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      '" . THati **? be done fothe ^ eoplermartle 3 ono fc / tiie f * * Uifitea , jon « tani-- ' " ; ' lIM ^ jaam ^ ' .., . . .. . « Sdfinto «* tislhe-l » di [ of human action . ' .

      Jt Y-FBIESDS , ' HepetMoii piay be considered as egotism ^ ne vertheless , in these times , when I see enormous difficulties foreshadowed before me * jBTOst again remiiid y « a titaj y ior . ei g ht ** -and twenty years , I'have adhered to the cause' of -rtrnr order vitii a . . steadfastness , pertinacity , lai resolution—nay , doggedness , never before of

      equailed ; and one my greatest difficalties j ^ b been the odium to which , iny ^ op ^ jsitipn to any siOT ^ m * calcnteted to . injtire yonr cause I ^ s su ^ ected me ; yet , nevertheless , as I have always looked for satisfaction for my persecuted and injured family—for my injured country , and for your injured order—I now flaow down tie gauntlet , and challenge any , tbe mostsearchingcritic , to chargemewithany one angte act of inconsistency , either in or out of Parliament , during that period of more than a quarter of a century .

      Working men of England , yon are shrewd critics of die acts of public men . It i 3 now Hiore than seventeen years since I came amongst you ; and cast your eyes over that period , and say whether my services render me worthy of your confidence . Babies who were then under four years of age , hare now attained the years of manhood ; and many , who were then young and active , have , like myself , ¦ become prematurely old . -

      "Working men , my Teason for now addressjngyou , is to caution you against being led out of the trae and veritable path of democracy . How often have I told you , that a ^ popular movement mnsi pass through . ' threeitages ^ THE CREATION , THE > OBG&NIS ^ TION , AjSD THE DIRECTION OF THE POPULAR MIND ? "WhenI came amongst yon there was no fixed mind . Notions of national benefit-were entertained as the result of the Eefonn Bill . In 1835 , 1 created anevr

      mino , and , at an enormous expense , traversing the conntry by night and by dily , I organised that mind , and with its steadiness and unanimity I Bought b > direct list mind io the achievementof the PEOPLE ' S CHARTER , as the only means by which justice could be done to y our order . However , now that that mind has been . created and organised , there are ambitious parties , who were sluggish and inactive during the two first processes , who would now undertake to direct it according to their own whim and caprice , and without-any reference to your benefit or advantage . I shall offer no antagonism to that party because I have ever considered that tyrants lave based their power upon your disunion . I look to the Charter as the means—as the

      only means—of so increasing the wealth of this country , by such profitable labour as would amply remunerate Mm , that no party , nor all parties unitedly , shall ever induce me to abandon its principles , or look for more than their accomplishment . If a portion of your order had struggled for the principles for a month as I have for twentyeight years , you would have been in possession of it long since ; and let me now illustrate the power that your disunion confers npon your oppressors . Once npon a time a priest . of great piety , and supposed to be gifted with divine charms , took possession of a parish in the county of Kildare . The ireather being very unsatisfactory , a deputation of seven farmers

      waited upon his rererence , to request him to change the weather . He saw them separately in the vestry , and each , asked for the weather that best suited his own purpose ; whereupon the pr iest called them all in , read over the different descriptions of weather that each wished for , and told them thatas he could not give them seven kinds of weather , to g o home , and agree amongst themselves upon one kind , and they should have it ; by this means his reverence preserved Ms charm ; as - the fanners never could agree upon one description of Aveather . ! No \ v such i 3 precisely your position , and the position of the Government ; as long as you contend for different political principles , so long will the Government , like the priest , base its charm npon your disunion .

      Working men , one who takes a prominent part in your cause should never mix himself up with any secret society , and should never withhold Ms views from you ; and , upon these grounds , I consider it right and just to correct an error , which , by some means or other , has been circulated . It is rumoured , that I have given my countenance and support indirectly io the movement of which Messrs M'Gkath , Clikk , and Drxos ,. together with others in the Metropolis , are the leaders . ; and that I have countenanced and supported that

      movement with the underhand intention of destroying or injuring the new Chartist organisation . 3 Jow , mark my reply , and I challenge contradiction . I look upon M'Grath , Clark , and Dixox , to be morally and politically honest men . I consider them ornaments to their class and to society ; while I have more than once distinctly and emphatically told them , that as . long as-disunion existed , I would neither lend my name nor countenance to either party ; and I even refused to attend one of their meetings , lest my presence there should be construed into antagonism to their opponents .

      Working men , I never interfere with the acts of individuals ; while , nevertheless , I consider that justice to your cause should impel me frankly to speak my mind upon all quest ions intesest ing to your order ; and as it is presumed that I assisted Mr . Claek in his denunciation of Mr . Harket , let me now inform you , that I more than once stated to Mr . Clabe , that I looked upon his reply to ¦ Mr . Haexev as unprovoked and uncalled for , Mr . Cl&kk . stating that if I or any other person had been assailed as he was , we would have taken the same course .

      -Now , I consider it rig ht and just that you should understand my exact position as regards contending parties , and contending individuals ; and now I will call your attention to a matter of far graver importance . I have before stated , that if I could prevent it , I never would allow Chartism to be mixed up with JOT other "issr , " while I have recentl y discovered , that the Socialists are working heaven and earth to blend &e two qnestions together —a cir cumstance , which above all others , is e ^ eal aiea to injure your principles and theirs , ihey would cater for your- support , while they irould withhold their support from you . The Socialists of England , like the Socialists in Paris ; , contend for an educational

      suf-PBAGE , and are opposed to Universal Suffrage . 3 vow , accomplish this , and you will find that those who base their power upon education , will preserve your ignorance as a meansof preserving their own power ; while my opinion is , and ever has been , that if you had Universal Safirage to day , ignorance before this day twelvemonth would be looked npon as a crime ; and if- y ou require irrefutable proof of the feet , that the working classes are anxious and desirous to instruct themselves and their families , you have only to read the statements Oi Lord AstiLZT and other . inembers , on the deb ate on the Ten Hours Bill , showing how we system of education had improved since the hours of toil had diminished !

      _ « orkiug mon , t , ne feuds and dissensions ill tins coimtary have been presbrved , and blood Has flown la streamsnn consequence of those *< & S" ?™ . tends ,, kept up . by the several - ' pro- ' pounaersof wh at they cdlthcHoly Scriptures ; W ? * !" ? if ? ° P ° » theSC ( Wsious , feuds , ana blood that the several blood-suckers have h yed au 4 Mtened ; ana 1 no , v tell you , without reserve , ihut . the leaders of Poh 4 ai parties have equally fattened upon tho ? e feuds aild * SSr ^^^^ -Sw * . ^?^ & ^ MM ^ : ? H 6 ane of iast

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      Saturday has honoured my speech , delivered at the John-street Hall , with a comment , and which comment I give at full length in another place , while I shall make a few observations upon the matter . Passing over . the comment upon my speech , I come to the pithy passages . The writer says : — Besides , we challenge Mr . O'Connor to show us the possibility , under tnepresent system of competition , of any man , by honest industry , and without speculating in the toil of others , earning £ 5 , 000 of a realued capital , far less £ 20 , 000 , toleaYe to any one . Nay , Mr . O'Connor himself c « uM not live as well , nor dress as well as he does , were it not for toe exploitation of flie poor devils that do the worts , whereby he gets his rents , or profits , as the case may be .

      Now , I think that the writer has taken a leaf from my book , as I have over and over again challenged all men , or any man , to show me the possibility of an industrious man-supporting himself under the present system of competition . . Then , with regard to Mr . O'Connor ' s mode of living and dressing , he defies any man to point out an individual who lives more frugally , or dresses more plainly , than he does ; while instead of living upon the poor devils , the poor devils lived upon him . And * w 1 n " 1 ; he writer point but irae . man Jn this

      world , with the exception , of ; iW philanthropic Robert OTTEJ ^ -who " ' has so truly earned out the veritable principle of Communism , as Mr . O'Connor ?* Has he not given up his profession , his domain , the friendship of his relatives and friends , his twenty-eight years' time , and the whole of the profits made of the Northern Star—atone time amounting to over £ 13 , 000 a year—to ameliorate . the condition of the working classes ? And has he not repeated to surfeit the fact , that the present system of competition has been the rum of the country ? Again the writer goes on . to say : —

      . Communism , taken as a whole , means a reorganisation of all the elements of society , so as to create a solidarity of interest , and to pnt an end to a merckant class , a trader class , and a working class , with separate aca contending interests . It , moreover , presents no such element as a forced division of property , or a forced division of profitB , as is assumed by Air . O'Coanor . How , if the above is a veritable definition of Communism , I confess myself a true and veritable Communist , as the writer repudiates all notion of what is understood to mean that all property is common . property , whether created by the producer or the consumer , who appear to have an equal claim upon the store . Again the writer says : —

      IVerewe to carry the war into Mr . O'Connor ' s own camp , * r » might point { he inequality of misery , as evidenced m his land Scheme , of individualism individualised , and contrast the wretchedness of Charterville and O'ConnorviUe with the bounteous plenty of American Commonitm , as exemplified by the Kappites and Shaken . Now , my only answer to the above passage is , that I look upon my Land Plan in a different lig ht to the writer ; and if he will but take the trouble of contrasting the difference of appearance before they were located and since , he will come to the conclusion that individuality of possession , and co-operation of labour , is the veritable principle upon which alone this country can be regenerated . I shall now conclude my comment with an observation upon the last passage . The writer says : —

      In conclusion , all we have got further Jto say is , that if the Charter is not to lead to something like Socialism or Communism , whatis the use of the working classes agitating for ; it ! Viewed through the O'Connor medium , it would geem only to be an instrument for getting a few ambitious men into Parliament , and creating a r « c « of miserable peasant cultivator * , destitute of capital , machinery or combination—without which , under- modern einlisation , aU industrial efforts must signally fail . Now , my only answer to the above is , . that if the Charter werethe lawof the land to-morrow ,

      an ambitious man , or ambitious men , could do no injury to the industr ious classes , nor could they create a race of " miserable peasant cultivators , destitute of capital "—as one of the fundamental princip les of such a Parliament would be to enable every man to live by the sweat of his own brow , and to give him full employment , by fully developing the resources of the conntry by the application of the labour of the country . And , so far from the miserable peasant being destitute of capital , as I stated a thousand times , the property now monopolised by the Church , and . the property brutally expended in the support of revolting Poor Law basfciles , should be all applied to the industrial labourer ; and instead of having fifty or sixty millions a year raised to support idlers in

      luxury , and butchers to kill their fellow-men ; and instead of having two hundred millions a year , and . upwards , of profit made upon indirect taxation and competitive labour—Mr . O'CoJWOK is of opinion , that the country would be better governed—that the brutal laws now in force would be less required—and that all could he accomplished , not by a saving of ten millions a year , but by the payment of five millions a year , to fall equally upon all , and only amounting to three shillings and fourpence a head per annum . And no system but the system which Mr . 0 'Conn ok seeks to establish by the enactment of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER , ever will , or ever can , accomplish this holy and desirable end ; while no power can ever achieve the Charter , except

      the UNION OF THE WORKING CLASSES . And , reviled and denounced as I maybe by those who seek to pander to the fancy and credulity of the working classes , no power on earth—neither popular revile , middle class opposition , legal persecution , or governmental animosity , shall ever induce me to lower my banner , or change my motto , which

      is—THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER , AND NO SURRENDER ! Working men , in the name of God , in the name of justice , in the name of liberty , in the name of your country , yofir wives , your' children , your homes , and all that is dear to you , let me " implore you , let me beseech you , let me conjure you , never to abandon the principles of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER ; and , never to adopt any other uniil they become the

      law of the land ; and then , according to the maxim of the Yorkshire peasant , you will find " that all ihe stuff ' ee the world wor made for all the folk 'ee the world , " and then you'll have your share of it . In conclusion , my friends , let me assure you that frowever your order may , for a time , be split up into parties or factions , that I wilLcontend against all , until I see the flag of freedom waving over regenerated England . The men I have most served have ever been my bitterest enemies . Tour Faithful and Uncompromising Friend and Advocate , Feargtj s O'Connor .

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      ( From the Weekl y Tribune ofldth April . ) This extract is from the Aorthern Star report , thoughjjwe learn that instead of only one " old man having hissed , " the great majority of the audience repudiated thesentimeats of the speaker . So much , therefore , for the correctness of the reporting department of the " only people's paper . " The first argument , if it can be called by the name , is an appeal to the selfishness of the person , whom Mr . O'Connor finds fault with for hissing . He . rsa «\\ as well Lave asked—supposing-aslavery-abolitioiiist had gone to bed , and waked next imorninff and

      hoard the news that a brother had died in Virginia and left him a thousand slaves , and that his selfishness led him' to coin the estate into money , would that be any conclusion in favour of the justice of slavery ? Neither the selfishness of the hypothetical . Communist / who , for . the love of £ 20 , 000 , is supposed to change his principles—nor that of tho Abolitionist who / for the sake of gain , might be led to sell his brotlier ' s " httinan property "—is-of any value whatever as an argument . agauiitComniuisni , oi . in favour of slavery .. Jurdealing with principles ; " we must appeal to a standard of justice ; and that

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      standard tells us that ^ a state of-society which enables individuals , -, by the chicanery of trade and commerce , the tricks of law and religion , or by laws made for class interests , to leave £ 20 , 000 , £ 50 , 000 , or £ 100 , 000 to their successors , to enable them to riot in idleness and debauchery , is an accursed system . -Besides , we challenge > Ir . O'Connor to show us the possibility , under the present system of competition , of any man , by honest industry , and without speculating in tho toil of otherB , earning £ 5 , 000 of a realised capital / far leBS £ 20 , 000 , to leave to any one . Nay , Mr . O'Connor himself could not live as well nor dress so well , as he does , were it not for the exploitation of the poor : devils that do the work where he gets his rents or profits , as the case may be . The illustration of Mr .

      O Connor , about the merchant " and his three sons , aa a refutation of Communism , shows the shallow nature of the orator ' s information on the subject on which he speaks . - Communism ,, taken as a whole , means a reorganisation of all the elements of society , so as to create a solidarity of interest , and to put an end to , a merchant class , a trader class , and a working class , with , separate and contending interests , It , moreover , presents no such element as a forced division of property ; or a forced division of profits , as is assumed by Mr . 0 ! Connor ; ; but so organises the elements of education , production , diFtribution , and government , as to realise perfect . equality without any Procrustean law to - . enforcekaf ^ for-equalitjr ' would- spring- from the absence of all motives or circumstances to make

      inequality desirable , and from the improved characters and dispositions created by new and superior institutions . Were we to carry the war into Mr . O'Connor's own camp , we might point out the . inequality of misery as evinced in his Land Scheme of individualism individualised , and contrast the wretchedness of Charterville and O'Connomlle with the bounteous of plenty of American Communism , as exemplified by the Bappites and Shakers . We do not doubt Mr . O'Connor's claim to be considered a good agitator , but we consider him neither a discreet nor safe politician , nor a sound

      political economist , and were there any doubts existing on the latter point his display on Tuesday would set the matter at rest for ever . In conclusion , all we have got further to say is , that if the Charter is not to lead to something like Socialism or Communism , what is the use of the working classes agitating for it ? Yiewed through tho O'Connor medium it would seem only to bean instrument for getting a few ambitious men into , parliament , and creating a race of miserable peasants cultivators destitute of capital ; machinery , or com bination—without which , under modern civilisation , all industrial efforts must signally fail ;

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      Dudley . —A special meeting of the shareholders ot the National Land Company was held at the meeting room , Campbell-street , on Monday last , to consider the present position of the Company's affairs , and also to consider- the proposition to wind it up . The meeting was numeronaly attended . Mr . Da vies was called to the chair , and , after , an animated discussion , the following resolutions were agreed to : — " That we are totally opposed to the government , or the House of Commons , having anything to do with the winding up of the Company , as we cannot expect justice , seeing that they have no sympathy with the plan , or Mr . O'Connor , its founder . " " That we agree to wind up the affairs of this branch by forming ourselves into an . association , to be called the ' Redemption

      League , ' for the purpose of purchasing up all shares from dissatisfied men , and presenting the same , to Mr . O'Connor , to be used by him in the furtherance of the glorious Land Plan . " The following short address , to a ' ceompany the resolutions , was then proposed by Mr . Simon Watts : — " We , the members of the Dudley branch of the National Land Company , call upon all members , in their several localities , who ha-ye faith in the future , and confidence in themselves , ' and who believe that the emancipation of labour , ¦ can only be effected by their efforts , combined and well-directed , without that individual selfishness- which has been the characteristic of so many of the fortunate members . Let us now rally to tbe rescue , and save it from the

      poisonous fangs of the blood-sucking capitalists Shall the Land Flan—which has cost our champion so much time and expense—be all lost , when , our co-operation can save it ? Our co-operation raised it , aud made it a giant that struck terror in the traffickers in human flesh . They have succeeded for a time in damping the energies of all , and extinguishing the hopes of the weak . Let us , . then , once more unite , and put on our former activity . The dissatisfied . can soon be bought out , if you are half as zealous ' as you were to get them in . Let the men oi action see to it , and the . work will soon be done . Associations for the purpose of purchasing the shares of the dissatisfied , in your several towns , we deem to be the quickest way to wind up ,

      and it will be less expensive than an Act of Parliament would be . Our champion would be unfettered in Ms operations , and the Company restored to its former activity . Brother members , some decided step must betaken to save the Company . To the work , then . Prove . your confidence in tbe Land Plan by your actions , and let us have Mr . O'Connor voting confidence in us , instead of us doing so to him . Brother members , we beg to subscribe purselves , the members of . the Dudley branch of the National Land Company , who have united and bound ourselves to settle the affairs of this branch without an Act of Parliament . —John Davies , chairman William IIaxkis , secretary . " A committee ^ consisling of Messrs . Richard . Hays , Simon

      Watt , William Dunn , Joseph Massey , and William Kankin—was then appointed to draw up and propare ; ai set of rules to be submitted to tho meeting , which was then adjourned till Monday next , April 22 nd . The sum of £ 2 was paid in , to commence with , and the meeting separated . " Macclespielb . —At a meeting of members , held at the house of Mr . Samuel Weston , on the 25 th of March , the following resolution was agreed to : — " That this meeting , seeing there is no prospect of the . Company coming , to a successful issue , earnestly call for an immediate winding up of the affairs . " Glabgow . —A preliminary meeting of members was held in the Democratic Heading Room , 48 , Nelson-street , on the 8 th of ; April , for the purpose of taking into consideration the present . position of the affairs of the Company , and the best means to be . adopted under tho circumstances in which the members are placed . Mi-. W . Doherty having

      been called to the chair , Mr . John Cameron . called the attention of the meeting to the several reports and letters in the Star of the previous Saturday ! He said be was proud to see the men of Hull setting such a . noble and practical example , and declared his willingness to place his scrip in the hands of Mr . O'Connor , believing that it would be uaed ' by him for the benefit of the people ; and he hoped thai ; all the members would do the same , and frustrate ' the Government and Sir Benjamin Hall ; by placing it beyond their reach to wiiid . iip the affaire of the Company ^ which would for many years destroy tbe confidence of the working classes in one another , in any scheme which might be laid down for their emancipation . After the meeting , several of the members ofiered their scrip , that it might be sent at once to Mr .. O'Connor , thus showing to' Ms enemies the confidence they repose in him .

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      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . The following letter , should be read by every map who has an interest in tho Land Company : — . TO F . O ' CONKOB , ESQ ., M . P . Dear Sib , —In the Northern Star of the Oth inst . I find two letters from , Mr . James Taylor , in which he states that the ' language used by him ( as stated in the-Suffolk Chronicle ) was false , aed that at the Stowmarket meeting , as well as at the Ipswich meeting , he used different language—language carefully studied , so as not to give offence to you , or the Plan of which you have been the author . . With respect l to the Ipswich meeting , I cannot make any reference so as to prove the accuracy of what is reported in tbe Suffolk Chronicle , but that

      I believe will be cleared up by another individual , resident in Ipswich . I can speak , and speak positively , as . well as the persons who'have put their names below to the following . words- ^ - " fie wished also to distinguish the operations of this Society from the operations of another Society whichwas called a Land Society . He wished the meeting to understand-that they did not appropriate , nor have title'deeds made out to themselves ; tbey did not use the money of the shavoholders ,-andapply it to' their own personal benefit . They did hot profess to give two acres of land , a house . ' and £ 20 or JE 30 into the bargain / and all for £ 2 14 s .- They did , not 'intend to put thtniselres in such a position that ' a ' iuiy of their countrymen should' say they' had swindled the people ' out' ojf £ 112 , 000 . He-wished to make that bbsarvation ,

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      because their institution had been " corifoundeu with another . "' I should not have called Mm to tnequestion at Stowmarket if he hadinot departed f ° ™ lfc » to censure . you and your plans , which ; I did do at the meeting ' . Mr . Taylor oan calliyou . to account for using ; offensive words , ibut he ! appa 7 rently forgets , wMb he was finding language jtp " deceive you and others , that wilful l ying was ' far more degrading than plain speaking ? ' ; Yours in the cause of humanity , , . ' '¦ ' ' ¦ ' - ;¦ - .. '¦ ,.. ¦ ' Charles GiADwELt . 1 We , the undevaigned , solemnly attest that tho language used-by Mr , Taylor , at- the Stowmarket meeting , wag , na ^ near' as we can remember , the same as imputed to him in the Suffolk Chronicle , and written in the above letter . ' "Charles Gladwell , Robert Stiff , Brice Stimpson , ' OTliam Stimpson , David Roper / William ' --Boper , and Joseph Leeman . " ' ' " ' Stowmarket , April 11 th , 1850 . ! '

      TO The EDITOR OF THE SUFFOLK " ¦ jji -l , ,.- =. CHRONICLE . : : And though . . all . this winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth , so Tvutli'db Wthe field , " wS do injuriously to nusdoubt her strength" : ' let her and Falsehood grapple !; Who ever , knew'JXruth putjto the worse ia a ¦" . , / r £ * open encounter ' I ^ Mu . foN . X ; . i .. ,.-. , i . , " , ; _ SBj > Fin ^ oiift repSrtlof fMff ^ Ioftftilcent-ieo 5 ture at the Temperance Hall , Ipswich , I find the following paragraph :-- " He wished the meeting to understand that they did not appropriate nor have title , deeds made out to themselves , they were not the parties to use the money of the shareholders and apply it to their own personal benefit and . advantagc . They did not profess to make promises ,

      to give two acres of land , a house , and £ 20 or £ 30 into the' bargain , and all for £$ . Us . They did not intend to put themselves in such a position that a jury of their countrymen should ' say that they had swindled the people out of £ 112 , 000 . " It is not iny wish to offer any antagonism to the objects and principles of the Freehold Land Society , but as the veracity of the above paragraph has been this last week denied b y Mr . Taylor himself , I think it right and just that you should bo informed how this was brought about . In the Northern Star of the 30 th of March appeared a letter from Stowmarket ( which lhave enclosed ) , wherein it states that Mr . Taylor made a most unfair attack upon the National Land Company and its promoter , and appended to which was a report of Mr . T . 's lecture

      at Ipswich , and a reply from Mr . 0 Connor , in very strong terms . Mr . Taylor must know , and you , Sir , must be aware that no opposition whatever has been offered by the National Land Company against the objects and principles of thej Freehold : Land Society , consequently such observation were ; quite uncalled for . ' It is no doubt very proper and also very } ust that tho pretensions of every Society , having for its aim the ultimate benefit" of the masses should be ewtidally canvassed , arid the character of its promoters fully discussed , but when gratuitous falsehoods are made , and slanders uttered to secure thatend , I must say in all humility , but at the same time with candour , that such persons , and I care not who they be , lack sufficient

      argument to make out their case . " I am now writing , Sir , under the impression that the report m question is correct , for I never can believe that you or your reporter would descend to so mean and cowardly a trick , as to . wilfully misreport any one ; however let Mr . Taylor ' s letter to Mr . O'Connor , which appeared in the Nortliern Star of Saturday last , speak for itself , it will be , I trust , deemed sufficient apology for my thus troubling you , and , in conclusion , beg to state that as in all probability Mr . O'Connor will shortly visit Ipswich , it would be well that the responsibility of such paragraph should be attached to the proper party . I am , yours respectfully ; . William Gabiubd .

      [ As the correctness of our report — which was only a condensed version of the meeting at Ipswich —has been broadly impeached our reporterhasisup ' plied the . following verbatimnotiii of the remarks Mr . Taylor made , onthat occasion , upon'ttie particular point in dispute . It" will be'found to differ only verbally from the published report : — I wish also to distinguished the operations of this Society from the operations of another Society which is called a Land Society . I wish you to understand that we don't appropriate , nor have title deeds made out to ourselves . We are no parties to use your money and apply it to our own personal benefit and advantage . . We don't propose to make fanners of jon , to give you -two acres of land ; a house , and'iOt ; or SOL to have it ; and aU this for 21 . 14 s . We don't intend to put ourselves in a position that a jury of our country shall say we have swindled the people

      out of 112 , 0001 . of money . I wish to make these observations because we have b ' aen confounded with that institution . : —Our reporter further states that there was no previous allusion whatever , by Mr . Taylor , at Ipswich , as to the Tory press attempting to confound the Freehold Land Society . ; with the National Land Society . Whether such ant allusipn was madeat Stowmarket , or not , he is not in a position to say , as he was not there , and , consequently , no report of that ' meeting appeared in our columns . He desires us to add that he pledges himself to the general correctness of the report , and , at the same time , repels the insinuation , whether thrown out by Mr . Taylor or Mr . O'Connor , that he has misrepresented the sentiment for the purpose of reflecting , openly , or by inuendo , upon the character of Mr . O'Connor . ]

      Birmingham , April lltb , 1850 . Sin , —I . cannot resist my inclination to tender you my unbounded thanks for the unhesitating manner you inserted my letter of last week , and , what is more , for the open , frank , manly , and honourable withdrawal of the observations you made respecting my supposed remarks upon your Land Company . This course manifests , at all events , a disposition worthy > of imitation by all those parties : who have maligned you , but who have not the honour or honesty . to retraof what they have said , when they are proved to be false . With an earnest hope that you may outlive all animosity , and that your labours may be productive of incalculable good ,. I am , Sir , , . Faithfully arid gratefully yours , E . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . " Jas . Ta ^ lob .

      ... 17 , Portland-street , Cheltenham , April Oth , 1850 . Sir . —I have thought it my duty to send you tho underneath copy of the petition I have sent by the same post . to Granville C . L .. Berkeley , Esq ., M . P . for Cheltenham , to be presented by him to the House of Commons . By direction of a general meeting of the Cheltenham branch of the National Land Company ; and at which meetinga resolution of honour and confidence in you was unanimously passed , and ; a resolution that the-Company be wound up , was neeatived by more than two to one ' , which "; . resolutions ; were inserted in the Star of March 23 rd . With every , feeling of honour and respect , I remain , 'Sir , Yours most respectfully and fraternally , To P . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . John Hemmuj . TO THE HONOURABLE , THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IHEXASDIN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED .

      , The petition of the members * of the Cheltenham branch of the National Land Company , in special general meeting assembled ; sheweth—That your petitioners have the utmost confidence in the practicability of the National Land Company , as established by Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and humbly ' request your Honourable House will not interfere so as to prevent the nforesuid F . O'Connor , Esq .,. M . P ., from completing the laudable , philanthropic , and patriotic desigus ta . elevate its members by the . occupancy ; of two , three , or four . acres of land ench , and a con > forr .: tble cottage , with : seven pounds ten shillings sterling , ' per share , aid money ( which , ' in our estimation , ' hinders it the best system of home colonisation yet propounded ;) . and that you wiUgrantthe aforesaid JF . O'Connor , Es ( i ., M . P . ' a short act , by which you will render the Coriiiiany perfectly legal , and

      give us an opportunity of showing to the world and ' your llonourublo House , that our confidence in' the honesty dud integrity of its founder and directors is not misplaced , and that , all their professions and " promises will be realised to the utmost of our wishes , in spite ot" the factious opposition of an hireling , press , which 1 ms done its best to prevent its realisation , ' by falsehood and misrepresentation . Whether your Honourable House grunt this prayer ' or not , we earnestly entreat that ; you > vill not remove from the aforesaid P . O'Connor Us ' q , M , P ., the trusteeship whi . ch lie lias so honourably held , arid so : much to our satisfnetiunj ; but if theaftuir 5 , of the National JUiud Company must be wound ' up , we further . beg . that your Honourable House will grant tho aforesaid F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., aud the other Directors , full powers to close and wind up the same , and your petitioners trill , as in duty bound , ever pray , &c , \ Signed by tho Chairman , on behalf of the Meeting , ' Josiiua John BitAaGER . ' ¦

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      Submarine Electric Telegraph . —Tho Opinionc Publique states thatthesubmariiie electric telegraph between Dover and'Calais is to bo opened to the public on the 4 th : of May , the anniversary of tho proclamation of the French Republic by the Constituent Assembly . -, ,. . , I . v consequence of the great , decrease in ; the nuinbext pf j poor-in , the par ( ish ;; of St . Marylebone , cor abinedi with' uie . . loVj " price ., of provisions ; tho vestry of 'St ' . 'l ^ arylcbpiip . decided on -, Wednesday to ' lbwerttie ' rates ' Qdi ' wtho ' AT . ' ¦ ' -

      The Victims

      THE VICTIMS

      ' . ' . . * . TO THE BDITOR OF . THE NORTHER !? SMB . Peak Sir .--I have been busily engaged , yesterday and to-day , in procuring bail for'the political victimSj and I have much pleasure nictating , that Messrs . Skelton and Bryson , convicted of sedition , and Messrs . Gonway , Prowten , and Morgan , convicted under the "Powell Plot , " have been liberated from H orsemongerfane Gaol ; and also Messrs ; Young , Gurn ^ y , Martin , Argue ^ j Siio ^ ball , and Able , who were similarly victimized , are released frbm'tho Westminster House of Correction , Tdthill Melds . ; '"' ' ¦ ¦'¦

      .-.--Regretting that our esteemed friejbdsj Ernest Jones , Eussell , Shaw , Bezer ,- M * I ) ouall , Loonay , and others , still remaia under Whig tyranny , I am ' yours in the cause of suffering humanity , , . -I ; •' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ : ' ¦ : '; - .-: .: JJhn Amoix ; 14 , ; Southampton-street , Strain , ¦/ . ' . A . April ' iaJihi . lBgO ^^ - ^ i ' -Alf :- : : ^ K ¦ ^ ¦ ^^^ - <^> ' *' rj £ ^^^~ M' . ¦ -m ?^ . '¦' ^ : 0 ( S ^ a ^ s ^^^

      THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , Met at their office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on "Wednesday evening , April the . 17 th , Present ' . —Messrs . Davies , Miles , Reynolds , Grrassby , Aruott , Milne , Brown , and Stallwood . Mr . Grassby in the chair . Letters containing money and reports of progress were

      read from Brighton , Burnley , Ipswich , Limehouse , and Yarmouth . Mr . Arnott reported that he had taken the " Gem" for the aquatic excursion to Gravesend , on . Whit Tuesday next . Messrs . Arnott and Reynolds were deputed to visit Gra ^ esend , and take a place in which to hold a Chartist demonstration on the occasion ,-to which the attention of the " Men of-Kent" is particularly directed .

      Threatened Proceedings against Mr . W . J . Vernon . —Messrs . Grassby and Arnott . reported that they had waited oh Mr . Nixon , and that he had reduced his charges to the lowest figure , and that the amount , when so reduced , was 13 % 5 s . ; it was then agreed , that an appeal should be made to the country through the usual channels , and that Messrg . Grassby and Arnott be instructed to draw up an address for that purpose .

      The Victim Committee . — Messrs . Bentley and Slocombe attended as a deputation from the City Chartist Hall , and paid in 10 s . for the funds of the association , and stated they were deputed by their locality to wait on that committee , and request it to take on itself the duties of the Victim Committee , as they had every confidence in the Provisional Committee . On consideration the committee concluded that it had no power to take the office on itself , and that as Messrs . Grassby , Milne , Arnott , and Stalhvood , who were of those originally appointed , " and who attended to' their duty , it must for the present remain in their hands .

      Address on Tract bund .-- "This subject was postponed until the next meeting , when Mr . Reynolds will submit an address . ¦ . . The ensuing Conference of the Parliamentary Reformers !—Messrs . Stallwood . i Brown , and Arnott , were appointed a deputation to wait on that body , to effect oh broad principles , if possible , ah amalgamation of all partiesi Westminster . —Ms . Stallwood brought forward the proposition for opening a Chartist locality at the Temperance Hall , Broadway , when L it was resolved that Mr . Geoghegan be immediately supplied with cards , and that as soon as the locality is formed , arrangements to be made for holding a public meeting in tho Temperance Hall .

      Tower Hamlets . —Mr . William Davies reported that they now had the offer of a large chapel , hi'which to hold a public meeting in the Hamlets , and ho wished permission , to make arrangements for the same . Be was accordingl y ¦ instructed to raake arraugements for holding the meetiBg on Monday , the 29 th inst ., if possible . . ¦ ' . . ' ' The propriety of holding a public meeting in St . Maryleboue , was suggested by Mr . Stallwood , but its' consideration was postponed for the present .

      Mr . Fuzzon- attended and presented a list of council selected by the Finsbury locality , which was accepted , and , after the transaction of other business , tho Committee adjourned until Wednesday next , the 24 th inst .

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      . SnEFriEiD .- ^ On Sunday last Mr . M . A . Buckley delivered anaddvess to a numerous and enthusiastic meeting of English and . Irish Democrats in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 38 , Queen-street ; Mr . Thomas Renshew in the chair . At the conclusion , th £ following-resolution , on the motion of . Mr , M . Robinson ^ was' unanimously carried : ¦— " That we , the English and Irish Democrats of Sheffield , most cordially resolve to join hand and heart for the accomplishment of the " People ' s Charter , " in its entirety , and that we hold another conjoint meeting in the above room , on Sunday evening , April the 28 th . " Thanks being voted to the lecturer and chairman , the meeting broke up . Qodnorpahk ( Deiibyshire ) . —At a meeting of the Chartists of this place , held on Sunday , tho 11 th inst .,. it was resolved— " That we join the National Chavtev Association" Ten entered their names as members , and paid one shilling each .

      Dundek . —The Chartists of this town have commenced holding convivial meetings for the purpose of raising money for the families of the imprisoned Chartists , and have this week forwarckd two pounds , five shillings , being , fifteen sellings each for Mrs . Jones , ' Mrs . Fussell , und Mrs . M'Douall . Edinburgh . —A banquet and fruit soiree was held in the Land Company ' s office on the -lQth inst ., in commemoration of the lOlh . of April , 1848 ;' Mr . J , Curamings , who was called to thechair , addressed the meeting at considerable length . Mr , Alex . M'Donald respoiidedlo the sentiment , " The Tenth of April , 1848 , may the object sought , the People's Charter , so on . bs . nwde . tlie law of the land . " Mr .

      Thomas . Frasov also , addressed the meeting . Several excellent , and .. patriotic . S ' : iigs were sung during the , evening , . and . the . a . udiencp . separatedhighly delighted . On the . 15 th , . a . b . alapce , of one pound . being realised , after paying , ajl . expenses , 10 s . was voted for the Monument to ' the memory . of-Hansard , Williams , and Sharp ; and' 10 s . to the . Victim Fund . The secretary was then instructed to forward to the Provisional Committee . seventeen shillings , as members payments , and ' ' requesi thnt Cards i > f Membership be remitted ; and also , two shillings , of subscription ! raised some time ago , on behali of the Monument Committee .

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      The ; Window Duty . —Sir George Pecholl has obtained his annual return , which was printed on Saturday last , connected with the window duty . The amount assessed in the year ending the 5 th of April . wiis £ 1 , 893 , 988 , and the net amount received was . £ 1 , 813 , 629 . The number of houses' charged was 487 , 411 . In Manchester .: there were 7 , V&t houses charged ,, the - .. duty on which assessed was : £ 21 , 925 ; ¦ and the amount received £ ' - ' 0 , 573 . In Liverpool the number of houses was 11 , 342 , and the amount assessed £ 32 , 401 , and tho amount roeoiwd £ 28 , 856 ; whilst-at'Birmingham tho number of houses charged with duty was 5 , 423 , tho " duty assessed was £ 16 , 161 ,. and * the amount received £ 14 , 986 .

      ¦ Ihe "old school" P . resbytorians in America , offended at tho mutilations which had boon pocputratcd ,. from time . to time , on tho Hymns of the good Dr . Watts , proposed ' to issue a perfect aiid unaltered edition of " Watts ' s-Psalms and Hymns ; " and behold ! - when the book was published it was found- that sundry verses , ' arid so ' nio entire hymns , * in which ' thwe w ' eVe allusions to slavery , were omitted Ir ; > : ?> , ¦ ¦ ' " ¦ '¦ ; v ' : / \ , : ¦ Dr . ( QESNEB , of-NwYork ,. believe 3-that ho can lighttliiit city wiiih . gas . madeffom Trinidadasphaltum " atVbbst * of SO ' cdhts . per 1 , 000 feet .

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      /¦ . .. i hTHEfMNI ) -PIiAlT . TO THE 'EPITOHTOF THE KOBTIIBRN STAB . . BWittI amrtery sorry that the Land . Compiiny is in Buoh ' a " dilemma at the present' time .. It appears that there isto be a complete closing of it after ib has struggled ' ori ' for many years against the insinuations andpvrsvoutions bfsomeof tbe greatest , and most inhuman tyrants and knatves that cotild be depicted by the ablest ? pen ^ in -the country . I wonder wby men should oppose the progress of any movement , by whomaoeyer started , which , - aims ac the ; elevation of tho labouring ,, populatiyn , But what am 1 thinking about ! Has it not alway s been the custom of the press , and those who obtain theii ?

      livelihood By the' labour of the working class , to impede , and , if possible , totally annihilate hny plan for the alleviation of the sufferings of the great mass of the " community ? : Have they not at its commencement given a kind of a " huff / ' md by so doing turned those of tho working class ; ivr ho fro rather high , and have not the capability tfr see and judge for themselves , against it ? . When men havo been found under the denomination of public instructors who have committed such acts of ! in ; nery , who can wonder but that any plan founded for the benefit of the industrious millions will fail , so long as surrounded hy them ? The Land > Plnn has been most basely maligned by the public press svsr since its commencement . And now , alas ! that its ruina «

      tiori is almost completed , what have they gained by it but the jeers nnd scoffs of that portion of thfl community called the working class , for- whose benefit its noble' expounder long struggled to uphold it against all their insinuations , and the base and calumnious lies they have from time to time inserted in their puny paper . ? against his character . Had the Land Plan been commenced by some doggedly ruffian , under the garb of an upholder , of the present institutions of the country , and designated by the name of one of tho chief supporters of tha present contaminated state of society , it , would have been lauded to the very skies by the press . It would have been held up as a plan that would , without fail , and under all circumstances , benefit , to

      an enormous ' -extent , all who would embark as membersIv-. Biit as it is Feargus , O' Conirtv 3 who ia its foundeu—ra inan who has long : and noblyt strug * gled ^ for an d in tho . ranks . of'theworkingoia . si—thfly denounce it a 3 a Utopian scheme , ' , whic 5 v . will not tend to alleviate the sufferings that are ; at . present borne by our half-starved and ill-paid hibpurers . The teachers who circulate and disseminate theil ? doctrines through our publ ; c press are very sapient . If they see any chance ov nianifeatation of a scheme being surrounded by men who are called " honourable , " and " right honourable , " and who are in the possession of " state supremacy , " they will , ; under every circumstance , and against all odds , support that scheme , though they advocated the hanging Of ewvy newspnper editor in tho United Kingdom . But let a man come nobly forward with a schema that would tend to do away with ' class monopoly ,

      and elevato the working class to their just 'sphere in society—( Mr . O'Connor and the Land Plan , lot instance)—and they will malign arid'undermina both , the Plan and tho character of the man at itff head ; and , if possible ; , ( by the . basest of meana , ) complete its overthrow . If the Company is to bfl wound up , I hope the working class will -not b © ( fld very forward in supporting any movement . whiob may be got up by those hirelings of the press , who have been foremost in undermining a plan that sought to establish the redemption of our labouring community ; but keep aloof , and let them , see that working men arc not such fools ag to support their greatest enemies , who have allied themselves ; together for- the purpose of keeping the people ifl misery and degradation , and for the purpose of Buppbrting the present institutions of the country , at the cost of . the lives of some of our most jndufl * trious and intelligent artisans .

      Yours in the cause of Democratic and ' Social Progress , J . B ., a paid-up Four-Acre Shareholder . Heywood . . . . . :

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      TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Dbar Sib , —It is much to be regretted that JoVL arrived at ao hasty a conclusion respecting Mr . Taylor , of the Freehold Land Society : either th&t gentleman did make a most unwarrantable attacfe upon you , or tho Suffolk Chronicle took the cowardly liberty to attach the lying paragraph to his'lecture j this no one can question . But what evidence , ] would ask , have you had for giving a verdict in favour of Mr . Taylor , and against the , Suffolk Chronicle ? None whatever , but the exparte statement of Mr . Taylor himself . I think ,, sir , I shall , befora I have done , prove' that he did make use of the remarks in question , and that the Suffold Chronicle U not guilty of the particular charge alleged to it by Mr . Taylor . Marksir , in the first place , the' deep

      , cunningness of Mr . Taylor , in speaking of the Stowmarket meeting , and denying that he made use of the words alleged by my friend Mr . Gladwejh , H 9 knows , and you must know ,, that that ' is ^ ibt ^ his question at issue . Did he , or did he not , make use of the words as repeated in the Suffolk Chronicle ? You shairhear my evidence , and judge for yourself ; Mr . Taylor , in his letter of last week , speaks of your qenerous nature and love of justice : how" is it » if he be a truth seeking and truth speaking man . that he has not been generous and / i « J in return , and contradicted the lyiHg paragraph ? Three weeks , I think , is quite sufficient time for the circulation of so foul a slander upon a generous man , and one who loves iwttie , without being contradicted by hint

      who uttered it . Mr . Taylor has told you that ne was induced to notice the National Land poiripany in consequence of certain allusions having been made by some Tory papers against his Society "; but he never told you that we have another liberal paper in Ipswich besides the Suffolk Chronicle ; and both of . these agree in the report of the slanderous paragraph . Surely , both papors are , not wrong . Jt is somewhat curious , and worthy of remark , that each time Mr . Taylor has lectured in Ipswich it has been on a Tuesday—the same evening that this branch of the National Land Company holds its weekly meetings—consequently I was not at his lecture ; nor . was any one for the same reason , who takes a prominent part in the promulgation of the People ' s Charter ,

      or , I can assure you , so gratuitous a slander should not have passed off untold . That it was uttered , and b y Mr . Taylor , wo were informed , before . our meeting broke up , and in a similar . manner as reported in the Suffolk Chronicle three days afterwards ; and lurther , still I have the liberty given j no 'if I choose to exercise it , of a number of individuals names—some of whom are shareholders in " Mr . Taylor ' s Society—who will vouch for the truth , of the report in the Suffolk Gltronicje , Surely , air , something , must have been said very bad , or I should not have been told by more than one person , that the remarks made in reference to yourself and the National Lind Company was quite ; , unnecessary , and certainly uncalled for ; and , to * ' sum up my

      evidence , I would particularly-request your attentionto the enclosed article from an ^ organ of'the Freehold Land Society , which Mr . Taylor lias something to do with , either as conductor or editor , and I asE him if he will . repudiate that . article ? - It is with no vain desire to offer factious opposition , to Mr . Taylor or his Society , that I have thus crossed the branch '; I have lived long enough to be a bit of a judge of public men—hayo been in the , storm and in the calm of Chartist policics . andmy vanity leads me to know who is deserving of confidence , and who of censure ; and I have suffored too much of bitter and bittering persecution from ' -that ; class with which I see Mr , Taylor is ( surrounded , ever to be deceived by cliem . ,

      : , sir , yours respectfully ,, ¦ : W . Garrard . Secretary to the Ipswich branch of the National Land Company . ' Ipswich , April 9 th . P . S . —I must hint to you that you stand pledged to visit Ipswich , and trust you will when convenient , fulfil it . Wo have never pressed you as yet , but the time is at hand when you must come amongst us .- — W . G . . [ This letter should have appeared last week , but was omitted for want of spuce . —Ed . N , S . ] \

      THE HONESTY FUND . TO PEARG 13 S O ' CONSOR , ESQ ., M . P . Respected Sir . —Wo send you an order for the sum of 5 s :, being our joint contributions to assist you to defray tlie expense ? of the Nottingham Libel case . We aro members of the Laud Company / and our confidence in your integrity remains unshaken ; we trust that you will live to sec the day wben your base revilers will acknowledge their error , as we firmly believe that your steadfast adherence to principle , and unsn erving iidvocacy of the people ' s cause will vet disarm them , and comp " el them to

      acknowledge thuir error . We havo not been induced to subscribe to tiio Honesty Fund , frdis any other motive than that of testifying to you and the country , that although a vile pressnas endeavoured lo destroy your useMi . lnoi >» ' to society , that its influence in that respect , is Aery small with honest minds . It is also . our ojunion , that the . subscriptions of the working classes to this fund , will act most powcrfully . on the eiienry , , and' if properly followed up , lib the means of fi > r ever silencing them . We are , Respected Sir , Yours in the cause'of truth , " James Dunn , ;; AndhewKin 0 , Murdocu Guns , John Watsos , . Andrew Meilson , Glasgow ; April 15 th . ! " . "' .. '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 20, 1850, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1570/page/1/