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    couldb THE NORTHERN STAR. November 4, 18...

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    MR G. THOMPSON, M.P., AND THE TOWEE HAML...

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    NAPOLEON'S PROPHECY. NOW IN COURSE 0* IT...

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    Davis' Straits Whalers.—Sir James Ross. ...

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    ma n * * and it could not , «*«* £ "J ^ SS against him that he was , m any way . c n with the matter m * *** * "Sta to the S ? eS vo ^ " put trConference in posse ,-* ° LhecSn the shortest and simplest way in _ ? __ * r * S he would then leave the subject , n flffilXi" ** that they would do Bradshaw S ^ See / and , perhaps , relieve him from the em-Lrrassment under which lie then laboured . The case was this :-a man named Sykes had beeu successful in the ballot , but he himself did not go upon the estate . He had instead entered into an

    ar-. rangement with Bradshaw on these terras-that he ( Bradshaw ) should ewer upon Sykes ' s allotment , he ( Sykes ) retaining Bradshaw ' s , when he should chance to get balloted , and receiving from the latter , nntil that period should occur , £ 10 of a yearly rental , over and above that paid to . the National Land Company . Bradshaw , in entering into this arrangement , thought that he would be entitled to the aid money secured to every allottee—but , by the rules of the Company , the aid money was to be confined to the persons who had been successful iu the ballot , and individuals , who obtained their right to location by means of transfer , were precluded from the benefits thus afforded . Bradshaw had been

    one of the most energetic of the allotted individuals in their Company . Notwithstanding the serious disadvantages under which he laboured , by the refusal of . the aid money , he did not slacken in his exertions , but had particularly distinguished himself as a person fitted to carry out the views and principles of the Company , and to show to the world that , not only was the land capable of supporting himseif and family , but also of yielding a surplus , which would elevate himself in the scale of society . It would be for them to say whether , under such

    circumstances , Bradshaw should no be entitled to fiie aid money granted by the Company to the original allottees , seeing that he was to remain upon the estate . He thought it would be more to the interest of the Company to give this aid to the person who proposed to expend it upon the land , rather than to a man who only sought to advance his pecuniary interests by selling the allotment at its highest value . He felt that Mr Bradshaw would be satisfied with the . decision of the Conference , although ah adverse decision wonld be to him the

    most utter rum . M ; . ' Clabx . said it was quite impossible that the directors could take cognisance or he aware of all the arrangements entered into between individuals . He believed that the whole statement , as respected Mr Bradshaw , was quite correct , but he wonld ask tie Conference to look how these things were done . Parties who did not wish themselves to go and cultivate their allotments sent friends or acquaintances to do so . and it sometimes happened that the allotments were transferred altogether by persona who at the very first had not intended to settle npon them . The directors considered that no person had the power to transfer his aid money , for it might happen

    that a person might go to his allotment , receive his aid money , reside there a week , then transfer it to another person , and thus rob the land of that money which was to assist in cultivating it . The directors were not aware of this arrangement ; and , therefore , when Mr Bradshaw took possession of the land , and wrote to them for the aid money , he was informed , that as he was not balloted he was not eligible for this sum . He wrote a second letter , informing the directors that he had made an arrangement with Sykes , and a reply was forwarded to him again ,

    telling him that no allottee had the power of transferring his aid money . It was for the Conference to decide whether they ought to go beyond the rules of the Company in such a case , but he trusted that , at all events , they would not adopt this course as a general rule . He sincerely hoped the example , if thus set . wonld not be adopted as a precedent . He was quite aware , from inquiries made at Huddersfield , that Bradshaw was a most worthy man , but this favourable character did not in any degree alter the features of the case .

    A long discussion ensued , many of the delegates being favourable to the assistance heiug rendered to Mr Bradshaw , by way of gift , while a greater number proposed that it should be given by loan ; another portion of the delegates thought it would be affording a precedent for similar demands which it would he for the interest of the Company to discourage . They argued thatif the favour was accorded in one case it must iu all . Many resolutions were moved and amendments proposed upon them , bnt the greater number of these fell to the ground for want of seconders . Ultimately , it was decided by a great majority , that Mr Bradshaw should be accommodated with a sum equal in amount to what the aid money would have been in the first instance , he giving security for the re-payment of the sum in inch time and way as the directors might appoint .

    Air Clark then stated , tbat as the programme would be the next matter for consideration , he must ask a further postponement , as Mr O'Connor had not yet arrived 0 ust at this time the hon . member for Nottingham entered the Hall , and was received with enthusiastic cheering . ) Mr O'Connor had now arrived , hut as the hour for bringing the morning sitting to a close was nearly expired , he thought . it would be well for delegates having notices of motion to make to give notice of them now , so that they might resume and continue the business of the day unbroken .

    The Chairman said , that he might at tbat time ask Mr Clark how it was that the former programme had been abandoned and a new one submitted for consideration . This was rather unfortunate , as the different districts had called meetings and discussed the provisions of the former , while they had not even seen the newly submitted one . Mr Clark said , that in consultation with an eminent professional man , in whom they had great

    trust , it was found that there were objections in the former programme , that might render it difficult to get tfee Company legalised ; and it was in order to obviate this disadvantage that the new programme had been framed . The only alteration that had been made was in the second item , which regulated the locations ; and it would be competent for the delegates , when the matter came before them for consideration , to suggest what amendments they might think proper .

    Mr EnwARns thought notice of the alterations Blight have been given through the Northern Star . Mr O'Connor said , that as the delegates would have to take the items in the programme into their consideration seriatim , he did not think that this abjection was a very sound one . The programme did not constitute laws , it only suggested topics , and ft would be for those present to deal with them . This Conference was very different from any that had sat bf fore on the affairs of any Company in auy part ol the world . The object of the Conference was , he fatty believed , to cany out in all its practicability

    fiie plan of the Land Company , any formal suggestions therefore offered by the Directors were not infended to , and could not control the collective wisdom ofthe Conference . He had had three consultations ^ eth his solicitor , and tbey found that to ado pt the original programme wonld be to throw difficulties in tne way of the enrolment of the Company . Thus fliey would be thrown back upon an Act of Parlia-_ tent , and those present knew what this parliament was—the devil of a queerer parliament ever sat in any place . ( Laughter . ) Let thera , therefore , look for protection to tbe law as it stood , and he would assure the Conference that however their enemies

    might try to strain it against them , they would find him no mere hoy , but a man determined to have the tame law administered in their case , that was accorded to other parties . ( Cheers . ) Mr Linnet said , that as the hour for clesing the morning sitting had arrived , he would beg to move the adjournment . Mr O'Co . woa said , that at the resumption ol Business after dinner , the best thing to be done wonld ha to lay before the Conference the present financial position and prospects of the Company . The resolution passed in favour of Mr Bradshaw having been intimated to Mr O'Connor , he said , that it was much more easy to vote away money than to provide it . He knew that Mr Bradshaw was an honest aud industrious man , and he ( Mr O'Connor ) should take care that he was assisted from his own

    pnvate resources ; but it would be w ell for the Conference to remember , that the Land Company was not a lending society , and that owing to the remissness of many of the members in paying up their sahscriptions , they were not in the very best condition at present for granting aid by sums of money . So far as Mr Bradshaw was concerned , he ( Mr Ct'Connor ) would take care that he was supplied with what be required in the meantime . ( Cheers . ) . The question of adjournment was then carried , and fee Conference broke up . Afternoon Sitting .

    The Conference reassembled at half-past two o ' clock " . . ii-: Th e Chairhah- intimated that fheh first business was totefiihe ^ e « erat <^ ort i of'ffiehusmess of the Cj __ Jiay from MrKFCobidr .

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    Mr O'Connor then rose and said : Mr Chairman and my friends , I am now going to submit for your consideration , the present position of the National Land Company as regards the finances of the Com * pany , and also as regards the probable realisation of the objects contemplated by its founders . It will be also necessary to frame new rules for our guidance , which may , I know , be very safely left to your own good sense . Now , my fiiendi , I tbink you have great cause for exultation , when you are aware that the National Land Company and the managers of it , are in a position to lay a fair , open , and honest balance sheet before you . ( Cheers . ) This is not always the case with large companies . We have had railway directors charged , aud they did not dare to deny the fact , that they had been in the habit of presenting false accounts to their subscribers . In one

    instance where the directors had framed their accounts in this manner , they audited thera themselves and thus escaped detection . But in the case of the balance sheet placed before you , the auditor is a gentleman connected with the public offices of the government . He is a gentleman whose whole family are more or less connected with the government offices . That gentleman has had an account of every item of expenditure or receipt upon hand , from the very first hour the Company commenced , down to the hour when the sheet was made out , and on which he had reported . The Chairman of the Select Committee—not appreciating the sacrifice himself—could not believe that any gentleman would give up his time , his leisure , and his money , without some interested or pecuniary consideration , aud it was for this reason that the accounts were

    examined by Mr Finlaison . Now I trust , my friends , that when you receive this account , which , remember , is not like the accounts of railway companies , such as I have alluded to , I trust that you will see matter in them to astonish and to delight you . I will now show you the exact position in which the Company stands , and having proved to your satisfaction the favourable condition in which we are at present , it will be your duty to see to the realisation of the Land Plan , as far as it is possible or practicable to do so . You will remember tbat when this Committee sat on the National Land

    Scheme , that the Chairman of the Committee was a government officer , and therefore interested in damaging my character , and so destroying the Land Plan . We submitted to that ordeal for three months , and the accounts were afterwards audited by two accountants . The Plan was attempted to be destroyed by landlords , and by Free Traders ; br landlords , because wherever I came I raised the price of agricultural labour , and they were consequently obliged to give better wages ; and by Free Traders , because I sought to destroy the slave system by which they profited—because I sought to open up a wide field for the emancipation of the working man , which no effort of theirs could fill up or circumscribe . ( Cheers . ) There is also another class

    to whom the National Land Scheme is objectionable—I mean the publicans and sinners- By this Scheme , men are induced lo become good fathers , and good citizens ; they are saved from drunkenness , and prevented from wasting their time and money in debauchery and lewdness ; hut amongst all those opposing parties , there are none to whom we owe so much obloquy and scandal as to some of the persons who were fortunate enough to get located upon the estates . I contend , and I have always contended , that you can effect no change for the better in men ' s characters , nntil you can individualise them . Every man is born into this world with sufficient capital to ensure independence , if he would only use that capital right . Every man has his hands and his head ,

    and it may be health and strength , and these furnish the very best capital on which to rear a fortune . By the cultivation of land , they are elevated into independent men . There is only one plan propounded that will thus elevate them , and there is only one man of my class , who has thus interested himself in the welfare of the working man . ( Cheers . ) And , my friends , there is no instance in the world , where a plan so opposed by all , so vilified by all , and so persecuted by all , has prospered in spite of all . ( Continued cheering . ) There is not a single newspaper—there is not a class of society , that has not abused aud thrown odium upon the plan . ( Hear , hear . ) What then ? The National Land Scheme has flourished—it has answered the

    expectations of its origin —it has increased the comforts , and elevated the condition of you , and your classand I have established this . ( Cheers . ) It is to me astonishing , that men should seek to goto foreign countries , when their own country can provide for them sufficient food , and sufficient employment . Why is it that emigration is thus encouraged ? I will tell you . They send you there in order that you may create a market for their manufactures at home . They send you there to perpetuate the system , which gives them wealth , and you slavery . ( Cheers . ) And what an insult is this . Can you , thousands of miles off , offer to buy or take more of their manufactures , than , if treated with justice , you could at home ? ( Hear , hear . )

    They have now augmented taxation to such an extent that they dread revolution , but they fear to remove the causes which lead to it . They will not remove the drones in order to let the working bees eat their own honey ; They know that theordues are the law-makers , and they fear the opposition of a noble lord , or a right hon . gentleman , more than they do the murmurs of a disaffected and disheartened people . They fear to oppose the drones , lest these in return should prevent them from finding the way to the Treasury . ( Hear , hear . ) It was left for me to point out a plan , by which working men might work out their own salvation . The reason I originated the Land Plan was , because I told

    vou that Free Trade wonld ruin you , and I waa therefore determined to open up a channel so wide that no one could fill it Ht > again . It may be said that some misfortunes have happened—that the potato blight has come—that the wheat proved a failure , and that in some instances a few drops of rain may have penetrated a man ' s roof . I do not complain of the . misfortunes that may overtake men , but I have a right to complain of their vices . I understand that by some this plan has been condemned in the most unmitigated spirit uf hostility , and its usefulness suilied by others with the breath of slander . I understand that it has been attacked with the most atrocious falsehoods ( hear , hear ) that it is possible lor the mind of man to conceive .. I hold in my hand

    a Worcester Paper , iu which there ia a letter from a man at Snie ' a End , in which he advances , I will not sa ? falsehoods , but the most ridiculous absurdi ties ^ _ et in the same paper I find an account of an Agricultural Meeting , presided over by the Bishop of Winchester , at whioh it was stated that a man could afford to pay £ 40 per acre and realise a competency for himself and family . The name of the man who could do this , and hia place of residence , is publicly given- Even children made a profit npon this one acre ol ground . ( Hear , hear . ) If you are told that the farmer rejects spade husbandry , aa too expensive , do not yon believe it . What is it tbat enables him to keep his horses and to follow the hounds , but the profits he exacta from the slaves who work

    under him . Themanwhocomestomeandsaysit is impossible that he can live upon two acres , must indeed have a large maw . If that man will not cultivate his ground , then indeed it is not likely tbat the ground will support him . I have been obliged to bear the odium of the potato blight—I have been obliged to bear the misfortunes resulting from the unfavourable weather—in fact I am supposed to have greater power than Providence itself , I acknowledge that we had a partial blight last year , and more than a partial blight this year , but am I , or ia the Company , to be blamed for these misfortunes ? There are members present representing the press , bnt I will venture to say that not a word will escape them laudatory of the plan , while every expression

    that may appear to be condemnatory of it will be carefully recorded , and given to the worid . I told the chairman ofthe Select Committee tbat he was connected with more bubble and juggling schemes within Holland , Belgium , and England than any man in this country . This was the judge appointed to try your case , and to decide upon your interests . What think you of yonr interests being decided upon by such a man as that ? The Chairman , in reply to this charge called upon the committee to protect him . 1 told him , in addition , that he was a tool and a mercenary of the government , and that were he the Premier , much less the Judge Advocate General , he would find that he had not a child to deal with in bis { Mr O'Connor's ) person . I was represented to have juggled and to have- deceived you . - Fer three weeks I was employed till twelve and one o ' clock in the morning , examining acconniB of expenditure

    laid out for the Company . My banker ' s books were produced ; the books which contained my transactions witb the Gloucester Bank , the Joint Stock Bank , and tha Witney Bank . My accounts were compared with the balance sheets published from time to time , and there were not 2 s . of difference in the aggregate amount . The Chairman said that could not be true—he said this—and here I will tell yon a story _ of this honest judge . He writes to Mr Finlaison , the government actuary , to examine the accounts , and Mr Finlaison writes back that , having done so , he has discovered an error in Mr Gray ' s accounts . ' Oh , ' said the Chairman , ' you must come immediately aud _ be- ___ ni _ ed . ' Mr Finlaison appeared before the ; Committee , and the Chairman , chuckling over his discovery , aaid : * Well , now , Mr Finlaison , what of-this error ? Explain to the Committee where it is , and the amount of it . ' Mr

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    Finlahon thea explained that / whiia Mr Gray made the Company owe Mr O'Connor about £ 3200 , he found thai they really owed him £ o 400 . ( Laughter . ) . Vlhatwilldo , ' said the Chairman , 'and . Mr Finlaison was not asked , any mora questions ; ,. My expenses during the period ef this inquiry were £ 15 a-week , butthat was not defrayed out of the funds of your Company ; Now , friends , did tou ever hear of suoh a juggle as this ? Did you ever hear of suoh a swindle as this , from any gentleman to the working ( lasses ? You will find tbat the hundreds of pounds that ! have expended , have never been charged to you or to the Land Company . Now , my friends , this ought to inspire you with some little confidence . ( Cries of ' So it does . ) It ought to convince you

    that my soul is in the Land Company . ( Cheers . ) I say my soul is in . this phV , which I am convinced will realise wealth , independence , -privilege , . ' and representation to you all . Communities of happy individuals will , by this plan , replace . communities of slavery , and better trade will follow , as more and more individuals are withdrawn from tie labour market to seek that protection foi their industry on the land whioh ia denied them in the manufactories ( Cheers ) Will any man tell me that a surplus pig is not better than a surplus shuttle ? ,.- ( Laughter . ) And yet , this has not always been appreciated . How finny men have borne to us . who had scarcely a farthing , to providevfor the future , who were ! nearly without clothing : and altogether without to-id . Yet ,

    when these very , men have been fed and clothedwhen by the operation of this plan , they have been placed in a comfortable position in , society—when the dread of starvation need hot , if they possessed common industry , etare them longer in the facefrom these men we experienced the blackest ingratitude . This is enough to discourage almost any man . But , for all tbis , I am determined to go on with this plan . I have propounded s plan , which has all the elements of success within it—and if , in some case' , individuals have charged it with failure , « nd if , in other cases , failure has been predicted , perhaps the reason may be found in the fact , that in England there are many men who scarcely know a cucumber from a hand-saw . ( Laughter . ) Many

    men willteU you they are better agriculturists than Feat-gas O'Connor—but , when so asserted , I take ieave ~ to deny it . I will just tell you of a letter I re ceived from Mr Sorigmegour , of Crieff . He says that one of " 'he allottees writes : — ' I have been located since June , and I tell you that if a man does not get on it is his own fault . If he dees not work he will not be able to pay his rent . I fully believe , that in five years I will be able to pay the fee simple of my four acres . ' ( Hear , hear . ) That man ' s name is Kinross . Another man told me that he would rather have the Company ' s land , at their rent , than have £ 3 a week for remaining idle . I brought four men at my own expense to be examined before the Select Committee , but the Chairman . would not hear

    them . However , he did , at the request * of the Committee , examine one man , who did not belong to the Company . That was Mr Sillett . . I always took a number of gentlemen down to the different estates , and offered them for examinationbut the Chairman would not hear the evidence of any of them . ( Cries of 'Shame . ' ) John Sillett when examined , said , that he was a grocer and draper , and he told the Committee that after paying rent , taxes—paying £ 20 a year for two acres ; after clothing his family , and maintaining them in a comfortable healthy condition ; after doing all this , he hud made out of his two acres a clear profit of £ 51 10 j . ( Cheers . ) Why should not you and every man do like John Sillett ? ( Hear , hear . )

    Then you have a positive assurance in this Company , which is not to be had in any other . If you were a shareholder in the London and North Western Railway , the shares that you paid * 250 for two years ago , you would have lost £ 180 , upon last week . ( Hear , hear . ) Tbat cannot be the case here , for your money is sunk in tho land , and your own hands can extract tbe interest frem it . By subscribing £ 5 i \ . to this Company , you may—if fortunate in the ballot—get £ 30 for it immediately after . Is this , therefore , a juggle ? Is this a humbug ? ( Cries of'No , no . ') I know one instance where a man got £ 120 for his allotment location . Now , I ask you if this is not a gratifying fact for men who have been juggled out of their money ? ( Laughter . ) The Labour Question is bow

    fixing the attention of all the Courts of Europe . This movement will soon excite the attention of those who govern us , and induce them to treat us like free men . Nowthere are some men going about telling infamous calumnies about me . I never abused a man in my life ; never ill-treated a man . I never said an uncivil word to any man in all my life ; but a short time ago there was a man discharged because there was no work for him . Now that man thinks me the greatest enemy he has , aud he abuses me accordingly . I would have beeu anxious to keep oh this man , but the fact is , that I have beeu always more careful of the Company ' s money than of my own , and if I were not so , the Company would have been broken up long ago . Now , my friends , this is what may be called the

    scientific view ofthe question . Mr Finlaison , 'the first actuary in the world , perhaps , said , that if the plan were legalised , the plan was practicable . Suoh was the ordeal to which your plan was subjected—1 st . There waa a man who had a handle put to his name for some job or other ; and then there was the Chairman , the Judge Advocate ; and they , having received their instructions , were sent upon tho Committee for the very purpose of damning the plan . ( Hear , hear , ) And the way they sought to do it was , by first damning the man , and then damning the plas through him . They did not like the independence that would by this scheme be secured to the working classes , and therefore before they- proceeded to try the case , the ? had made up their minds to damn the

    plan , and to damn Feargus O'Connor . They did not do either though . ( Cheers : ) " But the ordeal to which I was subjected in the House of Commons , and the calumnies with which I was asauled by the press , were as nothing oqmpared : to " the tpne with which I have been covered by some of the members of our Company . By the _ i Ihavejbeen charged with not getting on fast enough . I tell you I would have got on with railway speed if , instead , of £ 99 , 000 , you had paid up your- shares , and placed at my disposal £ 800 , 000 . ( Hear , hear . ) The men iwho •'¦ will not pay up , bat who abuse the Compjhy , 'are the vermin—the ' lice in the back of tho _ eetle . Mind this . Our object in icoming here is to assist the working o / asses ; mind this . —thst

    in assisting our plan you benefitVyouraelTea by clearing . the labour-market . I have been offered presents of gold watches , of rings , and of other trumpery , by those to whom I have paid large sums of money , but I always said there is nothing I want except a fair of big boots , and I can pay for those myself . ( Laughter ) I never gave a bill in all my life . Is it so in other companies ? I know one , for instance , where a noble lord , ^ instead' of paying with cash , gave bills which were " afterwar d * dishonoured . You have got'a fair balance sheet , and the world is welcome to see it . We . require for . the carrying out ofthe plana system ; of co-operation and self-reliance , and that will lead " to" representation . Promise me only this , —promise your support to the

    plan , —give that support efficiently , and Feargus O'Connor will carry it on with ' -greater activity than ever . After some further observations of a similar kind Mr O'Connor continued : —now let me proceed to read your financial statement , andlet us see'how thi ? juggle can be explained to your satisfaction . Some men have said that I get on slowly . Why the first money came in in July , 1846 , and in May , 1847 , when I had £ 5 , 000 in band I commenced Operations . Every single farthing that came into the Land Company is at this moment represented by a farthing ' s worth af property AH that wo now require to make that valuable property reproductive is to legalise the Company . Now to show you what I may call our moral position , and while I do so / perhaps you will allow me to sit down as I am very tired indeed . Our mora ! position is this : —we have in— '

    Bromegrove , Land in hand ., CJ acres £ 2 , 480 Minster lovel „ 35 „ 1 , 750 Lowbands , Land aad House , „ 600 Smg ' BEnd , „ ... ... goo , ' Cash in Hand ( you will be astonlibed at this item , I think ) ... „ 1 , 000 Horses , Cattle , BaUdlnge , Farming Implements , & c 3 , 000 PaldonMathon ... ... > M 2 , 000 Rents due ... „ . ... ' 450

    That aided together makes ... £ 12 , 180 But if you deduct £ 1 , 500 for depreola . Hon ia Buildings , If these were sold now , and £ 1 , 600 for money obtained by a swlndUng lawyer , and rents duo , It will make to be deducted , ... 8 , 000 Whlehwm still show ... . „ _^ 5 i > Remaining to yonr credit . ( Cheers . ) Having gone through this statement , I will now conclude , merely SPSS that 1 U A ? Blng - tae Programme , whioh li ^ f ^ ^ u b «« , n « M t it ' wffl be your duty to nElvrl * l ™ t , onB J ™ fotok will develope the practicability of the plan , so that it may be placed ^/ it ? i 8 ? kick will bring safety to its members and satisfaction to the public . ( Cheers . ) JSmA ^ VS ^^**** " ^ Mr SKwraoipN moved , and Mr AssHFORDseconded ,

    agwed ° to 1 ° fthe teport * * ni « h - ™ 3 unanimously diffS 5 ? l de tharthe deputies from the S ™ l ^ « in « " >« reports . Mr BwE Vt fr ° m O'Connerville , Mr O'Brikh ^ nL ^ T ?*? f m L ° wbands . These reports proceeded to explain the causes which had led to the depression in the condition of many ofthe allottees ; § thn * ascribing it to defective drainage , distance from keitpwfls , limited capital , and , In a large degree , " le blight which had throughout the country deir / tu tnewneat , an Potato crops . Theyadmitted rf ^ SA ^ - ^^ . ^ ^^ m had been hS ^ W . experience , and expressed a assffiasasift ^*'^ Btros 6 ? e Mr O'ComtOR replied , answering the objections m £ nL ° » J tIL ° & » * ' $ **! - * , enumerating the manure and labour bestowed oneMhfarm . as alfotted

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    lb the tenants , and recommending an active hu bandry , which would soon place them above all diffi ' cnlties ; Hefilustrated & ie measure of success tba ' would followindustry and perseverance by the exam- pie of Mr Wlfoeler , one of the deputies , who when his neighbours'crops averaged twelve or thirteen bushels on th ? , acre , had realised twenty-four bushels on tho half-acro . Mr O'donnor concluded by trusting , that with the re-modelling of the society would cease disputes , and arisa ' greater prosperity than ever . The Conference then separated till next day .

    WEDNESDAY . . , The Conference re-assembled this morning at nine o ' clock , and the minu'es of tho last day laving been read and confirmed , ¦ ^ ., ,-.. . Mr MiMi'VooD ; in reference to what had . fallen from Mr O'Connor yesterday , begged to say thaMhe time when allottees had been put upon the state was a very wrong one . . Instead of placing persons on their land in May , and getting them to di « and plough at that season , they ought ' -to beat that season going Amr their around , say inn ' all a-growing , all a-gro w-

    ing , ' and therefore , in ' order to amend . this . error in future , he should propose :- ' That it ia tho opinion of the Conference ,, that all future locations shall take placei on or before tho Mo ? March , that being the most convenient season for agricultural pursuits , and that each allottee have one quarter of his allots ment sown with wheat by the Company ,, and one quarter well ploughed , so that they may immediately commence planting their potatoes and other crops , the other part of their land to be dug or ploughed at the allottees ' own expense . ' Yr ToBKiNOTON seconded the resolution .

    Mr O'Connor said that this was not the proper time to bring forward this resolution , and when the proper periodcame , he would shpw . that the resolution bore sufficient evidence of want of thought upon the subject . He intended to bring forward a resolution which would meet all the circumstances of the case . His resolution would be to the following effect : — * That all tho locations be prepared before the allottee is placed upon it—tbat ; the expense of this preparation bs borne in the first instance by the Company , the repayment by the allottee to ba taken at future periods , and in a manner that should not press hardly upon anyone' He thought it would be well to proceed with the great object of their assembling , instead of wasting their time upon details which could be considered at a more fitting season . Mr Millwood said , that seeing that Mr O'Connor proposed to meet this resolution by another one of a superior character , he begged to withdraw his

    own . The resolution was then withdrawn . " , Mr Ktdd suggested , that if they took the items oi the programme teriatim , they could diveuss matters of detail that should properly come under the head of these items . The correspondence of the day was then read to the Conference . I A report was handed in by the Election Commit tee confirming the election of Mr Isherwood . - ; A letter was read by one of the delegates charging the election at Bristol as being unconstitutional , and hoping that the Conference would declare it- void . The letter also charged the representative with irregularities , whichj ' en the suggestion of Mr O'Connor , were disregarded by . the Conference , they deeming the allegations contained in a letter to be too flight , unless attested by more satisfactory evidence . :

    Mr Clabk moved , —' That the report . of the committee be received , and that the case of the Bristol election be referred to the committee . ' Mr Ktdd seconded the resolution , which was carried . The Conference then proceeded to consider the tecond item in the programme , which was , — 'That future locations of members shall be decided upon the principle that those who have paid the highest amounts into the funds of the Company shall be first located . ' , ¦ ¦ -. ¦¦ . Mr O'Connor said , that the object of this proposition was to , bring the Scheme as near the law , or rather as much under the law , as possible . What they did now must altogether be done with reference to the law of the land , and it was no use for

    delegates to rise and propose some fascinating scheme unless that scheme came within the scope and meaning of the law .. As in every other instance , where the directors had recommended' any Alteration , this change from the former constitution ofthe Company was favourable to the members . Under any circumstances , their bonus must be by fnder , ' for if they had fifty allotments ready to put up , it was not likely that 16 . 000 persons would come to view them ; their proposition would , therefore , be made by letter . In order to ensure the reproductive system—the great point whioh Messrs Grey and Finlaison insisted upon before the Committee—they suggested that the Company should be registered under tbe aot whioh affects Joint-Stock Banks , Friendly Societies ; &« ., so that . the parties receiving ^ assistance from the general

    fund , would be liable in the repayment of the amount of assistance so rendered . These locations would be given according to the amount of money paid up —members would have the right to send in their tenders to a certain day . The member paying the largest amount would be entitled , to the location , and the money of the unsuccessful members would be placed in a reserve fund , the member being paid interest at the rate of four per cent , per annum . In like manner the fortunate allottee ' 47 ' ould pay the same rate of interest on the money ns slated with from this fund ; thus the whole adding to the value of the Company ' s property , and on that very ground . ( benefitting the poorer members .. For instance , if a . man offered £ 50 for a £ 300 farm he would ' be assisted with '

    another £ 50 Item tbe fund referred to , 'he pay . ing four per cent , interest on the sum , and then the estate ( the Company having been legalised ) could be mortgaged in the further sum of £ 200 , which would , for every purpose , render this farm a freehold property . ( Hear , hear . ) This would induce a number of small capitalists to join their Company , who , by ad . vanoing some money in the first instance , would increase the advantages for the poorer members . No man could have better security than the Land Company would offer , and , in addition , he had the satisfaction of getting , not as in a bank two or three per cent , but four per cent , upon the capital . ( Hear , hear . ) They proposed also , that in a certain num > ber of years the allottee should refund another portion of his purchase money which would also go to

    the re-production of capital . By this , means the words of the actuary , when examined before Sir B . Hall and the Judge Advocate , would be verified , that the scheme was not impracticable if it were legalised . This would induce small capitalists to invest , who would be glad to obtain four per cent , for their money . That was the first part of the proposition ; the next , was—supposing that four , three , two , orone , allotments , were ready , and tenders were sent in , the successful candidate , the one who offered most , would obtain his allotment , and the unsuccessful candidates would receive from their amounts placed in the fnnds interest at four per cent ., and in the next allotment falling in tbey might compete and be successful . Now , by this plan , they expected to do a great deal of good to'the working classes . This

    priority fond would be of incalculable good , because they would be enabled to looate members so much more quickly . When the final settlement came the surplus funds would be divided among the members , and in the meantime they were receiving four per bent , interest for it . He had thus explained , as clearly as he could , the plan embraced by this proposition . They had- nothing te do with aid money . It was altogether independent of that—quite another thing . This was the investment of money on what was termed the priodty fund , payable with interest at fonr per cent . Then let them look to the increased value ef the r land when the Company should b « legalised . Why , at Bromsgrove , ho knew a person who had offer ed £ 50 premium for the mere liberty of selecting his four-ace allotment , without

    asking tor a house upon it , and this was a saving of £ 160 to the company . In his conscience he believed that this was the most reproductive plan that could ba devised . When on hia tour in Scotland he was laughed at , because he bad stated the objection that was urged . by many , ' that a man could not live upon a four-acre . , allotment . Hia frknjft Duncan Sherrington ; knjV , this ' very well ^^ mething of this kind was imperatively required-in-order tbat they should getpfu'bf the entanglements of the law , and therefore itfjwas his object ,- felt should be the object of al ); Ho ] get the thing leaaraed . . He therefore propose , that the plan ' now iMm down should be

    adopted ,. m order to Dring tnemwitmn tne protection of the Itro , and fdr ^ the ' purpose of enabling poorer memberUlby a system of reproduction ; -to be more speedily located upon the estates . sV-. . MtiO'BRiKN , secor 3 ded the pro ' posM ? u . : MrlsHBB % bop " wished teknow ^ lfa * person offered a premium of-clOO , and another only of £ 99 , whether as the £ 99 man ^ ould be beaten ,. he opuWhy advancing £ 1 secure the next vacahVolMmenti ^ MrTO'CoNKOB , unless anothM & man oame forward and offered £ 101 . - •• ¦ ¦> l £ Z ^ ' ^ Mr Isherwood thought this was giving the rich an undue advantage over the poorer member * .

    Mr Ktdd said , the question seemed to him as plain as that twelve pence raadl ' alMllifllS ^ They wanted funds , and they-wished tofaWthem . It was evident the poor , could hot locate themselves . How then were they toraiae the rno ' ney ^ unless they offered . some inducement to Br aaliiOapitalists to come forward ? He thought . that by / thia . sjsteiii , thelgbor man would be essentially benefitted as ho coulaMe by it located in time ; wttre ^ s ' nW there wastytlSfpraspect of his being loogt ^ l atali . r i ( Hear , hear . ) fv \ . ^ M t- AsHBoaiH ^ ssid , that his constituents in Bolton wnionvwouio tne

    fWere ln ^ iayourj ot . ua . pian glVo . pporer ^ membe ^ aibetterchance than a bonus . ; - MrjBaN ' iLB ^ riJBe ; , for the purpose of moving an amendment / to ^ ftEe ' ' proposition . / . His amendment was , —* Thatf fallen the allotments were ready for location , th e , dM 6 for 8 should give ' notice to the paidup members : , 91 ; -the Company , ;' . requesting them to write an . ea ' jiimjite , and fornard- ' at'to the secretary ofthe b ' rahfcfft / ci ' whioh they 'b ' elqnised , the secretary . faking dbv ^ he ' estimatiss lb jthe ' branch book . He should . thetf rrfake ajretdtn of all tho estimates ho had > reoeived , fac ^^ u # ! , { o instructions issued by , the directorg ^ # Mithe directors should have received

    Attkobo;C0n_0kqh Of All Ihkoobni Pbbson....

    the returns ofthe whoicafJke ^ rancheB . they could notify th © same " to one ofthe trustees of the Company , who should transmit . to the . direoto . rs hisown estimate ; to wHich he ' should affix his seal . Tu then the directors should-call a meeting of the mem hers , and in their' presence tho estimate of the trustee should ' ; be '' unsealed' by the chairman and the estimates dSolaraM , when ' thef estimates-that should come nearest to that ofthe trustee should be declared elected . ' This estimat * wasintended merely for the purpose of selection , and not for any purpose of payment . ( Laughter ) The members had tried this plan in his district . , and it had given great ea ' . isfaotion . . .. .. ,.. » . .,. _ . ij

    Mr TunNBR . seoQndcd- the ^ raendment . A very great ' number' of amendnients upon the original motion were proposed , but the majority of them died , not being' . aeoanded , ' or were withdrawn .- ,. ¦ ¦ ;; . " In reply to inquiries , Mr O'Connor and Mr Clark recapitulated in substance the first explanation of Mr O'Connor . Mr Mvnday supported the original proposition . Ic could tell the Conference . that the persons who had principally paid in his district were the agricultural members . They , notwithstanding the failure in the potato crop , were bound in many cases to pay £ 20 . per acre ,. and ( hey . said if they could not pay that rent , thQy wOiild soon find that other persons were ' ready ,. to take it . He would mention one instance where a gentleman ' s servant . was prepared to put down £ 100 as a bonus on his four-acre allot ment , if the Company . was ever , legalised .

    Mr Edwabds would npt waste the time of the Conference with any resolutions , but he wished to ask oneor two questions . He wished toknow why the Company should not be enrolled instead ? The parties whom he represented—the western branches —thought , and he believed thought justly , that onehalf of the members , joined , the Company as speculators , they not intending from the first to join the Land . Now as that was the case , would it not be easy to bring the Company under the provisions of the Building Acts , and so divide' the Company into two classes—borrowers and lenders ? If a bonus were declared on this principle five per cent , might be offered , and richer men would be . induced to come forward and help the poor .

    Mr O'Connor explained that efforts had been repeatedly made to get the Company enrolled but without success , legal difficulties standing in the way . ; They had even thrown away a sum of £ 2 , 100 in these attempts . He expected , to get back a portion of this mosey , but as yet it was lost'to the Company . . After some remarks from nearly every Delegate ; some opposing and the majority snppoftinz the original proposition , the Conference came to the decision , when the original proposition was carried by an overwhelming majority . Tho Conference then adjoaraed till two o ' oiock .

    Afternoon Sitting . The Conference having re-assembled at half-past two o ' clock , the following proposition was submitted to them : — 'That the paid-up-capital of unlooated members , not including the original amount of shares , shall bear interest at the rate of £ 4 per cent , per annum . ' This proposition was also discussed with considerable animation , the opposition being led by Messrs Duncan Sherrington , Edwards , and Ktbd , but a verbal compromise on the motion of Mr Sunn Bisaioswas agreed to , and the proposition was then passed unanimously . The Conference then adjourned till to-morrow . ^ Continued to the Eighth page . )

    Couldb The Northern Star. November 4, 18...

    THE NORTHERN STAR . November 4 , 1848 . ————i—ifpg—Tfy ^ Mff—t- __ , ~ u j » i f- ' ''

    Mr G. Thompson, M.P., And The Towee Haml...

    MR G . THOMPSON , M . P ., AND THE TOWEE HAMLETS . OnWedesday , a large meeting , called by the committee who conducted Mr 6 . Thompson ' s election for the Tower Hamlets , was held at the Royal British Institution , Cowper . Street , City Road , for the purpose of affording that hon . gentleman an opportunity of rendering to his [ constituents an account of his parliamentary conduct during the last session , and giving such explanations as might be demanded . After a few preliminary remarks from Mr Fry , who was called to the chair , Mr G . Thomp . son presented himself amidst loud cheers , not , he said , to make any apology , to conciliate any party , or to prepare the ' way for re-election in the ^ borough .

    but to express his regret that he had not rendered more service to his constituents and the country , either from want of opportunity or ability ; but this at least he could say—that , he had not betrayed them nor neglected bis duty as their representative , for , although the session had been a very long one , he was ever amongst the first to enter and the last to leave the house , without regard to his personal comfort , his health , or his pleasure . After recapitulating his votes he said he was a foe to all violence —to all physical force—to all conspiracy—to all resistance to law , except when it infringed on the rights of conscience , and then he was only for a passive resistance . Milton truly said , who would be

    free' must first be wise and good ; ' and his own conviction was , that the people of England had moral power enough to make the Government whatever they would . They were weak only when they were violent ; and unjust and wicked governments knew this so well , that whenever they wished to , retard ( progress of the cause of freedom—what did they do ? , Just what the present Government had done . They had taken ignorant and weak mindsunsuspecting , ardent , and , in some cases , perhaps , criminally disposed persons—they had worked upon them through the medium of secret agents , and they had . ' frightened the isle from its propriety' by tales of a conspiracy hatched at the Lord Denman ' s

    Head , some low public house near the Blackfriars Road . He must say honestly—whatever offence it might , give—that he never believed in the farce of the 10 th of April , when the nation was told , en the authority of the Home Secretary , that a series of machinations were entertained to overthrow her Majesty ' s Governmen ' t-rmachinations pointing at the life of the Sovereign herself—machinations for the sack of Buckingham Palace , the taking of the Tower , the pillage of the Bank , the lighting up , in one conflagration , of the whole of the city of London , On this all the old women in every place , not excepting those in St Stephen ' s Chapel , were frightened ' at'the shape of this

    phantom'If shape it might be called , whioh shape had non-j Distinguishable in member , joint , or limb , Where each seemed either # * * Black it stood as night , Fierce as ten furies , terrible as hell . ' The House of .. Commons stood aghast—the special constables w ^ re called out . Oh I how they turned out . ; ( Laughter and hisses . ) He must confess , he for one was not soared . ( Cheers . ) He did go out with a heavy-heart on the morning of thatday—with feelings which he had scarcely experienced at any former ume . j but his fear was , not that the multitude would break the peace , or that they would injure lifo , limb , or property ; bnt he feared that there would be . a conflict between them and those who paraded the streets , and the more ' numerous bodies

    who ware concealed in every part of this great metropolis ,, which would make the streets flow with the crimson fluid that represented the lives of their fellow-creatures . He stood up in the house and demuncGd the government that thus deluded the people . ( Cheers , ) tie returned thanks to God when be rose , at five o ' clock tbat evening in that place , that peace reigned in every part of this vast city ; but he did not omit the opportunity of attempting to show that it ; was with a bad grace .. these measures proceeded from men , who in'former times hud held the same views , and who had recommended the same assemblages which they now sought to put down . On that occasion he quoted to Sir John Hebhouse the following verse of a song , which he used to sing before he got on the Treasury bench : —

    .. 'To aee the corn npon the -rig ' s , A gallowa built to hang the WhfgB , And the right . restored where the right should be , Oh ! tbat ie the sight tbat wonld wanton me , ' ( Hsar , and laughter . ) But while he vindicated the rights of the working classes , and while he vindicated —as he would continue to vindicate them to his death —the honesty of the great body of the Chartist ? of this country , he felt that he could do so all the better , because he would be one of the first to rebuke any measure . of a violent character to whioh they might b » tempted to resort . And why did he deprecate such measures t Because nothing'would be gained b y suoh a conflict that would not be ten thousand times

    outweighed by the evils , the crimes , and the misery which it would occasion . Every one engaged in such a conflict would become demoralised , and by the very acts which he committed to obtain liberty he would be stamped with reprobation as unworthy to enjoy it Could but the unenfranchised classes know the strength—the moral strength—which they possessed they would repudiate all the doctrines preached by that wretched miscreant the government spy , ( Loud cheers . ) When he thought of suoh a man , and tf the government that employed him , he could not rent ™; ,,

    nis indignation . Thus it happened : A man would eo to thoiuspeotorof police , and wonld say , I will betrav certain parties into your hands . Ha then went to Milton Street or to Bonner ' s Fields ,. enjoying nerfeot immunity , for the police were told , ybuaro not to take notwoof the iprooeedings of Powell or Johnson or whatever his name may be . He want , therefor " to the meeting under the direot protection if not the pa tronage of the government . He showed the hilt ot a . ord he showed pietole-he said to his neighbVu Jlf * " m ?\ - t 0 pat np with this - I am going t . P ^ poae a resolution , aud I hope you will second i ' lin . neighbours ,- perhaps his fellow workmen . „;_

    d . r £ tl * - ° T , ? . , ron 8 <» ¦"!?» not to be outdone in daring , second his resolution , and repeat his words and next day th ' ey'find- themselves in BrideweU-the * next day before the magistrate-and the next a ' , the bar of ot the Old Bailey , where they are sentenced to

    Mr G. Thompson, M.P., And The Towee Haml...

    . b ? . teP . SHiM ? Mt iSwr » -WW ^ Hfii _ nl ^ . i but tnmk there was ft better way ef doing thine * than this ; and he could not but hope that the mo _ and religious working- classes of the Tower HamleS would display no sympathy for the informer anS the government spy . But they might learn 2 lesson from this . It was fitted to teach them the 1 fn tility of such measures . There was no faith amonc h Tj men , and they ought never to follow the advioe _ men . which prompted to violence , be he spy or no snv After pronounoing-a-strong condemnation upontS government as tho real cause , of the so-called con ' spiraoies , and denouncing them as having , in thefaca of all their former professions , turned round and perpetrated acts of tyranny which even the most rampant Tor . , ism would have shrunk iromS hon . gentleman was about to conclude when snm . onein ho meeting called out , 'the K cSoanv ? l _ t .,.., ____ l «_ . l !_ . IV— •„_ . . — _

    ne sua , wnn reterence to that Company , he' bad sis on the belect Committee , appointed to examine into itsaffiirs . He * ad gone there with the determ tion to do his duty honestly , and not to be urasd in ?« the commission of injustice to a man against , whom , popular outcry had been raised—but to judge himhv his acts alone . In that spirit ho had actedithronehout He had carefully and rigidly scrutinised 'ihewholn affairs of that Company , and the conduct : of Mv O'Oonnor ^ with reference to it—and no anwunfc tf obloquy that he might have incurred for acting in accordance with his own conscientious convictions could deter him from doing justice to an honeairaan ' however unpopular he might be among tho iofluen tial classes . The Chairman of the Committee _ the close of tbe . investigation , drew uparan < J

    strongly condemnatory of the plan ofthe Company and of its proceedings . That report was not at all in accordance with the evidence given before tha Committee . Ho , therefore , opposed it , and propped a report which was strictly in accordance with that evidence , and with the facts of the case , and' he had the satisfaction of seeing it adopted by the Com . roittee ,. and he should bo ready , at all times and . places , to defend that report ,. as an accurate , impar . tial , and unbiassed statement of the case . ! ( Loud cheers . ) He repeated that he should never shrink from doing an act of justice on account of temporary unpopularity , . ¦ "' A resolution was then moved by Mr Scobell to the effect that the meeting having heard from Mr George Thompson a statement ef his parliamentary proceedings , desired to record its entire approval

    thereof ; and , further , that in the judgment of the meeting , the general election of 1847 and ' the pro . ceedings of the present House of Commons ' during its first session , again furnish irrefragable proof of the necessity for tho adoption by the legislature of the great fundamental principles upon which tha borough triumphantly returned Mr G . Thompson to Parliament—a thorough reform of this miscalled representative system , as the only effectual means of remedying the ecclesiastical and political evils of the united kingdom . Me Wm . Brook seconded the resolution , and pro . ceeded to strongly censure Mr Hume ' s motion foi an extension of the suffrage as an unworthy jnm e a base compromising ef the rights of the Chartists ' He also denounced Mr Richard Cobden for his attack on Mr Feargus O'Connor , which he said oarae with anul grace from a man who had jus !; buttoned hh breeches pocket over = £ 80 . 000 of the people ' s moner ( Cheers and uproar . )

    several other speakers addressed tho meeting , all of them advocating Chartist principles , and evidently commanding the sympathies of the great bady of the meeting . In fact , the whole affair was a great triumph f r the cause of Chartism , The resolution was unanimously carried . '•¦ - . . Mb G . Thompson eturned thanks ; and .-thatks having been voted to the chairman , the meetingseparated , giving three cheers fer Mr O'Connor , aud three groans for Mr Cob Jen .

    Napoleon's Prophecy. Now In Course 0* It...

    NAPOLEON'S PROPHECY . NOW IN COURSE 0 * IT / LFUMBNr . ' Before fifty years , ' said Napoleon to Las Cases , one day at St Helena , « Europe will be Republican or Cossack . ' Then , if my son is alive , he will be called t o the throne amidst the acclamations of the people . If he is no more , France will become a republic again j for no hand would dare to grasp a sceptre which it could not wield . ' The Bkanch of Orleans , though agreeable , is roo weak ; it clings too much to the otht ' r Bourbons , and it will have the same fate , if it does not prefer living as simple citizens , whatever changes arrive .

    'Once again France will be a republic , and he other countries will follow its example . —Geemans , Prussians , Poles , Italians , Danes , Swedes , and Russians , will join her in a crusade in favour of liberty . They will arm against their sovereigns , who will hasten to make them concessions , ia order to retain a part of their ancient authority ; they will call themselves constitutional Kings , possessing limited powers . Thus the feudal , system will receive its deathblow ; like the ocean-mist , it will vanish before the first ray of the sun of liberie .

    'But things will not rest there ; the wheel at Revolution will not stop at that point ; its impetuosity will increase five-fold , and its rapidity in proporliou . When a people recovers part of its rights , it becomes enthusiastic from victory , and , having tasted die sweets of liberty , becomes more enterprising in order to obtain more . The States of Europe will be , perhaps , for some years , in a continual slate of agtttLn , like the ground the moment before an earthquake ; but at last the lava breaks forth , and the explosion ends all .

    'The Bankruptcy of Eng land will be the lava which will shake the world , devour kings and Aristocracies , but cement by its outbreak the interests of democracy . Believe me , Las-Cases , as the vines planted in the ashes which cover the feet of Em and Vesuvius produce the most delicious wines , so the tree of liberiy ft ill become , immovable when it has its roots in the . revolutionary lava which will overflow . all the monarches . May it flourish for ages ! These sentiments may perhaps appear strange to you in my mouth ; they are mine , however .

    ' I was born a republican j but destiny and the opposition of Europe made me Emperor . I now await the future . '

    Davis' Straits Whalers.—Sir James Ross. ...

    Davis' Straits Whalers . —Sir James Ross . —A correspondent in Stromness informs us that en Saturday evening the ships Lord Gambier of Hull , with seven fish , and the Pacific , of Aberdeen , witb three fish , anchored in Stromness harbour , where they are still detained by contrary winds . We learn that the greater number of whalers at Davis' Straits were for some weeks ice-bound , and that the Crew had little hope of escaping shipwreck , or of spendiaj a dreary and desolate winter in the frozen regions . Many of the seamen under this impression , left their ships , and crossed the ice to the shore , and

    during three nights were subjected to great privations , owing to a severe gale of wind which arose , accompanied with snow , which swept their clothes into the sea ; but happily , while the storm deprived them ofthe greaterpart of their clothing , it broke up the ice , and allowed the vessels to go free , which they were enabled to reach without loss of life . Mr Hill , of the Lord Gambier , saw Sir James Kosj on the 25 th July , at the Thumb , Davis' Straits , where the gallant captain and his crew were is health , and in good spirits , ardently pursuing their benevolent enterprise to discover Sir John Franklin . The whalers left the ice on the 1 W October . —Wit

    ness . The Whalers ,- On Thursday week the Alexander , Captain James Sturrock , junior , arrived in our harbour , with six fish , averaging between fiftvfive and sixty tons of oil . In theafieraoon the Horn , Captain Sturrock , senior , arrived with four fish , averagmg forty-eight or fifty tons . The Princess Charlotte , followed in her wake , with four tisii , reckoned to he from forty-five to forty-eight tons . Ia the passage going out , the Alexander lost two men , one bem g tainted with fever previous to leaving , the other person being afflicted with a chronic disease ; otherwise , the cren-s of all the vessels were healflm ihe Ad , vlce > 18 expected every tide , as Captain Sturrock of the Horn spoke her on Sunday last . — Dundee Advertiser .

    ^ Grocery anh Baking Association . - ^ - the - lnnual meeting of this prosperous Association a lately held in the Mason Lodge ; Brechin , Scotland , I , the state of their affairs for the past year was broug ht it forward , and the usual routine business transacted- - Mr Middleton occupied the chair . Mr Mather , r , manager , and the other salesmen , were re-appoin' ^ ' ^ and a committee of management chosen for th « ie ensuing year . After which ' the profits from stock : k were declared to be for each share ' £ 1 12 s . Thui m every member will receive £ 1 12 s of profit tor the it year trom his capital of £ 2 , and lis added to buiu capital , in all £ 2 12 s . A per centage such as this , is

    Will SUrfilv inrinnp o ™ ..., „„ ... » i— i . \ .-. AimOMtwill surely induce every person who has the opptf' f 'Unity and means to lose no time in joining * ' 1 " money-making establishment ; - and reap a full sl ' re of its advantages . The Great Sea Serfbnt Again . - Th * 1 ^ ''" ' under this head , signed 'James llendssson , w & y ' i Broomielaw , Berth ^ Nb . ¦ = _/^ dated ' MaryamW briasgow , October 19 ; h , ' whioh appeared in several ,, l , ( tha Lndon pape-s , ' turns , out to be a hoax 'f > 1 , . has been no suciHfihip / ' wM " the muiei ' o ^ f ^ , as given , at tha Broo ' mielaw since the rui * 10111 August . ¦ fc ? ... ¦ ¦

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 4, 1848, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04111848/page/6/