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      A Kcsnd edition of' the Man of Feeling ! ' What a pity that bo tender hearted a man is a jud ge . Bat then , you see , ' the law must it vindicated !' If I remember correctly it was the same judge who , when about to sentence another batch of political Tiotims , said If I were to walk in ! o & machine shop , end see a large quantity cf machinery around me , should I not be a very pNHnnptuon » man to propose to alter any part of it , or to interfere with the construction of a spinning jinny ? Why yoa would laugh , at ma in the face , If I mide inch a proposition , and tell me that if I altered the wheels I should throw the "whole macnlnerj Into confusisn . » Now it i > jut inch a thing joa have proposed to do with the government . There are wheels in the country which are pat into working order by the government for the general good af the country , and if yon endeavour to alter those wheels or put in newoaei , yoa pat out of order the entire nuchiaery of goversine&t .

      TO THE WORKING CLASSES . Words are things , and a small drop of Ink Falling—like dew—npoR a thought , produces Th » t which makts thousand * , perhaps millions , **»** . ' Bibqh . TEE LAW VINDICATED ! Brother Proletarians , The assizsa we OYer . A multitude of political offenders haTe been condemned to incarceration and felon Bondage . An increase of misery has been heaped upon a number of beteavid xti unhappy fa tnilies . No matter , lawyers , and judges , and jursrs » and gaolers hive had their Christmas dinners , their fesatiEgs , and their merrymakings . And why not ? Has not the law been " vindicated V I know , said the judge , when about to past sentence on the political offenders tried at Chester : — I know that mott of joa are decent person * , that yt a are not like the generality of men who come before oont U of justice— that you do not steal — that yon have tfcoie at you * kotnei who will suffer by your condnot . I f * el for them and for ysu , but I mast do my duty .: * Xft ( law ntut 02 trndicil'd . ' iKJ A « -Ei » T VJJS . JVli \ V . T C'JuAiSofc . O .

      Bat , Sir Jadge , what if the wheels of yonr gorernjcent machine are already out of order ? What if that machins , instead of working for the benefit of all , ib ( like almost every other kind of machine ) worked for the benefii of a few , whilst the many are ground , and crashed , and destroyed by its move inent ? If Bach ia the working of your machinery , MU » U not the suffering multitude question tha fitn « s of the machine as at preseat canstructed—or . at any » te , the fitnew of those who direct its workings ? The workers rf manufacturing machinery understand their work , but can the same be said of the workere of that tnaohine called Government V To suppose them ignorant bunglers is the moat charitable coa atrucum their work admiw of . You talk , Sir Judee , ef tb . 8 wheels of ROYernraent being worked for the general good of the country , I will answer yoa from the evidence of one of the crown witnesses , policeman BsowsafHyde :

      I spoke to them , and ssked what thiy were doin . there anacd at night « Tfce mm who appeared to b the leader , ssid , You must not think we are the onl ; parts out to nl < ht' I said , ' Oh no , I have seen another . WU 4 > then said , They we out now over BrglanJ , Ire . lani . snrt Scotland , and before this time to-mono * night weftl either makatt better o » worse , for WE MAT AS WELL TUBS OuT AND BE KILLED , 1 . 5 STOP AT HOUS AKD BE STARTED TO DEATH . ' There ia pronounced the irrevocable eondemnftion of the existing political machine and those who oosduct it . A system that forces men ( nca"qaainted with the use of arms and physically uofis to engage in revolutionary struggles ) to the coBctasion that it is 'BETTER TO DIE BYTBE SWOROTHAN TO PERISH OF HUNGER , 'is a curee and anui-Sanoe . To Itbsur to reform or get ta of gnch a Bystem is the bounden duty of every true friend to th » peace and well beine of society .

      Ia the come ef the recent trials , the town of Ash . * °° ' acquired an unhaupy notoriety in consequenc ? Of the trial of Radcliftb . and the condemnation of a number of poor fellows to transportation for life , under the provisions of that Messed Whig "boon . ' the Gagging BilL' Aa recards the unfortunate man condemned to deatb , it ia certain that he was not the man who Bhot BareHTthe policeman . The jury declared , and the judge acknowledged his innocence , * ° . "« at 'east , as regards the killing of Bright , yet the man has been condemned to die on -the scaffold , because * the law tmistbevmdicaiedi ' I trust that the appeal made to the people of Aehton in last Saturday Sr * s , has before this time been reipcrded to , and that the necessary taeasurea nave been already taken to ensure the Eafety of the unfortunate man ' s life , by obtaining a commutation cf ms sentence .

      Oa the trial of CossrAsronc , Kiswortht , w ^ aiKER , Siorr , Tassieee , and Seftoj ? , the accused tten ^ were tried hy the jurors who had prerioncl y ooavicteri Radcuffb . the man cDndemned to ( ' eath . A postponement of the trisl had beea refused . In opening tbe case , the Attorney General , accordine to custom , ' expressed a hope that ih % jury would dis . miffl from their mirds any -circumstances connected with -the painful inquiry which had occupied their attention on the Friday aa 3 Saturday previously , ' Xpe -l earned gentleman * Tery consiBtently ooneladed hiaaddregB to the jury , by professing to show that all the prisoner * , witfe the exception of Sb * toh , were t&kir . g part in the'rising' at the time that Brightwas shot , and were amongst thosa men who turroncded him when the -pike was nsed . and the pistol fired . ' Sift « 5 w » s sentenced to be transported for unytsrs , and the rest of the prisoners / or-fcye * The lawtsnutt le vindicated f

      Is suited the purpose of the Attorney General to pretend ta regard the AihtonmenaB ' the dupes of detienjee persons . ' I kh understand that , for ence in hk life , that functionary was perfectly riacere whenS ^ expressed his t € gret tb » t the said persons had cot been trapped and thought to triah But Sir Joa * Jervis very well ka < m 9 that the unfortcaate A-hioaffen are in reality the vhtim * of our oppressive systsa , social snd political . How that system works in Ashton , I will shew . A local publication , the AsHT ^ H'CHRisiCLB . of Be- «» mber 9-h , ccatains an article addressed to thei Factory Insn ?« » nr ef the district , givine a moat ; frightful reveJaMon of the wrongs and rafTering * of

      the working dashes of that town . ' Our table , ' says the editor of the Chbosiclc ' covered * i ' h complaints from-the intimidated , cheated , and oppressed f actorj kbour ? rs . ' It appears it ia not an jnconmoD thing -for the factory Kings to compel their hand * to work on the Sandtg' . A common trick is to set the hands to work tea minutes before the regular time in the nsornlcg , sad keep them wofkin ; ? in the tveriiog a quarter of ta hour after the proper time . TNie meal-times are also docked fwoj ten to twenty minutes Of course all this ovsr-time in clear gaie for the millocrst . who eenerally ^ i fa jbii skvsi bo oompeniation far worhin ? theiaaire than the tinse authorised by law . ' Last reckoning , ' says one of ihe unhappy slavea ,

      we gecmHei at workitg 83 many houri . Tfce maitsr gave c « a quwter of a diy ' g w » ge , but said he would never gin oi any more . rZa told the carder we would aotworfeac maoy hours w we had dose , unless wf w | rep » idforis . H ^ toWtne ciasttr , who B < id 6 « rantfc * makt tu « tt as many Iwi . as he liked , and soJ pay us for ft . The unuatcral and dsmnatle eystera which tears wome ^ froBi their homes to « ork in the faetorle » , is well knows to be the chief cause of the vast mortality zisocgst ths infant popda'ion of the manufeetnriBS distnt-ta . It appears feat the mothers « f infart children are in the habit of destroying the

      nourishment provided by Na * ura fer their offspring . * We hsve eow befiore us . ' says the editor of the AniTflN Chbomcle , 'that unhappily most common , but disgraceful ntenet , called a nipple-glae ? , neei by mothers in the factory / or the unnalval purpote of Eiilking themEelrea . ' Tee Afhton writer then goes on to state that thue glasses when filed with a mother ' e mVk are emptied down Vie Jactory water clout , ' ' whilst the infect that sks'd have been fed upon it lies loat in its dirt at Lease , or , as m tuny well-known ipBtances , die 3 from the effects of the ileeping stuff given ta stop its heart-reading cries I '

      Now , Ke how these women , wka sicrifica even their children : n their attempts to satisfy their inexorable Oppressor ? , tie how they are treated by their taskmasters : — In another sill it bad been said that the masters Bad made up their m ! nds to' reduce the wares during tlie for night then running ; although there had bsen no lanful notice cf ttelr Intsntionto reduce pottsd In toe factory . A woman , who had worked upwards of treaty yean In this mill , was to unhappy at the thought

      of what might be hangiog over her , that she could not sleep at night . Sh ? went to one cf the master * , ani aid : ' Will yon be re good as to tell me wfeettur we are working at the bated price that has been talked of , as no word fcai ever been brought to us about it , aui I am very useu ; in my mind over it ! ' The only answer she got was this : 'You are working at the price wx have ordered ; you will know what it U when the time comes ; and if jou don't like It tfcen , you can leave . ' The redaction in thu caea , nster ecnounced , amounts to no lets tban / our tU ' Jbyt a reckoning .

      We are assured by the Abhion Chbohicle that one tyrant , when applied to by hit * 'hands' to know how they were to lire on the low waee * he offered them , answered : 'WHY YOU MAY BOIL BOULDER STOKES FOR WHAT I CARE ; IT IS hO BUSINESS OF MINE ! !• Another ' s reply was : 'I WILL . MAKE YOU EAT ONK AN .

      OTHER BEFORE I HAVE DONE WITH IvU • • Such is the working of the admirable social' machine / The ' Government' is •» wheel within a Wheel * necessary to koep the larger machine Being , t DKful to enable millocnts to compel their iunds to ** t toulderrfitepes , or devour one another !

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      . The rising at Ashton was not the work of the « designing men - alluded to by the Att orney Genera . It « Hcnued by . the intolerable tyranny deecrib * d by the Aeraox CHBoncu . One more extract from ttutpiibiicatioa will pi 0 T O the truth of my a « S ut ?* iT ° ? " rill ° at Alht ( " > on BUck «« on «? i ° ° f the Ch " ttft Ieadei 8 ^ "W to S * * ***** J H «™ the folly of their pr jeeted uBd « takin , aui to adfi , e them to coafiu , their f « r 10 M t 0 h gd and mara , mean ° , ™ cried a cluster of those maddened hopsless men « . t de jou mean ty talking abau ; moral force ? There ar . « Oio haOra , of married mi « « Ift tKld , cn to k « P m vgUtMh gsaiouk . We can Hani it no lonff . r ; uhm we talking ; ue have Mel all roads JtK we are tick ; tt * « n 6 eno toorfe uhateter comet of «; » , her * gW , and « ee « caan « Kti-UfoV . OKt . ' Thn ri . itKTnf l . ht .. _ .. il _ . . .

      t- l fe ! lows ! , ° ? P « Joa had driven them mad-Tney had 'tried all toads till they were ' sick' o moral force / and could ' stand it no longer . ' They BaW taat 1 The wcr ! d was not their friend , nor the world ' s law ' andeo they madly arrayed their weakness agaiu ' st the strength oithase who ground them to th . dust Of course they were crushed , and-but we have cSin ' «* - law ««« 6 , vmI Tbe trial of the Manchester Chartists exhibited n JUl ? ^ . ' FAWKMwasamereinnc ? £ . 7 ferbcoaipwed with « " Chartist ? uuc tS ; , . a ^ teil t 0 me ' ' 8 aidth 4 t ^^ IwiU a tela nafeia , wb 9 , lj gnteBt wordj Will herroi ? up jour souls , friExeyonr younr (!) blood .

      Make e » oh oce ' s ejes , like staw , start Iron their spheres , Tour knotted and combined locks to part , And each particular hair to stand on end Like quills upsn the fearful poroup'ne 1 ' After an introduction intended to be like tho above : but wbioh was a long way off being so good , the acca « r proceeded to tell a frightful story of cellars hired by « designing persons , ' and filled by them with nsphtha and gunpowder , for the purpose of blowing up and eettiag fire to Manchester . The Gunpowder Plot ' was a joke compared with the Chartiet eonspiracy .

      Amongst the crown witnaseB was a member of ihe detective police- named Cooksos . This worthywho nadbaen some kind of a counter-jumper before joining the honeurable corps of' detectives '—read a number of extracts from speeches delivered by Wkbt , whits , Le'ch , snd others , which he had taken HOtes of when attending the Chartist meetings in plain o othes . He confessed that he only noted down parts o . the several speeches , such parts as he considered most i , flunma ' ory . The notes he had taken had b ea so artfully put together , by himself , or sometoelse

      dy , that when read from the witue ? 3-bos , the disjointed fragmen ' 8 sounded like a connected and petfe : t Bpeech . Geceok Whitb , who adairably cross-examined t ' ais precious witness , desired to test his memory by reading a speech to him . which he ( Whits ) laiended tomske the witnew , after hearing tie whole , repeatfrom memory . Butfaere thejudge interf . red wi h : ' I can'tallaw it . ' Of course not , it would never do to allow s Chartist to Bava himiielt by exposiDR the mttenneis of the evidsnoe for the Oriwn . Gkobgs "White ou » httohava remembered that Me law mtut le vindicated !'

      • j Atter di 8 P ? « 1 of another equally respeotable detective , ' a witness named Price was examined . Under crpes-eximinatina . thiB witneas confessed that , as regarded one of WHmft ipeeohei , he ( Whiik ) a ? okealongtime . andhe ( witflMB ) piokedoutth * worst he could find ! * Honeat , honest lago !' These witnesses , and some others 1 have not no . ticed , had merely deposed to Chartist meetings , speeches of the defeEdantp , and tho state of general excitement which existed last Bummer in the manufacturing districts , but not one of them had deposed te the alleged laota , or fictions , ( set forth in the Attorney Gm ? rai ' a opening address ) concerning the plot to burn Manchester . At last , the great gun was brought forward crammed with SaH-or , perhapB , it would be mote correct to say that Ball was orammed

      —who by , a certain gentleman in Manchester could , no doubt , tell . Be that as it may . thera haB been nothing—untes 1 « xcept * Wabbbr ' s long range 'smee the long shotted by { he renowned BaronifimehauscK , aoproaching to the discharge of this matchless Ban , Only that his 'fireworks' smack rithertoa strongiy of 'naphtha * and 'gunpowder , Bin , would be sure to ? ei an engagement at Vauxha ! l next season . * # * I must correct myself . On second thoughts , I doubt if he would 1 take , ' seeing thai his exhibition at Liverpool was w unqualified a failure . Notwithstanding the immense supplies of ' naphtha ' and gunpowder , ' tbe gund display , ' promised by the Attorney General ai the opening of the performance , proved to beneither core aor iess tban-a bottle of smoke !

      Under crcs 3 . eramination , Mister Jaiim Abraham Ball—( his fail name sbnuld be remembered iu connexion wita the tHuaes of Powhi , Davis , and the rest of the holy army of Whig spies)—made a pretty exhibition oi himself . The miserable wretoh , when called upon to identif y the defendants , succeeded in singling out R * bsin and M'Dokocoh , but he said that Geocoit wbb DdKOVin , and Chadwice was Ceoppbh , sad confessed that he did not know either Wbbt , Wans , Lbich , or Dosotm , a'theugb . he had p evioualy swam that he had been with the whole of them at a secret committee meeting on theUih of April , and pretended thit he had taken an active part with the majority of them on several other occasions . The wretch ' s self-exptwure was io complete . tb . it , according to the reporter of one of the local papers , 'Hib lordship , withantir of disgust , teld Bail to gei # ut oft !* court , and he accordingly vimt V

      If in instituting this prosecution the Attorney Ge merai ' s object had been simple justioe , he would , at this stage of the trial , have thrown up the case : hut no , ' the law must be vindicated !' Tte coune which the Attorney General should have taken , would have beeu followed by a jury oi impartial a&d unprejudiced men . After hearing Ball ' s evidence euch , a jury would have at onoe-acquitted th «» defendants . But no , the defendants were Chartists , and ' sAs late must be vindicated *' Toe sentences passed upon the defendants have

      g enerally beea cossidered as merciful . No doubt tho punishment meted to our friends is much less a-. Tare than the punishment inflicted upon some of thdr fellow victim ? . But taking the character of the evidence into aeeount , all unprejudiced peraous wilt conc ' ude that there was in reality ' no ease ' against the defendants , and that , therefore , any sentjnee passed npan them—however comparatively light—was perleotlj unjustifiable . But they wera Ketenced for the same reason that they were found guilty : because ' the law must be vindicated ?

      The Whigs stick at nothing . They have united with prosecutions for political offaoces , projections fa&asphemyl A man , named Bowkbb , has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for having uttered * a seditions and blatpfamoui speech . ' Wa all kn iw thatlawa exist against that indefinable effeace , 'blaspbsmy . 'Jbatno one could have imagined that the l&tral Whigs would have enforced such \ vst But fan Ke , ' the law must be vindicated V Let me be understood . 1 say nothing in justification of tike trash imputed to Bowksr . 1 am no admirer d ' Chartist preachings . ' Outpouring ! cf cant , na flatter uuder what pretext , are my abomination . Nevertheless I lift up my race , and I an sure that ever / fecaest man will join with me , in dsnunciatioa of the cevival of prosecutions for UaspTiermi .

      A number « f victims—many oft&emmere ladshave been eesienced at the Tork assizsa to various ternn of irapriwameat . The poor fellows were coe > victed principal !? upon the evidence of a set of spies and approvers . Under orosi-examinatioa they on f-gsed themeelvee . unmitigated scamps cf the true ? jwsll and Ball breed . Broihbb PaOLEEARiANa , —The 'law is ' vindieaied , ' and now it u for you to vindicate ycur cause by throwing over the persecuted the shield of your protection . As regards the majority of the viotims , you can only at present express your sympathy for them by protecting their families . Wanting thai protection they must gtarre or have recourse to such assistance as Poor Law guardians and relieving officers may be pleased to allow them . The 'law' of tyranny will indeed be ' vindicated , ' if yoa permit either misery to overtake the bereaved families of our unfortunate brethren .

      The imprisoned Manchester Chtrtists are in a dif ferent position to that of the other incarcerated patriots . They are placed in Kirkdale prison a ? firstclass misdemeanants . They not only may , they must provides themselves with food and all other Decenaries . They can only doso with yonr assistance . They b e long to your class and have been througb life faithful to their order ; as a matter of course they have always bees sharers in 7 our privations , and under present oirenmstances they are natnraUj disituteof the means of Eabsifience . If you aid them not they perish .

      Yon who have baen bo often fascinated by the wit and eloquence of John We ; t—jou who know and admire the blunt honesty and powerful abilities of George White—you who have on eo many occasions listened to tbe unanswerable arguments of Jakes Leach—yon who know and appreciate the sterling qualities of Daniel Donovan and the other incarcerated patriots—you who liave applauded and tn eouraged these memo sacrifice all for you and your cause , you will surely not desert them now . They are permitted privileges which would ba regarded by the lestfortunaie viotims as a great alleviation of their sufferin g * if they could partake of them ; let , then , it not be said that those privileges haye been ac -orded to our Manchester brethren in vain The fundamental law of Chartism is to Do unto thy fellow maa as thon wouldst he ahould do unto lb . ee / that' Law must be vindicated !' L'Ami DuPEuriE . December 28 tb , 1813 .

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      LYNN ELECTION AND CHARTIST TRIUMPH , IDE ROMIXATION . The nomination took place on Friday week , and at ten o ' clock on that day the chief magistrate of the borough , W . Sappingu , Esq ., teok his seat surrounded s % > "A o , the respective candidates . The don . L . H . Stanley waB absent , being in our transatlantic dominums . but his partisans mustered in o ,. nnderable numbers , to do honour te the maa who was to become their future representative , Mr Dixon « nd hia committee were at their posts , and through the courtesy of the mayor , they were , together with Mr Stanley ' s supporters , permitted to enter by a private way , in order to secure a good position . The member * of the press received every courtesy from the mayor by the necassary arrangements for their ?¦ ¦ .

      accommodation , as Bellas every person specially interested in the proceedings . The spacious ball at the oammenoement was far from being full , but by degrees it baoame well crowded , yet the utmost order end decorum on the whole for an eleotion contest , were well preserved . Tae Town Clbbk hating read the writ and the aot against bribery , R . Bagg * . Esq . proposed , and G . Hoggb , Eiq . seconded , the nomination of the Hon . E . H . Staklkt , as in every way qualified to represent thia borough in Parliament . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr Ltjkb Poiibb proposed , in a telling speech , and Mr DicKRsoN , ; of Queen Street , seoonded , the nomination of Mr William Dixon , to represent the borough .

      The Ma y or was about to take the vote by show of hands , when Mr Dixon said-Mr Major , if there is no party present to address the constituency on tbe part of ray honourable opponent , I claim the right of speaking before you proceed to take the show of hands . The Mayor having conceded , Mr Dixon came forward and said—Electors and Non-Eieowrs , in presenting myself aa a candidate for the representation of your anoient borough , and yonr suffragM . it is not from any ambitious views on my part but for the purpose of rendering my assistance towards carrying out those great principles of practical reform , necessary for the well-bein ? of all classes of society . I did not come here from any parsonal feolinRs of animosity towards my honourable

      oppoaent , but as an Englishman determined to Bpeak out fearlessly , and do my duty to my country . Gentlemen , I felt some little surprise when I heard the gentleman who aeoonded the nomination of my honourable opponent state to you that I was for the destruction of the Protestant Chureb . Iamignorant of the _ source from whence he got his informatisn . I think ke has not reoeived any information upon tho matter , but speaks on the impnlso of the moment , or , perhaps , he thinks that all reforms means destruction . However , I would give him a little wholesome ad yioe , and that is , never again to make assertions whioh have no foundation in truth . As a DiBsenter , I have a right to object to what I consider abuses—and what we DisaeHters object to

      is , the making us pay for a religion in which we do not believe . And this gross act of tyranny is practised upon us by the unjust interference ; of the State in religious matters . I aik , therefore , not for the destruction of the ' Protestant Chnrch , ' but for its separation from the State—believing that , where such connexion exists , it aots in oppoiition to tbe best inteiests of true religion . And in this belief we are supported by the history of the world . Whereever the Churoh has become connected with the State , there has been a visible deolension in those virtues for which the clergy were noted when they were dependant upon their own floek for support . Sacb has been the history of tbe Chnroh sinoe the days of Constantino . Not only h » ye they become lax in virtue , but negligent in duty . (« Nono' and

      . . hisses from some of the gentlemen on the hustings . ) Mr Dixoa turned round , aad calmly said-Geatlemen , I have yet to learn that hissing is any mark of snoerior intelligence , or a successful reply to an ar . gument . Geess on a common will hiss if you annoy them , ( Loud cheers , and cries of * Bravo , Dixon . ' ) I again repeat tfce assertion , that State interference has a tendency to make the ministers negligent in their duty , and that there has been gross neglect on the part of the dignitaries of the Church of England . ( ' No , no , ' from some of the gentlemen on the hustings . ) A gentleman says 'No , ' but I will bring forward fads . Some few yews ago , Mr Mott was sent on a commission into the mining districts to inquire into the spiritual

      ooidition of the people , and he found as gross ignorance amongst them as if they had been the Hottentots of South Africa . He aaked one man if he knew Jesus Christ . The man , in order to enable himself to answer the quostwn , inquired 'if he was a pitmaa or a browmaa . ' That U , was fca a man who got c . ial at the bottom of the pit , or one who took them off at the top . I aek , in a eountry where bo muoh is paid to ths church , whether such a state of things ought to exist ? When the ignorance of the people ia complained of , does it not tell of gross neglect , and the sooner therefore the ministers of religion are all thrown upon their own resources tbe better . I trust that this statement will not lead you sstray . I believe that if a maa thinks it necessary to have an arch bishep and a biahep to prepare the way for him to

      heaven , he has a perfect right to have them , provided he pays for them , but I do not consider that I should be called upon to pay for the service of dignitaries which I do not require . We were told by the gentle man who proposed the Bod . E H . Stanley , that ho was at present in America , in order to get more knowledge of the great principles of liberty . He would , taerefore , fiadin that great republio that there was no lack of religion , and at the same time there was no State Churoh . ( Cheers . ) All men of progress are of opinion that reforms must take place . All who live by industry are tired of things as they are , and therefore demand a change . But what change is necessary and adequate to meat the emergencies of the ease ? That is the question which you must now

      deeide . Gentlemen , I ask for your suffrages on the mad principles of the People ' s Charter ; government for and by the people , being tho only remedy for de-» twjing the unjust system of elas 3 law making , so severely felt by the toiling millions . I believe the time has now come when the great mass of the people are 6 : to be admitted within the pate of the oonstita tioa , and ought , therefore , to ba entrusted with the Franchise . We are told that Mr Stanley will ba fouEd to be a Bupparter of the institutions of the ooantry—some of these are worth supporting , but the sooner others are kicked away the better , and one is the iaw whioh ( taking the borough of Lynn as a specimen , ) allows one man out of sev . en to vote , whilst the otaer six have no voica in the matter . No man

      has ever been heard to say that there is justioe in this ; From Sir Robert Peel to Colonel Sibthorp , they all agree as to the Justice , bat differ as to the expodiepcy . There are many excuses ma 4 a why the Franchise shou'd not be extended—one ia the ignorance of the people , bat from the amount of money expended they ought not to be ignorant—if the ministers of the chnreh bud done their duty , I tr . w there would have been do cause to complain of their ignorancebut our rniers have withheld the means ef instruction , and then turned round apon usr . But this is a fallacy afteral ) , it is no test of a man ' s qualification to be intellectual or distinguished for his virtu 6 or his integrity , but simply to hold a property qualification . That a nun Bhould have a vote because he

      p ays a rental of £ 10 a year , besides rates and taxes , is most absurd . Ia this country where intelligence is not the test—kow many men are there , who when the dark cloud of adversity oemes over them are deprived of their rights of citizenship and rlucg amongst the enslaved mass . I wish for the ecirancbisement of tie whole male population of this eountry , of siund mind and untainted with crime . I am of no party but the people , and in asking for the extension o' the suffrage , I ask for every niau , no matter what may be hia creed or political opinion * , & % Ism of opinion that < every man who contribute !) to tha well-being of the commonwealth ought to enjoy tb . 9 aamunities belocgiag to him as a component part of the state . There is another point upon

      which I wish to touch . I ge for the ballot ; there are tew reformers bat see the necessity for its adoption , and some profeiBine conservative principles think it necessary , though tfeey would not extend tbe aaffcage , sad why ? because intimidation is exercised to fuch ; an « tent , that there ought to bs some protection to tto voter . It is not the working mas snly that requires it , I have heard of men , shopkeeper ? doing business in Lynn , who dare not hold up their heads as freemen , and say they will give their votes as they liked . I contend that no employer tas s right to interfere with a man ' s voting , that is a matter which lies between bis country , his conscience , and his God , and the employer who does bo is a tyrant . There are some landlords aho who

      auume the capacity of dictators , and « ay their tenants shall vote as they think 6 \ Ia the raiinioipal matters of this Borough some landlords have interfered with the votes of their tenants and told them that they would take their names off the ratepayers'liat , tee * use they dared to vote against the man of their choice ( loud criea of 'that ' s trau' ) , it ia therefore necessary that in extending . the suffrage protection should ba liven tha voter to protect him against the tyranny of his landlord or employer . Gentlemen , it is not necessary for me to explain the whole of the details of the Charter . Suffice it to * ay that they are all essentially neceesiry for the effectual working of Universal Suffrage . I wil ' , therefore , pass on and givs you my opinions on other

      questions at present occupying the public mind . The first is one of importance , namely , What is ; to be done with the unemployed labaurers ? This is a question wnich must sooner or later bo decided . Some Bay emigration , but I am in favour of homo colonisation , in preference to transporting men to ' Australia or Canada , bo that their wages might be better , and their condition improved . I contend that the surplus population should be provided fir at home ; and I now aak for an extension of thfl suffrage that by the united wisdom of the people—such changes shall bs made , and snob , measures introduced as to enable the working man to live by hie honest industry instead of besomin g a pauper , I bilicve that tha gentlemen in power have done their duty especially to their dfisa . for there always is a

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      principle in men to spur them on to take care of their own interests . I always find the laws are made to benefii the class to which the law-given belong , — hok at the pension list ; you have been repreB 3 nted by men of title , and the consequence is that the weight of the Uxea falls on to the shoulders of the people , whilst the profits of their iuduBtry g » into the pockets of their legislators . A man goes to parliaroeat for the publio good , but as soon as he gets thera , ho turns his attention towards procur i ng situations for his relatives in some of our home offices , co ' onial eatab'ishmenls , or foreign dependencies , or gettiig his Aunt D . borah placed upon the pension list if she happens to ba in indigent oircoumstances , Look at the sinecure offices filled by tho

      Boions of our aristeoiacy—why the political influence of the landed aristooraoy is of more value to them than their rent rolls . The pickings out of office are pretty considerable ; end this will always bs the ease so long as tha House of Commons is constituted as it 13 . I might enumerato a lot of taxes to show the beautiful werking of this By * tern—how the poor ma& ' a table is highly taxed , while the rich man ' s is as lightly . If any reform is to be aooomplished in the House of Csmmons , it must not bj by physical revolutions or convulsions—' . hat ia not the way to cany out reform ; it must be by moral suasion . If universal suffrage could be carried by physical convulsion to-day , and by waiting fer it twenty years , I could have it without , I would wait , be . cause I am satisfied that more good would be

      effected . If anything is accomplished by physical convulsions , I consider that tha working of a country is disorganised for twenty or thirty years before it can be reBtored to its equilibrium . It has been said that I am a man of extreme opinions and thst a stop must be put to such democratic principles as I advooato . but what is the difference ? those who differ from me , carry their principles to the extreme , and it becomes despotiBm and givea to the minority the influence over the majority . I appoal to your sense of justice as to who ought to have the rule . The time has come that some changes must take place , it is not for one class to ride rampant over the people and fat ' en upon the profits of their industry . But it is not the working men only who suffer ; a large portion of tradesmen are as milch afflicted as they are , and will be so long as we

      have such n bungling government as we have now—I ask , is it integrity or their capabilities that placed them in the position they now occupy—look at Sir C . Wood , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , who tumbles over a figure of three and knooks h ' 13 head against a figure of five , why ia he there ? because he is related to the house of Bedford . Now wo want a government , by and for tbe people , a government whioh shall do the bidding of the people . I always found the Whigs in office a different set of fellow ' s , when on the opposition benches . I recolieot that Lord J . Russell , a kn nights before Sir R . Pee left offio ; , maintained that if the hon . baronet was not prepared wih measures for the equal distribution oFthe products of the country , he should introduce some ; but

      as soon as Lord John came into power , we heard nothing more upon the subjeot . The Whig government has been acting a moot reckless part dur ing the last few months . I ask , also , wky were not some remedial measures applied in time te Ireland , which would have prevented the « ad events that have taken place there ? How have the millions or money voted to Ireland been disposed of ? - how have they been employed ?—why some htva gone into the pocktts of the Irish landlords , and the rest has been 8 j . ent in making roads from no ' plaoe to nowhere . I contend that if it had been speat in re-productive labour , it would have been far tetter . The government gave Ireland a Coercion Bill as a remedy for her ills , and by and by they said we will introduce remedial measures , and wbat is their remedy tor Ireland now ? why . they propesa to endow the Roman Catholio priesthood , and send an ambassador to the Pope . What do they nmn by this f

      Why they aro trying to bind the priesthood to the wheels of government—to the Juggernaut of oorruption—and they think when they have got th « m under their thumb , they will not join with the people . But if they buy tho prieathaod , that will not feed the people or find thera employment , nor prevent ejectments . You know little of what the Irish peasantry endure ; landlordsi certainly have a right to do ai they like with their own , so long as they do not injure their neighbours , but carry out the maxim 'D ) unto others as you would they should do unto yon , ' and thus stick to tho fundamental prinoip ' , 68 of our wmmon Christianity . A man may lay a tract of cDuntry deaolate-he may turn acres into a sheap walk-he pay pull down the cotta ^ ea of the poor man—bat n it in human nature to bear this without feeling a apirit of reveBge ? Every dispensation of Heaven we must submit to ; but , to any man , be he the proudest noble in tbeland , who unjustly oppresses

      me , i oiaim the right of resenting the injustice . My remedy fjr Ireland is , the cultivation of the waste landa ; and government have a * much right to take the waste lands as they have to pass enclosure act * , and take away the common rights from ihe people Let them take the waste landa from the lords of the manors , pay them their present valua , sterile ai they are , and expend money for their cultivation . ( Mr D . xon gave an outline sf his plau for the improvement and cultivation of the bogs of Ireland , which would , ha said , mend the oondition of the people , and answer the end intendid , much better than Coercion Bills , suspension of the Habeas Corpus , or tending dragoons and bullets to a starving , peasantr ? -it would , iu fact , malsa Ireland rioh and fruitful and hpr people peaceful , happy , and comfortable ! Mr Dixon continued . —I am not opposed to the

      endowment of the Catholio priesthood , because they are Catholios-I am againBt all State endowmentsthat man who would interfere with me for bowing at a different altar does not understand his position—I have a > right to be what I please . I auk , if in the Chunh Establishment of this country there is concord—no suoh thing—the prayers and responses may be the same , but then the sermon—in one ohurch you find an Arrainiau—in another a Calvinist—in another a Baptist , and in this particular they all differ widely . Their theelogioal opinions are as varied as dissenters .

      the State cannot enforce unity of doctrine . Tha laws of primogeniture , entail and settlement , oompelour aristocracy to provide situations for their younger sons—and henoe the necessity for keeping those little shops open—the church , the army , and the navy If there is a son , a dare-devil fellow , who would as soon kill a man aa spit a frog , he must go into the armyif there is another deep old fellow , as cunning as a fox , he must wear & wig—if there is another noodle , who cannot speak , he may be sent into the ehuroh , and there he can get a curate-a journeyman -to do the work , while he will pocket the stipend . ( Uoroar

      ana nusw . ) 1 come here to speik the truth , and speak it boldly , and after having done so , I care nothing for the caokling of geese ; these hisses are a poor reply to an argument-gentlemen may hiaa as they please . I have a duty to perform , and I will perform it m spite of overy opposition . No wonder . say , that they find it necessary to support tha church establishment . With regard to the law of primogeniture—this is a law whioh wbb made to keep tho whole of tho landa in the hands of a fraotional portion of the people . Mr Dixon here explained the nature of tbe law . He said , America had no such laws , and propounded a soheme by whioh ,, he contended , that the land , if properly distributed , was suffioisnl to maintain a 1 tho people cf this country . ( A . voice .

      You 11 make us all paupers . ' ) The gentleman said we should all become paupers-if bo , tha Deity who made the land and the people , knew nothing Sbout it . n < Dixon-We are told by Mr M'Cullooh , theatatician to the present Board of Trsde , that out of the sevanty-nve million aores of land in England , fifteen millions only are not capable of cultivation , consequently there are sixty millions of acres left . Divide this bj three , gives twenty urillionsS-which will give three-acre farms , and I believe this is much better than 8 j . as an agricultural labourer . The population ef the country is twenty-eight millions , and I have made provision for . ' one hundred millions . ( A voice 'What is to become of our grandchildren ! ' ) In ' reply to that , I have to aay . ithat whoever knows aw .

      thing of physical laws , knows that nature herself wik provide a remedy , for that man must have a certain amount of oxygen to sustain life . This is a principle of physics ; if the population thicken too fast , tnen the oxygen oannot be supplied , and that moment some must die off . ( Cries of ' Well done , Dixon . ' ) There ' s load enough in England , and so lang as there ' s land , there ' s little , need to transport people ; and I am so fond of her , that I'll never leave her . I oontend that lie legislature has a right to think of the labouring man , and if there be a redundancy of population in o * s large townp , ii it not bo in our agrieultural dirtriot « , and alaw should be passed to divide tbe land into Bsaaller occupations . The people must be provide * for—any man who is born in

      England , has a right to an existence there , even if it is as a pauper . Thi * is a right acknowledged by the constitution of the eouutry . MrDixsn eaid , bad as the present poor laws were , this principle was acknowledged in them . He animadverted in strong terms upon the Poor Law terrorism , which he condemned as having about them that whioh drove men to crime ; but if legislators made laws such aa these , which were prolific of orime , then it was the electors of England who were to blame , for the House of Commons was the rtflex of the electoral mind of ibis country , and the oleotora ehould not send such men there . He repeated his assertion , ( that those laws had beon the means of crime , and powerfully appealed te the passions of the working men . The Poor Law Aot

      is a disgrace to our statute book ; and hore I haya a word to say about the ohurch dignitaries—^ hea this law was passing the legislature , what was their oonduot with roferenoe to tho clause whioh authorised the separation of man and wife f There were twenty , eight bishops in the house ; and if they have any business there at all , it h to watch over Ihe civil and religious privileges of tho people—the poor particularly . Out of these twenty . eight bishops , twenty * six voted for the separation olaflae , in direct opposition to the words of the marriage service of their own churoh , which siya , ' whom God has joined together , let no man put asunder , ' Two only , the Bishop o Exeter and another , stood agaimt the measure . It is then their conduct—their work—not their religion , that I lock at . 1 believe . there are stme good m « n

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      amongst tfecm , but we must not on this account shut our eyes to the abuse of evils which are io cxieteBCB . I eay let all the ministers of religion stand upen Ihe same footing . If we are to have free trade , let us In ve tree trade in everything . Thore are many other things which it might be as well to mention , which will come before tha house next session , and whether V * " }* . opponent be returned , I think instructions Bhouw be gueu as to the courje your representative * M be expected to pursue . I do tot bolievo one word of tha twaddle of a man going unpledged fe > parliament . A man may be untrammelled on some I " ! ° > but I think in all great national mattera he Bhould pledge himself as to how he intends to aot . ihe representative is but the servantnot the maBter

      , of the ooastituoncy , and he Roes to Parliament not only to represent Lynn , but the ereat oommunitj of the kingdom . With regard to the questions of Capital Punishment and the Game Laws , I am for their total abortion ; in the ono cate , I contend that man has ne right to take away that whioh he cannot give , and in the other , I regard the Game Laws as sources of great evil and crime . I call on the eleotors to say today , if they will el&et a man who pledges himself to represent the whole peoplo—who asks for a vote for every man , be he Conservative , Whig , or Radioil , who wears a head and knows how to use it . In conclusion , I appeal to the electors of the borough of Lynn , te exercise the functions osnferrcd on them sb a privilege , which I ask as a right . At the poll

      tomorrow , it will be for you to say who shall be returned ; and recollect you are voting not so muoh for yourselves , as for your brother non e' . eotora—do not oonsider your own personal views , so much 8 B those around y 6 u . I thank you for the patient hearing you have given me , and trust you will decide impartially . You have heard my opinions fully exp ' aiped , and I believe that if carried into tffoot , they will produce change for the good of society . If you t biok so . vote for me ; if not , vote against me—only aot as conscientious men . This is all I ask , and I fear no defeat . ( Loud cheers , ) TheoMiToE then took Ihe show of hands , which was greatly in favour of Mr Dixon , and a poll was demanded by Mr R . Bagge , on behalf of the lion . £ H , Stanley .

      The Mator said , a poll havirg been demanded , he should appoint Saturday for the polling to take place , but in consequence of the expenses of ereoting the booth , he must request that the friends cf eaoh candidate weuld deposit the slim of £ 50 with him , towards defraying the expenses . 5 * Mr Dixinthcn rose and said—I came here on the principles of Universal Suffrage , and aa such bare been elected member for this borough . ( 'No , no . ' ) Gentlemen misunderstRnd me—1 repeat I have beon elected your member by Universal Suffrage , not by the jugglery which " will take place to-morrow . By my principles I stand—I protest against the election , and take no further part in the proceedings .

      The Mayor then rose and Baid—Mr Dixim having retired from the contest , I deolare the Hon . E . H . Stanley duly elected . ( Cheers ) Mr Dixon proposed , and Mr Baooe seconded , a vote of thanks to the Mayor for his able conduct , which was carried unanimously , and the proceedings terminated .

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      Nbwcastlh-on-Tynb . — A meeting was lately held iu the Town Hall , at which the Mayor presided , to consider the distress of the unemployed poor , and to find them employment . Messrs Crawshaw and Langridge ( iron-masters ) , moved and seconded a resolution , to the effect , — ' That the town council be memorialised to commence some public work . ' Previous to the resolution being put , Mr P , Duncan , a working mau , made an observation relative to the folly of employing any funds collected for the above on any other works than that of reproduction , and drew attention ' to the fact , that when roads were made as in Ireland , relief ceased ,

      whereas , had the money beea expended on home colonisation , or in putting each man on a piece of land , such relief would be permanent , and of the greatest public benefit . Sir J . Fife followed , and after complimenting the last speaker , succeeded in carrying the project of cleaning the river , draining the town , levelling ; the cattle ' market , &c , as the best mode of alleviating the distress , and that a borough rate be imposed , for the purpose of raising the ne . cessary funds to carry out the above objects . It appears there are about 3 , 000 men out of employment , and it h likely that number is to lie largely increased .

      CARUSLE . —At the quarterly meeting of the Chartists of this place , held on Monday the 18 th inst ., W . Young in the chair , after the usual weekly business was transacted , and the accounts read over , and passed as correct , the appointment of a council under the plan of Organisation was discussed . The question was raised , that as it would be useless to attempt to get one penny per week subscription here , and , therefore , as we could not act up to the rules , should we be considered as part of the Association , and entitled to nominate persons to act as part of the general Couucil ? It was ultimately arranged to nominate the number agreed upon at the district delegate meeting , . and send their names to the executive for appointment if they deemed it proper to do so . A committee was appointed to draw up an address to the Chartist body throughout the country . The following address , was submitted and unanimously adopted : —

      Fkiaow Cocnibvubn , — We address you on a subject of much importance , viz , the Plan of Organisation for the attainment of the People ' s Charter . We oonsider it of importance , because on the efficient working of that plan depends the success of tho Ciartist movement . It is aa old taofcto— ' Union is strength . ' la b great measure it certainly is ; but our strength depends en our numbers as well as on our union ; without numbers our union avails nothing , we are equally powerless without numbers as we are without union . In order to obtain numbers , it is necessary that our rules Bhould be such as not to exolude any on account of their poverty . If we maka rules whioh will exclude the really poor , our Association oannot be national—if our Aisociation is not national , our movement ia a mookery .

      The rules , or—in other words—the plan of orga nisation whioh has recently been submitted to you , is not , in our opinion , calculated to draw numbers to the movement . Ono penny per week we assertnotwithstanding what may be said ta tho contraryis too much for the great bulk of the working population of the country to pay . One penny has always been specified in tha rules as the weekl y sum whioh each member would have to pay , and nothing , we believe , has tended m ire to keep the Association at a low ebb than this . It is useless to attempt to get one penny per week . The handloorn weavers of Cumberland—and haudlown wearers are Eeariy the same all over the c juntry—are earning on an average about 51 . or 63 . parw ^ ek , and cannot afford to give one sixtieth or one seventieth rf their earnings . They make little—they nan affoid little—but thit little is generally given freely .

      Thero are many others that oannot conveniently afford to p ^ y one penny per week , persons who , per « haps , arc not constantly employed at thair different avocations , and enly poorly remunerated wb < n in full employment . The man who has 63 . per week wagea , and pays ono halfpenny per week to the Association , l paysa < muchiu proportion to his weekly earnings aa the man who receives 124 . per week , wore he to pay one penny . The penny per week keeps many from joining the Association ; they would willingly pay one halfpenny , but one penny they consider too muoh . And let it not ba said that they ane lukewarm Chartists who will not pay the penny . Wo know to the contrary . We know vhat Carlisle , though not

      up to the mark , is aa near' the mark' as any other plac& ; 8 Ed we know that more money oan be raised here at the halfpenny subscription than at the penny * In conclusion , we would call on the eountry to take this part of the rules into their most serious consideration . We think it would be better even were we only to obtain the name amount of money , if we would get the increased number of members , The rules have never yet been acted up to throughout the country generally . We want them to be drawn up in sueh a manner that no one , however poor , can have any reasonable objection . In fine , we want thosa who profoss Chartist principles to give teatimony of their sincerity by joining the National Charter Association .

      Lin giving publicity to the above address , we must observe that tbe question of payment of funds to the Association is for the time being settled . The laws already adopted will remain in force until revised by the Chartist Convention , in May next . — Ed . N . S . ] Tax Executive . —The Executive Committee met at the rooms of the National Land Company , 144 High fiolborn , ou Friday evening , December 22 ad , when the following gentlemen were present : —Messrs Harney , Oiark , aud M Grata . Mr Dixon was at Lynn , contesting tha representation of that borough , and for which he obtained ihe show ef hands . Mr Kydd was reported to be still successfully pursuing

      hia mitsionary tour in the north and midland districts . The following resolution , on the motion of Messrs Clark and Harney , was unanimously adopted : — ' That the Literary and Scieutifio Institution , John Street , Fitzroy Square , bo taken for the evenings of Mondny , the 8 th , 15 th , and 22 nd , of January , 1819 , for ( ho purpose of holding publio meetings in support oi the Charter . ' On the motion of Messrs Barney and Clark , it was resolved : — ' That an appeal be heroby made to the democrats of Liverpool and Manchester , to form a fund in wder to supply weekly support to Messrs J . West , J . Leach , D . Donovan and others , now sentenced to a long incarceration as first-class misdemeanants . lloxTON , —On Sunday week several members " , e » Tolled , and the greatest effort will bo made to sup ,.

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      port tho new Executive . We have commence ¦! subscriptions for tho ' New Year ' s Gitt . ' It * » -. m > ve \ i and secondd :- ' Ihar 08 . ba paid totbn YV " . ^ and Darence Fund , in addi ion to thai paid this m-n . insr . A mo ot thanks wai given to Mr Chamber * ;¦ -: ¦ bia perseverance iu canvassing for the Victim ana D «« funee Fund .

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      Birmingham . —Anniversary of tbe Ship branch * of the National Land Company and Democratic Benefit Society .-A number of the members or tha above Societies , dined together in the large room of the above house , on Tuesday last , Dec . 26 th . The room was very tastefully decorated , and aftsr the tables were removed Mr James " Alfred Fussc !! wa « called upon to preside . The chairman opened the business of the evening by reminding the meeting that they were met to celebrate the formr ' -ion of a branch of the Land Company , a company which was calculated to redeem the working cli ^ s ^ s of this country from their present stale of de ^ radjeion ,

      to happiness aud independence , H supported as it should be by its members ; after drawing the attention-of the meeting to the benefits arising from becoming members of the Democratic Beinii" . Society , he concluded a very instructive address , by giving 'Thepeople , the . legitimate source of all power . ' Responded to in a very able address by Mr John Fallows . The chairman then called uj ; oi > Mr Doyle , one of the Directors of the National Land Company , who sung ' Base Oppressors , ' in j ^ ood style . The chairman then gave the ' People ' s Charter , may it speedily become the law of the i ; v . id . ' Mr Cooper , in responding to the toast of the People ' s Charter , said it had been observed , the toast of the

      People was a most important toast , but he helbvea the toast oi the Charter , was more important ; he thought the People had as good a government aa they deserved , as it was nothing but their own apathy that retarded the progress of universal freedom : he then painted out in a very clear style the different crotchets promulgated by the middle classes , aud concluded by urging upon the -forking men to attend to their own interest The chairma-t then gave the' National Land Company , may it succeed in obtaining the emancipation of the People from social and political thraldom , ' which was responded to in a very able manner by Mr Martin . ' Son , ; , Th « Minstrel boy . ' Mr C . Doyle the chairman then

      gave the' Democratic Benefit Society , may its members increase and realise the anticipations of Us promoters . ' Mr Koden responded to the above toast , and painted out in a very able , rnanr . -i- the benefits arising to persons joining the alu . vf- society , the funds in this society were placed in tha National Land and Labour Bank , and were used as a means to place the so-called surplus population upon tbe soil of their native land , and net as is other societies placed in the hands of those who are their determined enemies . Song , 'The Lion of Freedom , ' by Mr "Weeks . The next least given was , 'Our Chartist brethren who are incarcerated under Whig misrule , and the martyrs of all nations—may their noble struggles be appreciated by all people , and hasten the advent of universal freedom . ' Responded

      to by David Potts . ' Feargu 3 O'Connor , and the Directors of the National Land Company , may they receive that support from the shareholders to enable thera to carry the plan eut successfully . ' Spoken to bj John Newhouse . Mr Doyle returned thanks on behalf of himself and brother directors , in a Tery able speech , in which he entered into a very lengthy and able exposition of the Labour question , and also exposed the conduct af the Press in reference to the Land Company , and sat down amidst great applause . An appeal was then made for the Executive NEW YEAR'S GIFT , and 11 s . 3 d . collected . ' The memory of Henry Huntj and all departed patriots , ' was next given , aitec which the company enjoyed themselves with songs and conversation till a late hour , when they separated highly satisfied with the evening ' s entertain *

      menr . Hwll . —The subject of Mr O'Connor ' s Letter has hai the consideration of this locality , and the conclusion come to is , that if the rents of the balloted members are remitted it will establish a bad precedent-. "We recommend that they pay the rents after a lengthened time , to be named by the directory . Neither do we approve of Mr O'Connor s generosity , as he has had too many calls on hia purse and good nature already ; besides , we think it will act as a barrier to that carefulness and forethought which is essential to any one in starting the world afresh—besides giving our enemifs the advantage of proof that the men thus located cannot live and pay rent . The remaining part we agree with , except that too long a time is given to purchasers ta pay their rent . s

      Bradford ( Yorkshire . )—At a meeting held on Sunday , the 24 th instant , the subject of Mr O'Connor ' s propositions was warmly discussed , and the unanimous decision of the members was , that they consider Mr O'Connor has no right to ho so kind to the allottees , when he has declared in Conference that the real cause of their not getting on was idleness and deception , and it was also stated that some of the located members were able to pay their rent , but would not . We aie astonished that Mr O'Connor should support such characters ,

      when he must be aware that it would encourage a repetition of idleness , and prevent ihe industrious members from being located ; and it is our decided opinion that Mr O'Connor has no right to draw his money from the Company for that purpose any more than we have . And it is also our opinion , that if they will not pay their rent , they should be discharged , and let some industrious men take their place , because we believe that such indulgence will have a tendency to create dissatisfaction , and tend to the breaking up of the Company .

      Hanlb t— At tbe weekly meetiagof the Hartley and Shelton Lsnd members , it was unanimously passed : —• That wo disagree with Mr 0 'Co ; nor respecting the rents of the allottees , at Btated by hira iu laot Saturday ' s Star , and wish to abide by the decision of the Conference . ' IIindlby . —At a meeting of the Dodhurst Brow branch of ths National Land Company , the following resolution was passed : — 'That we , the members of thia branch , are ef opinion that the Directors ought to Btand by the rules of the late Cenferonce , as regards the rents duo by the members located on tha land , in preference to tho propoiBtion 9 of Mr O'Connor , published in the Star of the 23 rd imt ,. '

      Sleafjhd —The fallowing resolution wa ^ agreed to at a meeting of the Land members . Proposed by Jojin Towuing , and seconded by Beridge Oragg : — ' That the members locat d do not have the mat due given them by the Company , but pay it aa agreed to by the late Conterenco . Knabksboroboh . —Mr O'Connor havin ? oalled upon the Land membero for their opinion as to forgiving the allottees their yeai ' a rent : Wo protest against it , and think , according to his firmer letter , they are unworthy of suoh indulgence . Wg think ihe many thouiands who have paid their har ' - a ned penco oushs to be cared for . A& this time tl . en are thousands who have paid part of their share money , out 01 employment , pinrg for want , and they are to be expelled ff they cennot pay , while all th . 9 indulgence ia to b 3 showa to those located .

      ie TJiAuuUS 0 COHNOR , E ! Q ,, U . P . Respectkd Sir , —For your kind , generous , and paternal offar in last Saturday ' s Star , to the AllotteeH , I beg to offer you my moat heartfelt ttanks ; though 1 am not concerned directly in tho advantages of that noble offer , their happiness adds to mine , while their sufferings heap misery on me . Could you but witness the gleams 0 ! joy which that spread over every countenance on thia estate , you would be more than repaid ; it has raised them froaa despondency , and I feUr not but it will stimulate them to struggle on . It has been said thatsome are idle and slothful : I am new nearly six months here and 1 have not discovered one idler yetandindeed

      ; , , this is not my opinion alone , but the opinion of the most respeotable farmers in the parish . As I said tt tha Conference , there was a combination ot causes all tending to depress the located . True , the great causa of depression—the potato rot-Mio human being could avert ; ho wever , in all their sufferings I neve knew ono who said the plan was impraoticaWe . Qf six who have left the estate sinoe Bummer , two left owing to their wivea' illness , two got situations , and twu through poverty . At this moment there are » feir on the estate who know not how to exist until the crops come in ; withal , they are determined to ner .

      severe , leeling assured that they will sucoeed . For myself , the more I sob of its working , the more certain I am of the practicability of- the plan . Trulj just were your remarks regarding those whom yoa may term' unruly children ; ' though they may oon-Bider your mode of proceeding not the bent , and ueitton it with what may be oalled malignity , I eau safely aver that no one on this estate , ( that I could disoover ) , ever questioned your honesty of intention , sinoerity of deBiga , ; or nobleness ol purpose ; no * would they allow another to do so , it mattered not who he was . That jou tnay live long to strugde for the toiliug masses , is the earnest desire of

      , lour once unruly child , P . J . O'Bribn , Schoolmaster . Lowband * , 20 fch Dec , 1818 . < ? v ? v P . S . —Tbtre are some truly woi&yijieh ^ fc- ^ wg ^ ¦ - ¦ End who love the Land , butjrom . want of means a » ) 5 inoapableof giving it fair play ; tj if amount « j ^ n . t m ^ # 3 £ cropping would , lam confident , place' them in * \ fiir ! jS-l i ^ itien to toil on " . ,. : ¦ ^ *|« j

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 30, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1503/page/5/