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      The Kational Land Company, The Proceedin...

      j _tZI- was able to add a few more months _^^ _^ _ar he should like to know when the n y _^^ on would _U ) and tbat question Sone ofthe propositions that would be _sub-M Uted to the Conference , to name , not the L _*„ nth . but the very day of the month , when _e £ should be henceforth located . " Whatever _-iZ . v be the practical effect of this arrangeei eat , it will , at all events , take tbe responsisb 0 der 8 of Directors

      Ii 1 _Slitv _fr ° l ** , " ***** . bf _The _' Conference , by firing the time of locati n 110 n Old May Day in futare , no doubt fully con-*{ _^ d all the circumstances involved in that > c _j _gciflon , and coming as it does from that bod y , * t mav be reasonably assumed that the it len eral interest hasbeen consulted _, as far as * po ssible . .... *] These appear to ns to be the principal altelt rations resolved upon , with the view of enaii _filinff ' tbe Directors to _' proceed to complete

      Eeis gistration under the Joint btock _Companies _cj _^ t _, when the property will be forthwith put t into the legal possession of the three trustees i ] a ppointed by tie Conference—Thomas Allsop , - Esq ., Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ,, * and j John Sewell , Esq . ; and as a still further i ; g uarantee for the proper management of the ( i pecuniary affairs of the Company , Mr Grey , _i the eminent Accountant , and Mr Finlaison , i the Actuary ofthe National Debt Office—the

      ; very gentlemen selected by the Government , i for the purpose of destroying the Company , if _i possible—were appointed auditors . If the i Registration under the Joint Stock Act can be i comp leted by Christmas Day , it was resolved i that a life-interest reversionary lease shall be granted at that time , to all the members at present located . The whole of these alterations appear to us to be characterised by the most anxious desire to meet every possible objection , and to p romote the advantage of tbe shareholder to the fullest extent Indeed , we have some misgivings whether this one object has not been

      unduly kept in view * In order that the Company , in its corporate capacity , should hare been able to act freely in accordance with circumstances as they arose , it might perhap s have been desirable that they should have a _oreater latitude than the new arrangements appear to confide to the Directors . Another point also we feel constrained to allade tonamely , the original eapital subscribed by the sha _reholder . We understand thatthe Conference was mainly composed of the district _secretaries , and therefore all of them men thoroughly conversant with the means ef tbe

      members in tbeir respective localities . Bnt with all deference to them and Ae Directors , we submit , that legislating for the very poorest of the members is not the most direct way of benefitting that class In some way or other capital must be raised to purchase land , erect dwellings and outhouses , and give the preliminary cultivation reqaired by the rules of the Company ; and for onr part , we see no more feasible or just method of raising it in tbe first instance , than by making the amount of the original share subscribed for bear a fair relation to tbe benefits proposed to be conferred on the

      shareholder by the Company . One thing is q _« ite certaia , that the members must , in justice to the Directors and the Conference immediately commence the payment of their arrears in the ratio decided upon by that body—namely , 2 d . per share weeklyif tbe Company is to proceed at all . "With _vhzfeface can any of them complain of the slowness of the progress of the Company if they withhold the means ? The number of persons who have merely subscribed _ fav shillings and then stopped , apparent !*/

      for the purpose of being entitled to grumble , is very large . The Directors ought , in all cases , to insist npon the regular repayment of arrears , and also of the current payments upon shares required by the laws , " and where these are not forthcoming , at once to declare the shares forfeited upon which these arrears are allewed to remain . In this way the Company would be weeded ef those who , while they multiply the apparent amount of its responsibilities , do nothing whatever to provide the means of meeting them .

      With respect to the complaints made at the Conference by the representatives ofthe various Estates , we must say that , while we fully sympathise with the parties by whom they trereinaa ' e , in any privations or difficulties they may have undergone in the transition from one occupation to another , we must , at the same time , remind them that these difficulties and privations were inseparable from their own limited means , the funds at the command of the Company , and the necessary inconveniences arising from a first year ' s employment in what , to many , was a new and untried field of labour . One _dedaction only we shall make from these _cemplaints _, and that is—if the allottees of the National Land

      Company , who have been provided with a comfortable dwelling and outhouses , have had their little holdings put under cultivation , and been assisted by grants of money—if these persons , going from town to country life , have found the transition so difficult with all those advantages , what must be the fate of those Who are tempted b y emigration-mongers * nto Canada , or the colonies , er the Far West of the United States , to commence a new life on the prairie , or in the forest , altogether unaided by any of them , and removed , besides , from the thousand minute and subtle encouragements and helps which a densely peopled country presents to the man who has his own cottage and his own labour-field beside it :

      Upon a calm and dispassionate review ofthe whole circumstances ofthe case , and tbe measures , resolved upon hy tbe Conference , to justify and secure public confidence , it appears to ns that everything that could possibly be desired by any person , however suspicious or exacting , has been done . If the Company does not , in future , advance so rapidly to tbe attainment ofits objects as the more impatient « fits members may think it should do , they

      " * _-H at least know the cause ef the delay . The Directors may well repl y to all complaints of that kind in the language of the Jews to the Egyptian task-masters , who wanted them to make bricks without straw . They have done all they could to bring the Company rithin the law , and thus at once give protection to the property and legal responsibilities to tbe officers . They have in every conceiv . able and reasonable manner accommodated

      their arrangements to the means ofthe poorest _memb ers . They bave devised and resolved " _jpon measures by which , if the shareholders * * ill wjl y do their duty , the progress of the Company will be immediately accelerated . Mr " ' Co nnor , the Directors , and the Conference have done their duty—it remains for the memkti at large to do theirs . *< t us just add , in conclusion , that the f orking classes of England are in some _meagre put unon their trial in this case . Their

      j _oaduct with reference to it will show whether _" _^ v are niere fault-finders and grumblers at j _*» er people , incapable of making any _eni-eWened and continuous effort for their own _^ _Pwvement ; or wheth er , while keenly alive 2 V * injustice and defects of our political and _Boal institutions , and determined to obtain * _te Q ecesgary legislative and Governmental _^ 0 tms * tbey can and will , atthe game time , * _rjf _* . % --- perseveringly use all the means _S- _heu- power for the benefit of their order .

      t spirit of self-helpfulness is now appealed ui ,-1 ri _§ nt ** itection ofthe enormous means " "" en the records of the National Land _Cora-S _)* r rove tte y P ossess * w now securely pro' _uaa for . if the shareholders once again rally uieir strength ard unity , and supply the a ** at anything like the same _pwportion as « _T ? J > they will make an impression upon „ _p rivileged classes far more powerful than JJ . w dream of . The political reforms C , , at P fesent seem remote , may be speedily _^ f iht within reach by the well-regulated J 2 ™ of a wealth y and peaceable body of small |? J ? > such as would be created over broad ¦ _" - _"giand b y tbe National Land Company .

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      Vtt 0'Coirko«. Ahd Bll Phkotjth Fmebd-.—...

      _Vtt 0 'CoirKO « . AHD Bll PHKOTJTH _Fmebd-. —Mr O'Con norbess t « acknowledgeithe very nattering invitation _ofhisPlymou & _.-Tiendsfor the 2 Sth of December but for the present it is . trot in his power to accept it . ' He also begs to correct an error into wbich they have good-naturedly fallen , by _promoting _topay bis expenses . Mr O'Connor ' s chief boast being that be has never to , _SI ea' * mil *" - nor oaten a meal at the expense of the working classes , and he trust * that henever will , J . sw « i ac kuowI « _tl- * ei the receipt of tte follow * ** - fum „ for the _Yictiin Fund , Til .:- £ a . & S _^ _*" " _ , 0 0 8 Mr Shepherd . . . jts HrHunt .. 0 0 8

      0 13 _BoQja GBXOOBT _. _HiddletOD , should have sent _ia 6 i with hia advertisement . A Constant Bbadei , South Shields , and H . H . Barton , York . — -We cannot answer jour question * . 3 : A . Bb am-ofx had better write to Mr a . White : we do - not know his address . MrJ . Lewis , Ian rmtVarder . —Yes . - Mr O . Bkow _** , Wakefield . — Mr _Mennell , Prospect Yard , Westgate . will -apply yon . The portraits were sent for yonr agent , to the care ot Ur J . Cooke , Meadow Lane , Leeds . The _Mahchestxb Yictiks . —Thomas Ormesher has re . cetred from Isaac Fed , of Todmorden , lCs . Pott OfBce OrdCH to be tent to Thomas Orrne » ier , 52 , _Bridgewater ; Street , Manchester , made _pajable to Thomas Roberts . 55 , Monnt Street , Holme . W . H . Htatt , BnstoL-Ktxt week . Messes Paul and _Shebrinoto _** , Glasgow . —Yonr letters arrived on Thursday evening , too late fer insertion thiB week ; they shall have onr attention .

      To The D Em0crats Of Great Britain. Gsst...

      TO THE D EM 0 CRATS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Gssthiisi _* _, —Now that there is * lull io the storm of Whig penecntion—now that Russell , Grey , and Jarvis , can gloat over prostrate Chartists and vanqniBhed . RepealerB , —now that the dungeon , ths transport-ship , and tha penal colony are the gloomy abodes of some ofthe best and bravest—when onr ChartistOreanisation is all bnt defunct , and the rod of persecution is held by the merciless h * nd of a Whig govern _, ment over the heads ofsome ef our best friends , now the important problem— 'What U to ba done V presses forcibly for solution .

      Tbe good mm and true , vm met tht othej day at Birmingham , lelt that this waa a vital interrogatory , and that it was their duty as aipirers after the triumph of democracy , to attempt , to the extent of their _power , its praotioal eolation . Incited by this generous sentiment tbey met , took council one with another , and ultimately agreed among other things , to adopt and recommend to ; tha country the old principle of organisation , aa affording the safest guarantee against tha attacks of an Attorney Ganeral , or the hellish machinations of government spies . They also gave it as their opinion that the old plan of Organisation was the beat knows medium ior concentrating , strengthening , and directing pablio opinion , so that s beneficial effect shall be

      produced npon those who bave usurped the power to sway onr destinies . When we consider ihe chaotic state to wbicb tba TUlany of hireling spies * and tbe persecution of the traitorous Whigs had reduced the liberty movement , I think it mnst be evident to all , that the Birmingham delegates have taken the proper preliminary step . They have stamped their sanction upon * plan of peaceful National Organisation , and have appointed some of the _staunehest apostles of tha Charter in England , as an unpaid Executive , to give effect to ita workings-Thus far the Birmtagk-un delegates have given a practical response to the question , 'What is to be done ! ' They separated , pledged to renewed struggles te ensure thespeedytriumph , ofright over might ; and

      now they anxiously wait to see how their labours will be appreciated by those who have the virtue to love , and the csurage to contend for freedom . For , after all , brother democrats , it iB yoa who must infuse into the movement that vitality , and endure it with that vigour whieh will enable it speedily to reachithe ; goal of success . The drivelling miscreant Whigs calculate upon yonr complete discomfiture , upon your irretrievable disorganisation . Jarvis , and hia respectable loyal _oolleagaes , Powell and Barrett , alias * Lying Tom / and * Hell-fire Dick . ' bo donbt think that they have exterminated Chartism from tbe land , and that henceforth onr only politieal distinctions will DO constitutional Tories snd fiaslity Whigs . Short-sighted

      calculala tors ; they may as well attempt to extinguish the light of the bud , as to exterminate in the human breast tbe desire for liberty . Man is . made by God , instinct with this ennobling feeling ; and the terrors of persecution , whether under the phases of the dungeon , the _conviot-snip , or the gibbet , will never avail to stifle its laudable promptings for gratifieation . Beit onr study , then , to show . _'tho liberal government that , although Coffey and other victims of the basest espionage are journeying to the penal settlements _. Chartism is not exterminated . Let aa shotthat _althsugh Tory ridden and Whig cursed , the spirit of liberty still hovers over onr country . Tell the tyrants wbo degrade you , that manhood is not

      their monopoly , and that a day of retribu ion will in fallibly come . Raise the voice of remonstrance again—let every tongne wag with recitals of wrongs endured and rights withheld—let there be no peace for the wicked , until political justice , full and complete , blesses the toiling millions . The preliminary U ) thll holy _COntommalion is organisation ; to the work , then , with the fervency and courage of men determined to be free ; you who lead the vaa of the movement in your respective localities , begin at once to gather up our scattered strength— 'bind it in the bonds of fraternity—and foster sad _consolidate it in tho . organisation ratified by the Birmingham delegates . -

      The atrocious proceedings of those vile hirelings of tho Whigg—Powell , Davis , and Barrett—have brought rain npon some over zeatons Democrats , and miiery upon their hapless families ; be it , therefore , one of the most sacred aims of the Chartist erganisation _, to pour the balm of comfort upon the anguish of these victims of tbe blackest monsters that ever - disgraced humanity . To increase the Victim Fund , is to pnt bread into the mouths of the starving wives and children of the victims of excessive _i-alupan their own parts , and the vilest craft and conning upon the part of government tools . Do this , and jon deprive the Draconic Whigs of tbat demtmUo pleasure whieh they would _dtrlye from contemplating the _afflictions of tbeir viotirns _.

      In regard ta the Defence Fond , wbat ia to be dose ? Lst us first see what the enemy is doing . Forty-six men , among whom are to be numbered some of the best Chartists in England , are under the ban of government prosecution . They will be arraigned in afew weeks at Liverpool upen the charge of sedition snd treasonable conspiracy . Beswick , the bashaw of Manchester , and his blue subalterns , are straining heaven and earth to secure their destruction . To permit him and his dirty spy tools to triumph , without a counteracting effort on our parts , wonld ba to cast an obloquy on British democracy , from whioh it could sever bs relieved by any subsequent procedure . Those Chartists already tried hive been moat ably defended , but it was through Mr O'Connor ' s

      assistance this wag accomplished . That gentleman gene ronsly opened his purse in tbe hour of need , but who or where is the Democrat that can _e-xpeot repetition after repetition of Buoh expensive generosity ? From our experience of Mr O'Connor , we know tbat bifj aid will sot be _wanting . The knowledge of that fact should incite eaeh of us , according to his means , to do a man ' s share in tbe work , and should spur bb on to continued exertion in the creation of a D'fence Fund , so * Iarge , that instead of wanting the a'd of Mr O'Connor this time , we may be enabled to liquidate tbe debts due to tbat gentleman for former defences . Onr funds should be sufficiently ample t _*> secure for our friends . the advocaoy of the ablest talent at the bar .

      Every locality Bhould , without a moment ' s delay , take the necessary steps to raise their quota of the Defence Fund , and forward it to theExecutive . My faith in the philanthropy of British democracy telia me that ample means of defence will be forthcoming . Let every Chartist feel that his site will be employed for the righteous purpose of rescuing friends from tbe iron clutches of their implacable foes , thereby preventing indescribable calamities to helpless families , and I feel a strong assurance that his contribution will be cheerfully cast into tba Defence Fond treasury . Junius . London , Nov . 15 .

      Dbbabtvi, Hvbricassisibk Catteaat.-Nehav...

      _Dbbabtvi , _Hvbricassisibk CATTEaAT _.-nehaVB gleaned ( says the _Dokdbx _Codbibb ) the following particulars from a letter from Messrs _Mullans , Knox , and Howden , of Elsinore . dated the 31 st of October , received by Mr Andrew Low , jun ., Dundee , relative to a frightful hurricane which took place off Gottenburgh , in Sweden , and near the mouth ofthe river Gotha , on the night of the 36 th nit . :-The brig Union Grove , of Aberdeen , is totally lost at Fatholm ; crew saved . The brig Ruby , of Abroath , is totally lost at Wayo ; crew saved . The brig Noah , of Dundee , from Stettin for Hull , was wrecked at Can-oe ; orew saved—the materials and part of the cargo expected to be saved . The brig _beotsman , of Montrose , is totally lost : crew supposed to be drowned ,

      the boat having driven ashore . The schooner Waterwitch _, of Aberdeen , has got into _Cansoa with assistance . A Russian _veuel , ths Carl , of Riga iB totally lost . Several other vessel ! are wrecked , bat the names are not yet known : fifteen sail are reported to have got into _Marstrand , but no acconnts had been received as yet at Gottenburgh on the 25 th . The Lady Sale and Pomona cleared to-day , and the _BellohontheMthult ., all belonging to Dundee , bound to tfae Baltic Tbe brig Choice , Clark _, arrived at _Elainore on the Slit ult ., and cleared for theBaltie . „ _ . ,. . . _Bjuotobd . _* -The _eolleotori are reoueskd to bring in their books snd the money thoy havo collected for the Defence and Viotim funds . N . B . The members are r quested to attend ft meeting on _Soi-iay , the . 21 * 4 last .

      J-^Ceto-^Off Fcand *«,V . At* Compa-Erev...

      _J- _^ _CEto- _^ _Off fcAND *« , v . at * _COMPA-ereV POR THB _WEBK W _^ % 9 TBVB 3 DAY ' NOTEMBEa / 8 ' 18-8 _*

      _PBRMRO'COSHOB , _IBiHtl . £ » . d . Lambeth .. 0 3 8 Leicester , Astill P . J 8 tratford ( Essex 010 0 Tonbridge Wells 0 10 if _Davsntry „ 5 0 0 Carlisle » 5 0 0 Bury st Ed- John Heffernan 0 5 8 . munds ... IS ) Wm Slocma _« - 0 1 0 Derby M 112 6 _Thss Dicey „ 0 1 0 Banbury < „ 8 i 6 John Vigors _> . 0 . 1 . 6 Birmingham , Chastfowl - _> 0 16 Goodwin _h 0 10 0 W T "Sturgeon ' * ' 8 0 _Nottingham , T _RTarher -. _« ' _» " Sweet „ . 6 7 8 Robert Hall .. 010 0 Stafford .. 018 5 James Hall .. 019 6 Manchester _» * 8 0 . Wingafe Grange 18 6 Glasgow „ 0 . 14 Norwieb , Clark 401 Kirkaldy . ' 200 ———Hawick i . 11810 £ 41 i 8

      _aXPBNSK PDNO . Nottingham , TV T Stiirgeon _« 0 5 0 Sweet .. 016 0 JBDodford ,. 6 10 Shrewsbury , . Powell M 0 3 0 £ 17 9 Manchester .. 020 ____*__ ioanTund . Nottingham , ... J Wiltshire „ 0 0 2 Sweet „ 8 3 2 WHall ., 0 4 4 Shrewsbury , JSDodford „ 0 4 4 - Powell . 01 ' - — _Lticeiter , per £ 019 io Astill - 0 6 4 i l

      BONUS . _Cevenby ~ Oil 0 Henry Hicks « 0 I 6 Westminster , W _JWlltshize ... o 5 o to-r « M . 19 . 0 0 G Vf .. .. 0 7 6 Birmingham , Wlngate Orange • 0 1 6 ~ Goodwin _« 0 14 0 ¦ - — Leicester , Astill 0 10 0 - . * _^ 21 12 0 Geo Buggins # 0 16 ¦"

      RULES . Banbury _» 217 7 TOTALS . Laud Fund ... . ' ... ... 45 4 8 Expense Fund ... ... ... 17 0 Loan Fund ... 0 1910 , Bonus ; ... '•• • 21 12 0 RtdtM ... ... ... ... 217 7 i ? 2 ~ T " l

      Wx . Dixon . _CHii-rornra Doiti , Tbos . Ctttx , ( Correi . Seo . ) Philip U'OaiTB , ( Pin . See . )

      KATIOHAL TICTIM COMMITTEE . BKCEIVB 0 IT 8 . KTDD . Chester , per R Cheltenham , Jno _Hesfeeth 018 6 Hemming .. 0 3 1 Dumbarton , W Todmorden ; J Ferguson .. . 0 3-6 .. Robinson |» 015 0 Hull , GBarnett 0 8 8 " w VIOTIMFUND . BBCEIVBD AT * UNO OmCB . WmCM M ol _» 0 Mr Jones ., 0 10 Mr Bitmadd H 0 10 _Tewkesbnry , t & GW . , ¦ h 6 1 0 tew Workfag Messrs _M'Cann . M _» n > ... 0 10 0 andHefierman 0 0 7 } South Lambeth Mr GUI .. 6 0 6 Han .. 010 0 Mr Thorp , Derby 0 4 6 Mottram „ o l 3 ws M - 0 1 o Coventry „ 0 6 6 _aiciiVBD _sr j ; _ARNoir , Mr RJarvii , Snig ' s End M M .. 0 1 . 0

      • DEFENCE OF _LANCASHIRE VICTIMS . ; BEOUVED BY W , BIDE * . E _Veales , Bristol 0 3 6 Banbury Branch , Brunswick Hall , 3 Hone .. 6 4 6 limehouse , 3 3 Lewis , tantwit SFord _» 0 6 0 _Va-der .. 0 10 Kentish Town . M Cox „ 0 ' 5 0 BSCEIVBD BT 8 . KTDD . Cheltenham , 3 Hull , G Bar-Hemming „ 0 6 1 nett _» 012 6

      FOR W 1 TE 8 ABD FAMILIES OF TIOTIMS . BICEIVID BT W . BIDEB , John Hunter ( residence not named ) . m ¦ .. - 0 0 8 FOB MB 8 _M'DOTJAM _, BECEIVED BT W . BIDEB . J Jones , Bury _.. 0 0 6 J Lewis , Lantwit Varder M 0 0 6 BECEIVED BT I . KTDD . Wm Shear-rood .- . ' „ ¦ - - .. ,. 006 BECEIVED BT W . MTXBK , Mr Rider , Londoa 0 IB 10 A Female , Du-A Friend M 10 6 kinneld ... 0 7 4

      MRSJOHES . BICEIVID BT W . BIDEB . J Lewis , LantwitYarder H .. ' . Ml DEFENCE FIWD . M BECEIVED AT LAKD _OFEICE . Tower HamletB Chartist Hall Locality ( collected at a preliminary meeting , held in the large room , Crown and Anchor Tavern , Waterloo Town , for the Defence Fund .. 0 8 8 G W .. M 0 1 0 Shrewsbury , Mr Chapman -. 0 0 6 Powell .. 00 6 C Mowl M 0 0 6 Mottram .. 0 1 . 3 _H Elliott „ 0 1 0 Mr M'Cabe _„ 0 0-6 1 Coventry H 0 6 6 » P » I 1 V «> ur w . 7 _f . _ym-an-za , " From a Few Friends at Handsworth ,, n 0 6 0

      DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . BSOErvED BX wiuUH BIDEB , £ e . _d . _GioHcester _. per J . D . ... ... .,. 0 0 6 Holmfirth , p > rB . Brook . ... ... 0 7 0 _Bnry , perW . Selby ... . ... ..... 0 10 o Dalston , per T . Sowerby ... .,, 0 10 0 P . _O'HaBlo-r , _KIlnJarBOTK- ,. ... 0 0 8 Birmingham , per W . H . Rudhsll ... 6 4 6 A Shoemaker , _Rothtrhlthe ... Mt 0 0 6 E . Teales , _Briitol ... ... . ... 0 . 2 6 J . H . Pemberton , _StHelans ... ... 0 2 6 John Hunter , ( _resMesoe not named ) ... 0 0 3 Tentnor , lBle of Wight , M . W . Korman ... 0 , 1 0

      _„ , \— ~ " J . Gaily , per ditto 0 0 4 - _ « -. ' M . Cooper , p « ditto 00 4 _ _-i- B . S ; , _' per ditto ... 0 i 9 3 . Rox " by _, Mtmlon Colliery .,, ,,, 016 / . Sweet , Kotrfoghain „ . ... ... 0 13 G . CavlU , _Shemeld ... 0 3 5 Mr Crofts , ditto ... ... _; .. 0 0 6 Brighton , Ho . 2 Locality , per , W . _Feiest ,.,. 0 18 Brighton , per W . Flower '¦ ' ... ... 0 10 , 0 Dudley , per R . Hayes ... ... ... 0 10 " 0 Lincoln ,- * er J . Bn 6 d ... ... ... 6 " 7 0 Bristol , per W . H . Hyatt ... ... 1 . 5 0 Bary St Edmunds , per W . _Lsggett - ... ' . O- 5 6 Plymouth , per J . Rogers ... ' ... 18 0 Leicester , per Mrs AstUl ... ... 0 4 0 CauBBway . fobt ; near Kllbfwion , per J . Todd 10 0

      Three Democrats , Maachetter ... ... 0 3 9 M , _Liwb , Golden Sqaare ... 0 10 G . Aioin ' g , per A . _Paokw , London ... ° 3 8 W . Rower , Brixton Hill .,. ... 0 10 A tew friends of Damocracy , Southampton , J . Russell ... ... 0 4 9 - *»»»»» - _»«** ------ »*» _^* - _» _^ r ... £ 7 19 3 The sum 16 s . was anuouuoed at received frora Mr _Sobbings , Old KentRoJOVon the 18 tb . in » t :, for the Victim aBd Defence Fund , ' Instead of 6 s . 66 .

      Central Ticrim Fund. ,. ' Receipts ' Of ...

      CENTRAL TICriM FUND . , . ' Receipts ' of Week , ending Nov , 21 st .. Fto * bury , per Mr Antfl _* . ... •¦ _° ' 1 0 Swalwell , per Mr Grassby ... .... 0 Hi 5 Bean Street ... ... ... ... ° ? * Cigar _Mak-n , per Mr Brisk ... „ 0 . 5 . 0 Hrllioer _. ai per . Stab ... ... 0 . 10 6 Ernest Jones locality ... ... . ... ° * . 3 Brunswick Hall ... ... , * ... . 9 2 J Mr T . Clark ... . , ... ... ... D j ( «! Mr Lawrence ... , ... ... ... . ° J * i Mr Dywn , ( bybox to his shop ) ... 0-0 6 Mr Knight . . ... * M 6 ; _--T £ 2 1610 } All future _cortespondenw otttt » _bwlnw » ot the Victim Committee , Is to ba addressed to the Land Offioe , Holborn , jr . J . Msbiihak , 266 J Strand , London , Honorary Seoretary .

      A Wis«B,--Lora Braco, An Ancestor Of The...

      A Wis « B ,--Lora Braco , an ancestor of the Earl of Fife , was remarkable for practising that celebrated rule , * Get all jou can , and keep all you get . Omj day walking down the avenue from hie bouse , he saw a farthing lying at his feet , whioh he took np andoarefullyeleBned . A beggar passing at the time entreated his lordship would give fawn the farthing , wiring , it was not worth a nobleman s atten . tion . Fin' afarthiag to _yourtel' , * puir body , ' repliedhis lordship , and carefully put the com into bu _breecbespsoket . In addition to being his _ownfartawg fia'er his lordship washis own factor and rent coli _« t / ,... A tenant , who called upon him to pay his

      rent , happened to be deficient a farthing , itoa Snt _wnld not be excused , and . the farmerhadto _seekthofarlhing . When the _buainmwaa adjusted the countryman said to his _IwiWii _** , ' Now , Braoh , 1 would gie ye a _shillin * fora sight o ' _^ a' the goud an siller ye hae . ' « Weel . mon , ' repbed Braco ,, it ' s no cotyemnatt / and accordingly , for and fncowi-Son o ? Se aforesaid sum , in hand first well . and £ 5 _Tffi Bis LordsbiD exhibited severe iron boxesfiUed with gold _andsUver com . 'Now , says Se former , ' Tm aa rich as yourself , Braco . ' « Aye , mon ! ' r _^ o ffisLordsMp _/ _Wmthat be ! ' ' Be . I ' veseen it-an' you oan do no matr .

      cause , Qmm DSAJB . -A few days age , » ohiia , three yean old , waa choked to death , near Sheffield , by a piece of raw taraip , which owl beeu given to nun to eat .

      To The Working Classes. 'Words Are Thing...

      TO THE WORKING CLASSES . 'Words are things / and a Bmall drop ' of ink ' Falling—llko deff-rUpOB a thought , _prodaoos That whioh makes thousand * , perhaps millions , thlak , ' BiaoN .

      THE COUNTERREVOLUTION IN GERMANY , ; _BftOTBER _PftOtBTXtttAKS , , r , q " - * 0 bas defined history to . be ' _philosophy some v . flxairip ] e . ' I am sorry to say : that that teaching b > , _« to be . but little studied by onr philosophy appt _^ , tate-fed priest-the Rev . Par-¦ n _' . A a _^ _ft _? _V _^ . lately taunted the _indusgonOtosK , of _Oheltenh _j . - -ignorance of history ; a nous Democracy with tt *; * t justify . The peotaunt _wSich recent events _aiu > , 1- . _»„ _^ _-. ntinentp le-at least over a largeportle _^ _% _JS ? _Si bave this year had the opportunity _^ 7 f 2 selves of their tyrants / or ever . But _^ _l- S « opportunity they bave _tbrbjra away . The _iT _*!* * oommitted time after time , in the history ot . *&» , world , we have seen repeated , in our own day . Tht millions have allowed themselves to be joggled , and , of course , they again find themselves trampled down * Surely , had they studied the history ef the oast , they

      wonw nave _-waided the errors of theif _fatbeiS . When , in February and _Mwoti last , the people of France and Germany contented themselves with exiling a solitary king and some _half-doa-n of the most obnoxious ohampions of despotism ( such as . _Gtisvir and Mktisrnich ) too _generously pardoning : and even _fratefniair-g _; with the vast mass of Labour's irreconcilable _enemies , it needed no ghost come from the grave to predict'the results of a polioy so suicidal . Every reader of history is aware tbat defeated kings . and _discemfited _arUtoerats never forgive their conquerors . In what page of any nation ' s history can there be pointed ont the tame of a prince who faithfully abided by the oaths and _pledged wrung from him by the people ? In what country , in what age , did ever the" aristecraVieAV idlers and _respeotable robbers of sooiety act with goOd faith towards the _masges—even when owing their very lives to the magnanimous mercy of those masses f . ' I pause for a reply . '; , _ ' . ' .. "_' _.. ' .- """ . '

      Were I to pause till dooms-day , I Bhould still have to ' wait a little longer . ' _L'MiRiiNE ' B * him of life , ' wag a bias of death to the people . The moment Thiers and the other chiefe of the bomrgeoiiie felt _asBurtd of their personal safety , they forthwith commenced their plots against the Repnblio , and the _Junemas'aore was tht mmlf . The combats in the _streets of . Vienna and Berlin in March last , were scarcely over , when . the victorious . people forgave—and oven did loyal homage to the royal imbecile , and the royal hypocrite' Behold tho results—the' bombardment of the one oity , arid the reign of military ruffianism in the other .

      Seeing thalwhich is , ' and mentally pioturing what might have been , had the people been wise and their leaders honeat—seeing that in spite of the unexampled , heroism of our order _,, the sufferings of millions , and the deaths of _tuotwands of patriots , despotism is nevertheless rapidly regaining its terrible powerj one is tempted in the agony' of di-appbintment to cry , in the craveii words of Maicom : — ; 'Lst us seek oat . _sosa- desolate shade , and there , Weep eur sad _bosoms empty . ' Bnt self-respect , the wrongs of the martyrs , and the future happiness of tho human ratio , demand the adoption of Macduff ' s nobler- sentiments : — Letusrather Hold fast the mortal sword ; and , llko goed men , Bestride our down . fall ' nblrthdom . _*

      It is most strange and unaccountable that the Viennese , after the bitter _experience tbey had bad of the faithlessness of tbe Kaiser and the Camarilla , nevertheless repeated in October tbe terrible error of March—the error of making a half-revolution ! Tbe capture of the Kaiser would have been an easy task , instead of which he waB allowed to escape from the capital . Even- that blander might have been redeemed had energetic measures been adopted by the Diet . If , immediately after the flight of the Emperor , the Hungarians had been applied to , they could , and would , havo marched t » the ' , gates'of Vienna . Neither _Jbixaosich nor _AvjBBSnBG ; HOT both combined , oould have prevented theiunotionofthe Hungarians with the Viennese .

      _WwMBOHonm and hia forces had not then arrived . Indeed , the fluBgariassdid not need applying to ; on the contrary , they repeatedly applied to the Diet for _permission to enter Austria , but that application was either not ' granted at all , or if bo—ay or ho , the fact is not clear—only when too . late . Again , long before the oity was blockaded ; the fighting men of the Austrian , provinces desired to inarch to the capital , bnt the Diet refused consent , and threw cold . water on the popular enthUBia * ra . This was not all : with the professed objeot , or under the pretence of maintaining ' order , ' the Diet and Communal Qouncil reined the popular fury , whioh in the _abaenca of foreign aid , was the city ' s _best

      security against the besiegers . Lastly , if _Frosbsl—• the companion ofthe martyred Robbbx Bwjm—is to be believed , there wbb positive treachery within the city .. A large number of the ' respectable inhabitant * , 'were of course ' anxious to be released from mob rule , ' and hence Winmscbgram was so well informed of all that transpired , within the city ; faence cartridges ( tiled With 80 Rd W » re Served Out to the defenders ; hence the cowardly negociations . of the Communal-Council with the enemy , and hence the welcome given by the same _^ respectables' to the blood-lapping conquerors whentriumphantly marching over the palpitating bodies aud gory remains of the city's heroio defenders .

      The horrors of the siege and storming of Vienna , have been detailed in the columns of tbis journal . The number of dead on both- sides is supposed to number many thousands ) and tha damage to property by fire and pillage , is estimated at very many millions of _florins . ' Every night , ' says an _eye-witness , ' we had tbe terrible spectacle ef seeing the who ' o sky reddened with the fires that were breaking out from the ignition . of the bombs and congmve rockets . ? Again ¦ : — ' I assure yoa : it wag a -sight I shall never forget—to see . the bombs andcongrevo rockets hissing through the air , like fiery serpents , all directed towards tho de-oted oity . ' Another eye witness eaya . ;— ' The horrible atrocities oommitted by the intonated _Soldateska , no pen can _desoribe . . .. # '¦ . * Burns and mutilated corpses of men and women filled the air with pestilential odours . * * * In the night of the 28 th te the 23 ih , ihe sky _seemedone . glowing name . * * '» Hundreds of men and women

      ran bewildered through the streets , weeping and mourning the loss of all they possessed-, ' The Odeoo _, one of the largest and most beautiful buildings in the city , aud which had been converted into ao in firmary for . the wounded , was set en fire by . speoial command of an imperial general . The Croats surrounded the building , and at least fire hundred human beings , including Biok , wounded , and even women and children , were burnt to . death , ororushed to pieoes by the falling ofthe ponderous . root . Not

      one of the . victims , was permitted to escapo ! In one private house , all the inmates , to the number of fourteen were butchered ! Some of the prisoners had their ears cut off , and were then beaten to death with the butt ends of muskete . ' On * * writer says;— 'I have spoken to a militMy office * who has eeen the prisoners murdered by hundreds outside the lines . ' The Croats vioUted women , and young girls , and in some instances those hell-hounds cut off the breasts of their victims , or flung them into , the _flamts ! ¦ ¦ ' -,.

      Behold the horrible fruits of popular moderation The people are goaded to insurrection , they triumph , and _^ forthwith traitors and humbugs , like Lamab tinb , _cry'Oh ! magnanimous people ! sully not your viotory by the shedding of blood ; think that meroy lithe noblest attribute , and forgiveness tbe worthiest act of a victorious nation ; Pardon , then , yonr enemies , and teach the world the belief jou cherish of the guilt of taking away life under any eiroumstasces . ' The people aot on this fatal advice ,

      and their own destruction is invariably the result . The pardoned * brigands immediately recommence conspiring againBt the commonwealth ; another struggle ensues , and the people are beaten . Then no orator , no _writar of the ' respectable _clssa , ' bids the brigaEda ba magnanimous or merciful . No ! the conquered people are ' rebels , 'therefore let them be slaughtered , let them be pitilessly hewn down in mane ' s . ' Strike terror' is the order of the day , and tertot—l beg pardon—I mean ' order' reigns , and ' Death is drunk with gore I '

      But the honors of the Vienna tragedy did not end with the storming-of the city . Tho cold-blooded shooting and hanging of prisoners immediately followed . Death was threatened against any one harbouring or oonoealing a student . Literary men were particularly sought after , and every known Radical writer put to death . The Poles , who had fought with their _oharacteristio heroism in defence Of the city , were matked out for apeoiaA vengeance , and appear to have been ruthlessly massacred . _MKSsaaHWSin _, the commander of the National Guard , was bhot ou the 18 th ; the savage Win * dkcbqrak refusing to respite the execution even long enough to allow of a petition being laid befire the Emperor fer meroy . A petition was indeed despatched l

      by a specia deputation from the Municipal Oounoil but before the deputation oould have reached their _destmatiou _, the _unfottun & te _Mws _8 * s >* bab _« bb waa a corpse . The murder of Robkrt Bmjk , announced in last Saturday ' s Stab , waa a wanton act of butchery , perpetrated to show the hatred of tbe _batohers totheprineiple of popular _sovereignty—Bm « being at the time of his death representative of _Leipsie » tke German Parliament at Frankfcrt . The latest news represents the murders at still going on . The horrible system ot seoret exeoutionB has been re-Vired , BO that the families of the victims are left in ignorance of the fate of those dear to them . Many ofthe purest pattiota-many of Vienna ' s best and _brav-Ht _^ avebeen put todeathby hanging , tbatmode ot _exeontioa being intended to out a stigma _vpoa tbe

      To The Working Classes. 'Words Are Thing...

      tne murderers , not the martyrs . , ' . Cflory to _ttem that die in thi , groat _cau-e ! -age , brigands , oan inflict no brand of shame / Or ehapeof _deaib , to . _broud them _fromapptanw — Ko J manglers of the mart , *' , earthly frame , Toar hangmen _finrers cannot tonoh his fame I _Sttll in yon prostrate land thero shall be some _«^ dheart « , _theahrlDe ' BofPreeaoa _*« _vestalflsinei _i"Dg trains of 111 may _p- » . _onheod-d , damt >; BoivssMAncj | _jasniH » , AH *) jo _8 ii # j toooi _* i ! .. SS ? - !? - 84 hy _*& 8 UC 0 eM of tho _an-O-wBeal conspiracy at Vienna , the royal hypocrite of Berlin has thrown away the mask of ' Constitutionalism , ' and stands a self-confessed and unchanged tyrant . In Maroh the people spared him , and how he tauntingly addresses them in the wordi of Mokanna— - - *

      Ihe Prussian Assembly , though it had hr nn _meatw done all it might and ' _shouAavi . done ££ _nat-pn , had done more than enough to excite the _i'tter hostility ofthe king . The _IboHtforT of title ! _£ Ud _orders ot nob'Muy waa a heavy blow and sore _disconvenient to the Oourt faction . His kingship was still mo *« _fiflHed by til' _« Assembly refusing to aoknow-Udg 9 _ m' King by _titf _^ _wca of God . ' Tha resolutions of the A _^ _embly , _cas ing on the Frankfort Parliament to _interne at _Vienna ou behalf of German

      liberty , brought mai . on to a _t'nsis . General B rum having resigned , the King _commissioned Count _Brandbkboh«—a bastard son of tbe late king—to form a ministry . As sooa as the netr m ; _"Jietry was partially formed , his KitigBhip announced his will and pleasure that the Assembly should stand _prorogued , its sittings when again opened to take place -t _Brandenborgh . The objeot of having the A 6 B _6 mL ' F at Brandenborgh waa to bring that body under the terrorism of the military collected by the Court . On the royal bastard delivering the royal message to the Assembly , 'the Conservative minority , like well-bred ours , put their tails between their legs and slunk out of the hall . The Radioal majority passed resolutions declaring the prorogation and removal of the Assembly to bs illegal and unconstitutional , and pledging resistance to the same . But the rojal traitor was prepared for resistance of any and every kind .. Fifteen

      thousand troops had been marohed into Berlin , and twenty-five _thouSMdeaore were encamped in the im * mediate _neighbourhsod . The troops surrounded and blockaded the representatives in their meeting hall . Protesting against this violenoe , the members , at the close of the day . adjourned . The next day the _trosps prevented the _members assembling ia their own Chamber : accordingly the representatives procured another place of meeting , from . which the * ' were ex * polled at the point of the bayonet . They then assembled in another hall , and again experienced the same treatment . _Aftsr impeaching the Ministers as traitors , and appealing to thejoeuntry , the members at their last publio meeting resolved unanimously to ' Stop the Supplies . Resolutions were passed , calling upon the people to pay no more taxes until the Brandenburg Ministry was expelled from office and brought to trial , and the Assembly restored to the free ex _& _oise of _lU fttnotionB ,

      ' On the other hand , General _WnANOttbaa dissolved the Burgher Guard , and placed Berlin in a state of siege . The clubs ' are suppressed , meetings of every kind prohibited , the people disarmed , and _thePreaa _extinguished . Thus far , the physical force of the tyrant has ' completely triumphed over the moral farce of the _peoole . But the struggle is not jet ended , If the provinces support thb oapital _. _and the taxes should be generally refused , the royal hypocrite will bevanquiahed . _Charlesof England played asimilar game , and lost both his crown and his head ; whether the Prussian plagiarist wili foe more fortunate , time will tell ; How often must the lesson be repeated—' . Put net jiour _trtMt : in pr inces f When , oh ! when , will the people comprenend the great truth , tbat ' THEY WHO MAKE HALF REVOLUTIONS BUT DIG GRAVES FOR THEMSELVES ?'

      I had intended to have exposed the _villanous conduct of the infamous English Press-gang , in relation to the Austrian and Prussian counter-revolutions , but I haye net space at command to do justioe oh the rofflina this week- 1 will only , for the present , say to the people of Vienna and Berlinmaking me of the _uentiment , though not tbe _exaot WdB , of LEBBB Roliin , at the _Damooratic _Banquet on 'Sunday last—that , if ihe Press of England is against them , the People of England art with them . The ' aspect ef the Presidential struggle in France haa not materially changed since my last letter . The union of the true Democrats— ' a consummation devoutly to be wished' —has hot yet been accomplished . The sentiments on this _subject , put forth in my

      last letter , have since thsn been expressed in the loftier language of the great Democratic leader of Franco . At the banquet above alluded to , _Citiien Lbdru Rollin Baid : —* My brothers , to establish in the world the reign of the Democratio and Sooial Republio , one moat important meanB iB the union ef the Damooraoy of France . By one retrograde step in France , the fate of the world will be compromised and its well-being long postponed . ' . May these words of truth sink into the hearts of ' our French brethren . May union , energy , and determination be theirs , and then , in the words of the same speaker , all the opposition of all the governments in the world will be unable to prevent the establishment of the ' RepubliaxK _democratize etsotiale !' ' . ' _L'AMI ' _Petjpie .. November 23 rd , 1818

      The 'Spread' Afrer The * Imill.' In The ...

      THE 'SPREAD' AFrER THE * _iMILL . ' In the _Secondaries Court , on Wednesday , the following case , Gardiner v . Wilson , was heard . The plaintiff m this action is a _iioenBed victualler , in Long Lane , Smithfield , and defendant is also a publican in the vicinity , ' The action was brought to recover the sum of £ 7 . 17 a . 6 d ., for meat , drink , & 0 . supplied to defendant . The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted . — -Mr Duncan appeared for the plaintiff , and stated the facts , from whioh it appeared that in August , 1847 , the defendant and several of his friends hadbeen down to see a pugilistic exhibition it Woking Common , between H , Walktrand Heseltine , and on their return home they went to plaintiff ' s house , where defendant

      ordered dinner for _biaself and friends , twelve _altogether . Defendant afterwards said th at if plaintiff would send to his house next day he would pay him ; but although repeated applications had been made he had not beea paid . —Henry _Barnasb was called , and aaid that he was an artist , iu Goodge Street , Tottenham-court Road . He attended the fight . ' _professionally ; ' by' professionally 'he meant as second to Walker , who was backed by defendant . He was not in the habit of ' painting' faces with bis . fists . ( Laughtori ) He dined at plaintiff * s , and they had several bottles of wiae , but he could not tell how many , as thoy did not keep mnch of an account towards the latter part of the time . They wen b in at six in the evening and stayed till five in the morn *

      fng _, ' smoking , dricking _, singing , and chaffiug . ' The score was brought in on a board , and defendant said it was all right . Witness afterwards heard defendant aay t * plaintiff ' s bod , ho ( defendant ) was almost ashamed to eee birr , as he had not called to pay the score , but would do so . — -John [ Gardiner was oalled , and proved the order having been given by defendant , sod tbe promise by him to pay and Wm . Gardiner proved that defendant refused to allow any onetopaya share . —Mr Hughes said the defence was , tho illegality of the demand . —Tno Secondary said the fight and the betting might be illegal , but the eating and drinking were perfeotly legal , unless the dinner _was part ef a bet , —Mr Hughes addressed tbe jury , but did not call witnesses , and the jury gave a verdict for lull the amount claimed .

      Spdniatrcous Combustiom.—By Her Majebty'...

      _SpdNiAtrcous _Combustiom . —By Her _MajeBty ' _ssbip Spy , whioh was announced recently as _amviog- at Gambia , letters have been forwarded , _oommunioating the total loss ef the English ship Jane Augusta , Captain Hewitt master , from Hull , bound for Coquimbo , by lire , off the coast of St Antonio . She was laden with coals , which ignited spontaneously when the vessel was about 100 miles to tho westward of the island . At first a slight smoke arose from the cargo ; the master , suspecting a fire kindling , had tbe hatohways uncovered , and poured down several tons of water , which , failing in diminishing tbe smoke , be had a large mass of the coaln removed ; but the men could penetrate no further _down on account of the great heat and sulphurous smoke . Tbey oontinued to pour water down ; iularge quantities , but tho heat _> a \ idBmokeinorea 8 ed , and at length the captain , for the preservation of the crew , ran the ship ashore on the above-mentioned island . The very moment Bhe

      struck a body of flames shot forth from the main hold , and in a few minutes she waa completely on fire . Most of tbe orew managed to escape on the island with safety ; one man wbb not bo foitnnatej iu attempting to save his olotbes , which were b « i off in the forecastle , he was Buffjoated and perished , ihe ship was burning two entire days- As may be suppo-ed , she _wasdestroyed to the water s edge . On the Eoglfeh' _Consulat St Antonio bearing of the catastrophe , heinvUed the crew-whoit should be observed loBt all their olotbes and money—to his house , and rendered them every assistance until a vessel was prepared to take them to England . Ihe Bohooteir Despatch , Williams master , took the mate and most of the crew to St Vinoent ' s ( Cape de Verd Islands ) , whence they were transhipped on board Her Majesty ' s ship Spy , and conveyed to Gambia . The master and two of the officers of the unfortunate veuel were left behind at St Antonio . The vessel and cargo were but partly insured .

      Cask or Mobdbr . —We understand , from information which had reaohed the police authorities here , tbat a cold-blooded and most revolting murder , followed by robbery , was committed on Sunday after * noen , on tbe person of Janet Anderson , residing at the village of _Bnttergaih , _seariDunblane . The murderer has absconded , _earrying bim 5 titb . the sum of £ l 9 inwto ,

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      Tr,«-,"H. -Handbills Kavingbeen Circulat...

      Tr , « -, _"H . -Handbills kavingbeen circulated last . — i Pr * _meeting of the dissatisfied members _? _# ' r Ca ,, ! f * n _*^ _-esiding in Ipswich aud ita of the Land Company .. _* ¦ ] aat Saturday , Mt looality , a meeting wag he « u "' owing pro-Gaorge Terry in tbe chair , when the iv ~ . •*« v . fc positions and amendment were submitted . —" xiu ,. those persons who have paid but do not now pay up their shares oannot be considered as bona fide members ofthe Company , and have no right whatever ta in terfere in its affairs , ' Carried by a great majority , fonr only voting against it . ' That this _meeting hava

      the greatest confidence in MrO'Connor and the Land Plan , as at present constituted . ' Amendment . That no _oopgdepoe can fee plaoed in Mr O'Connor , out that a committee oi five be appointed to adopt the best mtanstoget baok the money already paid by the shareholders . ' Amendment rejeoted , and tho majority . A vote of thanks wa . " ; fta 8 cd . t . _S ! r _chff * man , and tbree oheers given for O ' _tw _^ . * - Charter , and tbe Land . Thus ended the meeting ot the _dissatisfied .

      I v DoNCi 9 MB . —A meeting of the Land members of ! this branch waa held at the Brown Cow Inn , 00 | Thuraday , the l _& h , Mr James M'Gee in tbe chair , when the proceedings of the Confertnce were read from the Siab by Mr P . Foden , and , after a discus _, sioa , tbe alterations made by the Conference gave ) general satisfaction . After electing the officers for the next three months ' , and _patsing a vote if thanks _tothecbairmaaandtoMr Phillips for his kindness in granting tbe _uee of his room to tha members , the meeting separated . The following officers were elected '—Secretary , B . _Armfield ; treasurer , 3 Bradley ; scrutineer , John Bell ; auditors , _Joeeph _Ma-on and John _Wadington ; committee , _Thomaa . Phillips , _JameB M'Gee , William Dad . on , William

      liojiond , William Wmtelow , and Jobn _Thompson . Br * c * B *; a ** . —The yearly general meeting of tbis branch ofthe National Land Company was held at Nurton's Coffee House , on Sunday , tbe 19 h . After the balance sheet was read and accounts passed the following officers were elected for the _nextiix monthB , -A . _Armatead , president ; R . Proudlove , treasurer ; J . G , Newbigging , secretary i aod Win . Singleton , scrutineer : <» fter wbicb Mr Brook gave in hia report from the Conference which gave general satisfaction . Some questions being put to Mr Brooks and satisfactorily answered , a vote of thanks was awarded him and the meeting broke up ,

      highly satisfied , _Barkbtapu *—Tbis branch of the Land Company held a meeting on tbe 13 h inst ., when tbe delegate for the Tiverton district reported the proceedings of _Conferento , which gave general satisfaction . The following officers were elected for tb ©; \&_ . % ax months —Mr Knill , treasurer ; Mr Pearce , scrutineer ; Messrs Stoneman and Clement , auditors;—the books were audited and found correct ; a determination waa expressed to de our utmost towards forwarding the plan . The members have commenced paying the instalments due on their shares , and others have subscribed to the Loan and Priority Fundi , _Meetittgefor the future will bs held every Saturday evening _, _ateighto'clock .

      Shei _* _jibid . —A speoial meeting ef this branoh was held at tbe Mossley Arms , on Wednesday evening , November 16 "; fl , when the dele-ate for the Sheffield district gave in his report from Conference , which gave general satisfaction , and , at ' the conclusion , a vote of _thanke wae awarded him . The following _tersoiiB wera duly elected to serve as scrutineers and auditors , for the ensuing quarter - _Juseph Billings and William Heaton , scrutineers ; William Hawksley and James Simpson , auditors . The following resolution was agreed to : — ' That the futare general meetings of tbis branob be held every three months instead of half yearly , as before . ' The next meeting

      was fixed to bo held on the 3 rd ot January , 1849 ; The unpaid shareholders residing in the country , are informed- that all . shareholders omitting to pay any part of their subscriptions during the nest three months , will be _struok off the books ; aud all members in arrears with their local and general levies _, whether paid-op shareholders or otherwise , are requested to pay the same immediately , ao as to give tbe seoretary an opportunity of remitting what sums may be collected every week . Tbe committee would recommend every other locality tb adopt tbe same rule , believing that ** Jith _vegnlarlty more funds would bs forthcoming . By order of the committee , G . _Paules , chairman .

      Damton . — ' A special general meeting of the members of the Dalston branch was held on Saturday evening , November 18 th , for the purpose ef making arrangements under the amended plan . Mr John Murdoch in the ohair . Mr Thomas Sowerby begged to call attention to the representations made to tha Conference by the Deputies from the various estates , whioh he did at Borne length , aud concluded by moving the following resolution : — 'That we . tha members of tke Dalston branoh of the National Land Company , beg to express our _unbounded and unqualified thanks to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for his past services , and for bis able refutation of tho

      false representations made to tbe Conference ; and thia meeting _begB to express its full confidence in tke honesty , the integrity , and ability of that gentleman , to carry out tbe objeots of the National Land Company . ' Tbo resolution was seconded by Mr Leech and carried . It was then moved by Mr Baly , seconded by Mr Corry , That an _addrew , founded on tho abova resolution , bo drawn out and pent to Mr O'Connor . ' Carried . Moved by Mr Leech , ' seoonded by Mr Sowerby , ' That ten _shillings be sent with the address , to Mr O'Connor , for the Defence Fund . ' Carried . Other business of a local character having been transacted , the meeting separated . IO _VBARGU 8 O ' CONNOB , ESQ ., U P .

      HoNomutn Sib , —We , the members ot the Dalston branoh of the National Land Company , are proud te see you maintain yonr position in the cause ef democracy . We dee ply sympathise with you on acoonnt of the many attacks made on both your public and private charaoter . We repudiate and utterly abhorthe assertions of tools , which had no other object in view but to blast snd damn the Lsnd Company . Notwithstanding all the snares that have been laid in you *; path , we are proud to Bee you steer a steady courseby thorn , and lead your children forward with anticipations to the time wben they shall possess their liberties as freeborn Englishmen . The tneera ih _* . t have bee * thrown at yeu , both in and out ef _Parlisnienii , haV 8 passed away like the baseless fabric of a vision ; they

      have found their , establishment , is oblivion ; and the glorious and undying principles , which yeu have so long advocated , and whioh we believe are as dear to you as life , Bhall ultimately be discussed and adopted , and lastly be made the law of tho land . When we look at all the movements of your past life , asd _criricUly _sctdtiouo all your public adventures , it inspires us with confidence in yonr grandly developed enterprise ; and , likewise , a glowing admiration of those principles which alone can benefit tbe working classes of this empire- We hope , sir , tu & t you- will prosecute your way until the labour market shall be thinned of tens of thousands , and posBesa their natural inheritance as ordained bj heaven , and generations yet unborn shall rise to heap _bkaairgi on your head ;

      and your bitterest enemies shall have to acknowledge that your _principlis were based upoj justice , ( quality , and truth . Noble minded and generous hearted sir , notwithstanding the many attacks tbat bave been made npjn you by the enemies- of a faction , not s lew of those that jou have helped out of the mire _, have dared to raise their voioea against yon , and against the only plan upon the success of which depends tho happinesB and prosperity of the working classes . Nothing could ba more absurd or more _ridicaJous than the false representations made io tba CoKterenceby the Deputies from _Lowbinds , Minstee Lovel , Ao ., _respecting the condition ofthe ocoupants ;

      but we rejoice to find that all those faltehoods wera ably refuted by you , amid the cheers of the enlightened portion oi the Conference . In conclusion , ' sir , we beg to express our unbounded and unqualified thanks to you for your paat services , and more _espe > cially for the able refutation of the false representation above alluded to , assuring you of cur unbounded confidence in your honesty , integrity , and ability , and entreating you to go on in the gnat national undertaking . We remain , sir , on behalf of the DalstOB branoh of the National Land _Company _Jeuci Mtmnocti , Chairman , Thomas * _-o _» j _; hBr , Secretary .

      Sicckfort , —A meeting ot this branch took plaoa on Sunday last , when Mr _Torkington , the delegate , gave an account of hia mission to the satisfaction of the members , nnd received the thanks of the meeting accordingly . - _Bfiisioir . —At a meeting of Land members hrid . _at ; Mr Richards ' * , Castle Mill Street , Mr Fink in tha ohair , Mr H . Hyatt reported the proceedings of tha Land Conference . Many questions were asked and _explained te the entire satisfaction of all present , and at the conclusion the following resolution was carried : —' That this meeting highly approve of tha explanations given by Mr F . O'Connor in the National Land Conference , and we beg to express one full confidence in him , and to retarn our sincere thanks to that gentleman , and also to the delegates . ' Au account of tae expenses was handed in aud read , and branches who have not contributed , vis , Monmouth , Abergavesny , and Newport are requested to forward their share of expenses ; the _supius _, if any , to be sent to the Victim Fund . _lEGHKa . £ . a .

      Briatol ... ... . » , i , ISO Bath ... ... ... ... 0 11 S Merthyr Tydvil ... ... ... 015 U Second Remittance . „ ... ... 0 6 0 Tredegar ... ... 0 I S _Dowlais , through D . R . Morgan ,., Q 5 0

      Total 3 t Deficit . „ „ , ,,. ... 0 9 0 £ 3 12 6 _BKBCKKIKHti . " Delegate to Cenference , travelling _ezpenies and expente ef eleotion , and paid Con-- _ferente , and _pottags , paper , seoretary , feet „ , 11 % •«• Hl 3 23

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 25, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25111848/page/5/