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      m the report of the sub-eommUtea 6 b the address * i ^ VSSLa ^ S ^ T ^ y ^^ Md orfS I Vobemerted la tiwNwnmaSTuu UwumAb rewired'That oaathoaund oopUtrftbmdfe ™ be printed aad published for circulaUoa . ' . ThitST eaunttteA bdanca iheet also be inserted in the KOUHKBK STAB . Nauoiu . Vicrm Coiaimu . —This body met ai the Assembly Room ^ JfeaiMtreet . SohoTonW day evening , December 21 , Mr Antffl in tie chair ffhenll . e * chwui Toted to John RichardsTaS iferiauu * Duffy sad Booker , and 10 s . to MreJooo . thalitvingreeeived £ 1 . once the last acknowledT Bwnt ;« I » 103 . totheteteran present Mr SteOwood , onbeh » lfof Mr John Parry , wbaitted afpr pwtionto pkoeiQthehandi cftheoonmitteo afine piece of workmanship in fancy and rare marble ^ Z pr- entingthe Tnscan order of Architecture , to 1 » ^ irrr-i * - **! - nnTr nnmmlflnii f lL Tii .

      fubsuttea to a national ballot for the benefit of the KTeralTictinM . Itwas nnanimowly retolTed-. * iJ tbe subject be taken into consideration at the next citing of the committee . ' ' " * fiert Makchzsrb . —A meeting of detente * ft ™™ « . following lec&lities in South LaacSS , ^ S& DM 6 mbeTl 2 , atthehonseofMrWhittakei mtSi Ancoatwtreets-Bary , Bolton , Eeclei [ WiT SaUM .. Hyde , Heywood Droykae ^ Mgg sftSMSBa ? 5 s ^^ BapttMJSBB !^ Committee carg oat the same , both financial and ottowige . ' « Th » t the minntes and « Sb ? m Mdtted , bereceiTed . . ^ ™ , i 3 K 25 S £

      aii memoers ex tneLaad Company , to drawthrir in the Land and Labom- Bank : MafiSSSSS of fommg money clubs , and the aStWKS inaeeordance wito the life ruleofiidBaiffS feansmmionofsmall weeklyinstalments ^ e ato cS apon aU the members to endeaTO urtorKKS BE ?*^ ft *** to •*** £ bKEK ££ * & ^ " ^ ?! M in t heir pew . aid it in jrorkmg out their political and social salvation / Jm ? * fifi * p / towlBBg « Pa » ci , and S ' fj : "f ° t ni « f « W » visit . ' 'That we re «^ 5 . hsemb ( m Committee - ' ' Thatwerecom mendtoaBconntry tta urgent necessity of paying to * thfte ember SS " ° " 2 moDth ff 01 Q «» p ^ , to the O'Connor Defence Fond . ' That the Obeer l nation Committee be empowered to enanire into Mr

      i * iiLrS Z } r * cb ? "f ^ monies for him , and ass their best exertions to liquidate his just ^ " ^ w ^* ¥ hBlt thanla of «» dde ^ to be gnreirto Mr John Sutlon , for his impartial conduetin we chair . Mostois Stores . —Mr G . Webber of Halifax , lec-¥ *? ftr , ? " ' Sunday , December 19 . Sub-J ** V ™ 8 Rights Md Dllfiei of the People . ' Mr Webber entered into an historical review of the progreH » t t ?™ * despotism , showing how the people had been robbed of their legitimate rights , and proving to demonstration , the right of the people to the elective franchise . A . vote of thanks was awarded ay acclamation to Mr Webber , for his able , argumentative , and instructive lecture .

      Wokcssteb . —A delegate meeting was held on Suncay , December 19 , at the City Arms . Delegates were present from Cheltenham , Pershore , Kidderminster , i » aIrern , Ledbury , and Worcester . Mr George Young was tmanimonsl y elected chairman . Letters were read by the secretary from the following places : — BromsgroTe , Dudley , Stourbridge . Tewkesbury , and { he other parts of the district , all approviog of the object of the meeting . The delegates present then gate in the reports of their districts , which reports -were Terr satisfactory . Resolutions of confidence in llr O'Connor and the other directors ; recommending the establishment of mosey clubs in support of the Land Bank ; resolving to reorganise the Chartist tody ; requesting the Directors to send a lecturer to thedistrict ; recommending the formation of a Library -and Tract Society ; and appointing the next delegate meeting to be held at the same place on the la * t Friday in February , were passed .

      Gbkxhwich asd DsraoBO . —Chartist meeting room , 39 , Butcher-row , Deptford . Mr Knight in the chair . Minutes of the last meeting were read and -confirmed . A gentleman , and a sincere friend to progression , gate two shillings—one for the Executive Fund , and one for the local . Mr Sweetlove was -electedsecretary tothe 0 'CorinorTartanClub , and Mr Trier . treasurer . An interesting discussion tookplace on the probable consequences ot the enactment of the People ' s Charter , which was continued until half-past ten , whBn it was adjourned till next Sunday evening , ¦ at seven o ' clock .

      Cur iro Fksbdht . —At a meeting at the Good Intent coffee house , Back Hill , Hatton garden , on Sunday evening , Mr Wilson in the ehair , Mr Wm . Salmon gave in his resignation as delegate to the Metropolitan Delegate Committee . Mr AUnutt , delegate to the Metropolitan Delegate Committee , eavt ia his report respecting the new Democratic Hall . A committee was appointed to carry oat the plan ; -also respecting the proposal to hold a Democratic -Congress at Brussels . Report received . Mr Alfred Fennell moved , and Mr T . Salmon seconded , the following resolution : —* That this meeting hail with feelings of delight , the proposal to call together a Democratic Congress at Brussels , and pledge themselves to use every effort to cause the Democracy of

      England to be efficiently represented therein . ' Supported by Mesa * Nobbs , Gorer , Allnutt , and Salmon . Carried unanimously . Mr Nobbs moved , and Mr A . fennell seconded , the following resolution : —' That the members of this locality Tie w with feelings of deep regret the base asd unmanly conduct of some of the Irish Repeal members , with regard to their conduct on the Repeal motion of Mr F . O'Connnor ; and con * ceive their conduct merits our severest censure , and weeoEsid « r them unfit to sit as Repeal inembera , since their conduct proves them to be nothing more than aere Whigs . ' Supported by Messrs Gaver and AntiU . Carried unanimously . Mr Antill moved , and Mr Gover seconded , the following reselution : —• That the members of this locality recommend their Chartist brethren throughtut the country to use everyjexertlon to press the sale of the Nqbxhbbn Sus . ' Carried

      unanimously . Mr Coleman resigned as councillor of the locality . Mr Nobba moved— ' That Mr G . Fox be councillor in the room of Mr Coleman . ' Carried . Several new members took out their cards , and paid their subscriptions , and the meeting adjourned to 3 > anday , January 2 ad , 1845 . Working men ! come and join us in our gloriou 3 straggle for the Charter . Xet London be onoe more the centre -fa great agitation , that shall shake ministry after ministry topieces , until they grant us our Charter . Bally and join us ; rich or poor-Jew or Gentile—man or woman , if you wish to see your country regenerated , and become in reality , the euTy of surrounding nations , and the ad ' -miration of the world . Come , then , and join us , the amount of subscription trill not press heavily on your . pockets ; one penny per week is all we ask of you . Alfred Fkshku . SHb .-Secretary .

      Ipswich . —The Chabtxb asd the Laud . —Mr M'Grath lectured in the Temperance Hall on Mon * day night . The body of the hall was filled with a most attentive audience . On the motion of- Mr M'Pherson , Mr Frazer , the proprietor of a wholesale woollen drapery establishment , was unanimously appointed to preside , and after a brief speech , intro-• daced Mr M'Grath , who was very warmlj received . He rapidly renewed the rise and progress of the National Land Company . He then entered into an exposition of its principles , demonstrating clearly their efficiency to realise its noble objects . Mr M'Grath . in the course of his address , adverted to the opposition which 'the Company had encountered in its career to itsinesent proud position , and proved it to

      fee factious , frivolous , and groundless . Mr M'Grath concluded an address of onwards of two hours , by a forcible appeal to the meeting not to let the few days -of Hie pretentyear pasa without causing their names to ba inscribed on the roll of the Company . The most hearty cheers followed the conclusien of the lecture . A vote of thanks having been given to the chairman , the meeting dissolved . The meeting of Tuesday was even more numerous than the oneabavcrepor ted ; the subject for elucidation beine the * People ' s Charter . ' Mr Gosling , a sterling Democrat , was elected to fill the ehair . Mr M'Grath rose amid the heartiest plaudits , and commenced a lucid exposition of theprinciplesjof government . He took an able review of the social disorganisation of tho

      people , tracing their numerous wrongs to one teeming souroe—irrespohaible government He then directed their attention to the Charter , showing the justice , necessity , and expediency of each point , — the evil that it would- correct , and the amendment that it wcoldefieet . Mr M'Grath proved , in the clearest manner , the superiority of Chartism over every other species of political creed , aed ably refuted the flimsy sophistries which aristocratic casuists urge against its adoption . He concluded with an eareest appeal to rally tround the newly unfurled banner of the People ' s Charter . The thanks of the Beeting having been carried by acclamation to the chairman and lecturer , and three exhilirating cheers hiring been giien for the Charter , the meeting separated .

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      . M W ' eHSSKBS siiiisp : SBsa ^ ssaai ss ^ s ss Exsnf 8 . -Neither the Noim m ™ s » . t . _ j

      mssm ! g Bass « as ? aft'B B MvS Barley Mow . Old Betbnai Green Road on foffir ^* ' * ° * ^ * S tS ft « ShfSr ^ Were PW " 1 Md cwied :-Ktt ^ ^ ^ ^ Emmins" **»«» meetog consider it to be their duty as members of the National Land Company , to be ^ nw « fe" f- ^ OhB tw Association , t&t aaSh bonbemg the cause of the glorious plan being in exatence . ' 2 nd . 'That Alfred SeSSlKuR secretary to this locaUty of the Charter Aisocia «¦ . . 3 rd . ' That Mr Le May be tartottS Association . ' A publiediscugsion will take place on tfdS' ^ Dember 8 Bth ' Chlir ^ e •* eigbt

      vTJ" ^! ^? explamed the National Land and i * nourBank . jnsncha masterly manner that be gaTem MTersdsatisfaction . P . sf-AUpaidupmembers of No . 1 branch of theNational Land Comnanv of ^^ o ^ l ? ^ I ^« W oa « j oeiow the 10 th of January , 1848 , or they will not be returned for ballot . ^^ ^ : 1 i wt week'y meetin B on M ° nday evening ; last , attheTemperance . hotel , Chester-walk , Mr Willey m the chair , it was unanimously resolved that weesttbM a Money Club , for the purpose of assisting the Land and Labour Bank , . whidi wsl

      S «! , ! Sl * «»?«« £ rol f dnwn up ; and a number of membenjoined , and paid in their first kBtal ment . byahares of 3 d . each . Aftw which we illuminated the room , by bnrmng that base , iyingfand ealummatang paper , called the Wmu dWatch , whMhMlbeing d « Datcheavery fast ; we dispatehed for the last eight years . The Nobihxbs Stas haa aowtaken its plaee , which gives afar more brilliant iigbt . SS ^ S ^; ^ " , Satard * y wening last , Mr M Graft addressed a meeting of the inhabitants of Cta&l . M "" ' ' ** - * « *

      KsKHnreroH . —A meeting was held at the Temperance Hotel , Hanover-place , on Thursday evenine , . w e an address was deUvered by Mr M'Grath on the Rise and Progress of the Land Company . ' Se-Teralmembm were enrolled . ' Llahku , t . ~ A meeting of this branch was held at the house « f Mr George Jenkins , at Potters Row , on Monday evening , the 20 th of December , when Mr George Jenkins was appointed secretary ; Mr John Winkle , treaugrer ; and Mr William Arthur , scrutineer . The committee will meet every Saturday evening , at eighto ' clock .

      MR KTDD'S TGUR . n thi ssnoB or thh kobisbbs stab . Daw Sn , —During the past fortnight , I have lectured every night , —SundayB excepted . The meetjnga . on the average , have been numerous and truty intelligent . I left Glasgow for Alexandria . Vale of Le ? en ^ on Wednesday , the Uth instant , and lectured m the United Presbyterian Chapel . TheRer . Mr Wallace was present , and at the conclusion of my diseouree , favoured the audience with a few select readingsfrom the lettereof Mr Alexander Somerville . The quotation principally related to the legal points , aadsecunty of the property tothemembers . He introduced the subject by declaration of his pure

      intentiong , a « sunngthe mee « ngthatlii 8 only object was to protectthepublic : He admitted the advantagesto be derived from the possession of small plots of land , and spoke in strong terms of the degeneracy of the comfortof the Paisley weavers . I replied to the objectionable parts of his address , fie still declared himself dissatisfied ; assured his hearers of the high respectability of Mr M'Kerrow , editor of the Manckzsxzb Ex&msEB , and recommended them to read the * WbMerV letters , bo as to enable them to understand both sides of the question . I naturally enough asked ay reverend friend to unite example with precept , and recommended him to read the Nobihebh Sub , as the organ of the National Land

      Company , to which he nodded assent . There was no novelty in the discussion . My opponent acted in a perfectly legitimate manner , and proraised ' to give the subject a due share of consideration . I proceeded from Alexandria to Dairy in Ayrshire , at which place I formed a branch of the society . There are a few fine men in Dairy . I next visited Dervill and lectured in the Chartist chapel . I was here opposed by a gentlemen whose name I torget , he is , however , the village surgeon , and in his way , a man tf some notoriety . His opposition to the Land Scheme waa basedpnthe assumption , 'That it would and make their minds grow aa rude as the earth they

      oultivated . ' Ireland was an example . I of csurse hadnotronblejwith my ' medical friend ; ha stamped and twisted about , andif facts and logic are synonymous with { uiy , froth , and sound , the medical gentleman is quite a prodigy . Really we have a state docter among us , butldare say theDenill weavers will evea prefer his pills to his legislation . It isannoying to meet s man , who professes by education to be a gentleman , sneaking with haughty authority to others , insulting an injured race , and charging the people of ( Ireland with vices , attribntable to a series of continued wrongs , over which the parties have no guidance . The working classes of this country are guiltyofnosuchinjustice . It fa the instinct in their

      nature to feel for the nnfortunate ; and the injured Irishman finds in the oppressed Scotchman , a true heart , and a generous friend . The meeting wm satisfied with my replies to the 'doctor , ' and seme fthe youths of the village , threw their bonnets to the ceiling , in evidence of the pleasure they enjoyed at my humble defenceof therightsof labour . I continued onward through Ayrshire , by Newmills , Galston , and Ayr , to Girvan . At the latter place the National Petition was moved in a most excellent speech by Mr Ssott , and seconded by M r Clark , secretary of the branch , supported by the writer , and carried unanhaonsly . The meeting was held in a splendid chapel , kindly granted by the managers for

      the occasion . I returned from Ayrshire to Glasgow , andleeturedin Ardrieon Friday last ; came by rail to Newcastle , and will lecture here tonight . In no county of Scotland that I have ever visited , is there so much that is really interesting as in Ayrshire . The inhabitants of the weaving villages are the most inteHigentmen with whom lever convened ; they are readers and thinkers . In those districts is manya well thumbed pile of pamphlets . —Cobbett ' s Register , the Black Dwarf , the two-penny Dispatch being the text books of the old politicians ; the Nobtbxbn Stab the book of political life read by the younger of the schools of political and social regeneration , literature , too , is a favourite pursuit with

      the wearing population ; they are the best critics I ever heard , their taste » refined ; and they , in their conversation , possess an exquisite knack of severing the true to nature , from the merely wordy expressions Of an author . These who ipeakof the ignorance of the working classes would do well to visit Ayrshire . A county that is the very nurse of song , and the wemb of Scottish patriotism . The unfortunate , but brave Ra Heals of 1819 , were recruited from this county , au '» Here live many men to whom experience hath taught wisdom ; and whose every associition bear witness that their country has for gtneration * been the seat of religious and political reolution .

      It is with horror that I listen to the tales of woe and want told by these families . The weaving population are extremel y poor ; long used to poverty they hare assumed a qmet cold manner , very marked indeed inmen of middle age , and those advanced in yiars . There ui » sadneu in their serious demeanour that indicates the internal stragel e of mind that mart be coniUntlyincreasmg inmen so far advanced weiviluatooD , eo far as a cultivation of the H reUtionsof life are aeonstituent element , andret snffenng so ouch from a continued scarcity of fond Mr Eadie , of Gowan , informed me that last winter he knew several cares where the only food for some

      time was bran , such as is commonly mixed with Ktatoes as fit food for swine—potatoes and oatmeal ing beyond the reach of the poorer families . This winter prospects are less favourable . Some yean , ago Mr Barney asked me if I ever observed how pale and placid ike married females of Scotland appeared , compared with the unmarried females . I paid attention to the facts when in Ayrshire , and I know I am correct in saying that women , when nursing , look uncommonly weak , which no doubt is solely attributable to an inefficient supply of food , and constant attention to domestic misery . The effect on the population is evident ; they are stunted and weak in health udfr » me . The repeated lower-

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      : m&SSiTH **** this subject , and wwtnen enter into the question at length . herfteS" ° ^ ? now 0 Tep » « Sl hare no SmeL ™ T" * that - the Charte ' La * encl ? " ? ™ P » y ^ Prove in character and influthe 2 S " '" t ^ Company , the confidence of n « B P w ? h - ? bounded 5 ti » e men who for years theJ ^ I !? " il- ^* ny friends iS Scotland for JSi H ™ 11 ? ^ » d assure them , that to SSSS « -n humb L £ ^ the great work of progression , will ever be the ambition of , w « > n ' „• YoM obedient Servant . Newcastle , Deo . 21 st . s Ktdd .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . nfS TT T I 8 ™ *"" Lbbd 8— A general meeting on Snnd . ndl ? f £ W eld at Charies B « " >^ onSnnday , December 26 th , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , to adopt Bye Laws forthe year 1848 , when members in arrear with local levies are requested to Deters " 11155 ak ° ° PreS 6 nt iear ' flex P eMe 3 for M 4 ITCHXSTEB . -A meeting of the balloted members " Manchester , Stockport . Droylsden , Ashton , Stalyw ^ f'v 2 » ttram ' . i ? ldhaiH » wiU •» held at Mr JSft ^ - ^ Temperance Hotel , Ureat Ancoats , on Sunday , January 2 nd , at ten be ^ mitted mOming * ? aid op 8 h » reh ^ er 3 wiU

      ih 2 P *" T Th « ° « le 1 y meeting of themembers of this branch will be held at the house of Mr Thomas X , - b - Inn . Ja 2 nd , at five o ' clock in tb evening , when all paid members are desired to attend , and pay their next year ' s general levies , inesei members neglecting to pay the same , will not nave their names placed intheballot until suoh sums be paid . - CHoaiaT .-The shareholders of this locality have entered into asnbscription for the piosecution of the Mujchbstbb ExiimnB , and the 'Sleaford Murder Lase . Theshareholders meet every Sunday night , at the house of Wm . Wilkinson , O , Princesa- » tteat , to receive subscriptions / or shares , and the above purposes , where rules and other information , connected with the . Land and the Bank , can be obtained . All paid-up members , in arrears for local levy . wiU not imWJ 8 fo * the ballot if not paid » n or before the 10 th of January next .

      Lowes WARui .-Tho members of this branch are requested to meet on Saturday , January 1 , to audit the accounts , asd transact other important business . Sodihamwoh . —The members of this branch of the National Land Company will in future meet at the Burton ale house , Orchard-lane / every Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock . ' Mohcktok DsvaiuxL . -7 The members of this branch of the National Land Company are requested to meet at Stephen Tudgey ' s , on Wednesday the 29 th of December . All members indebted for levies are requested to pay up before the year closes . Paid up shareholders will please to observe that the levies for the year 1848 ought to be paid up to insure for the next drawing .

      The Souebs Town branch of the Land Company will meet for the future on Sunday evenings , for the receipt of monies , at Mr Duddridge ' a . Bricklayers ' Anns , ToHbridge-Btreet , New . road , at eight o ' clock . The shareholders are requested to pay their general and local levus , to entitle them to tho forthcoming ballot . FiLKiBK Branch . —AU the members in arrears to this branch for the General and Local Expsnse Funds , are requested to pay up all demands for the present year , on or before Monday the 27 th inat , Shorkditch , —On Sunday evening next Mr Dowlmg will lecture at the Green Gate , Hackney-road . Subject : 'The Land . ' Chair to be taken at halfpast seven o ' clock . PenoBS can join the Land Company by applying at Mr Hancock ' s , No . 9 , Globe * street , Bethnal-green . NoirataHm—ThenestmeetingoftheLandmem bers will beheld at the Loggerheads , Narrow Manh ' on Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock .

      UpioJ-OH-SaviBH . —The members of theNational Land Company are requested to meet at the house of Mr Thomas Clarke , Old street , on Monday , January 3 rd , 1848 , to pay their general and local levies . Manchmtzr . —An adjourned meeting of the members of the Manchester branch of the National Land Company will bo held on Sunday the 26 th inst ., to take into consideration the best means of promoting the interest of the Land and Labour Bank , Chair to be taken at nine o ' clock . Radcufte Betook . —The Land members of this branch are requested to attend a meeting , to be held at the house of Richard Earner , on Sunday , Jan . 2 nd , 1848 , at six o ' clock in the evening , to pay the levy expenses , or they will be exjluded from the ballot . Newton * H * ath . —The members of this branch will hold their annual meeting on Sunday , January 2 nd , 1848 , at the house of Mr Brondret , Churchstreet , Newton Heath . Business to commeiice at two •' clock :

      Bibnslkt . —AU members of branch No . 1 , are requested to attend at Mr George Uttleg ' s , at seven o ' clock on Christmas eve . Stockpobt . —All paid-up members ot this branch of the Land Company who received their certificates before the 1 st Dec . must take the same immediately to Mr Woodhouse , secretary , 4 . Angel-street , Stockport , or they will not be eligible for the next ballot . BucKBuaw . —Notice is hereby given that the paidup members of this branch must pay their general and local expenses for 1843 before the 10 th Jan . 1848 , otherwise , they will be excluded from the coning ballot to take place on the 17 th Jan ., 1848 . The secretary will sit every night duringthe ensuing week from seven till half-past eight o ' clock in tbe evening , at Norton ' s Commercial Coffeehouse , Back-lane , top of King-street , to give an opportunity to those who

      may wish to join the Land Company . CiBBUSiOK . —The monthly meeticg oftheCarrisgton branch of the National Land Company will be held on Sunday next , at six o clock in the evening , at the New Iua , Carrington . AU those that are in arrears with the Expense Fund must pay up at the same time and place . Citt or Lobsom asd Fujsbubt . —In ooDBequence of the adjournment of the meeting of the above branch to Sunday , Jan . 2 nd , 1848 , the secretary begs to inform the members who may wish to pay their subscriptions or expenses , or any person wishing to become members , that he will attend at their place of meeting , vir .. The Good Intent Coffee-house , Back-hoi , Hattoa Garden , on Monday , the 27 th , on Wednesday , the 29 th , and on Friday , theShtof Decafter which , no person can be enrolled , from eight till half-past nine each evening .

      Banbobt . —This branch of the Land Company will meet on Tuesday evening next , instead of Monday , in eonsequence of the tea meeting and ball being held on that evening . Alta . —Members in arrearsfor their local and general expenses are requested to pay the same before the close of the year ; and all thos e members who wish to staud the ballot on the 16 th of January , are requested to pay the expenses on or before the 10 th of January , 1848 . Birmingham , 111 , Bea-street . —The paid-up members belonging to this branch are requested to send in immediately the numbers of their certificates .

      Mabtxbbosb . —Mr Guest will attend at the Coachpainters * Arms , Circus-street , New-road , every Sunday evening , to enrol members in the National Cooperative Benefit Society . Mobslst . —The members of this branch are requested to attend a general meeting , at the Fleece Inn , on Friday , December 31 st , at six o ' clock in the evenine , on very important business . Those members who have withheld their local . and geneial expenses and contributions for the space of three months , are earnestly requested to attend . Pos ts ** . —The members of this branch are requested to meet at the Rose and Crown , Cumberland-¦ treat , on Tuesday evening , December 28 tb , for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing quarter , aid ; receiving a report of the Society ' s affairs . Persons desirous of becoming members , are invited to attend .

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      AsHioN-trHDBB-LiHK . —A lecture will be delivered by Mr William Aitken , on Sunday next , at six o clock is the evening , in the Chartist-room , Bentinck-atrMt . A tea-party and ball will take place in the above room , on Friday evening , the 31 st of December , to commemorate the return of Mr O'Connor to Parliament . Tickets fer the same may be had of the secretary , or any of the committee . HiUFiX .-MesiN Rushton and Hooson will dt * livaraddretses in the Working Man's Hall , on Sunday , December 26 th instant , at six o ' clock in the

      Dohcasixb . — Themembers of this branch are requested to pay their general and local levies on or before January 3 rd , 1848 . DnnDK .-The Committee of this branch will mest on Friday evening , December 31 st , from eight to nixe o ' clock , in their room , Puller ' s Clwe , Murray-gate . Theregular weekly meetings we Monday evenings , from eight to ten o ' clock . The Quarterly meeting will be held on the second Monday 0 January .

      Bebkokbsit . —The shareholders of this braneh are requested to attend a quarterly general meeting to be held at the New Tanner ' s Arms , Grange-road , onTuesday , Deo . 28 th . The shareholders are also requested to pay up their general and local expenses , by January 8 th . Lbicesisb . —A meeting of theshareholders will b » held at the Exchange Room , in the Marketplace , to elect officers . IWhenia not stated . ]

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      . "ITnfon for tft « ifiBio » . " The Central Committee of the above association met on Monday and following days , for dispatch of business . Correspondence has been received from Manchester , Bolton , Bacup , Doncaster , Keighley , Leeds , Dewabury , Halifax , Stockport , Macclesfield , Hanley , Leek , Congleton , WillenhaU , Wolverhampton , Dudley , Birmingham , Derby , Leicester , Camelon , St Ninien ' s , Paisley , Holytown , "Whitehaven , Sunderland , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , and a number of

      other places , the following trades have sent in their adhesion during the last fortni ght;—Sunderland nail makers , Sunderland sawyers , Stocktonon-Tees pipe makers , South Stockton potters , Devrebury - blanket weavers , Woodside causeway stone dressers , "Winlaton boot and shoemakers ; also , the following reports from agents and mem * bers of the Central Committee . Mr Robson reports to having waited upon several employers in Keighley , in reference to an unjustifiable reduction offered to the weavers . The affair , though an exceedingly unpleasant one , has been very amicably arranged .

      Mr Lenegan has attended several meetings in the neighbourhood of Wigan . An excellent spirit has been created , and several adhesiousare promised from the miners . This is an important district j and we trust our friends will devote their energies to the good work , and press forward to the consummation of labour ' s redemption . . ¦ , Mr Clanghan has attended several meetings in Whitehaven , Carlisle , &c , of which meetings we will report more fully next week . The Central Committee have agreed to support the Camelon Nailers , who are now . out on strike , resisting a large reduction of wages , which if allowed to succeed , would have seriously affected the wages of : all Nail-makers , both in Scotland and in England ; the number on strike is nearly 100 ; and we earnestly entreat the trades to be prompt and punctual in remitting the levies , so as to enable the Central Committee to conduct to an honourable

      and successful termination , both the Camelon and other cases they have now on hand . Tbe flrst number of the Central Committee ' s Report la published , and a copjhas been fprvrardei totheeacretariss of all bodies in connexion with the Associa tion , and a stock is on haad for sale among the members , who ate requested to give their orders through their local secretaries , to whom an ; quantity will be forwarded upon receipt of Post Office order for the ameuDt ; or if in small sums , by postage stamps . An allowance of twenty . fire per cent , will be made to secretaries for their trouble , and as the expense of carriage will , in some cues , be rather heavy , it may be fequisttelor auoh seorctaries to arrange with their members for such additional charge as may bs necessary to cover tbe extra expenses . The trades of Scotland are informed that a supply of tt « RtpO Tte have oe % a fcnrwardtd to Mr Chughan , of Holytown , to whom , as also for cards and rules , application must be made .

      As stated above , to secretaries of trades , through whom orders may be sent , an allowance of twenty . fire per cent , nill be allowed for their trouble , but is every case , either in England or Scotland , cash must be forwarded with the order . The committee very much regret to find that some espies of the Report , which had been circulated through the post , have been surcharged for overweight . The committee , besides testing them in tbe office scales , took the precaution to take one of them to tbe post-office , te Inquire whether they would pasi , and were informed by the postmaster they would . It is true they are very close to the lejal weight , and some , from being damp when made op , or some sheets of paper somewhat thicker , may have cansedthe unpleasant circumstance . Great care will be taken to prevent suoh an occurrence In future .

      Communications upon the " general business of the Association to be addresied te the genera ] secretary , MrBarratt , and not , under any circunwfaHices , to individual numbers of the Central Gommitte ; and upon pecuniary matters to Mr James Webb , the financial secretary .

      . TO THE EDITOBOP THE NOMHERN STAB . Sir , —The Central Committee deeply regret that they are compelled again to vindicate themselves against the unmerited attacks of the Crayford Block Printers * deputies , conveyed through a letter signed W . H . Gardner , in the Northern Star of Dec . lltb . The writer in this letter professes to reply to a caution which the Central Committee considered it their duty to publish ) to prevent the members of the Association being deceived by taking the statements of W . H . Gardner as facts , without tbe strictest investigation . The Central Committee contented themselves on that occasion , by stating that' gross misrepresentation' had been propagated by the Crayford deputies . It now becomes the

      imperative duty of the Central Committee to prove that the most wilful untruths have been , and arc still in the course of circulation . Uy W . H . Covdnor , and other deputies from the same body , for no other purpose as it would appear , than to destroy tbe National Trades' Association . The Central Committee do not conceive it necessary to follow W . H . Gardner through the whole of bis flippant epistle , but simply to grapple with a few of its most prominent points . Passing over for a moment the wonderful victories \ V . H . Gardner declares be has gained in discussion with members of the Central Committee , before various trades' bodies , we will proceed to tbe first point charged against the Central Committee as a falsehood , namely , that they ( the Crayford Block

      Printers ) were members of tbe Association before the present year . Mr Gardner states in answer to this untruth ' They know , as well as ourselves , we never were members of the Association prior to this year . ' In order , however , to show that they were members previously , and considered themselves to be so , we here give verbatim copies of letters , received from their secretaries ; tbe first of which , to Mr Barratt , is in naswer to an application made by that gentleman for the payment of the levies due from the Crayford Block Printers up to that < tete £ Crayford , K ent * Feb . 1 st , 184 <> . Dear Sir , —You will , no doubt , have come to the conclusion that I have treated your several communications wi'h diareBpect , but I do assure you I was plaecd in a

      Very peculiar situation—not tnat our men were unable or unwilling to pay the levy , but there were little incidents that caused it to be postponed from tim e to time . I will say no more upon this point at present , but will call at your office the fir 3 t timo I am in town . - Last week I brought the question before our men again , and the ? paid up cheerfully i and if you will let me know which is the most convenient post-office , to be mtide payable at , either myself or Mr Kenyon will send you a post office order by return of post . I have no doubt that as out men become acquainted with their own interest , they will learn to appreciate the value of such an Association , and such a president as T . S . Duncombe . I remain , dear Sir , yours , most respectfully , . To Mr Barratt . ?««* Hor .

      Is this like a letter , emanating from a body of meu who did not consider themselves of the Association , and who , moreover , never expected to derive any benefit therefrom ? But a 3 W . fl . Gardner states , ' Many of our then members agreed among themselves to pay a weekly levy to assist the Central Committee in carrying out the plan . ' However , the next letter shall at all events be more conclusive . Crayford , June 9 th , 1846 . S » . —I am directed by tbe men of Mr Evans ' s shop , to

      • end the money ¦ which we have collected from the various mem&erj belonging to us , according to the instructions I have received ; but it will be necessary to apologise for the seeming neglect in not having sent it before per Post Office Order . There are sixty-two men which have paid 8 d . each , soaking 11 Is . 4 dV ,. when writing this I could not charge my memory at to what month thU vwxdd clear uito ; an answer to this would much oblige , Yours , respectfully , John Redsall , Clerk . To Mr Barratt , secretary of the Trades' Union .

      These letters speak for themselves and need but little comment . They indisputably show that these men speak of themselves , and act as members of the Association , W . H ., Gardner i 3 aware of the exist * ence of these letters , and yet liaa the hardihood to deny that they ever were members until 1847 . The next point we will refer to is the very impertinent attack on Mr 'Williamson , who , in the early part of March , 1847 , having occasion to wait on Mr Swaislands , or the No . 1 , Crayford block printers , for some information and co-operation , in reference to a dispute then pending between the hands in the employ of Mr Heath , of Mitcham , was applied to by the Crayford men , both of Mr Swaisland ' s and Mr Evans ' s shops , in reference to their rejoining the Association ; as is proved by the following extract from a ' . letter of March 8 th , 1847 , ligned , Peter Hoy , and addressed to Mr Barratt ; in

      which he says , sixteen of our men , and five of Mr Evans ' s , were appointed to wait on Mr Williamson , delegate from tbe Central Committee . ' Mr Gardner lays , Mr Williamson was not sent for . Mr William , son never said he was ; but , as the above extract clearly establishes , having business in Crayford , in reference to the Mitcbaui case , he was applied to by a deputation , consisting of sixteen of Mr Swaiiland ' s and five of Mr Evans s men , ( and not twelve , as Mr W . H . Gardner ' s erroneously asserts ) . He then refers to some promises made by Mr Williamson upon that occasion , not one of which , ' he says , 1 has ever been verified . ' tf these promises had re-Mitcham , and his hands , which was the business that ference to the dispute between Mr Heath , of took Mr Williamson , on that occasion , to Crayford , then have these promises been more than verified , aa the follo wing copy of a letter , addressed to Mr

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      Barratt , will abundantly prove ; and further , thatjthe National Trades'Association , is entitled to better treatment from the agents of £ he London block printers , in return for the great service ! F nicn tnev have received through the exertions of the Cs ntr 31 Committee , „ .. _ „ . r Miteham , Ma « hl 0 tn , 18 tf . weib » tu ,-l am requested to inform you that the aeiegateyou sent down among us , namely ; Ht Williamson was obliged to stay with us on Wednesday evening , in consequence of the unsettleu state of-the business ! . ili , v I ? mail ,, came l » n ' ttP <> n ,-for had wenoldetained him until thequestion was settled , we should hate ° ° ^ f * f wors « PosjUon than we were before . I can assure you it was Mr W . ' s powerful and well-aimed dis-2 SS&SL at if 01 the bat » e an early close without

      ' > " ** 'o bloodshed . We cannot say too tnuchin that gentleman ' s Z ? J ?' nf } l ^ , ° " ldbeusele . s here for me to explain the result of the interview with Mr Campbell , and other busi-? WnV *? , 8 aCte f ; , W < wiH * « ble t 0 d 0 *»»» . to * I think with another lesson he would be quite a printer . $ lZu $ ^?' r * w « "solved sSrhat il ! „ ' a t cep e offeredreduction . '' That two men be appointed to watt on Mr Campbell , with Mr William , son to Inform him of the above resolution , which heto 1 S ^ W ? - ' ,.. unanim ° ™ vote ' of thanks ™ passed on Mr W , for his eandour and unflinching couraee SBEaWfflSttfcSESSL ^ ar »« £ S ^ r '"" ** s I am , Sir , yonrs , with respect , H . Hendiw Secretarfor the

      „ . ... , y w Surrey branch of the United Trades' Association . Mr Barratt . . » o « - 'l ; , i ^ # que i t - ion J I ; am M ppy t 0 stat 0 » «>«» wft"ifte pontmwestandinwith the above Kdety , together with imtaSS * " ^ ?* . l ? fluen (! e of your delegate , has been JwffilFl ? ° ° ther P 9 ******** ° » « w The points at issue between the Crayford Block Printers and the Central Committee have been sufficiently explained in the address published by trie Central Committee , Nov . 13 th , on tbatsubject ; they will , therefore , confine themselves strictly to exposing the unprinci pled perversion of facts mdulged in by W . H . Gardner , and the deputation emanatine from the Crayford Block Printers . = u ' ™ Z

      Mr Gardner proceeds , in reference to Mr Evans ' * men , to state ' . That they ( the non-society men ? would not have gone in , if the Central Co mmittee had acted with justice and promptitude . ' As to the justice of the case , the Central Committee have clearly shown in their address , that they were ineligible , therefore the Central Committee had no power to grant them pecuniary assistance . Then in reference to the ' want of promptitude , ' Mr Gardner is fully aware , although he asserts to the contrary , that a delegate was sent , down immediately on their application , and upon every subsequent oecawon when , in tbe opinion of the Crayford Block Printers , the services of a delegate would be of any avail J

      . ¦ He next endeavours to impute to the Central Committee , a desire to cast unworthy reflections upon the Block Printers of Lancashire ; he knows this to be unfair and untrue . The Central Committeeviill . be always happy to bear testimony to the honesty and integrity of the Block Printers of Lancashire , but it was the duty of the Committee to point out to Mr Evans ' s men , the true position they stood in with upwards of one thousand starving men , capable of supplying men ' s places in Crayford , or doing their work for a Lancashire master , if sent there as it often had been before . Were the Committee wrong upon Mr Gardner ' s own showing ? Thirteen men werefonnd , at all events , in Lancashire , ready to fill their places , and eleven of them to swallow a document into the bargain .

      But the chief object of tbe Central Committee in alluding to the position of the Lancashire Block Printers , was to show the deplorable state of the trade , and the utter hopelessness with such an amount of surplus labour ,. of any assistance being at that time practicable . _ The next wilful rais-stateraent of Mr Gardner , is in his assertion that not one word was recorded on the Committee ' s minutes of the proceedings of a deputation , consisting of Messrs Gardner , Fairman , and M . Vickers , who attended the Central Committee , the truth being , the names only of the deputies , in one or two instances , were omitted ; but the substance of the statements , made by the several

      deputations , are carefully recorded . The Central Committee will pass over , as utterly beneath notice , all Mr Gardner ' s remarks about Mr Williamson bullying , his dignified rebuke , and about the heads of the Central Committee being muddled with business , or something worse , and come to Mr Peel ' s visit to Crayford—and we have his report to prove that on that occasion be could not discover the sli ghtest trace of a document that was ever offered to man , woman , or child , or any evidence of a collusion between Mr Swaisland and Mr Evans , both of which statements had been broadly made by Mr Gardner , and as broadly denied by one of the Crayford block-printers . Ample testimony was adduced , to show thai- Mr

      Stvaisland was too honourable a man to lc » a uimselt to so dishonourable an arrangement ; on the contrary , he had kindly consented to become a mediator in the affairs j neither was any proof offered to Mr Peel that the works had been closed for seven weeks , for the purpose of taking stock , but great regret was expressed that such conflicting statements had been made by the various deputations who had attended the Central Committee . Mr Gardner then admits , / or the first time , that the reason assigned by the Central Committee , for refusing their claims , as stated in the ninth paragraph of their address , namely—thepecuniary ineligiUlity of the Crayford block-printers , No . 2 , is ' a tenable ground : ' and

      'if taken up in the first instance , would have prevented the present unpleasant feeling . ' If this is so—and that it is , we have at length Mr Gardner ' s reluctant admission—we ask , wh y , in the name of all that is honest , does not Mr Gardner cease to charge the Central Committee with injustice , even , to use Wsown expression , at tbe risk of' cutting the Association torMons ? ' The charge of the Central Committee ' s endeavouring to injure them , is notoriously untrue ; as no public step was taken by the Committee to answer these gross misrepresentations , until publicly called on by trades' bodies , whom they ( the Crayford block-printers ) had applied to for assistance , and even then the Committee never sought to prevent them obtaining that assistance they applied for . The Central Committee will , in conclusion , offer a few remarks upon the grand theme Mr

      Gardner begins and ends his extraordinary letter with-the self-laudatory boast of the splendid victories he claims over sundry and all the members of the Central Committee he has had the great fortune to encounter . D eputations from the Central Committeo have met Mr Gardner before the shoemakers , tinplate-workers , and the London District Committee . They also met a deputation before the Manchester District Committee , and Mr Williamson was compelled , in Sheffield , to defend the Central Committee from the attack of a lo-nfidential correspondent of Mr Gardner , who produced a letter which Mr Williamson bad the satisfaction of ' tearing to ribbons , ' ( if Mr Gardner will pardon the use of the phrase ) to the perfect content of the assembled meeting . The subjoined documents are the best answers to Mr Gardner ' s bsmbastic egotism .

      The Central Committee offers , as another instance of the reckless disregard of the means taken by the deputations in the country to accomplish their ends , that one of these deputies stated to the nailmakers of Dudley , that the Crayford block . priuters had paid £ 500 . into the Association ; while the fact is , these men have never , from their first connexion with the Association , paid three per cent , of that sum ; though they would now force , by the most dishonourable means , £ 500 , or more , if they could , from th « Central Committee .

      Mr Gardner further prides himself in having driven the deputation , who attended the Tihplateworker ' s Committee , ' from position to position , till they assumed the one contained in the ninth paragraph . ' To this statement the deputation puts in another unqualified disclaimer . The deputation , as ia duty bound , stated to that meeting tbe different points upon which the Central Committee grounded their decision , and the last in order , and upon which there conld be no mistake , was that contained in the ninth paragraph of their Address .

      But not the last , but not the least in infamy , are the words be puts into the mouth of Mr Green , before tbe tinplate workers' committee . He says , that Mr Green told one of the tinplate workers , that it served them right for sending such b y muffs , &C . Now , every man who is acquainted with Mr Green , knows that he is perfectly incapable of using any such language under any circumstances , and yet Mr Gardner , knowing that the man he gives as his authority distinctl y denies it , has the baseness to give the falsehood an extended currency , through tbe press , thereby insulting the Central Committee

      the Proprietor and Editor ef the Stab , and i * readers , tbe working classes of England and Scotland ' This public slanderer then challenges the Central Committee to meet him before any trade in London . He knows that hitherto the Central Committee have always been too happy to meet and expose his misrepresentations , and they are still ready , if with this knowledge of Mr Gardner , any trades , memben of the Association call upon them to do so , to meet him before any body in England , but let him first produce the man to whom he says Mr Green expressed himself ia the disgraceful terms charged

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      against him j failing to-do this , Mr Gardner wil stand justly entithd in every honest man ' s opinion to be henceforth' treated , with silent contempt . As the best proof of the effect produced uponihe tinplate workers , ' upon whom Mr Gardner , in bis own opinion , produced such ah extraordinary effect , that at a full meeting of the trade , a resolution for . yo < ing a sum of money from the box was negatived , but in . -onsideration of the block printers' positioo , they were " allowed to send subscri ption sheets through the V . vious shops for the voluntary contributions of the members / I am , Sir , In behalf of the Central Commute , Your obedient servant , T . # arbatt , Secretary , ' Co-operative Tin Plaft Workers' Society . Dec . 9 tb , 1847 .

      Deak Stn , —I enclose n voucher for * he sum of £ la ., to ba placedto the account of the above society . I likewise enclose a copy of two resolutions , passed at a general meeting :, btfd at the Cravens Head , DruryJafle , Nov . 8 th , 18 ( 7 I caVtWdat youtf office yesterday evening , but was too late . 1 st . — ' That after mature considenttion of the chargesof the- Crayford Mock printers , mude by their deputation , and the defenceof the deputation from tha Central Committee , we are of opinion that the circumstances of the case of tbe former fully justify the decision of the Central Committee . ' 2 nd . — ' That subscription sheets be sent round the trade to solicit support for tha Crayford block printer ! . ' Tours , &c , ...-. Tbos . Livehdeb , Sec . 29 , Pinstone-atreet , Sheffield . Dec . I 5 th , 1847 .

      D » ab Si » , —In answer to yours of the 13 th inet , I bee leave to refer you to my letter of the JSthNov . which contitint tho decision of tl » district committee on the caBe of the Crayford block printers , where Mr Williamson so ably defended the Central Committee in haTini { taken the course they had done in that case / At the district meet , ing , convened for that purpose , the following resolution wa » pasied :-. 'That having beard the explanations by Mr Williamson of the several questions submitted to him , respecting the case of the Crayford block printers , by the district committee of Sheffield !; we deem his answers perfectly satisfactory , and quite agree with the Central Com . mitteein the course they have adopted . ' I should have answered yourletter sooner , , but I have been waiting to lay the case before the diateict committee this eveninir By referring to my letter oftha 28 tU Hot . you will find ft . perhaps , more satisfactorily explained . Please send mi a few more documents for ttto- tailor ' s No . 2 , and nlan » makers . Yows , &c , Jamb * Thomas , district see .

      The following extract fron * a- tetter frtm thebobbin twiners of Keswick . date * , Dec . 14 th , 1847 , shows the opinions of a totally disinterested body of men , formed on the perusal of Mr Gardner ' s letter of the 11 th inst .: — Si » , —Having read the Star oftoe ' ilthinst ., theydU Crayford block printers ) state , theynari-r belonged-to ttie Assoeiation ; well , so much to their discredit , for they have not belonged to it bo long , they need not make so much noise about it , and if they findlfnult with tho Com . mittee , the press has nothing to do with the distute . It

      belongs to the next Conference to settle it . If the Cora , mitteeha * acted wrong , wby make so much in the press , I am sure they will do no Rood by publishing their state , ments in the paper , and saying , the National Trades' Association is not so much thought of , in and about London , as they were . " I suppose they want us all to join them ; let them act like men , and if the Committee is not a right one , let it go to the next Conference and have a new one . P . S—I nwan tbe Crayford block printers . If theyhava T » O faith in the society there is plenty that haB ; tha Committee wo can change any ytar if they do not di > Justice . ' - ;\

      Sir , I remain , youra truly ,. and a lover ofTfdirplay , Benj amu * SfawtEi , sec . The Central Committee publish- this hone ., though rough effusion , for the sake of the valuable kernel contained in it , which is strongly recom « mended to the deep attention of the members for their future guidance , if they are desirous of seeing the principles of the Association successful . The Central Committe are fully prepared' to defend the decision at the next Conference , or before a special Conference , if Mr Gardner takes upon himself tbe responsibility of calling one in accordance with the riile .

      19 , Mount . street , Shaw ' g-Bnw , Salford , . December 21 st , 18 * 7 . Deas Sib , —I fcave to acknowledge yours of yesterday , and in reply can only state that no objections were raised to the reasons set forth by Messrs Robson ¦ and William * son , why the Crayford block printers shouM not be supported at the district meeting ; and that so far as they ( the Crayford block printers ) gaining a victory over Messrs R . and W . such would I think have been otherwise , wereavotecomo toon tho merits of thequestion . Let it be undentood distinctly , that the Crayford

      block printer * were not invited , not doT think they would have had a hearing , bad it not been at the request of both Messrs Robson . and Williamson , aud the district committee complied . I regret that time will not allow a consultation with tlie district committee , but you may rely that no victory wa 9 gained over the Central Committee , and that the district committee have not yet seen any reasons to differ with the Central Committe upon their decisions upon that question . I am , yours , truly ,, . out in much haste , James Gouldin . district sec .

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      Winlaton Nail Mak-ers . —Received on behalf of the Horse Nail makers utrike , Winlatonr the followiug auuaurlpLiuiis i- — Stephenson ' s Manufactory , Newcastle ... 1 16 J Shield ' s Bow Colliery ... ... ... 6 0 South Moor Colliery ... ... ... u i Hawk ' s Cbain Maker * ,. Gkteshead ... „ . G 5 Hawk ' s Puddlers , tfateshead ... ... 3 o Swallwdl ' a Smiths ... ... „ . 5 0 WinlatonMills ... ..... ... . „ 5 6 Blnydon Smiths . .... ... „ . 3 0 St Peter ' s Quay Chnin makers ... ... 5 j Folley Shop NailorB , Newcastle . „ ,. ... 1 5 Bury Edge Colliery M .. M ... 8 0 North Shields Nailers , „ ... 5 o Tyzick's Chain Makura , North Shields ... 4 6 Pon ' s Chain Makers , Worth Shields ... 74 Total , £ 3 . 12 8 | Winlaton , Dsc . l&th , 1847 ; ;; <

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      Oldham . —On Sunday evening Air Leach , of Manchester , lectured on the Land and the- Charter , ia the School-room of tfee Working Man'iHall . Mr Thos . Wild in the chair ; Mr Leach commenced by commenting upon past and pending events . The people , he said , -wete frequently asUtig ;\ vhat wili the Parliament do , instead of determining what they themselves ought to do . lie reminded'the meeting : of the prophetic promise * of the Free Traders in reference to high wages and good employment , aa we should not have to pay money for foreign fond . [ At this part of his speech the room was literally crowded to excess , and many outside who could not obtain adaoisainn . Tflw meeting whs , therefore , adjourued to tlie large hall . ] Mr Leach , adverted to the progressing state of foreign manufactures . Ho stated that Mr Cobeten , in his tour , had f . mnd ma- . chinery in the city of Moscow , in Russia , in a

      TeWiradvanced condition . The Chancellor of the E&aei' * quer had officially ( declared , that we ha 4 during th ' cc ^ . ! past year , paid thirty-five millions of money for fo ^" reign food . Mr Leach said the higher and middle classes displayed no disposition to improve tbe present deplorable state of affairs . Ireland , with all Us grievances , received no consolation- from its rulers . Ua said the people must make an universal effort iu order to obtain the land ; it was their only resource . Every stratagem was resorted to for the purpose ot dive _ rtins 5 the \ peoplelfroni this legitimate- object—the attainment of the land , lie made a powerful appeal oa behalf of the Land Scheme , and declared there never was such a noble effort displayed for the effectual emancipation of the people . It was ,, said he , a practical mode of enfranchisement . lite concluded with a very powerful advocacy ia favour of the Charter , amidst loud cheers .

      Todmorden . —The Land Company , in this town have got the letter of John Neal , with some remarks of their own , printed and placarded , which has created a feeling ef disgust against the mean and base hirelings of the Manchester Examiner , who , for a tness of pottage will pander to the prejudices of their employers . Tbe proprietors of that parer commenced the attack upon Mr O'Connor , expecting thereby to increase the circulation of that paper , but they have been rightly served ; their diabolical aim haa been frustrated by the straightforward statements of Feargus O'Connor , E ? q . The circulation of that paper is dwindling down .

      Heckmondwike , near Leeds . —On Tuesday , Deo . Uth , a lecture was dplivered in the Red Chapel , by Mr A . Tomlinson , from Burnley , to a highly respectable audience . Mr John Whiteley was unanimously called to tbe cbair . Mr Tomlinson com- , menced his address by giving a lucid statement of the progress and present position of the Natii-n&l .-Land Company ; he next entered into a minute de . tail of the Lowbands estate , and gave a splendid description of the houses , school-house , and the beau , tiful scenery . He next drew a contrast betwixt the happy condition of the allottees and the condition of the manufacturing operatives who 1 daily perambulata our streets a living monument of misery , wretched . thenin able

      ne 3 . » anddeBpair . The speaker , , an maa . ner elucidated the principles of the People ^ ehnrter . and made an eloquent appeal to the members of the Land Company and working classes g « neraliy- t 6 amalgamate themselves with the members of tba Charter Association , and once more arouse from their present apathy . He next directed thsu ; attention to the rapid match of democracy in every part of continental Europe . Tho lecturer tkn reviewed ouc present commercial system , and prosed , to the satis , faction oi every one present , ths ^ b , the land was the only refuge for the surplus labourers to flee to , and concluded a most powerful avdi soul-stirring address , which occupied two hours iattadelivory , amidst the cheers of a delighted audieace , Nbilmoh "—On Saturday evening , 4 th D £ eenl »« Mr Samuel Kydd delivered a lecture uf % § iS ; on the capability of two acres of Lajid / MJntp ^ a wife and family ; with a desotiptWfe pf / 1 & € o ) mo >> villa and review of the condition W BW ^ wlw * on the People ' s First Estate . C * fSfl&'K

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      Tamrosaas . —Thomas Tsttenatl trill lectors in the Odd Fellowtf HalL on Sunday , January 2 nd , 1848 , on the present position of tbe people and their duties . The lecture to commence at bftlf-putsix o ' clock in the evening . YfaxroLDi—A . public tea-party will be held in the Clurtist-iooo , George and Crown Yard , onTuesday evening , December 28 ft . Tea on the table at five o ' clock , when Mr Tbmlinaou and others are expected to address the meeting . Wohcbtxb . —A public meeting will be held at tbe City Anas , on Monday next , at eight o'clock . OiDHiM . —On Sunday next , December 26 th , Mr Thomas Jones , of Liverpool , will lecture in the chool-room of the Working Man ' s Hall , at six o ' clock in tbe evening . IfBxxBiAZ . Gribt . —Mr William Dixon , of Manchester , will lecture at the Sir Walter Scott , opponte Northampton 4 breet , Cambridge-raad , onSnnda 7 t December 26 tb . at seven o ' clock .

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      December 25 , 1847 . niri 1 ~ " ' -TflFt MnfiTfl ^ fifj g ^ AR

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 25, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1450/page/5/