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      INDIA . Intelligence has been received from Calcutta to the Sih , Madras to the 13 th , and Bembay to the 15 ib December . The Governor-General quitted Lucknow on tbe 22 nd of Norember after five days spent in tke capital of Oude . At Calcutta EeTeral commercial firms have suspended paymeHt . The political hb * s is unimportant . CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . Erom the GbihaiTs Tows Jobbsal , Not . 20 : —

      BoiBIBLE DEATH OF SITU BRITISH OFFICEES—DBFEAT OP THE Ki ?/ IB 8 . WsDKtgDAT , Nov . 17 . —Information has reached town , from KaSrlaad of the death by the Kaffirs of fire British officers , namely—Capt . W . L . Y . "Baker . Lieut . Faunt , and Ensign Bnrnop , of the 78 rd Regiment , Dr N- S . Campbell , surgean of the corps , and Assistant-Surgeon Loch , of the 7 th Dragoon Guards . The unfortunate officers had ventured by themselves , and unarmed , on a pleasure jaunt , some distance frem the British camp . They appear to have been surprised , overwhelmed , and Bavagely mnrdered . Their bodies , when found , presented & frightful spectacle . Mr Barnop had three balls in his head ; Capt . Baker was stabbed and matilattd in several places ; poor Dr Campbell must have suffered greatly , the flesh being actually pared from his body ; the naked body of Lieut . Faunt had been apparently Sogeed with chains—their eyes had

      been scooped oat—their teeth extracted , and the head ? of sssistaHt-Bnrgeon Lech had been severed from the body and carried away . The latter , it is supposed , was dragged to some little distance from Ms companiens , to a smooth flat stone , and there feeheaded . All were stripped , and their reaaains left oh tb . p spots where they fell . The dead bodies of two Kaffirs lay at no great distance , killed , as it is assumed , by these officers , at the first moment of attack . A day or two subsequently a considerable force secured the country , and discovered a large oodjof Kaffirs , ffho , taongh tbey fought with great ¦ de termination , were driTen before their assailants . The resnlts of the engagement were , twenty-three KaSra killed , and as least double that number wousded , wHile the only casualties on the English ¦ side , was one of the Provisional killed , aad one fc » op horse . Upwards of 300 head ef cattle , and several guns , were captured from the Kaffirs , also 4 wo of the horses belonging to the deceased officers .

      FRANCE . Tha Naxiosal and some provincial democratic papers allude to the preparations in progress for placing the detached farts round Paris in a state to control the discontented of the metropolis . Cannon , howitzers , and mortars only are required ts complete them , and of these there is a redundance in ViHcenne 3 , so that the whole chain of forte could be armed on the first appearance of danger . A new repnblie&n paper , entitled L'Avasie Gasde , edited by ' the students , ' has appeared in the district of ' the schools '—the Pajs Lstin , Paris . On Friday the Chamber of Deputies was the scent ef a very stormy and agitating debate . caused by the exposure of one of those acts of corruption in the French < Jovernment which have acanired European note

      riety , under the name of scandales , but which within the last eighteen months , have become so common In Franee that they have ceased to be considered soveltie 3 . This last exposure was the celebrated 'Afaire Petit , ' which has been already explainedin these columns by our Paris correspondent . A rich scans was witnessed in the Chuabee . M . Guizot admitted the facts while he condemned them , and efiered ho justification for being party to a transaction which he himselfdeclared to be reprehensible in the highest degree , but that his predecessors did the same sort of thing . A whole host of ex-Ministers

      then , rose amidst mack confusion , to deny their participation in any shcq practises as M . Gnizot had acknowledged , during their tenure of office . M . Dupin , ] VI . Thiers , M . Dafaure , M . Billault , each in his turn expressed hi 3 abhorrence of such prac tice ? . Several motions were submitted ; ultimately IA . Perjamont'samendment was carried , That the Chamber , relying on tha wish expressed by the Go-Ternmenr , and on the efficacy of the measures to be taken to put an end to a long-standing and objectionable abuse , passes to the order of the day , ' Thu 3 tae ' satisfied majority" have again declared their determination to back up II . Guizot under all

      circumstances . The opposition to M . Guizot was hourly becoming more violent . The reform dinner in Paris , pro-Mbitfd fay fie police , -will , at all risks , take place aext Sunday .

      SPAIN . We team from Madrid , that in tbe sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on tbe 16 lb , instant , the application of fie ministry , for authority to collect the taxes for the fix months ending in June , was carried by a majority of 148 to 37 . The Queen is seriously ill . The itfluenra is rasins in the capital . DEATH OF THE KING OF DENMARK . Christian VIII , Kin ? of Denmark , and Duke of SehleswJg , Holstein , ? . nd Lanenbnrg-, died on tbe 19 th instant , at Copenhagen . King Christian VIII . ¦ was born on tbe 18 th Sent . 1786 , and succeeded to the thrnneon Dec . 3 , 1839 . He wasmarried in 1 S 06 , to the Princes * Charlotte Frederika of Mecklenburg Sohvserin , from whom he was divorced in 1812 ; and afterwards to the Princess Caroline of Schleswig-Eolstein-Sonderburg-Auenstenbnre .

      SWITZERLAND . Lettera from Berne haTe brought copies of two important documents . The first is the new note addressed by M . Bois le Gomts to the presidest of the Diet , dated Neufcbatel , tbe 18 th January , and the second is the reportof the Federal commissioners sent to the canton of the Valais , addressed to the Torort , and dated the 12 th January . The contents of the former present nothing new to those who have heard or read the late debate on the Swiss question in tne Chamber of Peers . The latter is a ,, document of a very important nature . The facts and documents which it disc ] o « es establish , beyond the

      possibility of doubt , the efforts made by the French go-Ternment to protract the civil war in Switzerland by the most lavish promises of aid and intervention made to the insurgent cantons . It is proved that , about ftsend of November , M . Guizot sent an agent to the president of the council of war of the Sonderbund to urge on that body the importance of maintaining the struggle , on the part of the separate league , as long as possible , and promising in that case tbe support of the great powers . M . Guizot neglected Lotting which was likely to ferment the ievelt of the Catholic cantons agaiBst the Federal government .

      The governments of Austria , Prussia , and France , hare agreed upon a new note menacing tke Swiss with intervention . The Jesuits are pursued unrelentingly everywhere . Orders have been issued by the gsvernment of Bavaria to forbid those driven out of Switzerland to remain more than two or three days in that kingdom .

      GERMANY . V ' kska , January 17 th . —The ominous situation of Italy exclusively eccupies the public mind at this moment . The upper aristocracy , the eminent offi cers of the army , as well as the persons attached to the Chancery of State , have their attention fixed on that dareerous eeuntry , which in all probability will icfiict the first blow on this old monarchy , menaced already on every side by the increasing discontent ol its provinces at its perseverance in a system of immobility and hatred for modern reforms . The Supreme Council of State met six times during the last week , a fact which is held to indicate serious apprehensions on the part of our rulers . I learned from an UEOuestionable source that the debates in the

      last sittings were more animated than ever , and that Prince Metternich , whose calm countenance seldom betrays sh emotion , re-entered his apartments in a state of great agitation . For the first time he experieEci d some opposition in the Council of State . Hi 3 accursed despotism is tottering to its fall .

      ITALY . Letters from Milan of January 9 : h have at length brought some definite information respecting the atrocious proceedings of the Austrian police and soldiery on the 3 rd and 4 th . The atrocities committed by the Austrians were frightful . The use of tobacco haa been tetally abandoned throughout Lombardy and the Venetian territories . The revenue produced by the sale of tobacco produced in 1 SI 3 in Lombardy alone 6 , 725 , 832 Austrian livres , equivalent to about a quarter of a million iterling . The lotteries , which have also been abandoned by the people , produced in the game vear 8 , 200 05 G livres , or about £ 270 , 000 .

      A letter from Rome of the loth instant , announces that the massacre committed at Milan by the Auskians had created a deep sensation in Rome . Another letter from the same capital says : —' The ci ^ ar revolution at Milan has created the deepest sensation here . At the various guardhouses it was resolved at once tojexercise the' right to petition parliament , and accordingly to-day that deliberative assembly has been bombarded with constitutional addresses ieto&ni ' tBg a . further supply oFarms , stores of ammunition , and 'that officers of old standing from the service of Piedmont shenld be forthwith invited down here to urse forward the drill and manceavre . ' Also , that an additional park of artillery snould be ordered from the foundry of Tarin . They have all sworn tbat the Austrians shall not reach Naples by thi 3 route , whether government allow them or othervise . Accounts from Florence represent the excitement there as qaite equal to our own .

      It wis an ill-advised step for the expelled Swiss Jesuits tehave fled straight to Vienna and placed themselves under the mantle of old Metternich- j Nothing wiil ever get it out of the head of the Ro « j ra ^ s and Italians generally tbat they are beceme the j mere tools cf that soul-and-body-rotting despotism , j They have got themselves too deeply entangled with ; taa exploded system of misrule to hope for extrication , acd the Tablet correspondent ( Lorxi Clifford ) u only watting paper here by seeking to disj-arafie tiio DLward movement of this peninsula and of Rome . ] His letter published on New Year ' s Day , in which be ; s-iands up fur tbe ' Obscurantist party , ' was read here wi » t > " 3 ' ! njprriment ; an old wig can never plsg

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      np the arches of Fonto Molle , orstay tha down-rushing Tiber . INSURRECTION IN SICILY . The catastrophe which has been so long foreboded in Sicily , by numerous prognostics , has at length taken plaoe . The islaad has risen , as one man . in revolt against the grinding despotism of King Ferdinand . The NopvEiiisiz ot Marseille ? , of the 20 th inst ., publishes in a supplement tha following letter from Naples , dated the 15 th inst . : — As early aithe 8 th inst ,, the Sicilians baa acquired the conviction that nothing would be done to relieve them ef their burdene , but the period fixad npon them for a demonstration , vis ., the 12 th iust ,, was not anticipated . As the movement w&s to be spontaneous , erery men held himself ready for action , waiting for the signal from Palermo . Without knowiag precisely the natara

      aod extent of tha manifestations , tha , police foresaw the avent 9 by tbe calm and decided attitude of the population , and irritated it tbe more if possible by effecting on tha night of the 9 th isst . the arrest of some of the first per . seas in Palermo . Amongst tha persona arrested the following are mentioned : —Prince FiorenzB , the Chanosllor Amari and hi » brothers , Francis Ferrari , and twenty others , all equally respectable . Count Aceto had been denounced , bat when the polios wont to bi * house te arrest him they found the doors barricaded , and they began to bcBiese the hsuBe , tht fint floor of which is occupied by the Eagllsh Consul . In the course of their proceed . in ? s the arms of England got detached , and , falling upon the ground , were broksn to piece * . The police , dread , ing the iaterventloa of the representative of England ,

      withdrew , amidst the hootinge of tho populace ; U . Aceto mi thuB saved , and tha Consul Bsnt off a communication ef the insnlt which his flag had received to the British Ambassador at Naples , who has demanded prompt repar . atlon . Manifestoes were secretly seat off frem Falemo in all directions of the island . " Erer * thing hsd been providea for , and tho part which , each was to take had been arranged . In the morning of the 12 th , en hearing the salroBof artillery annottncla . ' the anniversary of the King * * birthday , tb » population spread in masses tliroogh the eitj , and bisrieedet «* r 4 formed al several points , tmder the protection of ermed men . The police totally gave way before this imposing movement ; a part of tha troops marched ont of the torrn , and took up a position at the foot of the Monte Fellfgrino , tho rest remaining is the forU . All remained iu this state until eleTen o ' clock ,

      but a few ruinates after that hour a strong detachment of cavalrj debouched bj tha gate of St Antonio , to disperse an assemblage collected in front of the palace of the Intendant . The . earalry were hailed with cries of friendship asd fraternity , but they fired , and killed oae man , wounding many others , whose cries of pain were re-echoed bj load cries of vengeaace from the infuriated people , who rushed upon the detachment , brought many to the ground , aad compelled the rest to sound a retreat . The attitude of tha populace became so menacing that the few troops leftist the citj retired leaving the insurgents masters of it , who occupied themselves in strengthening their pssitions . One remarkable fact attended this insurrection , and proves the ancord which reigns between all the classes of the people . The clergy

      mingled themselves among the armed parties incessantly preaching to them sentiments of patriotism . At nigbl the city was entirely illuminated , and fires were lighted on tbe tops ef all tha surrounding eminences . Some hours later , between 7 , 000 and 8 , 009 mountaineers , well armed , entered Palermo in geod order . The Vesnve returned to Naples at five in tbe afternoon of the 18 tb , with despatches from tbe King ' s Lieutenant . On tho following day troops arrived bj the railroad from Capua and Eocera to the amount ef 8 , 000 men , and were embarked in ninesteam . frj fa tes , which immediaulj steered for Sicily . Placards posted during the night , at every corner , called upon the Keapolitans , ia energetic terms .

      to imitate the Sicilians . The rising of the paople of Trapini has notbeeB less decisive that that of Palermo ; they hare repelled the Bojal . Troops , and gained possession of the Castle . The paefcet Giglio del Onde , which w& 3 in the port , has been seised by the insurgents , end det » ined for their own purposes . At Uessina the people appear to have had the same advantages . Tha forts which surround the town are in their hands . The troops occupy tha citadel . Catania , Syracuse , and He ^ ai za hsre not been less fortunate , Ererjwhere success has crowned tbe efforts of the insurgents . It is reported , also , that there is an insurrection in the Abruzzi ana Poelia . but this requires confirmation .

      The Semaphore ef Marseilles baa the following from Naples dated the 14 th : — The YesuTe steam-packet , which left Palermo yesterday , brings accounts of a general insurrection , on the 12 tb , in all the principal towns of Sicily . At Palermo the exasperation was so great that ladies ttrew from their windows toiling water and furnitnre upon the dragoons who were charging upen the people . 30 , 800 citizens of Palermo , all armed , drove the troops out of tbe town , after having caused them great losses . The troops succeeded in reactring Monte-Reale . We are

      assured tfeat ths infantry of the line would not take part in the combat . Tbe King of Naples , on receiving toig news , was Be much agitated that immediate bleeding was necessary ; but in the eveniDg he sent off 5 , 000 soldiers of the line in nine steamers for Sicily . On the 12 tb , tbe King ' s / « S « -day , biB Majesty went to tbe tbeatro of San Carlos , where some applause having been com . menced by tbe friends of the Court it was responded to by hisses from tfee boxes snd pit . Another ' letter Btatss that at Messina the tri-coioured flag was heisted , and the people , afcir their victory rgaaised a civic guard .

      POLAND . Warsaw , Jan . 13 . —The principal events of tha day consist in the raising of the recruit ? , which took place at the end of last month , in the midst of frightful scene 3 . Ths recruitment took p lace during the night , and to possess themselves of tha persons destined for the Russian service , the hoQBes were surrounefcu : tbe bridegroom , the husband , were dragged from their beds , without aiiy regard , to become soldiers for twenty years . Any one that wished to escape from the recruitment could only have receurse to emigration , for if he remained in his own country he was exposed te the greatest dangers .

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      FRENCH VIEWS OF CHARTISM . { From tke Atelier , a Paris journal conducted hy Working lien . ) The English Democratic agitation again occupies public thought , and assumes more than its original importance on the other side of the Channel . The Chartists ( unlike the Free-traders ) do not concern themselves with the export of a few additional pieces of cotton , or tons of iron ; their aim ia to ascertain whether tbe English people , oppressed for centuries by an JB 9 atiable aristocracy , will be able to free themselves from the state of misery and degradation to which their masters have condemned them . It is to obtain this result that the Chartista have farmed that vast association , whicbaims at obtaining all those ameliorations , all these rights , all that freedom , proclaimed sixty years ago by the French

      nation . Petition ! , signed by many millions of persona , have already been presented to Parliament ; but hitherto the government would not entertain them . The aristocracy of rank and wealth have oppesed all improvement in the social condition of the people , But far from being discouraged , the Chartist party have increased alike in nnmhersand in weight , and anxious to try all conciliatory means before appealing to force , continue to demand a constitution , a charter , which giving to all the adult population tbe right of suffrage , shall be the first grand step in the march of social reform . . . .

      Thanks to the power of Union , they have constant meetings ia all important places . They have an executive committee , an official journal ( the Northers Stab ) , lecturers who traverse the length and breadth of the land , popular orators whose eloquence convinces all . minds of the eternal justice of their principles , and even representatives in the Commons House of Parliament . To ameliorate the present condition of the people , and to pave the way for their admission to social and political rights , the Land Company has been estath

      blished . None can doubt that tho Chartists , us made proprietors of a pait of tho Boil , will be in a position to carry out all the reforms they may desire . Thia conviction animates the Chartists themselves , who have just addressed to the Commons two petitions ,, praying for the exemption of the transactions of the Company from the oppression of the Btamp dutie ? , and the materials from the heavy taxes imposed on such articles—the other , praying that the waste lands , the property of the public , and hitherto disposed ot in bulk to large landholders , should bi sold in small fields , with facility of payment , to

      the poor . Thus the Chartists neglect nothing that can forward their grand hlti : —the Emancipation of the People , and they have 1 ecome a body whose power must be respected by the old parties of the state . That which give 3 so much strength and power to their association is , not only that their demands are founded on truth and justice , but that they have learnt practically to apply the old maxim , ' Help yourself , and heaven will help you . ' ' ( The notice of the Chartists winds up with a long extract from a speech of Julian Ilaraey on the Churcb , tho House of Commons , &c , the Queen's speech , < fcc . ) " ¦ " ¦* . _ , The Kefohme of tbe 19 th of January , gives long extracts from tbe speeches of Julian Harney and Erae&t Jones at a recent meeting , prefacing their quotations by these remarks :-

      _ tx __ . , _ ' We have already drawn the attention of our readers to the Chartist agitation . Up to the present time the Reforme is the only French journal which has noticed this vast organisation , whose moral as well as numerical force increases daily ; and which mast in a certain period , overturn the monstrous edifice of the Englieh oligarchy . ' Today we publish the speeches of two ot tne leading Chartist orators ; in reading them , we learn to what a point of excitement and irritation the masses have arrived . We shall understand , too the feeling of discouragement wbieh induced Sir Robert Peel to resign the premiership , . notwithstanding he had attempted more measures for the reliet ol the labouring chi&ses thaa any other man or administration would have darei >

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      NORTH LANCA 8 HIBB . CHEAP BREAD I HIGH WAGES ! AND K . ENTT TO DOS ' Sic , —A camp meeting wag held on Sunday week , near Blackburn , the object of which was to Bhow the strong foeliBg which existed on tho preBtnt threatened reduction In the wages of the mill operatives . The spinners aad wearers are to be reduced ten per cent ., and the card-room hsndt seven and a balf per sent . A month ' s notice has bsen given to the hands in Black , burn , bat to those of Lower and Orer Darwen only a fortnight . The notice for the two latter places exp ired on Friday , January Slat , and at Blackburn a fortnight

      after that date . The notices of reduction were all given at one time ; thus proving that the milloweers acted in concert . The numbers attending the meeting were variously estimated at from five to ten thousand , and when a ( how . of bands mas called for , on the question as to how many would prefer to strike work rather than accept the manufacturers'terms , nearly every baBd in the vast assembly appeared to rise . Two gentlemen , from Manchester ^ bad been named on the bHls convening tbe meeting , as speakers , but owiag to « oms cause or othar failed to attend , asd tbat duty , in consequence , develrcd apoa Mr Win . Beosley , and myself ; Daniel Duckworth presiding as chairman .

      The ynarers will sot bo sble , wbea this reduction COHiea Ihto Operation , along with tho ttn hours enactment , to earn more thane gut sailings per week ; with the cars-room hands the case will ba similar , and with tha spinners it will also mako a most grievous alteration . The latter branch of operatives bave struggled bsrd for years to maintain their weges , ao ftsr oa the wefKlv amount wai concerned . Amidst all the redactions effected in the mills they have preserved , to a wonderful degree , that amount ; and yet there is not a class of workmen , neither in the mills nor oat , nhoge case presents , at this moment , a more gloomy aspeet . The increased breadth of tba wheel * , and tbe self-acting mochiaai , have rendered their employment precarious and uncertain . If a spinner is forty years of age , and should happen from any cauie to b « discharged , it ie a hundred to one if ho ever gets work again . What manufacturer will employ a man whom he knows is incapable owing to bis age , from being able to manifest the necessary

      activity ; at least , if bis appearance bespeaks tbat age the mlllowner will invariably prefer employing a younger person . It ia to this class ef operatives that we are principally indebted for tbe suocess of the ten hours bill , The manufacturers are silently seeking to effect a repeal of the measure and you will be apt to think that with tbe dark praspect before tbe workmen , of having to work for leas wag « g , they mil belikelj to acquiesce . You are , however , mistaken ; tbe feeling in its favour is stronger than ever , and tbefollovriog resolution was carried with acclamation at tha above meeting : — 'That having teen the termination of a strangle of more than twenty years' duration , attended with the expenditure of many thousands of pounds , to procure the enactment of a ten hoars bill , this meeting pledges itself never to allow that act to be quietly repealed , or any of its provisions evaded , whilst one penny can bs raised iu its suppert , or one man be found who has the courage or humanity publicly to defend it . ' ElCHAED 1 IAB 8 DXH .

      N . B . —Tha annexed handbill haa been extensively circulated in Blackburn , and its vicinity : — Cbuel Attempt to Riduck the Pbice of Lasodb . — Cabp-RoomHandsSiveh * nd a Hair ; Spinmebs ahd ¦ We 4 ve * s tek tin Cekx . —Milwwkkm . You have agreed to take £ 300 per week from tbe we&vera in Blackburn alone 1 when will yon show the same unanimity to advance an « qual sum ? This is not the first reduction : do you intend it to be the last t Why not meet to fit a limit to reduction , and let us know the worst ? What is the cause , or wherein will be the advantage to younelves , any more than to your workmen ! Cotton has latterly reduced greatly in price ; tbedepression ia trade appears at its lowest ebb ; and shows symptoms of again rising . Does tke merchant refuse

      to give more than a certain sum , thus rendering tbe present reduction accessary 1 Show but tbe same unanimity which you how evince te effect this reduction in refusing to sell , and the merchant will soon fee compelled to give way . Do you tell us tbat he will tben supply himself with goods from otfeer towns where the mnnu . facturers are already pas ing more than you are ? Have you any security tbat when you have reduced these other towns will not make a still further reduetion 1 Aphton and its vicinity reduced , pleading tbe low wages of North Lancashire in justification of tbeir reduction , Wnen we in North LaBC 86 hira have also reduced , must Asbton again follow S To what result will this accars ' ed ' round robin ' system , tend ? To what fright ' ul region will this villanous competition tend ?

      Do not , gentlemen , inanlt our understandings , oy telling us that foreign competition requires this sacrifice of our wages . You knew of thiB foriign rivalry before the Corn Laws were repealed , did you therefore calculate beforehand of making this reduction ? If so , first see that we have the cheap bread jou promised us ; htthe tax on tea and etfoe bs reduced , and kt tbe rents of our cottages bo lowered in proportion to the decreaBB in our wages . We call on the Rev . Francis Skinner to verify this promise ef cheap bread . He assured a deputation of ours tbat we should have high wages too if we could but obtain thU repeal . The repeal has been obtained ; as yet we bave got no cheap bread , surely then we may at least hope to retain our preseut wages .

      Gentlemen , do not flatter yourselves wkh the belief that the fundholder , the salaried official , those in tbe receipt of fixed incomeB , or even you yourselves can continue to receive tbe same yearly amount in money value whilst our wages are ever on the decline . Cottages and all other buildings cau he erected at twenty per oeut . leu than they could have been twenty-five years ago . Silks , satins , and all other articles of wearing apparel , can be had at a little more than half the price , and yet , though oar wages have been reduced in eqaal proportion , and our employment , owing to jour multiplied inventions , far more irregular and uncertain ; taxes on all the first necessaries of life remain nearly tbe same , and the rental of our cottages hath increased rather than diminished , whilst land in tbe vicinity of our towns is greatly

      enhanced in value , and you , the mauuf aoturers , cannot bear tbe thought of having to receive a less per centage upon your capital . This , gentlemen , will not do . You must sfeow to the world that it you can expect us to make sacrifices , you can willingly share those sacrifice * with us . Let Sir Wm . Fielden , whohas also proposed alike reduction to his hands , amounting to mora than one shilling per week , from the earnings of his long unemployed and famishing weavern , reduce the rental of hia cottages at Iea 3 t sixpence per week , -By so doing , he will take off nearly half the burden which the reduction entails from tne backs of tbe weakest , and place himself thereby so much the more nearly on a level with those manufacturers who hava bo cottages to let In like manner to their hands . He will still poRSCBS a faarful ad \ antage over these other ? , but we bave this consolation to offer , that

      we believe Sir Wm . Fielden would prefer devoting hi » surplus wealth to the acquisition of a nobler title , rather than use it for the mean purpose of underselling his brother manufacturers . The only Eacrifice which we require from thesa latter manufacturers is , that they will content themselves with a less per centage . We appeal to the public , and ask if there is anything unreasonable in our request ! If , like the swine , we must feed upcu husks—the mere refuse , the garbage , denied even the plain necessaries of life—surely we may r . quire that those in whose behalf we labour should give up their superfluities . Let them descend from their mansions to a plain humble dwelling : and their wives attend ( as is a mother's duty ) , their own households , no longer requiring the daughters of the poor to become tlieir slaves , n itb the fair prospect before them of being made prostitutes of by tkeir profligate sons .

      Manufacturers , we are loth to believe that you are serious in this reduction . It must be a hoax , or a mere trial of our worth as men ; for we should deem ourselves the veriest slaves , unworthy to rank in intelligence with the weakest of the Negro tribes , were we to even dream of submitting to your proposed reduction fcr a moment Do not imagina tbat you have sufficiency tamed ub for it , by the last t > ix months' discipline which you have given us . You have only taught us , we assure you , the better to resist , by learning through the kindness of the overseer to live on water gruel end air . A little more patient endurance is all the force we think requisite to conquer . Believe m , if you like , to be stupid as asses , but pro-Tided we have to endure so additional cudgelling we shall never think of kicking . Do not , however , stekas has beeen done heretofore , to trepan ua into crime with tbe view of punishing , for remember we make no promises .

      We arf » , Gcntlsmen , yours most respectfully , The amalgamated bodies ( thanks to your pretent insane attempts to redueeus ) of Caepeb ? , Spinneks , and Weavies .

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      MUTUAL INSTRUCTION . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOETHEBN STAB . Sib , —I am instructed by the committee ofthe'Detrosirr Mutual Instruction and Debating Society , ' to solicit a spare corner of your invaluable journal , in giving publicity to the folio if ing notice , illustrative at the objects and intention of this society . The DatroBier Debating Club has been called into existence , foi * the eSprtea purpose of enabling the workin ; classes to acquire a sound knowledge of all tSat appertains to their welfare in political or social science , and will not flinch from tho discussion of all and every of those great political and social questions as they arise beforo them ; being fully persuaded that to dUpel that slavish fear , which deters tbe great body of the working men from taking asy part in politics , and the social relation of society , they will have achieved something worthy of all the toll which it may csst them in their efforts to realise BBch objects .

      The members whohavu been instrumental in bringing into being this society in Newcastle-upon-Tvne , beg to state that from raadinj ? an article in the Nohthebn Stab on tbe meeting ot the recent short session ef Parliament , and observing the ? ° neral apathy , even at tbe late election far members of Pailiamentfor this borough , among the working men , fondly hope that this society will meet with such Bupport , as to place this town second tonone in public spirit , at any future election for represen tative * to the Commons House of Parliament . Already there have been rtiscusafons on the Irish Coercion Bill , and tke Stale of the Currency , as regards the welfare of the working classes , and other questions of a similar character will follow in SHCCBgion . The committee beg to stute that any parties desiring more Information on the above subject , will have all their inquiries answered by application to M , Juda , sign of tha Cock , Newcastle , where the society mett every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock . A grammar class 13 being farmed , and will meet in the same place . Yours , &c , for T . Stoker , the secretary , M . Jdde .

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      THE HEW LAND COMPANY .

      JIb Editor , —Tue Warwick reoolution having achieved its object in awake'iins ; the attention of our intellectual friends , to the importance of our Land Company maintaining ' the glorious privihge of being independent' and free from tho trammels of an irresponsible Rovetnment , I deem it unnecessary to combat Mr Robertson's mistaken vienrn at present , but I must , by permission , offer a few brief remarks oh another subject ef paramount importance . I deeply regret that our good friends In Birmingham and Manchester bave arrived at the hast ; conclusion , te oppose the formation of aNeirLand Company , under the auspices of the Chartists of England , because the Buceess of the first undertaking demonstrates the fact , that the working classes ,

      from thtir numerical strength , possess within themselves a mine of wealth , which only require * a confidential , skilful engineer , like Mr O'Connor , for its developement , and to accomplish tbe most stupendous beneficial resultF . The opening of ouo vein of this unexplored mine . haB shed a brilliant Rleam of ligt . t and hopo over the gloomy prospects of millions of the toiling slaves of capital , and if through aUy fltlfish motivss the Chartist proprietors close this vein and refuse to open another , they will not only lose the benefit of the valuable machinery now in operation , but they will o pen tbn door , and hold a light to some 'hostile speculators , ' who will gladly stise our standard if we desert our post , and befare whom the Chartist party , in a sbort time will Bhrlnk

      into comparat ive insignificance , instiad of maintainin ( 5 their present glorious position , as ' the national pioneers of social progression . ' But , Sir , I huve better hopes of our respected brother Chartists I trust that on mature reflection tiny will rescind their hasty resolutionstheir present views appear selfish and untenable . There is ample talent yet in our ranks to supply a New Executive Committee for a New Company , With Mr 0 'Cnnnor as generalissimo of our allied army , we con easilj provide for all contingencies , and secure to the Chartists of England , the honour and glory of emancipating the working classcp . I remain , yours faithfully , 11 . A . Domivsdti . Warwick , Jan . 21 st . 1848 .

      MB FIELDS AND THE LAND COMPANY . [ In gtvinu publicity to the following letter , we must hint to Mr Fields that bad he been attacked in his favourite paper , the Weekly Dispatch , bo would not have been permitted to defend hiumelt in the columns of that impartial journal . The only liberty we have taken nitbMr Field's letter , has been t > tipunpe a gross in . Bult directed against Dt M'Dot ; a ! l , and some libellous master in reference to another person . Mr Fields , who is very sensitive as regards his own character , should be cautious how he a < anils otfcar people ] * O 1 HB EDITOR ( T THE POBTHEBN STAB . Sib , —As you allowed one ofyouv anonymous corrc . spondents in the Nobtiiebk Stab of the 8 th inst ,, to make a most base and false attack on my character , I , in juatlce , motet through the same medium , to reply to the same .

      I do not forget attending two lectures delivered by Dr M'Douall entbeLmd Company at Crewe—tho first , I believe , on the 29 th of November last , when I ( after leave bad been given me ) atked the doctor two or three questions , stating at the same time , that I was a paid up four-acre ahareholdt r ef the Land Company , when the doctor stopped me by asking me if I was dissatisfied . I said ' Yob '—when he said ' Did I want my money back V Thinking this a very unfair question ( as he was like to know that he bad not the powtr to give me my money , and that I had not tho power to sell my scrip , as there

      had been very recent orders that there could be no trans fur of shares until tho Company was completoly registered , and that Mr O'Connor * vould he allowed to return any money to ary one ) , I said ' I did want my money . ' He ( tho doctor ) then Baid , 'Had I my scrip ? " I said 1 . ' When tho doctor said fov the first time , that he was obliged te go to Chester that night , but ho would meet me ou the 2 lat of . December , and diecoaa ibe paint witli me until twelve o ' clock at night , I met the doctor on the 2 lst , when , instead of discussing , be mot me with nil kinds of abu 6 e , and allowed a person in the meetiDg to read a letter i » jaid ha had received from Manchester ,

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      efcarging me with having bosn a a rural policeman in tht soHtn , and killing two or three men with my truncheon ; with engaging myself to employ knobsticks at MancheBt . r , London , and Ayr ( in Scotland ) , anti that a vote of censure was passed on me by a meeting of 2 , 000 members of th « Land Company , for tny conduct as a member . As regards ever doing a day ' s duty as a rural policeman in any part of the kingdom , I po < itiv 8 ly deny it . As regards employing knobsticks at Manchester , I refery jur correspondent to the Sheemukers' Club there , and they will ttW biua that hbiote I ever pub on a man , I went to tbe president ef the club , and asked him to suppl y me with men from the club , telling him tbat I should give the elub wages , aad conform to all their rules . And they will tell him that I strictly kept my word . I did the same in London ; for tbe truth of which I refer

      jour sorrespondent to Mr Groanslade , who was the president of Hie City Shoemakers' Club at the time , and who it as good a Chartist , and as good a flint as any man in the kingdom—and for whose addrass 1 refer your corresponded to an address of a committee of tho London shoemakers in tbe Noetiiehn Stab of the 9 nc ! Inst . As regards the town of Ayr , th « re was no club wben I went , and thejourhey men shoemakers were in as complete a stato of Blavery as it is possible to conceive . I gave twopence per pair more than any shop in the town , which so altorsd the position of the men , tb&t in less than ttv-. 'lre montfaa after I went , they formed a club—lent in 5 list of wages to every matter in tbe town ( except

      myself ) , giving tbe men four pence per pair advance . A strike took place . The masters for the first time acknowledged me as one of them ; invited me to their meeting ; proffered to enter into a band of £ 100 . each to stand out , and break up the uew club , making the men sign a document te that effect . 1 rofused to have anything to do with them , and took the men into my employ that left the Other abop 3 on strike , and in ten days the men beat the mugtevB—Indten , U whb the eoropleteit victory in the annals of trades' strikes . I went to their meetings—gave them the advance wages for which they had struck attainit the other Shops , to be twopence in advance of my sbe > p . For tbe truth of which I refer jour correspondent to the shoemakera' ofub at Ajr ,

      Ano now , sir , leaving all Billingflgatfl slang to your correspondent , \ think that however much 1 may aspire to be a fool , all reasonable men will admit that bo has made himself look very foolish . I hare restud nothing on my own assertion except being a polieoman . 1 have given him name " , dates , and places , and they are all the moit unlikely men in the world to screen me if I had been the least guilty of the crime * be charges me with . I shall conclude my long latter by recommending the working men of Crewe , and all other men , to meet their opponents with urguments rather than abuse ; for , until thoy do , they remain , in the gripe of the tyrant , for no man has a right to justice tbat will not grant justice to another . Natitwieh , January 11 , 1848 , Jqhh Fkidb .

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      I © THE XOITOB OP THE WBEKII DISPATCH . Sib , —In looking ovi-r your journal of tbe 2 nd inst ., I perooive that you have published a portion ot a communication from a person named John Fields , who is at present residing at Nantivich in Cheshire , and who stjles himself ' One who has been-victimised to the tune of £ & ., by being a member of the National Land Scheme ; ' and you , Mr Editor , afterwards made a few rtmarks in your own peculiar ( and I may say ) remarkably fine style . Now , nlr , I think that before you passed any such remsrks on Fields' statement , y « u should first have ascertained that his statement was correct , and consistent with truth . And in this respect I am of opinion that , enemy as you are te tbe whole scheme ( or rathtr to P . O'Connor ) , jou would find that ha has completely imposed ou you ia tho present instance ; as a proof of whieh , I shall give you a fiw facts : —Oa the 39 tn of November , 1847 , a meeting was held in Crewe to hear Dr M'Douall lecture on the object ? cf the Land Company , This same Fields at

      tended this meeting , and after the dector had delivered his lecture , ' Fields addret 9 ed the meeting at considerable length , his object being to show that although he was a member , be had no confidence-in the proseat Land Flan , as laid down by F . O ' Connor , and on this occasion he was very anxious to withdraw his tharei . Again , on the 21 st of December , another public meeting was held in the same place , and Fields also addressed the meeting , hla object tiling the same a > on the previous Qccaaien , But , sir , you may judge of our astonishment wlion be was pressed oa tbe matter , he confessed that bo would not part with his Bhares for a less sum than 104 , premium . This , sir , In my opinion , is a splendid idea ot a victim ( nnd want of confidence . ) But to mend the mattir , he gave the meeting to understand that be would not part with hia shares on any account , or if he did , he would » K&in take oat other shares . Tbis .-tatement was made in uanseciuenoa of a per son present offering him fivo per cent , more for his shares than ha had paid for them .

      So that you see , 11 r Editor , want of confidence has conpelled him still to remain a member . With regard to his statement respecting tho price of land ( not being a member of the Land Company ) I ennnot take it upon me to answer , but no doubt other parties are well qualified to do so . But , sir , taking it for granted ( for the sake of argument ) that the Company has been ' robbed' by Mr F . O'Connor , to the amount of £ 5 , 000 , according to his own showing when in Creive , he could not be victimised £ 5 , as hoBtnte ? , seeing tbat there are 50 , 000 shareholders . Why , sir , in that cane his chare of the loss would be 2 s , in plaee of £ 5 . as he represents . In conclusion , sir , I can assure you that no respectable journeyman shoemaker in either Nantwich or Manchester ( so far as I can learn ) would pay the least attentioo to anythiHg he might state , So much for the' want of confidence gentleman . ' Sincerely trusting that John Fields will in future victimise 1 ms over the poor Ion paid shoemakers , tbat he has the misfortune to be placed ovir ,

      I remain , sir yours reBprctfully , WatiAU Alum . TO THE EDITOR OF THB NORTHERN STAR . Sib —I forwarded the copy of the above letter to the Dispatch , but tbe editor haa not thought proper to publish it , Bjr publishing it in tbo Northern Stab jou trill oblige , ' Youra respectfull y , TV . A . P . S . —Br M'Douall can corroborate the above letter as being nothing but the truth .

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      Sir , the word United Irishman' has ? charm f or mn unknown to many others . : The principles of the 'United Iriabmtn' hare beep mg principle * from my infancy ; they arejny principle nUl , aud with Ood ' d help , shall abide with me to the . ' asttroraent of ray existence . For many years , my fondest hope and most ardent wish bas been to play a humble p >> rt in anrnhintf that power which crushes greedily , wilfully , and withont raircy , the heart ' s blood out of the people of Ireland , aud on i a ruina to establish those principles , f < r aasert . tins which the men whose memories are eca ' irinod ia my inmost heart , bave been butchered or biniihod . i Holding thoso opinions , nnd knowiBg as I do , tbat tb © bloorl-hounds of the government are already npon his track , I would hold myself tha veriest coward that tv * Hred , if I did not at one ? , < rttn all my heart and all my soul , roar 'Amen' to the principled put forward by Joha Mitchel in his prospectus of the ' United Irishman

      WishiDff , sincerely , that there txiatod in tbis country , now on the part of the Democracy , as honest a disposition to stand by Ireland ' s cause as existed in the daya of Arthur O'Connor and the Rev . J Crigley , I remain , faithfully yours ,, Thom 4 s Dais . Mechanics' Institution , Southampton , buildings , Jaouury Hi , 1818 .

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      AN ORDERLY AND RESPECTABLE MEETING . It ia not unusual for tbe snobs of the press to ridicule the meetings of the working classes and attempt to show them up as characterised hy vulgarity—tha following , taken from the report of the Times of the vvoeeedinea of a meeting of the governor ? of tlio German Hospital , Dalston , held at the Londoa Tavern , and at which His Royal Highness the Dake of Cambridge presided , will show how the respectabte classes conduct themselves upon such occasions . Tho immediate cause of dispute was a motion for tie confirmation of the minutes of the previous meeting ; , retaining Dr Freund in his position of house physician , to which the House Committee were opposed : A warm nnd desultory discussion followed . The Rev . *'

      L . J , Behiuts contended tbat Dr Freund had receives great provocation , aud that , by some strauge fatality , almost every one connected with the management ot ths hospital had , at one time or other , lost his tamper It was clear en&ugh that Ihe ill-feeling was such- that either Dr Freund or tbe committee must resign , but tDO question was which party could best bear to do so , a foreigner who bad bis way to make , or a body of rick men 1 On the other hand , Mr KtrtK remarked that twenty . one members of the committee , out of twentythree , agreed upon Br Treund ' s conduct ; if he had es . pressed his regret for using the word 'lie , ' or withdraws it , they would have thought no more of it , but even since the report of the committee of inquiry , he had merely substituted for that word tbe tirm ' false '

      Hr Alderman Sidney . M . P ., denied the right of that Special Court to rescind any part of the proceedings ol a previoas Special Court , though it Hlight be competent to the present meeting to correct any error made ia recording the proceedings of tbe former . As to this particular institution , the seventh of its laws ran . — 'At Special General Courts the particular business only tea which they have been cnllf d is to he entered into . ' Dr Fbidnd observed tbat lu consequence of the tOTQB of tbo advertisement he did not consider that he had anyoccasioa U come to the meeting at all , as' the resignation of tho House Committee' was not a matter concerning himself . If the committee wanted to resets ! the former resolution they ought to have stated fo in t&a advertisement , and tben be should have prepared himself accordingly .

      His Royal Highness tha Chairman . —It is an unpleasant thing to have to decide between you . but I understan * the course at other meoiimjs is to read the minutes , and therefore I must put the question of confirmation to ths vote . Mr Alderman Sidney . —But will your Rojal Highness receive an ataenovn'nl upen . those minutes \ Mr CabbelIi , —No ; Mr Cochrane ' a amendment 13 not admitted . Mr Alderman Sidney . —But there is an amendment to the question that the proceedings be onfinu'd , Ht Sieveking's motion te expunge part of the minutes ia an amendment , and I ? ay it cannot be entertained .

      Hii Royal Highness the Chaibjjan . —Tou may call ft an amendment , but it is not go as put into my hands ; it iR that the minutes just read be conSrmrd , with a certain exception , Mr Cadbell . — It is the original motion . Mr Alderman Sidney . —But it will garbla ths proceedings of the former meeting —( cries of' Ob , ' and' chair ' , ) —if you allow an amendment to be made—MrCABBEMi , —There is ne amendtnentbeforethechair .. Mr Alderman Sidney . —The minutes of a former meeting requird neither proposer nor seconder . (' Chair , chair . ' ) His Royal Highness the Chairman . — As chairmen I fcavc done what I believed to be my duty , and decided the point according to the best of my judgment , and therefore , it is now over ; you cannot say any more about it . ( Hear , hear ) Mr Alderman Sidnet I can be no party to thia . and I protest against your Royal Flignnesfl being made toe tool of any party , ( Great confusion . )

      His Roynl Highness the Cbaibmaw ( with much warmth ) . —I tell the alderman to his faco that I should be ashamed if I could really be supposed capable of being the tool of any party . ( Cheers nnd up > oir . ) I defy any man to Bay that I have net nltvnys tried , at all public meetings , to act with ju 3 tioe to all parties , ( Much cheering . ) I was obliged , as the president , to decide , and I bave done it according to my conviction . I de ^ any man to say that I have not ever tried to fttt with , fairness where I bave presided ( renewed cheering ) , » ad no maa ought to suspect that I could do such a shabfry thing aB to bo the tool of a party . ( Great cheering . ) \ V « must now go to the vote . Ills Roy . it . HiaitNEsa then directed that thnso who were against Mr Sievikind ' s . motion should go into tbo next ro ^ m in order to be counted as they went out . While this was being done .

      Mr Alderman Sidnejt , wh 9 declined to go out , ro »« and said—I must aeain suj that I de not understand—( hieees , and cries of' Apologise to hi * Royal IIii : baess . " 4 Mr Cocbbake I will be no party to an arbitrary proceeding . ( Hisses . ) Tou have Hot divided . His Royal Highnbbs . — Tbe division is taking place , and I cannot allow yon to speak now . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Ct ; ciiRAt * E . —I stand upon my ri ^ ht as a Brilisk subject . ( Laughter . ) My amendment is—that thu meeting protests apainst the pres nt propositien ( renewed laughter ) , to mutilate the minutes , as an unprecedented act , opposed to the constitution of all English institutions , as w * ll aR to the enda of justice and impartiality . ( Uproar , nnd crieR of ' Turn him out . ' ) I car * not how jou hiss ; you will Bee an account of your ar&itrarj nnd despotic proceedings in tho papers . ( Loud laughter )

      , His Royal Highness —Yon havo no right to interrupt the division . You only create confusion . Tbis is not the time for you to spenk . ( ' Turn him out . ' ) I naje told you how tbe matter stands , nnd it is your doty to M quiet when I call you to order . ( Choers . ) _ The Prince' and the Committee ultimately carr «« their poiut . and Dr Freund has resigned .

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      Ofemkg of a Pbopw ' b In stitution at a villagp called Facit , ; betwist Rochdale and Bacup , on Satur day last , the 22 nd in st . About 248 perwnsirew well served with ten . Messrs John P « tne . of Koch . dale , Stansfield , of Todmoraer , and several other gentlemen , rddrewed the roeeung . AWeigto o'clock Mr Jacob Bright , jup . arrived , and said h 9 was < rhi to see such a » n all Tillage is Facit begin , iiin ^ to have institutions of this kind . II « j showed that it was of the greatest importance to have a news room to get instruction in politic . " , and to take newspapers of various ciceds , and particularly tha Northkun Star , whfn we gave a tremendous cheer . He advised * he working classes to act independently * and not crouch to any one . After having spoken n arly an hour , be coucluded , warmly applauded .

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      ' T& enter inte the spirit of the Chartist orators , we muat understand that the higher classes seek to draw the attention of the people from the state of the internal affairs , by propagating the ides of foreign invasion . They do not yet propose to fortify London , but a great increase in the standing army is spoken of . In short , the English government would treat its subjects as the Parisians have been treated by their chief . The speeches show hew the English people receive these insinuations . ' w . inrigfiwpj mn ¦ i imuhiiwii'iii

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      CO-OPERATION . TO THE EDITOU O » THE MO&TBE 2 H STAB . [ IJSie , —Tha anniversary of the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers , was held at tho Store , on Tuesday , January 11 th , to ccltbrato the third year of tho society ' s exlstence , whtfn about 150 members , their wires and families partook of the ] cup which exhiliiates , but inebriates not . In December , 184 i , ths society under tho sanction ot TWd Tratt commencB u eo-opitfaUv * ahop-Wplng with a scanty atock costing £ 24 ., which was no doubt & laughing stock , ' to thoiie who winked , nodded their head * and said ' wait a while , a fow months will inflate the bubble , and there—Puff . ' Well , a few yearn have gone their reund , the bubble h&& awelled into a balloon of £ 28 « , 5 s , 3 iH ., being tbe society Btoelt in December last ; and ' Who'd ha' thought it , ' ne vxplosion yet .

      , How wo have managed to keep our bubble from bnratlB-, contrary to the predictions of those who » aid leave tboae things to us , mind your work , and allow u » to manage your business , ' I will , with your permission , state , for the benefit of parties "ho may be disposed to follsw the advice of the late Sir Rebert Peel , that is to take the management of their own affairs into their own bands . Our first department is the dispensing of provisions and oiothiag . All business is done on the ready . money tyttem , neither give nor take trust . Our purchasers , therefore , can go whore they are bt-Bt served , take or reject as they please , and draw discount for the benefit of the society .

      We have no storekeeper doing all the business during the week , and ( as haa been too often the case , ) doing the society in tbe meantime ; the store being open on each evening daring the week . The treasurer takes tho contents of tho till , afterwards a trustee locking np the key * of the store each night . Our division of profits is conducted on tbe principles of assisting these who most need . it . Fire per cent interest is raid on money invested , tha remaining profit being divided amongst purchasers in proportion to the money expended during the quarter ; thus capital has its fair requital , whilst the maker of profits , he who expends his weekly income in tbe purchase of necessaries , recolves interest on bis pur . chase money—the dividend or profit returned to purch * 8 ers laat quarter was Hi . per pound sterling , being at the rate of 121 par cent . "

      Members aro ta have £ 4 , each in the society ; their profits and subscriptions from 3 d . per week and upwards , or any sum they can afford , gaing to form them ; bat te answer the purpose of a savings bank , a member , in case of distress , Ac , can by applying to the board , receive a portion of bis money , although bis shares may not ba paid up . James Daly , Sec , Rochdale . P . 3 . From a move now making tbe eocletj will most likely bold the tea party of 1819 in their store . J . D .

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      NATIONAL DEFENCES TO THB IDITO * OF THE HOBT'IEEN STAB , 23 , Carburton-street , Fitzroy-squftre , Uh January , 1848 . Sia , —It ' iB a general practice among pickpockets tit fairs and other places ' of public rosort , to start sonw exciting affair to attract the attention of the pooplo . while they carry out their object , , Now I am r * ry much disposed te view the bHgbea * uboutthe French invasion ai something of that sort , iarented by our rulers to attract the attention of tbe people that they may quietly inflict some further robbery upon thorn . Or as an ercBBe to augment the physical fores ac ihfetr cotxxm&na , that they may feel more eecarttv in resisting the just demands of Industry , and maintain , the rightB of property with all its present privileges , of robbing the workman while he ia able to labour , and punishing bim in a bastile , wben old age and iaflrmity Atf A ^ frhKn Vitvw .

      Now there in . not much doubt bat that this cry about National Defence will have a considerable sbara . of support from intemted men and old women ia breeches ; and I think it highly necosaary tbat any propo 8 » l from the gomnment fer increasing the army , or embodying the militia , Bhould be met with something more than opposition , Tho plan I consider best to adopt in opposing ths augmentutienof our standing army , or tha embodiment of the militia , would ba this—to be prepared with aa efficient plan for tbe defence of tbe nation under any emergency , such plaa to be much mor « tconomical , and not such an instrument of despotism as a standing army , and avoiding the evils attendant upon a militia enrolment . In my opinion , the rough outline of suet a plan is to be found in a letter on National Dufeuce , . is tbe ilonwiNG Ouboniclk of the 10 th instant , bv aeonrespondent , in reply to tho letter oi the Iron Duk <> apoa the same subject .

      I think that a national guard , established after tha plan laid de ; vn in that letter , would benefit the political , moral , intellectual , and physical condition of eur order , ' I think we should ba prepared with a plan of actioB , ready to meet any insidious movement of the govern , ment upon this subject , - I rejnuiu , Sir , Tours truly , in the cause of freedom , J . R . Webb .

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      THE NEW LAND COMPANY . TO THE IDITOE OF THE NOKTHKEN BTAB . Deab Sib , —I have seen with much pleasure in the Stab of last Saturday , xhat the directors have determined to open a new Land Company , thereby giving the newly converted dif ciples to a landed democracy an opportunity of joining tbe glorious movement . I was mysslf , together with many of my friends , gri « ved at the spirit of exelusivenets which n asiifested itself at the late Conference . It forcibly reminded me of a certain gentleman , who haviug climbed up tho precipice ofuswer , drew up the ladder to prevent aDy other person from attaining the same height . They having founo themselves ia the straight path leading to an independt-ni competency , carefully closed tbe gate , thereby preventing other ? , wbo sought the same goal , from attaining it by the . 5 > &s 2 ari > ad . — Now , suppose Mr O'Connor and

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      h ! i brether dlreetora fea { foUnd themselves bound by the rpjolution oftha late Conference , to complete the lee ? . tion or tho whole of tbe present company , before taking any other step in the Land Movement , ( for I feet sure « h 9 resolution originated in tbat spirit , ) what would hava baen the result t The suobbds of the present Company would havo inducea others to have commenced Land Companies ; some for self aggrandisement-others for political purposes opposed tojtbe present Companysome through spleen , as the ' lucky boy and his pal' for instance , with whom thauen dtaolplu would be eompulledto conneot themselves , and instead of exhibiting

      one strong phalanx ot democracy , we should be divided into sections , each sectional leader moving Heaven and -earth to obtain support for his own particular scheme . Then . ln all probability , Vfouldfollow the complete failure Of one or more of the fleelie-ns . Even supposing each leader to ba Btrictly honest , and possessing nufflcleat talent and energy to carry the scheme into full and completa operation , still I contend that it would be an vil , for the leaders of each Company must obtain Land for the shareholders , which would bring tham into competition with each other in the Land market , and thus the price of Land would be enhanced to the manifest injury of the whole body of shareholders . Respectfully youra , Nottingham . Samcm . ETCHES .

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      January 29 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAH ' . ' 7

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      ME O'CONNOR AND THE LAND PLAN . TO THE EDITOR OF TBE N 6 RTHERN STAB . Sis , —1 vras very much pleased by reading in jeur last week ' s Stab , tbe answer which one of the ' ChuttUt thi Her bor .-es ' gave to the ' Cheltenham ass ; ' and I beg to say that I was no more pleased than what I was astonished , to think that such a slothful , dull thing as an ass , c < ruld have tbe assumption to offer any remarks on the doatiny of ao noble a creature as the boras ; for I am given to understand by tbe writers anil philosophers of natural history , that tbere iB a total difference in the species of horses and asses : consequently the ass can have no knowledge whatever of the nature and qualifications Of the liOrse- — tut r fore , Sir , I think it would bu wisdom of the asses , to keep within tbe bounds of thoir

      o > vn 8 phcre , instead of Graying about that of which they are total'y iguorant , These horses have bei ; upurchased by their nobln master for the purpoBe of dragging loads of human beings from misery and slavery , to a state of prosperity and independence ; and therefore we slaves will not allow them to be frightened by tbo braying of stupid asses . I could now wish to invite the attention of all parties t * . Mr O'Cosnor ' s letter to the Land members , which is in last week ' s Star ; where they will see a specimen of tbe friendly and fatherly feelings which that gentleman entertains for bis fellow men . The case that I allude to , Is tbat of two brothers who applied for work from Mr O'Connor , and it appears that they belonged to a branch which Mr O ' Connor did not superintend ; he accordingly referred them to the

      manager of that department . Jiut , however , it Berms that thoy did not succeed , and on that account thoy went away vexr , nnd with a vieiv of avenging themBilves , they sold their shares for litile or nothing . But mark , my dear friends , how Mr O'Connor has dealt with this rashness , lie , knowing the frailties cf nature , [ knew tbat these men had in their passion made a sacrifice that they would ere long repent of . accordingly ho has with . out any eolieitation re . leeined tbeirccrtiucateg , and will , if they think propor , guarantee them in a verv short t me £ 100 . each for their allotments . Haw then , in tbe name of common sense , cvn any man , after reading ot hearing of such nobleness , attempt to deride the charactiror actions of him from whom such pur ty and houestyofpurposoepringoth f Jons HovrABTn . Manchester , Jan . 24 th , 1818 .

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      THE IRISH CONFEDERATES AND MR MITGUEL . TO THE EDITOB OF THE NOBTHEBN STAB , Dear S » r , —The last Stab contains a summary of the proceedings tbat took place in the lecture room of tbe Davis Club , which—if I permitted it to remain unes . plainod—would atamp me aa a crsven , and a falsifier ot the truth ; and baring no desire to figure in the character of either , I will be much obliged by your inserting this letter . I Relieve » hat the person who famished the report never intended to misrepresent me ; but as those who know tho facts therein alluded to , are suro to see the report , it is necessary that I should briefly eiplaln . What I saitJ * as to my differing with Air Mitchel , was this . Atttr having asked Mr Mitehel if he intended putting an awendmnit iu its entirety , and receiving an auswer in the affirma tive , I was constrained to vote against him . But in negativing Mr Mitchel ' s amendment , I did not adopt the ' report on ways and means , ' which was on Mr R O'Gorman ' s motion—and not on mine—postponed

      for a fortniKbt , „ , „ ,, ,. I did not et » te that rhe « Council of the Confederation had come to the wise determination of throwing overboard the Irish landlords . ' For I knew the contrary . And I did not say that I should like to see a declaration sinned by the Irish Catholics repudiating uscenduncy . ' But I said that tbe forthcoming report on ' ways and nnanb widely contained a paragrap h to that eff . ct . There are other inaccuracies , which I will not tresjnss upon your time by noticing ; but in order that no . future mistake may le made ns to my during with Messrs Ultchel aui Rcilly , wl ' l , with your permission , , place my opinions before my brother confederates . Mr Ultctol haa , in a pros pecius-whioh will be aflyer Used in the nest SxAB-put bis op inions fairly before tue public to all of which I fully and f earlessly subscribe , yea , eveu to the dottings of the i ' e ani the crosbing . of ' the I ' d . i

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 29, 1848, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1455/page/7/