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      In conformity \ rith a resolution of the late Conferen ce , the National Land Company vill dose on Friday , December 31 st , JQ 47 , after which date no additional persons ean be admitted . All parties joining between the present dale and the 31 st , must pay the whole of ihe present year ' s general expense levy . No credit will be given to new members for any money , as share money , until the Exp ense Fund is first satisfied . By Order of the Board of Directors , Thomas Clark , Corresponding Secretary .

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      Notice to SuBSCBraEss ^ -Having been . consulted upon the legality and propriety of continnine the distinction as to sections amongst the present and future subscribers to tbe National Land Company , I beg to state that neither the Act of the 7 th " and 8 th Vic cap . 119 , for registering andregulating Joint Stock Companies , nor the Deed of Settlement of this Company , which has been prepared aid settled by counsel , in accordance with the provisions of that act , does recognise or cCow of any such distinctionbut

      , requires that all the subscribers ' should be considered as one body , having equal rights and liabilities , if any , in proportion to the number of shares held by each , and the amount paid up in respect of sncb . shares . That the division into sections is therefore contrary to the Jet of Parliament and the Company ' s Deed of Settle , meat and should fce immediately abolished . "W . Pboutikg Roberts , - :.. Sol . to the Company , Per G . W .

      CarnERYIt will be seen from the above notice that ( he division of the Company into sections is not in accordance with law , and must therefore be immediately abandoned . The present five sections will , consequently , be amalgamated , and the Company will henceforth exist as one body . In consequence of this alteration in the Company ' s proceedings , branch . Secretaries will please to observe that all future remittances of money must be set forth under the following heads , and in the following order : —

      Land Money ; . ... Expense Fund . ... ... ... Roles ... ... ... ... . ^ -M ^^ Ma Total ... ... £ , Individuals belonging to the . Office List , in remitting their money , must specify the sections to . which they belong , as such information will be necessary , as a guide or kev to the Office books .

      Branch Secretaries requiring Rules are requested to make application for them , as the Directors have a large quantity on hand , to supply parties requiring them . By Order of the Board of Directors , Thomas Clark , Corresponding Secretary .

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      BECEZFTS 07 TBE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY , FORTHB WEEKENDING DECEMBER 16 .

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      Holme . 14 6 Bristol - 19 10 0 "Woolwich . 017 6 Lincoln .. 9 8 0 Exeter ~ 1311 6 Xonricn .. 616 2 Westminster . 2 4 6 Liverpool . 131311 Bossendala « 5 0 0 Cripplegate . 416 0 € H ! ing . 14 0 Earl Shitton . 412 0 tongton ~ S 16 6 Thomas Wells - 0 4 0 Dewsbury H U 9 6 J . W . .. o . l » 0 Stow-on-the- L . W . . 010 fl Wold H U 0 0 Edward Hudson 0 1 0 Satton in-Ash- MrsTsvlor . 0 5 0 field h 1 5 4 R . Griffiths - .. 0 SO Daventry « . 9 3 0 Wm . Baillie - - 0 2 6 Carlisle - 5 0 0 BjlevMaynard .. 5 4 0 Balclifie Bridge 5 0 0 Chas . Jla . vnaxd 5 10 3 ) oKnfield - 2 IB 8 William Owen Oldham - 3 8 0 Whits .. 0 2 fl

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      .. XWO SHAREHOLDERS . . .: General levy , Is . office levy , 6 tL—Total Is . 6 d , THREE SHAKE H 0 LDEB 3 . General levy , Is . 6 d . Office do . 6 d . —Total , 2 * . POUB SHAKE HOLDKE 3 . .-General levy , 2 j . . Office do . 6 d . —Total 2 s . 6 d . Some members of the office list have already paid the office levy for the present year , ' and the general levy for next year . —Tqsnch membera thisnotice will not apply ,-- bat those members who have received certificates and who do not conform to it / will not stand the chance of the ballot . . By Order of the Directors , - - _ Thomas Clark , ~ . Corresponding Secretary .

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      TO THE ELECTORS AND NON-ELECTORS OF _ . ... ..,-. TIVERTON . Genxlemsn , —The Irish Coercion BiU , ahas the Bill for the better prevention of Crime in Ireland , ' has passed the House of Commons , and will probably by the end of jhis wedc ' be numbered amongst the useless and mischievous laws which encumber the statuts-boot jT ^ e . bill , as adopted by the Commons , is a very different and a great deal worse measure

      than the public were led to expect from Sir Geo . Gretas speech on moving for leave to introduce it . The bill arms the Lord-Lieutenant with authority to increase the police force to an unlimited extent for the purpose" of coercing Wpeople . I have before commented on the principal provisions of this new Algerine law , which passed through committee without amendment , notwithstanding the strenuous exertions of Mr O ' Connor and a few other opponents of the . measure ; who strove to at least mitigate its'most obnoxious clauses , but strove in vam .

      . The indecent haste with which the House of Commons sanctioned the demand of the Ministry for uncons 6 tntipnal powers ,, at thesame time neglecting ta provide . remedial . measures for the correction of the cause * of Irish evas , is sufficient proof of the folly of looking to the parliament , as at present constituted , for anything in the ' shape of justice . "Where the Irish assassin slays one victim , the Irish landlord slays tens , fifties , pr hundreds by means of starvation , ejectments , and forced einigration . Laws / said a celebrated character of old , 'laws are like cobwebs , they entangle little offenders but allow big one 3 to breakthrough . ' Just such a lavffs the new Coer *

      ! ] ; ' Bill . It punishes the peasant but protects the peer ; it disarms the labourer but fortifies the landlord ; it is intended to prostrate the poor and exalt the rich . A precious specimen of the legislation of a House which Mr Bricht truly says represents tbe middle-claises to a greater extent than any Parliament ever before did ; and which supports a government truly described by the same oracular gentleman , as essentially middle-class in its character and sympathies .: j v- - ¦ ¦ :. - ' . ., : It-tnras . out . thatihat sainted landlord , martyr-Major Mahoij , wag . not merely no better than he should have been bnt a great deal worse than that . If the statements of the Eev . Michael M'Dermott

      are to be believed , it must be inferred that the defunct Major , had played the part of a wholesale ex-, toranatpr ! , of ., the ' pejisantry , somelot whom were t ^ s ^ rte ^ to ! America , " some perished by . fever at home , and others are yet wandering about , the country i homeless and beggared optcast ' s . It appears " that the worst horrors of the ejectment system had been visited upon the tenantry , " who had teen driven from their homes by firt and ' sw ' o ' rdi ; It ' appears ; too , that these outrages performed by the police and military ; were made the subject of brutal exultation by' the Major ' s myrmidons , who' returned a second time to the scene of desolation , with orders'from their hu * mane master 'if they found a hut built or a fire lighted in the murky ruins , to-demolish'the one and

      extingnish the other ;' thus" leaving the wretched creatures no alternative bnt to perish in a ditch ! Is it not easy to understand why Major MAHON . wa * shot ? Yet the Times and other journals have pretended that this same Major was jthe ; Tery : personification of philanthropy . There as never an . instance of an Irish landlord being shot , bnt immediately the lying journals proclaim bim to . have been the best of men , with a heart that overflowed with ' the milk of human kindness . ' Doesit appear reasonable that if such were the case such men would meet with a violent death ? Such a supposition is too monstrous to be entertained . It i « notorious that , so far from Irishmen being ungrateful , they are prone to run into the opposite extreme , and be extravagantly thankful for' sma * mercies '

      In the recent debates , Mr Sharman Crawford end Mr Poulett Scrope did something towards exposing the real character of the Irish landlords , whom they described as the enemies of the rights of labour , and robbers of the property of their tenants . It was stated that there were at this moment about 500 , 000 or 600 , 000 of the cottier peasantry , representing a population of 3 , 000 , 000 or 4 , 000 , 000 , who might , at any time , be ejected from their holdings ; yet the government , while willing enough to coerce , has brought forward no measure to protect the peasantry against the cruelty of their heart , less landlords . This is the more infamous to the "Whigs when the words of Lord John Russell , spsken in June , 184 S , are remembered . On that occasion , when opposing the Coercion Bill , introduced by Sir R . Peel ' s government , the noble lord' said : — 'the

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      W-WhWiiidiiihitiiliicb make * the daTerence Detween theVxrstenceand ^ estarvatioriof JSP * " ?!?' - - ttnd > 'fcWfo * ' «* ejectment from S ? X £ ii . PS theteeth orthi 8 declaration , on the . trength of which Lord . JoH * Rosseix tarred Ei ^ Sf « " ? tarned himself in > he - after he became Prune Minister , allowed the remainder of SftTTp r ' Mathe whole ° «?« ta ( of th ? lastParhament ) of 1847 to pass awav without proposing measures calculated to protect the peasantry from the eraspinir tvrannv of the land . T"

      lords . And now , after being in office eighteen months , 1 » 5 a " ? eetin 3 a new Pa ^ ament , prepared T 7 T ^ prevent ' Wolence and ontra S " » Ireland' but a Coercion Bill ! Did a more despicable statemen (?) ever guide the helm of state ? Would ltbe possible to find a more incompetent and dishonest batch of rulers , than the Ministry of which your miarepresentative , Lord Viscount Paimerston is a prominent member ? I must protest against the language of John

      0 Cnnnu who speke of the tendency of English feeling to favour any act of oppression directed aganut Ireland . ' This I deny . It may be true that QuakerBright ' s ' middle-class house ' may favour the oppression of Ireland , just as it favours the oppression of England , but I assert that that house does not represent the people . It is true , that even mock philanthropists and sham Radicals , like Dtolet- Stuart and Bowring , the great mouthers for Polish rights , and denouncers of Poland ' s

      wrongs , voted for the Coercion Bill , as did also Orator Fox and brown bread Joseph Hume , who , by-the-by , volunteered his services to prove the right divine of land monopoly , and the sacredness of rent '—but these shams would be hooted from any public meeting of the English people at which they dared to show themselves . It is true that the Times , the reputed organ of public opinion , is the foul-mouthed abuser of the Irish people , and has bellowed loud and long for Coercion ; but it is also true , that the Times is the organ of

      the commercial classes only , and not of the people of England . If anything could direct English feeling against Ireland it would be the conduct of John O'Connkll and his friends , who have done all they could , by foul calumny and falsehood , to prolong prejudice and perpetuate national division . But the English people are not disposed to visit the sins of the Irish leaders upon the Irish people , and , therefore , yet offer the hand of fellowship , which , if once heartily accepted ,, willensure thepo =. liticaland social emancipation of both ; countries . On the 7 th of December , Mr O'Connor brousht

      lorward his Repeal motion , which was , of course , rejected by t he coe rcion-loving ' Hduse'Wf Commons . Mr O ' Connor ' s motion was for the ^ appointment of a select committee to inquire ; and ' r ' eporfoii . ' the means by which the dissolution ' of the Parliament , of Ireland was effected ; on the ' effects of tliat measure upon Ireland , and upon the labourers iri husbandry and the operatives in manufactures ini England ; and on the probable consequences of continuing the Legislative Union between both countries . ' I shall not attempt to review the debate on this motion which was , iudeed , not a discussion , for the speeches were nearly all on one side . ThespeechofMr O Connor reported verbatim ia the Northern Star of Saturday last , will have informed you of the

      reasons why that gentleman ' s motion should have been agreed to . The affected contempt of Sir GE 0 R 6 B grey , the brutal and insolent expressions of Mr Ibblawny , and the silly attempt at buffoonery by Mr Walter , afforded no answer to the just complaints of the Irish members , nor to the arguments of Mr O'Connor . The brutal yelling and jeering , directed against Mr Fagan while attempting to depict his country ' s wrongs / significantly exhibited the amount of good sense (!) good breed , "iff f . ' J and good f eeling ( I ) possessed by the'collective wisdom . ' Finally , the motion was rejected by 25 o , against a minority in favour of the motiou of twenty-three . Your misrepresentative . Lord viscount Paukekbton , was in the list of the majority . ¦

      You will observe that the motion did not pledge the House to repeal the Act of Union , it merely asked for inquiry into the means by which that Act was carried , ' and its effects upon the condition of the peopleof both countries . Such an inquiry is much needed . The interests of both England and Ireland demand that it should be ascertained why this country is almost overwhelmed with Irish pauperism , and why our manufacturing and agricultural labourers , find themselves competing with the labourers of Ireland , until they ( the English ) are almostreduced to the" 'Irish level ; ' why since the Union more than thirty Coercion Bills have been passed or renewed

      by the Imperial Parliament , for the purpose of overawing . Irish disaffection ; why there are three and a half-miUions of paupers and beggars on Ireland ' s Heaven-favoured , but roan-cursed , soil , and why a million ( at the least ) of Ireland ' s unfortunate children recently perished of famine and pestilence in a country enjoying all the natural means of providing for the sustenance , ; comfort , and happiness , of all classes ? Such an inquiry is imperatively demanded —b « t to t )\ e appeal for such an inquiry , your misrepresentative , . LerdPALMERsios- , answered 'NOT If you are wise men , true patriots , and lovers of justice , the next time 'his lordship' appeals to you for your suffrages ; you , too . will—answer ¦

      'NO ! •• * - Lord John Russell has given notice , that in case certain bills , now before Parliament , receive the Royal assent in suffijient time , it is his intention to move , on Monday next that the House , at its rising , adjourn to Thursday , the 3 rd of February . Coercion only for Ireland , and neither relief nor reform for the suffering people of England , Wales , and Scotland . Such are thetender mercies of Whiggery 1 have the ! honour to be , Gentlemen , l ' our faithful servant , G . Julian Harney . ¦ . . ; - rompton , Middlesex , ,. December 15 th , 1847 .

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      ¦ Saddibwomh ( Yorkshire ) . —On Sunday evening next , December 19 , a meeting will be heid at the Nudger Inn , Dobcross , for the purpose of forming a money club , to support the Land and Labour Bank . Chair to be takenat six o ' clock preoisely . Sohsrs Tows . —The Bhareholdera of the Somers Town braaah are requested to attend at Mr Duddndge a , Bricklayers' Arnw , Tonbridge-street , New-Road , on Monday evening , December 20 , at eight o ' clock . TowsbHaioeis . —ThemembersoftheWhittinglon and Cat branch are requested to pay their annual expence fund and local levies , during the month of December . CoTKHtB ^—Thetne mb e raof this branch will meet during the winter Months at the house af Mr Win . Hosier , Much Park-street ,, Coach and Hbrsw Yard , every Monday , evening , after the 21 st of December

      . HuBDEBSFiBrD . —The members in this branch are hereby informed , that the last Saturday in the month being Christmas Day , the meeting of the members iwiU be on the Friday evening , December 24 , instead 'P j § ty *™ y » f ^ aH on st come prepared to pay . tneur local and directors' expenses for the year , or they < anri ° t be entered as members of the Company . 'Norwich . —A ' public meeting in furtherance of the . People ' s Charter will be held in St Andrew ' s Hali , Norwich , on Monday next , at twelve o ' clock precisely | Mr Eraest Jones will attend . ' ... B&iusoHAM . TT-. The .. members of the Ho . 3 ^ branch of the National Land . Company , lately meeting at . 28 , llili-street , Birmingham , are hereby infprmftd that the future meetings will be held on Tuesday evening instead of Wednesday , at the house of MrJ . Smith , No . 44 . Little Hampton . street .

      Leigh . —A meeting of this branch will beheld in the . Folly , Field . Chapel , Leigh , on Tuesday , Dec . 28 p , at half-past seven in the evening . The paid up shareholders" neglecting to pay their local and general levies for 1848 , on or before January 10 th , will not have their names putin the ballot box on . the 16 th . . , .,.. . . ; . , , Hamubrsmith , KssswoieK , asd . CnBisKA .-Th 6 council of this district , are requested to meet at the district office , 2 , Little Vale-place , Hammersmithroad , on Sunday morning next , December 19 th , at ten o clock precisely . The members of the Land

      Company are also requested to meet at the same time and place ; its iriends are reminded that the company closes on the 31 st inst . MrEduosdStaiiwoob will deliver a publio lecture at the Coach PainterV Arms , Circus-street , Marylebone , at half-past seven o ' clock , oh Sunday evening next , Dee . 19 th . Subject : — 'Progrcsnon , the Charter , and the Land . ' A Harmonic Mseiino will take place at the Princess Royal , Circus-street , New-road , on Monday evening the 20 th inst ., for the benefit of that sterling Democrat . Vincent Pakes .

      Antucs . —The members of this branch are desired to attend a meeting to be held on Monday the 20 th of December , in the Unitarian Chapel . Huddkbsfibld . —The secretary ot the Land Company will enrol any new members next Saturday evening , at Ibberson ' a Temperance House , at eight o ' clock . MEBTHrBTTOyii . —Branch ; No 1 . AH members in arrears to this branch are requested to attend to pay up all demands on or before Monday , the 27 th inst ., by order of the committee . D . "& Monoxs , Secretary .

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      u " - ••¦¦ ' ; ' - : - -ADDRESS OF •"' / ¦; -- ' ' " ' !' THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS , : ASSEMBLING IN LgNDON , ¦ ,, : '' .- ' , ' . TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL DIET OF SWITZERLAND . KOHOtftABtB GBRHBUiiif , "is Association , composed of mea of diffarcnt nauong , desire ? to congratulate you , the ^ represent * tires or the noble Swisa people ; on the plorious and nappy termination of the troubles which recently d'atacted the Helvetic Confederation . v Aicnough from the commencement of the dWiaion which for a brief period divided Switzerland ioto r ? ^ 'w camps ; we deplored theinfatuationwhioh inauced a misled minority to arm' against their countr ymen , still we regarded that unhappy division " 1 4 >» e « tion essentially SwisaV with which other na ona fl aa no concern ; It was evident that right ana reason , as well as the force of numbaw , were on the side of the Diet , and thus armed the triumph of the majorit y was from the first certain '

      . J , . ™ the contest is at end , it may be permitwato the fnen 4 a of demooratio liberty / wherever ™ 3 iain § . to express their admiration of the course S ? tlv I youi > honourable body , and of the heroi 3 m ™ j ™ *« deral troops , combined with that humanity ana generosity to the vanquished which should ever ft tei < 'se the soldiers of libertyj - All hail ! to Ihnm 7 i ? defende « of Swiss sovereignty , who have faS raaelves at once competent to conquer their braver WMthy ° f the v 5 ° tOry Whic ^ hftS rewarded niiSlii ?*? *' 11810 «¦ »* a"y refleofcion upon the E ™ , JL 'S ? - , B 0 n 8 of Switzerland who , lured Kf ! ? at £ ?? dl »* y » V the falsehoods arid calm * niesof a - rebel faction . ' dimned the bright pa e of their history by taking un aroii auainstthfi mninrit . v

      ?• tDe'r lel'ow-countrjmeh .- Th& children of Wjf . - ham fell , and hwoompatriots , aredear to tke friends of u . L Fty tnrou Sbout ths world ; dear forth © services which their great forefathers rendered to the general cause of human liberty , and we would utter no word which should imply doubt of their bravery , or their public and private virtues . Vanquished in tbe late contest , they were so because they bad placed themselves in a false position , and arrayed themselves against the immense mfijorifcy of their fellow , citnens , the interests of their country , and the very Mcolleotion of their forefathers' patriptio deeds . What wnder that with bo bad a cause they were speedily compelled te / succumb ? But , wa repeat , the . oitizens of the 8 » . » en cantons

      were partly misled , and p artly coerced into acts ; of hostility against the public weal ; hut now that their deceivers and oppressors have'been driven from-tho soil of Switzerland ,, we are . persuaded-that those ^ citir ttns . willat once , re-unite with their Helvetic bretHren , and in the event of their services . being required to defend their country from ' the attacks' of jealous tyrants ; they will be found amongst the foremost and : the brave 8 tof Switzerland ' s ooferideVs . ' "" ' ' • :- ¦ Besides offering bur congratulations'to ^ your ; honourable body , we have another reason for sending tb'is address . "We . have witnessed with I ess ' of alarm tnanpf disgust andindignatiorijthe conduct of certain governments who have insolently presumed to offer what they have called ' mediation , ' between the

      legitimate Government of Switzarland andthe 'rebel faction , ' which , fora moment , impiously raised the standard of unjustifiable insurrection . The offer ot such ' mediation' ( under any circumstances uncalled for ) , is at once insulting and ludicrous when' offered after the treasonable faction has censed to exist , when , in fact , there ia not the shadow of a party opposed to the Diet , and consequently , no pnrtieB between whom to mediate . ' We cannot sufficiently express our admiration of the unanswerable reply of your honourable body to the offered ' mediation' of the French Government . That reply—a model for statesmen of all countries menaced by intermeddling pewers—must command the enthusiastic approbation of all nations . ; . ¦' . "• • ¦

      But , what is the meaning of those gatherings of troops on the French and Austrian frontiers of Switzerland ? Are they intended to intimidate your honourable body into negotiating a compromise with the beaten , dissolved , and dispersed faction ! Or , are thr . se forces collected with the vain view of Pc landiaing Switzerland ? The evil intentions of tbe Governments which assisted the Sondorbund with arms and money cannot be doubted ; we think , however , that even those Governments will pause before committing themselves to . a contest , the issue of of which may be more fatal to them than to Switzerland . ' ¦ -- ! ' ¦ : ¦ - ¦

      Governments , which are the incarnations of corruption or assassination , and ; therefore , hated by the nations they govern , would act very , unwisely for themselves by provoking a ' war of principles . ' The perfidy , violence , and political pollution from which the people of France have suffered , during the past seventeen years , are not the best guarantees against social convulsion , and such convulsion is more than probable in the evant of an European war . ' Besides , the people of France are too , democratic to quietly acquiesce in the desecration of ; ithe ; tri-cbloured flag ) and will neversubmit to-see- ' that flag joined with

      the colours of despotism against the Republican banner of Switzerland . The confiscation of Craoow is npt yet forgotten or forgiven , and'the blootl of tbe victims of the massacres of Gallicia yet cries to Heaven for retribution : There are more nations than one who pray for the hourwhen they may burst ; tho fetters imposed upon them by the hereditary enemy of Helvetia . The ring of-the first Austrian shot ' fired against Switzerland , would reverberate through Germany , Poland , Bohemia , Hungary , and Italy , and not . Swiss rifles alone would answer the volliesef the armed Blaves of a detested despotism . ' -.:. "; '

      The other powers' ra » 7 assure themselves that the nations over-which they rule , will neglect no ^ opportunity of achieving their emancipation ; and sudh ' an opportunity would be afforded by a crusade'of kings against the liberties of Switzerland . : ^ j ^ ¦ •• To' yoii , legislators of , a free and 'glorious people , ig entrusted the safegcard'hofc only of your country ' s liberties , but alsoof the hopes oft he downtrodden nations , who yet bow ! beneath tKe \ tyranny of irresponsible rulers . ' Europei'weary of the misery of slavery , finds hope andcorisblatidn in witnessing the developement of Swiss institutions , anticipating the time when : those : institutions ; established-in every

      nation , shall secure to . it 9 , peoplQ : the blessings en- ' joyed by Switzerland . Patriotism and , philanthropy —duty to your fatherlandj and duty to your'fellowmen of every nation , alike enjoin yea to defend the ' sacred interests committed to your charge . Faithful to your trust , you would , it the need existed , tind a nation of warriors on your own soil , quite capable of auccesafully defying all thearmios of all the enemies of Switzerland .. But your warriors , would riot be left alone to fight the battles of freedom against tyranny . The sympathy and the suppartof every people in Europe would ba arrayed en the side of the Helvetic Confederation . ¦ . > ¦ , ¦¦¦ - -, > . •¦ - .

      Legislators of Switzerland , stand fast by your country ' sliberties , undismayed by the roaringof the blatant beasts of despotism , or the bowlings of their , jaekals . While re ^ peeting the rights of other ^ you will be prepared to defend your own / While' sacredly guarding the rights of each individual citizen ; and the liber * ties of each canton , you will neverthe esa perfect tho unity of the Confederation so as to concentrate t ') t e national will and the national ppwer ., for natiina ' purposes . While protecting the . riishta ' of ppn <> qiei ; qej andthe freedom of religious worship , you . will , best prsvide for the general - gdotf . by ' curbing fanaticism , nnd crushing , ' with a heavy hand , ever j . att ; nipt to subiectthe noopleto the yoke of ' a tyrinnical

      Theocracy . While rendering your political lnttitutiop , rasdels of democratic perfection , yon will ensure the , ' Equality , Liberty , and Fraterniiythey are intended to guard , by promoting thatwiseorganisation of industry which will prevent ' pauperism ' , ' ' and Bive tt : e Swiss labourer from the misery which is the condj . , tion of millions of the children of labour : in other countries . Thna acting , you will earn the gratitude of your own fellow citizens , and the admiration of the world . ¦ Very respectfully we tender to you this expr / ssion of our profound esteem , and our earnest wishes' for the prosperity of Switzsrlandj-and the happiness of all her children . i ; . . - . - , . Signed by the secretaries and members of the committee , in behalf of , and in the name of , the Association , — ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ ' ' - ' ¦ : ; '"\ . " ; ' / " ¦ , '"'" ' - . ERSKST Jo . VESi , r I ¦> ¦ ¦ ::: ¦ ¦¦ ' X ..,. ¦ ' ,. Charles KiK » , . ; , j ; GreatBritain-. Thomas , Clark ,.-, ' . / .,.,. .. , ....- ; f ¦ £ ^ £ s ?* ' - }» i * r - ; ... ¦ i ^ z ^ P- ^ ~ - . ; .. ~ tSs « i' « . i »*» Loras Oborssi , ' Poland ; ; i ±£ ^ :: ^ ia ; . London , Dec . 13 th , 1847 ii ; ¦ ¦)<; ,, .-.. , ; :

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      " Won forthtMUim . " "¦' Tnt EMRi LEvr .-The Central Committee have ounng thepaat week received many comnmnications respecting this unavoidable step . - ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ > Many of these communications commending the " . «? , aa »» e whiciJ , in the opinion of the writers , suould have been , taken long ago . Others again , doubting its policy , and exjWBasing digsatisfaction at us infliction . That a measweof tbig jcind , however necessary , Bhon 1 d under the mMt favoDrableeircumstancea , meet with general appreyal isuottobe expected ; nor would the ^ Central Csmmittee have had occasion to adopt this course had , the members of the association

      . generally , performed their duties ag members ., But with arrears on th . er balance sheet ^ eri pualy inu-reasing , and in many cases not from poverty , but from sheer neglect or . apathy ; and on the other hand with still increasing calls on them tor assistance , to , resist , reductions , the Central Committee were somewhat in the position of the cm . ldrenot Israel , with their cruel task masters , who required them to make bricks without straw . They weretosupport every applioatio . mdtjtothem-without the slightest consideration by the applicant ? , as to the means in hand to meat these numerous demands , lhe unreasonableness , nny , the utter absurdity ofaueh expectatioii 3 , must strike any man , r ™ ' . n'y for a little ., gives the aubjeof calm rtfiectioni

      What is tho amount contributed for which such miraculous results is expected ? 2 d . in 20 a ! How many men are there that can acquit themselves of sncnneing even more than that every week upon their weaknesses and vices , and yet will hesitate in paying so utterly an insignificant a fee for the protection of their most valuable property , their Li-¦? T . L W * i th the heavy demand hwet ° - SShHS ? " "' j ™^ , ° » » y local societies ;; the brush ^ makers of En gland , it 13 said , for the last TUT : ^ ^ c o 0 nBtan « y sub o . ted to a tax £ ! A— thanfi-om 2 a . to 5 j . per week to keep up * hetr wages ; to its present average about 20 s . ; ana they canojnaider Iheir society , a very successful exampk . _ lhe masons , joiners , cork cutters / hatters , curriers , &e ., die ., and coming to . the lower price trade ? , the cotton spinners , silk trades and others , at what period were any of them so liuhtlv

      taxed lor the protection of their wares ? That the amount of 2 d . in the pound will be always , in all conceivable emergencies , sufficient for the purposes of the association ;' wasi ' nevercontemplated by its founders or the powerVpuld / nothavo been given to the ^ gntral Committee ; to ciill fpr . suchleviss as might be -necessary , tor the carrying oat the objects of the association . 'Still , experience has 1 shown thatao much has bcen'accompliiheaeven ' by the comparatively s ! tnd ^ . n }^ ii 9 sff o ; ded ' the : committee , that a well grounded ppin ] pn , is held , that in all ordinary times ino 2 d ...: Ievy will be found sufficient for all purposes . Although it is . very desirable thata fund . should be 'taued ready , to meet any contingency , it is still tbe opinion of many , who have watched the progress of

      ism extraordinary movement , ' that the real strength will at all times be found to exist in its great moral influence , arising from its numbers and compact organisation ; from its perfect discipline , its rank and flleerer ready to endure and sacrifices , when called upon by those officers they tiave themselves chosen , ana in whom they , have confidence . With a confederation so composed there would be little need for accumulated capital or heavy contributions . The most valuable capital would consist inthed ^ nfcjrestedness \ and fidelity of the isembers , and the most useful contribution , their promptitude and obedience to their engagements . That such is destined to be the position of this movement there is the greatest

      grounds tor believing , notwithstandingthelittle temporary difficulties before which the most-influential and wealthiest have been constrained to bend . And yet we have progressed , and are progressing , even amidst bur temporary difficulties . Little reason have we then « or despondency , still less for despair . Itis ; to'tek ; ed : hatthisextiataxuponthemomleri will be able to bo withdrawn at the expiration of the time named ; it is absolutely certain if the members make it their duty to come forward promptly . The Central . Committee feel they have performed thoir duty , at least , in making use in the present emergenoyot those powers which the Ceonfrence has given to them . >

      lhe Central Committee have transacted their usual business during the past , week . ; A voluminous mass of correspondenca has been , received from various parts of the country , cmong them a letter from ihe coopers of Greenock , who were out in resistance of a reduction offered by . the employers . Mr Claughan was appointed to investigate into , the merits of the caBe , jmd by _ following : the usually sucoeBsful course of this Association , that of mediation , to endeavour to brine the dispute . to an amioablo adjustment . Mr Claughan , ^ accordance with such instructiens , wrote to the employer , asagentof tho National Association , inviting him to consent to an interview , or by withdrawing the reduction , render a strike on the part of the men unnecessary .

      N » immediate answor being '; returned to his communication ,, he sent his report to the Central Cummittee , who upon a view of the case , considering the proposed reduction totally uncalled for , trade in ¦» hjs particular branch in that town being at the time far from bad , and a less than usual number . * of hands put of employment , resolved to : support the men in resisting , the uncalledfor reduction from their wages . The nextcorauiunication . announced thesatisfactory intelligence , that the reduction was withdrawn . Thus in another instance , has the policy of the National Association in dealing with trades ' disputes , been triumphantly successful . : Wehcra insert the report of the Sheffield case , omitted last week from press of matter .

      SOCOE 85 FDL C 116 E of Mediation between tbe Joiner * uf Sheffield and their Employers , through the agency of Mr ( 7 illiamson ^ Ur Williamson reported the issue of hi * mediation in .. the . above caae . Ou his arrival in Sheffield , he attended a- meeting of the joiners' union , undltarned that the employers'had isBued a circular Intimating that from a certain date they should Wquire their bands to light up and work until six o'clock , com . mencing at seven ia the morning , Wing previously breakfasted ; and thut those who were at work out of the itiopatjobs where they could not light up , should sub mit to a reduction of 2 s . per week . This arrangement being a violation of the custom and usage of'the town of niany years ' standing , was , of course , ' exceedingly ob . noxious to the men . , Mr . Williamson was very onxious

      to settle . tho , matter , ir . posBible , in a manner which hould be satisfactory to . all patties , and without any real sacrifice to the men . ' -i'Ifo therefore , after some consideration , submitted some propositions to the committee as a . basis ' upon which te ; found an airraBgement ' that ho thought the maBter ' s would agree to , and which would really be decidedly advantageous to the men . The prop uitioHS-wwo not at first received very farburably by the cammitteBofthejoinfH , inasmuch as they cont ' emplatei : the ^ cqiicession ' of what they at'flrat deimed the moat essential point in dispute , namely , the lighting up , which , iras certainly nn ; innOTjtiou upon an old established custom , but Mr Williamaon showed them that there was not a town in Ensland enjoying tbat peculiar privilege , and that they , could scarcely hopo to maintain it , and h « thpught ' thBt i ^ ihey ^ cbuld / brin ^ thlinielvea to surrender this ' po'irit , he might gain ifor them advantages ' of a much

      more valuabh description . After some dUussion Mr Williamson's propositions were unanimously agried to by , ' thp coinmitteeiarid'subsequently by n majority of the ha ' aa !) concerned in the dispute . ^ Mr ' Williiiinaon then attended a . meeting . of the master builders , '• which had been : « p . ccia 1 ) yconTened . for the , ' occasion , where he was reoeived , ' with ; , tDe ^ deputie » from , the hands , most courteously . He then :: submitted his propositions to the ' employerv ani'enforced thorn by Buch arguments ftn . d f « c ( s . as . Tfora suffloiertti ; after some discussion , ^ obtain ' ,, theiif ; ; c oWcnt . v . Although i ); was stated to Jlr . TWiiliamaon ; . that , aq , offejr hafl been ,. made by tbe 'MasttrSuilders'iAasociution . of Manchester to suppl y them with' any number of hands thoy might require , iMr'WHlidmsori at ' qnce pointed out the almost certain evils' which such' a ' couhe would entail biitlie town of SUetlield r -that .. it would certsinly lead to ' a" ' protracted siru 2 gle , 4 n ' , « hich the men would be sure to obtain tht

      Btrosgeat . cxpression < f-. sympathy from tho whole trade of Sheffield , not unaccompanied with a large amount of probable inconvenience to the employers . He then sub nutted , his propositions , which , he cont ' enaed , * would , by being epmented to , ba equally advantageous td both parties , and far preferable to the acrimony nnd-ill feeling which were always inseparable from an uncertain and protracted struggle . The following is'the substance of the arrangement which was conceded by the emplo ) . era , an ' -l , cheerfully accepted by the men , who all re < suraed their work next morning : —That the cbntem « plated reduction of 2 s . per week to tbe out-worken , should bo withdrawn . That during the winter season , that 1 b , for six weeks before and after Christmin , the men . should commence work at seven o ' clock in the

      morning , and work until six at night , having hnlf an hour for breakfast , one hour for dinner , and half an hour for tea . It was further agreed that a circular should ba drawn up setting forth the term * of the or . rangement , to be signed by the chairman and secretary of the matters' committee , and also by lome officers of the workmen ' s body , and a copy ssnt to each building establishment in the tows . And tnuii has another ex . ample been added to the numerous list of successful nsttnees of mediation through the great and constantly increasing moral influence ef the Association . It ii also extremely gratifying to state , that letters have this mornmg been reoeived at the office from tba secretary of tbe

      Master * Union , and from the workmen , offiblnlly announcingthe termination : of the dispute , and bearing ample and handsome testimony to the straightforward yet conciliatory spirit evinced by Mr Williamson throughout thu important and difficult affair . The men gain by this arrangement a large addition to their comfort and convenience through * the cold and cheerless winter months , without the slightest pecuniary sacrifice ; and the employer ! nr « likely to get a larger amount of work from men comforted and » trengthened by a couple of warm and invigorating meals on a wintei » * day , than they could hope to ebtntn from a sat of cold , spiritless , and half , stavved machines ,.

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      ' . Thefpllowmji'letter havalso been received fruia MrParkeV , repprtjpg the following case : — BoiToa Hoot Aiq > SHOJ . MAK * Bg ,-Mr-Robion , about SSn w \ ^^ ^ M . Mr ~ -, 8 n TOpioyer , to SSuK ? ^ pricM atcor < 3 ilI < f I * rf 1 i » ' »«^ i ?^ ll £ ? i . ^ ' - ' * discussion 'to * e * ii theffl , Mr Robionagreea tog ve the . employer two wetk . to conifer it , , . . ? have waited upon tho employer in qu . e . tlen , and ftnl happy in ii % nii you that he hns a * ttti to pay againto t . ; a Baid list ; there is a decided advanca upon th ^ ir wages . . . s :, Yours , in haste ,

      HbARM Rbo MAK 5 BS - 0 * tosnaif . —A ' reductioa ainountiDg to about 2 $ . M : per week , having been offertfd to tnfrty-one hands in ihe employ of a largo raanufeetorer , Mr Peel , in ennjufftction witk Mr Grecneladeot tho London District wramittbe , waited upon the eiaploytr , with a view of inSncing him to withdraw the refaction . Although tbff deputation were reoeivetf with great conrte * j ' , yet tie employer seemed fully bent upon carrying his pore * , threat * ening at first to shut up tbo works rather Khan yield to his hands . Tbe deputation mildly remoiwtr . ited , and urged the eyili consequence * always fdiowing these disputes between the « mplojer and employed , as a reason why the Kational Association ' were always desirous of indueing both parties to effect gome

      honourable compromi 8 e ,, and begged that fhis gentleman would submit aome proposition as the baais ' for an arrangement , ^ fter some'discussion termswere submitted which fistrtead of a reduction oS 2 s . Cd ., would , amount to siatence per week- Mr Peel , unable at the . tirae to obtainbstter terms , after thanking tho employer for h » carteous treatment , returned to report the result of hismissioh to the hands , some of whom were nny&tiihg but satisfied at the idea of submitting even to su uo& )\ a redactioa , bat after some discasion it was arranyed that an attempt should be made to obtain somif better terms , lhe deputation again returned to the employer who , eventually , agreed to an arrangement by which , by affording ti the trades increased ( amities for their

      work , much lost time they were at present liable to would beobriatedi the affair was brought to a conclusion ouite satisfactory to all partie .-. Several of th © hands , admitting tho small reduction would be more than counter-balanced by the other concessions agreed to by the employers . Mr Peel then committed to writing the particulars of the agreement , and having submitted it ' to tho employer . for his approval , that gentlemnn signed it . Messrs Peel and Greenslade also si gned it on behalf ot the men , who all bore testimony to the beneficial polfey of the . National Association . Before leaving the room Mr , P « -el animadverted on the unnecessary loss the men had subjected themselves to by leaving their work , which is directlv on .

      posed to the advice of the Central Committee ia all suoh cases . It is a course of proceeding which cannot bi too strongly , censured * - ' It throws unnecessary obstacles in the way , of successful mediation by the bad teelwgs engendered betwe « nthediaputing parties , whereby the chances of an amieable ndjustmeiit are considerably lessened . In this'case , each man had a selfinflioted Ios 3 of atjeast sixteen shillings . having feohshly been , idle four days , * and the . employer had to the same extent ; been inconvenienced bytheunnecessary intsrruption to his business ; he exhorted them at any tuturetime to keep at their work and apply to the Central Csmraittee , whose best services would be always at their command ,-with an increased chaoco of success , if nothing ; had been done by them to throw difficulties in the way . . These remarkawere received vith the bsstfetling . and are here reiterated ai hinte worth y the conaideration of the membera

      Mr Claughan reported having attended an excellent meeting , in Kinross , where he found , notwithstanding ths goneral slacknes * of trade , a most lively interest manifested in . favour of ths NAtional Association . Numbers have - already joined , and others are ofllr waiting a revival ol" trade , to Hollow the same example . . ¦ -. ; , ¦ Mr Humphries reports to having attended anuraber of meetings in Northumpton , Betterton ; Rowell , and Pejborough ; at which places an excellent spirit prevails among / them ; , strong-societies have been tormed in Rowell and Desboroufth ; and previous * o Mr Humphries ' . visit , no ; nnion existed whatever , thi = ] a society has . been established , > heie no body existea , We . wust the friends in . this district will exert themselves to spread , the principles ci > this Association ; as the only safe way . ofredeemine . their trade . ;

      Air lown , of Keighley ,,, haa attended meetings at Btrstol , B , Uley Car , and ncckmondwicke ; at which places he expounded the principles and objects of the . Assoeiation . iA . good ' feeling has been created , and themostperfect . satistactionsiven . The result 13 , ths principle of the union is widely extending ; Abbrdeen-. —Adiatrict eommitteohas been formed ; a this town , consisting of delegates from the following trades : tailor ? , tape weavers ; nailors , tinsmiths , shoemakers , ; fancy doth-weavers , and causeway stone dressers . The committee have resolved to mesfc once a week . ' for tlie purpose of / devising measures for completing , the organisation" in this district , lrades requmns the -ssi-vices of ; -or information from ; the cominitteei are instructed to make application to tha . secretary , 'I . Sk ' irron , 48 , Skenc-steeef , or at the meetings of the committee , every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , in the Class Room of tho U nion-haU' . and Schooli Blackfriars-atreet .

      -.. ,,:. - . .-. hotices , ¦ - , .. . ¦ . .. . The first nufflberbfthe ' Central . Committee ' s Report is published ., and . a . copj . has baon forwaidei to the secretaries of all bodies in , connexion with the Association , and a stock is . . on hand , for . salo among tho members , who are request ^ to give their orders through their local secretaries , to whom any quantit " will be forwarded upon receipt of Post Ofliqe-ordec for theifmount ;; 6 rit in sinallaurnslby postage ' stamps . An allowance 0 ! twenty : five percent ; will bi made ta secretaries ; forJ'theiT trouble ' asd as ' tlie expense 0 carriage will , in some case 3 , be rather Heavy , it may be requisite for " smSh ' secretarieg " to arrange wita their members for suchadditibrialcliargo aa may be necessary re-cover the extra expenses . ' The trades of Scotland ara informed that a supply of the Reports havo b « en forwarded to'Mr Claughan , of Holytown , "to : whom . ' as ' aldo ' for c ard 3 : and rules , application must be made . - 1 " ' ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ ¦¦" ¦ . )

      ¦ As stated above ,. to secretaries ^ pf ' trade ^ through whom orders may be a ' ent . an allowance " of- twentyfive per cent : will be allowed , ior their trouble , bat in every case " , either in England ' er Scotland , cash must beforwar . ded ; with , tb eor de ^ V ; " ., ' . ^ . .-,,., . « , ¦ The committee yerymuoh regret -to-find tliat some copies of the Report , ! , whioh : ihad ,, beeni circulated through the post , h . aye been . surcbarsc ^ ifor overweight . , The , Committee ,-besides . testing them in the , omce : rscale 8 ,, to . okii : tUe , precau , tion ! t . oitake one of thera , ; to ,,,, thei ; po 8 troffice , tojnqnire whether they would pass , an _ d ; . . were inforroeA- by tho postmaster they would ., ( It , i , s . tr , uo , thcyaroj : Tcry , oloso to the legal . weight , and ^ Qinev ^ roni . bcingiJ ^ inp when mat ' e up , or rSome , sheets off > : » pcr Mimcwhat-tliicjirfp . mayhave caused v the unplt'a ^ at cireumsuinco ; Gre : rc care will , he taken to preirxnt aucii' - ^ n occurrence in future . ...

      On communicatioBB ¦ liponHlhi cenorftl business of . the Association , to be addressed to the nsnerAl secretary , Mr Burratt , antl . not , under m / tircunislancts , to individual members of the Oiura ! Committee and upon pecuniary matters' to Mr James Webb , the financial secretary .- . <• ¦•¦ .. ¦¦ -- . r . - , < . ¦ :. ;• All new bodies joining the ^ Association , in addition to their tint week ' s" levy , twopence from each mem ber is required to be paid on admission' : for a copy of rulea and a ; card of membership . !! ' '" ' ' '' " }\ . ^? ^^^ " t ^ ne'ipentf , ayrjommittee ^ ay . the additional

      mg levy of twopence in the pound , to be continued for . six weeks , aJinmber of trades have desired , us to , say . whether ; wo intend . Jhee ^ tra levy to affect tradeB who join the Association kfur the levyhad been laid ? ' . Inansweredth ' eaequestions , arid , for the satisfaciion , qf our hienibcrs , " the ' Central Committee have adpp . fcd . ifie ^ t ' o'llbff mg -resolution : — 'That Trades or individuals , joihiNg ' thie Association , between the" dates of tlie' 1 st of December and the llth' 5 © f January , shall not , be called on to . piiythe « xtralevyof 2 d .. in th ' e pound , now , in course of payment . ' " " " ' " ¦ ' ' ' '

      vCBAYFOftDiBLOCKEwKTBns . —On aocount of the great pres 3 if-matter , tkis week . the Central Com . mittee ' s-reply , will .. appear in ,, the next week ' a Northers Star .

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      CBOIDOM . —At a mWting ' ef this " branch on Monday evening , Dsc . 13 th , the following resolutions were moved by Mr Hodgei , seconded ' by Mr . Westoby , ana ' carried unanimously ;— 'That- this iieetirif having read the inaBy . fuUe ¦ hccuAtlohs ' Wm'ito floKgea ' suiiiir , the apostate DlsvwcH , the ' dUsoJuTeLtoxD ' s ' nnd tho con . tum , a 8 lou ; , Bailey of NqttlnkB ' m ; i , of opinion that Feargus Wo ' ilnor EiqiM . ' p . titMj entitled to . ' tlie con . fidence ^ of the ' worlsing' ni ' en of the empirei ' ' d we ear . Rejtly r « iuM * aUMend ' s ^ to render : aU thi ' aslistahce ' 1 tlieir ' power t . > ihs Lund and Labour Bank . ' Mr ' ilod b'cs annonnctd tbatUOO signu . tureB had ' oTirea ' dyibeen « bts ( ned iii this tow to the Na . tionalPati tiobJ and Mr Froe > ¦ ' reported that forty tickets had been taken during the w< in the ballot , by which the Chartist « ouncil of this place are raising fund * for the for ' thcomia ? meeting in ' "furtheranfie' of the People ' s Charter and the fraternity of nations .

      CoNomoN . —A general meeting of the shareholders bolong ing to this branch of the National Land Company , was held on Monday ' evening , the ^ lgth inst ., at the meet , ieg house , Llpn . strcet . Mr Villitm Midford was called to the choir . Business wa < commenced bj entering even now members , after which Mr Johi Bowky and Mr George Lea wero elected auditors for the ue * t alx months . MlBTHTR TIDVII—EMMETT ' s BsiOABE BbAKCH . -. After transacting tbe Land business of the branch , it was agrted that the members would join in unity with the members of the second branch , to agitate for tho Charter . A lecture will he delivered on the 20 th inst , by 6 . Morgan . Subject : — . ' The eflfcots of Coercion Ja allcouutricsand in all ages ? ' It was resolved that this meeting tender their warmest thanks to Mr 0 . J . Harnej for his able address to the electors of Tivwton . The meetisg then separated . '

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      GENERAL AKD LOCAL LEVIES . The Board of directors have to announce that no member will be admitted to the ballot which is to take place on the 16 th of January 1818 , who has not paid up all local and general levies for the present year , 18 * 7 . in addition to the general levy of sixpence per shareJotne&year , 18 i 8 . The . generai levy for 1818 must , be paid on or before January lOtb , to en-Me to tha ballot ; members not complying with this wili not be considered eligible for the ballot . OFFICE LIST MEJIBKBS . Those members who belong to the office list and who have not paid the local levy , imposed by direction 01 late Conference ,. most pa ) such levy for the present year ia addition to the . general levy for 1848 , to entitle them to the ballot . The amount of the office local levy is sixpence per member , and . may be transmitted to this office in postage stamps . Office list members , to be eligible so the ballot , must pay the following lums , on or before the 10 th of January next . .,...,,.

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      The Abebdeen Bbanch held their quarterly meeting here on Monday night Dec ! 6 th , at eight o ' clock , when the balance-sheet showed that £ 103 . had bVen forwarded from the branch to the ^ directors from August 13 th to December 3 rd , 1847 . Tha following geDtlemeri were elected office bearers —Mr G . Macintosh , president ; Mr David Burns , Tice-prc » irtent ; ' MrWillinm Porter , 8 ub-treasurer ; Mr John Eraser , sub-secretory ; 0 . Maver , Thomas Thew , Jarnca Smiden , J , Chlson , and Hugh Brien , committee . The Aberdeen branch ' , return their sincere thanks to Feargus O'Connor Esq . M . P ., for past tervioes , and place the utmost confidence in him , and will support him in the prosecution of the Mancbeiteb Exami !* ee . A sub . committie will receive subsiriptlonQ for that purpose every Friday night , A tub-committee waB also appointed ts collect names for the Sleaford case . The committee urge the neocstity of all who nova not paid up their looal expenses and levies to do the saics as soou as possible . A meeting wili be held on Friary first , of all paid up shareholders , .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1449/page/5/