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      11 _aol _. i BOi , _toJ « jivs _^ t ) e « n _^ ver - _oaied . _~ I do not approve , uunly , _linty , of tbe _arrangsmeut of thU -priog-bilaace ft ; ' *• ' » V *• ** ' _obJeeUookble , _dkmim when the valve has ; _i rai » railed to tueb a bright ai to relieve the boiler connrabry . rably . the 5 pressure brought upon it it very P * a _?* lr _a-asebteased _, tbe power of the lever being ; nearly ** ' ten to ,, Tbi ThUii not tbemtul way In which spring-balances uu » en , u » en , aa far a » l know . I think the principle wrong , laccotuccount of tlie : pressure being increased when the m ogre open * . I third- it . wrong _* -- _* T * j 5 _^ _i * _fln- _^ _r _*^« _-b-Janeeat _theend _ofa _lon _5 _l _« _o _'• , _ J **? _£ l _£ _ascttoecttovalve . _beirur lathe " -P- _^ _£ * _2 Ke ? _iialWalhiapl-asure _. e-peeiaUy the , * - £ _*""? _£ _» ; _Uti . ; iti-onl , fairto _saythmt Obit . « _£ »» _E & X _Uled feted fer ebserratfo- _^ _«<*?•<*** _£ _/ _"" sabs . tothe _ededta _^ to -vorktheseboaer . at a _^ _s _^ _ofSSW _wch _weightaittatougni ne

      mareirareinch , a mare « are . nc _^ . uca-- _^ - _^ - . , tothe ' _^ ° t _£ _^ be _tbo _ngbtfit , _* , 1 , 1 _^ i _^^ _^ r _« _nm , namdy , 661 bs . As to the con . SS erou . to be used as a _^ _b-pressure bo _& r . _ItboWbout troubling you with tbe detail-of tbeexpenint- atg , _Imaymentiaa thattbe arerage tensile forceper uiirettrefach ofthesepUte 8 Waantftos , that of plates of ,,-am-salethickness , ofthebestkind , _wnlchltxitd atthe _aae tine time , was 21 f tons . Specimens of those are also _MKluwdoced . Tliey are Low-moor plates , of the same thicka a , b « , bat of a very superior quality . The plates ofthe itieiriel are very much laminated or sbelly , not only in j ; p » ep » rf , but all that I saw . This is owing to the bad i _tlitydity ef tbe metal . It -rill happen sometimes in plates tthe the best quality , bnt it is very much to be avoided .

      _JispUspieceexhibiU the fracture actually made by the eriisioDskra , the appearance of which proves it to havebeen iiird iron—that is , for the purpose to whicb . it was applied , _labiab _' _igb-pressure boiler , and considering that it was ttplo . tploved in the part which was most likely to break _, do do not believe there is coy reason to suppose i at tat thi re was any deficiency of water in the boiler . To lowowthe great pressure brought on the nnexploded i iile- ' iler , I nuy mention thaV the flatp _' tto Vn front waa i ilgetlged to tbe extent of If inches before 1 commenced my : ; _psxpsrin »* iits . Had aB thefour valves been at liberty , it i _inenpears to me impossible tbat _thepiessnieof steam could _i tretve so increased at to causa the explosion . Had both \ ie be balance-valves been open , I think tbey would hardly laveave saved it ; they might have deferred the time and _i _rolroloneed it from ten to nerkaps twenty minute * . I

      I liniink the valves must have been closed or open only to su small extent when the explosion _occurred . Had only nene ef these valves been open , there it no question it ronronld have produced * very great noise ; every one near msiust have heard it At the time ofthe explosion the reareuurs roost have been at least ISO or HO . Myreaien , r or coming to that conclusion is . tbat this pressure _dUMebled the remaining boiler . The accident would not _avare occurred had all the valves been opened . Had tbe _alailance-valves only beea open it would probably { not avavehappeaed at all : hot , perhaps , if oneof the weighted _ilalves had b * en at liberty , as probably tbe boat would otbt have remained so long atthe pier asto allow the reressure to reach tbe bursting point . In tbe nary ., no _Dgngiueer is employed until he hat passed an _examina . oten _; but in the commercial boats they employ any one ieaey like .

      1 Thomas Clark being asked , said he wished to give vi videnee as far as he could . He said : I am a smith and laaachirdst . _Ifirst took charge of the Cricket on the 4 th _ipiprillast , * _gi wards was tben there as stoker . I took huisrge of the Cricket soen after Kent left . There were trtrings en tbe Iereri then , ail was ready for starting _, _telelieriog I had a good stoker , _JSd-rards , I did not pay atanch attention at first , but left him to manage tbe _irires . I don't recollect being spoken to on a Sunday itahout the valves betngtfeddowu . I think it was on tbe _Monday that 1 ft . Polietti and Hr Smith came dewn . Tbe nralres _vrera not then tied . Hr Pollett" came down beftfore Mr Smith ; he came in tbe morning . The valves _nwere not then tied . Ur Polletti said Edwards had told bcira that the valves were tied dewn on the Sunday . I

      aasked bim if he thought I was mad . We had a good _Qttzany words , and he said he should tell Mr Seaitfc , He ggave me orders about not tying tbem down . He said he nmurt tell Mr Smith ; he believed thera had beena great ddeal of fuss made about it . Wben he waa there the EStr ngs were put round the rails , not so tight as to _prewent tbe valves from lifting , but merely to get them ont _ouT the w » y . _MrSmitii came down into the engine-room , H believe the same day . The strings were tben in the _seame place . He _eaid he bad heard _tuch a thin-had been "done , and as . * ed if I had dene it . I said no . He said Ibe hoped I would always be very _earsful , not run any -risk , and not do anything to injure other people , or ( risk their lives , Mr Smith frequently travelled by the boats : he did 40 after this injunction was givenme . Had

      tbe valves been tied he would hare coma down iato the engine-room and seen them . I think he was twice afterwards in the engine room . He would sometimes stay there the whole length of the journey , observing that be did not like to call tny attention from , the engine . If there had been any danger , be would have been sure to ineurit . I do not say it is quite a mistake to state thatthe lever was weighted so thatthe steam would not blow ofi * at leu than SS . The string was tbree . _ysra and Sve-varn spun yarn . It was put round the nail to keep it ont of the « ay . I will swear I have never given Knight orders to fasten them whea the order was given to standby . Frem the way in which the rope was t ied , I don ' t think any one could make a mistake as to its being tight . It was not so tight as to

      come straight aown ; I generally left a space . I don ' t know who put in the nail . I found it . there . 1 recollect Buttress taking charge of tbe Cricket , butldon'Ciecollect _Eayins—¦ * _Ii ' s all tight , "Toe ; take her away / I -wili swear the span-yarns were not then tied tight , unlesshe had done it "himself . If I _thought proper , I kept tbe yarns fastened sometimes the whole voyage . I was not always in tbe same humour . It sever _occurred to me to look to see the canse of the valve _requiring so much shaking . I did not he . r Edwards make any' oration * on the deck , on a Sunday , before the pastenz . ee * . He migbt leave the engine-room a dozen times . I drank ale and beer that day , bat not gin . -1 beard nothing of what had occurred with Edwards until tie Monday . A . few days before Ur ffaisman came , I tried to dean ont

      ihe sediment of tbe mercury gau-e , aud it rose to forty . I don ' t believe the gauge indicated the exact pressure . It had _notdone so for about af-rmight befor- tbe Cricket went to Hr _Joyce ' s . When the vessel listed , on * valve would _ootact , but the steam would escape with much noise from the ether . There could be no mistake about hearing it ; these who stood at tbe sponson must have heard it . Edwards was discharged en the Monday , bnt four hours before Mr " ? oletti told me of the complaint he had made . 1 discharged htm for calling me names while Skinner and I were quarrelling . I never put an irenbsracrossthetwo fevers . I could push one up from below tt > the levers . I am now working as a machinist in the employ of the Ant and Bee Company . Hy wages

      are the same . I don ' t think 1 bare seen Hr Sokes , the solicitor , above twice , and bave only bten examined by him once . _Haisman was present at the time . I have taken no other advice as to my evidence to day . Hr ! Dukes only asked me as to the Cricket since I had been there . He asked my opinion asto bow the accident had occurred , and I imputed it to tbe' listing , ' as I have done to-day . I suppose it was a prep-ratios f jr this examination te day , but I don ' t know thatit was . We generally took the cords ob ? the nails at night ; audit is by this _factlkmow that Buttress must have fastened them on tbis occasion . The valves were certainly not tied dewn when I left ths boat before Buttress took charge ofber . _Esther he or Edwards migbt bave done it if they had a evite to me .

      At half-past fire o ' clock the inquiry was adjourned until Friday . On Friday , after an examination of several witnesses , the inquiry was brought to a close , by the jury returning the following verdict : — 1 We find that TbomasSbed , John Blunt , John Little _, tin , George Shute . and Jehu Buckley , came to their deaths by the bursting of the boiler of the Cricket -. team-boat on the 27 th of August , 1847 . We find a _» e * - dlei of _zaaoslsugbter against Henry _Heainuo , the engineer on that day . We consider Clarke faigly culpable and unfit to hold the situation of engineer . We likewise comider Mr Smith ' s conduct shamefully neglectful In not properly investigating the complaint against Clarke . ' The coroner then issued his warrant against Henry Hea-tnau , and , after thanking tbe jury for the patient and careful attention to tbe case during so protracted an inquiry , the inquest was formally dissolved at halfpast ten o ' clock .

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      The Holytown Miners. Meeting Of Thelondo...

      THE HOLYTOWN MINERS . MEETING OF THELONDON TRADES . A public meeting of the several trades of tbe metropolis , convened by tbe masons , was held at the Temperance llatl , Waterloo-road , on Tuesday evening , September 21 st , for the purpose of considering the ca « e ofthe much oppressed miners of Holy town . "Mr . W . Oannan waa unanimously called to the chair . The following resolutions were adopted : — Moved by Mr Vaughan , seconded by Sir Scott : — That tbis meeting approves ofthe manly and , _diguiti-d stand tbat the miners of Holytown nave _taften In resistfoga reduction of tbeir wages , and tbat we earnestly call on the trades of London t * support

      these brave men , and thereby enable them to triumphantly establish their position , and foil the attempt of the _avaricioas capitalists ta lower tha already too lew wages of the working man , who is the chief _spnrceof a nation's greatness . ' Moved by Mr Humphries , seconded by Mr Peel : — 'That this meeting deeply sympathises with the niners now on strike at Holytown , in Scotland , and . bat we indignantly denonpee tbe _bar * b and nnjhristian spirit erinced by their employers ini tuning so many families from , their _homci , thereby _reosing to man his common right , namely , a home to Iwell in , to shelter him from the inclemency ofthe ¦ leraents . '

      A committee of twenty-seven persons was _ap--o _' mted _. with power to receive _snb .-criplaons . The somrhittee will meet every Friday evening , at the _Sraven Head , Drury-lane . The several trades are re-[ _oe'ted to send delegates and remittances . Votes of thanks to tbe Northern Star , and the b _< uTrnan , concluded proceedings . IFe regret that owing to a very heavy press of

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      matter , ** _bave-fonndit impcwibte _* togW- j a report

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      TO THE EDITOR OF . THE ¦ - - ' - <¦ ¦ - - - - DISPATCH . " You unmitigated ass I you sainted fool ! you canonised ape T Now , don ' t say , as is the custom of silenced enitore _, that this is no argument ; because , if you do , my answer is , that if a fool says' bow , * and asks you for a reply to bis argument , the onlyresponse muet be / bow , wow . ' How , in the iiame of common sense , common decency , or common prudence , could you hare allowed the printer ' s devils to make such a' pie' as the following : — "Thb Chabhst Lasd Coupai « t .--A correspendent

      asks what we think of Feargus O'Connors LBnd and Labour Bank , and if wa recommend the working classes to make it their place for depositing their savings . We have a decided opinion that they ought not . _becanse . if the principle of this bank ia that its assets shall be employed in the purchase of land , it is contrary to the essential role of all other banks —that the bulk of the assets shonld be vested i" available securities . It must be evident that money expended in the purchase of land _caneot be payable to the depositors on demand . To pay them , when required , the land must be advertised , a customer found , the price depreciated by a forced sale , _lawyersmuatpreparedeeds , an *! be paid for their

      trouble . We may be told that a portion of the money subscribed will be kept oa hand , and more conld be borrowed by mortgaging the purchased land . Tbis would only do for ordinary occasions . For extraordinary times , whenever-trading , or over-issuing of paper , orany _otheranch cause , brings on a period of stagnation , and obliges the workingclasses to withdraw tbeir deposits , _thelLabonr Bank would be fonnd unable to meet the crisis . Ita assets not being employed on discounts , would not be realised in cash as the bills run out , What is the security offered to the _depesitorsfor their money ? Who are the principals in the bink ? James Knight , Esq ., is to be the manager , bnt who does James Knight , Esq ..

      represent ? If this bank is what is what is called a ' private bank , 'then the names ofthe partners who are responsible forthe repayment of the money when called for , ought to be printed upon the cheques James Knight Esq ., if called npon for money which he has no funds to meet , will tell tbe depositors be is merely a servant in the concern . What are the names of the members of tbe firm ? Are they Feargus O'Connor , Doyle , M'Grath and Co ., and are they men Of business , knowledge , and substance , to justify their setting up as bankers ? These are _traeattms which every prudent man will ask himself before he deposits his money with the expectation of ever seeing it again . Bnt . possibly , the bank is to be a

      joint-stock bank . If so , tbe names of ail the shaveholders most be registered at the Stamp-office , and each shareholder will be liable for the whole debts of the concern . Those , therefore , who have anything to lose , will be careful how their names are used in a concern involving serious responsibilities . Nothing can be more obviously dangerous than that ono man should have the supreme contronl . That has been repeatedly shown in America , and the last instance ofthe sort was the United States Bank—a concern managed by a mau named Beddle , which ended in wrecking the fortunes of hundreds of persons , the shares _lallign from 120 dollars to 10 dollars . Even where a number of merchants , well versed in the

      mysteries of book-keeping , take par t in the management of joint * tock banks , it has been found practically impossible to prevent particular officers and directors from accomodating themselves to an unlimited extent , and 'bolting . ' In the United States , banks have already been set-up by small contributions from people in ordinary circumstances , and upon investigating the accounts , it has turned out that every officer , from the manager down to the porter , baa borrowed money and spent it , upon the deposit of his worthless note of hand . " Now , if you have not split your sides laughing at an appeal from Philip drunk to Philip sober , you may rest assured that every tradesman , operative , mechanic , and artificer , win has read the above tumble , has had a hearty

      roar over it . Why , you funny creature , did you think that anyone roan would believe you , that any other man asked you what he should do with his money ? Now , if you had said our dear friend Eliza requests to know if she should deposit her savings in the National Land and Labour Bank , men could understand you ; but the idea of the readers of the Dispatch having anything to spare , is rather too ludicrous . Now , when you wrote the first sentence , you knew that you wrote a wilful , a mean , a paltry , a vindictive lie ; you knew that not a soul asked you such a question , but the fact is , that the declining circulation of the Dispatch has chilled the blood of every man connected with that _falling establishment ..

      Row 1 assert a fact , stated by a correspondent , and it is , that the Dispatch has lost over 35 , 000 of its circulation ; and is like the benighted traveller , groping about to see where it shall find a resting - place—whether in the bosom of Wliiggism , Toryism , FreeTradeism , jockeyism , thiefism , pugilism , policeism , or any other ism ; and yet , lest your old readers , who have now become pupils of mine , should not be yet versed in the science of translating editorial rubbish , I must try to carve np your ' pie ' for my new pupils . Well , then , your first sentence is a lie . Your second sentence is folly , because you never had

      a decided opinion ia your life , but yet I will answer that portion of it , about whieh there might be a difference of opinion . You object to the Land aud Labour Bank , because , contrary to the essential rule of all other banks , it gives the depositors LANDED SECURITY , while the bulk of the assets should be vested in what you call available securities . 1 presume you meant Reid and Irviug ' s notes , or Saunderson s bills , available to your pot companions for lighting their pipes . There is nothing more . absurd , nothing more . mean , nothing more contemptible , than the attempt to base an argument upon a falsehood , for a

      sinister and spiteful purpose . And did you think to depreciate the value of landed security in the face of the fact that the most cunning lawyers will prefer 3 | per cent ., secured upon landed property , to five , six , seven , or eight per cent ., secured upon the whim or the speculation ofa discounting banker , or a bill-broker ? "Were you aware that the subtle merchant and manufacturer , who bave been making fifty per cent , all their lives by speculation in the labour of others , at last invest their whole savings , not in banks , but npon landed security , at 3 and 3 ? " per cent . ? Arid that those lawyers , those merchants , and traders , prefer

      being depositors inthe Land Bank for that amount of interest , and to wait in security for it , principal and all , to the chance of getting double or' treble the interest in other speculations , and the doubt of ever receiving the principal . In the next sentence , you say that the land must be sold to meet the withdrawals . It is , to me , a most melancholy task to be obliged to expose the unpardonable ignorance and insignificance of one wbo assumes the office of public instructor . Why , you booby ! do you imagine that any-man would pay his money into the bank on Monday for the purpose of drawing it out on the Saturday ? and were you

      not aware that from the very nature of the Land operations , there must , at all times , be an unappropriated capital of from 20 , 000 Z . to 50 , 000 / . vested in Exchequer bills , bearing interest at the rate of 41 , lis . 3 d . per cent ., and exchangeable into bank-notes or gold , at three minutes' notice ? . and were you not aware , that before such an amount could be exhausted by a run , of which timely notice * should be g iven , that , if necessary , any amount required to meet the whole demand would be raised upon mortgage , or by depositing the title deeds . But you speak as if the National Land and Labour Bank , its incomings and outgoings ,

      were like two empty buckets , nerer replenished ' ' whereas , apart from all other securities , I venture to assert , that confidence in me , confidence in the land , and the absence of those usual tricks by which banks are usually conducted , would enable me to meet any run in a single week , as there would be 20 s . deposited for every pound drawn . But howthe attorneys , if they read the Dispatch , must laugh at you for repudiating landed security . . In another sentence you say , that at periods of stagnation , over trading , or other causes , a run might be made upon the bank which it could not meet : and , verily , just at this

      PERIOD O ? DERANGEMENT , OVERISSUING OF PAPER , AND STAGNATION , you assign a most laughable reason

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      for _^ he-Xand- BanKrnet being , _able-tprmeet such a crisis . fiere . it is :--- | Because its _aBsetSj not _^ _being . employed on . di _^ _uiits , would not ; be _Realised ! in _J _cash , as . ihe bills , runi oiii _^ Now , just observe what a fool I witi ' make of ypu . The National Land and . Labour Bank is tobe hampered because some of its capital is LOCKED _UP'Mhmp , while lhat . property would be available to meet a run if it

      was locked up in bills that have three , four , five , and six " months to run ! And , *; mark , ydii shall not _sheak'out of the hobble by -tell * _, ing us that those bills might be discounted , because . I tell you , that " at periods of overissuing paper , over-trading , or , stagnation of trade— -firstly , that those bills would not be available , except at a sacrifice which the depositors , and not the traders , should bear , or

      might become WASTE _PAPER--SAUNDERSON and Co . TO WIT . There is _ouething tbat either you had not the brains to comprehend , or the honesty to admit— -namely , tbat notice must be given of the withdrawal of sums beyond a certain amount . ,,.- ; * 4 Then you appear to forget thatfthere is such a fund as the Redemption Department , which is also security to the depositors in the Deposit Department ; and you appear to forgethat the depositors have the further security tbat , if there was a run upon the bank , the 50 , 000 or 60 . 000 members now enrolled would ,

      upon a simple application from me , transmit 40 s . to meet every pound within-the period that it could be withdrawn . Then you appear to forget that I have a little , prop 0 y myself left , besides a thing _calledjthe Northern Star , that would fetch more money now . than the Dispatch ; and there is one . little' circumstance that all you blunderbusses of the press have omitted to state to mydupes , and your own wards , for whose interest you express , and bo ; doubt feel , such an anxious solicitude , and itis this—that I have rendered my very bed _^ _and every particle of property I-possess in Tthe world , liable to the depositors ; while , by po possibility , could 1 make one fraction _profty by the Bank . . - : .. / ft There is hot a working man in England who

      has not more confidence in me than in any banker in the world ; and so he ought . And then , you immaculate nincompoop , you go on with your balderdash about the manager being asked for money , and the manager telling the depositor he has no money—why , you foolish creature , do you suppose you could pawn such nonsense upon sane men . What has _^ manager to do with the Land and Labour Bank , anymore than a manager has to do with-any other bank , or the clerk or book-keper has to do with the affairs of their principal beyond keeping his 'accounts ? Would yoa think it fair or just to hold you liable for a bill of Mr Harmer , your master ? Then you ask ,. what are the names of the firm ? The _namesare-

      —Feargus O Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and the people of England . _¦'« _-, ' Again , mark your folly ; in the next sentence you show the danger to each shareholder in a Joint Stock Bank ; and then , in the next sentence , you show the danger of airiy one man having the supreme controul , an'd then you go to America for a DOLOROUS case about one Mr Biddle . And then , haying disposed of the little security that is offered by one man , you wind up thus : — 'Even where a number of merchants , well versed in the mysteries of book-keeping take part in the

      management of Joint Stock banks , it has been found practically impossible to prevent particular officers , and directors from accommodating themselves to an unlimited extent , and ' bolt _, igg . ' Why , you incomprehensible arithmetician , you hadn ' t the brains to see that your folly is an argument against the existence of such a thing as a bank under any circumstance . An individual can ' t be security , and a joint stock company can't be security- —then who is to be security I What is to be security * or how is security to be arrived at ? I'll tell

      you . The National Land and Labour Bank is the only security , because my manager will have my instructions not to . discount the bill . of Baring Brothers , accepted by the Bank of England . Don ' t you think that every man must have laughed at your concluding sentence about officers , managers , and porters , getting money upon their note of hand ? And , now , if you have read your own rubbish again and my exposure of it , what would you give : that you had not made such an ass of yourself ? - . _*>

      There is just this -little difference between what you consider security and what I consider security . When a depositor places his money in another bank the banker does exactly what he pleases with it—he has friends and will discount their bills , has favorites and will renew their bills , and , according to the depression of times and the tightness of money , he will give a depositor any interest he

      requires for his good ,, solid , substantial capital , and the moment it passes outof _theidepositors ' hands it is in ' KITES , ? flying about the country , yea , " aboutthe world ; some of the feathers in America , some in China , some in India , some in raw cotton , and some in depressed twist , while the poor , depositor , is weeping over his folly and his _mispjaced confidence . '

      -.-Now , wise man , just mark the difference between me and my customers , and the first bank in the world and its customers . ' ¦ 1 can t make a loss while the profits go to my customers , and their capital is invested in the best security in the world . . Theother banker promises an amount of _interest \ commensurate with the value of money ; and the : depositor receives none of the profit upon the banker ' s speculation , while he bears all the loss if it fails . For instance , in hard times a banker will give 4 , 5 , or 6 per cent , for money , upon the presumption . that some - ROGUE IN GRAIN , speculating upon a large profit upon the people ' s food : will give him 10 per cent .

      Well , the rogue in . grain does just as he pleases with the depositors ' money ; he _buvs corn abroad for ninety shillings a quarter , sells it at home for forty-five shillings , leaving the depositor not ten shillings in the pound , but ten shillings in the pound for the legal harpies who shall have the trouble of winding up the _affairs'of the firm . The same may be said ofa speculator in cotton , or the speculator . , ia labour to manufacture cotton , or of holders of railway shares , or of ; speculators ' . in those shares—in short , it applies to every class of bankets and bill discounters , except the National tand and Labour Bank , and to ievery class of depositors , . except the depositors in the National ' Land and Labour Bank .

      Now , Mr Editor , will you just inform your readers upon this point . Landed proprietors , for the most part ; deposit their titie deeds with their solicitors ; speculators in government stock confide solely in the integrity of their brokers ; the purchasers of railway shares and the venders of railway shares , confide in the integrity of their broker _8----they receive tbe money , purchase the property , are in . possession of the money firstly , and secondly in the possession ofthe property , and they transfer that money to the vendor of the _property , and the property to the purchaser . Now mark bow cbtaplete the analogy . The ' depositor trarisnis

      rers money tome , _lpurchase the property , the only property that I profess to purchase with his money , and . that _pfyperty becomes bis security . Now the whole bond in both cases is ? confidence ; with this' trifling difference _^ that . if a bill-broker , stock-broker , sharebroker , or banker fails , he is . _surg to receive the sympathy of the Press , while the sufferers have the consolation of being told that it was a highly respectable firm , but , rather than increase its liabilities , was compelled to surrender to the pressure of the timesj with the honourable intention of preserving as large an amount of assets as possible for its creditors ;

      Now a bit of advice ; and I have done . No man is disreputable - in that state of lite Jtb which it has pleased God to call him _^ neither God or nature intended you for a public Instructor . / In fact , I don t know what nature ' s journeyman cut you out for ; however , if you

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      would ~ b 8 _? eputabIe"iff-y _»^^ abandon youri _presentlyocation , and _iconfine yburself to . learning ; -and do _' _iipt _^ ar _^ to the offi <» of teacher _^ tell lies * and hope ! to ' reason" logically : npon yonr own untenable ; fi 4 fi _^ ods _M pott . t , write politics either , unless it is about the necessary connection < between Fleet-street and Jhe Strand ,- and _fleetatreet and Ludgate-hill . If poverty promises a profitable police trade , _devoteiyonr energy , your time and . ' skill-to . the

      chrbfticliBg . events connected with that- establishment , or attend race courses and the ring ; but there you can ' t compete with Bell ' s JAfe or the Sunday 2 V « ieJf , so that , in fact , ypu see the narrowness of your capacity renders , the discovery of your natural state a _matterp f no small difficultyjtherefore , asevery man is born a husbandman , and as fools can dig , in my philantrophy and generosity I have opened a market where "the fooland the wise

      _mayepmpete upon nearly equal terms , and , therefore , I would patehtally submit to ybii the prudence of _purohasisg a two-acre sharc-r-you couldn ' t manage four acres—and of depositing your littie weeklysaving in the Redemption Department of the Land and Labour Bank until you have laid up ; _asuffieient amount' to ; become the purchaser of your allotment , and thus free yourself from the casualties of banks , the caprice of an _over-paper issue , the danger of overtrading , the horrors of _stfignation ; and the temptations of the gin palace . ; ' "' ¦ Iremain , ,, ;

      , ' .. . " . Yeur best instructor and only mend , . _. ; Feargus O'Connob . P . S . Now , will you , with equal candpuras I have observed towards you , publish my reply to _yourjanswer to your correspondent ? . f F . O C .

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      Birhikgham . —At a numerous meeting of Cbartists , held at the Ship Inn , on Sunday evening lut , Mr Stephenson-in the chair , Ithe following resolutions were unanimously adopted . Moved by Mr Fussell , 8 econded . by Mr Banks ;— : ' ' That we , the member * of the land Company and Na . _tiooal Charter Association , meeting- at the Strip Inn , Birmingham , deeply regret the untimely death of poer Dodson of Sleaford , whose wife and family have been deprived of tbeir natural protector by _tbelohatnan conduct of policeman Sharpe , and we consider thatthe author * _, ties who tried the case very much degraded themselves by their partial dtcUlon , with tbe honourable exception

      of Mr Allix , who deserves the thanks of the people . Such condoet as that of tbo Sleaford Bench is calculated to destroy the confidence of the working _claBseB in those whose duty it is to administer the law with justice and impartiality ; and It is our opinion that tbis case ougbt to stimulate the people to renewed _eimions for the at . tainmtnt of their Charter , as the best means of protecting the weak from the oppression ef the strong . It gives ns much pleasure te knew tbat tbe directors intend to bring the ease before the . Court of Assize , and we pledge ourselves , to give our _wippoit , wcA call upon all tbe members of the Land Company to assist , and thereby enable them to obtain tbat justice which bas beon denied , and give succour and support to the bereaved wife and family .

      Tbat the best thanks of tbis locality be given to Ernest Jom , Esq ,, for his able and talented defense In the case ef poor Dodson ,, which entitles that gentleman to the gratitude of the people _. Moved by . Mr _Townsend , seconded by Mr Fearn : — That tbe best thanks of this meeting are due , and hereby given to Ur . Allix , for bis impartial conduct , , After the passing o f the above resolutions , a subacription was entered into for the widow and family of the before named unfortunate individual , and 9 s . 2 d . collected . It was also arranged to get up a dinner in comraemoration of the establiBbnieilt of a branch of the Land Company at the , Shin Inn . which

      has now been in existence twelve monthB , and numbers three hundred members , * and also in honour of the return of our indomitable champion , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . as M . P . for Nottingham . The above dinner will take place en the llth of October , an early application for tickets is therefore necessary . Tickets may be obtained from any of the . _secretaries of the Land Company , in Birmingham . BBioHiON . r-A general , meeting of the Chartists and members of the Land Company was held in the large , room of . the Artiohoke Inn , on Wednesday evening , Sept . 15 , when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted . Mr Sinnock presided . Moved by Mr Page , seconded by Mr Lewis : — . . .

      Tbat this . meeting , after mature consideration on the manslaughter of William Dodson , . by policeman Sbarpe , at Sleaford , deem the verdict of the jury false , and the conduct of . the magistrates ( who heard the examination ) disgraceful , and we highly , commend Mr . _AlJix for bis manly protest against their decision . We further tender our most hearty thanks to Mr Jones , for the able manner in which he conducted the examination before the ma * _gistrateB , and we hereby pledge onrselresto render all the assistance In oar power te . obtain justice , and that we mmediately enter into a subscription for that purpose . That in consequence ef its being too late to got _inser . tion of bur proceedings inthe . Star of the same week , & c ., that bur _tateting nights be altered from Wednesday to Tuesday evening , after the 22 d of the present month . Several shillings having been , subscribed for poor Dodson ' s case , a vote of-thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting dissolved . -

      _HunnBRsmto—At a meeting of the Chartists of Huddersfield and neighbourhood , held on Sunday afternoon last , at _Ibbersotfs Temperance-house , _Buzton-rbad , it was unanimously resolved—' That the secretary of the Chartist Association in this town do write to F . O'Connor , Esq . M . P ., to request that he include Huddersfield in the places that he intends to visit in bis northern tour . ' ' That we qo meet again next Sunday , evening , at this house ; that should Mr / _O'Cenner accede to our ' request we _n * ay appoint a committee to meet Mr O ' Connor on the appointed day , engage a suitable room ,, and make other preliminary arrangements for his reception . ' _NorniwHAM . —On Sunday evening last Mr Douse lectured at the Black Swan Inn . The - large room was crowded by an attentive audience ,: and at the close the lecturer received a unanimous vote of thanks . .-. ¦ y

      ; NKWCA 8 K _& cpON . Tr _*« . _—Rks-jbcitation op Char * msji w -ma _NoniH .--On Sunday evening , Sept . 19 , Mr P . Murray in the chair , Mr J . Watson moved — That the rules of-, the National Charter Association _, be read . ' In doing which he very eloquently set . forth the duty and necessity of eaoh individual to do all in his power to create a sound and ; wholesome publio opinion in regard to that document named the People ' s Charter ; for himself , he was . determined to use his best : endeavours to effect that _object . The motion being seconded , was carried unanimously . The rules were then reid by the chairman , and _seoonded , and gave general satisfaotion ., Mr S . Binns then descanted at great length on the principles and objects of the association ,-

      interspersing his oration with remarkable instances of the incapacity of . the present holders of the franchise to legislate for the _, welfare and advantage of the workingclasses ; henee the necessity of the working men looking after their own interests , and that could only . be done by the great body of the industrious classes uniting in ono common bond of brotherhood , and by Joining the National Charter Association . Mr J . RobinBon , in a neat and concise speech moved , Thatall persons here present willing to join the Association , should give in their names this night , ' whioh being seconded was carried without a dissentient . ¦ The names having been taken down ; a committee of eleven was chosen to carry out the objects ofthe _Association . " It was then resolved , "fiat Afr

      J . Watson be the delegate to attend the district dele * gate meeting on Sunday the 26 th inst ., at Mr Jude ' _s , Cock Inn , _Newcastle-on-Tyno , at 2 o ' clock in the afternoon , when it is expected delegates will be in attendance from North and South -Shields . Sunderland , and other places desirous to assist in ; the proper organisation ofthe district , and to de ~ _mejthe best means for an extensive dissemination of the National Charter Association . The meeting then separated , with an expressed resolve to doallin their power , individually and collectively , to advance the good _. _oauso . P . S . —A district delegate meeting of tho National Charter Associatio n will meet in the house of Mr Jude , Cook Inn , head of the . side ,, on Sunday afternoon , Sept . 20 , at two o ' clock . All the branehes are requested to send delegates . <

      _Shbjmbu _) . —A meeting of the members of tbe National Charter Association waa Md inth-t Demt > - Orfltie Reading Room 33 , Queen-Street , oh Sunday evening , Sept . 10 . Mr Jackson in the chair : The following persons were duly elected as a general council for the forthcoming quarter : —George Goddard , Samuel Jackson , 'WilliaTn Holmes , Dennis Webster , Luke Holland , Aaron Higninbottom , 'William Dyson , John Foster , John' Marchall , John Seward , - Edwin _Coak , . Councillor Briggs _, subtreasurer , and George ' Cavil ) , sub-secretary . . Sm-rroi © , _Esssx _^ On Thursday _evening last Mr Ernest Jones lectured on the Charter , to a crowded assemblage in the new Temperance-hall ; the Rev T . Robert ; of Plaiatowe , in the chair . The lecture elicited great applause .

      Tivkbion . —A committee meeting of the Chartist Association was held in their room in Bridge _^ kreet , on Monday evening , to consider the best means of carrying out the projeofc of Mr Fiood i of Barnstaple , for forming a county delegate meeting . It was proposed and seconded , ' That alettershbuld be written to Mr Blood , stating that as he was the instigator of _thissoheme it should be left to him- to bame the place and time when-such meeting shall be held . ' _ItwMBiigsested that ¦ Exeter , Totness , or Newton _Abbottj would be fit places > but Exeter we give the preference -to ., And it was also requested that the ra _« tiu-j 6 hciuAdbe hastened , as our friend and _patriots leader , Fearg _tU [ O'Connor , Esq , MyP _., 'is' about

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      tovftit * -Oe vb _« _sm _~^ meeting shouldM tdike ; on _eanhiow _^ W-t sTM » mB _.-iMr _^ ErneBt _Jexleslectured here _* a Urge meeting , " on * The , People "" Abroad . *; Hw address was received with great satisfaction . \ J ' _CABLua-j . —The quarterly meeting of the Chartist _AsBoctation will bo held on Monday evening , the 27 th instant , in _theAssooiation-robm , No ; 6 , Johnstreet , Caldewgate . at eight o _' oldoki when it ia expeoted the whole of the members will attend . : D « BHr .--At a general meeting of the members of the * Land and Chartist Society on Tuesday evening , September 21 st , at Mr Belfield ' s Temperance House , 'No ; 5 , Green-street , oalled forthe purpose of _^ considering the propriety of establishing a reading-room , library , and discussion class , it was resolved : — - ; •• _yoBKSBiait . _* --The West Riding delegate meeting

      was held at Dewsbury , on Sunday last . Delegates present : Dewsbury ; Mr George Sykes ; Halifax , Mr J . Ciis 8 _sett j Littletown , Mr J . Halfield ¦ Huddersfield , Mr tV . Armitage ; Wakefield , Mr J . Wood ; Keighley , Mr John Green _jJEllahd , Mr D . Marsden . - Mr Hatfield in the chair . It was resolved : — ' That a competent Chartist lecturer be forthwith engaged . 'That the lecturer be engaged for one month ; to commence on or soon after tho 18 th of October next :: 'Thatthe following question should be discussed at the next meeting : — 'What will be the best means to adopt for the re-organising of tbe Biding V * That the next delegate meeting be held at Bradford , of which due notice will be given . . , . . _Dgolev . —On Sunday ' ) a \ tr the friends bf the People ' s Charter met in the _Barkerites school-room , Priory-street , for the purpose of forming a branch of the National Charter . Association . Upwards of twenty members were enrolled ,

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . _Bbiohior . —A special general meeting will be held at the Artichoke Inn , on Tuesday evening , Sept . 28 th , when highly important business will be brought before the meeting . The whole of the Chartists and Land members are earnestly requested to attend . Halifax . —On Sunday , Sept ; 26 , Mr Isaac Clisset will leoture in the Large Room , _Bullclose-laae _, at half-past six o ' clock in the evening . Birmingham . —A public meeting will be held at the People ' s Hall , on Tuesday evening , September 28 th , for the purpose of enrolling members in the National . Charfer Association ; after whioh there will be a meeting of the members of the National Land Company ; to consider the propriety of the whole of the members meeting in one place . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock .

      CAMBBttwistr , Ann Walwobth . —Mr John Sewell will deliver au address-at Harrison ' s Assembly Rooms , _East-lane , _Walworth , on Wednesday evening next , September 27 th . Subject : — 'Mr Julian Harney ' _s Speech as candidate for Tiverton . ' To commence at eight o ' clock . _Hatjfax . —A district delegate meeting will bo held on Sunday , September 26 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , at Lower Warley , forthe purpose of or ranising the district , when every locality in the neighbourhood is requested to send delegates . LmnrooL _. —A quarterly meeting of the Chartist Association will be held on Sunday next , the 26 th instant , at Mr Farrell ' a Temperance Hotel , 4 . _Cazneau-street . Chair to be taken at Beven o ' clock precisely . Limehocse . —Mr William Dixon will lecture at

      the Brunswick Hal ) , _Roperoakers' Fields , on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock . ' Mr T . Clark will deliver " a lecture to-morrow ( Sunday ) evening , at the Good-Intent Coffee-house , back of Hatton-Garden ; subject : — ' The Press , and its influence npon the character and opinions of a people . ' Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . Nbwca 3 HjB- "oj ? _on-Tvnb•—¦ A district delegate meeting will beheld in the house of Martin Jude , Cock Inn , Head of-tbe Side , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on Sunday afternoon , ' September 26 tb , at two o ' clock . The several branches of the National Charter Association in the counties of Northumberland and Durham , are earnestly-requested to send delegates . Sooth Lo »» on HAH . —The delegate meeting Will take place on Sunday evening , October Srd , at six o ' clock .

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      10 IHE HEMBBR 3 Kg THB * _NATIONAL LAND _COMFANT . Friends , —On Sunday , the 12 th , I lectured twice in Stockport to very large audiences ; on Monday , the 13 th , I also spoke twice in Hyde to equally good meetings ; . on Tuesday , the 14 th , I lectured in _stalybridge , and had a bumper ; I " addressed a chapel full of the Ashtonians on Wednesday , the 15 th ; on Thursday , the 16 th , ' I explained the Land . Plan in the Warrington theatre' to a larger audience ; last night , Sunday , the 19 th ,-1 had another tremendous meeting in Manchester , as well as a very good one inlthe afternoon . I shall have attended meetings at

      Oldham , Wigan , and Eccles , ere the Stab is issued . In consequence of my presence being required in Wales , the following route must , be strictly adhere to ; and those towns passed over be visited on my return . No letters were received from Kidderminster , Worcester , or Gloucester , . ' . "' , ' .. Rootb . —Wolverhampton , September 27 th ; Dudley , Tuesday , the 28 th : Bilston , Wednesday , the 29 th ; Stourbridge , Thursday _, the 30 th ; Bromsgrove , Friday , October the 1 st ; Bristol , Sunday , the 3 rd ; Merthyr Tydvil , Monday , the 4 th . I want an address at Bristol . The Welsh friends must arrange for the week , as I am ignorant of the localities .

      I remain , yours faithfully , _, 'P . M . _M'Do-jAii .: Crotoon . —At the branch meeting-of this locality on Monday evening last , Mr _Westoby read a letter from Mr Stallwood , relating to the National Cooperative Benefit Society , abont which much difference of opinion exists ih . this branch .. Mr Frost commented on the rides of the society , which he asserted were less _liheral than many , now in existence _, and instanced the" Foresters ' . ' He read the tables of payments and _beneflta , and showed that a single man in the fifth Bectibn , " paying Is ., Id . per month , would receive the same benefits as a single man in the fourth section , paying . Is . id , per month . He denounced the restriction ofthe earnings of superannuated members to ' a scale laid down by Mr

      Stallwood , as unjust and anti-democratic , ' exposed the monstrous injustice' of allowing no benefit for the birth of a still-born child , and expressed his _sur-{ r isethat even a portion of thedireotors ofthe ¦ and : Company should have lent their sanction to such a scheme . Mr Westeby , the local agent to the society ,. declined defending the rifles , and it was finally resolved to give Mr Stallwood an opportunity of doing so , if a room can . be procured for the purpose . Conversation followed on the propriety of holding delegate meetings in tho Surrey , branches , with a view of a more extensive diffusion of the principles of Chartism in this district . Correspondence _on-this subject is requested from the Surrey localities ; address to the local' secretary , Mr Hodges , Pitlake , Croydon . '

      Gosport . —Monday tbe 13 th inst . being the anniversary of ' the fbnnationdf a branch ofthe National Land Company , it was , determined by the members to celebrate the event by a public dinner . Accordingly the dinner took place atthe Sceptre Inn , New Town , Gosport . Early on the morning of tbe 13 th the flag oi the Gosport branch ofthe National Land Company was waving across the street . At halfpast 6 o ' olock , Mr Sidaway , who had . been invited , arrived , as also parties from Salisbury , _Portsea , and other places . ' At half-past 7 o ' clock the room presented an animated appearance , " Over the _preaident ' s chair was a beautiful banner bearing tbe following inscription : — ' Feargus O'Connor , Esq . M . P ., founder of the National Land Company . '

      Orer the vice-chair was the banner . of the Gosport branch of the National Land Company . The room was otherwise beautifully decorated . , A . parly of glee singers were in attendance . Each having done justice tothe good things of this life , the cloth was removed , aiid Mr Christopher , an old veteran and 'disciple of Wm . Cobbett , was called to tbe chair . The vice-chair was ably filled by Mr . Eddington , of _Portgea . The room was then thrown open to the public . The chairman said he was proud to see so many around him to do honour io such a good cause . He eould assure thctn he . was no _O'Connorite-Radicall no , he . was converted to that doctrine by the immortal Cobbett , in 1817 ; but he had great _pleasuie ih acknowledging Mr O'Connor as his leader at thia

      time . He well remembered the drawing up of that I document the _Peoples Charter , ( cheers , ) which was signed by D . O'Connell , and Other members of the House of Commons . He had the pleasure of hearing the first lecture delivered on the Land , by Mr O'Connor , and he conld Hot but admit that when he heard it he had his doubts / not as to the value of the soil , but that the plan was too mighty for the understanding of the people . But he had seen with pleasure its progress . The first sentiment was—• The People , thesource Of all power . ' Mr Stroud , the secretary of the Porfcea branch ; responded , and was warmly applauded . ; The chairman then called upon Mr Marsh , who'in . excellent style sang the song , God never , never made a slave ! ' -the whole _meetooining *? hearty chorus . The chairman xt

      _wEr _•^ _75 r meritWa _sa---n > _portantono- « The _NatwnalLand Company . ' , He would call on Mr John _Sidaway the talented . advocate of tho Land Company in France and England . ( LoudoheeS nhrS la _° _?^ ft _^ "' «« -ved W loud applause . He said the present moment was one if the happiest and _proudestbf his life . Happy , beoauRa he saw _aomany cheerful faces around him proud , fe _^* _$ '» _W _™ - _PUw his principles 55 Tl witl ¥ 5 hand 8 ' Th « 5 r chairman bad said . he had advocated the Land Society in Franco . It was ; true he had done so . ; He was one of those _, though young , that was ' compelled to leave his native shore m ' search of that subsistence abroad whioh was denied him at home _; and wby so ? . beeause he bad advocated , even at thirteen years of age . tho pritici-P «»« _UB-versal _hberfy _, He was oneof the council ot the Gloucester Reform _Assooiatioh , and he found , alter the passing of tho Reform Bill , that only one

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      portion of the people obtained _^ franchise , and tut . portion was the middle classes . who were protect _^ before ; he therefore hajled with delight the _gW _^ document _called _^ hePeoplo _' s Charter , and he { _JTf pleasure in hiving . defen . ded it'by speech and nan Hi » revrard was to'be ( an exile ; bnt , thank God h fonnd an asylum on the shores ef France , where _hf found the people panting for liberty .. He did ni * remain idle in France ; the Northern Star could mil the Bums he had been the means ef sending to th ! different funds of the people _durins his exile , y _^ he f elt apridein being the agent in France of tbi Land Company ; he bad , altogether , _transmitbl nearly JE 300 which had been paid by _Engli-hm _^ _"ZL . Sa _*« , t , » tw . T . « t . a - » _-,: / . * , ' . vr *« Bn , n -ii

      chief stole from their forefathers at'home . Thr _£ of his membera had been drawn : and that fact vmt sufficient reward for all his trials in their cause h » felt a pride in looking upon his certificate to find Nn 1 , No . 1 Section . What a . consolation was it «& him to find his £ 6 swollen to a giant of mere tlZ £ 80 , 000 . Yes , and he " had . nohesitation in _saym ? that ere long it ' would be _mrilipna w p lace of thon sands . ( Tremendous thunders of applause . ) j _£ Sidaway then explained the formation of the _societv its progress in all parts of the country ; also m France , Belgium , and other places . He then gave a most interestingaccountof the buildings , explained every convenience of the houses ; and tbe oualiti- « ofthe Land , from his own examination . fie _jJJ turned round upon the . foes of the movement nd

      , a challenged them to discussion . Mr Sidaway then explained the Banking department , and called unon the meeting , trade societies , and benefit clubs to deposit their monies in the Bank . He _tkii took up the Irish question , and defended , most masterly the Irish people , from the charges of indolence which had been brought against them ; and concluded an address of more than three hours' duration , amidst the cheers of the whole meeting ; Mr Wheeler and company then gave , in good style . ' Hail _Budliug morn / The chairman said the next sentiment was , 'Thehealth of F . O'Connor , Esq ., MJ \ for Nottingham ; T . S . Dunoombe , Esq ., M , P . for Finsbury ; and all the Radical Members bf the Rouse oi

      Commons . ' Mr W . _Westlake responded . He said the sentiment before the meeting met with his en « K » approval . When he looked at the character of Mr O'Connor daring his public life in his own country , where he was always wand _battling ia defence of the poor , and also since his connection with the English democracy , his suffering in defence ofthe Charter , his recent founding ofthe most excellent of societies ' —the National Land Company , Ap ., he was entitled to his warmest thanks , and he no donbt ratai the _geatiments of all around him , in saying that F . _O'Connorwasdestined to be Uie saviour of the working classes . As regarded T . . pancombe , they all knew how closely he had entwined himself round the bparte of the working classes ; by defendingtheir

      interest in the House of Commons . JHe Had stood Wsingle-handea , but now they had Mr 0 Connor to help him , and with the assistance of the other radical members ; the next parliament would be taught a lesson . He had great pleasure in responding to the sentiment . ( Drank with honours , np . standing and uncovered , with three cheers , and one cheer more . ) A vote of thanks , on themotion of Mr Sidaway , was given to Mr Christopher , for his conduct in the chair . —Mr Sidaway was taen _^ called to the chair , and sang ; ' The Trumpet of liberty sounds through the world ; ' the whole meetmgjemine . Glee , Mr Wheeler and eompany— 'As the momentsroll . ' The chairman said the next and last sentiment was , 'The : NmtJiem Star , and may it always shine ! ' Mr Porter , in a neat and _sensibb speech responded , in which he showed the power of

      the _nress for good or evil . Mr Douglas , secretary to the Gosport branch , followed , and recommended all who wanted information to read the Star . ( Cheers . ) Glee- 'Oh Lady of Beauty ' . ' in excellent style . This closed the business . The thanks of the meeting were given to . Mr Sidaway , for bis able address ; to the _vice-ehairman _, for bis . attent . cn in keeping order ; to the host and committee , the visitors , the ladies , and all friends ; and thus ended one of the best entertainments ever held in Gosport . Mr Sidaway was accompanied to the station , at i o ' clock , by the committee snd several friends , and took his departure amidst the congratulations and _wellwishej of the National Land Men of Gosport ; with raany an enaniry of' _« When shall we see you again ? ' We

      expect great good has been done by . Mr Sidaway ' s address , and we . doubt not thst a great accession to our numbers will be the result . We have only started twelve months—began with two , and have now _forty-one members ; and bave subscribed nearly £ 80 . Gbmjjwicb . —The membera of the National _Land Company , residing in this district , have commenced subscribing for the benefit of the widow of Mr Dodson , late secretary ofthe Sleaford branch of the Land Company . Subscriptions will be thankfully received by Mr J . Morgan , 39 , _Butcher-row , and Mr W . Friar , 4 , Church-street , Deptford ; Mr T . Paris , Celd Bath , and Mr S . Brewerton , 6 , Little Georgestreet , Greenwich ; Mr R . M'Duff , 20 , Orchardstreet , and Mr T . A . Hand , _Colman-street ., Woolwich . To remain open for six weeks . , _DoBKiA'O , —At the usual weekly meeting of the members , held at Mr Roomes' , en Monday ,

      September 20 th ; it was proposed by Mr Roomes , and seconded by Mr W . Russell : ' That we meet , during the winter season , at seven o'clock , instead of eight o'clock , in the evening ; and' that two hours be spent in reading . To commence on Monday , Sept . 27 th . _r-Caniedw : i . ; - ¦ - . - ; . : ¦ ¦ ¦ _'' : ,-. LoKfltowH , ( Pottkbib 8 j )—On Tuesday evening , the 14 th _iast ., Mr John West paid this town a visit , and delivered a very instructive lecture in the course of whicb he . demonssrated how every comfort , necessary , and luxury of life , was derived from the Land ; how it had been stolen from the { people by Enclosure Bills , and , in proportion as they had lost the Land , _^ heir political power had diminished , until they had become tbe slaves of & set of tyrant landlords . He afso _' showed the value of co-operation , especially in _purhasing Land , its domestic and political benefits ; after which , he entered into the banking question , _Ths lecture gave great satisfaction . .

      . Nbw RADroRD . —The committee of 'this branch having engaged the large room of the Hope and Anchor , Chapel-street , the secretary and scrutineer wiU sit to receive subscriptions every Monday evening between the hours of seven and half-past eight o ' clock . Next Monday night the rate of local levy will be considered . Members are requested to observe the terras upon which the room has been taken , ' That no ale will be allowed to be drunk . ' Oldham , —On Monday last , Dr M'Douall delivered a , very , instructive lecture in the Working Man's Hall . on . Agricultural Chemistry , in which he showed

      the great advantages tobe derived from spade cultivation , by the aid of chemical appliances , over the old mode of cultivating with the p lough . He likewise drew tbe attention of the audience to the Land Company , which he considered the best calculated project that had been submitted to the public , for the . amelioration of the labouring olasses . He spoke for upwards of two _hOurs , and was well received . A vote of thanks was passed to the lecturer _. _- ' and the meeting separated highly delighted . Sioubbbidob . —Atagenoral . meeting of the members of this branch , the following resolution waa unanimously carried : —

      That the members of tbis branoh pledge themselves to > render _whatassistance tbey can in the case of Dodson , , the Sleaford secretary , by subscribing for tbe purpose of f _aiding tbe widow in her destitute circumstances , and 3 a . 8 o . to bring the _deligqaent to justice . The subscription s ; , will continue open for one a month . Itis earnestly hoped that _allthose who have e _nearts to feel for another , will come forward on this fl occasion _. _witli their subscriptions , and let ns show te o tne world that the Land Company will nottamely y allow the hfe of one of its members to be thus sacri- ihcetl without using every energy to bring the de- >• linquenttojustice , _; whoever he may be , and also for ir the widow and fatherless . Contributions will be ie thankfully receivedatthe Working Man ' s News and id Keadmgroom , Crown Lane , Stourbridge , every ry Saturday evening . .... . .

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      . . The Masons of ran _Mbtbopoih will Hold a publio lie ¦ _«» - ¦« - ' , " » commemoration of , tha Four o ' clock Vic- ictory , at White _Condoit-hbuse , Pehtonville , on Tubs * bs * day _^ next , _September 28 th " . T . Wakley , Esq . ; M .. P ., P ., r . Duneombe , Esq , M . P ., F . O'Connor , Esq ., q ., M . P . and George Thompson , Esq ., M . P ., have been ien invited . Tickets to be obtained at theJCraven ' s n ' s Head , Drury-lane , and at the bar of the tavern .

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      ¦ COM , & c . < MABKJ . _ANB , Wednesday , Sep . _22 _, —The demand for for home Wheat was steady _atan Uh _** _ontheqjowtion _^ ions 5 u _« ° _** t _^??* _-5 I ' : of ; from _» 9 to is per qr . ( being a ag a w w . _^ tdajr _5 i f _Eures of from ls to 3 s per _^ _PokV _& n _~ „ _w n d om 2 * Ssper q . r . _^ _here _was no _ad-. adsupperted J ' Monday ' 8 prices were mostlywtly Makb . . W | b ; Friday Sept . a 4 _.-Kotwithstanding the the _amvats _oltnglish wheatup to our market this _wesk bavebave oeen on a very moderate scale , and the show of _samplesiples _W-Oay was trifling , the demand for that article owing tong to tlieheavy imports of foreign wheat and flour , viz ., 85 , 9805 , 980 qrs of the former , and 43 , 910 barreli of the latter , was in as in a very depressed state at a decline _on'MbudB- _' _s _quota-uotations , offiilly 2 s per qr . without effecting any progress _imss in sales . _Foreign wheat , the quantity of which on off * v _wasr wat large , was exceedingly dull , and quite 2 s per qr Joiiw . oiver , For export , no transactions were reported . ' ¦ ¦ !¦ ¦¦' _.- ; . ¦; ' ; CATTXEito . 'J _¦' ¦

      , _SiannpiELD _, Monday , Sept . 20 . — Prices gcnerallyeral rose , though a great portion of the eattlo was rf very in-ryii ferior quality , . _SkithfieW ) , Friday , Sep . 2 * . —The imports of fo-e ' _gnweif stock having been on a very _extensirosbale tbis week , tank , tJ ¦ umber ef beasts here _to-daj waa large , but of ve . ytai . yi ferior quality . Prices generally declined :

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25091847/page/8/