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      mm % M , 3 > m . Saturday last was a proud day for me and an ausp icious one for you . Your class have frequently been led to expect greattbenefits from extravagant ; promises , knd have _ been asv frequently deceived . Such , how rever , was not ike case with you on Saturday ^ as it was my p ride to hear one and all declare that every promise , however extravagant , had been more than-fulfilled , and every expectation more thai resized . You are now placed m the most honourable situation that man can possibly aspire to , in a situation in which , by wholesome and moderate labour , you maybe

      independent of man ' s caprice and fortunes ftowns : in a situation which wffl enable you to Jay up a Efficient store in the days of youth anAheaWito Uve upon in yOTT , old-age , or when iddmessl nay overtake you . What a sensation of delight you must have experienced on last Sunday morning , when , for the first time in your lives , you awoke to the cheering thonght , that your day ' s employment did not depend upon foreign markets or domestic tyrants ; when you were enabled to survey your labour-field from your castle window , and , to know that , if tired , you may lay you down and rest in your own bed ,, attended by your own wife , and surrounded by your own children . Having placed yon in that honour able and enviable situation , let me now counsel

      you and implore of you to attend to my advice . There is a Deer shop adjoining your land : avoid it , Iheseech you , as a PESTILENCE , for if any enemy can be the means of ousting yon from the lovely spot on which it was my pride to locate you , it wUl be man ' s greatest , most vicious and inviting enemy , drunkenness . I have earned a right to address you on this subject , because it is my boast to say / that I have SEVER BEEN TIPSY in my life , and if I had been addicted to that base destroyer I never should ; have had patience , never heaKIitsts £ &tib | j&ie ^

      3 o ^ ed ^ on 5 rom " starvin ^ and , therefore , I pray von to worship sobriety as a great and adorable friend ana Deity . Drunkenness is the first step to poverty , to crime and disgrace . You never see a teetotaller being convicted of crime , you never see a teetotaller starving , or his family in misery ; and what possible pleasure can the supposed enjoyment give you ? Next , l would caution you , not against the anfor it is no sxn , nor yet crime—of poaching , and I do so , because you are in the neighbourhood of poachers , and because I know the

      fascinations that the pursuit has for the young and thoughtless . Do not become poachers , because the practice will inevitably lead to drunkenness , to idleness , to -neglect of your land , to disgrace . Do not take the first step , for that is the most dangerous step ; if you do you will be marked and watched , and your otherwise good character will be blemished by that one propensity . Do not allow your school-house to be turned into a discussion-room as to which is the best form of religion , and , above and before all , neither attempt to force your creed on others , or allow

      preachers of any denomination to disturb your simple society ; for , so sure as you do , so sure will feuds , and quarrels , and dissension , and strife , be the result ; and those who come amongst you to cast out devils will make a hell of your paradise . Avoid religious controversy as you would avoid § plague , and worship your God each after the dictates of his heart ; but do not frown upon those who worship in a different manner . Now , disputes ' as to what is most acceptable to the Creator has been the principal cause of poverty for the industrious , and plenty for the idle ; for , believe me , that

      those who profess so much solicitude about your souls are mainly actuated by a love of gain . A murderous , plundering , adulterous king changed the religion of this country to gratify his lust , and to enable him to rob the poor for the purpose of bribing the rich ; and the whoremonger and drunkard , George the Fourth , had the matchless effrontery to order new prayers , and to make alterations in the prayer-book , so that you are now Protestants by Act of Parliament , whereas your forefathers were Catholics ; and if the beast Harry had wanted to marry a

      Jew , you would have been all Jews . So , I pray you not to allow cunning preachers to disturb your minds , that they may live upon your fears . Again , if a religious man , or a solicitor , should come amongst you , except our own poor man s LAW SEEKER , Mr Roberts , turn him from amongst you , for he comes to strip you and then to laugh at you . Avoid grumbling ,-for it leads to ruin . Love your wives and your children , because it insures respect and makes * your children respectful , loving , and dutiful ; and , above and before alL take care and attend to their education in

      youth ; for , bear in mind , that , with the ready means of instruction at command , your children ' s ignorance would be a brand upon the negligent parent . It will give me great pleasure to visit you frequently , to encourage and instruct you , and help you—that is , those who deserve it—and my displeasure will be a warning to your neighbours to doubt you ; for , indeed , you may be happy if you are only prudent , and always bear in mind , that your failure would be a censure upon me , and would arm our watchful enemies with food for slander , as they would ascribe your failure to the

      fallacy of the principle , or to anything to wound me ; they would pass over , nay praise , your crimes , if they enabled them to stab me . 1 am very sanguine in the hope , that before September twelvemonth I shall be able to place ONE THOUSAND more in your position , and to go on still more rapidly each succeeding year , in proportion as the blessings of the system are felt and developed . Indeed , if the working classes only willed their own emancipation , and were not possessed of the notion that they should pay up to-day , and be located to-morrow , I would makea paradise of England in less than FIVE YEARS , and would cheerfully slave every hour of the day for such a noble purpose ; but 1 can scarcel y blame their naste

      , as , truth to say , the transition from perfect slavery and dependence to perfect freehom and independence , is a very charming tiling .. If those with money would lend ; it at three-and-a-half par cent ., on the best security in the world , I would change the whole face of society in TWELVE MONTHS from this day , and locate thousands on their own land ; hut Labour has always been our greatest enemy .. . ' .-, < - .. Now , my friends , wishing you God speed , health , comfort , and happiness , and assuring you that I shall frequently visit you , and , promising you a letter upon what your next operations should be in next Saturday ' s Star , I take my leave for the present , and am Your sincere and affectionate friend , : Feabgus O'Connor .

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      Moxst Mahkct . —Jesteriay ams'derible exciteretenborgh . Accordiag to an Imnerial T 7 t «« ^ . OW ^ ofsUverrwbll out of fflVSh ' l » ve accumulated as the bads of the Russian Daner emanation , are allotted for , "the gradual purchase of public secnritiea , Russian and foreign . " Of this amount , which may be roughly stated at £ 4 , 750 000 sterling ,. about £ 2 , 000 , 000 has already been employed in the recent arrangement with the Bank of France ; about £ 750 . 000 i » supposed to be destined

      for the Dutch and other continental markets , and ths remaining £ 2 , 000 . 000 , it is assumed , will be laid out in the English funds ; if , indeed , such purchase has not already been privately perfected . Supposing a porchase to he made ot English stock to ths Value of £ 2 , 000 , 000 , this will cause an annual payment to Russia of about £ 70 , 000 , with the certainty that , if ever this payment be extinguished , it will only be by baying the stock hack at a greatly adjanccd price , or by paying it off at the rate of £ 100 for every £ 88 now received .

      AiiEmois SimiHTPOR Irkuito . — This ( Saturoay ) morning ' s papers contain a correspondence wtaeen the American Minister , Mr Bancroft , and iiord John Russell ; the former remitting , and the fatter acknowledging , a draft , for fifteen thousand & $ SS £ & 2 S B oE *" Orleamf jSJ ^ fivSr ^ ssti

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      O'CONNORVILLE . I ENGLAND S ~ MAX DAT . ^ Saturday last will be aday ever remembered by tnosa who had the good fortune to witness the spectacle of an oft-deceived class more than gratified ; by the more than realjtation of their fondest and most extravagant anticipations : The morning was lovely , as if made for the occasion ; and at an early hour the busy labourers were at work , finishing the roads , or rather gravel walk ? , after the damage instamed from casting some thousand tons of stable dung upon the poor man ' s estate . Shortly , the occupants began to come with their furniture , all anxiously looking for their own spot ; andwithout » O'CONNORVILLE .-

      , single exception , all expressing the most ' unqualified joy at the grandeur of the scene . About 10 o ' clock , Mr O'Connor arrived , accompanied by some friends , and was hailed : with blessings , and welcomed with the clasp of many a blistered hand ; his first question was— " Now , are you' happy ; who was right , the Whistler or I ? " and the answer of one and all was"Eh , d—a him , sure never was anything like it ; but I am happy . " > The women ; if possible , appeared still more overjoyed ; while the children , like lambs released from the fold , gambled about in mirthful play . " Many persons came from distant parti , from Lancashire . Lincolnshire , arid Cornwall , all to tea ahdjadge for themselves ; and all ready , ot their return , to testify to the grandeur of what ther had

      witnessed , And-all declaring that even FEARGUS had not half described the place . After the visitor * and occupants had taken an ample surrey , all were summoned to the school-room , to witness the pleasing . oerenwnrVof introducing the first HOME COLONISTS to their HOMESTEADS and domains , and , truth to say , never ; we believe ; did' those pre-. sent : witness such a scene before . 'The : working jacket was laid by , and a more respectable leeking class of honest , men'it was never our fortune to behold ; and , certainly , a more auspicious ceremony never was witnessed , while the free mother * , rescued from thecold gripeof Mammon , with then-own babes in their arms , added great dignity 16 . the spectacle . As soon at the necessary arrangements had been completed , - ;

      Mr Dow moved , and the meetingseoonded , Mr Wilkinson ' s appointment to the chair . : The CHiiHHur said—Ladies and : gentlemen , for without being guilty of flattery I may now apply those appelations to the sons and daughters of Labour , whose future avocations will be confined to the honourable maintenance of the most independent position man or woman can occupy , that of honestly earning their own bread by the sweat of their own brows . ( Cheers . ) . Hewasashareholder ^ cheers ) - iu that noble society , that religious and beautiful society , established by the energy and talent of their distinguished friend who was-now before them . ( Cheers . ) He bad come from Exeter to witness the joy which must on such an auspicious occasion fill

      every heart , and , for himself , he coul | truly say that never in his life , had he : witnessed sttch a scene as had that day gladdened his heart , and astonished his eyes . ( Cheers . ) Oh , it was most charming , arid he conld not envy the feelings of the man who aimed at the destruction of such a holy institution . ( Cheers . ) Many nostrums that had been proposed for the welfare « f the working classes had failed , and each failure , very naturally , made men suspect the security orsuccess ' ofsuceeedingprojecta . ( tlear . hear . ) lie confused that frequent disappointments had made him too somewhat more sceptical , but , 'knowing our friend , and believing in his powers , and conscious oi his energy , I recommend the plan in all ita bearing ? , and have proved my faith in it by becoming a

      fouracre shareholder . ( Cheers . ) And now , having seen with my own eyes what may be effected by study and perseverance , I am going to take another four-acre share this day for my son —( cheers)—and I shall ' not be ashamed to see my child committed to the society of his fellow-labourers . ( Loud cheers . ) - I am sure the gladneis that is visible in every countenance before me , bespeaks a cheerfulness and joy which I never witnesssd in my life before ; and then , if we cast a glance upon the magnificent scene presented to na from this spot , we must wonder and admire what one man ' s , energy has created . ( Cheers and "aye . " ) Hen every man will be master of his own time , and guardhn of his own , family ; and , I feel assured , that the good man will not become a worse

      man , and that the bad man will , become , a better man . ( Cheers . ) Here is a place tor the education of your children ; there are magnificent vijlas fit for freemen and industrious men to live in ; and there is your vinejacd , 6 urrouBding each man ' shearth , to yield you its fruits by wholesome . and moderate labour . ( Cheers . ) I was not prepared Tor the position to which yonr kindness has elevated me , and , as Mr O'Connor and I have to proceed to Gloucester after the day ' s ceremony is' over , I shall conclude by askingypu one and all before you retire to rest , to contrast your present situation and yeur future prospecU'with that you have left , and those prospects you anticipated from the hardest life of toil- ( Cheers . ) I will now introduce Mr Doyle . ( Loud xheers . ) -

      MtDotw said—Friends , I haS not thealightest idea that I was to address you , until oar worthy chairman announced my name , and , consequently , I am quite unprepared to make a speech , —indeed , 1 hardly know what tosay on this autpicious and everto-be-remembered occasion . ' I will , however , ' endeavour to say something , and , I hope , to the purpose . Friends , it gives me unalloyed pleasure to find on this , the 1 st of May , on this , the most glorious and ^ eventful day for the sons and danghters of honest industry , a gentleman occupying the important and honourable position he now so ably fill * . I have two reasons for bsing pleased ; the first is , that he , a man of wealth , and possessing considerable influence , oses both for the furtherance of human

      happiness : and the second , that he , discarding *" , the-prejudice appertaining to his class , has boldly and nobly embarked in the sacred cause of human redemption . But it mast not be imagined-for one moment ; that , individually , I attach the least value to wealth , yet , when I find a man , such asour venerable ohainnan , possessing wealth , and along with it virtue of the highest order , then indeed I am bound tooffer my tribute of respect and gratitude . Mr Doyle then went into the question or co-operation , and adduced same striking tacts in proof of its superiority oTer individual exertion . For instance , said the speak-r , in the vioinity of Ledbury , workingmen pay at the rate of £ 30 an aere rental , for land which is let out in small allotments , while the land

      on this ( the People ' s First Estate , ) was purchased out-and-out for £ 20 an acre . This fact , said Mr Doyle , not only proves the benefit of co-operation , but it also proves the value of land in the retail market , as compared with the wholesale . For if any oae of tio persona occupying & small portion of land near the town of Ledbury , had the means within his reach of purchasing one acre of it , and provided the party owning it was inclined to dispose of it , I venture to assert that £ 300 would be the lowest amount taken for il . Mr Doyle next made a fervent appeal to the occupants , upon the necessity of their living tn pease and harmony with each « ther . and amongst many observation * upon this important point , uttered the following : —Friends , you have , I hope , to . live forthe remainder of your lives upon this beautiful

      portion of your native land , and allow me , with a ll the sincerity and fervour of my heart , to implore of you to act together in the holy bonds of sisterhood and brothsrhood , mutnilly assisting each other in time of need , uofeignediy rejoicing when extraordinary sueeess crowns the efforts of any one amongst you , and repelling at once with vigour and determination the most remote tendency to quarrelling , illfeeling , or envy . Recollect , the eyes oi yonr friends as well as your enemies are directed towards you , and while the formtr will grieve if they find you art at enmity one with the other , the latter will exult at such a misfortune . Therefore , listers and brothers in this great social and political movement , makes firm resolve to disappoint your foes , aid gladden th « hearts of your friends . Mr Doyle sat down loudly applauded . The Chairman now introduced their friend ,

      Mr O'Connoe , who , on ruin ; , was received with enthusiastic cheers and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . He said : My dear and beloved friends what eloquence of mine can . equal the impression that what you have this day seen has made in your hearts —( cheers)—and yet what I now witness is but a feeble outline—a meagre , unfinished sketch of that full-length portrait of freedom , happiness , and contentment which will eventually result from the novelty I have ventured to propound . ( Cheers . ) While joy fills your hearts here , the song of gladness resounds throughout the land . ( Loud cheers . ) And must I not have a cold and flinty heart if I could survey the scene before me without emotion 1 Who can look upon those mothers , accustomed to be

      dragged by the waking light of morn from those little babes now nestling in their breasts . ( Here the speaker was so overcome that he was obliged to sit down , his face covered with large tears , and we never beheld such a scene in our life ; not an eye in ths building that did not weep . ) After a short

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      pause Mr O'Connor restir ^\' YeS j ' tbis is , a portion ; of a great feature pf ray , pian to * give the fond wife back to her husband , and the inneceat babe back to its fond mother . ( Here the ' sp ^ kel ' was againebmpelled to pause , and delivered the reminder of his address sitting down . ) My friends , your virtues have been implanted by nature ; your vices are consequences of oppression and misrule . ( Hear , hear . ) The man who drives you to madness , to wickedness , despair , to crime , and deathj multiplies his snis to justify his own oppression . You are refused work , ! name Mr n' ^ nnnnV . « . iimoJ ' . V ^^ ' iW ; . ifl ^ A ^ nMf

      and then called idle —( cheers)—you are compelled to live upon the labour of your wives and children , while the doer is closed against your industry , and tken yeu are . called . unthnfty , depehdeBti and profligate ; while I assert for ^ ouj that there is not one in every , thousand of the working classes ' who would not rather support his wife and family b yjthe sweat of his own brow than be compelled to Jive ai a prostitute upon their labour . Now , that is the very essence of my plan . I wish to distinguish between the willingand the unwilling idler —( cheers )—so

      that the willing idler should lose all sympathy and Compassion , while the wUUng workman shall suffer no abstraction from his store for the support of him who roll not wo ^ see what roanis capable of producing ^ ^ ' fl , foshl q '* see : ! n » ri in ! his proper place—woman in her honoured position ; and the child to be reared in its natural affectibni ; ( Cheers . ) The novelty of , the undertaking has startled many ; but only because it required a practical experiment to prove its efficacy . ' It is the only novelty that has been produced since the world was created for the elevation of man to his proper

      position ib society . ( Cheers . ) True ^ many warm , hearted philanthropists have charmed you with the assurance that the Laud is man ' s rig ht , ful inheritance ; but not one has ever attempted to put you in possession of it . ( Cheers and no . ) , No , the theory has been used to put the advocates in possession of the land ' s prod uce , and the fruits of that patronage which your gullibility can realize for themselves , but your order do ea not possess one acre the more , while a foolish , reliance upon those fascinating first principles ¦ , -hai diverted your minds from the reality—THE

      ACTUAL POSSESSION OF THE THING ITSELF . ( Cheers . ) Now these are \ the most dangeroui , because the most ignorant and designing reformers . [ Hear , hear . ) In fact they live upon your . creduUty , prosper upon your confidence , and laugh at your folly . In the outset I was met by the difficulties attending . the realization of my plan , but is , it not always so ? When did labour ever yet propound a scheme for labour ' s benefit that those who live u pon labour s ; folly have not denounced as , Utop ia ^ while , strange to say , the most Utopian scheme propounded by the rich , and all DEPENDING ON

      LABOUR , is heralded to the world as a thing of easy accomplishment , and promising the most profit ? able and" cer tain results . ( Cheers . ) thus if Mr Stephenson undertook to make a railway to the moon , and if he could secure a committee with an influential lord , a wealthy squire ; a cunning solicitor , a great banker , and a few religious parsons , ( cheers and laughter , ) the advertising press would at once see the great national advantage , and the certainty of success , consequent upon the speculation ; and

      bearin mind , from the working of the iron mine to the quarrying of the stone , and the piling of the heaps , all would be labour , but yet , strange to say , labou ^ cannot effect any of the most simple . work for itself . ( Lou&cheers . ) Now this was my difficulty , a diffictuty which I saw . the difficulty of persuading men accustomed to live in the world of artifice that they could iive in the world of simpli . city , ( cheers ); the difficulty of persuading men that they could do what their fathers had done . ; of persuading men that they could do for themselvei

      what they are now compelled to pay othtrs for doing for them , ( cheer ? , ) OF PRODUC 1 NGFOR THEMSELVES , and exchanging THEIR CORN for all the other articles they want , but cannot so profitably produce . ; ( Cheers . ) , 1 1 know there isjk great diffi ' - cultyin accomplishing what man never attempts but while we see husbandmen working and making fortunes for ' others , I . seeno difficulty hi the tame men , or other men of the same class , working and making money for themselves . ( Cheers . ) I have never found any difficulty in making money of other men ' s labour applied to the land , and from that fact

      I learned my experience , which I am now determined to convey to you as NATIONAL ^ PRO PERTY . ( Loud cheers . ) Having so far pointed out the 8 upposed ; difficulties / ; i wiH now draw your atten . tion to the facilities . ; The main feature is confidence , and , I say with some little vanity , that I possess as large an amount of that ingredient as any man livin g , or that ever livedj ( loud cheers ,, and '' you deserve it , " ) that then is the first requisite ; and next comes UNION and CO-OPERATION : by your aggregate confidence and co-operation , I . undertake to realise my every promise , and your , most extravagant antU

      cipations- ( cheers)—and' here , in passing , as Mr Doyle ' s announcement as to rent may have taken you by surprise , " let ; me inform you what your re : specttve rents will he for four acres , three acres , ' and twoacres . I now ' speak : without reference to the interest for the respective sums of £ 30 , £ 22 10 s ., and ; fil 5 , given to occupants ' , and . ' . I ^ now pledge myself that tie renj ^ of four acres , with house , wUJ not pass £ 12 . JL 0 s . a year —( tremendous cheering)—three'acresi will not exceed ; £ 10 5 s . , and two acres wUl ' not exceed > £ & 15 s . ' ( Renewed cheers . ) Nw this has been done by confidence and co-operation ;

      and mark how , by making the most of cverythingj and this was onl y known to us , the directors , while Mr Doyle has been engaged here in preparing for your reception , and therefore he could not be aware of what we only , discovered by going over our expenditure —( hear , hear)—but I see the news is ai gratifying to him as it is to you ; and I'll tell you more , it is uot . our intention to-stop the ploughing or labour out of the capital- ( cheer 8 ) -andby indastry and grabbing up useless fences and a wood we are enabled to make you a free gift of those piles of roots and fire-wood and posts'that you

      see piled for two years' consumption . ( Loud cheers and " Thanks . " ) We will only deduct from the capital the dung and seeds . ( Renewed cheers . ) Now , twenty-two acres of these roots buried in . the ground , did press hardly upon the means of subsistence . I have put them in their proper places behind your dwellings , and you wil convert them to their proper use , to boil yonr pots ( Laughter . ) I found eighty-one acres of ground , and twenty-two acres of wood , fences , and " headlands" here , that pressed hardly on the means of

      subsistence , and I leave it 103 acres , 1 rood and 30 perches —( cheers)—and many a drop of my sweat has enriched the land . ( Cheers . ) Now a word of commeut . In sight of where we now are a worse cottage than the ¦ three-roomed cottage lets for 6 / . 10 s . a-year ; you will have a good ; one , with wells and roads , and FOR EVER * with ' two acres of land , and all the protection you desire , for 61 . 15 s . - ( cheers ) -v » hUe I assert , without fear of refutetion ; that a five-roomed cottage and four acres of this land would let tp-morrow , every ore of them ,

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      for ma year , and Wnotthat ^ payment for vour confi ^ nce in ; me .: ( Cheere ; arid : *• BlesVyoui" ) Thin land ^ be ^ stvledjay ^ ha 4 now seen ih and I tell you ; that a crow never flew over SI ^ - ^ ?^?^ -P ^ more than J » » have been told ; that itwas all stones , SIS «?^ : ^ - n ° . norwe ) -it : is an ear ^ (^ SS 8 y 9 . ^* ™ e wnsiderthe induce-S ^ d ^^ f - ' R « tly , you have posses" ^^^ P ^^ M ^^ -pust ^ ou ; secondly every ° clMf orj . ou ^^^ feWs share ; andi ; thirdly ; if , houldi you uffk ^ every , aay : 8 jahouruphu 8 handed in , ypftiR SAVINGS BAN * owillibei . purchasedsfrbmwbuaaV iu fi , n ^ gnf a « n . » —J t . ^ -t . v . ¦ ' .. '

      yalji |; ana : I am nowwmmissibhed . ^ wfietfyour ey es ' have . been opened to tte delusion ^ 'to offer and pay dovdifin cash theirespecti ye suras of ij 64 O , £ 6 O ; and ^ P $£ J !^^ i ^^ allotment ; so that up to the'hour of your location you-haye not-been deceiyed or juggled ; -Will any man Kll ?||(» Nb ; ho ^ not for five times as much . " ) Now th 5 » M ¥ ^ . ? ? . un * was just , ; the Whistler ' s or r an ^ HCheers ^ and " Yours ; no neither , it ' s far beraapian we ever expected , * ' rejoined by ail . ) ' ^ Is breikftfe vet id be vlocated ? ' ^ Wrt ?> Ktid . i ^^ - ^

      ; yops ^ Np /; n 9 , it ' s ^ eautiful . V ) iAudthirinnuce . idM ; tiijhe industrious ; jI -may now- mention-V « & * this ^ tha ^ ff ^ iglst ^ next ! I will give , out of my own pocket , a premium of - £ 7 to the most deserving , of £ b to the next , and of £ 3 to the next . ( Loud cheers : ) I think ; the directors are quite right in looking for .: a . . sound foundation for what they are pledged to cany out , before they hold out further benefits ; ( hearihear , ) but by August next I feel assured that they will ! be " enabled to . offer yet more advantageous term s to the members when the plan , only now in its infancy , is more fully developed ; and . here lefrae state , thattheir studv

      , their delight , is to be able to realise more than their promise , and your hope ; ( cheers , ) but while I thus hold out the inducement to emulation , let me not be misunderstood—my object is to create social comfort , as well as plenty , in the cottage ; and therefore , do not suppose that the man who grows the longest cabbages , or has the cleanest ground , or best cropj is to receive my money—no ; --I will test his affection to his wife and children , as . we ' ll ' as his ability to lahour- ( loud cheers)—I will dive into the baby ' B thoughts as well as into the'lend—and I have a keen eye—and I will prefer the man Upon whom his wife smiles naturally , and to whom his children

      run joyonsly , to him who shall merely train them for fhe judge ' s eye-r ( loud , cheers , and waving of handkerchiefs , )—I will be able to discover whether the affection and feelings are natural , or induced bv trairipg for the reward . ( Cheers . ) That , will be an inducement to increase happiness , and then , as you were-tlie first to display your courage , and exhibit your confidence , I am not afraid to tell you , ' that no man who is industrious , soherj honest and affectionate , SHALL EVER LEAVE THE CASTLE IN WHICH I HAVE PLACED HIM , so longas I have a coat to sell or a second shirt to pawn—( loud cheers , and clapping of hands)—nowith

      , , God ' s blessing I will let tyrants know and revilers understand , that I can hear oppression and denunciation , but I cannot brook defeat . . ( Loud-cheers . ' ) Upon the other hand , I should esteem myself culpable , nay : criminal , were I to foster , encourage ) ; or save the : idler or the dissipated from that just reproach and condemnation which is sure to follow all who shall he turned out from neglect , dissipation , and idleness ; I will not stand between them and the fate they have brought upon themselves . ( Hear , hear . ); Herein' then exists the material difference between our society and all others ,: undertaken as-mere

      speculations to gull the credulous and confiding . In other societies , the puffing press is enlisted , all is , THANK GOD , OPPOSED TOME . ¦ ( Cheers , and " never heed them . " ) Thesa deceivers puff , while puffing and lying pays , and , in process of time , ' a call is made for more , and more , and more , still the press approves , till , at last , there , is one call too many for ADVERTISING , PRINTING , and payment of officers , still the press approves the PRINCIPLE but denounces the DETAILS- ( Iaughter ) i — then the - shareholders are called together to Kear ' of their . ruin . and . some ATTORNEY ' FORTUNE

      and they learn that they are all • still liable to the SHARKS . ( Cheers . ) Now , upon the btherjhand , I have made as much as paid all qur expenses for nearly two years , while it has not cost you a shilling for advertising , and we have made a large profit of printing . ( Cheers . ) And ; why . ? because the pro . jectors of another society would , hire a host of pffi . cers and should insure toleration from those officers by disbursing patronage to idle servants ; for instance in our case we would have a corps of LAND SMELLERS and LAND TASTERS . ( Cheers and laugh : ter , ) We should / then have DRAFTSMEN and VALUERS , ENGINEERS and PROJECTORS

      , SURVEYORS and ROAD MAKERS , ARCHITECTS and ARTISTS , OVERSEERS and PAYCLERKS , BOOK-KEEPERS and their CLERKS anda committee of SALARIED idle OFFICIALS , who would not know a cottage from a HAND-SAW ( Roars of laughter , and" that'siit . " ) Now , strange to say , I fill all those offices , and bailiff as well , and it is my pride to say , that , up to this moment , I have not charged for my travelling expenses to visit and

      bid for estates , and here is the book in . which your accounts have ) been . kept ; from the comraencemsnt , in which there is not a figure of mine , but alt the monies have been paid by me ; ( Cheers . ) No SUNDRIES , no STATIONERY , no ERRORS , no POSTAGE , no charge for an expensive staff nor yet for the man of all work " . ( Cheers . ) > And , now , my friends , observe , that , according to the terms under which you invested ; your money , a much higher rent would be chargeable , but we have limited it to

      » P $ r «? . " *• upon the outlay , in order that , the most Unexceptionable security may be given , to the bank , and the most encouraging prospects held out to you . ( Cheers . ) 5 / . a-year of . ours will be security for 3 / . 10 s ., and the more valuable you make the 5 / . a year the better security it is—a security which no bank that ever was'in the world before has offered . ( Cheers . ) 'Thus , ' unlike other societies ; you see you are not . to be disinherited because you were the most for tunate ; ( Cheers . ) No . ' my thoughts will be ever on you myheart wiUbeeverwith you- ( loud cheers ) and every advantage that accrues to the end you will have your share of it , and , again , I assert and pledge that when

      mygelf , a section , wound up , will leave an incalculable amount to be returned to each shareholder ; while " , in the outset , we have relaxed the mode of fixing the rent , which gives you an immediate arid permanent advantage , and will enable you to purchase your domains , as not an acre shall be SOLD or MORTGAGED . ( Great cheering . ) I wil ! now call your : attention to the mode of punishment Iwwh you to . adopt , it is this-NEVER BEAT A CHILD , it makes them hardened- ( loud cheers )—and cunning and artful- ( hear , heart-but yet tUev must be punished , ^ and I'll tell you how ; say to a child thatrequires punishment , ' Now Will , or Betsy thou shan ' t to weed

      come or work in the field , or n to ; school , to-morrow . " ( Roars of laughter . ) Now 1 feel convinced that that would be much more effi . cacious than beating . ( "Aye ! I ' m sure it would , ' fronv a mother . ) Try that , and I'll answer for the effect ; but , tell me . who ever heard a factory child crying for being told it should riot work . ( Cheers , and « eyer . ) Let me now show you your security , aid the security of the plan . A person has taken one acre of land from Smith , and two rooms in his house , and has paid his rent , in advance . ( Chesis . ) Now Smith will have three acres of land , and three rooms for ¦ « 210 s ., and his tenant will live and make vast profit too , and I promise will not work for

      you any other master . ( Hear , hear , and « No . " ) Well , if the tenant thrives , and the laudlord fails , we shall know tovtoat to attribute it . Again , I . have been commissioned to look out for board and lodging for unhealthy , not sickly , but smoke-stricken , children , belonging to London tradesmen ; and who may be educated , say from 10 to 14 years of age ; and I understand that the parents would willingly pay 5 s . a weekkfor board , lodging , and washing ; here then is one added to a family , and ten shillings over the rent of house . and four acres paid , ^ bud cheers . ) And what an inducement to tradespeople and friends , for woe to the man or woman , with 34 spies upon

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      them ;; who would "dare to neglect or ilUtreat the strangers . child here . ( Loud cheers . ) -And what dehght to the parents to run down on a ' Sunday , and see the dull city MOPE turned into ' a sportive country lamb . ; ( Cheers . ) And what , an inducement to the parents to abandon the SMOKE of hell for the AIR OF HEAVEN . ( Cheers . ) Again , I will presume that a man is pushed for his rent , and I now speak in presence of . the most practical farmer in this ' parish , and our kind neighbour , Mr Biggs , and I ask him if I overstate'the price , when I say ; that for ' nine week * in Hay time and harvest , a man w # l earn a npiind a week . ' ^ ! ( Mr Biggs : " Yes , arid more . " ) Here , then is more than the rent of 2 acres , nearly the rent of 3 acres , and all buithe rent of 4 acres for 9 weeks

      worK , leaving nearly 10 months for labour on your own farm : ( Cheers . ) Now what practical man will dare to uphold the Free Traders' opposition to man SSI ^ tk ™^ »' ¦ agaimt ^ h facts as these . ' S ° 5 - teU yo H ' tbat Population presses iT ^ Wft x' f % P orsoosistence-soiit . wellmay Tr ^ " * ' ^ - ^ W $ « occupied with ' usele ' s timber ^ ndfences . for . no . otherpurpose than ' to . pre : serve the game for theidle ., ( Cheers . ) . And yet you have . had a-marvellous benefit from the' game laws ; ' for , but forthe * fact of Dr Eyrcshaving the right' of shooting over tliis property / gentlemen - and farmers

      would have put it up some hundreds of pounds higher ; but . they could not stomach t | ie notion of another possessing their . uselessprivUege . bnfiasItoldhim . he would liave nothing but , PEASANTSHQOTING HERE . NOW . ( Cheers and laughter . ) . Now you have that much benefit from the game laws ; and , as to my subject , the man who cannot get on here will always be able to realise a large amount for bis holding . But mark , ' another-and a still greater adyahtagei that it confers . , The Autbcractof . Russia has lent , or is about to . lend , your rulers two million i of money , in the yain . hbpe of propping the system . Now all these speculations will have a wonderful effect upon your poor starving brethren of . Manchester , and the

      manufacturing ' districts ; but what will you care for the price ' of food when you grow it for yourselves ? if speculation affects it , you wont he at the loss ; ( Hear , 'hear . ) If . it is lo ^ , your kiteheh will be a good m a ' rket--if it is high , your neighbours' necessities will require the supply , and your industry will furnish the article . But some have gone so far as to assert , * that those in want -wont buy from you , ( laughter)—yes . you may weiriaugh . for , rest assured , the man who wants pork will make no difference between ' your pig and the tithe-pig of the Bishop of ¦

      Exeter . ( Laughter . ) How delightful it must be to you , then , to he independent of foreign speculators and domestic economists ! How charming to be your own masters , ( cheers , ) your own servants and your own producers . Have I not always told you that FREE TRADE could be only carried oht by FREE LABOUa ? ( yes , ) and have I not told you that the Land would be ; the next thing contended for ? ( Yes . ) The duty of a Government is to cultivate the national resources , and . how can that be so extensively effected as by setting every , man , woman , and child , to : task work for ; themselves .

      ( Cheers . ) Ah I how you / will long for the peeping Bun , till now shut out from you , and how you will , regret his early departure . ( Cheers . ) Howl have mourned to see gray-headed old meu compelled to crack stones from morning till night , at eighty years of age , men who had entitled themselves to honourable , living and idleness , by labouring from ten to forty . ( Cheers . ) I ' ll give you an instance : —a poor old man , eighty-two years of age , came to me Borne weeks ago , and told me that the parish officers had taken one of his two loaves per week off since wheat

      had become dear , and asked me ,. to go . to law -with them ; I said " No , I have too much oh my hands , but come to me every Saturday night , and I , A STRANGER , will give you from ray own pocket what your guardians refuse you . " ( Great cheering . ) This , then , is one of your inducements to labour , when young , for yourselves ; that you work hard when health and strength and nature permit ; and when health declines you have your retiring pension , arid your children ' s society , and why shouldn't you ? ( Loud . cheers . ) Again , see what a different race I will make—see what a . noble edifice for the

      education of your children . ( Cheers . ) While a sectarian Government is endeavouring to preserve its dominion , and fostering sectarian strife , I open the sanctuary of free instruction for the unbiassed training of . youth , and Woe to j the firebrand parson who shall dare r to frighten the susceptible mind of infancy , by the . hobgoblin of religious preference . ( Tremendous cheering , and waving of hats . ) Let the father nourish , and the fond mother , nurture , their own offspring —( cheers ) and then we shall have a generation of FREE

      CHRISTIANS . ( Loud cheers . ) Again , what a sight to see 35 free men marching to St Albans , not te liold up their hands in mockery and insult , for a choice of tyrants , but to give their , vote freely for a choice . of representatives . ( Loud cheers . ) How respectable you will be then ! ( Laughter . ) Bnt they tell you , you can't live upon two , three , or even four-acres ; but see what Mr Gillett has done ; lie gave 236 / . for two acres of bad land , built a house , and last year , besides supporting his family made 57 / . profit , and savB he will make more this

      year . - ( Cheers . ) Again , look at Samuel Briggs , of Oxfordshire ; he rented four ; acres , and now ; he has purchased that and ; fortyNacres more , and -has built many houses , all by . his own industry , upon the first four acres . ( Cheers . ) ' And let me now assure you , once for all , that no man living has yet discovered the ' capabilities of an acre of land . .. ( Hear , hear . ) A fine old man , now 70 , has ah acre and fifteen perches joining Lowbands estate , and'he wants 600 / . for it , and will get it jandhehas realised over 1 , 100 / . ( Cheers . ) Again , see the great value of co-operation in the item of building . You build one house , and pay retail price for every article , even to your laths , locks , stones , and nails . - I build

      Beveral , and purchase everything at the wholesale price in the cheapest market , arid do so with land . You want . one acre , and pay 120 / . for it ; I want 500 acres of the same land , arid buy it for 40 / ., and give it to you for 40 / . ( Loud cheers . ) And then cocoes the great charm—Independence ! You look at home for support , instead of depending upon the whip , the ability , or bounty of foreign countries . ( Cheers ;) ' In short , Ihave brought you out of the land of Egypt , and out of the house of Bondage , and here , with God ' s blessing Lyour industry , and my love for ray first-born , who were poor , but confided in me , here you and your children , ' and your children ' s children , shall abide in the land I have

      brought you to . ( Tremendous cheering and . waving of hats . ) Yes , it would break my heart to see one of you disinherited ; indeed ' I could not ' bear it . Yes , and you will be industrious ; this week ' s collection for this holy cause is nearly 3 , 200 { . ( Tremendous cheering . ) And mark what my greatest joy is— -it is that the largest portion of that has been snatched from the GIN PALACE and the BEER SHOP . ^ ( Great cheering . ) So when the market for abstinence , and virtue , and industry was opened , those reviled for their drunkenness , their idleness and vice , soon took advantage of it . ( Cheers . ) Yes , my friends , but let us have an inducement to he honest , industrious and sober , and I will pledge

      myself that there will not be a rogue or idler , or a drunkard in the land . If you meet a drunken man , or even woman , in Manchester , the creature is an object of envy ; but woe to him who shall he branded as a drunkard by the sober eye of the watchful and prudent here . ( Loud cheers . ) : See , then , what example does , and see the comfort the wife will derive from her reformed husband , ( Cheers and waving of handkerchiefs . ) I have been reviled for securing a pound's worth of labour for every 20 s . of your money spent . ( Cheers , and "Never heed

      them . " ) No your joy shall be my apology . Now , my friends , I am drawing to a close , and is you have now seen all for yowselves-land and houses , roads and wells , firing and water—I am entitled to ask you-Are you gratified ; are your hopes realized or disappointed ? ( A general cry of- " Its far , far finer than ^ we thought-its beautiful . " ) Are you happy ? C Yes , yes , " and cheers . ) Is ' any among you deceived ? ( "No , no . ») Have the directors fulfil ed their pledges , and redeemed their word ? ( "Yes , yes , and more . " ) Will any man take the price for his allotment I , have been

      commissioned to offer ? ( " no , no , nor five times , " ) In speaking of the directors , it is my pleasing duty to bestow upon them that ehconium which their

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      zeal , # eir honour , their < abiHty , and ; honesty ^ ti 3 tI entitle . them ;^ o ;( cheers ;)^; and masterr a ^ em '' of the subject , I am candid enough to confess that but for their co-operation , and watchfulness I could not havesucceeded . ( Cheers . ) ,: I have never . had . one dispute , or cause of . dispute , with my brother directors , and so : great is my confidence in them , that , in ' my absence I leavethem the full ' use of ray name , and in their keeping it has not been . disho . noureij ,, and yet there are some envious of a situation which all who aspire to are notable to fill , but which appears easy ; till tried with seven'days ' ; and five nights workih some . weeks . ( Cheers ' and " aye . " ) Now have I not'a right to be happy ? ' I shall now

      proceed to give eachman . biS jcapital , only stopping price of dung and seeds ; ind until we make up our accounts ,-: we'll , giye r each - two-acre man f 6 / .- ; each three ; aCTe ; pm % 9 / $ im ^ ( cheers ); and : as ; ^ put off the grandidemonstratiori ^ tuliW ^ tdenable ;^ y frfe ^ s to % sifth ! 87 par ^ youlareniaiiy of ypu tire ' dlfter Jong journiesi I shaU postpone ; the ringing , of the ; bell ¦ till < ' Mondav ,. the 24 th , when I will sleep on the estate if any of my ? WJ 4 « 5-w ?!; giye . me . ; : ji ^ ging , ( chesrsTand ^ ali ^) and' then you' shall' have" the ' satisfaction of saying

      D- ^ N ^ THE ; FACTORY ; BELL ^^ Mrifo ^ onnor concluded . amiatfthe ; most yqc ^ waving of ; hat 8 , by ' moying' a ' . y 6 && thanks to th fc " ^ iL ^ hchawraan . who . 'though Mayor , of the city of Exeter , was npt . Bshamed or afraid to commit his . child tovthe ^ company . arid example of ' his fellowlabourers ;; ( Tremendous ch ^ ng . ) : ^ s M * Mr WiiKiK 8 o ;^ r 6 ttfrntdVthanks for the IboBOur conferred upon ; himfand . repeated hUivbwal that to ? « r j « o « U ^ fieditthis life , ' & £ ; £ ^ , - - ^ l > W ? . Mr . < 0 ' jCpnnor ; profleedcdto : handove ^ lAe respective sums mentioned ' to the several bcciipanto : MrWestraoreland instariUy . Tettttnedhisto be placed ™ : th ° ^ topt > o ^ ' ^^^ WremainMl ^ p'C ^ brVhamfs ^' ^ p ^ . ? . ^ SW- ^ i ? 8 » <»^«« led ; MeMw ' O'Oflnhor and ; ^ liit ^ s 1 ^ edv , yorj Gloucester , ' ainid ; t ! io prayers audhl ^ sings pf the ; happyiarmer 8 who hare becnreECtte , d . lroni flayery , ii ( ntiwho ; oo » B ^^ selves amply lewarded for ftei * confidence , wbioh ; we V *? . ^ m ^^ en mwpWl ^ i , ; ^ v , : < ljrf .

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      CLERKENWBLL . — Shihduko and Porqibt . — Charles Madell and Henry Edward * wer « placed at the bar before Mr Combe , charged with having been con . cerned in various swindling trangacUons , to a considera . ble extent . Madell was also charged with hnfiug a forged bill of exchange .. Mr VTontner attended for tb « l-rosecution , and Mr . Bjard , from the office of Mr . Sidney , successor to the l « to Mr Flower , of Hutton . garden , for the prisoners . The court was crowded by tradesmaa who had b « en swindled / and the greatest interest was manifested , Th » priaoners it appeared , have baen . for a cbnilderable time past practising their deceptions aboui town at "duffers , " and obt&ininj goods undarfalw pretences ; Madell being the principal actor , but eaoji prisoner taking by turns the prominent pwt . / Tbeir plan was to call upon lewellen and other tradeiinen to

      regueBtgold ohaine aud other » rticl » s in their trade , to be ihown on approbation , representing that they would introduce ready money oiistomers , but on obtaining the goods they were iuilaritly pledged ., The prinoners were at lengch deteoted by Mr Samuel Billot , dmsmiicasa maker , of Jewin-streat , City , and given into ' custody for stealing a morocco dressing . case under the ¦ ibovs circumstancei , when , in conssquerice of the " report of ^^ . f ? " - 1 ° ^ ° " . «* *» & «¦« eameforward to exhibit charge , agaimt them , on scTeral of whie ' h they irere fully committed to Newgate for . Mai . Mr Jo « ph SlFtT } ' v ^ "S . ^"' Midellvof ^ uttertag a forged bin of exchange for £ U . ; Evidence being ndducedn proof of the chMge . Mr Combe decided on comtaUtinghim for trial , buthe nlll bebrougJSp % tin for the case to be completed . ,

      A JwisirBMAca of Paomss . _ Notoneof the best looking of the Jewish persuasion was summoned b / s young pretty female of that chosen peopla , to show causa why h » refused to maintain a little boy , two years ' of age , ths resultofthelr intimacy , the defendant , had paid 3 * . Sd . a week towards its support up to within tho last threo we eke , when he defaulted , in coniequenci ; , ' •» ha stated , of the badness of ( he times , and hiring to nrsist on age * father , who was unwell , Mr Aldernun Hutgrove said he must pa ; the 3 s . 6 d . a week , end Is . a week off the old debt . Dofendanfc—But ah « has got my furniture , your worship , can ' t I have that ! Mr Alder *

      man Mnsgrove ( to complainant)—Have you his forni . tuve ! Complainant , railing—Vy , your vorship , you sto thatrequires some little explanation . Bsfore I had th « baby he promised me marriage , and ' so l « t me mind the furniture until it took place . N « vr , jour vorship , 1 am minding it . ( Tjanghter . ) Mr Alderman MuBgrove-. It '* a 8 ubject I can't enter into ; - but ( to defendsntU advise you to marry her , and you' ll get both baby and furniture . Defendant-Mnrry her j did you ' say Sir , why I can ' see that exactly . The parties . '' with' a ' ioi of tho tribe , then left the Court . ; , ; : . ' * T ™ ' * : , " . ^ KRMAsr . —Food riots have bwurred ' infieTera ! P'Wes . , r :- ;' ,, riMa

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      AtiioNDBDRT . ^ rPrirrSaturaay , the . bells of the p *» risli churdi were merrily rung for a considerable time in honour of the allottees taking possession of their farms at O'Corinorville . The boll-ringing " created considerable excitement in the town , and caused many to inquire " for . the first time the objects of the-Chartists , and the purpose of our cloribni Land Company . ' : i : - ¦ '

      ^ ABHioN-BKDER-LTNE .-On- Saturday , the Isfc of May , at 12 o ' clock , the bells ; ' of the parish ohurch . commenced ringing a merry peal in honour of the allottees taking possession of their allotments at O'Connomlle . The bells rung upwards of one hour and a half , te ths surprise of not a few of the inhabitants . ¦ - ¦ ¦ .- ' .. ¦ .- .. •¦ ¦¦ /¦ ¦ ¦ .- ¦ - . • . -= ¦> ' Bacup . —The friends of fre ? dos » hero held a , toirtt on the 1 st of May , in tho CliHriin ! jbom , wbi « l * s * a » beautifully _ illuminated . - Ti ^ o nvonihc'd- ' etf . <> rlaSuments consisted of songs , reciti * < > w , s . nd at' ..: lvc » se « by several of the members of the Land Com ^ a -j * Boltos . —The lBtofMay was celebrated horoir ., ; very spirited manner . ' . At the festival , tho following sentiments were responded t « bv Mr M , Stavc-nscn 1 * 11 « k ^ M * Tj . _ . _— __ . ! t % « a k . bH '

      . ^^ . ' Lomax , Raynor , and othew : —" Mr Fei-rzus ( VCua . nor , the Champion of Universal Liberty , and Pountler of the National Land Company , may " he live to see the fruits of his untiring zeal and unflinching perseverance in the people ' s cause brought te a speedv and happy issue . "— " The Landowners at O'Connomlle , may this day be celebrated ! through all succeeding Bcnerations , as the day when the foundation of British Liberty was laid to emancipate the toiling million * from olasa-misrule and slavery , "— 41 The speedy ' return of Frost , Williams ^ Jones and Ellis , and all other exiles . '' ¦ =. ¦ -. < :-Carlisle . —A numerous and rospeetable meeting of the shareholders and friends of the National Land Company took place at tbo house of Robert Bainbridge ^ St Cuthbert f g-lane , on Saturday even * ing . Mr Gilberteon was called to the cliair . who ,

      after some remarks , gave "The people , the only legitimate source of power . " Responded to by > Mr Roney . The following toasts were then given : — " The People ' s- Chartor . " Responded to by Messrs Fish and . StephenBon . "The National Land Company , and may the fortunate allottees on theO'Counwville Estate , ' who have this day taken possession of their ; allotments , meet with complete success . " * Responded to by Mr Foster . ¦ "Feargui O'Connor ; Esq ., and the other directors . " Spoken toby thechairman and Mr Foster . "T . S ; Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., " and several other toasts were given in the courBe of the evening . "; Huix . —Ou Monday evening , May 3 rd , a tea patty and ball was held at the Ship Inn , ' Church-lane ; to celebrate the location of the allottees at O'Connorville . ¦ ¦ ••• . !• . : ¦¦¦ : ¦ ¦ . <¦ : ' - . . . t

      Lowbakds . —Notwithstanding the unfavourable weather , the glorious 1 st of May was celebrated by festive sports both out-doorand in . A cricket-match , came off , and is Bpite of the . weather was well played . The bells of , Red Marley . Church rung a merry peal for two hours . Alter the cricketrmatch , filty-fonr of the men employed on the estate , sat down to a very excellent cold dinner , . provided by , Mr Lloyd , of Staunton , Swanwich , which gave ample satisfaction to all present . Mr CulUngham was called upon to preside , and Mr Moody , brauehBecretary , was elected to the vice-chair . . The cloth having been removed , the first toast . was— " The , People , the legitimate source of power , "—which was spoken to by the chairman , amidst , great applause . . The following toasts

      Tvere also given : — Jfeargus . O'Connor , Esq ., the Founder of the Land Plan , " with nine times nine , and one time more . —"; The . treasurer , trustees , and the other directors of the National Land Company , " with threo timea three . " Ilealthand . prosperity to the successful allottees at Herringsgate , their wives and children , " with three . times three . " Dubcombe , and success to the National . Trades' Association . "— " Tho editors of the Northern Star , the iftrrterh Star , and the rest of the Democratic Press . " Several Bongs were sung amidst grea ^ applause . ' iNoiiiHOAAM . —On Saturday evening a supper took place at the Seven Stars , Bwher Gate . MrJ . Boscok presided , and the festivities of the evening were kept up till a late hour . '¦• ,

      SHEPjiBtD . —A Tea Party was held in tbo Democratic Temperance-room , 38 , Queen-street , on Monday , in commemoration of tko Emancipated Slaves taking possesaion of their holdings at O'Conriorville . Several new members wore enrolled . Sojjthampaoh . —A festival was held on Monday evening , Mr George Goodman in the chair ; The first toast was ¦ " Feargua O'Connor , the founder of the Land Company . " Responded toby Mr J . Sida . way , late of Rouen . A number of other toasts were given , and responded to in appropriate Bpeaohes . ' A number of patriotic songs were sung . WobsbW Common . —On Monday evening a publio tea tookplaee in honour of the location at O'C « nnorville , Mr George Booth in the chair . Anum , beof patriotic toasts and soHgs were given in the course of the evening . : , " ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ^^^ HHM ^ WM ^ MM ^^^^ H ' < ~ '

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1417/page/1/