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      I' United You Stand, Divided You/All." "Aura W J^:Wbhsps.^&≫B?

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      Uabo """" • .- , • . To Ihe Men Of Engla...

      uaBo """" .- , . TO IHE MEN OF ENGLAJSD . M * IriuENDSf ^ -For thelast two months I ,, ' been . upon the Continent , to avoid the ! Sr > annoyaacek-tbat I havejiad , and the SS actions ^ ith whic h I have heen JSeatened . I ^ nof think that any nian ^ o has endeavoured to elevate the poor , has suffered the flwne * peraecntion that I have . etilL however'iiail be persecuted , I . am relived to adhere fo 4 hose principles which will elevate the poor , 'and release them from the granny of-their oppressors . I have received a letter from my mend Sweet , of Notting ham , inviting me to attend a meeting at Sheffield , stating that many of

      the Nottingham men vnu go there by special train j and my answer is , that when my friend S-ffEEX and the Nottingham men make arra ngements with my friends at Sheffield , I gjjall be most happy to attend the meeting in { hattown . However I may he abused , perpecated , or prosecuted , I am resolved never to abandon one point oi the Charter ; and I am ^ olyedjw ^ caxry on another Land Company , upon my owiiresponsibility , when the present oneis wotrrldap ; and when the ruffians , who hate bee # located by the money of the poor , are owitejHrpm the land which they have held for ovfflKftnr years , and have got £ 50 aid mone ji ^»^ . " . loan money , and paid not a { ra , ctfon $ j ( ixeni . Politic , & r , are so very dull , now that I need gay ; n 6 jmora than that , I remain , ' - " ^ Tbur faithfoi and uncompromising \ Friend and Advocate , Fbabgtis O'Cokbos .

      Tfttlskment Of Aftntbrim Manager To Wljl...

      tfttlSkMENT OF AfTNTBRIM MANAGER TO WlJl ^ TJP THE'lfAOTONAI . I « ANI > COMPA 8 J . - \ \ ... " " ' - . ' , ' : ;" " ' - -- ;• ^^^ j ^^ t ^ if'c ^ myi ^ - ^ im ^ appouiied Mr . "William Goodchap , actuary and accountant , of 64 , Cheapside . to be interim manager to investigate and wind up the affairs of this undertaking , with Messrs . Tucker and Sons , of Basingiall-street , as solicitors . There were eleven other candidates for the appointment , The numerous app lications to fill this office have given rise to the warmest canvassing and contest that has vet occurred under the Joint Stock Companies " Winding-up Acts .

      Political Victims' Association. This Bod...

      POLITICAL VICTIMS' ASSOCIATION . This body met at Mr . Duddridge ' s , on Sunday evening . Mr . John Shaw in the chair . After the regular business had been disposed of , it was decided that on and after Sunday , October oth , the Association should meet on Sunday evenings , at the Two Chairmen , TVardour-street , Soho . It was also announced that upwards of 120 tickets of the Concert to be held at that house on Monday , the 6 th , had been disposed of . —Mr . Jeffries haying read the speech of Lord Palrnerston to his

      constitutents at Tiverton , and commented thereon , moved a resolution condemnatory of the falsehoods therein contained . —After along discussion , in which Messrs . Wheeler , Hannibal ! , Bezer , Bryson , and others took part , an amendment was moved that the Association issue an address on the subject ; both resolution and amendment were lost . —Mr . J . Shaw then vacated the chair , and Mr . Martin was elected thereto . — Mr . John Shaw then stated that during his recent tour in the country , he had become acquainted with a case at Ashton-under-Lyne , which it was

      the hounden duty of the Association to take up and investigate . During the excitement of 1848 , a person named Batcliffe , of Ashton , had been convicted of the murder of a policeman and sentenced to death , which punishment , owing to information received by the Government , was afterwards commuted into transportation . Circumstances had since arisen which proved that Batcliffe was innocent of the charge . The mayor of Ashton , several of the Town Council , and Mr . Hindley , M . P ., were so convinced of this fact , that they

      had preferred to get up a memorial , and come to London at their own expense to present it to the Queen , praying for his pardon . He ( Mr . Shaw ) had an interview with some of these gentlemen , also with Dr . M'Douall , Mr . Aitken , and other known friends , and they thoug ht much good might be done by arousing the sympathies of the men of London on behalf of this man . Mr . Shaw concluded by p roposing : — ' That a public meeting be called to lay the matter before the London democrats . '—Mr . Wheeler moved as an

      amendment;— ' That the Secretary correspond with Mr . Aitken , Dr . M'Douall , J . Taylor , and other friends at Ashton , and get possession of the whole facts of the case prior to calling the public meeting . —Mr . Jeffries seconded the amendment , but thought that the mayor was the proper party to correspond with . '—Mr . Bezer proposed a rider to that effect . After a long discussion , and other amendments iu details , it was carried : — * That the Secretary correspond with Mr .

      Aitken , and make him acquainted with the suggestions thrown out by the various amendments . ' Messrs . Bezer , Wheeler , Shaw , and Prowting , were nominated as candidates for the situation vacant in the Executive by the resignation of Mr . Reynolds . —Mr . Wheeler declined standing , and the question was adjourned for a week . —A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Reynolds for his general conduct , and for his late present of the debt , & c , due to him by the Executive .

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      A Public Meeting Was Held On Sunday Even...

      A public meeting was held on Sunday evening at the AVhittington and Cat , Church-street , Bethnal Green , for the purpose of electing a portion of the Central Committee , to watch over the interests of the Land Company . Mr . Lawrence occupied the chair , and stated tbe objects for which the meeting was called . Mr . Wilson moved : — "T hat the meeting proceed to elect four persons , to form a

      portion of the committee . " Mr . Kndean seconded the resolution . Messrs . Allum , Carey , Pickersgill , Darliston , Jiefever , and otbers spoke on the question , chiefly in favour of tbe motion ; the result ¦ was , that two persons were agreed to be appointed by the meeting , and two persons on the following Sunday evening , at the White Horse , Hare-street , Brick-lane . Messrs . Lawrence and Darliston were t * ien dnly elected , and tho meeting adjourned until the ensuing Sunday evening , at the White Horse .

      Jsatioxal Loan Society. This Body Still ...

      JSATIOXAL LOAN SOCIETY . This body still continues to progress in its operations . At the meeting on Wednesday , correspondence of a favourable nature was received from several large and important districts which had not previously taken up tbe question . The Secretary gave in a report of the proceedings in the Master ' s Court ; and considerable business of a pecuniary nature was transacted . A discussion also ensued on the propriety of taking a more commodious and central office , where business could be transacted during each day of the week , instead of being confined—as at present-to the Wednesday evening . The Secretary was authorised to inquire and report

      thereon . , _ Edisbdbgh . —Several meetings of the Land company shareholders have been held in this place , at which resolutions have been passed in favour of Mr . Price , as Officicial Manager ; also in favour of the objects contemplated by the lfafional Loan Society . The secretary was instructed to procure all possible information regarding the workings of the abova society , in order that a branch might be formed in Edinburgh . Several shareholders expressed a wish to see the scrip collected together , and an estate purchased with the dividends ; the estate then to be presented to Mr . O ' Connor , in token of their gratitude and esteem , for the services which , daring many years , he had rendered them .

      Money; Obdebs.—Ulceby, Lincolnshire, Hav...

      Money ; Obdebs . —Ulceby , Lincolnshire , having been constituted a post town , the offiee there will be opened for the issue and payment of money orders , on and after the 6 th inst .

      Money; Obdebs.—Ulceby, Lincolnshire, Hav...

      THE GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE . Mr . Editor , —English legislation , as it affects the masses , is demonstrative of partiality . Wealth is adequately protected by numerous laws ; but Labour is without a regulation of a defensive character . As with Wealth and Labour , so it is with the conditions of the respective classes . The former

      has its institutions of power and influence ; while the latter is left to shift for itself , and to experience , in most cases , the decay consequent upon so much indifference . The Government , by its legal enactments , has never considered the exigencies of those it is said to control . . It is notorious for . putting down a manifestation ; but it is ever wanting in raising up , to its deserved hei ght , that help-mate in law , by which equality of Justice may reign supreme .

      The present condition of the working classes is evidenced corroboration of this , statement . As men grow older , they see Wealth drjlftdg on one side of . tbsm , ' and'Poverty , in huge heaps ; encompassmgthem on the , other . This is the result of a fuse difltribution- ? rthe opera ? tiori of a < w- $ Ae & fiw . Th ^&^ 1819 was passed to make tbe ^ few-. ; nchwp & ithemany poor . Pam ^^^ t ^^ i ^ yateal ^ iSi ^ B gopermnent ^ JSe ^ Js . -ter ^ S ^^ ifficuIty ^ tt raising sixty millions in 1851 , than there was

      ever found in 1815 in raising eighty millions . Yet the country has increased in riches , as people say , and her population has augmented nearly eighty per cent . This is one of the anomalies of the age ; and its cause is traceable to class rule . The truth is , the labouring classes have yet to be considered ; and when the time shall come , which shall witness legislation taking a direction in their favour , the iniquities of the present system will be a blot upon the escutcheon of the nation .

      The people are not onl y unrepresented in the House of Commons , but they are , with few exceptions only , positively friendless in that governing power . A Siane y cannot obtain a hearing ; a Scbope seldom forty hearers . These gentlemen no sooner mention , to ' ears polite , ' something relative to the working people , than uneasiness begins to be manifested on the part of the members ; the seats are less comfortable than usual ; the representatives are severel y attacked with bronchitis ; and everybody is looking upon his neighbour for some means of escape . What wonder , then , that Labour is without the protection of the law , and that the labourers are heedlessly passed by ? Such Governments are not formed for the diffusion

      of happiness broadcast , but on confined plantations , the property of the few . Not alone are the dwellings of the poor a standing monument of shame and neglect to a liberal government , but the absence of those wholesome restrictions , whereby a qualified amount of protection would be bestowed , is a sin of omission of a fearful tendency , when the dependent state of the artisan is but for a moment considered . Look at the feeling of thrift , as shown by the people in the establishment of sick and burial clubs , out-of-work funds , and trades' societies ; and let the reader ask himself the

      question—What has Government done either to encourage the growth of this feeling , or to shield its possessors from the fraud of the wrongdoer ? The Friendly Benefit Societies' Act is a job , from beginning to end . Few men can understand it , so contradictory are its clauses . And whilst it purposes to fix responsibility upon the officers of societies governed thereby , it has made the chances of escape so numerous , that seldom can a conviction be obtained , by following its provisions . There is the rich man ' s bank , but there is no poor man ' s fund ; the law has made a monopoly of the one , in the hope of better protecting it ; but the other remains to be originated .

      The Benefit Clubs of this country are an honour to the struggling classes—they are what they are despite those who govern . Yet how frequent are their failures , how subject are they to the peculation of the dishonest . Prospering whilst the members are young , decaying as they decline in years . No graduated scales of payment to or by the Societies will ever remove this inevitable tendency .

      The numbers of each are so small , that an average of income and expenditure cannot possibly complete the circle of a fair trial , because a season of depression is made the pretext for a large secession . Thus fall the clubs of the working people . So it is with all their other plans of mutual benefit . They lack the one thing , without which it is impossible for them to succeed—viz ., the power of

      ASSOCIATION . The Insurance Societies , fortunately , are now coming to the help of the people . In most of our large towns in England , consideration is being made for the sick and the friends of the departed ; and so far they are most worthy of approval . But they never can be made generally accessible ; for their rates of payment are much beyond the means of tens of thousands of the labourers of this country . Again , what has been done in the way of forming savings banks for the people ? This : that whilst the Government will condescend

      to use the money invested , it will not guarantee its security to the invester . Ob , it was a deep-laid scheme to form these institutions ; but how much higher runs thecunningness up the glass , when the protection was withheld ? Such things are extraordinary , in a country like our own ; but however singular , the whole system of Government is shown in the development , —the poor man has never been considered , except it be to deceive and defraud him .

      What duty is more compatible with the functions of a Government , than that of securing * to the governed the protection of the state ? Could money be better expended , than by encouraging the working people to be careful , and re warding them with benefits coincident with their own thriftiness ? Had the Government , in past times , formed an Insurance Association , if only for its poorer subjects—by receiving a small subscription and guaranteeing a few shillings weekly in sickness , and a few pounds at death , vast numbers of those Societies that were only formed to give employment

      to a Secretary and work to an undertaker , destined to last but a few years—would not have been so successful in their p lans of deception . Security will always command support ; and it is because one society seems to offer this upon a sounder principle than another , that the changes of members amongst them are so frequent . For a few pence weekly , under Government recognition , ( not Government jobbing ) , all the benefits of our Sick and Burial Clubs might have been ensured ; thus putting aside all chances of failure , and ever tending to make the people a frugal and contented race .

      To my mind , this is one of the social duties of a well intentioned Government . I remark the absence of such a thought in hundreds of men who hare belonged to societies whilst young ; but through their failure and their advanced years , are now denied the privileges

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      connected with such institutions ; and I notice the want of such a plan in the arbitrary rule of those who manage many of our benefit societies , when circumstances are shut out of consideration , and che strict letter of the rules only adhered to . Pecuniary difficulties are always remembered by . the Associations of any respectability ; and , if a member have belonged to them for a given period , the fact of his inability to pay his subscription is not sufficient to exclude him from benefit or from the society . These are the real advantages of an extensive and well-regulated plan ; and , under the superintendence of an enlightened government ,, would be made the means , not only of securing to it the thanks of the nation , but also-an instrument of civilization , working put a universal good .

      But such ways of promoting good are not thought of , or if so not adopted , by British Statesmen , according to the ancient and present , models . Why ? Because they affect the labouring classes . It would seem to be dangerous to , take , up such a consideration . Even your Manchester economists are for avoid : ingsuch a theme . They have said , to talk about helping the labourer is to raise up a false hope within him . So I say . He would begin to think some infinitesemal quantity of $ ^ c « B , was about to be showered upon him ' ¦ an d soyas this is not meant , why it is better to keep him as he is .

      To all such partial judgment there must soon come an end . The people must be better represented in order that greater truth may prevail . Hitherto men have profited by the industry of the worker ; but there are strong indications that the latter will be less disposed to be the hired slave he has been , in the glorious future . Not that that day is near , nor that the minds of our rulers are intent upon wielding the sword of Justice with a more impartial hand , No ! The rancour is there

      still ; as poisonous as ever . The people must work out by themselves what they most stand in need of . They must declare , and struggle for its accomplishment . From their own ranks they must choose men to do the needful work ; if necessary they must support such men . But above all , the cry must go forth , that the Government must legislate for the people , both rich and poor , with a true hand ; and to raise this cry effectually , the people must be properly represented . Censor .

      The New Reform Bill Outlined. The Last N...

      THE NEW REFORM BILL OUTLINED . The last number of the " Yorkshireman , " a respectable and Liberal provincial contemporary , but a novel organ for the promulgation of Ministerial intentions , announces " positively , " and upon " the most unquestionable authority , " the principles upon which it is intended to base the Parliamentary Reform measure promised for next session . Our readers can take it for what it is worth . The entire paragraph is as follows : — Wearegladtohaveitin our power to announce positively , and upon the most unquestionable authority , that Lord John Russell and his friends have been engaged in recently framing the provisions of the new Reform Bill it

      is his purpose to introduce early next session w Parliament . With a view of arriving at correct conclusions as to the present Statu of the electoral system , circular letters have been despatched from the Home Office to the various returnicg-officers throughout England and Wales , commanding a return of the number of Parliamentary voters at the last general election , which return ) will be compared with , the census recently taken . We believe the measure of reform about to he introduced—and in stating our belief , we beg it to be understood that we are not speaking without authority—will be satisfactory to the moderate Reformers of this country . It will not give them all they desired , but we believe it mil enlarge the suffrage to a greater extent than , looking at Ministerial difficulties , tbe people had any right to expect . We understand thatone of

      the Cabinet Ministers comforts himself somewhat restively because of the liberality of the measure ; which resiiveness , however , it is expected , will be overcome by the firmness of the Premier and his colleagues . At the present moment—and we believe no alteration will be conceded in this particular—it is contemplated to recognise a certain educational test , apart from occupancy of houses , as conferring a right to vote . ' Clergymen , lawyers , merchants , literary men , clerks , the higher orders of mechanics , & c , will , we believe , although non-householdprs , be invested , under certain conditions , with the privilege of voting . These conditions will suggest themselves to ourreaders withoutexplanati- n . As respects the franchise and householders , as the law at present stands , ¦ very considerable alterations , we believe will be made . The £ 10 qualification in boreughs will be reduced in amount , while a variety of other popular concessions

      will be made , which will iucrcae the constituency of this country at least one-fourth . We have no doubt that the great difficulty encountered by Ministers relates to the counties ; but we believe that those difficulties will be overcome , and that the various county constituencies will be * popularised to a greater extent than at present anticipated . It is not oiten that a country journal has the opportunity of authoritatively , announcing the probable tendency of a Ministerial measure scarcely yet framed ; but our readers may accept the above statement without demur , and as conveying as nearly as possible the gist of the Parliamentary Keform Bill of 1852 . We have only to remark , in connexion with this part ot our subject , that on the opening of the session the Premier will formally announce his intention with respect to the franchise , leaving the matter to be discussed by tbe press and tbe country .

      Miners' And Seamens' United Association-...

      MINERS' AND SEAMENS' UNITED ASSOCIATION-GREAT PUBLIC MEESING . A public meeting of the Seamen and Miners of Sunderland took place on Tuesday last , in tho Large Hall , which was crowded . Mr . Robert Young was called to the chair , and opened tho meeting with some pertinent remarks . The meeting was addressed by Mr . William Daniells , from Derbyshire , and by , Mr . Henry Greensides , of Hull , both missionaries of the above-named Association , amid the plaudits of the large assembly . The following resolution was moved by Mr . J . T . Chapman , and seconded and supported by Mr . Chalk , and passed unanimously : — " That this meeting being

      convinced of the great benefits that would result to both Seamen and Miners by effecting a general union among both parties , hereby resolve to support the Missionary Fund , as being the best and most effective means to carry out so desirable an of . ject . " It was also passed unanimously that no Seamen should sign articles under £ i 10 s . the voyage , after October 1 st , during the whiter months , and £ Sl 0 d . during the summer months ; likewise the meeting pledged themselves to attend the great public meeting on Newcastle-town-moor , on Saturday next ( this day ) . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman ; and after giving three hearty cheers for the Union and for the missionaries , the large meeting broke up in the moat orderly manner . '

      Austrian Jews asd thk Atjsirias Loan . —There is a grim bit of humour in the Jewish Chronicle , in a ietter from a Jew , bearing date Vienna , Sept . 15 . It touches on the Austrian loan . The Jews , says the droll Israelite , would have nothing to do with the loan of £ 8 , 000 , 000 because they feared future persecution . Whereupon the government assured the Jews that they would bo left in the enjoyment of their present liberties . " Since this assurance the rich Jewish bankers of Vienna have exerted themselves with all their might in aid of the loans . This is an important fact in Jewish history . " A very important fact , and very

      illustrative of tho Hebrew mind . But let us proceed : — " From this they can learn that the acquisition of civil and religious liberty is in their own power , if they will but have moral courage enough to exert the power they possess , holding , as they do , the purse-strings of Europe . " There is a fine philanthropy in this—an enlarged sense of the blessings of religious liberty . If the synagogue mav stand , money will be supplied for the destruction of Christian cities . If the halter be kept from the neck of the Hebrew , the Hebrew will undraw the purse-strings of Europe to buy any number of halters for the patriots of Hungary . Certainly , " an important fact in Jewish history ! —• Punch . . .

      It is related ( we arc telling an old story , but it is worth the resurrection ) of Dr . Langhorne , that on his learning that Collins the poet was . buried at Chichester , be travelled there to enjoy all the luxury of poetic sorrow over his grave . On inquiry , he found that Collins was buried in what is called the Paradise , near the Cathedral . He went there , and after an hour's seclusion came forth with all the solemn dignity of woe . That night , however , on describing his pligrimage , he found—not that his tears had been wasted , but that he had been bedewing tho grave of a ; very honest man and useful member of society , Mr . Collins—a tailor !—WeeWv Times .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Offices—14 , Southampton-street , Strand . ¦ The'Executive Committee of this body held tbeir usual weekly meeting as above on Wednesday evening last . Present : Messrs . Arnott , . Grassby , Hunt , Jones , and Milne . Messrs . ; Harney and Holyoake , being in the country , were absent . Mr . 0 ? Connor was also absent through indisposition .. Mr . James Grassby presided . The correspondence received was read .

      The Secretary having read Mr . Reynolds ' s letter tendering his resignation , it was unanimously agreed , on the motion of Messrs . Hunt and Milne : —* That the Secretary be instructed , in the name of the Chartist body , to thank Mr . Reynolds for his services in the Chartist cause , ' On the motion of Messrs . Jones and Milne , it was unanimously agreed : — « That the vacancy in the Executive Committee , caused by the resi gnation of Mr . Reynolds , be at once filled up , and thattheSecretary . be instructed to forthwith issue orders for that purpose . . ^

      [ In accordance with the above instruction , all localities .. are hereby requested to proceed at once , to nominate a fit and proper person ( " such person having been a bona fide member , ^ of the Association for , > -at least , six months' ) to fill the vacancy in the Executive , caused by the resignation of Mr . Reynolds . All nominations must be forwarded to the office on or before Wednesday , October 15 th . J The Secretary reported , that the auditors ( Messrs . Hunniball and Piercy ) had examined the accounts for the last quarter , and found them correct ; that the receipts amounted to £ 29 9 s . 8 £ d ., and the expenditure to £ 40 15 s . 10 d ., leaving a balance due to the Treasurer of £ 11 6 s . lfd .

      A vote of thanks was given to the auditors for their services . On the motion of Messrs . Jones and Milne , it was unanimously agreed : — ' That a plain and explicit statement of the present financial position of the Committee be published in the forthcoming Democratic journals , and that Messrs , Arnott and Hunt be requested to draw up the same . ' The Committee then adjourned to Wednesday evening , October 8 th . " The following is the financial statement as drawn up by Messrs . Arnott and Hunt ;—

      'TO THE CHARTISTS . 1 Brother Democrats , —We feel assured there never was a time when it was more important than the present for the Chartist machinery to be kept in working order , because , as a means of propagandist ^ its ramifications are unparalleled ; because , also , on looking at the serious aspect of affairs at Home and Abroad , we see that great events are looming in the distance , and that this strong engine can be so worked as to be of incalculable benefit to the Democratic cause . For it to be now broken up and dissevered would be a disaster . We feel confident that all true friends to progression would deplore such an untoward event .

      ' We are aware that the so-called " World ' s Fair , " with many other circumstances , have diverted your attention for the last five or six months from political subjects ; and , consequently , the funds which have flowed into the Chartist Exchequer have been of that limited description , that we feel it to be our imperative duty to lay before you , as explicitly as possible , our present financial position . 'In addition to the above balance due to the Treasurer of £ 11 6 s . l £ d ., there is due for rent of office , £ 13 4 s ., and for printing £ 9 10 s . 6 d ., making a total of £ 3 ± Os . 1 % d . This debt is yours ; and we candidl y ask you ,

      as men who value justice , to pay it . What we require is two thousand sixpences ; and surely there can be that number found who will , with pleasure , subscribe this small sum , in order to save the organisation from becoming a wreck 1 We have very briefly ana plainly stated the case , and call on all who love liberty , to exert their utmost energies to raise this amount , within one month . If it cannot be so raised within that period , we must conclude you are content to let the machinery fall , and that the attempt to elevate you by your own organisation is useless , On your response the movement depends .

      ' You cannot fail to feel the full extent of that responsibility . Chartism was never in a more healthful condition . After all the dissensions and doubts that have hindered us , your organisation is continually recruiting itself . Moat of you know this . But the recovered action has not yet fully developed itself ; you have net yet provided for the increased activity of your central machinery ; and you are increasing the neglect of letting that fall through before your renewed strength is brought into working action . You will appreciate this frank appeal , and we doubt not respond to it at once . '

      Signed on behalf of the Committee , John Arnott , General Secretary . N . B . —Subscriptions received by the Secretary , at the Office , 14 , Southampton Street , Strand . A detailed balance sheet will be published next week .

      Padihait.—On Sunday Last Two Lectures We...

      Padihait . —On Sunday last two lectures were delivered in the Odd Fellows' Hall , by Mr . Thomas Cooper ; the first , in the afternoon , on ' Kosciusko , and the Struggles for Polish Independence . ' The second lecture , in the evening , was on the 'Life and Character of the late Sir Robert Peel ; his Influence on our Age , and a Glance at Coming Events , which Cast their Shadows Before . ' Mr .

      Cooper passed in review all the political events of the late Sir Robert Peel , amongst which was the Peterloo Massacre ; and , in conclusion , he said , now that Sir Robert Peel was dead , it would be impossible to keep the People ' s Charter from being obtained if the people would only organise ; and then strongly urged on the meeting to join the National Charter Association .

      'ins Crystal Coffee-house . — -On Friday evening week Mr . WilliamWorseldine lectured on the Roman Drama . ' Finsbury Democratic Association . —A meeting was held in Martin ' s Coffee-house , Clerkenwell-green , on Sunday night . Mr . Daniel ^ Hockley presided . The adjourned discussion on the motion for merging this Association into a . London Democratic Union was resumed by Mr . Osborn and others , and

      was ultimately—with a few alterations in its details—unanimousl y agreed to , and the following members were elected a Provisional Executive Committee : —Messrs . Philip Johnson Henry Hockley , Daniel Hockley , William Osborn , William Jones , John Hindle , and David Cater ; from which Mr . P . Johnson was elected Provisional Treasurer j and D . Cater , Provisional Secretary .

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      The " Tablet" states that the anonymous contributor of £ 1 , 400 for the Catholic UnWersity has intimated , m a letter to Frimate CuUeii , his intention to raise that amount to £ 5 , 000 , by an additional subscription of £ 3 , 600 .

      Winding-Up Of The National Land Company....

      WINDING-UP OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . ADJOURNED MEETING . On Tuesday an adjourned meeting in this matter , in which a large number of . persons are interested , was held ii Yke-Ghancellor Turner ' s Court , before hisi honour the Master in Chancery Humphrey , to- receive affidavits and depositions , to satisfy the court that the order absolute to wind-up ¦ the affairs of the

      undertaking had been obtained by the solicitors and parties concerned , with the sanction and authorit y of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., who was present during the proceedings , occupying , with others connected with the defunct scheme , the bench allotted to solicitors , 1 ^ ster at th last meeting having intimated that he would not appoint an Official Manager until all the circumstances connected with the transaction were fully explained ; and that unless , this were satisfactorily done , there ml be reaB 0 n 8 f ° r rescinding the order . The

      following counsel were present : Mr . Baeshaw , Mr . Roxburgh , Mr . Wm . James , Mr . Chichester , Mr . De Gex , Mr . Sweet , Mr . Rogers , Mr . A . mil , ana numerous solicitors . The proceedings were commenced by Mr . Drake , the chief clerk ; reading the following ' / resolutions " banded in toJthe court ; passed at " a meeting of the Land members of the Leicester Branch of the National Land Company . on the 27 th of September ; " We , being members of the Leicester branch of the National Land Company , hereby declare , that for a considerable time past we have viewed with ' suspicion' the acts of the solicitor and directors on whom devolved the management of the Company ' s affairs , and being fully convinced that the

      majority of our fellow members have long since ceased to repose trust in these men , we cannot refrain from expressing our entire disapproval of their conduct with regard to their appointment of an Official Manager in the winding-up of our affairs ; we therefore earnestly hope that the Master in Chancery will not be induced to gratify their sinister motives by the selection of their nominee , one whom we sincerely believe would be incapable of affording satisfaction to the poor men who have been induced to embark their hard earned pence in the project . We , after due consideration , feel confident that Mr . Thoma ' s . Price , having a prior knowledge of the misdeeds of the directors , and from bis well-known business habits , his qualification of the highest order , his uniform uprightness and punctuality , —

      is eminently calculated for the office of Official Manager ; and having the utmost confidence in that gentleman , we hereby respectfully pray that Master Humphrey will be pleased to appoint Mr . Price to assist his Honour in winding-up the Company . Proposed by William Lapworth ; seconded by James Clarke ; carried * unanimously . '— William Greene , Chairman ; Thomas Newtov , Secretary . " Resolutions were also read , forwarded from a meeting of the Bristol branch shareholders , in favour of the same candidate for the Official Managership , and denying that because he had been Manager of the Land and Labour Bank in connexion with the Land Company , he was "ineligible" to be appointed Official Manager to wind-up the affairs of the latter Company .

      Mr . Sweet then proceeded to read the affidavits filed with the court since the last meeting . The affidavit of Mr . W . P . Roberts , solicitor , of Manchester , set forth that he was solicitor on behalf of the Company , appointed by the general body of shareholders , and had been so from the Company ' s formation . Mr . Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., late of Netting Hill-terrace , was one of the promoters , and chairman and manager of the Company , and as such always gave deponent the ne » cesaary instructions for transacting the general legal business of the Company , either directly or through Mr . Chinnery , of Robert-street , Adelphi , who was formerly dependent ' s managing clerk , and was now his London agent . Mr . Feargus

      O'Connor , as such general manager , having failed to get the Company . permanently registered as * a a joint stock company , by the decision of the Court pi * Queen ' s Bench , in Trinity Term , 1850 , instructed deponent in July of that year , as his solicitor , to apply to Parliament for an act to wind up the Company , to do all that was necessary to obtain such act , and to wind up its affairs as soon as possible . Steps were taken for this , but in consequence of the lateness of the session , Mr . Feargus O'Connor informed deponent that ho had been assured by members and officers of the IIou . se of Commons that the bill could not be got through all its stages before the session closed , and instructed him to suspend further proceedings until

      November , when Mr . Feargus O'Connor , again instructed deponent to do all that was necessary for renewing the application to Parliament in ' the last session . Notices were given , and the bill was prepared and introduced , into the House of Commens upon the petition of Feargus O'Connor and other directors of the Company , representing the general body of shareholders ; and during its progress through both houses deponent was constantly in communication with Mr . O'Connor , personally or by letter , or through his agent , on the subject of the progress of the bill and the Company generally , and Mr . O'Connor attended the standing order committee of the House of Commons , and gave evidence in support of the preamble , and was

      constantly in attendance in the House of Commons during its progress , and was fully aware of its passing . the house , and of its introduction and progress through the Lords , but at tho time it went into committee , and shortly before its third reading and passing , Mr . O'Connor left England for the Continent without communicating with deponent or his agent . Deponent was consequently unable to communicate with Mr . O'Connor further upon tho business and state of the Company , but considered that he had full perfunctory instructions so soon as the act of Parliament was obtained to procure the necessary order for winding-up the Company without delay , in the name of Mr . O'Connor , notwithstanding the absence of the latter , and deponent's inability to communicate with him as general manager , after having given in that capa *

      city the fullest instructions to deponent to wind up the the Company in his name . Had he not done so he would have neglected his duty , and deponeu ' t was bound to present the petition to the court in the name of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , to show the earnest desire of that gentleman so often expressed during the progress of the bill in Parliament , to fulfil his promise to the House of Commons to have the Company wound up , and its assets realised and distributed , as the law would not allow the association to exist as a Company , Deponent was not aware that Mr . O'Connor knew that the act of Parliament had passed , or that an order bad been obtained to wind-up the Company , although tho order bad been obtained by witness nominally in Mr . O'Connor ' s name , which Was prominently mentioned in the act of Parliament .

      An affidavit was also read in confirmation of the above statements , from Mr . Chinnery , the London agent for Mr . Roberts . The affidavit of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , of Colham-house Hillingdon , set forth that gentleman ' s recognition and approval of all the proceedings that had been taken in the matter in his name by Mr . Roberts , as solicitor to the Company . His absence on the Continent since July last was caused by illhealth . Mr . Sweet , prior to entering upon his case , begged to contradict an assertion which he b & d made at the last meeting , viz . that Mr , Price had mismanaged the West India property , of which he had tho care . He believed he had been deceived upon that point * , he also suggested to his Honour that , as some suspicion

      had been cast on his client , in consequence of his connexion with the promoters of the Company , that Mr . Ainger should be entrusted with the management and disposal of the estates , and that anether competent person should be appointed to investigate the accounts . Mr . Sweet then contended that the facts contained in the affidavits that had been read were strictly consonant with each other , and that the parties had not any intention of misleading the court . It was possible that Mr . Roberts , on the first starting of the Company , might have been Mr . O'Connor ' s private solicitor ; and Mr .

      O'Connor , on finding that he belonged to a class of men in this country , whose political opinions coincided with his own , and finding him fit in all other respects , might , with the sanction of the shareholders , appoint Mr . Roberts solicitor to the Company for its formation , and Mr . O'Connor alone being the recognised actor , with the responsibility of everything . being done in his name , but in all his private affairs , on the Company being formed , employing another solicitor . Mr . Roberts , had not , has had been alleged , any private connexion in bis capacity as solicitor with Mr . O'Connor . Owing to some alleged illegalities in the con-

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      stitution of the Company , all matters were done in-Mr . O'Connor ' s name , and there was nothing more in it than , in a common case of trying to eviide the revenue laws , in which their was nothing heinous . In order to avoid the liability to penalties by carrying on the-Land and L < bour Bank i Connexion with the Lmd Company , in order to avoid the forfeiture of the estates , everything was done in Mr . O'Connor ' s name by Mr . Roberts , as his solicitor , and that was what was meant on a previous occasion , by saying that Mr . Roberts acted as his " private " solicitor . His Honour the Master . —Am I to understand irom your observations that the Bank was carried On tor the benefit of the Land Company ? a £ SwEET - -Of that there is not the slightest doubt ; but the Company got no benefit from it ( Laughter . )

      Mr . Jambs . —It was clearly ascertained that the Land Company could not be bankers , and Mr . o'Conner was then registered as th « proprietor . It was bis private bank and not the shareholders ' bank , « The Master . —Did Mr . O'Connor ever intend to claim any intermediate benefit arisin g from the conduct of tho bank ? Mr . Sweet . —No , I believe not . Mr . James . —Mr . O'Connor being advised by Mr , Sweet , as counsel for the company , that he mustbt the sole banker , it was carried on in his name . Mr , Sweet believed it would be found that th « bank was Mr . O'Connor ' s and not the company ' s . Mr . CnissKny . —The bank was . established contrary to Mr . O'Connor ' s wish . Mr . Sweet . —Some of the witnesses , in the House of Commons , stated that the bank was essential tc the success of the scheme and theory of the Land Company , and that the money without it would not

      come in fast enough . Mr . Price was paid his salary out of the deposits of the bank . Mr . James . —Mr . Price ' s engagemeut was a personal one with Mr . O'Connor , and las payment was also personal . The Master . —Probably Mr . O'Connor held a letter of indemnification from tho shareholders for whoso interest he did this . Mr . Roxburgh . —The deposits were paid into the bank , and the salary of Mr . Price and other clerks , was paid out of them , and as Mr . Price bad been manager of the Land and Labour Bank for five years , at £ 600 a year , the Company would be £ 2 , 500 tho worse for Mr . Price . Mr . James . —The bank is JES . OOO the better for Mr . Price . ( Laughter . ) The bank began with a deficit of £ 6 . 000 , and ended , unoer Mr . Price's management , with a deficit of only £ 3 , 000 . Mr . Roxburgh . —And no profits throughout . ( Laughter . ) Tho banking profits were purely vi »

      sionary . Mr . Sweet . —The profits were made by lending money to the National Land Company and receiving interests . ( Cries of " Not so . " ) Mr . James protested against these unauthentic assertions , and denied their correctness . Mr . Sweet submitted it was of great importance that the question raised , as between Mr . Roberts and Mr . O'Connor , should be set right , Mr . James urged that the connexion he formerly asserted to subsist between Mr . Roberts and Mr . O'Connor was still so , and that Mr . Roberts was Mr , O'Connor ' s solicitor , as it suited , and accord * jug to the emergency of the moment . Air . O'Connor . —No , no .

      Mr . Baoshaw ( addressing the Master )— -Mr . O'Connor wishes me to inform you that Mr Roberts never was his solicitor ; and that he knew nothing of the proposal of Mr . Ainger or Mr . Price . The Master said it still appeared to him that he was right in requiring the further evidence that had been given respecting the authority received from Mr . O'Connor to present the petition for Winding-up the Company in his name . The affidavits were not inconsistent one with au « other , but the original affidavits were defective in not having stated that the petition was presented with Mr . O'Connor ' s sanction . Unquestionably , ou a review of all the facts , it would have been far

      better and far more correct for the parties to have stated that the petition had been presented and the order obtained " nominally" for Mr , O'Connor , and in his name , in consequence of the manner in which his name appeared in the act of parliament . It would hare been better to have stated that the order was obtained under Mr . O'Connor ' s general authority , but the original affidavits made no averment of this . Tho affidavits , however , of Mr . O'Connor confirmed the fact of a general delegation of authority . "With respect to the connexion that might be supposed to subsist between Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Roberts , in the capacity of solicitor ,

      he confessed that he did not quite understand it . With reference to the appointment of either an interim manager or of two official managers to windup the Company ' s affairs , it was a point to which he wou'd give particular attention . He was not , on the present occasion , prepared to come to a conclusion , but would fake time to consider , and notify it by public advertisement . Mr . Jambs , prior to quitting the Court , wished to state that , in answer to a letter sent to Leamington , fifty-four votes has been sent up for Mr Price , but had been reckoned , and sent in for Mr . Ainger .

      Mr . Chinnery . —I am ignorant of the mistake J the signatures were sent to my office . The proceedings then terminated .

      Central Asia. — The "German Constitution...

      Central Asia . — The "German Constitutional Gazette' ' contains the following article ou the complications of which Central Asia is at this moment the theatre : — " Twelve years ago the Persian army , directed by agents of Russia , was repulsed tinder the whIIb of Herat , and England undertook the fatal expedition to Cabul , led either by ambition , or by a desire to put an end to the Russian influence on the frontiers of India . Russia accepted tiie challenge , and matched an army flga \ nst Khiva . The two rivals accordingly gave each other a rendezvous in the plains of Bactriana , for , had the English succeeded in establishing themselves in Cabul , and the Russians in Khiva , the pulfo of the Baskirs and

      Cassocks would have soon come to blows . But both expeditions failed , and when England had avenged the honour of her arms by a new expedition , and vigorously chastised the Affghans , she definitively withdrew her armies from the country to achieve more easy and useful conquests in Scinde and the Punjab . Russia alone did not renounce her plans , and waited an opportunity to execute them . The first object of the Cabinet of St . Petersburgh was , to subject to her domination the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea , in order to obtain a point d ' appui for future operations , and secure supplies , reinforcements , and a means of retreat , in case of reverse .

      With that view , Russia erected forts on different points , and placed garrisons in them . She then opened negotiations with the Turkomans . TheKerghises readily consented to recognise the white Czar for their master . By similar manoeuvres , pursued with perseverance during several years , the Russian domination extended to Lake Aral , the Siedatja , and the frontiers of Turkistan . Russia thus acquired a basis for more important undertakings , when a favourable opportunity should offer itself . Now the moment has arrived , and she is preparing to profit by it . The death of the Khan of Herat gave the signal of a war of succession , in which Persia has engaged , and will , in all probability , as she did in 183 S , invoke

      once more the assistance of ltu > sia . In themeantime the Russians , under the pretext of an incursion of the Turkomans , landed a body of troops on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea , which is now marching towards Herat . General Perowski , who , notwithstanding the fatal result of the expedition to Khiva , is considered as one of the ablest generals of Russia , has res-umed the chief command of the Russian forces in the Government of Orenburg . Should he march alone , or in conjunction with a Persian army towards Herat , it will be easy for him , if provided with a sufficient artillery , to reduce that fortress , where he will not meet this time a Pottinger . Will England remain an impassive spectator of events which threaten to shake , at no distant period , her empire in India ? We do not believe it , and we are convinced that ere long we shall hear of measures adoptedby the British Government . "

      Caution to Spoktsmen . —On Sunday the following important caution to sportsmen was affixed at all the church and chapel doors throughout the metropolis and vicinity , by order of tho Commissioners of Inland Revenue ( Stamps and Taxes ) , which will be fully carried out by the authorities . " That any person whointemlsto use any dog , gun , net , or other engine for taking or . killing game , or any woodcock , snipe , quail , landrail , or coney , or assist in the taking or killing the same , must annually pay the duty chargeable by the acts 48 George III ., chap . 55 , and 52 George III . chap . 93 , together with the additional ten per cent , thereon im « posed by the 3 d Victoria , chap 17—namely , for

      every gamekeeper being au assessed servant £ 1 7 s . 6 d . ; ditto , not being an assessed servant , £ i 0 s , 10 d ., and obtain the requisite certificate from the collector of assessed taxes for the parish in which he resides . The following are the penalties -. —Pursuing game without first obtaining a certificate £ 20 , and a liability in double the amount of duty . Any person in pursuit of game refusing on being duly required to produce his certificate for the purpose of being read or a copy to he taken , or refusing to declare his true name and place of residence £ 20

      ,- . Persons who have obtained game certificates for the current year in Ireland must betore they are entitled to kill game in Great Britain pay the difference of duty-viz ., 17 s . 6 d , to the distributor of stamps for the district in which they reside . N . B . —All game certificates muit be obtained in tho parish in which the Pities requiring them reside , as those obtained * elsewhere will not prelect them from the penalties . No person is allowed to deal or sell game unless has previously obtained a license of £ 2 5 s . under a penalty of £ 30 . "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 4, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04101851/page/1/