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      ,Rn The Bank Depositors And W Land Members.

      , rn THE BANK DEPOSITORS AND w LAND MEMBERS .

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      4 It Friends , Yon are a ^ are that a Select Committee of ^ e H o'i-e of Commons , consisting of fifteen Lmbers , is now sitting in deliberation upon j ^ e Land Plan ; and as , in obedience to the in" unctii ' of that Committee , I am prohibited . - ] n common with the rest of the Press , from publishing any of the evidence before it 13 reto the House of Commons in

      ported a printed ^ japfj I am debarred—and I think properly so l- ' from g iving any garbled reports of the jiro-C tfd ' m £ s in an unfinished state . However , all sre alkured to publish any portion of the repgrt that has been received , and to make comments upon the evidence . And yet , stranse to say , so unpalatable is the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth , to the Pressrang , that not a paper has ventured to publish or comment upon that printed evidencej which is available to all .

      Thoug h I shall conform to the rule laid ( jo < rn by the Committee , that is , to abstain from all comment upon the evidence , I am , nevertheless , at liberty to state to you the jnode and manner in which your accounts ha ve been kept , and your monies have been appropriated . And you are to hear in mind , that this Committee does not consist of men chosen from a conference of members whose feelings would be rather favourable than

      otherwise ; but that it consists of gentlemen who , previousl y to the appointment of the Committee , must have heard and read the vile and slanderous attacks that were made upon me with reference to the management of your affairs ; and with these uncontradicted impressions upon their minds , they must naturally have been preju diced against me . But how consolatory it is . to me , and how cheering it must be to yeu , that I can substantiate even' word that I have written and spoken uuon the subject before that Committee .

      And , my friends , as it is , " a novel thing to find a gentleman giving up every hour and every minute of his time to promote the wellbeing of the working classes , few , if any , thought it possible that an alien—a stranger , and one selected as an example to terrif y you from the prosecution of your ri ghts—could thus devote himself without ; ome selfish and sordid purpose . You have heard of , and read of , bubble schemes in railway speculation , mining speculation , building speculation , banking speculation , and emigration speculation ; and the result of the majority of those

      speculations is , that the poor and confiding ¦ who invest their all in the bubble , find , when they anticipate a fortunate commencement of operations , to their horror and surprise , the bubble bursts—a call is made upon the dupes to discharge the debts incurred for legal expenses , advertising expenses , engineers ' , architects ' , directors' and managers' expenses . Look at Waterloo-bridge—how many thousands have been ruined : look to the Thames

      Tunnel—look to the Bank of Manchester—to the West Riding Bank at Leeds—and to the several other Joint Stock Banks , the failure of which has caused ruin to thousands . Think of these bubbles , then behold mine ! I established this Plan in May , 1845 . I established it , as I told you , as a mere sectional experiment , never hoping nor expecting to make it national until it was stamped with national approral , and its realisation was demanded bv the national will—enforced by the national

      voice . As I told you in the outset , I never expected that it would go beyond a mere family compact ; the conditions fulfilled between the propounder and the members , without any reference to that law b y whose intricacies I told you we would he hampered , because there is one law for the rich and another law for tbe poor , or rather the mild spirit of the law for the rich , and no law at all for the poor . Well , as I predicted , your confidence in me speedil y nurtured the infant into a giant , and now that protection which is never refused to the bubble

      schemes of the rich , is sought to be withheld from the poor ; BUT IT SHALL NOT BE , as , backed by your confidence , co-operation , and support , 1 am resolved to risk my all—and my life , if necessary—in the accomplishment of the Plan ; by the complete realisation of which alone the disasters of free trade can be met , the peace of the country preserved , and the industrial classes made happy in the land of their birth . Prince Albert ' s transportation scheme £ hall * not be the tomb of my Land Scheme ; and

      in furtherance of this plan , Lieut . Waghorn has just addressed a pamphlet to Earl Grey , the Colonial Secretary , proposing the transportation of half a million , at an expense of fifteen millions ; whereas , besides locating those half million upon the land of their birth , I would give employment to another half million in performing the operations for them 5 thss showing you how this p lan of mine is the bond of anion between the natural and the artificial labourer .

      Observe , he proposes that the half million should be bachelors , whereas my hundred thousand heads of families would represent the half million ; and for this fifteen millions which is to be thrown away , sunk for ever in this transportation pool , if applied to Home Colonisation , the Government , at five per cent , rental upon the expenditure , would receive 750 ; OOOZ . a year , and would have placed a hundred thousand of a national milith freemen

      in their own sentry boxes , who , having property themselves to protect , might then be intrusted with arms for the protection of the property of the State , as all would then have an interest in the protection of the property of all . I said a hundred thousand of a national militia , but I aiight have put it down at three hundred thousand ; as , like Mrs Graham , every woman would shoulder her poker , and one of every three of the children would bite , scratch , and kick .

      Now , my friends , will ycu longer consent to this trifling with your feelings , tampering fith your money , and expatriating your friends at an expense of fifteen millions , while that amount expended at home would give employment , and secure , a labour field and a castle , for double the amount ? I have strayed a little , hut I will now come back to the contrast between my bubble scheme and those that I have described , and I will state what f am prepared to prove , and indeed have proved , to the Committee and to the world .

      The financial secretary receives the monies up > io Thursday ni g ht in each week ; they are published in the "Northern Star o f the same " seek ; the first edition of which is printed on that ni g ht . On Friday the monies corresponding with the amount published in the " Star , " & re handed over to my agent , less the amount cf weekly expenditure at the office , set forth h the secretary ' s balance sheet . The sum reeased weekl y ' is entered in a book kept for the purpose , " and a receipt for the amount is pien to the secretary .

      ^ n the same day the available money , such & s hank notes and " bank bills , are paid b y my £ ? ent to iny credit in a bank , or to my broker t > purchase Exchequer Bills . By Tuesday , tl-e Post-office orders are cleared , and are dealt , } a '« in the same way . The Financial Secretfcry produced his books , which * re as complete «« any merchant ' s accounts ; the airent produced his hook and vouchers from my broker ^ banker ; I p roduce every banker ' s book that ha * held liu ; funds of the Company ; and I pro" •« - « my several cheque-books upon those ta' ; l ; g . every cheque stating to whom and for

      ¦^ iidt the money has been paid . I submit all t ; , e overseer ' s and bailiff ' s books and receipts * or tbe several amounts paid , and I show tiint . from the chiv the Company was established , to tf 'fr present riioment , the funds have been bear-3 n £ interest , ; , nd that not a fraction of a farthing has boon abstracted from the purpose Jor which it was subscribed . 1 show that no tradesman , nor any person employed by me , has * <* received a bill from me for any amount , ^ d that , in the hey-day of railway speculation , when all were mad , that not a farthing ci toe fund ^ were speculated wills . But this

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      AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNAL

      Vol. Xl No 557. London Saturday June 24 ...

      VOL . XL No 557 . LONDON SATURDAY JUNE 24 Iftift PKCCE fbvbpekce « r WU 1 ' ' uaiuiiuni , uunu ^ yii I 04 dO . Five Shilling nn «! Sixpccc per « jHaner

      Is Not All—The Affairs Of The Bank , Wit...

      is not all—the affairs of the Bank , with which the Committee have nothing to do , are also to be investigated , and perhaps the depositors will be astonished , when I assure them , upon my word and upon my honour , that not a farthing of the monies paid into the National Land and Labour Bank has yet been expended ; and if falsehood and slander can shake the confidence of the depositor , this is my warrant and authority to the Manager , to refund every depositor ' s money upon the terms upon which it was lodged , and interest to the dav of withdrawal .

      lou , working men , who have been so often gulled and duped , and who have had so much confidence in me , will derive no small pleasure from my assurance , which will be now submitted to that searching inquiry with which I was THREATENED . But , my friends , mark the distinguishing feature of this Plan . From its establishment , to the present moment over three years—there has not been one guinea spent in advertising , while , any other paper than the " Northern Star , " would have charged nearly ten guineas a-week for that matter which any other Company i would

      publish as an advertisement . There has been no charge for architects , engineers , managers , and directors guzzling and feasting ; no charge for my service as Director , which , at the same salary that others receive , would have now amounted to nearly £ 350 ; no charge for my travelling expenses , attendance at auctions , and the numerous estates that I have visited . Those expenses alone would amount to nearl y £ l , 000 . It is now costing me over £ 5 a-week , when my time is divided between your service as representative and bailiff . No ' such item in my account as " Sundries "—a very

      comprehensive term in a merchant s account ; no charge for stationary and postage ; no charge for my nephew ' s services , for a year and three quarters , during Mr Roberts ' s treasurership , when he was engaged every day in the week in getting Post-office orders changed - , no charge for my secretary ' s time , who has been obliged to come to me from London to the several estates to do my work and yours ; no charge for making out the balance sheets , which has occupied my time and his ; but , upon the contrary , I have kept an account of the Company ' s horses while drawing coals for my use to the different farm-houses in which J

      have lived while carrying on operations ; no charge for a post-boy , to whom I have paid £ 16 a year for bringing your letters ; no charge For £ is premium , which I have given to the O'Connorville allottees ; no charge for an extra editor , that my absence from London makes it necessary for me to employ . Now , then , my friends , do you think that any other manager of a Company iu the world can produce such an account as that , and can add to it the fact , that by my own industry and diligence , I have realised a profit of over 3 , 000 ? . over and above the expenditure of the

      Company , while not a fraction has been wasted ? But I willgo still further in explaining the benefit of the co-operative system . A contractor in Gloucester told me that that his heart was in the plan , and that he would complete the cottages at Lowbands for 240 L . each . A friend of mine has built cottages of the same description , by contract , which cost about 175 ? . each . And now , what I assert is this , that if the occupation of a single house is worth the rent to an individual , that l can save him 51 . a year , at five per cent upon the

      outlay , even in the item of a house , beyond what he should pay for it if he rented it from a person who built one house or six houses ; and I will show you why . I get everything wholesale , and a large discount upon everything ] use for ready money—as much as seventy-five per cent , upon ironmongery , and the waste upon all—if there Is any—is reduced to the waste upon one in the whole number : whereas , if a man built a single house , he should buy all the materials at a retail prices , and should pay an extra amount for the work .

      Now , I contend for it , that no living man will build one house upon my p lan for 200 / ., and the rent of a house is in proportion to what a single one costs the builder , while your rent is in proportion to what they cost wholesale . We then come to the conclusion that a man must have a house , and that the builder will charge 51 . per cent , rent upon the outlay ; while , if I complete them in a much better style , and without scamping the work , for 120 / . a house , I am enabled to give two acres of land and a well-built house , built of the very best materials , the land costing 40 ? . an acre , at the same rent that a builder will charge for the houser alone .

      Now , I will tell you what I have done , and then you will say whether the funds have been honestly and economically managed . £ s . . d . I have paid for land , conveyance , and registration deed , as exhibited to the committee , about 40 , 000 0 0 I have built 350 cottages , say at 120 ? . each . - 30 , 000 0 0 I have given in aid and loan money to the occupants . 5 , 000 0 0 50 horses , 14 waggons , 19 carts , about 20 ploughs , rollers , clod

      crushers , large and small harrows , chaff cutters , oat and bean bruisers , sacks , building utensils , scaffold boards , poles , ropes , timber trucks , 10 cows , wheelbarrows , oat bins , 85 car . penters' benches , agricultural implements , harness , about . 4 , 000 0 0 Four magnificent school houses 2 , 000 0 0 Paid for printing rules , bank headings , and other work done for the Company . . 1 , 000 0 0 Dung and carriage to

      Herringsgate . • . 315 0 0 Guano , Lowbands . 99 0 0 Seed potatoes , and other s , about . . . . 500 0 0 All the timber , carpenters ' and joiners' work for 85 houses at Bromsgrove , completed at Lowhands . - . . 1 , 200 0 0 This means the joiners ' work , in fact all except the roofing and flooring /] Paid Harris deposit on Mathon . 500 0 0 Paid for draining and labour at Bromsgrove . . . 570 0 0 Paid tithes , rates , taxes , and insurance , ( as I insure ^ crops , horses , cattle , farm buildings ,

      workshops , and stables ) 300 GO Paid Weaving and Seager interest on mortgage . . 228 10 0 Roads , about ten miles . . ' 3 , 000 0 0 [ This is a fraction , more than ten shillings a perch for opening and completing , while no parish officers will make roads of equal breadth and depth for I ? , a perch ]] Thirty-six pair of splendid entrance gates ( don ' t exactly know price ) About two miles of close ox fence , at Lowbands , at fid . per yard . 88 0 0 Surveyor , valuer of crops , timber ,

      and estates . . . 250 0 0 Solicitor , on purchase of Mathon . 37 0 0 Additional for thirteen fiveroomed houses at Herringsgate , and five four-roomed houses . 1 , 500 0 0

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      £ s . d . Annuitants at O'Cennorville . 50 0 0 Hawkins , exchange on land . 50 0 0 Tanks to houses at Minster , extra 500 0 0 Expense of Conferences . . 300 0 0 Outbuildings at Herringsgat e 350 0 0

      Total 90,83 ? 10 0 Portable Workshops, C...

      Total 90 , 83 ? 10 0 Portable workshops , capable of accommodating 100 carpenters , consisting of buildings 170 feet long at each side , a store room for converted timber , forty feet long , with front boarded and enclosed with gate . Portable stable for forty - four horses , with boarded separate Stalls for each , as good as any hunters' stables in England .

      Granary for beans and oats , about forty feet , chaff room hoarded , room for bruising beans and oats boarded , and all enclosed with close gate . Portable blacksmith ' s shop and wheelwri g ht ' s shop [ Those I cannot exactly estimate the price qf , J > ufe f ffiUiisJate my reasons for . erecting them—until I did so I was obliged to leave all the old buildings standing , as the horses were required till the last day ; besides , I never could procure stabling enough for so many . " ]

      Now , my friends , here is no margin for one bit of Labourers' work performed at Herringsgate , Lowbands , Minster Lovel , or Snig ' s End ; but I will tell you what it consists of . At Herringsgate I g rubbed ten acres of a thick old wood . I grubbed some miles of old fencing , a portion of it seven yards wide , and I think for some I paid 5 s . a perch . I ploughed the ground , and harrowed it twice over , and sowed it . I staked out every allotment with thick stakes , driven in deep . I levelled all the old embankments , and grubbed up the old foundations , and planted cabbages and potatoes where the yard and buildings stood .

      At Lowbands—which I got in an awfull y rough state—I levelled all the fences , grubbed all the timber , made over an acre and a half of ground out of a swamp , raising it four feet high , to make it level with the road . I ploughed most of itjthree times , and paid 15 s . an acre for each ploughing . I harrowed it , and scuffled it , and planted the greatest part of it with potatoes , cabbages , and turnips . I levelled embankments , and filled marl pits , that people laughed at me for attempting . I pared and burned about twenty acres of grass land , which , with spreading the ashes cost 30 s . an acre : and made several miles of

      draining with p ipes , besides opening leading drains in part . At Minster , I levelled the fences upon 300 acres . I grubbed up all the old stumps . I drained thoroughly , 1 think , about fifteen acres . I ploughed and harrowed most of it twice . I pared and burned eleven acres . At Snig ' s End , I grubbed all the old fences , and eleven acres of tough old wood land . I

      levelled all the embankments . I pared and burned about eighty acres , at 35 s . an acre . I p lanted half an acre of potatoes for each allottee . I sowed half an acre of barley for every four-acre man , three quarters of an acre for every three-acre man , and half an acre for every two-acre man , I think , with one or two exceptions . The ground was stiff in winter , and I ploughed , harrowed , scuffled , and rolled it twice , and ( some of it three times .

      At Lowbands , I put out more manure than had been put upon the farm for twenty years before . At ^ Minster it took the horses nearly two months to put out the quantity I had made ; and at Snig ' s End I hope , by Saturday , to see nearly forty tons of the best manure , all made by cows and horses , placed behind every fouracre allettee ' s house ; thirty tons behind every three-acre house ; and twenty tons behind every two-acre house ; besides having manured half an acre of potatoes for each The ground that was pared and burned getting no manure except the ashes .

      Now , my frieAds , this is a mere sketch of the work to be done upon an estate that is converted into one field ; and I only wish that one of the gentlemen of the Press-gang would come and look at an estate when I have cleared it of roots , fences , and filth , and they would tell you that the removal of the stuff to the sawpits , and to the cottages , would take a man all his life , as 1 p lace all the faggots , roots , useless slabs and stuff , behind every house , for fire-wood . The paths to the houses will measure about 5 , 000 yards , made with broken stone , burned clay , or gravel . The stuff that comes out of the foundations , and out of the rooms , is placed behind each cottage to be mixed with lime , and makes the best

      manure , Now , my friends , there is an expenditure of 90 , 837 ? . 10 s ., without the cost of workshops , stables , blacksmiths ' , or wheelwri ghts' shops ; and without the charge of a farthing for work done , as I have described , upon over 800 acres of ground ; no estimate of what paths or gates cost ; no estimate for any incidental expenditure ; while I have received from the Company about 91 , 000 ? ., and perhaps you will be astounded to hear that I have above this expenditure ( with the Bank and Land money ) available—that is to say , in stock , money , plots of land , which I will put down at the price I have been offered for flooded land—the best , but not fit for your purposes—at ^ Lowbands , Snig ' s End , and Minster—about 27 , 000 / .

      Now , the labour and portable buildings have cost 8 , 000 ? . or upwards , while the money for which the hank is accountable , is under 15 , 000 ? ., and of which not a farthing has been touched . Now , perhaps , the riddle may be how the question is to be solved as to the amount of expenditure out of the lesser amount received , still leaving the large surplus in hand ; and my solution of the riddle is , that the houses , which I have put down roughly at 120 ? ., have not cost more than 90 ? . or 95 ? . However , there is the exp lanation of the present position of the Company , and there is my answer to the ruffians who have assailed me . Mind , I have all the joiners' wo k for Bromsgrove finished , and 575 ? . paid for labour on account of that estate , in draining , grubbing , and burning

      bricks . Now you , who know how dear character is to me , will be able to estimate the value of this exposure ; and , working men , believe me , when I tell you that if Prince Albert , or some ; nobleman of ' acceptedjprincl p les , had even one o my locations to exhibit , there would be visitors in thousands , and tens of thousands , to see the sp lendid operations of the benevolent

      Prince or philanthropic nobleman—but , as the work is mine , the traveller shuts his eyes to the exhibition . But , never mind , you and 1 will go on—your confidence and my exertions undiminished by the slander of the hypocrite , or the jealousy of the rival—until I see every son of Labour , who is willing to live in the sweat of Ins brow , located in his own sentry-box upon his own labour field—my system making the rich richer , and the poor

      rich—until I see nota pauper or oppre ssor in the land . i had intended to have addressed you at greater length , but , to confess the truth , my strength is exhausted , and I must postpone the conclusioa of this letter till next week . Meantime , that nothing may be withheld from

      Total 90,83 ? 10 0 Portable Workshops, C...

      public scrutiny , ^ is ray intention to publish as much of the" evidence as has been given before the Select Committee , and for which we can make room in the July numberofthe " Labourer "—thus showing you that I seek for publicity , instead of resisting it . And , when all is concluded , I will exhibit such a management of a Company ' s affairs , as will make speculators blush , and my enemies hide their diminished heads , from very shame . Your faithful Friend and Bailiff , Feargus O'Connor .

      The Executive Committee To The People. F...

      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE PEOPLE . Fellow Countrymen , Our time has been so much occupied , that we cannot at any great length address you this week . For the same reason we postpone any notice of the reception of Joseph Hume ' s motion by the House of Commons , further than to say , in the very outset , it is a miserable failure , which must however , eventuate to our advantage . Pioneers only clear tbe way . THE VICTIMS' BAIL .

      We have been most actively engaged in searching for , bringing 4 ip , and putting in bail . The Government seera , detQi : mined to keep all the prisoners in , if there is the most distant excuse for refusing bail . Their opposition is perfectl y diabolical , and the whole of a roan ' s affairs , who offers himself as bail , his transactions , character , and means , are sifted and laid bare with unparalleled impudence , cruelty , and arrogance . No man dare offer himself as bail , if he is in arrear for rates or taxes . If he offer and is refused , then , like our generous-hearted friend Bloomfield , he receives twenty-four hours' notice to pay his taxes , or abide the consequence .

      Every known Chartist at all considered respectable , is harassed for both rent , rates , and taxes . Mr Shaw of the Tower Hamlets , and many others , have been treated in a most insolent manner by the collector . All debts are raked up , and , indeed , every means of petty annoyance and persecution are brought into requisition against our friends , bailsmen , and supporters . It may become necessary to consider the question of paying any rent , rates , or taxes at all , if those persecutions are to continue under the sanction of a vile , mean-spirited , and contemptible Whig government .

      Mr Sewell could not be rejected as bail ; he was beyond the reach even of Whig malice . Mr Mnrrell was rejected , on very slender grounds . Through some misapprehension Mr Dipple attended twice , and then withdrew , otherwise his bail wa ? unexceptionable . We have put in others , but still delay is the evident intention of the Government , They seek to tire out the patience of the prisoners , and murder us with expenses . They will fail in both objects , if the People do their duty ; and nobly they have done it hitherto .

      The prisoners are all very cheerful , and as conv fortable as their position can possibly allow . We may confidently say the same of their wives and children . The Committee appjinted to attend entirely to the interests of the prisoners , have been most thoughtful , active , and impartial . Remember the prisoners , and strengthen our hands , in the present severe contest with the Government , both politically and judicially .

      PUBLIC MSBTIKOS . We have had two very crowded and most enthusiastic meetings in London ; one presided over by Dr M'Dcuall , and addressed by Mr M'Crae , in the John-street Institution ; and another in the Literary Institution , Portman Market , addressed by Messrs Kydd and M'Crae . THE RIGHT OF MEETING Is strenuously upheld ) and roust be maintained , or we perish . We most heartily thank yon , fellow-countrymen , for the general response you so nobly made to our appeal ; and rejoice to find Lord John Russell recanting , in consequence of your patriotic reply to his finality ham bug . We have another appeal to make , and that is in behalf of

      THS L 1 B 8 RTY FOND . We intend securing several large places of meeting in London , and likewise agitating the country , from the centre to the circumference . Agitate , agitate ; organise , organise . We must not rest a moment . We must not turn our eyes away , nor take our hands from the plough , now that we have placed them to it . Aid us , then , fellow-countrymen . Putjrourshoulders to the wheel ; let not a treasonable Government have to add to their boast of putting down meetings , that of destroying the Executive and the Organisation , and trampling upon their victims . Bestir yourselves , now or never , and let us have a negative or affirmative reply , at the earliest possible period . The Lancashire and Yorkshire men will have one of our body amongst them , as soon as we learn the result of the elections .

      THE ELECTION OP TDK EISCDTIVE COMMITTED , _ Wc have to direct the attention of the localities to the loose manner in which the election of the Executive has been conducted , many places have contented themselves with a show of hands . It was expressly stated that the enrolled members were to ballot for five of an Executive out of the list of persobs nominated as fit and proper . We have no returns as yet from many important localities—The ballot must either be adopted at once , or the persons chosen together with the number 0 voters g iven . This must be done at once , otherwise we must stand still , not from inclinationbut from uncertainty .

      Fellow Countrymen , —We are fully aware that you only require to be made acquainted with a rational wish , and to have pointed out to you an imperative duty—the one we feel assured will he gratified , and the other done . The Executive expect every Chartist will look upon them as brethren iu peril and difficulty . Yours faithfully and firmly , P . M . M'DOUALL , J . M'CRAE , JAMES LEACH . SAMUEL KYDD .

      The Hush Coinfederates. The Brien Boroih...

      THE HUSH COiNFEDERATES . The Brien Boroihme Confederate Club , —A crowded meeting of this club was held on Sunday evening last , at the Druids' Arms , Greenwich . Messrs J . Lindsay , Perry , Barry , Sheridan , & c , attended as a deputation from the Davis Club , London . Mr Enticott ( Chartist ) in the chair . Several gentlemen addressed the meeting , and subscriptions were entered into for the Defence Fund . The meeting then adjourned to Sunday evening next . Large meetings were held the same evening at the Maze Clah , Berraondsey , the Theobald Wolf Tone Club , & c , and subscriptions to the Defence Fund were liberally entered into .

      The John Mitchel Confederate Club . —The weekly meeting of this club was held on Monday evening , in the school-roorn of the South London Chartist Hall , Blaekfriars-road . Mr M'Giuley in the chair . Mr Rooney addressed the meeting , and several persons were enrolled . The meeting was adjourned to Monday evening next . The Robert Emmett Confederate Club . — Meetings of this club were held on Monday and Tuesday , at the Washington-hall , Cable-street , Wapping . Mr Fearnsin the chair . The meeting was chiefly occupied with raising funds for the defence of the victims , and to carry out the Plan of Organisation . The meeting then adjourned to Thursday evening . This Club meets for business at the Washington Temperance-hall , Cable-street , Wapping , every MondayTuesdayand Thursday .

      , , A meeting of the Davis Confederate Club was held on l'Viday evening last , the 16 th inst ., at the Assembly Rooms , Dean-street . Mr E . Kenealy , barrister-atdaw , brought forward a motion for the adoption of the princip les of moral force at their future meetings , or otherwise to adopt the peace resolution . Only three hands were held up in favour of the motion . . Irish Confederation . —A public meeting will be held 011 Sunday evening next , at JcHUingS buildings , Kensington , to form a Confederate Club .

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      Nottingham.—The Middle-Classes Of This T...

      Nottingham . —The middle-classes of this town presented a requisition to the mayor signed Ik 115 names , to call a public meeting on Monday , June 19 ih for the purpose of forming a branch of the People ' s League , in order to obtain Universal Suffrage , together with such details as are essential to its exercise . Several resolutions were passed ; one for the formation of a branch of the society above named . The Chartists were requested to find a proposer and seconder to the following resolution . : — ' That whilst this meeting is fully persuaded of the importance of the principles of Universal Suffrage , which constitute the basis of the people ' s league , it is no less persuaded that Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , no Property Qualification , Payment of Members , and

      Equal Electoral Districts , are details absolutely essential to its exercise , and therefore call upon the members of the said league to embody the points in their plan , as necessary to its completeness and consistency . ' Messrs Sweet and Harrison were selected , and it having been proposed seconded , and carried , a petition was then proposed for Universal Suffrage , to be presented to the House of Commons . Af ter having been signed by the chairman , ( Lf > rd Itancliffe ) on behalf of the meeting , Mr C . Roberts requested that the whole of the six points contained in the resolution which had been adopted , should he added to the petition : but this they

      would not allow , although they had previousl y promised they should he added , if they were put to the meeting and carried . A deal of confusion here ensued , the chairman declaring he would not sign it if they were inserted , Mr Roberts , who was prepared with another petition , containing the tix points , moved it as an amendment , vshich was seconded by Mr J . Skerritt . The chairman refused to put it to the meeting , the mover and seconder declared they would not withdraw it when requested to do so . The League party seeing the determination of the Chartists , weie compelled to withdraw theirs ,. and thus terminated the meeting without a petition being put to the meeting ,

      Falkirk . —At a late meeting of the Falkirk branch of the National Land Company , the following resolution was agreed to : — ' That we hold our meetings in Mr Fleet ' s splendid new coffee room , High-street , on the first Monday of every month , foi the purpose of receiving subscriptions , but members may at any time have money sent off to clear them for the ballot , hy applying to the secretary and treasurer . ' Members in arears with local levies , are hereby requested to pay the same immediately . Woburn , Beds . — Mr Gammage delivered an open air lecture in this place on Monday evening last , to a numerous audience ; at the conclusion three cheers were given for the Charter .

      Leighton Buzzard , Beds . —A meeting was held here in the market place on Tuesday evening last . Mr Burgess , of Woburn , was called to the chair , who introduced Mr Gammage to tbe meeting . A few persons who were set to work by the ' respectables , ' kept up a continual uproar , and it was deemed advisable to adjourn the meeting to a field ; after this all went on quietly , the lecturer spoke for two hours , and at the conclusion thanks were given to him and the chairman , and three tremendous cheers for the Charter .

      Stockton-opt-Tees . —A public open air meeting was held near St Mark ' s brick and tile manufactory , Stockton-on-Tees , on Tuesday , June 13 th . This place was granted in consequence of the determination of the authorities not to allow the meeting to be held in the Market Place on the previous day , for which purpose fifty additional policemen were brought from the neighbouring towns . Resolutions condemning Lord John Russell ' s assertion , that the people did not want reform-against the gagging bill—and in favour of the Charter—were unanimously adopted . The meeting was addressed in a lengthy speech by Mr Byrne of Newcastle . Mr W . Byrne of Newcastle , delivered a lecture in the Odd Fellows Hall , Stockton , on Friday evening , June 14 th , ' On the New Plan of Organisation . ' Twenty-five members were enrolled , and seven shillings collected for the Victims' Fund .

      Elgin , Moratbhirb . —A splendid meeting was held in this town on Monday , the 12 th instant , called by the Leaguers , in support of Mr Hume ' s motion , but , strange to say , although a Chartist lecturer has not visited this place for too last eight years , scarcely . 1 hand was held up in favour of the motion , and a resolution for the Charter was carried unanimously . We shall shortly send some money to the Executive . —Joan MTubrson , secretary . Coatbridge , Lanarkshire . —On Monday week , 12 th instant , a procession of seven thousand persons , accompanied with bands , banners , <& c ., marched to the White Flat Railway-staticn bridge , where a pub «

      lio meeting was held . Mr Lee ia the chair . Resolutions in favour of Repeal—denouncing Lord John Russell and the Whig government—and of sympathj with the patriot Mitchel—were unanimously adopted , Tbe meeting was addressed by Messrs Hardee , Pollock , Adam ? , Riley , Graham , and Wingate . Dav £ Niry . —A public meeting was held in this borough on Monday , JuneS ; h , Mr Lane in the chair . A resolution in favour of the Charter , and a petition fennded on the resolution were unanimously adopted . The meeting waa addressed by Messro Aahwell , Dawson , and Munday . SracKPORr . —Tho Rov . J . Barker addressed two meetings hero on Sunday and Monday last .

      Doscastkr . —On Tuesday week last a public meeting of tho Reform League was held in the new concert room . After the usual deceptive twaddle of ' no half way with us—get us all we want , and then we will help you , ' Mr Foden proposed , and Mr Corbstt seconded , an amendment , in opposition to their resolution . The League cbairraan called twiee for a show of hands before he could decide which party had the majority , but ultimately he gave it in favour of the League . Amongst those who voted in favour of the-amendment were several professional gentlemen and tradesmen , who have previously acted with the Conservative iaterest , but , on tbe present ooea > > sum , were found under tho Chartist banner and No Surrender . Three cheers were given for the Charter , and the meeting shortly alter separated .

      Finsbory Locality . —Star coffee house , Old-street , St Luke ' s , June 19 . —Mr T . Salmon in the chair . — Messrs Wm . Salmon and Merriman were elected delegates to the district council for Finsbury . Mr Fennell moved , and Mr Wm . Salmon seconded the following resolution : —' That every member on entry shall give in his name and address , and that the dais leaders see that the address given is the correct one , and if not , that tbe name shall be erased from the baoks of the locality . ' Carried unanimously . Mr Allnutt moved , and Mr R . Fvszzm seconded—* That deputations be appointed to wait on ail the localities in the districts , to request them to send delegates to form a district committee . ' Mr Nobbs moved , and Mr Merriman seconded , the following resolution ' ¦ — ' That it ii the opinion of this masting that the arming of the pslice force with cutiasaes , whilst on

      night duty , is an unconstitutional act on the part of the government , and calculated , to lead to serious breaches of the peace , considering the brutal use the force have already made of their truncheons on previous occasions . ' Carried unanimsusly . Mr Nobhs moved , and Mr Merriman seconded— ' That a copy of the above resolution bo sent to Mr Wakley , with a request that he will bring the grievance complained 0 ) before the House of Commons . ' Carried unanimously . The meeting then adjourned . On Sunday next a lecture and discussion upen Emigration will take place . On Monday evening , the locality meets at Hudson ' s Academy , Cross-street . Uatton-jjardtn , when a lecture will be delivered by Mr P . M'Grath . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock ; and on Tuesday evening at the Star cofLe house , Old-street , Sti Luke ' s .

      Deskt . —To TDK Editor of the Northern Stab . —Sib , —A copy of the enclosed letter and resolution wasaonl ; to Lord John Russel ! , and I was instructed by the meeting from which it emanated , to request tha favovr of a corner for in-ertion in ihe Peopk ' a pipe * . Tho mealing waa addressed bv Mr Ure , ( Camc . ' on , ) and an eloquent and soul-stirring one from the Rev . Mr Duncannoa , ( Falkirk , ) ou the People's Charter , the political rights of the people ( see his tract published on that subject ); the rev speaker passed a high eulo ^ ium on Mr O'Connor for his steadfast adherence to the principles through fifteen years of persecution and acorn . At tho close of the meeting , three cheers were given for the People ' s Charter , Mr O'Connor , and three for tha Northern Star . —F . Lagan .

      TO THE B 1 QHT HON , toED JOHN RU'BEIX . My Losd , —In consequence of jour lordship's assertion , made In tho IIOUSO of Commons on 23 rd of May , to the offiiet , ' That neither tbe middle nor working elisses of theao countries wiafcod for any extensive mea-BBres of legislative reform ; ' a meotluj of the Inhabitants Of tlllfl place Was held In the Oid Follows' Hall , tbe 13 th iastant , When the enclosed roeoludon was una-

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      nlmouBly edoptrd and agteai upon to bo sent to joat i . > rd'hip , ( togetkur with a copy fcr publication in jho JJoRTBEHif Sr * B ;) tsro tsJltra bwo eppowttd by the meeting to count t » , : toct , end iX-Ia ^ o ell undsr age the result wa * 387 male adults . The meeting elao ex . pressed a hop <> tLct your lordship would see your arwr , —tctraotjour notorious albgatlon , —make the People ' s Cbirter u cabinet mfasuce , and thereby put an end to Agitation , s > n < l novo the country from utter ruin , bj having it nvide the hvv of tho land . Signed , by instruction of meeting , Francis Lagan , Chairman . D- > nny , Stirlingshire , Sccddad , ; Juno 17 tb , 1848 .

      Resolved , —Thiu wc , the innabitants of Denny , , in public mefctlpg assembled , are , in common with t tie rest of jihe United Kingdom gaffaring extreme distress . That suob distress io mainly aurieutablo to miegoyerument , Labour , which la our capital , not being repreaint « 4 in the Commous Uonso of Parliament , whilo aristocrats and eapiuilats bava usurped tho power of govoruingtreated the soverne < i witb overbearing InioSenco , —made lawj toaggnaudiso iheinseWeg , —and reduced tbe Industrious artfiiBR nn 4 labourers ( the' producers of ^ wealth , ) to ttiu Utw ^ x , depths of misery nnd dufrading ps > iperUm ; tbcuiflndi on thousands , through want ' o rood reduced tt > skel » : on 3 , and then fcorne unshrouded

      to tueir jjriives ; whilu droncn , in swarma of ariitncratio paupers , are revelling iu luxury on tbe flesh and marrajr of the poople . T ! c measure af iniquity is . fall , ' Yfe bnvo bof-n eaasfzad , until ire are no ionger squeezable wo know our right ? , and 'knowing shall maiutain , Thut no half measure of lsRUlativo reform will enra the social evils under whicS ; we groan . Nothing bat a foil and complete ucknowludsemont of our political right * will saffi e . That the document known as the Puonlo ' s Cnartsr tin bodies ali tbo principles of political fraodem for which we constnd ; and this meeting pledge themsilv b to usi ) all kg *! mid peaceable means for its enact » meat , at | d tvill not case fiom agitating until it become the law or f . u land .

      Cot £ nibt . —The Csortista of this locality ho tbeir usual weekly meeting on Monday evening , at Mr Pritcbard ' fi Ci / n \ e-h & U 8 e , Gosford-street , Mb Harrison in the chair , when a deputation from the colliery districts of Bedworih and Nunc & toa at ' t « n < kd , vrith a request to ba allowed to form a , part of ih ' iK district , under the new plan of er ^ anisatioa L'tie following resolution waa proposed by MrPioUard , seconded by Mr Farmer , and carried unanimously — That a district dolegato . meeting be held at Mr Fritehard ' s Oifee-house , Gosford-street , on Sunday , July 2 nd , at tun o ' clock in tho forenoon , when the following plaos are expected to send delegates , m , Foloshill , Bedworth , Nuneaton , Shilton , Warwick , Leamington , Kenilwortb , and all other places within twelve miles of Coventry . '

      Kilmarnock —A lar ^ e meeting was held here on the 12 ih lost ., Mr Peter Gorm in the chair , when resolutions in favour of the Charter , and the Labour question , were unanimously adopted . The meeting was addressed by Meaara Morrison , MeLelland , Ilenderson . Bryan , Simpson , and Paton , NOTHKOHILL , I £ ENSI ? GTONiKD nAMMEBSMITH , —A meeting of the Chartists and Land members of the above districts took place at tbe Prince Albert coffee house , Notting-hiil , on Wednesday week last . Mr Newql of Hammersmith in the chair . After receiving deputations from the Emmett Brigade , Paddington . & ,, to explain the beneficial working of toe new organisation , a subscription was opened , and 19 s . collected tor tor defence of Mr Ernest Jones and the Chartist victims . A meeting will be held at the same place on Wednesday next , June 21 , at eight o ' clock precisely .

      Banbury Dutuict . —An open air meeting took place on Tuesday last , when a lecture waa delivered on tho Land Company by one of the Banbury friends ; twenty members started a branch to carry the same ioto effect . Little Shbffibld district of the National Charter Association , —At a meeting of the council of the above district , held at the house of Mr Charles Clarke , Temperance Hotel , Rickinghanvstrcot , it waa resolved upon hoirfing the Council meeting * every Sunday afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock , and it is requested that members or tha Council will bs in attendances bu & iness of importance willbe brought before them .

      New Reform Movrmbnt . —Liveupjol . —A public meeting , called by the supporters of the New Movement , fur the purpose of adopting a petition in Blip * port of Mr Hume ' a motion , was held on the 19 th inst . The principle of UniversalSuffrage waa agreed to and supported by all the speakers , but they resorted to the old trick ot expediency for the puppose of ' gaining an instalment , ' and brought for . ward a resolution for ad ption by the meeting . The Chartists submitted an amendment , which was carried by . at least , two-thirds of the meeting , and also adopted a petition founded on the amendment in

      favour of the People's Charter . The petition waa sent to Mr Hume the saraa evening . N . B—After the meeting agreeing to our amendment tbe chairman and committee refused to press a petition which they had drawn up for the purpose , saying , that we bad rendered the object of the meeting useless , the chairman then dissolved the meeting and left the chair . Upon this wo proceeded to elect another chairman , for the purpose of passing our petition , whtn they immediately resorted to tha trick . Ot ' darkening the room ; however , we succeeded in se « curing our object and signing our document by our chairman .

      Wellingborough . —Mr Kydd delivered a lecture a few days ago ;" n the market square of this town . Chartbrvills , OxroRDsninB . —The following resolution has teen agreed to by the allottees on this estate : — 'That ourgrstsful thanks be given to the lady who kindly presented eaoh of us with a copy of the speech , handsomely bound and gold lettered , delivered by our esteemed friend and parent , Feargus O'Connor , Esq , on the National Lsnd Plan , in the House of Common ? , on Thursday , March 6 th , 1848 . ( Sr-iTALFiBLDS—A branch of the Chartist Association was formed on Sunday last , June 18 , at the Bluecoat Boy , Dorset street , Spitalfields . Liverpool . —At a public meeting held io Liverpool on the 19 th inst ., convened for the f iupase of sup - porting the motion oi Joseph Hume , on the 20 th inst . a petition was raised by a large majority in support of the People ' s Charter . The petition was forwarded to Joeeph Hume .

      A BERDEEN . —The Chartists 01 Aberdeen are orcaniaing under the new plan . [ We have not room for Mr Logan ' s letter . ] TOWCESTBR , NOBTBAMPIOSBHIKB —MORE PUBHC Meetings Suppressed . —It was snnouccad by handbills that Mr Gammage would deliver a lecture ia the Market-place of this town , oa the evening of Thursday , June 15 . This town ia completely in the hands of three persons , viz . —the Dukeof Grafton , the Earl of Pomfret , and Lord Southampton ; and the inhabitants generally were warmd that if they attended this meeting , they would be ejected from their dwellings , and those working men who hold allotments , were threatened with the loss of them , if they at » tended the meeting . Between fifty and sixtv special

      constables were sworn in ; the police were sent for from the surrounding villages ; tae street larags were taken from their sockets , and as much preparation mads as though a sieje was fully anticipated . Mr Burgess was called to the chair , who introduced the lecturer . The meeting was rapidly augmenting , when the superintendent , followed by hie men and the specials , sallied forth from a public house , in a state little short of intoxication . The superintendent addressing the speaker , informed him that he could speak no longer in that place , Mr Gammape offered to adjourn the meeting to another part of tha town , but the man in blue informed him he could neither speak there nor anywhere else , such were his orders , and the meeting must immediately disperse . Mr Gammage stated that as he did not wish to see any

      collision take place between the police and the authorities , he would disperse the meeting . To this the superintendent objected , saying that he mast speak no more , and that the police would disperse the meeting . Mr Gammage , however , called upon the meeting to disperse , and everything passed off without disturbance . On the following evening , another ia * stance of magisterial tyranny occurred at Cosgrove in the same county . Mr Gammage was announced to lecture , but bsfore be could proceed to address the meeting , he encouotered the police and Captain Maunsell , a magistrate , who gave orders for the meeting to be dispersed . The meeting was then adjourned to Wolverten in the county of Buckingham , where Mr Gammage addressed tfcoio assembled on the Charter , and the necessity of its enactment .

      Wellington . —Ou Thursday , June 15 ; d , a public meeting was held in the Town Hall ; Mr A . Shapcott in the chair . The meeting was addresEed by Mr VV . Rex . ot Taunton , and Mr P . J . O'Brien , ot Exeter , and a resolution was passed in favour of the I ' eople ' a Charter . Tiverton . —The monthly meeting of the Association took place at the Golden Lion Inn . Mr William RowclilTe , town councillor , in the chair . The balance sbeet of the laet quarter was read , which gave general eat'sfaction . ^ A vote of thanks having been given to the chairman' tho meeting separated .

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      Bi . \ -q « 2 Y . ~ Mors Arrests . — On Wednesday , June 14 m , at five o ' clock in tho morning , two men uaraed Robinson and Moore , were arrested and brougati b-jfgrs Mr Ferrand , who was iu attendance at that early hiur , to dispense his'justice . ' Robinson was charged with announcing a meeting , ; and walking in procession , and Moore waa charged with riot and rescue upon the most worthless evidence . About half-past six , Mr Ferrand , armed with a double barrelled gun , and six of his gamekeepers simf .

      larly armed , marched with the prisoners through the town to the Railway Station , from whence they wuiv conveyed to York Castle . On Monday , June 19 : h another , porsnn , named Ibckin , wasairested , by Foulds , who together with Varley charged Ilockiu with riot and rescue . The employer of Hockia ( a respectable manufacturer ) , and two workmen in his employ , however , deposed that at the time of the riot and rescue , Hoekin was at work in his master ' s factory , and he was accordingly discharged . So much for the veracity of Foaide and Varieoy .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 24, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24061848/page/1/