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      BoSl canmeet peihapsmaytarnloBliloTT ; Iritrf afl plagues thy wrath can sena , v S ^ Bs re ^ k wTe-me frMft lhe . eanMafiiHia . ' . ' . TAMES BEATTIE AND HIS TIRTTJOUS ASSOCIATES .

      MY Frebkds , — In order to convince yon thatthe censure of slaves is actionI hare modi pleasure in furnishing you with the Mlowingpiousappealof BEAiirE andhisfnends , extrart ^ fiom the O ^/ bri Chronicle . Here is { he doleful ditiy - — ( From the O ^** Cfcronicfe of September 28 th . ) THE MEfSTER LOVEL ALLOTTEES . At the earnest reqnest of the unfortunate allottees we insert the Mowing memorial :-The memorial of the occupants of the National Land Company ' s Estate , at Minster Lovel , in the county of Oxford « SmwEtB , .

      " Thatyour memorialists have been induced , by the representations of Teargus O'Connor , Esq ., to take shares in the aforesaid Company , and have had their allotments awarded in accordance with the rales of the society , and others have given large sums of money as bonuses for allotments . "That the occupants have therefore ; , broken up their homes , left their respective callings , and tra-Telled , at great expense , from distant parts of the conntry . " That * iwh attotmenta were , by the rules of the said Company , tpjie conveyed to each occupant as freehold property , subject to the payment of four ner cent , oer annum on such nortion of the original

      cost of each allotment as should remain unpaid . " Thatthe soil of such allotments , when given into their possession , was so extremely foul and exhausted that your memorialists have laboriously and incessantly toiled , and have not been able to obtain therefrom a sufficiency of the commonest necessaries ef subsistence . " Thatthe saidFeargus O'Connor , Esq ., has | demanded an enormous rent of your memorialists in ii 3 own name , as landlord , tbus attempting to make them his tenants at will , and the property his own , having had it conveyed to himself individually , instead of in trust for the Company , with whose money the estate was purchased . such

      " That your memorialists have refused to pay rent , but " have offered to pay interest on the capital expended on their respective allotments and remaining unpaid , declining , however , to become tenants jo Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., who has , in consequence thereof , commenced proceedings in ejectment against your memorialists in the names of the trustees of the mortgagee . "That your memorialists have resisted such ejectments , gone to trial , and had judgment given against them in the Court of Queen's Bench , and in November next will be turned out of possession , and thereby be deprived of their capital and labour employed in the improvement of their holdings . " That your memorialists have therefore

      consulted equity barristers , whose opinion is , that yonr memorialists have an efficient plea in , and are consequently advised to make an application to , the Court of Chancery for redress against such injustice ; but that the costs of such proceedings in Chancery are too expensive for your memorialists , who have already exhausted all their available means in defending the aforesaid suit in ejectment . " That your memorialists , therefore , respectfully solicit the assistance of the charitable and benevolent , in order to enable your memorialists to take the necessary proceedings in the Court of Chancery for their protection against the cruel and unjust proceedings of Feargus O'Connor , Esq . And your memorialists , &c . '

      21 ow , I do not think that requires any answer-except this , that the land is the best in the neighbourhood : that Beatxie and othera received £ 30 aid money ; that Bbatue ' s rent , for a splendid cottage and four acres of the best land upon the estate , not counting the £ 30 aid money , would have been under £ 11 a-year ; while this tramping ruffian let three acres of land withontthe house for £ 13 a-year ; tbus having a splendid cottage , an acre of land , £ 2 profit rent , and j £ 30 for nothing , and has never paid < XNE FRACTION to the Company . Now here is a pions old soldier for von .

      This morning ( Thursday ) I received an appeal , signed by Jomr Willcock , John Gathard , and James Beatiib , praying its insertion in the Northern S / er ; and again stating the fact , that the censure of slaves is adulation , and from a conviction "that it will make the reader laugh , I give it at full length . Here it is : — THE ALLOTTEES OF MINSTER LOVEL TO

      FEARGUS O'COSSOR , ESQ ., M . P . Sis , —Many of our Chartist brethren and members of tbe National Land Company will scarcely believe that you have wrongfully and maliciously accused the occupants at Minster Lovel of intending to defraud , the Company of its rightful interest , and of representing them as idlers and drunkards , which you knew at the same time to be false ; besides which , sir , you added most flagrantly to that ioji ftiti by refusing to those whom you calumniated , any reply in the organ of your abuse—the Northern Stnr . Yes , sir , so monstrous 13 that injustice , and so unblushing your reiterated falsehoods , that our friends could scarcely believe you capable of such foul and detestable conduct . With a view , there fore , to satisfy those who doubt , we again essay to open your columns by forwarding these , our accusations against you , ( copies of which will be also sent to other papers . )

      Xow , , whilst defying yon to prove yonr allegations against ns , we , on the contrary , are ready with evidence to prove so clearly , that the most infatuated of your present dupes—even Mr . James Sweet himself—must convict yon upon every count of our indictment ; . 1 st . —That you have falsely and knowingly accused us of intending to defraud the shareholders of their rightful interest of the Company ' s property , and have represented us as idlers and drunkards , at the same time refusing ns aDy reply in your paper . 2 nd . —That yon have grossly misapplied and extravagantly expended the Company's money , and lave wasted the Company ' s property . 3 rd . —That you have attempted to charge us as rent more by about seventy-five per cent , than the property is worth .

      4 th . —That you have illegally demanded , and attempted to force us to pay those rents to you as landlord , with the endeavour on your part to make the property your own , and us your tenants at will . 5 th . —That because we bave dared to question your right to the property , and refused to you the enormous charge you attempted to fix upon us a 3 rent against the rules of the Company , you commenced an action of ejectment against us , in the names of the trustees of the mortgagee , without their knowledge or consent . That you afterwards colleagued with them to carry on that suit of ejectment , well knowing that you had no legal power for that purpose ; thus by treachery alone you have

      gained a verdict against us . 6 th . —That yon have withheld from us our conveyances , so that you might have it in your power to " drive us from off the land , and deprive us of our capital and labour expended in improvements ; whereas , had you given thoBe conveyances , we should have been legally bound to pay interest to the Company , and thus saved dispute . 7 th . —That yon falsely stated that the interest of the mortgage was not paid ; therefore , you " handed us over to the tender mercies of tbe mortgagees ;" and that you falsely stated , that you were paying the interest of the mortgage out of yonr own Pocket .

      8 th . —That you have not called the adjourned Conference together , as per resolution , fearing we should lay bare your iniquitous conduct . aow , Sir , the above are the charges that Messrs . BeatUe and Bradshaw brought before the meeting at Nottingham ; but Mr . Sweet , in his endeavour to report himself , has thought fit to hide them , weU knowing that it was to your interest that the cloak of obscurity should envelope such charges . Be assured , sir that with af the hoodwinking of yourself and ei-oW friends , that truth , like « murder , although it hath no tongue , speaS with a most miraculous organ . " Thes ! a ' ueEs We are prepared to prove , and that any attest w yonr part to answer or gloss over them wthontthat proof , will not be satisfactory euhw to vonr readers or us , foreyes are now opened , thatheretofore were either blinded or shut , by the &my ind malicious falsehoods that have bo often emanate from your pen . "uaieu

      Signed , on behalf of the allotted J . Wilcock , j . Gmhard , J . Beattk , Committee No , 1—You have defrauded the Company you have been idlera and drunkards , every other paper has been opened to you , and have published much of your rubbish in the Northern Star . No . 2 . —I have economicall y expended the Company ' s money , receiving proposals for every description of work , taking them at the lowest , and buying the best description of materials , never entered a line or figure in any account book , Mr . Doyle and Mr . Cvzusa-B paying the labourers every Saturday night 3

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      No . 3 . —You scoundrels , you have been charged seventy-five per cent , less than the property is worth , and you have never paid a fraction of rent . No . 4 . —You vagabonds , you were all told that if you paid your rents according to the rales of the Company you should have your leases . . No . 5 . —You jugg lers , the rent demanded from you was precisely in accordance with the rules of the Company " , and in one Conference , by my recommendation , was reduced from over £ 5 to £± per cent . I did not commence ejectments against you ; 1 had no power to do so ; but I consented to the mortgagees doing so , in order that you should not plunder those by whose means you were released from beggary and placed in comfort .

      ~ So . 6 . —You rascals , you were told that you shonld have yeur leases , had you paid the Company ' s demands , but you have not paid a fraction , while you have robbed thousands . No . 7- —Yon swindlers , I did pay the interest to the mortgagees out of my own pocket , until I diBCOTeredyourraBcaJity ; and then , to save myself and the Company , I very properly and very honourably handed you over to the tender mercies of the mortgagees ; and I trust they will deal with you as you deserve . No . 8 . —Yon rapscallions , I had nothing to do with the Conference ; nor have I prevented one being held ; but if one was called , you would be drummed out of it , you ruffians . No . 9 . —You thieves , if Mr . Sweet and his friends had treated Beattie and Bbadshaw

      in a rougher manner , they would have deserved thanks for it ; and now , you scoundrels , you may traverse the whole country , by night and by day , and , I trust , that everywhere you will meet with such a reception as you deserve . You three vagabonds owe the Company very nearly ONE HUNDRED POUNDS RENT , and you have not paid a fraction . I forgot to Btate that this pious , doleful , bard working , starving Gathard , received bacon , fowls , and all sorts of dainty food from a London man , for TWO ACRES of his miserable land , while this doleful creature and his family were starving .

      ] $ ow , my friends , I think I have given your bitterest enemies a very clear , unmistakeable , and unanswerable reply ; aiid , I trust , that whenever you meet them you will treat them as they deserve . Before I conclude my letter , allow me to furnish the reader with the following conviction of Gathard , and his idle friends—not supplied by me , but by his brother allottees , and who must be the best judges of his industry and integrity . Here follows the narrative : —

      TO P . 0 COSSOB , ESQ ., M . P . Sib , —I feel it my duty to inform you that Beattie and Bradshaw are travelling the country in order to get money for their lawyer to file a bill in Chancery ; it is said they have received nine pounds this week from different parts . A letter has been received from Beattie ; he says he will not return home until he has got fifty pounds . It is said they have visited Coventry , where Gilbert is ; also Leeds and Nottingham , where Jackson lives . It is said they got a vote of censure pissed on you at Notting ham . Gilbert and Jackson were both allottees here , dancing , lazy fellows . Beattie's woman and Mrs . Holmes , whose husband is away , are continually drunk .

      - Mr . Iteece , their lawyer , was here last week , told them he could not find them money , tJrey must get funds ; he could not see it was any good to go to Chancery , but that he could do something for them . Seattle started directly on his tour . May you be preserved to carry out the Land Plan is the prayer of Yours faithfully , Charterville , Sept . 26 . C . " Willis . Charterville , Sept . 2 Gth . Hosotthed Sir , —I have sent yon a copy of a letter which I sent yesterday to the Manchester Examiner , in answer to John Gathard ; if it meet your approbation we should like it to be put in tbe Star . Yours Faithfully , Chables Willis .

      " TO THE MAJfCHESTEB EXAMINER AND TIMES . " We , the undersigned allottees on the Minster Lovel Estate , having read a letter in the Northern Star taken from your paper , the 31 st of August , signed John Gathard , on behalf of the allottees , we beg to say we knew nothing of it ; he first speaks of Air . O ' Connor ' s mismanagement ; we think the mismanagement is with him . He got his house , four acres of land , £ 30 aid money , a quantity of wood and manure , and the land ploughed , for his £ 5 4 s . share ; we think it would have been more honourable in him to have said he was not able to work his land , than to have blamed our friend Mr . O'Connor . He next speaks of having endured nearly

      three years incessant hard labour and absolute want of the commonest necessaries of life . Mark this fact , the whole of his four acres' produce this year is not worth £ 5 ; it has not been half cultivated since lie has been here ; while his neighbours , with only two acres , on the other side of the road , has produced a great deal more than him ; could you witness his land , you would say he must want the common necessaries ; he has said he was to be our instructor , having a knowledge of agriculture . 3 ? ow , we admit , that we stood in need of some instructor , we having suffered from inexperience ; but Mr . O ' Connor has made allowance for that , being willing to take a part for rent ; he has taken part , and

      acknowledgments to endeavour to pay ; but Gathard has not paid a farthing , neither will he make any acknowledgment ; we think it the greatest piece of ingratitude . We acknowledge great lenity has been shown to us . He appeals to you to receive subscriptions , to enable them to file a bill in Chancery to stay the proceedings in the Queen ' s Bench ; we leave it to your readers , after these undeniable facts , whether it is a case worthy of public sympathy . " Charles Willis , William Chandler , John Stone , Charles Ireland , John Hates , John Metcalf , Thomas Belstead , William Hot , Benjamin Mbxdat , George Lax , John Wn ,-kins , Charles Sbphahd , "William Smith , ( two acres ) . "

      Now I think I might have spared myself the trouble of making any comment , as the above will furnish the reader with a veritable proof of the suffering of my rascally friends . Tour faithful Friend , Feaegus O'Connoe .

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      THE PEOPLE'S G £ USE . : " OJfWARIi . AND YOTJLCONQTJEli ! n BACKWARD , AND YOU TALL !" y , ¦ , ~' . My Friends , —I have just returned from Belgium , through which country I have made several tours , for the purpose of gaining information as to their mode of cultivating the land , and livine upon their industry . It

      gladdens me , and it sickens me when I consider the state of that country . It gladdens me because I see no paupers , and because I see the land highly cultivated ; it sickens me when I remember that , Belgium , with a population of thirty per cent , larger than England , has no paupers ; while in England , the labouring classes pay eight millions a year to support their unwilling idle brethren .

      In Belgium they pay £ 5 , £ 6 , and £ 1 an acre for poor land ; consisting of blowing sand . The usual term of a lease is nine years ; and at the end of that period , the occupant will be able to pay over £ 200 an acre for the purchase of his soil . Working men of England , the present state of every country in Europe convince ^ me that England is upon the eve of a great and mighty change ; and , therefore , as my chief object ever has been , and ever shall be , to turn that change to your advantage , I now wish to prepare you for it . The change that I wish for is a moral and not a physical change .. I wish

      for a moral change , that the power of the mind may silence the cannon ' s roar . I do not wish for a physical change , because the cannon's roar would speedily destroy the united mind . In order to prepare you for such a change , I would suggest the propriety of holding a Conference as speedily as possible , in Manchester , the great Northern hive , for the purpose of re-establishing a perfect union of your order . If elected as a delegate to that Conference , I will devote my mind to the drawing up of a programme , the adoption and following of which will prove to the Government that , however languid and apathetic the tongue may be the mind is still active . ' .

      There are a great number of people who do not understand the meaning of . my maxims . One is , that " it is my desire to MAKE THE RICH RICHER , AND THE POOR RICH . " This is construed by some as meaning that I would give more money and greater wealth to the rich ; whereas tb . g . xeritable meaning is , that rwouidgfveinuch'lessmoney , to the rich , while I would make them more wealthy bydestroyingenormoustaxation—byprotecting their property , by justice and satisfaction , and not by the musket , the bludgeon , the prison , the bastile , the transport ship , and upholding

      their faith by archbishops , bishops , archdeacens , deacons , prelates , parsons , priests : curates , judges , barristers , lawyers , gaolers , turnkeys , Bpies , detectives , policemen , and hangmen : I would make the man who now possesses fifty thousand a year richer upon ten thousand a year . I would not have a duke , a marquis , an earl , a noble lord , a baronet , or a knight , in the kingdom . As all men have been made after God ' s image , I would have men governed by laws which are consonant with God ' s commandments , and not by laws which are made by the rich to oppress and destroy the poor .

      Working men , however apathetic you may be while trade is COMPARATIVELY GOOD , I never fail in those times to perform my duty , which is to prepare the mind for the time when trade gets bad . Perhaps the absurd Exhibition of 1851 may have a great effect , as to harmonising the mind of all nations . Every nation upon the continent now—and especially France—feels a jealousy towards England ; and it is to prepare you for the coming struggle that I now invite you to hold a Conference at Manchester ; it is the place of all others where intellect can be developed ; it is the centre of industry , and the hive of wealth .

      During the last session of Parliament you very properly declined forwarding any petitions relative to the Charter , or any other measure ; and it is because you have nothing to expect from the House of Commons that I wish to prepare your minds , so that when a change come , the mind of England may be the basis of English industry , English prosper ity , and English tranquillity . You may rely upon it that you have not , as yet , felt the effect that the death of Sir Robert Peel will have upon the English government ; the hostility manifested to him by the Protectionists induced

      him and his party to support the Whigs ; but now that he is no more , and as self-interest is the basis of human action , you may depend upon it that his party will be like a rope of sand , and will be fished for with the Whig bait , and the Protectionist bait . If Peel had died earlier in the session , the session would not have concluded as it has ; and as I expect the next Bession to manifest a good deal of party and factious opposition , I wish to prepare you for the coming struggle ; and that is another reason for inviting you to hold a Conference at Manchester .

      Working-men , it makes my very blood run cold when I think of the position that you are in , and tbe position that you might be in ; and it horrifies me when I reflect that your poverty and degradation is solely based upon your antagonism and disunion . If I repeated it to surfeit , I will tell you again that mere spouters and men who give up their trade and labour to agitate and advocate Chartism , would rather have a guinea a week for advocating any other ism than a pound a week for advocating Chartism , as self-interest is the basis of human action . This maxim does not

      apply generally , as there are and have been some good , virtuous , sterling , honest , independent patriots , who have risked their lives and liberty in the advocacy of your cause ; but these are mere exceptions . Poor Cotfay , Lacey , Frost , Williams , Jones and others , they risked their lives in England ; O'Brien , MEAaHEn , Mitchel , M'Manus , O'Don-0 H 0 E , Doheny and others , risked their lives in Ireland , and I have risked my life both in England and Ireland ; but these are mere exceptions to the general rule , and my desire is to preserve the life and liberty of every man ; and I tell you , for the hundredth time , that if your order were as united for a month as your

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      enemies are , you would be the freest people upon the face of the earth . ; , r Working men , it horrifies me , when I . see splendid mansions erected and cemented with yonr- blood ; when I see stately parks ; lawns , and pleasure grounds , devoted to the pleasur of those who live upon your blood , and which should ? produce food for you to eat ;• when I see "rttCG-horseSj hunters , hounds , coach '

      horaes , and all such things maintained inji uxmy , - and driving ; through groups' of pinirijg paupers , upon whose industry they live . Thijs is . a . system , however , which ia wholly and splely based upon your own antagonism and disunion , and it -. is a system \ vhich for thirty . ' yeiar 8 I , have : endeavoured to destroy ; and ; inj&twithBtanding the opposition againBt whibljul have had ta . contend , I ana determined to follow my old maxim— .

      :: ; ; . ' " phward ; and we conquer , . ' -. ¦•> : Backward . varid we fall . " ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦• ; « ' $ HJj i ^ OPLE'i ^ ARTER ' ANiD ^ d : '"' ' ^ i ^ m ^ hi ^ M ^^^ appoint ., an early day . for the holding of a Conferenco at Manchester . Your Faithful and Uncompromising Friend , ¦ ' ' Feakgus O'Connor .

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      The Executive Committee of the Nationai Charter Association met at the office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening , October 2 nd—Mr . Milne in the chair . Communications were read from Mr . J . ' Cook , Ipswich , requosting cards and rules to form a locality in that town ; from Mr . Garrard , of the same town , thanking the Executive for the policy adopted by them , and giving hopes that Chartism will again flourish in that part of the country ; from Tiverton , enclosing an order for twelve shillings , requiring cards , and expressive of confidence in the present Executive Committee ; from Arbroath , announcing the formation of a locality , and their admiration of the advocacy of social rights ; from Todmorden ,

      containing a remittance ; from V 7 . Davis , Edinburgh , in favour of a fusion of the several democratic sections of political and social reformers ; from G . Bremer , Edinburgh , containing a remittance of one pound fifteen shillings , holding out hopes of progress and further supplies ; from W . H . Chadwiok , Leeds , offering nis services in propagating the principles of the Association in any town or district through which he may pass ; from J . A , Hog ^ , Howick , announcing the formation of a locality after a lecture by Ernest Jones , and applying for cards and rules . The sub-committee reported from the committee for fusing the . several

      democratic and social reform societies , that their report was completed and was ready to bo submitted to the Conference on the 6 th inst . The committee then adjourned until Wednesday evening , the 9 th inst . Thb Chartist Metropolitan Delegate Council having seen the necessity of an extended , plan of giving publicity to meetings , lectures , and other business connected with the cause in the metropolis and suburbs ; have arranged in council to furnish a list of such matters fortnightly , for the information of the people ; -arid hope that the list will be widely circulated by / their democratic brethren . They have also issued ; the following circular : —

      " to thb working men of the . metropolis . " Brothers , —It is said , ' Unity is strength , ' 'Numbers is power '—which we veritably believe to be true—for union in purpose insures harmony in working , and thereby creates strength . Through the want of a proper union , might reigns triumphant over right . Allowing two classes to exist , that of monopolising tyrants , and slave-toiling , creating people , and these classes have existed in-this country for ages past , and too well we know of their present existence . . Those .. in . the station of tn « stoUingvOr wofcking : cla 88 f - ~ a ^ misery and poverty , and are fast sinking beneath the standard of human nature , whilst those termed the np ' per class , have added extravagance to

      extravagance , and have' multiplied thoir despotic acts . The knowledge of-this bids ua seek fora change to eradicate these -and still greater evils . We promulgate the principles of the People ' s Charter . ' Tis quite evident that the amelioration of the people ' s enslaved condition , cannot be effected unless the evil be entirely swept away , and that through the voice of the whole people , Knowing that the happiness , prosperity , and comfort of a nation rests in the hands of those with whom its care is entrusted , wo consider it but just that the whole nation's feelings should be understood and represented to ensure true happiness ; but , it is not so—and it is therefore necessary that a change should be brought about—a change that will fully

      insure the liberty of the people . This great change can be realised by obtaining the Charter . Workins ; men , we call . upon you to study the principles we aim to establish ; attend our various meetings ; unite with us ; work with us to obtain our political and social rights ; band yourselves together in your several localities , and , each considering himself a wheel to the great machine of progress , deeming it necessary always to fill your office , never neglecting the mighty work , but travelling on boldly , in unison and harmony with each other . Working men , if you would but do this , the wrongs of tbe

      world would quickly disappear—the Charter , and all other rights and privileges naturally belonging to man , would be enjoyed by all . Then , brethren , we call upon you to be up and doing . Form new localities in every district where there are none—such as the following : —Camden Town , Hampstead , Bow , Stratford , Camberwel ^ Brixton , Olapnam , Wandawortn , Hoxton , Kensington , Hammersmith ,. Chelsea , and Woolwich . Organise , organise , organise Agitate , agitate , agitate ! Cease not till yo obtain your right—the Charter!—On the part of the council , " W . A . Fletcher , J . J . Brisck , " E . Aleco .

      " 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican . " Golden-lane , Barbican . —A public meeting was held at the Working Men ' s Hall , 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican , on Monday evening , September 30 th , which was numerously attended . Mr . Delaforce was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Stallwood moved the following resolution;— " That this meeting have heard with delight of the prospeot of a fraternal union of the various sections of democratic and social reformers , and trust that such projected unions will , without giving up a single iota of Chartism , be founded on such a broad basis as shall include every section of thorough-going political and social reformers , and be in fine a real democratic and social union . " Mr . Stallwood took

      a cursory view of the several sections of political and social reformers at present extant , and showed the mischief which several societies for one and the same purpose caused , the extra expenses entailed on their members , and how much more powerful one compact body was than many small societies , to achieve any given object , and resumed his seat loudly applauded . —Mr . Brisck , in seconding the resolution , contended that political power was only good as a machine to effect sooial amelioration . France had taught them an important lesBon , which they ought not to lose sight of ; thero could be no doubt about the good effects of such a union as that proposed . He hoped the trades bodies would join them ; and it certainly was a good augury to find

      that tne trades were about to send delegates to the conference on Sunday next . ( Loud cheers . )—Mr . Finlen supported the resolution , declaring an amalgamation , or fusion essentially necessary , and effort after effort should be made until success crowned their endeavours . —Mr . Elliot also supported the resolution , and said the projected union was necessary to place man in that station the deity intended him to occupy ; to accomplish this , expedienoy must be set aside , and stern princi p les be rigidly adhered to . The meeting was also addressed > y Mr . Nixon , ( late of Kirkdale ^ prison , ) Mr . Benny , Mr . Llewellyn and others , after which the resolution was carried unanimously . In consequence of what had fallen from Mr . Nixon , Mr . Finlen challenged him to show " that any

      permanent good could be obtained without legislative aid . " Mr . Nixon accepted the challenge , and the discussion was arranged to take place on Friday evening , Oct . 11 th , at the Working Man ' s Hall , Golden-lane . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and the meeting terminated . Metropolitan Delegate Council , 26 , Goldenlane , Barbican , on Sunday afternoon , September 29 th . Mr , E . Stallwood in tho ohair . Mr . Dennis M'Gee took his seat for " the Shoreditch locality , and Mr . W . Osborne , vice Dicey , for Finsbury . —• The better distribution of the Democratic Press . —On the motion of Messrs . Brisck and Fussion , it was resolved , " That application be m ade to Messrs . O'Connor and Reynolds for handbills , dsc , to aid the council in this work . " The JSezer Fund . —In .

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      consequence of the Crown and . Anchor , and other localities , holding their benefits on Monday , the SOth September , tber > winding-up of ; this , affair was adjournedfor a fortnight . Mr . Bezer having made implication ' , £ 2 out of the money 'ijnbacribed was adraneed to him . The Council'i ^ Circular . i ^ -lt was resolved , ad interim , "That it be continued , in its present shape , but that the delegates take the opinion of tlieJr . u several localities ,- ' ns to the propriety L © f bringing otft a , circular , after- the manner of the late " English Chartist Circular , " at one halfpenny . per . week , so ; that it may be useful to the provinces , as well ' as London ; and that tho dele : gates report thereon this day fortnight . " Mr . M'Gee reported that his locality had great hopes of

      obtaining a large place for holding ' a'public meeting in . Shoreditch . ^ 1 Monthly Conference'of the Me tropolitan CKarlists . —Mv . Osborne brought the above subject before the council , and ultimately gave notice that this day fortnight ho would move , "That the Chartists of London do meet in Conference the first Sunday in every month , to consider the best means of . furthering the cause . " The council then adjourned , in consequence of the Coniforence being held at John'street on" Sunday afternoon , until Sunday evening next , at the Kmg and , Queen , Foleyistreet , Portland-place , j ' 'S *<' fyHAwiCK .- ^ On Thu ' rsday , "theJJ 8 fh t' 6 f ^ September , ' ^ ne ^ Jines ^ Esq . 'gaveaH ^ UTWfnHhB ^ HTllVof th ^ Commercial Inn . to a crowded and attentive

      audience . The subject— " Bread and . Freedom "—was treated in a masterly manner . He depicted the misery and degradation of the great mass of the people , and showed that the present prosperity was only temporary , and could not last long , but—from causes which he pointed out—would be followed by a terrible re-action . He pointed to the land , as the only safe and permanent resource for the working classes ; but under the present system , while the land was locked up by the existing laws , the degradation of the people must continue , as they would still remain the slaves of the capitalist ; in short , that until the people obtained their political rights , as laid down in the People ' s Charter , there never could be free trade in land , and , consequently there

      could be no permanent prosperity in the country . Throughout the learned gentleman was listened to with the greatest attention , and repeatedly applauded . At the close of the lecture Mr . C . Hunter moved , " That the Chartist Association ho re « or « ganised in this town , " which was seconded and carried , only one hand being held up against it . — Mr . James Scott moved , " That this meeting cannot separate without expressing their thanks to the workmen in the employ of Barclay and Co ., for the reception they gave to the female flogger and butcher , Haynau ; and may all such tyrants meet with a like reception , " This was carried with acclamation .. A vote of thanks was then given to Mr . Jones for his able lecture , and after a vote of

      thanks to the chairman , Mr . A . Haig , the meeting separated . Cheltenham . —Mr . Thomas Cooper , of London , having been engaged to lecture here two nights for the Working Men ' s Institution , that gentleman kindly proffered the Chartists his services on the third night ,. for a political lecture . The Town Hall was taken , and Mr . Cooper delivered a splendid lecture upon " The European Revolutions of 1848 , the Present i State of the Continent , and the Prospects of Coming Changes at Home and Abroad , " to a small but delighted audience . He gave an eloquent and forcible description ' of past events , the present clouded position of Democracy , and a

      cheering prospect of the future , with a stirring appeal to the people , especially to the young men , to be up and doing , and be prepared for the inevitable uprising of their glorious principles , and to be ready to calmly take advantage of circumstances to work out their own redemption . A resolution was carried , thanking Barclay and Perkins' men for thrashing the Austrian Hyena-Haynau , and sparing the life of a fellow who never spared the lives of his fellow-men , when in his power , nor tho feelings of honourable and virtuous woman . At the conclusion , 7 s . 3 d . was collected for the Polish and Hungarian brethren .

      WAsniJfaTON Brigade . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler lectured at the King and Queen , Foley-street , on Sunday evening ; on ' The Evils of a Standing Army . " Mr . John Arriott in the chair . Mr , Bezer also addresswttl ^^ aien ^ , ^ provincial tour .- ; A discussion took place'Ss ^ to 'the best form of Chartist tracts for London circulation , and the Metropolitan delegate was requested to convey the instructions of the meeting to the council . A collection was made towards procuring the £ 10 demanded by government , prior to the liberation of Thomas Jones , when Mr . Bryson reported

      that the Ladies' shoemakers meeting at that house had already voted * 2 to that object , Arrangements were made for holding a public meeting , to assist in effecting hia release , Mr . Robert Hunnibel , and others , also addressed the meeting . Newcastle-on-Tyne . —At a meeting of members held on Sunday evening , it was resolved , " That a subscription be entered into to raise a fund , in order to take a large lecture room , and ,, to pay . the rent in advance . " Subscription sheets were ordered to be printed , and left at various shops in tho town .

      Fimsbobt . —At a meeting of this locality on Sun day evening , September 20 th , Mr . Daniel Hockly in the chair ; it was moved by Mr . R . Fuzzen , and seconded by Mr . Osborn , ' That our delegate to tho delegate council recommend that a halfpenny Chartist circular be published every week , the profits arising therefrom to go to the funds of the National Charter Association . Moved by Mr . Salmon , and seconded by Mr . Fennell , '' That our delegates be requested to move that a public supper be got up for Mr . Ernest Jones , upon his arrival from the provinces ; and also , that a testimonial be got up , if possible . " Moved by Mr . Fennell , and seconded by Mr . Fuzzen , " That we express our deep regret that Mr . Brown's health has compelled him to resign his seat in tho Executive ; and we hereby tender him our sincere thanks for his services and

      exertions in the cause of Democracy , and hope that his health may be soon restored . " Sheffield . —At the weekly meeting of the council on Sunday , held at the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-street—Mr . Higginbottom in the ohair—the question of the Hungarian Refugee Fund was again considered , when the ohairman announced that 8 s . had been collected , which sum was directed to be forwarded to the proper quarter . Groat praise is due to tho Young Men ' s Association for the attention they have manifested on behalf of this fund , -which will be kept open for some time longer . After somo other business , the meeting adjourned . Handbills were extensively circulated that Dr . N . Frith would deliver an address in aid of the Hungarian Refugees Fund , ou Tuesday evening , October 1 st , no report of which las reached this office .

      Brierly Hill , South SrAFFOHDSiiiKE . — At a meeting of Chartists , held at the house of Mr . William Dodd , Spread Eagle Inn , New Chapelstreet , the following resolution , moved by Mr . Baker , and seconded by Mr . William Brace , was carried unanimously : — " That we fully appreciate the manly conduct of the brave men at Barclay and Perkins ' s brewry , in the way they acted to that inhuman monster , Marshal Haynau , whilst at Bankside ; and should any proceedings be instituted against them we shall deem it a pleasure to contribute our mite towards defraying the expenses of conducting their defence . "

      Ipswich . —On Tuesday last , October 1 st , a public meeting was held at the Royal George , Victoriastreet , for tho purpose ot considering the propriety of forming a branch of the National Charter Association . The meeting was small , which may be accounted for , that very few were acquainted with the fact of its taking place ; but all present seemed animated by one feeling—that of endeavouring to bring about a thoroug h union of all parties professing democratic princip les . On tho motion of Mr . Dallaston , seconded by Mr . Hudson , tho following resolution was unanimously adopted : — " That this meeting stand adjourned till next Tuesday evening , October 8 th , and that all present exert themselves to their utmost to secure a good attendance on that

      evening . " There is no doubt out tno reeuic win De satisfactory to all parties . Kircaldy . —Mr . Ernest Jones delivered a leoture here on the 1 st inst ., which gave the greatest satisfaction . After a lecture of great length and telling energy , a vote of thanks was proposed to the lecturer , which wa 8 responded to with loud and continued cheering . It was then moved , and carried unanimously : — " That we approve of the conduct of the London draymen , as it shows the spirit of thin great peoplo regarding all such monsterB as Mar . shal Haynau . " Three groans were given for thia wretch , and three cheers for the Charter . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman , and a number of new members were enrolled .

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      . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ .. ¦ - : ,:,: ; , ¦ ¦ - ;^ MR . ERNEST JONES AT ABERDEEN . ~ a K \ ' On the evening of Friday , the 27 th of . Sept ., a n L public meeting of the democrats of Aberdeen was - f held in the TJnion Hall , the largest building in tha city ; for the ^ revival of the Chartist agitation ; as ' it had been announced that Mr . Ernest Jones , tha ' V prison-tried-fricud of the : people , would ' . be present , £ ^ V the large hall was crowded ^ with tin audience , prin- ' , > cipalJy composed of intelligent looking working , ; C ) men , and a few females also graced-the meeting .: > / y with their presence . ; Shortly after eight o ' clook , .. ; , Nc Mr . Jones entered the place of . mefiting along with , ,.-. j > thecommitteef ^ n d . his appearanJDe . on the platform was the signal for one generalbiirst of enthusiastic ; t cheering ; and " waving of hats arid I ' handkerohiefs . ' ' 1 On the motion " of < Mr ;\ G . 8 kA&rV seconded by Mr . ' ® sfcDis «»^ tt * Wt&q ^ d ^ ' ¦ ' - ¦ - ¦¦ - -- - - - tor , was called to the chair , who introduced the ¦ : business of the evening in a few appropriate re- ;

      marks , and called uppn Mv . George Smart , an elec- ¦ tor , to move the first resolution as follows : —Re- j solved : — " That notwithstanding the late attempts' " of the government to put down the' agitation for the just political rights of the unrepresented people , by vindicative prosecution and imprisonments , ' and the vile slanders of a corrupt and hireling ' press , we hereby resolve to stand by the People ' s Charter , and to renew and maintain , the agitation . for thejustand noble principles embodied therein , until the combined efforts of an oppressed and indignant people shall have achieved a glorious triumph . " ' ^ Mr . Smart called on them not onl y to pass this resolution , but also to act upon it , and show by ' ) their future conduct that they had profitted by the experience of the past , and were determined to bo slaves no longer . / . . . . ¦;

      Mr ,: D , Deans seconded the resolution in a few well chosen . remarks ; he exhorted the people to persevere , in the . noble struggle for liberty , as a struggle worthy of the support and countenance of all good men , and trusted that the time would soon come when they would be free and happy . The resolution was put by the chairman , and carried amidst the applause of the meeting . Mr , D . Wright then came forward , and proposed the second resolution as follows : —Resolved : — "That in the opinion of this meeting , Mi * . Ernest Jones , for his talented and straightforward advocacy of the people ' s cause , and for his stern and faithful adherence to the principles of true justice and liberty , through suffering , prosecution and

      imprisonment , deserves well of his country and his kind ; and this meeting tenders to-him its sincere thanks , gratitude and esteem , and begs to assure him that these sentiments had been rather increased than diminished , by the late vindictive prosecution and unjust imprisonment which he so courageously endured for his devotion to the cause of the oppressed and suffering people . " Mr . Wright , in a stirring speech , called on the meeting to approve of the resolution outwardly , as he was sure that in their hearts they responded to the sentiments embodied therein . He called on them to show to their oppressors that though Mr . Jones had not gained wealth like them—by usurious exactions , torn from , the sweat and blood of the sons and daughters of

      toil—though his noble brow was not encircled ¦ with -, the false hero ' s laurel wreath , red with the blood of his victims , and watered with the tears of the widow and orphans he had made—though ho had not acquired title like them , by low intrigue , by usurpation , and by deeds of violence and death , : his honours were more honourable and more en- during , and his reward more sure—tho approval of a good conscience , and the eternal gratitude of his ; country and his kind . The true hero is not he who [ descends from the ducal mansion , nor he who comes fronv the' prince ' s palace , but he who comes , forth _ ^•^ ni ^ hg ^^ pj ^^^ fo ' dm ^ ldijVg ^ iwi ji for ^ ' ' ' : ' ' ¦ . * " ¦ ' / , " Princes and Loiwafe b " ut the breath of pigs , ; An honest man ' s the noblest work of God ! " ;

      The resolution was seconded by the veteran , Mr . Archibald M'Donald , in a brief and homely address , and he called on the meeting to show that tha government could never make them forsake friends who had suffered for the . cause as Mr . Jones had done , and had stood by his principles through good report and bad report , ' The resolution was then pufc , and carried amidsfi enthusiastic cheering . Mr . Ernest Jones was then introduced , and was again received by the hearty cheering of the assemblage . He spoke for upwards of half an hour , and was much applauded . He said , it was out of the question to talk of surrender . The watchword should now be , "The Charter and Victory , " and

      the people would obtain it -whenever they were willing to have it . He called on them to organise now , and to be ready for the coming struggle , Tho people had not been defeated in 1848 , they had defeated themselves . The gleam of prosperity which shone on the manufacturing class would soon pass away , and then they would all be Chartists ; but now was the time to prepare for this , when they could reason calmly on the political questions of tha day . He repeated the words for which he had been imprisoned in 1848— ' Organise ! organise ' , J organise !!! " After earnestly urging them to join the National Charter Association , and apologising for the shortness of his address , on the plea of baa health , and the fact that he had to address them at greater length on Saturday evening , he sat down , amidst the warm applause of the entire meeting . Several hundred copies of the address issued by the late Scottish Convention at Edinburgh were

      distributed through the meeting . Mr . George Smart then proposed the following resolution : — " That Italians and Hungarians conv mand the sympathy , and their Austrian oppressors the hatred , of the people of the united kingdom ; that Marshal Haynau , the Austrian military executioner and woman-flogger , their tyrant oppressor , is the enemy of the human race , outlawed by the voice of the people , and amendable to popular justice ; and that , therfore , the punishment inflioted upon that miscreant on the occasion of his visit to Barclay and Perkins ' s brewery , was honourable and praiseworthy to the administrators thereof ; and this meeting declares the brewery workmen , and the spirited men and women who assisted in chastising ' the Austrian butcher , ' deserve well of their country , and are entitled to the thanks of the friends of freedom throughout tho world . "

      The reading of the resolution , and the strong and unmistakeable denunciation of the miscreant Haynau , by the mover , was received by the meeting with great applause , and the resolution being seconded by Mr . D . Deans , was put , and carried unanimously . A voto of thanks was then proposed to the chairman , by Mr . Jones , seconded by Mr . Wright , and agreed to by acclamation ; and after three hearty cheers for Mr . Jones , and three for " The Charter and Victory , " the meeting separated .

      FRUIT FESTIVAL . After the public meeting a conversational fruit festival was held in the Anti-room , in honour of Mr . Jones's visit . The company enjoyed the conversation of Mr . Jones for an hour or two—services of fruit and ginger beer were given out , and several excellent songs were sung by Mr . Cunimings and Mr . Braw Lee , during the evening ; " Lochnagar" was also sung by another gentleman , and " Kinloch of Dundee" by another of the company . The party broke up at twelve o ' clock , all much pleased with the treat they had got , and tho enjoyment of Mr . Jones ' s presence . ( Continued to the fifth page . )

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      Collision in the Bbistol Channel . —On Monday a collision , happily not attended by any very serious consequences , occurred in the Bristol Channel , at a short distance from Portshead . The accounts of the occurrence given by different parties vary materially ; but it would seem that the Wave and Fairy Queen , both of them stoamers plying between Portshead and Bristol , fouled each other , and in so doing came into collision with a schooner which was lying at anchor near the mouth of the river . The principal damage is alleged to be done to the Fairy Queon , and it is rumoured that the matter will form tno subject of a legal inquiry . «

      „ . _ ., „ NKw Act relating to MoBtoia « agD Tan ji ^ -On the first of next month ani act jm Jb con . force respecting mortgagees and trusi ^ ^^ fers very o ? M ^» P'fflsdiotion o ver trua-Chancery , giving that court-ju r and tees in a summary « annel ^ * 3 eas funds wi U Sftefof ^ rVn ^ oS tho tru 3 t 8 reposed >* ruBtees .

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      " RUIN HIM WITH EXPENSES . "

      TO THE WORKING MEN . Mr Friends . —I think the good old maxim of Lord Melbourne , "EUIN HIM WITH EXPENSES , " is being very faithfully carried out , and there never was a man who devoted his time to the service of the people , who has not been prosecuted , persecuted , and rained . I will now give you an instance of my share of this maxim . Daring the present week I received my own solicitor ' 8 bill of costs in the Macnamaka and Bbadshaw caseB ; it amounts to five hundred and twenty-nine pounds , fourteen shillings and threepence ; and should the court confirm the verdict given in Bbadshaw' s case , God only knows what it will amount to . You are aware that Macnamara ' s action was for defending some of the Chartist prisoners , and you are aware that he recovered over two hundred and forty pounds : and now I J £ " give you tie summary of the expenses in nese two actions , not counting what I may Pliable to , if Bbadshaw succeeds : — Solicitors fi * ( l 3 - Sn ^ l ' ? bill 0 TCr 240 0 0 uakum picking inn o 0 incdentai expisVa ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; go S o Total expenses £ 929 14 3 ^^ i -i ¦ —

      Now then , never having travelled a mile at your expense , never having eaten a meal at your expense , never having allowed ^ one of your claBS to go undefended , let me ask y dii if one man can be expected to dp a nation ' s work ? The defencei of „ Frost , ' . Williams , and Jones , cost me £ 280 more than was subscribed ; '; while the advocacy of your cause has cost nie an amount of money which would 'have made me , not only , rich , but a very wealthy man ; and now I ; appeal to you , working men of England , whether you imagine that a man can do a nation ' s work ; whether-you rely upon Lord Melbourne ' s maxim , " RUIN HIM WITH EXPENSES : "

      orwh ether you w | U sustain the advocate of your . cause against the ferocity of your oppressors ? Tour Faithful Friend , j ' Feargus O'Connor .

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      Hanoveh , Sept . 19 . —In consequence of the disturbance which took place here during the Btay of Baron Haynau thirty-six persons have been arrested and condemned to pay very heavy fines . Among them are several foreigners , who are to be expelled rom the country as soon as the fines are paid .

      THE ROUTE OF MR .. ERNEST JONES . Ernest Jonfeg will be at ¦ - '< ¦¦ Alexandria , Saturday , the 5 tb . Paisley , Monday , the 7 th . : Hamilton , Tuesday , the 8 th . t Glasgow , Wednesday , the 9 th . - , Kilmaruock , Thursday , the 10 th . > ~ : Cumnock , Friday , the 11 th . : (^ U Carlisle , Saturday , the 12 th . . .... r r \\ Padiham , Sunday , tho 13 fcb , . .-, r \ \ ' ' Rochdale , Monday , the 14 th , t f \ V \\ ¦¦¦ Staleybridge , Tuesday , the 15 th . - : 1 r ^ ¦ - ¦ : Stbckport , Wednesday , the 16 th . I \ I shall have great pleasure in availing my- ; v self of the invitation of ray frienda in Manches- l V ter , and beg to express my sincere regret that ' V ^ want of sufficient time prevents me from doing r ^ N ^ the same with regard to Arbroath , Barrhead , , v N Oampsie , Galasluels , Girvan , and other pkcas j in Scotland which have honoured . me by an ^ £ \ . invitation . . Ernest Jones . 'n \ N > Kirkcaldy , 2 nd October . - *> vr T

      To The Members Of The Land Company.

      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE LAND COMPANY .

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      ¦ . . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' y AND NATIONALIRABES' SGIIMAL '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 5, 1850, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1594/page/1/