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      Avj Mil. Robert Burrell, Blacksmith Gree...

      . ROBERT BURRELL , BLACKSMITH GREENOClv . Dba b _Bcbiieix , —I write this letter to you , because of all those who have written to me upon the subject ofthe Land , I think in your short letter you have shown most practical knowledge of the subject , as well as a strong desire to base those principles by ¦ which our object is to be achieved upon a safe foundation : added to which , you ask for instruction as one who would receive it asa means of improvement , not as one who looks for some hasty avowal to which he may make captious objections . Let me then , in the first instance , remind yeu that I have never yet _lieen answered upon the "GREAT FACT *'—that the Land is thc only field in wliich individual _labour can ascertain its just value . It never has been

      refuted tliat all that I have stated as to the Land and its capabilities is susceptible of easy proof . But as onr opponents are at a lo _* s for valid objections to the principle , they are compelled to rest their opposi tion upon mere matters of detail ; and the Land question being a very comprehensive one , and one on which landlords and capitalists bave bad a direct interest in keeping the working classes in ignorance , they ( the working men } are reasonably enough _firedap by erery , the most extravagant , guess or impudent falsehood . Upon the other hand , experimentalists on working men ' s credulity and jobbers in excitement have the vanity to suppose either that their own sectional project is a good substitute for national organisation , or else they foolishly imagine that their flower would be overshadowed by the foliage of the national tree . Hence , some men arc subscribing ¦ vast sums to transport themselves to foreign climes , upon the faith of an unstable Government , an

      insecure system , and inexperienced advisers ; and others , who talk of relieving the domestic labour market by transporting a portion of thc competitive reserve ; and others , busy bodies engaged in a " _JEATIOSAV' scheme of building , are one and all touched in their speculation , or wounded iu their pride : and straightway raise a howl of discontent , -wholl y devoid of argument or reason . I had an instance of this sort in Manchester , in a little thing who has been active in a building society ; and who actually undertook to give the shareholders a legal opinion upon the impossibility of the managers conveying an equitable title to the shareholders : and what is still more strange , some very sensible working men asked me to notice this jargon , assigning as a rea ? on tbat many were influenced by it . However , it is a fact that I never have had any adve . _* se propositions to reply to , except the wild doubts created in the minds of working men by thc wilder assertions of erotchet-momrers .

      I will now carry you back a little , and tell you why _thelandlordsand capitalists arc opposed to the suhdivision of laud into suck allotments as would _L-e sufficient to employ the whole labocb of a working man . The laudlords are opposed to it , because the subdivision of land would carry with it its _subdivisioa of that political power to which the large landed proprietors in each county attach more value than they do to the rents of their estates . The smaller squires constitute a part of the political system ; the streams of political patronage , flowing to them from their chicfe . Hence ia each county you will find three or four large landed proprietors of the respective parties leading thcpolitical fashion ; andthe dependents upon their patronage following s ' j : and if yon enquire into thc circumstances of those leading landlords yon will invariably find tliat what they lose by keeping their land in the -wliolesab ' market , they more thaa make up by iceping it within the political standard .

      In an aristocratic country like this , patronage , influence , and distinction arc as much sought after as wealth : aud the land alone confers them . Thus , I show you why the landlords are opposed to the subdivision of land . As to the capitalists , you aremueh too shrewd a man to require any reason from mc why those who possess no earthly property except what they can _sosceze ont of labour , will strain every nerve to keep labour in a state of sueh dependency ? i ¦ will ensure them the largest amount of profit ; and you well know , and they well know , that if there are 200 blacksmiths in the market , and _odIj * work for 150 , that the removal of thc fifty idlers from thc

      labour market would nearly double the wa « _es ofthe 150 who remained at their own work , and of whom there was no " surplus ; " and if there was an understanding tliat any fresh " surplus" would also be prorided for upon the land , the masters and men would then mutually agree upon thc application ofthe principle of _restristion ; and in avery short time it would bs seen fhat thc 150 blacksmiths , with the power of _lo-ating their ' * surplus" upon the land , would receive more wages for eight hours' work than the 200 would receive for twelve hours' work . J _* vow such are the reasons why landlords and capitalists oppose thc subdivision of land , and I thiuk you wiil admit that vcrv good ones thev arc .

      lnow turn to a consideration of that portion of your letter whieh refers to the locating of occupants as near their native or adopted residences as possible . In one of my previous letters npon the Laud , 1 endeavoured to attach a more limited , bat , in my opinion , a more charming and patriotic definition to the term . " home" than has been ascribed to it by _poats . statesmen , or warriors . I do not call England au Englishman ' s home ; Ireland an Irishman ' s home ; or Scotland a Scotchman ' s home . A _Northumbrian set down in Cornwall would consider himself anywhere hut" at home : " so a Kildare or Wicldow man , landed in Galway or Soscommon ; or a Scotchman taken from Edinburghsliire and placed in Inveniesshirc . In my opinion the term " home"

      implies other associations than those which are national . It implies all that is social and convivial . Dome means * use to climate—accustomed to the soil—endeared to acquaintances—attached to localitieswithin call of friends—in reach of connexions _^ I call thc village " where yonr forefathers lived "—• where yon have drawn yonr first breath—where you . Lave played in your youth—grown up to manhood with vour playfellows—and made friends of them in old age : I call ihat your " HOME . " Besides , nnder the present system , habit gives a new definition ia J & _wse . For instance , cotton spinners must consider where thev cau get work , their home . So with miners ; so witU ~ _woolconibers ; so with associated _sltoauakers : and , in fact , so with all employed in

      _rnanutactures . Now then , vour letter very properly draws my attention to the fact that Scotchmen tear that all thc land will be purchased in England , and that , therefore , thev would be removed from "home . " Such , liowevcv / would not be thc case . Thc subject is one which has had the _caisideration of tbe directors ; and while I perfectly agree vith you as to the _desirablenc & _i of explanation upon the subject , 1 cannot quite agree with yoa as to the mode of meeting the objection : and I will tell you why . "Whit you propose is , that the country be divided into districts , say , twelve or twenty ; and that the districts shall ballet for preference of purchase ; and that all thc shareholders in the successful district shall be first

      loeaied in that district . Now , there certainly would be no objection to this , further than thc priority given io the shareholders in thc fortunate district , _* and then it is quite true that the several _shareholders will be suited in districts . Now , I think that a better mode of meeting thc question—for it is not a diniculty—is this : —That thc ballot forlocation should take place in . the first instance ; and that theu a majority of those who obtained a prize , might decide npon tiie district in which land should be purchased . You will bear with me if I digress a little , in order to keep the whole question in your view . You apprehend , then , there might be _adiiliculty in the wav cd " purchasing land in certain districts ; and , therefore , propose to go ou balloting iu continuation

      • aiitil we can discover it . Kcly upon it , Bun-ell , that there is not a single " district in England , Scotland , or'Wales , in which we could not purchase as much land as wc wanted . Mv imprcssiou is , that not only mav Emrlishincn be located in England , Welshmen in \ Yales , _auuScctchmcninScotland _. bivt thatthe society will verv speedily be in a situation , from the possession of funds , so io arrange and manage as to locate _Yt-rkshirenicuiu Yorkshire , Ayreniveincn m Avrskire , and Monmouth men in Monmouthshire . In fact , I have not a doubt npon my mind , that several allotments may be purchased in the larger counties ; and one at * least in the smaller . And again , for myself , lean sec no reasonable objection whatever in Scotchmen and Englishmen exchanging ;

      or even tothe application ofa Scotch fund tothe pur chase of land in Scotland . Now , let mc shew you the great desirableness ofthis "homely" eir "domestic " location . It is , ia fact , a proverb , that " agriculture and manufactures should go hand in land ; " aud it is one which 1 am endeavouring to reduce to practice . Thus : suppose a number of cotton spinners to be located convenient to their work , 1 have shewn that milliner is the time for agricultural operations * , and during the winter months I see no objection to the wert _* Mi < r classes selling their extra labour in a market where its value had been tested in the free labour market ; and the altered state of society wonld very soon bring U 3 to the realization of the jroverb _, by enabling man to Hvo healthfully and _% mforiablv _durins the summir months , and

      profit-. and contentedly during the winter months , tmder a completely altered state of things . It is tall moonshine , sheer nonsense , to talk of inducing the legislature to make the required sanatory and restrictive regulations demanded by thc working classes . The required improvements never can be enforced , except through the improved condition of the working classes themselves . Once give a man an alternative whether he will be comfortable or uncomfortable , and lie will accept comfort even at the lisle of greater gain ; but at present he has no alter native but to work for anv wages offered to him or to starve . Thos , I think , " I meet thc question ol "Home Coionizahos" ia its real meaning ; and now , through you , I shall answer some of the vagaries ofthe _mal-contents .

      I have been asked if , in the event of great success promising to fiowfrom the Land plan , the aristocracy and middle classes would not combine to frustrate the object , even to the extent of bidding against us for had in the market ? Row , could any suggestion

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      be more foolish ? Landlords and capitalists do combine upon all questions that servo them in the aggregate ; but they do not combine for the individual advancement of any one of their members . But I will suppose such a thing even possible , as asocietv of capitalists formed for the purpose of" buying up all the land that we had pitched an eye upon * , what , in such a case , more easy than to keep onr eyes shut , and employ some " tool" who would have his per ccntage for winking or nodding at the auctioneer for us ? and all the satisfaction that the disappointed confederation would have would be that the Land was bought "por us , though not by us . " This is one of the monstrosities to which I have referred in the commencement of my letter . Another is a kind nf

      two-edged sword , thrust at us , with which our antagonists prick both sides of the susceptible feelings of working men . One says , " don't you see that you only get what costs the soeiety no more than -E _80—forjthey have received £ 210 s . by way of share moneyand for wliich yon pay £ 5 per year , while you could get £ 100 for four percent . " Anotkersays , " you see the thing is a bubble , for they proposeto give each man £ 15 capital who has only paid up £ 210 s . " Now , to the first proposition , I answer that the veryessence of the society consists in the fact that it can give for £ 5 per year what , as individuals , no member of the soeiety can procure for £ 10 a year ; or , in fact , procure at all : while , upon the other hand , the fact of being able to give £ 15 wholly and entirely occurs

      from being able to carry out an extensive principle of co-operation . Another statement is , that the people will be located npon moors or barren ground . In reply to this folly I can only say , that with my consent ( and with the people ' s consent , I will always preserve a very prominent position in the society ) , not an acre of iad fond shrdl be purchased . Cut more than that ; I shall be for purchasing the verv best ii _* si ) , enhanced in value from its contiguity both to the produce market and the labour market ; and if ire buy land worth £ 2 an acre instead of 15 s . an acre , it will make a difference of £ 210 s . a year in the rent ; and so much the better . Better still if we could purchase it worth £ 3 an acre ; for the good land takes less seed and less labour , and

      gives _jioBE _cebtaistv . Upon the other hand , whatever description of land we purchase will be such as every occupant can make worth live times the rent at which he takesifcin less than five years . I now come to the very most important part ofthe whole subject , namely , the probability of the whole £ 15 being swallowed up in the purchase of manure during the first year . In handling this branch of my subject , allow me to draw your attention to the curious fact , that the very vagaries and follies of the landed aristocracy will tarn out to be our greatest blessing : — 1 mean the foolish conditions that they impose on their tenants . The conditions now generally arc , that only so much shall be broken up , and that so much shall be kept in pasture ; and in many cases

      that none shall be broken up . Por instance : a young man in the neighbourhood of Burnley lately took ten acres of ground , with the option whether he would pay £ -10 a year to keep it in grass , or £ 50 to cultivate it as he pleased . He preferred paying the £ 50 , and he was quiteright . Ola grass land is always the best , and most profitable for cultivation ; and the effeet of the foolish restrictions imposed by landlords upon their tenants has been to make a ' * savings' bank" of the land of England . I will instance Middlesex , where scarcely an acre is broken up—it being all used as meadow ground to grow hay for thc London market . In Ireland , where the practise is perfectly understood and extensively acted upon , a labourer would prefer a half acre of good " graff land" to a half acre of the best manured

      ground . Wow , I wdl tell you what this " graft land is . It is what in England is called " paring" and " burning , " the ashes serving as the veiy best manure forthe cultivation of every single root , without a single exception ; and especially lor those garden crops and Iroots that a cottager would stand most in need of . It is the best for potatoes , turnips , mangel wurzel , cabbages , wheat , oats , barley , clover ; every thing in short . Suppose , then , that a man gets on to his two acres in the beginning of March , just thc season for " paring and burning ;" and suppose that lie has an acre of grass land , he does not require one spoonful of manure . If he has two acres , he can " pare and burn" an acre the first year ; half an acre thc second ; and half an acre tin * third . Nnw this is the use whieh landlords wonld

      not allow tenants to make of the land ; and itwas becoming so prevalent in Ireland , that the late Lord Shannon procured an Act of Parliament imposing a fine of £ 10 per acre for every acre pared and burned . Some men will conclude that thc fact of such an Act of Parliament having passed proves the objection to thc system : but it is no such thing . I'll tell you the reason of the Act being passed : —it was because tenants " pared and burned" their land at the exoiration oftheir leases , without giving it

      any manure for four years . They took a crop ot potatoes , a crop of wheat , a crop ol" oats , and a crop of llax off the land ; and then the whole injury was put down fo "paring and burning , " whereas thc land would have been just as bad if the four crops had been produced with a good manuring for thc potatoes . However , I tell _jou distinctly and irrefutably , that when the land is properly treated afterwards , there is no better preparation than "paringand burning " : and , moreover , there are several descriptions of land that will give better crops by being pared and burned than from the very best manure .

      I have now shown you the mode of providing manure for the first year ; and after that , every man with two acres would have more than he could use , * and that is supposing that he had only one acre in grass . If he has two acres , he conld not do better that pare and bum it all at the rate of an acre for thc first year , and half an acre each year for thc two succeeding years . Now here again is the decided advantage that a tenant of thc Society's would bave over a tenant ofthe best landlord in England : another proof of the value o f co-operation and freedom of action .

      This Land question appears to be puzzling all the "knowing ones . " The Times newspaper has a "Commissioner" in Cavan ; and , as far as he has gone in detailing Irish grievances , he is re-asserting in IS 15 what I have been repeating since 1 S 23 : and at last lie will be compelled to come to my conclusion , that neither politics , religious distinctions , nor political fends , have anything to do with Ribbonism , Terry Alt-ism , White Boy-ism , or Molly Maguircisni : bat that all isms merge into the one great ism— "wist op _texukeism . "

      Robert , letmc explain to _yoxi , by anilrastrattonyou will understand , what this " wast of te . vukeism " means . It means , that if you are making _horseshoes by tkc . 70 & , you will make more of them than if you were making them by " day-work" for the best master in Europe . When you are making them by the jot , you are yonr own , master , and represent the man who has a lease for ever of his land . Such a mau has a _perpetual interest in every hour lie works , as you have in even * stroke of the hammer ; while

      thc man who makes horse-shoes by "day-work is the slave of another , aud very naturally up-husbands that strength which lie woulddrawmorelargely upon if he himself had the benefit of the extra , labour . I could not famish yon with a more apposite or better illustration of the difference between a lease for ever and a lease for years ; and however the Times' correspondent mav wind his subject up , he will but have blown so in _. _iny _' bubbles in thc air , if he docs not come to tlte conclusion that wast of _texuie is the master grievance of Ireland .

      Robert , if vou read the Times newspaper at the commencement of thc revived Repeal agitation , you mav remember that it told you that if you travelled north , south , east , or west ; that whoever you met , or whoever you conversed with , of any class of society , none , ' not even one , could fix upon auy assignable cause fur the distress or dissatisfaction of thc Irish people ; in fact , tliat the Irish were a nation of malcontents ; and that was thc sum and substance ot all Irish a « itaticn : but now , in two short years , vou read of "facts" in the Times whicli would set ' angels bv the ears I In fact , the correspondent of thc Hmes now savs that repeated oustings constitute "a fact ; " and that that fact alone is enough for him . Sow , does not this prove that the Times was either ignorant of thc "fact , " or withheld the "fact , ' until Mollv Maguire , by " the ascent of her soapbubble , elicited thc laws of colour and light for the _^ m _^ _con-esi ) ondent . Wehaveil 3 eauroittedfoctthat lost their

      from two vcara after the 40 s . freeholders political rights-that is , from 1 S 31 to 1841 , _veuos 000 , 000 of me Imsu people have emigrated to t i Colonies axd _Gueat Britain * , ob have ekusted s the Atlmv . We have the fact ; and 1 love the lir . cs expression ! The writer says : " There is _^ v immense tower ix facts . " We have then , the fact , that as soon after the Emancipation Bill as the landlords could clear their estates , a thirteenth ot the whole population of Ireland were compelled to transport themselves , because they wore driven from tlieir little " homes . " We have the fact tbat in the county of Cavan the occupiers of from one to thirty acres employ no labourers , for fear of improving their holdings , and being ejected ; and we have the fact , that the Times ' * correspondent only doubts whether a man and his family can cultivate thirty acres of land : and we have thc still greater fact , the _«» reatest fact of all , that Molly Maguire is obliged to attempt to do for her children what neither the bo ranmenUhe Iandlords , nor the Times ' s correspondent

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      ever can do ; that is , to wring * from tlie fears of their tyrants what has been refused to thc just demands of a brave and suffering people . There have been no other objections , that I know of , urged against onr Land plan ; and I defy all the writers in the world , and all the speakers in the world , to write or talk down the value of the land , its capabilities , or its applicability to thc regulation of the price of wages in the natural and in the artificial market . Kobert , I think of the land by day , and I dream of it by night . My mind is set upon it . My every thought is occupied with it , 'localise through its just appropriation I see the enfranchisement of man—the freedom of man—and the independence of man . This is the time , Hie very time for the people to make

      thc double struggle for social happiness and political freedom . In the infancy of this agitation I was called "fool ; " but every day ' s research isreducingmy fool ' s cap that others are fitting for their own heads . I am sure it gives you as much pleasure as it does me to see the glorious manner in whicli the plan is progressing , and I feci assured that its glorious result will give us all inexpressible joy . In conclusion , Robert , you are to understand that tlie question is not whether the society offers too fascinating prospects on thc one hand , or charges too much for what it gives on the other hand ; but the question is , whether , without the principle of co-operation , those who wish to redeem themselves from slavery could , under the present system , as individuals , accomplish ii at any price ? On then , Robert , for the Laud and the Charter : and in the " struggle" rely upon the co-operation of Your * faithful and affectionate friend , Feargus O'Coxxor .

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      I '.. • ¦ And National Teades' Journal.

      i ' .. ¦ AND NATIONAL TEADES' JOURNAL .

      Vol. Viii. No. 407. London, Saturday, Au...

      VOL . VIII . NO . 407 . LONDON , SATURDAY , AUGUST 30 , 1845 . _^ _uSSFZZSS _™ _^

      Mr. Willam Dixon To Tiie Chartist Public...

      MR . WILLAM DIXON TO TIIE CHARTIST PUBLIC . My Friends , —I tbink tbat no man lias earned a better right to appeal to you upon behalf of good Chartists than I have . I am justified in making every exertion towards the maintaining and supporting honest working men who suffer in the cause of Chartism . Tbcre was a time _xrhen I performed that duty myself—there was a time when I gave as much as _ft-oift £ 30 to £ 35 a week to the sufferers . That time is gone , but 1 Jiope it is not _forgoten . William Dison , the subject of this letter , has been reporter for tbeXorlhcni Star in tbe Manchester district for two years . A * bt only during that time has his conduct beeu most praiseworthy and exemplary , but he is _disfinsuislied

      among Ins class for tbe uniform excellence of liis character , his conduct , and bis habits . A sad visitation , that of almost total blindness , has rendered him unfit longer to perform tbe duties of bis oiiice . A young man of active mind struck _« ith blindness is a melancholy object , and I am sure yon will think so . It is the intention of Dixon ' s friends , and especially of the colliers , to whom lie has endeared himself by au uncompromising love of his order , to place bun above want , and to preserve him from the tender mercies of a Foor law Bastile ; by establishing bun in a Temperance Coffee-house— for he is a rigid Teetotaller—so that thereby the affliction of want may not be added to that of blindness .

      _Idr . Thomas _"Whittalier _, of No , 06 , Devonshire-street , Chorlton-upon-Mcdloek , Manchester , acts as _'vc-asurev to a fund for carrying out this benevolent , just , and praiseworthy object ; and need I say that every working man in the kingdom who can spare anything ( and many hands make light work ) , should feel a pleasure and a pride in contributing the means by which this sad aflliction ofour dear and respected friend may be mitigated . I am sure it would shock me , as it would horrify every good man , to bear that so amiable a Chartist was allowed to sufl _' er from the neglect of onr body . Eeed I say more than that I shall esteem every penny given to Dixon as a favour conferred upon myself ; and that I shall cheerfully act as co-trcasurcr with 3 fv . Whittaher , and shall thankfully receive any o & ering to the fund . My friends , as I never beg for myself , I liave a right to sue in justice for others , I am sure 1 need not say more than that I remain , your faithful servant , Feaxgvs O'Conkok .

      Odd Fellowship

      ODD FELLOWSHIP

      A Eeply To "17. S.," Of Belfast. To Thb ...

      A EEPLY TO " 17 . S ., " OF BELFAST . TO THB EPITOK OP rHE _NORTnEKN STAIt . _Dsau Sin , —! hope yon will insert this reply to " W S . ' s" remarks . His letter , unless contradicted , may mislead many of the Order . It calls for an answer ; and although poorly qualified , I take up the cudgels against him . The Odd Fellow movement , heiuust be convinced , if he really has read attentively what has appeared in the Star , is one of principle . I beg to draw his attention to the fact of the tl . M . and the Board of Directors , with O . S . Wm . Uadcliftc , having suspended , previous to the last A . M . C , many lodges and districts for not furnishing an account of their respective private funds , whicli said suspension was of itself an illegal assumption of power ; an

      unjustiu . tuits itnacK . oa luv . _luucireiiuciic * : u . mc _uuiigts , auu contrary to the fundamental principles of the Order . Yet thc A . M . O . did not censure them ; nay , ou thc contrary , sanctioned the acts . On _theSlst o f June , shortly after the last A . M . C , a public meeting of the members of the Manchester district took place in the Old Manor-room , Highstreet , to consider the alterations with respect to the scale of payments and _be-. efi _..-. The meeting was a crowded one . On the 20 i _* d an order was issued from Aytoun-street , signed by "Wm . Itadcliffe , " declaring five individuals suspended from all benefits and immunities . Copies ofthis order were circulated in all thc Lodges , leaving the members to find out what the parties were suspended for . They afterwards learned that it was because thc marked five

      had attended the meeting . Mind , only two out of the five took part in the proceedings ; the rest merely were present . But they all were gifted and honest men : so they must be got rid of . Was not litis an illegal assumption of power ? The law specifics '' that any member breaking the general laws of the Order , _shaW be TR . 1 EI ) hy a committee of his ivhole _Lodge , on nv the district , and that / ourtceii clear daxjs' notice shaU be given him previous to TRIAL , specifying the charge . The law is explicit . Well , the meeting of the quarterly committee took place ou the 30 th of June , at the Three Crowns , Jackson-street , London-road . Two of the individuals attended to represent tlieir respective Lodges ( they having been elected nrevious to bcins illegally suspended ) . They

      were ordered out of tbe room by the then Grand Master of the district , Francis Uurdctt . The deputies requested to " be put in possession of the law , which authorised thc suspension of any member without TRIAL . " Theansira - given by Burdett was , " lie would stand by the Board . " Thc document sent to him . from Aytoun-street , commanding the suspension , was then called for ; and after sonic discussion , the then secretary of the district , Ormond , went for it . lie shortly afterwards returned with a slip of paper , on which was written certain instructions to declare the five individuals suspended , signed by C . S . Wm . RadcViffe . But this document was of itself iUcoul , inasmuch as theie was no seal of the Order attached : iu fact , no seal of any kind .

      Some one of the deputies proposed a motion to the effect , that thev , the deputies , were convinced that the Board of Directors bad no power to suspend any member without _tmal ; and that consequently the two deputies were qualified to sit . This was seconded , and the Grand Master Burdett was requested to put it He would not ; and the D . G . M . Roberts likewise refused—so did Secretary Ormond : upon which Burdett arose and declared thc meeting adjourned to thc Monday Mowing . Next day , Ratcliffe , the director of the directors , declared the whole district suspended , with the exception of nine Lodges . These are facts . Nowwhatwill "W . S ., _» the lover of freedom , say to them ? Will lie not caU this tyranny of the most absolute description ? \\ ill he the

      still impute bad motives , and insinuate that leaders of the movement are unprincipled ? But 1 am breaking off my narrative . On the Monday the District Committee met at the Three Crowns ; but no District Officers made their appearance . Ihey were at that time at thc Board-room , holding a hole and corner meeting , composed of seven deputies , which they termed the " Grand Quarterly Committee" !! Tlie seventy-five deputies , after waiting all the forenoon , adjourned to the Temperance Hall , Mather-street , where they wero joined by D . G . M . Roterts , who , repenting of IiiscondHct , had _resign ed . He was unanimously elected Prov . G . M . ; S . _Isoild , D . G . AL ; P . P . G . M . Hardy , C . S . of the district : and on principle the deputies firmly roade _^ their stand , resolved never to Dlace themselves in the

      power ofthe Aytoun-streetanthorities again . "W . S . asserts that the A . M . C . is the proper place to settle disputes . I ask him , as a lover of freedom , would he willingly suffer himself to be at the mercy of men a single day , who assume a power to " suspend" him when they please , and thus deprive him from appealing or ha ving a voice there ? If he would , 1 would not ; nor would any true democrat . "W . S . " further says : — "If the resolutions complained of can be shown to bo inimical , and a majority ivillit , by laying the matter lawfully before the Board of Directors , the operation of the offensive resolutions couW be suspended until the A . M . C Very easy to say eotiW ; but WOULD they be ? We willendeavour to find ont the improbability . Why , man , the directors openly avow their determination at oil hazards to enforce the obnoxious resolutions .

      A Eeply To "17. S.," Of Belfast. To Thb ...

      " W . S . " may be aware that by this time two Lodges in Liverpool-hare protested against these laws being enforced and they were suspended for opposing tlie plans of the petty tyrants of Aytoun-street . The Liverpool ' members looked at the principle involved in suoh conduct , and pronounced in favour of sepai . * tion Irom men , who declared themselves _suievior to the law . As soon as Radcliffe and his co-mates hear of a Lodge having - dared to speak out , that moment it is suspended . I be _^ of "W , S . " to re-read all that has appeared in the ' _-StaJ * irom week to week : and reconsider whether the movement is one of principle or not . Ile ridicules the idea of Lodges sending deputies to the A . M . O . , and implies that tee would compel each Lodge to send one . If soit would be a Jegis * i

      , lative assembly with a vengeance , there being 4000 Lodges . We would allow any Lodge to send one , but . compel none . Great numbers could not , on account of the expense ; but as our parliament is annual and moveable , the Lodges conveniently situated will be thereby enabled to take part in the business . We found this to work before better than the present system , because thc Lodge deputies made thc committee so numerous that the few tradesmen could not entire !/ hare their way . As soon as the Lodges were disfranchised , the . tradesmen became raging despots , commanding the A . M . 0 ., and carry _ing-mto law what they chose . It is natural that tlic pervcrtcrs of our institution will take every means to justify themselves and

      calumniate us . Hence the ionl and malignant slanders iii > , thcir quarterly report . Their object is to delude , and thereby frustrate the cause of truth . Wc have found them unfaithful , and consequently have exposed them . "W . S . " states : "that the alteration ( which , by thc bye , is only a secondary question , the main being tlieir unjust tyranny ) chiefly applies to the funeral gifts for members' wives ; and thinks that women will Jook with suspicion upon men who arc ovcrauxious on this point , * that is , for looking after a large amount at the death of their wives , and when able to work as before . " Docs " IV . S . " suppose that man is an insensible

      machine?—that the loss of his partner is not felt?—that no affections preponderate ? If so , he is sadly mistaken , and libels Die race . Most widowers arc left with children . Almost all wish to have the departed decently interred ; to liave becoming mourning for themselves and children : and supposing all who lose their wives arc an the time in good health , will £ 5 do ? No , it will not ! But if it would , wc can afford , and do , pay double tho amount , for less payments . Under the new system , wo wonld but be entitled to £ 5 . My Lodge , in addition to the - £ 10 , pay £ 3 at thc death ofa member or member ' s wife , making £ 13 : and wc couM afford to allow £ 5 .

      "W . S . " also s » ys : — " every Lodgf- was rondo acquainted with tlK _pr-tp-.-AJ-u _iiliangc bug _bef-jro the A . M . C . " I sapn ' _¦¦» - _. _..--n- , . » o suc / i in Jen ' . wy * _i made known , or it _liei'in would havo _pna-fcl , I vwidtr where he got liis information , ilr . iulUor . I could have gone furtlser into this , but have already encroached greatly upon your ' valuable columns . I think enough has been said to convince " W . S . " of his errors . If no ! , he shall hear from , uic again . Yours , truly , IlENuT . _BAlill'OUTII , P . S . Star of Hope Lodge , Manchester District . Manchester , August 17 th , 1 , Little Sablc-strcct , Thomas-street , Shudchill .

      N . B .- " W . S ., " in his postscript , states : — " The regalia required by law is trilling , and that the large sums paid are voluntary ; " but ho forgot to state that the Board aluiayi keep ft stothhi hand , and push the articles , _oBcoui'ajr _.-Jg Lodges to outstrip one another in Tomfoolery display ; and many new Lodges havo been ruined ly the expensive stock of sashing , caps , < l * c ., sent from Ay _tona-strect .

      Eccles District Of Odd Fellows. At A Spe...

      ECCLES DISTRICT OF ODD FELLOWS . At a special Committee , held July 29 th , 1 S 15 , to take into consideration the present critical state ol the District , the following _ltesolutions were passed unanimously * . — 1 . —That the Earl of Durham Lodge be allowed to remove to thc house of Host Marshall , sign of the I oily Carter , Winton-2 . —That this District having lost all confidence in thc G . M , and Board of Directors , do henceforth consider , that wc are not called upon to enforce or obey any rules or orders of the said Board ofDireetors . . 1 _Thiil-. tliis _VHsh-in _.-. _mstiiilnin _ilSfilF _distinnt anil

      separate irom any Board oi Management m wluch the Directors have any pecuniary interest . 1 . —That we have read with surprise and indignation a slanderous publication , signed by the Officers of the Order , which endeavours to throw the odium and responsibility of creating disunion and insubordination throughout the Order , upon the numerous and respectable lodges that have refused to ado . ' ' , their unwise and dangerous experiment , promulgated at the last A . M . C , held at Glasgow ; and that we fling back ail the odium and responsibility of having reduced to anarchy and confusion our once noble and flourishing Institution , upon the guilty heads ofthe G . M . and Board of Directors .

      5 . —Tliat the conduct ofthe C . S . ofthe Order , in procuring the suspension of the Humanity Lodge of this District , without having violated any of thc Laws ofthe Order , was alike unjustand contemptible , they having only given vent to their feelings in one general burst of indignation on the appearance in their Lodge of the man who has laboured so fatally and energetically for tlic overthrow of the Institution , which has raised him from insignificance e _, nd supplied him with bread . C—That we hereby stigmatize with our especial censure and reprobation , the conduct ofthe 0 . S . of

      the Order , in having represented at the A . M . C , our Deputy , Prov . C . S . ltcnshaw , asa suspended character , and thereby preventing him bringing _forward a proposition to the effect— "that tlie Board of Directors shall , in future , be deprived of all pecuniary iuterest in tho supply of goods or commodities to thc Order . " 7 . —That wc have read with sentiments of gratification and triumph , the resolutions oftlie Manchester District , in which they kirc , with courage and discretion , resisted thc selfish and arbitrary dictation of the Board of Directors ; and we most cordially concur with them in those resolutions .

      S . —That there be a provisional Board of Management , to consist of two members from each Lodge . 9 . —That the best thanks of this Committee be given to the _Disti'icfc'O / lieers for their impartial conduct this evening . 10 . —That a copy of these resolutions , with the thanks and congratulations of this Committee , be presented to the Lodges of the Manchester , Salford , and other Districts that have eo fearlessly asserted their rights , and done their duty . ( Signed , ) Jonx Joiixsox , Pnov . G . M . Edward Withixotox , Prov . D . G . M . Jajies Hexshaw , Pnov . C . S .

      National Independent Order Of Odd Fellow...

      NATIONAL INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS , L . D . District Office ( pro . tern . ) , Mr . Marsden ' s , Sir Thomas' Buildings , August 18 th , 1 S _15 . _Ei-eh-rex , — A public meeting was . held on Thursday evening , August Mth , 1 S 15 , in the Queen ' s Theatre , Christian-street , for the purpose of adopting measures to meet the disturbed state of tho district , caused by the unjust interfcrenccand relentless persecutions emanating _ji-om the officers of the Order and the Board of Directors of the Manchester Unity . P . G . Greaves , of the Duke of Sussex Lodge , having been unanimously called to the chair , the following resolutions were submitted to the meeting

      , and upwards of 2 , 000 persons ( all Odd Fellows ) recorded their votes in favour of the same . 1 st . "That this meeting considers the laws passed at the Glasgow A . M . C . contrary to the constitution and true principles of Odd Fellowship , inasmuch as they are a direct and unwarrantable interference with thc internal affairs of _lod-vcs , as guaranteed by the general laws ol the Order in thc management of out-financial arrangements . Having no confidence in men that would force such unjust aud oppressive measures upon us , we therefore propose that the Liverpool district secede immediately from the Manchester Unity . "

      2 nd . " That we establish ourselves as thc 'National Independent Order of Odd Fellows ' , and we earnestly solicit the zealous co-operation of every lodge and district in the universe , so tliat the principles of our noble Institution may be fully carried out —free from extravagant nnd useless expenditurefree from the trammels of men who have betrayed tlic * confidence we reposed in them , by their uncalled-for persecutions , and utter contempt for the rights and liberties of the members of our order . " 3 rd , '' Tha t this meeting views with sorrow and regret the frequent and numerous robberies that our brethren have been subject to for a number of years , by evil , designing men , who have become officers of Lodges , and defrauded them oftheir funds , afterwards treating the members with defiance and contempt- Vie thcrelore earnestly recommend , that whet properly organised , immediate steps be taken to enrol the itinera } funds-that Lodges be requested to enrol their by-laws—and that proper oflicers bo

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      appointed immediately to carry the abovc objects into eifcet . " A want of confidence in tlic Board ofDireetors has therefore been recorded by upwards of 2000 votes at one meeting , in this district ; and thousands of others , who were not present , arc of the same opinion . It is to be regretted ( for the sake of the Institution ) that the men wc placed confidence in should so far outstep the bounds of common justice , as to cause us to be instrumental to a separation from the Manchester Unity ; but when the fact becomes thoroughly known to the members to what an unlimited extent they have carried their system of tyranny and oppression , we are-sure there will bo but one opinion «| ion our proceedings , namely , —that it is time thc

      unity should be rid ol , and for ever ! the men who at their public festivals , and at their social meetings , arc continually lauding the principles of Odd Fellowship , _boiisting of tho many acts of kindness shown to a brother , —holding forth to the universe that thc pilot of their actions is Friendship , Love , and Truth ; at the same time their deeds will prove that they have been continually seeking to increase their power over tho members ofthe Unity - , and progressively increasing the expenditure , for _persnial aggrandizement : and yet tlie member who dared to even murmur at then-unauthorised proceedings is immediately by their uncompromising niandatesuspended for nine months ; thatis , until the next A . M . C . — never for a moment considering that the persecuted member may be in distress—may be sick—may die

      No matter to the tyrants of Aytomvstreet , —the crime of having dared to allude to their despotic acts is a sufficient cause to sever the bonds of brotherly _tove and charity from the Unity . Nay , move , in the event of the death of a brother so suspended , tlic same sanguinary punishment is extended to his widow and unoffending oflspriiig . We Musk for their effrontery ! But for tliem to think that all members will tamely submit to be tyrannised over by them , is a most woful mistake , which tlic decrease in the number of their own supporters—tlio public murmurs of every individual in the Order—and the spirit of emancipation which is spreading fast throughout the Unity , will soon bring home to their conviction . There are few members in the Unity who are fully

      aware of the principal cause of the present dissension but agree on one point , namely— ' * Thatthe proceedings of the Executive have been oppressive and unconstitutional . " They may say that wo should liave taken a constitutional method of redressing our wrongs—that wc should have sent asuffieientnumbcr of representatives to the next A . M . C ., to annul their _proceedings , and place other men in their situations . Wc admit that their plan may appear the most prudent , but we deny that tliere would be the least prospect of success . In the first place , any member who tin * at tended to A . M . C . is aware that the officers and Kxccuiivc ! of \) _, _< :- Orier have ft hi their po « 'A }> to veto , _by-i sy ; deni •; c- ;; 'i ; ir U > _'iifa'iwive : -. . ar . y > _nuin-.-i i . * io _* - ' _Tv _. ay . _-b « . imposed in ' . . \ _.. . > o ; i , : . iK \ ihev h _.-ive _cori-jiptoii the _c-j-wciii * _-r _vcv-- '* r . nUi > _- " ' _- ' ! iv . hoVii _; _- ; outanadvantageof _Sopertent , iu !/; iCj _:.. Tl ! " _; _-. ¦ . . brethren over the other—the agricultural over _Uiu manufacturing districts . They imagine that by giving the agricultural districts such advantage ,

      would be ensuring then * support in _ileieni c ot die financial scheme now brought forward , They , tho Executive , curtailed the--umber of representative * .. But mark the power they reserve for themseh _- ; -: ; Who is to decide whieh are agricultural and which ; _tumanufacturing districts ? The Board of Directors , ot course ! Wo ! to thc districts that arc uot submissive to their opinions , as they will soon discover they may be set down l ( is manufacturing districts , and be immediately visited with the 25 pin- cent , vengeance ! Where , we would ask , after such a corrupt system in the A . M . O _., is there any chance of a legal redress of onr grievances ? The Board of Directors are usurpers ! They have trampled upon our rights , and sneered at our just murmurs of complaint ' . They have closed up the only channel we had to redress our wrongs , —have left us no hope to relieve ourselves from abject slavery but to declare our independence of such a nefarious , self-aggrandizing , and corrupt

      set . Whatever may be thc rcsuit ( not that wc fear their suspensions , as the day ofthe bugbear has gone by , like chaff before tho wind , and justice—even-handed justice—has withdrawn the veil from our eyes ) , thoy , thc Executive , arc responsible . They have declared a wav of extermination against the order for maintaining their rights , - and , not satisfied with thc aid of their satellites and minions of power , they have started , aud keep in then- pay , a coiTiiptjonrnal , which endeavours ( but in vain " ) to stop the great cause of freedom .

      With justice and truth iu our cause , we bid defiance to their oppression , — our wrongs loudly call for the support of every honest member . They commenced the war when we had no power to copo with them . Now we have , and arc daily gaining voluntary accessions to our numbers ; and ere long wilt make their despotic throne shako to its foundation—obliterate their names from our statute book for ever , — or if auy particle be left in it , _itjshall be for the sole purpose of warning others against any attempt to tyrannise over tlieir fellow men . But in waging war , we do not mean it to be against our bvcthven who were true io the principles ofour noble Institution , and stood fearlessly for the laws of or-v ¦ " . er in their purity . No , far from it . We wo . ud rather solicit their aid , so that wc may the sooner crush the poor

      man ' s enemy . Wo would urge upon the agricultural districts not to be too sanguine as tothe sincerity of the Board a 3 regards their scale of payments . Their tyrannical acts against us should be sufficient warning to them , that go soon as it suits their own purpose , they will treat them with similar conduct _. We are determined to keep inviolate those laws of the Order necessary to carry out the principles of Odd Fellowship;—wc shall retain that portion which is good , discarding thc bad . Manchester , Salford , Huddersfield , and many other districts have expressed a wish to co-operate with us , and soon __ wo shall have an Order of Odd Fellows existing in principle , —not as ithas been of late , a fraternity bearing its name , governed by a Star Chamber Inquisition . We arc determined , so fur as

      moral force will go , to crush their power , and the cause of _wrr grievances sliall be heard wherever an Odd Fellow is to be found . By order ofthe Provisional Committee , P . G . Stanley , Prov . 0 . S . pro tern . Notice . —You are requested to appoint a deputy to attend a- Committee of the district , to bo held in the Philanthropic Lodge House , Host Mavsdcn ' s , Sir Thomas ' s Buildings , on Wednesday , September 3 rd , at eight o ' clock in the evening , for the purpose of electing officers forthe district . You are requested to bring a return book , with the name of every member who wishes to join tho National Independent Order of Odd Fellows . Thc D . C . S . pro . ten . of tlio above Order will be in attendance at the abovc house every evening , from seven till ten o ' clock , where every information will be given .

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      Spain. Terrorism Asd Ixsimr.Ectio** *,Vr...

      SPAIN . Terrorism asd Ixsimr . ECTio ** * , vRT Disturbaxces ix _NAimiD . —Accounts from Madrid of the 19 th inst . state that the attempt to enforce M . Moss' new tribute scheme had caused great fermentation in the capital . The following account we take from the Times _.- — Madrid , August 10 . Blood has been already shed in the streets of this city . As I anticipated in my letter of yesterday , thc whole ofthe shops , with the exception of those where provisions arc sold , remained shut up this morning ; and from some movements amongst the crowds in the low quarters of the town it was feared that an insurrection would be attempted , and an attack made

      on the troops . Groups armed with bludgeons , and many with knives , were seen from an early hour [ lasstltg through the streets . The armed force had been already placed in position at tho Pnerta del Sol , the Plaza Mayor , Dalle , Can-etas , and other commanding points . Three pieces of mountain artillery were stationed in thc Calle de Corrcos , between the Post-office and the houses lately built by Cordon ? , the Maragato . About ten o'clock General Cordova , accompanied by an escort of cuirassiers , made a circuit round the town , and as he was passing tlirough the Puerta del Sol , somecvics were heard of" Muera Cordova , " " Muera el Gobierno . " Cordova , forgettinghis dignity so far as Governor of Madrid _. drew his sword and charged himself at the head of his escort amongst tho crowd , cutting away to thc right

      andleft . A company of infantry advanced , and Blip ported the charge . Thc crowd retired a little way up the Calle Mentera , when three or four soldiers , who were separated from the rest , and who were particularly violent , were struck with sticks by some young men near them . Four dragoons turned back again , and re-commenced the charge ; and they were met with a shower of tiles and stones flung from thc top of a house which is building in ihe samestreet . Some of the soldiers thereupon presented their muskets , and fired at tbe balconies abovc tliem . Ifc is said that several persons were wounded , and one kilicd . A young lady standirg at a balcony in the same street was severely wounded in the eye from the splinter of a shutter which had been struck by the bullets .

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      At twelve o ' clock , six orseven shots were fired , and _theuS charged from the _W * _Ug _* . _^ Calle Aleak . One mams said to fJ _^ _Tp _^ or live wounded in the Calle _Cartetaa . In the 1 JJ » _\ San Miguel , between the Ita Mayor andUhe _» tonal house a shower of tiles , bricks , and _stor _* _s _^ flung on the _so'dicrs as they passed . Scvei J o » J « J have been wounded with knives ; mo ™ _WMJ ncarh * cut off . Ceuriers have been sent oft to tne Basque Provinces to inform Narvaez oi the state m which Madrid is at this moment . It certainly presents rather a melancholy appearance , —all the shops and houses shut , few persons abroad * , and the troops , civic guard , and city police , with loaded muskets and sabres drawn , line the streets in every direction ,

      ready to act at a moment ' s notice . .. Four of tho ringleaders were arrested in ihe Callo Mentera during the ehavgc made by the troops ; they are prisoners in the Post-office , arid itis said , will be tried by couit-maitial . Sevex 0 'Ci . ock . r . v . —A bon ' o was published at tliree o ' clock by the U _. fc Politico . Thc first article orders , under pain of being considered as _aeeom-iitccs in thc rebellion , tradesmen to open their shops within four hours after the notice . ' J . Tho police agents are ordered to go about and take lists ot those that are shut . 3 . The police agents arc ordered togivc formal notice to the owners to open tlieir shops ; tliose where provisions arc sold to be opened inimr diatcly . i . Not more than four persons are allowed to be together in the streets ; those who violate the order to be arrested ; ami those who resist , to bo . judged according to thc law of the 17 th of April , 1 S 21 .

      Thirty-seven prisoners wove made to-day ; three , it is said , will bo shot to-morrow * . Three officers havo been severely wounded with knives ; one , it is said , mortally . More than four thousand shops and establishments are closed . Nike O'Clock r . ji . —Thc evening passed off tranquilly , and itis hoped that nothing will occur during ; tic night . One man was killed to-day in the Calle Toledo . Thc shop doors wove forced open with _bitrskcts and axes m tke Caf . o Toledo . It is rumoured that Burgos , Snragossa , Toledo , -mil Seville have also resisted in the same manner as Madrid . Madrid , Aucust 21 . —The shops in the same state _-J-i

      as _yestciilay ; thc doors only halt open . It is rumoured that various towns in the neighbourhood have followed the example of Madrid ; and the conductors ofthe _Andalusinu diligences mention that it is almost impossible to get any thing to buy along thc road . A young man named Manuel Gil , only twenty-four years of age , n jom-tieyninn tailor , was shot this morning at halt-past eleven o ' clock , outside thc Toledogate : he has left a young widow , lie went to tho ground with firmness , and died in the same manner . lie was accused of ha ving stabbed an olh ' ceriii the disturbances of the dav before vosterdav .

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      Chartist Co-Operative Land Society. Meet...

      CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND _SOCIETY . Meetings for thc purpose of enrolling members and transacting other business connected therewith aro held every week on the following days and places : —

      _SUNDAY UVI'XIXG . South London Chartist Hull , 115 , Blackfriars-rbad , at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turiiagain-lanc , at six o ' clock . _—iVmmbim' : at the Partlicnium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , at halfpast seven . —Somers Town : at AJr . Duddrcgc ' s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridgc-strect , New-road , at eight —Tower Hamlets : at the . _Vvhittington and Cat , _Cliiu'ch-i'ow , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , _Bissoiitrove . , nt eight o ' clock precisely . If _^ O . i _' . i _'' " . _' ¦ .. VIN'i . '• _-.. . ' . ¦ - m .- _'V : m _;•!<; Vi » _utpfUvrTiiyer . _i . ' k ' _. _' _.-i : < _-lh . ;; ,. _£ !¦* :: <¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ . _,--, ¦¦ . , y . _< J \;; _hv ! a _(^ i < . f ; -: vr . _jiH _y » . ' -miih _. _^ _l-ju : ' :.: i 7 . 1 * . ' , C . uirch i ' l / . v , _LVUiV ! _- . _-, ) j - ; . en , at eight o ' clock . — _Gree-mri ? h : ni x ' m > Vi :. . 7 _' ain ' t Dragon , _Blackheathlull , at eight o ' clo _.- ] _- . * > j _.: l > XKSl * _hT 7 . VKX 1 . NO .

      . _Mi-ii'ff-oiii : _ : _atUicvsuniers' Arms , _Circtis-strcefc , at eh _\ , i precisely . Citv y _.-iuirhia l . iii . i ., 1 , Tvr . SAGMX-uxE . ~ -M :. _Ccsop-j-t- ' _.-. . foui-ih _-cijuu-i- will take place on Sunday evening next ( to-morrow ) , in the above-named hall ; to commence at a quarter past seven . Subject : the Middle or Bark Agis ; establishment of Christianity by Constantino ; _Ai-ian , and other sects , and the fierce and murderous persecution .- in the church ; rise of Papal power ; superstitious talcs of tlio saints , _* sects of monks and friars ; the subtleties of the

      schoolmen ; the l _' aulieians , Aibigenscs , Ac . ; rise of Mahomet , and _coiuyac-its , science , iuuI _Utcvatvwo \> i the Arabs ; tho Crusades , and their influence in European civilisation . —The public discussion will be resumed at half-past ten precisely , or . Sunday morning next , August the 81 st . —hi tho afternoon , at three , the Metropolitan District Council will meet for the dispatch of business . _CiUifti-RU'm ami Walworth . —A meeting will bo held at the _Moiitpclior Tavern , _Walworth , on _iionday evening next , September 1 st , at eight o ' _clcclr precisel y - .

      _b-Iarylkbose . — the members ot the above locality respectfully acquaint their likmh ihat they _hilciid to wind up their water-trips for the _season with a grand excursion , on Monday , September the Sth , and solicit tlieir company on tho occasion . 'Jley have made arrangements with the landlord of ( ho Plough , at Northall _, to provide them with all needfuls for recreation ; , i good dinner will also be provided , at a moderate charge . Tho boats wiii stare from the Wcigh-bridge , Paddington , at half-past eight for nine o ' clock . Fare , there and back , uino pence . Tickets may be had of Vincent Pakcs , subsecretary , Painters' Arms , Circus-street , New-road .

      Cork-cutieiis' 'Iheatkical Bicxki-it . — A benefit in aid of tiie sick , superanuated , ami burial fund of the abovc trade , will he held at the Royal Victoria Theatre , on Tuesday evening , September Die _Jjtli , An excellent bill of fare is provided fin- tlic occasion , supported by those popular actors , jfr . Osbakliston and Miss Vincent , with the powerful company of that establishment , aided by several able auxiliaries . _Uuuu-nsMiT )' . —A meeting will bo held at the Dun Cow , _Brook-green-lane , on Tuesday evening next , September the 2 nd , at eight o ' clock precisely , CiLiKnsr _Co-oraiATivj- La . njj Soci' . ty . —A public meeting of aU thc shareholders in the London district will be held on Sunday evening , _August 31 st , iu the South London _llall , Webber-street , BiacJ . lWars-road , to revise thc present rules , and to hear a report from the secretary of thc present state of the Society . The chair will be taken at seven o ' clock precisely .

      Iiik Natioxal VicriM CosnurTSE will meet at five o ' clock , on Sunday afternoon , at the Hall , Turnagain-lane , to hear a _wpirb from the deputation appointed to advertise certain , resolutions , and to transact other business . Lambeth . —The Lambeth _Chartisfs are renuested to meet in the South London Chartist Hall , at halfpast ten o ' clock in tho morning [ no day stated ] , to nominate members of thc _Ucvrer . n Council . ? _3 _" Thc meeting of British and Foreign Democrats , announced io be holden in ihe Chartist Hall , Webber-street , _TDtichfriars-road , on Monday , September 1 st , is postponed in consequence of thc unavoidable absence from London of several of the Foreign Democrats , who were expected to take part in the meeting .

      _Veterax Patriots 1 uxn . —A public meeting will beheld in the City Chartist Hull , I , Turiiagainlanc , on Monday evening , September 15 th , to conskier thc propriety of establishing a fund for the relict " of suffering advocates of democratic principles , —tho recipients of aid from the proposed fund to be not under sixty years of age . Chair to be taken at eight _, o ' clock precisely . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., is invited to preside , and _Messr _** . Thomas Cooper , Julian Ilavncy , W . Biikr , II . Bom , R . ltidl . r , T . M . Wheeler , Skelton , Shaw , Dron , and Bolwell wi" . address the meeting .

      _Gni-EXincit . —A meeting is held every S-i ucsday evening at the George and Dragon , Blacklic ti :-liill _, at eight o ' clock precisely , for the purpose of supplying the members with poi traits of nmarkablc patriots , and the works of eminent public men . _GiiEi-xwicu AXi ) _Deptfomd . —Tbe members ofthe Co-operative Land Society residing in this locality held their irstraJ weekly _meeting on _Tiesday , when it was proposed by Mr . Morgan and _a-cumled by Mr . Floyd , that the secretary give notice to the members to attend a general meeting on Tuesday , September 2 nd , at eight o'clock in the evening . Tower II . vjh . ets . —The members of the Land Society aye informed that the meetings will be held on Sunday evenings , at six o clock . A general meeting ofthe members of thc central locality will be held at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnalgreen , on Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock precisely .

      _1-nATiSBSAii Raxquet . —liio City Uliai'Usfc weakly having determined upon getting up a fraternal democratic banquet to celebrate the anniveisavy oftlie formation of tlie French Republic , the committee will meet on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at five o ' clock , when all persons favourable to the project are requested to attend . Maxchester . —Mr . Thomas Clark will lecture in Carpenters' llall , Garrett-road , at six o ' clock on Sunday evening next . Subject : "Thc objections urged against the Land plan , by Mr . J . B . O'Brien and his partizans , " Chartist Co-operative Land Society . —A public meeting of all the shareholders in the Manchester district will be held on Sunday evening , in thc Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , to revise the present rules , and to hear a report of thc present state of the Society .

      Leeds . —Mr . P , M'Grath will lecture here nt halfpast six o ' clock on Sunday evening next . Rochdale . —Mr . C . Boyle will lecture here on Sunday evening next . Messrs . P . M'Grath , T . Clark , mid C . Doyle will address the people of Burnley on Monday , September 1 st ; Blackburn Tuesday 2 nd ; Preston , Wednesday , 3 rd ; Bolton , Thursday 4 th ; _Ashton-under - Lyne Sunday , 7 th ; Mottram , Mondav , Sth ; _StalevBridce Tuesday , 9 th ; Macclesfield , Wednesday , 10 th : Stock ' l B ort _, _rtawtofcUfo ; Manchester , Suaday / uth .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 30, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_30081845/page/1/