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    • THE XEW EEFOR&IBILL
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      The Xew Eefor&Ibill

      THE XEW EEFOR & IBILL

      \Fjjt Editok, —Iain Strongly Of Opinion,...

      \ fjjt Editok , —Iain strongly of opinion , that it " the }> C ° P do not > previous to the close 0 f " the year , g iv ? out some unmistakeable indications of the kind of measure they stand jo need of , as respects their better representation in the House of Commons , the amended jlefbrm BUI to be introduced b y the first Lord of the Treasury in 1852 , will be but of little

      service towards the enfranchisement of the masses . "When I say , I believe thatit will be a truly Whig proposal , if allowed to mature itself , it is equivalent to proclaiming it as one calculated to disp lease everybod y ( the Ministry and its supporters excepted ) , and to be useless for the accomplishment of the great end in view . Tho people , therefore , must make the Bill , and they only , if they are reall y sincere £ n their demand for a more equitable adjustment of their political privileges .

      A glance at the present condition of the labouring classes of the country , and a thoug htful regard for the interests of those cot of that order , clearly point out the duty of the former in the pending struggle . It is one of Self-government , of so far , Individual action ; of , in a word , a fixedness of purpose to secure the results for themselves . The ' one thing needful * is the Suffrage—Manhood Suffrage—the only settlement that can be listened to , as tending to produce the prospective happiness of the people , by

      removing from them one just cause of complaint , viz .: —their present Political TJnenfranchisecaent . Short of this , all proposals are ahams —mere things for the day , that as the morrow dawnsupon society , so theirinefficiences become apparent to all men . To publish to the middle , and upper classes the determination of the workers to accept of Ivo-compromhse in this ^ reap *!* , is a saored obligation ; and it must be done with an energy and a vigour worthy of so great a declaration ,

      There are ways of doing this effectively , and they are open to all ; and , just , in proportion as these ways are truthfully followed , go will be the success attained . Manhood Suffrage is to be gained b y numerous and well attended meetings , both in and out of doors ; the former in preference , vrhsretae authorities become feverish ; tho latter in ail places where the assemblage can be made imposing , without spreading undue alarm ; and by petitioning parliament . "We must always remember , that these are the acknowledged channels through which good may ultimatel y flow . Let us not

      complain against them , because they have so long been tried , and with such little benefit j or that they are not of the required power , from whence the desired end can be made to issue . The trutbis , they are all-sufficient , as means , if honestly used . I believe that it is only for the millions of workmen to declare In favour of the Suffrage , by peaceable demonstrations , and by exercising their privileges of petitioning , as Englishmen , in order to secure

      their political freedom . Other ways maybe devised , the goal being the same ; but I would earnestl y impress upon every man the absolute necessity of preserving an upright demeanour , by respecting the conscientious objections of his nei g hbour , and mentally resolving to act faithfull y b y the cause put forth—viz ., Manhood Suffrage . This is the way to win the battle , by proving ourselves to be good soldiers , knowing only one thing , and that is , our duty as Citizens , for it is our Country that

      we serve . The political wheel , it would seem , makes but one evolution in twenty years . Three apprenticeships is a long while to wait to remedy a defect , which a want of unanimity amongst ourselves may be properly said to hare occasioned . The time for action has come—the work to be done is before us ; it is our own work to benefit our class and country ; we must do it ourselves , or it will certainly not be done . Before the year 1872 is numbered on the Calendar , —the hand that writes , the

      tongue that reads , and the mind that receives this well-intentioned appeal may be pulseless , earthly silent , passed away ; but , in the meanwhile , the wrongs and the degradations which the English labourer is now subjected to , will remain as before . And , wherefore , by our present apathy , should we bequeath this duty of enfranchising the people to our children , \ fhen we are are all sensible of our power , and hence ought to be prepared to work out the obligation for ourselves as well as for our successors ? I say , sensible of our power—for what force known to Englishmen is that * hich

      could withstand the call of tbe British artisans , when expressed in unity with the recognised laws of humanity ? It is because we bare hitherto spoken in nooks and crannies , raised our voices in localities , and sympathised onl y with those about us , that we have spent our breath in vain . This , too , as respects those only who have already moved . But their name is legion who have , np to this moment , preserved a culpable silence ; and it is this mighty band—mig hty in p oint of numbers—that we have yet to enlist in our corps , in order to make our wishes deservedly

      appreciated . Tho duty before us all is , then , to be intent npon realizing , within tbe next twelve months , a given object—viz ., the enfranchisement of every male adult in the United Kingdom ; to demonstrate , throug h the agency of tracts , by meetings , and public manifestations , the justice of an immediate acquiescence with the privilege here stated . This can be done with but it will

      reason with truth , and with effect ; never be accomplished by class warfare , by meaningless abuse , or by exaggerated statements . First princip les are immutable ; and these , whenever fairly appealed to , are alone sufficient for the work . Adhering to them we shall ho safe ; but if we are . longer disposed to heed them not , or to sacrifice them in a feeling of hatred and enmity against others , Wanhood Suffrage will never be the basis of our

      representative system . It is whispered , probably with some truth , that the New or Amended Keform Bill is to comprise four alterations , namely—An ei ght pound rate of suffrage ; a non-property qualification for members of parliament ; the extension of the ri g ht of voting to leaseholders of £ 20 and upwards ; and the disfranchisement of certain small boroughs , for the purpose of constituting new and more eularged ones . Supposing such emendations as those mentioned to be proposed , what good , may I ask , will they effect for the nation at large ? Obviously but little , if any . And ¦ Vet ° can there be a more crying evil than that which shuts out from the representative

      arrangements of the country , six male adults out of every seven ? To remove this wrong , the reductionof the £ lOrate to £ 8 will be scarcely worthy of notice , as tending to this end ; whilst the other changes will not touch the complaint at all . Whenever such pr oposals are made , it is much to be desired , that not onl y will they not be accepted , bat that the country will properly express its indignation at the quackery submitted for its approval . The Little Charter of the Walmealey party

      is , of course , much in advance of the scheme supposed to be now in the process of incubation . Nir Joshua pretends that his plan will enfranchise nearly 4 , 000 , 000 of men . I join issue with the gallant knig ht upon this question , and unhesitating l y state my conviction , that it it made the electoral body equal to two millions , it would accomp lish all that is practical i « his p lan . The rating clause , under his regime , wwild be equivalent to the disfranchisement of nr-arl y two out of every three men supposed t <> be made voters thereby ; for the difficulties ^ scparab ' eto proving a distinct qualification , would ' * vf such a magnitude as to deter large numbers Ol a- ii fro-ii troubling themselves about making go ' jd liirir respective cinuus . I shall not atay Aero to 6 i . ! . - . r » e u « on this objection , as 1 intend to do , so in

      \Fjjt Editok, —Iain Strongly Of Opinion,...

      a subsequent letter ; but simply content myself by stating , that whilst I would not advise tbe working classes to oppose this modification of the Suffraglaw , vet I would earnestly entreat them to receif it on ); for what it is worth—t . e „ as one step on ward towards the consummation so devoutly wished for . Compared with the principle here advocated—viz ., Manhood Suffrage—it has not a redeeming feature , to adapt it as a competitor . For siinpleness of meaning—viz ., giving the vote to every man of twenty-one years of age—it substitutes intricacies of the worst description—viz ., those which are originated by parish officers and tax gatherers . A householder , m the majority ot cases , will be pronounced to be the landlord , and

      him alone ; whilst the lodger , in order to substantiate his claim to be placed upon the voting list , will be either made to pay more money for his apartments , in - order to secure bis vote , or an obstacle will be thrown in bis way , by the taxgatherer , that will be to him insurmountable . The "National Reformers" may doubt this—perhaps deny that any such impediments would present themselves ; but I say , that if they were acquainted with the workings of the present system , in an official way , they would be obliged to admit , that whilst the system of rating is in vogue , as the test for proving a man ' s right to be placed on the list , 'the enfranchisement of the people will be practically defeated .

      My Lord Stanhope's ideas © representation ( whose proposals will be found in another part of this week ' s impression ) , I cannot believe will ever be received with a view to their adoption . They may be worthy of their originator , but they certainly are not that of the nation . The very mention of five distinct classes of representatives , is enough to expose the weakness of the proposal , as a plan introduced for the better government of tbe country . The days of Class Distinction in aJfational House of Commons are gone ; never to return again without a counter-revolution . Independent of which , the centesimal distribution of the members , giving 100 members to each of the five classes , is a palpable injustice ; for whilst the " owners and occupiers of land" in tbe United

      Kingdom do not number half a million ; the persons " employed in daily labour , in agriculture , in manufactures , or in trade , " certainly cannot be pronounced to be less than three millions , being six times the former numbers ; and yet both classes , notwithstanding the disparity mentioned , are to have each 100 representatives ! Again , the part ballot and part open system for recording the votes would act most injuriously upon tbe working men ; for the ballot voters , by some grinding masters , would be regarded as Chartists and , of course , Revolutionists ; tbe publication of the list of persons who voted upon the present plan always being tbe employer ' s test of the political tenets of his employed . No' The ballot must be the only system of voting , not an optional regulation . As for

      allowing men to vote by proxy , that is too absurd to be noticed . The remainder of the Nine Resolutions I pass over ; merely observing , that they are entitled to be read , as showing my Lord Stanhope ' s ideas upon the general principles of representation . Look where we may , we can find no proposal like our own for its justice and practicability . Every well-meaning man acknowledges that to Manhood Suffrage the nation must eventually come . And why not now ? Those who say that the people are not sufficiently educated , should tell us when they will be ? And add to their information , by saying what they mean by the words " sufficiently educated . " Give us some idea of the standard whereby we can measure a man ' s capacity of mind 1 If a knowledge of reading , such , for example , as to be able to read intelligibly to others a chapter in the Bible ; or such a proficiency in writing as to be competent to write one ' s autograph ; or such a

      comprehension of the use of integers , as to be able to master the rules of Addition and Subtraction ; I say if this kind and amount of knowledge is to be considered as the meaning of the ambiguous words mentioned , then I say that the majority of persons , ( males , of course , ) commencing from the age of eighteen upwards , already are in possession of the required information . Parliamentary , and School statistics place this beyond equivocation ; and as every year passes away , so the fact I have stated becomes increasingly apparent . If , then , four out of seven millions of men are already qualified , what kind of justice is that which says , that until you can show the whole of the seven to be as well informed as the four millions are , six out of the seven must be kept without a vote in the good government of their country ? Really , such talk seems to be so childish that those who would say so , must be either insane or in their second dotage !

      The people are worthy of a JSew Reform Bill" , and if they would act a wise part , in the coming crisis , they would declare , in as forcible a manner as words can express their meaning , that the only proposal which they will accept is that which has , for its foundation , the rig ht of every male adult to a voice in the government ot his country ; in other words—Manhood Suffrage . Censob .

      And National Trades' Jotifflflf! "'

      AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOTIfflflf ! " '

      Vol. Hv. P. 724. L0hd0k, Sathbday, Septe...

      VOL . HV . P . 724 . L 0 HD 0 K , SATHBDAY , SEPTEMBER 20 1851 . „ J ^^***»™ ° < — = * —_^ vv * ' Ftve ghiUihs , a , d SixpeMce per Quarte

      National Loan Society. At The Usual Meet...

      NATIONAL LOAN SOCIETY . At the usual meeting of this body , the Secretary read an immense amount of correspondence from the country , containing scrip , and in several instances paid-up £ 1 shares . Mr . Wheeler stated that several scrip belonging to the bonus , redemption , and other funds , had been sent to him , and the Managers decided that it would be advantageous both to the Society and the shareholders to receive such scrip . The Secretary stated he had

      been compelled to break the rule authorising him to deposit scrip when it mounted to £ 100 with the Trustees , as during the past week he had received scrip to the value of upwards of £ 300 . An ar rangement was made for its immediate deposit . Owing to the absence of some of the managers , business of an important nature was adjourned until the following Wednesday evening , at seven o ' clock . Several members were enrolled , and the Shareholders of the Land Company are urgently requested to attend the general meeting , at 26 , Golden-lane , on Sunday evening tbe 21 st .

      TO TUB EDITOR OF TUB NORTDEBN STAR . Dear Sie , —As chairman of the meeting held at 5 , Gale ' s-row , Straight ' s Mouth , on Monday , Sept . Sth , ( not Sunday 7 th ) , when Air . Stratton explained the objects , means , Arc , of the National Loan Society , I beg you will correct the following misrepresentation in the -Star of Sunday last : — " A discussion took place after- the lecture , in which Messrs . Shaw , Hewitt , Robinson , Fussell , and others took part ; a feeling was created in favour of the society , and members enrolled . " In . the first place , Mr . Fussell was not present ; secondlv , with the exception of Mr . Foxwell , who approved and enrolled himself , the whole of the meetin g were decidedly opposed to the scheme .

      Trusting that you will , in justice to all parties , insert this in your next Star , I am , Dear Sir , Yours respectfully , JAM . Bligh . 1 , Norris ' s Place , Greenwich , Sept . IS , 1851 .

      The Hungarian Refugbbs.—Tbe Refugees For...

      The Hungarian Refugbbs . —Tbe Refugees formerly located in Turnmill-street , respectfully tender their thanks to tbe readers of the Northern Star for tbe assistance rendered tbem during their exile , and regret , that through their expulsion from France , they are compelled once more to claim public sympathy for a few weeks longer , when they will all leave England , carrying with them everlasting gratitude to those friends who so nobly come forward in their misfortune . They regret to state that Mr , Brown is in a very precarious position , through having become responsible for severa debts , under the impression ef money arriving from the cont nent , which , through the tyranny of their enemies and the intrigues of their satelites , has

      been stopped . We , therefore , most earnestly appeal to our Democratic brethren and sisters to rally once again , and not let our enemies have the opportunity of exulting in our misery and wretchedness and our prayer for your happiness will be ever breathed by us . Two of our countrjmen have received work this week—one of whom is taken by the good men of Norwich—and we have several other who are anxious for employ . Thanking you a ^ ahi we salute you all in the bonds of fraternity c ' t j , j »» Brown ' s address is 21 , Clerkenwello ? w > n nr . d he " will sladly respond to every inquiry . Messrs ! Reynolds , " Rider , and Arnott , will receive » nv assistance for us . . . . WaIt ^ l * iP £ S . —Parties desirous of givic * the i « L » nrico for waste paper , are earnestly re-SfiSSu * o ffi » kc the 8 P eedies i applicafwva for bits M ^ Sew Austri an loan . Persons may be ac ^ Hited to the amount of at least Seven Miloominoaateu i

      nn " i . ;„ n * rv' All reiiiriona Ss Come early . So bigotry ! AH nlipons taken ia . —f « ^

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      National Charter Association; Offices—14...

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION ; Offices—14 , Southampton-street , Strand . The Executive Committee of this body held their usual weekl y meeting as above on Wednesday evening last . Present : Messrs . Arnott , Milne , and Reynolds , Messrs . Harney , Holyoake , Jones , and O'Connor , being out of town , were absent ; as were also Messrs , Hunt and CrraBBuy . The correspondence received was read , including a report from Ernest Jones , but as there were only three of the Committee present , no business could be transacted . The Secretary having been instructed to write to the absent members to attend a special meeting on Wednesday evening , September 24 th , the Committee adjourned . Signed on behalf of the Committee , . John Abnott , Gen . jSec .

      BBPORT OF BRNEST JOKEs ' s TOUR . On Tuesday , September 9 th , I lectured t » a large audience at the Hall of Science , Sheffield . Tho Chartist movement is taking firm root here , and the flourishing locality of real Democrats , that meets in Steelhouse . lane , is daily extending ita influence . I enrolled thirty members , and the abovenamed locality disposed of twenty cards besides . On Thursday 1 was at the little agricultural town of Newport Pagnell , Bucks . Tbe amount of ignorance , prejudice , and petty hostility entertained by the employers and the dissenting body in this place , is perfectly astonishing , The latter are de « eided opponents , even of the temperance movement—and used every means to prevent a numerous attendance . The hall , however , was tolerably well attended , and the Democratic feeling

      of the working men was soon made unmistakeable . Being invited to deliver a lec'ure on the Charter at North Crowley , a little village about three and a-half miles fromEewport , 1 remained , on Friday , for that purpose . I was well rewarded for having done so—since , in this little squire-parson-farmer , and lawyer-ridden village a locality was formed , which promises to be a nucleus for all the surrounding district . I enrolled twenty-three members , a Council was formed , Mr . George Line was chosen Secretary , Mr . James Reed , Treasurer ; a weekly night of meeting was appointed , and the Council disposed of 20 additional cards . This makes an increase to the ranks of the Association of 1 , 181 members ; and , I am happy to say , that I have received letters from several localities , informing me that the enrolment is progressing rapidly .

      The experience gleaned from this tour is of a most encouraging character . Notwithstanding the apparent inactivity , the neglect in subscribing funds and organising , it is evident that a democratic undercurrent is at work beneath the surface , waiting but for the coming commercial crisis , to roll its wares in the broad agitation of a Chartist movement . Now , indeed , there is little actios—but there is all the more thought . The theories are consolidating now , which the nezt fall in work and wages will reduce into action . It is absolutely necessarjjthat this feeling should be cultivated—it can be done only by lectures and tracts . Both are important—but tbe lecture is by far the more important of the two for the agricultural districts ) at least . It needs an impetus in the latter for the formation of localities . Such the

      personal presence of the missionary can alone bestow . He is necessary , as a pioneer , to prepare the machinery by which the reception of tracts and their distribution ore rendered possible . Now , it is impossible . It is no use writing in papers that are not read , or discussing in tracts that are never seen . And our tracts and papers alike will find no way into tho rural districts , unless lecturers have been there to ' prepare the mind for their reception , and by the formation of localities to organise a means by which tracts can be got into the rural villages , and , when there , distributed among their inhabitants .

      Experience convinces me that there is scarcely a rural town or village in England and Wales , in which if a Chartist missionary were sent down a Chartist locality , and a flourishing one too , might not be formed . In the agricultural districts the movement would spread with the rapidity of fire . The agricultural classes have hitherto had no voice for their grievances , no union in which to embody their discontent . They would seize on Chartist organisation with avidity . Let us for one moment reflect how important would be the results . How parson , lawyer , and landlord would be paralysed . Democracy , which now centres wholly in a few manufacturing towns , would be a vast motive power ,

      hearing , heard , felt , from one end of the country to tbe other . It would be irresistible . Will the manufacturing districts help to achieve this victory ? For they must not lose si g ht of this fact in connexion with tho rural districts—Democracy must be taken to them if Democracy is to expect succour from tbem . The material is this ; oppression , poverty , and discontent ; but it is groping among the darkness of ignorance , prejudice , and superstition . We must let in the light upon them . Chartists ! will you do so ? If you mean it , you must enable the Executive to send lecturers forth , and to shower tracts upon their course . Ernest Jokes .

      Political Victims' Association.—T Is Bod...

      Political victims' Association . —T is body met on iSunday evening at Mr . D ddridge ' s—Mr . Gurney in the chair . Mr . Martin ' s motion relating to honorary members who are to be allowed in future to vote and speak upon all questions , but not to preside nor sit in committee , was carried . It was also agreed that persons desirous of becoming honorary members , be proposed and seconded

      by the committee . A deputation from the National Reform League waited upon the Association , to exonerate themselves from giving any countenance to Mr . Dick ' s interruptions , and also suggested the propriety of our calling upon the Executive to ascertain the cause why they continue to neglect their notices of meeting . The Association agreed to do so , and three members were nominated for that

      purpose , to meet the Executive on Wednesday next . Blyth . —The fourth district meeting of the northern district was held at Blyth on Sunday last . The following delegates were present : —Mr . A . Gann , Newcastle ; Mr . William Robinson , South Shields ; Mr . Thompson , North Shields ; Mr . John Robinson and James Charlton , Secretary , Blyth . Mr . John Robinson , presided . The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — That the localities be requested to carry out

      the system of classes , the said classes to consist of five members each . ' ' That Mr . Gann , Newcastle ; Mr . John Robinson , Blyth ; Mr . William Robinson , South Shields ; and Mr . Chapman , Sunderland , be appointed district lecturers . ' « That the next district meeting be held at Sunderland , on Sunday , November 2 nd , and that a public meeting be held on the Town Moor , at that place , on the same day . ' Resolutions were then drawn up to be proposed at an open meeting , to be held on the Bly th Links , at two o ' clock , after which tbe meetin g- was dissolved .

      Westmixsteu . —This locality which some time since held its meetings at the Yorkstreet Assembly Rooms , has continued to meet weekly at the house of one of its members ; and at the last meeting it was resolved : — ' That as a practical system of organisation had been comp leted , that a determined effort be made to resuscitate the movement in this densely populated district . It was also agreed ; — That the members make ft -miVAlwn on . Sunday morning next , to invite the Democrats of Westminster to a meeting to be held on Monday evening , September 22 nd , to take into consideration the best means of

      accomp lishing this desirable object . The Cr ystal Copfee-House . — On Friday evening , Mr . William Worseldine de livered a lecture on' the Life and eloquence ot reticles . '

      The Leeds Town-Council Have Decided To B...

      The Leeds Town-Council have decided to build a Town Hall and corporate offices , at an expense 01 £ 22 , 000 without the site , or of £ 31 , 000 with .

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      <J„I?. C *? Tetm & Of "Bawholders Was Fi...

      < j „ i ? . C *? tetm & of "bawholders was field on Sunday evening , , t the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnaf Green-road , to consider the present position of the Land Company ' s affaira . « r « Siocombe in the chair . Mr . Wheeler explained the pre » ent position of the Company , and showed the necejrity there wa * for . the shareholders to exert themselves to save she remnant of their property from the grasp of legal plunderers . He trusted » c onscientious man would be appointed as official manager ; and should prefer Messrs . Grey or Price , believing that they woukt have some regard both for tbe interests of the shareholders and thoae

      o ( the allottees . After some further consideration of this subject , in which Messrs . Hewitt , Pickersgill , Wyatt , Lawrence , Stubbs , and others took part , it was » Hggested that on the ensuing Sunday evening , at Golden-lane , a committee of tffei » ty-OBe persons , chosen from tbe different districts of the metropolis , should be elected to watch over the artereata of tbe ihareholders . Mr . Stratton pointed out the tdvanttgea the shareholders would derive from joining the National Loan Society , and explained its several provisions . Jfe also ' strongly urged up * a hta andli ence the general advantages of co-operation . Mr .

      Pickersgill , while agreeing in the general views of the Society , objected to some of tbe arguments esed by Mr . Stratton . Mr . Wheeler gave further elucidation of the views of the Loan Society . Messrs . French , Darliston , Sturgeon , and others gave their opinions in favour of the benefits to be derived from tbe Society . The meeting adjourned at a late hour until the following Sunday evening , at 26 , Golden-lane ; and it was further agreed that , af that bad taken place , a meeting should be h''d every Sunday evening , at the Whittington and Ct .

      Edinburgh —A Special Meeting Of This Bra...

      Edinburgh —A special meeting of this branch was held in the Roman Eagle Hall , Land Market , on Tuesday evening—Mr . A . Walker in the chair . The following resolutions were adopted . Moved by Mr . Berket , and seconded by Walter Pringle : — « That this meeting has every confidence in the honesty and ability of Thomas Price , Esq ., and pledges itself to support that gentleman . Moved by Walter Pringle , seconded by Mr . Chernie j—

      'That no names be inserted in the petition except those signed by the shareholders themselves , and that the signatures be attested b y the chairman . ' Moved by David Chernie , seconded by John Gowan : — 'That this meeting stand adjourned till Tuesday , the 30 th , at Mr . Buchanan ' s Coffee-house , " High-street , for the purpose of watching the interests of the Edinburgh branch . ' It is hoped that all members will attend , and look after their

      interests . Nottingham , —On Triday last , the 12 th inst ., a public meeting of members was held in the large room at the Seven Stars . Mr . James Sweet having been called upon to preside , opened the business by observing that they were met for the purpose of discussing the merits of the various candidates put in nomination for the office of Winding-up Manager of this unfortunate Company . Mr . Shaw , of London , then addressed the meeting at considerable length , explaining the position in which the members were placed , and urging upon them the necessity of shaking off their apathy , and doing their own work . At the close of his address , which was listened to most attentively , the following resolution was moved by Mr . Saunders , of the New Radford Branch , and seconded by Mr . Liggett of Nottingham : ¦—

      That we , the members of . the National Land Company resident in Nottingham and its vicinity , are determined to use our best exertions to secure the return ef Mr . Price as the official manager fur the Winding-up of this Company , having no confidence in the person nominated by the Board of Directors—or even in the Directors themselves ; we , therefore , call upon our brother members throughout the country to forward their votes immediately , addressed to Thomas Price , Esq ., 5 , Lincolns Inn-fields , London , as the question will speedily be decided . The resolution on being put was carried unanimously . Thanks were then given to Mr . Shaw for his address , and to the Chairman for his services , when the meeting dispersed , evidently pleased with the proceedings .

      Rochpale . —The Rochdale Branch held a general meeting on Sunday last , for tbe purpose of nominating an Official Manager to Wind-up tbe Land Company . Mr . It . Gill , the Secretary for tbe Branch , opened the business by reading from the ' Star' the proceedings of the Chancery Court relative to the appointment of the Official Manager , and also correspondence which he had received on the subject . After the discussion , relative to the signatures for Mr . Ainger , tbe shareholders present unanimously stated that thev had not

      authorised any person to give their signatures in favour of any one . It was agreed that we recommend Mr . Price as a fit person to be appointed to the office of Manager to wind up the Land Company , and that tbe Secretary proceed to take the signatures of those desirous of signing to that effect , and likewise that he be requested to wait on the shareholders not present to get their decision . It was then agreed that all communications for the Rochdale Branch should be addressed to the Secretary , Robert Gilt , 24 , Henry-street , Rochdale .

      Harvest Home at 0 'Connorvii , le . —On Monday , the 15 th inst ., the occupants of the above estate celebrated the completion of their fourth harvest by a social tea party , at the school . Mr . G . W . Wheeler in the chair . A number of social and democratic sentiments were responded to in the course of tbe evening by several of the allottees , and , at the close of the proceedings , Mr . Parria proposed ' Healthf long life , and prosperity to our champion , Feargus O'Connor , and may he speedily be relieved from all hia difficulties . ' Mr . Parris , in an able address , showed the many advantages that gentleman had conferred on the working classes in general , and on the allottees in particular . Mr . Wheeler also supported the same views , showing that the difficulties they bad had to contend with

      were either the work of his and their enemies , or the result of adverse season , which it was not in that gentleman ' s power to control , and instanced the renewed appearance of the potato blight , which , by its ravages within the last fortnig ht , had destroyed their reasonable hopes of a comfortable winter ' s maintenance , and thrown a damp over their evening ' s proceedings . The party then separated , all present expressing their determination te renew their exertions to make this a successful experiment , ' and put up with any privation , rather than see this , the first-born of the Land Plan , abandoned to the tender mercies of those capitalists who would gladly destroy this and every other effort at social and political emancipation ; and they hope their brother shareholders will assist them to prevent such a consummation .

      Extensive Conflagration At The Eastern C...

      Extensive Conflagration at the Eastern Coumibs Railway . —On Thursday morning , shortly after three o ' clock , a fire , attended with a vast destruction of property , broks out in a spacious timber yard , situate ' on either side of the Eastern Counties Railway , and extending from North-street into London-street , Bethnal-green , held by Mr . Robinson , a mahogany merchant . The arches of the railway , numbering respectively TO , T 7 > 78 , 70 , were used as storehouses by the same gentleman , and at the time of the outbreak were full of mahogany and other timbers ; whilst piles of deals and pines towered high above the railway walls . Bartlett , a police sergeant , who first perceived the fire ,

      raised an alarm immediately , and endeavoured to subdue the flames , but in less than five minutes the whole range of premises , including a number of high piles of timber , as well as the stores under the railway arches , presented one immense body of flame , which completely begirt the railway . Before the fire could be extinguished nearly the whole of Mr . Robinson ' s property was destroyed , the telegraph burned down , and serious damage done to four of the railway arches , tow or five h 0 USC 8 , belonging to Mr . Foulkes , in London-street , are also severely damaged , as well as the dry coopeeage of Mr . Burke , Ko . lb arch . The total loss must amount to some thousands of pounds . How the misfortune occurred is . at present enveloped in I mystery .

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      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . — APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIAL MANAGER . TO THJ 5 KHT 0 B OF THW NORTHERN STAR . j '"""* ' n S 0 n ) e "me since I gave our Directors . credit for the » in teresting' mode in : which they mismanaged bw , « ffain , and for ; having " thrown aside all feelings , of jhame for their conduct . I now , however , pe ?« eive that they repudiate aWcon . nonon with discretion , and , as a s » tnral result , find themselves

      ! lost hrthe maze their awn 'ingemiitv * ; has- constructed . This is apparent b y the contents jot * letter , vrWtjU appeared in year columns of | SatuTjiy ] ast written' by Phili p M'Srath , on be-, haifof himselfaBd hiseo-misdirectors > ( . for I opine him . to be the . mouthpiece of the whole- fraternity ) - the tenor of which place * the fact that Jfo Ainger , M » iSL ^ 5 J » ndidaie 8 < | br the . office , of . Official if £ * e Lan £ PeP > any . has beev , pnt ! for . ward by th « u beyond tot , and show * that they have been mm & m 0 Oi & in bis' no \ m » ff ; MiliJWi ^ ' ^ . b « in * been jfcfeiBS

      ^^ % ^^^ # ««» f = Jn : ^ b or affixing signatures to his proposal . I , for one , am obliged to BJr . M'Grath Jar his defensive epistle , because , takes in connexion with the preceding acts of tbe managers of this Company , it will , I hope , produce a feeling of caution in my brother-shareholders , and teach tn « m to be on their guard against the machinations of those to whom they owe so much misfortune ; aad may possibly prevent the appointment of one , who , if elected Official Manager , must necessaril y , © ut 0 f gratitude for services rendered in procuring his election , be , at least , inclined to glance with too favourable an eye upon tbe past conduct of his supporters and this , let me add , for men placed as these ex-directors are , is no trifle , but really worth a struggle .

      It is impossible for any unprejudiced mind to read attentively the evidence given before the Committee Of the House of Commons without feeling a strong conviction that O'Connor ' s main fault was intrusting the carrying out of a most magnificent design , and one which ought to have created an eiysium for the poor man , ( as compared with his present wretched stit " , ) to men of the stamp and character , and so totally unfit , as our Directors have proved themselves . To what is the failure of this great

      undertaking to be attributed , if not to the mode in which it . was managed ? Look at the inextricable confusion in which the accounts were involved , and the unbnsiness-like manner with which the whole affairs were conducted ; and then , let me ask , whether success was within the bounds of possibility ? I assert , and I fear not contradiction , that no scheme , however pure the intentions of its founder , and however easy of application it might be , could thrive , or be anything like fairl y tested , whilst subject to such superintendence .

      With the question whether the signatures to Mr . Ainger s proposal are genuine or not , I have nothing to do ; I care not which way the fact may turn out ; I am quite content to leave the investigation of that matter to the master , with the most perfect confidence that he will administer 'justice' to all ; nor will I trouble myself about the merits of John Shaw ' s advertisement , although I thank him for the service it has rendered us in producing Mr . M'Gratb ' s letter , My business , at present , is with

      our ex-directors alone , and to them 1 say— 'Upright and honest men , placed in your position , having done their duty to their fellow-beings , would have refrained from supporting any one of the present candidates , ( except , perhaps , with their own votes , ) or they would have placed the names of all such candidates before their shareholders , without comment , leaving every one free to support whichever he thought fit . You hats adopted a different poHcy , and your motives must be tested by your acts . '

      lhave no connexion with Mr . O'Connor , or any other ' party' whatever . I became , a shareholder , and paid my money , because I believed ( as I do now ) the project not only capable of being carried out , but , I felrconvinced , that , if worked with ordinary business-like regularity and integrity , it would become the means of removing gradually our working population from its present degraded state to one of health , comfort , and happiness . My

      anticipations have not , unfortunately , been realised , for the reasons before adverted to , and I have long been waiting an opportunity of making known , through your columns , my sentiments regarding the causes which have produced so lamentable a result ; and , thanks to Mr . M'Grath , be has opened the way for me . I shall therefore certainl y esteem it a favour if you will insert this in your next issue . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , A Shareholoeb in the National

      Land Company . Worthing , Sep ., 15 tb . P . S . I have just heard a rumour that it is the intention of each of our late Directors to claim a large amount for salary . I trust there is no truth in this ' . at all events , I warn tbem to desist from such a proceeding , and urge them to act in future with prudence and honesty towards those who have so much to complain of in the past ; otherwise , I promise tbem no rest , and that they shall most assuredly find me an Operative Junius .

      The Gazette Des Tribunaux Has The Follow...

      The Gazette des Tribunaux has the following : — " A tradesman of the ^ uswtier dea Lombards having cause to suspect the fidelity of his wife , resolved to put it to the proof . He pretended that he had occasion to go to London with respect to some articles sent by nim to the Exhibition , and having obtained a passport a few days ago , went away . At about one o ' clock Tuesday night , ho secretly let himself , into his house , and proceeding to his wife ' s chamber , found her in bed with a man . The woman and her accomplice thought that thieves had entered the house , and the former , losing her wits , shouted , * Murder I thieves V whilst the man rushed upon tbe husband and attempted to secure him . The husband , furious with rage , cried , ' This is your last hour ! ' and ho produced a dagger . But when about to strike his resolution failed him . and

      perceiving that his wife ' s cries had begun to alarm the neighbourhood , he suddenly changed his intention . Fear nothing , madame , ' said ho , lighting a candle , ' it is I ! You have been very guilty , but I still love you enough to pardon you . As for you , ' he said to the accomplice , whom he recognised as a ' clerk formerly in his service , 'dress yourself quiokly—be off—and all shall be forgotten . ' The clerk , glad to get away so easily , began to dress and the husband undressed . When the latter had got all his clothes off , and resembled a man who had just quitted his bed , ha seized the clerk by the throat , arid shouted * Thief ! murder ! ' By this time the guard and some ot * the neighbours had

      arrived , and the husband , giving the clerk into their custody , said , this is one of the thieves that has broken into my house . I could only seize this one —the oshers have escaped . ' Tho poor clerk was taken o * ff to the guard-house , and the next day the husband declared that he had broken into his house , and had robbed him . But the clerk told the true story , and the examining magistrate , having ascertained it to be exact , compelled tho husband to withdraw the charge of housebreaking , and to make one of adultery . This be did , and included his wife in the complaint also . The wife and clerk are now in custody awaiting their trial for violation of Art , 338 of the penal code . "

      Pkivate Bills IN Pamumbnt . — On Wednesday a parliamentary retnrn was printed , from which it appears that in tho late session 217 private bills were introduced ; the number brought from the Lords was 2 S . Of the bills 110 received the Itoyal assent . There were 128 treated as opposed or classified in groups by the committee of selection . The number of private bills referred to the chairman of the committee of ways and means by tho committee of selection was 82 . Of tho bills which received the royal assent 01 related to railways , 20 to roads and bridges , 7 to water-works , 5 to ports , piers , harbours , and docks ; 3 to canals and navigation ; 8 to churches , chapels , and burymggrounds ; 22 to paving , lighting , and markets 2 ; to inclosure and drainage ; 1 to letters patent ; and 27 were Lord ' s bills .

      Fins at the Clarence Hotel , Aldehsoatestreet . —On Wednesday evening an alarming lire broke out on the premises of Mr . Henry Cook Clarence Hotel , Aldersgate-street , City , ltappears that tho smoke was first discovered issuing from the coffee-room ' , when an alarm was immediately raised . A good supply of water being obtained the fire was extinguished , after much cutting awa ' v of the flooring . ° '

      The Gazette Des Tribunaux Has The Follow...

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      ItOYAIi TOttiTECEmC JMSTWUTIOSr . OnMondayllasttbepralefisorofNatBiAliPhilosoplif to tbe establishment ?( . Dri Baohhoffner ) , commenced the first ofa series of Iec * i « 8 ; on . tbe electro-metallic deposits in the Great l & hibjtion . 7 h ' e learned ! idootor baring drawa 1 a : brietoutline of tbe rise j and projreaa of 'thiif ihtejesting anrf valuable * ; branch of art , in whicti'iie'toBod iftfjriSdtod' development from the crudcptrjtflKtions '' flfsfc exhibited in the year 1839 , to the ttagniflcient ' display of ? : go Wand bronze specimeno-Kino ^ y forwarded fbr tber . occasion by Me 8 ara . ; Elkiogton ' . The eleetro ^ e—¦ for jby such name , wag tbe-ptoccM first disigaated , by D ^ , Bachhofiner , ; on fiftrodtstting the sulffectf ; 12 years since at the above nateedc 9 tablishmenfcs «> i » , a process resulting from tce ^ aotiwri of the' yoltJae ' current ; , whereby a' metal iffluf 1 ** deposited oa

      ; anyflrm sronductirrg surface ^ wfea a Tolta ' ic cm > rent is transmitted through a metallic solution . iSince the" commencement cf ^ ' coutwe many in > provementa 1 have . been made , w 4 iiefcf \ Jk » brought it to its- preseot beautiful and pwfecfcstste , and has * ahwbeen cawied " out in varjmjia forte * ,, ia fact , intoalF 9 bBstaiioe »«* ich , requ ^ - ' « l ) rerin * , 1 ie ) ja » r * foif ornament or u * . Tbe professor ooflcthded Ins very entertaining and instructive discourse & y giving a minute nnd Iticsd explanation of ttie - different pro * iCQseesof electroiypingin copper , in ailfer andingold , illustrating his- subject throughoufrwitn numerous ) beautiM and 1 appropriate experiments ; . which were manipulated wift & great precision and effect . We were happy to see so large an audien « K 30 llccted to hear this doctor lecture , All appeared ^ highly to appreciate the doctor ' s talent and labourvto please * and'instruet .

      ST .. JAMES'S THEATRE ; . The youthful artistes , Kate and Ellen 3 hieman made > their appearance on Monday night in a new " vnndeville , entitled . The Swiss Cottage ; or , Why Don ' t She ilarry ? Kate was the coquettish peasant girl , Lisette r and little Ellen the bashful lover , Aatz Teik . The little trifle is cxtremary well adapted for displaying to the best advantage the great versatility and extraordinary comic powers of these clever children . The niisundertakingsof the

      lovers are finally adjusted by the interposition of Lisette ' s brother , Corporal Max represented by Mr . JBaleman , pert , who made his bow to-. the audience , and received very modestly the plaudits which were awarded to him , evidently in -virtue of his paternity . The performance was a repetition of their previous triumphs , a crowded audttory greeting with roars of laughter , shouts of applause , and a shower of boquets enough to bury the clever little mites beneath them , tho comic drolleries and the quaintnesses of Ellen , and the precocious pruderies and coquetries of the elder sister .

      QUEEN'S THEATRE . The Kajftt War continues to attract good houaes . This piece is followed by the amusing farce of / beg You won ' t Mention It . The entertainments conclude with the domestic drama of Susan Hopley , or the Trials of a Servant Maid . The plot of ' fchi ' 9 drama is well known , and abounds in democratic sentiments . Mr . E . Green ( the active stage manager ) , impersonated Remorden , a dissipated character while rich , and a villain when reduced to poverty with his usual ability and sangfroid . Mrs .

      J . Pawy , as Mable Walters , the Gipsy , sustainedthe character she has maintained since her recent accession to the company . Miss C . Gibson made an excellent Sally Gimp , a servant attracted by the alternate powers of love and mischief ; and Mias Rogers , as Susan Hopley , contributed greatly towards the deserved success of the piece , Tho other characters were well sustained . This piece is well put upon the stage , and the scene representing Waterloo Bridge by night , received the marked approbation of the audience .

      STANDARD THEATRE . The performances this weeK commenced with a new pantomimic and dramatic spectacle , called the Brigands of Barcelona . It abounds in scenic illusions , and from the manner in which it was received bids fair to have a long run . The second piece is the Hungarian drama of Taromeertne Yager ; or the Hungarian William Tell . Many of the incidents applying to the present posture of affairs in that country , were greeted with marked applause . Mr . Gastoa

      as Count Hartesmen , the Viceroy of Hungary ; Mr . FT . Howard as Yaromeer ; and . Master Brock as Otto , Ynromcer ' s son , played with a true conception of the spirit of the piece . Mr . Dolphin as Spatz the Court Jester , but secretly the friend of the patriots , and Mr . II . Lewis , as Nibble , an Englishman , but a corporal in the Hungarian Body Guard , who is longing for the Beef of old England , by their jests and humour kept the audience in a roar of laughter . The Trials and Triumphs of Temperance is the concluding piece , and still attracts a crowded house .

      Robbkrt Or Valuable Property. — On Thurs...

      Robbkrt or Valuable Property . — On Thursday information was received at the different polica stations of the following robberies : Early on the morning of the 15 th instant the premises of So . 1 , Chapel-street West , May-fair were entered , and a set of diamond studs—a largo one in the centre and four small ones in blue enamel ; a gold pencil-case , a silver snuff-box , aud a quantity of silk handkerchiefs of various patterns . About the S'ime time another robbery was committed at No . 35 , Gurzonstreet , May-fair , and a quantity of pinto , consisting of tablespoons , forks , descrtspoons teaspoons , fishslice , a soupladle , and gravyspoons . They all bore the crest of a lion rampant . On the previous day the house , No . 1 , Montpetier-square , Brompton , was entered , and a large quantity of property stolen .

      Thk Alleged Hobbehi- on Board the Earl op Ca « dioan ' s Yacht . —The robbery reported to have taken place on board the Earl of Cardigan ' s yacht , at Southampton , has been satisfactorily cleared up . The property was only mislaid . Suicide by a Lunatic . —Ou Thursday an inques was held on the body of one of tho patients of tlu Gloucester County Lunatic Asylum , whose death had just occurred under melancholy circumstances . The deceased was a clergyman of the Established Church , the Rev . James Thomas Ilatton , and he had been an inmate of the asylum for the last ftis .-teen or seventeen years . He was subject to tits during which he was uncontrollable , but at other times was quito rational and quiet , and required no restraint , his chief occupation being reading works on theological subjects , and occasionally singing

      psalms , lie had been discharged at one time from confinement , but according to the testimony o ? bue medical superintendent he had since voluntarily returned to the asylum . His sleeping-room was . four stories in height , and was forty feet from tho-area . At an early hour on Saturday morning last one of the "keepers" of the establishment , liamci Matthews , hearing a . cmb . of g \ as » , pxoceciieiV to the deceased ' s room , and found it tenantless , tho unfortunate inmate having wrenched off a piece of tho cover of a night commode with which he had broken his window , and leaped through it into the area below . When picked up he was found to be dreadfully injured , and he died in about two hours afterwards . The jury returned a verdict " That the deceased had destroyed himself while in a state of insanity . "

      _ Rapid Brick Machine . —Soma wfcile since public attention was drawn to a most eJioient brickmaking machine , the invention of Mr . Hart , of the Atlas Works , Borough-road , which is now very senerally adopted , not only throughout Gteat Britain and the Colonies , bat in France , Spain , Germany , & c . This machine , which we examined but now , and intended for Calcutta , is capable , with the mere aid of two men and six boys , and with one-horse power , of turning out from 20 J 1 Q 0 to 30 , 000 bricks' -compact , sharp , and perfectly formed . How all this is done we have no space minutely to describe , but the principle is that of aa endless

      chain , which appears faultless in its results , ai . d by its simplicity affords the assurance of the imposaihiUwoftb . * machine Hseif getting out of action . Bricks by it are thus reduced full one-half in expense , while greater solidity and an unerring ahaue is secured , and their production is not made dtmendant upon any pre-acquircd knowled ge of those employed . 6 tuuac The Loss of tub Steamku Paciu . —The telc-* X it th . CM ™ a 0 m ' " c ' n'P >»' y ' * Bfcaowr „ , t „ f ¦? ' ^ ? ' causeiJ » most painful

      Tnu Great Cabik for the TEtscGitApn betwkk ^ ENGLAN D AS !) PnASCK . —On Wednesday the great cable twenty-four miles long , and destined , when sunk between Dover nnd Calais , to'hnn the key for electric communication and correspondence between this country and the European continent , was completed at tho works of the Submarine Telegraph Company , Wapping , the last coil being securely tivcumnexed at about four o ' clock ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 20, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20091851/page/1/