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      National Land Company Dissolving.

      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY DISSOLVING .

      Notice Is Hereb Y G Iven, That Applicati...

      Notice is hereb y g iven , that application is intended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing session for an Act to Dissolve the National Land Company , and to wind up the uridertakins ; , and to make sale , or otherwise dispose of , the lands and property belong ing to the said Company ; and after the payment of all debts , liabilities , and expenses respecting the same , to divide the surplus monies to be realised by such sale , or sales between and amongst the shareholders and subscribers entitled thereto , rateably , ac cording to their several interests in the said undertakiuir . \

      And notice is hereby also given , that it is intended to vary or extinguish easting rights or privileges , if any , which may impede or interfere with the purposes of the said Act . Dated this 13 th day of 3 Iov ., 1850 . Wm . PaownxG Roberts , Solicitor , Robert-street , Adelphi . "WALxnsLETand Son , Parliamentary Agents , 23 , Parliament-street .

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      " Ruin Him With Expenses."—Lord Melbourn...

      " Ruin him with expenses . "—Lord Melbourne . O'COXKOA v . BRADSHAW . TO THE WORKING CLASSES . Mr FniEXDS , —I g ive you at top Lord MELBOURNE S good old maxim—one to which , for the last thirty years , I have been most barbarously subjected ; and now I appeal to the honour , to the integrity , and honesty of your class , as to whether one who _ kas ^ devjjti djyis Jefd &^ is tb be ruined by ycurneglect ? Thave never had an action against me yet in which

      the plaintiff has not succeeded ; and I beg to call your strict attention to the very able article which appeared in the Times , relative to the decision of the judges in this case . The Editor of the Northern Star has informed me that , it is his intention to publish that article , and also to write an article himself upon the subject ; and , therefore , I need not myself occupy much of your time .

      Let me , however , ask you , if it is possible for one man to do a Nation ' s work ?—and yet for many years you have imposed this onerous burthen upon me ; and , as long as I was able to bear that burthen , I never made any appeal to you ; but , on the contrary , I felt happy , when I was rich , to be able to defend the poor against their oppressors : and I never allowed any political prisoner to go without an able defence . I advanced one thousand guineas , out of my own pocket , to defend Fkost , Williams , and Joses , before a farthing was subscribed . Five hundred guineas of that

      • went into the pocket of Sir Frederick Poiiock , the present Ch'ef Baron of the Exchequer , who tried Bradshaw ' s case , and who , to use the mildest language , behaved in the most brutal and tyrannical manner . I think every honest working man will come to the conclusion that this debt is theirs , and not mine ; as my object in bringing the action against Bradshaw was , to prove to them that the character in which they placed reliance and confidence could be defended even against the Press ; whereas , if my character had been impugned by the verdict of a jury , they might have thought me justly liable to the costs .

      Let me , however , give you a fair definition as to the position of the man who undertakes to advocate thecauseof theoppressors of thepoor , and the man who advocates the cause of the poor . Daniel O'Coxsell received thousands a year from the p oor Irish to support the Whigs , who were their greatest oppressors . Richard Cobden—although a much more honest and independent man than O'Cossell—received eighty thousand pounds for advocating the cause of the middle classes—while , however , I will do him the justice to say , that he anticipated that that measure of Free Trade would have also rendered service to the working classes . ¦¦ -. - . - ¦ --.- — . - ^

      Now , Working Men , I have told you before that my own expenses in the-Macs amara action , the Bradshaw action , and to save the Chartist victims from oakum picking , cost me nearly £ 1 , 000 , which does not include BttADsdatv ' s costs , which the Court of Exchequer has now made me liable to ; and let me assure you . that if it was in my power to pay these costs , whatever they amount to , I would not appeal to your order . However , as a man cannot be expected to do a nation ' s work , I thiuk I am iustified in doing so ; and I retain that confidence in your order which convinces me that you will not allow the Government , the quibble of the law , and the vengeance of tyrants , to ruin me .

      I have stated before , but I will state it again , that when the Northern Star was making a profit of over thirteen thousand pounds a year , I was living humbly , and devoted every fraction of that to the elevation of your order . Now , working men , in conclusion , let me ask you , whether you will allow the Government , the judges , and your oppressors to luxuriate and glorify in the boast , that they have

      " RUINED THE CHARTIST LEADER WITH EXPENSES ; " but , however poor you may make me , however unjust you may prove to me , and whatever tyranny and oppression the law may subject me to , and however many of your own interested professed supporters may revile me , I am determined to uphold your princip les and my own against tyranny , oppression , and unjust expense . I trust that a prompt answer will be given to my appeal , as those costs must be paid forthwith . I remain , your Faithful Friend and Unswerving Advocate , Feargus O'CoraoR .

      Winding-Up Of The Land Company. To The L...

      WINDING-UP OF THE LAND COMPANY . TO THE LAND MEMBERS . Hy Friexds , The winding-up of the Land Company is now in course of progress ; it has been advertised in all the provincial papers where the estates are situated , in the Gazette , and in the Times newspaper as well , which is the usual form j and last nig ht I had a letter from the Solicitor to the Laud Company , informing me that a large sum would be required IMMEDi \ T £ LY to take further necessary steps ;

      and I thiuk that the men who are the most auxi . us to have the Company wound-up , and their monies returned , should not be backward in suppl ying the funds . And I beg to inform the shareholders who do subscribe for that purpose , that the amount they subscribe will be refunded , and that they will be the first paid « li members when the Company is wound up ; and 1 think that every one will admit that this is a fair and proper course to pursue , as the Company could not he wound up if the accessary funds were not supplied .

      Let me give the shareholders a clear explanation of the position in which they stand . On Saturday last I was summoned to the West-BiuistiT County Court , b y a shareholder who had paid £ 2 12 s ; he had a solicitor to support his case . The Judge stated that he had read the report of the Parliamentary Committee , said that it was ridiculous and ' foolish for any man to attempt to recover mone y from 3 dr .. O * Cosxor , until the Company was wound

      up . 11 » - * at once gave judgment in my favour ; the p oor shareholder ( an Irishman ) bad emp loyed a solicitor , and lhave no doubt that iiis expenses amounted to between £ 3 and £ 4 . Another man summoned me before the County Court at Camberwell , when Mr . Chilton , the judge , without hearing any evidence upon jny part , immediately dismissed the case , ind gate jud gment in my favour . Now this may show you the difference between honest and dishonest judges ; and I tell those shareholders

      Winding-Up Of The Land Company. To The L...

      who have attempted to sue me , that they shall

      Winding-Up Of The Land Company. To The L...

      against one Conference electing an Executive as

      , Be The Very Last Paid Off, When The La...

      be the very last paid off , when the Land Comp any is wound up . 1 have alread y written you a letter , relative to my own position with regard to legal expenses , and I write this to explain your position and my own as well ; and I trust that the people will not allow their enemies in the country to suppose that th ' ev are so dead to their owu interests . All monies for winding up the Land Company are to be transmitted direct to Mr . AY . Rider , Publisher , Northern Star office , 16 , Great "Windmill-Street , Haymarket , London . Your faithful friend . Feargus O'Connor .

      Tee O'Connor Tribute. To The Editor Of T...

      TEE O'CONNOR TRIBUTE . TO THE EDITOR OF TIIK NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —A tew Chartists wish to offer their sympathy for and admiration of Feargus O'Connor , * by contributing from their humble means their share of the expense incurred at the late mockery , termed a ttifag ^ HJ ^ h ^ mgXhe character of thaF-iriaomitawe' kat cafurrtP mated champion of the rights , liberties , and constitutional privileges of the people of these realms . We do not take credit to ourselves for so doing , but we consider it the bounden duty of every individual professing the principles of true democracy , to do likewise . Let us not stand tamely by and see the

      best and noblest of men sacrifice his all , for the purpose of emancipating the proletarians of this country from their present miserable condition , when a few pence from one-third of those who profess to be Democrats , would move than suffice to release all our friends from their difficulties . Arouse , then , brother Chartists , from one end of the country to the other , and let one feeling animate the whole body , and show'to our enemies that we are no longer hirelings , hat men of thought and actiou , who are determined never to rest satisfied until our liberties are conceded whole and entire ,

      and the People ' s Charter becomes the law of the land ; then such men aa Bradshaw would not dare to tamper with the feelings of the people . Brothers , this uever can be accomplished by any other means than a thorough union of the working classes . We must bury ail animosity and ill feeling , which tas crept in amongst us of late , and disband all bickering and contention from our places of meeting , by eulogising one man and calumniating the other , when both are entitted to our confidence . Chartism must swallow up all other "isms ; " it is the only " ism " worth contendingfor at present ; it is imbedded in the minds of the working classes more

      than any other , therefore to mix up Chartism with any other , would endanger the cause we have at heart , and postpone the accomplishment of our darling object . It is not Mr . O'Connor—strictly speaking—that the enemies of progress are at war with . 2 fo ! It is Chartism . Chartism stinks in the nostrils of Bradshaw , and he is not alone iu this contest , working heart and soul to damage the reputation of Mr . O ' Connor , and ruin hint with expenses . It is our ardent wish that he may not sacrifice one farthing by this contest , hut that everv

      Chartist will consider himself called upon to contribute a portion of the expense , which will he very great , as lawyers do not work for nothing . Pour in your subscriptions without delay , until the whole is paid off , which will strike a greater blow at the hearts of tyrants than all the meetings that liave been held for the last twenty years . Do not plead jour poverty as a reason why you should be exempt , as many of us are connected with one of the most distressed classes of operatives in the country , viz .. trame-work knitters .

      We hope these tew remarks emanating from individuals so humble , will not pass oS without making some impression , and though many imperfections may be traced , you mu ; t bear in mind that we are of the noble order of labour , and education is ever beyond our reach . We transmit tea shillings and sixpence more , making twenty-two shillings in all , from twelve persons , so that you see we are acting as well as talking . Mr . Edijpr , if these observAtions ^ are-worthy of a plac ^ iosle people ' s pape ? we ^ nsdl » feelgreatly oMged , if not , reject tliem- ^ . 5 jill we shall standby the Charter whole and entire . We wish the

      following sums to be inserted , which we resnt per Mr . J . Sweet : —Henry Lowe , sen ., Is . ; Henry Lo we , jun ., Is . ; Samuel Wright , Is . ; John Aldridge , Is . ; William Farmer , Is . ; George Floyde , Is . ; Thomas Banner , Is . ; George Ankin , Is . ; James Brown , Is . ; James Waplington , 6 J . ; William Attenburrow , 6 d . ; John Johnson , 6 d . Xew Radford , near Nottingham , November 25 th , 1850 .

      The Manchester Conference. [This Letter ...

      THE MANCHESTER CONFERENCE . [ This letter was unavoidably omitted last week in consequence of a press of other matter . We should have omitted several paragraphs of a personal character bad it been tl : ea inserted , in conformity with the General rule we have laid down in such cases . The copy which follows is taken from Reynolds ' Weekly Newspaper , which , though retaining one or two offensive j-assages , omits the most objectionable paragraphs . —Ed , N . S , ] Brother Ciiautists , —Now that personal dictatorships have become impossible , we appear in danger of falling into the hands of a far more injurious kind of dictatorship , —that of a small faction out of the people themselves , taking the lead , and calling themselves the people .

      As I am not in the habit of mincing my words ; and , as I neither fear the enmity nor courH ; he favour of any man , town , or class , I will speak plainly on this subject . I denounce the intended Conference as the attempt of a small insignificant faction to subvert the very principles ot democracy-to pledge the movement to the views and feelings of a minority of its body , —by persisting in calling a Conference at a time when the convokers well know that only a small section of the Chartists can be repre - sented , and thus to perpetuate mistrust and division in our ranks .

      Up to last Saturday s Star , the majority of the country , as far as its opinion has been expressed , has spoken against the proposed Conference ; notwithstanding which the determination of a few ( mostly consisting of the aristocracy of labour ) seems to be that the Conference shall be holden . I call on every true democrat to set his face against it , and to have , no connexion with it if it meets , unless the majority of the Chartist body shall hate been concerned in its election . Should it take place , how will it be constituted ? Five or six individuals , calling themselves " the

      men" of their locality , will send a delegate : if they belong to the better paid trades , they can afford to pay for him , if not , the expense will have to fall on the shoulders of some individual who can . We shall have a Conference living on private charity , separating in debt , —both facts trumpeted to the world , and our movement ( at a time when the elements of honour , dignity , and power really are there , if not sacrificed to the interests and selfish views of a sordid clique ) will be degraded in the eyes of the country , and in our own . gay , has this not been the case before ? But the interests of that clique will he furthered .

      Brother Chartists , do not let yourselves be deceived ! Your are called upon to keep the Charter distant from every other " ism . " Be it so ; but at the same time put the extinguisher upon the " isms " in your own ranks . There are several of them , — little associations , professing to be established for carrying the Charter—drawing off sideways , into their crooked channels , so much of the strength and volume of the democratic stream . You must know , and their founders know well , that their existence does our movement an injury . Knowing this , can they , working men , I ask you , can they be our friends ?

      No reason for the meeting of a Conference in January next has been assigned , or maintained when ehallen « ed—except the one contained in the address of the Manchester Council : " A decided want in that indispensable requisite in all agitations , confidence in those , as a body , who are presiding over the destinies of the movement . " Permit me to observe , that the " Manchester Council" arc the very men who create that want , and that such a want will ever exist as long ; as the voice of faction is allowed to interfere with the organisation of democracy . The want of faith , it a reproach at all , is not so to the executive body , l ^ t to the men who harbour that want , and then Adv ance their own disobedience as a reason why the Executive should not be obeyed

      . . . \ uli I VT & 0 ' that th ° Executive " derived their utile from 80 inconsiderable a section of the com-»" u » 'ity that their efficiency most remain circumnr ; i ;» . tLia l 0 < fer no opinion . I was m S »! S « . i - and therefore caranot . judge ; but it is theiS ? a ntha the CouWewiil " derive their littlo m much the SVje ™ ; „* J protest

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      much as the Manchester Council can , against another . ' •? - The Manchester Council say s : — "Every town , paying the expenses of delegation , will have the right of sendins one or more delegates . " So that a few shopkeepers in oho smalltown will be enabled to nullify the will of the poor thousands in another large one ! This , no doubt , they will see the prudence of rectifying in their next address . But I protest against a Conference electing- - jan executive at all : the whole Chartist body must be appealed to , and I am therefore , delighted with what I heard last night , when I had the honour of an interview with the Executive Committee ; they

      have reaolved on taking steps for the immediate election of a new executive by the country at large , —and that on the most enlarged and national basis . For my part , I am opposed to all " property qualification , " to permitting only paying members to vote , and thus excluding the poor who have most need of a voice . I should like to see every working man , who takes an interest in the cause , give his vote on the occasion , whether poor , or better paid ; and therefore , cordially hail the resolution to that effect , which the Committee havc '" unanimouj | ly passed . ... - - .. l \ ir Oar .-course , I think , is now clear . The new Executive , for the selection of which there exists far more perfect and available machinery than for

      that of a Conference , and whose election , as unpaid , will entail little or no expense , —will be the competent authority to call and fix the time of a Conference . The fullest democracy will hereby be satisfied , and all seeds of bickering and dissension must , of a necessity , be destroyed . Perhaps an attempt may yet be made to uphold the perishing spirit of faction in our ranks , by meetings , cheers , rhetoric , and claptrap : take it for what it is worth ! Perhaps you may be told the papal question renders a Conference necessary : of

      this the Executive will bo the legitimate judges ; and they will be elected long before the Manchester Conference , as at present proposed , is intended to meet . As Chartists , we have no interest in the papal question ; papacy and state church are alike hostile to freedom and progression . Indeed , I believe , despite the maudlin attempt of Whigs and parsons to create an agitation on the subject , and thus to divert public attention from polities , that the bugbear will die a natural death , and they will signallv fail .

      Our duty is plain : it is to crush faction within , as well as without . The wind is beginning to blow in the right quarter : let us have clear decks , unincumbered with these rubbishing cliques , and I have no fear of the result . For my part , if I stand single-handed , I will raise my voice against this spirit of faction , wherever I meet it . No doubt I shall make plenty of enemies by so doing—perhaps I shall make more friends ; and should 1 not , I will still remain , Brother Chartists , your faithful sevvant , Hardwicke Lodge , Bavswater , Eenest Joses . November 20 th . 1850 .

      Brother Chartists , — Itisour painful dut y this week to appeal to you again , in vindication of our character as Democrats , against the unwarrantable denunciations of us b y Ernest Jones , iu last week ' s number of" Reynolds ' s Weekl y Newspaper . " "Wh y it did not appear in the acknowledged organ of the Chartist body we are at a loss to know . Onr reason for naming this omission is , that it would have given us more time to peruse and answer the attack made upon us .

      We will not deal in denunciations in vindication of what we have either said or done , but will appl y ourselves to answer ( as working men , in plaiu language ) the charges and denunciations broug ht against us by a man whose superior scholastic education should have placed him far out of the reach or suspicion of uneducated working men , in endeavouring to make us appear what his own acts condemn him to be . ^ IH ^ p , ptfarthe ^ omme ^ ' % ^ i ^!] i ^ iwee 4 , to es ^ ten ^ the ^ an ^ ent paragraphs in ^ Mrf Jones ' s letter : —

      How that personal dictatorships have become impossible , we appear in danger of falling into the hands of a far more injurious kind of dictatorshipchat of a small faction out of the people themselves taking the lead , and calling themselves '' the people . " As we proceed , we shall be able to discover if personal dictatorship has become impossible , or whether it isuotattempted under the disguise of personal abuse . We are further denounced as " a small faction , " taking the lead , and calling ourselves "the people . " With all

      due respect to Mr . Jones , we most emphati- ' cally deny we are a faction , but a body which has for years taken an active part iu Chartism and the Chartist agitation , long before the name of "Ernest Jones , Esq ., " was known in the Chartist ranks . Men who have grown grev in the cause—men who have been closel y connected with its progress , and are as familiar with its movement as Ernest Jones—men who have always raised their voice against dictatorship , come from whom it may . And are these the men who would dictate , and call themselves '' the people ? ' '

      Have we not as much ri ght to express our opinions , and offer our advice to the country , as Ernest Jones , or any other person or body of persons , that we do not recognise ? We repudiate the assumption of any one who would dictate to us what we should say or do ; we claim it as our ri ght , and are determined to maintain that right , let who will denounce us . We hope that the spirit of freedom is too far advanced in the bosom of every man to allow libert y of speech to be stifled . That our address is dictatorial we deny—it is simply an appeal to the country . And who would deny us this right ? Not the country ; for we maintain that a majority , up to the present time , who have taken the matter in consideration , have responded in favour of our appeal : —

      I denounce the intended Conference as the attempt of a small and insignificant faction to subvert the very principles of Democracy—to pledge the movement to the views and feelings of a minority of its body , & c . Let the reader refer to the first paragraph - — "Now that personal diotatorships have become impossible "—and then cast his eye to the second paragraph , and the second sentence— " 1 denounce the intended Conference " —and then to the third paragraph , the last sentence— " I call on every true democrat to

      set his face against it . " fray , who dictates here ?—not the Manchester Council ; again , we are not the small and insignificant bod y ( " faction" ) as Mr . Jones represents us to be ; but a large organised body of Chartists , that has for years upheld the banner of Democracy against all persecutions facts on record will testif y . In proof , look to the various subscriptions , as advertised in the "Northern Star , " and see if Manchester has not performed its fair share , in paying the necessary demands made upon the country .

      Manchester " a faction ! " If a firm and steady adhesion to . principle is factious , then Manchester glories in the appellation . Notwithstanding which the determination of a few , mostly consisting of the aristocracy of labour , seems to he that the Conference shall be holden . Here we are at a loss to discover how Mr . Joues has arrived at such a description of men whom he is personally ignorant of , and with

      whom he has had no communication , except Messrs . Leech and Donovan . How then , we ask ,, does he know that we mostl y consist of the aristocracy of labour ? What proof does he adduce for asserting that we ( the Manchester Council ) mostl y consist of the aristocracy of labour ? Could he seo us in Council assembled , he would discover the majority of our Council his seniors iu years , -with the paleo ver-toiled looking feces of factory operatives—

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      men with . blistered hands , andimishoi ^ omns , clothed . not in : blacfc ^ bfiftad " clothil blui-fus ^ ah jackets , - .--. Could he ^ e ^ fchp nvrlterrof . fthiB at > ticle turn out-with his ^ ldwrcounoil-men'eyery Sunday morning , ' . und |( jp ; ail circumstances , ' as is the r weekl y , pracpi ^ of every councilman , traversing , for / -hours"fthe whole of . ' this large cottofi metropolis , ahd > collecting the weekl y P . ehfi y subscriptions for the support and advancethent of the Charter , paying his qhota of the ' expenses , devoting his time , and sacrificing his % alth and family comforts for jthe esta * bhshrherit . of pure Democracy . ^ . Their . looks would negative Mr . Jones' asserliohy .- ^ These are . aristocratic privileges unknown j to ^ Mr . Jones ; Are these the men to make the

      princip les of democracy subservient to the caprice of a minority ? ,. .. : , ! . ; : / - \ - y . ~ Z . ¦ We shall have a Conference vliviiig iih jprivate charity , separating in debt ;! both i . factslti ^ nBeted tojpe worldy . and . our mp . vemeM ; ¥ t ? a |^ e -M ^ g t tfSSBlements . 'dishonour-, ' - ' dfenity ., ' . aiia % DO % er really ^^ to > 4 f not 8 & JM % &* atei ? Bt ^ dsjish eyes of the country , ' and in buV'fwW ^ -f ^ . ^^ We will not attempt to prophecy what will take place , but will leave the prophecy to Mr . Jones . It would have been only fair if Mr . Jones , before charging us with being a selfish and a sordid clique , had shown proof for such an assertion . What interest could the

      Manchester Council have to sacrifice the elements of honour , di gnity , and power of the Chartist cause ? What sort of men does Mr . Jones believe the Manchester Council to be , to degrade the movement in the eyes of their country—men who have sustained the princip les of the Charter as honourabl y as Mr . Jones ? But , says Mr . Jones , the interest of the clique will be furthered . We ask what interest ? The want of faith , if a reproach at all , is not so to the Executive body , but to the men who harbour that want , and then advance their own disobedince as a reason why the Executive should not be disobeyed .

      Our disobedience rests on the violation of principle in the Executive assuming to be the governing head , they not having taken the votes of the country to sanction their nomination ; without such votes the Executive could not legall y command the confidence aud support of the country . Thia is the primary cause o the dissensions amongst our body . The resignation of the Executive proves the truth of this assertion in our address . We will now come to what we consider the very p ith of Mr . Jones' letter : —; But I protest against a Conference electing an Executive at all , the whole Chartist body must be appealed to .

      This is exactly our position , only differing in the mode of electing the Executive ; had such steps been taken in due time , it would have prevented the disunion which now pervades the Chartist body . It is our opiuiou that the electing of an Executive will not settle those differences ; we believe the best course that could be pursued would be the calling together of all localities , and exchanging opinions , so that a good understanding might be arrived at , as to how the Chartist movement shall be conducted , so as to obtain the co-operation of a majority of the people . To achieve this desirable object is the sole aim of the Manchester Council ; and who , would throw obstacles in the way of so desirable an object ?

      For my , part , J am ppposed ^ toall property qualinoiitlona , to permit only , paying members to vote , and thus exclude the poor who have mest need of a voice . " Mr . Jones , who seems to be the mouth-p iece of the defunct Executive , assumes an erroneous position—it is , that necessary funds are required to curry out an efficient agitation ; we will suspend the Property Qualification until the election is over ; then , of course , when you have elected y our Executive , you must furnish the necessary funds for supporting that Executive . If men will not join an association , how can an association exist without members ? Who is to pay the local and general expenses ,

      if no Propert y Qualification exists ? But our experience is of long standing , and being prac ticall y acquainted with the working of our own locality , ( we doubt not but it is generally so throughout the country ) , proves to us that an overwhelming majority of our paying members are of the poorest of the poor—they are the men who pay more cheerfull y and freel y than the better paid operatives . This class are the principal support of our ag itation for the Charter ; and this , we believe , will be equally true in other large towns and cities in England . So much , then , for the extension of the election of the Executive without the limits of the Association .

      Our course , I think , is now clear . The new Executive , for the election of which there exists far more perfect and available niaciiinory than for that of a Conference , and whose election as unpaid , will entail little or no expense , will be the competent authority to call and fix the time of a Conference . The fullest democracy will hereby be satisfied , and all seeds of bickering and dissension must of a necessity bo destroyed . We should have been informed where the

      existence of this perfect and valuable machinery is to be found . Not in the different localities , in which such conflicting votes have been given . Before that perfect machinery can be set to work , greater unity of action and opinions must be created in the localities ; and this cannot he solely accomplished by electing a new Executive , but by bringing the different localities together . It is also our opinion , that instead of bickering and dissensions being destroyed , it will have a contrary effect .

      Our duty is plain . It is to crush faction within as well as without . The wind is beginning to blow in the right quarter , let ns have clear decks , unen - cumbered with these rubbishing cliques , and I have no fear of the result . • • l We can also say our duty is plain ; and that was the reason why we appealed to the country , that tho factious spirits might take warning ; as we do not thoroughly understand what Mr . Jones means by rubbishing cliques , we will g ive him the benefit of it . Perhaps it appertains to his own immediate nei ghbourhood , if so , so much the better .

      In conclusion , brother Chartists , we implore of you not to ho led away by persons who make agitation their stock in trade—whose interest it is to prolong agitations for gain ; be not deceived by such , but rel y on your own confidence and exertions , and depend upon it your progress will be sure , and your political emancipation will be speedily accomplished . Signed b y tho Manchester Council , James Leac h , Daniel Donovan , Henr Nuitall , William Foster , James Wainwright , Samuel Jones , Joseph Entwistle , James Mooney . John Sutton , Chairman . Joseph Gutteriuqe , Financial Secretary . James Aloock , Corresponding Secretary .

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      Tub Spy System . —At tho Clerkeuwell Police Court , on Wednesday , Alfred Fuzzcn , » Chartist , appeared , pursuant to bis bail , charged with having assaulted Sergeant Archer , 217 , and Police-constable Fisher , 127 G , whilst in the execution of their duty . —Mr . Sidney , on the part of his client , denied the assaults . —Mv . Combe , however , thought they had been proved , and convicted the prisoner in the sum of 20 s ., or lourteen days' imprisonment , for u * h of tb . e assaults upon Arefcw ; wd f i » ll « r '

      M^Bw&Iro The Masmsss^ ' Tiost^ ;" '," ' ...

      M ^ BW & iro the masmssS ^ ' TIOST ^ ; " ' , " ' fe 4 # ^ i \/ i : i " r ^^ u ^ - . mmmz ' - ¦; BnofHl ^ niMisM ^ in Reyh 6 $ ti 'Mmmm j > a # cr ' o . f # la ^^ portioh- ' o ^ fyetteit ' appeaVe ^ ¦ Err ; 0 a & iJo ^ e 8 )^ 6 ! tfe '^ par i ;; or parts ^ bjin ^ lfu ^ preas ^ d , i'fio ; 6 § ua ? nfe » i «' . | ego . d , it contafoeUipais ^ Eal ' matter / f . I ' . wish , rhpw ^ yer , ; to . dircct yowIs $ cn ' ti 61 f to . tliq ^ ub ' lished . poi-tibrlof tho letter . iMn' ^ Jones

      appeacs ^ tip ^ hhv ^^ cpllectivelyi \ of pjibliiB-dictatoi'sh ' i ^ sp _ ir . it r of'faction . ;'' a ' n'd , - doubtless / ' ; lias « nbfc * the sli ghtest"idea ofhec ' omiri g ^' public dictator himself . 'He ' comrtiehces ' :--- . . - . ..,. .=-:, - . ' , ' . Kowi that public dictatorships have become , inipossiblei iweiappoar ; in danger of falling into , ths hands ofa fiu . more injurious kind of dietat ' oVshi p ^ - thnt of a small-faction out of the people thcraeelve jf , '' . taking , tfie . lead , ' a « d calling themselves "The People * " "; *¦ •' . ' ¦ ¦> .. :- ' :. ' . i ' ¦ ' -, ' , ¦ ¦ BrothV Gharti 9 t ' s > * nTai < k the following extracts ^—" I deno \ uce thejiintehded : Conference as the attempt , of a small ^ ndv in significant faction tQ 3 sub-5 ^ rt i theivery . ' sBriticiples . ofDemocracy . , f :. ? < iECWl ^ JCSilvoftr ^ . true Doraocrat ; to set his face :

      ^ m ^ ft i , ;^ b 3 tp'h & ye no connexion with ' itplf ^ t > 1 s iaeS 9 S ^!^ ft ^ lh ^ BB ' a ^ qualification' which al ^ are , bound to obey ) , uhlosfTthe majoWty-df the Chartisf body shall have been concerned in its election !' * * * I protest against ' one Conference electing an Executive , as much as the Manchester Council can against another . * * . * * Our duty is plain : it is to crush faction within as well as without . The wind is beginning to blow from the right quarter ; let us have clear desks , unincumbered , and I have no fear of the result . For my part , if I stand single-handed , I will raise my voice against the spirit of faction wherever I meet it . " Is this dictation ? Certainly not . Mr . Jones will raise his wiee against the spirit of faction wherever he meets it .

      But the dictation is inferred to emanate fuom Mr . O ' Connor , and the Manchester Council . Let me call your attention to the following paragraphs . Mr . O'Connor says , in his letter in the Star of tho 5 th of October , when the subject of the Conference was first mentioned : — " In order to prepare you for such a change , I would suggest the propriety of holding a Conference , as speedily as possible , in Manchester , the great northern hive , for the purpose of re-establishing a perfect union of your order . * * * * Every nation upon the continent now—and especially France—feels a jealousy towards England ; and it is to prepare you for tho coming struggle , that I now invite you to hold a Conference at Manchester . "

      Is there any dictation here ? Who , lot me ask , would deny , either to the highest or lowest , the poorest , er tho richest member in the movement , the free expression of his thoughts and opinions . Such persons would , in my opinion , be the dictators . The appeal of the Manchester Council to the country on the Conference question is iust as dictatorial , " but like tho perfect and available ( but invisible ) machinery , which Mr . Jones boasts of for the organisation of tho movement , it is not to be seen . Tl o clap-trap about the Papal question is most lamoly hurged in . Who has directed the Conference to discuss it ? But there ucod he no alarm on that head , for if the Pope should show hia face at tho bar of tho Conference , I have no doubt a Guy would soon be found to blow him up .

      There is nothing more in the letter which culls for attention from mo . I do not impute bad motives to any one , but being a lover of fair play , and of the free and honest expression of opinion , I have thought it necessary to make the above remarks , for the Chartist body to decide , as to WHO IS THE DICTATOR . A word or two on the election of the Executive . It is highly desirable that the election should be made in such a fair and open manner , as would prevent the recurrence of an event similar to that which rendered necessary the resignation of the

      late Executive . Candidates should not be their own returning officers . Their decisions are always open to doubt . Now , if the . lists of voters must be sent tothe paid secretary—who is also a candidnto —nil doubts would be obviated by a . printed list of the number of votes and the candidates voted for , beinc sent to every Chartist locality . The election would thus become binding' on all , and the excuse could not he raised afterwards that tho election was unfair , if the published lists corresponded with the number of voters in each locality . I rema i n , Bro t hers , Yours sincerely , A Chartist .

      The Manchester Conference. Brother Chart...

      THE MANCHESTER CONFERENCE . Brother Chartists , — -You are called upon to decide whether faction or democracy shall henceforth be tho guiding spirit of Chartism . At a time when tho elements of success are in their reach , you are called upon to decide whether the future course of our movement shall be calm , clear , and united , or whether you will allow the seeds of bickering , dissension and disunion to be sown , which it may take years to eradicate . The question as to when and where a Conference shall be held has now been nearly seven weeks before tho country , and its decision has been given as follows ;—For the Manchester Conference : ( besides the Conference—party m Manchester itself)—Rochdale , Stnckport , Todmorden , Hull , aud one of the Sheffield localities .

      New Kadford and Newcastle are in favour of a Conference , but leave time and place to the Executive . Against the Manchester Conference : —The West Riding Delegate Meeting , representing Bradford , Halifax , Binglcy , Lower Warley , Bristol Huddcrsfield , Hanly , and Holmfirth ; Edinburgh , Birmingham , Aberdeen , Staleybridge , Paisley , Hamilton , the Washington locality , Emmctt ' s . Brigade , Whittington and Cat locality , and Finsbury , London ; Bermondsey , Coventry , Exeter Bristol , and last , but not least , tho entire district of Nottingham .

      In tho face of this , I call on the Manchester Council and its abettors , to obey tho voice of tho people ; the country has been appealed to ; the majority has decided against them . As a democrat , I summon them to desist from this factious course , and to recognise the principles of democracy , which says tho majority shall rule . Judge of my surprise « . n soein <» a statement , made by an anonymous writer , in the Star of last week , that the majority was tho other way—which he endeavoured to prove by suppressing the votes of twothirds of the country , as chronicled in tho Star itsolf . But , even according to his own misstatement , reckoning as he does tie West Riding Delegate meeting as no more than the vote of a single village , tho result is against the very assertion he makes !

      Tho writer of this letter , taking passages from my letters out of their context , makes mo assert , that all the elements of success are there , and then asks , " why are we so weiilc ? " I will toll him ? because he , and those like him , are creating antagonism in the movement . I trust he will not be offended by the word '' antagonism , " for surely it is " antago ' - nism , " wheu the mitwritu refuse to submit to the majority . Does hc say , public attention and the press will be occupied with the Exhibition in May ? Will it not ho ton tines as much occupied with the Papal question in January ? Nay ! lie descends , feeling the weakness of his position , to objections so slight

      as to say , the Convention should not meet in London , because—lodgings will be dear ! Dear lodgings and a busy pro-s arc cogent reasons for preventing the representation of a people ! But I do believe there aie fifty-nine Democrats in London , with whom delegates could obtain comfortable shelter , notwithstanding . Ho quotes me as saying , " trade is yet too brhk" to let the people rally sufficiently for holding a Confos once—but it is not too brisk to organise in tho interval , eo that a National Convention may meet effectively In May , whether trade bo " brisk" or dull ; and we are informed , in another part of the same Star , that " trade will shortly get bad . "

      You are told , the Conference should he l ; elil in Manchester , because Manchester is " united , " and London " disunited . " Even if that weie t !; e ca .-o , that is the very reason why the Conference should bo held in London . It is the sick man who needs a physician- not tho sound one ; and if tho mooting in the Institute is a specimen of the " calm mind " that is to be developed iu Manchester , where an individual who attempts to move an amendment is hooted down and refused » bearing , I think the balance would decidedly I c in favour of London . But Ilmploro you not to let a rivalry and antagonism be created between London and Manchester . It is wot a question between the relative merits of Manchester and London , but a question of sound policy , affecting the whole Chartist body Wen of MancaestvT ! I call on you not to let a

      The Manchester Conference. Brother Chart...

      local '' patriotism bfl ei'eated-in -your breasts , aj though there were a rivalry between you and ' tlid men of London ! ' Do not lot men appeaito a nar- « row prejudice . , Rivalries between individual leaders liave long kept our movement , back ; thesa are now becoming insignificant , for the peopla " , tf . ° wise longer to -be the puppetsfof personal , oHn n ~ but ; do not'let- them bo < supplanted by ascm more . dangerous rivalry : that of one locality with anpther . -we are all brethren , who struggle iu the same great causehnri T oftirhn / vnn . n . pn nf

      . , Klf r , ivr 9 °° k at tho ^ pressed " will of tho fW fr « teSAMM ? uIly y ° ' ur old reputation , by trying to establish a Iooal dictatorgbi * in £ - turn to the very principles yOU have often so nobl / HPwW-eRememberj'the vital crisisof our move-M 5 . fe ^^ iR ???~? n 4 'rt . vrest 3 . vwithi . yoi £ now- , abov « | llig | o ; seUthe ^ great example . of ; bbedhmc e to tha pt ^ gffi ^^ TO ^ Phncauso ^ Bv ' so doing } Mlpppli ^ s *?^ ¦¦ l H ¦ A ertiOf'a ' -swMonah ^ nu-thei'efore , powerle 8 & , Co & l

      iterenciBR : iiel-e rj £ the , test .: ; onyour uemooracvi ¦*¦ m ^ mem § pur ^ sponieV ^ li , f ¦ ' SX ' ; l ^ iir ^ oMe % :: u ' p ' 6 h ^' tO' 8 s ' sut ' ih !' electing a wi ® xe | tit ^ e ., i ! lti ;{ is saidi there : ' ig ; -uWSttfficient tima giveg fMaehberate as : towho should - be . elected- * t ahdrth at , v ^ lipreiore , ; the Cdnference ; should elecfi ^ flF ^;| ui ; el ^ . ldifference ., of twelve , , days , between r-w : ^ S . »<*? - ' > ' ^ M ° Executive , , and tHd meeting of : ( pressed / . Conference will' ^ ptlmu ' chenlightea the world arte whom ' to choose . Surely , ybu havef nieiv ehoup ' , " vyhTo have been for veafs before tha country , The election ' must 'depend-on past experiehc ' e ; Tiot ohp ' resent promises ; on tho actions ' of past years , not on a Jit tie spouting at ai Conference , —Let us setrabout the election . ; Is-the present ^ . ? cPt ' ye up . duty . e . ' cot ' ed f—there ^ tijc means to remedy it . jl 8 . thc . Mahchestor .: Cohfei ' ence unduly ca lici ?—there ' s the " means ' for calluic one . to

      which hot £ a single ildmpc ' ra ' t . ' eah ' object . Is thai movement ^ distracted ; by ; facti p ' t fand ^ antagonisra 3 ^ -there ' s toe certain means ' for satisfying all par-^ JIS ' . $ & .- atuoast , forjakihg . away"dvefy ' shadbw of iaBprefeneo l » r disunion . fej ^ Jris ?^ - . ¦ : 7 j , v ^ tamMkS ^ o rkMen ^ S ^^ all factions ^ d ^ orm ^ ' %£# J ^ J ^ ^ - J ^ r . dw ' oke *^ d ^ ^ M «^ ft ' ^ K ^ 8 riro » W November 27 th , 18 S 0 . •'' " - ** - ^* - : -- - v- C

      The Hungarian And Polish Refugees And Th...

      THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES AND THEIll DISSOLVED COMMITTEE . -. Exiled from the Continent , sixty-five Poles landed in London , iu March . They came from Switzerland , where they had found a refuge , till they were driven from the territory of the frightened Republic by tho menaces of the despots of Eussia , Austria , aud Prussia , and by the influence of the hol y father . Badeu , Italy , Posen , and France had been their battle-fields of Democracy . Landing , —Who did receive them with brotherhood ? Nobody . ,

      The Polish National Emi grants , of 1830 , residing in London , were not to be found ; aud those who vers unfortunatel y discovered in their lurking boles , calling themselves Democrats , did say : — "Poor brothers , you have nothing to eat at all . ¦ It is pitiful , in « deed : but we cannot hel p it , because , if we give something to-day to you , - perhaps we might be hungry ourselves in a fortnight . ' " The Literary Association of the frieuds of Poland , presided over by Lord Dudley Coutta Stuart , directed by its Secretary , aud Soul Szulezewski , after an apparent , sympath y for the Refugees , declared it was no longer able to assist them in London , but , that for to send them to America , a sum of money bad bieu placed at its disposition by a person desirous not to be known .

      Such a proposition was made only to the new emigrants , because composed of ycung , disinterested men , who , having left country , relations , position , and fortune to fight for Democracy , were considered the most dangerous opponents to the despotic , selfish , and ambitious intentions of Prince Czirtoiyski . Lord Dudley Stuart , in bis speech at Guildhall , named the person , anxious not be known , who furnished the money . It was himself , who supplied tha large sum of £ 1 , 200 , to be expended according to his own judgment . At this time some members of the Executive of the National Charter Association formed themselves into a Committee to raise the means of supporting those of tho Refugees who had not received relief from Lord Dudley Stuart . ¦ ¦

      Then the large number of fifty Polish Refugees came over from Turkey ; and immediately it was proposed to elect a committee of Pole , to manage their political correspondence , and to distribute the monies collected by the English Committee . At this time , Mr . Davis , secretary , treasurer , and manager of the English Committee , having become acquainted with Mr . Rohi Bartochowski , otm of the Emigrants of 1831 ) , ami used his influence to induco the Refugees to elect him as a member of the z . cir Polish Committee . His intention was good , and the Refugees elected this Committee ; but sis weeks afterwards tha Refugees being dissatisfied with the nnti Democratic actions of this Committee , declared to tho English Committee that it had been dissolved by them .

      Mr , Bartochowski , accused by the Poles , appeared before the En » lish Committee with his hooks wi itten in the Polish language . Although the accused , he translated his own books , and on his own saying that he was honest , a vote of thanks was ghen to him by the Committee . The deputation of tho Refugees argued in vain thut Bartot-diowski had heen condemned by them , and that in onll ' nsj on the English Committee they had desiieJ only to seo his books properly examined . A commission was chosen amongst , the Poles to order tho books of Bartochowski , and the report was given publicity to in the Sim , Tuesday , 19 th of November , wherein is said , that Rola Bariodiowski has abused the confidence with which l . e \ ras honoured by the Refugees .

      To divide the Refugees amonsst themselves , to annul the sympathy of the English Democrats for the Refugees , and to force them afterwards to fall into their net , such are the sinister intentLns of the friends of Czartoryslu . A spy at last was received on the funds against the unanimous wish of the Refugees , who demonstrated and defended their Democratic rights . Thou a resolution was passed that no Pole should l : o heard on the Committee ; thus robbing men who left I China" their family , position , and fortune , of their inalienable rights ' . The mcm l ers of tho adniinistraticn , W . Takmolinski , Bbeaxsiu . ( To'bc continued next week . )

      THE REFUGEES . TO THE DEMOCRATS OP ENGLAND . We , the Provisional Committee , earn ^ tiy beg our brother democrats to lend us their assistance on behalf of the Polish and Hungarian Refugees . Since our election we have regularly paid the monies collected , to the secretary elected !> y the refugees . The old committee has not paid them a tavth ' m * . This body convened a public meeting in Cowper-street , on the 20 th , -to nwke charges against the refugees for having said that they had no confidence in them . Fifteen of tho refugees , who were among the most prominent objectors to the old committee , and who were receiving daily pay from us , were , to our surprise , on the side of

      the old body . These men would not associate with their brother exiles , or lodge with them at the refuge , while the remaining fifty-six , from tie colonel to tl . o private , live together in fraternity and equality . Some of the fifteen , when applying for money from us after tho 20 th , acknowledged that tl . cy icceivcd sixronce j . er day from the- old committee . Frequent applications has been made to tl . e Leader office for mouoy , when the men have Icon without food , : > nd refused ; and Mr . Holycake has been a * kod to take Mr . Rider ' s plage , which has been refused . Friends , these patriotic exiles are deserving the support of every true Denioenit , and wo call upon vou to fay by your sub « scriptions , whether these fifty-six brave men shall lo driven , in want and wretchedness from their present refuge , and become outcasts and wanderers on tho world .

      Subscriptions may be sent to Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Rider , Mr . Harney , or Mr . Reynolds , made pay alio to T . Brown , who will bu gkd " to give anv information required . All persons visitiiw London are invited to visit the Fraternal Home , 41 . Tununillstreet . The committee enter their protM : > i ; : > ii > sc men , terming themselves Dumocrnts , having a forge number of police in tho commi ttee room at the meeting in Cowper-street * Signed , on behalf of tho Committee , T . BnowK , Corresponding becrcUrj .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_30111850/page/1/