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    » jO THE EDITORS OF THE « NOT-. TESGHAM MERCURY , ' &c ,, &c . (( kr&mtdfrm iktfintpiee . ) Respecting Iiis next door neighbour , Mr Ramsfcottonb n » nas the worst lnt of land on the estate , and has bera gnfbr tnnate enough to bare three pigs die ; but he never comp lains ; and never yet baa he -wished himself back twin in Manchester . I cannot say , nor jet can hei what da wife may have said , trot be did not belieTe it to oe traeas tohatinp nothing to eat hnt a piece of bread for tha remainder of the week , and , therefore , not being able to ask him te eat : it was not at all fikel ; that erery perfon should ask Mm ( a perfect stranger ) to eat , though Tawes did share his meal with him ; especially when he was , as Mrs Tawes informs me , completely coTered with « rmin . ^ THB EDITOES OF THE - HOT-

    • Mr Tawes and others did not seem to think it necesgary to call a meeting on the subject , there beinBbutlittle to answsr , and that Uttle referring to Tawes . Regarding oar position generally speaking , we are pretty comforJable , aU baring plenty of good potatoes . I would back my earl * potatoes against any in the kingdom , for either siteor quality . Most of nshaxe from one to three nogi . nearly fat ; seTeral have nine or ten pigs ; six orseten haTe sows with large litters of little pigs ; and only about three hare sold their barley ; so that there is not much fear of their starringdnring the winter . Our barns are now being erected . The company gave us two pounds in money and eight pounds' worth of materials towardi erecting them . The company are also putting excellent tram psintothewells . We certainly could dobetter if we judmor&capital j or if the loan granted by Conference had been immediate , as they intended , instead of post . BOned for two months , as the directors decided ; but take US all in all , we nave not much grounds of complaint Few that are here would have fared so well during the winter elsewhere . You will excuse my saying more , as I

    amvay busy , and have another letter to write on the game subject Tours truly , « MrS . Saunaers , Radfora . 'T . M . \ Thkelek . « 5 . B . Three persons on the estate have cows ; three others have either a horse or horses ; we have also a don . kev , two goats , ducks , fowls , and rabbits in abundance . There , now , what does tha 'Rambler ' say about them ttarrIng in the midst of plenty ! let him hide himself , for he is now endeavouring to throw cold water on a good cans :. Do not the operatives in Nottingham and ths neig hbourhood wish themselves in surhastawlng condition ! Yes , they do ; and are using all means to get in tuch a state , ani Mr O'Connor will not deceive them , for it is not in his nature . As for the practicability of the land . Kan , let the scribbler meet Mr O'Connor the next time he is in Nottingham , which will not be long first Hoping you will find a corner for the above remarks , 1 remain , Gentlemen , yours , &c , Samuel Smjkdem , Secretary .

    ' TomMns , its frightful—Oh , its shockingttat any one should be so wilfully ba . se and corrupt . Goodnight , Tomkins , I'll join the Land Company before I deep . 'But , Timkins , are you quite convinced ? ' 'Yes , my eyse are opened , and I see it all ; the VAGABONDS would CRUCIFY an angel that wouldservethe poor . ' Now , you unblushing rascal—yon hired prostitute—you wilful and corrupt liar—was ever exposure of your every lie equal to what 1 have given you ? You conclude wifli rejoicing that I do not represent you . Thank God for it , you beast I only represent honest

    labour , not prostituted villainy . You should not have a vote , as you are not of sane mind . I am a rock , you brute ; I am invulnerable , yoa savage . And all the money of the League , now being freely spent to frighten mefromjthe performance of my duty in Parliament , will but nerve me for the good fight . I have done with you till "Wednesday next , when I * challeogeyou to meet me at Nottingham . I have fowarded you a timely notice on Monday last . Bring the balance sheet , you beast , and write to all whose names appear there , and ask them if they received the sums . Mind—no flinching ; meet me and expose me .

    You unfortnnate victim ! it would appear as if the Lord had doomed you . I haye " . this moment received your rubbish of last Saturday about garden seed and seed potatoes , and of all the rubbish that you have ventured upon yet , this far out-strips it , as you presume that in three months I ate over H 0 £ worth of potatoes . 40 , 000 cabbage plants , and some stones of turnip seed , as it would appear that none of them w ent into the ground . But , Wednesday night , with God ' s blessing , you shall have au as hot as von can sup it .

    Now , little Miall , I come to you . You poor little animal , couldn't you keep out of the mess , but must oo too put oo s fingy in the crow ' s hole , when oo thought the crow was not at home ! You poor little bit of nobstick spirituality—you corporeal nonentity and mental abortion—so you thought , you , too , would ask yourself a Free Trade question , and then , priest-like , offer me your little columns for a reply . Here is what you say : —

    THE CHARTIST LASD COMPANY . A . correspondent at Hexham writes to us as follows : — Enonihgyoutobeatruefriend to humanity , and one of the best representatives of the people through the press , I feel encouraged to ask your opinion oa the scheme of the National Land Company under the super intendence of Teargns O'Connor , Esq ., as to whether it is likely to secure the end proposed—ths enfranchisement of its members ; a comfortable living for a family wio is industrious ; and , ultimately , complete possession cfyonrown allotment ! Sir , Iwisljto know if it would be pradent for ft working man to riskhis hard-earned £ 5 in such a scheme ! I am aware of the existence of a society called the Electoral League , its primary object being fee enfranehisementof its members ; yet , in securing this it makes them householders : while the National Land

    Company not only holds out the franchise , hnt a respectable competence ; and , in the end , cronns you a landowner . ' We are sorry that we cannot fully satisfy our correrpondenfs reasonable inquiries from our own knowledge of the company referred to ; hut the following extracts from respectable jeurnals contain statements which , if proredto he correct ^ will enable him to form a safe conclusion on the subject If the serious charges thus made can be satisfactorily rebutted , we shall gladly open on ? columns to any vindication of Mr O'Connor's scheme . 'Onewhoha 3 Whistled at tho Plough ' —a writer whose able productions on the free-trade question , must be -familiar to many of our readers—has made a aeries of grave objections to the Land Company and Labour Bask , in a letter to the Mw&tster Examiner .

    mow , what authority you seek to give to your respectable cotemporaries !; Why , you poor little thing ! you know you only asked the question of yourself to enable you to reprint the folly in your paper . Now , who , in the name of fate , would ever think of asking you a question about the Land Plan ! You think , because we tolerated you * in Sonthwark and Halifax , that you can swim against the current—nay , Btop it . I don ' t want the use of your columns , and your bit of sanctimonious sentimentality shall not save

    you , you little trickster 1 No doubt the League will be obliged to " come out against the Land Plan , and you are one of its pop-guns ; but read my answers to your RESPECTABLE COTEMPORARIES , and then go down on your little marrow-bones , and beg pardon , and perhaps I may forgive you , YOU NAUGHTY BOY . 1 have done with you , and now for the Dispatch man , who has prayed for an' ounce of Civet . * Well , you shall have it . I know you are a sweet-tongued youth , so I'll treat you to a love-letter , first publishing your a to me of the 3 rd and 10 th instant : —

    FEARGUS O'CONSOB AXD THE WEEKLY DISPATCH . behave , on seTeral occasions , opened our columns to an exposure of Feargus O'Connor's trick to raise the wmd by the establishment of a Chartist Land Company , and if we have not succeeded in sufficiently opening the eyes of his numerous gulls to the delusion , we have , at least , the gratification of knotting that thousands of individuals , who might have been caught in the snere , now hesitate to embark their hard earnings in the scheme that must ultimately fall to pieces . We have sent forth a waning vdee from one end of the kingdom to the other , not with fterie * to show that Feargns O'Coanoris a dishonest man , but to create an inquiry into his views and objects , and to instruct people how to act , when promises are held cut to them which may never be real ' std . We are

    more than ever convinced that the position we have taken is the right one . We are satisfied that the Company will prove a direct faflnre , and we are certain that the unfortunate dupes to his mercenary views , must be victimised to a greater extent than they can possibly hn& ^ ne . Aniwhy&rewagos&thfied ? Why so sanguine ! Merely because O'Connor , in the absence of real argument , has undertaken to abase us with a savage earnestness which none but a man embarked in a bad cause would resort to . In the columns of his own almost extinct newspa per , th ; Northern Star , this firebrand ( who led on Frost , Williams , and Jones , to rebel against all authority , ani , in the hour of danger , slunk away to Ireland , under the pretence of visiting his estates , when he discovered what the coniequences would be ) has deroted only two colnrons and a quarter of drivelling stuff to expose our ignorance ! He addressedhimself thus to the editor of the Vispateh : — € Touunmitigated ass ! You sainted fool ! You canon ised ape ! There is not a working man in England who ias not more confidence in me than in any oanierinthe

    world ; and to h « ought you nfce -mpoop ! This is the lanjmaj te in which our arguments are met ; this is the modeltrO'CoiBor has adoptedto dispose of the question as to the stability of his precious Labour Bank and Land Scheme . It is the Yerj woist cams he could have pursued , becstueitoptns the door to great suspicion as to the Pprity of hit intentions . Ifa man aims at honesty , and his viewt are based in such a manner as toba able to stand agiinsttha battering-ram of inquiry , he has no need to tattja roundabout course , to prove himself right and his opponents wrong , his path is a straight one , unhampered either with briar or difficulty ; aad he may fairly invite them to a di « pa » s ! onateinqmry , without fear on the "" Ktena , or thelosiof reputation on toe other . O'Con noristhe bu 04 og of the Chartists : lie is one of the l *™ riatthegate « of the estate purchased at the er-Penseof folly and tou . Yon may eulogise his scheme if you ifte ; butonce yon point out the probability of its ™ jure , you must expect tobe seirednpon ; not that much « rm w » aW come of that Feargus ilk dog that growls , oatlacks thepluck to di mischief . Likethe Tillage cur , u « umls when his fellowshowl ; buthealways takes espe-

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    cial care ro put others in front , while he kerfis a r ° sne << r fnldi « tance to the rear himsafc withhUS ? >? ^ tween his legs . We have exMsed V La Wr" ! J * * Iandschemt Wehave sh ^ ZtitmSnoffi under its present management , hutbecause itftSS P I prospects that cannevw be watoedS »« . m ^ V ? bett , wnibecontentto be brofled on wm ¦ ' Uke ., Col ) - & £ S £ 3 &Ss £ ESrSSSSSSs * ^ spm the orn ^ f ? < f Bidder anideathateaoh wfflbecome absurdK an «> tete ,. the delusion is cruel , while the rating ? ^? palpable that we feel astonished that r ^ onalmen shonldhavebeen taken iu by snehapro K a ^™ 8 £ ? ch Pwple Mr O'Connor ' , abuse may be wflwL ? methu lS very smart ; but reflecting perions Witt Come to no ofte * conclusion than that Mr O'Connor U a humbug , and Ms land and Labour riga regular take m - . ^ ° have object ed to thefarge shareof power aimed at by fierce Feargus . - He at first proposed to have two w-opentort , by way of check on his accuracy and fidelitr in keeping accounts , and then hereluctantiy extended the number to jive . He and two of his seULchosen associates form a majority in the Court of Directors . These coadjutors may be men of kno * n property and standing in J 2 ? ety . Theymaybemenwhooweno farour or grati . tude to Feargus ; men not in needy circumstances before they were raised to their present high station as trustees men not w theleastlikelj to fall into any sdusme fa * theirownparticnlaraflvMtage . The Chartistsmayknow something of them , though we do not O'Connor's answer to the objection that large Joint Stock Companies ought not to be for along time under the uncontrolled sway of any man is , not that such a state of things has been carefully avoided in the Chartist Land Company but " ""—"" i

    that there must be eonjideneein oH such , concerns . Now . we deny it , and we refer , the shareholders to the iistor , of the Norwich-Life Assurance Office for the last tnent years as exposed in the columns of theJTorwtel Jfcreury Letthe Chartists of Lancashire inquire ef theirbrethrey 01 Norfolk why there was no division of profits when thy last periodical term for declaring a bonus came round . What caused the ' shareholders tomtet in London and . Norwich , and what they discovered when they did meet The people of Lancashire need not go to the United States for expositions of the danger to which the funds of great Joint Stock concerns are liable . There have been examples in their own country of Managing directors bolting with full purses to America , and cliques of directors agreeing to LJp themselves largely regardless of their couf ticuencies . The fanancial accounts of the Bolt Court Parliament , i » we remember rightly , were not quite satisfactory . We will add one short caution . It is foolish to sign any longrigmarole deed without carefully reading it first . - -

    THE GREAT < O * AND HIS LAND AND LABOUR HDUBDG . That : vulgar-minded man , Feargns O'Connor , who would hang and afterwards gibbet us with his own handi for exposing his Land and Labour scheme , among other infamous lies , baB informed his deluded followers , that « ur answers to correspondents are all moonshine ! and that we never have a question upon any important subject asked us ! He i * driven in fact , to his wit ' s end . He blackguards aed abuses us , and imagines , silly fellow , that his stuff passes current for argument He calls us fools , doits , and nincompoops , because we have must red courage enough to tell him tf > at he is something worse . Hewcuidlaya cane across our backs , if he were not aware that the compliment would be returned with good interest Such an exposure as we have given him must

    soon reduce the creature to his own level . The men who now pay a shilling a week to keep up the deep-laid scheme now working ontby Feaigus , will soon begin to discover that they may consider all their deposits as so much loit money . There is not the slightest chance of their ever seeiDjrthem ugf'n—they are inevitably sunk—gone ! The depositors , like Faddy , who knew that his tea . kettle was at the bottom of the sea , onlyhecouldnot get atit , know that tliey bare paid their money into the bands of an agent , only its intiebank-the Labour Bank-where they cannot clutch it ; and Feargus has taken espeeialeare that no one shaU touch it but—himself . let us look at ' the balance sheeP—such a balance sheet ! The first item , then , to which we beg to call the attention of the subscribers to the Land plan , and for which we acknowledge to beingindebted to the spirited editor of the

    Nottixghah Meecort , is' a charge made by their bailiff of three hundred and twenty pounds for sixteen cows and four heifers . We have heard , of late , from the villagers of this vicinity , dupes to the Land bubble , of the extraordinary qualities and virtues of an 'O'Connorcow *—a phrase which has quite passed into a household word in this neighbourhood . Fifteen gallons of ulk a-dat ! an animal of this wonderful breed is said to yield ; kestfes doing all the ploughing and cart work of the farm . Incredible as it may appear to some of our readers , this strance statement , said to be made en the authority of the Honourable and Learned Member for Nottingham himself , is , we verily believe , credited by hundreds of mechanics or manc ? actnrin £ operatives , who are the chief subscribers to the Land plan , and who are mostly as ignorant of every thing reallyconnectedwiththemanaee

    ment of stock , and the cultivation of a farm , as . toute one of Mr O'Connor ' s own similes , an Irish pig is of geometry . After having heard so repeatedly , as we before sr-d , of the marvillous produn of an O'Connor cow , andseeingthattheLowbands estate enjoyed theadvan . tageof just a score of these prolific animals , we turned anxiously to tha cr « ait side of the account of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Treasurer to the National Land Company , ' to see what Avas really derived in Worcestershire from a dairy of such valuable animals . Tw » thousand rallons of milk a-week , thought we , for fire months at least , must have produced a pretty bit of monev for milk and butter . But , Io and behold ! not a farthing appears in the balance sheetfor anything furtherrelating to these twenty cows , except a large item charged for thsir Seep and 2 ' s . being debited to the Company for . a chcxb .

    Peter Tomkins , a poor Sottinghara stockinger , who is a subscriber to the Land plan , with a large family of poorly clad , half-fed children , is charged by the Treasurer to the National Land Company , in as account which he publishes tor hie benefit , with one pound for a churn ! but poor Peter derives , in that account , no advantage from his churn . But , having now introduced our readers to the O'Connor cows , we will , if they will not think it too much trouble , conduct them to the Lowbands itables . This large estate comprises one hundred and sixty-fire acres ! statute measure : including roads , ditche * , and fences ! And how man ] horses do jouimagine the working men ' s bailiff—the man who has 'devoted a whole lift to practical agricnltorcP-and fifteen jears of deeply

    intense thought to the maturing of apian * for locating a number of semi-pauper families on scraps « f land in the country—has provided for putting this land into something like a state ef cultivation for tstir reception , and carting materials for the erection of their cottages ? Why , twenty-three!—tweaty-three horses at a cost of nine hundred and fifteen pounds , one shilling and fourpence ! These twenty-three horses are bought and paid for in gooihard money , wrung , by the wiles of an archagitator , from' buttered hands , ' to the tune oi nine hundred and fifteen pounds , one shilling and fourpence I and how do you think they were got home from the fair or market ? Try if you can make it out after reading the two following entries in the balance-sheet , in connection : —

    Twenty-three Horses .. .. £ 915 1 I Carriage and expenses .. 38 19 4 Hot content with wastefully expending , in the purchase of horses , solargea sum as £ 915 —money which was confided to him , in the simplicity of honest industry , for purposes altogether foreign , in the main , at least , toany thing which would be accomplished by these expensive teams of cattle , —but he than , in the most cold-hearted indifference to the wants and necessities of those whom he insults bj calling them 'his dear children , ' expends a sum equal to wnat fourteen ef them had contributed , — in the hepe that thereby they were placing themselves in a condition to become eligible to be ballottedfor a home , —In sending these animals , accompanied by a sufficient body of attendants , to their destination , without any fatigue , by raiL Feargus O'Connor understands the art of blarneying better than any living manin the empire ; he never had bnt _ one successful rival , and he is gone , and he will practise it more unscrupulously . Had this

    man not the most thorough conviction in his mind that he possessed unlimited power and influence over his dupes , —that they werej through the medium of his agents , bound to submit tohis behests and impositions , without even daring to complain against them , —would he have presumed to have purchased twenty cows with their money , maintained them for six months at their xpense , compelled them to furnish him even with a churn at the cost of 20 s ., and never render to them an accountof the produce of these animals ! Or would he have presumed to have expended £ 915 in horseflesh , with nearly forty pounds more for « carriage and expenses' of these cattle , and yet debt them during six months with * - :, Z ° - "re * team work dona on this paltry estate of 165 acres * But the mind sickens under the details of the awfpl waste of money , so hardly earned as £ hat deposited in the hands of the Honourable Member for Nottingham , which has taken place in the farther . « nce of these schemes of ban civilisation and prosperity carryinz on at Lowbands and Herringsgate .

    Now , my love , as you like sugar-stick better than the bamboo , let me take you to task in gentle terms , my gentle dear . Don't you think ' humbug / f rig , '—( rig , by the bye , iaa very naughty word , but you don ' t know the meaning of it—it means an imperfectly cut horse)— 'bull dog '— 'Fierce Feargua —are very , \ very unpolite words ; and you must lack argument , my love , when you condescend to use them with your swet lips . You say you do not call Feargus a dishonest man , yet you tell my dupes that they are to be victimised . You say that I led Frost , Williams , and Jones on , and then slunk away to see my estates . I assure you , Eliza , you do me vrong , indeed you do ; and then you compare roe to a village cur , howling 1 when there ' s no dancer ,

    andslinking away withmy tailbetwaen my iegj when there is danger . Now , sweetest ! these are naughty , very naughty words , and created great alarm in my mind ; for , always believing that what editors of newspapers say must be true , in agony I looked for the thing of which you spoke , and I could find no tail between my legs—I never had a tail between my legs—I won t have a tail between my leg »—and if you wrote from experience , and have one between yours , you are a very naughty man , so vou are j and the people will call you " a cur , " ' and I can't help it . t « M y life / you say , ' that the

    wnoie liana flan is rotten , but yet , lest you ihould one day be compelled to approve it , you say that 1 am only working out other men s views , while you are perfectly conscious that the Land Flan is all a mysterious scheme of my own . Then you J object to my having a vote with my co-operators , as though you were determined to make me a nonentity—in feet , my love , Uk de 3 r , it ' s evident , that you are jealous , and wish to have me all to yourself . I feat you were . toxy bobus , Eliza—in your cups , my dear—when you stated that 1 said there should be : confidence in all Joint Stosjk Companier . "Why , my iovr , it ' s the very

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    & averse of what I . stated , and then , your flash ot the Norwich Life Assurance Office is too comical'to notice ; and , if we need not goto America for instances of failures , why did you specially direct our" attention to that hemisphere in your first letter ? and which I answered in those rude terns with which you charge me ; but then , you haven ' t even given my text right , nor have you riven a word of

    my sermon , although , I have given every one of your homilies . As forthe financial departmentofthe Bolt Court Parliament , it constitutes one of my principal objections to Joint Stock concerns . You see , then , that I have no objection to spreading your thunder throughout theland , and , indeed , I fear that it now requires a little shove behind to push it through Temple Bar to the west , and up Liidgate-hill to the east .

    So much for yours of the 3 rd ., which absence prevented me from earlier noticing . And now , allow me to make a comment upon that of the 10 th . You begin with what you call ' infamous lies / and then go on with 'blackguards / and of yi ) ur exposure reducing the ' creature to his own level / and although yon say you don ' t assail my honesty , yet you say , its all gone for ever . ; ' and then begin your acknowledgments to the spirited editor of the Nottingham Mercury , and then the horror of sixteen cows and four heifers costing 320 Z . Why , my love , your objection to cons is very like your-objection to banks . Why should not we have cows and

    especially when we made 75 / . profit , and . all the manure , and accommodated ' our men with milk when . they couldn ' t get ; it elsewhere ? And—oh , prepare your " ears for horror— -I gave 22 / . 10 s . for some of those cows , and farmers bid 221 . 6 s . ; and then , as to a churn , 1 have heard of men churning butter in their boots—I have churned it myself in a bottle—but surely you don ' t object to butter too , and if you don ' t you can't have it without a churn ; and surely you can ' t have a churn , a barrel churn , my love , for less than a pound . And then , as to the cows giving fifteen gallons ,

    believe me , my dear , it is aflight of fancy—the exuberance of your budding imaginsitionand you must not put fibs in my mouth and then chastise me for your own tarradiddles . I have a cow , though—but only one—the celebrated Beckey , and I'll bet you a kiss , or half a dozen pair of kid-skin gloves , that she'H ' give ten gallons a day on top grass . And then , as to the horse-hire , after the horrid waste of money spent on horses and food , don ' t be angry when I tell you that I have bought six more horses since I came here , and that I am going to bu y ten more next week , and that I am paying 17 s . a thousand for drawing-bricks .

    because 1 can earn more with my own horses , and that I am hiring from ten to fifteen horses every day besides , in drawing timber from the canal , and coals from the wharf . And , will you credit it , that my twenty-eight horses do as much as seventy hired horses , and yet I am backward with my ploughing for want of horse power . Now , I'll tell you how this it em for horse labour will stand in the nex t balance sheet . As soon as spring time comes , with God ' s blessing you -will see one hundred spanking cart horses working for paupers at Mathon ,. and then you will see the horrible item : — -

    100 Horses , at £ 50 per Ilorse £ 5 , 000 50 Waggons £ 20 each 1 , 000 Harness £ 4 per Hone 400 £ 6 . 400 Now what do you think of that—and then weekly wages of fifty carters at 15 s . a man , 37 / . 10 s . ; and "then . food for the weak , 110 / . J and yet a profit of 150 / . a week , besides manure , as the difference between that and hired labour .

    In a previous part of your letter of the 10 th , you say that I would lay a cane across your back if I was not fearful it would be returned with interest . I assure you , my love , nothing on earth would give me greater delight than to decide a question , which the six editors cannot argue , by WAGER OF BATTLE , and I undertake , to r id the world of six nuisances in half a dozen minutes . Now I have done with my love letter , and I ask you to point me out a particle of argument in either of your epistles . Now , Mr Editor , a word with you . Yonbullaboo of a fellow , who do you think minds what you say . If poor

    Publicolacould risefromthe grave he'd laugh at you , but , with characteristicingratitude , you send weekly to the dead letter office for his contribution , and humbug your readers with the belief that your favourite contributor still lives . But I suppose newspaper scribes , like monarchs , never die . I'll give you a little parody , Mr Editor , upon a good old University song—I was a printer ' s devil , I am a senior ( ED ) , Well known by the pimples of my face , For throwing back my head . Chorus : And a toping we will go ' ce , go ' ee , go '« e . And a toping we will go .

    A senior ( ED ) is immortal , And never can decay ; For how can he ba turned to dust , Who daily Vrets his clay . Cftortw : And a toping we will go . Now , my friend , in your bit of rubbish of last week , you talk of the thumping the Nottingham Mercury is giving me , but don't fail to read the thumping 1 have given you all ; and , contrary to your assurance , I beg most solemnly to assure yoa , that it is not only my intention to bring an action against your friend of the

    Manchester Examiner , but that it is done , and , if needs be , the' fustian jackets , blistered hands , and unshorn chins ^ will pay the costs—but I have never asked them to do such a thing yet . And now , for your satisfaction , although you speak of the declining circulation of the Star , I assure you , upon my honour , thanks to the handle the editorial fry have given me , it ' s increasing , I won ' t say inconveniently , but we never have enough to supply the demand . You have taken your turn b y the ballot , and the poor Globe , the JOLLY BOAT OF THETIMES , comes next . The GtoSesays

    —• CHARTIST LAND SCHEME . There are 3 , 000 share , holders in Mr O'Connor's Chartist Land speculation , all oi whom expect allotments ; but as , during 2 years , only 90 are to have portions allotted , 500 years must elapse before the shareholders' hopes can be realised . The Chartists themselves begin to see the folly of the scheme , and are withdrawing their names . ' ' Now , Timkins , what de you say to that for an arithmetican—for a public instructor .

    Timkins , who tells you all about the revenue , and makes the nicest calculations for you , and then tells you that forty-fire times 500 is 3 , 000 . Timkins , those who undertake to convict by figures should be as clear in their numbers as an indictment in its formalities . Why , Timkins , forty-five times 600 is 22 , 500 , and at forty-five per year , it would only take sixtysix years and eight months , Timkins , instead of 500 years , to locate 3 , 000 members . '

    ' Timkins , when I was a boy this is the way we learned arithmetic , if once 0 is nothing , twice 0 must be something . And now , Timkins , is there any other question you have o ask ? ' ' Yea , Master Tomkins , I have been puzzling my head about that there 38 / . odd , for bringing horses with legs by the railway . ' Ha , Master Timkins , you baint no political economist . Well , Master Timkins , just see here , see how plain figures make things . Now , it is 125 miles from London to Lowbands , and suppose you travel them horses twenty-five miles a day , rather too much for heavy horses , , Master Timkins , but say twenty-five miles —well , that ' s five days and five nights

    on the - road , Master Timkins , and at four shillings a horse day | and night , and turnpike , Master Timkins , that ' s Ah 12 s . a day—23 ? . for the journey , Master Timkins . Then a man to three horses , our bailiff would ' nt let them have more , Master Timkins , that ' s eight men at 4 s . a day—12 . 12 s . Master Timkins—8 Z . for the five days . Then , Master Timkins , you must either ^ bring them eight chaps from London , eight scamps , Master Timkins , or the bailiff must send eight men from Lowbands . Now , Master Timkins put their fare and expenses , and night in Lunnon , down at a pound a man , and you have Si i Then , Master Timkins , you lose five day ' s

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    labour of the horses travelling and bQeJdayV to rest at home , and there , Master Timkins , at ba . 4 a a day , is < & io 3 . a horse / or , Master limkins , 67 Z . lo 3 . Now , Master Timkins p ! S ^ / i ? sesoil road ' .. 23 o o " ' ExpenBeofMen ho Lo « 8 nf w and exp 6 ns 6 tolonaon HO lossof HorseLabour ,. . „ B 710 0 ¦ Now , Matter Timkins take ¦ 38 . 19 4 from that , ana you haveasavingof 87 ' lo 8 ' And , Master Timkins not counting bad wea

    , therm March , and damage to feet of heavy hones b y travelling ,- and chance of chaps getting drunk and funning races ; so now what sav you ? ' Why , Master Tomkins , it's the glqnestest piece of political economy that ever mortal man heard of , but Pm blest if them there vagabonds wouldn ' t puzzle brains of poor folk , that can't calculate like thee . Master Tomkins ; but it ' s astrue as the light , Master Tomkins , that when I read that there stuff , I thought we were to get / all for nothing , and pay nout foi ? anything . ' ; f

    Now , my rienaSj i m y 0 U ; how j Mswep the arithmetic of this booby ; and then I'll tell you a story about him . „ I got possession of this estate on the 11 th of September . Saturday last was the 16 th . of October , arid there were forty-seven houses and . the outbuildings up , and by Saturday next ; that is , when you read this paper , there will be sixty up ,, and I did . jit intend to mention a single word about it until , by the end of November , I was' able to show . you that I did more in the last ten weeks than in the previous two years ; as , b y the end of November , if the weather is at all

    fine , I shall have ninety houses up here . Arid , perhaps , the Mercury man : will be horrified when I tell him that already I have paid the said Mr Tripp 1 , 500 ? . within the first month , for goods delivered , besides paying 6 s . a ton for bringing them from the canal here . And , my friends , what will the ruffians say , when they learn that 180 / . a week would not pay for allfthe liorse-labour that we should require here , if we had no horses of our own , besides being short of the dung—the most important ingr edient for a poor man , and what no other occupant , except the tenant of my Land Plan , ever gets a spoonful of . And what will they say , when I tell them that I would have saved

    1 , 000 ? . if I had had horses of my own at Herringsgate , inbtead of paying 90 / . for the carriage of dung , and 5 s . a ( lay for donkeys to draw a wheelbarrow of sarid ; Ah ! my friends , they can't bear the Plan . I sent three stunners in one of Goatman ' g waggons , this morning , " forty-three miles to Lowbands , with three tons and a half of seed wheat , the finest that was ever seen in the world , for the occupants there—and which they are not to pay for till harvest , and I am now preparing nearly five tona to send by

    railroad to Herringsgate , . which they will not have te pay for till harvest—they get the most , because , though the smallest farm , they have the most land prepared for wheat . This is the great secret of farming , to change the seed—and , although J wish the occupants to be thrown as- soon as possible on their own resources , I think on them , and them alone , by night and by day ; arid , with God ' s blessing , with the proceeds of the declining Star , I shall soon be able to lend them money upon their own security , for if I had millions " they should have it all .

    Now for a story about the Globe , and I have done for the night , and I assure you I have had a long day of it , and it is now past ten o ' clock . In 1830 , we had a meeting sit the theatre in Halifax , with reference to which , the Globe published a very insolent paragraph about me . I posted off to town—at that time there were no railroads—I arrived at the Globe office at eight o ' clock in the morning , and saw poor little Mooran , the editor . He shook like an aspen leaf , and I asked if he was the author of the paragraph . He said no ; and referred me to another , who told me the editor would

    be there at nine o ' clock . I called at nine to the minute , when I saw from the . titter that there was evidently some hoax brewing . I was told that the editor was in his room , and to walk up .. I knocked at the door . whenja very gruff voice roared out ' Come in . ' I entered , and saw ahugewhiskerandOjWith a big blackthorn stick by his side , and tho breakfast things on the table . 'What ' s your will , sir ? ' said whiskers . < Are you the editor of the Globe ?¦ ' said I . ' Yes , I am , said he . 'Then , ' said I , ' I require an explanation of this paragraph . ' 'Humph , humph , ' he grunted like a nig . 1

    Wei ] , what about it ? 'Why , merely that if you are the author , you must retract it in the Globe to night , or meet me in the morning ; . ' ' . Show it to me , ' said he in a milder tone . 'Oh , I did ' nt write that , it ' s very wrong to take those liberties with private characters . I shall see the writer , and compel him to make the proper amende in this evening's paper . ' And sure enough , the most ample and satisfactory apology appeared in that very evening ' s Globe . Now , I have done for the night , and to morrow morning the Whistler shall have the benefits of my waking thoughts .

    ' My good ruffians , what ' s your demand for killing two small children ? ' —Babes in th « Wood . My friends , the League ruffian , the convicted spy , the man with the glazed hat , who , it now appears , was the man who was hired by the Newport magistrates to entrap Frost , Williams , and Jones , comes next in the list . Every man who has read the clear and unanswerable analysis of this man ' s own biography in the' Wakefieid Journal , and published in the Star of last week , can come to no other conclusion than that this fellow

    has been the hired instrument of any party standingiin need , of a good ruffian ; nevertheless , as the people ' s bailiff should not only be virtuous , but above suspicion , I shall not confine myself to an exposure of his hedge' law and rampant nonsense , but I shall put his every charge into the hand of William Grocott on Tuesday night next , to be read to the men of Manchester by him , as the indictment of the ruffian , and every word and every sentence , and every count , I will answer , not mystically but simply . Arthur O'Connor and Roger OlConnor , my landless nephews , robbed by me ;

    the cutting down of timber ; the mode of procuring qualification for the county of Cork ; the establi : k-nent of the Northern Star , and my resources at the time ; its liabilities and my liabilities ; the discharge of Joshua Hobson and the cause ; the whole affair of John Cleave ; my fraudulent books ; Mr Stocks , the coroner , the brewer and solicitor , of Halifax ; the payment of the interest upon the scrip of the Northern Starj . every transaction of my life , I will he there to answer or , and WiLiam Rider shall also be there , who has been in my employment from the commencement : and I challenge my accuser ! ^ to produce John Ardill , my bookkeeper ; John Cleave , the injured London agent ; Joshua Hobson , my much injured

    editor—and I will pay all their expenses . I will meet tin ' s Mr Mannix ' s question , and every relative male and female I have in the world ; and without- excitement , but relying upon facts , simple . facts alone , I will not only refute every charge , but I will show the folly , the futility of one and all . And now , I come to the consideration of those legal absurdities which this scoundrel has trumped up , and which the learned editors of the Nottingham Mercury , the Dispatch , Lloyd ' s 7 ' rash , the Nonconformist , and the Manchester Examiner , characterise as ' able and interesting exposures . ' Firstly . —He says that I told you some time ago , or that I made Mr Wheeler tell you , that the Company was registered .

    He lies , and he knows it . Mr Wheeler never said any such thing . There has not been a man in the world so anxious to have the thing completely ! registered as myself , and there never was a trustee who will furnish such a balance sheet as I will , when the time for ? transferring the property arrives . There won ' t be a farthing , nor the 'fraction of a farthing , missing or misapplied ; Secondly . —He tells you the penalties incuiredlfor he infringement of an'Ast of P . t *

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    liament ^ whici ) he can ' t read ; while I tell you that the impossibility of protecting the property of the Companysfrom the meshes of the law , from spies and informers , during the ] process of registration , was the very reason why the property has been purchased in my name . I tell you thatl objected to if , and I tell vou , that it was only—not b y the vote hut by ' the instance of the directors and Mr . Chinnery , Mr Roberts s clerk-that I consented . I wished the estates purchased in Mr Roberts ' s name but Mr Chinnery said that it would be verv wron < r , if the estates were purchased in ' the name of the solicitor to the Comnanv

    Thirdly . —This , knobstick definer of the law appears to forget that the directors had every expectation , and had aright to entertain every expectation , of having the Company enrolled under the Benefit Societies Act and that alterations ivere made in that Act when we were performin g opera tions which during the time of provisional registration the law would not allow the Company to perform . And this beast should understand that Mr Roberts , MrDuncombe , and a barrister of great celebrity—hot Mr Mannix—had more than one interview with Tidd Pratt upon the subject of enrolment ; but thenew Act

    reouirinethe consent of the Attorney General , arid that law / officer refusing his consent , we were foiled in theenrolment , which the directors set about without a momont ' s delay , as soon as the first Conference , held at Manchester ,-decided upon enrolment . ; And now the protection of the Company ^ consists in allthe acts . having been performed in my name . ' ' ¦ " ¦ - /^ r % ^ e worse ihan nonsense , the r % S " ? 1 ^ ^ ' ^ ers that they all liable for thisfor

    are , that , andtheoth ? whereas they are no more liable for anvthinothan the man in the moon . The Act - of Pa £ liament is framed for the purpose of protecting the thoughtless and unwary from the machinations of the fraudulent and the cunning ; and nothing would give me greater pleasure ' than to have every act of mine , in connection with the Company , submitted to the strictest enquiry of a Court of Law or a Court of Equity . ¦

    ..-Fifthly . —How can I answer ? how can any man answer such rubbish as , that the persons who sell me estates may reclaim them at any time they think proper ? . Why , my friends , I will put an extreme case . Suppose me to be convicted of treason , or murder , and to be executed ; in such cases , the Crown is entitled to the property of the criminal , and the Crown is the most powerful arid' inexorable opponent , and yet , even in such case , the Whi £ Lord Chancellor , the first Equity Judge , would step in and tell the Crown that it was clear that the property was trust property , and that those for whose benefit the property was

    bought , although they should have been more cautious in the selection of a trustee , nevertheless should not be sacrificed to their own credulity and pardonable weakness , and his judgment would be for the shareholders and against the Crown . That ' s presuming the toughest case—that I wa 3 hung ; but does the English language furnish terms of contempt sufficiently strong for those hired tools who characterisesuchfoll y as able and interesting ? Why , the ruffian might as well say—nay , better ^—th at Goatman may come and tak e his cisrts , Dixon his horses , and Tripp his timber . Indeed , I should like to see the vendor of one of these estates serving me with notice to quit under the Statute entitled ,

    'WHISTLER'S LAW OF RECLAIMER . ' Sixthly , —This mountebank tells you , that if I died , all the property would go to my nextof-kin . Now , to take the strongest end of this stick first , I tell you that if I died , even without a will , it would not go to my next-of-kin , because there , too , a Court of Equity would step in and decide that it should be applied to the purposes of the trust , arid which

    trust would he defined , if necessary , by an issue , sent to be tried by a Court of Law . And as to my not heing able to will the property to the shareholders , can you imngine even printer ' s-devils composing such stuff ? Why , if the property was my own and not under settlement , and if I had a thousand sons , I could bequeath the whole property to trustees for the uses and purposes defined in my will . I could . leave it to be distributed as

    alms , to build alms houses , to build churches , to build schools , or to purchase land and build houses ; and didn't these fools of editors understand that millions upon millions worth of property is held by trustees , appointed under the will of deceased parties leaving those properties ? Now , what becomes of the property of all other parties similarly situated . Oh , but this is different , this is for you , and you are paupers—this is the law for mejbecause I am YOUR TRUSTEE . Seventhly . —The fellow tells you that the property is all mine , and that ' I can do what I like with it , although the vendors may take it all from me . '

    Eighthly . — -He tells you , that depositors in the Bank have no security ; Now , which of these horns will he hang upon ? If the property is mine , all my property is liable , as security , for all the liabilities of my'bank ; and , therefore , in proportion as he weakens the security of the shareholders he strengthens the security of the depositors . So that you see he is ina mess , and , hit him high or hit him low , you can ' t please him .

    Ninthly . —He has got some jumble in his head as to the reduced value of au estate by the amount of timber valued upon it . He says , that if an estate cost £ 7000 , with £ 2000 worth of timber , that that estate , stripped of the timber , would be reduced to the value of 5000 Z . Really , my friends , it is out of the power of a master magician to handle the jugglery of this showman with any thing like gravity . Now , just let me place this mystery of a fool in its firoper light , and I will show * you , that ^ sofnr irom those complicated incidents diminishing the security ; of an estate , they actually increase it . Now , for instance , I buy 100 acres of land at ooZ . an acre . I buy it at competition—it is worth the retail price to

    mewhile ihy competitors but offer the wholesale value , all the timber upon the estate is a wholly separate thing—that ' s valued by two persons appointed for the purpose , the one by the vendor , the other by the purchaser . What is called 'lop' and 'top' is never valued ; it goes for the expense of conversion , and the timber is always valued wholesale , and leaves me a large amount of profit . The old materials , of which I converted nearly 500 Z . worlh on the little farm of Herringsgate , I don't pay for ; gates and other things , I don't pay * for , —hut I sell them all , and whatever profit I make upon the distinct property bought by valuation , goes to reduce the price of the land —so that the 101 ) acres bought for 5000 / . without timber , would bo leased to the

    occupants at the rate of 250 Z ., which is 5 Z . per cent , upon the 5000 Z . ; but if I made 500 / . profit by timber and materials , it would be deducted from the 5000 ? . prime cost , and then the occupants of that land would only be liable to a rent of 225 / . a year , or 5 / . per cent , upon the 4500 / . ; thus leaving to the depositors in the Bank property worth 5000 / ., and which cost 5000 / . at a competitive price , for 4500 / . deposited . This is one of the circumstances which enables me to tell the Nottingham Mercury maii , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , Sir Robert Peel , and all the bailiffs , land agents , farmers , landlords , directors , and

    managers of the Land Company , and all other companies , that no man does comprehend this whole Land Plan ; in its entirety , BUT MYSELF . Now , for instance , again ; I purchased this estate of Minster Lovel at the rate of 30 / . per acre—I have 1000 / . worth of materials upon it , for which there is no charge , such as farm buildings , timber to be converted , and other things ; besidesj I have sold some oiit-1 ) ing bits for 67 / . 10 s . an acre , and I will sell forty acres of it , some of it flooded land and not fit for our use , at the same price , and the profit upon that will go to reduce the price of the remainder to about 25 Un acre— which cost 30 / . ; thus

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    giving every depbsltW of 100 / . —I 2 o £ worth of land as security . ' Oh ! but , ' says this Whistler , with hismouth open ; ' these Ov ! . tIjt » Jdings and other things are taken into aecou »» ' by the competitive purchasers , and are mi inci ' i ^ nt item in the visible aggrega te , and you sell theplums , which , as a consequence , goes to diminish the wholesale value of the relatively valued property : ' but it ' s not so , because our rent is 5 / . ' percent upon the amount paid , and the plums are not spld-rit is the unavailable

    property that is sold ; and now I ask you if a more lucid , clear , and simple answer , could be given to an absurd , a ridiculous , a nonsensical question ? Take the . two estates , for instance-, that I have converted—at Herringsgate I hud over 20 , 000 feet of ground joists alone , about 120 oak door-frame . -= about 140 oak windowframes , which cost nothing , and of the very best quality , and all these materials are on the spot without the expense ofcarriage . , . ¦ . . .

    . , Now I will give you a curious item . . At Lowbands , the carriage of stones alone , in old buildings , would have cost lQOZ . Now for a choker , jind I have done with tins polluted ruffian—this hired mercenary—tliis degraded reptile . I have this day purchased GU acres ofthe most splendid domain in this county , and within seven miles of this place , and seven miles nearer water carriage . 1 get possession on the 25 th of . March ; it will cut up into about

    200 allotments , and those houses I will perfect before the month of May expires , besides keeping my hand in from the time I have done here to the 25 th of March , with another hundred houses , so that instead of 45 a year , Mr . Clobe , there will be nearly 400 front September to May ; and if the money came into the Bank at the rate that confidence would warrant , 1 would , undertake , to complete 10 , 000 allotments between this and this day twelvemonth .

    A word with - the Editor of Lloyd ' s trash , and Ihuve done with the six .. You hetero - geneous hermaphrodite ! you physical force Chartist of ] 839 , when physical force brought yoa your wages ! you moral force Colonel of the Lumber . Troop ! you landlord of that nice house described b y your friend Joshua Hobson ! you have left me no argument beyond your poor spleen to reply to , but , at the same time , a correspondent- from Newport entitles you to a little notice . He says : — 'DearFenTgus .-Can you inform us whether it is true that wm ; Carpenter , the EOitor of UoyA's Kcwspaver , was drunk , as Chairman of the dinner given to f . s ! JJuncumbo , Lsq ., at the White Conduit House , on the occasion of . tho presentation of the Sationai Petition '

    And hear my answer : — < Yes . my friend , he was as drunk as an owl—so dnuik-that the beast was hugging everybody , and could not lie . upon the floor without holding-. ' . Now then , you half dozen Editors , baked in a pie , am t you a dainty dish to place before your readers ? You thought that the servile attacks ot a mercenary press would be as effectual in destroying me , as they have been but too often in destroying the weak and chicken . hearted , but I love your abuse , and court your malignity—the censure of Flaves'iis adulation , and God forbid that 1 should ever

    merit your praise , or even your toleration , you set of bloodhounds . You woulil hunt me down , because I am the enemy of oppression and . the advocate of freedom , but name the day , name the hour , and the place , and I will meet you ail—one and all—before an unpacked jury of your countrymen , and I will prove you to be slaves , tools , mercenaries , and ' assassins . \ yhat care I for . your pigmy power , you chroniclers of man ' s depravity , of man ' s dissipation , you scoffers at his misfortunes , and perpetuates of his grievances for which , you profesa to feel .

    Perhaps I am the only man who ever had tho nerve to grapple with , and had the honour and the strength to destroy . the misapplied influence , the prostitute power , of a corrupt , a venal , and prostitute press . Go , you manglera of honest men ' s fame—go to Ireland , or go to to the devil , go to my ledger , go to my balance sheet , go to my office , pry into every disappointed man ' s ranging mind , multiply the complaints ot all , prepare" them ' as a rack , and I defy your inquisition and your torture . You set of lured , degraded beasts , I live but for an object . Yes , it is to rescue the help , less from your fangs . You live but for a purpose—to eke a livelihood out of the miseries

    and sufferings of mankind . You poor devil of the Dispatch , to talk of caning me with interest ; why , if it came to that , I'd take the Jittle knobstick priest Miall by the legs , and * scatter you all to the four winds of heaven . " If you - are-not satisfied with this editorial fricassee , give me the ingredients for another ; and I will spice it to your taste ; but if you urge aught , the truth of which is disputed , and shouldjbe known > my children , —ay , to my darling children , my two millions of children , —you shall establish it in a court of justice Don ' t suppose that you are going to break my heart or to disturb my rest by your fabrications , —they are sedatives , opiates , smd restoratives .

    I am , you ruffians , Fb ' argus O'Connor . Unpaid bailiff to the paupers , and unpurchaseable representative of tho working classes . P . S . —TRuffians , —Hear this . In the midst ol that crying distress , occasioned by the cupidity , speculation , and hard-hea ' rtsdness of your masters , the money of the shareholders , snatched from tha gin palace anil the beer shop , is now giving reproductive employment to flora 600 to ^ SOO persons directly and indirectly engaged here , and at the

    best wages ; anil prepare your ears far a horror when I tell you , ihatj" so extensive are our operations , that although I walk I keep a horse for our overseer . And now prepare jour minds for a greater horror ; I have this morning paid £ 8 d for grou : id joists alone , besides Tripp— £ 187 more for spouting and ironmongery at Lowbands , not in the balance sheet , and oh ! horrible , another £ 23 for harness . And now contrast the condition of the occupants located , and those employed in preparing the locations hers , with the following picture of the operatives thirty miles round Manchester , a ; id taken from the Times of Monday last .

    THE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS HASCUESTEB , Mosday Aftebsoow . Yesterday ( Sunday ) a matting of delegates from th » various manufsicturins districts of . Lancashire , compreUendinga radius of thrity iwilw round AlanoheHer , watheld ia the schoolrooms , Great Am-sats-street , to roeeive the reports a « d decisions of ike various district delegates ; meetings baring been held in all the district * relative to the expediency of a total cessation of labour ior u short poriod , in ths present emian ' HSsed . state of trade , rattier than a submission to the present pvoiioial oftha ma » ufacturer « for a jjeiiernl , and probably ptf . mnnent , reduction of wa ges . There were twenty six di « - triots represented , embracing an operative population of

    merai tnousana * . Amongst the principal districts rcpre . sentod I may enumerate M anchester , Stockport , Stair , bridge , Bury , Dukinfield , ' Utywoo ^ , Oldhan , , Won Ashton , BUckburu , Preswn , Hindlcy , Wurriugton , and elsewhere ; * nd na the procc ^ . in-5 , which la « e , i f .. « 10 o ' clock in the morning to nearly 5 , presen t a sort of mirror of tha present condition of the mannbeturins dis . tricti , the following epitome of the statem . nts mj . de and the topindveuMd . will pmen anintereit attMi « r " d ifsPpMSii TfciZ ™ e ! olMlon PP * 4 spoken tot

    * .- J . ~«»»<» HtatX f ' eftl *? . ™^ i > * S of iSX'M m V T ' ^ U 1 ) on tllem t 0 witfdrnw t ^ ir ? ent ™ » * tu tlm * «» f tem j > er ceut on rethW v } *?""«*>««»> from all labour throughout the entire district , on Thursday nest , the 21 st tart ? la Veil ™ teM" » j however , four delegates from Manchester , Ashton , Oldham , mid Bolton , aro to wait upon tho Ashtou factors , to enforce by argument mid reprcsan tatwn , the necessity of tho cessation , and also , during t&e week , on Lord John Russell . ihe Chancellor of tue-Zxche . quer , and the Secretary of State ; the chief otjeet of the deputation to the Governuu nt lioinp to solicit ,, for tha

    benefit of the manufacturing interest , sonie clastio alteration iutbecurrettcy , ro iis to enable them to carry out trading operations without trenching on the remuaeration * f their workpeople , or superinducing the tie . cessity of a reduction in their wages . Another resolu . lion , which , with the others , passed unanimously , -was condemnatory of aay proceedings calculated to disturb the penco of tlii district—a thing- that unfortunatel y , uader similar but les « alarmingcire \» ust » nees—occurred a few years » u » , when a section of the factory jtopvlattai putted tlie pl «« sout of tho bciUers , and stopped tha costly machinery . at work .

    The reports from the various distriots contained mauifi'Stafwns ef . dissatisfaction nnd discontent . . \ t Uldlinm ifnd other placcj it * appeared , from wh :: t was stated , that things ximio deplorably depressed ; that many of the mills «» Uy worked on an average two and thrca . dr . ys in tho wovk , seme two uud thn a hours in the day , while others did not v . ork at ail . At Slackburh some of tho sjunnera had submitted ; tQ ( CWinwcci ( o Ik Eightli Pact . ) '

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    October 23 , 1847 . ' Tff | jjoRyHjBjtW Sf AR ^ ¦ : " ~ " " " " f ' ' - ¦ ^ = ====== ^ ¦ ; * - *~ -= ~— .: " .-. ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ ¦ - ^ -. ~ -:. - .:,,. -,.-Q , _ . . .

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 23, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1441/page/5/