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      INDIA AND CHINA . Bf the arrifil of the orerland mail , we learn that ^ British authorities profess to have discovered a oooipiro ^ atLaliope , and had , therefore , arrested BaneeChunda-the Qaeea mother , ofDhuleep Sing . jhs was taken from the palace , and conveyed under » escort to Shaikhoopra , a fort abouttwenty miles distant ^ The Prime Minister , Tej Singh , is a de tided friend of the British , and therefore the object of much hatred to the ex-Queen and her partisans . SfaeBntisli officers are on the alert . The troops at Isbore , being highly paid , are to be changed aesoaDy , in order to give equal benefit to the various tegimenta in the north-west of India . The Nizam ' s dominions present the sameinextrioable confunoa a * before . All remained quiet at Canton , but there was aa nneisy feeling still eost ng , ^*^^ ^

      FRANCE . The Mottttettr publishes two royal ordinances , the one extending from 31 st Oct to 31 st Jan ., 1818 , the prohibition to export from France vegetables , potatoes , meal , chestnuts , < fcc ; and the other declaring in vigour until the Slit ef January of the sameyear the provisions of the Royal ordinance of the 27 th of jnlylast , relative to the exportatioB of Indian corn sad buckwheat , and their meal . The persons lately tried by the Conrfc ef Assizes of Paris fur mann&cturing incendiary projectiles and gnapowdEr were condemned , on Saturday to different periods of imprisonment , varying from six months to four year * . Conaidere , against whom no evidence existed , wa 3 acquitted . SPAIN .

      Qfleen Christina , who last week secretly left Pans , arrived in Madnd onthe Mtb ; A telegraphic despatch which arrived m Paris on Saturdw evenng announces that the reconciliation ef the King ? = ! £ f J ? S IW ¥ * beea ^ ected . The king had returned to Madnd ^ nd had takea ap hia re deuce at the Palace . There is a general impression tta ^ amezis about to strike * co « p drSTS militarjare keptnader aruu throughout the capital the sentinels are doubled , and General Narvaez feas himself , on several occasions , visited the posts . Such extraordinary precautions , without any apparent reason , for the city u perfectly tranquil , naturally sgggests that something is brewing . SWITZERLAND .

      A letter from Berne of the Wth ^ ayg : — 'I send yon a short resume of the important news received to-day by the Vorort . Whilst tho patriots of Val de Tras-Tersweteseirtngthefonrwaggons laden with ammunition from- the Verrieres , another eonvoy of seTeateen carts entewd the Neufehatel territory , at a part in which the people are very much devoted to Prussia , and thus succeeded in arriving at Rochefert , a viUage situated at two leagaea from Neufchatel , on toe great road to France . The convoy wa 3 still in that locality yesterday morning . It had been eecorted from its arrival en the territory of Neufchatel by a detachment of men , commanded by Captain Ikonet , w&icn a a compromising circumstance for tie authorities , who proved or tolerated this sdmim

      of foreign intervention on the Swiss territory . The Federal Directory has also received infermation that ten waggons containing ammunition , equally destined to the canton of Fribourg , had arrived at Pontarlieu on the 8 th , and that they were in depot at the Sub-Prefecture . There was one general cry of Indignation against the conduct of the French government in this affair , both in the Donbs and in Switzerland . Dispatches from M . Stockmar , the Federal Commissioner to Neufchatel , were received this evening by the Vorort , tat nothing has yet transpired as to their contents . The Industriel steamer is bow perfectly armed , and is commanded by an inhabitant of Vaud , who was formerly an officer in the English navy . Day and night this vessel traverses the lake in all directions , and it is seconded

      by about twenty little vessels , occupied by carabineers . A 3 , however , the fog is very thick , it is possible that if the Neufchatel government decides to send off the eonvoy which is at Rochefort , it may escape the military snrveillanee organised by the inhabitants of Vaad . To prevent theconvoys of gunpowder from proceeding in the direction of Morat . the government of Vaud has caused artillery to be placed at Sauge , a hamlet situated at the opening of the river La . Broie , which unites the lake of Morat to the Lake of Neufchatel . The Grand Council of Glaris has , by a vote of seventy-nine to eleven , decided to give instructions titular to those of Zarich for the execution of the decrees of the Diet , and it has besides set aside its Deputy , M . Blumer , ftefamfamwan , who was considered deficient in

      eaergy . A letter dated the 11 th . states : _ That the steamer Industriel had captured in the lake of Neofcha tel a large boat laden with arms , and bound to Fribourg . A later communication has the following : — ' Tht steamer which the canton of Taud had manned and armed on the Lake of Neufchate ) , as a vessel of war , in order to intercept any vessel that might be conveying arms to the Fribourg shore , presented itself within two eablea length of the city of Neufchate ! , wider what were regarded as menacing and hostile circumstances , and produced s reclamation on the part ef that canton against that of Yaad , which was transmitted to the "Vorort of Berne . '

      A letter from Berne , of the 12 th , in the Pretse of Saturday , says : — ' On Sunday the meetings bf the two landgemeindsoi Upper and Lower Unterwald were held . The assembly at Stanz was attended by 2 , 500 citizens , and that at Saarnen by 4 . 000 . The vetes were given , according to ancient tradition , by holding nn thehtnd . At both meetings absolution was nnanimouBly come to , that the decisions of the two governments to remain faithful to the Sonderbund , and to defend to the last extremity the

      cantonal independence , should be adhered to . A general topic of conversation here is a grand dinnergivenon Friday to Mr Peel , by the members of the government at Berne , and an enthusiastic speech delivered by the young representative of the British government Unfortunately it is greatly feared that it will be with this speech , as with the note of Lord Palmerston , and the conversation of Lord Minto , the publication of which is still to be looked for with impatience , in order to be able to give to them their real value '

      We read in a letter from Berne , of the 13 th , in the UnimMonarduque ; — 'The greatest impatience was manifested this evening to learn the resnlt of the discussion in the Grand Council at St Call ; but it appears that the matter will occupy more than two sittings , for nothing is yet known ; we learn merely that four propositions , brought forward by the ultramontaine opposition , and tending to disapprove of the military measures taken by the government , to suppress the dvic guard formed in the town of St Gall for the maintenance of order , && , were successively rejected by seventy-seven votes to seventythree . Not a member was absent . Twenty-eight speakers were inscribed for to-day , so that the proceedings are probably not yet over . '

      Other letters from Berne of the same date , state that the relations of the canton of Neufchatel with the Vorort we becoming everyday more complicated , in consequence of the seirare of the arms famished by the French government for the sse of the Sonderirand . The President of the Canton , in his interview with M . Stockmar , theFederal Commissioner , denied that he had favoured the transmission of the arms seized , but that , on the contrary , he bad written to the authorities of the department of the Doubs , to forbid that any arms or ammunition should be sent through the canton of NesfchateL In the course of his explanations the President became warm , am charged the Federal Commissioner with creating embarrassment in order to withdraw the eantonfrom

      the domination of the King ef Prassia . Thereupon , so violent a scene ensued that the President declared th&thewoaMbreako&farthercommanicationwiinM Stockmar , and sent the Councillor of State Calarae ta Berne , to complain and to demand the recall of M . Stockmar . To this demand the Vorort peremptorily refused to assent , and addded , that if the representations made by M . Stockmar did not receivedue attention the Vorort would occupy the canton of Neufenatel withamilitary force . It appears further that considerable irritation prevails in the canton of Neut-< Aatel , and that much dissatisfaction is felt at the course pursued by the government .

      A Berne latter of the 13 th in the Comervatetir , 8 ay 3 : _« At the election which had just taken place at Berne for a representative , in the place of M . de Halwgl . who would not accept his nomination , the Radical candidate , Colontl Muller , wasehosen by 332 votes agamst 246 given to the Conservative candidate , M . Vildbolz . Thus the city of Berne is decidedly added to the Radical party . Ths Impartial of Geneva of the 12 lh informs ng that the GraHd CoiiDdl . iniUBitting of the 11 th , had almost unanimously adopted propositions for confemngextraordinary temporary poweraon the Ceundl ¦ of State for calling out troops , andmaking other military preparations .

      The Comtituttonnd has the following letter from Berne , dated the Hth : — ' The display of military in the mixed canton of Neufchatel continues . Every point on the shores of the lake is guarded by detachmeats of armed mea against invasion from the troops of the Vaud . The steam-boat will probably continue its mission until the meeting of the Diet . , NoiluBg H dedded in the canton of St Gall abont giving supplementary instructions to its deputy iathe Diet . The parliamentary tactics and discipline in each of the camps of the legislative bodies of this canton , hare been admirable : oat of 150 members of the

      ¦ Grand Council , composed of 77 Liberals ( of whom 59 *? Protestants and 18 Catholics ) and 73 Ultramonfeu * ( all Catholics except one of the Reformed vnurch ) , not one has made default daring this inve > jeate conflict . Berne daily assumes more and more ™ aspect of a tewauBder military governmenL In S ^ ttat all the militia of the canton may be at " « ttjrt emovem « jyoirect » nwittont wmpromising « e safety « f tie capital , in which are to be found amenta of hostility to the present order of things fR tte ranks of the patriciate , as well as amoae fa » iJz ??* "M " ™ gowroment , a civie guard ¦¦> wen formed , composed of volunteers belongfeg

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      neither to the elite nor to the reserve . Tin ' mimi * -. inscribed amoint to 500 . ittSTSLffiSK " oomfanias . The ffamaB&idvShS ^ fou a letter to the Vorort , ^ UhiB ™ h ! t « ^ dre Red the Canton ofVand for 3 n ? K ^ L - on the lake of Neufchatet 1 & » lS . armedcrm 8 er fflPESSSPS SsSgM BSifeWsBBSsrsa : * ££ mS * ££ ^ n ? Saint GaU * ° * «»» BeveS $ ^^ ' ^ JontyoftMrtyeigW against ^^ g ^^ s

      tact has been summoned by the cantonal government Sfc £ 5 Bpply its " ^^ I contingent to the army destined to support the Sonderband , and to op . pose the Federal government . AtanassemWyofthe S ^?« ^ » dirt ** h eld on the 13 tfa , it wa »«! solved to refme to somply wllh tkia demand , and , on ftecontrary , to place &at the dispositioB of tue Federal government . If the caDtonal government of Fnbourg attempts to compel the district ofMorat by force of arms to supply the required contingent , a Federal intervention will doubUessbe demanded , and can scarcely be refused . Civil war would be the immediate result .

      Reported Decision ep St . Gall dc j-ivoue of the Dbt !—Letters from Switzerland of the 15 th inst ., ^ ate that the grand council of the canton of St Gall has as length come to a decision on the question of the Sonderband . This decision was looked to with great interest , as upon it , in a great measure , depended the question as to whether the liberal and governing party should retain its majority in the Federal Diet . The council has come to the resolution , by a majority of 76 to 73 , in favour of the adoption of such measures , even to the exercise of military force by the Federal Assembly , as may be thought necessary for the purpese of enforcing the resolutions of the Diet withres ject to the dissolution of the Sonderbnnd . The importance of this deeisien

      will ba estimated when it is recollected ttmt the vote of the council of St GaU ensures a majority of the whole of tbe cantons in favour of coercive meainres against the Catholic cantons . Thisresalt , though previously foreseen , has had the effect of greatly raising the confidence of the Liberal party , which appears determined to enforce the resolution of the Diet by all meaas in its power * The utmost enthusiasm is the consequence , and that enthusiasm is greatly increased by the indignation felt at the unworthy conduct of the French government , in putting arms into tbe hands of the rebel cantons to resist the supreme government . a The triple council of Zug assembled on the 12 th , in order to draw up further instructions for their deputy to the Diet . A motion . tpraposed by the Liberals , to the

      effect that the Sonderband and the Jesuits shtuld be denouaeed , wa 3 negatived by a majority of 116 to 20 . On the other hand , a motion for the dissolution of the separate alliance was unanimously adopted , bnt with the condition that the question of the Jesuits should bs allowed to drop , and that the Civil and religious rights of the Catholics should be guaranteed . Acstbus LfXBBVSHiie * . —A correspondent of the Allgmans Zcittmg writes aa follows , on the 8 ih inst-., dating his letter from the banks of tbe Danube : — ' lose no time in informing you , that in consequence of the menacing symptons of a civil war in Switserland , the cabinet of Vienna has determined on drawing a military cordon along the whole length of the Swiss frontier , from the Lake of Constance to the Lago Haggiore . Orders to this effect have already been issued to the different commanders in Tyrol aad Italy . '

      pobsiok CTx&mnos . According to letters from Vienna , the Austrian cabinet has given orders to concentrate on tbe frontiers of Switzerland an army of from 20 . 000 to 30 , 000 men . Oa its side the Gazette de B&e announces that on the French frontier orders have also arrived to prepare military cantonments in several localities of the department of the Hant-Rhin . The unjustifiable conduct of the French government in selling ann 3 to the rebel cantons of Switzerland is still severity dwelt upon by the Paris papen .

      The Frankfort Journal of the 17 th instant announces , on an authority worthy of credit , that the three Northsrn Powers , acting in accord with France , will interfere in the affairs of Switzerland . The intervention will be intrusted to Austria and France , and the other two Powers will aid and assist them . This extreme decision is sot to he adopted until an appeal shall have been made to them by tbs Sonderbund . The Powers regard such an appeal not only as a justification foraa intervention by virtue of the treaty of Vienna , but likewise as a duty ;

      Neo tchaiel . —The Neufchatelese government engages formally to taking fitting measure to prevent all passage of amu and ammunition through its territory for the states of the Sonderbnnd . A new incident has just arisen relative to this kind of convoy . The day before yesterday there were seized a cargo of seven cases , filled with arms and ammunition at Rheinielden , in the canton of Argan ; this cargo , which , it Is said , came from Strasbnrg by Bale , was addressed to the custom-house at Zurich , without doubt to elude the vigilant look-out that is kept ; for if it be shown that it is really the communal council of that place which commanded these arms , it will be responsible for such an act to the government , bnt it is generally supposed th » t the intercepted cargo was intended to be earned to the

      primitive cantons by the aid of conservative employes at Zurich . Morat . —All the militia of that district repaired yesterday to the prefecture to declare that they refused to accede to the summons sent them to go and swell the numbers of the Sonderbucd troops , This determination has caused a great irritation in the Ultramontane party , and the most violent measures have been proposed in the Council of State ef Friburg by the deputy at the Diet , Fournier , for the purpose of evercoming the resistance of tbe district of Morat . The Federal Council of-War ( the highest military authority of the Confederation ) has been sitting for the hut two days , and is busy in devising means to place the Federal army in a state to respond to the appeal which will be made to it by the Diet .

      St Gall . —The Grand Council ' of St Gall have carried a resolution in favour of coercive measures against the Sonderbund , by a majority of 76 against 73 . The consequence of these decisions will be , that the Diet will vote for the forcible execution of its decrees by the same majority exactly as that by which the decrees themselves were voted . Thus 12 | States out ot 22 have come to a resolution that the league of the Catholic States , called tho Sonderband , should be dissolved . - BEHJffl . —A Beripus movement has manifested itself among the Catholic party of the canton of Argau , and the government of that canton has sent to the Directory , demandinga prompt reinforcement ' ef the Federal troops , not only for the purpose of putting down the Catholic revolt , bnt to awe a corps of Lucerne troops which have advanced to the frontier of Argan , and are threatening to join their Catholic brethren .

      A large number of troops and artillery , which had assembled at Thun as a camp of instruction , entered Berne , and the whole of the neighbourhood is swarming with troops . A general levee of the whole of the Bernese troops it ordered by the authorities , without waiting ior the authority of the Diet , of whose decision on the point there can be no doubt , since the vote of the Grand Council of St Gall . The number of troops which will be in a few days assembled by the cantenof Berne alone will amountto more than 50 , 000

      men . On the other side the Catholic cantons are preparing vigorously for the struggle . The people of Valais , having been consulted ob the question of peace or war , have decided by a majority of 11 , 700 to 380 that they shall remain faithful to the Sonderbund . The support of Austria and France gives them great confidence . With respect to the means of defence , it appears that the Catholic cantons are not by any means unprepared . Although a portion of the arms and ammunition sent to thacantons of Fribourg and Lucerne by the French goYerament were seized , a still larger portion , found their way into these cantons . The quantity of muskets sent by Franc * was upwards of 5 , 000 . ITALY .

      Letters from Italy / quoted by the German journals , say that the evacuation of Ferrara is again indefinitely adjourned . According to them , the Pope demands the complete evacuation , including the citideL This Austria refuges . Negotiations were nevertheless still continued . The Patria of Florence states that , on the 30 th alt ., Count RessI , . the French ambassador , commanicatedtotbe Cardinal Secietary of State a letter from M . Gnisot , announcing that Prince Mettemicuhad informed turn that Ferrara should be evacuated by the Austriana . Bnt the JWnneoof Bologna , of the 7 th , does not make mention of this evacuation , and as Bologna is only ten leagues from Ferrara , it is probable that the Austrian troeps were still in the latter place on the 6 th .

      A review of the national guard with the troops of the line , took place at Rome on the 7 th , in the afternoon , outside tbePortadelPopolq . Afteraome manffiuvrea , the soldiers of both bodies piled their arms and mingled , together , embracing each other , and exclaiming ' Long live Italian fraternity ! Italy for ever ' Long live Pins IX . ! ' They then inarched back into Rome , followed by immense crowds of the people , their bands playing the national hjmn . All toe booses of the Corso were immedi-

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      " WeSA H 1 ^^ 8 Mr MM SS ^ sswSssS Pam £ * 8 UMeed t 0 the d " " SS ^ ViMMft JJebats to the contrary , that the TCi ™ nf w , nia . . « ^

      SSSSL 'S * ? 'ffl «« the » e 7 and to make no concsssions unless eompelled to do so by the not confiding implicitl y in the loyalty ef his troo p * disorganise the insurrection . At his suggestion it was intimated to its chiefs , that if they laid down tneir anus , he vroald grant his subjects the institutions they demanded . Romeo and others , trusting in a promise emanating from an official quarter , instantly desisted from their purpose , and the royal troops quietly occupied the districts that had been tbe seat of the insurrection . The King , on being subsequently reminded of his promise by his Ministers , peremptorily refu ? ed to execute it . The President of the Counci | , the Marquis de Pietracatella , tnrouga whose medium the message had been conveyed to the insurgents , perceiving that ha had

      Been made a dupe ef by the King , immediately tendered his resignation . The Totdonnais of the 10 th inst . contains a letter from Naples of the 3 rd , confirming the above particulars . 'The moment . ' it says , the disastrousintenUonsoftheKing became known , they produced a general consternation amongst all classes of the population . Nevertheless all is calm at Naples , but it is the calm of terror . ' . The > Augsburg Gasetie of the 9 th inst . mihli . npj . a

      letter from Sicily of the 25 th ult ., which states that aproc'anjation had been issued at Messina promising 1 , 000 ducats for every living insurgent delivered up to the government , and half the suntff dead . One of the many insurgents , bearing the name of Romeo , had been hunted like a wild beast , killed , and his head placed on the head ef a pike , and exposed during several days in the market place of Reggio . At Palermo extraordinary measures of seEurity were enforced , and strong detachments of troops patrolled the streets day and night .

      Later intellieence represents that tbe insurgents have again taken the field in Calabria and the Abruzzi .

      _ . POLAND . o *^ t i * October 10 . —; Late on the night of the 9 th the Emperor of Russia arrived in this city from Lublin , and proceeded to the Lazienski palace , lie wasaccempaniedby the Grand Prince Constantino and General Orloff . Field-Marahal P&skewitsch has also armed in Warsaw .

      - p RUSSIA , M PaTiRSBuHo , October 9 . —Accounts from Kostroma state that a terriblo fire which had broken out m that city destroyed 118 dwelling-houses and the convent ; on the same night another fira broke out hn ^ !? £ J eet » Jrat happily only one house was ££ * T ? . next at seven o ' clock in the evening , the inhabitants were a third time called upon te witness a part of their town in flames . Another fire occurred , which proceeded with SBch rapidity that in an incredibly short time seventy houses wero burnt toaahei .

      CIVIL WAR IN HAITI . Accounts from Bayti show , incontestably , that a revolutionary straggle of a most sanguinary oharaeter has burst upoH that devoted perple . On Sunday , the 22 nd of Anguat , two negro Generals , Semelien and Alerte . having incited rebellion , Generals Tealouge and DeBcayettes openly revolted . They were joined by hundreds of negro citizens . This is a eivil war between the blacks andmulattoes .

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      CHOLERA MORBUS IN THE EAST . Our Malta correspondent announces the receipt , on the 4 th of October , at that island , of intelligence from Trebizond , to the 19 th of Sept . up to which date the cholera which had manifested itself in that town on the night of the 8 th , and had , up to the loth , been rapidly spreading but afterwards declining , had carried off 133 out of 360 attacked . This disease had also broken out at the close of August in Bagdad , where , on the 1 st of September , out of 16 attacks , 6 had proved fntal ; but at Kara and Erzeroomonthe 4 th ult ., it had nearly ceased , lea » ing only a few isolated oases of a mild type . The Austrian steam-packet Stambool , which arrived at Constaatinople from Trebizondon the 21 st of September , with 256 passengers , had had three cases on the voyage , of which two died , and the third was not able

      to survive . She was ordered to ride out a quarantine of ten days at the Dardanelles . On the 4 th of October , the Board of Health at Malta came to a determination that vessels arriving from ports where the cholera exiBts , having actually on board cases of sickness « r death , or having had either the one or the other within twelve days previous to arrival at Malta , will not be permitted to enter even the quarantine harbour , bat must remain cruizing on and off the harbour for such manber ef days as the Board of Health may decide . Upon the report of the quarantine physician , who will go alongside such vessels , and obtain the necessary information as to the nature of the disease , the Board of Health will then fix tbe number of days before such vessels can be allowed to enter the quarantine harbour , and they will be subject then to perform such period of quarantine as the board may , under the circumstances of thelcase , think proper to impose .

      The Journal cks Debate announces the appearance of the cholera at Vienna ; one person had died of that disease in the General Hospital .

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      of ? hTK 7 * the U 8 ? al meeting « f the mBmbera eeturini In ° f mpaHy ' wa 8 W ™ »• *<>™ a Sned t ofc * ^ di 8 tri 0 k - The » ee « ng * db ! £ SS ^ ft at fr ° ° ' olock in the afternoon . lectJre Tn t J - Clark ' **< & >* . ^ ered a Hotel near'Sf 8 eS 919 n ' «<> m , behind the Albion onS iStor rt- Friday ; Octobw 15 < mo lmegriw and jndemp . nt nt . !?»«« ... - . < - > . n

      SB ?^ » 5 £ S £€ S 3 srax ;^ 3 Sr wlll « . a- hfanKirof the protectiono theuJ ? andZ « Si Ste ^{ iBB «^^^ s hv a t air : th f «^ 73 syss moved by E . Nobbs , and seconded by T Salmon-^ srassa ££ * i upon the members the necessity of sending rf « w £

      and noticed , in tne course of hia remarks thetreatment he had received from the editor " ¦ fte i&KSi Star , in not having published his letter ^ bT ' h ^ said , ha wu-determmed to have it inserted taaome other newspaper . ' This show the spirit bv which the members of the committee are actuated . * Dosdkk . —The . fellowing is a report of a leoture recently delivered in Dundee b y Mr Samuel Kydd . We extract the report , from a local paper : — .. , ^ NATIO ' tfAIi LAND . COMPANT . On Tuesday evening , Mr 8 amuel Kydd , agent of the tfational Land Company , deliverad a second lecture , ex >

      planatoryoftheobjectBof thatbeay , in the Caledonian Hall . After some remarki by the Chairman , the lecturer said , after reviewing the past history of the working classes la this country , and oomparing it with the present , they had reason te be proud of the position Ibey now oo . cupsea , "When he loobea at that position ho must say he bad no reason to regret the agitations which took place in 1839 and 1840 , and the turn out in 1842 , as theywer just to mnny steps for paiing the way to the attainment of a scheme which would prove really henefloial to the people . He had long entertained the opinion that the goodness of a government depended upon the intelligence of a people , and that if they properly undentood their real

      interests they had It in their power to subdue nil ths antagonistic forces which could be brought in oppojitlon to them . It was true that there wag still a v < -ry strong force arrayed against tlum . They found the Housa of Lords filled with irresponsible legislators , and threefourths of the seats in the Commons monopolised by landed aristocrats and their adherents . Notwithstanding tbio , there was no reason to despond . He recollected that during the debates on that great measure of praa . deal reform—the Ten Hours' Bill—it was declared by Lords John Russell , Howick , and llorpeth , that the working classes hid become more inttlligsnt and thonghtiul . That wai a declaration which he rejoiced at , as it vras a confession on tbe part of the leaden of one section of the aristocracy , tbat'tha people w » re beginning to

      understand ttreir true interests and to act according ^ . The question of the land had been often agitated in the House of Commons and the House of Lord * In ths same manner as that of weaving was frequently agitated in weaving sheps , juBt because their legislators wero interested in the price of lead as t ); e weavers were in tbe prices of weaving . Of late , however , on looking at the state to whioh the weavers were reduced , they had begun to dlscuiB the question of the land . That question he looked upon at a most essential on « to tbe iaterests of tba great bulk of the people . In former times the ptople bad some lands thoy could call their own—the commons—of which every town possessed a certain quantity , often extending to several hundreds of acres , 'These had boen taken from tbs

      p « ople either by corporations or by the neighbouring proprietors . Once on a time a dispute arose between the inhabitants of a village in England and an ancutor of the present Lord Horpatb , about a piece of common adjacent to that village . A government commissioner was sent down to Battle the plea between the contending parties . Ths commissioner called upon hU lordship ' s factor and tbe parson of the parish . These worthies walk « d over the ground , when tbe commissioner , after hearing his companions , without listening to th » ir opponents , turned round to the peoplo and told them that the Gubeon , the namsof the spot in dispute , assuredly belonged to his lordship . This was the way in wbrch the people had betn deprived of their property ; but such a process buiug too tedious , the landed aristocracy contrived to appropriate

      the commons by means of enclosure bills . This was one of the raithods by . which they contrived to add to thair wealth . The objtct of the Land Company was to enable the people to club their means towards buying back the land . Though the landowners had taken the land from the people , many of them wera in a » tate of bankruptcy on account of their recklessness and profligate expenditure ; and ths Land Company proposad , and he trusted would be able to purchase those lands which they w . culd be compelled to-sell . The purchase of land would give the people an influence both politically , morall y , and social y , which they do not posiesB , and which they c < tn never have without it . He would not say that the poises : Bion of the land would enrich tbe working elnuoa , but it would elevate them in tbe social scale—render them more

      comfortable and more Independent than they were a& present . Ho might be told that the system might work well enough vtitb two or three thousand individunls being put on the land in the manner which had been proposed , but would fail if applied to the whole nation . In order to show that small holdings were not incompatible with national and individual prosperity , he should direot their attention to the state of things in Sweden and Norway . In the former country , according to Mr Laing , a most intelligent traveller , tbe land is divided into large farms , wrought by tbe joint operation of men and horses . In the latter , it is divided into small hsldlngs . Both countries are under one sovereign . The soil of Norway is more iterilo than in Sweden , and the clitnato more ungenial to vegetation . Notwithstanding these , the

      people in the former country are far better off in their mental ; moral , and physical condition , than in tbe latter . Whatdid these arise from ? In the one country tho mass of the prfbple posssss tht land , in the other they did not . That was the real OBHse of tho inhabitants of Norway being iomuch more comfortable in every reiptct than they were in Swedra . Switzerland was a country not nearly to rich as England in the fertility of its soil , or in mineral wealth ; besides , it posBtsisd but few of the facilities ior carrying on an extensive commirce that this country did : and yet the people were far more comfortable there than they were here . It bad been Asserted that a hand loom weaver could earn as much as 26 > . a-wwk in Switzerland . Whan be said so he did not mean that he could tarn 26 s . la money wages , but that his earnings would procure at

      many of the comforts of life as that sum would do In this country . He , for one , did not like to seo tbe people place so much trust in the amount of their wages as they were accustomed to do , That habit rendered them dependent on their masttrs , and consequently less disposed to trust to themselves , Every weaver or in . door workman in Switzerland possessed a bit of land . When the weather was good , be was tmploytd upon it , and when it rained or the weather turned bad , ha could betake himself to his employment within doors . ' Thus he lost no time as many did here in bring compelled to go about and seek for work , as be bad always something to put his hand to . He should oomo nearer borne , in ordir to show them the beaefits of tbe small allotment system . They had all beard of Glammis Cattle . He visiud it a

      few days ago , and must declare it to ba a splendid manstan , and ons that was worth goinif man ; miles to see . In that neighbourhood there ia a place called the Flans of Thornton , on the estate of Earl Strathiuora , whero the land is divided into plots of about six acres each , for which the holders pay from £ 2 to £ 2 10 « . each . la passing these , he found an old mm—tall , stout—a fine specimen of the good timts when the peoplo possessed far more of the lind than they did now . He was engaged in building . a stack , and , on entering into conversation with him , he ( Mr Kydd ) was told that he was years of nge ; that he , bis father , and bis grandfather , had lived on tbe same spot as tenants-at . nill of the Earl of Strathmore . One of the old mnn ' s daughters was employed in the shop , another was coming out of the cow house

      bearing a pail , brimful- of milk , while their mother was attending to her household duties . Ho ( the Ifcturep ) was invited , according to the good rules of old Scotch liospl . tallty , to partake of supper with them ; and he must & % clare that the viands , though not so dainty as tbe SisheB of Sojor , were far praftrable , and bad a finor rollsh than most of those who heard htm ware accustomed to have a * rapper-time . In tbeoourse of conversation h « found that hi * hospitable host had reared a family of four sons and two daughters upon his allotment—that he bad given to his sobs such an education as enabled them to fill responsible and profitable situations ; notwithstanding this , he understood that , though tbe old man were ti be deprived of his holding to-morrow , he had as much'laid past as would keep htm from want for several months . Could many of them say that ? Ha feared sot . This old man and the people in th » Flans of Thornton had been indebted for their comfortable holding * to th » kindness of several

      of the late Earls of Stratfamoo , who had for many generations proved themselves to be exoelleut landlords , and he trusted the young Earl would follow in their foot steps . H « might say there were few counties blessed with more good landlord * than tbe county of For far . Thar * was Lord Panmure—one of the kindest and most liberal landowners , and one who had a very great number of comfortably-sltuated allottees on his ettatM . BjsideB that excellent noblemam , they bad a number of indulgent landlords in various parts of the county . The scheme proposed by Mr O'Connor was to bay portions of land , and to render them more valuable by settling people upon them , and rearing up small towns In their neighbour ' hood . The object was to bring tbe peoplo to the land , and that raise its value . Tb * schema was not one of public charity , No one who had not paid £ 2 12 s . 6 d . would be allowed to ballot for an allotment , and after he got it ke would be required to pay five per cent , per annum on the sum he had borrowed , or upon the capital es-

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      pended in effecting hfs lscation . It was proposed that every member holding two shares sbrald be entitled to a house , with the requisite buildings-two acres of land , iwLvT ; 8 haro 8 t 0 a house i thKe « creg - » nd * , 2210 s ; four shares to a house , four acres , and £ 30 . In order to raise money to effeot that , the Nailonal Land and Labour Bank had been established , which offered the land almd y purchased , and tbe funds in tht course of subscription , as a guarantee for ihemon . ylant to it . The allottees from the « m , of taking possession , were , as he bad said , t . pay interest of five par cent , upon all capital expended in the complete of their respective allotments , while the Bank paid only three andahaH per cent , upon d . po . its . When all Ih . sums borrowed a ? een flid 'i be "*? mnt a » d «> e buildings would

      ^ -. __ be conveyed as freehold property to the allottees ; Besides that , thera was another plan of raising money : Suppose they purchased an estate of £ 10 . 000 ,- * a few years , by ™ nr ft . Ta » B W 0 Uld - doubtleM be inowaied to tltyWO . They could then mor . gsge it for that sum , as they would find plenty of money-lenders willing to advanee it upon the security they could give . With tbU £ 15 000 they could purchase anoihw estate , and in a short time by pursuing the same plan as in the former case , its value would be increased one-third ; it could likewise be mortgaged . Another estate could be bought with the money , and thus they might go on ad J » . / miit «» In increasing th . ir posiessions , Regarding the location of friends or reiaUveB oa the same estate , he might mention , that any foHr membwrs , or less , of the compmy , holding

      each an equal number of shares , none of them being Kss than eighteen years of age and belonging to the same section , may , by giving notice to the Directors , have their names plased on the same balleting ticket , and , if drawn , shall have their allotments in tbe same estate- but should a company ticket be drawn at such a period as would renderthe location on the property balloting for impossible , the , shall then mart to their original posit . on of members who have not been successful in the ballot . This was don . to prevent that ' dispersion of families so feelingl y described b , Mra Hunan ' ¦ h * r beautiful little poem , The Graves of a Household ? The r ^ ta ^ fSK ^ Ei ? partakiB 8 » "tMr , g of the oharaoter of Socialism , did by no means preventco-op . ration The lecturer then gave an in . tance how the allo tees on boat to their

      convey potatoes by the Severn ^ h Canal to Birmingham , and to sell thwn thare on their own account , and how several had joined in the buying and supporting a horse and sevoral other articles of which not one required the sole use ; but which oould be lent from one to anothero * enjoyed in common . Ho thm proceeded to refute the aswrtion made by a writer in a Manchester Paper , that no security couW be granted to the allotties over their possessions , and mentioned that Mr O'Connor could not by any means lay claim to a Bingle inch of the land , as be acted for and in the name of others , and that the Land Company weuld ba regularly rtgi 9 tered , as soon as the whole of the signatures could be got ; and concluded , amidst cheering , by urging his audience to become menibtrs . of the Land Scheme , and to invest their savings in the National Land and Labour Bank .

      Several questions ware then put and answered , to the apparent satisfaction of the audience , and , after giving a vote of thankB to the lecturer and the chairman , and three chesrs for Mr O'Connor , the meeting dispersed . Dawtok . —At a special meeting of this branch , Mr John Mardoch in the chair , resolutions were passed in support of Mr O'Cnnner ' s intended pro-ecutionot the Hanchetter Examiner , and of conBdenco in the present board of directors . A sub + orip . tion to help Mr O'Conn or was commenced . The branch will , for the future , meet on Saturday erenings , from seven to nine o ' oloek , te receive subscriptions , at the house of Mr Themas Sovrerby , secretary , New Rookery , Dalston . : Easwoion Lanb , October 17 . —The adjourned delegate meeting resumed its sittings this afternoon , Dr M'Cabe in the chair . It was resolved -

      That a committee of five bo appointed to transact the buBinese of the district for the next three months , and that Mr J . Hunter be the district secretary , and Dr M'Cabe be district treasurer . That each member in this district shall contribute one penny per month to the district fund , to defray all necessary expenses , and that each delegate , representing a branch , shall lay this resolution before his constituents . That Mr J . Huntor prepare an address to the members of the various branches in the district , calling upon them to unite with us , as men and brethren , in the pood and glorious cause of the People ' s Charter and the Land Cotrpany , in reorganising this district .

      The n . cessity of sending a delegate or delegates to the delsgate meeting to . be held at Sanderland , on Sunday October 81 st , waj then considered , wh » n it was resolved , That it is the opinion of this mestlng that it is highly necessary that a delegate should attend from eatb branch in this district , bqt that the . delegates be lefi to act aa thty may think proper . It was than resolved . That this meeting stand adjourned to the 7 ih ef November , whon each branch in tho district will be expected to Bend a delegate . Monies for the Slea ' ord cage were handed t * the secretary . from Shiny Row , 2 « . 0 } d ; Easiiiflton Lane , 6 d . , General Election Fund . -Easington Lane . 6 d . ADDRESS TO IHB COAL HISBHS , TRADBBMEX , AND 1 NHADITANT 3 6 P IBB O 0 U 8 IY Or DURHAM .

      FitiB : iD 3 ,-r-Many are tho trou bles we have to endure under the present unequal state of tiling * , yet how many remain indifferent to the future . While every other county is awaking from its dormant state shall we remain inactive , we , who once were the glory of the Charter agitation in the north ? No , my friends , let it not be said that we are careless and indifferent about our rights , and that we do not deserve them , but prove to the world that the Char ter is not only jour right , but that you will bave it . Look at that areat and glorious champion of liberty , Feargna O'Connor , see his Jabours , and their elorioua results , and say , then , shall wo not cbrer him on ? Rise then , friends , in yeur might , aud assist us in reorganisi pg this district to aid in the glorious work for political and social jregeneration . —John IIuntkr , district secretary . "*

      Gospobt . —At a meeting of the members of this branch on Monday , Oct . 18 th , the subject of a better agitation of the principles of the Land Company was brought forward . Mr Douglas , the secretary , said he believed the members had it ; in their power to appoinfa lecturer if Southampton , Salisbury , Winches ter , Market Lavinston , and other place 9 in the three counties would assist . Mr Marsh was of tbe same opinion , great good had been done by Mr Sid » - way in his lectures at Gosport , Southampton , Salisbury and many otker . places . They could not do better than to organise to employ Mr Sidaway . Mr Porter agreed with the last speaker . Resolutions 5 h accordance with the sentiments expressed above were carried unanimously . The sub-secrctaries of the various branches in the district are requested to correspond with tho Gosport secretary , Mr John Douglas , 49 King-Btreet , Gosport .

      Hacknby Road—At tho weekl y meeting tf the Chartist and Land members at tbe Grem-gate , Hacknev . road , on Sunday , the lTth inst , the assembly considered that the claim of the allottees of HerringBgate had been investigated as far as possible , and according to the evidence adduced , no blame could be attached to the Directors . Hamilton . —Mr Kydd lectured here on tlie 1 Kb inst ., in the Trades' Hall . His address oh the capabilities of the land , advantages of tho Land Company , dso ., gave great satisfaction . At the close of the lecture it was resolved that Messrs O'Connor and Jones be welcomed to Hamilton by a public demonstration , and to include a public procession , for which purpose a large and influential committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements , IIt . de . — At tbe weekly meeting of tbe members of this branch , it was resolved : —

      That the best thanks of this meeting are hereby given to tbo members of tbe Philanthropic Burial Society , hold at the Swan Inn , Hyda , for transmitting the sum of £ 100 to the National Land and labour Bank . Holmkwood . —On Sunday evening last , Ootober 17 th , a lecture was delivered in the ChuvtU room Pewnqok , on tha Land and Labour Bank , ' by an operative Mechanio of Manchester , to a highly respectable and attentive audience . After the lecture the following resolutien vras passed unanimoush . Moved by W . Miller , and seconded by Ja » . Taylor : — That wa plnce implicit coufidencu in Feargus O'Connor , Esq , MP ., and tbe National Land Plan . A vote of thanks having been given to th-i chairman and the worthy lecturer , the meeting separated . Hyde . —The following resolution vras passed at a full meeting of the members of the Hyde branch ef the National Land Company : —

      That we view with Indignation and disgust , the continued attempts of the proprietors < f the ' Manchester Examiner , ' through the Instrumentality of an anonymous writer , styling himself ' One who lias "Whls'lwd at the Plough , ' to retard the progreea of the Land Movomect , by baso , cowardly , and disgusting Insinuation * as to tbe conduct of Mr O'Connor . Wefurtbei express our hopes that Mr O'Connor will proBocute tlie 'Manchester E « - aminer , ' both in vindication of his own character , and iu defence of the L&ud Company . Market Lavixjtoh . —At the weekly meeting of the members of this branch , held at the house of P . A . Love , secretary , it was resolved : -

      That each member of the Land Company throughout tho country , bo forthwith called upon to subscribe one halfpenny per week , tho money so sufcBcribod to be sent every quarter to tbe Bank , and there deposited , to give ever * member who mny be abeut to romoto to his land £ 5 , the surplus , if any , to bo applied by tht , directors to the purchase of land for the Company . At the weekly meeting of this branch a vote of thanks was passed to the editor of the ' Waktficld Journal , ' for his advocacy of the Lund Plan .

      Middktos . —A branch of the National Land Company has been established at this place , and officers elected , who will Attend at Open ' s schoolroom on Sunday evening , October 24 th , at five o clock , to enrol memb-. 'rs and receive subscriptions . MARKET Rasbn . —A branch of the National Land Company lias beea opened here , and will bold meetings every Monday evening , n ' t Bevon o ' clock , on tho premiacs of Mr John Fi .-her , Sho > Wa rehouse , Queen-street , in a room occupied by G « o . Howasan , Sscretary . '

      . .... Nkwcasilic-on . Ttnb . — The members of this branch are requested to attend te hear the new rules read . The rules of the projected National Co-

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      opera'ive Benefit Society wilhni . n i j t also respectfully nnnou 2 d tha ? iflh l : ^ Ik fe tinue to be received for ^ the S £ ft T of Hi . only haB been sutaSffi ??? ; the sum mended , brethren of NewS . ^ he ^ nT' H this branch of the Land Company- are & *• formed , that all local and general esSwS * V !! paid on or before the 31 st ef the present m ^ those eligible for the ensuing balff wi ) E \ h " cbance ; and those not paid up will have the amount deducted from their next instalment . ° * Salisbury . —A vote of thanks Wi < a passed by the members of this branch on Monday evening the 18 th instant , to the editor of the ' Wakefield Journal ' for the able artiole which appeared in that paper on the 15 th instant , in advocacy of Mr O'Connor ' s Land Soheme .

      Staltbiudob—At a meeting of shareholders of this braneh , Mr George Candelette , of Hyde , attended , and delivered a short' address on the Nature and the Security tf the Land and Labour Bank . ' After which , the following reflation was a ( : reedto :- 'That we , the members of the Stalybridge branch of the National Land Company , view with disgust the various attacks made upon Mr ^? w ° ° » nn 0 r 8 pmate and Publi ° character , H « nnSt him t « S ex r ? de ^ m'nation to ? onS 5 ntmost of our P ° wer in the inypszs&rss&sss Sftsiiajs * ' - *" * * « iS ^!! ui IPIe if ' " ^ ote 8 of eonfid 8 n M in Mr

      O'Conmembers of this branch . y *™ ° lQe SHKFFiBLD . -At the Hsual weekly of thh hratsch , Mr Jackson . n » h « chair , it was resalved- ' That ^ committee meet at 8 eVen o ' olor-h : wrr Monfi ? SfvV ° shaMho ! d <*» * ho hav ' e not pa d « 5 wm sublet th 7 m £ q T * \ V for «>» ith . or the ? rominSl . ot ! hera 8 elVtS t 0 ta ' *«** ° «» tet £ n gBsssI lOl . OUAY- —Afc mil * tintini % .... l * i . « ™

      gafssissHs 1 HB L . ATB BbUJSKLS CONFEDENCB . -At Dudlev a public nueUne ef the friends ' of Chart £ m 51 &A 'bs ! : ^^ ? ' Sehe ° IrOOm » S « S ust , and resolutions were passed reoudintinu tfc . tS ° ' thf V ° f nS WM the * 5 S reprUn tatne of the workm ? classes of this country and rethhcoTntry ° tI 0 U ° fthe WOrking clas 8 e 8 ° i

      T ^ n Oii " " meet'ng of the members of the street Sft' ° ld at , Mr - Jawea Turnbull ' s . Higha !! 'J *? l 0 fflDB re 8 ° «> n was passed- ' That we s ^ S ^ -W - ^ 6 WoncEsiBR . —On Monday evening October 18 ih S / r ^ mM f ^ rfth «™ embS effi . taJS ' Mr Cooper was called to the chair , when thefollowl

      That the derroerats of this district have with pain , mdregretmtnesicd the vile calumnies of a venal wd K L P 7 ?' * P P ° 88 of destroying confidence in ti » people ' s representative , Feargus O'Connor , E « q , ? hi W ? . " ttllder tD tbat ( J ^ l-man our best thank , , „ past . i and beg to aseure hta our coi . bd . nce remains shaken , and we hope that at all -tunes when Individuals descend to such base means as those err plojed by Brisbt ' s ' Whistler ' and Company p defame h . n ,, that he will avail himself of tbe protec ! tion the law affords , and we hereb y pledge oumlve . to render to Mr O'Connor onr ntmos ? pecuniar , as « u

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS , BARKsr , BT . -A meeting has been called , to be holdenintheOdd-FellowsIIall . on Monday night the 20 th jiwtant , at seven o ' clock , to give the calumi niators of Feargus O'Connor , Esq . a chastising , for tbeir unmanly attacks on that public benefactor . ' Bdksibt .-a ineetinpofthe members of branch No . 1 will be held in the Chartist room , Hammertonstreet , Burnley , on Saturday evening next , October AJsdj to take into consideration the case of the wnlow of poor Dodson , of Sleaford . „ » R t—The members ef this braaoh will meet in Clerk-street , over the old Water-works Office . on Suaday , Octeber 31 , at six o ' clock in the evening ; and in the Sesaion-room . behind the Albion Hotel , near the new market , on Sunday , November 7 , at six o ' clock in the eveninc .

      CHESTBB .-The members of this branch meetevery Tuesday evening at the Ccach and Horses Inn , Nortligate-stieet , to allot shares and receive install merits . The new rules are now ready , and may be hfld Of the secretary , at tke place of meeting . « r 7 u M . -r ; ninthl y meeting of this branch of the National Land Company will be held at tba New Inn , on Sunday nrxt , at six o ' clock , when business of tbe utmost importance will be brought before the meeting . . 411 men . bers in arrear to the expense fond are requested to discharge the same immediately . p Tj « / ?/" - , ! "F- *~ On Sunday evening next . Mr P . M Grath will lecture at the Good Intent Cofiee house , Back-bill , Hatton-garden ; subject : "fha People ' s Charter '

      DuDMT . A meeting of the friends and members of the National Charter Association , is held every Sunday morning , in the Barkerites' School-roomV Pnory-street , Dudley . ' Darlstoh . —A meeting of the shareholders will be held at soven o ' clock , on Sunday evening next at the Seven Stars . . DDXurmu ) -OnSunday / October 24 th , Mr Wil . liam Bedford will commence a course of lectures , in the Land Company Room , near the sign of the Old General , on' Agricultural Chemistry and Botany t to cemmencoat three o ' clock in the afternoon . Edinburgh . —Mr Samuel Kydd will be in Edinburgh about the middle of next month . All Bartvea

      in * i les ! nre , and otter districts adjoining Edinburgh , wishing to avail themselves of his services , are requested to send intimation to James Cunv sung , 14 , Duncan-street , Drummond-place , Edinsureh , who will make thenecessary arrangements . Halifax . —A district delegate meeting will be held at thfl Working , man's Hall , BuH-close-lano , on Sunday , Ootober 24 th . at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when Eilaml , Queenshead , Midgeley , xMixenden , Stainland , Sowerby , and all other places in this locality nre requested to send delegates . IIaupshibb . —A delegate meeting of the different branches in the county of | IIants will be held on Sunday , October 31 st , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , at the Blacksmith ' s Arms , St . Mary-stseet . Southampton . _ KippoMDBK—Sunday , Ootober 31 st . Mr Eeniamin

      Kushton , will lecture in the Working-man ' s Institu . tion , bottom of Old Bank , at two o ' clock in the afternoon : subject , ' The Land and the Charter ' „ « it 1 » Town , » hab LEE » 3 . -Mr Daniel D novan , of Manchester , will deliver a lecture at the house of Mr Rubert Redfearn , on Friday . October 39 , Chair to ba taken at eiaht o'clock in the evening On Sunday the 3 M , the Land members are requested to meet in their room at ten o ' clsck in tho forenoon , lnose members who have not paid in accordance with the fifth rule , are hereby informed that unless tliesimebo paid on the 31 st inst ., their names will be erased from the branch books .

      LmcBSTEn—All the shareholders of tho five s-etions of No . 1 branch are particularly requested to meet at the Land Pavilion , Plough ' inn , to adopt by-lnws for their local management . onTuesdav next the 20 th inst ., at seven o ' clock : the secretary acd steward will sit as usual lo receive money for the fifth section , MAUTLimoNB .-On Sunday , Oetober 17 th , the members ot the Land met . and alter transact ner Mr Mundin , scrutineer ; and Mr Bayrton trcaburer for tins branch of the Nation al Land CompanJ ! MAntLEMiiH Locality . — A lecture will ba ddiwedhyMrT . M . Wheeler , on Sunday Zn ^ , ? sircet , Wew-road at half-past seven ' clock

      , o . NoiTiNouAM Feargus O ' Connor , Esq . M . P ., v / iH address the inhabitants of Nottingham in th e 2 Jhange Rooms , on Wednesday next , in refutation of tne calumnies inserted in tho Journal , and Mercmy newspapers . The nondescript proprietors of those papers have been requested to attend the meeting . sown London Hall . —The mcmbeis and friends ot the above liall held n sociable meeting at too « liOve place , on Monday evening last , the object hem" ? for a ballot of a dock and portrait of Patrick O'lligginsJorthobeneStof the Hall a most agree ab ' e evening was passed . Siiimbt How . —A general meeting will be held at the houso of Mr Thomas Watkins , en Sunday , Oc « tober 24 tb .

      SosDBnUKD . —A delegate meeting of the Land Com panywill be held at No . 5 , Nomber ' s Garth , on the 31 st of October , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . South Losbos Hau . —Mr O'Brien will leoture la the South London Chartist Hall , on Sunday evening next ; salject : ' Ri gbteof Property and Representative Government . ^«« ^ StiNPFisiD—Persoris wishing to join . ihe ^ Na ^ . f ^ x tlonul Co-operative Betefit S < K > iety , are infMtocdi that . r ^ ' , ' 4 \ the Secretary will be in . attendance next " ^ neidaif s"" >;; evening ( at tho Damocratio Heading RolgnWfrb&rfi : v ^ eight tillhalf-past nine . f ^ m ^' M ? 'f . «~~ - » V&M r-rri JU X . C-Al ^ -W . ^ f / -v > .--W - ) . ? vs /^ ^; W : )^ V ^

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      Lbxbs Hakd-ioom Wkavbrs . —Oppbessive Conduct of ab Emploter . —About five weeks ago , Messrs Robinson and ^ Co ., gave notice to their sacking and bagging weavers , that it was their intention to reduce the price of weaving the above fabrics sixpence per piece , whioh would amount to from fifteen to sixteen percent . ; bnt as the whole of the other manufacturers engaged in fthe same business have declared that there is no necessity for any redaction of onr already miserable wages , and farther that they had no wish to reduce if Messrs Robinson could be prevailed upon to continue the present scale of

      prices , the weavers employed by the above firm unanimously agreed to cease working until such time as Messrs Robinson agreed to pay the same rato of wages as is now generally paid in the town . The turnouts are still out and are determined to continue so . until they get the same wages as the other employers are paying . We begto return our thaiiks to the weavers of Barnsley , Doncaster , Pontefract , Wakefield , Knaresborough , Hull , Sunderland , New . castle , and other places fer the kind manner in which they have assisted us , and beg to state tbat we are determined to suffer any privations to protect the wages of our toil .

      ANmcBBOBa am > Respectable public meeting of the inhabitants ofMoak Bretton . near Bsrncsley was held on the 12 th inst . to take into consideration the propriety of re-opening the footpaths that have been illegally closed by the Rev . Mr Wodaworthand Mr Midleham , farmer , and linen manufacturer both residents of Monk Bretton . The annexed resolutions were agreed to : — That this meeting being aware of the fraudulent and illegal closing of the footpatlia against the expressed wishes of nineteen-twentietha of the inhabitants of the township , and also the inconvenience many are put to by'the obstruction

      we ; are fully resolved to have them opened to the publicas heretofore by alllawfulmeans ia our power . ' That a committee be formed te divide the township intodistriots , and request theinhabitantsof those seveveral districts to appoint respectable collectors to wait upon and receive subscriptions , which shall be paid into the hands of one whom the committee shall appoint . ' That public notice be ' fiiven . of twenty-one days to the occapiers of the laud containing the disputed footpaths , to remove the obstructions , and if not done this meeting pledges itsalf to open them by every legal means in their power . '

      ^ SOOIBOWBAU NEAR HALIFAX . —A Mutual InStrOCtion Society has been formed at this place for the instruction of the members in the elementary branches of education . The eharge is very moderate . The Northern Star is taken and read at the meetings o the members . A Scotch paper mentions the fact of the produce of asingle seed of oats producing 20 full grown stalks , which yielded 2062 grains fully ripe . The Cleopatra , with 300 persons on board , has not been heard of since ths rough weather in the middle of April last .

      A negro minister once observed to his bearers at the close of bis sermon : — 'My obatinatious brethren . I find it's no more use to preach to you , than it is for a grasshopper to wear knee . buckles . ' I n Frankfort , and several other cities of Germany , societies have been formed of ' eaters of horseflesh , ' to remove the prejudice entertained against tbe carcases of horses : Lancashire contained 297 , 400 inhabitants in 1 T 50 , and 1 , 667 . 054 in 1841 . Glasgow contained 28 , 300 inhabitants in 1763 , aad 274 , 533 in 1841 . The parah of Manchester contained 41 , 032 in lili . and tJOo . cWin 1841 ,

      It has been ascertained that there an about 503 empty houses in Preston , including 105 that are empty or taken down by the cutting of the Fleet , wood and West-Riding Railway , and this numbers it is stated , ia daily increasing by the pressure of the times .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 23, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1441/page/7/