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      ( r 30 M OUK OWX Li 33 COiGaSSIOXER . ) ; LETTiiK IL TO THE WORKING CLASSES OF GREAT BRITAIN AM > IRELAND . Mr Djeab Fkiexds , — -Li my last letter you found me at Brussels , the capital of Belgmm , a very splendid town , surrounded witlvbeauUfvilTlya&s called Boulevards , planted with , trees at either side , and trilh stats placed at Intervals for those who wish to sit down . At the end of this walk ia a long avenue , more than a mile long , running a ' ongside of the canal , with a row of very closely planted tree 3 on either side of It . It would 1 ) B impossible to describe the beauty of this avenue and the beauty of the park to you : and as I live in the confident anticipation of

      laving an excursion trip" of some thousand or two thousand from London-bridge to Antwerp next year , I shall leave many of the gorgeous sights liere ^ ndescriucd , and allow you to judge for yourselves vrlieu you see them . Some of the buildings here are truly splendid . The Town Ilall is very much longer and Eiueh more beautiful than Westminster Abbey ; and the hotels , wliieli are numerous / are like palaces aud all from the land . On . Tuesday morning I went to the plaia of Waterloo , twelve miles from Brussels : and all tlie way the country was a perfect garden . The main roads are all paved , and for the most part planted on cither side . As I did not come to

      discourse of battles , I shall not trouble you with much upon that subject . Suffice it to say that the country all around is very baaatifuL and highly cultivated . Tliey have erected a Tsry lar-je mound to commemorate the battle , where the Prinee of Orange was wounded . To effect tills , they dug the land in the neighbourhood to the depth of about nine feet , and made a mound 200 feetlugli , and 16 S 0 feet in circumference at the base . On the top , is the lion of Belgium , just like all other lions . It cost about i £ 10 , 0 Q 0 English money . There are two hundred very rude steps to mount to the top ; and from it the view is superb . I had for my guide the person who gave

      Captain Siborne ( who constructed the celebrated model of the battle ) much information . . He was ivithhimfor five months ; and is a most intelligent man . lie saw all the battle , _ as far as the smoke would allow him , from , an adjoining hill . I-asked Km , and many others , which the people \ rished to win the battle , Napoleon or Wellington ? and the answer of one and all was , " 0 , Wellington , Wellington ; for Xapoleon would make us all pay de tribute . " The Belgians , like other people , have a great hatred of " tribute . " It would appear from the information of all the guides , that the last day ' s fight was for the possession of the eelebz-ated farm-house

      LA IIAYE SAIJJTE , 33 all tlie rails , and roofs , and doors arc perfectl riddled with balls . Jly guide was son of the woiaai S ? > io now occupies this celebrated farm-house ; so went over every bit of it ; and every inch , from th < weU where the French soldier was found drowned , b tue ^ neanest corner , has its own history . Theyar < andjarden around was strewn thick with dead men Tlie teat of the battle was there . The only monu menfc greeted to anything English , is one in i garden , . at the Brussels side of Waterloo , to thetfe ceased kg of the Marquis of Anglesey . In the cot iagc they show yoa lus boot that the ball weni

      through , snd tlie table on whieb . the leg was cut oS That is all . that I mean to tell you now about the battle . I asked jny guide what wages men could « ara at agricultural work in that neighbourhood He -told me " , & franc a < lay and iheir diet , by the jcar , for good men" : ~—a irane is 10 J . Bullish : —iwo and a half francs ' : —that is , 2 s . Id . — " in busy times , without diet ; and at piece or job-work as much as ah , seven , and even « ighfc francs "—that is Gs . Sd . a day . He * aid , "When working job or piece-work they were np at daybreak and worked till dark . " I then questioned him upca the subject of Poor Laws . , and I give yoa the moue of proTiding for the poor cf

      Belginm . " The peasants , " stdd he , " elect the mayor : " the mayor then nominaies two , who are called second mea ; and aba five other persons . Those five , with the priest , take charge of the poor . The poor lave Icauh ttJdcii hehngio themselves ; and the mayor and the second men receive tenders from perauis who wish to become tenasts to the poor ' s land . la uintcr tlie print and jive peasnnts are obliged to vUil Vie tick , axb to provide thej £ with ml raises xecessamt , if sick at hozne . They must give ah * that the doctor orders , and blaukets to those who require tiic-ni . I will nosv detail for yoa a con veisation that passed between us on the subject of Poor Laws : — I

      O'Connor : Xbw , are the poor , when old , or obi of ¦ work , or sick , well tared for ? Guide : 0 yes ; very well . O'Connor : As well as if they could work ? Guide : Yes , yes ; and much better . 0 yes , better . O'Connor : llow is that ? Guide : llow is that ? why , the people see to it . O'Connor : Well , suppose the priest and the peasants don't do their duty ? Guide : 0 , but they must .

      O'Connor : Well , bat suppose a niau is negleeted ? Guide : Well then he or ills friends get a second loan , and the second man will go and see the doctor , to iuwire if he is sick ; or go and visit the house if lie is old or has no wcrk ; and if he is neglected , they will tell the mayor ; aa < l then tlie mayo * will send for the priest and say to him , . " Come aovr , Mr . Priest , you have not done your duty to this man ;" and tUcn if it is dona again , they wiil be all sent about their business , and the mayor will elect more

      in their place . O'Connor ^ Well , suppose anything remains over , after supporting the poor , whatis ^ done with it ? Guide : It goes on always to make more for tlie poor . O'Connor : Boss a man eversiarva here with you ? T . Guide ; Starvefvrantfood ? 0 no , no-nojnevei ' j that could not be . O'Connor : Has there ever been anything wrong about the funds ? Guide : Xo ; not in my village : but over there , in that Tillage , the priest neglected the poor , and kept all the mocey ; and the mayor and the peasants gent him off . O'Connor : How do the labourers live here ?

      Guide : Well , they all have a pig , and they make that do for week days ; and then on Sunday they will buy two pounds of b ? ef , and make soup with peas and beans , and vegetable ; , aud potatoes ; and ihey live very well 111 assure you . O'Connor : Howara they clothed ? Guide : Weil , as you see ; well and warm . The shopkeepers buy the wcol from the farmers , and make doth of it ; and the labourers buy it from the shopkeepers . O'Connor : Well , and when the people arcsidi ? Guide : 0 you saw one great hospital at one side , as you came into tue Tillage , for that side of the Sountry ; and another on ours there , for this side of iiiic coaniw .

      O'Connor : Suppose they wore to take the lands loin t ! se poor ? Guide : 0 that is nonsense : how could they take " uic land when I tell you it is the poor's own ? Xo-JoJy could take it . Ko , no ; tlie mayor would not let tern . ; : Now , what think you of that , my friends , who are subjected to the termer mercies of a Poor Law linstile ?—you whose lands have been all stolen . Aye , jut you had no mayor , elected hi yourselves !

      On Tuesday I went to the country within about ten iniies of Brussels , to see the small farms . Hal is the nearest town to the farms I saw , and Lambegis the nearest village . In Lanibeg there is a largo gin distillery and a large sugar manufactory . The walk ffis splendid , aloagiae banks of a canal , with double § s ? s of irccs oa c-aeh side . Here the peasants all 3 $ ak Flemish ; and my guide was an egregious ass . He could speak nothirg . The first small farm that I'ifeitcd was held by a young man . It consisted of vrhit tier term " a bundle of land . " I measured it .

      a » c it is about 200 perches . In an English acre tiure arc ICO perches . For this he paid 120 francs , at-si Ms . Si . a year , without the house . The house TO ? his own . He built , or bought it—a practice Vrhrii I ihidverv general iu the country districts . Tlilja-dd hsestcenacd very good : itwassome distance fen his house . He had two good cows ; and worlced hiself at t ' jesagar manufactory all tlietimehehad to spsi ; in irinier . He j : oi one fntr . c a day . JJis potato ^ sal all in tkit T ^ lo ^ -coa , " liaa utterly fsSjl . XL : iicst jDi-sca I viitcd was a woman , v / ho

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      managed au estaminet { public-house ) . She was very intelligent . She lived more by the sale of beer than by the land . She showed me a basket of potatoes , the best she tad , a \» ut the she of very large marbles , and all totally gone . All in the neighbourhood were alike . The land , she said , wa what all-around looked to and . depended on . 1 nest visited a cottage where two sisters had a bundle and a half of land between them . The man of the house had been siek for seven months . They paid 120 francs for their land , or £ 116 s . 8 d . a bundle . 1 next visited the house of a most intelligent woman . She held li bandies—not quite two acres , It

      wants twenty perches of being two acres . She bad three cows and two pigs ,, and was making cheese . All was beautifully clean and neat . She slso paid about ££ 16 s . 8 d . an acre . Her husband had built the house . Her potatoes also were all gone . I next went to afield , where a man and his son and two daughters were preparing the ground for wheat . He had If bundles . For 1 bundle of good he paid 160 francs , or £ 6 Gs . Sd . a bundle ; and for tin * $ of bad land , 28 francs a bundle . Always bear in mind that a bundle is an English acre and a quarter . This was a fine fellow . Be had eight children . The wife was at home ; and four children , two sons and two daughters , always worked in tlie field ; and the youngsters were all playing about them . In winter

      he dresses flax and threshes hie corn . The : young onesgato school from eight tijU ^ iflur . o'clocfcTatid the eldest son works in the sugar manufactory '; but lie had fusxty . o ? work pou the weolb sive o > THE TWO ACHES D 5 JKIX 5 SUMMER . TllC WOttleil WOl'lt in tie fields in summer without shoes or stockings ; but , going to market , they ave remarkably neat about the feet ; and at all times keep their hair as nsai as possible . I asked this man " if many of the peasants purchased their holdings ? " and he told me they did , many of them : and that it sold as high as 5090 , G 00 O , and 7090 francs a bundle ; that is , £ 200 , £ 240 , and £ 230 a bundle ; or , from £ lfl 0 an acra up to £ 2 H an acre . And mark ; this is bad land , wretched land , compared with what I purpose purchasing for £ 18 los . an acre in England .

      I mU 3 t now say a word or two about the manage ment and appearance of those farms . The Belgians never loss a morsel of anything tfwtt can ty possibility le converted into manure . Each has got his liquid manure tank .: some covered ; some not . They esteem the urine of the cows as best for forcing one crop ; but the solid manure for remaining longer in the ground . This is in a great measure owing to the fact of their ground being very light aad porous : tlie liquid running quickly through , while the heavier substance remains nearer the surfac ; . The appearance of every one of the cottages that I saw was picturesque and beautiful : each surrounded bv

      trees , and a rivulet generally runs hard by . All tue domestic animals are ag tamo and friendly as . they are in Ireland . The young children in the neighbourhood are to be seen lying in groups under the trees for shelter , or playing in the field : and I have seen many , not more than seven yeavs of ago , leading cows with haltera on their heads to pick up grass where the / could not be safely trusted if loose-One circumstance which makes the peasantry anxious to purchase their plot of ground at a high ¦ price iu this country is , that tlie " tesure" is lad , and uncertain . A nine years' lease is the usual ' tenure ; and the landlord at the end of that time has

      the benefifc of all the labour that has been expended . ; This 13 also a reason for the great anxiety of the ¦ peaple to possess a house of their own , from wltich they cannot le removed . Besides the ' great number of small farms in Belgium , there ave also many large ones , as the population is not sufficiently large to occupy the whole country in small farm's . Hera also the allotment system is earned out properly . Those who work at other trades than that of ciiitivating the ground have all small gardens to grow foot ? of different hinds ; but ia all cases care of the manure , and constant working of the ground , are the two gr . " ^ ob jects .

      In my next letter I shall give you' an account of an immense colliery district , stretching from Mons to Genappe , and from thenee to the JVontu ^ of France , a distance of move than thirteen mik * . wh . sre nothing but collieries meet the eye ; but such a thing <* s &n ex - 2 > hsion is never heard of . A colliery inspecte d 11 V € S here and there , amid the huge piies of long clumi /' -eJ ; and in many instances the mines are a mile anu * a qnnrter deep ; some coal and some iron . The house ^ of the peasants are very different from those of tlie coliiere of Northumberland and Durham . In most

      districts the small farmers work their cows for about fourkoure a-day . They arc harnessed precisely like horee 3 , with bits in their mouths . They plough , harrow , and draw wa f gong ; and they say that those at work give more milk than those rot worked ; but this is easily accounted for , from the fact of their bein , better fed . They are kinder at work than horses , and are as gentle as lambs : the object of the fanner beiiis to teach them gentleness from the first . The ploughs and harrows , and especially the carts and waggons , as well as all agricultural implements , arc of the rudest kind , but managed with great skill and dexterity . The wheat throughout Belgium has received a partial blight , and is by no means an average

      crop : so that upon the whole the people ave in very great tribulation . One thing that must strike a stranger coming to this country very forcibly is , the perfect union of all classes ; that is , in the country districts . Every one appears to be interested in every other person ' s affairs ; and indeed the motto upon their coin is " uxion is sinExGin , " In Ghent , a very large town between Osteud and Brussels , the ucvAl-cbimneys are beginning to spread enormously : and I aa told that several capitalists are now to be found in that town worth from a million to two millions of money . Jly hope is , that they never will be able to entice the virtuous peasantry from their peaceful homes . The people appear to love the country and agricultural pursuits .

      On my return from Hal , I went to Antwerp that night , a distance of 29 miles . All along the iinc the country presented the same enchanting appearance of men and women working , children playing , crops growing , aud all appearing thriving and happy and gay . Every one grows as much tobacco as he thinks he will require for the winter ' s smoking ; and the people are very generous wilh " tlie weed . " To-day the peasants are all ia their holiday clothes , aad look remarkably well . Such a thing as sickness in the country districts is rarely heard of ; the children arc so much in the open air . I am going to Liege to-morrow , which is a kind of highland district ; and in my next I shall tell you more of the small farms , of the manner in which the coliiere are treated .

      and what they can earn ; and about the quarry men , of which there are large numbers in this country ; and of the hospitals and institutions for the destitute . I went over a very extensive quarry yesterday , where 050 men are constantly engaged : and I was also over the farm of the overseer . One remarkable circumstance which struck roe "very forcibly , was the difference between . in Irish and a Bekrian farmer . If you question an Irishman closely , Ue supposes , and naturally , that you want to take advantage of him ; and he looks upon you as an enemy , while the unsuspicious Belgian puts it down to interest in lite concerns , and becomes communicative . This proceeds from the fact of the Irish being brought up under oppression , and the Belgian under kindness .

      On the whole , the more I see of this country the more I am in love with it , and the more anxious 1 become to sec tlie foundation-stone of like happiness laid in oM England aud ould Ireland . I would imp ' ore yon , then , to go on putting your farthings together for the purchase of land , that you and your children may be happy . I remain , your faithful friend and servant , F £ AEGUS O'COSXOR .

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      SPAIN . Barcelona , Seit . 13 . —The city continues tranquil , but stiLa deep excitement pervades tlie public mind , and everybody asks how long is this violent btate of thii ^ sno last ? Tlie Captain-General , in tls <; general oiuicr of io-day , again reminds the army of its duty to their sovereign , and fci'bulsofficcrsjo ' min ; : any " . casinos , ^ - convivial clubs formed for tlie soli : object of aiimscment . It -would appear his Exceilency entertains s 6 ' me apprehensions from the contact of the ofiieei's /' with civilians , even in a social way . Such repeated- ' exhortations to the Army induce many people to think that the Captain-General doubts their fidelity . The city continues , as I mentioned in a former letter , occupied in a military way , every

      post having by them eight days' rations , and ' 200 round reserve ammunition per man . At the moment , of post Jioui , a bamlo-ofthe Captain-General has been posted in ail puWic places , directing that everybody shall immcdiatelytctire to their houses on the slightest symptoms of alarm , ' or if found in the streets shall be treated as if implicated in disturbances . Thiis a renewal of tliejiando of the Baron de Mcer las ! winter , which divected tliat all 'lookers-on in any outbreak should befired on as well as the actual rioters , as their pi-usence ' Jn ^ ihe street should be considered as a connivnueeixt ; least to the breach of the peace taking place , ¦ '• ' " ¦ ' - Madrid , Sept" 15 . —The Moderado papers talk of a . conspiracy having been discovered at Alicant on the 10 th , and say that several arrests ' had taken place , and that , a Colonel Ripoll , a relative of Zurbano ! s , was toI'ii ^ rc put himself at the head of the movement . The troops were all underarms at Saragossaon the 7 th and subsequent xlays , and large detachments wero

      stationed in tlie principal streets , and three pieces of artillery , with two companies of infantry and some cavalry , occupied Tnrrero on the 9 th . Some disturbance took place on the night of the 7 tli . and stones were thrown , at the troops , but it docs not appear that 'aPJ'tlliiig more serious lias . ooeuiTed . The CasteUano publishes au extract from a Lisbon paper , which states that the Spanish Gen . Iriarte had landed at a small place in the neighbourhood of Oporto on tlie 1 st of August , where he put himself in communication with the Spanish emigrants in the quarter , among whom ho distributed money and arms . lie endeavoured to procure a passport for the Spanish frontiers , but failed . His ayrival having cosne to the knowledge of the authorities , steps wpiv taken to arrest him , but ho succeeded in guttinjr away , and is supposed to have embarked on board a uaekct bound for England . Some people supposed , however , that he was still concealed iu the neighbourhood of Oporto .

      GERMANY . Tlie religious excitement in Germany continues at its heigkt . The progress of M . Ronge , ' notwithstanding tlie attempts of the Government to put down ali demonstrations of enthusiasm , is a species of triumph . Ou the lpthhe left Stutgard for ' UJm , and he was accompanied out of the city by a vast crowd of inhabitants . Soiuu of the most enthusiastic of iiis admirers accompanied him all the way to Ulm . Letters from Vienna , state that the religious excitement has extended to that capital . A German Catholic congregation h : is been formed , and at its first meeting upwards of 3 , 000 persons attended . The meeting having been called without the leave of the authorities , it was dispersed by a battalion of infantry .

      YOUNG GERMANY IN SWITZERLAND . CONSPIBACr AGAINST CJIUJJCJI AH ) STATE I ( From onr German Correspondent . ) The ConstitutionnelNcufcliatdois gives a long , apparently official , report on a " vast conspiracy of atheists spread all over Switzerland . " We take from it the foilovmig extracts : — "After the discovery made some time ago of tlie Cjinmunistscf ret society , in the canton of'Neuf ' chatcl , another far more dangerous association has been discovered—an asosiafcion extending its nets all over the Swiss confederacy , and purposing to overthrow , by nuans of AtMsm , the fundamental priuoiples of morality , and to revolutionize Germany by any means , Regicide not execpted . The members of this

      Association , which is known by the name of Young Germany , or tha Leman Confederacy , ave almost without exception German working men , with some of the old political refugees . In consequence of some information at the head-quarters of the conspiracy , Lausanne , the chiefs of tliu groat cIu ! d of La Chaux de Fonds were apprehended , and a commission of inquiry appointed , the resnlts of which are the following disclosures ; This secret society exists since 1839 , aud has at its head Messis . StajUiau aild DoclecJce , professors oi' the . German language , Win . Man , editor of their paper ; and IlolFman , druggist . Dr . Fein and Dr . Rauschenplatt , Geiman refugees ; the first -. imprisoned at Lucerne ou accour . t of his having taken part in the late civil war—the second at Strasburg ,

      appear aiso to be connected with this society . TJlti rules of the nssosiiition cent-am the following articles : —The society is essentially and necessarily a secret owe , its enu being political propaganda .- Every member obliges himself to remain witliiu the association until forty yews of age , to devote all bis powers to the attainment of its aims , and not to stand in iear of any sacrifice . Every member engages iiirasolf to destroy all written documents , by which the assoeia-, 10 a or its members might be traced . In Switzerland a central office is formed , corresponding with all tlioso me I 3 bera that are returned to Germany , and leading the \ " * iiole of the operations . None to be admitted as menil / . <«' who do not profess themselves atheists and Pcvolutiinvils . By the incredible activity of its

      members ' &- ' co " o the German working men—of whom there is a iioating population of about 25 , 000 in Swltz-Tlancr—tkis society has succeeded in establishin ? its " branch -clabs in 26 ' towns in Switzerland , viz . . ^ J aroufe Nyi'u , Halle , Aubotme , Morges , Lausanne , AMo Vevav ' iva"doii » Mondon . Payoi'no , Chaux dc Fouds , Flciirwr , L *™ Q > £ * k U " » Forcntauy , Bunjdwrf . Chw , Z ' «• £ *™ > Wmterthur , Basel , Lucerne , ' Friburg , ai . Geneva , besides two clubs in France , iu Strasburg » nd Marseilles . Every sin months the deputies of t ^ , se clnb 9 assemble in oi : e oJ ihe localities , \ vhich for t > ™«* R 1 X ia ° n * s » the » charged with themanageme ntol the gen * il business . The incredible activity , and >* really diabolic means atuact

      brought into bearing by these pu W" |« J « tafor --ingtheGerra . uis , are frightful hi ¦**?• piieoituem , writing from Zurich to the ccni . *? 1 cfllCe ' - \ :-" We are oWigcd to use grnit cautk ^ ? . . ccoun 1 !; , of most of the ncn-iy arriving men boin ^ . " j B « ie , 7 the ordinance : and intimidations oi m 9 J ' ' governments . They will never enter a cuo unless they are t-Jd tbat- it is not a political oi-e . ^' , . are obliged to treat tUoiu vevv cautiously , l

      of that town , none of wh ^ m was a member , they instantly wrote to the central oiiiee , to send them it whitesmith -who might be clever enough to bring tho 3 e workmen into the society . The clubs were » n in correspondence with each other , as well as with the central office . This correspondence Las bien partly seized , and shows by its contents how much the who ' e conspiracy was pervaded by a revolutionary spirit . Every club" haci a committee for prepaiMUi the subjects o ! ' discussion . The debates extended over ali political , social , and religious questions . Some clubs were compf-ritively rich , and possessed libraries , newsrooms , plains , &a . ; they were iuilished with everything which imgkt attract tne workmen . The most powerful dura were those of Geneva , 13 me , Zurich , Lausanne , and La Ghauxdo Fonds ; the hizb named club numbered ( in a very sm -11 town ) 200 members ; and if weconsklorthat in this there isted

      same town , bssirii s Young . Germany , ex a very numerous Communist club , we may think ourselves entitled to say , that Atheists and Comrouni-is in Switzerland are to be numbered by thousands . Tlie association had a , secret agitation committee , which was general !;; not known to tlie members at largo ; but every eliib contained one or two of those " Propagandists ' , " " whr . se business it was to keep up the steam , to direct the proceedings , and to dcvelope the spirit of Atheism and revolutionism . Unfortunatvly , chev succeeded but too well in this , as is proved by jhe ' fact , tbat . the "infernal" periodical of ^ ou !]! : Germany , published by Alair , numbered above 500 subscribers smeng the working people only , lui * paper openly proclaims Atheism as its principle . — " Germany , " rays this paper , " wants a political , religious , and social revolution ; and it" religion am ; politics should , during the course of tliisreyoiutiOi ) . end in snioko . so much the bcttev : socialised num

      will come forth purer and better from this purgatory . " Thus 5 ay the report , which is altogether written in an infamevs and calumniatory style , Young Germany er . ists in Switzerland si ' . iCB 18 l > l , when , in consoquenco of the many insurrections in Germany , groat numbers of young iuen _ , stude : it . , workmen , ( Sx-,, were oUiged to leave their country . After a period of considerable activity this association collapsed towards li 37 : when the genera ! Bourgeoisie Govern nier . tthroujjh ' out Europe succeeded in suppresfeing tho spirit of political agitation . Soon afterwards , however , the CommuuFst clubs commenced to form themselves iu the old home oi

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      lonng Germany , on the shores of the Leman Lake , auu . to commence ' ' animated debate with that merelv political association . This debate ended in a settled quarrel , and decided enmity of the two psii'tioss theinainresult , however , was , that Young Gmtiawy wjis ^ buliged .. ' . to' stand its field of action , iind / nb ' t only to better define their political principles ; as ¦ these- of Radical , Republic , and Democratic , but also to take up social questions . 'While the nmwl ! e . dosses of Germany kill thciv time : with "German -Catholicity" ' and "Protestant Reform " while they run alter Ronge , and play the " Friends ot Light ; " tl « is making it their chief business to

      effect some very little , sJniost invisible , good-fornothing ( out a Bourgeois ) reform in religious matters , the working people of onr country read and digest the v . 'ritiuKs of the greatest German philosophers , such as Feuerbach , &o ., and embrace the result- of their inquiries , as radical as this result may appear . The people of Gei'raany have no religion . How else , would it have been possible to convert masses , or thcic , not only in Switzerland , but in trance , England , and at home , within the short space of a yeav ? I refer to what I said last week but one on Bouvgeoiso movements and working-class movements ; I think tee disclosures are a full confirmation of my statement .

      VICTOHIA'S VISIT—THE "ROYALS" AT LOGGER . HEADS—BOW BETWIXT VIO AND THE GER-. MAN BOUUGEOISE—THE CONDEMNATION Ol ? ¦ THE PARIS CARPENTERS . ¦ v £ : 4 . o : ( Frmn our own Correspondent . ) ¦ - . YqnWittle Queen has made a pretty mess of her visit toI J ^ i d ^ r-jmaus . ^ h e treated the king wit | i-such contempt , tliat ' hkvftis glad ' . to get rid of her , andsliowed that vcrxplainly after her departure . The middle classes too are highly incensed at the contemptuous lvny slie treated the . dauglitei-B of tlie "haute bourgcoise" of Cologne . The ilanghter of the Mayor of Cologne had to present "her Majesty" with a cup of tea , and Vic took not tlie cup , because touched by the hand of one uot " noble . " (!) She only took the spoon , and with it sipped file tea- at the

      same tune turning Jier head aside , imd treating the girl with the most marked contempt , The poor girl stood trembling awfully , not knowing whether to stand or to go away . Served her right ; tliest > purse-proud lourrieoise , with all thsir cunning , are with vliejr TVOl'Sllip Of kings artel queens but spoons after . ill , and as such deserve to ba treated . Your Queen carried her contemptso far as to rouse whr . f-. little sjiri : they possess to show some l'Qsistanco . Sbe had subscribed 3 , 500 dollars , ( £ 500 . ) to the building fund of the Cologne Cathedral , mid the insulted Bourgeois of Cologne got up ll mooting to discuss tlie propriety of returning her the money ! The meeting was dispersed by the police and military . I hear , howover , that they still contemplate subscribing the money amongst themselves , and sending it to England or

      Ireland , to relieve your starring poor . I hope they will do so . ' Jolm Bull lias been made to bleed pretty freely for bloodsucking Geimau princes , and it is only fair that the German bourgeoise should return a little of what poor John has been shamefully drained . TLvevnarktOS contempt with which your Queen treated our precious King and his court , arose , I hear , from the fact of the limping Queen of Prussia refusing the arm of Prince Albert , and preferring that of Archduke Frederick of Austria , as being of higher birth . It is Tery comical to sea these princes at loggerheads amongst themselves , and the bourgeoise . at loggerheads with the princes J ^ all the time not seeing the movement arising in tlie lowest depths around them—not seeing their danger until too late .

      You never gave in the Star the judgment of the Paris r EviVnwa \ agnvnst ttie carpenters on strike , accused of combination—Vincent , thu chief , was sentenced to three years , two others to a year , some move to six months , 1 believe ( imprisonment ) . However , they are keeping out at least those whose masters won't give way . Two-thirds of the masters have acceded to the workmen ' s e rmnas , and in consequence of the above sentence , the Saivyoi'S ( safeitra-B-Ioiyr ) and other trades connected nith building , have turned out too . This affair does a tremendous deal of Rood .

      SWITZERLAND . Com . mu . M 3 m in SWITZERLAND . —In a late number of the Communist Chronicle wo find tha following : —Iu p olitical movement , the canton Vaud is more interesting than any other canton in Switzerland . A collision between the adherents and adversaries of tho principles of Convmuriisra in that canton seems to be near at hand . Communism Iia 3 enrolled two battalions in Yawl , united in principle , but divided by station / The first is composed of the Radical members of government , some witli the deliberative and others with executive power ; tho second contains those societies of German workmen , founded by Weitjing , and scattered over the country , 'i'huse soei 3 ties have latterly gained more influence than could We been expected in a French population like the Vuudoise . Some weeks ago , the Ahjeimcinc Zeilung said— " It is proved by judicial acts ) , from the discovery of Communist plots , that Western Switzerland is filled with

      Oommunist . Olubs , having their centre of propagandism at Lausanne . The resultof thejudicial inquiry in the canton of NlU'cnbuvg will bo published next , and will form , a continuation of the inquiry that took place jn the canton of Zurich in 1813 . " —ThisNurenburg inquiry hasconsequented the arbitrary dissolution of all the German Communist sucietjes in that canton , and the imprisonment and banishment of their principal members . The persecution began b . v the arrest of 1 ' ourtuun Germans who were assembled in a village public-house for the purpose of forming a Communist society . Alter this example had beei ! given by- the aristocratic government of Kurenburg , the aristocrats of Vaud , whose government had been succombed by the result of the last election , were anxious to do tho same in their canton , and particularly to get back tho reins . of government . They went to far as to present a petition , signed by 1800 ,

      askinglat , tiie dissolution of all German Co-nmunistsoaic tics thronglumt the canton ; 2 nd , the banishment of their principal leaders ; 3 rd , thedismissal of the Comuiunist members of the GounciL of State ; 4 fh , the submission to re-election of all the Cominuuist members of the Grand Council . One member only spolco in /' avout of this petition . The president of stato proposed an examination of the Communist societies , and protection for them if they wove found progressive ; this , fortuna ely , was agreed Co . The aristocrats of Switzerland , in fear of this Oommuuisticaily inclined government of the canton Vaiid , make use of allpossibio means to excito public opinion against-it . Wo have now to introduce to our readers an importanfc communication ocaring on the sulyect above treated of : —

      GREECE . It appaai' 3 that the illustrious General Kalergi has thought it prudent to escape the dangers by which ha was surrounded , from the gross and vioknt conduct of tho Ministry , by constituting himself a voluntary exile , lie embarked at Athens on board an English steamer , in which Sir . Edmund . Lyons gave him : i Ttassase to Zaute , and froiu . lb . eJat . ter place lie will proi , -vbr / takc a passage to Italy or England . ' \ j 5 ti-11 kxtism in * Greece . —The Cowrier de VQn '* Jrt - * v au : ? ount < ° ' ^ dreadful murder eouiniitt' l tlic Pr oviuc 0 of Liviuia . A great

      proprie-< -u " . I . . Ho name of Atfalides had gained a process 1 •!^ J t , " -e inhabitants of a village , and the court oft < red the -viiiagers io pay eight years' rent , which tl « . v w ^ in ^ - »" - 'Ihis lhc villagers refused to do , nnd M V "Ir « '• •* - . 'determined to take possession of iiisDi-oneitv ' ) , ut " liWTiJ ! a S lv 3 lliriiCliout ^ ' ^ 8 UBS ' and when . Vl ! Ag ; ii 1 [ Jc 3 approached , accompanied by " thoofliceraofjustit'e i and some seryauts , they separated him from bjs - attendants , enyjiw they did not wish to shed blood necessarily , and tiieu dohberately shot him ,

      UNITED . STATES . The Anti-Rest AuiT . viio . V h ?* assumed such an important aspect that Governor" IV right law om ' cially proclaimed Delaware county to » e » n a staj 0 oi in " siuTcction . So the iirst stop towai W a social revolution has been taken 1 In a week . ' « two we shall give a full histovy of the Anti-Kent i . ^ ovement , and the particulars of tho events which h'ave led to Governor Wright ' s extraordinary proclamation . The war between man and property in the Sta'teB has begun .

      TIIE RIVER PLATE . The Petrel packet , Lieut . Creser . arrived at F / ilinouth on . Monday afternoon lest with the Brazi ' . muils . This packet bviims dates fvora Buenos Ayrus to tlic . lltli July , when all the British and French ships of wav were preparing for action in consequence of the British and French ministers having given Rosas only forty-eight hours to return an answer to die requirements . lie had given : i reply to their i ' qrvnvr communication , but ihey declined accepting it , ;« id therefore they {; avo Rosaa forty-eight h « iurs as a fiirtlier time for . considering what conclusion he would . come to in uyin-j his r-eply . The plcnipotentiaries appear determined tosettlc . tlie dispute betvrecn Buuttos Ayres and Monte Video .

      Mr . Doyle s ^ Route ron im-: Exsuiso Week . — Sunday , September 2 Sth , Leeds ; Monday , 29 th , a village about three miles from Leeds . Mr . Doyle docs not lvnsembcr the name of the place , but it is the village Mr . Clark promised to visit on Sunday li > si ) , when m Ltcils . Tuesdav , 30 th , Rotherham ; Wedne .-day , Ostober 1 st , B : i ! iislcy ; and Thursday , 2 . id , Shemeid .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF -rHE NOUTHEUN STAR . &u , —Having ; seen in your paper o { Saturday last a lector from Air . Ratcliil ' o , in which he lias thi . ught proper to mention , my name , and iu svwh < v mannev as might have a , tendency to mislead those who arc unacquainted with we , 1 trust you will allow me a small space to reply . I shall pass ' over the first part of his letter , and the resolution oi' the auditors as to the gentlemanly way in which he discharges tlie duties of his olKee ; and proceed to his remarks with regard ( O tlie Rcaolutic-n of the Bradford A . M .. . C . In respect to his batting transactions , Mr . Ratoline says , " I do not deny being at Newton Races , and by llii : resolution of the Bradford A . M . C , am not provented attending such places , if I think proper . " Certainly that resolution does not prevent him attending such places : but pray what was the reason it was passed ? Was it not thought by his frequenting race-grounds , and betting such

      tremendous sums of money there nud clstwueve , dmt he could not attend . to tho duties of his office in the manner he ought to do ? Was not that the reason why they , wished him to discontinue the practice ? The construction Air . Ratcliffe puts on the wording of that resolution is not an honest one . I think it very clearly expresses the opinion of the A . M . C . as to his conduct , at that time not Wing in accordance with their wislies , Tho resolution in question U ak follows : — " That this committee disapprove oi thu C ! i . . . . S . of the order taking any . ^ part- in genera ! betting , » ti'An | aetioiis ,. being of . opinion . that snch transactions dvo inconsistent .- ^ Ith tho duties to bt performed by the corresponding secretary ; ami C . S , iiatelifft ' , ' having iniitnutcd Ids intention of ( ti ? conliniihuj them , so long as he may hold the ollice of Corresponding Secretary , this ' committee tiiereforo most exiilieitlv state that the confidenre of tho order is

      stiJl continued in him . Aud turthcrmore , that the person holding the office of Corresponding Secretary to iho order ought to devote the whole of his ( inic to the business connected with the institution . " Jfoiv , does Mr . Ratcliffe devote the " whole of his time " to the business of the institution , when he iaiitteuding the different races in the country ? It appears tllAfc Mi 1 , liaiclin ' e found that ho couiil not adhere to the " intimatiou" he gave at Bradford , and consequently attempts to defend his conduct by assertions which he knows ave not correct . For instance , he says t ' invt more than one half of those who wero formerly members of the Manchester District are gamblers oil hovjc racing . I sliali let this assertion pass for what it is worth ; but I would ask him , even supposing it to be true , whether it justifies him in viola ' . inq Ms promises ?

      lie is quite conscious Uopvonnseilto leave on' betting ; and that lie left Bradford ami went to London for tho purpose ( as one of his friends there asserted on his behalf ) , to make such arrangements as would enable him to act in accordance with the wishes of the annual meeting . The result of that visit has been strongly commented on in the public pnpers , and is weli known to almost every ( mv iu MaiR' / iestci ' : but I do not wish here to repeat llieii opinion of his conduct on that occasion . In concluding his letter , he treats his readers to a few remarks , again trying to justify his gambling propensities , by stating that the first bet lie ever made on a horse race was M my instigation . The statement , puerile as it is , requires a few words from me , as it might possibly cause some parties to think that I am in the habit of gambling .

      I can state without fear of contradiction , that no person can say that I ever bet twenty shillings on horso racing in my life . I balieve 1 once did bet ii ' itli Mi . 11 . half a crown , or a erowti ; but chat was all : and if he had never bet more , there never would have been this commotiou in Odd Fellowship . Perhaps Mr . llatcliffc ivill inform your readers at whose instigation he betted upwards of £ SoO against one horse for the Derby T . lllS . ¥ EAR ? Assuredly it was uot lit mine . If he had always been so willing to adopt my advieo , as he says he ; was in respect te his first bet , he would certainly have now occupied a more enviable position in the Order than'he now does , in tho oliice he professes to fill in so " gentlemanlike" a manner . Ircmain your obedient servant , Joseph Hardy . 9 , Thude Hill , Manchester .

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      MESSRS . DOYLE . M'GRATIl , AND CLARK'S TOUR . ^ Hkudkn Bridge . —Public Meeting . —On Monday , Sept . 15 th , one of the largest public meetings that have taken place here since 1842 , was held in tlie De * mocratie Chapol , when ¦ 'Messrs . 1 \ M'Grath , T . Clark , and C . Doyle attended and delivered instructive and entertaining addresses on tlie Charter and the Land . T he meeting was not as noisy as those of a previous date , but much more attention was paid to what fell from the several speakers than has been usual in popular assemblies . The three gentlemen acquitted themselves to the satisfaction of the meeting , and much good is expected to result from their excrtionB .

      COLXE . Public Mbbtiso . —Tug new ch . inol , a large and commodious building , was well filled on Thursday evening last , notwithstanding that the rain poured down in ton-cuts , to hear the Chartist Land scheme propounded by three of the directors , Messrs . M'Grath , Doyle , and Clark , Mr , Smith occupied the elt . ilr , anil after ft few preparatory observations introduced the speakers to the meeting . The ar "» dresses were well received , and seemed to give satisj faction .

      TOBMOHDES . Camp Meeting . —Os Sunday last , in the afternoon , a camp meeting was holden about a mile from Uie town , and had it not been for the very unfavourable state of tho weathur , the muster would have been immense . At the time for commencing business the rain descended rapidly , yet there was a great number of persons present—some from Bacup , iiebdcii-bridge , and Sowerby . A number of friends from Rochdale were at the meeting , and lent their vocal assistance , which was by no means contemptible . Messrs . . Clark , M'ttrath , and Dovle

      were announced ou tlie bill , but the former was obliged to go to Leeds to lecture there in the eveniiiff . The two latter gentlemen were present , and addressed the people for some time in the open air , but the rain falling heavier , the meeting adjourned to a bam in tlie neighbourhood , where speeches were delivered , aud a collection made in aid of tlie DlXQD fund . J x the evening Mr . M'Grath lectured in tlie Odd Fellows' Hall , to a numerous audience , on the "Prospects of tho People ' s Cause . " The lecture gove much satisfaction .

      LEEDS , Mi \ J . R . II . Baiustow and Mr . Tliomft 3 Clarff nddivssod the people of this place in the bazaar , on Sunday evening last . Both gentlemen were attentively listened to—their addresses were warmly applauded . SALFORD . The Laxd !—On Monday evening last ft public meeting was hclJ In the- large room of tho Assocktion . to henr Mu ; l , ; im ! . scheme expounded by Mcssi-h .-Leacii , Doyle , aud M'Grath . All three gentlemen wore present , and delivered eloquent and argumentative addresses .

      1 IEYWOOD . Lecture . —Mr . Bell 'delivered two public lectures on Sundiiy , the 21 st inst ., in the Chartist School , room , Hartley-street ; tho first lecture at half-past two in the afternoon—subject , " The Constitution and a'sourcesofthe BritUh empire ; " whichhe treated in a masterly style . Mr . O'Connor ' s lettai- was i'c- « . i . a . n 4 gave great satisfaction . The subject of the MfiOHd lecture , at half-past six in the evening , was "The Laud . " Tho manner in which Mr . Bell trcftied this , it being his first lecture on the subject , astonished all who heard him . His arguments were powerful and unanswerable . A collection was made after mh iectura in behalf of . Mi-. Di . von . Although but fuw persona wero present , 10 s . 3 id . was collected .

      MANCHESTER . Lecture . —Mr . J . Leach lectured on Sunday evening last , on the Land question , to the instruction and amid tho plaudits oF those assembled . 0 LD 11 AM . Lecture . —On Sunday iaat , Mr . Daniel Donovan delivered a very energetic address ou the Lund and the Charter , in the Working Man ' s Hall , llorseugestreet .

      HALIFAX . A Public-Tea I ' autv , iu honour of the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , was held in the Association Room , Builclosc-lano , on Tuesday evening last . Throe members of that body —Messrs . Doyle , M'GvaUt , and Clavk were j . rosc-nt . After discussing tho good tilings of this life , Uio company adjourned to the Odd Fellows' Hall , when : a public meeting had been convened , and was addressed by Messrs . Clark , Doyle , and M'Gratli . The Land ' plan was ably expounded by them , and the People ' s Charter pointed out as the tmly means ol' securing happiness ( o the King and Priest-ridden people .

      KEIGULEY . Messrs . Gimxk , M'Gkatii , axd Doyi . e visited this place on Wednesday . ! 7 th inst ., to oropouml the Land scheme , promuigM { I'd by tiic Into Convention iiekl n \ London . A meeting , held in the "SVorkiny Man ' s ilall , and presided over by Mr . Wctiieruetuf , was uddressed by the above persons . Tha capabilities of the soil was shown in a oleai-and forcible maunir . The hcneiitK awnim ^ io iinjml ; ei-sjoining ti , « bind Society Wfl . i aiiiy \ nii fonvsird , ;; . ; ut uic ' objection * to the plan nu .-t aud successfully vetutud . A bnaneh of tho Co-operative Socict-v ' has k-en t'stablished here . SAIVFOIU ) .

      Public Mkct . m . ; , —On Monday night last a public meeting iooic jilar-i- in the largo room of the National Charter Association , to henr addresses from A ! e > -srs . M'Grath , Doyle , and Lend ) , on the all-absorbing question of the Land . Mr . , T ;; nies Iioyic was called to the chair , who , after a few remarks , inti-odueod the speakers . The snoochM of Messrs . Doyle aad Leach were excellent , which iold woll upon the meeting . Several persons enrolled their names , and took up shares in the Land . Society . The committee meets every Sunday afternoon for the purpOSi : of enrolling members fijul m-ehing instalments , from half , pjisfc two till four o ' clock .

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      to Tnr- EDuon or the kokt / iisk . v star . Sir , — In your paper of tie 30 th . ult . there is a letter signed " Henry Balmferth , " intended as a reply to some remarks of mine which appeared in a previous number ; but , like all that have appcai-ed on the same side of the question , it loses sight of the mil points at issue . In his first paragraph , he men tions the fact ot the Board of Directors having suspended some lodges for not furnishing them with an account of tlieir private funds , and calls this " an illegal assumption of power ; " and yet , lie says , the A . M . O . did not censure , but justified them . The A . M . O . is the highest tribunal of the order ; and as tho twenty , sixth resolution of tho Newcastle A . M . C . ( page 7 of Annual lleport ) made it imperative iipms evtry lodge in the unity to furnish sueii information , to bo laid

      before the Glasgow A . M . G ., it was a glaring violation of tho aforesaid resolution in not doing so . The 11 umber of lodges which refused to com ply " wove vovy low ; and tho readiness with which an overwhoimiii !; majority of the order complied with the resold tioii of the Newcastle A . M . C , shows that they were right in demanding such information : and the fact of the Glasgow A . M . G . justifying tlie Board of Directors in suspending tiic non-COinplying lodgcs , shovs that there was an ' * illegal assumption of power" in having done so—but , on the contrary , that they were acting in conformity with tho opinion of tho highest tribunal of the order , and which tribunal every lodge at its opening pledges itself to obey and abide by . With regard" to the meetings held for considering the changes made in tlic scale of uaynwivs and

      benefits , a great deal more may be said than 1 am at present disposed to say . Suffice it , for tho present , to state that the conduct pursued by the opponents oi tlie Board of Director .- * has been altogether ilicgui and unconstitutional , and of such an extraordinary kind that it was quite necessary the Board of Directors should take somo immediate aud decisive steps to put a stop to such proceeding . If they had not done so , tliey would have proved themselves uuctjUld to the task of governing the affair * oi' the institution . This society has laws and rules tor tho government of its affairs , and which for nearly hair a century have proved quite edicient tor that purpose ; but tlie proceedings of the members oi' the . Manchester and Salfovd districts vrcve calculated , if suftuml to pass unnoticed , to subvert , the laws and usages of the

      institution , aud consequently , neril ^ its existence , ' it ;; laws afford ample means for remedying any grievance that may aviso ; but in this disgraceful affair all law and order was set at deiiance , and the walls of Manchester disgraced vfitvi sowvilwis songs ? nni placards denouncing the Exucutivi ! of the order , in a manner that reflects anything but credit upon the parties so doing . Sir , 1 am a hater of tyranny in ennj shape . come from whence it may ; and I caunot but look upon the whole proceedings of those who arc sue . ' ) zealous deotoiraera asininat ) what t !; oy call the " tyranny of the board , " ' as an attempt at tyranny of the worsh kind , because calculated to create distrust and dissention among the whole body , and in a short time to have overturn the labour of years , jind reduce to a state of elisuts the whole society .

      " H . B . " says , (< tlle'ftiiveloi-s arc detennined , at all hazards , to enforce the f . Kioxious resolutions " but if a . majority of the ordc -lisapproved ot them , and could show by facts that ¦' alterations were unnecessary , I have no clou ' - - ; 'ut taat the Board of Directors would suspend . ; : o operation of the " obnoxious resolutions" until die next A . M . C , when the question could ba geit-led upon its merits , lint no ¦ this would be too tedi-isand slow a process , and the " tyrants" could n ;; t bt •/> easily denounced . It sometimes 'happens that ths jirinciples of lihorty . 'u-e sullied and retarded by eta i ^ pvuvienco aiul tbily ol its advocates . The fact of two lodges in fl Liverpool district , "having pronounced in favoiu of sep :: ra ! ion , " nce < not be wondered at , wlieu we itnow the pofency o ! bad example , but lam glr . tl toiliul that out of ' upwards of OSJ- ; HUXDBKi ) lodges -.-ily I ' . vo have been mi&kd .

      I have read attentively all tl .-: * 5 hr . s . ippoarcd in the Star , and need not '" rc-vead : ; " and iagsiin say t " ( lat the points at issuo . iivc ovk- ' ; olced , and that the controversy is tipersowl ore , an :-, . clone of principle * The Question is , was io neces .-r . ry tu couie to Komo ' wulai' and uniform metu > - » . i tf conducting the fiiiancinl afthirs of the order , ni- not ? On turning to the quartei ' . ly report for J «) v . y ; i-t , page 4 , 1 find the alarming face that , dt : ri , ^ i ho year 1 S 13 , Two I 1 USDS 1 VD AXD ^' WEXTV-riV .: LOBOKS WEBB CLOSKfl ron want of ruxfts ; a-. - . d in addilion to this , a groat

      number of lodges apoHcd hi- relief . T his conviumi the direotovs tiiat somfUuv . gninsl Lo dono to pnu-urc the stability of the orda )' . ilonee tho l-esoUiuou oi Hie Jscweastle A . M . 0 . mr . Uin-: it iniperjitive-upoi .-evev lod « e in the "Unity t » furnish tiic boird with n statement of their fiumwinl afiair ? :, blank ioniw being sent to every lodge for that purpose , tumd all tins be done without the ir . cnibm supposing soir . ocront ehanno was at hand ? And what ehnngc ? Wby , U . i . mke the income ami i-xpenditure not . only equai , but to have something in reserve to pa-vent tut Lcciirreucc of the above-named calamuws ; and also

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      that large promises should not be held- out , without ar good prospect of their beicg realized . Ab to the representation , I jieud . saylittL ) on iliac head : for nothing can be more perfectly a representation of tie whole order than it is . As to the " tradesmen becoming raging despots , " it is all nonsense : jor ihe lodges can elect whom they please for the gitnrterl y con ' irniim ; ami the quarterly committees elect m deputies to the A . M . C .: therefore the lodges have f nil power to kee }? tke tradesmen out of Loth committees , if thy think proper . But one word upon this . During my experience in the order about nine years , I » iave almost invariably found the most important ofnves m ludges ( secretary , for instance ) filled by tradesmen ; the working classes , 1 am sorrv . to-say , as a body , " not

      being prepared for keeping complicated accounts ^ or conducting the continual * correspondence- ' arising--between the lodges . In riv capacity of -O . S . of tliia district 1 have had abundant opportunities of seeing the difficulties unilcr which tho order laboured in this respect ; and whoa 1 came to Ireland , I rejoincthtlie order , and aicepted laborious duties—laborious , . because they interfered with my business and private pursuits , simply because 1 knew I could be of use to them in such matters . Tho statements in iliB qmirerlv reports iri ! iy . < foe ' slanders for aueht I know . 1 . lave ltofc a copy , l > y . i me : but if my memory serves me aright , it is there stated that the election of Mr . Ratcliffe as 0- S . of the order was one cause - of oftence , he not being m * . ^ tillle a '" ember of the Miuicln ; ster district , lltis was under the old system , when the Manchester district had fur move than its proper influence in the

      A . M . C . I therefore take it for granted that his election wasfiuonseqnenceofliissuperiprqualilicationsfor the office . Since he has been in office he has detected , and prevented from imposing upon tho order ( by giving goods of an inferior description to samples estimated for ) , several of the leading persons iu tho newinove . " This is a serious charge , if true : and puts the parties against whom they are . inside in a position not to be envied . 1 hww ' nothing of . the tnattcr . The thing is stated in the report of the Executive ; and if untrue , it is easy for the parties , concerned to exonerate themselves from such odium . If this can bo done , let it be done at once , instead of making assertions ; and then the charges would stand as _ false accusations , and we should . know the degree of credit to give the parties making them . As I may expect to have the " eiukcls" again annUcd . it

      might perhaps have been better , as tar as 1 am concerned , ; tc have been silent ;; but I feel it a mutter © £ importance , and asl have long been aceustomod to differ with tl : e majority of mankind in opinion , I am ray indilfci'oiit as to a cudgelling occasionally—however , as my time is very scarce , I do not wish to proly . ' ig thia cuntroveray , unless absolutely necessary for the cause of truth and the interest of the order . - " and I would advise "U . B . " to keep the same odject in view , and do . what he can to restore unity in the wrier , aiid thus enable ic to maintain that proud position it has so long held over all other benefit societies . Yours truly . w . S-, q , M , and P . Trov . C . S . Belfast , Sspi . Sell , ISio .

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      Bath . —1 'hc eonmiittee of the Bath branch of UiO Chartist Co-njic-rutivo l , mul Society v . -j li uK-et at No- 8 , Chclzo-builiiings , every Sunday evc-iiina , at seven o ' clock , and at Mr . . Simpkins ' a , Hoopers ' Arms . Snow-kill , on Mondays , at the same hour . Lkkds . —A camp meeting will be held this afternoon ( Saturday ) , ^ ejitemlwr 27 th , on Wondlioiiso Moor , at two o ' clock , Messrs . Clark and Doyle will address tho mewting . A pubiic meeting will be . ' held in the Bazaar , . Hriggato , iu the evening . Messrs ^ Doyle ami Clark will aiieiid . Mr . Thomas Clauk will visit Il / mley , Bilston , Darloston , and Birmingham , chiWng the ensiling week . Stockport . —Mr . Thomas Clark will lec-ture in the Associiction-ioom , llillgato , at half-past sis O ' clock on Sundaj evening next ,

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 27, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1334/page/1/