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      that land » t £ 110 . the year , which additional £ 10 shall be paid as a tax . In th % t case the landlords would pay nothing ; but the tenant instead of makking only £ 10 . extra , would make £ 100 extra , and thus pet £ 90 . a year dear for hi * labour . I yen . tnra to « ay , labourers would be employed , money would be drawn out of the savings * bask , and all the available capital a man hadwwrtd be thrown into the land , to improve it . as though it wera hit own property . —( Applause- ) How much better would it be for men thus to enjoy the produce of their « wn laimnr , than to work for a master for a few shilling ! a week . —( Ilear . hear . ) After a few other remarks ,

      la illustration of hi « views on the condition of working men . he Baid—Ton have oome here to dance and to amuse yourselves , and not to hear speeches , I will therefore conclude by returning thanks for the honour you have done me by returning me to Parliament , and in attending in this room ; I shall -come and give an account of ray stewardship , and tender my wsienation ; and if I have not represented you > ccnrdtng to your wishes , in God ' s name I will cut your connexion , and leave you . If . Icarry out this determination to your satisfaction , it will be hazardous for any man to csme and oppose me at the next election . —( Prolonged cheering . )

      Mr Roberts said , he had forgotten to name while le was speaking , that on Saturday last . Mr Joshua Hobfion signed the deed , notwithstanding his pre tended fears about pains and penalties . Mr O'Connor would bo doubt give immortality to this act in the paees of the Northern Star , next week . The Chairman then proposed , The Northern Star , the Nottingham Review , and all the Democratic newspapers which have supported their cause . ' The Rev . W . Liswoos rose amidst loud applause , to respond to the toast on behalf of the Nottingham Smew , but would not make & speech to delay the company at that late hour enjoying a trip on the light fantastic toe , ' the objector which theyfcd assembled . ' TheCharter and no surrender' w . « s the last toast riven , and received with three hearty cheery after which a vote of thanks to the chairman was passed , beine moved by the Rev . W . Linwood , and seconded by Mr O'Connor . The Chairman returned thanks , anddirectly afterwards th * merry dance commenced .

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      Mount Vernon , Clontarf . Niv . 11 , 1847 . Dent Sir—Although engaged in the noblest work a man can undertake—that of assisting to elevite the attisan and the labourer—in fact to place the poor man above the influence of bad laws , and a crashing system of monopoly—whilst thus engaged , I see you have been assailed by an organised conspiracy , ' got up' for the purpose of crushing your exertions , ani your system , by destroying your character . Under these circumstances I feel myself called on to declare thai I kare knowa yon since yea left' school , ' indt at 1 never heard of any act of yours derogaing from the character of a gentleman and a man of honour . Yours truly , Willuu Bbtai . P . S . Wishing you every success in your intended action at law against the conspirators , I send you my subscription to assist in bringing your assailants to iustice . : W . Betas . To Feargus O'Connor , Esq , &c

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      LETTER FROM F . O'CONNOR , ESQ . TaiOT EDITOR OP ' THB KOTrrifOHAV BiTIEW . Gbstlehex , —It has always been my opinion that the neglect of local busiueys by representatives ! bSM led to a great amount of dissatisfaction , which a better nnderstanding would have prevented . Ihold that the tonnojlaml excitement consequent upon a contested election being over , " it then becomes the duty ef the representative , no matter to what class of politicians be may belong ! to take ' council from all , without distinction or reference to politics ; I raean with reference to local matters ; and if there is one charge more than another to which representatives must plead guilty , it is the utter contemBt with which they treat th 9 local affairs of their constituents .

      Gentlemen , in my opinion , neglect of local duty more than any other circumstance gives rise to an indeSnite political agitation ; and undoubtedly creates local asd national dissatisfaction . My mi tw mav be distasteful to those who consider it a suffic : «> tboreto pay their respects to their constituents before a contest , and express their thanks and taste their bwfertbeir triumph . Upan thecontrary . my opinion is , that thehonourahle performance of duty to all . should be the representative ' s only recommendation . Indeed , I feel convinced that the observance of local matters by members of Parliament would gradually and success fully have its effect upon the Imperial Legislature .

      I am aware , Gentlemen ; that I have been returned for Nottingham in opposition to the political feelings of a large portion of what are called the reapectab ' e classes , and perhaps the foolish hatred cherished against me may induce these classes to withhold a knowledge of their wishes and their interest from me , to the end that they may hereafter charge me with ignorance of those ' wishes and interests - . font . Gentlemen , I am resolved that the crimeof ignorance shall fall upon those who are unwilling to teach , and notapon him who is willing to learn , but who is kept in ignorance , that the want of knowledge mav oonstitutethe justification Of iris OTponent ' aopposition . Now , Gentlemen . I am not onl y willing but am ready and anxious to become fully acquainted with toe views , the objects , and wishes of the several classes constituting society , and with that view . »

      Parliament meets for the dispatch of business on Thursday week . 1 have r&olved upon remaining at . Noitineham during Tuesday , Wednesday , arid Thursday next , the 9 th , 10 th , and 11 th . or longer , if needed , to take counsel with every class of my constituents ; to learn , not to teach ; to receive instruction—not to dictate . And in order to make my sojourn as useful to my constituents and profitable to Liyselt as possible , I propose that the several interests shall appoint committees of clear minded and plain spoken men to meet me in deliberation , and instruct me with regard to their several trades , prrfessioRS , and callings ; and as the monetary question jlltt now absorbs creat attention . I have torequest ihatfthe views of the committee upon that subject may be laid before me iu a printed form , as a table of ref . renee to be used as occasion may arhe .

      To all local matters I shall devote my verj best attention , and shall leave to those to whom time is valuable , to name the hours of conference . I shall be prepared for any hour that will best suit my constituent * . Of course 1 will be but a listener , and my instruction wiu be communicated in plain ' and simple language ; the committee sitting round the table aBd-the speakers not rising . For this purpose ] have taken the large room in the Ram Hotel , where I shall be happy to receive the opinions , notonlyof ray constituents , but of the inhtbitaRts ofNotling . ham : and if , through their indifference . I should exhibit ignurance of their local matters , the crime will Its chargeable upon them and not upon me . Daring the sitting of Parliament , I shall repeat t ^ is pnrt'ca as often as the interests of my . constitnenUslnllapoear to require it , and at the end of the Session I will give an account of my stewardship , andrtender my resignation of the trust with whM

      am no * honoured . Of course a central committee wi'I decide upon the . time at which , and the order ic whicbjl nm to receive the several local committees ; such an arrangement is indispensable : and should not be lost sight of . " I have the honour to remain , Sirs , Yonr faithful semnt , " Fiascos O'Cojwob . Minster Lovel , Oxfordshire , November 3 rd , 1847 .

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      BIOGRAPHY OF THE "LUCKY BOT . ' A . brief sketch of John Ardill up to the tim » « f his in . troductionto me , will be neceuary-for the . due understanding of what U to follow . For the &cta I am about to narrate I am iadebted to hit immediate and early friends and relativet , with whom I have been on terms ofclou and uninterrupted intimacy for nswjuit upea Uuyein . The facts bare long been known tome—and to Ur O'Connor alio . John ArdUl serred an eight years' apprenticeship to the iron moulding craft , in the machine shop and foundry attached to the famed Barley Cotton SphwingHilli , near ta Otlev . in Wharfdale ; oao of the earliest , and far

      a long period one of the largest , ip { sraing establishment ! in the kingdom . The works were originally csnunenced by a Mr George Merrj weather , now in America , the author of a large octavo volume , entitled , ¦ Stags , the Devil ' s Ticeroys and Representatives on Earth . ' They were carried on as all the cotton spinning establishmints of that period mainly were , by apprentice ! from the different workhouiuof London and the country , which apprentices were fed and . lodged In apprentice hostel attached to or near to the mills . Of lite yean the Barley Mills have been mott successfully conducted by the Wbitaeres , of Borlej—alio fame ! for their improved breeds of ealticanS theep , and it wot wider them that the tubjtel of my sketch . ' serred hit time . '

      The parents of John Ardill were also employed un . derthe Whltacres ; the fatker in a situation of trust ia the works , and the mother had the disposing of all the mihe from the Whitacres extensive works . While employed in the foundry , John ArdiU / was alwayi remarkable for great shrewdness , quidneu o / apprche tufon , and a faculty for calculation . None of the tricks so generally tried en raw youths entering a workshep could be practised ea Joan . Indeed , the attempt was seldom made ; for the first failure or two , through the ready wit of the young apprentice , and his taperturbable good temper combined with a ' mest kindly disposition , soon made It apparent that sueh attempts were useless . He was also remarkable for great strength of arm ; an excellent quality for one of his occupation . No ? was he unwilling to welt . He never shrunk from his task ; but was always ready and willioc to aid others in theirs . He eeuld stand his work , too , better than any man in the foundry ; a matter that used to

      surprise them all . The secret was this ; it is ' oae wall worth knowing—for it may serve auroy a jonng men on his entrance into life , and be the means of preventing the formation ef habits aot at all compatible with success ia business . While the other men in the foundry drank great quantities of beer to slake the still increas . inz thirst consequent on the heat and the beer , John sedulously eschewed it . While others bad the perspiration rolling off them in huge drops , the loss of which they deemed it necessary to supply by more beer , John coild stand the heat , almestas if his frame were iron , and aot made of blood , muscle ana sinew . For drink , the little he had , he took oat-neal and water . This slaked the thirst , did net promete undue perspiration , kept np the bodily strength , kept the head , the brain , cool , and did sot send the blood galloping through the arteries and veins at aa unduly increased speed . There were no undue excitements ; . aiid consequently there were no corresponding depressions of the animal spirits and energies .

      4 Once upon a time , ' as all good stories Bay , a parti , cnlar machine required a particular speed , which in-Tolved much intricate calculation . The task was too great far the old hinds at' speeding . ' It occupied them some time , and they were completely fast , John was appealed to . In a sbsrt time he solved the difficulty ; and though the feat made him the admired and the envied of the bulk of his shopmatei , the knowing ones ' who had been beaten never , forgave bis superior knowledge . When his apprenticeship was ended , John Ardill determined to pnih his way In the world . Like mest self , educate * youths , nis mative energy ot character would not rest content with the meia existence he was only likely to get In aceuntry tillage . Leeds , as the first large town nearest him , and the great metropolis to the

      little secluded vale in which he had passed his boyish days , was the place where he thought his energies might have fair scope . To Leeds , then , he determined to go—leaving Barley and his home—when out of his apprenticeship—with just thirty shillings in his pockets . . Arrived inLeeds , John soon found' employment , but net at his own branch of occupation Semi an inn moulder ; but being of an observant turn , he had watched and leaned the or «* mvMivg business also . It was to presecttte the latter that he was engaged , in a first-rate machine making shop in Leeds . At that time there had to be cast ( aad there may even be bow ) a peculiar description of roller used in flax and tow dressing machinery . This particular casting was paid a high price for ,

      eonssqusnton the many failures or ' wasters'happening with the then knowm mode of producing them . John reasoned on the earn of these defective castings , discovexed it , and applied such a remedy that he produced at aearly every' run' a far superior roller to the . best under the old system . The consequence was that money ' rolled' iu oa him . He could at tVia description of work easily earn thirty shillings a day ; and he had , on an average , two days of this work in a fortnight , for the period of tlie four 3 ears . he was in this establishment . On the ordinary work be could easily make nil seven hillings or his nine shilUagsper day ; so that his income as a workman was such as Kmid procure for him a second coat . '

      But John was not content with these good earnings in the day time . He strove to add to them in the evening . He sntered money clubs . He acted as their secretary . Speedily lie had a secretaryship for all the six nights ef the week . This brought him in a small in omo He put money in the clubs . He let it stay there while the club was sonag , and the members buying op shares rapidly ; but when this buying fagged , the money was withdrawn and employed in another where the ' ihart otuuwii' was more brisk . In fact , Joan was a calculator WHO ' WAtCHED THE TD 1 K or THE HalKET . ' All this time John ' s living did not cost him nine shillings a week . He rigidly confined himself below that sum He neither drank , visited nor dressed . Though he had tioo coats to his back , they were not showx ; but they vstrc paid for when he had them .

      At the end of the ( ear years he was employed ia this machiae . makiag shop , the Leeds mechanics' strike took place ; and some demur having been raised by the shopmates about an iron moulder being employed in the braa-moaXiiug branch , John didntt go back to bis employment when that strike terminated . For the next twelve months he occupied himself solely with his clubs and his secretaryships , living on what these brought him io , and still taring money . By these means , John Ardill had , by the latter end of 1 . 837 , realised upwards of £ 509 ., though he entered Leeds , 1 n 1832 with but thirty shillings ic his pocket . Iu a few weeks I offered John Ardill a home with myself , if he would come into my shop in the day-time and aid roe there . He aecepttd the offer ; joined my family hearth ; had « bed and board' with me till he got married in November 1811 ; his living not costing him one psn-iy ' of outlay during that period .

      Shortly after be had so joined my table , Mr O'Con . nor engaged him as bookkeeper aad cashier for the Slit . Through our arrangement , John was enabled to ' put by' the whole of his salary .

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      Alswick . —On Monday the 15 th inst ., the Alnwiek branch of the Land Company held their fortnightly meeting in the Unitarian Chapel , when Mr PrterMurray , from Newcastle , in a clear and forcible address elucidated the stability and sure success of the Land Flan . The next meeting will be held in the same place on the 29 th Nov . Aiioa . —On Monday the ' 15 th inst ., Mr Samuel Kydd delivered a lecture in the Odd-Fellows' Hall bare , on the'Capabilities of the Soil , and the successful working of the Land Plan . ' Mr Eydd ' s lecture was a treat which the people of Alloa have seldom enjoyed , and which they will not aoon

      forget . Boston . —The usual weekly meeting of Democrats took place at MrLinney ' s , Malt Shovel , BiUten , on Sunday evening , and was numerously attended . Mr . Chambers in the chair . After the reading of the Sus . Mr Cadley delivered a leoture on ' Ancient Greece , ' which occupied two hours and a half . The lecturer wa 3 listened to with earnest attention , and was warmly applauded at its close . Daddy Richards will deliver a lecture on Sunday evening next , on ' The Why and the Wherefore of the Hostility manifested by the League and the FreBS against MrF . O'Connor ' s Land Plan . ' A tea party and ball will be held at the above home on the 23 rd of this month .

      Chartibt and Land Associations at Lincoln , — On Tuesday week last a numerous and very respec t table meeting was held in the Odd Fellows' Lodge room , at the Green Dragon , to form Chartist and Land Associations . Mr Holmes was called to the chair , and after briefly explaining the objects of the meeting , Mr Sharpe proposed the first resolution , to the effect : — Tbat the majority of the evils under which the artisan and labouring classes suffer , are owing to misgovernment ; and that the only effectual remedy is the esta . blishment of the principles of the Charter . Ht taid it was the opinion of a few that there were a great number of Chartists in Lincoln , and that if they could be called together , the foundation of a

      large organisation in Lincoln might be laid . There was no need of enforcing the fact that the labouring classes bad very little influence in returning members te the House of Commons—those rights and privileges which they ought to possess they were determined to attain by peaceable and orderly means . Mr S . then contended for the principle of Universal Suffrage , and that every man ought to be protected in the exercise of the franchise . The vote ought ta beOng to the man , and' not' te the ' property ; But It was said that the working classes were hot sufficiektly educated to have a share in the representation . . They were intelligent enough for soldiers ; to * man the navy , or construct railway * . All he « euld eay was , that if they were too ignorant to have

      a sharer in making the laws , legislators ought to excuse them , on the ground of ignorance , when they broke them . Mr S . thenprooeeded to define Universal Suffrage , and contended that Household Suffrage would be unjust as every person , ; however ; ignorant and unprincipled , who smoked a chimney , would be entitled to a vote , whilst the many intelligent classes who were only lodgers , weuldhave no vote . An objection urged tothe People ' s Charter waMbat the labouring classes had no stake in the country . Could it be supposed that the working man would build a houBe oae month and pull it down another ? His Saturday night ' s wages were his stake , and that had as much right to be represented as any other description of property . No ProDertv Qualification was

      needed—a man ' s brains did not lie in bis breeches pocket . In endeavouring to prove the fairness of Electoral Districts , in lieu of the preseHt system , the ( speaker observed , that a nan who paid £ 10 . rent in Lincoln , had a vote , * bat that if he went to Gainsborough , let him pay what he might , he ceased to have the right . Mr Stewart seconded the resolution , and said that Chartism had been made a stigma of contempt ; but the working men who compre . hendtd the grand principles of the Charter , were determined to endure the brand , and obtain the rights of men . He believed there were many in Lincoln who would boldly step forward in defiance of the hireling press . Many said , ' What is it the Chartists want ? Do they attend a plaoe of worship ?'

      It any of them did not attend a place of worship , they were called Atheists , or Deists , or Chartists , and all these termB were charitably held to be synommous . Under present circumstances , the meohamos of Lincoln were io goad employ , but the time might come when the consequences of the present pinching crisis would find them-out , when they could not find a market for their labour ; and the consciousness of something wrong would follow them to the fireside . Whilst the public gambling continued , and all the privileged could get their full , these crises would be periodically brought about . Advocatesof the Charter werebranded because their Blimy abusersiwereapprehensivethatitwould produce a separation of Church and State ; and that the

      offspring of the landed aristocracy would have to go to what they did not like—to work : that , like the old beggar , if they could not get their shilling out of the . benevolent Mr John Bull , they would be ' driven to a deed their soulsabhorred . ' If the Charter were the law of the land , could there be worse rule than at present ? They had been progressing in Free Trade , and why they should not have it in religion , he did not know ; and he would ask every man in that reom , « hether he would not be proud to separate the Church from the State , and be relieved from those payments for a form of worship he disagreed with ! In all caseB where the Church was linked with the state , there was despotism , and what should be religion became a fiendish spirit of persecution

      and oppression . Mr S . then passed on to the consideration of the state of the manufacturing population , and said tbaton the 15 th ult ., a frightful picture was given in the paper of Bright John ; there were columns shewing the parties reduced from full to laiy work , and it was frightful to see the number turned into the street . The Free Traders had contended that the foreigner would bring corn into this country and take home our manufactures in return ; but the foreigner was entrusted with no manufacture save that of the Mint . When the Corn Laws were passed the legislature was told that they would be inoperative to the benefit of the people , without the People ' s Charter was made the law of the land . If the working men were represented in the House of Commons .

      the gambling of manufacture would be properly regulated , and gambling , in railway thareB would be prevented . The speaker then proceeded to say that the frightful state of Ireland must produce a remedy for bid legislation ; and this remedy had commenced in the return of Feargus O'Connor by the people of Nottingham . Mr Stewart then proceeded to state that a National Petition would be again signed by the millions , and paraded to the House of Commons : and that as there was no member of the house in favour of i t on the former occasion , no doubt 140 noble men would be found to support it now . The speaker concluded by stating that Mr C . Seely would be tested , and that a petition would be entrusted to him . The resolution was then put and

      earned unanimously . Mr Langworth at considerable length , and with greatability , expounded the principles of the National Land Company . He contended that the prosperity of a country depended on the cultivation of the soil . At the time the world was being ransacked for food there were 26 , 000 , 000 of acres of land in this country uncultivated . He had heard Mr Cobden say that it would be well for England if it never grew another grain of corn ; that England was not a corn growing country ; and that the foreigner would take our manufactures if we would only take his corn in exchange . The greatest monepoly of all was the land monopoly . Through the means of primogeniture and entail , which kept the land in the hands of a few . whilst the millions were

      landless . The speaker then proceeded to explain the principles of the Land Association , and concluded by proposing the formation of a branch . This was seconded by MrBudd and carried unanimously . Mr Stewart was then appointed president ; Mr Budd secretary ; and Mr Langworth treasurer . Twelve of the audience came forward and enrolled themselvei members of the Chartist Association , 'and eight became subscribers to the branoh of the National Land Company . It was then arranged that weekly meetings should be held in the room , on the evening of Tuesday , ' to enrol members . The meeting voted

      thanks to the chairman and broke up , . CoHMERCUi-ROAD . —At the meeting held at the Globe and Fritnds , Morgan-street , on Sunday evening , November 14 th , Mr J . H . Bradford in the chair , Mr J . Shair read from the Nobtbkrh Star the able letter written by Feargus O'Connor , M . P . , entitled Rich and Poor . ' The reading was frequently interrupted with loud applause . At the close of the reading , a vote of thanks was given to -Mr John Shaw for reading , and to Mr O'Connor for writing , that splendid letter . Ten shillings and two pence was then contributed for the funds of the Metropo , litan Delegate Council .

      Dumfries . —At a meeting of the Working Men ' s Association , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — « That we return our best thanks to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for his past services , and that we place unbounded confidence in him , as we have always found his character unspotted ' . Greenwich and Dbpipohd , Nov . 13 . — Chartist meeting room , 39 , Butcher-row , Deptforcf . Mr Frier in the chair . The following resolutions were proposed and carried : — 1 . That we , the Chartists of Greenwich and Deptford , do hereby recommend the Executive to issue an address forthwith to the Chartist bod y , and in that address lay down some mode of action , tore-organise the agitation for the People ' s Charter , as recommended by Mr H . Ross in last week ' s Star . 3 . That the Executive issue an order for the immediate election of an Executive .

      3 . That we use our beet exertions to support the Dehocbat . The ballot will take place at Mr Park ' s house , Ooldbath , Greenwich , on Wednesday evening next , for the two portraits of Mr Frost . Hbiwood - .-Two lectures were delivered in the Chartist room , nartley-street , lleywood , on Sunday last , the 14 th inst ., by Mr R . Sheldon Ohadwick . of

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      Manchester . The room was densely erowded at each ^ LiuraocsH .-On Monday evening , November : 15 th , Mr Stallwood addressed a highly respectable audience at the Brunswick Hall , Ropemnker ' s-fields , subject : ^ Progression / and was received most flatteringly . An agricultural and political library is in course of formation at both the above places of meeting . Metro politan Dmkoatb Mbbiiso , November 4 . — Mr John Shaw in the chair . The secretary stated he had sent notice oi the election and balance sheet to the Star . ¦ Proposed by Mr Kndwles , and seconded by Mr Millward :-

      That the committee award Ur Tapp their sincere and bsartfelt thanks , for the praiseworthy manner be has discharged the ia > pertant duties entrusted to his care ; and , further , that having heard ^ ri th regret tbat seme persons have maliciously attacked his reputation , they beg to inform Mr Tapp that he has their unbounded confidence . . The chairman left the chair , and ike committee dissolved for re-election . Delegates handed in credentials and took their seats , from the City , Bermondseyi Greenwich and Deptford , Globe and Friends , Norton Folgate , Green Gate , South London , South Lambeth , and Whittingtoa and Cat . On the . ii 8 Bembling of the newly-elected committee , Mr Luke King in the chair ; Mr Millward proposed , and Mr Cumming seconded s—That Mr Wm . Tapp be elected secretary . Mr Salmon proposed , and Mr Brewertonseconded : That Mr John Sbaw be the treamsr .

      Mr Shaw proposed , and Mr Cumming seconded : — That each delegate bring a report of the number of petition sheets and signatures in each looallty . Notices op Motions . —MrSheppard—' Ways and Means . ' Mr Chapman— ' Getting the petition signed and presented . ' Mr Shaw— ' The case of Frost , Williams , and Jones . ' Mr Salmon—' Deputation to Executive respecting Funds . ' Mr Allnut'Meant of supporting the . Democrat paper . ' Messrs Salmon and Alinut were appointed a deputation to Somers Town . Messrs Thompson and Collins , deputation to Westminster . Messrs Chapman and Jeffries , deputation to Islington . The committee then adjourned to November 11 , at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleet-strret . Wiixiam Tan- , secretary . ' . ¦ .

      Nbwoastm-bpov-Tine . —At the weekly meeting of members of the Land Company , held in the house of Mr ( Jude , on Sunday , Nov . 14 th , the following resolutions were passed : — ' That a Political Debating Club be formed , to meet weekly during the sitting of Parliament . ' The committee appointed to draw up rules , fix the first night of meeting , &c ., will attend at the house of Mr Jude on Wednesday next . , ' That the money club for aiding the National Land and Labour Bank will be re commenced on Sunday next , Nov . 21 st , ' when Mr James Watson will deliver an

      address on the utility of persons and members placing their surplus funds in such bank , and all members desirous of joining the money olub are requested to attend at the same time . New Lemon-At a meeting of the Chartists it was resolved :- « That in future the Northern Stab newspaper , 8 hal be ; taken at the Three Tons , Old Radford . in placeofthe Ban ' s Lik , commencing % * - } £ f'J i 0 , $ J ^ rt ' ' Wehave to announce the deathof theDis * A * cH at the'Smith ' B Arms , and the birth of the NoBiHEBir Stab .

      RbobiprTo ? thb'Cbntbal Registration and Election . Cowiiitei , from the 4 th to the 11 th of November :-Nottingham , per J . Sweet , £ 2 17 s . 3 d . Cheltenham , 42 ; Stockton , 5 s . ; Alloa , per Walter Kern , £ 1 ; Kidderminster . G . Holloway . 4 s . 6 d . ; Hawick , per S . M . M , B ., / 3 s ; from the 11 th to the 18 th November , finishing for Mr Wright , 11 s . Total— £ 8 18 s . —Jaubb Gbasbbt , secretary . Shejheid . —At the usual weekly meeting of the members of the National Charter Association , held in the Democratic Reading-room , 93 , Queen-street , on Sunday , Mr Holmes in the [ chair , an unanimouR vote of condemnation was passed upon the Manchetter Examiner , and a vote of confidence in Mr O'Connor and his brother directors .

      Siockpobt ' F 0 RR 8 TEBB . '—The members of court 1550 , of the Ancient Order of Foresters , have nobly done their duty to the cause of Labour , by transmitting to the National Land and Labour Bank the sum of £ 10 .. and it is their intention to send the remainder of their funds as soon as possible . Somebs Town . —Mr Thomas Stebbing , of Highgate , delivered a spirited and energetic address on Sunday evening , Nov . 14 th , at the Bricklayera ' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , on the advantages of Home Colonisation over Emigration . The address gave great satisfaction to a full and attentive audience , which awarded an unanimous vote of thanks to Mr Stebbing , for his services . MrFarris ably filled the chair .

      Town HAittEis .-Mr Edmund Stallwood delivered a - . highly interesting lecture , subject- Registration , the Charter , and the Land , 'to a densely prowded audience , at the Sir Walter Scott , Cambridee-road , Mile End-gate , on Sunday evening , November 14 th . The greatest order and attention prevailed throughout the hour and a BalfBdiscourse . The audience appeared much gratified , and testified their approbation by loud applause , and by an unanimous vote of thanks to the lecturer at the conclusion A vote of thanks was also given to Mr W . Drake , the chairman . At the unanimous request of the meeting , Mr Stallwood wilt repeat his visit on Sunday evening , the 28 th instant .

      Si HB « NB .-On Sunday , the 14 th inst ., the members ofthe National Land Company held their usual weekly meeting at the house of Mr James Woods , Parr street :, St Helens . After the reading of the leading articles in the Stab , it was moved by Mr J . H . PembertoD , and seconded by MrC . Hewitt : — That a branch ofthe National Charter Association be formed here ; ' after which a number of members were enrolled . It was likewise arranged , that the meeting nights be Sunday , from eight to half-past nine f m- ; and that the Chartists of St Helens and the neighbourhood , be requested to attend on Sunday ( to morrow ) at the above mentioned heuse , to elect officers .

      TivEBioif . —The quarterly meeting ofthe Chartist Association was held a * the Half Moon Inn , on Monday , the 15 th inst . The chair was taken at halfpast seven o ' clock . A sub secretary and a corresponding secretary Were chosen in the place of Mr G . Co 8 way , whoBe business prevented him from attending to the increasing duties attendant thereon . Seven committee men were chosen to fill the places of the seven whose time had expired . Arrangements were then made for the reception of Messrs West , Wilkinson , and P . J . O'Brien , who are expected to be at Tiverton on Thursday and Friday next , to lecture on the Land and Charter . A letter was read from the People ' s Member for Tiverton . Mr G . J .

      Hamey , which was listened to with great pleasure , lie adverted to the cheering progress that Chartism is making throughout the country , and the rapid progress of the Land Company . He alluded to the virulent attacks that have been made on the character of Mr O'Connor , and pressed on ur the importance of energeticallysupportingthatgentleman . Hereviewed the present state of the country , the vacillating policy and ineffective measures of the government , of which our present misrepresentative , Lard Palmer ston , is a member ; and commented on many other topics . A vote of thanks was passed to the chairman , and the meeting separated . All correspondence to be addressed to John Tremlett , John-street , Wellbrook , Tiverton , Devon . "

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      Coventbt . —A public meeting was held in the Infant Sohool-room , bottom of Grey-inars-lane , on Tuesday evening , November Otb . The room was crowded . Mr Freeman was called t « the chair , and after a few remarks called upon Mr Thomas Gilben to read Mr-O'Connor ' s reply to the . press-gang , after which Mr Yates read [ the reports from the -Starof the monster meetings of Manchester and Nottingham . Another large meeting was held on Wednesday evening at the same place , to hear a lecture by Mr West ; Mr Smith occupied the chair . Mr West rivetted the attention of his audience for more than two hours and a half , and oonoiuded amidst repeated bursts of applause . Mr ^ Thomas

      Gilbert proposed , and Mr A . Yates seconded ; a very spirited resolution of confidence in Feargus ' O'Connor , Esq . M . P . ; and the ' Land Plan , ' which was passed unanimously . - After a vote of thanks to the leoturer the meeting separated ; , ' , ; .. .. :, Reading . —It might b $ thought that as we Reading boys have not passed a , vote of confidence in our worthv father , JFearcusj that . we are all 'flabbergasted' and down in the mouth ' by reading the tirades of that corrupt carcass of filth , the Dispatch . Bnt > sir , it is quite'the contrary . ' We do not meet each other in the streets , but we have a regular laugh at such Billy attempts . What an idea ! The Ditpatch , a recorder of bloody murders , executions . Old Bailey trials , nolice reports , cock fights , bull

      baits , pugilistic encounters , ' crim .-eons ., ' abductions , and abominations of all kinds , that are com * mitted by the most depraved portion of the human family , to be gloated over by readers of depiaved appetites ; we Bay , what an idea ! for « ucVa paper to step out of its way and attempt to shake our confidence in the greatest philanthropist of the day , our own father , and best friend . Bah ! When the JWipateh editor can stop the tempest wave with a sieve , we may then begin to think he may be clever . God protect us from suoh friends ! Youra respectfully , T . Major , . ' ? .. •*'• - . ' Biuxon . —At a numerous meeting held at Mr Linney ' s , Malt Shovel , Bilsfcon , ' Mr West delivered one of the ablest and most interesting lectures ever

      heard , and which occupied two hours and a quarter in the delivery . The sum of twenty-five shillings was collected towards aiding Mr O'Connor in prosecuting tne Manchetter Examiner . Mr Linney intends holding a tea party and ball on the 23 rd instant , and hopeB that his friends will rally around him , and give him a bumper .. . V-., \\ Huddbrifibld . —A public meeting was held in the Christian Brethren ' s ' large room , Albion-street , which was crowded , when Mr Dixon delivered one of his Boukstining ' addresses to a respectable and attentive audience . The meeting was highly gratified .

      At the usual weekly meeting held at Mr Ibetson ' s Temperance Hotel , Buxton-road , the , following officers were appointed for the next three months : — John Bramwell , president ; Enoch Sykes , vice-president ; Charles Iredale , treasurer ; Wm . Murphy , secretary . ; Wm . Spurr , John Wilson , Geo . Sykes , Philomel Sykes , John Bradshaw , Wm . Armitage , and John Roberts , committee . ¦ Southampton . —At a general meeting of shareholders at the Blacksmith ' b Arms , St Mary-street , Richard Hubbert in the chair , it was proposed by Mr ilinton , and seconded by Mr Beckwith , and carried : —

      That we enter into a voluntary subscription to assist the founder of the Land Company , in defraying the expenses of » rosecntlng the Manchttter Ettmimr , for vilifying the character of Feargus O'Conaor , with intent to destroy the Land Company . A subscription list lies open for the convenience of those who have not yet paid : their subscriptions . Monies will be received by 4 he treasurer , every lueBday night , at the ; weekly meetings ofthe branch . We have transmitted the sum of 5 s . W . to our general secretary , as a first donation . ' ' Maccmwibld . —At a meeting of the committee of this branch , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — Tbat 300 circulars of the Operative Mechanics Bemarks on the National Land and Labour Bank be printed , aad circulated with . George Candehu ' i tract on the same subjept , gMtis . . ' , ' . ''¦ . That we heartily concur in the . resolution proposed by the Birmingham members ; '""* '

      t Maidstone . —At a general meeting of this branch , it was resolved : — ¦ ¦ - - - - - . ; : . That a vote of confidence be given to Feargus O'Conner Eiq . M . P ., for his honest and manly explanation ei his balance sheet , at Manchester and Nottingham , and his defence in reply to the . yillanous attacks of the ' press-gang'on his honour as a gentleman , and his integrity as a politician . . -: After which thiee hearty cheers ' were given for O'Connor the brave , three for the Charter , and three tor the Men of Manchester and Nottingham . And three groana for the' Whittled and the' press-gang . '

      me sum ot twelve shillings was then collected , to assist in defraying the expenses of prosecuting the proprietor of the Manchetter . Examiner ., . ' BA 0 DP- ~ Dr M'Douall recently delivered a kcture in the Chartist room , Rochdale , to a crowded audience . At the close , the following resolution was ' unanimously passed : — ! That the best thanks of this meeting be given to Feargus O'Connor Esq . M . P ,, fot his manly nply to the yl lo charges brought against him by the 'Whistler , ' Hobson , and Co . , and we call upon the friends of liberty , both here and elsewhere , to come , forward , with pecu . niary assistance , 10 aid him iu bringing those calumniatorste justice .

      Brighton . —At a general meeting of the Chartists and Land members at the Artiohoke Inn , Mr'Ham-P ' " ^ . chair . Mr John Page read the character ofthe . Whistler inserted in the ^ ar ^ BBhown before Sir Peter Laurie at the Mansion House , in 1841 . ainX ? 1100 ^ , en ros *« ld Proposed the following resoution , whichjiavingbeeri . secondedbj Mr Lash-H « n / M y abl « PP < Ktedt > y . Mr Flower , Mr Hawwravand several others ,, was unanimousl y adopted , . That It U the opinion of this meeting , that Mr OXon . ! ' «« ledto our entire confidence , ' and we return ™™ / J 10 " 8 «*«*<> 'or exposing the varies of a rM-r P " - We earnestly hope that the a cess o 2 L lnet all ° ' O'Connor ' ,, enemUs to hav m w ?» th 7 cc , ° « ntI 1 of the National Land Company , as we are perfectl y satisfied with their correctness-and fa thermore , . piedge ourselves to rive our nl . ' nf .,.

      ^ s ^^ i ^ sjsssrst HS r' ^ --=-theS' /^ th fund t 8 P r 08 CCute the proprietor of looaft * ' UrEx «™™> The whole of the persons located here , are torty-two at present , and the sub-SM" T te toje 2 ' 23 ' « S . j as all the men paid « pn ., ?? n - 88 ed a detom"iat «> n to aupport the proseoution in every way they could . The greatest ex oitemeiit andenthusfasm prevailed . AtSe paid ^ 1 SS T 0 FBARQUS 0 'CONNOR ES

      _ . Q , M . P . HONODBED AND RESPECTED SlB ,-We ft el it to bedur duty thus publicly to address you on the r ° tt ° . ion . We have witnessed with a degree ofoaln tTiTt language wouid fall to e « pre « , the base and ta dW attack , that have been made upon your pu ^ and 5 HHpsl » J ^ t *\ tV ™« ° ™¦ «* * ' happy , the

      == SS 1 S the cla » s of money . lord- 8 , we feel that we should be guilty ofthe unnatural crimeof ingratitude . if we were torema n dlent now particularl y , na we are the parties raSmmediately interested , and for whom the ruffian , of Z press pretend to haveso much sympath y . And , moreover fit J f L lr atWe 81 iy ffiUbB reli 9 d 0 » by the pub U y * take thi . opportunity to express our . entimenU

      Thanks to you , sir , wear ., for the first time in our »!? £ ' if ! appy home 8 of our OffD . »< " » surrounded with all , h , comforts of life , and a brighter prospect

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      of the future . We have nothing to complain ef hot ' the contrary , ne congratulate ourselves on the faoiti , * we have been so fortunate as to be located on thisie « ti awl that , under the glorious auspices of the fall ' Land Company , we are enjoying comfort , happiness i independence—ay , glorloui independence— as tkafwli of our industry . We know this wil not suit the UaV oppressor j that are seeking to destroy our more (* ° father , but nothing can exceed the delight we feej Jn *? lag able to arm * ur champio * by this expre « Bi on m ? J ' voluntary given , of our love and confidence . '

      Tour enemies will doubtless stele , amongst us iu means to destroy you . Their apies and tools have b at work already , arid we know that they are willine u bribe us to say or do anything that will tend to injure von and destroy that confidence that the working million . ? ? Great Britain so justly repose io you . You may depend sir , tbat corruption cannot shake aor peril part the « ' that binds us te you and the cause in which we are en ! gaged with you . We do not wonder that the blood * thirsty money-monger * should make such an onslaught on your character and life : for the fact is evident ?„ ¦¦ ¦

      . ... _ _ : _ 1 _ i a _ it . ^_ ij . * TO them , and wo proclaim to the world , that you have carried out the only successful plan that has evir been tried to regenerate , socially and politically , the working peoplaof the whole world , from the borrlbleaad degrading slavery to which thepeople ' s tyrants haveconsigned them They have attempted to assassinate you , too , at varieu times , became they find that all their helliah macking . tlens cannot shake our confidence . But should they ever do so , they will find those amongst us that will raise a glorious funeral pile to the memory ofthe man that has emancipated us and our children from their slavith

      bends . We . know we need urgeyau to prosecute the vipenjtait have as « ailed your character , but permU us to say that your good name is as dear to us as our owa existence . We beg you , sir , to take this as the unftigaed expression of our feelings towards you and the cause you have e «' poused ; and tbat neltnefyou nor the public ma ; be fa . dived in this , we have—mrp one of t«—subscribed our mite to prosecute the enemies you have Bade yourself for our sake . This , perhaps , the' henest press' will say U the effect of your duplicity ; bnt ) if occasion should require , we are prepared to make any sacrifice to sustain you . against our tyrants .

      We cannot conclude , sir , without congratulating you oa the triumphant manner in which you have annihilate * the miserable hirelings that have so unscrupulously at . tacked you . We also take this opportunity to expreu the jay and gratification tbat we feel at your return to the Commons House of Parliament , by the patriotic electors of Nottingham , there to plead the cause of right against the power of might . Sir , if anything that w » can possibly say or do will stimulate you . to greater ex > ertloni , we are always at your serviee . We don't forget that you have been our political teacher and leader for a long time now , as well as our social regenerator , and that we have followed you through every campaign that you

      have been in ; dnriag your long and eonsiitent career in this oountry , and that we are determined to stand by you , ' and , if aeed be ? t 6 fall In the same struggle , with you . Need we say that we have confidence in you , or that we lore you ! We have trusted our all to you—ourlifeour all it in your hands , and we confide it all to yonr disinterested philanthropy and patriotism and knowing that your honour is dearer to you than the world ' s wealth , and that you glory in the hate of our oppressor ! . Sir , it is our utmost wiab that you may live to' break oppression ' s head , ' and establish the glorious principles « f the People ' s Charter , as the law of this country , and to locate all your children on the land of their birth .

      We remain , dear father , with the most . unbpunded affectton , ...: ¦• . - ¦ . . Your children , . . THB AUOTXIEI AT LOWBANBS . November 10 , 1847 . Mr West ' s Tocm . *~ At the request ef the members et the . different localities I nave visited , I proceed to lay before the members of the National Land Company the result of my last week ' s labours . On Sunday I addressed a most numerous meeting in the large and commodious room of Mr John Linney , in Bilston . At the close of my address , Ur Litaney made a soul-stirring speech , as did also ' Daddy Richards . ' The utmost enthusiasm prevailed . On Monday I addressed a most splendid meeting in the British School , at Leicester . MrBuckby in the

      chair , who made a most excellent speecti . I met vtitb a most warm reception from my old friends , and I believe gave general satisfaction . On the next day I paid a visit to our old lamented friend , Smabt , whom I found confined to bis bed , but I little thought death would so soon pot a period to his Bufferings , . On I&esday I proceeded to Belper , where 'I had a fine meeting , the first that has beenheld ' sinoelwas there four years and a half ago ; everything-went-off with the greatest enthusiasm . On Wednesday I proceeded to Coventry , and had a most en . tbusiastlc meeting in the Grey Friars sefcoel room , Mr Smith in tbe chair . At the close of my address , which lasted two hours , several questions were asked , which answered , when Mr Gilbert , in a splendid spescb , moved a resolution , pledging the meeting to support Mr O'Con *

      nor in bis prosecution of the Manchester Etamintr , and all other papers that libel his charaeter . On Thursday I visited Kidderminster , where I bad a good meeting . Mr Holloway in the chair . At the close , a great number of questions were asked . On Friday , on my way to Gleueester , I called on that indefatigable friend to the cause , Mr Harding , of Worcester , who gave me the mott cheering accounts ofthe cause in that district . On Friday night I had a splendid meeting in the 'Tolsey . ' orcityGuildbaD , Gloucester , I was accompanied by Mr Cullingham , tbe foreman of the Company ' s works , who happened to be in Gloucester on that day . Mr Guy , tbe indomitable secretary , was in the chair . I found that the purchase of the Lowbands and other estates in that vicinity , had excited the ire of certain interested parties , who mustered in

      strong numbers for opposition . I had not proceeded far in my lecture , when , not liking the truths I was telling , they commenced a regular seties of Interruptions , beaded by a Mr Samuel Bowley , a quaker , who has a favourite Mfaere scheme of his own . After I had answered some of hia objections , he turned upon Mr O'Connor , as not being sufficient security fcr the property ofthe Company . This brought up Mr Cullingham , who made one of tbe most effective spi ecbes ever I heard . Be eutered into a minute statement of every thing connected with tbe transactions of the company , defending Mr O'Connor ' s honour against every charge and insinuation . He

      administeredaseverecastigation to the numerous tradesmen in Gloucester , who had large suras of money for goods required for the Company '! building operations , and yet were not present to defend him , and bear testimony to his character as a man and a gentleman . Mr Cullingham'a speech elicited thunders of applauso . Mr Bowley wsi fairly 'bowled oat , ' and said very little afterwards . I then concluded by areviewofall tbat had been advaaced , and thus ended a most interesting night ' s proceedings . The above is necessarily but a brief sketch of these truly important meetings . ! | On Saturday I proceeded to Low . bauds , but I must defer an aocount of what I saw and heard there till next week .

      John West , . poBKino , —Mr t . Clark , one of the directors of tie National Land Company , delivered an address at tbe Friends' MeetingHouse . in this town . on Monday evening , November 15 th , on' The Rise and Progress of the National Land Company , 'to a crowded meeting , and was most enthusiasticall y received . A vote of thanks was giren to the lecturer , and the Company obtained a great acquisition of strength . OiDHAH . —On Sunday last the member * of the National Land Company unanimousl y passed the following resolution : — That thirty shillings be sent out of the Local Fund to the Directors of the National Land Com . pauy , to aid Mr O'Connor in the prosecution against the proprietors of the Manchesttr Examiner . ' N . B—All paid-up members in the Oldaam branch of the Land Company are requested to bring their certificates as early as possible to the secreeary .

      MonrETH . —At a meeting of the members of tni » branch it was resolved , < That the bent thanks of this meeting bo given to . Feargus O'Connor , E « q ., M . P ., for bis manly reply to the base hirelings of a corrupt preBS , and that we tender our warmest acknowledgments to that gentleman for his disinterested and generous exertions in behalf of the working classes of this country , and that we reiolve to enter into a subscription to support him In defending himself against the attacki of his enemies . ' Nobthdmbebland AND Ddehah —A district delegate meeting of members ef the Land Company was held a « tbe house of Mr Thomas Watkin , Shiney . row , DurhaB , on Sunday , Nov . 14 th , at eleven o ' clock ia the forenoon . The following delegates were present : —Newcastle , Ur Joseph M'Farlane ; Sunderland Mr Henry Haines

      , Bishopwearmouth , Mr William Dobbie- Shiaey Row , Mr Thomas Watkms ; lasington Lane . Dr MCabe ; Thornley , Mr Thoman Dance ; North Shield . , South Shields , Jarrow , and Darlington , were represented b y letter . The following resolutions Wtr « passed :- 'That a levy of twopence be laid on each Member of the Land Company in these counties , to form a Tim i he pUrpo ' P » yln the travelling expense ' , and bills of meetings of a lecturer or lecturers in th «« rf VIk JM " Juile > of * ° C ° <* In » , head of the Side , Newcastle-upon-Tjue , ba the treasure of such fund i . » these counliss . ' That the district « ecretar / g travelling expensasbe paid out ef the lecturers fund from October 31 st , by the district treasurer . M .

      ! Jude . That the various branches of the Land Company who want the services of a lecturer in those counties , must immediately correspond with the district secretary , Mr James Nisbstt . No . 6 . Gibson-street , Ne ^ castle . upon-T yne , and they must also remit tbe levy of twopence each member to t ^ e district treasurar , M . Jude , for the travelling expenses , and bills of mee tings . ' ' That the delegates present hereby instruct the diatiic * seoretary to write to the directors , to request them to send Mr West into these counties as soon as the labours of Mr Samuel Kjdd are concluded . ' ' That tbe n »« district delegate meeting be held In Mr Bradford ' ! Temperance Hotel , Elvet-Bridgc , Durham , on Sunday , November 28 th , at eloven o ' clock forenoon—J *«" Nisbktt . district seo .

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      " * f > Haymarket , in the City of Westminster , at " Offico . in the same Street aud Parish , for the Pn pneW'i FEA . KGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., If . p . ? and F « bli 6 " e by Wuuam 1 Hewitt , of Xo . 18 , Charlos-streer , Bf * " ' don-strect , Walworth , iu the parish of St . Mary , > " ngton , in the County of Surrey , at thu Office , No- 1 "' Great Windmtll-street . Haymarket . in the CitT"f ffef ' miuster .-Saturday , November 20 th . 1847 .

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      • THE WHISTLER , ' if be appeared in ( he Wbeelt Dispatch of August

      15 , 1841 . BOlfBBVmUS AXS tiCB « , OS LAURIB AKD IOHIRVIUB . It kas beem said that without laws and mtf Istratee there would be few honest men ; but It is less broad and mere true to lay down that , but tor a certain class of magistrates , wesheold haTe fewer reiuts , and the trade of thieving woald be scarcely worth following . Something like tail may be adduced from what took plaee at tke Mtasion House , between Alexandei Sotnerville , Knight of the Pest , ana Sir Peter Laurie , Knight of the City of London . Both the Knights , ia Irish logic , had the best of it , and tke publlo very much the worst . A wretched soUler , named Sooti , had employed tfaeKuightef tke Post , ai his agent ta procure fer him his half pay from the Spanish government , and for this purpose he trusted

      Sir Somervllle of the Post with a certificate untigned . Sir Somerville presents his certificate to the Spanish agent with this Scott ' a signature forged , and upon thus getting Seott ' s money , hi leaves the poor creature in the utmost nretchedness , kteping the money for himself . Sir Soraenille being had up before Sir P . Linrie for this piece of nice coBfasion of property , he first assured Sir Peter that he ( Sir Somerville ) was not the man that had forged the name , though clear it was that the name had been forged , and that the Knight Somerville had pre . asnted the forged document , had received Scott ' * money upon It , and kept it all to himself . Sir Peter Laurie be < lieved Sir Somerville ; but this wise Sir Peter said to the ether knight : 'Then you admit you received the money !' on which he of the Post said , I dare say I did ; , and

      then Sir Peter expressed his confidence that Sir Semervilla would honestly pay Scott . Alt this was on Saturday , the 6 th , and the honest mam assured the shrewd magistrate that on Monday he would make the payment . On Tuesday Sir Somerville is brought before > Sir Peter for having refuted to keep his word , aad alleged tbat he did so because paying it weuld imply that he had been afraid of a prosecution : and let us add that Sir Somerville has the honour of Johnathan Wild , and the courage of Jack Sheppard , and would not show the white feather . This hero in moral cimrage was asked to pay Scott on tke spot , and he gsnerontly consented so to do , only ( there was always an only ) he had not the money about him . Sir Peter the Simple waxed wrath , and with the digsltyof a jackdaw on die back of a jackass , and in

      other terms with the dignity peculiar to asortofwor-¦ bipful justices , on the worshipful bench , demanded toe Knight of the Post to 'fork out the cash , ' ea which the worthy Knight of the Post promised to pay it 'that day week , ' and mirabile dfctu , or , in plain English—by the wisdom ofthe immortal gods , and of Sir Peter ,. the . magUtrate—the Knight of the Post was believed p « r his word , and allowed to depart fa peace , with aU his ,. fciu * h ? ing honours on him . What an idea of' magfttrite ' i shrewdness and competence to bis ' ' duties 1 By the by ^ the accuser , Captain Roberts , offered not ; to'iudict Sir Somerville ef the Post for a forgery , provided he would ( Cive up tbe tnaney , and , strange to * ay , tho wUo ; 3 ir Peter listened with complacency to thU shameful attempt to compromise tbe matter .

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      Tyssowslri , the ex-dictator of Cracow , is now J iving lessor ! at New York , in the German , French , t ilian , and Latin tongues .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho . —On Sunday evening next , November 21 , Mr Thomas Clark will lecture . Subject : ' Life and Character of Theofold Wolf Tone , the organiser , of the Irish Rebellion of W 98 . ' To commence at half-past seven o ' clock preoisely . At seven . o ' clock the Chartist locality and branch of the Lund Company will meet for despatch of business . Mr T . Pickersgill will also be in attendance to enrol members , in the Benefit Society . On Tuesday evening , November 23 ,. the National Registration and Central Election Committee . Will meet . for the transaction of business , at eight o ' clock precisely . "¦ . '¦ ''•• ¦¦ " City and Finsbory . —Mr Stallwood will lecture , at the Uood Intent Coffee-house , Back Hill ,- on Sunday evening , November 21 st . Subjeot : 'Progress , the Charter , Registration , Land , Land and Labour Bank , Ac '

      EtuiiD . —Mr Tomlinson will deliver a leoture at this place on Sunday , Nov . 21 st , at Bix o ' clock in the evening . ¦ Finbbury . —Mr Edmund Stallwood will deliver a public address at the Good Intent Coffee and Assembly Rooms , Back-hill , Hatton-garden . on Sunday evening next , November 21 , at half-past seven o ' clock precisely . Subject ! ' Progression—The Charter and the Land . ' . HAUMX j-Mr C . Shackleton will deliver a lecture in the Working Man ' s Hall , Bull Close-lane , on Sunday , Nov . 21 st , at six o ' clock in the evening .

      Lower WARLBY .-Mr Clisset will lecture at this place on Sunday , Nov . 21 st , at six o ' clock in the evening . _ Laroa ? hibb Mwbhs . —The general delegate meet-! S Snn r v l !' ein > Mswil 1 be held on Monday , the 29 th of November , at the sign of the Legs of Man , Upholland , n « ar Wigan . Chair to be taken at 110 clock in the forenoon . MjDGLEt .-rMr Abraham Hanson will deliver a lecture m the . Chartist Room Midgley , on Sunday , Nov . 21 st , at six o ' clock in the evening . Mjxbndbn STON ^ -Messrs Rushtonand Hooson will addresBthe Ohartnta of this place on Sunday Nov . 21 st , at six o ' clock in the evening . h Maryubone . —A lecture will be delivered on Sunday evening , November 21 st , by Mr Ruffy Ridley , at theiCoBchpamtotV Arms . Circus-atreet , New-road Subject : 'The Progress of Chartism . ' To 5 m mence at seven o ' clock . com

      Mkrtyr TYDviL .-Mr Henry Therms Cooner will saa&r ** Arras - * £ & $ ; fsssxs ^ sas ; Association in Northumberland and Durham , wfll

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      Dublin , November 15 , 1847 . Mr Dkab Sib , —I cannot command language to convey even an idea cf the disgest which has been excited amonest yonr friends here by the vile , dastardly , and lying attacks which have been recently t oade upon you by the polluted portion of the English press . Every ons expects that you will proseonte that press , not on account of any injury it has dona or can do you in the estimation of those wh » have lone known yon ; but for the protection of others , who , like yoursslf , may plan and carry into effect real practical patriotism—the amelioration of the condition of those who were trampled upon , oppressed plundered , and despised , until you quit your own rank in society , threw yourself heart and soul into their * , and sternly and unflinchingly espoused and advocated their cause . ~ - ¦ '

      Yonr calumniators feel your honesty aa a reproach to them , and 10 it is—they therefore hate you . Those slanderers accuse you of a design to cheat the working people of England . It is a novel mode o cbeatine . to put a poor man in possession of a house and land , who never had a house or land before . It ii fair to ask yonr accusers , what have they done , or proposed to do , for the working classes daring the last century- ? And now , because , and only because , you are coaferrine real , sabstan tiaL nnmigtakeabe benefits upon them , their here ditary oppressors form a league—the 'National Lkaouk * —and eater into a foul conspiracy to destroy your character . " -

      Now . then , while I enclose a Bank « f Ireland ponn < l note , as my subscription towards the expense of prosecuting those scoundrel ? , ! hereby offer a reward of xcn patrsDi , to be paid to any one whoshaF prors that you ever wronged them of s single sixpence . There now , calumniators , there is a reward for von , and at the same time , a 'thistle to chew . ' Fear not , gir ; persevere—emancipate the < b : me and s-inew of England . You have dealt a blow en tyranny which has made itre ? ltothe earth , never to rise again , unless the people betray their own cause .

      Faithfully your * , - PatrickO'llisaaci To Feargas O'Connor , Esq .. M . P .

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      be held in the house of Martin Jude , Cock Inn , head ofthe Side , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on Sunday , November 21 st , at two o ' clock , afternoon . Oidham . —On Sunday , ( tomorrow ) , Mr R . S . Chadwiok , of Manchester , will leoture in the school room of the Working Man ' s Hall , to commence at half-past five o ' clock in the evening . Punctuality in attendance ' is particularly requested , as the lecturer will have to return by the half-past seven o ' clock train . . ¦ . . QnwHSHKAD . —Mr Bowden will leoture in the Round Hill Chapel , oa Saturday , Nov . 21 st , at six o ' clock in the evening . Rochdale . —Mr Jehn S . Stoneley . of Manchester , will lecture in the Chartist Room , Yorkshire-Btreet ,

      at six o clock in the evening . . Sojhrs Town . — On Sunday evening next , Mr Lindon will deliver a public lecture at the Bricklayers' Afins , Tonbridge-street , Newroad . Subject : 1 The Laws of Nature are superior to the Laws of Man- ' Chair to be taken at eight o'clock . South London Charms ! H 111 . —Mr O'Brien will leoture in the above hall on Sunday evening next , Nov . 21 st , at eight o ' clock . Subject : — ' The Mystery of Agrarian Justice as distinguished by Agrarian Law and Agrarian Monopoly . ' On Wednesday evening Nov . 24 th , a sooial meeting will take place for the benefit ofthe hall , the evening ' s amusement will consist of singing and dancing . Tickets to be had in the hall after the lecture .

      Spitalhblds . —On Tuesday evening next , Mr J . Jones will lecture at Mr Garnham ' s , the Royal Oak , Fleur-de-lis' Court , Wheeler-street . Spitalfields . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock . Subjeot : ' The Land-the People ' s Farm , the Charter , and the People ' s Rights . ' Shorbdiich and Hackney . —Mr Jones will leeture at Mr Tomkihg ' s , Green-gate , Hackney-road , on Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock . Subject : State Church . '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1445/page/8/