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      _~~^ _n _^^ T h 7 committee of the Aberdeen _taSStfilMoMl land _Co-PW _^™^ - ? ite shareholders wbc > _™ £ l _£% _^& _aFl mente to the _Lecal or 'G | n" _!^ _$ of Mr _O'Coneettle immediately . On "r _^^^ and _dig-^^ _SSSSStW _^ _«* « _***• « ' _» _^* _5 S 5 _£ 3 _Tlta _Ov erly meeting _^ _SS of tS . branch of the Land Company . _^ _oTIunS January 2 nd . the following officer * JS 1 _aJpoWS : - 'o _^ ep h Batty . Corresponding _SrarV ; Samuel Newton . Scrutineer ! J _« n » Sr . _Secretary ; _Benjamin Backhouse , President ; iSmmiftee : Richard Pilling , Samuel Taylor , James Stott Joshua Barber , James Hilton . Thomas Sir , J _« a « Kirk _JSmith . Samuel _Black _^ H ; John _Scho ' . _field . Local Treasurer ; Ed _™ _£ _"fe _GenenlTtwunrer : fcaaoArmrtead -and _"" _* _£ " _» _sbaw _. Anditonu Preparations . are tang _orie forthe eslfbrttion of Thomas Fame ' s birthday in the _GhsrtUs Association-room , _Bentiuck-atreet , on Saturday , 29 th of January . , Ri _„ r » -A _DUblic meeting of the members and

      friends of tie Land Company met last Wednesday S t _iedc December 29 th , 1847 , forthepurpwe rfheartop a _lectore from Mr Thomas T _^ _ttersall _Sublet ' - ' The Land and Labour Bank ; ' at the _elos-of which the following resolution was passed : — * That we establish a branch bank , in _connexion wim tbe Land and Labour Back . ' Besmosd- . et . — A Savings' Bank has been esta bushed at the Tanners' Arras , Bermondsey . for tne _norpose of assisting the National Land and Labour _£ » ak , _« _oder the management of the , following _Sfifcers-Mr Milward . treasurer ; Mr Orrel and Mr "Wells , trustees ; MrKemply , scrutineer ; J . UaEsett , _Cavbhidsk . —Glorious Triumph op thb Lahd Pux . Thb 'Dispatch' despatched—It _» a most annular circumstance that a town of so much _intpor . fanr _* a « fi _ocuortune situation as Cambridge , should

      have remained eo long _ancoDscioos of what was _transph-in ? throughout tbe entire kingdom , and more _especia'iv in the districts immediatel y _Mirroondine it . _ssr-r-ar _^ s the _ivitional Land Comiany , —yet _sueu is the fact . With the exception of what had beep gathered from the Dispatch , and ene solitary indivi . _dnal—who had been induced _byaaear relation living in a distant county to take out a foHr acre * harenothing whatever wa * known about tbe institution , until the arrival of William BuntoD , a working man , frem _Lvna . After visiting the news agents through tii _^ town in search of a Star newspaper , he found that there was only one , which was Uk 6 n by an _individual who bad recently entered the town , and _entering s coffee _honse , he by familiar conversation aband in

      sorbed the attention of the whole oompany , - duced these present to exert themselves to the utmost to get np a _oublic meeting . On Thursday evening _wsek , the first meeting ever held on this subject in _Cambridge , teok place in Manning's large Terape > _Mcce _Cdfiee Room , under the Town H & ll . At eight o ' clock , the hour appointed for taking the chair , the roam was fil ' . ed with apparently the middle class , or yonm ? shopkeepers of the town—some of whom bronchi with them whole piles ef the crazy Dispatch , containing every word that had been said about _O'Ccnnor and the Land Money . A gentlemmof the name of Hall , who stated himself to be connected with tbe press , was called to the chair , who in a brief address informed the gentlemen present * f the object

      of their be n ? called _tojether , and begged of them to give the _lecturer a fair and patient hearing , and that _afitrwardf , should any persons think welt to ask any qu ?» iivES upon the subject , Mr Bunton would be happy to reply . He concluded by introducing Mr Bacton to the meeticr » who on _rising said .- Mr _Chiinsan sod _Crensieuren , I coasiderit to be the duty of every individual , and more especially of those _protessiM * themselves to be _Christians , having the interest o * " themselves and the welfare of their fellow men at heart , that they should inquire into and investigate fa ' " !? -he principles of every project pat forth iu st ciB'y . _nrofessing W effect so desirable an objectthai the thousand 2 nd one schemes which had been in _sristanee , _biedinj _ajainst each other for popular

      _sar ? ort and then _passins away , leaving not a wreck bei _~ d . except the wrecks of empty pockets—that such _scaesnes had a tendency not only to make men listless and regardless of any sew _prsyeet which might be tbrnsi upon their attention , but also te denounce the propagators snd authors of such scheme as _destjrsia _? money-grabbers- However , it did seem fortccate for that cause , the principles of whieh he had enraged to UoHd . that the many schemes or bubbles which fead own the _meangof bringing _sorrow up > n _thousands , and destruction upon whole families . hh _:-= id have been chiefly confined to the upper and m _? . re wealthy classes of society ; and that aUhe _present _csomeci . when banks were breaking in every d _^ _rfitjon . _& _sd railway _shareholder 6

      _driTentodistractrc =, that a _c-oapany composed solely of the working classes _siouJd atthesime time be pouring thousands of _prnzds weekly JB _? o a fund for the purchase of _estiiss , which by tbe idleness and neglect of a profligate sristoeracy were _cooriy passing out of their _fcsnds into the market for sale . ( Loud cheers . ) Tbe Ls 2 o _Gompanr , which had been but little mora than two _jssrs in existence , nnder the direction of that great philanthropist and benefactor of his fellow _tn ~ a , _FearguB O'Connor , was more than forty _thousand _EfroEe—tvss possessed of near one hundred thousand _pousds capital , and had purchased six different estates , consisting of two thousand acres of Land . ( Cheers . ) The lecturer then explained the whole of the Banking system , and the National

      Land and Labour Bank , showing the company the security it offered above every other bank , the higher rate d interest it gave , and the great good that would be done to themselves and fedovr men by immediately forming themselves into clubs , and depositing weekly whatever tbey might think fit , or could spare . After a spirited address , which lasted more than two hours , he concluded by reading Mr O'Connor's ad _Jress to the working classes , from the April number of the _Labicrer Magaz ' ne , which had a great effect upon the audience , and resumed his seat amidst the plaudits and approbation of the meeting . No sojner had Mr Bunton resumed his seat , than two or three J _oung gentlemen of the middle class were on their legs , armed to the teeth with copies o f the

      Dispatch , to commence the assault , when Mr Meody , a watch and clock manufacturer , rose and said : That before the meeting entered into a discussion , he _considered that the lecturer deserved , and ought to receive , an unanimous vote of thaaks , for the able and _soend truths he had that evening laid before them . This _beicg seconded , the Chairman put it to the meeting , and it was carried by acclamation . Then _followed one of the most stormy discussions ever heard in this place . Mr Fisher advised the meeting before they were led to part with tbeir money , by the talented address they had just heard—an address in which their _feelinss were excited and passions _infUmeu—to hear what he might have to say upon the question . lie had no doubt that what the lecturer

      hail stated ia regard to the Land Company _raising so ranch money _wastrue , but while he had been entert & _iaing them with the manner in which the aristocracy _rqa ndered awsy their money—he did not say one word abiut how Feargus O'Connor was _squandm-ig away the people ' s money . From a great journal he held in his hand —( 'Name / from the meeting . ) Mr Fisher : The _Dispa-ch _;— ' e _wouldfprove the most infamous profligacy on the part of this Mr O'Connor , in spending the people's , not his own money . ( Here the speaker rea 1 the article about the purchase of horses , carriage of _horses that had lees to walk , <& c . ) After which he asked the meeting if he had not fully proved the charge ; he , therefore , would ask the lecturer , as an hoEest man , hew he could reconcile this

      with the addrea he had just delivered ? Mr Bunten rose to reply : Sir . as far as I am able , I will five you not my . bat Mr O'Connor ' s own , answer . Whereupon ae _S'ated that the horses were boiiKht by ' public section , where they were sold to the highest bidder , end n = ade a most happv explanation of the travelling _expesses , by asking several _questi 9 ES of tbe audience , as _ta how far the horses ought to be travelled per day , & 3 . ; and showed that it would have cost double the _tnoney to have sent them by road , instead of by rail . ( Approbation from the people . ) Another gentleman was _isimediately up , _asd begged to ask the lecturer what became of all the interest of ths money in the various banks , and _^ read another article from the _Bjspatch . Upon which Mr Bunton txe and said : As

      I am asked , * Where is the interest , ' I beg to say with the principal . ( ' _^ eildone _/ fromthemeetin _::. ) Gentlemen , if any thing is wanted to prove Mr O'Connor ' s sincerity or honesty of purpose , the proof is here Wcereupon Mr Bunton immediately shook out a JvOr . _TSSRJf Star newspaper . ( Great excitement in the meeting . ) Here is his . honesty . Here is that very article copied _froa the _Dispatch , and placed in the most conspicuous place in hia own paper for all the members to see . Nay more , every word , sentence , or paragraph , spoken or written against the Land _Coiapanj , has had the same situation , -while the _vjllanotts press-gang has never dared to publish one werd of Mr O'Connor's in reply . ( Cheers from the meeting . ) . At this stage of the proceedings a gentlecan rose and said ; That he believed the Dispatch to be the most base , perfidious , and deceptive paper published- That no institution was ever started for

      tbe benefit of tha people , hat what had a ready opponent in that haggard old bawd . No scheme , however good , if . it did not suit the whim of the wretches who filled its columns with their stuff . lie would judge of the value of the Land Company by the abuse . of . that blackguard article just , read , * and here ' s my _rab _' nef _, * -said the speaker , * to join this evening . ' Sev _? ralothergentleman , _herefollorred in the same r _ttkhvnf bitter condemnation of the Dispatch , when Mr . B- _^ i fonaed the ( audience that this was the very lss _' _yay persons _cojild join the Land Company , so that a _presentjsfioughfc well to embark in our shisf , _thfey _^ j _ifttt _ZZUdjenm to another room for the ' jjurhosp , ' _..- ! HL . . another _gentleman ' rose and mi : _Thjit although he sheuld never want the Land himself , he would join for the _purposeof helping _tofeduc _' the _sarplBs . labour market ; for of all _the'instZtutibn ' he tad ever-heard of , hone ever ranked in i & bertanc

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      ! with this Land Plan . At thechm thirteen individuals , who simply camo to hear about the noveltj took out fifty-two shares , and paid their first instalment , and two pounds thirteen shilling and fourBence was immediately sent off to the Land Omee . ine Dispatch men were completely * flabbergasted , and said , ' Poor dupes , they will Jose their money . Ihe movement being ia the bands of the right sort of men , we shall not be so backward in the national cause as we have hitherto been . LWe cannot , sufficiently _expiLourthanka to Mr Bunton for _^ P _™ < vf valuable services . He has ' deserved w _» _U of b ., TaSok .- _^ p arty was held , at the house of Mr Jacques , on Christmas Day , in honour of Mr Jacques drawing a prize of three acres of land in tne

      late ballot , _afwrwhick the _^^ . _^ V _^ " _^ together with toasts and _eentimeatfl . and an excellent address from Samuel Hudson , contributed to the harmony of the evening . . , Carlisle . —The quarterly meeting of this branch took place last Sunday afterKOon , when , atter tne subscriptions were paid in , Mr Nicholas Fish wn called to the chair . The _auditers having Riven in their report , that they had examined and found the _books'cerrect , the secretary , _treasurer , and scrutineer , were _re-filected ; and John Hutchinson and James _MGilvary appointed on the committee , along with the auditors , Messrs _Gfiddes and Heaton , whose term of office does not expire for three months . A resent of thirty shillings was voted to the secretary ,

      p in addition to his salary , for past services , and a determination expressed to support him with their work , in _conseqience of hia employer having digcharged him for looking after their business . A special meeting of the above branch will take place next Sunday afternoon , January 9 th , at No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate . Those who are in arrears with local and annual expenses are requested to come forward with the same . A meeting of the paid-up shareholders in this district will _takeplace on Saturday , January 15 th , at eight o ' clock in the evening , to devise some plan to collect money for the Land and Laboar Bank . Deotlbdkh . —The members of thia branch held

      their yearly meeting on Sunday , the 2 nd inst ., and appointed officers for the next twelve months . The new officer * request all the members to attend next Sunday morning , and _payoff their general and local _leviea . Place of meeting , No . 1 , _Chapel-etreet , Lane-end , Droyleden . _HAMHBBSinTH _DlSTR- 'CT OF THE NATIONAL _LiNU Compakt . —At a special meeting of this district , held at the office , 2 , Little-vale Place , Haramenmithroad , on Sunday morning , January 2 nd , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : —' That the board of directors be hereby requested to appeal to all the paid up shareholders in the Company , to contribute to a fund for the purpose of redeeming or purchasing their several allotments , a sum of not lea than threepence per week each , and thereby facilitate the purchase of land , the building of

      houses , and the location of shareholders ; such sum or sums to stand in the name or names of the parties so subscribing . ' The sum of threepence was fixed SS the minimum , in order to give the poorest shareholder the opportunity of assisting the Company and hira or herself , while it is not doubted that some ( and a numerous class too ) will pay as much as ten shillings per month . EdmHnd Stallwood , eeeretary . Hull —At the weekly meeting of the Land Company , on Wednesday evening , it was resolved *—• That the local levies be one penny per share pbr quarter , from the 1 st of January . Mr Stephens was elected secretary ; Mr Oliver , scrutineer ; Mr Burnett , treasurer ; Mr Laverick and Mr Dodds , auditors . Meetings are held every Monday and Wednesday evenings , at half-past seven o ' cleck , at the Ship InnChurch-lane .

      , Leicester . — The following officers were elected for the No . 1 branch , at a public meeting of the shareholders , held at the Exchange Room , Dec 2 Sth : —John Goodby , _secretary ; William _Branswortb , treasurer : Joseph White , local secretary ; Samuel Hall Culler , local treasurer ; Thomas Jones and William Goddard , scrutineers . I beg to correct a repsrt which appeared in the Northern Star ot the 11 th of Dec ., to the effect that Z- _Aatill , G- Noon , L . Arnold , and C . Gibson were elected officers for this branch ; that election was in _opponition to the by-laws , and therefore illegal . The shareholder * are hereby cautioned not to pay any

      mere money to them . The proper officers for the management of this branch are those elected at the Erchange . The business of this branch will be transacted at 5 S , Church-gate , until further notice . John Goodby , secretary . e * In addition to the above we have received the following : —* Any correspondence you may receive for insertion in the Stab , representing it te be tie business of No 1 branch of the Land Company , net having my signature , ia from a party of some thirty or forty , who are acting in direct opposition to our branch and the directors . _Youra respectfully . Z . _Astill . *

      _fgg ~ Both parties may save themselves the trouble of any further crimination , or recrimination . Our columns are closed against such squabbles . These local differences are matter for the consideration of the directors , or the annual Conference . The readers of the Stae can feel no interest in them . —Ed . N . S . _MaNCHgsTBB—A special meeting of the Manchester branch was held in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , January Snd , when the following resolution was unanimously carried : — ' That it is the opinion of this meeting that Mr O ' Connor be requested to take & petition into the House of _Commoas in strict conformity with the rules of the National Land Company . ¦ . _fMBBTHre TrDvn ,. —Branch No . 1 of the National Land Company . —The members ot the above branch had an excellent ball on Christmas evening . Patriotic songs and sentiments added to the pleasures of the evening .

      Mr S . Ktdd in Shotlbt Bridok . —On the moreing of Wednesday , 29 th December , 1847 . Mr S . Kydd delivered a _' publio lecture in the Odd Fellows' Hall , inShotley Bridge . Snbject-. — 'The Land and its Capabilities , general effects of the Small Farm System on the Social and Political Condition of the People , National Land and Labour Bank , —Land Insurance Branch . —Loan Fund , & c ., and the Ability of the Land Company to locate its members . ' The night being very inclemeat the hall was not eo densely filled , as would have been the case had the weather been more _propitious hundreds of persons from the villages of Black Hill , Berry Edge , and Lead Gate being prevented attending from the distance and weather . At a few minutes past seven

      o ' clock , Mr Samuel Kydd entered the hall amidst rapturous applause , the hall at that time being about three parts filled . —Mr Robert Carr , one of the allottees for tbe _Snip's End Estate , proposed , and Mr John Sideboltom seconded that Mr Joseph Saint preside , which having been carried , the chairman read the placard calling the meeting , after which he made a few pertinent remarks , stating that at the close of the lecture any question asked of the lecturer would be answered , or discussion would be allowed . He _theniatroduced Mr Kydd to the meeting _, who , on rising , said : It was quite true that any society _oraystero , whose transactions would not bear the test of inquiry , or the fullest development of its affairs , was , _HQWortby the support of the working

      classes . He regretted that time would not allow of his treating each branch of the lecture sufficiently at large , for that each subject required a distinct lecture of itself . He _> ead several extracts from the works of tho Messrs Chambers oa the progress and effects of the Snail Farming System , which gave general satisfaction . He then entered at some length into the capability of two acres of land to support a family of five persons , instancing what had been done upon one acre of land , that had been brought into a high state of perfection , and had brought a clear £ 220 . for one year's produce . That by thining the labour market of the redundant labourers , the condition of the remainder would be greatly bettered , as every one person placed uoon

      the company ' s estates would not only be enfranchised , and rendered freemep , but would not be under tho necessity of performing alave labour for another , for that the profits of each allottee's labour upon his farm would be his own property . Every person put upon the land had the power of voting for a representative , that would support the working man ' s capital—his labour , and when tbat sheuld be the case , both tbe social and political condition of society would be changed . On _theques'ion of the National Land and Labour Bank , Mr Kydd dwelt at great length , arguing with great force and effect that ae other banking establishment offered such security for the investment of capital aa it offered ; inasmuch as ether banks merely gave promissory notes

      of payment for the money deposited at two and a half to three per cent ., whereas the National Land and Labour Bank gave the additional security of land , aad a much higher rate af interest for deposits . Every £ 10 , 000 . deposited , and with which land was purchased , would have the addition of £ 5000 , worth of labour and improvements for its security . It was , indeed , truly a savings' bank for small deposits , for although the establishments known under that title iu this country were originally intended to benefit the lower orders of society , it was soon discovered that the funds might be by law extracted from them , and expended by the government in crushing liberty both at heme and abroad . Where now were tbe nineteen or twenty millions that had been invested m the savings' banks ? Ay , echo answered 'Where ?'

      gone to swell that huge monster debt , comically enough called national . Now he , ( the lecturer ) should like to know by what means the people could possibly be their own debtors . That was the greatest humbug possible ; could any person be so insane as to borrow £ 100 . from himself that he might pay five pounds as interest uponit , and be _competed to employ another ' person to keep an . account of such loan ? But the people are' becoming alive to their own condition and their power , for many thousands of pounds were being withdrawn from the national swindler ,. and _deported in the National Land and Labour Bank , from , which no Chaacellor of _the-Kxcheque ' r could clutch it , ' nor take it for the purpose of crushing a nnion of working men , similar to the miner ' s _Jateetrike . by _lending it to the master class . ' The interest paid by savings' banks was very

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      low , whilst what wore called national securities bore _s rn ueffflfgher rate of interest , which the working classes were called upon to pay . But what were those national securities ? Why pieces of paper , which were called Exchequer bills , Indian bonds , consols , & c These worthless promissory notes were given by a Chancellor of the Exchequer for coin of sterling value , npon which he promised to pay a certain rate of interest per cent . The _holdera of these national securities were tha money lords of this country , who ranged themselves about the precincts of the Bank of England , Mid _^ ho . vrhen it waa necessary to _xaise a money panic , brought great quantities of those securities into the market , and down went

      their price ; but when it suited those Jew-jobbers to filch the people a little further , then np rose the price ; and who but the people had the difference in the price to pay ? But a regular rate of interest was assigned by the National Land and Labour Bank ; and instead of a worthless promissory note , it gave solid land and hou _& _s , as security te depositors . Upon that part of tbe lecture relative to the Land insurance , little need beeaid . The Company undertook to secure dwellings , stock , & c , on the payment of a Email rate of inteiest andfhus was a poor man secured against the loss of his pig , sheep , cow , or donkey . It would be necessary for him nest to prove to that meeting , that the Company would be able to locate its members upon the land ; whilst many sapient editors of newspapers were writing articles

      upon subjects of whieh they were totally ignorant , to prove that because in two years a certain number had only been located , that , therefore , it would require 1 , 500 yeBrsto locate the whole of the members of the company . Amongst the number of those wisescreo was a fellow named Armstrong , editor of the _Newcadtlb _Advertises , who evidently had been misnamed ; for he in justice should be called Weakhead ; and had been doing his little best to prove his iinorancoe of the Land Plan , He felt confident of the ability of the Land Company to locate all its members , for although it would not be possible to purchase four seres of land and erect a dwellinghouse for the sum of £ 5 . is . ; it would be recollected that in connexion with tbe Land and Labour Bank there was & department exclusively for members of

      the Company , viz : —The Redemption department . Thus the utility ef a savings' bank was at once realised , and at the same time allottees or members of the Company were enabled to purchase the feesimple of their estates by payments as low as 3 d . weekly . He would noi need to occupy much time on the head of the Lean Fund * It was simply this : — Should any allottee require money to purchase a cow , pic . sheep , or other stock , the company advanced £ 5 ., £ 10 ., or £ 20 ., for such purpose upon his note of hand , promising to repay the amount at a certain time , charging £ 4 . per cent , per annum , for such loan . The lecturer then said that everything animate and inanimate in stature seemed happy except the animal man . The poet had justly said : — ' Han ' s inhumanity to man

      U » do _eountleaa _theaaande Gaourn . ' Mr Kydd , in a most eloquent and affecting oration finished an Address which occupied m _« re than two hours in its delivery , amidst general applause . —The chairman inquired whether there was any question to be asked of tbe leeturer ; when Mr Emery said a gentleman near to where he was standing wished to know how members would stand when the Company should be registered . —Mr Kydd observed that nj $ withstanding the extensive range of the society operations , and although the greatest portion of the money had passed through the hands of the poorest of working men , not one farthing had been mis * applied . The reason was this . The branch secretaries sent weekly the payments made by members

      to the treasurer , who kept a correct list of all monies received by him , the directors having the personal control of the money , * a list was also kept by that body , whose secretary also furnished a weekly list of all money receipts to the Northern Star newspaper for publication . By this means any defraud would bo immediately detected . Although this waa no answer to tbe question asked , he had deemed it necessary to state the fact as a proof of the honesty ef the different parties connected wiih the money part of ihe company's transactions . Whilst the oompany was provisionally registered , each individual member of tho sompany was liable for a breach of the law : whereas when the company should be fully enrolled , the solicitor would be made amenable to law for a breach of the law , and through him would all actions be brought , for or against tbe Compnny . —The _thanka of the meeting

      having bees voted to tbe lecturer and chairman , the meeting separated highly edified by the information received . Ten persons enrolled themselves members of the Land Company . Great good has been effected through Mr Kydd ' s visit to this neighbourhood . _O'CoHKOBVitLB , —On Monday , a meeting of the allottees and others from the neighbourhood was held in the Schoolroom , which was addressed by Ernest Jones and T . M . Wheeler , —who impressed on their audience the imperative necessity of throwing the rampart of the CHARTER around the camp of the LAND . A resolution to that effect was unanimously passed , and after the usual votes of thanks the meeting separated , with a determination to agitate the principles of the Charter in the _neighbourhood . A social meeting was passed after the meeting—and all joined in the praises of their Home of Labour and bright aspirations for the future ;

      Old _SniLMN . —A money club in aid of the Land and Labour Bank , will be opened en Monday , the 10 th of January , at tbe house of John Parker , at seven o ' clock in the evening . _Pkebtoh . —The monthly general meeting ef the Preston branch of the Lasd Company took place on Sunday evening last , January 2 nd , in the large room of Mr _Franland's , Temperar . ce Coffee-house , _Lunestreet . Mr Charles Durham in the chair . After some discussion , the National Land Company ' s petition was unanimously adopted . It was likewise agreed that a public meeting be called as early as possible

      to lay the petition before the public . The committee appointed to draw up rules for the establishment of an auxiliary to the National Land and Labour Bank , and for assisting members when located , gave in their report , when it was unanimously agreed that the committee be allowed till next monthly night to _complete their arrangements . Mr Richard Nutter and Mr John Blackhurst were appointed _scrutineers for the next month . At the close of the meeting a large number of members signed the petition . Petition sheets will lay for signature at the weekly meetings every Monday night , and at the secretary ' s , Mr James Brown , 71 , Park-road , every night in the

      week . Stockport . — -At a meeting of the members of this branch the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : ¦— ' That we pledge ourselves to assist Mr O'Connor to prosecute the Manchester _Examiner . ' It was agreed te send from their local expense fund to that gentleman the sum of £ 10 . Mr Leech , of _Manchester , lectured here on _Sundav . to a large and attentive audience . After the lecture a vote of thanks was passed to him for his able lecture on the Land and Labour Bank .

      _Staltbbidoe . —On Fiidayevening , December 3 _lat , a public tea party was held in our meeting-room , Cross , street , Spring-street , when about one hundred sat down to an excellent tea , after which a number of songs , recitations , & o ., were sung and recited by several of the members of thiB locality . The room was splendidly decorated . —On Sunday afternoon , January 2 nd , Mr Bedford , of _Ashtos , delivered a lecture on ' Chemical Botany , ' and gave great satisfaction . —At six o ' clock the same evening , Mr F . Metcalf delivered his third lecture on the ' Practicability of the Land Plan . ' Several questions were asked , and satisfactorily answered .

      Sheffield . —The quarterly meeting of this branch was held at the Three Cranes Inn , on Tuesday evening , January 4 th . Mr Simpson in the chair . The secretary read the accounts of the past quarter , which were received . On the motion of Mr Goddard , Mr Cavill was elected secretary . Mr Councillor Briggs was elected treasurer . Auditors and committeemen were elected , and it was resolved ;— ' That the salary of the secretary be eight shillings a week , instead of five , as before . ' Thanks having been voted to the ohairman , the meeting broke up . The following persons were elected trustees for the money club : —Mr Councillor BriggB , Mr Councillor Wigfall . and Mr William Yaule . The money to be lodged in the National Land and Labour Bank , to the credit of the above gentlemen . Hours for receiving money from seven o ' clock till nine o ' clock on Monday evenings , at G . Cowill ' _s , Democratic Temperance Rooms , 33 , Queen-street .

      South London Chartist Hau _,. —Mr Edmund Stallwood delivered an address on 'Progress , the Charter , and the Land , ' on Sunday evening , Jan . 2 , to a most attentive and highly respectable audience . The address appeared to give universal satisfaction , as was exemplified in the vote of thanks adopted by acclamation at tbe conclusion . To the Members of the Land Company . —Fellow Members : At the late Conference of our body , held at _Lowbands , certain propositions were carried respecting schools and teachers , to the fallacious tendency of which I beg to call your attention . It was agreed that the directors should appoint teachers , and a majority of allottees should have the power of rejecting them , or causing their dismissal , by uniting in complaining , and that in such case the teacher shall receive six months' notice to quit . Now observe the injustice to all parties concerned . In

      the first place , the teacher ia expected _to-. pay rent for the premises , as well as forthe portion of Land that may be assigned him , a fixed tent , without reference to the number ot pupilB ne may have , or the remuneration he may receive for tuition . / Now if he accept the _offeronsuch'termsitis evident that hia charges must keep pace with his liabilities , That he will not be overpaid is evidently anticipated by his being allowed _abortion of Land at four percent _, in contradistinction to the allottee _^ - as a sort of compensation . Experience justifies me ia asserting , that where a teacher is bent upon discharging his duties , towards his pupils in a faithful manner , he will have neither lime nor attention for the oultivationef a large quantity of Land , as hia task ia one of too engrossing * characterto permit it . On the other hand , if through the lowness of the price paid for tuition it becomes necessary for the teacher to culti-

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      vate _, two or three _acrsB ofLand . to enable him to meet his creditors , it is evident that the children Slf _reoSvol _ess attention than they _augM otherwise command . I likewise know , that if young children _Squired home at a certain hour to perform any officVfor their parents , that they-get indifferent ; and neg lectful , and if they are threatened mth _^ eonfinemeat they are ready with the plea , ' _fte"V « _£ Ker said I must come home at twelve © clockto go upon an errand . ' Again , if the _PfW _^ _WW such an arrangement , should fancy that their child _, ren are neglected , a meeting would be called , ana n resolution _paaeed to _diamUa the teacher , who » to walk off after the six months notice final I

      haveexnired . Now , I would ask , what are the allottees going to do with their children all this time , and irom what source is the teacher to get money to pay toe last _eix months' rent with ? And if he should D _6 forced to leave when hia crops aro in the ground , by what rule is he to be indemnified for the outlay i And on tbe other band , if the teacher and u « ntee > should agree ever so well , I take it for granted that after a certain time the elder children will be taken from him to _pureue some calling , and if the residue be not sufficient to remunerate him , how long ,, 00 you expect that he will remain , to pay * , _saraG rent and taxes ! Common sense exclaims , no longer

      than is necessary to give notice to quit , when your _achool-house will lay upon your hands , dead lumber , unless you let it to some itinerant preacher . Un an average there will not be a seven years damana in the course of a generation of fifty years , for a schoolmaster , on any of these estates , and therefore no discouragement ought to ba thrown in the way of teachers , by charging rent for tbe _Bchoolhouse , as 1 do not imagine , that if allowed ren _^ free , that the directors will be overwhelmed with applications from men of real capacity . I remain , fellow members , Your obedient servant .

      Plymouth , E . Robbbison . December 20 th . ' Warwick . —At > a general meeting of this _brancli the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — That we regard the suggestion of Mr O'Connor _« to hand ever the Land Company to the tender mercies of an irresponsible government' as a matter fraught with m 3 _» yserious objections ; and that , so long as the majority of this company , being _uon-elecfcora , are without the pale of the British constitution , and defrauded of the right of citizenship ; and so long as the _natioa is cursed with the present _eyetem of class legislation , we utterly object to any governmental interference with the _Droperty of this company ; aad

      while we gratefully applaud Mr O'Connor ' s disinterestedness _, and implicitly rely on his honour , integrity , and _BatriotiBiio , to teBpsottully suggest that a full conference of _delegatea from every branch ot the company should bo held in London , to consider well tbis subject , and to weigh the matter ' gravely , before we petition the present government to _incorporateSour Loud Company under the baneful influence of their despotic system of centralisation , as we should deplore the day that ever saw the Land Company fastened to tho leading strings of an irresponsible crown minister , and our labour fields converted into a second edition of our hateful pauper unions . — H . A . _Dowaibsom , sub-E 6 C _« etary : _ .

      Wemuihbtbr _, S 3 , Dean-street : —The members of the Westminster branch of the National Land Company attended at tbe above rooms , on Tuesday evening , the 4 th instant , to tako into consideration the petition recommended by Mr O'Connor to be presented at the re-assembling of Parliament , when the _followiug resolution was adopted by a very large majority . Resolved : — ' That having considered the proposed petition to Parliament from the members of the National Land Company , in favour of making the Land Plan a government measure , we are of opinion that it will not be safe or sound policy to give up any part of the management of the said Company to the House of Commons , or to any other partyby giving them the power of

      , appointing trustees , _pay-clerks , or any other officers , or managers of the affairs of the Company . ' JiHie Gatsssr , chairman . The following sums have been received at this locality for Mrs Jones : —Mr George Wright , Is . ; Mr John Marshall , 6 d . ; Mr Robson , 6 d . Wolverhampton . — On Monday evening last , tho 3 rd inst , a general meeting of the shareholders was held at the Black Boy Inn , Horse Fair . Mr Tolman in the chair . The books were audited and found correct . The following persons were unanimously chosen to form the committee : David _Evane . John Rowley , Richard Dallow , George Ward , William Richards ; Edward Dud well , scrutineer ; Thomas Adney , treasurer ; M . _Whittingtoa , secretary .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . ummm A Tribute op Respect to Mb Johh Gathabd . — To the shareholders of the National Land Company , the members of the National Charter Association and the Democrats of the Metropolis in general . — Brethren , —Mr John Gathard , the founder and devoted supporter of the Lambeth branch of the Na » tional Land Company , and the ever ready friend aad zealous advocate ot democracy in general , who gave two years and a half ' s gratuitous services as founder and secretary to the Lambeth branch , has been reduced to great pecuniary difficulties , in addition to which , he _hao recently been bereft of hia wife , which calamity has left hira with three small children to buffet frith the waves of adversity . The Democrats

      of Lambeth and Bermondsey knowing Mr Gathard ' _s worth to the cause , and deeply sympathising with him in his affliction , have resolved to hold a graud Concert , and at the same time submit to public ballot a coloured print of Feargus O'Connor , MP ., by Martin , and a beautiful engraving of O'Connorville , both superbly framed and _glasad at the South London Chartist Hall . 115 , _Blackfriars-road , on Monday evening next , January the lOch , aud on which occasion , Messrs Robinson , ( of Greenwich ) , _Robbins , ( of Kensington ) , Stallwood , and other friends , have kindly given their services ; the tickets for which are sixpence each . They appeal to their Metropo litan brethren on this occasion to lend their assist .

      ance in & t once alleviating the sufferings of a friend and brother , and paying a mark of respect due to the patriot . Should this appeal meet with a hearty response , as we trust and feel assured it will , friend Gathard will be enabled , in the spring of the year , to take possession of his Chartist home ( Minster _Lovel _. ) unencumbered with pecuniary difficulties , and unfettered by obligations , except those ef gratitude to his Democratic brethren . On behalf of the Lambeth branch , —B . Rogers and W . Collins : _Bermondsey , —W . Bowling , F . Jeffries , and J . Mill _, ward . Tickets to be had at all Chartist meeting houses ; at the Land Office , 144 , High Holborn ; and at the South London Hall .

      Banburt . —The shareholders of the above branch are requested to attend at the Butchers' Arms , on Monday evening , January 10 th , at seven o ' clock . Bilston . —A general _raeetingof the Land members will be held at Mr _Linney's , Malt-shovel Inn , on Tuesday evening next , when every member is requested to attend and affix his signature to the petition in support of Mr O'Connor ' s bill for the protection of the Company . Barnslev . —A general meeting of the Barnsley branch will be held in Mr George Utley's Large Room , next Monday night , January 10 th , to take into consideration the propriety of compelling all members to serve on the local committee , in their turn , or forfeit threepence per quarter for refusing .

      Bristol —On Monday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock , a general meeting of the members of the National Land Company will be held at Mr _Nicholle' Coffee-house , Rosemary-street , for the purpose of hearing the balance sheet read , aHd electing officers , & o . Members are requested to bring the certificates of their paid-up Bhares . Those who cannot conveniently , will oblige by sending the number and date of their certificates , to the secretary , Felix W . Simeon , 10 , Temple Street , Bristol . Camberweu akd Walworth . —A public meeting will be held at the True Temperanc _9 Coffee-house , No . 10 , East-lane , Walworth _. on Monday evening , January 10 th . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock , when the National Land Company ' s petition will be discussed .

      Chbmenham . —The members of this branch are informed that a special general meeting will tike place at the Temperance Hotel , Chester-walk , on Tuesday evening next , January llth , at eight o ' clock . Derby —A general meeting of the niembera of this branch will be held on Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , to take into consideration the petition to Parliament on behalf of the Land Company . A list of all the defaulters in the local and directors' expenses will belaid before the meeting . A second meeting , for the above purpose , will take place on Monday evening , January 10 th , at eight o ' clock . _Easinoton Lane . —Mr S . Kydd will be at this place on Saturday evening , January 8 th , to deliver a lecture on tho Land , and its Capabilities ; when all the members of the Land Company and National Charter Association are earnestly requested to attend . Te commence at seven o ' clock .

      _GrusEswicn District . —The members of the Land Company residing in this district , are requested to attend on Monday evening , January 10 th , at Mr Thomas _Paris _' s , 2 , Cold Bath , | when _alljexpenses for tha directors and local fund muBt ha paid . Nottingham . —The next meeting of the Land members will be heldat the Horseand Groom Peter ' s Church Side , on Sunday evening , at ? even o'clock . . - _Hubdbesfield _—Tlienextmeeting ' of the members in this _distnet will be held thia evening , January 8 th , at Ibberson's Temperance-house , Bustoa road , when the paid- up members are _requested to pay their directors' and looal expenses fof this year , or they will not ba eligible for the ballbt . - Those who desire to be placed on family , tickets will please to name it to the secretary . No more' money , will be phced to the shares of the other merpbers . until the directors' and lecal expenses for 1847 a ™ paid . t Hevwood . —A general meeting of the members of _I _* o . 2 branch will be held . on Sunday nest , at two

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      o ' clock in the afternoon , at _theneuse of Mf _Jamea Evenson , Mills-lane , Heywopd . _Mtnr ,. rR of _IiMsmW-BruHswick _HaU .-The mem bers oi _thh branch of the Land Company are req uested to attend a general meeting on Monday evening now . _^ L _^ _XKames Leach , from Manchester _wHl deliver two lectures to-morrow afternoon ana evening , in the backroom of the faamr ; to commence at _half-past two and half-past six o ' clock . NoawicH .-The quarterly meeting of the shareholders of the National Land Company will be held in the Old Library room , at St Andrew ' s Hall , on Thursday , January ISth . at _fiOTfln o ' clock in the

      Pokbribs . —AH paid-up shareholders of the Hanley and Shelton branch of the National Land Company , are requested to forward the number of their certificates to W . Silvester , _Tontine-street , Hanley , on Monday nest , Jan . lOtb . Rochdale . — A general meeting of the members ot the Land Com pany will be held in their rooms , Yorkshire-street , on Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) at two o ' clock ia the afternoon . South London Chartist Haix . —Mr Dixon will lecture in the above Hall on Sunday evening next , January 9 th , at eight o ' clock . Subject : ' The Land . '

      . ... Stockport . —The monthly meeting of the members of this branch will take place on Sunday , the vthof January , at two o ' clock , to take into _consideration the adoption of the petition recommended by Mr O'Connor . _Stalybridgb . —Mr Bedford will lecture again on the same subject , on Sunday next , at two o ' clock . _MrT . Mitealf will deliver bis fourth lecture , at six O ' clock , on the same evening . Wakbkeld . — The members of the Wakefield branch of the Land Company are requested to pay all arrears of directors' and local levies forthwith .

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      _Ashton-ondbr-Ltme . — We had & splendid tea party and bull here on Friday , the 31 st of December , in honour of F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., taking his seat in the House of Commons . The room was beautifully decorated with portraits of celebrated patriots . The place was crowded , and the greatest enthusiasm characterised the proceedings . After the cloth was removed , Mr Joseph Taylor waa unanimously called to the chair . Mr James Taylor addressed the meeting in a short but telling speech . A rote of confidence in our noble chief was carried unanimously . The room waa cleared for dancing , which was kept up with the greatest spirit and most kindly feeling until about five o ' clock in the

      morning . . Biisioy . —At the usual weekly meeting of the Chartists of Bilston , held on _Sunday evening , January 2 nd , Mr Thomas Parker in the chair . After the reading of the Northern Star , an excellent lecture waa delivered by Mr Mantle of Birmingham , showing the necessity of the reorganisation of the Chartist body , for the purpose of obtaining the enactment of the People ' s Charter .. A meeting was held at Mr . J . Linney ' s , ou Monday evening last , our old friend Daddy Richards in the chair . Mr Mantle delivered an _interesti » g leeture on the best means of alleviating the distress of the labouring classes . Mr Linney ably addressed the meeting , as did also our tried friend Daddy Richards . A determination was shown to commence a branch ? of the National _ABBoeiation of United Trades . . ..

      Beret EDOB .-The Chartists of this locality held their usual meeting on Sunday , January 2 ad , when the report of the National Registration and Central Election Committee waa read by the secretary , and highly approved of . The next meeting ef this locality will be held on Sunday , January 7 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , at the house of Mr James Read , painter , when a discussion will be held on education , as a principle necessary for the elevation of the working classes . . Pewter _PiAMBR . —On Tuesday evening the members ot thia locality assembled in considerable numbers to promote the agitation for the Charter . Mr Dowling in the chair . Mr Smith addressed the meeting in most eloquent terms , after which Ernest Jones delivered a lecture of above two hours' duration _, amid the warm applause of all present . A resolution

      pledging support of the Charter _wes unanimously passed . Westuh » 8 TSB . —On Sunday evening last , Ernest Jones delivered a highly eloquent and argumentative lecture _on'Irish Misery , its _CauBee , and its Remedy , ' te a large and delighted audience . Bsthkal Grbbk . —Mr Tapp delivered a lecture at the Barley Mow , on Sunday , January 2 nd , to a numerous and respectable audience . Several persona took out cards of membership . Ernest Joaes will lecture here on Sunday , January 9 in . City asd Fikbbubt Looamtt of the National Charter Association , Good Intent Coffee-house , Back-hill , Hatton garden . Meeting . January 2 nd , 1848 . Mr Hughes in the chair . Mr A . Fennell moved , and Mr E . Nobbs seconded , the following resolution : —

      That it is the opinien of this locality , that those parties who have petitioned against Mr O'Connor ' s return , as If . P . fer _Nottingham , are actuated by _unfairmotiveo , and with an intention to put Mr O'Cennor to needless expense ; and considering Kr O'Connor , from hie past services and unswerving patriotism , as eminently worthy of our confidence , we resolve to assist him in defending his seat by every legal means in our power . And we further call on all Democrats , singly , or in societies , Confederates , Repealers , and every one holding the faith of Democracy , to come forward and assist ns in resisting this base attempt to silence the _workiug _clafjei in Parliament , through the unseating of one ot our representatives . Supported by Messrs Sims , Antill , Gover , and Cater . Carried unanimously . Mr Fennell moved , and Mr Sims seconded , the following address : — TO THE CEMOCRAST OF OBBAT _BH 1 IA 1 H AKD _IBULIND .

      Bbithbeh _, — Aa attempt has been made to stifle the voice of the working classes in the House of Commons , in the person of one of our renowned chiefs and patriots , Feargus O'Connor , by endeavouring to unseat him , by means of a petition to Parliament against hit return . It Is with _paiaful feelings that we view this proceeding on the part of a faction . Beaten at the election , beaten at the show of hands , fend at the poll , they are now endeavouring to conquer , not by appealing to justice , but to the breeches-pocket , to the supply of _ministeral gold , that has hitherto influenced tbs Nottingham electionsbut which was itielf conquered by the honesty and

      _firmness of Chartism . With you , brethren in democraoy , it rests , whether this new attack shall be defeated or successful . You have the power to defeat it , if you have the will . Say not , you have no funds to spare , whilst you annually expend _twenty-four millions in beer , spirits , and tobacco . Subscribe your funds at oncefor—4 twere well done , then 'twere well it 'twere done quickly . ' Show those representatives you may send to tbe House of Commons , that you are determined to assist and defend your friends from the attacks of your enemies .

      Chartists—To yoa especially we appeal—ye who have borne the banner ef Chartism through battle , 6 torm , and danger ; who bare carried your cause through the length and _breadth of the land—from Cornwall to the Orcades—from the Thames to the Tweed—until at length it haB become successful , and is acknowledged to be the only policy worthy the name of a national oae . Are ye prepared to forego the many advantages you have gained 1 If not , then support that chief , who , in conjunction with the patriotic and noble Duncombe and his gallant coadjutors , ha » e so long directed the movement . As ye are men—bo do your duty .

      Irish Repealers ! natives of the same land that gave blrtU to one of our chiefs—ye who saw his efforts for his and your country—his exertions against tha Coercion Bill—his endeavours to obtain justice for year long misgoverned land—will you st _* nd apathetic , and allow this _grsat friend of your country to be sacrificed to the strong pocket influence of a Whig government ? To you , then , countrymen of Emmett and Fitzgerald , we appeal , to assist your country ' s champion to retain bis seat . Bring the q-iestion on at your societies' meetings , open subscriptions , and Repeal may yet be obtained , through tho exertions of _« ne of our chiefs , and we hope , soon , oae of yourB also .

      Members of the National land Company ! ye who are endeavouring , by the aid of Mr O'Connor and jour other directors , to become trul y freemen—we call on you , mogt emphatically , to come forward and aid your director to retain that seat to which the peopio of Nottiogham have elected him—since in that bouse he can advance your interest , and that of the people in general , by bringing forward measures for improving the condition of the people . We call upon yea all to aid Mr O'Connor in this expensive struggle . Money must be had ; and shall we allow our friends to be ruined by remissness and inacti . vity ? No ! emphatically , no !'

      In _concision , we call upon ol ! who are Democrats , wherever they be , to commence collecting funds to deft nd Mr O'Connor ' s seat , let each give according to his ability , and let those who have much , give for those whs have none . Show to your enemies that they have mistaken your character , that you are not men , all sound aodfurj , _signifying nothing , but men thoroughl y in earnest— and that when you send a representative to Parliament , yoa will , to the utmost of your power , keep him there , and defend him when attacked . The above address was supported by Messrs Gover , Allnutt , Nobbs , Poole , and Cater , and carried unanimously . Mr _Nobba gvre in the resignation ef the council and officers . —Mr Nobbs moved : That the resignation of the council and officers of the locality be accepted . Carried . —Mr Gover moved : —

      _Thatavoteofthankabegiventothe council andoffi . _cers for their services _. Seconded by Mr Poole . Carried . Messrs Allnutt , Fox , Liveeay , Fennell , Nobbs , Antill , aud Cater , were appointed councillors ; Mr Allnutt , treasurer ; Mr Fennell , secretary ; and Messrs Allnutt and . J ? . ennell , delegatea to ths Metropolitan Delegate Committee . _' -Mr Nobbs moved : — . _That-. tbe locality resolve themselves into a committee , for . the purpose of obtaining signatures to the National Petition . Seconded by Mr Allnutt . arri _^ d .-Mr Antill moved : ™

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      That B public meeting be held at the Q 00 ( i t _„ _,. _» Coffee-house , _Back-hill , _Hatton-gwdeo , on _SniL „ _1 ing next , fer the purpose of assisting the « chlmlf building a new hall for the Democrats of London Seconded by Mr Allnutt . Carried . The _»»«» ,-then adjourned to January 9 th . Public mS tn take place at seven , o ' clock m the evening . 6 Alfred FEHHEti _. _Bccretarr Dboohkba . —I am instructed to forward a conV ' rf a resolution , _pasaed at a meeting of tue'D eheda Confederate Club _, ' on Monday , December 37 th I remain , sir , yours truly , _* _"" _Pa _««* HaRt . Resolved : —

      That our _marktd _thaiilu are emhuntlj flne _ftB < _j hereby given , to our _distinguished _eouoirymsn _, IWeus O'Connor , Esq , M . P . for Nottingham , for t »» ti 0 qu * argumentatf re , and fearless meaner ia which h * _ucently brought the Repeal _smestion b « fore the BrltUh Rou , e 0 f Commons ; ae also for his noble opposition to tho tyrannical Whig Coercion Bill . William Swow _, chairman TA 7 BICS . Hast , secretar y ' Mixbnmjn . —On Sunday , January 2 nd , Mr Tomlinson delivered a leoture in the Chartist-room , Mixenden Stone 8 . It was the opinion of every one present , that the lecture had never been equalled j a thia

      room . _NonfseHAMSHiM . —On Sunday last the district council held its nrst __ meet ing at the New Inn , Carrington , Mr J . Ellis was unanimously called upon to preside . Mr Procter moved , 'That a public meeting be held in the Townhall , Nottingham , on Monday evening , January 10 th , to devise the means for defending the seat of our indefatigable Member of Parliament , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ' Me Smith having seconded the resolution , it was carried with acclamation . A committee was then appointed to carry out the above . It - was then unanimously resolved . ' That the council take immediate steps to

      obtain signatures to the National Petition ; and that this meeting adjourn until this day weefcj then to meet at the _King of the French , _Woolpack-lane , Nottingham , to devise the best means of _obtaining the signatures . ' The next resolution was moved by Mr Smith , and seconded by Mr Barrow , That ene penny per month be remitted to the Executive Committee , in London ; the remainder to be placed in the hands of the district treasurer , for the purpose of carrying on the Chartist movement ia thin distriet . and to beat the disposal of the distriet council . John Skerritt , 26 , Currant-street . was eleeted district Bub-secretary ; and Mr John Ellis , sub-treasurer . The next monthly meeting of the council will be held at the sign of the Salutation , Hounds-gate , Nottingham , when it is hoped the counciimen frem every locality , in che town and county , will attend .

      NaHOHAL Victim _Comhtjisis . — The secretary , ( Mi John Simpson ; acknowledges tbe receipt of five shillings from Mr E . Buriey , of Manchester , on behalf of the fund for _placieg Mrs Jones—the law made widow of William _Jenes , the Welsh Martyr , in business . OVBNDEK , HEAB HALIFAX . _—ApPALlMfoDlSIRKSS . _"" On Sunday efening k » t , a lecture was delivered is the ChartiBttoom , _BradBhaw-lane , Ovenden , near Halifax , by Mr Jonathan Thomas , on the distressed state of the working classes . He showed that large numbers in thia district have only twopence per head _perdny to live upon , while large numbers have no work at all , and have to depend on the parish for _relief which relief is less than one penny per head per day . He attributed tbis state of things to

      _claselegislatien _, and dwelt at some length on the laws of primogeniture , the army , ns . vy , and the Church He stated the only remedy for the poor man was the Land . After speaking about an hour , he concluded by urging upon his hearers to agitate , and never rest till they had obtained a share in tbe Land and the Gharter . A vote of thanks was unanimously given to the lecturer for his valuable lecture—alter which the meeting separated highly gratified . Tower HAMLBXs .--At the weekly meeting of the Whittington and Cat Chartist locality and Land branch , the leading article in the _Siab of January 1 st , entitled ' Democracy at Home and Abroad , ' was read by Mr Lawrence : An animated discussion ensued on the present state of the country , when it wa 9 moved by T . _Dariison , seconded by Mr Plunkett , and carried unanimously : —

      That this meeting recommend to the Metropolitan Delegate Committee to urge upon tha country at large to hold simultaneous meetings , on one day and at one hour , to express the grievances the people labour under , and to pass _resolutioas or petitions , timely worded , to be Signed by the chairman , stating the number of tbe said meetings , and to be eent to the _repressntalire of the town or borough , as tae case may be , requesting tbe member to present the same to the House of Commons- * and at the same tima to impress on those meetings tke necessity of supporting a Chartist Convention , to meet wbeB Parliament again proceeds to business , to create an agitation f « r the People ' s Charter , ai we are well aware that the so-called representatives tit the people will cot look to their grievances unless compelled by the pressure from without .

      _Suitob Vallencb , Kert . —The friends of total abstinence , and Chartists , held a public meeting : at the Swan Inn , on Thursday evening , December 30 th . when the Rev . J . Hamer took the chair . _Messrs Mann , Wells , and House , advocated the principles of the Abstinence Society , physically , morally , socially , and nationally . Mr P . Wells , from London , expatiated on tbe importance of the labouring class understanding politics , and demanded Universal Suffrage aB the tight of every man , untainted by crime , of sound mind , and of the age of twenty-one . Mr Wells went through the entire points of the Charter , and delivered an excellent address , which was loudly cheered . A vote of thanks to tbe chairman concluded the proceedings .

      Somers Town . —On Sunday evening last , at tbe Bricklayers Arms , _Tonbridge-Btreet , New Road , Mi M'Grath delivered a splendid , spirited , and soulstirring lecture on ' the Land and the Charter , ' whieh _was received with rapturous enthusiasm , ty an oversowing and attentive audience . The meeting was subsequently addressed by Messrs Arnott , Weeks , Robinson , jun ., L & urie , Turner , and Euro _, _phries . Unanimity and good feeliBg characterised the proceedings . Twelve shares were taken up in the Metropolitan Democratic Hall ; and severs members were added to the National Charter _Asetn ciation . Mr Lucas presided . St Helens . —The members ef the Charter Association hold their meetings weekly ( every Sunday evening ) , at the bouse ot Mr James Woods , Panstreet , St Helens . The meeting hours are from live till nine o ' clock in the evening .

      Tower Hamlsts . Crown and Anchor Society . — On Sunday evening the accounts were audited and found correct . Tbe following officers were elected ; George Wilson , Treasurer ; Robert Tillyer , Sub-Secretary ; Thomas Saunders and Thomas Finnipac . — _Howsham , Scrutineers . A vote of thanks wa ! given to the retiring officers . Demonstration to O'Cosnorvillk os Whit-Mo * day by Vans . —The committee , will attend at tbe Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , New Road , every Sunday and Wednesday evening , for the purpose of receiving weekly payments . Conveyar . ce : 3 s . Mr Guest , secretary .

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      Corjf, <Fcc. Mark-Lanb, Monday, Jan. 3.—...

      CORJf , < fcc . _MaRK-LANB _, Monday , Jan . 3 . —During the last _wesl the arrivals of English wheat for our market , coast"' ''' , were on a very limited scale ; but those of barlev > v _«* seasonably good . Of all other articles of homo p ' roduee the _receipts were small . From Ireland and Scot ! . ™ very little grain came to hand . The imports of _fortign wheat were upwards of 25 , 000 , and of oats 12 , 000 quarters ; but those of barlev , beanf , and peas , must be considered comparatively small . So foreign flour came n hand . Fresh up , this morning , a moderate quantity of "best came to hand from Essex and Kent , but that from all other quarters _u-as _snoalJ . Although the attendance of buyers , most of whom were very short of stock , was _tolerably good , the demand fer all kinds of English wheat _, arising chiefly from the iuferior condition in whUhltbe ofthe

      principal portion supply was exhibited , was in _s sluggish state ; however , the finest qualities of both red and white sold at _prfcas quite equal ( c those paid cs Monday last ; but , in some few instances , the value * i tbe _middhHs and inferior kinds had a _downward _tendsnev .-ine supply oi Barley _exceeding the wants « f ttie biiw . the trade was exceedingly heavy at a decline in tlie _' _gnotataons of full y . lsper qi \ , and a clearance was not ei & _o ted—is _^ withstanding the quantity of Malt on oner wa » not so large , the Malt trade was dull , and in some instances the rates receded Is per qr . —With English O . its we were scantily supplied , but the supply of foreign was moaeratvly good . Fine sound Corn supported late _r-r . _a _, but the heated samples were somewhat _eaatcr to purchase—The sale for all kinds of Beans was rerv dull , at barely stationary prices . In Peas next to wothinj , ' was _r ° i _nff _i nd late rates we , e with difficulty supporttJIndiau Corn and Meal wero quite as dear—Flour , bo * English and Foreignsold at full prices

      , . _« edns 6 Dat , Jan . 5 .-T 1 ic corn trade has become s ; mewhat languid , nnd at the principal provincial markets he ' d since Monday , the tendency of prices lias been downwards . This has , however , been partly caused by the very bad condition in which the samples have come to hand . IaYEKrooii—Monday , Jan . 3 . —The late advance in -. to value of Grain aud Flour is well sustained , and SO far 35 we cm learn of expected supplies , they are likely to W below the wants of this market for some time . A goo ! tair business has been doing in Wheat and Flour during tne last week , at very , full prices , and several _mirclusis _Hvti ? low d -s _« _iptions . of both articles were made _W investment . Indian Corn has found a stcadv demand for lreJaud No variation in the value of other _artii'H inero has been-a moderate sale generally at extreme

      '' ' ¦ COTTON . f . „ _jK * 2 " ~ Mo NDAV ' Jun 3—The , demand keens up foi the trade to a fair extent , " tbo sales of to-dav are _W « ties It A _^^ t : nS 0 f lhe USUai yarie _V ' the co »» n ° » < 1 " _^ ties of _American are very sparingl y ottered .

      Printed To Douoal Jj'gotfan , Of 16, Great Winding Street, Uayniarkef, In The City Of Westminster. »: &

      Printed to DOUOAl _JJ'GOtfAN _, of 16 , Great _Winding street , Uayniarkef , in the City of Westminster . » : &

      Feargus 0'Co.Nnok , Esq., M.R., And Publ...

      FEARGUS 0 _'CO . NNOK , Esq ., M . r ., and _public ' by William . Hewitt , of So . 18 , , Charles-street , Er . i _?' don-street , _H alworth , in the parish of St . Marc , _Xi " ington , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , " > ' c . Great WindmilUtreet . Ilavmnrket _. _ui the _Ciiyol'Yi ' e * miaBter . —Saturday , January Sth , 1 _SI 6 .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08011848/page/8/