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      My Friends , You are aware that a Select Committee of the House of Commons , consisting of fifteeu members , is now sitting in- deliberation upon t he Land Plan ; and as , in obedience to the inf unctions of that Committee , I am prohibited , jn common with the rest of the Press , from publishing any of the evidence before it is rep orted to the House of Commons in a printed shape , I am debarred—and I think properly Sc

      —from giving any garbled reports of the proceedings in an unfinished state . However , all are allowed to publish any portion of the report that has been received , and to make comments upon the evidence . And yet , strange to say , so unpalatable is the truth , the whole truth , aud nothing but the truth , to the Pressgang , that not a paper has ventured to publish or comment upon that printed evidence , which is available to all .

      Though I shall conform to the rule laid down by the Committee , that is , to abstain &om all comment upon the evidence , I am nevertheless , at liberty to state to you the mode and manner in which your accounts have been kept , and your monies have been appropriated . And you are to bear in mind , that this Committee does not consist of men chosen from a conference of members whose feelings would be rather favourable than Otherwise ; but that it consists of gentlemen Kho , previously to the appointment of the Committee , must have heard and read the vile and slanderous attacks that were made upon me irifch reference to the management of your affairs ; and with these uncontradicted

      impressions npon their minds , they must naturally have been ^ ejadiced against me . But low consolatory it is . to me , and how cheering it must be to yeu , that I can substantiate every word that I have written and spoken npon the subject before that Committee . And , my friends , as it is ] a novel thing to find a gentleman giving up every hour * and every minute of his time to promote the wellbeing of the working classes , few , if any , thought it possible that an alien—a stranger , and one selected as an example to terrify you from the prosecution of your rights—could

      thus devote himself without some selfish and sordid purpose . You have heard of , and read of , bubble schemes in railway speculation , mining speculation , building speculation , banking speculation , and emigration speculation ; and the result of the majority of those speculations is , that the poor and confiding who invest their all in the bubble , find , when they anticipate a fortunate commencement of operations , to their horror and surprise , the bubble bursts—a call is made upon the dupes to discharge the debts incurred for legal expenses , advertising expenses , engineers ' ,

      architects ' , directors' and managers' expenses . Look at Waterloo-bridge—how many thousands have been ruined ; look to the Thames Tunnel—look to the Bank of Manchester—to the "West Riding Bank at Leeds—and to the several other Joint-Stock Banks , the failure of which has caused ruin to thousands . Think of these bubbles , then behold mine ! I established this Plan in May , 1845 . I established it , as I told you . as a mere sectional experiment , never hoping nor expecting to make it national until it was stamped with national approval , and its realisation was demanded bv the national will—enforced by the national

      . As I told you in the outset , I never expected that it would go beyond a mere family compact . ; the conditions fulfilled between the propounder and the members , without any refereace to that law by whose intricacies I told you we would be hampered , because there is one law for the rich and another law for the poor , or rather the mild spirit of the law for the rich , and no law at all for the poor . Well , as I predicted , your confidence in me speedily nurtured the infant into a giant , and now that protection which is never refused to the bubble

      schemes of the rich , is sought to be withheld from the poor ; BUT IT SHALL NOT BE , as , backed by your confidence , co-operation , and support , i am resolved to risk my all—and my life if necessary—in the accomplishment of the Flan ; by the complete realisation of which alone the disasters of free trade can be met , the peace of the country preserved , and the industrial classes made happy in the land of their birth . Prince Albert ' s transportation scheme

      shalljiot be the tomb of my Land Scheme ; and in furtherance of this plan , Lieut . Waghorn has fust addressed a pamphlet to Earl Grey , the Colonial Secretary , proposing the transportation of half a million , at an expense of fifteen millions ; whereas , besides locating those half million upon the land of their birth , I would give employment to another half million in performing the operations for them ; thus showing you how this plan of mine is the bond of union be * ween the natural and the artificial

      labourer . Obsen e , he proposes that the half million should be bachelors , whereas my hundred thousand heads of families would represent the half million ; and for this fifteen millions which is to be thrown away , sunk for ever in this transportation pool , if applied to Home Colonisation , the Government , at five pe r cent , rental upon the expenditure , would receive 75 O , OOOZ . ' a year , and would have placed a hundred thousand of a national militia freemen

      in their own sentry boxes , who , having property themselves to protect , might then be intrusted with arms for the protection of the property of the State , as all would then have an interest in the protection of the property of all . I said a hundred thousand of a national militia , but I might have put it down at three hundred thousand ; as , like Mrs Graham , every woman would shoulder her poker , and one of every three of the children would bite , scratch , and kick .

      Now , my friends , will ycu longer consent to this trifling with your feelings , tampering vita Your monev , and expatriating your friends at an expense of fifteen millions , while that amount expended at home would give employment , and secure ' a labour field and a castle , for double the amount ? I have strayed a little , but i will now come back to the contrast between my bubble scheme and those that I have described , and I will state what I am prepared to prove , and indeed have proved , to the Committee and . to the world .

      The financial secretary receives the monies up to Thursday night in each week ; they are published in the '' Northern Star of the same week ; the first edition of which is printed on that nifht . On Friday the monies corresponding with the amount published in the " Star , " are handed over to my agent , less the amount of weekly expenditure at the office , set forth in the secretary ' s balance sheet . The sum received weekly is entered in a book kept for the purpose , and a receipt for the amount is j ; iven to the secretary . such

      On the siime day the available money , as bank notes and bank bills , are paid by my a-ent to mv credit in a bank , or to my broker to purchase Exchequer Bilk . By Tuesday , tiiePost-ffice orders are cleared , and are dealt with in the same way . The Financial Secretary produced his books , which are as complete :-. s any merchant ' s accounts ; the agent produced ' his Ituok and vouchers from my broker or banker ; I produce every bunker's book that has held tie fund * of the Company ; and I produce my several cheque-books upon those banks , every cheque stating to whom and ior > ihat the money has been paid . I submit all the overseer ' s " and bailiff ' s books and receipts

      for the several amounts paid , and I sho * that , from the day the Company was established , to the present moment , the funds have been bearing iDtere . t , and that not a fraction of a fartliin- has been abstracted from the purpose ^ r wh ich it was subscribed . I show that no tradesman , nor any person employed by me , has ever received a bill from me for any amount , hnd that , in the hey-day of railway speculation , when all were mad , that not a farthing of the fund * were speculated with . But this

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      is not all—the affairs of the Bank , with which the Committee have nothing to do , are also to be investigated , and perhaps the depositors will be astonished , when I assure them , upon my word and upon my honour , that not a farthins of the monies paid into the National Land and Labour Bank has yet been expended ; and if falsehood and slander can shake the confidence of the depositor , this is my warrant and authority to the Manager , to refund every depositor ' s money upon the terms upon which it was lodged , and interest to the dav of withdrawal .

      You , working men , who have been so often gulled and duped , and who have had so much confidence in me , will derive no small pleasure from my assurance , which will be now submitted to that searching inquiry with which I was THREATENED . But , my friends , mark the distinguishing feature of this Plan . Prom its establishment , to the present momentover three years—there has not been one guinea spent in advertising , while any other paper than the " Northern Star" would have charged nearly , ten guineas a-week for that matter which any other Company * would

      publish as an advertisement . There has been no charge for architects , engineers , managers , and directors' guzzling and feasting ; no charge for my service as Director , which , at the same salary that others receive , would have now amounted to nearly £ 350 ; n » charge for my travelling expenses , attendance at auction ? , and the numerous estates that I have visited . Those expenses alone would amount to nearly £ l , 000 . It is now costing me over £ 5 a-week , when my time is divided between your service as representative and bailiff . No such item in my account as " Sundries "—a very

      comprehensive term in a merchant ' s account 5 no charge for stationary and postage ; no charge for my nephew ' s services , for a year and three quarters , during Mr Reberts ' s treasurership , when he was engaged every day in the week in getting Post-office orders changed ; no charge for my secretary ' s time , who has been obliged to come to me from London to the several estates to do my work and yours ; no charge for making out the balance sheets , which has occupied my time and his ; but , upon the contrary , I have kept an account of the Company's horses , while drawing coals for my use to the different farm-houses in which I

      have lived while carrying on operations ; no charge for a post-boy , to whom I have paid £ 16 a year for bringing your letters ; no charge for £ 15 premium , which I have given to the O'Connorville allottees ; no charge for an extra editor , that my absence from London makes it necessary for me to employ . Now , then , my friends , do you think that any other manager of a Company in the world can produce such an account as that ( and can add to it the fact , that by my own industry and diligence , I have realised a profit of over 3 , 000 ? . over and above the expenditure of the

      Company , while not a fraction has been wasted ? But I will ' go still further in explaining the benefit of the co-operative system . A contractor in Gloucester told me that that his heart was in the plan , and that he would complete the cottages at Lowbands for 240 / . each . A friend of mine has built cottages of the same description , by contract , which cost about 175 ? . each . And now , what I assert is this , that if the occupation of a single house is worth the rent to an individual , that I can save

      him 51 . a year , at five per cent upon the outlay , even in the item of a house , beyond what he should pay tor it if he rented it from a person who built one house or six houses ; and I will show you why . I get everything wholesale , and a large discount upon everything 1 use , for ready money—as much as seventy-five per cent , upon ironmongery , and the waste upon all—if there is any—is reduced to the waste upon one in the whole number : whereas , if a man built a single house , he should buy all the materials at a retail prices , and should pay an extra amount for the work .

      2 S , I Contend for it , that no living man will build one house upon my p lan for 200 / ., and the rent of a house is in proportion to what a single one costs the builder , while your rent is in proportion to what they cost wholesale . We then come to the conclusion that a man must have a house , and that the builder will charge 5 / . per cent , rent upon the outlay ; while , if I complete them in a much better style , and without scamping the work , for 120 / . a " house , I am enabled to give two acres of land and a well-built house , built of the very best materials , the land costing 4 W . an acre , at the same rent that a builder will charge for the house alone .

      Now , I will tell you what I have done , and then you will say whether the funds have been honestly and economically managed . £ s . d . I have paid for land , conveyance , and registration deed , as exhibited to the committee , about 40 , 000 0 0 I have built 250 cottages , say at 120 / . each . - 30 , 000 0 0 I have given in aid and loan money to the occupants . o , 000 0 0 50 horses , 14 waggons , 19 carts , about 20 ploughs , rollers , clod crushers , large and small

      harrows , chaff cutters , oat and bean bruisers , sacks , building uteasils , scaffold boards , poles , ropes , timber trucks , 10 cows , wheelbarrows , oat bins , 85 carpenters' benches , agricultural implements , harness , about . 4 , 000 O 0 Four magnificent school houses 2 , 000 0 u Paid for printing rules , bank headings , and other work done for the Company . . , ¦ 1 , 000 0 0 Dunsr and carriage to Herringsga ? e . . . 315 0 0 Guano , Lowbands . 99 0 0 Seed potatoes , and other seeds , ¦ 500 0

      about . • , C All the timber , carpenters and joiners' work for 85 houses at Bromsgrove . completed at Low-[ This means the joiners * work , in fact all except the roofing and flooring /] ... Paid Harris deposit on Mathon : 500 0 0 Paid for draining and labour at firomsgrove . . . 570 0 0 Paid tithes , rates , taxes , and insurance , ( as I insure crops , horses , cattle , farm buildings , workshops , and stables ) 300 0 0 Paid Weaving and Seager

      interest on mortgage ¦ ~ ° ° Roads , about ten miles . - 2 , 000 O 0 [ This is a fraction , more than ten shillings a perch for opening and completing , while no parish officers will make roads of equal breadth and depth for I / , a perchj . Thirty-six pair of splendid

      entrance gates ( don ' t exactly know price ) . About two miles of close ox fence , at Lowbands , at 6 d . per yard . 88 U U Surveyor , valuer of crops , timber , and estates . • 2 JJ " " Solicitor , on purchase of Mathon . J 7 u u Additional for thirteen fiveroomedhouses at Herringsgate , and five four-roomed houses . 1 , 000 0 0

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      £ s . d . Annuitants at O'Cennorville . 50 0 0 Hawkins , exchange on land . 50 0 0 Tanks to houses at Minster , extra 500 0 0 Expense of Conferences . . 300 0 0 Outbuildings at Hemngsgate 350 0 0 Total 90 , 837 10 0

      Portable workshops , capable of accommodating 100 carpenters , consisting of buildings 170 feet long at each side , a store room for converted timber , forty feet long , with front boarded and enclosed with gate . Portable stable for forty - four horses , with boarded separate stalls for each , as good as any hunters' stables in England . Granary for beans and oats , about forty feet , chaff room boarded , room for bruising beans and oats boarded , and all enclosed with close gate . Portable blacksmith's shop aji& ;>« heelwright ' e _ shop [[ Those I cannot exactly estimate the price of , but ; I will state my reasons for erecting them—until I did so I was obliged to leave all the old buildings standing , as the horses were required" till the last day ; besides , I never could procure stabling enough for so many . " }

      Now , my friends , here is no margin for one bit of Labourers' work performed at Herringsgate , Lowbands , Minster Lovel , or Snig ' s End ; but I will tell you what it consists of . At Herringsgate I grubbed ten acres of a thick old wood . I grubbed some miles of old fencing , a portion of it seven yards wide , and I think for some I paid 5 s . a perch . I ploughed the ground , and harrowed it twice over , and sowed it . I staked out every allotment fwith thick stakes , driven in deep . I levelled all the old embankments , and grubbed up the old foundations , and planted cabbages and potatoes where the yard and buildings stood .

      At Lowbands—which I got in an awfully rough state—I levelled all the fences , grubbed all the timber , made over an acre and a half of ground eut of a swamp , raising it four feet high , to make it level with the road . I ploughed most of it ^ three times , and paid 15 s . an acre for each ploughing . I harrowed it , and scuffled it , and planted the greatest part of it with potatoes , cabbages , and turnips . I levelled embankments , and filled marl pits , that people laughed at me for attempting . I pared and burned about twenty acres of grass land , which , with spreading the ashes cost 30 s . an acre ; and made several miles of draining withjpipes , besides opening leading drains in part .

      At Minster , I levelled the fences upon 300 acres . I grubbed up all the fold stumps . I drained thoroughly , I think , about fifteen acres . I ploughed and harrowed most of it twice . I pared and burned eleven acres . At Snig ' s End , I grubbed all the old fences , and eleven acres of tough old wood land . I levelled all the embankments . I pared and burned about eighty acres , at 35 s . an acre . 1 planted half an acre of potatoes for each allottee . I sowed half an acre of barley for every four- acre man , three quarters of an acre for every three-acre man , and half an acre for every two-acre man , I think , with one or two exceptions . The ground was stiff in winter , and I ploughed , harrowed , scuffled , and rolled ifc twice , andfsome of ifc three times .

      At Lowbands , I put out more manure than bad been put upon the farm for twenty years before . At . Minster it took the horses nearly two months to put out the quantity I had made ; and at Snig ' s End I hope , by Saturday , to see nearly forty tons of the best manure , all made by cows and horses , placed behind every fouracre allettee ' s heuse ; thirty tons behind everyg three-acre house ; and twenty tons behind every two-acre house ; besides having manured half an acre of potatoes for each . The ground that was pared and burned getting no manure except the ashes .

      Now , my frieads , this is a mere sketch of the work to be done upon an estate that is convertQd into one field ; and I only wish that one of the gentlemen of the Press-gang would come and look at an estate when I have cleared it of reots , fences , and filth , and they would tell you that the removal of the stuff to the sawpits , and to the cottages , would take a man all his life , as 1 place all the faggots , roots , useless slabs and stuff , behind every house , for fire-wood . The paths to the houses will measure about 5 , 000 yards , made with broken stone , burned clay , or gravel . The stuff that comes out of the foundations , and out of the rooms , is placed behind each cottage to be mixed with lime , and makes the best

      manure . Now , my friends , there is an expenditure of 90 , 83 ?/ . 10 s ., without the cost of workshops , stables , blacksmiths ' , or wheelwrights' shops ; and without the charge of a farthing for work done , as I have described , upon over 800 acres of ground ; no ' estimate of what paths or gates cost ; no estimate for any incidental expenditure ; while I have received from the Company about 91 , 000 / ., and perhaps you will be astounded to hear that I have above this expenditure ( with the Bank and Land money ) available—that is to say , in stock , money , plots of land , which I will put down at the price I have been offered for flooded land—the best , but not fit for your purposes—at ^ Lowbands , Snig ' s End , and Minster—about 27 , 000 / .

      Now , the labour and portable buildings have COSt 8 , 000 / . or upwards , while the money for which the bank is accountable , is under 15 , 000 / ., and of which not a farthing has been touched . Now , perhaps , the riddle may be how the question is to be solved as to the amount of expenditure out of the lesser amount received , still leaving the large surplus in hand ; and my solution of the riddle is , that the houses , which I have put down roughly at 120 / ., have not COSt more than 90 / . or 95 ' . However , there is the exp lanation of the present position of the Company , and there is my answer to the ruffians who have assailed me . Mind , l . have all the joiners' work for Bromsgrove finished , and bihl . paid for labour on account of that estate , in draining , grubbing , and burning

      bricks . Now you , who know how dear character is to me , Hill be able to estimate the value of this exposure ; and , working men , believe me , when I tell you that if Prince Albert , or some nobleman of accepted principles , had even one of my locations to exhibit , there would be visitors in thousands , and tens of thousands , to see thelsplendid operations of the benevolent Prince or philanthropic nobleman—but , as the work is mine , the traveller shuts his eyes to the exhibition . But , never mind , you and i will go on—your confidence and my exertions undiminished by the slander ot the nypocrite , or the jealousy of the rival-until 1 see every son of Labour , who is willing to live in the sweat of his brow , located in his own

      sentry-box upon his own labour field—my . system making the rich richer , and the poor rich—until I see aot . a pauper or oppressor in the land . I had intended to have addressed you at greater laigth , but , to confess the truth , my strength is exhausted , and I must postpone the conclusion of this letter till next week . Meantime , tbat nothing may be withheld irpm

      public scrfitiny , it is ray intention to publish as much of the evidence as has been given before the Select Committee , and for which we can make room , in the July number of the " L » - bourer" —thus showing you that I seek for publicity , instead of resisting it . And , when all is concluded , I will exhibit such a management of a Company ' s affairs , as will make speculators blush , and my enemies hide their diminished heads , from very shame . Your faithful Friend and Bailiff , Feargus O'Connor .

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      THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO THE PEOPLE . Fellow Countrymen , — Our time has been so much occupied , that we cannot at any great length address you this week , For the aarae reason we postpone any notice of the reception of Joseph Hume ' s motion by the House of Commons , further than to say , in the very outset , it is a miserable failure , which must however , eventuate to our advantage . Pioneers only clear the way . THE VICT 1 M 9 * BAIL .

      We have been most actively engaged in searching for , Winging up , and putting in bail . The Government seem determined to keep all the prisoners in , if there is the most distant excuse for refusing bail . Their opposition is perfectly diabolical , and the whole of a roan ' s affairs , who offers himself as bail , his transactions , character , and means , are sifted and laid bare with unparalleled impudence , cruelty , and arrogance . No man dare offer himself as bail , if he is in arrear for rates or taxes . If he offer and is refused , then , like our generous-hearted friend Bloomfield , he receives twenty-four hours' notice to pay his taxes , or abide the consequence .

      Every known Chartist at all considered respectable , is harassed for both rent , rates , and taxes . Mr Shaw of the Tower Hamlets , and many others , have been treated in a mo 3 t insolent manner by the collector . AH debts are raked up , and , indeed , every means of petty annoyance and persecution are brought into requisition against our friends , bailsmen , and supporters . It may become necessary to consider the question of paying any rent , rates , or taxes at all , if those persecutions are to continue under the sanction of a vile , mean-spirited , and contemptible Whig government .

      Mr Sewell could net be rejected as bad ; he was beyond the reach even of Whig malice . Mr Murrell was rejected , on very slender grounds . Through some misapprehension Mr Dipple attended twice , and then withdrew , otherwise his bail was unexceptionable . We have put in others , but still delay is the evident intention of the Government . They seek to tire out the patience of the prisoners , and murder us with expenses . They will fail in both objects , if the People do their duty ; and nobly they have done it hitherto .

      The prisoners are all very cheerful , and as conv fortable as their position can possibly allow . We may confidently say the same of their wives and children . The Committee appointed to attend entirely to the interests of the prisoners , have been most thoughtful , active , and impartial . Remember the prisoners , and strengthen our hands , in the present severe contest with the Government , both politically and judicially .

      PUBLIC MEETINGS . We have had tWO Very crowded and most enthusiast meetings in London ; one presided over by Dr M'Douall , and addressed by Mr M'Crae , in the John-street Institution ; and another in the Literary Institution , Portman Market , addressed by Messrs Kydd and M'Crae . THE BIGHT OF MKETING Is strenuously upheld , and must be maintained , or we perish . We most heartily thank you , fellow-couutryraeu , for the general response you so nobly made to our appeal ; and rejoice to find Lord John Russell recanting , in consequence of your patriotic reply to his finality humbug . We have another appeal to make , and that is in behalf of

      THB LIBRRTT FOND . We intend securing several large places of meeting in London , and likewise agitating the country , from the centre to the circumference . Agitate , agitate j organise , organise . We must not rest a moment . We must not turn our eyes away , nor take our hands from the plough , now that we have placed them to it . Aid us , then , fellow-countrymen . Putyour shoulders to the wheel ; let not a treasonable Government have to add to their boast of putting down meetings , that of destroying the Executive and the Organisation , and trampling upon their victims . Bestir yourselves , now or never , and let us have a negative or affirmative reply , at the earliest possible period . The Lancashire and Yorkshire men will have one of our body amongst them , as soon as we learn the result of the elections .

      THE ELECTION OF THE EX 8 CUT 1 VE COMMITTEE . We have to direct the attention of the localities to the loose manner in wh * ch the election of the Executive has been conducted many places have contented themselves with a show of hands . It was expressly stated that the enrolled members were to ballot for five of an Executive out of the list of persons nominated as fit and proper . We have no returns as yet from many important localities—The ballot must either be adopted at once , or the persons choseu together with the number of voters given . This must he done at once , otherwise we must stand still , not from inclinationbut from uncertainty .

      Fellow Countrymen , —We are fully aware that you Only require to be made acquainted with a rational wish , and to have pointed out to you an imperative duty—the one we feel assured will he gratified , and the other done . The Executive expect every Chartist will look upon them as brethren in peril and difficulty . Yours faithfully and firmly , P . M . M'DOUALL , J . M'CRAE , JAMES LEACH . SAMUEL KYDD .

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      THE IRISH CONFEDERATES . The Brien Boroihme Confederate Club . —A crowded meeting of this clul > was held on Sunday evening last , at the Druids' Arras , Greenwich . Messrs J . Lindsay , Perry , Barry , Sheridan , &c , attended as a deputation from the Davis Club , London . Mr Enticott ( Chartist ) in the chair . Several gentlemen addressed the meeting , and subscriptions were entered into for the Defence Fund . The meeting then adjourned to Sunday evening next . Large meetings were held the same evening at the Maze Club , Bermondsey , the Theobald Wolf Tone Club , &c , and subscriptiens to the Defence Fund were liberally entered into .

      The John Mitchel Confederate Clvb . —The weekly meeting of this club was held on Monday evening , in the school-room of the South London Chartist Hall , Blackfriars-road . Mr M'Giuley in the chair . Mr Rooney addressed the meeting , and several persons were enrolled . The meeting was adjourned to Monday evening next . T « E UOBEUT EilMETT CONFEDERATE CLUB . — Meetings of this club were held on Monday and Tuesday , at the Washington-hall , Cable-street , Wapping . Mr Fearns in the chair . The meeting was chiefly 0 Ccupied with raising funds for the d 3 fence of the victims , and to carry out the Plan of Organisation . The meeting then adjourned to Thursday evening . This club meets for business at the Washington Temperance-hall , Cable-street , Wapping , every MondayTuesday , and Thursday .

      , A meeting of the Davis Confederate Club was held on Friday evening last , the IGtli inst ., at the Assembly Rooms , Dean-street . Mr E . Kenealy , barrister-at-law , brought forward a motion for the adoption of the princip les of moral force at their future meetings , or otherwise to adop t the peace resolution . Only -three hands were held up in favour of the motion . Irish Confederation . —A public meeting will be held on Sunday evening next , at Jennings buildings , Kensington , to form a Confederate Club .

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      A large bed ef metallic ore , said to contain a rioh par centaee of tin , has been discovered in Baltimore County , D . e ,

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      Nottingham . —The middle-classes of thiB town presented a requisition to the mayor signed by U 5 names , to call a public meeting on Monday , June 19 th for the purpose of forming a branch of the People ' s League , in order to obtain Universal Suffrage , together with such details as are essential to its exercise . Several resolutions were passed ; one for the formation of a branch of the society above named . The Chartists were requested to find a proposer and seconder to the following resolution : — ' That whilst this meeting is fully persuaded of the importance of the principles of Universal Suffrage , which constitute the basis of the people ' s league , it is no less persuaded that Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , no Property Qualification , Payment of Members , and

      Equal Electoral Districts , are details absolutely essential to its exercise , aad therefore call upon the members of the said league to embody the points in their plan , aa necessary to its completeness and consistency . ' Messrs Sweet and Harrisoi were selected , and it having been proposed . Beconded , and carried , a petition was then proposed for Universal Suffrage , to be presented to the House of Commons . After having been signed by the chairman , ( Lord Rancliffe ) on behalf of the meeting , Mr C . Roberts reques ed that the whole of the six points contained itt the resolution which had been adopted , should be added to the petition ; hut this they

      would not allow , although they had previously promised they should be added , if they were put . to the meeting and carried . A deal of confusion here ensued , the chairman declaring he would not sig n it if they were inserted . Mr Roberts , who Was prepared with another petition , containing the six points , moved it as an amendment , which was seconded by Mr J . Skerritt . The chairman refused to put it to the meeting , the mover and seconder declared they would not withdraw it when requested to do so . The League party seeing the determination of the Chartists , were compelled to withdraw theirs , 'and thus terminated the meeting without a petition being put to the meeting ,

      Falkirk . —At a late meeting of the Falkirk branch of the National Land Company , the following resolution was agreed to : — ' That we hold our meetings in Mr Fleet ' s splendid new coffee room , High-street , on the first Monday of every month , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions , but members may at any time have money sent off to clear them for the ballot , by applying to the secretary and treasurer . ' Members in arears with local levies , are hereby requested to pay the same immediately . Woburn , Bbds . — Mr Garnmage delivered an open air lecture in this place on Monday evening last , to a numerous audience ; at the conclusion three cheers were given for the Charter .

      Leighton Buzzard , Bebs . —A meeting was held here in the market place on Tuesday evening last . Mr Burgess , of Woburn , was called to the chair , who introduced Mr Gammage to the meeting . A fetor persons who were set to work by the ' respectables , ' kept up a continual uproar , and it was deemed advisable to adjourn the meeting to a field ; after this all went on quietly , the lecturer spoke for two hours , and at the conclusion thaaks were given to him and the chairman , and three tremendous cheers for the Charter .

      Stockton-on-Tees . —A public open air meeting was held near St Mark ' s brick and tile manufactory , Stockton-on-TeeB , on Tuesday , June 13 th . This place was granted in consequence of the determination of the authorities not to allow the meeting to be held in the Market Place on the previous day ( for which purpose fifty additional policemen were brought from the neighbosring towns . Resolutions condemning Lord John Russell ' s assertion , that th e people did not want reform-against the gagging bill—and in favour of the Charter—were unanimously adopted . The meeting was addressed in a lengthy speech by Mr Byrne of Newcastle . Mr W . Byrne of Newcastle , delivered a lecture in the Odd Fellows Hall , Stockton , on Friday evening , June 14 th , 1 On the New Plan of Organisation . ' Twenty-five members were enrolled , and seven shillings collected for the Victims' Fund .

      Elgin , Moratbuirb . —a Bplendid meeting we bold in this town oa Monday , the 12 : h instant , called by the Leaguers , in support of Mr Hume ' s motion , but , strange to say , although a Chartist leoturer baa not visited this place for the last eight years , scarcely a hand was held up in favour of tho motion , and a resolution for the Charter was carried unanimously . We shall Bhortly send Bome money to the Executive —John M'Pherson , secretary . Coatbridgb , LASARK'iHiiia . —On Monday week , I 2 ch instant , a procession of seven tboiiBand persons , accompanied with banfis , banners , &c ., marched to t ' ae White Fiat Railway-station bridge , where a

      publio meeting was held . Mr Lee ia the chair . Resolutions in favour of Repeal—denouncing Lord Joan Russell and the Whig government—and of sympathy with the patriot Mitchel—were unanimously adopted . The maeting waa addressed by Meaars Haidee , Pollock , Adam ? , Riley , Graham , and Wingate . Davkntry . —A public meeting was held in this borough on Mosday , June 8 th , Mr Lane ia the chair . A resolution in favour of the Charter , and a petition founded on the resolution were unanimously adepted . The meeting wsb addressed by Messro Ashwell , Dawson , and Munday . Stockpokt —The Rev . J . Barker addressed two meetings here oa Sunday and Monday last .

      Doncaster . —On Tuesday week last a public meeting of the Reform League was held in the new concert room . Affer the usual deceptive twaddle of ' go half way with us—get us all we want , and then we will help you , ' Mr Foden proposed , and Mr Corbett seconded , an smendment , in opposition to their resolution . The League chsirnan called twiea for a show of bands before he could decide which party had the majority , but ultimately he gave i& in favour of the League . Amoagat those who voted in favour of the amendment were several professional gentlemen and tradesmen , who hare previously acted with the Conservative interest , but , on the present oooa * sion , were found under the Chartist banner and No Surrender . Three cheers were given for the Charter , and the meeting shortly after eeDarated .

      Finsbuuy Locum . —Star coffee house , Old-street , St Luke ' a . June 19 . —Mr T . Salmon in the chair . — Messrs Wm . Salmon and Merriroan were eleoted delegates to the district council for Finsburv . Mr Fennell moved , and Mr Wm . Salmon seconded the following resolution : — ' That every member on entry shall give in his name aad address , and that the cla ? e leadera see that the address given ia tho correct one , and if not , that the name shall be erased frnm the baoka of the locality . Carried unanimously . Mr Allnutt moved , and Mr R . Fuzzm aeoonded— ' That deputations be appointed to wait on all the localities in the districts , to request them to send delegates to form a district committee . ' Mr Nobbs moved , and Mr Memman seconded , the following resolution : — ' Taat it h tQO opinion of this meeting that the arming of the police force Tritu cntlasseB , whilat on

      nigkt duty , is an unconstitutional act on the part ; of the government , and calculated to lead to serious breaches of the peace , considering the brutal use the force havo already mada of their truncheons on previous occasions . ' Carried unanimously . Mr Nobbs moved , and Mr Merriman seconded— ' That a copy of the above resolution bo Bent to Mr Wakley , with a request that he will bring the grievance complained of before the House of Commons . ' Carried unanimously . The meeting tb . 9 n adjourned . On SiiHday next a lecture and discussion upon Emigration will take place . On Monday evening , the locality meets at Hudson '* Academy , CroaB-streos . llatton-irardtn , when a lecture Trill be delivered by Mr P . M'Grath . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock : and on Cuegtky evening at the Star coffee house , Old-street , S :, Luke ' s .

      Denst . —To the Editor op thb Northern Star . —Sin , —A copy of the enclosed letter and wso . lUtion wa 8 sent to Lord Jehn Russell , acd I was instructed by the meeting from which it « man : » te'i , to request the favovr of a corner for in < irtion in the People's paper . The meeting was addre *» ed by Mr Ure , ( Camelon . ) and an eloquent and aml-gtirring one from the Rev . Mr Duncannon , ( Fa'kitk , ) on the People ' s Charter , the political rights of the people ( aee his tract published on that subject ); the rev speaker passed a high ealogium on Mr O'Connor for his steadfast adherence to the principles through fifseen years of persecution and scorn . At the close of the meeting , three cheers were given for the People's Charter , Mr O'Connor , and three for the Northern Star . —P . Lagan . TO THB EIGHT BON . lOHD JOHN KO « BItI ..

      Mx Lord , —Ia consequence of your lordship e at » bttion , made in tho House of Commons oa 23 rd of May , to tho effect , ' ThBt neither the middle » or working chBSBS of these countries wished for any extsnalve mea . cures of legislative rtforro ; ' a meeting of ike Inhabi . tants of this place woe heia in the Odd Fellowa' Hall , on the lSthiastant , wcenibe enoloeed reiolutioa was cua-

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      nloouBlj adopted and agreed upon to be t ^ t ^ o j ^ ur i « rd « Wp , ( Mg « tber with n copy for pnbMsttoS ifl the NouTBitow SxiB : } two ttltatt were atpplni ** Iqr the meotiog w count tfi-. ^ roteo , find ( 1 . .-litfe . ell nnccr jyo . iht ) resui «¦«•»¦* 387 msl" ft'fuHsi The . nieetiag ol » p « . pressed a' hop * itiht- ' fctorM&s ' bip woaSA ftieeyou * « , rasr , —retract jour notorious allega' ^ n . ?—make'thi ? P « o ? lo ' a flakier . k c » biiiet iaittipro , ; 8 ^ d thereby puS ' m ^ dnd to agitation , * nd saTe ' thfs < waR ;? £ from , letter . ntfn , by having it made thelflff of tbe land , ,. ¦ : < 8 ign « d ^ bjiaftituotlonofmfieting , * . > PaiNoie L'ieiN , 'OhsirtoaD . DtDnr , S . jirliBj / 'ib ' ira , Sicvd ' and " ,

      Jucie 17 th , 1818 . . . , R £ BotWD ,--Iimt ff ? , t ? ie : ip& $ tsnt 9 of Depnj ' , to pub . io . mestlug aiacrabled . are , is common wltbabo rest of { cfc « Untied Kingdom suffering : extreme distress ? That Rtlph ' dUtrim h malaly attributoblo to mlsgbTertiment . Eab ' pur , Vtiish'tuourcapUal , not being represented ia the Oomoious House of fcarll&ta « nt , wWlo fiifefOOfatt nndcapUalUts have tuurpei tbo power of gOvajflinKtreated the governed wita overbearing insolence , —mode laws toap ^ rindis-j t . homselvm , —and reduced the luoaatrious nniaaHS nu& labourers ( tlie producer ? of ul wealth , ) to the lowo » t depths of misery and degriu'iag pauperism ; thou und . i on thousands , through want of food reduce 1 10 skriitous , and than feorne unahrou : Vd to thdr travfes ; < ah \ W dronefi . Jn alarms of ariataci'siio

      paupers , are revelling in luxury on the fljsh and nlartaw of the psopls . Tl-e innnBuro of in'qdty is ful ^ , < To faave beca squeezed , until we are no longer tqueozible ; we know our right ? , atid ' knowing shall mainta in . ' fhatao hall m'jaturc of lfglelotire reform wi'l cure ' . be social feviU Bnd&r whlcVi wo ifrouh . Nothing but a tall and oomplete acknowledgement of our political r ) gtits will Buffi e . . That tho douument known as tbo PiopU ' s Charter embodies al ! the principles of political freedom for whioh we centtnd ; aud this meeting plcdg « , thcut . B ? lveB to use all legal aad peaceable ffiSana for ItS OtUCt « racut , and will not c * asn from agitating until it becomes the law of f > e land . : Covbnibt . —The CJjartisfcs of this locality hsld their usual weekly meeting on Monday evening , ; it

      Mr Pritehard ' a C * ffce-heuse , GoitOtd-aiteet . MX ilarrison in the enair , whan s deputation froni &Q oolliory district * " of' Badworth and Nuneaton attendud , with a request to be allowed to form'a part of this district , untler tkc new plan of erganisnUca . The foUonine resolution W 83 proposed by MrPiokni'd , seconded by Mr Farmer , and carried unanimously : —' That & ' district delegate meeting be held » t Mr Pritchard's Coffee-house , Goaford-street , on Siindsf , July 2 nd , at ten o'clock ia the forenoon , wheH the following places are expected to send delegates , iris . Foleshill , Bedworfcii , Nuueaton , Sniiton , Warwick , Leamington , Kenilwortb , and all other placeB within twelve miles of Coventry . ' ; ;

      KaMARNccK—A large meeting was held here on the 12 th inst ., Mr Pewr Gorm in the chair , wheu resolutions ia favour ot the Charter " , and the Labour question , were unanimously adopted . The meeting was addressed by Messrs Morrison , MoLelJand , Henderson , Bryan , Sitnpsan , and Paton , NOTIING-HUL , KBN 8 I'GX 0 NANP flAMMBRSiUTI ? . —A meeting of the Chartista and Land members of the above districts took place at tiie Prince Albart ooffee house , Notting-hill , on Wednesday week last . Mr Newell of Hammersmith in the chair . A ter receiving deputations from the Emmett Brigade , Paddington , ( b-:, to explain the jwnefioial working of tho new organisati' n , a subscription was opened , and 10 s . collected for tho defence of Mr Ernest Jones and the Chartist victims . A meeting will be held at the same place on Wednesday next , June 21 , at eight o ' olock precisely .

      Banbuby DiBTRicr . —An open air meeting _ toak place on Tuesday last , when a lecture waa delivered on the Land Company by one of the Baabury friend ' . ; twenty members started a branch to carry the name iDto effect . Lints Shbffieid district of the National Charter Association . —At a meeting of the council of the above digtriot , held at the house of Mr Charles Clarke , Temperance Hotel , Rackingham-atraot , it was resolved upon holding the Counoil meetings every Sunday afternoon , at half-paHt two o'clock " , and it is requtatf d that members of the Council will bo in atteudanci ' ,. as business ot importance willbe brought before them .

      New Reform Movemknt . —LivbbpjOL .- —A public meeting , called by the supporters of the New Movemont , fji' the purpose oi adopting 9 . petition in sup * port of Mr Huflie ' d motion , "as held on the 19 th , inst . The principle of Universal Suffrage was agreed to and supported by al ! the speakers , but they resorted to the old trick ot expediency for the purpose of ' gaining an instalment , ' and brought for . ward a resolution for adaption by the meeting . The Chartists submitted an amendment , which was carried by , at least , two-thirds of the meeting , and also adopted a petition founded on the amendment ia

      favour of the People ' s Charter . The petition was sontiiuMr Hurao tti © earn . ? evening . N . B . —After the meeiiDg agreeing ( 0 our amendment the pha ! rman and committee refused to press a petition which they had drawn up far the purpose , saying , thad we bad rendered the ubjoct of the meeting useless , the chairman then dissolved the meeting and left the olmir . Upon this we proceeded to elect another chairman , for the purpose of passing our petition , when they immediately resorted to the trick of darkening tbe room ; however , we succeeded in securing-our object asd eign ' mgour document by our chairman .

      Weixingbobovgu- . —Mr Kydd delivered a lectorea few davs ago in toe market square of this town . Chartbrville , Oxvobdshibb . —The following recolntion has been Agreed to by the allottees on this 63 tate :- 'That our grateful thanks be giren to the lady who kindly presented each of us with a copy of the speech , handsomely bound aud gold lettered , delivered by our esteemed friend and parent , Feargus O'Connor . Esq ., on the National Lvn 4 Plan , in the House of Common , od Thursday , March 6 th , 184 S . Sfitalfiblds—A branch of the Chartist Asaociatioa waa formed on Sunday la&t , Juna 19 , at the Bluecoat Boj , Dorset-3 Jrwii , SpUaifieida , Liverpool . —At a public meeting held in Liverpool on the 19 th inst ., convened for the purpose of aupportipg the motion of Joseph tlume , on the 20 th inst . a petition was parsed by a large majority ia support ; of tke People ' s Charter . Tll 6 petition WHS fONYflrdod to Joseph flume .

      Aberdeen . —The Chartists of Aberdeen arc or * ganising under the new plan . [ We have not room for Mr Logan ' s letter . ] TOWCESTBB , NoBTHiMPTONSHIRB . —MORB PtJBMC Meetings Supphessbd . —Ic was announced by haudbilh tbat Mr Gimmage would deliver a lecture in the Market-place of this town , oa ( he evening of Thursday , June 15 . This town is completely in the hands of three persons , viz . —the Duke of Grafton . the Earl of Pomfret , aud Lord Southampton ; and the inhabitants generally were warn d that if they attended this meeting , they would be ejected from their dw ^ linga , and those working men who hold allotments , were threatened with tbe loss of them , if they at « tended the meeting . Between fifty and Bixty special

      cOQstabloa were sworn in ; the police were sent for from the surrounding villages ; tbe street lam ? s were taken from their sockets , and aa much preparation mads as though a siege was fully anticipated . Mr Burgess was called to the ehnir , who introduced the leoturer . The meeting was rapidly augmenting , wfeen the superintendent , followed by hia men and the special !) , sallied forth from a pubiio honse , jn a state little short of intoxication . The superin ' endent addressing the speaker , informed him that he « ould speak no longer in that place . Mr Gammage offered to adjourn the meeting to another part of ihe tonn , but the man in blue informed him he could neither speak there nor anywhere else suoh were hia orders , and the mestiag must immediately disperse . Mr Gatamsge stated that aa he did not wish to see any collision take place between the police and the authorities , he would disperse the meeting . To this the superintendent objected , saying that he must ; speak

      no more , and that the police would disperse the meeting . Mr Gammage , however , called upon the meeting to disperse , and everything pa 9 Bul off without disturbance . On the following evening-, another in * stance of magisterial tyranny occurred at Cosgrove in the same county . Mr Gammage was announced to leoture , but before be oould prooeed to address the meeting , he encountered tho police and Cap lain Maunsell , a magistrate , wlio gave orders for , the meetiDg to he diapeisod . The meeting was then ad ' jonrned to Wolrerion in the county of Buckingham , where Mr Gimmage a-idre 8 sed tho-. 3 assembled ott th « Charter , and the necessity of its enactment-Wellington . —On Thursday , June 15 th , a pubiio meeting was held in the Town Hall ; Mr A . Snapcott in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Mr VV . Rex , ot Tauaton . and Mr P . J . O'Brien , ot Exeter , aDrt a resolution wag passed in favour of ihe People ' s Charter .

      Tiverton . —The monthly meeting of the AssociO " tion took place at the Golden Lion Inn . Mr William Rowoliffe , town oouioillor , in the cau . r . The balanoe aheefc of tag last quarter was read , which garo ge « ceral aatafaction . A vote of thanks taving been siren to the chairman the meeting soparated .

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      mun um Bin-olby . — Monfi Akhests . —On Wednesday , June H ' , h , at fivo »' olock in the morning , two men named Robinson and Moore , were arrested and brought before Mi-Ferrand , who was in attendanceafi that early hour , to dispense his' justice . ' Robinson was charged with announcing » meeting , jaad walking in procession , and AJoore wai charged with riot and roHcuo upon the most worthless evidence . About halfpasc six , Mr Ferrand , armed with & double barrelled gun , and six of hia gamekeepers

      similarly armed , marched with the prisoner * through the town to the Railway Station , from whence they were conveyed to York Castlo . On Monday , June 19 tb another , person , named Hookin , was arrested , by Foulds , who together with Varley charged Uockin with riot and rescue . Tha employer of Hookin ( a respectable manufacturer ) , and two workmen in his employ , however , deposed that at the time of the riot and rescue , Hookin was at work in hie master ' s factory , and he was accordingly discharged . So muoh for the veracity of Foulds awl Varieey :

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 24, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1476/page/1/