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H THE MEMBERS OF THE £ANI> m~ COMPANY.
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H The Members Of The £Ani≫ M~ Company.
H THE MEMBERS OF THE £ ANI > m ~ COMPANY .
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i mMz FunwDg , . . fig 1 returned from Bromegro ™ last l |§ t ( Wednesday ) , where I have been staying 3 Sce Saturday , and this rooming it ga ™ . ™ f : ^ aU comfort , pride , p leasure , ^ f ^ flTto find that our Company had gone Siterd ^ fe the Court of Queen ' sBena , Iryou willlearn from the report of the pro-- ^ dings . .. . 3 | phe Court las granted a rule Ntsi ; that is , lll rnlc callings upon the Registrar of Joint-^ Ho ck Companies to glow cause why he refuses have hadthe
| £ Eegistcr the Company . I , ^ HnioSs ofthe a blest Conveyancers , bpeciaJ ffiaders , and Common-Law Lawyers , relative Waffle legality of the Company , : and . * all Have llereed that the Court of Queen's Bench gpl compel the Registrar to completely Regis-Ijir the Company . § f | you ' must understand , that things of this flpnd are not done in a day ; and not an hour feias been lost since the Conference broke up in ' flaking the necessary steps . The Registrar has Occasioned a great portion of the delay , b y re-| iuiring time to think of this matter and of fihat , and requiring to see this and that paper , mou will bear in mind , that the two points of the
^ leg ality urged against Company , -were ;—I firstly , its connexion with the Bank ; and , I Secondly , its violation of the Lottery Acts . The first objection I got over by separating fthe Bank from the Company , sending circulars to every depositor , stating that their only eeicurity was confidence in me , and that they might withdraw their money without the required notice , if they were dissatisfied ; and yet not a single man . withdrew ; and not one who , from necessity , has required to withdraw aportion of Ins funds , has been disappointed by a single post So much for the Bank question . And as to
The Lottery Illegality , it appears that those lawyers , more practised than the celebrated Mr . Lawes , the professional gentleman examined by the Chairman , have discovered that there is a special Act of Parliament framed to exempt such Companies as ours from the provisions of the Lottery Act ; as you will be aware , when you read the gpeech of Mr . Cockburjj , in the Queen ' fl
Bench . You are also aware , that I have appropriated large sums of my own money to the payment of your tradesmen ' s bills , while you have most unfairly neglected your duty ; even the law expenses , for the enforcement of the comp lete registration , have all come eut of my pocket , while any other promoter of a Company would have written to you thus—" Pay np your subscriptions , or I will g ive the matter up . " to
I have not done so , however—and , prove to you that your confidence was not misplaced , if I had been foiled in legalising the Company , I would have applied to Parliament , in accordance with the recommendation of the Select Committee , for a Bill to enable me to wind up our affairs , and I would have paid every man twent y shillings in the pound . And now , that 1 have not only hope , but certainty , of the legalisation of the Plan ; and not to encumber
myself with complicated accounts ; and not to practice ANOTHER JUGGLE upon you ; and seeing the hardship to a man who has not paid a sufficient amount of Bonus to entitle him to location , remaining without his money , which may prevent him carrying on some other business—it is my intention to return the full amount of Bonus money , paid by those who are not located , instead of keeping it locked up , and paying them four per cent . ; which , after very anxious consideration , would , I think , be an act of great oppression .
This day , in about two hours , I shall have the felicity of hearing the Queen ' s Speech ; and while there will be an abundance about foreign countries , and friendly relations , and war , and the rest of it—an exultation for the triump h of Kensington Common , which will appear in the distance ; and the loyalty of British subjects—there will not be one single word about the cultivation of English land , or of Irish either .
ThieeeEsion , rely upon it , will he the session of sessions ; the battle between those who are prepared to make long strides in the march of progress , and those who , from dread of progress , would retake what has been grudgingly extracted from them ; and it is more than consolatory to me to think , and to know—that today I commence the first Session of Parliament in which I have ever sat with the hope and conviction that I can work cordially with a party who propose Financial and Political Reforms , which another party opposes . Of course the Russell pill will be setoff against the CoBDEN purge ; but as the financial and political bodies both require a good cleansing , I very much prefer the Cobden scour to the Russell cleanse . It was said of a titled
lady once , " Take away bawdy , and yon leave her * no wit ; " and it may be said of the Whigs with equal truth , " Take away patronage , and you leave them no power j" and Cobden ' g Budget proposes'to clip the wings of patronage . Last year , Metropolitan agitation compelled the "Whigs to abandon the project for increasing the Income-tax ; but rely upon it , that all the agitation ever witnessed in England for Reform or Free Trade , was mere moonshine
—child ' s play—compared to the Metropolitan agitation , if required , for carrying out Cob-M ^ sFmancidBudget , andMiLXERGiBSOx's Political Budget For the first time in the history of England Broad-cloth and Fustian will co-operate ; and , although I am older now than when I used to fly through the country , yet , I promise you that I will do one man ' s share , and that Cobdex shall find that MY MYRMIDONS , unaccustomed to retreat , are -well drilled in the advance . I know no
measure that may not be extracted from any Coremment b y the cordial co-operation of Broad-cloth and Fustian—of Capital and labour—when in it Labour sees its fair share t'f the triumph , and , as CobDEJT says , -the means of achieving more . And , if in this Cobdet stir I did not see Labour ' s share—I would rather live on a dry crust than join it ; while upon the other hand , I should consider myself worse than a brute , if , as an interested demagogue seeking for power through
peculiarity , I were to resist a movement more valuable ' than Emancipation , Reform or Free Trade , or all put together ; and I heartily pity the Tories , and professing Whig landlords of the West Riding , who imagin & . that , because * iK-y ousted Sir Ctjlhxg Eardley—they *> uld 2 s OW oust Cobdex ; while , were they tj attempt it , Wakefield would actually be taken by storm , and my ragged myrmidong would not be the smallest or least enthusiastic dc-taehment .
Chartists , I am now going to take off my old coat and dress for the first scene of the new drama . I remain , Land Members and Chartists , Tour faithful Friend , and unpurchaseable Representative . Feakgus O'CoxseR .
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ihe Coixters of Seaiox Delaval . —On Tuesday fc ^ eral of the colliers who were hound by agreement * ' their master , hut who refused to work at the fluted prices , appeared before the magistrates of - 'onii Shields to answer the charge of breach of Wf etract . Mr . Foster , the agent , " stated the case y ' . ih good feeling , and trusted the differences bet * ven the men and their employers would be amic ir . iy settled . The workmen were ably defended by ^ v : r . solicitor , and the bond was ultimately cancelled . *! «« the workmen are at liberty to re-engage with *** employers , or otherwise , as they may think Fojkjj . - ^ e jjpjy . ^ jjg reductions are likely to arouse l 4 ? f at * k ° Cassop Colliery , a considerable num-P-ct- T ^ ° m ^ xc ° l d to unite for their own tlV i £ Etlc ? ' thui the largest collieries on the Us-V ^ "I "Wear are resolved to organise the Union , I ^ n : Safe £ nava' against the oppression of their
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REGISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . COURT OF QUEEN'S , BEXfJU . Wedn-esda t , Jakbabt * 31 , few . ,-Mr . CoCKBUKl : — . My Lord , on behalf -of the ^ National Land tJompay , I have to move your Lordship . for a rule ' to show cause why a
writ of mandamus" should not issue , directed to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies , TOmmanding ' him to renew the certificate of provisional registration : of the National : Land Company , and afterwards to receive the deed , and other documents required by the Act of Parliament of the Company , and on that to register such deeds and documents , and to grant them a certificate of complete registration .
My Lord , this Company was formed , two or three years back , and the affidavit , on which I move , of Mr . Chinehy , who is the managing clerk of Mr . Roberts , a solicitor , of this Court ( who has throughout managed the legal concerns of the Company ) , shows , that after one or two attempts that were made , and endeavours to enrol this Company under the " Friendly Societies' Act , " and which did not succeed , on the ground of it being the opinion of the Registrar , nnder those Acts of Parliament , that the Company did not come within the provisions of those Acts , the party , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , and other parties interested as promoters of this Company , proceeded to register the
Company provisionally , under the 7 th and 8 th of Victoria , chap . 110 . The Company was registered provisionally , in 1846 , and , after it had been so provisionally registered , the draft of the deed constituting the Company was prepared , and it was submitted to the Registrar , nnder the Joint-Stock Companies' Act , for Ms approval . The deed was somewhat voluminous , the interests of the Company being complicated , and he suggested various alterations and improvements in the deed , which suggestions were adopted on behalf of the Company , and the deed altered so as to obtain his final and complete approbation . It appears , inasmuch as it was required by the Act of Parliament that one-fourth of the subscribers
or shareholders , in the Company , should execute a deed , and * not only one-fourth of the shareholders , but one-fourth of the persons holding one-fourth of the shares of the Company , should execute the deed ; and as these shareholders , amounting to several thousands in point of number , were spread over the country , a considerable time elapsed before the signatures of the whole of these various shareholders , or various parties , in the country , could" be obtained , and considerable expense was incurred , not only in preparing the deed , but in obtaining the signatures of all those
various members to the deed . A year elapsed before all this was completed and in the year 1847 the provisional registration of the Company was renewed conformably to the provisions of the Act of Parliament , which merel y gives the Directors , provisionally registered , power to act on behalf of the Company for twelve months , but enables them to appl y again , after the expiration of those twelve months , for a renewal of the Provisional Registration . In the course of the year 1848 , the number of subscribers had been very materiall y augmented , and it appeared to
Mr . O'CONNOR and the Directors , that , if they could , by possibility , get their Company registered or enrolled , under the provisions of the last Friendly Societies' Act , the 9 th and 10 th of Victoria , which had been passed subsequent to the formation of the Company , it would be a desirable thing for them , and save them a vast deal of expense , as it was necessary to he making constant returns to the Registrar , appointed by the Joint-Stock Companies' Act , of the various members who were added to the number of shareholders , and all those numerous and frequent returns involving
very considerable expense . And an application was made by Sir . O'CoJOJORto the House of Commons , of which he was then a Member , for leave to bring in a Bill to bring this Company within the provisions of the 9 th and 10 th of Victoria , the last Friendly Societies' Act . It was brought under the notice of the House of Commons , but the House of Commons did not pass that Bill—and , at Mr . O'Connor ' s instance , a Committee was appointed , to take into consideration the nature of the Company , to see what legislative assistance and relief might be afforded them . That Committee sat
on the subject , and took the case into their consideration : but , it appears , a difficulty was started before them , on the ground that this Company was not a legal Company , as falling within the provisions of the Lottery Acts . They reported , accordingly , in all other respects , favourably to Mr . O'Connor and the Company , both , I mean , as to the financial operations of the Company , and with regard to the position which Mr . O'Connor occupied relative to the Company ; but they reported that the Company itself came within the provisions of the Lottery Acts . This report of
the Committee was published , and made known , and occasioned a difficulty on the part of the Registrar as to a competent registration of the Company . He had approved of the deed , it had been altered at his suggestion , and all the expense had been incurred , under the conviction that he was perfectly prepared to register the Company , It had been provisionally registered ; he had renewed the provisional registration ; but when they came to have the Company ' s complete register made , the Reg istrar objected , on the ground that the Committee of the House of Commons
had declared this Company illegal ; and the object of this application -is , to obtain a mandamus to the Registrar , to call on him for a complete registration of the Company : and , no doubt , the question -of the legality of the Company , is one to which it will be necessary that I should now call your lordship ' s attention . It appears from the deed thatis annexed to the affidavit on which I move , that the object of this Company is this : To obtain by the subscription of individual members , a fund , out of which fund land is to be purchased . That is to be divided into allotments , which are to
be let to individual shareholders oi the Company at a certain rent , and then by certain financial operations , which are the foundation of the Company , the rent which the individual taking the land upon a lease , binds himself annually to pay , constitutes a sort of rent-charge , as it is charged upon the land , and that rent they propose to sell , and by means of the sale of that rent-charge , to obtain further funds to go on purchasing land ; and , by degrees , obtaining the means of giving to every shareholder a certain allotment of hind ; but inasmuch as to the completion of tins proposed financial
operation , it is necessary—Mr . Justice Erie : ' l understand that to be land let-Mr . Cocourn : Let for a term of years , subject to a rent Mr . Justice Erle . —Then they are to sell that rent ? Mr . Cockbtjrn Then they are to sell that rent—Yes , my lord—and obtain further funds ; and by means of further funds to go on pur-
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chasing fresh lands , and , as fresh shareholders come in , to use thefunds of those shareholders so' coming 'in , for the farther purchase of lands . But , inasmuch as . by the operations of this financial scheme ,- it may very well be that the number of shareholders among whom the allotments to be eventually made may be , iri the- first ! instance , considerably greater , at all events greater than the amount- of Land will cnable'them to make allotments to the % shareholders , it is proposed to determine who shall havethe first allotment made , to . theni , by lot . And it was suggested , and assented to on the
part of the Committee , that this scheme of allotment being , in the first instance , to be made by ; lot , \ brought the case within the operation :-of the Lottery Acts , and'made this Company , however advantageous , ' - otherwise , to the members by the ; proposed mode of ope-, ration , objectionable and illegal , aa being within the scope of those Acts . My Lord , I . think by calling your Lordship ' s attention to those Acts of Parliament , you will at once see this case does not come either within the mischief , or within the terms and provisions of those Acts of Parliament . Those Acts are the 10 th
and 11 th of "William III ., chap . 17 ; and the 12 th of George II ., chap . 28 . Now , my Lord , as to the 10 th and 11 th of William III ., I take it to be perfectly clear , upon reading that Act , that what it applies to is , a Lottery in the ordinary sense of the term ; that is , where persons put in their money for the purpose of buying shares in a Lottery , and are entitled to the chance of a prize in money , or money ' s worth , as the result of the lot , to be resorted to , to determine who shall have the prize , That Act recites , that , " evil-disposed persons , for divers years last past ,
have set up many mischievous and unlawful games called Lotteries , not only in the cities of London and "Westminster , and in the suburbs thereof , and places adjoining , but in most of the eminent towns and places in England , and in the dominion of Wales , and have thereby most unjustly and fraudulently got , to themselves , great sums of money from the children and servants of several gentlemen , traders , and merchants , and from other unwary persons , to the utter ruin and impoverishment of many families , and to the reproach of the English laws and Government , by colour of several patents or grants
under the Great Seal of England for the said lotteries , or some of them , which said grants or patents are against the common good , trade , welfare , and peace of his Majesty ' s kingdom , for remedy whereof he it enacted , adjudged , and declared ; and it is hereby enacted , adjudged , and declared by the King ' s most excellent Majesty , by and with the advice and consent of the Lords , spiritual and temporal , " and so on ; " That all such lotteries and all other lotteries are common and public nuisances , and that all grants , patents , and licenses for svwh lotteries , or any other lotteries are void and against law . " My Lord , I take it what that Act of Parliament
manifestl y refers to are games , and the case of the ordinary , well-known cases of lotteries that prevailed under particular Acts of Parliament in this country , and are known to prevail abroad . Then , my Lord , comes the 12 th of George II ., chap . 28 ; and that clearly applies to the case of persons keeping open houses . It says , " That if any person or persons shall , after the 24 th day of June , 1739 , erect , set up , continue , or keep any office or place under the denomination of a sale or sales of houses , land , advowsons , presentations to livings , plate , jewels , ships , goods , or other things , by way of lottery , or by lots , tickets ,
numbers or figures , cards or dice , or shall make , print , or advertize , or make public any matter , " and so on , it is enacted "by the authority aforesaid , that all and every such sale or sales of houses , lands , advowsons , presentations to livings , plate , jewels , ships , goods or other things , by any game , lottery , or lotteries , machine , engine , or other device whatsoever depending upon , or to be determined by chance or lot , shall , and are hereby declared to be void to all intents and purposes whatsoever . " My Lord , what that relates to , I take it , is this ; where persons
having possession of houses , lands , or any other chattel , propose to dispose of such article of property by means of lottery . There is an especial reservation in the Act of Parliament itself , under the 11 th sec ., that it shall not apply to the case of persons , who having property , propose to dispose of that property among themselves by lot . The 11 th sec . says , " providedalways , and it is hereby further enacted and declared that nothing herein contained shall extend , or be anywise construed , deemed , or taken to extend , or in any sort to affect or prejudice any estate or interest in ,
out of , or to , any manors , honours , royalties , lands , tenements , advowsons , presentations , rents , services and hereditaments whatsoever , which shall , or may , at any time or times hereafter be according to the laws now in being , legally allotted to , or held by or by means of any allotment or partition "b y lots . " M y Lord , I take it the case here is clearl y within , the exception of that section . Supposing the Acts of Parliament app ly to such case there is an express provision excepting the case in question out of it . But , my Lord , what the Act
in express terms applies to is this , that is , to the case of a person who proposes , being himself in possession of a house , estate , or chattel , to dispose of such house , estate , or chattel , by means of a lottery . But that is not this case . This is the case of parties who subscribe their monies to purchase lands , and who agreethat afterwards ( with a view to certain operations , having reference to their own interests in the land ) , they shall determine by _ lot which of them shall first occupy such portion of land as shall constitute the allotment .
Mr . Justice Erie . — You have stated enough matter for further inquiry , Mr . Cockburn . Mr . Cockburn . —Ifyoui- Lordship p leases . RULE GRANTED .
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Glasgow . —Tub Tes Hotos Bill . —A meeting of the male adult factory workers of Glasgow and neighbourhood was held in the Democratic Hall on the 2 Gth ult ., to take into consideration the " relay astern . " Mr . James Lynch in the chair ; when Mr D . Sherrington moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Thos . M'Kay , and earned unanimously :- " That it is the opinion of this meeting that ten hours labour per day is as much as can be consistently demand from the ; factory operatives of this country , m order that they may attend to their relig ious and moral education . And while we would express our gratitude : for the ^ gs lative enactment , which limits the labour oflenmes
ind vounff persons to ten hours per day , we cansrasa ^ gs & a- ; sg vSSESSSSB applying to P ar ™ 4 ° r 3 p ^ S ourselves to co-^ -S 4 v 5 rbe £ mSat by doing so we Sat" 5 feoyers andemployed .
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Tub Executive Committee op tins jJanom CiiARTBn Association , met at their , rooms , 144 , High Holborn , on Friday evening , " January the 20 > r ? 1 resent : Mcssrs .-Ihuney , Koss , Clark , Kydd , and ^ Stallwood . Mr . Clark -was called to the chair . Mr . 'Stallwood reported that-he had made the requisite arrangements and taken , the Standard Theatre for Wednesday evening , -February 7 th , and issued bills and tickets Jaccordinglv , calling on the Chartists'togive their support on tlie occasion . Mr . Clark , reported relative to -the taking the Hall in John-street-for public meetings , when it was resolved : — " : That the-iirst should be held on Tuosdav February . Gth . " The subjects to be discussed will be " . The ' Prospect 9-ofthe Session . " " The Oueen's
. -Speechon-t he Opening of Parliament , " and " The Treatment of the Poor under the present Poor Law System . ' ^ The . debate on " The Future Policy of tk # Chartists , ' \ was : then resumed by Mr . Kydd . who produced an address elucidatory of the subject . Mr . it ^ iS ^ ^ moved the Allowing amendment to Mr-MUraths resolution . -. submitted the previous week-: — , 'That appeals having . been made to the people to support certain movements in favour of Financial Reform and * Extension of the Suffrage , and as . it is essential that the policy of the National Charter Association , in regard to the parties who have made those appeals , should be clearly defined , the Executive Committee declares , that , in its opi--nirffi } all political parties have a right to urommVate
their principles , and promote their objects , without any other obstruction than such as may be occasioned by legitimate discussion . That , whilst making the above declaration , the Executive Committee must , nevertheless , assert the principle of the right of majorities to give expression to their views , either by substantive resolutions or auvCudments ; and the Committee think it necessary to add , that circumstances may arise wherein it would be the duty of the Chartist party to propose the adoption of their principles , even when public meetings may be _ convened by other parties . That , while recognising the right of other parties to seek those reforms which appear to them desirable , the Executive Committee are more than ever impressed
with the conviction that the great object of the National Movement should be ' The People ' s Charter , vfhole and entire . "' Mr . Kydd seconded the amendment . A lengthy debate ensued ; ultimately , Mr . Harney ' s amendment was adopted , with two dissentient voices . Mr . Kydd then moved the adoption of his address . Seconded by Mr . Stallwood . One of the paragraphs having given rise to a lengthy discussion , the further consideration of the address was adjouraed . Bradford , —A meeting took place at the Temperance Hall , Leeds-road , Bradford , on Monday ni ght , Alderman Samuel Smith in the chair , to hear an address from Colonel Thompson . The Colonel was received very coldly by the working men . and was
several times interrupted by expressions of disapprobation , when speaking about Ireland , and the late Chartist agitation . At the conclusion of his address Edward Hurley , late sub-secretary to the National Charter Association for the Bradford district , asked the Colonel why he voted for the late Irish Coercion Bill ; against the return of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and why he wrote a letter to the Reform Club of Bradford , recommending the middle classes to arm and raise a volunteer corps of fortv thousand men , that the government might be enabled to send the regular troops to Ireland , to eut down the starving Irish ? The Colonel ' s reply to the last question was as follows : — " "When people will fight , every body ought to get up and put them down . " His
other answers were so uusww & WKy taM \ m meet * ing treated them with contempt . Edward Hurley then asked the middle classes ( a large number being present ) , whether the Chartists in the late made disturbances , had destroyed a single farthing ' s worth of property , or injured any individual ? One of the shopkeepers said , " They had not the power . " " Then , " said Mr . Hurley , "why did the government prosecute the weak ? Why had wo so many in prison from the town of Bradford , if they had never injured either person or property , and had not the power ? " He asked the Colonel if he would present and support a petition for their liberation . " The Colonel replied , " that there was no such thing now as supporting a petition in the House of Commons . " " Then , " replied Mr . Hurley , " petitioning is now a farce . " '' Yes , " said the Colonel . Many other questions were asked , but the answers were so vague , that the meeting treated them with yells and hisses . —Edward Kenison
moved a vote of thanks to the Colonel , which was seconded by Mr . Councillor Rawson . —Mr . Hurley said , that seeing the Colonel had voted for the Irish Coercion Bill , and against the return of Frost , Williams , and Jones , he could not consistently vote for the motion , because it would be sanctioning their banishment ; he therefore moved an amendment , which was seconded by Edward Smith , and when put from the chair , the amendment was carried by ten to one , but still the Whig chairman declared it lost . The meeting was so enraged at this proceeding , that when Mr . Councillor Brown attempted to move a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting would not hear him , so that it was never put . Mr . Hurley moved , " That wc have a collection at the door for the families of our incarcerated brethren . " This was objected to by some of the shopkeepers . Fifteen shillings , however , were ultimately collected . Westminster . —Mr . Ambrose Hurst delivered a
lecture on Sunday evening , at the Progression Coffee-house , 17 , Rider ' s-eourt , Leicester-square , on the "Advantages of the Democratic Institutions , " to a crowded meeting ; after which , it was resolved that Mr Stallwood should deliver a lecture on Sunday next , until which time the meeting stands adjourned , Birmingham . —People ' s Hall . —At the usual weekly meeting , on Sunday evening , it was resolved : — " That the Committee receive orders and supply the & ar and other publications for the benefit of the cause . "
Hoxton New Town . —Mi * . Stallwood delivered a lecture on the Life and Writings of Thomas Paine , on Wednesday evening , in the Chartist room , Hope Coffee House , Bridport-place , New North-road , where the members will , in future , meet . The National Victim Fu . vd . — -Mr . Thomas Cooper delivered the fourth and concluding " Oration , " in John-street , on Tuesday evening , January 30 th . The subject was * ' The Trial of King Charles the Martyr . ' At the conclusion of the oration , the chairman ( Mr . John Arnott ) thanked Mr . Cooper , in the name of the Committee , for the great service he had rendered the wives and children of the " Political Martyrs , " and announced that Mr . Cooper had kindly consented to commence a new course at the South London Hall , Blackfriars ' -road , on Wednesday , February the Uth . — " Ireland and her Wrongs . " . .
„ South Shields . —We are informed that Chartism Is flourishing in ihls town , and that lectures are being given every Sunday evening , in the People's Hall , by Mr . Dickinson . The proposed Prize Essays are much approved of . Hell . —3 Irs . Theobald lectured hero on Monday and Tuesday week . The subject of the first lecture was on " Woman ' s condition , social and political ;" and the second on " The Charter . "
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Sair Ix . v . —A letter , was read from the allottees at Lowbaiids , asking if the Land members resident in Birmingham would make arrangements to take their surplus produce . A goodly number were present , and approved of doing so . A resolution was passed , calling upon the district secretary to call a meeting of the whole of the members on Thursday , Feb . Sth , for the above purpose . Norwich . —At the weekly meeting of Land members held in the Chartist-room , St . Mary ' s , on Monday , January 29 th ( where the business for the Land will be carried on in future ) , the following resolution was agreed to : — " That this meeting sympathises with the allotocs in their difficulties , but are of opinion that it would be a bad precedent to give them their rent , but that they should pay it as agreed to by the late Conference , with interest on the same .
Chartertille axd the Post Office Authorities . —Mr . Stallwood , on behalf of the allottees at Charterville , the inhabitants of Brize-Norton , and Corbvidgc , applied to the Postmastcr-Gcncvai , in July last , for increased postal accommodation , and at length received the followingrcply : — " General Post Office , Jan . 22 , 1849 . « gin , —The Postmaster-Generalhaving had under consideration your application of the 11 th July last , lam directed to acquaint you that such an arrangement has been sanctioned for serving Corbrid ge , Brizc-Norton , and Charterville from Witney , as will , his lordship trusts , when carried into effect , prove generally satisfactory . "lam , Sir , " Your obedient Servant , John Tiuey . " Mr . E . Stallwood , Brize-Norton-road , " Charterville , Witney . " The National Viciim axd Dbfbkcb Committee met on Thursday evening , Jan . 25 th , at the Land Office , 144 , High- Holborn . Mr . Harrap in the chair . Oa the motion of Messrs . Clark and stall-
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wood , . the following resolution was adopted-: " That this committee , in the ' appointment « ^ Ajnot t & s successor to Mr . Morriman'in the office of secretary , has not been influenced in such appointment by other than respectful considerations towards -Mr . Merriman , whose conduct , whilst secretary to this committee , has always been most honourable , but simpl y because trio committee laboured under the impression that Mr . Mcrriman ' a other engagements would not permit him to attend to the business , of the committee . " The committee have to tender their thanks ,- to ' Mr . * Merriman for his services whilst acting as secretary to the Committee .
_ Camubrwell and Walworth . — A general meeting of Land members was held at Twycross ' s Coffeehouse ; East-street , on the 17 th . ult ., < when it was resolved : — " That the members located do not have the rents due given them by the . Company , but pay it as agreed to by the Conference ; as it * is our opinion , with all due respect to Mr . F . O'Connor , that there is not that system of co-operation amongst our located hrethven ' -as ought to W , otherwise this distress would not be . "
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THE OPENING OP PARLIAMENT . THE QUEEN'S SPEECH . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The anticipated eventful session of 1840 -was opened on Thursday by her Majesty , with the accustomed pomp . At two o ' clock the Queen arrived at the House , read the speech and immediately retired . The following is a copy of the Speech : My Lords and Gentlemen ,
The period "being arrived , at which the business of Parliament is usuall y resumed , I have called you together for the the discharge of your important duties . It ia satisfactory to me to he enabled to state that both in the north and in the south of Europe the contending parties have consented to a suspension of arms for the purpose of negotiating terms of peace .
The hostilities carried on in the island of Sicily were attended with circumstances so revolting , that the British and French Admirals were impelled b y motives of humanity to interpose , and to stop the further effusion of blood . I have availed myself of the interval thus obtained to propose , in conjunction withFrancc , to the King of' Naples an arrangement calculated to produce a permanent settlement of affairs in Sicily . The negotiation on theso matters is still pending .
It has been my anxious endeavour in offering my good offices to the various enTitrndins Powers to prevent the extension of the calamities of war , and to lay the foundation for lasting and honourable peace . It is my constant desire to maintain with all Foreign States the most friendly relations . As soon as the interests of the public service will permit I shall direct the papers connected with these transactions to be laid before you .
A rebellion of a formidable character has broken out in the Funjaub , and the Governor-General of India has been compelled , for the preservation of the peace of the country , to assemble a considerable force , which is now engaged in military operations against the insurgents . But the tranquillity of British India has not been affected by theso unprovoked disturbances . I again commend to your attention the restrictions imposed on commerce by the Navigation Laws .
If you shall find that these laws arc in whole or in part unnecessary for the maintenance of our maritime power , while they fetter trade and industry , you will no doubt deem it right to repeal or modify then * provisions . Gentlemen op the House of Commons , I have directed the Estimates for the service of the year to bo laid before you : they will be framed with the most anxious attention to a wise economy . The present aspect ef affairs has enabled me to make large reductions on the Estimates of last year . My Lords am ) Gentlemen ,
I observed with satisfaction that this portion of the "United Kingdom has remained tranquil amidst the convulsions which have disturbed so many parts of Europe . The insurrection in Ireland has not been renewed , but a spirit of disaffection still exists , and I am compelled , to my great regret , to ask for a continuance , for a limited time , of those powers which , in the last session , you deemed necessary for the preservation of the public tranquillity . I have great satisfaction in stating that commerce is reviving from those shocks which at the commencement of last session I had to deplore .
The condition of the manufacturing districts is likewise more encouraging than it has been for a considerable period . It is also gratifying to mo to observe that the state of the Revenue is one of progressive improvement . I have to lament , however , that another failure in the Potato Crop has caused very severe distress in some parts of Ireland .
The operation of the Laws for the Eelief of the Poor in Ireland will properly bo a subject of your inquiry , and any measures by which those laws may be beneficially amended , and the condition of the people may be unproved , will receive my cordial assent . It is with pride and thankfulness that I advert to the loyal spirit of my people , and that attachment to our institutions which has
animated them during a period of commercial difficulty , deficient production of food and political revolution . Hook to the protection of Almi g hty God for favour in our continued progress , and I trust that you will assist me in upholding the fabric of the Constitution , founded as it is upon the principles of freedom and of justice . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Speaker entered the House , attended by Lord "William Russell , the Sergeant-at-Arms , and took the chair at halfpast one , when the attendance of members was by no means numerous . The Attorney-General , Mr . Ward , Mr . Wilson , and Mr . Fox Maulc were the only members of the government present ; but at a later period , after prayers had ocen read by the
Speaker ' s Chaplain , there was a much fuller House . The back seats both of the Opposition and Ministerial sides , however , remained quite empty . Amongst the hon . Members who were earliest in their places we observed the following : —Lord Lincoln , Mr . Hume , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , Lord Dudley Stuart , Mr . John O Council , Mr . Gladstone , Sir Dc Lacy Evans , Sir John Paekington , Colonel Thompson , Sir R . H . Inglis , Mr . C ; Anstey , Mr . Stuart Wortley , and Mr . Brotherton . At half-past two o ' clock , Mr . Tulman , the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod , appeared at the bar , and summoned the House to the House of Lords , to hear her Majesty ' s most gracious Spcoch from the throne .
The Speaker , in obedience to the summons , left the chair , and attended by nearly all the members present , proceeded to the bar of the House of Lords . After an absence of about ten minutes , the Speaker returned to the House , and again resumed the chair . ,. , . „ , „ The House then adjourned till a quarter before four o ' clock . HOUSE OF LORDS .-Lord Bruce moved ,
and Lord Batemas seconded , the address ; Lords Brougham , Beaumont ' , and the Earl of Winchilbea followed , when Lord Stanley moved the following amendment : — "We regret , however , to be compelled humbly to represent to your Majesty , that neither your Majesty ' s . relations with foreign powers , nor the state of the revenue , nor the condition of the commercial and manufacturing interests , are such as to entitle us to
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? v ? J f 7 ori m the »' anguaga of congratulation ; and that a large portion of the agricultural and colonial interests of the empire are labouring under a state ! S l ! - vre de P"Mion calculated to excite ' serious apprehension and anxiety . " ff , fi „ p y ' " £ ? 5- attack ^ by the Duke of Richmond . Their loi & np . then divided on the amendment , when the numbers were r or the amendment 50 Against it . 52 Majority for Ministers ... •—2 Their lordships then adjourned till Mond . iv . HOUSE OF COMMONS . -Mr . Feargus O'C ' o . v . vor gave notice of a motion for the Repeal of the Union , ( on Thursday , 15 th Inst . ) . The Address to Her Majesty was moved by Lord 11 . Vane , and seconded bv Mr . Buxbury . J ^^ f rott in the . ' anguaga of congratulation ; and , - f at a l . ar 8 « portion of the agricultural and colonial interests of the prmifm < , <¦& i „ i , „ .,.. ;„ rr „ nj < . ^ . ,.. „ . „
Mr . Disraeli complained that the speech from the Throne did not present to the ILmse a fair and candid statement of the condition of the country . He disputed the grounds upon which the government assumed that our commerce was improving underthe nor system ; be contended that not only were our manufactures paralysed by its effects , but it was working a change in the distribution of the precious metals , which must be pernicious to this country . Alluding to the foreign policy of the government , the hon . member observed , that this was the first time he had known a Royal speech at the opening of the session omit to
acknowled ge the continuance of amity with foreign Powers . I he hon . member then entered uoon a pungent CI i ! - i ? is the state ofour externafrelations , from which he passed to the subject of financial reform , and expressed his surprise that the "large reduc-V i x , P romised in the speech should be the result ot ^ the presen t aspect of affairs , " which , in his opinion , held nut little promise of means of reduction . Stir . Disraeli closvd his speech by moving atl amendment , declaring that neither our relations With foreign Powers nor the state of the revenue , manufactures , or commerce were subjects of congratulation .
Mr . II . Grxtiak rose to propnse an amendment of the paragraph , relating to Ireland . He urged the necessity of repealing the Irish Poor Law , stigmatized the proposition for continuing the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act , and denied that there had beem any insurrection in I retard . The purport of his amendment was to pledge Parliament to remedy the distresses of the Irish people . This aniendm « nt was seconded by Mr . John O'Co . vnell . After a short speech from Mr . Faoax ,
Lord johs Russell rose . With respect to Ireland , he begged the House to suspend its opinion untij that subject should come on for specific discussion . The powers h « proposed to ask were for the protection of the well-disposed ; and with respect to the Irish Poor Law , his intention was to propose that its operation should be inquired into by a cora « mittee . The noble Lord replied very briefly to some of the observations of Mr . Disraeli respecting the itate of our commerce and of our foreign relations
, upon which he said the House was not yet in a condition to form an opinion . W « had gone through whai he must call an insurrection in Ireland , which had been put down , not by arming class against class , but by a wiser course , dictated by the rare judgment , temperance , and moderation of Lord Clarendon . Europe , too , had been convulsed , yet had this country been even in danger of being involved in hostilities ? If such had been the result of their measures , government at least deserved this —not to be condemned on the first night of the
session . Mr . E . B . Roche spoke in support of Mr . Graitan ' s amendment . After speeches had been delivered by Mr . H . A . Herbert on Irish affairs , and Mr . Hume on the inequality of taxation , the House divided unon Mr Gvatton ' o «« w ,. j . m ; iii , niieu tue nuiuuers were—For the original motion .. .. 200 For the amendment .. .. 12 Majerity 188 On the motion of Mr . Stafford , the debate upon the other amendment was adjourned until this day . Th « House then adjourned .
The Cholera. On Saturday The Board Of He...
THE CHOLERA . On Saturday the Board of Health received renorta of the following fvesb . cases . —Holbova Union 12 , 1 fatal ; Bromley , St . Leonard's , 1 ; Union Workhouse , Edmonton , 3 ; Kensington , IS , 3 fatal ; Wandsworth , 3 fatal ; Ilowden Union Workhouse , 1 fatal ; Goole , 1 fatal ; Milcham , 3 ; Rickmansworth , 1 fatal ; Edinburgh , 4 , 2 fatal ; Glasgow , 33 , 9 fatal ; Selkirk , 5 , 4 fatal ; Riccarton , 0 : Sew Monkland , from 2 nd ult ., 191 , 100 fatal ; Queensferry , 5 , 4 fatal ; Doune , 1 ; St . Boswcll's , 1 fatal : Greenock , 4 , 3 fatal ; Bathgate 1 fatal ; Campsie , 1 fatal ; Loudon , 2 , 1 fatal ; Mauchline , 1 fatal . —Total new cases , 297 , 149 deaths .
On Monday , the Board of Health received reports of the following fresh cases : —Lambeth , 1 ; High Hill Ferry , Clapton , 5 , 2 fatal ; Wandsworth , 3 fatal ; Whitechapel , 2 ; Gatoshcad , 7 , 2 fatal ; Milcham , 7 , 1 fatal ; Studley ( Warwick ) , 3 , 1 fatal ; Edinburgh , 3 fatal ; Glastrow , 27 th , 37 , 7 fatal ; Ditto , 2 Sth , 72 , 20 fatal fRiccarton , 10 , 1 fatal ; Greenock , 10 , 3 fatal ; Old Monkland , 37 , 10 fatal ; Charleston , Dunfermlino , 1 fatal ; Paisley , from 20 th ult ,, 156 , 78 fatal ; Selkirk 3 , 2 fatal ; Dunblane , 1 fatal ; Loudon , 12 , 3 fatal ; Alva , Stirling , 1 fatal ; Doune , 2 fatal ; Cambuslang-, 24 , 11 fatal ; Row , by HoleusbWg , l fatal . —Total new . cases , 393 , 153 deaths .
On Tuesday the Board of Health received reports of the following frosh cases : —Holborn Union , 1 fatal ; Yanxhan , 1 ; Edmonton Union Workhouse , 2 fatal ; Whitechapel , 1 ; Ilowden Union Workhouso , 1 ; Goole , 5 , 2 fatal ; East and West Recdhani , 6 , 1 fatal ; Miloham , Lexham and Tittleshall , Ixorfolk , 34 ; Edinburgh , 2 , 1 fatal ; Glasgow , 44 , 14 fatal ; Selkirk , 2 , 1 fatal : Millerhall , Dalkeith , 11 , 5 fatal ; Riccarton , 23 , 2 fatal ; Loudon , 3 fatal ; Greenock , 4 , 3 fatal ; Lennoxtown Campsie , 2 fatal ; Stirling , from 24 th ult ., 8 , 7 fatal ; Aberdeen , I . fatal . —Total now cases , 143 , 45 deaths .
Oa Wednesday the following fresh cases were reported to the Board of Health : —Kensington , 5 , 2 fatal ; Emigrant Depot at Deptford 2 ; Whitechapel , 1 ; St . George in the East , 1 ; Lambeth , 1 ; High Hill Ferry , Clapton , 1 ; Hackney , 1 ; Liverpool , 2 , 1 fatal ; Thames Ditton , 1 fatal ; Edinburgh , 1 fatal ; Glasgow , 23 , 4 fatal ; Riccarton , 8 , 2 fatal ; Selkirk , 2 ; Loudon , 2 , 0 fatal ; JlfilJcrhilJ , Dalkeith , 5 , 1 fatal ; Old Monkland , 20 , 18 fatal ; Greenock , 0 , 2 fatal ; New Kirkpatrick , 12 , 4 fatal ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne , ' 2 , 1 fatal ; Dundonald , 2 . — Total now cases , 10 b ' , 42 deaths ,
The Following Appeared In Our Town Editi...
The following appeared in our Town Edition of last Saturday . THE TOOTING CHOLERA CASES . On Thursday the adjourned Inquest , touching the deaths of the four pauper children who died at Hackney , after having been removed from Mr . Drouet ' s establishment at Tooting , was resumed before Mr . Baker . The Coroner ordered the inquiry to be conducted in private , and the room was cleared , to the great dissatisfaction of the rate * payers . —The jury having been closeted for nearly two hours , the court was re-opened , and the
Soroner said that the jury had determined to proceed with no fresh evidence till Mr Drouet should be able to attend . On Friday , Mr . Waklcy resumed his inquiry at the workhouse , at Chelsea , as to the deaths of Martha Pol lin ^ ton , aged 1 $ , Emma lagia ; agod 10 , Mary Eillick , aged 9 , and George Hartley , aged 4 years , four of the children who died of cholera ab Air . Drosiot ' s establishment at Tooting . Evidence was given by Mr . Grainger , Popliam , Kite , ani others , and the inquest was again adjourned .
Murder axd Suicide . —At an inquest hold at the " George , " Banksidc , on the bodies of Ann Brown , aged twenty-eight , and her offspring , Cecilia , aged a year and a half , who were found drowned in the river on Tuesday morning last , the jury returned a verdict , — " That the child Cecilia was wilfully murdered by its mother , Ann Brown , and that Ann Brown destroyed her own life while in an unsound state of mind . " Druri akd others v . tub Queek . —In the Court of Queen ' s Bench , on Friday , the prisoners were brought up to hoar the arguments on a writ of error to reverse a judgment which had passed against them at the last assizes for the county of York . Tho particulars of this case arc known to
our readers . After hearing counsel , Lord Dcnman said judgment must be reversed , and as to this judgment the prisoners must be discharged . Mr . Hall said there would be no ultimate failure of justice , as the prisoners were in custody upon several indictments . Tho prisoners were then removed in the custody of the officers . FRANCE . —On Wednesday crowds assembled for tho interment of Colonel Rey , tho late commandant of the Republican Guard . The government had the posts throughout the city doubled , and took cycij precaution against an outbreak . At one o ' clock , M . Ledru ltoliin , and several of the representatives of the Montagm , went to the Palace of the Elysee , to assure tho
President that there was not the slightest intention on the part of the persons assembled to disturb the public peace , and tho only object of it was to do honour to tho deceased colonel , who was popular among tho people-. The number of persons in the funeral procession amounted to several thousands . In the cortege was Ledru Rollin , Jolly , La Grange , and somo other Republican loaders . Tho Paris papers of Friday are almost exclusively occupied with tho report of M . Grovy , rejecting the idea of fixing any period for tho dissolution oi the National Assembly . PRUSSIA . —Tho primary elections at Cologre and Bann have terminated in the complete triunipli of tho ultra Republic-ans .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 3, 1849, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_03021849/page/1/
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