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      longer to the Whi ^ s , and mean to put tliemselves in training once more for seats on the treasury benches . This resolve has led to a very distinct intimation from Sir Robert that Tie , at least , is determined at present to have nothing to do with , office . He enjoys his otium cum dignitate too keenly , it appears , to feel any desire to be again encumbered with the cares and anxieties of Premier . He has , therefore , also abandoned his position of leader of his party , which thereupon promoted the Earl of Lincoln to the vacant throne . These changes in the constitution and management of the parties in the House cannot fail materially to influence its proceedings in future . . . i i * t , , .

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      To the important BilL introduced by the Secretary for Ireland , on the subject of Tenant Rightm Ireland , wewil ' give more attention at a subsequent stage of its existence . We content oursil-es , at present , with stating that the bringing it for - arJ at this early period of the Session , is creditable to the Ministry , and will give the House time to maturely consider a question which is ce rtainly surrounded with many difficulties . Two other hills—the one for the amendment of the law of Landlord and Tenant in England , and another to give facilities for the Improvement of Encumbered Estates in Ireland—were also read a first time on the same evening .

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      HISCELIASEOCS . fS ~ Kow that Par : iiR-. eat has assembled T ? e must , as \ general ru ' e . exe ' udelengthy communications , unless reports ( tcett wr / Heii ) of very important meetings . Reporters , writers of letter ? , and Chartist and Land sub-secretaries will , therefore , oblige by making their communications as brief as pns . Bible . We shall be glad if some of onr correspi n dents will try to improve their writing '; and skal " thank , others , who might do so , to let us have ' their reports < Sre ., before Thursday . PUBLIC MONIES .

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      RECEIPTS OF THK STATIOHTAXi Z » aX ? S COMPANY . TOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 17 , 18 * 8 . PER MR O'CONNOR . tU&E ) . £ t . i , Brsrniiope ~ 16 0 Newport , Salop 11 1 0 Tonbridge Wells 5 7 fi Manchester .. 22 19 6 Torquay ? . 1 19 0 Northampton , Witham .. 10 0 0 Munday .. 19 0 0 Oldham .. 5 16 Burnley . Lawson i 4 « Minster T . ovel .. 13 0 He * RiuTor < l ,. 0 IT 6 Wingate Grange 0 16 6 Clitheroe .. 3 o 0 Rochnale .. 2 4 11 Nottingham , Sweet 8 8 6 Camberwell .. 2 17 o Stocfcport .. 10 ° 0 Hammersmith - 0 8 0 Teovil . - £ I i Bermondsey - 13 0 Iveston , 7 I ° Preston .. 22 0 0 Chorley ? IS 0

      S .-uth Shields .. 6 18 0 Hull ' 1 ° J Glasgow .. 11 9 0 Conpleton .. 29 0 9 Wakefield .. 6 16 Giggleswiet .. 1 j o Cheltenham „ 4 7 3 Dewsbury .. 12 8 fc Bath „ 4 i 6 Bury ( Lancashire ) 5 o o Biltton .. 5 0 0 Hftywood 114 Sandbach ,. 6 19 3 Mosley 15 l 2 e Cnlne .. 3 19 7 Teignmouth .. 4 10 0 Crieff .. 10 4 Leicester , Astill 8 8 0 Holir . firth - „ 6 6 10 Tillicoultry - 2 fi 10 Bradford fWilts ) 1 12 6 Bacup 5 0 0 Salford M 6 0 0 Bury , Unsworth 2 18 » Bristol ., 4 10 0 Birmingham , Astjton-under- Guodwin .. 3 0 0 Lvne _ 4 14 fi Eerby - O 19 O Sutton , near Mansfield ,

      Wood-KeiRhley M 8 8 6 house .. 1 IS C Spaldinjr „ 15 0 Hexliam n 0 19 0 Isham , Shrives 0 14 0 Brnintree .. 2 0-0 Yarmouth -. 5 0 0 Hudilersfield ; . 5 0 0 Ejci-ter .. 2 12 Bradf . rd .. 6 17 0 Lim chouse B . H . 2 10 6 B Longbottora « 0 5 0 Aberdeen . „ 2 G 7 2 Charles Connor 0 6 8 Chester .. 13 6 R « bt Clark .. 0 6 0 City ,. 5 16 t Wm Baillie .. 0 0 6 j Wedne bury „ 5 19 6 John Key .. 0 7 8 ShineyRow ,. 1 7 0 George Martin .. 0 4 0 I Holme , Kelly .. 2 7 8 Win Baillie .. 0 14 ' Hammersmith 0 17 0 wm Borrett .. 8 9 <' i Sheffield .. 8 0 0 W O White .. 0 8 6 ! Boston „ O 16 0 Joseph Vipoud .. 0 2 6 Middleton „ * 15 0 Joseph Bain .. 0 2 6 Cravford .. 1 19 7 James Ashton .. 0 16 '¦ nasnell .. 8 8 P v Pierce .. 0 2 0 OswaldtivislTe .. 7 0 0 Geo Randall .. 8 10 0

      Central Rossendale 4 8 0 Geo Randall » 0 10 f Cafsop ,. 2 14 0 Geo Bishop .. 0 1 t Walsall .. 8 ll 0 Andrew Wilton 6 8 0 Westminster .. 1 12 7 Wm " ' all .. 0 1 P Brighton , Arti- James M'Lean 0 2 0 j choke .. 6 2 0 Tliomas Yowel 1 0 0 Sir Walter Scott 0 6 6 James D . Thomas 0 2 6 ITjde .. 15 0 0 William Brysoa 0 3 0 Halifax .. 6 13 0 Thos Collins .. 0 4 . (¦ Totness M 1 11 3 J M Friend . 0 2 t Aberdeen .. 1 19 3 Jol : n B Ford ~ 1 n 0 ' Coventry .. 3 0 0 Wm Long « 0 3 8 i Thos Btemner ., 0 10 James Canteld ., 0 lo o | CEC „ 0 10 0 W P Sicholli .. 0 5 0 i Roht Crow M 0 2 0 Ann Nicholls .. 8 2 6 Win Crow ., C 2 0 John Cbislett .. 0 2 6 Wm Thatcher .. 0 10 Josesh Armstrong 0 2 0 Thos Martin .. 0 6 0 H » ry Crookshank 0 2 » John Stephenson 0 1 6 Charlotte Parker 0 2 0 Thos Devonport 0 7 6 £ 458 16 10

      x EXPENSE FUND . City „ 0 18 6 Leicester , Astill 2 0 0 Nottinfrham , Sweet 10 0 Tilhcoultry .. 0 7 11 Wedneshury ., 19 6 Bury , Unstvoith QIC Shint-y Row „ 0 9 0 Birmingham , Kidderminster .. 110 Goodwin 0 5 0 Sheffield „ 2 0 0 Mansfield , Wood-Boston .. 0 10 house n 0 3 0 Middleton » 6 5 0 Oldham .. 0 12 0 Hnsby .. 0 10 0 Stonej Stratford 4 15 0 Central Rospendala 0 12 0 Rochdale m 13 0 Cassop , Transfer 8 1 0 Cavnberwell .. 0 6 0 Walsall „ 0 1 0 South Shields .. 0 6 0

      Brighton , Arti- Glasgow .. 8 3 0 choke „ 0 16 6 Wakefieia ~ 0 6 0 Halifax ., 2 17 0 Cheltesham .. 0 12 9 Totness .. O IS O Bath - 0 4 0 Aberdeen .. 0 8 5 Colne , Tomlinson 0 10 5 Sewport , Salop 8 8 0 ITolmflrth .. 0 5 6 Manchester .. 13 3 Salford ~ 15 0 Burnley , - Lawson 0 15 6 Bristol m 1 10 0 NewRadford _ 0 3 9 Exeter ' .. 0 8 0 Nottingham , Sweet 0 14 0 Limeljouse , B H 0 4 6 Yeovll .. 0 2 0 Chester ~ 0 8 9 Iveston „ 0 11 0 John Baldwin .. 0 2 0 Hull .. 0 12 0 Wm Wall .. 0 2 0 Heywood .. 0 IS 8 Qeorpe Milnes .. 0 2 9 Jlosley ^ S 3 S Joseph Armstrong 0 16 £ 36 14 6

      Total Land Fund ... ... £ 456 16 10 Expense Fund ... ... 36 14 5 Rules ... ... 2 6 0 £ 495 17 3 Bank ... 610 4 9 JBl j lO 6 _ 2 0 NOTICE . Branch Secretaries not hsTiDR receWed retnra sheets fer the Fifth Section , or monthly return sheets for the quarter ending December 29 tb , 1847 , trill notify the same to the Directors that they raay be forwarded forthwith . Wit . Dixow . Csbistofhes DallB , Tnos . Clabk , ( Corns . Sec ) Peitw U-Gutb , ( Fin . . )

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      Ditto , Grc ^ nry 0 13 0 Thiinas D . ilo .. 0 10 Tliree Friends , Henry Ki-tfuni .. 0 1 0 Portsea .. 0 1 6 James Parke .. 0 i 0 A Few Working Wm Taylor 0 0 6 men , Ilalshall . S W ' ardla « 0 10 moor .. 0 4 0 T Buckley .. 0 1 o Chorley .. 0 9 0 Wm Turner .. 0 1 0 Tillieoultry Land J Foxlry .. 0 10 Company . 1 6 9 J Foxley ,. 0 1 0 Merthyr , Morgan 1 « 0 Mrs Foxley .. 0 0 6 iBham Roidis .. 0 10 8 J Wardle .. 0 1 0 Stalsbridse . 0 17 0 RWavdlc .. 0 0 6 Ditto , per Lawson 0 8 0 P Holdsworth .. 0 1 E Ely > 0 8 0 D Bedfurd .. 0 10 Bramhope ~ 0 7 0 D Burrows .. 0 1 0 Ditto , per Smyth 0 10 0 Tillicou'try .. 0 10 0 Bradford Char- Wm Scrimgeor 0 0 6 tist aad Lund B Scrimgeoi .. 0 0 6 Company .. ' 0 10 0 T Serimjjeor .. 0 0 fi CHth ^ roe .. 2 0 0 T Sewell .. 0 0 6 Teignmou ^ h .. OM 0 NN L , Frome 0 2 8 Texby .. 0 9 0 Newport , Salep 0 I 6 Messra Ci ossley ' s A Friend , Chep-Mcn , Halifax 2 2 3 stow .. 0 5 9 Land Mtinbers , A . Friend , Lime-HalifHi .. 1 10 9 house ., 0 10 Chartists of Halifax 1 7 0 R Ritchie .. 0 1 fl John Lund ' s .. O 6 6 A Moore .. 0 0 6 A Few Friends T Franklin .. 0 0 8 at Gorton and J Barnard M 0 0 6 Opcnshaw .. 0 10 1 R Branic .. 0 6 6 Manchester .. 0 10 2 J G Spiers « 0 0 6 6 Julian Harney 0 10 0 G Hayan .. 0 0 3 Mary C Harney 0 5 O J Cain .. 0 0 3 Alnwiek „ 2 0 8 S Bowitt .. 0 0 ' 1 Wingate Grange 0 S 6 J Leech .. 0 10 Leith .. 0 18 Jonas Smith , Stuney Stratford 0 7 0 Norwich .. 0 6 6 A Few Friends 0 2 0 E Clayton , Hud-Tunbridi-e .. 0 2 5 dcrsrield .. 0 5 0 Richard Rourke 0 1 0 G Brook , ditto 0 10 Oxford „ 2 0 0 G C Oxen .. 0 10 Cliepstonr ., 0 9 6 MrBenn .. Old W Braylield .. 0 2 6 Mrs Brayfield .. 0 2 . fi m 6 !! , » . « n ...... n l-l l \ M'l ,,.,..., » . tl . U ( 1 I fl

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      • PW Affi ; EsSED T 0 TI 1 E WORKING ^ s nPMTiM GLAND ' IN TRADE UNIONS CI 1 ANGE ' TI 1 E NEUESSITY OF A ' Clothe It in words . '—Sheslet , Lbitbr VI . thiaStothP ^? ^ ' ^ vr ° voae to oonaider in oSll f- ° ' polic ^ ' hy whi ° h ^ seek we TZ W » h f b ^ stm ' ; e 8 ( a much more fu l ly tb . n ' 0 h . ne bitherto done . In our last , we endeavoured f . produce conviction by reasoning upon the folly -f » Bort , ng to strikes under certain circumstances part ofZ 7 J ^ >™^™ to Se ll £ part of our Japt Jetter . you will read the followinz remarUa rcW to an offer of a reduction in iaeS * - ' The very ofier of the employer is » n evfdmijf I L"l"OlL'nc i v .. ^

      ban he can dispose of , or that ho W ^ if u . m n urn out or strike , that there are plenty of 8 uS iffT ? n ? t 0 tUrn in and take their pi ™ Now wo boldly awert this to be the rule _ 0 f course weTo knowSSn ' ^ - "^ e-LverS we ao Know that there aro some employers nho nt SSlSfS ? 5 d WUll ° ^ re ^ ons'ieredaSovf IS = iP « S ! E uuARPiAtf . — A month since not o » was civen in thn various ooiion mills of the town ( BlackbK Sat a hehl vari ! u 8 ?" " r ° the liaDds ' The operatives

      Mm V p ! T P ! lkin « M Brother 8 andCo ., ffi ^* £ ^ lT ^ S £ J £ ! ^ tite ssa ; sat * pre Bed a dmre It iB said , to return to their work ; but Messrs kedes are rather disposed to keep their mi 8 closed longer yet > Now , I shall lew . yon J reflect upon this , which I gWe as the rule by « hil « a reducUon in wa es , is determined against , Which I say again mid again , that we can do nothing bv the policy ot turn-outs to counteract it : and . therefore so long as their is a redundancy of labour in the

      market , so long must the reduction in the price of labour continue ^ And here yfu will observe the « roat diftreneo m u , condition of the capitalist and the labourer . The first being wealthy , is in posses-8 ion o : the means to sustain himself independent of labour ; but the labourer is in possession of nothing , he , therefore , is forced by the eravings « . t hunger to work just for what he can pet consequently the : choice of the matter has nothine to do with it . And I venture to a-sert that were it possible , if by Borne unforeseen circumstaneeg the demand for labour sbou'd increase far beyond the supply and ir the union , feeling that it was bow thi-ir turn , ventured to enforce the right of selline their hbour in the best market , and for that pnr po'o were to combine , and through combination were to effect the objectit would not be lon 2

      , before both the men of capital and the political economists , with the government to hoot , and the corrupt WhiR press , would all ioin in one loud cry against the tyranny of trades unions ; and every means within their power ( and they are all-sufficient ) would soon bo brought to bear upon our devoted heads , for the purpose of doing legally the very thing which t ' -oy say , thpy have no riiht to do , when we are too wesk to offer any opposition to the cruel and heartless tleatruction of human life , continually in operation amongst us through that social and political injustice which had it origin in force , and which is supported and con tinued through the most abominable fraud that can possibly be conceived ; and if you will just mark the cunning of the government ( ar . d never forget that that government represents only the interests

      ol our oppressors ) , you will see with what design and care tho abolition of the combination laws was iffected . From the first notiee of combinatioas among the working orders in the year . 1548—the 2 nd and 3 rd Edward 6 th , c . 15—up to tho year 1824 , the terrible struggle which labour made to sustain itself , Is erident from the very many acts of parliament passed during near three hundred years : ay , my brothers , we could telT of some , find not a few , of the most heartless cases of cnelty practised town ? r » our order during this time , when pvery thing in the shape of union was entirely prohibited by law And we could speak of a moral courage on the part of the sons of labour , which would have shamed any but a 86 t Of tile Vilest BConndrels that ever disgraced a country , but to do this would require a history of trade unions , ( and you shall have it yet ) rather than a series of letters to union- ' ats .

      I apk yon nonr . then , just to looJr at the difference in the circumstances , and you will find that when manual labour was the only mentis which capital could obtain for its purpose , ^ hat beiug the only productive engine of the country , all union for the protection of wagss was made an offence against the law , although no legislative power could ever effect our annihilation—for men will ever combine to resist oppression—therefore , their efforts to crush us were of no avail' . ''they incarcerated , transported , fined , and hung hundreds of unionists , but still we survived in apite of them , and nothing that they could do was ever half ao effectual in putting us down ae that change in the social condition of the working man which soon began to manifest itself after the the introduction of meohanicnl power , in opposition to the means which existed previously .

      1 will just give you one quotation from the evidence of ' Combinations on Trades , ' taken by a committee of the House of Commons ' , in the year 1824 , tho rear , recollect , that saw repeated the combination laws ; and you will see that our position ( which had been even then for 30 years gradually declining ) was prosperous and encouraging in com parison to what it has since been ; look at the evidence given jb that kouse , and say if our condition was such that ' up to the year 1824 , each trade in London had its organisation , and the trades of Glasgow , B 'l ton , and Manchester—several of which had long been rich and powerful—the hatterp , Liverpool shipwrights , tailors , and others , who differ in no respects from the societies now in existence . '

      And now tell me way the combination laws were repealed ? What had been the results of mechanical invention up to 1824 ? Do we not know that the labour of a mere infant could , and was , made the means of producing more through tbe aidof steam , than a thousand paen could produce by theirjoint exertions without it ; which threw thousands , who were previously in full employment , upon the world , to compete for life by any means within their power ; » Rd that this Orindne continually oftreoh labour into other trades , gradually rendered them weakand ineffective . ' It io , in fact , tho constant aim and tendency of machinery to tuperncde human labour altogether or to diminish its oost by substituting the industry of women and children for that ef men or trained artisanB . ' From the date , then , of 1 ? G 4 , with tbe invention of the spinning jenny by Hivcreaves , followed by Ark « rright , in the year 1 ? 69 , we may

      fairly consider as the commencement of tbat phase , which is so easily distinguished in the character of the British labourer of the present day . I will now give vou a few quotations , in order that you may see o ! early tbeexact relatios in which we stand at theprp . swttiine . Potter says , in his statistics of tbe British empire , page 205 , vol . 1 ., that them was manufactured in the year 1797 , 23 , 000 000 lbs . of cotton . Froiri that year up to 1841 , which was forty-four years , the trade of the country had so increased , that in that year there was manufactured 523 OOO . OOOlbs , or twenty-three times as much as in tho jear 1797 Now , just observe . ' The average wages paid to adult labourers in 1707 , ( says Mr John Fielden ) , was 26 s . 8 d . per week ; in 1841 it had decreased to an average of 3 s . 6 i ., ' and , as Scrope justly observe ? , ' Great Britain offers no choice to the labourer but starvatioa or the workhouse , beoause wa ^ es are by excessive competition reduced below the level o ' f

      comlort . ' Spenking of mechanical power , Mr Gorden , an eminent engineer , sajg . ' Considered in its application to husbandry , the Hoe , tho pickaxe , thei so \ the , the Bickle , every implement of rural toil which ministers to hia necessities , are produced by steam . Steam bruises the oil cake which feeds tho farmer'a cattle ; moulds the ploughshare which overturns his fields ; forms the shears whioh shear his flock , and cards , spins , and weaves his produce . Applied to architecture , we find the stenm-engine everywhere at work . Stone is cut by it ; marble

      polished ; cement ground ; mortar mixed : floors sawed ; dooi 8 planed ; chimney-pieces carved ; lead rolled for roofs , and drawn for gutters ; rails formed ; gratings and bolts forged ; paint ground and mixed ; paper made and stained ; wor-ted dyed ; carpets wove ; mahogany veneered ; deor bricks ornamented ; cur « tains and furniture made , printed , and measured ; fringes , tassels , b ? ll-ropes ohair-eovers , chair-nails , bell-wires , linens , blankets , china , earthenware , pierglass formed : the drawing-room , dining-room , kitchen , pantry , closets , nil—all owe their most essential rrquisites to steam . '

      And such haa bsen the progress of invention , tha * often when we have been within a hair-breadth of obtaining a victory against a reduction , Borne piece of mechanism has been brought to supersede our labour , and not only have we lost tho strike , but our labour ; aRd , consequently , the means by which w were kept alive . In 1832 , a strike took place among the bricklayer * ' labourers at the Liverpool Cuntom House , when a machine was introduced which threw every man completely out of employ . This machine would coRvey 16 . 000 bricks a day with eight tons o

      mortar , and get to any part of the buildinir . Before this was introduced , twenty wen were employed to do it , and with it , two men could do all the work of the twenty . I could , in fact , show you , in a thousand instances , where th ' 13 has been tbe case . Under present circumstances , then , it appears to ae that it is necessary , beyond all things , that wo introduce altogether a different policy into our unions—for not only are we subjected to the terrible alternative of competing with inanimati powers , which neither require to eat , drink , nor sleep , but 01

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      stari J by » nd see the weaith of the country accumulate in the coffers of the ' great , whilst cur order gradually perishes in hopeless misery . And , in order to show you that I am not overdrawing tho picture , read the following facts : —The first which meets us i » , that the poor rates of the . kingdom have risen , during the progress of mechanical adaptation to procear-e previously demanding human labour , to the enormous sum of £ 8 , 000 000 sterling per aRnum , Tlie second fact its , that a tide of dtmonilisation baa swept over the land , greater thnn even fauc > could possiblj oonceife . A great part of our population have become a living mass of moral pestilence . Completely outlawed—driven from the pale of social protection—without self respect , thought , or hope for tho future . T&e third fact is . thatt ' rem 1812 up to

      the pretent time , upwards of 800 , 000 persons have emigrated to America in 8 < arch of employment . Tbe fourth fact is , tli at there aro twnanda halt ' mi linns of people in & state of actual pauperism . The fifth fatt i » , that there are one million ot human beings dependent on hand manufacture , who are totally starving in the roid ^ t of tho magnificent edifices housing the steam-engine , without the slightest hope . And thus might we go on increasing our evidences , but of what avail is it ? Who can remedy the evils ? ' Ay , thereV the rub . ' Shall wo laok to the government , ns it is now constituted to doit ? If go , we ahull look in Vain . Shall we ask the man of capital to give ap bis influence over Labour , and return again to the time when Labour and Capital went hnnd in band ? If so . wa . ahall'aak 9 tn vain . Shall we ask the en'at

      landholders to take us and cur families upon the same terms that roftulated Labour with ihe Sax- ns and Normans , and bind ourselves and our children to them and theirs for ever and ever , if they , in return , will feed , house , and shelter us ? If so , we shall ask m rain , alao , They have learned , too , that frte labour ia cheaper oven than cat ' s meat—that human flesh has become a burthen , and they , too , would mock our miseries with tho cry of freedom . And thus are we confined within a magic circle , paralysed in our physical exertions , without the slightest hope for the future through any of the means which at present exist in relation to the economy of Labour . To strike , or turn out against such odds , is rondnes * , thereiy extreme of folly . Wo muBt resort to other means . We most cn-oporate with our pence , for in

      that there is a power equal to every evil . But , bsfore this enn bo done , we must first agree as to the modeof doing it . We must see it in convictionfeel it i » faith—and go to work with an unity of spirit . Each trade must Jnoreaso its numbers upon the foundation of co-operation . Onr surplus hands rau ? t be withdrawn as fast as possible from the labour market ; and believe me , my friends , when I any that I know it to bo a work which the trade unions of this country are fully equal too ; and all I ask ' v > , your assistance in the good T ? erk—and permit me to say that I will , in next week ' s Star , endeavour to l » y _ down apian by which wo may escape from the social aRd political Gomorrah , which is now fast swallowing up bo many of the most useful class of

      our fellow creatures . To yon , then , the leaders ot the tradeo , I now address this letter . As you value honour , virtue , truth , and , above all , the welfare and future prosperity of your unions , suffer y ourselves no longer to be deluded by a belief in the virtue of strikes , but direct the whole of your enen-ks to the rescue of your order from the destruction which * w nits them , if they longer continue to trifle away tho time and raeins which even yet remaiu , waiting only anew application to enable us to effect a thousand times more than was ever contemplated , or than can be oonccived , by tboBD who rely only upon the present policyofthe trades . I am , my brothers , your ? , A Twenty Xhahs' Unionist . London . Feb . 16 th .

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      • Union for ( hi MSiion . ' The Central Committee of the above Association met on Monday and following days for the transaction of general busir ess . The correspondence on the whole , has not been of that gloomy and desponding character , that has pervated the great mass of correspondence transmitted to this offices within the last few weeks . Still the distress and depression with which the trades have been so long afflicted , contim . es to an alarming extent , and in many places without any piospeet of tlviuga changing for the better .

      The strike among t ' . ie . colliers of South Staffordshire may be said to have terminated , but we are sorry to say , they have not been able to effect much by the strike , as the demand for labour is exceedingly limited , but it is presumed that as spring sets in , and as the favourable aspect of affairs increases , they will be able to obtain , or rather they will he mutual participators in an improving state of trade . Those who remain out , have expressed themselves desirous of effecting an amicable adjustment of so fearful a contention , by suggesting a principle by which their wages raay hz regulated , and strikes in future obviated , as the following extract will show : —

      Meeting op Colliers . —On Wednesdr . v a meeting of miners wns held at tho Lodpo Hole ? , fhuated between WedneBbury and DarlaB' . on , for tlu purpose of consideriag whether anj means could I e devised for coming to an amicable arrangement with their employers . After some discufi-ion a depr ution waa appointed to wnitnn the eropir-rcrv , to confer with them , and it possible , mnkca suttlement , according toaseries of propositions which were drawn up signed by the Cdminittef , and transmitted to us . They in thii document , express themselves willing t <> agree to a suggestion thrown out in eur columns , that is , when iron is reduced 10 per cent ., to Bubmit to a reduction ofth per cent , in' tbeir wages ; and that when

      iron advances , 10 per cent , a rise of 7 £ per cent , should be given them . The workmen exoress an opinion , that until some arrangement oi thiB kind in come to , no Inatiag cc-operation between them and their eraployeis can take place ; that in the event of this proposition beine agreed to , there would be no strikes for wases , that during slacknetsof trade they would bo obliged to work short time . whi"h would hurt neither ; and that the damage which emucs to the machinery , and falls upon the employers , in consequence cf its stoppage , would be

      avoided , Further , they express themp . elves willinc to resume labour nfc the rate of Is . per pound per ton on the present price of pig iron , namely 3 s . 61 a dav , snd to rise and fall in the proportions previonsh named ; or they are willing to agree to a settled rate of wages . In conclusion , they » re anxious—not to extract money from their employers for less than it is worth—hut to have a fair price for their labour aod to work Imrrmmv . iusly in future . These propositions have , we understand , been placed in the hards of several of the masters .

      The following reports have been received from agents snd members of tbe Central Committee : — To the Gentlemen of the Central Committee of the National Association of United Trades . Gentwubn , —It is with heartfelt pleasure I have to record the f entiwentB of ths District Committee of the associated trades of . Bristol , in reference to Mr Humphries , the late missionary to this c ty and neighbourhood , whose urbanity and unflinching prin ciple in the cause of justice , has won him tbe rs teem of all who heard him explain hia subject and witnessed his impartial proceedings . Gentlemen , Mr Humphries' visit to this city will long bs

      remembered hy the trades as the seeds bo has sow > present a prospect of ripening into maturity , and of bearing Rood fruit , esBsntiolly to the tfenefi ' ta otthe Association . Under these feelings , the Distriot Committee , and the tradag united , feel themselves called upon thus publicly to bear tealimi . ny to his merit-, and to acknowledge their thanks to the Ce ' tral Committee , for favouring them ( the trades ) withjthe services of bo able an advocate of the people ' o rights . Signed 6 » behalf of tlje District Committee , Wiw , uM Coohuh , District Secretary . Bristol , Feb . 10 th .

      Another Act of Oppression . —A case of base oppression occurred on the 28 th of January , at Davey Lever in Lancashire , under the following cirenmstances : —During the depression in trade , | the miners in conjunction with many other trades , were compelled to submit to a general reduction . Some of the masters , however , thought it the best policy , instead of throwing the entire burden upon the shoulders of the poor workmen , to take part upon themselves , and consequently withdrew one half of tbe reduction ; the men in question seeing this , appointed a deputation to wait upon their employer , to » ee if they could not induce him to follow the " ssrae example , but he turned round upon them with the

      utmost consequence , like some austere and vindictive autocrat ; he treated them with ; the greatest indignity , and at once discharged them , for no other purpose than asking for a small portion of that { which bod heenso basely purloined from them . Thus it is , that if a poor workman only dares to see bis employer , and to ask ior a remnant of his rights , ; if he only does this , he must be discharged , ' victimised , branded as a union man , and he literally starved to deatb . This was the object—this was the intention—but we are happy to say , the base and cruel intention of this tyrant has been frustrated , as two of the men have obtained employment , and the others the Central Committee have agreed to support .

      On Wednesday , the 9 th inst ., Mr Humphries attended a public meeting , held at Mr Tucker's , Theatre Tavern , Bath . The meeting was not a numerous one , but an excellent feeling in favour of the Association was created . A number of ques-

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      tions were asked the lecturer , which were satisfactorily answered . Scotland , February 1 st—Mr Claughan atteuded a meeting of the lath splitters of Fishnr-row , in reference to an application to the Central Committee for support . On Thursday evening he attended a meeting ( f the bkiuntrs of Edinburgh , at Cannon Mills , wrrn an excelfent spirit was manifested towards the Association . On Saturday , the 5 th , Mr C . attended the Lanark nailmakers , in reference to a threatened reduction .

      On Tuesday , the 8 th , Mr C . attended a large meeting of the coopers of Glasgow , which was held in the Nelson -street Chapel , and which he addressed at great length , on the duty of the trades towards His Association . At the close of the address , the following resolution was unanimously carried : — ' That we , the journeymen coopers of Glasgow , consider that the National Association of United Trades , as at present constituted , is the only means

      by which the working classes of this country may expect to gain what , in justice , they deserve , viz ., ' A fair day ' a wage for a fair day ' s work , ' This being our conviction , not only from what we have heard to-night , but from eight months' experience , we , therefore , pledge ourselves not only to continue memben , but also to do all in our power to convince our fellow workmen to join the same ; and not to cease our exertions till we have all the producing Masses pursuing the same straightforward course . '

      The same evening , Mr C . attended a meeting of lathsplitters of Glasgow . On Thursday , tke 10 th , Mr C . attended a meeting of the printers , cotton-printers , and weavers of Elderslie , where a good feeling was manifested . On Friday , Mr Claughan uddressed a very large meeting at the Lennox Arms Inn , Campsie . The Milton instrumental band lent their services to enliven the proceedings of the evening . After an able and lucid address from ihe lecturer , a resolution , highly approving of the principles of the Association , as set forth by Mr C , also a \ ote of thanks to the Milton band , for their attendance on that occasion , was unanimously carried . The labours of Mr C . have been attended with great success during the past week .

      W igan . —Mr Lenegan has attended a meeting of the unemployed miners of Wigan ; and , on the 11 th instant , he attended a public meeting at Hindlygreen . Mr Higson in the chair . The speaker proceeded , at great length , to show the principles and objects of the Association , and said , that nothing short of a national combination would effectually secure tbe rights of the working classes . A committee was appointed to agitate the district , which will meet on the 19 th inst . On the 12 th , Mr L . attended a meeting at Lam . berhead Green , and explained the principles of the Association , to the satisfaction of all present .

      Newcastle-on-Tyne . —The following resolution was unanimously adopted by the engine-builders , in general meetjng assembled . — ' That this meeting , finding that the masters act in combination to effect their objects , and finding that we have ne power to withstand their unjust aggressions , we take the lesson by the same , and do resolve to form ourselves into an association of working men , for the protection of our labour : and the more effectively to do this , we further resolve to join the National Association of United Trades . ' Mr J . West being in the town , was invited to explain the principles of the Association , which he very kindly did , for which a vote of thanks was awarded for his able remarks . A fine impression was made , and we anticipate much good to follow .

      NOTICE . A public meeting of the unemployed and nonsociety journeymen women's shoemakers , will be held at the Bull and Bell , Rnpemaker ' s-s treet , Finsbury , on Monday evening , the 21 st inst . Chair to be takeu at eight o ' clock ,

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      TRADES' MOVEMENTS . Hawick Trades . —A few weeks ago , the firm of W . Wilson » hil Sons , Jnamiiaotums here , attempted to reduce the price of working a certain kind of hosiery geods , which the men , backed by the trade , resisted . The consequence was , that a number of hands were thrown oud of employment , which the trade resoUfdto buppiirt , alihougn iho majority aTC stinted , and have been for a considerable time . A few days after , they ( W . W . & Sons ) , ordered another of their hands to go into one of tho frames to make some of the goods they wished to reduce . The man refused , and was , along with his son , immediately turned off . This tyrannical conduct—although it was nothins unusual in the history of thefirm—they never miasine an bpportunity of reducing their

      workmen ' s wages—notwithstanding they took the lead here in the ' Cheap bread , good wages , and plenty to do' agitation ; and all for the sake of the workman Good , disinterested souls ! This tyrannical conduor , I say , had the effect of rousing public Opinion against them ; and , in order to put the firm to all the digconvenience in their power , a considerable number pf tub' , or barrels , which they had in various places ia the town and vicinity ( mostly small workshops ) , for the purpose of collecting urine fer scouring blankets , &c , were taken or sent in to the workhouse . Immediately after this occurrence , W . W . { & Sona put % notice on their warehouse door , to the fffect that they would give » their hands no more work out till they took the tubs or barrels ie the places they had been removed from . As they had taken no part in removing the tubs whatever , they indignantly refused to degrade themselves by a compliance with such an insulting proportion . A meeting of the factory was held , and a deputation sent to

      remonstrate with their employers en the injustice anddegrading natnre a ( ' the demand , but all they could ob'ain , in the shape ofconoesBion , w ; a , that they would be allowt-d to take the tubs away after dark ! A general meeting of the trade was called , and the case laid before it , when it was unanimously resolved to support them in their resistance to such arbitrary and humiliating proceedings—those in fuli work pledging themselves t » give one shilling , and _ those stinted , sixpence per werk . A placard was issued , ' . 'tating their case , and appealing to tiie public for support . This appeal has been nobly responded to b ; the work , ing classes considering tbe depre ; sed state of ( ride , but those who were appointed to wait upon the shopocracy , to solicit their & \ i , were soon compelled to desist in disgust . Will working men never see their true interest , and learn to do without a class , who , with a very few exceptions , invariably join with their oppressors ? In censequence of these proceedings , there are about 100 men thrown on their brethren , lor nurnert .

      The foregoing ia a simple staten * eat of facts , and needs no comment ; and if you can find room in the next Star , the insertion will oblige & large number of constant readers . It may be added , that two of the firm are J . P . ' s , one of whom is presiding magistrate in the police court , the records of which oontain many monuments ef his wisdom , penetration , ar . d moderation . A Co . nstam Reader . Wioan Misers . —A meeting of miners was he'd on the 4 th inst , when Mr John Berry , formerly lecturer for the Miners' Association , addressed the maetintr , which was very numerously attended . Mr Berry is likely ts resume his labours as a missionary . Sdubus Tows Shoemakers . —On Monday evening next , a general meeting of this bady will heheidat the Bricklayer' Arms , Tonbridge-3 treet , New-road . Chair to he tsken at nine o ' clock .

      Lancashire Miners . —The general delegate meeting of Lnncaahiro miners will be held on Monday nex * , Fe . b . 21 st , at the Grapes Inn , Ringley , near Bolton , chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the foren oon .

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      Whittington and Cat . —A general meeting of the Land members will be held on Sunday evening , at ¦ iis o ' clock , <> n important ' business , A general meeting of the Chartists will be held on Sunday evening , at einht o ' clock , to re-organise the movement in the Tower Hamlets . A general meeting of the rcembers of the Co operative Society will be held on Monday evening February 21 st , at eight o ' clock precisely . LiMKiiouaE , Brunswick Hall . —Tbe members and friend * of this branch aro requested to attend a general meeting on Monday evening n < xt , at eigbt o'clock , to form a money club for the purpose of assisting the Land and Labour Bank , and to consider the best means of agitating this locality for the People ' s Charter . SxiETnwrriK . —The members of this branch ,

      formerly meeting at the Boot and Slipper , are wlonnea that their future meetings will be held in the Private Room , Rnlf-street , near Mr John Barley ' s timberyard . The members of the National Charter Association are a ) s « informed that their meetings will be held in tbe snme place . . . , NoRwidr .-The members of the Norwich branch of the National Und Company having [ engaged a larceroora , in Carpenter ' syard , St Edmmi'is , will hold a tea festival , oh Monday , February 21 * t , and MrDixon . oneofthe directors , is expected to at . tend -tea on the tablo at Bix o ' clock . A general meeting will be held in the above place on Thursday eveS the 24 th inst . The officers will meet a the above room on Saturday evening , February 19 th , t » receive deposits for tho National Land and Labour Bank _ ¦ _ .

      . . . „ Merthyr Tydvil . —Themombers of Branch No . 1 , ot the National Land Company are requested to meet at the branch office , on Sunday evening , the 27 th inst ., to consider the propriety of egtablJshfag a . fund to aid the allottees .

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      The Roman Catholic Relief Bill , which was defeated last year on the second reading by Sir R- Inglis " and his trusty band of out-andout Churchmen , has this year , under the pilotage of Mr Anstey , reached the fiirther stage of he ' ivg committed . Whether that implies that the degrading pains ar . d penalties , which still blot the Statute Bunk , are really this time to be swept away , or whether the Bill may yet be defeated , and another struggle have to he made , before the bigotry of the age is finally overcome , we cannot predict . The majority ( thirty-two ) , is , we fear , too small to ensure success . Even should it pass the Commons , it will have to undergo the ordeal of the Lords , | who raay feel disposed to show their power of veto ou a bill seat up to them by so small a majority .

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      We request all Sub-secretaries , and other per-E ? ns who may have occasion to send public moEiea to the Metropolis , to pay attention to the following directions : — Monies for the understated purposes must be addressed as follows : — Pigments for the Xorikern . Star . Mr William Rider , 1 G , Great Windmill-street , Kay . market , London . Aationol land and Labour Bank . ' The ilanaper of the National Land sad Labour Bank , Xo . 493 , New Oxford Street , L « ndon . ' Rational Land Company . ' The Directors of the Xa'ional Land Company , l ? o . 144 , High Holborn , L > n < 1 on . ' Xational Charter Atsocitttion . Hr Thomas Clirk , Ko . 144 , High Holborn , Lonflon . Ctn'ral Regitlra < ion and Elation Committee . 'Mr James Grassbv , Xo . 8 , Noah ' s Ark-court , Stangate , Lambeth , L ' -ndon . ' JfelionoZ fr iaim ar . icL Wtdotcs and . OrpJums Fund . Mr John Simpson , Elm Cottage , Waterloo-street , Cambers-ell , London . ' For Mrs W . Jones . 'Mr John Simpson , Elm Cottage , Waterloo-street , Camterwell j Xocd'm- * . UetrepoHian Chartist Sail . ' Mr Tspp . Ko . 5-2 , Finsbnry Market , London . ' Defence of Mr . O'Connor ' s Seal in Parliament . 'iir Thomas Clark , Xo . Hi , Hi-b Ho ! b-rn , London . ' Prosecution cf the Manchester Examiner . s Mr Thoaat Clark , Xo . 144 , High HolUorn , London . ' TliC Slcaford Case . « Mr Thomas Clark , X > . 144 , High Holborn , London . ' The Fraternal Democrat ? , ¦ G . Julian H : irn < -T , Ko . 16 , Great WintoOl-street Eajniarket , London . ' United Trades' Association . 'Mr Barrett , No . 11 , Tottenham Court Koad , London . *

      gg- Monies sent contrary to the above directions will not be acknowledged . THE LAXD —It would be wholly and entirely out of the pr > wer of Mr O'Connor to snsirvr one in every twenty of tho letters he receives relative to the sale of allotments , the conditions of membership , and a thousand othT questions of detail , some of which are answered in the ru'es . and others should be addressed to the directors . This notice must betaken as general . MrGoBiisc , Congleton . —They are sent to Mr Hejwood . TiTESTos— A letter from JuUan Harney to the tlectors and non-elertors of Tiverton mast share the fate of some others , stand over till next week . Pmss or IUttek compels the postponement of communications from Rolherham , Stourbndpe , Bndzewater , Earnfley weav . rs ) , Address of tV . e London shoemakers , and Mr Hurley ' s letter . Mr KTDD .- > 5 r Iforpan , 59 , Butcher-row , Deptfprd , ¦ vrisbes to know Mr Kydd ' s address . _ Falkiks .-We have sent your lettertotheChartistExecutive . Julias HisSEThas received Is . from H . Bernard , and Is . from Kobert Wild , for the Fraternal Democrats . Mr ^ PATBiCK Duff , Dublin . —Thanks for your letttr ; it sJiall have our attention . Mr Seal , Leicester . —Tour Londsn publisher must supplv vou with tke portraits . Hisstbb T . OTEL .-Ia the account of the Mins'er Lorel bal ' ot for houses , Toa have describ : d me as of SUckport , instead of Stockton .-JcuK Hobnbt , Stoektonon-T ^ es . Durham . "Wit . BrsT . 'S , Cambridge . —We cannot lmd j ooni ftr vonr letter . Grind Satio « al Refokm Bakqcet , —W . Webb suggests a cran / i National Reform banquet , to which should b » j invited—Feargus O'Connor , M . I ' ., T . S . Dum-mnbe , j H . P ., Tfcoma * u ' akley , M . P .. W . j . Fox , M . P ., George Thnmp « or , M . F ., Colonel Thornr-Ron , M . P .. John O'C » B-ell M . P ., W . S . O'Brien , M-P-, William wi ! - lianis . Esq ., John Fielden , E ? q ., H . Slander May , Esq .. Messrs West , Julian Harney , Erneft Jones j M'Gra ' ih . Clark , &c , &c . Our correspondent forgets j that each invitations were sent nn the occasion of the ; lite ' ii' . rtut d ireer at the Crcwn : id < 1 Anchor , and ref ponded to by the aopear .-it ce of ont real , lone member —ilr O'Connor ! We may add , that he c an answer for Ju'ian Harney , that he would be very sorry to breathe : the same ' . ir with John O'Connell asd Borne other hum . | bugs upmed in the above list . ! F . OG « Pisdes ca lls upon the Chartists to abandon the ¦

      use of taxed drinks and tobacco . R . i " . s » ys : — 1 "e , three and . a half millions a year raised on income has ¦ alone kept the government going . Seeing this , and knowius that tax-s raised on strong drins and . tobacco amount to about fourteen million * , and the - work ng classes consuming the greatest part , it is yonr duty to co-operate with me and become abstainm , and ierp at le : ist ten out of the fourteen millions in your own pockets , instead of j iving it to those who will rob , plunder , and persecute yon . i W . Gsiffix , Binningham .-Tou had tetter lay your plan before the local meetings of the Land member ? . T . Gibbon-. —You may get the books of Mr Watson , puili-her , Queen ' s Head -passage , f Paternoster -row , London . i ' "W-H . riUDA , ' atid * Robeet Coir . '—So room . _ j Caution . — Wm l ' arker . a native of Leatherheid , in the : couutv of Surrey , and who describes himself as having formerly beea a seafaring man , has decamped with a sum o ' f money subscribed for the assistance of James , Pitman , his fellow workman , he having one dead child and two nearly so . Tlie said Wm Parker hariDg , at ; the « ame time , left his wife and child—about eight weeks old-in great distress . This is to warn the public i arainst placing any confidence in so base cp . d unfeeling a villa n . I remain , sir . your obedient , humble servant . W . Bensis , secretary to the Cordwamers ' Operative Society , Dartford . Votice . —I should feel under great obligation to any reader of the Northern Star who will furnish me with tbe full and correct address of the » ife of a poer man , named Michael Drif coll , supposed to reside on or near « e-t Calf Tslacd , when the unfortunate ship Stephen Whitney was wrecked . This poor woman gave her only sheet to wrap the body of a lady who perished at the time . My object in desiring tbis information it that I mav he enabled to communicate with . tnis mnahearted woman , and to remit her a substantial evteemce ( received from a distant part of tbe world ! that such a manifwUtion of Christian feeling has not been untie ticed in a foreign land .-WiixiAH Ridse , j . osthebk

      Mr J ItepheVs . of Hull , wishes to refer his Pock Inston friend , and others in the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire , to the Address from Hull in the Stab of January 1 st . 1848 . Parties writing to hx . n mint Eend their names and address . D . R .-i robablv the government will introduce a new measure for the embodiment of the militia . Lntll that measure is brought forward , we cannot say what would be the consequences ef refusing to serve . LEGAL . ifOT ICE . —Owin g to the fpace occup ied by ParliBmectary proceedings , no legal correspondence can find place in the Stab , during the SesEids . AllthoFB therefore , whole caiei hare bees bb-« £ « d only in the Sur , are requested to send their f ^ sddroscei * nd a pe * ttge ittmp ehould they rcquirt private xogirerc . Ko KJL * . CASE * « £ * , { bb ^ KCBITXD CHTlt rtJBTHE * BSTIES , j , fc Ebkeet Jcneb .

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      RECEIVED AT BAK . K Lnne End Sick List Church , near Blackburn 100 0 0 Rase of England Lodpo , No . 273 of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows .. .. „ .. 30 0 0 From Manchester .. .. .. 99 ll 0 Total from Manchester .. 1 J 9 11 0 The Average Recei p ts from Manchester during the last seven weeks have been £ 110 . " A Working Man , Saddleworth .. .. 20 0 0 Orange Society , Queenshetd , near Hilifax „ 20 0 0 Hull Auxiliary Bank - .. 2 0 0 NOTICE . The Jfanager acknowledgis the receipt of & further mm of j £ 1 O , on account of ' the National Co-operative Benefit Society , ' from Edmund Stallwood , in the Deposit Department . " T . Pbice , Manager . RECEIPTS OP NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Loujchborongh .. 0 3 0 Hanley ~ 0 9 0 Birmingham , per iTeston ~ 0 2 10 Goodwin „ 1 0 10 Marvlebone « 0 6 0 £ 2 1 S FOB PEOBZCOTI 05 67 8 I . EAFORB KU 1 DER CARE . Relford „ o * 0 Merthyr _ 0 0 4 Dobson ' E fridow 0 1 16 Dobson ' s Widow 0 3 9 Tilik-oultry Branch of Land Company 0 2 6 j « _ 12 5 C Boyle . Secretarr .

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      VZTEVCZ OF KB o ' CONSOH ' S SEAT IJf PABLIAHEBT . Mr Featherston . Berry Edce Nahaugh .. 0 10 tional Charter T Lane .. 0 1 6 Association u 0 12 0 Ludlow , per C ' TM 0 1 0 Connor „ 0 13 Campsie .. 3 2 9 Retford .. 0 7 8 Liverpool , a Few Clifford „ 0 4 3 Friends « 0 3 0 J Irvine ., 0 2 0 Liverpool .. S O e Cheltenham .. 5 0 0 Mr Whiteley .. 0 0 8 Bath .. 3 5 0 Mr Gardiner .. 0 0 6 John Addison .. 0 2 6 A Few Journey . Henry Pasbley 0 10 men Hatters , JPasbley .. 8 10 per J Foster .. 6 3 0 Ann Pashley „ 0 0 6 w J R Betts M 0 2 6 J . Ward .. 0 10 Haworth .. 0 8 6 Geo Ward « 0 10 Lincoln , per Budd 11 0 JHardcastle .. 0 6 6 Mr Christie .. 0 3 6 J Passley .. 0 0 6 Sutton , aear T Beveri'y .. 0 0 6 Keifihley „ 10 6 JDennison . 0 10 Wigton .. 0 6 0 E Hobson .. 0 1 0 R Herman .. o 1 0 Wm Coatts ,. 0 0 6 J Ham « . 0 10 Wm Chatwin .. 0 1 8 J Willis .. 8 0 6 Wm Doodey .. 0 0 6 J Gane « ¦ 0 0 6 J Stowell „ 0 1 0 W Coombs » 0 10 Haswell .. 0 10 0 S Pinkard .. 0 0 6 W Snaker .. 9 0 6 J Jarae .. 0 0 6 E A C M 050 J Edmunds .. 0 0 6 H Harding .. 0 0 6 Wakefield Land Walter Thome 0 18 Members .. 1 14 C Thrislington .. 0 4 4 TwoOssettChar-J Webster .. 0 16 tists .. 0 2 6 W Colman o 5 0 Mr Morriion , Oswaldtwistle .. 5 0 0 Dundee .. 6 10 0 Witham .. 0 10 Salford , per 8 JS Clark M 0 10 Thornley ... 0 6 9 W Place M 0 1 e J Foulkes , Wel-Witney .. 0 6 1 linvtOB „ 6 1 0 WP „ 010 HSM .. 609 SL Waller .. 0 16 Holmfirth .. 10 0 Lover of Fair-play 0 16 J Ford , Limehouio 0 2 0 PC-Ilia .. 0 0 6 R Eagle , ditto 0 * O J Horley .. 0 1 0 F Dench . ditto 0 2 6 Wm Barker .. 0 10 J Squires , ditto 0 2 0 A Few Office H Squires , ditto 0 3 0 Members .. 0 10 0 R Lamb , ditto o 1 0 nnll .. 1 9 » T Griffiths , ditto 0 1 0 Mr D Halonej .. C 10 o T Falconer , ditto 0 1 0 A Ultra Tory " .. 9 10 Mr StephenBon , Walsall .. 1 15 6 ditto .. 0 10 W Scrimgeor ; .. 0 0 6 Witham .. . 0 6 0 Hanley „ 0 17 0 Carron per Leslie 1 110 Towmile .. 0 7 0 Falkirk « 3 5 Egremont .. 0 4 9 Torquay .. ° ? 8 Stratford . on . AYon , Nottingham .. s « JCoombs .. 0 4 0 Stratford .. J Rev . Wm Lin- DriffieJd .. 0 18 6 wood , Mansfield 0 2 6 Huddersfield c 0 9 4 Stupley .. 0 0 7 Loigh « " 1 * Q A Few Frie-nds 0 1 5 Crowlsnd » 5 Belper , Wieatiey 9 15 0 J Stevens » 0 2 9

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      UuDDERsriBLD . —At a general meeting of tlie members of the Land Company in this district at lbbeson ' Temperance Hsuse , Mr John Marsland in the chair , it was resolved : —• That n levy of not h > s than sixpence be laid on each member in this district towards thedefenceof Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament , to be paid immediately to the treasurer , or to those appointed to collect the same' 'That this meeting bavins considered the petition proposed to be presented to Parliament on the Land Question , are of opinion that tbe clause wherein it ia proposed to hand uver the raanacement oi the Company to Government , nominees , is decidedly objectionable , and we cannot consent to resign the power we now possegs into the hands of an irresponsible government . ' ' That rulps should be drawn up for approval , for forming an auxiliary to the Land and Labour Bank . '

      Tiik Hedge End branch of the Land Company held a general meeting of the members at T . Norris's , when the books were audited and found correct , and tho following officers elected : —Richard Ilulbert . secretary ; Richard Croker Ilulbert , treasurer ; Rohurt Jurd , scrutineer j James Ilasier &nd William Bojs , auditors . Hamilton After three nights' discussion it has been decided by a majority of two that the petition recommended by Fearjjus O'Connor , E * q ., M P ., be adopted , with the exception of that part of it which hands over the property of the Company to trustees appointed by government . A subscription haa been opened to d . fend Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament

      Leamikgton . —At a meeting of the members of this branch the National Land Petition was unanimously adopted . Petition sheets Trill lay for signatures at the , following places : —Mr Green's newsagmt , Winsor-street ; MrSiifFs . Temperance Hotel , Clemens street ; Mr Allen ' s . grocer . IAlthorp-street ; and at the usual meetings , No . 2 , Kenilworth-Btreet , every Mondiy eveninc-Mkrt 3 tb Ttdvii ,, Emmett Brigade At a quart terly meeting of tkis branch it was resolved : — ' Tbaa delegate meeting be holden at Cardiff , to consider the utility of appointing a Welsh lecturer to agitate and get signatures to the National . Petition ; the meeting to be the first Sunday in March , and that each branch send a delegate . ' Communications to be sent to Thomas Price Powell , On-the-attps , back of tbe Star , Mvrlliyr Tydvil .

      Gloucester —Thia branch holds its weekly meet * ings at the house of Mr Bailey , ta'lor , Old Spa House , Eastgate . WoReBROUGH Coiiuojf . —At the usual weekly meeting tbe following resolution vras unanimously adopted : — ' That we are ef opinion that the directors ought to open a new Company without delay . ' It was also resolved : — That a general meeting of the members shall take place on Sunday evening next , February 20 tb .. ' Alva . —At the weekly meeting of the members of this branch the following officers vrere elected : — Committee—Charles Thompson , Thomas Malcolm , Robert Uempseed ; James Marshall , president ; William Fair , secretary ; William Archibald reelected treasurer ; John Wallace , scrutineer ; William Bishop and Peter Robertson , auditors . After which £ 1 was voted out of our lecal futid , and a subscription was commenced in aid of the defence ot Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament .

      Manchester . —The monthly meetine of the Manchecter branch of the National Land Company was held in the People ' s Institute , on the 13 th instant . Mr Gibson in the chair . The minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed , and the balance 6 heets of the last month past . Mr Alcock read Mr O'Connor ' s letter to the members ot the ' National Land Company in last week ' s Stab j after which Mr T . Rankin proposed the follewing resolution , viz , ;—1 That thia meeting request , for the sake of a pioper understanding , that the delegates of the late Confe . rence give their opinion upon Ihe resolution of Mr Grassby—whether that resolution authorised the directors to open another Land Company . ' Mr T . Rankin . in supporting the above resolution , strongly denied that the Conference gave the directors any instructions to open another Land Company . Messrs Sutton and Foster followed in the same line of argument . Mr Whittaker moved the following

      amendraent : — ' That we . the members of the Maeehester branch of the National Land Company , hearing thv statements of our delegates , that there was no resolution passed at the Land Conference at Lowbands , justifying the directors opening another Land Company , came to what wenow believe to be a premature resolution ; having fiinco received tho report of the Conference , we are now convinced that the resolution of Mr Grassbj ' a fully justified the directors in opening another Company . ' Mr Whittaker based bis arguments upon the report , as it appeared in ( ho Star , on the 28 ih of August , 1847 . Mr Henry Nuttall geconded'the amendment , and followed the same argnments . Messrs O'Hea and Burley supported the amendment . A very warm discussion ensued , which lasted frem ten in the morning till two in the afternoon , when the amendment was carried by a majority of five , the numbers being eighty-eight for the amendment , and eighty-three for the original motion .

      Hammersmith . —At a meeting , held at the district office , 2 , Little Vale-place , on Sunday morning , February 13 th , the secretary ( Mr Stallwnod ) reported progress to the depositors in the National Land and Labour Bank , and handed in the scrip . Several new depositors were added to the numbers , and additional sums were added to the Bank , the O'Connor seat defence , the Tartan club , < fcc . Manchester . —In consequence of Mr William Fester's time being wholly ocenpied with the business of the National Land Company—the Manchester district comprising 3 , 676 members—and Mr David Eyre , of 15 , Buckley-street , Rochdale-roail , having volunteered his BerviceB , and , at the request of the Land member . " , in the duly authorised agent lor the Manchester district of the National Co-opetative Benefit Society , and will give any information atd enrol me ; nl era at bis residence , from seven until ten o ' clock every evtning . and on Sunday evenings at the Land office , People ' s Institute .

      Limkuotjse . —Mr J . Barnard , of the Brunswick Hall , Ropemaker ' s-fieldo , will give information and enroi members for tbe Charter Association , Fraternal Democrats , Natidns . 1 Land Company , and National Bt nefii Sooiety . Gkebnwich and Dsftfobb . —Chartist meetingroom , 39 , Butcher row , Depiford . Mr Sweetlove in tbe chair- Mr Howes gave a very instructive adores ? . Mr DaTis kindly offered hia services to lecture on Sunday evening , the 27 th instant . Subject : Prejudice and Reform . ' The working men ot Greenwich , Deptl ' ord , Woolwich , and Lewisham , are respectfully informed that tbe meetings of the members of the Co-operative Benefit Society are held at the hou * eof Mr Morgan , 39 , Butcher-row , Deptford .

      To the Land Mkiibebh . —This branch ( Cheddington BuekB ) of Uie National Land Company , number * about fifty members , the greatest part arc agricultural labourers , earning about seven or eight shilings per week , and some of them are out of wort and therefore can do but little towards helping a fellow member in distress . Brethren , I always feel great reluctance in appealing to ray fellow-workmen , knowing that by far the greatest part of them have as much as they can do to keep body and soul together ; but , brethren , I feel I &hould not be doing my duty towards the fatherless and widow , were 1 not to make an exertion to get a small trifle , for a poor idiot boy . and a weenine widow , who on

      Sunday had a huBhand , and the boy , a father in good health and anxiously waiting for the time when he expected to be located on his two acres of land , but now their hopes are gone . The poor rean had deprived hiaeelf of almost necessaries to pay up hia two shares ; he ^ was well—taken ill—and dead in fifteen minutes . The poor boy and widow see nothing but starvation ortnebastile before them , as all their dependence was on the poor man . HewasaB bonestand industrious man ; Bhould any brctherfee ) disposed to relieve the sufferings of the fatherless ana widow , subscriptions in postage stamps or otherwise will be received by the branch secretary , Jon * Aksrews , Cheddicgton , near Ivinghoe , Bucks .

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      TO TUB MEMBERS OF THE LAND COMPANY . Frihnds , —The seeond of March next is fixed for the trial of the Petition apninst tbe relurn of ilr O'Connor , a ? Member for Nottingham . The Directors expect to be able next week to publish a list of subscriptions in the Stab , containing the names of every branch of the Company , and su hscriptions of private members , ( which may be sent in postage stamps , ) will also be published . The expense to Mr O'Connor will be enormous , and the exertions of the members must be equal to the emergency . By order of the Directors , Thomas Clark , Corresponding Secretary . rcr \ miif II f \ 1 T 3 V 1 } O (\ V 'IM 11 . I ivrrv

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1458/page/5/