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      To The Bank Depositors And Lakd Members.-

      TO THE BANK DEPOSITORS AND _LAKD MEMBERS .-

      Mt Frie\Ds, You Are Aware That A Select ...

      Mt Frie \ ds , you are aware that a Select Committee of the House of Commons , consisting of fifteen members , is now sittiag in deliberation upon the Land Plan ; and as , in obedience to the _injuncti-jns of that Committee , 1 am prohibited _, " in common with the rest of the Press , from publishing any of the evidence before it is

      reported to the House of Commons in a printed shape , I am debarred—and I think properl y so __ from giving any garbled reports ofthe _proceeding in an unfinished state . However , all are allo ' _-vei to publish any portion of the repott that has been received , and to make comments upon the evidence . And yet , strange to say , _? o unpalatable is the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth , to the _Pressing , that not a paper has ventured to publish or comment upon that printed evidence , which is available to all .

      Though I shall conform to the rule laid down b y the Committee , that is , to abstain from ail comment upon the evidence , I am , nevertheless , at liberty to state to you the © ode and _mzRtaer in which your accounts have been kept , aad . jrour monies have been appropriated . And you are to bear in mind , _^ _afcw _^ = _^ _iSiftifefe 8 _s-. _ iot consist . of men , _« ho __« - - fnmi _~& 4 _Mi ** lfe 5 _fenc 8 . of m . 6 mbeK whose ' - _^ _seUngs would _Mbs rather favourable than _ftthemse ; but that it consists of gentlemen

      who , previously to the appointment of the Committee , must have heard and rea * c . the vile and slanderous attacks that were made _ufwo _iqe with reference to the management of your ** S _ fsrrs ; and with these uncontradicted impressions upon their minds , they must naturally have been prejudiced against me . But tow _coasoiatorv" it is . to me , and how cheering it must be _toyau , that I can substantiate every word that I have written and spoken upon the . subject before that Committee .

      And , my friends , as it is ' ; a novel thing to nnd ; _t gentleman g iving up every hour and every minute of his time to promote the wellbeiiiir of the working classes , few , if anv . thought it possible that an alien—a stranger _^ and one selected as an example to terrif y vou from the prosecution of your rights—could thus devote himself without some selfish and sordid purpose . You have heard of , and read of , bubble schemes in railway speculation , mining speculation , building speculation , banking speculation , and emigration

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

      the West Hiding Bank at Leeds _^—and io tbe several other Joint Stock Banks , the failure of which has caused ruin to thousands . Think ef these bubbles , then behold mine . ' I established this Plan in May , 1 S 4-3 . I established it , as I told you , as a mere sectional experiment , never hoping nor expecting to make it national until it was stamped with national approval , and its realisation was demanded by the natioaal will—enforced by the national voice . As I told you'in the outset , I never expected that it would go beyond a mere famil y compact ; the conditions fulfilled between the propounder and the members , without any reference to thnt law bv whose intricacies 1 told

      vou we would be hampered , because there is one _Irw for the rich and another law for the poor , or rather the mild spirit of the law for the rich , and no law at all for the poor . Well , as I predicted , your confidence in me speedil y nurtured the infant into a giant , and now that protection which is never refused to the bubble schemes of the rich , is sought to be withheld from the poor : BUT IT SHALL NOT BE , as , backed by your confidence , co-operation , and support , 1 am resolved to risk my all—and my

      life , if necessary—in the accomplishment of the Plan ; by the complete realisation of which alone the disasters of free trade can be met , the peace of the country preserved , and the industrial classes made happy in the land of tlieir birth . Prince Albert ' s transportation scheme shalljiot be the tomb ol " my Land Scheme ; and in furtherance of this p lan , Lieut . Wag horn has just addressed a pamphlet to Earl Grey , the Colonial Secretary , proposing the transportation of half a million , at an expense of fifteen millions -. whereas , besides locating those half millions -whereasbesides locating those half

      , , million upon the land of their birth , 1 would five emnlovment to another half million in perform ing' the operations for them ; tliHS showing you how this plan of mine is the bond of union between the natural and the artificial labourer . Observe , he proposes that the half million should be bachelors , whereas my hundred thousand heads of families would represent the half million ; and for this fifteen millions which 15 tu he thrown away , sunk for ever in this transportation pool , if applied to Home Colonisation , the Government , at five per cent _, _rental upon the expenditure , would receive 750 0 UOI . a year , and would have p laced a hundred thousand of a national militia freemen

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

      Now , my friends , will yeu longer consent to this trifling with your feelings , tampering _with y our money , and expatriating your friends at an expense of fifteen millions , while that amount expended at home would give employment , and secure ' a labour field and a castle , for double the amount ? I have strayed a little , but I will now come back to the contrast between mv bubble scheme an d those that 1 have described , and I will state what I am prepared to prove , and indeed have proved , to the Committee and to the world . Tiip financial secretar y receives the monies

      up to Thursday nig ht in each week ; they are published in the " Northern Star of the same week ; the first edition of which is printed on that nig ht . On Friday the monies corresponding _witli the amount published in the ' _* ' Star , " are handed over to my agent , Jess the amount of weekly expenditure at the office , set forth ia the secretary ' s balance sheet . The sum _received weekly ' is entered in a book kept for the purpof-e , ' _- . nd a receipt for the amount is siveu to the secretary .

      On the snme dav the available money , such ¦ a .- bunk notes and bank bills , are paid by m \ _i _. _'iriit to mv credit in a bank , or to my broker t < _i purchase Exchequer Bills . By Tuesday , ' ¦ ' _f'P _. jst-i frice orders are cleared , and are dealt ¦ M _lli in the same way . The Financial Secre-• _try produced his hooks , which are as complete _^ any merchant ' s accounts ; the agent profl _' -ced ' his _ij-jck and vouchers from my broker : - l . _i . uker _; I p roduce every b _inker ' s book that t _** held the funds ofthe Company ; and I prod . ct my _-e-eral cheque-book * upon those f _' - » r _: !; s . every cheuue _htatim . to whom and for

      - - ¦ * ..: i the money has been paid . 1 submit all - ' v _ovt-rseri- _' s " and bailiffs books and receipts ' _'jrih : several amounts paid , and I .-how that , _fvin the day the Company « as established , to ' _-v' present moment , the funds have been bear-•' g interest , ar . d that not a fraction of a far-* :. in » - Las been abstracted from the purpose ¦ _ruii'th it was subscribed . I show that no t : cHle- ! oun , nor any person employed by me , has ever received a bill from me for any amount , _an-i tiiat , in the hey-day of railway specula' - - > n , :: ht : i ; _-. ! l were mad . that not a farthing " ~ ihe fuf . is were speculated with . But this

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

      _^ _Tcror _^ _OTl men , who Save been so often gulled and duped , and who have had so much confidence in me , will derive no small pleasure from my assurance , which will be now submitted to that searching inquiry with which I was THREATENED . But , my friends , mark the distinguishing feature of this Plan . From its establishment , to the present momentover three years—there has not been one _gniaeii spent in _advertising , while any other paper than the " Northern Star , " would have charged nearl y ten _guineas _4 i-week for that matter which any other Company ; would

      publish as an advertisement . There has been no charge for architects , engineers , managers , and directors' guzzling and feasting ; no charge for my service as Director , which , at the same salary that others receive , would have now amounted to nearl y _^ . ' 350 ; n » charge for my travelling expenses , attendance at auctions , and the numerous estates that I have visited . Those expenses alone would amount to nearly £ 1 , 000 . It is now costing me over £ 5 a-week , when my time is divided between your service as representative and bailiff . No such item in my account as " Sundries "—a very

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

      have lived while carrying on operations ; no charge for a post-boy , to whom I have paid £ 16 a year for bringing " vour letters ; no charge for £ 15 premium , which 1 have given to the O'Connorville allottees ; no charge for an extra editor , that my absence from London makes it necessary for me to employ . Now , then , my friends , de you think that any other manager of a Company in the world can produce such an account as that , and can add to it the fact , that by my own industry and diligence , I have realised a profit of over 3 , 000 / . over and above the expenditure of the Company , while not a fraction has been wasted ? But I will go still further in explaining the benefit of the co-operative system . A contractor in Gloucester told me that that his

      heart was in the plan , and that he would complete the cottages at Lowbands for 2-101 . each . A friend of mine has built cottages of the same description , by contract , which cost about 175 / . each . And now , what I assert is this , that if the occupation of a single house is worth the rent to an individual , that I can save him ol . n year , at five per cent upon the eutlay , even in the item of a house , beyond what he should pay tor it if he rented it from a

      person who built one house or six houses ; and I will show you wh y . I get everything wholesale , and a large discount upon everything 1 use for ready money—as much as seventy-five per cent , upon ironmongery , and the waste upon all—if there is any—is reduced to the waste upon one in the whole number : whereas , if a man built a single house , he should buy all the materials at a retail prices , and should pay nn ovtrn amount for the work .

      Now , I contend for it , that no living man will build one house upon my p lan for 200 / ., and the rent of a house is in proportion to what a single one costs the builder , while your rent is in proportion to what they cost wholesale . We then come to the conclusion that a man must have a house , and that the builder will charge 5 / . per cent , rent upon the outlay ; while , if I complete them in a much better style , and without scamping the work , for 120 / . a house , I am enabled to give two acres of land and a well-built house , built of the vertbest materials , the land costing 40 / . an acre , at the same rent that a builder will charge for the house alone .

      Now , I will tell you what I have dene , and then you will say whether the funds have been honestly and economically managed . £ S . ( 1 I have paid for land , conveyance , and registration deed , as exhibited to the committee , about 40 , 000 0 0 I have built 2-50 cottages , say at 120 / . each . - 30 , 000 0 0 I have given in aid and loan money to the occupants . 5 , 000 0 0 50 horses , 14 waggons , 19 carts , about 20 ploughs , rollers , clod

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

      Herringsgate . . . 31 o 0 0 Guano , Lowbands . . 99 0 0 Seed potatoes , and other _s , about . . _., 500 0 o All the timber , carpenters ' and joiners' work for 85 houses at Broms _£ rove , completed at Lowbands . f - _. . 1 , 200 n 0 This means the joiners ' work , in fact all except the roofing and flooring /] Paid Harris deposit on Mathon . 500 0 0 Paid for draining and labour at Bromsgrove . . . 570 0 0 Paid tithes , rates , taxes , and

      insurance , ( as 1 insure crops , horses , cattle , farm buildings , workshops , and stables ) 300 0 0 Paid Weaving and Seager interest on mortgage • 228 10 0 Roads , about ten miles . . 2 , 000 0 0 [ This is a fraction , more than " * ten shillings a perch for opening and completing , while no parish officers will make roads of equal breadth and depth for I / , a perch ]] Thirty-six pair of _spleadid _entrance _# ates ( don ' t exactly know price ) Ahout two miles of close ox fence ,

      at Lowbands , at Gd . per yard . S _. *> <> Surveyor , valuer of crops , timber , _anifestates . . . 250 0 <> Solicitor , on purchase of Mathon . 37 0 ' » Additional for thirteen _fiveroiimed houses at Herringsgate , and five f < uir-roomed houses . 1 , 500 0 0

      ' > £ s . d . Annuitants _^ _piCennorville . 50 0 fl _Hawkirfe . ( jxc'hah _^ e qr _^ land . 50 0 0 Tanks to _^ ou _^ es at _Master , extra 500 0 0 Expens _' e of Conferences . . 3 orj 0 0 Outbuildings at Herringsgate 350 0 0 Total 90 , 837 10 0

      Portable workshops , capable of accommodating 100 carpenters , consisting of buildings 170 feet long at each side , a store Toom for . converted timber , forty feet long , with front boarded and enclosed with gate . Port" able stable for forty - four horses , with boarded separate stalls for each , as good as any hunters' stables in England . Granarv for beans and oats ,

      about forty feet , chaff room hoarded , room for bruising beans and oats boarded , and all enclosed with close frate . Portable blacksmith ' s shop and wheelwright ' s shop [ Those I cannot exactl y estimate the price of , but I will state my reasons for erecting them—until I did so I was obliged to leave all the old buildings standing , as the horses were required till the last day ; beside !* , I ngver could procure stabling enough for so many . ]]

      Now , my friends , here is no margin for one bit of Labourers' work performed at Herringsgate , Lowbands , Minster Lovel , or Snig ' s End ; but 1 will tell you what it consists of . At Herringsgate I grubbed ten acres ofa thick old wood . I grubbed some miles of old fencing , a portion of it seven yards wide , and I think for some I paid 5 s . a perch . I ploughed the ground , and harrowed it twice over , and sowed it . I staked out every allotment with thick stakes , driven in deep . I levelled all the old embankments , and grubbed up the old foundations , and planted cabbages and potatoes where the yard and buildings stood .

      At Lowbands—which I got in an awfull y rough state—1 levelled all the fences , grubbed all the timber , made over an acre and a half of ground eut ofa swamp , raising it four feet hi gh , to make it level with the road . I ploughed most of itjthree times , and paid 15 s . an acre for each ploughing . I harrowed it , and scuffled it , and planted the greatest part of it with potatoes , cabbages , and turnips . I levelled embankments , and filled marl pits ,

      that people laughed at me for attempting . I pared and burned about twenty acres of grass land , which , with spreading the ashes cost 30 s . an acre ; and made several miles of draining with p ipes , besides opening leading drains in part . At Minster , I levelled the fences upon 300 acres . I grubbed up all the old stumps . I drained thoroughl y , I think , about fifteen acres . I ploughed and harrowed most of it twice . I pared and burned eleven acres .

      At Snig ' s End , I grubbed all the old fences , and eleven acres of tough old wood land . I levelled all the embankments . I pared and burned about eighty acres , at 35 s . an acre . I planted half an acre of potatoes for each allottee . I sowed half an acre of barley for every four acre man , three quarters of an acre for every three-acre man , and half an acre for every two-acre man , I think , with one or two exceptions . The ground was stiff in winter , and I ploughed , harrowed , scuffled , and rolled it twice , and " some of it three times .

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

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

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

      Now , the labour and portiible buildings have cost 8 , 000 / . or upwards , while the money for which the bank is accountable , is under 15 , 000 / , and of which not a farthing has been touched . Now , perhaps , the riddle may be how the question is to be solved as to the amount of expenditure out of the lesser amount received , still leaving the large surplus in hand ; aud my solution of the riddle is , that the houses ,

      which 1 have put down roughlv at 120 / ., have not cost more than 90 / . or 95 / . However , there is the exp lanation of the present position of the Company , and there is my answer to the ruffians who have assailed me . Mind , I have all the joiners' wo k for Bromsgrove finished , and 575 _f . paid for labour on account of that estate , in , draining , grubbing , and burning bricks .

      Now you , who know how dear character is to me , will be able to estimate the value of this exposure ; and , working men , believe me , when I tell you that if Prince Albert , or some nobleman of _accepted'Jprinciples , had even one of my locations to exhibit , there would be visitors in thousands , and tens of thousands , to see the sp lendid operations of the bene volent Pr : nce or philanthropic nobleman—but , as the work is mine , the traveller shuts his eyes to

      the exhibition . But , never mind , you and will g o on—your confidence and my exertions undiminished by the slander ofthe hypocrite , or the jealousy of the rival—until I see every son of Labour , who is willing to live in the " sweat of his brow , I ncited in his own sentry-box upon his own lab our field—my system making the rich richer , and the poor rich—until I see not > pauper or oppressor in the _lrfiid .

      1 had intended to have _aihli'USSfld VOU at greater length , but , to con / es s the truth , my strength is exhausted , and 1 must po stpone the conclusion of this letter till next week . . Meantime , that nothing may be withheld from

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

      And_ National Trapes' Journal. Vol-Xl No...

      AND NATIONAL TRAPES' JOURNAL . VOL-XL No 557- LONDON , SATURDAY , JUNE 24 , 1848 " « _££ SC 3 B " " ]? _^ _aviitbu _. F &? o Shillings anel - i _lxpence pe . _Quarter

      &^R;T"J£Ecutive Committee To The (G;:V' ...

      _&^ _R ; _t"j £ ECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE _( _g ; : _V _' ' _;¦>'?•? ' ; - PEOPLE . : : ' ...

      !£«&_.L6w Countrymen , "Our Time Has Bee...

      ! _£ _«&_ . l 6 w COUNTRYMEN , " Our time has been so aiuch occupied , that ws cannot at any great length address you this week .- For the same reason we postpone any notice of the reception of Joseph Hume ' s motion by the House of Commons , further than to say , in the very _GiliseWt is a miserable failure , which must however , « _ventuate . to . © ur advantage . --Pioneers only-clear the way . THB VICTIMS' HAIL , We have been most actively engaged in searching

      for , bringing up , and putting in bail . The Government seem determined to keep all the prisoners in , if there is the most distant excuse for refusing bail . Their opposition is perfectly diabolical , and the whole of a roan ' s affairs , who offers himself as bail , his transactions , character , and means , are sifted and laid bare with unparalleled impudence , cruelty , and arrogance . No man dare offer himself as bail , if he is in arrear for rates or _tatee . If he offer and is refused , then , like our _generous-hearted friend _Bloomfield , he receives twenty-four hours' notice to pay his taxes , or abide the consequence .

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

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

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

      PUBLIC _MtiBTlKGS . We have had two very crowded and most enthusiastic meetings in London ; one presided over b y Dr M'Douall , aud addressed by Mr M'Crae , in the John-street Institution ; and another in the Literary Institution , Portman Market , addressed by Messrs Kydd and M'Crae .

      THE RIGHT OF MSK . ISO Is strenuously upheld , and must be maintained , or we perish . We most heartily thank you , fellow-countrymen , for the general response you so nobly made to our appeal ; and rejoice to find Lord John Russell recanting , in consequence of your patriotic reply to his finality humbug . We have another appeal to make , and that is in behalf of

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

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

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

      The Irish Confede Kates. The Brien Bormh...

      THE IRISH CONFEDE KATES . The Brien Bormhmk Conpedkrate Club . —A crowded meeting of this club was held on Sunday evening last , at the Druids' Arms , Gr enwich . Messrs J . Lindsay , Perry , Barry , Sheridan , & c , attended as a deputation from the Davis Club , London . Mr Enticott ( Chartist ) in the chair . Several gentlemet _, addressed the meeting , and subscriptions were entered into for the Defence Fund . The meeting then adjourned to Sunday evening next . Large meetings were held the same evening at the _Maza Club , Bermondsey , the Theobald Wolf Tone Club , & c , and _subscriptiuns to the Defence Fund were liberally entered into . The John Mitchel Confkderatk Cluii . —Tiie

      weekly meeting of this club was held on Monday evening , in the school-room of the South London Chartist Hall , Blackfriars road . Mr _M'Ginley in the chair . Mr Itooney addressed the meeting , aud several persons were enrolled . The meeting was adjourned to Monday evening next . Thr llor . iiitT Emmett Confederate Club . — Meetings of this club were held on Monday and Tuesday , at the Washington-hall , Cable-street , Wapping . Mr Feams in the chair . The meeting was chit-fly occupied with raising funds for the d _.-fence of the victims , and to carry out the Plan of Organisation . The meeting then adjourned to Thursday evening . This club meets for business at the Washington Temperance-hall , Cable-street , Wapping , every Monday , Tuesday , arid Thursday .

      A meeting of the Davis Confederate Club was held on Friday evening last , the _lGtSi inst ., at the Assembly Rooms , Dean-street . Mr E . Kenealy , _barrister-at-laiv , brought forward a motion for the adoption of the princip les of moral force at their future meetings , or otherwise to adopt the peace re-Solution . Only three hands were held up m favour of the motion . Irish Confederation . —A public meeting will be iield on Sunday evening next , at _Jennings buildings , Keiisint-tiin , to form a Confederate Club .

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

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

      Equal Electoral Districts , are details absolutely _ea-S-ntialto its exercise , aud therefore call upon the members of the said league to embody the points in their plan , as necessary to Us completeness and consistency . ' Messrs Sweet and Harrison were selected , and it having been proposed , seconded , and carried , a petition waa then proposed for Universal Suffrage , to be presented to the House of Commons , After having been signed by the chairman , ( Lord Rancliffe ) on behalf of the meeting , Mr C . Roberts requested that the whole of the six points contained iu the resolution which had been adopted , should be added to the petition ; but this thev

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

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

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

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

      Elgin " , _MoiUrswRE . —A splendid meeting was held iu this town on Monday , the 12 th instant , calltd by the Leaguers , in support of Mr Hume ' s motion , bat , strange to say , although a Cbartist lecturer has not visited tbia place for tho last eight years , scarcely a hand was held up in favour of the motion , and a resolution for the Charter waa carried _unanimously . We shall shortly send some money to tho Executive . —John M'Phbhson , secretary , Coatbridge , Lanarkshire , —On Monday week , 12 . h instant , a procession of seven thousand persons , accomp . inied with bands , banner ., < fce ., nurehed to Vie White Flat Railway-station bridge , where a publie meeting was held . Mr Lee in tae chair . Resolutions in favour of Repeal—denounc ' _ng Lord John Russell and ihe Whig government—and of tsympath ) with tbe patriot Mitchel—were unanimousl y adopted . The meeting was addressed by _Meaurs ilaidee , Pollock , Adams , Riley , Graham , and Wingate .

      Daventrt . —A public meeting was held in this borough ou Mosday , June 8 : h , Mr Lane in the chair . A resolution in favour of the Charter , and a petition founded on the resolution were unanimously adapted . The meeting was addressed by Messrs Ashwell , Dawson , and Munday . SrocKPOHT . —ThH Rev . J . Barker addressed two rueBtingB bere on Sunday and Monday last . _Dosca-trr . —On Tuesday weil _. last a publio meetin _ of the Reform _Leagus was held in the new concert room . After the usual deceptive twaddle of 1 go half way with us—eet us all we want , and then

      we will help you , ' Mr Foden proposed , and Mr Corbett seconded , an _amendment , in opposition to thoir resolution . The League chairaan called twice for a show of _bandsbefore he could decide which party had the tn jority , but ultimately he gave it in favour ofthe League . Amoagat those who voted in favour of tho amendment were several professional gentlemen and tradesmen , who bave previously acted with cho Conservative interest , but , on the present occa > sion , were found under the Chartist banner and No Surrender . Three cheera were _xiven forthe Charter , and the meeting shortly alter senarated .

      Finsbury _Localitt . —Star _coffeehouse , Old-street , St Luke ' s . Juuo 19 . —Mr T . Salmon in the chair . — Mew . Wm . Salmon and Merriman were eleoted delegates to the district council for Finsbury . Mr Fennell moved , and Mr Wm . Salmon seconded the following resolution : — 'That every member on entry shall give in hia name aad address , and that the _cla-s leaders see tbat the address given is the correct one , ami if not , that the name Bball be erased from the _bsokrs of t . e looality . ' Carried unanimously . Mr Allnuu moved , and Mr R . Fuzzm secoi . ded— ' That deputations be appointed to wait on all the localities in the districts , to request them to send delei _* nces to form a oiHrict committee . ' Mr Nobbs moved , and Mr Merriman seconded , the following resolution : — 'That it ii the opinion of this meoting that the arming of the police force with cutlasses , whilst or

      night duty , is an unconstitutional act on the part of the govornmeBt , and calculated to lead to serious breaches of tho peace , considering the brutal use the forcB have already made of their truncheons on previous occasions . ' Carried unanimously . Mr Nobbs moved , and Mr Merriman seconded— ' That a copy of the above _resolutu n be sent to Mr Wakley , with a request that bo will bring the grievance complained of beiore the House of Commons . ' Carritd unanimously . The meeting then adjourned- On Suyday next a lecture and discussion upen Emigration will take place . On Monday evening , the locality meets at Hudson's Academy , _Cross-strtier .. ( i _atton-garden _, when a lecture will be delivered by Mr P . M'Grath . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock : and on Tuesday _evening at the Star colt e house , Old-straet , Su Luke's .

      I ' _lKtiNT . —To ths Editor op the NorvriiEKN Stab . _—Sir , —A copy of tbe enclosed letter and resolution was sent ti Lird John _Itus-ell , and I was i . ntruoted by tha meeting from which it _emanated , to request tha lavovr ofa corner for _insertion in tho I ' eoplo ' a _pjper . The nieetiri _,. was addressed by Mr Uio , ( Camdoa _. ) and an oir . q : . i : nt and soul-stirring ono from tae llev . Mr D _ cc . inr . o _ . ( Falk _. ik , ) on thc Peoplb's _Chsi-ier , the political ii » hts ot tha _peny _' - ( see his tract _puHished on that _Bubjt-c . ' ) , - _ti » - r _^ v speaker pas-ed a hi _ r , U _euhmiirn on Mr _O'U-nn-ir ! ' ¦ r his _steadfast -idueren _.- to the principles _throuxh _lif'oe-i years of - _'crsecution and scorn . At tha close » f tho meeting , three cheers wero _t-iv _' _-n ior the 1 ' eoplu ' s Cl ' . _irt-r , Mr O'Connor , and three for the NoKTHEIlN StaTI — V . La _< : aN . Til Til - H _1 GI 1 T HON . L _' . 'BD JOHN BU'STI . L _,

      M _. Loud—Iu eonn . iuenc- ot jour lcr . lship _ a « a . r . t'ou _. nudo in _ttn < Houao o ? Ojram _. ng on ' . " 3 r , i of Mav , t'l tha _ett-ct _. ' That neither the mid-He nor w _. _rltiinf _-hssos of tbesa _countries _wi . ' - _eil tor an * c . t . _ssi-.-. ma sure _, of _legUlaito- nt ' _jim - . ' a meoting cf '_ e lutnti . -ants of _tlun i > _l-. e wm hel , ' li he Old _Fallows' II . il ' , on tho l' 3 sb _i-stfl- * _- , " ? - -. i thi _j-. _c' . o ' . ' i T = j _.-Mu-. _io-.-. w _ 3 una-

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

      nlmonrty _aflopteA an- agreed upon to to sent to j < xtf lordship , ( together with a copy for puhlio _. tion in t & 9 N 0 H . _TB-11 K 8 t . » ;) two toiler * were appointed b y the meeting te count the _vottn , and _ilulude all _nnitr ago the _result wae 337 raalo adults . The meeting also ex . preued a hope that your lordship would see your error , —retract yonr notorious allegation , — make the PeopWa Charter _s cabinet measure , and thereby pat an end t * agitation , and tare tbe country from otter rain , by having * it made the law of tbo land . Signed , b y _Instruction of meeting , _Fb-kcis Lagan , Chairman . r > . nny , StirHnjt . _hlre , Scotland , June 17 tb , 1818 .

      _Reboltep , —That wc , ths _Innabltaotg of Donny , ta public meeting a . iembled , are , in common with the rati ; of { the United JUagdom suffering extreme dlslren . _ "li » _ij such dlstrtjs Is mainly attributable to _mlggoVernmftsit _,, Labour , which In our capital , not befog represented la the Commons _Houto of Parliament , while aristocrat * ! and capitalists have usurped the power of governingtreated the governed with _overbearing insolence , _—maiSa laws to aggrandise themselves ,--and reduced the ' ndatV trlons art ' _oass and labourers ( the producers ef a _ " , wealth , ) to tho _loveit _depths of misery _ooddegradtel pauperism ; thousands on thousands , through want a . -j food reduced to skeletons , and tfasn borne _uns & _rouifefl

      to their graves ; whlla droneo , inusvMma of _aristocratiopa _^ pew _, _ftrfTetelllnilaii _^ ' u _^ on' _ttfr AM aoa ' wsirMW ' _-, of the people , ' _^ We ' hat ? ' . _jboea . « qu _« -eiJ _» untjl _, we tu \ e no longer { _queesiMV < r we know bur r ' jhti , and '" mowing shall _moiutsln _* ¦ ¦ ¦ ' That uo half measure _oflegMatWo reform will cure tbiB _aoelal _etjU un _. _ir which we groan . Nothing but a / all and compl 6 t « * ek _ Ow ! e-getuent o ? our political right * _wlUgoffice . ' That the document known as the People ' s ' Charter « nfecdiea all th . principles of political freedom „ for whioh We contend ; and this meeting pledge _them _« ' selves to use all legal and peaceable _meano for its enact * ment , snd will not cease from -agitating until it _beoomi the law of t _' i 6 land .

      _Covsniby . —The Chartists of tbis locality he their usual weeWy meeting on Monday evening , ft Mr Pritchard ' _s _Coffee-hense , _Gosford-street , M . Harrison in fche chair , when a deputation from ths colliery districts of Bedworth and Nuneaton attended , with a request to be allowed to _t ' ona a part ot * this district , under tbe new plan of _ereanisatioa . The following resolution was proposed by Mr Piokard , seconded by Mr Farmer , and carried unanimously : — ' That a _district delegate meeting be held at Mr Pritchard ' s Coffee-house , _Gosford-atreet , on Sunday July 2 nd , at ten o cl . ck in the forenoon , whea tbd following places are expected to send delegates , vis . Foleshill , Bedworth , Nuneaton , Shiiton , Warwick , Leamington , K . nilworth , and all other places within twelve miles of Coventry . '

      Kilmarnock . —A largo meeting was held here on the 12 th inst ., Mr Peter Gorm iu the chair , when _resolutiona in favour of the Charter , and the Labour question , were unanimously adopted . Tho meeting was addressed by Messra Morrison , McLelJand , _lienderson , Bryan , Simpson , and Paton , NOTIING-HILL , K . ENSISGTOSAND _HaMMBBSMITH . —A meeting of the Chartists and Land members of tha above districts took place at the Frinne Albert coffee house , _Notting-hill . on Wednesday week last . Mr N 8 weij of Hammersmith in the chair . A ' ter receiv . ing deputations from the Emmett Brigade , Paddington , &•' ., to explain the benefioial _working of tho new _organisation , a subscription wasopened , and 19 .. collected tor the defence of Mr Erne 3 t Jones and the Cbartist victims .

      Banbory _Diaiiticr . —An open air meeting toilplace on _Tuesday last , when a lecture was delivered on the Land Company by one of the Banbury friends . ; twenty members started a branch to carry the same into effect . Littlk Shkffiem _) district of the National Charter Association , —At a meeting of the council of the above district , held at the house ot Mr Charles Clarke , Temperance Ilotel , I _. jckinahamstreet , it was resolved upon holding the Council meetings every Sunday afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock , aud it is requested that members of the Council will bo in _attendance , _^ _as business of importance wilibe brought before them .

      New _RgpoRii Movbmrnt— _Livbup'OL . —A public meeting , called by tha supporters of the New Movement , for tho purpose of adopting a petition in supp ort of Mr Hume ' a motion , wai held en the 19 th inst . The principle of UnivemlSuil ' rage was agreed to and supported by all the speakers , out they resorted to the old trick ot expediency for the purpose of ' gaining an instalment , ' and brought forward a resolution for _adaption by the meeting . Tho Chartists submitted an amendment , which was carried by . at least , two-thirds of tbe _meeting , and a ! s _ > adopted a letition founded ou the amendment in

      favour of the People ' s Charter . The petition was sent to Mr Hume the _. _ame evening . N . B . —After the meeting agreeing to our amendment the chairman and committee refused to press a petition _^ _-hictt they had drawn up for the purpose , saying , that we bad rendered the object of the meeting uselees , tha chairman then dissolved tho meeting and lfett the ohair . Upon this we proceeded to eleot another chai _, rra _| n , _fpr the purpose of passing our petition , _whtT _>^^^ _jiamedistely resorted to the iriuk of da ' rl _^ 83 | _g |> _it : e room ; _hoive'ier , we succeeded in securinpJuif object and signing our document by our chairman .

      _Wsllinoboropou . —Mr Kydd delivered a lectures few days ago in the market square of thi- * tt wn . _Cuabtkrvill , _!! , OxFORDSHiKB . —Tte Icl ' . _owing _resolution has been agreed to by tho allottee . On this estate : — ' That our _grateful thaeks be given to the lady who kindJy presented each of us with a ropy of the speech , _handaomely bnuud and gold _lettered , deliveiod by our _eateemed friend and _porenS , Feargus O'Connor , Esq , on the National Lmi 1 Plan , in tho Ilouse of Comraoni ' , oa Thursday , Manh G h , 1848 . SpimIiFiklds — A branch of the _Chartiet _Association was formed on Sunday last , Juna 13 , at the Bluecoat Boy , Dorset street , _Siiitaliield _:-.

      The Pkoplk ' _s _Ciuhteii v . Lobd John ' s Dsclara . tioh _.- — A public meeting was held on Wednesday evening , June 21 st , in reply to Lord John ' s recent declaration , and to proclaim their desire for the People ' s Charter , at theLittrary and Scientific Institution , _Cailisle-street , Portman market , Marylebone , at eigbto ' clock . Mr John Savage was called to the ohair , who introduced Mr M'Crea , a member of the Executive Committee , to raevo thu _following resolution : — ' That this meeting is of opinion that the declaration of Lord John Russell , in tho Ilouse ef Commons , that the middle claases did not require reform nor tbe working classes the Charter , is unfounded ; that this meeting emphatically denies tbat assertion as being a gross misrepresentation of

      popular opinion , and this meeting pledges itself to support Universal Suffrage , Vote by _Baliot , Annual Parliaments , Payment ot Members . No Property Qualification , and Equal Electoral D . _i-tricts , & s embodied in the People ' s Charter , and neer to cease agitation until the emrao becomes the law cf the realm / Mr Samuel Kydd _aecond _. d tue resolution , The _reaslution was then put and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman . After giving three vociferous ohe-. _rs for the People ' s Charter , tha assembly quietly dissolved . Forty men , armed , were waiting in a _nei-jhbouring street , but happily the cutlasses remained inactive . A government reporter was present , as well as some policemen in private _chthes .

      Livkfpjol . —At a public _meetirgheM ir . Liverpool on the 19 th inst ., convened for tl e ; urp . ise of supporting the motion of Joseph Hurue ,. > a toe 20 . li inat . a petition was _ra'sed by a forge _majority iu _support of the People ' s Charter . The petition wa 3 for ¦ a . de 4 to Joseph Hume . ABKnDKEN . —TLe Chartists of Aberdeen are or « ganising under the new plan .

      Liberation Of Mr Ernest J0ise3. J Odors'...

      LIBERATION OF MR ERNEST J 0 ISE 3 . j odors' chambers . The ( Ivjeki * v . E . Jones . —Mr Maenam . ira , soli _, citor _, accompanied by Mr Ford , attendi d before Mr Justice | . Patteson , to tender bail for Mr E . Joses . The proposed bail was worth £ 360 . Ilis lordship thought tho other bail and Mr Jones Bhould be in attendance . Mr Macnamsra Raid , tbat with re . ;_ rd to the defendant , a writ of habeas and the fi it of Mr Justice Coleridj . e had _btea obtained , but had not been served on the governor of _Newgate , because it would be useless to bring up the def . _ndiutuntil the bail was perfected . Mr Justice Patteson said , he would see Mr , histio « Coleridge on tbe matter before

      ho decided . On Friday . Mr _Macnamara accompanied by Mr Ford , the sooond security for Mr E . Jones , appeared before Mr Justice Patteson , who said , it was his opiuion that the bail had duly qualified , and rhould ba admitted . At a _quarter to two o ' clock Mr Cope , the Governor of _Newgate , accampanied by Mr _Humpher . eg , tke chief turnkey ot Newgnto . arrived with Mr Ernest Jones at Ctiambers-Mr Jonea then entered into hia ow _> recognisances of £ 500 , and his two sureties of £ _'ioO -. ach lor the defendant ' s attendance at tho next _sessioua < f the Central Criminal Court , when Mr J-nits _ielt the Chambers with his friends and _solicitor .

      Thk Qukkn , v . _Fi-s-ell— Mr _Mionam _. ra gave notioe tbat the defendan t was read / to _pive notice of two bail in XlOO _< -ca . His _lonl- _i-rp's ! i . ; t was then obtained for a writ of habeas ' . > i : _*_ c ll buns ' up the defendant , and notice ot bail wm _ako _tt-ndoi-ed to Mr Hay wood by Mr Mscnamara , on behalf of the * defendant , w _ ich was _acceded . On Friday , fnsi notice _> were _piven in tbe _ciiae :: t i ' in- _^ 1 _, for the purpose of preventing t ;; _o Cri . w .: _* _. r-, : ; . ' own to _Birmicxhani to _irquir-i i : Ui > the ¦ . ' _-. - -r . ' .- - _< -f cno parlies _pripised . An _nitiGi-i _' . _isiii was id . _vi _;; i << en iiiu ; in the _cot ' . r .-e uf to day ( _S'tunlny ) , tho i .. \ _--, j : _iry security for Sharp w . nilil im t _^^ -v-. , '• • tn » i wbrm _, it is ur . de . _-stoed , will be li . eri . _t-. d _ :. '\< _-j--d . _ty i e . tt . *

      Sn„R']'N'I.I>.—Death If Vi; Jens I'.-(H,...

      Sn „ _r' ] _'n'i . i > . —Death if _Vi ; Jens i _' _.- _( H , i ,-. —Wo _= \ rc s irry tv announce ( on the authority ¦* t :-.- _J-iily _papers ) ' the death of Mr J _~ hn _IMet-. s , a .: en : _t- _« T of the To * n Council of Shiffi Id . On Sunday _iite ' -ioen _Uist , lie exhibited sueh signs of _iusnuitv _t ' _- _^ -t -. - waa found ncccasary to convey him to the I _ _- ___•¦ .. - ' It" , at the S > . enie " d _Worklicuse , _where lu _t-x . . _. v . . ' tu Tuesday moruing . _Derooi-rac ) haa _ii _^ u : > im * _fiii . hiu . and hires * , _adrccale .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 24, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24061848/page/1/