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SUBJECT OF THE LAND . - rfr Fmfr Fwe . vds , —I write this letter upon Wednesday , 14 th ol-ith of February , tie day upon , which I enter into \ Four * fourteenth year ef acquaintance-ship with you ; , 1 , howl , however the indolent and careless may revile 1 for i for my vanity , or mock me for my ambition , I are there the vanity to suppose that , if necessary , I could lover lover my past thirteen years * service with becoming ijight ; light ; while my ambition tells me that in that long ,
ritiod riod I have daily strengthened that confidence inch ttich the working classes , from a knowledge of my xirhamrhamentary services , were in the outset ready to [ Npose ipose in me . I shall not , however , travel over the satin aten ground of what has been done , but I shall at cice bnce bring your minds to bear upon the position that s » now now occupy , to accomplish the most advantageous my < my severalprojects , with the single exception of ae on « e one great and glorious one , the People ' s Charter —I in-I mean the possession of the land .
Am Amid the most fiery agitation for the Chirtsr , 1 save save said , over and over again—Lock np the land toaay , a » y , and I would not give you thanks for the Charter jwrioo-m ' orrow . fir my first speeches , in 1835 , 1 pointed tut hot how you might in a very short time possess yourselraelves of the national debt , or of the land of the ooantoantry ; while it took a long period to prepare your aaindainds for knowled ge of a subject upon which all had tiinian interest in keeping yoa ignorant . You confidad tn mm me , until at length we have established an association ion which promises to its members as much social momSomfort as they can achieve or expect without the MOgsooasessionof political rights ; and , therefore , 1 select
ie Ihe land as the subject of my present letter . Since foufou decided that the rules should be enrolled , your iireiirectora have met almost daily to accomplish your flWish ; but finding , as the law stands , that there ' will be sbe some difficulties thrown in the way of making out titlititle , and as Mr . Roberts has proposed a plan which wowould give you not only social benefits , but also the adtadvantageof political power , we have , and I think yotyouwiil say wisely , refrained from diminishing any of of those powers which are absolutely necessary for the the completion of our object . As the rules are enrol foiled in the first instance so they must stand , and we we have preferred doing the work firmly and substi stantially , to patching it hereafter .
Anxious , however , that not a moment ' s delay sh should take place in the practical development of out sc scheme , we have unanimously resolved upon pur d chasing . £ 5 , 000 worth of land , the moment that such a a thing advantageously presents itself . Ton will see b by the balance sheet of my accounts , which I publish tl this week , that there is now in hand about £ 4 , 300 , s which does not include this week ' s receipts , and , t therefore , we have within £ 500 of the prescribed j aniDunt- £ 5 , 000 . This £ 4 , 300 includes the Expense ] Fond , ' which , as treasurer , I have theught itmyduty ¦ to amalgamate with the Land Fund , in order that we
may the more speedily be able to go to woik ; and I think that fund will be more legitimately and profitably expended than if it was allowed to remain in my de $ k . 1 promised yen that before the month of Ua , j expired , I would see one hundred freemen lodged in their own castles ; I now repeat that promise : and I might add twenty-five to the original number , inasmuch as it is our intention to purchase five thousand pounds' worth of land , and to make a contract for building the accessary cottages , to be paid for out of the weekly receipts , or out of funds which I can borrow .
However , I am resolved that no exertion of mine shall be wanting to make the experiment as speedily and as complete as possible . I am now speaking th « desire , the unanimous desire of my brother directors . We propose that , in the first instance , if Mr Roberts ' plan is not complete before allotment , that the land shall be purchased in the name of some one individual who will have no difficulty in making a lease to the several occupants , and who shall then assign the estate to the trustees and directors for the benefit of the society . The directors , with the congent of the shareholders , can select that individual ,
hut it shall not be Feargns O'Connor . I have made myself now more thoroughly master of what the increased expense would be of leasing the several locations , than I was when the Conference assembled , and I find that the exact cost of each lease would be 10 * I stated that it would be two guineas , but I was unmindful of the fact of cooperation . It would take two guineas , and more , to get one lease , but for a hundred leases we can have a printed form , which saves ail the expense , except ten shillings stampduty ; the instrument for one being the same as the instrument for all , and only requiring the insertion of the name and the amount of rent .
Sow , I would rather pay this additional fifty pounds myself than have an imperfect enrolment , or < any great delay for want of enrolment ; so that , from this brief statement , the members are to infer , that £ 5 , W ) worth of land will be purchased as soon as the directors hear oi a suitable bargain ina suitable situation ; indeed , we hare already been in treaty for about 26 " ) acres of prime land . We have to request , therefore , that all secretaries transmitting money , will also transmit , from the local papers , -advartisements of land to be sold , when the most suitableand eb ' gible will be selected for purchase .
I believe that so circumstances could be more favourable to our object than those which Sir Robert Peel ' s new measures present ; and that is one of my many reasons for according to them my almost unqualified approval . After a hard week ' s work , from which I derive but little profit , I am always solaced by the-reflection , that I have done something towards the improvement of the working classes and of the varied correspondence that I receive , nonfi gires me half the pleasure as that which brings re * mitUuees for the Land fund , because , in that , I see true progression , as well as the realisation of the
grand principle of restriction , and also a rapid approach to political power ; for , rest assured , that men once possessed of property will not long rest satisfied without political power to protect it . You will understand , then , what we mean—we mean , that as the rules in their present form might throw some obstacles in the way of making oat title in case of mortgage or sale , that we will wait for the development of Mr . Roberts' plan , in preference to a hasty enrolment , which might hereafter place difficulties ia our way , and also , because it proposes to Confer the vote upon the occupant ; but w « likewise propose
that any delay consequent upon our desire to make the first step firm , shall not for a single day postpone our practical operations ; and that the extra tost upon this earlier development will amount to 50 for leases . The same expense will not be incurred in any subsequent location ; but the fact is , that as spring approaches , we think that a month , or even a fortnight of the mornings of spring , is worth more than three times £ 50 . It would not be judicious to incur an additional expense of £ 50 , or even £ 10 , for the difference between November and January , while the difference between the 1 st and loth of March is
incalculable ! vfe are determined to take advantage of the early season for building and for early crops ; iadsed , although we do not thrust ourselves very proininentlv before you , wehavenot been idle , inasmuch aa we lave been looting for beneficial contracts for the sa ? P ly of every kind of seed which will BE ENGAGED , and no produce no pay . And here I » ay tell you that upon that subject , as the landcwners have bsen the law makers , they have . protected their interests well ; because if a seedsman supplies seeds which fail he is liable to the payment not only of the seed , but of the value that the crop would have been of . Peel ' s tariff will reduce the
jnee of almost all seeds to little or nothing . You will see by my balance sheet , that no money was lodged in the bank from the time of the Conference to the end of last month , and I wish to inform you of the reason , although no man would ask for it . The reason then was , that , according to the rules , the deposits were to be lodged in presence of one « f the Trustees , and I held the funds until the enrolment should have established Trusteeship ; but as therdesarenotyetenrolted . lthenthonghtitmyduty
to lodge the fund « as of old . I don ' t know that 1 have any thing to add further , than that 1 see my way more dearly before me than I did , aa to the rapidity with which we can go on after the first location . It ' s very hard to argue against the theory of sack tuuddle-pated fellows as Carpenter , James Hill , *» d O'Brien ; but it did appear to me a piece of wanton folly , if not knavish ignorance upon their P » t . to attempt to convince the working classes , *» t what otter men did with land , WE COULD
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XOT DO WITH IT ! Now , did you ever hear or read of such fools ? However , people ignorant as themselves will read , and become mystified , and the only answer to those scribblers is-PHAUTlCAL ILLUSTRATION . Sanguine as I have been about the project , I have never ventured , I haven't dared to express one-half , nor yet one-tenth part of my hope in it . I believe that section No . 1 is not yet quite complete , and as soon as it is , the ballotiwill take place from amongst the member * who have paid up in full , and then section No . 2 will commence . Now , one thing I must keep before vou . This association could not have been
considered in existence before the middle of July—£ 100 had scarcely been received up to that time , so that it is little more than half a year in existence , and we arc now prepared to locate over 100 members . Now then , is ; this , oris it not , a disappointment of a new description—the disappointment < . f commencing operations at least twelve months before the most sanguine tiad anticipated ; while the fund is not only undiminished by a single fraction , but there is a large amount—more , I think , than two-thirds of the Expense Fund , of WHICH I AM T 11 E TREASURER—untouched , and ready to be applied to the purposes of the association .
Now , the application of this Expense Fund to the purchase of land . will . not , in the least , retard our banking and insurance projects , because I feel convinced that I can always raise a sufficient amount ot money for such purposes , when the money-mongers see that we have become landlords . Again requesting the severM secretaries to transmit all advertisements of estates to be sold , and congratulating you upon our forward and proud position , and being firmly resolved upon dining with the hundred freemen on their own land before the month of May expires , 1 am now , in the fourteenth year of my servitude , as J was in the beginning , and will be to the end , Your faithful , true , and fondest friend , Fkaroys O'Cosaon . February 4 , 1846 .
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FRANCE . Another week of humbug has passed in the French Chambers . The deputies continue their prosy harangues on all subjects , save and except the one important subject , the welfare of the French people . First , we have a battle-royal between the two rival artful dodgtrs , Thiers and Guizot , on the question of the French University , which resulted in nothing beyond the admission by the doctrinaire chief , that the dissolution of the Council of the University , by the royal ordinances of the 7 th ef December last , had been done with a viewto propitiate the Pope , who would otherwise have opposed the break-up of the Jesuit establishments in France . An admission not
likely to add to the popularity of either the minister or the Catholic Church . The next subject discussed was M . Berryer ' s amendment , the object of which was to deter ministers from declaring , that in the event of a war between England and the United States , France would remain neuter , and to call upon them to declare in such circumstances that " free bottoms make free goods . " In the course of his speech M . Berryer declared that an alliance with either the United States or with Russia was preferable to one with England . So that this Legitimist speechniaker is as mnch infected with the absurd Anglophobia as some other fools we could name . On a division , M . Berryer's amendment was rejected by a majority of seventy-eight in support of the
original address . On Monday an amendment similar in spirit was brought forward by M . Remusat , and also rejected by a majority of sixty-eight . When the discussion on the address will terminate bo one has the least idea . Really , the French nation is made to appear supremely ridiculous by these contemptible discussions . Louis Philippe has goae into mourning for the death of bis brother-tyrant , the Duke of Modena . The old hypocrite of the Barricades is doing all he can to conciliate the "legitimate " tyrants of Europe , in the vain hope of conserving his throne for his hopeful " sons and grandsons . " The Parisian , gore ^ ad-glory-mongers are somewhat appeased by the recent butchery in the Parana . The National says , "Our seamen covered
themselves with glory . May the fresh Wood which has been shed on the basks of the Plata efface some of the stains indicted by the cowardly policy ot our government . " Nothing like blood for effacing stains ! We wish the scribe in the National had his bellyful of ' glory . " The expedition against Madagascar is being urged with the most extraordinary activity . We read that " the Neptune , of the line , Captain Penaud , is not only to carry out an immense quantity of guxpowder , but to take 500 , 000 cartridges and 30 eases of Congreve rockets . " So thatsoon France will be gratified with more " glory , ' and—more blood ! The Paris papers have been commenting on Sir R . Peel ' s proposed measures , the " magnitude " of » fcich seems to have astounded them : and no wonder , when they contrast them with ; the puny doings of their own government . The Paris journals , while welcoming Peel ' s
freetrade measures , do not , however , approve of France imitating England . None of them hint at anj reciprocity on the part of France . The I ' rctst , says , that though the avowed object of the reduction of duties on cotton , woollen , and linen cloths is to induce other countries to do the same , yet it is probable that in this respect " each nation will consult its own advantage , convenience , and position , before comidering itself bound to s reciprocity which for most # f tbem would be perfectly illusory . " The Journal dei Mbau takes , also , care to relieve those who might be alarmed at the idea of some secret understanding between the French and English , governments on the subject oi reciprocity , that the reduction of duties is perfectly spontaneous on the part of England , and without any bargain or promise of any kind on the partol France .
SPAIN . The ministry and a great number of their supporters are at loggerheads respecting the alleged intended marriage of the Queen to that imbecile tool of the Jesuits , the Neapolitan Count Trappani . The best way to untie thisgordian knot of the Queen ' s marriage would be to cut it by sending the Quten and her precious mother packing , Coulduocthe Spaniards exist without their loUypop-sucking Queen ? The Clamor Publico has been seized for merely appearing with a black border on the anniversary of Zurbano ' s death . Contrary to the general expectation of the
inhabitants of Girona , only one of the prisoners « . n- i demned to death on the 24 th was shot outside that town on the 27 th ult . The remainder had their punishment commuted to banishment for different terms of years to the praidia . Letters from Barcelona , of the 28 th ult , f announce the sudden return to that capital of the-Captain-General from Girona , his presence being deemed necessary , inconsequence of the alarming appearance of affairs . It is added , that the inhabitants of the town of Reus had refused to pay the ntw contributions , and that troops had been sent there fron Tarragona .
GERMANY . GREAT PBOGBEaS OP C 03 M 1 UNISM—PERSECU TION AflD AGITATION . As we anticipated last week , the reported insurrec tion in Berlin has turned out to be a hoax . Still the author was , perhaps , only a little in advance with his intelligence , aa things cannot goonlong in Prussia as they now are . Our readers must not , however , expect the revolution to commence in Berlin : Old Prussia is hardly likely to commence , although , no doubt , it will participate in the struggle . It ; however , the Prussian revolution is not as yet , we have authentic intelligence of a movement in Galhcia ( under the tyranny of Austria ) . Vienna letters , ol the 21 st ult ., announce that great agitation exists in thaAcwrnVry . ThfteoTrespvsndentofth e Timts says : — " Gmmunume is propagated with great industry and to an alarming extent in that province . The authorities , made aware of tke progress and the state of not all wh
this lamentable conspiracy , have arrested , o were denounced to them as implicated in it , but a > many as could be contained in the permanent prisons and in the numerous houses and building * hired for the occasion and turned into temporar * prisons . Dow this will end no man can fortell . In this last sentence , the evidently frightened correspondent is out in his reckoning . It docs not need the power of prophecy for any rational man to be able to predict that the " end" will be a struggle of the " have-ntt ' s" against the "haveall '* , in which something more than "throne and altar" will be overturned . The first French Revolution was but a joke compared with that revolution which is now maturing throughout Germany . The state of the German manufacturing population is most deplorable . The average working wages of the cotton manufacturer in Germany , which are , perhaps , the best paid , ' we believe , do not exceed 5 s . per week . In many localities , such as Saxony and
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parts of Rhenish Prussia , the average would not be so high , lit Silesia ; the chief seat of the linen manufacture , the workmen arc much worse off . Hence the movement of the masses now going on / for , with the elements of education , they cannot tail to perceive the wide . gulf betwixt their gains and those of their employers , llen . ee the success of Communist doctrines throughout Germany . The " have-not ' s " are determined to have : something , and they will have it . The proposed marriage between the son of the Archduke Stephen and the Grand Duchess 01 « a , daughter ot the Emperor Nicholas , is at an end ; one ot the principal considerations that induced Austria to break off the match was its utter unpopularity in Hungary . Criminal proceedings ,. it is said .
nave neen commenced against John Ronge , on account of a pamphlet he published some time ago ; nut if , as is probable ( foriic is wise in his generation ) , the work wa * pi-mted out of Silesia , he may laugh in * ecuwty at the efforts of the government . Ronge has proposed , at a meeting of the members of the new church that he has founded , that in future the persons who profess his creed shall call themselves Members of the Universal Christian Church , and not German or Christian Catholics ' , as hitherto , the censorship in Germany is as ridiculous as it is tyrannical ; we read in a contemporary that a book was licensed lately which was published a hundred and fifty years ago . The same paper states that " In Prussia , theworksofhergreatFrederickareforbidden , as being too liberal ! The papers contain a story of a journal which was forbidden by the censor , because it contained , among a list ol arrivals at an hotel , th of
e uamo a certain Pitchpatch , which the censor took for some impertinence of the editor . It turned out , however , that such was thc . real namo . of a stranger traveller . The editor , and Mr . -Pitc !* . patch also , appealed ; the censor ' s prohibition was taken off , the functionary rebuked , and Mr . Pitchpatch sojourns in Germany , rejoicing in his cuphonius name ! " The late riots in the eastern provinces of Prus-ia were accompanied by a circumstance that threw terror into the . heart of Berlin . It was found out by the inquiry that a groat number of soldiers and officers of t neat my are initiated in 'he riotous conspiracies ef these provinces . Repressive measures are employed against this danger ; new orders are piven , prohibiting under grievous penalties the soldiers ami officers to exhibit the least interest in the political and religious questions agitated among the people .
SWITZERLAND . We learn from Berne , Jan . 25 th , that James Muller was tried for the murder of M . Leu , on the 20 th July last , by the Criminal Court of Lucerne . A great crowd had assembled to hear the trial . A ? oral testimony is not admitted in the Courts of Lucerne , there was nothing made public but the act of accusation , and the pleadings on botli sides . Muller was condemned to be executed , lie has appealed against the decision of the Court . Letters from Berne of the 26 th state , that almost the totality of the members of the commission of revision belonging to the opposition have signed the declaration that a constituent assemblj alone can satisfy the wishes and interests of the country , and insure the return of tranquillity , and this opinion is gaining
ground in the masses of the people . The Council oi State was not free from inquietude , and had held two sittings in one day , imposing upon its members secrecy as to its proceedings and resolutions . The deputy from Baden , M . Itzatein , has announced his intention of putting questions to the government on the subject of the arrest , within the territory ot Baden , of the late Councillor of State , M . Baumann , who was charged with being implicated in the murder of M . Leu . According to a letter from Lucerne , Jacques Muller has denounced fourteen persons , all holding an honourable position in society , as havimj instigated him to commit the murder of M . Leu . Commuxism is making rapid strides in the Canton ot Zurich , and the government is consequently in groat alarm .
POLAND . In addition to the wholesale arrests of the Communists in Gallicia , formerly a part of Poland , though now under the iron yoke ol Austria , important news has been received from what is called "Prussia Poland , " also a part of Poland . The persons compromised in the Polish plot had been transferred to Grandentz , and the authorities imagined that they had thus prevented every explosion of violence and discontent . This hope has been disappointed ; on the night of the ISth ult . an attempt was made to gain possession of one of the Gates of Grandentz , and to deliver the prisoners by force , * it is said that this . ' attempt proved a failure . Throughout mist of Poland famine prevails , and the country is in a deplorable state .
ITALY . Letters from Italy , under date 22 nd instant , announce the death of the Duke of Modena . He died on the evening of the 21 st , after an illness of seven davs , aged sixty-seven years . His son is to succeed him under the name of Francis the Fifth . Letters from Leghorn of the 25 th ult . state that the Pontifical Government apprehended another movement in llomagaa . The political prisoners confined at Civita Castcllaca having attempted to escape , the guard * fired on them , and killed and wounded several ol them . At Imola , a detachment of Carabineers and Swiss soldiers having met in the streets a band of young men singing patriotic songs fired upon them , and killed two and wounded some others . A letter front Rome mentions a report that llENZI , 0 I 1 C 1 ) 1 the chiefs of the late attempt at insurrection in tilt Roman states , has been delivered up W the Papal Government by that of Tuscany .
UNITED STATES . THE OREGON QUESTION . Two packet-ilvips" Uave arrived this week from New York , bringing further accounts of the yet continued discussions in the American Congress respecting the Oregon question . The packet-ship Stephen Whitney arrived at Liverpool on Sunday . The papers brought by her report the progress of the debate in the ' Housc cf Representatives , in committee of the whole , whether notice shall be given to Great Britain to terminate the joint occupation of the Oregon territory or not . Tho question had been taken up and argued , day by day ; but it appeared to make very little progress , and its termination a thing quite indefinite . In the meantime the
negotiations between Mr . Pakeuhani and the American Minister had not been renewed , and the question therefore remains in statu quo . In the Senate , Mr . Btnton ' s bill for raising mounted riflemen , and building fortson the route to Oregon , hastcen read and passed . The ship Yorkshire arrived at Liverpool on Tuesday , bringing later intelligence . The Sen .-. te had refused to disciiMJ the question of gwing Great Britain notice with regard to the joint occupancy of the Oregon until the lOtk of February . On the 12 th ult ., Mr . ' Fairfield , from the Committee of Naval Affairs , reported a Wll appropriating the sum of ll . BlO . OOO dols . for the addition to the United States navy . On a motion that the notice to terminate the joint occupancy of the Oregon be made
the special order for the 27 th of January , Mr . Calhoun and other senators urged further delay ; and the question having been put to the vote , the order was delayed to Tuesday , the l « : h of February . On the same day , the . Senate made an important decision . Mr . Allen asked leave to introduce a resolution , declaring that Congress would adhere to and be governed by the policy which Mr . Munro had suggested in reference to foreign governments interfering with the political concerns of the people of this continent . Mr . Allen said , that Proidcnt Polk had recently , in his message , assumed the same ground ; and that he considered it the duty of Congress , by resolution , to sustain the Executive . —Mr . Calhoun objected to the granting of leave to
introduce the resolution . He was not prepared to vote on it . He suggested that the request had better he laid on the table for the present . —Mr . Allen said he did not anticipate any opposition to the introduction of the resolution , adding that he wished it to be understood that he should consider the vote now to be taken as final on the resolution . The vote was then taken by " yeas" and nays , " on laying on the table , and decided in tha athrmative , as follows : —yeas , 28 ; nays , 23 . Important news had reached the States i ' rpm Mexico by the arrival of the United States ship St . Mary ' s , at Pensacola , from Vera Cruz . By this arrival it was stated that Mr .
Sudell , United States minister at Mexico , had either been insulted , or not officially received by the authorities—that a revolution was on the eve " of explosion , one principle of which' was to be war with the United States . From Texas news had been received that a body of United States troops had advanced to the Rio del Norte . Great anxiety exists for the arrival of further news from Mexico , as present . indications would lead to the inference that a war with Mexico , or at least great difliculty , was now extremely probable ; and such a state of things would undoubtedly embarrass the Oregon question , as well aa any movement for the purchase of California .
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INDIA AND CHINA-MOST IMPORTANT NblWS . A THREE BAYS' BATTLE-GREAT SLAUGHTER The gore and-glory-mongers have now the certainty of gratify ing their favourite taste . The great question of British interference with the affairs ot the Punjab has been decided by the irruption of the
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Siks into the British territory . On the 12 th and 1 . 3 th of December a Sikh army , amounting to 30 , 000 men , with seventy guns , crossed the Sutlej , and marched at once towards Ferozeporc . Here they were kept in check for some days while the British army was concentrating , the Governor-Geneva ! being still at some distance on his march from Vmbnlkh . On the 21 st a battle , or rather a series of actions , began at Ferozepore , which had lasted threedays , day and night , when the despatches left , and was not vet concluded .
The Governor-General led the centre , the Comrnander-in-duet the right , and Sir John Littler the left . Ihe slaughter was very great . The Sikhs had lost sisty-nve gwn ? , and the British were occupying th « Sikh camp . The centre and right , it is added , held tlieir ground well .: The left was hard pressed . The despateh which brought this most important , though imperfect information , left Umballah on the 2 Cth , and arrived at Bombay on the Ord ult ., just in time for the recall of tho steamer , which had sailed that morning after a long ualay .
Axormn account . The news is , that the battle took place at Ferozepore ; the Governor-General led the centre , the Ciunmander-in-Chicf the rijiht , and Sir John Littler the left . The centre and right held their ground well ; the left was hard pressed . Thetroops had stormed one position , and were preparing to attack the other , when the despatch left . The slaughter was very great . fKOM THE " IIOMUAT TIMES , " EXTRA . . ^ Sati'Bd ' av , 12 a . m ., Jak . 3 . —A despatch arrived this morning from the Governor-General from Ferozepore , which mentions that a battle had taken place at fhatplace . _ Our forces had stormed one , of the enemy ' s positions , and were preparing to stoim the other whin the despatch left . Sir II . Ilardingc led the centre , Sir U . Gough the right , and Sir John Littler- the left . The slaughter was very great . Further particulars have not yet reached us .
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MEETINGS IN BEHALF OF THE CHARTIST EXILES . PLYMOUTH . On Wednesday , January 20 th , a public mcetiii " was held in O ' Brien ' s School-room , White Crossstreet , Plymouth , for the purpose of petitioning thr House of Commons in behalf of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . The room , though large , was crowded . Mr . Moses Simmons , plasterer , was called to the chair , who opened the proceedings by reading the placard announcing the meeting , lie then called on Mr . Robertson , who in an able manner laid the case of Prost , Williams , and Jonos before tin meeting , lie demanded Ellis's restoration as a right , the man being innocent . Ho moved the adoption ol the petition . Mr . V . J . O'Brien , in seconding the
motion , entered into the sufferings of those truly bravo men and their alllicted families , demanding the sytnpathy . of the inhabitants of the borough irrespective of politics . On tho chairman putting , the resolution it was carried unanimously . It was then proposed by Mr . Tremayne , and seconded by Mr ; Dainty , that the petition be forwarded for presentation to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., and that the two members for . this borough bo requested to support the prayer thereof . Carried without a dissentient . It wiis resolved that Messrs . Robertson , Simmons , and O'Brien be instructed to correspond witli thcM-lVs of this town on the subject . A vote ol thanks was tendered to the chairman for his servico * on the occasion .
1 IKIWOOD . A meeting took place on the 20 fih 7 u . lt . T 6 r the purpose of aiding the restoration ot Frost , Williams , ami Jones . At ehrht o ' clock Mr . William lleJl iras unanimously called to the chair . He explained tlu whole case briefly but plainly and satisfactorily . Mr . James Evcrson " moved the r esolution , seconded by Mr . Robert Brown , who said he considered it every man ' s duty to try to restore those men to their native homes . Mr . Donovan , from Manchester , supported the resolution in a very argumentative and eloquent address . He sat down greatly applauded .
The motion was put and earned unanimously . Mr . Wm , Fingham then moved the petition to Parliament , seconded by Mr . James Scott , who read John Frost ' s letter , and ' said as he was deficient in oratory he would make up by acting , and strive his- utmost ( as if his individual exertion was only . needed to restore the exiled patriots ) towards getting the petition sheets well filled . ' Mr . Hirst , of Oldham , supported the petition .- This address was eloquent and soul-stirring , and received a good round of applause . John Buckley moved that the petition be presented b \ Sharman Crawford ; seconded by Amos Smith , and carried unanimously .
linionrox . —Shasiki'dl Conduct op the High Co . v snuui!—As soon as it was resolved to make an effort for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , the Chartists of this town set to work in right earnest to get up a public town meeting iof that purpose . They drew up a requisition , and having obtained Wi signatures from the rate-payers and inhabitants ( a great many of whom were influential persons ) , they presented the same to the high constable , Mr . Williams , ironmonger . He desired the deputation to leave it and ca 1 again ; they did so for two or three days , when they called for an answer , fully
expecting that he would convene the meeting , but . to their surprise , he refused , stating that he had well considered it , and could not . Each of the ( lopli t . 'i tion talked to him , and endeavoured to ascertain his reasons for refusal . But , no ' . —he would not assign a single reason . They then applied to the clerk of the commissioners ( who treated them very courteously ) , hut said he could not fly in the face ot the high constable , but he would go to that gentleman himself , and see if ho could persuade him ; which promise was fulfilled , but all to no purpo . se—his answer still was " no !"
STAI . KYRBIDOK . A spirited public meeting was held on tho 27 th of January , in behalf of the Welsh exiles , in the People's School-room , Brierley-street : that sterling democrat , Mr . J . Crossley , was called to tho chair . The chairman opened the business of the evening by reading tho requisition , and commented on the refusal of the chief magistrate , Mr . Sidebottom , to con . vene the meeting , in compliance with the wishes ot a number of householders , and concluded a number of sensible and telling remarks by introducing Mr . Walker , who , in . in address of great taste and
judgment , moved the first resolution , which was ably seconded by Mr . C . Fitzpatrick , and carried unanimously . Mr . R . Wild , in a lengthy mul able address , proposed the next resolution . Mr . Fallas , in a manly and tecliHg speech , seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . The petition and memorial were carried without a dissentient voice , amid great applause . After a vote of thanks had been given to the chairman , and the receipt of subscriptions to the Chartist Land Society , amounting to upwards of £ 7 , had been announced , tho meeting broke up .
nARNSMCT . A public meeting was held on Worsborough Common , on Monday , the 2 nd inst ., at two o ' clock p . m ., in Mr . Ilahipson ' s room , the Gardener * ' Arms , Mr . George Mitchell , grocer and tea dealer , in the chair , to petition Parliament for the restoration of the exiled patriots , Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . Much sympathy was expressed by the various speakers for the unjust suffering of those brave ' and generous men , accompanied . by fervent hopes that this simultaneous and national movement now commenced would have the happy eUect of restoring these illustrious martyrs at no distant , period . The petition and memorials were unanimously passed . It was further agl'OUil that the petition be entrusted to Mr . Duneombe for presentation , and that the two West Riding members , and Mr . Christie , the member for Weymouth , be requested to support its prayer .
M < WMOUTIt . A deputation waited on the honourable MJ \ foi this borough ( It . J . Blowitt ) , who pledged himsell not only to present their petition , but to support any measure that may be brought forward in favour ol the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones .
MERTHVU TtnVII .. A public meeting was held on Tuesday last , Jan . 27 th , at the Star lun , to petition Parliament for the restoration of John Frost , Zephaniah William * , and William Jones . Mr . Matthew John was called to the chair . Mr . George Morgan then moved , and Mr . W . Gould seconded the first resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . John Owen proposed a petition , which was seconded by Mr . Henry Thomas , and ably supported by Mr . D . Ellis . Sir J . J . Guest will be requested to present the pstition .
COXGLETOX . A public meeting was held on Friday , theSOtll ult ., in the Zion Sclwol-room , for the purpose ol petitioning Parliament to grant a free pardon to Frost , Williams , mid Jones . A separate petition was also adopted , praying for the liberation ol William-Ellis . Liverpool—A public meeting will take plRcc at the Concert Hall , Lord Nelson-street , on Thursday next , February 12 th , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to memorialise her Majesty for the restoration of Frost , Williams , Jones , and James Ellis . Chair to be taken at half-past seven o ' clock .
Hlh ¦Allmjkfj'horribm Murders On Board T...
Hlh ¦ ALLMjKfj ' HORRIBM MURDERS ON BOARD THE TORY . TUT A I . OF CAPtTjoIINSTORB ¦ At the Central Criminal Court on Tbvtraday las * , Captain George Johnstone , of the ship Tsry whose case has excited such extraordinary interest was placed at the bar before Mr . Justice Williams an « S Mr . Justice Cresswell , on an indictment ehargiV him vvitti the wilful murder of Thomas feson " .. There were other indictments , but the charge , hi the first instance , was confined to the ' murder of Reason . The Attorney-General , Mr . Bodkin , and Mr ; Clerk , were for the prosecution ; Mr . Jervis , Q . O ., and Mr . Huddiestoneappeared for tlie defence .
, The prisoner , who seemed in a better state or health than when lie appeared before the magistrate at the Thames Police-court , was accommodated with a chair , and scorned during the proceedings to pay particular attention to the evidence , more c < fpeomlly where it seemed to go against himself . lie is not by any meansaman of unprepossessingappearance . The Attorney-General rose to state the case . He detailed the facts whiph have already frequently appeared in our columns , and after a" brief comment proceeded to call the following witnesses : — ArthurGilniore Spruce examined by Mr . Bodkin : I was on board the ship Tory on her voyage from Hong Kong to F . ngland . She belonged to " Liverpool , and 1 was apprentice on board . The prisoner was
captain of her ; and the crew consisted , on an average , of twenty-seven . No unpleasantness arose on the outward voyage . We left Hong-Kong for England in May , 1845 . We had a man named Reason , an able seaman , who joined us at Singapore . The mates were William Henry Rambert and William Mars . The carrjo was rery valuable , consisting for the most part of tea . When wc had passed the Cape , the wind wa > favourable ' , and we made fur St . HeWna . The captain assigned a reason for passing the island , that his chronomvtcr were wrong , and that he wa < , therefore , out of his longitude . lie asked the crew if they were favourable to a ran for Ascension , and they said they were . This might be a run of six days . The provisions were very low and the allowance of
water was a quart . The usual allowance is from six pints to a gallon . 1 was laid up at the time , and did not hear much murmuring among the crew ; but they seemed to think that the captain had some orivate reason for passing the island of Madeira . After missing the island of Ascension , the mates were callnd down into the cabin , and , altera consultation , it was determined to proceed on thv homeward voyage . I find by the logbook that this was on tho 20 th September . The allowance of water was , after that , further diminished toa pint a day , and the bread to half a pound a day , till it was altogether consumed ^ This was very soon after the captain had determined to' make for home . We fell in with a French barque at eight on the morning of the 23 rd
I remember the tact of Rambert ' sjumping overboard , although 1 did not myself sec him do jo . But from that day we went on pretty comfortably till we niilile tho Island of Fay *] , id fire o ' clock on the 22 m ! of October . The captain went ashore , and I accomcompanicd him . Reason , David Johnson , lleury Thompson , Slack , and the other apprentice , vrvre of the boat's crew . Tho captain re turned on board the same d * y , and we returned also . At this time the harbour-master was on hoard ,- in charge of theship . The captain was in his senses , although he appeared to have been drinking slightly . He always appeared "iven more to drinking after tho death of Rambert . On the day on which Reason died I was in the captain ' s cabin . . It was . late in the evenisg , nearly
bedtime . The captain desired me to stop in the cabin . A charge was brought against the deceased R- nron by a man named Morris . The deceased had said " that he would Intve law when he came to Eigland , " or words to that effect . The captain then desired Reason to he sent for . lie came down then . Barry Yelverton and William Dunn , the cook , were in the cabin , as well as a foreigner , Julian Coriliavello . The captain was more than hall' drunk .- Ho had been taking brandy and water before . I ' did not remain in the cabin till Reason ' s death . To the bwt of my knowledge the captain took hold of him and shook him Oil the sola , where he desired him to sit . lie struck him over the side , with the point of the bayonet . I can recollect that he spoke some words to
him first . I think he said you are a d — d mutineer , sir . Reason did not answer . I did not see the captain do anything more while I was there . There was a boy on board named Gli . ver , and : SOon after I left he came and called me , I went down U the cabin again , and . saw the captain ar . d Dunn there . Reason was lying down alongside the sofa , and the cook informed me that he was dead . I disbelieved it , but afterwards found that he was dead . The captain looked as if he were more in possession of hisseusts than ( wtbve I left the cabin , and ho appeared calm and unmoved . The body was carried out and buried on the following morning . 1 read the burial svwiee over him . 1 find an entry in the logon the 24 ih October , signtil by the captain . 1 made that entry by the captain ' s desire . lie told mo that Reason had dad in a-fit , and Dunn told me ro also . I had a conversation with the captain before , and he desired me to say that he had died in a
lit . I wrote the false entries because I knew the captain would put an end to anyone's existence wht » refused to obey him . He said to me " ib-at if 1 disob « tyeil him ,, fshould not have long to live , " Julian CorJiityello , examined by Air . Clerk—Joined the ship at . Liverpool for the outward and homo vojage . lie recollected-the death of Reason some three days after the ship left Fayai on her return . He remembered his being in the cabin at about midnight , with others . When Reason came in the captain tekl him to sit down on the sola ; he had then a cuttasa in his hand , lie said , " then you w » ut Jaw—I'll give you English law , " and he struck him on the forehead with the cutlass . lie then attized Reason by the collar , and shoved him from aide to side . The captain then threw the cutlass on the floor , anil called the boy Jenning to bring the bayonet . He sti-m-khun twice with it , and the man died immediately . Mr . Justice Williams—Where did ho strike him ?
Witness—On the breast , lie called Dunn , and the man yraa discovered to be dead . Tho body ol Reason was thrown overboard . Barry Yelverton was next examined , ami said he was an ' apprentice on board the Tory , and was in her on the voyage from Hong-Kong . The night on which they expected to make Ascension , he asked Reason if ho thought they would reach land , before the next morning ? His answer was , he did not know ; but it * they did so , he would put a blue shirt on the foreanil , so thai some m an-ol ' -war ' s-men would come on board and leavn how the men had been treated on tho voyage by Captain Johnstone . That was all that witness ' heard Reason say . Witness told this to the captain after tho Tory fell in with the
French barque , from ' which they obtained provision- ' , About an hour after witness went on deck , and saw the captain and several other of the officers aimed The mun were all aft , and the captain was cutting at thorn . Among the men aft were Reason , Lee , and Cone , and these wure the men the captain wa * cutting at then . They were in irons at tlie time at the break ef the poop . They were cut on the bond , and witness saw all tho three bleeding . The same nieht tho three were hauled into the tops , but before this tiiisy had aw anchor » n » ck \ e placed on the neck of each . They were hauled into the tops by ropes . Shortly alter this Rambert jumped overboard . Ite recollected the ship being off Fayal , and the captain going on shore to the British Consul ' s . Witness went with him , but remained on shore by the boat . till the captain ' s return . The captain appeared to be rather intoxicated when he came back . About two dai . x after he recollected Reason , who was now first mate , being sent for into tho cabin . At
this time the captain appeared to be very intoxicated . Morri * was sent t ' ura little before , and asked if he had heard of any plot against his ( the captain's ) life . He answered alt that he had heard Reason , "C-. aie , and Lsc say was , that on arriving in London they would have law for him for what he had done to ' them . _ The captain , on Reason coming into the cabin , said he would have his law now , and cut the latter several times on the head . Reason was sent on deck after this , and again sent for about four hour * after , and out at in a singular manner . He also pitched him about with his bands . The captainplso stabbed Reason in the left breast twice . About ten minutes after , Reason di-id . The dead body was afterwards placed at the foot of the cabin , when the captain thrust the . cutlass into it at the shoulder , saying he would servo the whole of them in the same way . The witness was cross-examined at some length , but nothing was elicited that materially affected his ev , idcnco hi chief .
David Johnsen called and examined—Said he was ; i seaman on board the Tory . He joined the ship at Hong-IUhijj . He remembered the death of Reason . On the evening before Reason died tho deceased came to witness ' s berth , and said that the captain had willed him . fie saw a cut across his forehead , and the blood was upon it . Reason was called by Julian , and went a , way . After that witness never saw Reason alive , but next day he saw the dead feody about eight o ' clo . k , when he saw four of the ship ' s company carrying it along the deck . Witness saw the 1 , ' ody bare , and noticed several stabs . Franklin Tucker was next examimd , anddepowl iwte Reason . The last tim « he saw him alive *;• *
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- 0 . l ^ ji e T n ) ri # .. 6 f . t 1 ieJajf-0 ? -his . death ,- he was ) going riojrn into the cabin , ai . d he had several cuts » n his huid . The next time he saw him was about iwo lionrs after , when he saw him brought up on ««* dead . Witness afterward * exatnimd the body , ana it was much cut wi the head and body , apparentiy wuh a cutlass . ' m , w ^? nn tlu > eook , of thc SD , * P » w » next exa * ev \& ? T ? * ° t ,, e main features of the thP ^ vMA ?! rea ^ , 81 ven - 2 * witnew corroborated " & dTaflSlCn . ^ ' ^^^ ^ f "" to n J ? nT , ? M er ' ! > > tewn r ' followcd in the agnation , and deposed as to the cutting and stabbing of Reason on the night in question . His evidawe was mainly m confirmation of that of Yelvertoai and Julian .
Henry Slack was next called , who briefly dowsed to having heard Reason called into the cabin by the ' captain on the evening before his death . Henry Jamoa Stephen , a boy , the son of the female ? passenger , Mrs ., Thompson , was examined as to th » captain threatening when in Fayal to " kill thero all , " and also as to the death of Reason . He did not see Reason struck , but siw him after his dtath . He had two wounds on his breast . Janies Sinclair , the carpenter , was called , bu § counsel ior the Crown declining to put any question to him , Mr . Jenia examined htm at some length . His evidence , which in substance was thc same as that given- before the magistrate , was to the effect—thafe the men wexevery discontented , and had tlneatened among theiwelTcs to do some bodily harm to the captainv » nd tS » t Reason and a man named Curteia were going to take the ship to America .
Peter G ' u-rteis was called , and denied that he had ever threatened the captain's life , or heard the crew say that they would take the ship to America , as had ken . alleged . He saw Reason go down to the cabin the night before his death , and he was one that helped : to bring the body up next morning . On going down to- fetch it , he saw the captain standms over the body , with the point of his cutlass in the body . This closed the case for the pro ? mrfiv > n . Alter some consultation , it was arranged that Mr . Jervis should address the jury in the morning , on the opening of the Court . One ol the officers of thc Court was then sworn to take charge of the jury till the morning , and the Court adjourned .
Dreadful Shipwrecks. Eighty Lives Lost. ...
DREADFUL SHIPWRECKS . EIGHTY LIVES LOST . The losses announced duringthe last week have been truly appalling , several American packet ships being among the number wrecked in crossing the Atlantic , with the loss of all hands . The first on the list is that of the Montreal , a fine new ship . 345 tons burthwi , a trader between London and Quebec , which was lost during a snow storms on the night of the 14 th of last month , on shore near Cape Chat , and net one belonging to her was left to tell the tale . The wreck , when discovered , was fast breaking up , her masts were gone , and her hull had parted in two . On shore the bodies of the captain , wife , and child were found , the latter being clasped in its mother ' s arms . Four other bodies weie afterward * discovered entangled in the wreck .
Ihe next melancholy affair is that of another packet-ship , supposed to be the Saxon , bound to London , lost with all hands . The ship , which lias a large ameant of insurance on her at Lloyd ' s , was 3 G 7 tons burthen , and left Do . » ton , where she belonged , on the 13 th of last month , manned with a crew of twenty . She was last seen on the 17 th , and her destruction '» supposed to have occurred about the 19 th , on a reef of roek | ealled the Ledges , near Red Head , as her wreck was passed by the Stamboul , from Smyrna , on the 24 th , twenty-five miles If . N . W . of St . George ' s Shoal .
Another loss took place on a field of ice . The brig Laurel left Qucbee on the morning of the 29 th of December , with a cargo of 400 barrels of flour and twenty-eight of butter . On arriving offCnconn , on the banks of Newfoundland , she was met by a large held of ice , and every effort to steer clear of it proved abortive . The ship becoming fixed in it , she was shortly driven ashore on Green Island , where she immediately became a wreck . The crew suffered severely for three days . The bartiue Universe , of Boston , was lost under similar circumstances—fortunately the crow were saved . . The .-hip Cambridge , from Liverpool , on the 23 rd . of December saw a vessel in distress , which proved to be the" Lord Lynedoch , of London , in a sinking state . -They took off the crew , thirty-two in number , who were in a dreadful state . The vtssel foundered shortlvafterwards .
The East India Company have received information ol the total loss of one of the Company ' s war sloops , named tho Coote , commanded by Lieutenant J . S . Grieve . The disaster happened on the 3 rd of November last , on a roof of rocks opposite Calicut , the vessel at tho time being on an expedition to the Malabar coast . The brig . Merlin , of Newcastle , was totally destroyed by fire on the 3 rd ult . She was laden with , wine and fruit , and within twelve hours after leaving Oporto Bar she caught lire . The captain and crew wero soon forced to take to the boat , and abandon , the vessel . They were afterwards picked up hy a foreign schooner , which conveyed them to Gibraltar . On tho books are also reported the total loss of the ship City of Shiras , in the Mindora Sea , wiih forty persons drowned ; and also tho wreck of the Giwtave Edouard , a French Indiaman , 650 tons burthen ; und another vessel , name not exactly known—both attended with melancholy results .
Eatlosioiv-Two Lives Lost. On'friday . F...
EATLOSIOiV-TWO LIVES LOST . On'Friday . fternoun , a few ininuus before two o ' clock , an accident of a frightful ns \ ture took place at tbu house , So . 14 , King-streut , Lumhetli-walk , by which two tine young men wuve instantly deprived of life , and four oilier persons so s tTerely injured , that tha lives of three of them are in the greatast poasible danger . Jt appears that William Xwiyoii , agod muoterJi years , had but-n in the inpayment of Mr , Darby , the rirewoi Icmukor in Hi >» tmtstreet , Lambeth , and tiat liia master , not havittg sutHrltnt . space on -his pr * misvs to purfonn ) m work , had allowed him to take about two ewt . of composition home with him to manufacture into " stars . " Thc house , 'No . 14 , King-street , Lambeth-walk , u occupied by the father and mother of Kenjoo , who carry on the laundry business , and th » plsee selected by liim to . manufacture the
• ' stavj" was a sin : ill back cellar , the ceiling of which was very low , aud in this place he kept h strong five fov the purpose of drying his work as he finished it . Several youllis of his acquaintance were in tht habit of calling to see him at hu work , and at the timeofthefat . il oceureiieethere were three young men there , named Holmes * Smith , and Shear . Of these the two latter were fright * fully injured , uwlths otlwr , Kotows , shaved the loelnncholy fate of poor Kenyon . At a few minutes before twoo ' clock , the mother of Kcnyoii proc-cded from lite front parlour to the top of the kitchen stairs to call her son to his dinner , and on looking down the stairs she observed a dense smoke atid a peculiarly coloured Ham * issuing from within . She endeavoured to give an alarm , but the vap ur ascending was so strongly impregnated with sulphur , a * , for a few moments , nearly to deprive
her of lif « , aud prevented l \ ev culling owt . An alarm was , however , soon given , and in a U-w minutes-I ' oliee-consUble Thomas Messer , S !) I ., was on the spot . It Wits then found that thu ea l « r was on fire , ami the sulphuric Ya | iotir was still so strong , that there was considerable danger in approaching the place . At length the flatiws wem suRiciently subdued to enable the persona to » v . ter , when » frightful spectacle presented itself . Kenyon aud Holmes la ; close together , with their clothe * , with the exception of a few shreds , burnt off , and their llesh grilling , and in many parts the skin loosened from the tiesh in large patches . Smith and Shear were in another part of the cellar , fbrtutMttly removed t ' von .
where the great body ot fl » i » e was , groiuiimr with agony , and severely scorched and injured . They were removed without loss of time to Guy's Hospital , where they still remain in a very precarious state . A young woman * named Sarah Hales , in the service of Mrs . Keiiyun , was in the cellar when the fire took place , with a child , nearly two years of age , in her arms . The instant sh » saw the composition iguite , she , with great presence of mind , ruslwd out of the door , but before she could do so , the fiatnc caught htr arms and face , and seriously injured the former . The child was also much scon-lied about tli « face and arms ; and both were sent to Lambeth Workhouse , where they wore promptly attended by Mr . l ) o . Ue . tltc parish suvgeov .
Accident At Tiik Cm Of London Tukatuk.—O...
Accident at tiik Cm of London Tukatuk . —On Tuesday evening , during the performances of the American Samson ( Mr . CanfieW ) i \« nce ' nlent of a very serious nature occurred , the i artieulars of which areas follows : —It appears that Mr . Caniicld has occasion to introduce a very heavy cannon weighing 0 ewt . ; the action of discharging this cannon caused one of the flaps to fly open , wh . eh not being perceived by the men who attended upon him , and who were taking the cannon off the stage , caused thc death of one , and little hopes are entertained of the recovery of tho other . The fir . 4 man passed over thc hole , but the second ( Thotiias Rritteu ) fell through , the cannon fn ' . ling on his head and . smash ing it in a most frightful " manner . Another loan , named Jones , also fell through , dislocating his collar hone and fracturing his skull .
Inqukst . —On Wednesday evening Mr . W . Fuync held an inquest at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , " on the body of Thomas Britten , aged ; V 7 , who was ki . lcd at the City of London Theatre on Tuesday , after the performance of Mr . Canfteld , the American Samson , us above described . Mr . Canlield was examined , who said he did not witness the accident ; but il . at on being told of it , he saw tho deevvtwd in Uk eclair , and the cannon on him . There was about 1 alf a pound of powder use ! for thc charge , but he had sometimes used a pound without accident , lie had exhibited at many theatres , and such a thing m ver occurred before . Mr . S . Remniaiit , surgeon , slated that the whole of one side of the skull was beaten in , and there was a compound fracture of the right arm : he was quite dead when brought in . The jury consulted for some time , and returned a verdict ot "Accidental Dtath . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 7, 1846, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07021846/page/1/
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