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      ' To The Ttokking Classes. Tir V0bsds , ...

      ' TO THE TTOKKING CLASSES . tir V 0 BSDS , "Whether yon are Chartists , Whigs * J ** of Badicals , Protectionists , or Free ^ ^ s—w ^ 7 whatever political name you ^^ Tstamped—your interests as working 1 SX $ «» one and indivisible ; and had not the

      rfand suhflety of those who live upon your fLidcnce been able to disunite you , you d ? P Tnow be THE HAPPY FAMILY , in-Wofa ^ unitednunily .: This is thelast . letter that I shall he able to ddress toyon hefore Parliament meets ; and a « to beforewarned is to be forearmed , " let as ca ] i your attention to the' happy prospects F | , » ore for you , which I glean from the Times f Thursday morning . il n in

      „ V * > i . _ . ^ - ... .... —n _ t i 1 That index , or rather reflex of Ministerial -jjjjd , which some weeks ago hinted something about an extension of the Suffrage , now tells jjs that there is no need for Parliament meeting at all : that there is nothing to he done , with sing le exception of legislating as to the most ^ nonnc mode of burying the dead ; and as to ? he National Debt , the Times tells the people , % i THEY CONTRACTED it , and , of course , THEY must pay it .

      However , as the postscript of a lady ' s letter 55 always the most important part , the Times , jji its postscript , speaks ludicrously of the protectionists' power , and what may be . the 'Protcctionista policy ; while you must remem-^ r the fact— " THE GREAT FACT "ihat the organs of a party always treat the policy which they most dread with the greatestlcTity . - . - Apart therefore from the prophecies or anticipations ] pf all parties , and they ? organs , I will attempt to foreshaJo ^ for ^ you truly what is likely to be the result of the coming Straggle . __ _ '

      There is nothing more plausible than for one party to arrange the aflairs of another partv ; hut it is very difficult to satisfy the other party with that one-sided arrangement : and the Money-lords and Free Traders will find it very difficult to persuade the Landlords and the Protectionists that they are the most fit and proper arbitrators to decide iu the action now pending between the owners of land and the labourers ; for , depend npon it that , .-exhibit it as they may , according to their se veral interests—this is THE QUESTION to be solved , and the question which must be solved , and for the proper solution of which I ha ve been long endeavouring to prepare the national mind .

      I therefore tell you , iu oontradictjou of the placid prophecy of the Times , that you never witnessed such contention , strife , and struggle as the next Session of Parliament will present ; and that you may be prepared for the struggle , I will put you in possession of the " dodge , " and it will be based upon the very same policy that has been invariably adopted by the employers of Labour . The strugg le will he between Protectionists and Free Traders , and the antagonism of the

      peop letoProtection will bensed asthestrongest element of Free Trade power ; and , as of yore , your power will he negatively and not affirmatively used . Y ' our opposition and hatred to feudalism and its legislation is natural , but then you should base your power—and not the power of a still more interested party—upon its ruin ; for I tell you again and again , that ihe landlord , if inclined to be a tyrant , could only be so every half year , —upon rent-daywhile the employer of labour could be , and is a tyrant , every hour in the day .

      I well understand the difficulties against which a man has to contend who places himself in opposition to powerful capitalists , who command the action , if not the mind , of the dependent millions ; and who command the Press , that in a great measure directs that mind . ' v , __ Daring the present week , I have visited Leeds and Manchester , the great hives of Yorkshire and Lancashire . I never witnessed a better feeling , nor I never experienced a

      more cordial or hearty welcome , and I learned that trade was never better ; and mark me , when I tell you , that whatever tinkering and patching there may he during the present Session , it will be based upon the prosperity of the country , and the satisfaction of the people . And the moment that prosperity vanishes , satisfaction will vanish also ; and then the dissatisfied people will revile me and others , for not using their power when they were unwilling to use it themselves , when it might have been beneficially employed .

      Let me now take a general view of the question of Free Trade as app licable to the hired labourer . I will estimate the rent of land in Great Britain and Ireland , at a much higher amount than it stands . I will put it down at seventy-five millions a year , and I will presume that by Free Trade it will be reduced to fifty millions , that is , one-third , or over thirtythree per cent , is knocked off the rent . That would amount to twenty-five millions a year , to compensate the farmer for the reduction in the price of his produce , while the wages of the labourer would be reduced in proportion to the reduction in the price of his food .

      if ow , upon the other hand , I will suppose that there are . twelve millions in the three Kingdoms who live b y . their labour , and I am much under the mark ; and I will presume , and I estimate it lowly , that the employers of those labourers would , inconsequence of Free Trade , reduce wages by sixpence a day ; and in many cases , mechanics , artificers , artizans , and those who are now most highly paid , -would have their wages reduced by more than a shilling -per day ; and it is a low estimate ix > presume , "that when Free Trade comes into full operation ^ " the wages of the agricultural labourers " Will be reduced from twelve shillings to nine shillings aweek , which is sixpence a day j and

      if you take the reduction of the twelve millions at sixpence a day , which is much below the mark , you will find that upon the year it amounts to NINETY-THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND , or forty Millions a year—more than the whole of the taxes of the country . But as I am determined to submit this question of labour and depend ' © nee to you in such a way that your opponents shall not suppose that my statements are exaggerated , youmust understand , that if the wages of the labourer is reduced by even twopence a a day , or a shilling aweek , the reduction would amount to thirty-one million , two hundred thousand a year .

      ^ ow , then , let me ask of you— -if those who vs & your labour for the purpose of manufacturing the raw material , could , or would consent to a reduction of NINETY-THREE MIL- ' HON , SLY HUNDRED THOUSAND , or even of TfflRTY-ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND npon the manuiactured article , on the contrary , w hile the scarcity of the raw material , which is now spoken of , would reduce your wages , it would increase the p rice of the manufactured article ; tut I am almost in despair of ever bringing you to understand the Labour Question , so long as the partial satisfaction of one trade , places those belonging to that trade in opposi , tion and antagonism to their less fortunate brethren .

      Whenever the time arrived that the Irish People , were in a position to extract something * wn the English Parliament , the GREAT LIBERATOR'S CRY WAS , "WHOEVER JIVIDES THE LIBERAL INTEREST , IS AN ENEMY TO HIS COUNTRY , fKD THE IRISH PEOPLE WERE JJAKSHALLED TO SUPPORT THEIR « ElEST ENEMD 3 S . - "Owsoit will be with you , if you allow } jnadve > to be led hlindfold . THE LIBERAL PARTY ( GOD SAVE THE MARK !) 111 endeavour to enlist you to fight against

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      Protectionists , and the moment the battle is won—thai feudalism is put down—rents reduced , and .-landlords made paupers—you will then see the BLOODIEST CODE OF LAWS ENACTED TO SUPPRESS THE POWER OF THE DEPENDENT LABOURER ; for believe me , that as self-interest is . the basis of human action , the moneylord will defend his power over labour Avith as great , and greater ferocity than the landlords will defend their power over land . And it is for that struggle , which , believe me , is at hand , that I am now endeavouring to marshal the working-class mind of this country .

      Do not he led away by the enthusiasm manifested at public meetings , or by the predictions of an interested press , for rel y upon it , that the power of the Commons is now transferred to the Lords—that the Lords' House ' is almost solel y constituted of landlords—that they "will abandon all political strife when their property is at stake—that they will resist some measure of the Commons—and , if Parliament is dissolve ^ " ihen ; you ;>; lIl : ^ platform enthusiasm and press whimsicality , wholly and entirely demolished b Protectionist votes ; '• and it is to ' avoid the hdrriblo revolution that would assuredly follow such a result , that I am preparing you for the coming struggle .

      When the Reform Bill was carried you were roused to madness , npon the presumption that the destruction of Toryism meant the ascendancy of the people ; while the first act of the Reform Parliament was to pass Coercion Bills ; to declare political unions—that elevated them to power—illegal ; to acquiesce in the illegal transportation of the Dorchester Labourers ; while at Nottingham and Bristol , many who were roused to madness , were sent by their friends to the gibbet . It was so with Free Trade , while we ( the Chartists ) always opposed the mockery , and declared ourselves VERITABLE FREE TRADERS—that is , for free trade in legislation , to make free trade in corn a national benefit . instead of a class speculation .

      The Irish landlords have had the first taste of Free Trade ; and now yon will find that Lord Glekgail and his associates , have discovered the value of British legislation , and are adopting a REPEAL OF THE UNION ; and depend npon it , that although poor Ireland was the first to get the smack of bad legislation , that England will have her taste , and that ere long . They were in a position to stand the experiment for a few years , but they are not in a temper to bear the inevitable results .

      You hear the absurd nonsense spouted , that Free Trade has not had its fair trial , and that corn will yet rise , and that the rivers of foreign countries being blocked up with ice , will prevent the foreigner from sending his produce to the English market . "What rubbish—what rank rubbish ! Do not these nincompoops know that however it may be detained for a season , that it will come when the thaw comes , and will be stored as a competitor against English produce ? and while they are telling you that Free Trade will not permanently reduce the price of British produce , I tell you , in the teeth of all such prophets , that you

      will see corn below 30 s . a quarter , ere longas all the countries in the world , where land is cheap and transit is cheap , are preparing stock for the rich market of the world . And let me repeat what I have before told you , with regard to ' this competition . Here—at Mark-Lane—stand two bags of wheat , English and American . The buyer first opens the English sack , and out jumps a crown , a mitre , a crosier , a parson , an ecclesiastical commissioner , a general and his staff , an admiral and his staff , a poor law commissioner , a

      policeman , a spy , a detective , a poor rate collector , hig hway rate collector , mistress of the robes , grand falconer , master of the horse , master of the hucthounds , groom of the stole , and all the lords in waiting , for their salaries : next he opens the American bag , and out jumps the little President , receiving 5 , 0007 . a year , and the whole Governmental staff receiving 16 , 0007 , a year—being altogether , for Presides ! and Governmental expenses , only 1 , 0007 . a year more than the Lokd-Liedtenakt oflrelaudreceivesas gaoler

      general of Ireland . You may ask me if the land bears all those taxes that I have referred to ? I answer , that what it doesnot positively bear , its owners , holding the control of power , have imposed upon the industry of the country ; and therefore I repeat , what I have stated over and over again—that what I wish to ^ see is , the Land measured by State necessity , and not by Political patronage . I wish to see it

      brought into the retail market ; and in order to prove to you that the folly of to-day may be the the wisdom of the morrow , let me give you the following extract from a letter of Mr . James Prsr , one of the principal managers of the Dublin and King ' s Town Railway , to Sir John Homily , the English Solicitor-General . After detailing the value of Small Farms , he comes to the necessity of granting a cheap and unexceptionable Parliamentary title . Here is

      the extract : — The proposed establishment has arisen out of the conviction that the first sale of land under the Commission mil form an epoch in the history of the landed property of Ireland , and that a rare exception will now and then only prove the truth of the general rule ; that no one wiU thereafter purchase land in Ireland wnlessit possesses the vast advantage of having a Parliamentary title . - From that period , laud , for the first time in Ireland , becomes a fair subject for legitimate mercantile traffic : it can be purchased readily , and above all safely ; it may be divided and subdivided , and again disposed of in suitable lotstomeetfhe views of aU classes of purchasers , and transferred by a simple , safe , and short conveyance , and the advantages which wfll be thus derived appear to me all bat incalculable . _ ....

      Now if , in addition to aU these advantages , wc shall be enabled to offer to all purchasers the option of paying down only one-half of the amount of their purchase , retaining the whole of their remaining capital in their own hands for the following two years , in order to enable them to do ample justice to their land , and then spreading the repayments over the long period of ten years , it appears to me something more than probable that prices will be thus obtained for land very far beyond the present expectations of the numerous croakers , who are always to be found where difficulties have to be met . It has come within my own personal knowledge , professionally , that many of the Irish fanners and small dealers , jobbers in cattle , & c & ., have saved rather large sums for their station in life , from £ 500 to ^ 3 , 000 . Many members of the same family have each their separate investment . ' The disposition to accumulate appears to me to

      be contagious . A large proportion of this class would be delighted to be enabled to invest their savings in land , if they could meet with a purchase suitable to their means ( hitherto utterly unattainable ) , and that they were not likely to he made parties to a suit in Chancer )' , or which they entertain some suitable feelings of horror ; but give such men as these the opportunity of making a moderate purchase , without risk and without uncertainty—enable them to retain sufficient capital , as I have already said , to do justice to the land , and by persevering industry , with strict economy , to convert their farms into fee-simple estates , and I do most truly believe that a social revolution in Ireland , . of the most desirable character , and without inflicting an injury on any one , would be ultimately effected simply by allowing aU parties to avail themselves to the fullest extent of those advantages which their capital , their industry , and their economy fairly entitle them to .

      - As an interesting confirmation of this theory , permit me to recaU to your recollectioa the facts which I mentioned yesterday , in reference to an estate in the county of Wexford , of about 4 » 0 statute acres , which some years since became the joint property of several young , ladies , who were recommended not to hold so small an estate jointly , and they consequently arranged to have it sold , noon this dete rmination becoming known to the tenants , a deputation waited on the agent and requested him to havTthdr respective farms valued , and that if he would ^ StiKey would tryand ^ mp lete the purchase ^ The interesting offer was liberally met ; a feu-, hut fun viLtio ^ Suton - each farm ; each tenant pa . ddovm whathecouldthen spare , and the result ^ " » ««« * £ twelve out of fourteen have comp leted their Pf ^* ? JP othershavesonearlydonesothatit miBtbt ofdiffer euce whether the money or the interest be paid-and what

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      has been the result ? This estate , or rather' these estates , ' have-lately been carefully inspected by a most intelligent weu-ftaown English Member of Parliament , who has , since his visit , stated to roe that , whether for careful cultivation , or personal comforts , he has seen nothing : at .-ill like it in Ireland j and that it stood out as promineiKlv from the well-known barony where it lief , a » that barwiy does from the rest or that fine county . Now , could I , or could any living man , furnish you with a stronger or a more unecmiyocal proof of the difference between the value of land cultivated by free labour arid slave la ' s hour . These Small Farms , he now tells yov # when cultivated by their owners , are not to be exceeded for cultivation ; while , if cultivated by tenants holding under landlords , they would no doubt , under existing eircumstances , have deteriorated !

      : I shall now conclude with an assurance to you , the working men , that , in spite of the fury , the . vigour , and the power of Lords and Commbn ^—and in spite ' of the antagonism of capitalists , and in spite of theterrorof the dungeon , that I will resist to the death any attempt to restore Protection ; and if w £ < are subjected to a dissolution of'Parliament ancf > a new election ;; "for ^ hevpu ^ ose 6 f |^ ayi % ' _ -th ? ' power of the privileged few against the will and the interest of the excommunicated many ,

      I will let them see the mind of this couritry ~ not only in the daylight , but it shall nicker in the rays of the torch—as I will hold torch-light meetings throughout the length and breadth of the land , to enable those who are immured in the . factory by day , to meet and express their opinions by night , as I am resolved that , with fmy consent , the working classes shall never again be juggled . Tour faithful Friend and Representative , Feargus O'Connor .

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      [ 01 M P , 640 . L ( lD 01 ! i ; dWORDALM n ^____ —_^ . . . ¦¦ ¦ " ¦ - , ' —

      To The Ittflocated Members. M Y Friends,...

      TO THE ITtfLOCATED MEMBERS . M y Friends , Very much against my own consent , but at the desire of the honest men of Snig ' s End , who have been vilified by the GENTLEMEN npon that estate , I usem it my duty to submit the following as their defence , together with the extract from the Manchester Examiner , which they have also forwarded . Here follow both , and my reply shall be very brief indeed .

      TO THE UNLOCATED MEMBERS OP THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Respected Fbiekds , —We are again compelled to address you , in consequence of the following letter which appeared in the Manchester Examiner , of the 12 th inst ., signed on behalf of the allottees of Snig ' s . End , by R . Jarvis , chairman ; and intended to be an answer to a letter of . ours , inserted in the Northern Star of the 5 th of the same month . We pray your careful perusal of this very choice production .

      TO THB UNLOCATED MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Fmesds , —It is to be regretted that we should so sooh again be called upon to give more facts relating to the management of this precious Land Company . We trusted that we had laid bare sufficient to have awakened among you a spark of inquiry , enabling you to find out the rest yourselves ; when , lo and behold ! up step Messrs .-Cunningham and Doyle , and their array of six vindicators , and present to you , through the Star , one of the most dirty-begotten eifusions that ever sullied the pages of that paper . We will , in the first place , make you slightly acquainted with the said vindicators . Mr . George Guy , a smilh , having a constant birth at Mr ., jVaite ' s , Gloucester , receivini f from 20 s . to 25 s . per week he got possession of hu > allotment without consulting the Directors . Mr . William Blackford ,

      dealer in old clothes , rngg , ifcc . ; this individual has resided here but a few . weeks ; he first lodged with an allottee , and being of an inquiring mind , he soon found out a poor fellow who wanted to leave , as he could hold out no longer , and for a mere trifle ( some old . clothes forming the principal part of the bargain ) got possession , without ever consulting the Directors . Mr . Joseph Smith is a tenant and an original allottee , and seems to be playing this part in order to shake off his landlord , Mr . John Moody , a carpenter , who has worked on all the estates , and was the last to be dis . charged ; he has lately got possession of an allotment somehow , one that had no previous owner ; but not without the sanction of the Directors . Mr . Willis has purchased a two-acre allotment , but not yet paid for it . Esther Elizabeth Willis is the atoresaid ' s daughter . The prime movers in this affair are—Mr . Doyle , a Director , in receipt of £ 2 a

      week from the Company , who has done nothing but superintend bis own farm since the Conference , which consists of a four-acre allotment and three acres of meadow land ; and last , though not least , Mr . Cunningham , the celebrated foreman of the works , -who has been in the receipt of £ 215 s . a week , besides the & e „ Ac . He holds a two-acre allot , ment by right of purchase ; he also has the two acres attached to the school-house , and a meadow belonging to the Company . Now for the consistency of Mr . Cunningham . It is a . well known fact , that he has created the utmost contempt for the character of O'Connor amongst the allottees here , and now has the impudence to state that his confidence in Mr . O'Connor has not in the least diminished , The following statement was made a short time back by Mr . C .: —He said he had been writtan to for the purpose of getting silk flags , banners , < tc ., ready , at a very short

      notice for the demonstrations . Peeling rather alarmed at incurring the responsibility of so extensive an affair , he wrote to Mr . O'Connor ( then iu London ) , inquiring where or how the silk was to be ordered , liinting at the same time at the heavy expense . The answer he had back from Mr . O'Connor was , * D—n the expense ; you must get them ready . ' Mr . C . on receipt of tbis , ordered the silk , and had men working night and day , writing and gilding the mottoes and inscriptions . The silk mercer brought in his account , it was sent to the directory ; no notice being taken of it Mr . Cunningham was applied to again , who referred the mercer to Mr . O'Connor himself . Mr . O'Connor ,. oh being applied to , denied all knowledge of the order in Mo . Of course the onus fell on Mr . Cunningham , who made a journey to London in order to get it rectified , and the weight laid on the right shoulder . He cot laughed at for

      His pains—was asked by Mr . O'Connor ' What he would have to drink V and ' was a fool to trouble himself so much about a trifle like that . ' It was a short time after this fuddling interview with Mr . O'Connor , that Mr . C . was relating this narrative , when he wound up his tale by exclaiming , ' By G—d , if he plays with me much longer about this affair , 1 shall be induced to unfold such a tale with respect to this Land Company , as will prevent his ever holding up his head in public again . ' This is one of many little anecdotes of a like nature , which have served to extinguish anything in us like respect for O'Connor or his train . It is perfectly disgusting to us to witness the industry displayed for three days by Mr . Cunning , ham , in trying to get signatures to vindicate O'Connor , and damage us in the eyes of the country . What can the meaning of aU this be ? Why , to perpetuate still

      further that system of fraud and plunder from interested motives , which we are determined to expose and destroy if possible . We state again , that it is our determination never to become tenants at will to O'Connor , as we are convinced that not a penny paid to him is ever intended to reach the shareholders . We have stated to you before that we are wUling to come to an honourable arrrangoment , if you wil but set about managing your own affairs ; and we feel that , rather than receive opposition from you , we ought to claim your assistance , for our means are too limited to enable us to battle fairly with O'Connor , th » Star , and the numerous hangers-on , who are eagerly striving to pluck their poor and confiding countrymen . Mr . O'Connor has been charged by us with representing to

      the auditors appointed by government—with mis-stating to a large amount , the aid money paid on this estate . He has never grappled with that charge ; why has he not ? It appears , also , by an investigation at Minster , that the aid money has ben overstated by 3305 . Thus it is that the great ' O' claims you as his debtors ; the auditors having no efter material but his word and his bank book to go by , ' gave him credit for the amount , and could not very well do otherwise . We are fearful of encroaching further on that portion of the columns of the press who have so kindly rendered us assistance , and therefore we abstain from saying more at present— . And we remain faithfully yours , The Aixottees of Snig ' s Esd . ( Signed ) R . Jasvss , Chairman . Snig's End , January 9 th , 1850 . ,

      Friends , —We are certain that no man who is not bunded by the most wilful and perverse prejudice , can perceive in the above filthy , vulgar , and unmanly diatribe , the least attempt to meet any one of the arguments adduced in our epistle ; on the contrary , our opponents studiously avoid even the semblance of grappling with them . Why we ask have they not fairly and henourably attacked our statements ? Simply , because they ware stubborn and unconquerable facts . Again , as our opponents set out by informing you that our letter was " ' One of the dirtiest , begotten effusions that ever sullied the pages of the Star , " why we inquire , did they not solicit its insertion in the . Examiner , whose editor , being then most

      very dear friend , would , no doubt , have been happy to grant them so small a favour . , ¦ We pause for a reply . But , friends , they address their unmitigated , though vindictive tirade , to you , the unlocatcd members , and through what channel does it pass ? not a very clear and creditable one , certainly ; yet so limited , that wo venture to assert not one thousand but of tho seventy thousand members compaaing theGompahy .-ever saw it , or care to see it . Foritmustboinyourrecollection , that through this same channel ran the foul and . fetid streams from a sometAmo that figured under the cognomen of " One that whistled at the plough , " , and which streams tho source of them vainly imagined , woulu absorb , or rather smother , the founder of the Land Plan , And it will also be fresh in your memories ,

      To The Ittflocated Members. M Y Friends,...

      — - — ¦ " ¦ h- . ' ~~ ~ , ; " . " ' ' , v y , . ' , ' j ! , i „ ~ = i that Mr . ' CftCfonnor took legal proceedings against the proprietow of this channel , for defamation of character , "orlegally speaking , libel . ; and those proceedings jjere only stoppedliri consequence of th » guilty persons publicl y ^ knowledging they had done wrong ,, and rendering every satisfaction that Mr . O'Connor deemed it requisite to demand . You will , J ^ erefore , > fc once divine the object of our antagonists < in forwarding : their sickly < and puerile missive to the Examiner . u ... . ¦' . * -

      . TVeshallnow- proceed to repl y to- their animadversions [ land , dissection ijf our ^ respective characters , IsK—Mr , Guy did " not , it is true , avquaint the Minors when ho took possession of the allotment he now holds , simplyy '' because' the person from whom ho { rented ify toW ' -Mm he had purchased , and would immediately pay all tho demands -but as soon as Mr .-Guy : found he had not performed his p romise , he wrote to the Directors upon the subject , and during the sitting of the lato Conference , he came before ,,. its members , and honestly stated the . whdle'transactiori . ^ 'Subsequently the Directors accepted'him as the , Company's tenant— -he having paid a portion / of th ' e aid money back , anb / agreemgto forward thelresidue , in a specified time , ini

      addition t 0-wbich : 'he' paid the amount of rent demandeain rSgite ' rahe ^^ -t ' ^ . I ^ PJreotors have % d nraple ^ propf » jMr ^ uy ' s ^ hc ^ Hr and integrity , ' and it weiel ^^ M %° f * ia ^ iii ^«^^^^^ « 2 nd .-i . Mr . BmcfffordvJBjn ^ r ^ ihjnn ^ M ^ mJII that he has dealt in clothes , rags , ' AcV . ' ^ c ., ind ^ he has yet to learn that there is any thing disreputable connected with the business . Mr . Blackford bought the allotment ihfquestion , and paid for it to the entire satisfaction / of the person concerned , not principally in clothes , but in hand cash ; and Mr . Blackford has been with one of the Directors and advanced a portion of the liabilities , and will shortly liquidate the whole amount . 3 rd . —Joseph Sniith does not renkhis allotment

      from the original allottee , but from ^ a purchaser , who has settled all the Company ' s demands up to the time of purchase . " J , Smith will pay the Company ' s rental , as he emphatically repudiates the principle of no payment recently adopted , as unjust to the paid up shareholders , and directly at variance with the rules of the- Society . With regard to the idea of his wishing to throw overboara . his landlord , it never entered into his head , and must bo nothing , more nor less , than a pure fiction on the part of his enemies . 4 th —Mr . Willes purchased the allotment from Mr . Wright , the latter agreeing to allow twelve months to settle it ; and thought it was bought for another . individual , and though that individual left it upon his hands , nevertheless , he will perfect the contract at the proper time .

      It was rather forgetful , on the part of our Mnd friends , not to mention that Mr . Willos purchased a four acre farm , for which he paid £ 75 , while he is part-proprietor of the Company ' s property to the amount of £ 10 . ' 5 th . —Mr . Moody was one of the first carpenters employed by Mr . O'Connor , and the last discharged ; a very fair , proof that he must have been a sober , honest , and excellent workman , otherwise , he would not have been the first and last tradesman employed in the Company ' s service . This fact , we think , is very much to his credit , and one of which he is justly proud . We perfectly understand the insinuation sought to be conveyed in the allusion to the term of his service , but it is a truly unfortunate attempt of the concootors , and we recommend , their taking a few lessons from some clever and refined'inventor of inuendoes , ere they make a second essay . Ah ! but Moody got his allotment "Somehow . " Here our friends are

      again unhappy and quite out at fault , inasmuch as many of them were present at the late Conference , and must have heard Mr . O'Connor , upon being asked about it , say that he had sold it to Moody . The directors received the sum of £ 20 from Moody , which was duly booked , and acknowledged in the Star . This , we opine , is a clear reply to the dark , and somewhat uncharitable , " somehow . " 6 th . —It is hot true that Mr . Doyle has done nothing but superintend his farms since the sitting of the last Conference , as he has had generally engaged two labourers who superintend and cultivate them for him . ' - Mr . D . was sent here by the Directors todo . the Company ' s business , and for many weeks had to perform more than one man's share .

      He is yet engaged in that business , and will continue so long as his brother directors may deem his services necessary , and for the Company ' s interest . It is well known to many persons , that for at least two years he has given more , upon an average , than fifteen hours daily to the service of his employers , with the exception of Sundays ; and even upon these days ef rest to the generality of working men , he could scarcely claim a few hours exclusively to himself . Mr . Doyle is fully aware of the spirit which dictated the untruth , and the object sought to be gained by its enunciation , and we beg to observe that he would indeed be extremely sorry to reciprocate the meanness of the one , or the malignity of thaother .

      7 th . —And now friends , "last , though not least , Mr . Cullingham , the celebrated foreman of tho works , " as they are pleased to designate our friend . Before , however , we reply seriatim to the wholesale falsehoods and misrepresentations let us state Mr . C . treated with contempt when he heard them read in manuscript , prior to being transmitted to the channel they have lately passed . He now publicy challenges the Directors , the various tradesmen with whom the Company have dealt from the commencement of operations , every man that has been in the employment of the same , and the numerous persons with whom Mr . O'Connor and himself have made contracts , to bring one single charge against him , derogatory to his character as honest and honourable man . He defies them , one and all , to prove he ever

      took a bribe from any of the men , or that he ever hinted to the persons who supplied the Company with materials , that he expected a certain per centage upon the amount of their bills ( which has been repeatedly done by men holding similar situations to the one he held under the Company ); and as to . his conduct towards the allottees , can they fairly say or . prove , that he ever behaved to them in an uncourtepus or unfriendly spirit ? On the contrary , has he not lent them money , and paid some of their taxes , and have they not heard him state he would have done more were it in his power ? , ¦ The first chargs preferred is , that Mr . C . has created the utmost contempt for the character of Mr . O'Connor . He challenges them to meet him face to face with Mr . O'Connor , and prove the same in the presence of six or more impartial

      persons . The second charge is , that he said he had been written to for the purpose of getting silk flags , banners , Ac , ready for the demonstration . This is wrong ; he stated Mr . O'Connor did write to him from London , requesting him to proceed with despatch , and get all ready , and said go on , and d—d the expense , which letter he read to some of the men employed at the time , but they understood tho expense was to be borne by Mr . O'Connor . The third charge is , that he wrote to Mr . O'Connor , "his feelings being rather alarmed at incurring the responsibility for the same .- Where or how the silk was to be ordered , hinting at the same time the heavy expense . " This , is false , as Mr .

      O'Connor gave him orders at Snig ' s End to obtain what was necessary , therefore he had no occasion to write upon that subject . The fourth charge , " That the silk mercer brought in hrs bill , and it was sent to the Directory . This statement is without the least foundation , as he got the bill from the mercer when receiving the goods , and handed it to Mr . O'Connor with the balance sheet of the whole expenses . The fifth charge .. That Mr . O'Connor denied any knowledge of the debt when applied to by the mercer . " Answer : What Mr . O'Connor really did say was , he was not aware of the debt , but when explained to him by the party , he requested a fresh bill to be forwarded to him at Dodford , and ho would settleit . ;

      The sixth states that 'fhc went to London for the cash . " This is a fabrication ; be went to London to get medical advice and change , of air , as recommended , and did not know till he reached Gloucester that the account was unsettled . The seventh charge . That " when relating the narrative , he wound up by saying , if Mr . O'Connor plays with me much longer , I will unfold such a tale as would for ever prevent his holding up his head in future . Our answer to this is , that it is a base falsehood . The eighth charge is , that he was three days in trying to ^ get signature ? to ' our address to you . The real fact is , Mr . C . had it in his possession but a few hours after it wasf written ; and he only read itto three persons , viz . Messrs . Bbyer , O'Brien ( the tailor ) , and Blackford ,

      ; It is now requisite we inform you what Mr . C . really stated at one of the meetings held here , in reference to the debt , and the ' . ' fuddling interview . ' , ' Having been charged with sending to Mr . O ! Connor and tho Directors an account of everything that was said by the allottees , and , in defending himself from , such groundless assertions , stated he had not

      To The Ittflocated Members. M Y Friends,...

      mm ~* * ~ ~ mmmm ~' mt ~** ' * ' ~ B ' *~ - *~*~* ' - »*> written a letter to Mr . O'Connor for six months , noi had he sent one line , to the Directors respecting the proceedings ; and further , said ,. when on his way to London , where he was going to seek medical advice , he was met by Mr . Washbourne at Gloucester , who inquired when his bill was likely to be settled ( and until that moment Mr . C . ' was'not aware that it was unpaid ) . . He answered that he' was gomg to London , and would make it his business , upo » the first opportunity , to see Mr . O'Connor ,. and inform him of the fact . Accordingly , he saw that gentleman , and he hughed at Mr . C . ' s being so uneasy about tho debt duo to the mercer , and told him inform

      to that person , upon his return "home , that it would be shortly liquidated , which was done as soon as possible after Mr . C . ' s arrival at Gloucester ; but Mr . O ' Connor not paying'if , » lawyer s letter was sent to Mr . C . a fortnight afterwards , which was forwarded to that gentleman : But why did he , state this circumstance ? . To prove that he ( Mr . C . ) was not so much favoured as hisi opponents . were in the habit of insinuating , and that the lino of conduct they were pursuing prevented Mr . O'Connor from discharging" his or , the Company ! s just debts . He also said , that Mr . O'Connor : soeinffhim look-so ill and fatigued frdinwalking a corisideittble distance , kindly askedVhim to ' 'l & ko ' - ¦ % ¦ . little . br « jdy-a , BdTwateroSo muchfor the ^ fuddlinrr

      i ^ fe ^^ M ^ il ^^^ S thatfthesfatte ^ BarJ ^ chitfgin ^ Mr . O'Conn ing you , is so contemptible , thatwe shall no furtllcl ! notice-it than to say : that that gentlemen , and those ( immediately connected , with him in office , have already satisfied you , the members , and the country . generall y , of his and their honesty and trustworthiness . Believe us sincerely yours , William Blackford , John Willes , E . E . Willes , Henry Cullingham , T . Clark , C . Doyle , Joilx Moody , George Guy , Joseph Smith .

      Now , my reply to the above is , that these gentlemen will be very speedily restored to then * former happy position , as , like my Minster Lovel friends , they too have lost their bad landlord , and are now the tenants of the Mortgagees , and every man of them will be sent about his business . As to the exposure of Fbabgus O'Gonnor , I defy Mr . Cullingham , Mr . Doyle , Mr . M'Grath , Mr . Clakk , Mr . Wheeler , Mr . Dixon , or any mortal man that has had connexion with this Company , to charge him with one single act except foolish generosity .

      I have so completely answered the humbug about Aid Money at Snig ' s End and Minster Lovel before , that I need not trouble you with repetition ; but those gentlemen may rest assured that , hereafter , tbey shall have no grounds for charging me with foolish generosity . Your faithful Friend , Feargus O'Connor .

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      Unite! Unite! Ye Irish Brave, Let The La...

      Unite ! unite ! ye Irish brave , Let the Land your watchword be ; Scout , oh scout the servile slave . That crouches when he may be free . Up like heroes , at the despots— . Lick no more the tyrant's hand ; Leave your pauper workhouse mess-pots , Andlive like freemen on your Land . Then Free Trade will be a blessing , When man can work , and eat and play ; When shepherds cease to live by fleecing , Then each flock its own will pay . —F . O'C . THE LAND ! THE LAND !! THE LAND ! 11 TO THE IRISH PEOPLE . ( From the Irishman of Jan . 19 . ) My Friends anj > Counibymen , The state to which tyranny , oppression , and misrule has brought Ireland , will shortly compel the English ministry to destroy the whole machinery by which that ruin has been created . We find this fact foreshadowed by an announcement in the ministerial organ , that a large extension of the suffrage is , at length , to be conceded . That concession , however , doesnot emanate from a sense of justice , but from an apprehension that Whig power , based upon Free Trade , can no longer withstand the opposition of Protection .

      As regards Ireland , however , there is this gleam of hope from the promised changethat no extension of the suffrage , save that which confers it upon every sane man of twenty-one years of age , can overpower the influence of land monopolists , and from the destruction of that power alone can you , the working classes , anticipate the slightest benefit . Irishmen , poor and dependent though ye were when the forty shilling freehold system was in existence , yet , under that system , thousands , yea millions , never died of famine . You , the Catholics of Ireland , four hundred thousand of you , representing two millions , at

      five to a family , were satisfied to surrender and abandon your little hovels and homesteads , upon the hope of securing what was fashionably termed Catholic Esiancipation ; the result of which was , that Catholic lickspittals and toadies were eligible to be elected as your representatives , to hold offices from which they were previously excluded , to be appointed Queen ' s Counsel , Attorney or Solicitor-General , and elevated to the Bench ; and , to show you the benefit of such a change , for which you were ousted from your little holdings , can you ' point out any class of men , whether . as representatives ' or officials , that has been more virulently hostile to the elevation of the Catholic people ?

      As representatives they have sold you , as law officers they have persecuted you , and as judges they have strained the law ' s rigour to destroy you ; and always bear in mind that that legal persecution has ever emanated from men who have been elevated to those legal situations by Government lickspittals _ who professed to represent you . Now , that is the system that I seek to destroy . And to prove to you the fact that landlords have ever measured the value of their property by the standard of political patronage , and

      not by . that of national requirement or State necessity , need I remind you , that shortly after the annihilation of the forty shilling freehold votes , the tyrant landlords levelled your heads to the dust , and knocked your small holdings into large farms , by which the altered vote was to be measured ; and at length have been compelled , as I predicted , to be beggars at England ' s door , in order , as they humanely profess , to save those from starvation whom they had robbed of their little holdings , and whom they had ousted from ' their little hovels I

      The blackness of ashes now marks where they stood , While the wild mother screams o ' er her famishing brood . . Now , my conntrymen , as there is no slight difficulty in creating , organising , and directing a national mind , and as my whole life ' s study lias been devoted to the single consideration as to how the industrious labourer may be made independent ' of the griping capitalist ; and as I have come to the conclusion that this object cannot be achieved by any other means than

      the location of tho people upon their . own land , deriving a comfortable subsistence from its produce , furnished by their own labour—you must not consider me tiresome while I am endeavouring to secure the materials by which , and by which alone , this desirable object can be effected . Shall I startle you , If I introduce you to the Queen ' s Palace , and ask you to inspect the edifice , varid examine the gorgeous furniture—to look upon the sumptuous repast supplied for titf Koyal guests , the dessert ^ the

      Unite! Unite! Ye Irish Brave, Let The La...

      you to inspect the ? niaigHifi « ent dresses of ladie and lords , of princes ? awr ! princesses , of tha Queen and her Roya ' jf © o » sort > -wi ]? you be astonished , Svhen I tell yettj ,. * hat palace , banquet ,: furniture , ornament ^ dr esses , all , one and all , are produced fj-om Hie ^ Jand , by your labour ? And will you be hea-Pfi-sicken , when you are reminded of your ova ? " servile and crouchrng suhserviency-wlien I ^ i ] I your at ' tention to your tablcless imd anfurnisheti hovel , if you have a hovel—to ^

      yrvraggea wife , and . naked and starving children , ' all consequences of oppression and misrssie , based upon your own disunion ? . Onl y think of thirty © r forty thousand wellfedy pampered soldiery , keeping : a majority , of thirty millions of a population in auch a state- of abject serfdom , and think that their poweria-preserved by their union , and ' your disunion *—that they aradrilifed in the murdering a ? fc-iwhile if you subRwtted to be mentally drilled , yonr voice of knowledge woald very speedily sileace their caisnon ' s roar . Now , my countrymen , let i ^ implore of yoii

      no longerto-allow yourselvestf » be used as t & e mere stafiTbiTthose who are catering for patronage ,, and power , whether they . be Catholic or : Protestant , but so to unite-the national mind for the-coming struggle , that no Minister will be agaia enabled to base Jriah satisfaction upon mere . elass ^ gratifieatiou . It is enoughtqdriveatFuo Irishman mad ; fr o hear the maimer in , which yosr toad y representatives describe Irish grievances , and '

      Irish suffering ,- in the House of Commons . Those bewailing ^ are always confined to the . great sufferings ; ef , the landlords , based upon Free Trade , % M hear ' o % o % jnfj ^ lHi ^ Poor L » W 'N § u ^ i ^^^ ^^ 3 & ^ f ^ WlaMWfts , Wile tink ^^^^^ lglCdns . ' ; not a word about ll ^ 'tSllJf ^ and ^ tt ^^ si ^»» te * --and , if possible , ' would ' be preserved — by the very tyranny of those landlords .

      Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting the proprietor of the Irishman , at a great meeting at . tho London Tavern , in the heart of this great and wealthy city , and he expressed his ardent delight at the manner in which the English mind was drilled , and capable of being directed in political matters ; and I expressed my still greater delight when I learned from him , the strength which the Democratic party in Ireland was likely to possess . And recollect , that as every beginning is weak , you must not be despondent if you do not arrive at a giant strength all at once . No , you have a double

      duty to perform : you have to pull down and and clear away the old rubbish , which has so long remained as the great obstacle of progress , before you can erect your new edifice ' . Rely upon it , that parties undertaking to create a great national mind , have great difficulties to contend against . When I first organised tho Chartist movement in England , in 1835 , I considered a meeting of five or six in an attic as a good gathering ; and behold its growth when I tell you that in 1837 , ' 38 , ' 39 , and MO we had gatherings estimated at half a million , many walking thirty miles . When the twig was weak we were not worth the law ' s notice ; when we were ever so powerful we were not noticed by the press ; but when the sapling turned into sturdy trunktlinn i / uiucu ii uuim

      a , wp worn < vm < u . uu u . siuiuy , ineii we were considered worth the law ' s persecution and the slander of the press . Now , Irishmen , let me . implore of you not to be disheartened if your beginning is weak ; remember that " Rome was not built in a day , " and above all , remember that- " what is to be done for the people must bm dose by thb rEorLE ; " and remember , that the employer , who lives upon the dependence of the labourer , will never unite with the labourer for the accomplishment of any measure which is calculated to destroy that dependence . 'As well may the lamb with the tiger unite , The mouse with the cat , the lark with the kite ' With my BaUiuamornoiifl , No union with tyrant for me . '

      Kow , my countrymen , as to be forewarned is to be forearmed , let me implore of you to be prepared for the coming struggle . The show-box will open on Thursday fortnight—the magicians will try to juggle you—the landlords will assure the Minister of your perfect satisfaction , if they themselves can be satisfied—the Ministers have no means of judging of your position , except from their declarations and the communications of paid offieials ; and , therefore , it becomes your bounden duty to unite , as one roan , for the means to the end—tho People ' s Chartkr , as the means , and the Land as the end . —Your faithful friend and countryman , London , Jan 8 , 1850 . Fuarqus ' O'Connor .

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      Leicester.—At A Meeting Of 2*0.1, Branch...

      Leicester . —At a meeting of 2 * 0 . 1 , Branch , after reading letters from the Allottees of Minster Lovel and Snig ' s-End , in which the writers endeavour to defand themselves against the steps taken by Mr . O'Connor , the subject was discussed , and tho meeting unanimousl y agreed that the course pursued by Mr . O'Connor , in turning them over to the solicitor of the Company , was ri g ht , as the members see nothing unjust in the meeting .

      The Dissatisfied Allottees. To Pkarous O...

      THE DISSATISFIED ALLOTTEES . TO PKAROUS O ' CONSOR , ESQ ., M . P . Honoured and dear Sir—I embrace the present opportunity to offer an opinion respecting the Land Company , as well as to send you another instalment towards defraying the expenses incurred in defence of the Chartist prisoners . I wish to state that I hold the same opinion respecting you , that I have entertained for several years . Ilookupan you as a father to the fatherless , and one with whose reputation few can compare , and nene excel ; who has to endure the scoffs , the vituperation , and slander , of those whose interests you hold dearest afr heart , and for whom you have spent the best of your days as well as fortune . These persons have the audacity to say , that it would be a good thing

      for this country if you had been thrown overboard whilst on your passage to Ireland . ( See a letter in the Nottingham Review from an allottee , recently published . ) I think , sir , when you have such , children as these to deal with , that the sooner you get rid of them the better . Dear sir , I am a paid up member in a family ticket , and , wc think , if it waspossible for the Company to be wound up ,, that it would give general satisfaction to the greater part of the members . Depend upon it , that above onehalf of the Land members belong to that class who would not try to help , themselves , and therefore they are unworthy any man ' s help , or they , would nofc

      have ceased paying at the time when you wera proved to have thousands of pounds of your own money iu the Company by tho House of Commons , and at the very time when it was most needed . It is not because we are afraid of our money ; far from it ; for we wouldjrather trust it in your hands , than in any other man ' s hands in the kingdom . In conclusion , may the wisdom of Providence attend you in every undertaking , and may you preserve that unblemished character you now retain dining the residue of your days , and thea your mime- will be handed down to posterity as an honour to society , to your country , and to Gad . Calverton . Kobekt Wassos .

      Thb Allo-Ttees At Minster L&Yel. Bail Co...

      THB ALLO-TTEES AT MINSTER L & YEL . BAIL COFRT . . DOE DEM . WEiRISQ AND AKO-TUKR V . O ' COSSOR AS » 0 THOS . Mr . ria & n moved foe- judgment against the casual ejector . - This was an action cf ejectment , against Mr . Feargua O'Connor and sixty-six of hi & tenants . All the de & sdants had been duly served except one s and tho affidavits stated that with regard to that one , tho declaration v # is served upon the son of the particular defendant ,, by whom the- server was informed that his father had left the promises sad the-neighbourhood , and would spt return—tha-de ? claration was therefore left with , the son . Th & auly question was / whether that serKte * could be dpemed ; sufficient to entitle the plaiutii to a rule ju » ¦ : ¦ ' : Mr . Justice Ej & e thought tibis would corns- withia the known fosm whore thp . absence of tiiia father could be presumed to bo , ci & perniaiuB & nature , i and that was a good grounftfor a vale to . skow cause . Application granted .

      Jenny. Lind.—We- Ase. Informed, By A Let...

      Jenny . Lind . —We- ase . informed , by a letter from Hamburgh , that ( Jenny iind has signed an agreement at Lubocktft go . to America , ^ nd the HaYannab . Iu August or September . ; . Her . stay will bo about a year and a half there , to , sing o & ly in concerts .- and oratorios . £ 30 , 00 , 0 to "be placed in the hands of Baring , broihersjboforc ' jshtt ' starts from England ( or guaranteed withtheniYy equipage , servants' expenses of every kind , paid lov hor ; and after a certain number of nights sift gets , besides , one-fifth of the profits , making fuAly . £ 70 , 000 for tho time . Besides this , she has reserved to herself the right ot singing for charges « 3 often as she chooses ;—( fhrmiokt . k -

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 26, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26011850/page/1/