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      To The Working Classes

      TO THE WORKING CLASSES

      Jjyfbtesdsi , ... ' J In Little More Tha...

      _JJyFBTESDSi , ... ' J In little more than six weeks after you _Jmvcread this letter the" ShowBox" will bavd opened ; aid I invite you now , and implore of you , to dispel all antagonism , and establish a thorough union amongst your order , so that your representatives—if I may call them soand the Ministers who rule you , may base their principlesnpon yonr radon , and not npon their own juggling and . chicanery . I am happy to find , that that foolish and injurious dissension , which so long weakened our ranks

      and injured our cause , is being laid aside . I attended a meeting at Greenwich , on Monday night last , and I never saw a more attentive body of men and women assembled together . Mr . Bbown , a working man , occupied the chair , and performed his dut y most admirably That meeting was called for the purpose of assisting the poor Polish and Hungarian Refugees ; and after my speech 1 succeeded in reusing two pounds- fifteen shillings and ten * pence halfpenny . Now , if all towns would contribute that amount to carry on the Charfist movement , we would he enabled to have

      able and eloquent speakers traversing the country , and propounding our policy and politics . If the middle classes desire to propound jmy principle which is likely to serve their _* w n purpose , and to enable them to hold power over you , fifteen or sixteen hundred pounds is subscribed at one meeting ; and are youfoolisb enough to think tbat that class would subscribe fifteen hundred pence , or fifteen hundred farthings , to improve the condition of the slaves , " from whose very blood , fiinews , and marrow-, they extract that wealth "which enables them to Hve luxuriously ?

      Although a better union now exists amongst your own order , I regret exceedingl y that _^ g _^^ _agld _bBNBttjffisn nion between , thg _$ _& man has a right to propound his own principles , and express his own sentiments , without being reviled for doing so ; and I have now come to the conclusion that , after next week , no such antagonism shall be published in the Northern Star . If arrvthing appears this week which requires a reply , that reply shall be published ; but there the matter shall end , as your enemies will base their power npon yonr disunion .

      Of course , as I decide that every man has a right freely , fairly , and openly to express his opinion , I take this opportunity , and after mature and serious deliberation , of expressing my approval of holding a Conference in Manchester , and before Parliament meets , and for the reasons which I have frequentl y stated before , and from _^ ehich no argument ias ever diverted my mind . Of course , you will naturally come to the conclusion that I base my policy upon that principle which is best calculated to serve your order j but , as I before stated , while I give you my own opinion

      freely , I will abide by the will of the majority —not of towns or villages , but of population ; and I think you will all admit that that is a fair principle . I have stated to you before—but I will repeat it again , in order that you may come to a fair conclusion as to my princi plesthat , in 1839 , 1 was offered to be placed npon the bench as an Irish judge , if I would abandon Chartism and leave the Conference ; and my reply was , that if Government amalgamated all the offices , Governor-General of India , Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , Lord High

      Chancellor , and Prime Minister , that I would rather beg my bread and uphold my principles , than abandon them and accept all those offices . I have also told you before , thatthepresentLord _Eddisbout , whipper-in to . the Whigs , told me that I should have the whole patronage of tb . _3 great county of Cork—of course , upon the understanding that I would support the Government upon a . question ' of great importance , then under discussion ; and , _^ without g iving an answer , I voted against tho Government , which , he told me was a very unusual practice .

      2 \ ow , my friends , can I g ive you a clearer definition of the treachery of your representatives , than the fact of many Irish tools and lickspittles being made noble lords and "baronets , and some getting _Incrative situations , for opposing and voting against the very principles upon which they were returned ? And now , believe me when I tell you , that members who profess to represent yon in the House of Commons , will sell you for office or situation . For God ' s sake , do not for a moment believe that traffickers , who can coin their wealth out of your dependence aud misrepresentation , care one single farthing for you . Iso I they may cater for popularity , and spout Liberalism , but their Liberalism means

      SELPIXTEREST . My friends , you will find that not only all Europe is in a state of incip ient revolution now , but that the _Uorthem and Southern States of America are also preparing for a revolution . The Catholic clergy of Ireland , and the Irish people , are in a state of frenzy —and naturally so—that has not existed for many years . The Catholic clergy of Ireland would not allow the Irish people to join with SMITH O'B _kies because he was a Protestant ; but you may rely upon it that they will all , and naturally , join the PorE and Cardinal _Wisemax ; and this is the struggle that I wish to prepare yon for .

      The papers all exult in the return of Mr . Goold for the county of Limerick , and in the defeat of Mr . _Rtan , the Catholic candidate ; but you mast observe and understand , too , that the poor Catholic electors have nearl y all been obliged to emigrate to America , or elsewhere ; while the Protestant electors are able to remain at home—so that you are not to draw any conclusion of the Irish mind or feeling from that election .

      Working men , let me once more implore ol you , and entreat you to give up all antagonism . The government , parsons , and pious men will now try to divert your mind from politics , and turn it to the Papal question . I suppose you have read the sermon of tbat p ious parson , Dr . McNeil , in which he most brutally stated , that we should have no respect for the life of the Catholic , and that all Catholics were sure TO GO TO HELL ! I think this pions Christian parson gave the Irish Orangeman ' s toast— "THE POPE IN THE PILLORY , THE PILLORY IN HELL , AND THE

      DEVIL PELTING PRIESTS AT HIM . " _Now , if the Catholics do go to bell , I hope they will not have the misfortune to meet this p ious parson there , as I think he is most likely TO GO TO PURGATORY-the fittest p lace for him . . In conclusion , let me once more implore or yon to club your minds together , abandon all antagonism , and hold a Conference m Manchester before Parliament sits ; and observe the " wise system of the miners in electing your Executive—that is , let the candidates be submitted to each locality , and let the representative of that locality state to the Conference the name of the person elected .

      Workino * men , this is the time for you to be up and doing ; and let me implore of you to abandon your apathy , and prove your devotion to yonr cause . Your faithful Friend and Advocate , Feargus _O'Coxnor .

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      Strike of Mechanics _** . ** \ _3 V _S ° 0 f question , as we arc informed , _™^ _»^* £ L _£ : clrarw of the smith ' s foreman . _^^ J _^ m ' _* el n of general dissatisfaction at . _^ VtSa _^ r ( _IMdS S _manager . The workmen up to ye .-t _. rday irnuay ) had nut resumed their emp loyment . _Hakd-W _) - ,- Ladies op a Certain Age .-In _tJ _^ e _^ next M _. _^ _^^^ S _^ _S _^ : _^ and _"^ 0 . >

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      The Land Company. M Y Friends , Last Wee...

      THE LAND COMPANY . M y Friends , Last week I had seven actions against me in the Northampton County Court , but every one was decided in my favour . I had three in the Tewkesbury Court , and the Judge postponed judgment for a month . To-day ( Thursday ) , I had one in the Westminster Court , which , in consequence of the illness of the plaintiff , was postponed ; and I now tell all those who have sued me , and . attempted to put the Company to expense , that they shall be the very last paid-off members . Your Faithful Friend , FEAUGTT 9 _O'CfVNNiYR .

      _NORTHAMPTON COUNTY COURT . Chapman , James Neal . Jesse Neal , Thomas Neal , J . Poster , M . Poster , T . Poster , v . O ' Connor . Heard June 12 th , 1 S 50 ; Judgment delivered December 11 th , 1850 . These cases were heard at the Court held herein June last . The Plaintiffs were subscribers to the National LandCompany , _andtheDefendantisthemanagrne Director of the same concern . In seme actions , previousl y brought in this court against the same Defendant , under similar circumstances to the present , nrfgDabnt . passedfot . the Plaintiff , on , the ground

      sionally registered , contrary to the provisions of the 7 and 8 Tie ., chap . 110 , ( the Joint Stock Company ' s Act , ) which prohibits the receiving of more than 10 s . on each £ 100 , before complete registration . 2 fo question was raised , nor did it occur to any one ( so far as I know ) to doubt whether the seheme . in question was within the scope and subject to the provisions of that statute . But since those judgments were delivered here , the Court of Queen ' s Bench has decided that this Company is not within the provisions of the Joint Stock Company ' s Act , and , on that ground , has refused to enforce its complete registration . To this decision , while I regret its consequences , 1 am bound implicitly to submit . It follows from it , that this matter must be dealt with without any reference to the statute referred to . It is clear that the ground on which my former judgments proceeded is thus entirely cut

      away . It was urged , indeed , for tbe Plaintiffs . 1 st—That the Defendant having represented this Company as provisionally registered must be subject to the sarne liabilities as if it were within the statute ; and 2 ndly— That the consideration for the pavment of the subscriptions by the Plaintiffs had failed , that consideration being shares in a Company within the provisions of the Joint Stock Company ' s Act , and capable of being completely registered . As to the first point , Mr . Beeke relied on a

      passage irom my judgment m the case of Gubbins v . O'Connor , delivered on the 2 nd of July , 1849 , which , however , applies only to the case of complete registration being refused , on the ground of the illegality of the Company . To hold that the prohibitions and liabilities , imposed by the statute , did not apply in the case of a scheme , which , but - . for its illegality , would be within the provisions of the act , would be to defeat tbe object of the Legislature , which may well be taken to have heen to ensure the sifting and investigation of schemes of a certain kind before the full amount of the shares can be

      called for , or the projects permitted to be thoroughly carried out . But it is otherwise in the case of schemes to which , from their very nature and constitution , the act does not apply at all . Though they may , by mistake , have been provisionally registered . All that one can say in such cases is , that the Legislature has not thought it necessary to make any provisions or to take any special precautions respecting them . It may be somewhat startling to have to place the National Land Company in this latter category , bat this follows from the decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , to which we must defer here .

      As to the second point , I am not satisfied that the Defendant undertook ' , as part of the contract on his side , that this scheme was within the Joint Stock Company ' s Act , or tbat it ever would be completely registered , provided its objects could be obtained without complete registration . And as the Plaintiffs all stated that they had never heard of that act or of complete registration , it is clear that such considerations formed no part of the induce ment to them to part with their money . The case then comes to this-the plaintiffs paid their money for shares in a concern in which they are not

      specially protected by any recent Legislative enactment . They paid it , expecting tbat they would each receive an ' allotment of land . Upwards of three years have elapsed and no land has been allotted to them . . On the other band , the Defendant does net appear to have held out to them any specific period within which every shareholder was to become an allottee ; and though there is too much reason to believe that the scheme is , as a whole , utterly impracticable , yet it is not proved that the Defendant , when he received the money , knew or believed it to be so .

      In other words , neither failure of consideration nor fraud , is made out by the evidence before me ; and without one or the other of these the Plaintiffs _cannotreeover . Besides , I presume it would low be considered that the Plaintiffs became partners with the Defendant immediately on the payment of their subscriptions , and the investments of money in tha purchase of Land . I am thus reluctantly compelled to come to tbe conclusion , that this Court can afford the Plaintiffs no redress for the losses they have sustained through their blind and misplaced confidence in the Defendant . There must be a judgment of non-suit , of course , without costs , as the Defendant did not appear . WESTMINSTER COUNTY COUBT . — Thubsdat . Donaldson v . o ' coxsok . M . P . .

      The Plaintiff , an upholsterer and decorator , carryin _* on business at 15 , Pierepoint-row , Islington , sought to recover £ o 4 s ., under the circumstances thus set forth in the summons— " False pretences , and eontrarv to the rules of the said Society—the Society ordering Mr . O ' Connor to refund the amount , and Plaintiff repudiating the shares so taken . " . Upon the case being called , a son of tne Plaintiffs deposed that his father was dangerously ill , and could not by any possibility attend . His Honour said he supposed tbe Plaintiff wished for a postponement , and if Mr . O'Connor had no objection to urge why ir should not be deferred under tbe circumstances , be had none . .. . - Mr . O'Cossor : I have not the slightest objection if it would be any inconvenience to tbe Plaintiff . Upon this the son of the Plaintiff applied for a fresh summons , without costs , whicb was granted .

      The Chartist Victim, William Cuffay. To ...

      THE CHARTIST VICTIM , WILLIAM CUFFAY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Your readers and the public generally were given to understand that William Cuffay and his fellow-sufferers on lauding at Yan Diemen ' s Land received a ticket of leave , and were consequently in a state of comparative freedom ; we know this to be the fact with regard to Meagher and his companions , and also relative to Laccy , who was transported with Cuffay , and whose wife has sailed to rpjoin him , but the following letter from the Home Office shows that the public have been deceived as to the fate of William Cuffay . His friends not having received any communication from hirn since _leavins England were surprised at his silence , and his wife , who was _residing in Chatham workhouse , applied for information , and also for a free passage , to he enabled to follow him . The following is the « _nir « _. _» . _« _rrrnfeA . I trust soiriopublic steps will be

      taken relative to this matter , if not it will reflect dis < _-raee on the Cbartist _1-ody . u a Thomas Martin Wheeler .

      " To Mrs- Cuffat. " Downing-Street, Dec....

      " TO MRS- _CUFFAT . " Downing-street , Dec . 5 th . "Madam —I am directed by Earl Grey to acquaint vn „ that his Ioidsbip has had under his considera-IZ your litter of the Hth of November , winch was " _dXed to Sir George Grey , and was referred by S ; ° to this dep artment . In reply , I am di _tSTL _& m you that your husband appears _, o have arrived in Van Diemen s Land in the snip desirous of addressing to him can bo _^ _*» de d ° y the Gt-neril Post on pavment of the postage . At ma _^ Lowe er ? be _uesUe tbat in order £ insure its _' receipt that you should _specity _» the _* _TMtwn of the letter the name of thesliip W w _* _? . be _"JS together with tbe period of tailing , and the co . ony to which he was sent . In answer to your application to be furnished with the means of joining your

      husband in Van Diemcn ' s _L-, n < i I am directeu to acquaint you that it is not in Lord Grey ' s power to grant assistance from the public funds to any convict ' s wife to enable her to join her husband until it shall have been reported that he bas received a

      " To Mrs- Cuffat. " Downing-Street, Dec....

      ticket of leave . Should your husband at any time , by good conduct , have earned that indulgence , you would receive that assistance in proceeding-to Van Diemen ' s Land which is granted in similar cases , that is , half the expense of the passage be paid on behalf of the parties , and tbe proper outfit be _^ furnished , and if they are forwarded to the plsoe of embarkation , the Colonial Land and- Emigration Company will furnish them with a conveyance to their destination . The expense of a passage to Van Diemen ' s Land may be assured at £ 15 for adults , and half for children . " I am , yours , & c , W . _Hawes , Secretary . "

      Poland, Hungary, And England. A Public M...

      POLAND , HUNGARY , AND ENGLAND . A public meeting was held on Monday evening , at the Lecture Hall , Greenwich , for the" benefit of the Refugees . At eight o'clock the Hall was well filled , and Messrs . O'Connor and Jones were loudly cheered on making their appearance , as were likewise about twenty Poles and Hungarians who accompanied them . Mr . Brown having been voted to the chair , alluded to a meeting held in that Hail b y Lord Dudley Stuart , and showed that , though these men were the countrymen , and fought under the banners of Kossuth , Bern , and Dembinski , yet they received no support from that gentleman nor his friends . They had then on the platform tho standard bearer of Bern , and he trusted that the men of Greenwich y _^ 51 d _~ j _^ ly _^ i 4 Jjort : tbem . How , could _^ they look _XWWSPInT'lSn _^^ to ' _^ ngmn df if they allowed his fellow countrymen to starve ? Any subscriptions for their benefit , must be sent to him at Turumill-street , Clerkenwell , or to the Trades' body . Rising Sun , Calendar-yard .

      When the Chairman concluded , a song was given by the Refugees . Mr . O'Connor , on rising to address the meeting , was received with loud cheers . He was pleased in attending that meeting to support his Polish and Hungarian brethren , yet it made his blood run cold , to know that they were banished from their country because they endeavoured to promote its prosperity . It these men had been the great and noble of the land , if it was men ofhigh station only who had heen banished , tbegovernmentofthiscountry would have magnificently supported them . Lord Dudley Stuart and the aristocratic admirers of Poland supported only the rich —• those who who were able to take care of themselves . ( A Voice , " 2 Jo , " ) Who was it that dared to say " No ? " Had he ever

      given one farthing to these men—had they received the least benefit from the entertainment at Guildhall , which professed to be for Poles ? It was well known that they had not . Let him then not again be interrupted by those who know not the facts . ( Loud cheers . ) Let the man who interrupted him go to the poor hovel where these men slept two and three in a bed , and contrast that with the palaces of their aristocracy . Did it not make their blood run cold , to hear how the ruffian Haynau treated their fellow countrymen when in his power ?—men , women and children , equally subject to the la 3 h , and other atrocities , disgusting to human nature . He regretted _, _' that Barclay and Perkins' men had not subjected him to similar treatment ; but all honour was due , and should be given to them , for

      their noble conduct . He would now refer to the political aspect of their own country , and he hoped they would soon be in a condition to hinder any nation from oppressing its subjects . They would soon have a revolution in England—not a physical , but a mental revolution , and little John Russell asking them what they wanted in addition to the Charter . Property was daily getting into fewer hands , the poor were becoming poorer , and the rich richer ; he did not mean that the poor were in a worse condition than ever they had been , but they had not participated in the benefits shared by all other classes . During all the years he had sat in Parliament , there haa never been such an appearance of open conflict as was now in perspective . He told them that , in ODemonth after its assembly , there would be such a revolution in the minds of

      the House of Commons as had never yet been witnessed . All tbe Irish Catholics in the House , who were formerly the greatest supporters of the government , who were complete lick-spittles to the Ministers , would now be Lord John Russell's greatest opponents . John O'Connell would no longer be heard calling upon them to support their young and lovely Queen . - The party broken up by the death of Sir Robert Peel would merge into the Whig and Tory ranks . ( "No . " ) Who said "No ?" "What did they think constituted the difference between a Whig and a Tory , but the touchstone of the Treasury ? In Ireland they had seven and a half millions of Catholics , and only half a million of Protestants . Ireland constituted England ' s greatest

      difficulty , and would ever remain so , while she was tyrannised over and down-trodden ; and this gave the priests of that country tbe power that they possessed , and deserved to possess . If the Duke of Wellington was to invade Ireland at the head of an armament of one million of men , equipped and marshalled in the most perfect manner , and their priests told the Catholic peasantry to go unarmed and face them , they would do it , and rush on certain death , believing that if they died to-day they would go to Heaven to-morrow . Lord Carlisle had been addressing meetings in tbe North : his speech of four columns was reported in the Times , one-half of which was poetry , and it served well to tickle the fancies of lords aud ladies . Lord Ashley

      and others had also been expending their eloquence on the question of Papal aggression . Did they think that these men cared one farthing about the matter , further than it was connected with their own temporal interests ? Dr . _M'Neil , at a meetin » in Liverpool , bad stated tbat every Catholic was sure to go to hell ; tbe Times and Chronicle were afraid to report it , doubting its truth , and it wns not until it had first appeared in the Liverpool papers that they did so . It appeared that the doctor ' s congregation were so disgusted that they went to him the same afternoon demanding an explanation . M'Neil expressed himself agonised at what he had said , and was most willing to retract in the evening what he had asserted in the morning ; was

      not Such conduct shameful ? Yet it was to pay a host of those black slugs that £ 10 , 000 , 000 was yearly drawn from the nation . The army , also , cost them eight millions , and poor-rates another eight millions yearly . It was to get rid of these imposts that they needed the Charter . He cared not who was on the throne , the Devil , the Pope , or the Pretender , provided the power behind the throne was greater than tbe throne itself . The Protestant clergy rec eived ten millions yearly , but be asserted , thaf if they ware offered £ 10 , 400 , 000 to become Catholics or Puseyites , they would accept the offer . Henry VIII . bad put them to bed all Catholics , and they awoke in the morning all Protestants ; the reason for the change being tbat the Pope had

      refused to grant him a dispensation for adultery . lie did not ask them to become Catholics , Puseyites , or belori _fftoanyofthe various other sects , but he asked them to allow all to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences , and to cease paying one sect ten millions a year for teach ing them the road to Heaven , when as each sect had a different road , they might , among so many roads , not take tbe right at last . _' In addition to las coming there fo support the Refugees , he came to implore them to take no part in the Papal question : let tho two parlies fight it out like the Kilkenny cats , until only the t ail of only one of them was left , then tbe people mig ht come in for their rig hts _, _fh the _ensuinsr vear they were to have the

      Exhibition at tbe Glass Palace in Hyde Park . Thither would come the capitalists from all quarters of the globe in the pursuit of gam ; they would have to compete with the capitalists of America , and they were men not only of money but of intelligence , for the men who had money and intelligence , from all the countries in Europe , were found hastening to America . ; 'but even there signs of a revolution were becoming apparent ; the North and the _Pouth were arrayed in opposition to each other ; there , as m this country , parties were no longer divided into Whi ; and Tory , but into Free Traders and Protectionists . In England , all the Irish Catholic members would side with the Protectionists in opposition to the Government . For himself he belonged to no party , he belonged to the people . For thirty years he had advocated their cause , and though he was

      opposed by all parties , the Press combined , yet there was not a single newspaper in England could say a word which would defame his character , He wished that all had worked as hard for their own liberties as be bad . Tbe base and foundation of their wretched position was their own antagonism to each other . Shopkeepers and tradesmen ought to unite with the working man , —tho better his position , the better customer he became lo them . It made his blood run cold to sec men , women , and children , starving in a land , blessed by Providence , like _England ; if tbat was Protestantism he for one would never ceaso protesting _agaimt it . Hie father built a splendid church in the parish m Irelaud where he resided ; the tithes belonging to it amounted to £ 2 , 000 . The rector lived 200 miles off ; and never visited it for many years ; tbe curate never attended to perform the service if it appeared

      Poland, Hungary, And England. A Public M...

      mugs off on account of a shop lie" had taken ; iuid bad : his salary raised £ 1 S a year on account of the extra distance he had to journey ; whilst the sexton kept a shebbeen house , and his daughter was' a prostitute ; ThV . rest- of the . parishioners ,, ; excepk . ; bis . _father ' s family , were : _CatholieV , < t 'ki _fc & _ifrbweMy yearlthe Cathoucchapelmigl _^ _be _. s _qe _^ _em _^^ ** o pf , whilst they had to pay this _iarge-iuma' 6 _?; ffli _^ . Protestant church , When he arrived ' to manhob ' d '' he attended at the vestry , and they p ' r 9 pose ; d acesV or _. chureh . rate of old . per acre , ' for the rep ' airof the c , bnrch ; by the / aid of his teriants ' . he _Yeduced-it _. ' to _£ d ; an acre , and _on-the next sermon being-preaoq ' ed he was violently denounced by name from -the pul- I- i t -. jj H £ j , I ' ' _i _s ) i

      pit . He told them this as an illustration . of : the ' situation of . the Catholics in ¦ relation to'the Irish Church . ( Mr . O'Connor gave the . name * , . ' . dates ' , & c ., of all the parties and places connected : there with . ) The agitation in England was producing a _counter agitation in Ireland . Ameeting of ' . _'Oatholib bishops and priests had heen held in -Dublin for the purpose of presenting an address to _^ _ardihal _Wiisemari , in which address they _aageBtedithat in future they should not acknowledge , the-Queen ' s supremacy , as the head of tho Church . * • _$ as -it not an anomal y to pay tithes to support , a _p arson of a . different religion ? But they might _rrestlassure d-that it would last as long as they .. were disunited . . He ( Mr . O'Connor ) intended to travel

      thjoughout the whole country , to' unite them / ihtd oM _^ reat body , when this wSs' _donej the safety and Sgjp ity which-weresniaV ; tocbai _^ te _i-ise _tbeidays _| 3 ffial _^ e _42 smjght _,-be agam _foundsinvthiit co _. _ufticv _Thisi faW _^^^^ _m _^ i _^^^^ _ponse from Ireland . Out of . every twenty _raeimjers of parliament eighteen Catholics would be elected at the next election , and Russell would either have to resign or quail beneath the tempest he had created . What did they think Russell cared for besides quarter-day at the Treasury ? He would rather be Prime Minister to the Pope for £ 5 , 500 a year , than to the Queen for £ 5000 . Self interest was the grand basis of action . It was . the same with working men , the man who _earncl high

      wages looked with contempt on , and cared not for , the interest of his ill-paid brother ; his turn to feel the scourge at length came , and all sunk in the same gulf , from the fact of their being disunited . While representing the County of Cork , on an important question , Lord Hillsborough , the whipper-in of the government , offored him half the patronage of his county—the eighth of Ireland—if he would vote for ministers . He told him that has his intluence returned the other member he ought to have the whole of it . When the motion came on Mr . Lambert moved an amendment , and he ( Mr . O'Connor ) seconded it . He had not intended to have spoken on the subject , but this insolontattempt at bribery had forced him to it , and when questioned

      by Lord Hillsborough as to his rejection of the offer , he expressed his contempt and indignation at the whole system . There were not five truly independent men _, in the whole house . Sharman Crawford , and Kelly , the M . P . for Kilkenny , who both supported _his [ motion for the Charter , were so ; he did not know another . ( A voice : "Joe Hume and George Thompson . " ) Hume had rendered the people some services , but he was not independent of the government . George Thompson —( cries of the "Rajah of Sattarah ")—he was a good man , and the treatment lie bad recently received in America showed tho antagonism other nations felt towards John Bull . Thirty _^ years ago , when he first came over from Ireland , he entertained a similar feeling ,

      but he soon distinguished between the English people and their rulers , and found that the people of both countries were equally oppressed . He thanked God that the people of both countvies were getting more sociable . Formerly , there used to be an ill-feeling against Irishmen coming to this country for employment j but they now began to adopt Cobbett's views—that if the corn , the cattle , ami the pigs of Ireland come here the Irish people had a right to come after them . There would soon be another revolution in Euvope , when Lord John would be ready to grant their demands ; he trusted that they would not mix Socialism or Republicanism up with the agitation . First get the Charter , and all they needed would soon be obtained . In 1780 , C . J . Fox advocated every point of the Charter ; but when he got into power , through the exertions of the liberals , he brought in a bill to prevent persons - holding Commissions or Contracts

      under government , from having a seat in parliament , and told them that that was the whole Charter . They must agitate for tbe Charter entire ; every principle of it , except the ballot , was the basis of the old constitution of this country , a constitution _thatwns now based on everything that was deceitful and atrocious ; let them be even more disunited than they now were he would still remain firm to the Charter . He trusted they would see the folly of disunion , the mental power of Chartism would be too powerful for the brute force of the government -let them , then , have a pull , a long pull , a strong pull , and a pull altogether , and the power to oppress them . would then for ever cease . Mr . O'Connor , who spoke with great animation , was loudly cheered during the whole of his speech . The Chairman , ' in allusion to tbe attempt of some persons to contradict Mr , O'Connor entered into a statement to show the manner in which Lord Dudley Stuart had acted towards the refugees .

      Mr . O Connor , prior to leaving , called for a collection for the Poles , & c , and the sum of £ 2 15 s . lOJd . was collected . During the collection a number of democratic songs were sung . Mr . E . Jones , who was received with applause , next addressed the meeting in a speech of great length and eloquence , of which the following is an outline . He was pleased to hear the sweet melodies given by their Polish and Hungarian friends , but he regretted that their voices could not be heard to the music of cannon in the battle-field , instead of to the jingling of pence in that room . He trusted that , the names of Kossuth and his companions , which had been pronounced with enthusiasm in that room , would soon be pronounced with _sfill more

      rapture as the victors over their tyrannic foes . Those gallant men had thought in coming to England , - th : it they had quitted a land of slavery to come to a land of freedom . He could inform them that they bad come here also to a land of despotism . In the lands they had quitted , despotism was openly practiced ; here , it was done by treachery and stealth . Give him tbe open and avowed foe , instead of the pretending , liberty-loving , philanthropic enemy . In England , we boasted of our charitable institutions—of our trial by jury—of our representative _Jform of government—of our free press , and our right of public meeting . Yes ! they could meet in . the open air , provided tho police did not interrupt them ; they could utter what they _thought

      fit , provided they feared not imprisonment ; they had a free press , but it would not report them . Look round the room—there is only the reporter of the Northern Star , and of one other paper , present . The law did not respect persons , but it had a great respect for nurses ; _ttnd , whilst they were insulted with charity , they were denied justice . They were toid it was the land of wealth as well as of liberty . He acknowledged that ; but how was that wealth distributed ? The few were kept iffluxurious idleness whilst the many were starving at their toil . They , were told that they had arisen to this grandeur under the glorious system of competition , He acknowledged that the upper and middlo classes had risen ; but the working classes had descended

      to the lowest depths of misery . Competition , they said , was the parent of cheapness ; but it was also the parent of misery . Competition meant cutting your brother tradesman ' s throat according to law . To start a new shop you ninst sell cheaper than your neighbour . You do not want to be deprived of your profits , so you reduce the wages of your men . Your neighbour sells his goods still lower to undersell you ; and labour is again made the sufferer . . If competition was carried out alike in the higher ; as the lower classes , he should not so much blame it ; but , at present , it only honefitted the placemen and idlers , tho vampyres and bats of society . If it was a benefit to tbe roots of the tree , why not to tbe topmost branches ? Did they see that competition among lawyers or doctors lowered their tees ? Did the parsons save their souls at a lower price on account

      of competition ? Why was there not a competition among crowned heads , to govern this country at a cheaper rate than £ 395 , 000 a year ? If it was good for one class it was good for all " classes . . He trusted the time " would scon come when thbic exiles could return to . their own free country , and leave us enjoying the reality , and not the mockery of freedom . ( Hear , hear . ) He was not going to flatter the working men of England any more than their oppressors . The democracy of England was a mean , servile , and crouching thing . Ever since the time of . the Puritans , it had been craven and sel fish . He hoped to God that those _gallantexiles would prove the leaven that would infuse the true spirit of Democracy _throughout the whole of their ranks . Mr . Jones then dilated upon the Papal question , showing that their interests wero no more regarded by the " Canterbury Pope" than the foreign Pope , and that they should organise themselves , and be prepared to march over the broken aud disjointed

      Poland, Hungary, And England. A Public M...

      -- " _**'• - i r _-f' _- 'v - _-yy _. ¦ '"¦ -. _^ Ji . _--i _...- _. ¦ ., ¦ - ; . _.. ¦ ' _.. ! _, wm _^^^^^^ m _^ kjm rSble \ m _^\ _i , % _^^^ Wmj _^^ f _^ k _^ _W . achieve their emah 6 ipationby : cb _* operative schemes , to the neglect q _^ hej Charter , ! and ,- in conclusion , advocated fche _^ _hsMtpfc , _^ pfia ' _jCorifet'enoeiiirMay ,-and Md _s _SQKn' _& ej _^^^ : — . Tbjitf ji ; " _(^ nyehtiqn : _ofc _^ ia _(^; rtha 0 he £ sho . _uldilsigii > . ell . M ? a _^ n , up petitions ' i ' n . fa , v ' our . ' of . t & e . Charter "; also , . ' others' developing their . _vievv ; s _^ ori _'fhle-Toiiure "of'Lima ' , -the Currency Question , " ' Law of ' 'Partnershi p ; ' and other Social Reform s . Each petition ' should be _> adopt ed by ! a grand demohstration like that On Kennington-eom ' . mon in 1848 / and be presented to the house by a deputation . " In all .-thcse . things they , should act

      mmm strictly witpmthe , limits of the liiw . ;' . and . if it " were br 6 ken ,. _^ let the responsibility rest on those' who hroke ' Ji _' _y _' A ] _meeting of this _sorfc _' _shouJd be held abdu . t' / e' / ery ' week , and the Democ ratic M ; P . ' s , _shouiqffouiid motion upon motion in the house upon . the _> e ' 'petltiOhs , ; tO ' the stoppage of all other _btisinessjiWfBy :: this _maansi'they . would ; compel them I to . deb ' ate ; ana diso . _uBsi the . : Ques | ion--fnndi if ' supportod _ftojnv . withpiit , ' ; wbuld , ; make ; tho ; : government / sue-; comb before themj TMiv Jonesi . then stated his ' in- _, tentionof making , a . _tbuivm'I ' reiand , to further their ' object ? , and sat d 6 wn loudly ' cheered . . _^ Major Beniowski / ' jri _, a ¦ very excellent address , moved a vote of _thabk' _& _td'Messrs . O'Connor , ' Jones , and the Refugee Committee _^ for their exertions | on _behalf of his oppressed-and exiled countrymen . JHe w _^ l knew _^ their forlorn ; conditioD ,-, ha . vJri gv filteeh _' - y ! _$ | a , since : qo _^ _it p _^ u _^ , co nntry , ii _\ asimilai' _^ _flitu-: lPJi _es _eTpng-tho difference

      _^ _KWw _^^^ ., resp betweori _EnglisOna _^ _bTlto it as his opinion , that greater liberty was enjoyed in England than in any European country ! Having taken an active part in the movement in 1839 , ' andcarefull y watched it ever since , he entreated them to keep to the Charter , to accept neither less nor to agitate for more . It was such conduct that had , on prior occasions , ruined the . rnorement . He then , in an exceedingly witty and clever manner , alluded to Mr . Jones ' s plan of the Convention , petitioning for other things in addition to the Charter , which gave rise to a spirited and prolonged discussion between these two gentlemen , Mr . BREAK 8 KI seconded the vote of thanks , whicb was unanimously carried . A similar vote was given to the Chairman , and , after singing the " Marseillaise Hymn , " the meeting dissolved .

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      The Polish Working Association. Every Ho...

      THE POLISH WORKING ASSOCIATION . Every honest man is in duty bound both to testify to truth , and to deny falsehood , whenever he can conscientiously do so , wo therefore unhesitatingly declare , that we do not share in the opinions pronounced by Messrs . _Breanskt and Jarmolinski upon the emigrants of 1830 in general , and in particular upon one of them , viz ., the Citizen Rola _Bartoahowski . ( See in number OSi and C 80 of the Northern Star , the article headed , " The Hungarian and Polish Refugees and their dissolved committee . " ) To our knowledge all the emigrants of 1 S 30 likewise loft their families , their position , and their

      fortunes , to servo the sacred cause of their country ; a merit which Messrs . Breanski and Jarmolinski claim for themselves , but appear to deny to them . Those emigrants , moreover , have not manifested towards us that indifference which Messrs . Breanski and Jarmolinski are pleased to accuse them of , for it was owing to the exertions of the centralisation of the Polish Democratic Society that a committee , composed of some members of the _Rational Charter Association , constituted itself . As to Citizen R . Bartochowski , we can . honestly attest tbat we have derived great benefit from his endeavours , and that ho has a just claim upon our gratitude .

      We do not enter into the motives which prompted Messrs . Breanski and Jarmolinski to publish their article in the name of the Hungarian and Polish Emigration , but we must beg leave to draw the public attention to the following facts ' . — 1 st . —That the Hungarians and Poles do not constitute one and the same emigrational body . 2 nd , _—Tlifit neither the Hungarians nor the Poles authorised those two gentlemen to act in their name . It is therefore evident that they must have laboured under some mistake . Would to God tbat no other reason had influenced them !

      In behalf of the Association , _CzESuiCKi , Secretary 27 , _Wilmot-street , Russell-square , ' ¦ ' " December 16 th .

      The Polish Refugees. To Me Democrats Op ...

      THE POLISH REFUGEES . TO ME DEMOCRATS OP ENGLAND . Brother Proletarians , —Twenty-six Polish refugees who confided in the integrity of the . Old Committee are at the present time in a state of utter destitution , the committee having expended all the funds at their disposal . The committee fool justified in stating that these unfortunate exiles have a powerful claim upon the sympathies of all who desire the emancipation of the human family , they having fought in the Hungarian campa _' gn under the lion-hearted warriors . and leaders , Kossuth , ' Bern , Dembinski , and Guyon , up to the period of the betrayal of the noble Hungarian struggle , by . the treacherous General Georgey .

      During their sojourn on our hospitable shores they have worked at slipper making and other humble occupations , and when at work would not receive a fraction from the funds , but at tbe present time work having failed , they are without the means of earning their subsistence , and the committee therefore trust that this appeal to the Prole _t arian classes will he heartily responded to . Our Polish friends receive sixpence a day , out of which they pay threepence for lodging . They are desirous of obtaining employment , and would be glad to receive intelligence of any labour to perform . A charge having been made against the committee that at the Cowper-street meeting , fearing a disturbance from certain Polish men who were present from Tummill-street , they engaged a number . of . policemen , the committee beg to state they never agreed to , nor sanctioned at any of their committee meetings , any police interference , and they altogether

      repudiate the charge . Subscriptions and communications received by E . Delaforce , secretary to the Metropolitan Trades , 10 , North-square , Portland-place , Globe-lane , Mile End ; R . II . Bloomfield , secretary to the Whittington and Cat locality , Clnvrclwow , _Bcthnal-green S . Reynold ' s , secretary to tlie Crown and Anchor locality , Waterloo-town , ditto ; II . Styles , secretary to East London Scientific Institution , 11 , Nelsonstreet , Hackney-road _; J . E . Moring , City locality , 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican ; J . Arnott , secretary to National Charter Association ,. , Southamptonstreet , Strand ; Captain Rola ' Bartochowski , 39 , Upper Norton-street , Portland-place ; Leader office , Crane-court , Fleet-street ; and by T . Ferguson ; 3 , Gay _' s-buildings , Elizabeth-street , Hackney-road , sacretary to the Polish Committee . Signed on behalf of Committee , W . Davis , J . J . Bezer , J . J . Brisck , Sub-Committee ,

      The Refugees.—At A Committee Meeting Hel...

      The Refugees . —At a Committee meeting held on Tuesday week , at the Fraternal Home , Tummill-street—Mr . Lunn iu tho chair—after the general business was transacted , Mr . " Brown ( in reference to the dispute between the old and new committee ) contended that that committee had no right to force a man on the funds in opposition to the Refugees . . This , had been done . ¦ ; That person had been many years in England , and had held situations as a teacher , for which lie received good salaries ' : he had also , offered himself to the British

      government as an officer for the Indian Army , but a commission of the " Refugees had declared' that he was not a . fit person to be placed upon the list . Mr . Brown stated that there were not more than seventy four Refugees , and that he could show his list of fifty-six persons who were rel y ing for support on this committee . He had allayed the feelings of the men , and . ho had . the good wishes of the whole of them . - Mr . Brown refuted the calumnies raised against him , and concluded by calling upon tho democrats of England to supportthc Refugees . The address of the Trade ' s' had given every satisfaction .

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      Manchester.—A Special Meeting Of Members...

      Manchester . —A special meeting of members was held in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , December 8 th , when tho following resolutions were passed : — " That we , tho members of this branch , do assist Mr . O'Connor in the Bradshaw case . " The following persons were elected as a committee to collect subscriptions : —Thomas Smith , Thomas Stephens , Thomas Mitchel , Thomas Clark , Daniel Donavau , John Sutton , James Alcuck _, and William Foster . " That in consequence : of the apathy and indifference manifested 'by tlie great body of shareholders of this branch _^ to their , own interests , and thereby throwing ! all theburden and expense of management upon . a few . ' of its members , we hereby authorise our officers' _toegase ; acting for all members who refuse to conform to the rules of

      Manchester.—A Special Meeting Of Members...

      the . Company ; and thereby ; _compel them , when the Company is wound up , to get their money as best they can . " . > 'V : Bbadford . —At a meeting , held on Sunday , tho 15 th of December , the members presentlwero sur » _Pcfeiiftt _^ he paragraphs : which ; have appeared in _Jhe _.-iVortAeri _^ ing the' windingiifp < Jf the Land Company , some of _# _*•

      _^ m ' _^^^ # _S _^ _Kitenr St . on . ' it , _ife , feeling | _^^» iv % _^^ B 2 _i _^ ftd . ' . wouid be . happyjd ' as-W _^^ SW _^^ n _^^ : contributions , if _other-lo-^«?^? a _4 _H _?^ . ahie _:- _'; 'I . s _' _-it a democratic principle ' _pPfib _^' _-brAttcbe ? in bfcing so very _backward-with _$ b ; eM _? coi _^ : _sve'i _Uiey _i afraidi- _ofVth _& r _? po _£ k _^ l ? _0 _% _^ _$ _^ ' _^ genth _^^ iki _^ ceived afraction ' from them ; but has ; spent his IjYe , his fortune , his al . l , for the good of- the ' working olassos ' _of this . countrv . . The men of Bradford hope , when- Mi :. p ' Cpniibr _' gets the affiiir settlcd _. Hb ' _jifhe _wijlfornfa- _^ _ajMist'hTni _^ i _^ ' ¦ \ j ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ _- ¦ ¦ _y ¦ " _^^ A ' snTON-u _^ DER-MNB . —A _^ large' -meetihg'of m _^ _uib ' _erVwa ' s held in _^ _thel L _^ hd-robm , _5 C / iarlestown ; . fon

      Sunday ; aftei'h ' _ooiivJDe ' eember 15 tb ,. when _; _thiGiiollQWirigresolutioiis ' were unanimously carrjed ,: — "that the ; inern . bei ' s of . _thfs _. br _^ hch _^ and a 1 !; enemies of . injustice , _, be solicited ; to pay _^ be .. s um of one shilling eachj . tpwards'defraying , tho _' law expenses in the lata action _^ between' Mr . , . O'Connor . and ' . Bradshaw . " Thirty ; members paid down their shillings , wllioh sum ' was ordere " a ' to be sent forthwith . _'^ A committee was then elected to divide the town ; and , canvas the members-and . othor-friends . -iT . wo . hundred cards were also ordered to . be printed , ; -stating . tho case , 'and-soliciting , subscriptions from those , who are . too _^ pppr . to _^ pay a . shilling , but , who . may . be willing to . give according to their means , " The members of . ' th i . s branch were warned that no claim would bornatie frohi the branch books-for " any nifembor . until his levies ; _ara paid up in full . ¦

      _. ' . BAT ' ii .- —Subseriptiohs will ber eceived by'Mr . T . _Bolwell / ' _S ; _Galloway ' s-buildings , towards defraying the expenses attendant _on . ' the winding : up _of-jthe affairs of theiBithd Company . . , ¦ > : :. ; .. ¦ ,. _; tExKTER . —At a . _gonoralvimeeting of members field at tho Oredit | in . liiii ; _. Paul street ,. on December 17 th , _4- _&? M _& ef _* 61 i J _! d _^^ do pay 6 d . _^ _tflflidM be "suggested tort * o . _pWeviprs tha _^ ir ' any member ' put _' ting the Company to expchse _^ _bysummonih g Mr .-O'Connor to any County Court or otherwise , shall forfeit that amount of expense , from his or her claim . " Resolved , —" ¦ That this meeting be adjourned until January Uth , 1851 . "

      The O'Connok Defence Fund. The Central C...

      THE _O'CONNOK DEFENCE FUND . THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UXITED TRADES . TO THE EDITOR OF TUB MOUTHERS STAR . Dear Sir , —I am desired by the Central Committee of tbe National Association to request you to place their names on the O'Connor Defence Fund fur 10 s . each , and they extremely regret that they have not the power , by the rules of the Association , to vote a sum for the same laudable purpose from its funds ; as they conceive this Association is deeply indebted to Mr . O'Connor for his disinterested generosity , in allowing them tlie regular and gratuitous ' use of his paper . I need not enumerate to the members of the National Association the

      great and many advantages wehave in gaining publicity for our principles , by this valuable privilege . I arn sure every ono must be deeply _sensible of it ; and I , therefore , conceive it is the duty of every member of this association , especiall y those .-who have been benefited through its agency , themselves to do that which the laws do not permit their . committee to do . for --them , by . commencing , in-every body and section of .. the association , a subscription to tho best of their means , to prevent that true patriot from bein _? " RUINED BY EXPENSES , " incurred' in generous efforts to obtain tor them their political rights , and to improve their social condition . The committee hope that"this appeal will be-promptly responded to , and that the .

      secretaries will : make it . a . duty to bring the , subject before their bodies immediately , and undertake the office of advocates for so just a purpose .- Permit me , sir , to take this opportunity ot" offering Mr . O'Connor ,-iu our own names , and on behalf of the thousands wc represent , our warmest thanks for his kindness to us , and our fervent hope that he may live yet to see hisenemies confounded , and his warm aspirations for the emancipation of the people from slavery and poverty , fully realised . I am Sir , ' for self and colleagues , Yours faithfully , William Peel , Secretary . Central Committee : Frederick Green , Thomas Winters , Edward Hampshire , Wm . Peel , secretary . London , December 19 th , 1 S 50 .

      TO MR . FEARGUS o ' CONNOB , M . P . Dear Sir , — Enclosed you will find a Post Ofiice Order for 8 s .- -, Id .,, which your undermentioned friends and admirers have sent as their share of the expenses incurred in the libel proceedings , and permit us to say , that wc ' are quite tired of fighting with our enemies while they have so many advantages over tis . ¦ } Yeare convinced , from years of fad experience , ' that ; ' -however ' often' wo may appeal to the law for' protection , ' that wo shall never derive any benefit'from'its just administration , ' . wh \ le those against whom . wa war can twist it just-as they like . , Of all things ,- the law _is-the most flexible ; and those who have , the power of its administration , alwavs

      mould -it to suit their own ends . ' . 'We believe it is the policy of our enemies to entangle , you in the meshes of the law ; to "Ruin you with expenses , " has long been their aim ; but let them have their way , and permit them to belie arid calumniate you to their heart ' s content , they .. will never be able to destroy you in the estimation and ; respect , of those whose confidence you prizo so highljy ' Had we all the money which has been expended in fruitless attempts to obtain justice , what a moral war we could raise against those who rob , plunder , and oppress us . Let us act wisely , collect all our strength together , create a mind and pour its irresistible waves against the stronghold of our enemies , and batter it to pieces . We regret the difference that bas arisen respecting tho time and place , oft holding ft Conference ; but if . individuals'or . localities ' are to do as they think-proper without consulting . the

      acknowledged nead of . Chartism , we _. shairhavc to look in vain for that unanimity of action and sentiment which is ' so essentially necessary to enable us to accomplish our emancipation . In conclusion , we acknowledge no' man our leader ; we' are lovers o £ principle , not men ; but as a proof . that you possess our confidence and respect , we subscribe our names with the amount of our subscription : —James Longbottom , Is . ; John Lougbottom , 6 d . ; Thomas Longbottom , 6 d . ; Abr . crLongbottom , 2 d . ; Josiah Longbottom , 2 d , ; Thomas S . Longbottom , 3 d . ; John Young , Gd . ; Jonas Swire , jun _., Od . ; David Swire , Gd . ; llenrv Kershaw , Cd . '; Charles Cootes , sen ., 6 d . ; Charles Cootes , jun ., Gd . ; Henry Cooper , 0 J . ; John Ltvesev . Cd . ; Thomas Slater , Gd .: John B . llorsfall , ls . ' G ' d . ; Total 8 s . 7 d . Yours truly , J . B . IIorsfali ., Secretarv .

      To Mr. Rider. Dear Sir,—Enclosed You Wil...

      TO MR . RIDER . Dear Sir , —Enclosed you will find a post-office order for £ 1 10 s ., collected by a . few ; friends in ami around Halifax . ¦ It is the opinion of the . subscribers that it is intended . to carry out ,. Lord Melbourne ' s maxim , ' . 'Ruin him with expenses , ' / jand we therefore call on till true ' dc ' mb ' crats ... to . rally round Mr . O'Connor , and show partisan judges that they will not allow him to be sacrificed'b y ' such base " proceedings ; at the same ; time ! we ' call upon Mr , O ' Connor not to enter any more the would-be Law Courts , seeing that justice cannot be obtained from such quarters . ' ¦ Yours fraternally , URIAn HlXCUCLIFFE . Halifax , December 13 th . P . S . —Five shillings of the above must bo acknowledged as from Cunderhills , near Halifax .

      To Ml'. William Rider. Dear Sir, — Enclo...

      TO Ml ' . WILLIAM RIDER . Dear Sir , — Enclosed are thirty stamps , as a small tribute towards Mr . O'Connor ' s unlawful expenses . I hope and trust that the lovers of freedom will generally respond to the call , and assist Mr . O'Connor in conquering his and our enemies , by subscribing their mitea to bis Defence Fund . I also hope that Mr . O'Connor will have the pleasure of seeing his Land Plan adopted through the length and breadth of the land . As a proof of my sincerity , if Mr . O'Connor will commence another comp any ( as I understand he intends to ) I will subscribe myself a member of it , although I have two shares in the one now unfortunately to be wound up . Yours respectfully , Joseph Lewis . Lantwit Vavdre , December 11 th , 1 S 50

      To Mr. W, Rider.. Sir,—Last Year I Prese...

      TO MR . w , rider . . Sir , —Last year I presented Mr . O'Connor with a scrip for a paid-up four-acre share , but that gentleman declined receiving the same , saying it . was too much for a poor man to give , and telling mo he had put the scri p into the Land Office , and would tako care of it for me ; I now forward to you twenty-four postago stamps , —twelve for ' th e winding up of the Land Company , and t . velve for Mr . O Connors Doicnco Fund ; and I authorise you to pay to we last named fund £ 1 out of ttm first money that becomes payable to me . If all tho Land members would eive £ 1 , or 10 s ., J > r ob ., out of their shares , it would nrevent the sa ' ormce of one oi the best men living _namely , _Feal-p O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . I am no Char tist , but I love honesty ot principle 10 . all U classes of Yours 2 £ 28 il & cas 4 fcS v

      men . _^ P r * _'* ii _* . , _HMiOTNm . Moss Side , December 16 th . _^ g . _^ & jl _.- " _-,.. / ' _^ v _^ ' ? _# _^ s % _^^ . ¦ : _..-. ;; :. _. " ivt _& 0 . _;** _.- _* . > , » ,, _i _# _»* _.- * * i ; . . _JVyi . _« .. _^ _- _-. _V _^ -V _^«^< _W f * >& i'

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21121850/page/1/