 feet of ground joists abme , about 120 oak door-frames , about Ho oak windowframes , which cost nothing , and of the very best quality , and all these materials are on the spot without the expense of carriage . ' .. Now I will give you a curiout item . At Lowbands , the carriage of stones alone , in old buildings ,-would have cost 120 Z . Now for a choker , ; and I have done with this polluted ruffian—this hired mercenary—this degraded reptile . I have this ; . day . purchased 611 acres

    of the most , splendid : domain in this county , and within seven miles of this place , and seven miles nearer water carringe . I get possession on the . 25 th of March ; it will cut up into , about 200 allotments , and those houses I will perfect before the month of-May expires , bpsides keeping my hand in from the time I have done here to the 25 th of March , with another hundred houses , to ; that instead of 45 a year , W-SfVte ' - *^ be "early . 400 . ir 6 m into . the Bank at the rate that confidence would warrant , I would undertake to complete 10 , 000 allotments between this and this day twelvemonth . . A word' ; with ? the Editor : of Lloyd ' s trash , and , 1 have done with the six . You

    heterogeneous hermaphrodite ! you physical force Chartist of 1839 , when physical force brought yoa your wages I you moral force Colonel of ' tho Lumber . Troop ! , you landlord of that nice house described by your friend Joshua Hobson ! you have left meno argument beyond your poor spleen to reply to , but , at the same time , a correspondent from -Newport ' entitles you to a little notice . He says : — ^ 'Dear Feargus , —Can . you inform us ' whethorit is true that . Win . Carpenter , the Editor of Lloyd ' s Newspaper , was drunk , an Chairman of the dinner given to T . S . Duneombe ,. Esq ., . at ttiB White Conduit House , on the occasion of , the presentation of the National Petition ..

    And hear rriy answer : ' —f Yes , my friend , he was asdruhk . as an , owl—so drunk that the beast was hugging everybody , and could not lie upon the floor without holding . ' Now then , you half dozen Editors , baked in a pie , arn ' t you a dainty dish to place before your readers ? You thought , that the servile attacks of a mercenary press would be as effectual in destroying me , as tney have been but too often in destroying the weak arid chicken-hearted , but I love your abuse , and court your malignity— -the censure of slaves'Jis adulation , and God forbid that 1 should ever

    merit your praise , or even your toleration , you set of bloodhounds . You would hunt me down , because I am the enemy of oppression and the advocate bf freedom , but name the day , name the hour , and . thei place , arid I will meet . you all—one and all—before an unpacked jury , of your countrymen , and I will prove you to be slaves , tools , mercenaries , and assnssins What care I for your pigmy power , you chroniclers of man ' s depravity , of man s dissipation , you scoffers at ; his . misfortunes , and perpetuators of his grievances for which you profess to feel .

    Perhaps I am the only man who ever had the nerve to grapple with , and had the honour and the strength to destroy , the misapplied influence , the prostitute power , of a corrupt , a venal , and prostitute press * Go , you manglers of honest men ' s fame—go to Ireland , or go to to the devil , go' to my ledger , go to my balance sheet , go . to my office , pry into every disappointed man ' s rankMng mind , multiply the complaints of all , prepare them as a rack , and I defy your inquisition and your torture . You set of hired , degraded beasts , I live but for an object . Yes , it is to rescue the helpless from your fangs . You live but for a "

    nurpose—to eke a livelihood out of the miseries and sufferings of mankind . You poor devil of the Dispatch , to talk of caning me with interest ; why , if it came to that , I'd take the little knobstick priest Miall by the legs , and ' scatter you all to the four winds of heaven . " If you are not . satisfied ! with this editorial fricassee , give me the ingredients for another , and I will spice it to your taste ; but if you urge aught , the truth of which is disputed , and should Jbe kriow ; n , to my children , —ay , to " my darling children , my two millions of children , —you shall establish it in a court of justice . Don ' t suppose that you are going to break my heart or to disturb my rest by your fabrications , —they are sedatives , opiates , and

    resto-. I am , you ruffians , ' ; t , Feargus O'Connor ., Unpaid bailiff to the . paupers , and unpurchaseable representative of the working classes . P . S . —Ruffians , '— Hear this . In the midst of that crying distress , occasioned by the cupidity , speculation , and hard-heartedness of your masters the money of the shareholders , snatched from th ; gin palace and , the beer shop , is now giving repro . ductive employment to from 600 to 800 person :

    best wages ; and prepare your ears for a horror when 1 tell you , that , so extensive are our operations , that although I walk I keep a horse for our overseer . And now prepare your minds for a greater horror ; I haw this morning paid £ 80 for ground joists alone , besides Tripp— £ 187 more for spouting and ironmongery , at Lowbands , not in the ba \ ance sheet , and oh I horrible , another £ 28 for harness . And now contrast the condition of the occupants located , and those employed in preparing the Ideations here , with the following picture of the operatives thirty miles round Manchester , and takeu from the Times ' of Monday last . .

    THE MINUFACTUUIUO DISTRI 3 TS . MANCHESTER , Mondat Aftebhoos . Yesterday ( Sunday ) a ^ meetmg of delegates from the various . Manufacturing dintrlcU of Lancashire , comprelicndi » " a radius of tkirty miles rottad Manchester , was held ia the schoolrooms , Great Ancoats-atreet , to reeehetbe reports and decisitns » f the ramus district delegates ; meetings having been aeld in all the districts relative to the expediency of a total cessation of labour f » ra short period , in tho preseat embarrassed atato of trade , rather than a submission t » the present proposal of the raaaufacturera for a general , and probably pirmanent , r « ductioa of wages . There were twenty-six dis . triets ropreientci , embracing am uperative population o :

    several thousands . Amongst the principal districts represented I may enumerate Manchester , Stockport , Stalybridge , Bury , Dukinfield . Heywo » d , Oldham , Bolton , Ashton , Hlackburn , t ' reston , Hindley , Warrington , and « lsewliere ; un 4 as the proceedings , nllicll lasted from 1 $ » 'clock iii the morning to nearly 5 , present , n sor t of mirror of the present condition of the manufacturing districts , the following epitome of the staterooms made and the Upicsdiscttssad will p » sso * s an interest at thi » period . The varUusapeaVers , Y » h » fo » obvious reasons do not wish their names to be made public , emlarged upon «•<» depression , that reigns throughout tha roanufuctivfinit districts . The first resolution proposed and spoken to , contained an app »» l to tko manufacturing firms of

    Aahton , so as to ymail upoa tlicm to withdraw their pr * posed reduction to the exteat » f ten per cent on present wages , and recommending , shwld thoy not acttde , a general strike or cussatioa fr « n all labour throughout the entire district , on Thursday next , the 21 » t inst . In the interim , however , four delegates from Manchester , Ashton ,. Oldham , and Dolton , are to wait upon the Ashton facUrs , to enforce by argument and represen tation , the necessity of the cessation , and also , during tlte week , on Lor * John Russcll . the Chancellor of thoKxchequer and the Secretary of State ; the chief object of the deputation to the G « rera »« ent boiug to solicit , for the benefit of th « manufacturing interest , some elastic alteration iu fhecurrcucj , so as to eiuble them to . carry out trading operations without trenching on the xemuaoration of their workpeople , or superinducing the U 0 . cewityof a reAucllon In their wages . Aaothor

    reaolutioa , which , with the others , passed unanimously , was condemnatory of aay proseedinus calculated to disturb tho peace of th- district—a thing that unf ortnaately , ¦ nder similar but les * alarming cireumstMtces—occurred a few years ago , when a section of the factory lobulation pulled the pligs out of the boilers , a » d stopped the costly machinery at work . The reports from the varloas districts contained n > a « ifestations - of dissatisfaction m » d discontent . At Oldham aad other places it appeared , from vhtit was stated , that things were deplorably depressed ; that many of the mills o » ly worked •¦ - an average two and three days in tho week , some two a * d threo hours in the day , vthllo others did mot > vork at all . At Blackburn some of tho spinners had submitted to the proposed reduction of 10 per cenA . rather tham remain out of work for the winter * At Ashton , no fmr than twenty-one firms hate given notice of nn intwded reduction oH 9 P « ««*•» ' on ( , » under these cir-

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    S «^ i- « S 9 i * , link that cessation for a & - t ^!^ i prcf fl raUa * ° total suspension , in ft » l ^ . l * „ l ° ? ml ^ ai-kofs , with the turn of tha newyca / , may improve and pwvent any permanent re * f ^ . J »» " *«*» WBolton wsro to the effect , , that they did not ^ together s 5 de w ] th tho ceMntte * posal , thiukmg It might disturb the good filing " that oujrht to eiistbotween the employer and the employed J but , on the other hand , there Wag the ominous fact sta . ring them fn the face , that firms in Bolton , that for years had not worked short time , wore now running only at the rate of two and three days in the week . There wera only six mills in Preston working full time ; the others wont at two and three days a-week . Chorley , Dukinfield Hindley , and Heywosd , gave , in their adherence to stop , page for a short time , rather than a reduction of ten per cent . It was understood from tho Manchester delegates , that the Manchester board of guardians were sendiner

    spinners who sought reliaf to fill the places ofthose who had determined on turning out . At Stockport the state of feeling appears to be unanimously in favour of cessa . tibn for a , period . Most of the mills aro working shore time , and between loO and 200 mills are standing still There issome talk of a public demo nstration on the subject . AtVarrington , where the same stagnationexiste , the unemployed operatives have gdiso to tlw relieving officers in a peaceable procession of some- fiDO . asking for repro . ductive employment in the shape of land reclamation } the answer of the guardians , beiiiff , that they will take tho subject into consideration . Every cotton mill is closed , throwing upwards of two thousand , directly and collaterally including families , four thousand or five thou , sand hands-out of employ . Tho above in d pretty clear reflex of tlie'condltion oftha districts , of which Manchester , with its dependent population of two millions , forms the fuctrv Tho various delegates appear to be of opinion , that cessation for a short period from labour is , oii their part , the most sensible policy , rather thnn submission to \* i reatwtion that

    may possibly prevent them from recovering their original position . Thoy think that the proposed redustion would not give relief to the manufacturing firms in the present state of trade in the country , and that it is more in the nature ' of a ruse on their part , to lead—if circumstances compel—for a time , to a total cessation of labour . The well-known deficiency of tho cotton crop had no doubt rendered the short time measure necessary ; and it was the opinion of both masters and men , that a cessation would be mutually to their advantage , andthatinthe meantime trade would approximate to an amelioration . Others , however , were of opinion , thatif trade , at the end of the proposed period , was no butter , the operatives would be worse off than before . There was not onethird the production now that there was this time twelvemonth At present the opinions of the manufacturers were conflicting . Soma were in favour of short time , others for a partial , others for a total cessation . Nearly twenty mills had s topped in Manchester since last Christmas , and ; the total number stopped to the present time was thirty-three . ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ .. ¦¦

    Blame is attributed to the Ashton firms , who commenced this movement of reduction , Ashton being con . sidered thcleading place of the district and as reflating the policy of the other ? . It is consequently to theinterests of the operatives to oppose this movement , seeing that if it bo adopted all the other districts will bo compelled to submit to the reduction . The present drain for railway capital was cited as being a considerable element at work in producing tho present manufacturing depression , upwards of two tnousand mills betas ? at a stand-still . It is feared that the present state of things will result in the overcrowding of the poor law unions , and should the appeals and' representations of the delegates to the Ashton manufacturers and the government be of no avail , a ge neral public demonstration throughout the districts is sxpected to tako place .

    if yon have read the above , contrast it with the announcement that I am just going to start with Messrs Doyle and Cullingham , a director and overseer , to walk over 611 acres of ground ; of ground to build cottages upon , for slaves rescued from your grasp . I forgot to tell you , that I have eighteen , pigs , and that on Monday I am going tohuy fifty head of cattle , to make dung of the straw , to grow potatoes arid cabbages ( or your foodless paupers .

    11 ECE 1 PTS FOlt THIS \ YEEK . £ s . d . National Land Company 1 % 67 10 8 The Bank .. .. 269 14 0 2137 4 81 ! Look on that , you slaves , and tremble !

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    QCTOBSt 23 , 1847 . THB . MOftT ' limm « Tiit ,

    To The Electors Of Manchester And Its T1...

    TO THE ELECTORS OF MANCHESTER AND ITS T 1 CINITY . ( Prom the . Jfane / iMler Times . ) Gentlemen , —We , the Chartist Registration and Election Tommittee , deem it eur duty to inform you that we intend to bring f-rward oaeor mora Chartist candidates it tne nejt election . We presume , from tho deranged state of things , there will prenently be another dissolution of parliament ; coa * equearly , we shall lose no time , but at once endeavour to prepare your minds for the re- ' eepiiou of our great and sacred principles , aad also to solicit your suffrages in favour of such candidates as we may consider qualified to carry ont the same views . We , now , therefore , take the liberty of laying before you someof our principles and objects ; principles such as we advocate ultimately must achieve both civil and

    religious freedom . Our main object is first to obtain , by legal enactment , what is commonly called the People ' s Charter . We fear some of you are utterly unacquainted with the principles for which we are contending ; others imong * t jou have imbibed erroneous notions and prejudiced opinions against the po itics we advocate , and so closely adhere to ; consequently , we will now , nnd from time to time , endeavour to establish in your visvrs a correct knowledge of our righteous principles , and also tbe objects we are seeking after . We set out with a legitimate claim for universal suffrage , that is , all men who are untainted by crime ought to have a voice in the choice of representatives , or In other words , to have the right to vote for a member or such members as will , in his estimation , legwlate justly , and expend frugally ani wisely tbe taxes he , in conjunction with others , is called

    upon to contribute towards , and for the maintenance of , tbe state . Wo ask for the ballot as a shield of protection . in favour of the honett voter , upon whom tha landlord or employer may be disposed to exercise coereive and undue influence in order to induce the elector to give bis vote dishonestly to whom be may be directed ; the ballot would , at all events in a great measure , pre . vent It . W « conceivs , as short reckonings make long ; friends , wears consistent iu asking for short parliaments . Annual , or once a year , is what we deem sufficient duration of time for members to legislate ; at any rate , wft think if nwmbevs have acted honestly towards their constituent * , tbey would have no reason to fear , s they would in all probability hi re-elected . Our next jreat principle , and oso we deem of vital importance , is . no property qualification for members of parliament , as

    Nature makes no distinction , to all men are equal iu the general term , and all ought to be eligible to titles , immunities , places , and merit . Neither wealth nor poverty are sufficient of themselves to guarantee probity , nisdom , or intelligence . Let the elector have the power to register his honest vote in favonrofthe just and tbe most rreritorions candidate , considering character and competency , which is the true and proper qualification u-CMsary for a member of parliament . Pajmant o ? members for their services is another of our principles' ; surely no one can object to this , as it is not right to expect any individual to sacrifice his whole unrequited time and services to the cause of bis country . No ; bnt let us act in accordance with that beautiful Scriptural nhraso which says , ' Thehbonraris worthy of hi * hire . ' Lastly , which winds up the whole of our fundamental

    principles , is what we call equal electoral dtwricta ; for , we contend , the country ought to be equally proportionatsly divided in order tolnsure an equitable system of representation . At present ws find many small boroHgha possessing os many representatives as large towns or fitlee for Instance . Harwich , with a jopulatlrtn of 3 , 730 . and only 181 electors , returns two mem . bc-rs to parliament , whilst Manchester , with a population of mora than 800 , 000 , and about 12 , 000 electors , returns only the samenumberof members . IVe have now briefly laid before jou thewhole of our fundamental principles , and we trust that you will considerately and deliberately five to them due attention , and let that imprr . tance be attached to the just m . n ' . ioned enumorat . d principles—tbe principles contained in the People ' s Charter . ' . N

    We must conclude with , no system' of representation can excel or surpass tbe one wa hare here subzni'ted for your deliberate consideration and wiio approval . It is framed ou the broad basis of unlvursal justice . We are nloy aiming at universal justice . We are only aiming at universal protection , so that our legislators may make only such laws as witt harironise vith the laws of God an'i nature , and thtt the laws of the land may be made to accord with the moral preempts of Christianity . As we intend soon to appeal to yo » again , we trust this may for the present suffice , and remain yours , faithfully , in the Chartist csuse , Wji , Amnios . Chairman , G II . Smith . Secretary . Committee Boom , Pt-ople'n Institute , Hfrrod-street .

    Mmunyr Trnvil —All The Paid-Up Members O...

    MmunYR TrnviL —All the paid-up members of this branch are requested to pay their general ami local expenses on Monday , N ^ ember 1 st , otherwise they will not be in the next ballot . It is hoped tba > above instruction will be strictly attended to by all . Lancashire Mwebs . —The next general delegatemeeting of Lancashire Miners will be held on Monday , the 1 st of November , at the . house of Mr Jbbn Croston , Kay-street , Bolton , at eleven o ' cloek iu tbe forenoon . Reompts op tub Central Rboktbatiox asb EtEoiio . v Committer from Octobbr l & h . —Mr Mnrgetson , Is . ; Burnley , 1 st and 3 nd Land . branch and Charter Association , 10 s . ; Norwich , per Sprtns :-all , 6 s . 0 d . ; iiuddersfield Land branc ^ , perjL » : \ i Lodge , 6 i . 61 . Total , £ 1 4 s . —Jambs Gais > nr .

    Z DoscisiBR . —At a large and most respectab . a meeting on Tuesday evening last , Mr JL Grimshaw in the chair , Mr J . West delivered aoablo and lucid address on tbe Land Plan and Baulu .. . . NormeiHM . -A lecture will bo delivered in the Guildhall in this town , on Monday evening nest , October 23 th , by Mr Henry Dorotan ; suljeet i The Land and tho Charter . ' To tommenca at seven t Burt— The members of the Chartist Association m this town are requested to attend a meeting on Sunthy next , at two o ' clock , p . ta ., in their room , ClerkcUtreet - .. „„ . . * * . HuLii .- 'l'be membejtaof the Hull bnnch c { the L < ind Company meet at the Ship Inn , Church-Jane , „ very Monday ainnVednesuay evening , at half-past seven o ' clock .

    Stockport . —Mr R . Wild , of Moiiraro , will lecture in the hall of the Lyceum , on Sunday , evening , October 2 ith , at six o ' cclock .

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 23, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23101847/page/5/