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      ^ TLdrtd poan& ; -I « Hild rtaaon that property fl Knd S , fw * McaI should pay fttfr p& ** ° t le » TiBgm 8 one hundred pounds to pay for j ^^ mensw . Bere , thea . fr security . What , say t ^ w » bers , eon ] djoa raise tan thousand pounds ! PTiad int&reey 6 " * °° ^ * fifteen fton-% a ' oow » di , not open the land , butnpon the I * ^ SSrf teBpnt into , the land . It is the $ ZLr that enhaaoes the value of land . ( Hear , V f : leva show , n that there may be no mia J ^ rifjndiD ? , Iwir it may bo done . If I bad two t fjj ^ gpanuUfor aa allotment , leoold get for this fc ^^ t poandsin a year at the bank , but in the s f £ « f rent I should get ten potwds . I pat a man * Sr tB plwe *!«*» » OT ^ onld be worth ten Vffiofi » * eek wnidl wonld te twenty-shtpounda iuiu £ # # 9 ei ^" k « ndred poandn'icoold naaonliiatpropatF ctt B * " ^ __ j -Minrta for whiehT lihnniil n * v * w « r

      ^¦^ inii Uiu * rwM »*«* v « v * , « aw L mmw ^ VUaU * ^ tbirty pound * security for the ght pounds **? itfctheman ' i labonrthatincreasesthevalae , Soor opponents do not reckon the labour ; they Mr > l »™ tot out in their calculations ; they « sr account for the labour . ( Loud applause . ) tfkSisthe land compared to the labour ? Giveme ^ jeg of landat £ l per aero , andlwill make j £ 50 ratothoye " - Iflear . hear . ) What proportion " JUl » nd to labour ? The land of itself only para " jP-er cent ., and when compared with labonr , STtoEflWi "J ft ' . ™* " ** * fwow oflabour . « I « ts tpottepn of philosophers , that' labour is the « n » e of wealth , ' but the . Whigs say to capitalists , S ^ ^ t the source of weatta , andthatn » y p ' anmuat & . No * . w 6 e ? I « eeT » irescoming back to the Irt » tsott 5 e . I mil say my Laud Plan has failed :

      , jsnIseeTawes coming tothat Uo % « H&Be . and go-Ltohis old abode , then I shall say it has failed . Mpplinse- ) I am confident of its success , and I ^ jy offer , as I did list night , when I addressed $# or six thousandpeople , to release Bnch- memja , as are dissatisfied . J . Applause . ) Yon hare teen told that I am deceiving you ; that it is all a j ! # > ; ftatlamcheatinejon , aad want to compit a fraud . Tne IGoYernmeist has undertaken to apply to the House of Commons for an indemnity for violating the Bank Charter ; j undertake to relax the conditions of the ( da , and to take an indemnify from the Company , jud I offer , if there be any shareholder in Nottinghim , who by penury is placed in circumstances to

      prerent him carrying on tea subscription , or if there te a man who thinks himself joggled , or if he be influenced by the' Whistler , * or old Bailey ; or if he be diaatisfied with his allotment , and he will bring me Jib certificate , I wi Q pay him back his money . ( Tresendoos applause . ) 1 will pay him here to-night ; I will pay him also four per cent , interest for his Doney . which the rules do not allow , and he may take his money home with him . ( Applause . ) With iward to the Bank , and the security . I have actually got from capitalists , by their own wish , £ 10 , 000 mortgage upon land , id two sums of £ 5 , 000 esca , at four per cent interest , and for this reason , ti * parties said they would rather have the land as gttaity . The banks were only giving these

      capitalists three per cent , for their money , and they « re sure of mjfonr per cent . But perhaps , when the capitalists should go to the Bank some morning far their interest , the clerk may not be in the office ; titen where is the security fop their capital ? I will my draw a picture , but you must bear in mind , though I charge Mr Bailey with a fault , I should aspect him if he acted as a gentleman . Suppose I lad charged Mr Bailey with a mere simple dereliction of duty , though he charges me with fraud , misrepresentation , cheating , and joggling ; bat suppose I had done so in the Nobiberh Stab , and Mr Bailey tad sent me a challenge , and instead of accepting that I had issued a handbill , as he has done , and headedit'The Press , the Press ;* ifl hadsaid'No ,

      I cant meet you . ' I think you would burn the Stab next Saturday . ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) This is precisely Mr Bailey ' s case ; he charges me with committing a wrong , and he dares not face me . ( Applause . ) I am proud of the position which I occupy , no matter what abuse is heaped upon me , Ism prouder of beine your bailiff than your member , and depend upon it I would not be an honourable member and a dishononrable bailiff , for any advantages this world could confer upon me . ( Ap . plause . ) What do you think of the noisome beast , the unnatural monster , who supposes I could for a cement draw thelife-blood of the father , live on the sighs of the mother , and the angnish of the children , whom he represents { hat I am deceiving . Does he

      tHsklredueemyselftoa par with him ? I , who baTe led a life of abstinence , that I may do ge- > d ; of frugality , that I may be able to serve my country ? ( Applause . ) Last night I confined myself to the district I was in ; I did not mention the name of the ruffian there . To night I confine myself to this Bpot , bat at the same time , I am ready to submit the con « duct ofmy whole life as a subject of inquiry . I tell the gentlemen of the press , that I am ready to give them the name of every nobleman , magistrate , clergyman , and country gentleman , resident within fifteen mils of the place where I was bred and born , sad if any one can impeach , me . and show me guilty of s dishonest act , I will withdraw all claim to confidence . ( Applause . ) I do not come here to gloss

      ever a life of crime ; I come here to defend myself—{ hear , hear , hear)—though the whele world should be assembled before me , and I claim a public and apatientaearing . I defy Mr Bailey , or any one else , to prove a single charge against me . ( Applaase . ) Bnt I will tell yon what the press has done by fabricating these charges against me ; since these attacks , I am an inch and a half taller than I was . I began to stoop and had fears of becoming paralytic fer want of exercise ; but now I feel rohu 3 t and sfrong again . ( Hear , hear . ) Had I been your encEy , Eliza Cook would have lauded me to the skies , but as I am your friend , lam maligned and railed . ( Applause . ) What should I be worth to jdq if I were capable of being intimidated ? It is

      the first instance of s gentleman standing before an audience likt this , and such a 31 stood before last night , and on Monday night at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , being able to snap his finger as I do , in defiance of all calumniators . ( Applause . ) So long as the press confines itself to the exposure ^ of wrong and error so long will I be supporter of it ; bat the moment it prostrates itself to destroy s man who is a supporter of the rights of the poor , I discard it , aad rise superior to it ( Applause . ) Ism the fir 3 t instance upon record of one man who , bang injured , has beaten down the combined influence of fie press in this country , but I have not only vithstood that power , but the cause which I have espoused is prospering . ( Applause . ) We were told

      some short time ago , that Chartism was nowhere : tint democracy was at an end . and Chartism given Bp . Two years ago , we could not make a policeman ; now we have made a peer of Sir John Cam Hobkrase . We have as lunch power as the Queen . ( Laughter and applause . ) Will not that give you : n insight into legislation ? A man comes here , and you jndje that he is not fit to represent you in the Hou 3 e of Commons , bnt the Queen thinks to the contrary , aedso sends him into the House of Lords . ( Hear , tern than this ! Ah ! you do not know the reason * a y tab fire is kept up against me . I confined my-Klfat Manchester to the game then ; I took my woks to falsify the charges made against me . My

      Cierk went with me , and I submitted the accounts for examination ; I new come here for a like purpose , as I consider the man whote conduct is such as to disqualify him from coming before his constituents b not worthy of the name of man . ( Applause . ) If I now appeal to you for a justification ; if I now ask for an approval , and for an acquittal , it U on the ground of the past , which I will refer to . In 18321 * as returned to ' parliament for my native county , ajainit a powerful aristocracy , thirty-ate noblemen , and the whole press combined as ia one common cause . The whole of the parsons , the magistrates , the landlords , and the press , were all opposed tome ; 6 et I triumphed , and wag retorped . Did the press then , venture an assertion against my honour or

      against my character ? They said I was a Democrat , a Radical , and a devil—( laughter and applause . )—but not a word against my character . I struggled against then powers for three years , and in 1835 I vent to another election ; did they then venture an atsertion against me ? I came here , and have 7 <> n heard anything against my character from raj satire country ! ( Cries of 'No , no . ' ) Now . I ask , if any man placed in the anomalous situation I was , has conducted himself more as a gentleman and aa iionest man , than I have done ? ( Cries of ' No , no . ' and applause . ) X ask you to point ont one single * ct of my fife unbecoming a gentleman or a man of horour . ( Applause . ) Think af the philanthropy of these Hen ! they say the 'Land Plan is bad , take

      care you are not plundered . ' Not a word about tke Poor Law Buttle , nor about your masters wringing the sweat ont of your bod ; . Bnt the moment von are about to be taken out of your cellar , and £ 15 . or £ 20 , given to you , you are warned against your dangers . ( Applause . ) I wonder we have not all the Methodistical parsons in the country imploring protection for yon ; I wonder that the pulpits do not ring with the eloquence of these men , to prevent you from becoming the subjects of delusion . I would recommend that felfow , Batter , to turn parson ; he would find it a better occupation than to be the editor of the Notting ham Murevry . ( Laughter aad applause . ) [ Here Mr O'Connor convulsed his audience and the reporters with a sermon of a Methodist parson cautioning bis beloved children and

      flock against the snares of the Land Plan , and the damnaWe machinations of its projector . The tone and countenance of the preacher while delivering this discourse was the nehest treat we ever witnessed . Every mouth in the assembly was wide pen , and every eye was staring . A pin conld be heart to fell umtil this calm was succeeded by the most u proarious and convulsive laughter . ] The press is Powerful when right , buc powerless when wrong ( Hew , hear . ) Hume , the historian , has said 'the ^ Ple are seldom wrong , and never very long wrong ' rlhear , hear , hear , and laughter ) -and I will add , « does not require the aid of Feargns O'Connor to prore to a well educated people when the prtss is Yjjnt and when it is wrong . The Drew may not ?«« d [ the Land Plan , but they dread the lion ' s roar 111 defence ; they dread « man who will aot be

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      put down ; they dread a man" who will never aban " don the causa of the people . As Ru Sweet has told \ you , if thftywuldpurchase mathey would i H Iata ! MM to-morrow , I would have one trillion ' s worth ofland ! lwouU place those eloquent expounders oflibartT . pnt down ; they dread a msti wtomunw ^ . k . . don the causa of the seoale . A * » ,: ¦ Sweet ti .. * nu

      the frS ^ tTT l bstt 8 nd . 0 ther «> wns , and 2 J £ ^? S £ Illttar * **• d' « nnerited by his disparity between man and man , and being doomed to unwilling idleness and starvation . When a mai u in- his own castle , and has free labour , he cainot be disinherited . There may be a glut in the market , of hosiery , and et lace—a work , man caanol eat them ; bnt if ho have & surplus pig , he will never be without a surplus pair of breeches . ( Laughter and applause . ) To raise produce en theland is BOfc a competitwa procenof an injurious tharacter ; and had thera been an abundance of small landholders , there would have been no necessity to send our gold to America , in order to

      pay ior tneir corn . Ion would have had a surplus here . ( Hear , hear . ) It has been said , in that case where should we set a market ? Why you weuld create a market . If there were 3 , 000 women coming into Nottingham every market day , they wauld come for something , a » d they would carry away something from the shops . The towns-people wonld want milk , butter , wheat , poultry , and pork from the country visitors , and the latter wonld want articles from the shopkeepers . The system wonld be reproductive ; it would work well for buyers and sellers . ( Applause . ) You have been told there is no security in the Bank , and that , when all the money is laid ont , if yon want to draw , there will be no money for you in the Bank : Now , supposing I had £ 20 , 000 . in money : I should

      always have £ 5 , 000 . of that lying in the Bank , to pay for labour . Then £ 15 , 000 . would be laid out upon land , aad there would be £ 5 , 000 . for ready cish . I have token the precaution to adopt the rules of the Savings ' Bank to prevent any run upon the Bank ; so that when a depositor wishes to draw out of the Bank , he must give notice ; and I have always two or three capitalists ready to let me have money without a mortgage by depositing title deeds for the amount required . This is the simple process . ( Applause . ) Suppose I had bonght 100 acres of land , and had given £ 80 . an acre for it , and sold seme of it , as I have done , at £ 67 . 103 . an acre ; shoud I not be a gainer , and have money for building , my houses ? That enejaousblockhead , who

      makes his calculations without book , tells you I build a house for one hundred pounds ; but what do you suppose there is in that house ? There are three good rooms , a dresser np to the ceiling , and cupboards in two rooms , honse-closet , back-kitchen dairy , cow-house for two e > W 3 , and a place for a donkey ( that ' s for Bailey ) , places for roots , stores , 90 ., a sty for four pigs , and the whole walled in and a gate attached , with lock and key ; there is all this for one hundred pounds . I teld you this would soon reach the rich and monied men , and a friend of mine has bonght -373 acres of land in Lincolnshire , on which he is building twenty cottages , and though he paid for an architect , he contracted for the houses , exactly of the same description as mine , and as he

      csuld net superintend them himself , they cost him £ 165 . each . Mr Allsopis the individual who has purchased this land , and he lives only a mite and a half from the city of Lincoln . Now , then , Robinson , Tomkini , and SimpkirA what dojou say to that T Where does the devil put liars 1 ' Down , down , ' said Tomkins , and Bailey will go there . ' ( Laughter . ) Now , lam going to show you what your bailiff has done . II am going to show how your bailiff ' s accounts are made out , and the surveillance your bailiff is under , I am going to call a meeting of all the men —the carters , masons , overseers , carpenters , and workmen ; I will not go near that meeting , but they shall give their opinion as to the manner in which I have discharged my trusteeship ; and I do not

      doubt but there will be an unanimous vote , that they believe in their souls , no man conld have taken more care of his own property than I have done of your property . They wiQ declare that I have made the beat bargain , paid the highest amount for the best labour , and taken care to have the best materials , or as good as can be obtained . These ruffians say there are no books kept but the accounts in the Northkbh Stab , Well , suppose Sweet sends me £ 55 . 17 s . 4 d . and I have a letter the next week , to say that 4 d . had been omitted in the acknowledgments , why , directly , in the next Stab , the -omission is corrected . Thus the Stab is a complete book , which may be referred to any day in the year ; whereas , had I made the

      entries in a book without making them public , secresy might be alleged as a means I was adopting to deceive the subscribers . But how is it done ? Why I keep the money ; Mr CoBniDgham and Mr Sing call ont the names of the tradesmen and the labourers , naming the amount to be paid , and I pay them , and these two make the entries in . their respective books . There is not a word or figure of mine written in the books belonging to the Land Company ; and yet I am the man charged with setting down ' more Trips , ' and so on . ( Laughter . ) I am equally sorry that our time is so wasted upon so worthless a subject . I am sorry I have not something worth being in Nottingham" for : and as 1 shall be here on Mondav

      week , on our own business , which would have served our purpose , I say . it was unfair to call me here on such a poor and pitifol occasion . But it was the act of that reptile , that creeping animal , that wretched creature who does net know that two and two make four ; but yet who can make a balance sheet for me , and insert' more Trips . * It wonld have been unfair to you if I had not , under such circumstances , have come to explain to you . Bailey remarks , 'Mr O'Connor gajs he is the only man who can know or understand the Land Plan . ' I can't help thinking of the Frenchman who was in the river , and cried out , ' will be drowned , and nobody shall help me ; ' and he kept crying in this way , till a man who stood near said , ' Then be drowned and be d—d , if you will !'

      The poor fellow made a mistake—he pat thaR instead of u-tli . ( Hear . ) Mr Bailey will inpute to me what I do not mean . He says , 'Mr O'Cennor is the only man who knows , and can understand , tha plan . ' I say , I aia the only man who does understand the plan from the first eminencement of its operations to the close , but it is in a diffarent sense to what he means . One man may understand one part , and another others , bat 1 understand the whole , the buying of the land , the laying out of the roads , the making contracts , the purchase of guano , the valuing of theland , and everything connected with the scheme . One man may know bow to bay land , but not to make a contract ; another may know how to lay out a road , but he may

      not understand how to buy bricks , and lime , aid stones ; I know all these things and charge nothine for my knowledge . ( ApplaHse . ) Hesajsl paid £ 1 . for a post bag , but ha forgot to put down that I pay £ 1 < J . a year for a postboy to carry it , and £ 10 a year to a woman for churning . I havejpaid above £ m in three years for travelling the country , to bid for estates , and on business connected with the public —( hear , hear)—and some weeks I have paid £ 22 . out of my own pocket in a similar manner , and there is no charge for these things . I repeat now what I have said before , I have never travelled a mile at joar expense . ( Applause . ) Suppose I had put down travelling expenses , and shown the price of each mile , would it not have made

      a good margin , without' more Trips V No , I have charged younothing ; and yet this fellow says , that he rejoices becane I am not his representative I He say s he did not vote . I say he is not entitled to vote , because , according to our rules , a man who is not of sane mind and untainted with crime , is not entitled to vote . ( Laughter asd applause . ) I ask you if there be any questions with reference to your personal feelings as to my management of your property ? If there be anything that has created alarm , or doubt in your minds , tfeat I have left unanswered , I shall consider such man as my friend if he will put the question to me . ( Applause . ) If there beany man here who requires information , and he will tnlysay onwhatnoint . I will tell him . ( Applause . ) Last

      night aman gotup in the meeting and asked , if it wera true that No . 4 , Engineers Branch had sent for £ 30 . to my bank . and he wished tohnow whether he had got it ? A man instantly jumped up , and said ' I can answer that question . I wrote aletter on Sunday night , and the money was down on Tuesday , with interest up to that day / ( Applause . ) If ' Rambler ' will go to our estates , he will find plenty of wheat seed for the occupiers to sow , for which they have not to pay till the next harvest . ( Cheers . ) This is the system * Yr ! £ / "I to to ^ "ted , and by which you are to be redeemed from your perilous situation : but your enemies wish you to think about matters of a scientific character , and of elevating yourselves in the moral scale . I again repeat , that if any one has a question to aak . I shall be anxious and read v in sna »*

      and I trust you will all keen silence , that you may hear the remarks . ( The speaker sat down amidst reiterated cheering and clapping of bands . ) No person rising to ask any question , Mr O'Connor observed , that any man who embarked his little all , or any amount that abstracted from his comfort , would not do his duty to himself or the directors , if he did not inquire fully into the affair . Mr O'Connor , exhibiting signs of fatigue , called for water , but none was immediately procurable . Meanwhile one of his devoted adherents produced a very small apple from his pocket , which Mr O'Connor eat , remarking , that hesupposed the apple the * Rambler * gore to Tawes was about thai bub and added , that he was sorry he bad sot a potato , to give is exchange . ( Laughter . ) The hoaoarwle Member then resumed

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      STtffiS ? fir ; ThH , 8 a ' 81 tob 1 nad a cowthatgave fifteen gallons of milk . Did vob ever SfftSCT 4 \ > « 0 Heveriidany thing of the kind ; so that you may see the extent to wtach a bad man will go to carry out Ms ill purposes . fc' W I , ' - did "W * had 0 * m * ™ t , I' " bet him £ 10 . will give ten gallons of milk aday upon good grass . And I have never estimated the milk of a cow . at more than five gallons a day ; and every cal eolation I hare made with regard to the land has been 80 to 100 per cent , under what the land . would really do . ( Applause . ) What ' s the reason they never analyse my work upon Small Farms ? They dare not attackit . ( Loud applause . ) They have not reviewed the last number of the Xakurer . What ' s the reason . ^^ ^^ === ss = s == ss ==== s __ . """ " " Waeaany-flaesfaon . -IwiJI n >» traAi % a

      of that ! ( Shouts of approbation . ) They dare not I ( Repeated approbation . ) But there ' s an item wnicn Iteld youwasnotdownin thebalancesheet . There ' s no charge for advertising forthe society;—rjch as we are , we never spent a pouud upon advertising . Now next time I have to put down on the credit account of the balance sheet , I shall put down nine or ten advertisements the papers are giving ub for nothing . ( LsHgbterand cheers . ) TheDitpatch says , ' We bar * sent the war-song throughout the length and breadth of the land ; it comes from the sweet lips of our EUm , and the people will not be gulled any more . ' But this week we . shall have between £ 3 , 000 . and £ 4 , 000 . ; what will they say to that f . ( Cheers and laughter . ) It is upon opposition that a cause

      thrives , and if they had let me alone , perhaps I might h % ve gone to sleep . ( Amusement . ) But I like to ba goaded . You remember how I was goaded when they stuck up the little knobstick parson Stephens here . I have battled with you as no man ever battled with the people before . ( Applause . ) I have gone to prison , and defied the judge and jury , and told them that if the law gave them strength and vengeance , God gave me pow » -r to resist them , and that I would live in a prison more happily hugging these prinoiples to my heart , than out of it , hugging their principles . ( Tremendous applause . ) You are so dear to me , that it would break my heart if I lost the affection of one of you . What does a man live for , if it is not tt leave a ( name to hand down to posterity ? I was

      getting old for want of work . I wanted to throw off my steam . ( Loud laughter . ) I feel my wind and my pipes better ever since 1 have been engaged blowing the reptiles off the face of the earth . I knew that yon did not require my presence here . But I knew that falsehood , like a snowball , gains strength by its progress , * and that it was better to come and put the extinguisher upon tke farthing candle at once . ( Uproarious laughter . ) Now I hope from my soul that Mr Sweet will not burn the Nottingham Review next week . ( Shouts of' No , no , the Mercury . ' ) Yes : God forbid I should say the Bmtv . You will see a better report in the Review than you can see in the Star next Saturday . But don't burn the Mercury , or you will make a plague in Nottingham , for it is the most

      stinking ! rotten thing you ever heard of . ( Great laughter . ) The next time Mr Bailey condescends to notice me in the Nottingham Mercury , I hope he will also condescend to come before his townsmen , and if he can destroy the character of your representative , it is his duty to do so . What has led to the present corrupt system is the want of proper vigilance over the representatives . But is it net a proud thing for you to see a representative who stands before you as your honoured and trusted bailiff ? ( Cheers ;) Iconsidir this a greater dignity than being a member of Parliament . ( Applause . ) The deed will soon be registered ; and God knows no man was ever more anxious to get rid of a fever or cold thanl am to get rid of this itch in my skin . ( Hear , hear . ) Th «

      moment that it ' s registered , that moment I will as-» ign the wh » le of the property to trustees . . Tais Land Plan has not been completely registered ; to please you ; it is registered to pleas * yoir enemies ; to silence the men who have nothing tn do with it . ( Long continued cheering . ) It shall not be handed over to the trustees without becoming wcurity for four per cent , on the capital of every man who has deposited his money in the bank . —( Hear , near . ) It shall become security ; and then I will present to a proper accountant , —I will present . ' to this fellow , if he knows how to put figures together , —such a balance sheet asns trea . surer of any fund has put together ever since the world began . —( Applause . ) I will show you not a

      farthing received far any services rendered by me ; and before Parliament meets , I will ceme down hera and meet all classes ; and frequently , during the session of Parliament , will take counsel from you ; and you will find , that while I am just to you , I will bejast to the other classes also , and will du as much for the town of Nottingham asii I belonged to thepanpered classes . —( Hear , hear . ) I will bring on your grievances ,, and the grievances of all classes upon all occasions , before the house ; and , in order to prove to you that I am a staunch supporter of the rights , el universal suffrage , as soon as ever the

      session closes I will come into yonr market-plaoe , and if it is your will that I resign your trust , I will do so , and cease to be jour member . ( Tremendous applause . ) Can conduct erer be suspected , coming from one who puts himself under popular control ? It has been a fancy with the press that a gentleman demeans himself by coming before the 'unwashed . ' But my friends , I want to wash you . ( Laughter ) You are now much tweeter than the aristeency ;—cleaner;—joufeed then , and dress them , and perfume them , till the air they walk in stinks . [ Mr O ' Connor sat down amid riotous applause , at fifteen minutes to eleven . ] .

      Mr SwEBi . then introduced to the meeting , from Horncastle , in Lincolnshire , a Mr W . Jee , deputed by the friends in that pkee to pay into the bands of F . O'Connor , Esq . M . P , the { whole of the monies of the branch at present collected , amounting to £ 68 . 0 s . lOd . ( Loud approbation . ) Mr DoRMAti proposed the following resolution : — That this meeting : riews with the utmost , contempt the efforts that have been made by different sections of the preis to shake the confidence of the British working classes in the honour , honesty , integrity , and fidelity of

      Ftargui O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . for this borough , with a Tiew to counteract and undermine his influence in tha British House of Parliament : and that thii meeting as . mres that honoured and distinguished gentleman , he continue * to have their unqualified and' implicit confidence , which has been , and continues to be so deservedly placed in his hands ; and farther , that wepledge ourselves to co-operate to the utmost of our power , with our brethren in bonds in all parts ot Great Britaia , in raising the sinews of war , that Mr O'Connor may avail himself of the Jaw in punisbinj or bringing to justice those execrable reptiles , who like yampires are thirsting for his blood .

      ( A voice . They'll never pet it . * Mr O'C .: If they do , they'll give blood for blood . ' ) Mr Dorman made a somewhat lengthy speech and sat down amid great applause . Mr IIeum having seconded the resolution , it was unanimously carried . Mr Sweet , having incurred expenses to the amount of dE 3 , hoped that those present would deposit their pence in boxes to be held at the door . ' Mr O'Cohnob again rose and spoke as follows : — Having now discharged my duty to Mr Bailey , I have a few words to say to you as your representative . It is asserted by the press , that when I get imto the house , I shall soon find my level ; I was there before and I did find my level , and that level was independence and uprightness . ( Hear , hear . ) And when I go into the house again , I shall

      go with more knowledge and better tempered dawn < and that portion of the press which is building on the presumption that I am going there as an inflated , furious , ridiculous declaimer , will perhaps find out their mistake . ( Rear , hear . ) The great value I skall be to tke working classes in the house will consist in the fact , that 1 bring an amount of practical knowledge not possessed by others , to bear upon the labour question ; and in the fact , that , while collegians—that while ministers—that while drawingroom gentlemen and perfumed lords pride themselves upon the education they have received from books , I pique myself upon the education and information which I received from the people looking for justice for themselves . ( Tremendous applause . ) Thk is

      what will make me powerful ; and I would be inoperative in that house , —I would be a nonentity , —a disgrace to yen and a nullity to society , if I had not sufficient discretion to know how to bring my knowledge to bear upon that house . ( Applauae . ) I pledge myself to you , men of Nottingham , and however they may try to hoot me down , they shall not do it ; and I pledge myself to yon , that however the press may be opposed to my principles , they shall Hot be able to expose my follies as a ranting demagogue . I think I have nous enough not to talk nonsense in a criticising discriminating assembly ; and I have this power now which I had not before , that what the press makes me say in folly on Monday , you will see translated into understandable English on Saturday .

      ( Loud approbation . ) I assure you that the experience I have gained ii worth mines of gold ; and if I were asked from what source I have derived my most valu-1 able education , —whether from books , or conversation—from the aristocracy with whom I have mixed most extensively , or from the middle classes , with whom I have not mixed much , —or from the working classes , with whom I hare ' al < raya mixed —( applause ) —I would say , all my knowledge derived from books or other sources , is dross , nothing , nonsense , compared with the education , the knowledge , the information I have derived from the working classes . ( Uproarious plaudits . ) This is my power—this is my strength ; this is your power—this is your strength ( cheers ) — that whereas formerly they misrepresented vou . and no advocate pleaded your

      cause , no one knew your case , and it was only out of misrepresentation on both sides that the government was allowed to glean irhat it considered the balance of truth . ( Hear , hear . ) And now I will tell the whole truth , and nothing but the truth , so help me God . ( Loud applause . ) And who can tell the truth , and stand by the truth , without supporting labour , and standing by labour ? ( Bursts of applause , and cry of No on » . ' ) No one . Good Godi when I go thrtugh your lanes and alliyi , and see the little decrepit children with theirpale little faces and their tottering hmbs , that oughtlto be exposed to the free air ; when I see your pale wives , that under other arenmstances would be the friends of yonr hearts , the pnde . of your bosoms , and the honour of your households ; whsn I see yon , squalid , emoi&Ud , wo * destroyed , that others may live upon the aweat and

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      y ^ x racted from , you , how could I , professing * Wf M ° f « your olMsj-hoff could 1 , who . now S W on ( ily jw Miedofender of that class , dewty y 0 U iV £ reinena > 3 applause . ) My friends ; the world without your affection , would be as a blank to me . Ttomi coald I go to-morrow ? how could I enjoy myseif to-morrow ? where would be the balm which now solaces me under all my trials , if it were not to be found m your confidence and affections ? (> ud plaudits . ) S p to yourselves , ' This man has ™! « Wn ? o " S ? ? . *™ " i he k » 8 come here as S- 'J& ^ i ' ^^ &Sm ™? f ° T an £ mimber o { th « Cabinet , i' / t I ™ % om Principles or desert our cause . ( Loud applause . ) Then ask yourselves . Do ======= ~^^ Mnmt . artMrt ^ j x- __ . .. T ... .

      to ; J ! Lf "" £ 18 kind » e «> , in his life , which leads us to suppose thathe would be happy under the sting of our reproach aad censure ? ' ( Great cheering . ) No ; but justly to lose your affection , would be to Sf «??• ow ? . ? XI 8 tence ! «* w help me God , if I had my choice this moment , whether I would deservedly teZ ^ r " ° r' ° Ji Jose my life ' wonia 7 re 8 innlSr ' ( * ? and j ° ng-c ° »« i >« d expressions of approbation . ) I would be as a loathsome thine for each pasier-by to point the fingaretf sobrn at . if , after being so long wedded to so much misery , I could betekemyselftoanotber dan ; but what is mowj-J ? o ? y ° ur 8 ti 11 greater « ecuraty , -l am not ! l k t ? ° wt 0 an ? other class ; I am ticbeted 'SJn ? ' ° ** T ( H hto H « caiBe direcufl stood up to support them , the Northern Star woold flash in my face . One , man would iret ud and r ^ H

      tnis paragrapn , and another man wonld read that paragraph ; and all the fingers you have , and more if you had them , and your toes too- () aughter ) -woulu be pointed atme . There ' s your guarantee . There ' s your Mounts ? .. ; I speak to masons , « fcOl , and Hove their frugality , their simplicity , and their children Newapapersjiaiditwas a pretty incident when the Queen kissed an infant Marquis lately ;—l consider it no condescension to wipe a . little child ' s little nose , ' —the child of an humble labourer , and kiss » hat little child —( hear , he » r)—and lam rie . ver 8 bihappy as when I have thirty of them sitting on the grass with their little cats and degs—telling me their little stories . ( Loud applause . ) And there is not a child in Lowbands that is not fonder of me than of its own father

      and mother ; and the only contest they had in the summer , was who should have my finger and walk with me . ¦ ( Hear , hear . ) My friends , I shall always endeavour to deserve your confidence . ( Long-con tinuecicheering . ) I beg leave , before Icpnclude , to tell you that the Municipal elections are at hand , — that these are the . Normal school j : if you . hope to preserve the power which secured for you the man of your choice on the last , occasion , you will exert yourselves m the struggle , and place men of your own Btamp in the corporation of this town . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Don't be bribed . ( Applause . ) Don ' t sell your birthright for pottage , —( hear ) -but stand firmly by your order , and the more virtuous yon are , the greater will be your power . ( Loudappiause . )

      To show yon that 1 am of a forgiving disposition , I beg leave to propose a solemn vote of sympathy and compassien for ThomaB Bailey , of the Nottingham Meiicort , and that this meeting pledge itself to me its best endeavours , by all emollient , placid , soft , and easy means , to restore tbat erratic gentleman to a state of sanity and honesty , which will onee more entitle him , to be placed in the ranks of citizens , and confer upon him the right of the suffrage . ( Laughter . ) And I hope , that so far from opposing this map , you will administer to him that comfort which , in his present circumstance ? , he stands in needef . I trust you will make all . allowance for tho situation in which the monkey is placed , and allow him to go to that eminence in the tree from which he may . see himself reflected in his na'ive folly , and perhaps , after proper training , be may become an honest man , and a useful member of society . ( Laughter and applause . ) I ' m glad lie ' s gone to live

      at . Base-ford ; there could not be anything more proper ; and if it bad ant been christened so before , we would christen it now . ( Laughter . ) It reminds me of the old tale of the traveller , who saw a corpulent fellow stand at the door nfthe . sig ' n of . The Hog . ' lie was the landlord . The . traveller asked him the way to such a town , and he gave him a very bluff , surly answer . . 'I beg pardon , ' said the traveller , ' I took you for the master of the house , but I see you are the sign . ' ( As the fun of this gradually dawned upon the audience , a roar of laughter rose , from small beginnings , increasing gradually till it spread all over the hall . ) If I were to pre ? s another resolution , it would be compassion ior tbepentlehian who has been sent to-night to represent that nowspaper ; for he would have no easy task . And now you will see what will be made of it . You will hear of Mr O'Connor ' s vulgarisms , and of not meeting their argument , and s « on . But mark

      !—An ounce of civet , good apothecary . ' When a man charges you with murder , you don't step to discuss the breed of horse ? , and if he refuses to meet you . you pall him a vagabond , and a scoundrel . And if Mr Bailey had come here to-night , I would have met him like a sucking dove , and whispered the softest nothing into his ear . ( Laughter . ) I would haTe argued with him , and shown him his folly ; but if I convinced him , he would not cease to be your enemy . ( Applaufe . ) Persuade Tom Bailey against his will , He'il be of his own opinion still . :

      The resolution wa 3 carried unanireously , and votes of thanks were given to ' onr little general' ( Mr James Sweet ); to the Mayor , for the use of the room ; and to the Nottingham Revijw , —coupled with a recommendation by Mr O'C , to persons who took in the Stab , to take in the Review . He should give Mr Sweet instructions to send a copy every week , to himself personally , besides the one sent to his office . Mr Sweet announced the sum paid in that night , as ± 250 .

      The meeting , after three rounds of cheers for Feargus O'Connor , the Charter , &c , &o ., broke up at a quarter past eleven o ' olock .

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      " Able mid Interesting" Balance Sheet of Alexander Somerville , alias " One Who has Whistled at the Plough " alias "TJie Flogged Soldier , " alias "The Convicted Thief" alias ¦ " The Correspondent of the Manchester Examiner , " alias " The Friend of Joshua Hobson . " ( The following is / rom the Daily paper of August 6 th 1841 :- ) '

      EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF SWINDLING . " ¦ "' •' On Thursday , William Hopkins , landlord of th Hole-in-the-Wall public-house , Fleet-street , ap . peared before Sir Peter Laurie , who sat for the Lord Mayor , at the Mansion House , to answer the com * plaint of the British Auxiliary Legion , under General Evans , in Spain , under the following circumstances : —Captain Roberts said that he appeared to support the summons , in consequence of reading the follow * ing letter : — King-street , Long Acre , June 9 S . Sit , —In compliance with your wishes , and , '' at tho lame time grateful for jour kind consideration , I'hcreb ; endeavour to transmit to you it few of theiiamea of those unfortunate individuals , who , like myself , have been defrauded by that prince of awiudlw * , 'Alexander Somerrllle . — ¦ £ . t . d . James M'Culloch , 8 th Scots ... 7 13 0 Robert Johnson , ditto ... ... 8 1 0 John Holland , ditto ... ... 1 » 13 0 ' Bobert Cohen , ditto 7 IS 9 Samuel Cuddy , ditto .. ... 9 3 0 James Gallagher , ditto ... ... 3 17 2 | Edward Fields , ditto 3 17 2 Daniel Grady , 6 th Scots ... 5 0 8 James Mullin , ditto ... ... 7 12 6 JohnMullin , ditto ... ... 9 2 6 . Heiiry M'Every , ditto ... ... 9 2 0 James Stuart , 4 th regiment ... 9 3 0 James Scott , 2 nd Lancers - ... 17 2 8

      £ 112 4 2 These , sir , are only a few of the too many instances which I can recolleot of duplicity practised by Alexander Somerville on those who were so unfortunate as to become aproy to bis insinuating and artful way of rictim . zing . I have the honour to bo , Sir , : Your most humble servant , Robert M'Cobmick , late 8 . h Scots , British Auxiliary Legion , To Captain Robert ? , British Auxiliary Legien .

      Captain Roberts stated that the complainant wag a private in the Lancers of the British Anxiliary force , who aerred uuder General Evans in Spain , and on fbe dissolution of tbat force Scofcfc retired to Belfast , in Ireland , where he worked for some time as a woodturner , until he met with an accident , by which he lost the use of one of his hands . Some time after thisaccident , an advertisement appeared in the London journals , as well as the provincial ones , and placards , signed' Alexander Somerville , ' stating that he was an agent for the recovery of gratuities and pay due by the Spanish government to the British legion ' and which was secured under the convention of both countries ; he undertook not only to recover the amount , but make them an advance .

      Sir Peter Laurie—Was this the Somerville that made such a noise at the Reform Bilf , and figured away in the Scots Greys ?—Oaptaro ; Roberts said that it was , and proceeded to state that every soldier on his discbarge obtained certificates for his gratuities and pay , which , being endorsed by the holders , were transferable . Scott , on seeing Somerville ' s hand-bills in Belfast , applied to him by letter i to which he receited the following answer : — i , Brj < Jg « iB . atTe « fc , StMuU , london , Jim . 13 . Si 8 , —I beg to arknowiedgft the iceolpt of your latter .

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      nd AOT 0 tO . B&y ,.. tbat 1 can do nothing with your cer ^ tiftatefl until I see them , and have submitted them to the judgment of " the Spanish Commiisiener wno is appointed to h Mpecrthfim , The moment he sios , them , and jays tbey sregood onei- Ish ' aniagtantlygeBdyou money for . them , I shall eithw purchase tfcea at 13 s . in the pound , or get you the instalments , ' keeping 2 s , each for my trouble , or I will do anything else you may instruct me , if that is in my power . . Only , 83 I have boen taken ln by purchasing and lending money on bad documents received already , Icannot do nnytling Wj thyoiruntll I riow your paper . * o the CommUnioiW , which , if you a nd them soon , I shall endeavour to do next week . . .

      I am , yours faithfull y , Mr James Scott , 5 , Mitchell-street , jfc lS **™' Sir P- LAtj RiB-What was Somerville originally ? -Captain Roberts-He was originally a labourer in a stone quarry , and was latterly an orderly to Colonel Jacks . Subsequently he went to Glasgow , aDd commenced agent for the recovery of the British claims , and , Belfast being so near , he despatched his eraiasanes out rbere .-Sir P . Lanrie-Whafc was the price otthe certificate ? -Scott-An offer ef 13 s . in the pound was made to me . —Captain Roberts—The father of Soott , on receiving Somerville ' s letter , forwarded the certificate unendorsed . and of which they jeard nothing until they made application to the Spanish Government , and the following answer was received from M . Castaneda , the Spanish oomais . oner : —

      ' 168 , Alban ' -street , Regent ' s-park , April 21 , 1841 . . , Jahej Scott , —In reply to your oppllcition respect , ing certificates , I have to inform you , that the one for arresr . of pay was presented at the office -. by Mr \ f Hfipkins , of the Hole-ln-the-Wall , Flset-street . London , who obtained a final certificate of the same in his own ^ ame m T ^ e o'her ¦ *» gMtnlly , was also pressed at toe office by : the same person ; who received the first and oraarj " st '" ' PayaW ° thcreon ' on lhe " * <> i

      FeBrS * ; «^ lt a ^« Jn ^ llr Bradburn , * geatleman much employed in the re , covery of Spanish claims , and he took ^ Scott Z Queen-square police-office , when Scott declared that he never endorsed them ; also a declaration to the same effect was obtained from his father ; notwithstanding they were aold in this market to Mr Hopkins , and they bore the endorsement of Scotfc ; and what was required of Mr Hopkins wa 8 , that he should give up the certificates which he holds o » Scott 8 , and the endorsement on which is forced .

      Mr Hopkins—I bought them'in the market at the market price , and they are transferable by endorsement . —Sir P . Laurie—There is no doubt but Somerville forged the endorsement . Pray , Mr Hopkins , iow much did yon give for them ? Mr Hopkins-Twelve shillings in the pound . Sir P . Laurie—To whatamount of Scott ' s did you purchase ? Mr Hopkins—Abeut £ 11 . Sir P . Laurie-Pray . « liom did you purchase them from ? Mr Hopkins—From a Mr Gilbert . Sir P . Laurie—Where is Mr Gilbert ? A person of the name of Williams , whorepresenled limself as his clerk , said he was a livery stable keeper , and be got them from MrBaudry , who keeps the Britannia public-house ; Commercial-road , and Baudry got them from Somerville , and Gilbert gave 55 s ; per cent , for them . Sir P . Laurie—1 auppose Baudry and the other parties are dealera in them ? Williams—Yes , tfeey are , when legally endorsed :

      Sir P . Laurie—Well , Mr Hopkins , had you not better give them up ? Mr Hopkins—I havo not got them , Sir P . Laurie—Where are tl . ay ? Mr Hopkins—Isold them . Sir P . Laurie-When ? Mr Hopkins—About six weeks after I purchased them . Sir P . Lanrie—WheB had you notice of the forgery ? Mr Hopkins—About the 19 th of July . Sir P . Laurie —Did you sell them befere you had the notice ? Mr Hopkins—I did ; it was decidedly wrong to have purchased them without ascertaining tho genuineness of the endorsement , bnt when I purchased them from Mr Gilbert , I had no doubt of everything being correct . Mr Williams—Gilbert purchased them from Baudry , and he bad them from Somerville . Sir P . Laurie—Oh , yes , we know that ; but what I want to ascertain is . whether it was likely tbat Hopkins ; Gilbert , and Baudry , had any knowledge of the trick played by Somerville ? Captain Roberts said that he did not believe thev had . '

      Sir P . Laurie— "What has become of Somerville ? Captain Roberts—After finishing his agency operations in Glasgow , he published a work called ' A Narrative of the British Campaign in Spain . ' which sold very well , and he subsequently came to London , and published a sixpenny work in fifteen numbers , which he called < A Narrative of the Wars of Europe , ' which also sold well , and a pnrt of which appeared in the Dispatch . Sir P . Laurie—Oh , in the Dispatch ; then he was one of the pillars of the Dispatch ? Captain Roberts—Yes ; and for which he was tied up ; he subsequently fell out wilh the Dispatch , and published a letter in the Morning Ad

      vertuer , and he had lately become an advocate for military flogging . ( Laughter . ) Sir P . Laurie—However , it appears that those parties did not know of the forgery . Captain Roberts—Certainly jl'm sure they were not cognisant of it . Sir P . Laurie—Why did Somerville choose Glasgow as the field of his operations ? Captain Roberts—Because we enlisted 2 , 509 men there , and upwards oMOO in Belfast . Sir P . Laurie—How many certificates are still out ? Williams—Upwards of 4 , 000 . Captain Roberts—My object in seeking this public inquiry is to spoil Somerville , which , as sure as it is made public . it will do . - -...

      Sir Peter Laurie—It does you infinite credit to come forward in behalf of those poor plundered men . Pray , Mr Hopkins , to whom did you sell your eertifi cates ? Mr Hopkins—To Mr . Gilbert . Sir P . Laurie—To Mr , Gilbert , from whom you bought them , how came that ? Mr Hopkins—When I heard there was a l . kelihood of there being trouble about them . Sir P . Laurie—How came you to suppose that there was to be any trouble about them ? Mr Hopkins—From a letter I received from Mr Kirkman Lane the attorney . Sir P . Laurie—Did yeu sell the certificate back to Gilbert before av alter you received Mr Kirkraan Lane ' s letter ? Mr Hopkins—Oh , before I received the letter . Scott—No , you did not : for two months afterwards I saw my certificates in yeur hands . Mr Hopkins—No , you did not : I showed you the certificate of another Scott .

      Soott—There was no other Scott in the same regiment . Sir P . Laurie—It appears that there baa been most extraordinaay . dealings in these certificates . Capt . Roberts—Most shameful . I know where one person holds £ 900 . of these certificates , composed entirely of the twi > months' and six months' gratuities , the former £ 3 . and the latter £ 9 . for which a mere trifle was given ; and the publicans , Jews , and crimps of Portsmouth obtained hundreds of them for a pot of beer , or a glass of gin . Sir P . Laurie—Ob , shocking I shocking ! Captain Roberts—And 1 know that one physician , at the West-end , holds £ 15 , 000 . worth , purchased through an agent . , Sir P , Laurie—Well , I think , aa these parties have creditably come forward to meet the charge , and aa they are respectable people , they will give to Scott anything they made by the purchase of the

      certificates . Mr Hopkins and Mr Williams having agreed to do so-. Sir P . Laurie inquired whatbecarae of Somerviile ? Captain Roberts said that it was reported that he was in the Isle of Man , and begged to say , that as the case would no doubt go before the public , he did not , in the most remote wav , impute anything improper to Messrs . Hopkins , Gilbert and Baudiy . . Sir P . Laurie perfectly concurred in * the observation , and c-ngratiilatcd Captain Roberts on the . Victory he had achieved . The patties then left the office . [ Will William ' Grocott read the above to my Man . Chester children on Sunday ?—F . O'C . J

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      PoJTSEi . —Muitaby Ootbaoe . — On Tuesday nigh » about tnilf-paet elevan o ' clock , a picket of the Royal Marine artillery went through Oyster . strcot in pursuit of a prisoner who had escaped . Imagining that ho wa » con . coaled in the bouse occupied by Mrs Fenuell tbey knocked at the door , hut tho inmates being all in bed they were refused adraittancB . Tho picket immediately burst operi ' tho door with the butt end ot their ( , 'uua , an-1 entered th * house with drawn swords , to the great terror of the inhabitants . Their search proving quite' ineffectual , the picket proceeded through tho premises into a Louse In White Hart-row , and searched thero . The whole of this time the lost man wus standing under a doorway opposite . Inspector Way had tn bo sent for hpfm-atha soldiersnould remove from the house .

      Tbg CnoiERA . —The report that the cholera had broken out in Moscow has , we are sorry to say , been confirmed : fifteen persons ( viz ., elevtn men and four women ) have been seized with It . They belong chiefly to tho lower clnsieB , and had boen pretieusly ill from eating fruit and being exposed to the weather ; of theao fifteen persona nine hare died , A week before it appeared at Moscow a caso occurred at Scrpuchoff , in the government of Moscow , wh « re a traveller from Woronoasch , who arrived . thero on the 22 ud of September , alekened and died soon after .

      The AUgemeine Zeituoj of the 37 th ult , says : — ' The cholera is advancing from tho east to the west , but as yet it has not reached a more westerly point than K-irtsch , o » the » ea of Azoff . The winter will impode it » progress , but not cbonge the direction it has taken . C * u ?* . —A social meiting of the CrUff branch of th , above society was held in tha Weavers' Hall , on Frldaye the 29 th ult . Mr John M'Nab in the chair . Mr !)• Sorirager gave tho first toast of the eveniing , 'Fesrgun O'Connor Esq ., M . P ., thefounier of th « National h \ ad Company . ' Mr 6 . M'Slbbon gave , Th « National Land Company , ' and delivered ' a maiterly spoech at great length , Mr D . M'Arter gare ' Co-o peration . ' Mr Jam «» M'&insti gave ' The Northers Stau : ' The tneellng Wat autnwously , attendod , ; and admirably conducted throughout / ; '

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      A Pd-kiib Parson . —Elizabeth waa affianced to a young clergyman of the name of Owlet , a fellow —and aa odd fellow—of Baliol , and a minor canon o £ Salisbury . Owlet was a man of much learning , eccentrio habits , and Pusejitical opinions . lie doated on the dark ages , indeed was so fond of obscurity , that he was hardly ever seen or known to be abroad except in the twilight He was particularly bent upon reviving the Mystery Plays and Moralities , and had quarrelled with his dean for objecting to the representation of Balaam in his cathedral . PiOP . STION Of FES 4 W TO JiALB CKIMIN 4 L 3 ( H JjIVEBpoot . —At tho last Liverpool Quarter Sessions , the recorder , in his charjo to the grand ju » y , said he bad be . fore had occasion to remark on the large number of women brought btf ire the court . The total number

      committed for trial in England and Wales in 1805 bore the ' proportien of one female to every four male offenders . On reference to the calendar before them it would be found that out of 118 persons accused , no fewer than 5 o were women . He ventured to say that such a properd tiun wai unparalleled in any calendar hitherto primeauyivhere , UoLUXD Pass FooiPiTHS . —At n meeting convened by Mr . H . D . Griffiths , secretary of the West London Central AntiEnelosure Association , held at flaike ' e Hooms , 114 £ dgeware-roud , on Monday evening . Novem .

      her the lit , Mr G . H . Sasse in tho chair , the following resolution , moved by Mr Stallwood , seconded by Mr Enles , Wi \ B carried with only one dissentient : — 'That this meeting Is fully convinced thut the public and Lord Hoiland are equally an

      [ We can give no wore of this storm in a teapot- — Ed . N . S . ] BiaatsGHAst , — Ship Inn . —At our U 9 ual weekly meeting on Sund » y evening last , Mr Carland iu the chair , the following resolution was unanimously passed : —Moved by Mr Fussell and Beconded by Mr Foster—1 That we , the members of the Land Company , meeting at the Ship Ian , sseing that it U tiio wish of our tak-nted frieud and bailiff , Fcargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., topur . chase tho ramiRinn and a portion of the Jaad aJjoiiiiae thereto on the Oxford Estato for his own use , wo re , spectfullj recommend to tho memoirs the propriety oS giving instructions to . their delegate * to the next confer

      ence te vote for tho authorisation of the trustees , to . transfer to Mr O'Connor the aforesaid mansion , wilh , tho eleven acres « f land adjoiuiug thereto , aa a froa Rift from tho memburs , and as a small ucknowltdgmeuf for the honesty , integrity , and disinterestedness , with wuieh he has ever discharged tho ardousand res onsiblo duties of principal manager of our Company , ; but should the law under xvhioh tho Company is * egi » tere 4 prevent the trustues giving the es » ate to lit O . 'Cuwior , then they shall be empowered to sell it t » him at a merely nominal price . ' Tho report of the Manchester imd Nottingham meetings will be read al the People ' s Hall , ou Tuesday evening , No'ember Jth , at eight eight o ' cloek .

      Mottbam —On Sunday last , we had a , numer . ous ml spirited meeting . Tke following resolutions ware car . ried unanimously :- ' That all shareholders pay up their local expenses ; and that » he Seoretavy deduot all arrears from tho subcriplions of those mem . bers in arrears . ' ' That Mr 4 ohu Campbtll bs tho room steward for the ensuing year , at &l per annum . * The Secretary announced tivat , notwithstanding the nld « spread poverty , and wwt of employment , the re . ceipts were upwtrds Of twenty pounds for the Land Fund . After business had closed , Mr Robert Wild ad . dressed the members and friendsat considerable length , on the ' Lan < l Q'lostlon , '' The Land and Labour Bank , ' The Position and Prospects of the Workings , ' Ha went rapidly over the movements abroad , ' Tto Ame * ricau War , ' &o ., and sat down loudly applaudtd . Th * next meeting will be held on th « 21 gt of Norember .

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      FBARGb ' b O'CONNOR AND THE PKESS' .:. ; ;;; ¦; - ' •¦ qang . - ' ¦ The following article , translated f > om thsilefome , the most Able of the ¦ French journals , fltid a consistent supporter of the rights of lahour in < ill coun . tries , will cheer the working ; classes of Engl ' ana tfilh the proud consolation , that henceforth the battfe " of universal liberty is not to . he confined within the limits of our sea-bound dungeon . The Reforms . . ,. _ .

      About two years since the Chartist working men of Eng land founded an association for the purpose of purchasing laud and dividing it in small allot * ments among the ^ members . It is hoped by tfcese meaBS to reduce . the pressure of competition in the manufacturing labour market , and by drafting a number of working men on to 'he Land to establish on democratic principles a new class of small proprietors . This undertaking , founded by Mr Feargus O'Connor , has already achieved such sue cess , that it consists of a vast number of members , and has at its command a sura of £ 60 , 000 ., while its subscription list , as published in the Northebx Star , exceeds £ 2 , 500 . per week .. In fact , this

      Society , of which I purpose ere long to give jou a more detailed account , has assumed so powerful an attitude , that it begins to disquiet the landed aristocracy ; since it is evident that , if it progresses as it has commenced , it will end' by becoming a national movement for the re-possession of the land by the people . This plan finds no better favour at the hands of the middle cjasses . since the ) behold in it an agent of popular power , capable of redeeming the working classes from their tyranny . The members of the trading class , indeed , vrhethpr calling themselves more or less liberal , are partrcn ' arly opposed to the Land Compamy , as they find , the Chartists , since its formation , already more independent of their patronage . These so-called radicals , therefore , astonished at the cold way in whicli the

      people receive their lukewarm liberalism , incessantly attack Mr O'Connor as t he only obstacle in their way towards attaching the working classes to their views . It was sufficient that the Land Plan was ori g inated by Mr O'Connor for it to receive tr . e " unmitigated , hostility of the . middle classes . At first they affected to . ignore it ; then , when the conspiracy of silence was no longer of use , they attacked the plan , endeavouring to show that it was founded on erroneous premises , and must end in a signal failure . And , last of all , when the society kept prospering in despite of thfm , they returned to the tactics they had followed for the " last ten years , but always without the least success , — they assailed Mr O'Connor himself , tried to throw suspicion on his character , and to undermine his

      reputation as the incorruptible and unpaid Bailiff of the Working Classes . In pursuance of this object , five or six papers , that had evidently preconcerted their plan , seized on the occasion of Mr O'Connor ' s publishing the balance sheet of the Land Company , to open their attack . Tke WeeMg Dispatch , The Globe , The Nonconformist , The Manchester Examiner , Lloyd ' s Weekl y Newspaper , and The Nottingham Mercury , accused Mr O'Connor of the most barefaced robbery , and tried to give a colouring of proof to their accusations , by quoting and disturbing the very figures of the balance sheet . Not satisfied even with this , they dived into the private life ot this celebrated Agitator , and hurled

      at him a mountain of accusations , in the expectation that he would be crushed by their serious nature and accumulated wei ght . But O'Connor , who , for the last ten years , has never ceased contending with the sham-radical press , instead of bending before . the storm , published in the Northern Star of the 23 rd of October , a reply to the six editors , whicli , as a masterpiece of polemical writing , recals to onr minds the happiest efforts of William CoUett ; refutes each accusation seriatim , and , in its turn assuaiing the offensive , retorts by a crushing and truly dignified- rejoinder This vile attack , and this convincing answer , have , if possible , but increased the people ' s confidence iu Mr O'Connor . The Northern Star of the 30 th

      of October , contains unanimous votes to that effect , passed at public meetings held by Chartists of more than fifty localities . But O'Connor still desired to give his opponents an opportunity to attack him before the public . He there / ore challenged them to prove their charges against him in a public meeting at Manchester and Nottingham . Not one of them ventured to appear . At Manchester Mr O'Connor addressed more than ten thousand men in a speech of four hours , hailed throughout with thunders of applause , and receiving , amidst rapturous acclamations , an unanimous vote of confidence from the meeting . Se great was the crowd , that besides those within , another meeting of from ten to fifteen thousand men was held simultaneously without the walls , and addressed by several speakers .

      When his address was concluded , Mr O'Connor announced that he was read y to receive the payments of the members of the ' Land Company , and received , on the platform , a sum exceeding £ 1000 . On the following evening , Mr O'Connor held , at Nottingham , one of the largest meetings ever known in that town , amid equal demonstrations of enthusiasm . This is at least the hundredth time Mr O'Connor has similarly and signally triumphed over the calumnies of the middle-class press . Unmoved by his assailants , this indefatigable patriot pursues the even tenor of bis way , and the unanimous confidence of the English people is the best proof of his courage , his energy , and his integrity .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 6, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1443/page/5/