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      go much for the cash book and the balance ; -nfl now see how this puzzle-pated ass is JaUv convicted by dates and facts . He says Sat in 18 * " there were several P ublic funds Reived at the Star office . Now for dates . S ' s trial was in 1839 , and I paid 1 , 000 Z . before any was received for that rand ; borrowing iL e from Mr Read , some from Mr AUsop , and same from Mr Rogers ; so that in 184041 Mr Ardill could not have been using that fund . J , 4 pril , 1839 , 1 paid 400 / . or 600 £ for defending the Chartists in Liverpool—now 1839 is before 1840-41 j and I never received a fraction of Step hens' money—that all went direct to him from the Star . But mark what f ollows-In JS 40 . a s soon as I was sent to prison , the L ondoners began to cry out for a balance o „ much for the cash book and the balance ;

      sheet of those funds—those funds , mark , which this ruffian says , in a previous letter , th at I have never settled an account of yet . Well , though in prison , my character was dear to me , and I requested the Manchester peop le to appoint auditors to investigate those accounts , and I sent them those accounts with receipts for every fraction ; and by whom , do jou think ! Why by Joshua Hobson !! And what was the result do you think ? "Wh y here it is , from the auditors themselves , published in thenar of the 10 th of October , 1840 , and a copy of which , was enclosed to me b y Joshua Hobson , stating hisand John Ardill ' s astonishment , surprise , and admiration , of the plain and simple manner in which I presented the account , and the perfection of my figures 1 ! Now read the

      following—HwORiSOCK : —A special aaeeting of the Manchester Extcntwe Council , and ofthe Committee , appointed by the delegate meeting ia Manchester , to distribute the rhndsabscribed for the reliefof the wives and families of the imprisoned Chartists , having been called for the purpose of examining the balance sheets ef the receipts and disbursements of the < Frost Defence Fund , ' and the' National Defence Fund , 'in consequence of certain reports having been raised aid circulated to the prejudice of Mr Feargus O'Connor , the holder and disbnrser of those funds , such meeting was held this Monday evening , 0 « t . 5 th , 13 ( 0 , when after bearing the several documents read , and tbe balance sheets Having . been examined , it

      was resolved unanimously : — I . TMs Committee having heard with deep regret of the circulation , by some parries in London , of rnmonrs and reports prejudicial to Mr O'Connor ' s character , in relation to the Frost and General Defence Fund , highly approve of t & e steps tafeen by Hr O'Connor for their refutation , in having corresponded with Mrs Frost , and obtaining from that lady , a letter denying the charges said to hare been made by ber ; aad in laying the whole documents with , full explanations , before this committee for examination and' approval , is satisfactory , preparatory to their publication for general inspection . Moved by Jakes Vf hhsleb . " Seconded by Asnmiw Meltiixe .

      3 . The balance sheets of the several funds having been attentively andscrntinisingly examined by . this commit tee , they beg thus to express their high sense of the admirable manner inwhich fee several accounts have been kept , and the judicious care and management evinced in their disbursement . From such examination they find thatthe sums of £ 273 . 19 s , 7 id . on the General Defence Fend ; and . £ 46 . on the Northern Union Hed * l account , are due to Mr O'Connor , be having advanced the same ; and they are of opinion tbat tbe entire of tbe money thus advanced ought to be immediately subscribed by tbe country at large and returned to Mr O'Connor . Moved by Fetes Shokbockb . Seconded by Wjc Rose-rev .

      9 . This committee cannot too earnestly deprecate tbe nanv attempts , made by certain parries in London , te s £ upfr aadinsimiate away the character of Mr O'Connor , inthe teeth ofthe evidence of facts which proves that he has done more in the creation and collecting of the several funds , whose particulars we have just examined into , f irnn any other twenty men pnt together ; and that bis pirse has ever been open to . and bis talents ever been at sense and command of , the suffering poor . These at . tempts , they thinlL spring from any motives bnt the one applied by tbe love of Chartism , and evince either disappointed * vanity or contemptible envy on the part of those who make them . Moved by Wh . MumocKs .

      Seconded by Jons Milmsotos . 4 . This committee cannot separate without registering their opinion , tbat the gratitude of tbe nation at large is cue to Mr O'Connor for the almost superhuman efforts nsdebyhim in tbe cases of tbe Dorchester labourers , tie Glasgow cotton spinners , the Welsh martyrs , and tbe Chartist victims , to secure for them the best defence the ur . could furnish , or to procure their liberation after mag sentenced to felons * fate ; and they have witnessed , vith regret , the ungrateful conduct in return of those vho after bare not the soul to appreciate , or the honesty it acknowledge them . Moved by ADsmxw Melville . Seconded by Wm- Rdshtos . James Chambebiaiw , chairman . peteb , Shosbocks , secretary .

      ft was afterwards moved and carried unanimously ttat Mr Abel Heywood , of Manchester , be appointed treasurer for tbe fund for « the relief ofthe imprisoned Chartists' wives and families , ' in consequence of Mr O'Connor declining to act as treasurer any longer . Well , reader , what do you think of that ? But then , I pray yon to read the following aticle from the Star of the same week , written by Mr Hill , on the representation of our publisher , Hobson . Here is the

      article—GKATITUDH . We this day publish a letter from oar London corresjradent , which we received some time ago . It will be found in onr eighth pase . nnder lie head 'O'Cosxon in the FJ . OST 1 ? amot , * marfctd So . 1 . As soon as webadread the document we saw the propriety of olacing it in Mr O'Connor ' s bands , for though its conceived it quite possible , and even probable , tbat Mr O'Connor mig ht advise a wife to sell or mortgage an annuity , or part withher bed , for the purpose of defending snch a hnsband as John Frost , if funds could not b ; otherwise produced , we knew O'Connor too well to bdieve that the restoration of that annuity , if promised bj him , wonld have been forgotten , or unattended to . Ia order , therefore , that we might know tbe trntfc about it , our publisher went off instantly to York ,, and Hid the deenmeat to Mr O'Connor . When Mr

      O'Connor bad heard the communication read be smiled , and eald . Til tell yon , Hobson , bow far that is' true . I nsrer saw Mrs Frost ; I never wrote to Mrs Frost ; I atver sent a message to Mrs Frosty except to communicate me tidmgs of the point of law saved by Sir FrederkSFoUoch ; andI never knew till this moment that slahad an annuity . However . ' continnedne , « Mrs Frost thill speakfor herself . I shall Write to her . thisraoment . Batsurely , Hobson . yon can understand the disappofotmaitana mortification of tbe London trader * , at being Walked of their commiirion on so large a charitable fead as a thousand pounds , well enough to see the spleen of the jobber throug h the affected sympathy of the Pt friot . Those-rery fellows / be continued , ' wonld kJl Hrs Frostif they could make money of tbe bide and fat ; aad wonld then debit ber executors with the expenses , » Hca wn « ld be » m » to exceed th . receipts .

      Mr O'Connor did write to Mrs Frost . A copy of his Utter , marked 5 o . 2 , ls given in the same column with 4 s letter of thelondon correspondent . He received , by rsturnofBOst , an answer from Mrs Frest , ntterfy dtstbiming all participation ia the calumny ; and expressiag her thanks for his exertions on behalf of Mr Frost , ia terms which , while they axe no more than jnst to aim are highly creditable to her . We have regretted fMr ' things more than we do the determination of Mr O'Cennor notto allow this letter to be published . It eoatains , however , references to a third party , whose fe he

      8 « e , oat ofregardforMr « FrosA ^ wM ^ n . willing tobringinto the question ; and though we , thinkh i the publication of * e whole letter ntc ^ ry . took a j « rney toTork purposely , to press for its V *™»*™> wewtrennabletoinduce him to relax bt . «***""• We give , therefore , after Mr O'Connor ' - letter , snch ettracu from Mrs Frosfs letter as he would eonsent to bare pnblithed . To these extracts , marked Ho . 3 , we ftfer the reader for the confirmation of the nice htUe ptrlour story . 'by which his London' Mends 'hoped , no fcabt , to whisper away the reputation ef OCmauj Itfwehi , liberation from confinementabonld aUowbim

      tafcfendhimself ! . _ . . . The accounts , which we again pablish this day . hive bsa several times published before ; but upon the esnonncement ofthe London conspiracy , Mr O Conner feared that they might be at one viewp laced before the Pablic ; every item being first submitted to a fall meetbt ? ef the Executive Ceuncil at Manchester , ^ peciaHy osavened for the purpose ; and that Lsndon might be fcilj represented in the council , Mr O'Cennor wrote t » Xr Moore , a member of the late Working Man a Asso-«>« ion , and also a member of the lata Cenvention , and « 6 e late Frosts Committee , sitting in London , encloses , tebearbisexpensesto Manchester . veg : nae ktter marked No . 4 , and also Mr Moore's reply , marked *» . 5 , in which he declines attending the meet ing , ana % exonerates himself from all partidpatlon in Vat "WKpiracv . The remit of tbe inspection of the account .

      f Tttecounca wffl be found in tbe resolutions « r »»' fc % which we alsogive , marked No . , from which « ^ r Mtt that the nattonowes Mr O'Connor £ » 2 . W » . «• *« * av it ' appear *? tbat the nation is indebted to him <& rum , because we wow that a very dbtof nt " »* ^ tbe shown , bnthewiUnot aUowmore than this w « B * w . .. *•¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ QirbigO'fJoMoraswehaveknownbunrorfi Te jeari . SK erjoy lngalarge portion of Mi confidence for now ^ J three jeari , we should consider , silence « P « a this »» bj « t the basest treachery to oar . sfleneed friend . <•* affection for O'Cennor i » not the interested feeling « f » depeadantmercenary ; itiefewdedon a errongana ^ Mtregardfor bis ehararter . bothpobue » dprl « te . We have had the best opportoniriea of kaowitog himM * ° *<* p 3 citiei ; andwabeline ftatnoconntrjo » er'ita ^• uce a more xalons , a more sincere , a n »» . «¦ £ ? " « . or a mow i ? trii . t « . MtBd nnbb ' c ferrint asa

      *«* rgu « O ' Conner ; while his private and personal « er-*** bitbe cause of Radicalism have evinced more j *?» ° * "yof character than appertain * to that of « y rata of whom we ever hetrd or read .. "A •" ** « rry , therefore , for tho compulsion which i « 1 *« JWy tbu bate attack on him , to uplifi s iman portfo " 7 * e curtain that most otherwise have remained closely r *» n sronnd seme of the best portions of hie character w ** e not even sorry for the defenceleu po « HioB , B 'fJCtthe hs * beeai 4 exedbythe « sonndrel g « verBinent , *& 0 « e vfle tooU would thus stab Mm whfle their masters ^ bis hinds-on the-contrary we thank both most

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      cerdlally . We thank the WhuraforM . t » ^^^ ^^™ K 3 S of idleness been thrown over hhnVor a toe hewonM been permitted to remain at large wbUe IR- ^ SJj « . locked up he would harl killed himseV ^ E s * M « l was « ««« , for hi , k 8 & Ith . * ™ ranceoffati gne , Dothbodn yandmental , wMch ZZ . Ueve . noothermane ^ h . ve sustsmed ; ' The arcumstanee of Ma incarceration so eagerly « watch to strike a blow tbat should be unparrfed has brought unto 0 M eognWe facu musSfive cordially . We thank th * in

      many of Mr O'Connor ' , character , of wWch weTw ^ f Z TT * ' ™ £ * Wcb tn »«>»« uly " »« i will abun dantly jostuy our allusion . Before bis imprisonment we never interfered In any other than the literary ma ! nagtment of the paper . Every department , in which the cashier , th . publisher , or agents were concerned , he overlooked himself ; as was most proper and most natn . ral . Since his imprisonment , we have been made conversant , as his representative , with many matter * that we before never saw . We found the ac counts ef the establishment pregnant with astound . » ng revelations of which he had never breathed

      a syllable . Deductions , to an incredible amount were made by agents for sums ordered to ba paid by Mr O Connor weekly , or as donations and subscriptions to the families of imprisoned Chartists , and to distressed persons , or to persons who had been , in various places , discharged from their employment for the assertion of theirprinciples . Through two agents only , he has given more to those psrposes than the whole of the National Fund for the support ofthe imprisoned Chartists . And though eojejing , wo believe , as much of , his confidence as any other man , we had net heard a syllable about any part of it . Tbe whole had been kept profoundly secret from all bnt those necessarily cognisant of it from then * connexion with the accounts . Was this mere ostentation 1 or was it tbat true charity which 'vaunteth not itself I * \ ,

      Such has been O'Cotnor ' s conduct through hit agents in var ious places ; while we have had fall opportunity of seeing enough of his most private acts at Leeds to know that hit character has been one consistent whole . Kor has Ms steadiness of purpose been less than bis munificence of souL Throughout the whole of tbis hot agitation , onr offlce has been a bind of political confessional . We have seen Mr O'Connor's seal , temper , and courage well tested both by friend and foe . aad we have ever seen kim bear the same front . We have seen him surrounded by dangers , and great dangers too ; but we have never known him shrink . Tbe time to know a politician is to watch him at the conflux of popular tides . We have seen O'Connor there ; and amidst all the dashing of the snrge he ever held fast by the rock of justice end consistency .

      We are . not fond of personal eulogmtn , but we do love justice , and , as we know that we have said ranch less than the truth , we think that we have not said more than i * rcqmired by the circumstances . Roman assassins slew Csiar : bat tbe Romans , when his will was read , wept over his corpse . We thought it right that the poor of England should know something of O'Connor s character before tha assassins had destroyed him . Now , except in compliance with the request I always made of the working classes , to he jealous about their funds , and the character of their leaders , need I go farther than this ? You know I have always told yon that- indifference of leaders to the first blush of slander was the

      thing that magnified and increased tbat slander ; and you also know , that it has ever been my custom to sift all matters connected with character to the very bottom ; and now , I ask you , what the veriest enemy of mine can think of this zealous advocate of Mr Ardill ' s character ? Don't you think he appears to know too much about everything , even the most minute transaction , and with which he had nothing to do ? And don ' t you think he ' s very tender about Mr Ardill ' s character , while he ' s very loose and indifferent about his ( own ? This zealous advocate hasn't said one single sentence in reply to . Ardill's ¦ ' ? . community" letters

      of the 7 th and 14 th of December , 1842 ; but I suppose he thinks defence of himself is hopeless , and , like a drowning man , he catches at a straw . But what say you to the public funds , when I tell you that Mr John Ardill never settled any single one of these accounts with me till I was about to discharge him ? And what do you think of Josh . ' s laudation- ' of his friend , for not charging interest upon money due , when I tell you that it is not entered in the cash hook till the day of his dismissal , and that he never paid the fraction of interest upon any of these public fnnds , but , on the contrary , he took up 3501 . of the Star

      shares and charged me 35 ? . a year , or 107 . ' per cent ., up to the day of his dismissal ; and wasn ' t that a" good money , club ?; As far as my character is concerned I have purged it f rom this charge ; but what will the clients of Joshua Hobson think of the unblushing and barefaced avowal of this caretaker of the public , funds , who , with- the hope of injuring me , thus-audaciously avows that he was unscrupulously using them for private purposes ! . ! No . 3 is a long yarn about Ardill ' s brother , a mechanic on strike , lending money to support the Star ; and this , fellow says that I remained

      in Leeds three days to get . 300 & from this brother of Ardill ' s .. Ididso , but it was 3007 . ' that Ardill had lent him of my money ; and he wanted me to take a bill upon some flax man in Dundee , for the amount , and I remained in Leeds for three days , and was obliged to leave it without the money , receiving 1107 . on the following Monday : in cash , and receiving John Ardill ' s cheque on the Leeds and West Hiding Banking Company for 1902 . ; and which was dishonoured and sent back to me , and which j hold at this moment , in my . possession . And now I give you the whole amount of funds received at the Star office , from John Ardill ' s own

      handwriting—Folio aS s . d . Frosfs Defence Fund .. ' .. 178 .. 478 1 41 ClaphamFaBd .. .. .. 160 .. 0 12 7 Defence Fund .. .. .. 258 .. . 30715 4 Medals sold . Balance after paying carriage of flags , & c . .. 337 .. 2 6 8 Balance of National Bent ; after nayrngPrinting of do ... .. 837 .. 1 Is 11 Kew Defence Fund , New boos :., 99 ,, 181101 ( 1 Richardstn , Manchester Defence Fond .. .. .. M " * 5 J Chartist Contested Seats .. 99 .. 3 11 0 Cleave .. ... .. SI .. € 0 0 0

      We certify that we bare seen tbe above in John Ardill's handwriting . Q . A . FUMISQ . G . J . Hamjt . D . K'Gowak . Now , than , those funds I over-paid to the amount of between 500 / . and 6001 . Upon the Contested Seat Fund alone , never before mentioned , I paid 32 / . odd to Messrs Yates and Turner , on account ofthe Newcastle petition , which was to be brought in favour of James Bronterre O ' Brien . How foolish it is to

      remind me of those things '; and yet this lowlived , filthy fellow , who was the very man that was at the settling of these accounts , would prove my incompetency to deal with public funds , I presume because I had overpaid every one tbat has been entrusted to me . But what a joke , this mechanic on strike , Ardill's brother , being able to abstract 500 ? ., as Hobson says , from his capital , to lend to me . Why , I tell you , Ardill was always discounting bills with my money and paying those hills away on my account as cash .

      4 . There is snch a thing in tins world as promng too « aV « wdl » proving too KtUe- Surely O'Connor has donTthe formerln tbis instance . What ! keep a bookkeener for seven rears who was making snch an awful mSaebnok . ^ here detailed ! What ! " . Mofigures oBsMd . ' What ! not a single page without 40 , SO , or 60 olfcraftoMf not a single one ! And this incompetent , cheatiBgclerkkeptin the establishment formoretnan sevenjears ! TeUsucha pretty ' jam * to ttemarrnes or to the men with ready swallow at the HaUof Science ,

      bnt teU it not to sober people . , , ' Yes , I abide b y the above assertion , and , again , I remind the reader that . I did not keep the man in my employment after I had made the discovery , because I could not make the discovery until tha figures were altered , and until I got the books , and I remind the reader of Mrs Rider's evidence , on oath , " That tbe books must be altered before O'Connor saw them . '* Always bear in mind , reader , that not a column " * my cash hook was totted up

      5 it w / s in 1838 that ArdUl became O'Coimor ' s book k « oer From that tima np to the latter end of 1842 . AlMcoaJdhot get O'Connor to look over the books , to ES htoiettof their correctneu , though heoften . e . firedit The cash book remained twwait-iip—unbalance d —the items not having been examined . At length , at the end of 1843 , O'Connor being at Leeds , and staying . at Ardfll ' shousei thiseisrnraattonwMwmnnenced . Every item asfar as they went , was ea ^ nnhed ; the cash frbra Uch agent shown to be properly posted toMsacconntin rf £ ledMr and each payment of cash traced through ™ S b ^ hbooV . or wage book . Then thn Items on ^ cSe ofthecasb book were added up , thetoWsof Seh column being taken on to a sheet of paper rrJedfor Sinnreose . This teas done by ffCoimr limself ; and tten Kddfog »«» tested by ArdilL Iutbfawythey Stl ^ ughlome seventyp . ges ofthe ^ book . ^^ rbVdanceattkeend , Mitthen appeared . TJ » totdi at ^ d rf « ch wlB « aaoffigurMlatb 9 book had been

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      put in in pencil when tbas added nnd «*? .- -. ness had been tested « T «< u ^ ' after its correct-0 '(^ nnor rivu ! e ArdHl ^^ jures were marked in i > b , Mr ^ S ^^^ ZffiZZ ?^ ^ randum I saw m , » e « aVtLe time . * That memo-Jj 2 ! her 6 ' 8 T" ? J 8 in & le word in the above extract true . I did not see one single voucher ; Rr' \ B , C 0 kran . had te amount entered m it . I did not see a single entry in the ledger . ^ TtT / H ^ at all and wl * n I « id see it , I defy the devil himself to understand it . Ardill never did press me to go over the accounts . I pressed him , and Ardill was not with me for four hours altogether while I was going over some pages in the cash book . As Rider tells you , he was sometimes four days in the week without going to the office

      while I was absent , but at the time that I remained at his house to cast up the books he always had business at the office . I did not give him any memorandum or scrap , whatever , connected with that investigation or any other . I could not procure any Bank vouchers for two days , and Ardill gave me no assistance to get them ; but , upon one occasion , the Bank ' did give me two or three vouchers , and one of them was a cheque of Ardill ' s for UOl . and with which I was charged ; and when I asked Ardilthe meaning of it he got very red , and said "It was a mistake , that it was to ' takeup a bill that Mr Clarkson discounted for Hobson , ' ' and it was struck out of the account . I never

      have got the vouchers , not one single voucher , although tens of thousands of pounds placed to Mr Ardill ' s credit are placed thus : —

      Paid Bank .. .. " .. £ 90 0 0 Paid Ditto .. .. - too O O Paid Ditto .. .. .. 300 0 0 and so on to the amount of tens of thousands of pounds . Now I have never seen a single voucher for those lodgments . I have never seen a single banker ' s book . Now the transcript that I took of a fenpages of the cash book only at that time , I still f ortunately have in my possession , and , by it , a thundering large balance appeared due to me , and at the conclusion of that partially settled account Mr Ardill was to procure 500 / . to

      enable me to pay ready money for papermind , this was in 1842— -and , in 1843 , Ardill and Hobson , in their reply to Hill ' s 'Scabbard , ' confess that Ardill was obliged to draw in the monies due to him to MEET MY DEMANDS UPON HIM . Those are John Ardill ' s own words written by Joshua Hobson . That ' s one of the panels , and I shall presently , come to the others . But I may . here observe , that not a figure is altered in the cash book of those columns which I totted up on that sheet of paper , and this produces the puzzle of making out the balance over a shorter range of figures .

      6 . The Star was removed to London , Ardill becoming responsible to a friend for the means of getting there ; anii alter we got there he had again to find money to meet apaper bill , due in April , 1845 . Up to tbis time Mr O'Connor had not been charged one penny interest on the sums belonging to John Ardill , employed in the Star , nor on the sums borrowed from other parties . While Ardill * , brother , for instance , could hare had interest for his £ 30 ( 1 . at the Bank , and could hava got it when ho wanted it , O'Connor bad tbe use of it with eut a fraction of charge ; and it was not always forthcoming when needed . In addition to this , for years O'Connor made Ardill ' shonsehis home , when at Leeds . He was there at tunes for weeks together ; once , when examining tbe toofci j as before detailed , forsht weeks ; livingathis table , and steeping in his bed ; and this , too , withoutever , from nrst tOlast , maton gonolfartw ^ isrecom » aH *' . Aosntlemon living with , and on , his servant .

      Wasn ' t ! charged a penny interest ? Tell that to the marines . He means I wasn't paid a penny interest ; and as to the fable of my being at Ardill ' s house for six weeks together , I never was there for five days together in mv life . Just think of telling the Chartist ' s of England that I was six weeks in any one place j and as to partaking of my servant ' s fare , I ' ll tell you an anecdote . —Job Hague , the brother-in-law of Hobson , once met me at the station in Leeds , and when I got into the cab I told the driver to driveme to Mr Ardill ' s house , at Burley-place , when Job , who was up to all the dodges , went back to the office and told the men , as a good joke , that he had half a mind to tell the driver to drive me " To MY OWN COTTAGES , at Burley-place . "

      7 . Before tbis July bill became due . Mr O'Connor went off to the largest agent there was , and drew from him £ 3 < . 0 . On his return hetold Mr Ardill that this agent would , on the succeeding Wednesday , send him ( Ardill ) £ 250 . The bill was falling due on the Saturday after . . . .. Wednesday came , but no £ 230 . Then Mr Ardill wrote to the said agent , apprisinghim of what Hr O'Connsr had said about the £ 250 ., ; and desiring it to be sent off forth * with . The answer per return of post was , ' thathe had no money to send—and Mr O'Connor knew that he had not . ' Indignant at being thus treated , —tbickkd—Mr Ardill resented . Thereupon ensued a correspondence , in which O'Connor hadsojnc truths told him which he Trill never forgive to his dying day . - That biU [ The July one . 1845 , mind ] was talcen up , at last . I wish tbis date to be observed , ¦ When I come to the

      accounts of thelmad Companjit will be seen why I so request . To meet the deficiency , Mr Ardill gave a chequeat a month on his b nkfor £ l 50—toMcfc chxque was neveu TAiDasaU similar former cheques had been ; but it was kept till due , and then enclosed by Mr O'Connor himseli ina letter to Mr Ardill . . , Now , here ' s a yarn ; to take up this bill ,, went to Manchester , and got the money from Mr Heywood . I paid the money to " Ardill ( 250 ? . ) , it is acknowledged in the cash hook . Ardill was bound to take up the bill . He gave another cheque for 150 / . which was dishonoured , and this is the question that you are to keep particularly in view , in connexion with the Land money .

      18 . Mr Ardill had been advised by his lawyers , that it wasnecessary he should keep possession of the Star ac count books under the agreement , as his debt , for which that agreement and the bond were given , appeared only in those books . ' One night , while Ardill was out of the way , all the boohs were removed out ofthe office up to Mr O'Connor ' s lodgings . That night Ardill and O'Connor had to meet to arrange for a settlement . O'Connor , having the boohs , acted tbe bully . He stormed ; he threatened . He read a pretended counsel ' s opinion , to the effect that Ardill bad broken the agreement , and could be made to suffer . Ardill quietly sneered down this lawyer ' s law , ' and told O'Connor that it was Mm that had broken the agreement , in going and

      obtaining £ 300 . from the agent before spoken of . On this O'Connor wore , 'By theliving God , 'he had not had one sixpence from that agent since the agreement was made . The answer was , * Then tbat agent owes £ 700 . ; he has had papers to that amount since the period you speak of : and uhdeb TBB Aoseehmt , I uM make him pay for them . ' This-tamed the ' roaring lion . ' he saw himself fairly Caught He Saw his double-dealing and his oath , ' by the living God / in dangerof full exposure , and he then agreed to a proposal for a settlement . That proposal involved some calculations from the Star books . To make those calculations , Mv Ardill ,: and another party who had

      witnessed an thathfid passed , went to the office with the books . They were thus again in Mr Ardill ' s possession , and ,, the calculations over , he put them by in a safe place . Next morning , . O'Connor objected to' the settlement he had agreed to the night before ; Ardill accepted his objection ; reiterated his full demand , and would not abate one farthing , Ob this basis was a settlement at last effected ; Ardill agreeing to take bills fur the balance then due , some at more than taelte months' date . Tbe bills were accepted ; memorandum receipts exchanged ); and thus they parted , on an arrangement tbat'in the January following Mr Ardlllshould go np , If needed , to aid in getting out the quarter ' s accounts .

      Here , then , we have the spice of legal advice , under which the "Lucky Boy" was acting , and here , also , you have a tissue of the most absurd falsehoods that ever were printed . There isn ' t a word about the agreement in any single book . John Ardill gave a note to one of Mr Hobson ' s apprentices , to get the books from Mrs Hobson , at whose house they were , and he brought them to my house upon , that order , for , as Mrs Rider swore before the arbitrator , " Mrs Hobson had Mr Ardill ' s orders not to

      give them to any one without a note from him ;" and , it is quite true , that , when I saw them , I did storm , for , from July till November , Mr Ardill had snaffled every single fraction without the deduction of a farthing that was paid by the agents ; and , in three days after I so stormed , a bill for 556 / . was due f or paper , and when I asked MrArdillifhe had made provision for it , he told me , in presence of Mr M'Gowan and my nephew , that he couldn't give a fraction towards the bill , —that he was advised to pay himself all that was due upon the bond , and a note given for another balance in April , 1845 , and I had again to start to Manchester to receive money from Mr Heywood , which

      his books will show , Mr . Roberts giving me the I difference to enable me to pay the bill , which Ardill , b y his bond , was bound to take up . Then , in looking qj-er the cash book , I found that he had screwed the agents up to . the last farthing , making those who should only pay quarterly , pay in the middle of the quarter , and after the receipts ofthe whole of the money , and when he had not one periny towards the bill , I read him counsel ' s opinion before Mr M'Gowan ] and " my nephew , when he got as pale as a ghost , and said , "Ah ! but , Mr O'Connor , you wouldn ' t proceed as counsel recommends / ' This is the fabricated counsel ' s

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      opinion , the original of which I will send for inspection of the curious , to the 'Registry Office for private correspondence /—The omce of The Manchester Examiner . Then , indeed , the " roaringlion" became a sucking dove , said that he would give a cheque for 56 f . towards the bill . And now , for a curious f act ; you see how this cunning trickster is telling you facts which I told you before , but which he never told you before , and which he never would have told you , if I had not , —namely , that the columns of the cash book were not summed up , and that he was advised to keep possession of the books . Nowmark one fact

      , with regard to , those books . This clerk of mine was at a socialist meeting at Johnstreet , one night , and . whence got to his friend Josh . ' s house , betweenAhree-and ¦•• four miles from my office , he found . that the books had been left at the office . He came at two o clock , in the morning , scaled the walls , and took the books home with him ; and , whenever he went to Leeds upon his own business / he took the books with him , and ' sbmetimes for a month and five weeks my nephew and Mr Kider had to keep the accounts upon sheets of \

      papers . j 0 w , then , I am stating only what can be proved on oath , bat not half of what can be proved . And did any man ever hear s ^ ch a thing as two paupers coming tdnie" in 1 * 837 without a second cipat :, | l : o '; their ! rjack ' s ' : ' and in 1845 , one having the , whole pf myf machinerywhich cost me nearly t , obQ / . :, ani bringing me in debt several hundred pounds into the bargain , and preferring the . security , of the other costless ragamuffin to thai of the proprietorlocking up my books-r-purloinihg my booksnot allowing me a sight of my books , ' ' or allowing any one at my office to see them ? l '

      9 . The first bill tbat Ardill held under tbis settlement wasone for £ 80 ., due in the beginning of April , 18 < fi . On tho 4 th of April , 'just when the bill had to be met . O'Connoropewd / re on Ardill about the alleged defalcations and embezzlements . He wrote a letter on tbat date , distinctly charging Ardill with fraud , and pointing out what he also called ' errors' in the accounts . Mr Ardill ' a answer was : * That the matters complained of could not be "boft : if they were 'frauds'they were not ' errors ; ' and if ' errors ' they were not 'frauds . " 'However , 'he continued , ' , though ' . ! tnighttftkemy stand on the receipt I hold from you aartothe correctness of these OCCOUntSi I Will

      not do so . Tou . alle Re there ; are , errors in them . As an honest man it isiny dirty to ascertain this . I will consent to open them ' again from first to last ' ; " . we will go over them together . j if , on Mich examination , there is Wnythingdue from you to me , you shall pay it , if anything due from me to you , I will pay it out of the last bill I hold . ' , .. ;„• . ; . ' ., . .,,-., ¦ ... . That / air prop o sal O'Connor declined ! He let the £ M . bill bn dishonoured . Ardill immediatcly entered an action for the ' recovery of the amount . O'Connor pleaded all that he has since openly alleged : error ; fraud ; and defalcation ;

      Ardill gave notice of trial , for the assizes at York , in August , 1816 . As soon as such notice was served , « summons to stay proceedings , on jat / m « nt of debt < nid costs , was taken out by O'Connor ; and the man who bad plkaded what would have been a certain bar to tha action , had his pleas been true , now paid £ 101 . 13 s . 4 d . for that £ 80 bill ; and had his own lawyers' costs to pay besides—probably some ^ 2 0 . more . . ¦ . ' . Now , just mark this fellow's version of a transaction , which really stands in my book in Ardill ' s own handwriting . Besides all my machinery going to Mr Ardill , and this bond and note debt , in November , 1845 , when I was dismissing him , he brought me in debt 140 ? . upon

      the bond and note account , Ihaving received the balance from the agents , and the bills that I gave him for that , was one for 607 . at three months , and one for % Ql . at six months , and not at a year , as the biographer says . Well , the one at three monthsVas punctually paid and taken up to the day , and my nephew , who was then with me , told me that , in looking over the books , he had discovered something very glaring and suspicious . I then , for the first time , submitted the books to a practised accountant , and also to a gentleman who had been cashier for twenty years in a large banking house;—the consequence was that , they

      found them full of errors , and they pointed out two so glaring ( in pages 104 and 105 of the Cash Book , ) that I submitted them to counsel . In one page , my credit is 100 J . too little , —ia the next page , Mr Ardill's ; credit is 100 / . too much , and , the figures have been all altered for several pages on , and then altered back to square with the . errors in pages 104 . and 105 ; At this time , theSOX bill was coming due ; and 1 sent my nephew to Leeds with the book ; and I got a letter from John Ardill , not such a . fascinating one as stated by the biographerr-not offering to submitihebobks . for inspection—rbut confessing the error , and from which I give you the following extract : ^ : ¦ ;

      I told Roger tbat I would allow the £ 80 . out of the bill wlrch will be due of Mr M ' . Gonan ' s in July , for the machinery ; but I don't think you have a right to claim it out of tbat for BO . which Ihold . I took the letter ; and the books to counsel ; againlaskedcounseliftheletterandbodkirt-ould be a good set-off ; to the bill ; for 80 ? . He told me that the book alone would he a good set off without the letter , unless , ,. the bill was passed

      out of Ardill ' spossession , into / the hands of a third party > who could not be supposedtokriow anything of the transaction . I , thereupon , refused to pay the bill . 'Ardill , iunde / the advice of his . attorneys , no tbubtV passed . ' the bill into other hands , and then , but not till then ; I'paid the money ; and immediately-after Ardill wrote to me consenting to allow the , money to be deducted from Mr . M'Gowan ' s , hill due in July , he served Mr M'Gowan witVnotice that

      that bill HAD PASSED , OUT , OF . HIS HANDS ALSO , although in my presence he pledged his word that the bill should not even go into his banker ' s hands . Now , then , what does the biographer say to battle the second ? There is not one single sentence in any one comment that I have written upon the subject that is exaggerated , ; or . even coloured ; nor is there one , that cannot be sworn to . 10 . But while thus shrinking from meeting John Ardill in court , where bis charges could and would have been investigated , O'Connor did not shrink from whispering away John Ardill ' s character . He made it a portion of his business in the country to poison the minds of those he came in contact with , by retailing tho slanders ho had heaped together . ' ' ' ¦' , ¦

      Now , what ' s the fact ? ; You-have already understood that Ardill wrote « to ffiider trying to seduce him from my service , in the hope of getting a better situation . on the ¦ railroad ; and when I went to Leeds to the . Chartist Conference , in Ap ril , 1846—the Conference where Cooper acted very foolishly , impelled , I believe , by the false assertions of those men—and having heard from several parties , both at Huddersfield

      and Leeds , that Mr Ardill , Mr Hobson ,, . and Mr Cleave had been slandering me in every ; possible manner , and trying , to .. damage-the Northern Star ^ I took the books : ¦ with me to Leeds and Huddersfield .. At Leeds I submitted them to MrWm . Brook / who had heard of the slander . At Huddersfield I submitted them to a number of persons in Mr-Pithkeithley ' s house—Mr Stead , the secretary , of the Huddersfield branch of the Land Coiri ^

      pany , amongst the rest—and they were ' horrified . At Leeds , a man of the name of Walker , a confectioner—you see I give you names— -held twenty shares in the Star , and ; was \ writing every week to have them taken up ; when a | Leeds I saw him , and in the presence of Mr Brook , he . told me that Ardill had alarmed him ; he gave him such a bad character of me , and such a wofukaccountpf my " . affairs , and the condition ofthe S / ar ; and that lie . asked him and pressed him , several times , to go witkhim

      to his solicitor , and that he would . procee & for the amount without costing him : ( Walker ) one farthing . Now , wasn t that cheap law ?' . Wasn't that gratitude ? Surely that wasnttslander 1 but showing the books as an answerto this slander , was whispering away Mr Ardill ' s character . But I beg to tellthe biographer , that ; besid s this , I have not a hvt more letters written by him and Ardill , as well as a large portfolio full , that ArdiU left behind him by mistake at my office . Now , whose was the poison , and whose was the antidote ? » , ; ¦ ¦' .: ""'' .

      ' Hi P . S . I shouldnot omit to state that in 1811 O'Connor presented to John Ardill his - ami sold vspetoter , as a tokenofregard for bis faithful . audl . devoted . services while he was in prison , ' and particularlyJor thu . exer . tions he bad made to meet the heavy payments of tbe 'Star . I was the bearer of both the watch and the" message from th « priion to Leeds ; and when Q- 'Connorienlfcustedthem to me , be promised to buy m ? one , on hj » liberation , that shouldcost £ 20 , formt friendlyefflces , ; : , . "V " ; , ; -These incidents would be incomplete without ; the corol lary ; say watch I never got ; John ' s was , worthless I ;< < To finish—True , his watch he nevergot , but what do you think of the meanness of the

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      wretch , writing to me to remind me of the watch , several months after I dismissed him from my service . Now , then , I have answered every single assertion in this fellow ' s letter , and I trust that the people of Manchester and neighbourhood will insist upon seeing the document that I send for public inspection to the Manchester Examiner . A word upon two other points , and I have done . This fellow has told you a cock and bull story about my threatening to dismiss him if he published anything o pposed to the Land Plan in the Northern Star , and now you shall hear the real facts of that case . He was for

      some time trying to surround me , as he says , with his Socialist friends , as Directors and Secretary ; and he came to me one morning , and told me a story . about a person entrusted with the Land monies having been seen drunk withjsixteen sovereigns his pockets , ( and not fifteen , as he states—for liars should have good memories ;) and he said , " Really , sir , it wiU . he-my ' duty to publish this fact for the protection of the Company / ' I said , "If yoa publish anything derogatdry to the character of any person connected with the Land Company , you shall never write another word in the Northern Star , You want to play the' Gooddie , ' and vuin the Lind - movementj as Hill ruined the Chartistv ^ movement , by denouncing the Directors . " . ....... ,

      ^ N ' pwj ' th ' atytha'true Version ; but-you may judge of „ this fellow ' s value- for truth , by the T " ^ S ^ £ wltness is •?* ' « " * tell the tru % ; AND THfi , WHOLE , TRUTH ; and now , what . didithia fellow do ? " He . writes a letter ' to ; Mf , Qastler-abbuthis ,: character . Mr Oastler /; ianswers . it , and he suppresses threefourths of it . I have now untangled this . felr low ' s knotty web , and I think that all who have an interest in my character , that , after eight years ' intimacy and connexion with the communicative , unsuspicious , and confiding master , these , my dismissed servants , are put to great shifts , even to fabricate a word

      derogatory to his character . And this , my friends , is mystrength-rrthatif I was now to sever myself from every mari who has been connected with the movement , and to dismiss every man f rom my employment ) : 1 would defy all—one and all-r-to prove me guilty of a dishonourable , dishonest , mean , ungenerous , or ungentleman-Jike act , and that ' s my strength . And 1 dare all the world to publish every word of conversation that they have ever had with me , or , after my long political struggle in the world , to publish a line from under my hand , that the most sceptical or fastidious should be ashamed of . It is my course to sift those charges

      always to the bottom , laying treachery , conspiracy , and villainy bare , and presenting myself to the world , if poor , yet with an unsullied , honourable , and unimpeachable character . I now leave these fellows to public investigation , and to tbe odium they so justl y merit , not shrinking from inquiry , but requesting all to insist upon seeing the mysterious correspondence deposited by biographer Hobson in the archives o f the Manchester Examiner ; and I wish the proprietors and conductors of that paper joy of the " able and interesting" preductions ' of their , " Christian Minister / ' their " Convicted Thief , " and their " Beast '' - —a very pretty trinity in unity .

      I remain , my friends , Your faithful and unassailable representative , FlSAMUS O'C ' ONNOll .

      Much For The Cash Book And The Balance; ...

      ffoVEMBER 27 , 1847 . *'" . ' ¦ " . - THjE NORTHERN STAR * Z . ^ v O ¦

      I Insert The Following Letters As Proof ...

      I insert the following letters as proof of Joshua Hobson ' s integrity . F . O'C . Sunday evening I _ shall send a letter explaining each sum 1 think wronsj , so that you will not have much trouble , and you can hare all ready for ycur visit to Leeds . You will bear in mind that the satna bays who are charged for weekly , are the persons layin ? on and taking off , except one man some tirao ago ( William SiramoadB ' sbrotKer ) , who wasincludedih the ^ etting of paper and laying on ; since he left , ' one young man ., a compositor ( G . Pallister ) , and atp ' resent , and for ' some time lately , one young man , H . Hilton . Dunne tKe

      time that William s brother was here ! he-was " charged for in' paper wettiflg and such like ; when' he left ; G ; Pallister began to lay ob , and worked ! in Hobson ' s office . , When Pallister was out of hw . tirflej , Henry Hilton began laying on . Pallister was senttoSiAR side / and Henry works on 'Hobson ' s side , wjhen . not laying on . Henry was placed on Star side to ' leam composing , but as soon as he could do anything ; , was transferred to Hobson ' s' office : and the same will happen to Fawley soon—but lately he has charged as much for the matter Fawley sets , as if a man had set it , so that he will perhaps not transfer him .. It is now past time—tbe next will refer iporepartj ' cu ' arly to the items . This is a general description , . of- call it as you like it . ' . J . Akdili ,. ,

      Nobthbhn Star, Dec. 13,1842. ¦ Sir,—In A...

      Nobthbhn Star , Dec . 13 , 1842 . ¦ Sir , —In addition to what I have sent , we pay £ 15 yearly for insurance on £ 3 , 000 . AH is insured in Hobson ' s name , apd I think the policy is either for £ 1 , 500 on each side , or £ 2 , 000 . on yours , and £ 1 , 000 . on his . We pay for all coals used ; they use from our Cellar , because they want their coal cellar for other purposes . They perhaps would not have any ohjection to apportion the cost , but I like each to have their own , and each knows his own expenses . Then we pay for gas about £ 25 . ha'f-yearly ; for rent £ 84 . yearly— £ 21 . quarterly . Tbis is not fairly appur , tioncd , but of course that is your fault ; you allowed Hobson the use of the upper room rent free ; had it been ray case , I should have thought I had paid enough when L had paid £ 20 . for a tenant to'Jeave' ,

      and been saddled with about £ 30 . per year in rent , besides the cost , of alterations , without giving up part of the premises to another rent free . I never yet liked that business—that £ 20 . was paid by your order to secure you additional premises \ the secret was / the upper room to Hobson to publish the Mqbai . . Would . But that is past , yet I like to refresh vour memory iwith such follyj to prevent the same occurring again . It is all the pleasure leetforpayiiig the £ 20 ., and about £ 6 . yearly in rent ; for though the amount is . paid by you , I feel as much in cases where I think its ill spent , as if the ose was my own ,- and I quarter . ' ' ,. ' ;* ' . ' .. . „ . ' * ,: . . * .- *;¦ - ¦ - ' There aire more payments which . you .. will be able to recollect ,- perhaps—at all evcnls , when you look over the cash book , you will find all down .

      'Mr Ilobson—The Man Of Property—Who Alwa...

      'Mr Ilobson—the man of property—who alwajs speak * whatistrue , ' . . - ;•; . . i : -.

      • , '' , Huddersfield , Nov . 23 ,-1847 . TO , THB EDITOB OF ; THB . NORTHERN STAH . . Sin , —I perceive ia the MAttcHKSTEB ExAMWBB , that Mr Hobson has produced , what he considers , a fact , in the evidence of a letter , purporting to be signed by the parties who ' sold the press , dee ., of the . 'Voice of the West Riding , ' and thus to attempt to make then-world ^ bcliere he was a man of property ; andhadspmenaoney . •; . ¦''" tjnlprtunately ; for ;; Mr Hobson . there are other parties living in Iludderafield , whose niemoriesare as fresh as his , and had he not the impudence of his most intimate friend / the devil , be would never have ventured upon such a , cook and bull story .

      Let a plain , unvarnished tale be told , and we shall then see how truthfully Mr Hobson has told his side of the tale . When the presses , & o ., oftho ' Voicoof the West Riding ' , were for sale , Hobson wanted them , stating that he was desirous of following the trade of a printer , ( he was too idle for bis own , never being able to make a three-legged stool . ) Having many friends amongst tbe shareholders , he had the first chance given him , but ho had no money . ( Proof you will say . Here it is . ) He had resource to the cxpedifnt of getting bond , for the security of the same . Messrs William Bradley and Christopher Tinker were the parties who became security fi . r Hobson

      ( the man of money . ) The time for pay ment came , hut ho money from the ' pure , immaculate , rich ,: honest , Joss . ' Messrs Bradley and Tinker wrote to Mr Hobson at Leeds . He never even answered their numerous letters , and they , having received notice that an action-at-law would be forthwith commenced against them , if not paid within a stated ^ period , Messrs Bradley and Tinker went to Leeds Usee Mr Ho . bson . personally , and after much pressing and solicitation , ho promised he would settle the same * stating be then was able ao to do . Whether ho did pay ,, or not , tbe bond heard no ' more of the matter ; but one thing is certain , the shareholders never eot any' money from that day to this .

      < Now consider , t * one moment ; the conduct and behaviour of Hobson to > these : two men ; who had be - friended him in the time of need , who had stood by PJfl ^ hen he . had not a penny in the whole world , to bless himself with ., . They . had . tp pay . their . owniexpensea to Leeds , oh his business , and he . never ^ yen made them an : ofier then , or since , in repayment for the aarrie ; ContraVt this conduct ;' ' with that' stated ¦ in -Mr O'Connor ' s letter of Saturday last ; Hobson charged 12 s , 6 d . far going from Leeds 10 Bradford , ten miles ; and when bis friends go from Haddersfield to Leeds , sixteen miles , on hisTuobjon a ) aocoHntj he allows them-nothing . ' Do unto others , as ye would that others should do unto you , ' does not form part ef his ( Hobson ' s ) practical doctrine . Parties desirous of satisfying themselves aa to the

      'Mr Ilobson—The Man Of Property—Who Alwa...

      truth of the above , may have their curiosity grati * l ied , by addressing a note to Mr William Bradley . Tailor , Nsrtbgate , Huddersfield , One of the said bnnd . How far any one can credit any statement Ilobscn makes after the above , I cannot conceive . I am , sir , ¦ Yours , most obedient , ' WATCH MAN . ' One who has known Hobson from a snotty-cuffed lad to thepresent day .

      ^Attonai Santr Dompnn^

      ^ attonai Santr dompnn ^

      Forthcoming Meetings. " Bmmihghjm.—The M...

      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . " Bmmihghjm . —The meeting of the National Charter Association will meet in future at six o'clock on Sunday evenings at tho People ' s Institute , Loveday * street . The Land members meeting at the Ship , are informed that their meetings will be held at eight o ' clock instead of six , on account of the meetings of the National Charter Association at the People ' s

      Hall . Bbaotobd . —On Sunday evening a difca s ' oa wiH beheld by the Chartists of Bradford , in their roojft Butterworth-buildings . atsix o ' clock in the evening . Subject : — ' The best means to be adopted to procure the adoption of the Charter bv the Legislature . * The Chartists of Bradford wiJlmeetto receive sub * scriptions in their room , at two o ' clock in the after * noon of Sunday ( to-morrow . ) Oldham—On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , ameeting will take place in the school room of tbe Working Man ' s " Hall , at six o ' clock in the evening , when the parliamentary proceedings of the week will be read from , the desk , Manchksteb . —The shareholders nf the People ' s Institute are requested to meet to-morrow , ( Suudayl at two o ' clock in the afternoon .

      • : IIalwax . —Messrs Webber and Wilson will deliver addresses in tbe Working Man ' s Hall , Halifax , on Sunday , Nov . 28 th , to commence at six o ' clock ia tho evening . MrooLBT . —Mr Bowden will lecture at this placa on Sunday , November 28 rb , at six o ' clock in the evening-EiLANn . —Mr Clis ? etfc will lecture at this place , on Sunday , November 28 th , at six o ' clock in the eveninn . Lowrb Wablkt . —Messrs Rnshton ard Hodson win address the Chartists of tiiis place , oil Sunday , Nov . 28 th , at six o ' clock in tbe evening . Bbaotobd . —A public meeting of the members of the Land Company will be held in thelaige room , Butterworth buildings , on Sunday , at two o ' clock in tho afternoon .

      Manchester . —Mr VV . Foster . District Secretary to the Land Company , of Ne . 12 , Alicc-stieet , Devonshire-street , Halme , will afford every information and enrol members in the National Co-operative Benefit Society , to residents of Manchester and districts . Basburv . —A general monthly meeting of tho branch will take place at the Star , Hkh-streat , nn Tuesday , November 30 th , at seven o ' clock in th . 8 evening . All members are requested to attend , also the members of the Savings Company . Lbiobstbr . —This branch of the National Land Company meet as usual , at 36 , Sanvey Gate .

      Nbwcastlb-upon-Ttnk . —The members cf this branch are informed that , the money club for deposits in the National Land and . Labonr Bank . commenced on Sunday , Nov . ' 21 st . ' and will proceed to draw the lots on Sunday , Pec . 12 th , and all members wishing to join must

      quarterly meeting will he held in the house , of M . Jude , on Sunday ' . 'Dec . 5 th , at six o'clock , and members who reside above two miles from the place of meeting are requested to alterid'tbe quarterly meeting in the house of M . Jride , ohSatiirday Deo U ' th , at two o ' clock . ' A' district'delegate meeting of members of the Land Company will be held on Sunday Nor ; 28 tb , at eleven ' o ' clock , ' in the , forenoon , in Mr Bradford ' s Tcmperatce HbfeL' Elvet Bridge , . Durham . ' ^'" ' - ; ' ''"'' . ""' " "' . '' ;> ' - ; .. ' . Rossehdalb ;—The shareholders ' meet fortnightly , at Mr Robert Ingham ' s ; ' Swan Inn , ' to reeeive subscriptions andenrol ' newmembers . ' ';' . ' , :, \ ' Swindow . —A public meeting will take ^ lace at the Golden Lion Inn , Odd - ' Fell 6 ws' ' 'HalV , ; i qn ' . Mo ^ y evening next ; . Nove : mber ,. ' 29 thj :, . When . Six Reason , will be given why the working classes should Join the , National Land Company , and render a ] I , 'Jheir . siip V , port to-ihe Land and Labour Bank . ^ t . s ^ v ' ,-. ; -: v . o- '

      fLTMOuTH . —Mr West willlecture in the Mechanical Institute , Plyra ^^^^ November 2 atri and Si 0 th ; on the' ' . " Landahd-the . . ' .. Charter . ' . . ,. i (> H . „ , . ]! , , cT / . - . fr , . AocRisafow ;— The members , ' of ^ the ^ 'Landbranch , , are'requestedVaftetid St ' thejpnlce , on jiionday , No- , ' ,. vember 29 fcbj at ' scvbn , o ' clock . ' - , ^' V ,, '" , -, ' ., ' r j ' . '¦¦ « ' . !• ,:, ¦ •' .. CABRWaioH . —The rd | rnoera of . the ,. Carrington ; y branch are requested 16 ; atterid ' tbp mbhthlymeeting , ' . < - ¦ ¦ on Sundayneit . ' at' six o'clock 'in l . the . evening ,- , to pay the arrears due to ' the'Eipense . Fuwd .. ' ,. ., ; .. r . ' .., ' , '' RbOHDAtiii . —The friends of freo . discussion ara in- ) : ¦ = formed that the" Cliartist ' council' have sen ^ t , f 6 rj botli / 'r . Nottingham hapers , containing theXhirpnrticujaM ^ f . , .,, ^ , the lengthy discussion betwixt'Mr'Bailejj ' pr ^ tor of the Nottingham ^/ ercMTy ^ ind ^ Feargus O'Cdiff , ; ,. nor , Esq ., M . P ., onthe merits of ' the Nationil ' Laa'd , ' ,,, Plan . The above will bo read by ., Mr ' Edward J Mitchell , in the Chartist mm ^ Torkshire-streeCTo ,. ' ;' . '

      commence at six o ' clock ' . ... ,. | .,. , i Macolbshbld . '—Dr M'Dbnal will' address , tha "; , members and friends ' of this branch , in the Chartist , , roomi'Stanley-street , on Sunday , ^( to-moj row , ) , ati six o ' clock in the evening . " " *" . ;" .. . ; ,,., ; .,, MiscHisxaBi— A ~ ' meeting of the ballotled , merfl . ' . , bers of Manchester , Stpckpbrt , Proylsden ; . D . uke ' n- ' " , field , Ashton ; Staleybridge , Mottrarn , and Oldham , , , will meet at Mr Whit ' aker ' s , lata Dixon ' s ,, Temper-. . ance Hotel , Great Ancoats-street . ~[ Wheh ?] ' ' : DoiicASTBR . —A meeting of the Land members will " be held at'the honse of John Grimsbaw . ^ Marsh . Gate , ' ' ori 'Saturday night next , thej ? 7 « h'iiista . nt , ot seveno ' olock . - . ;' V- ' - ^ T- ¦¦' ¦ ¦ .

      A Pobuc Mebtino will be held . oh ^ Sundiiy , Nov . 28 th , at eleven o ' clock in the forehbon , at tbe . Good Intent coffee '¦ house , Back-hill Hatton-garden , to make known the means when with a hall of great dimensions may be obtained for the purposes ., of Chartism . Shares , one pound each . , T , ''¦ ¦ ¦ '¦"'¦¦¦ Makchkbtrb . —Mr R . Wild , of Mottram , . will ; lop * ture in the' People ' s Institute , ' on Sunday evening next , at six o clock . : _ . . ¦ . ? . ; . - ¦ . r > ¦ Middibton . — Mr James Leach , of Mancbesterj will deliver a lecture in the Temperance Hall , « h Monday night , the 20 th of November , " at' eight o ' clock . Subject : ' The Land Plan and the Land and Labour Bank , * SnoRHDUOH . —On Sunday evening next , Mr Edmund Stallwood will lecture at Mr Tomlin ' s , Green Gate , Hackney-road . Chair to be taken at half-past seveno ' olock . '"' ' ' :

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      " ¦ "TCT "* ' — Olbbury . — The following efficera , have . been elected : —Benjamin Wall , treasurer ;; : Tboma 3 Uornshaw , Henry Warwood , scrutineers ;> 'Wiliiani Ball , secretary . ^ ' . " , '' ., ; . " . „ ;' . ¦ ''¦¦' . ' : " . ¦ Davbntrtv— The members ofthe Daventry branch ofthe National Land Company , held thdrquarterly meeting on Tuesday ! November , 16 th , at £ theQdd Fellows' Arms . After choosing officers . for theensuingqaarter , it was resolved : —;; V ; : ¦¦ ¦ ¦ :: ., ^ : ; . _ -. »¦ . That a public supptr bo held : at the - same - ; house' on Christmas eve , to celebrate the progress we have made in thisTorjholeV ; ' : ; ' ; " ¦ ¦ ''; : / ' .,, " We now number sixty-three members . A vote of confidence in Mr O'Connor , was unanimously adopted . ' - ' - ¦ . " ¦ .

      Huxt . —At the weekly meeting of this branch of the Land Company , the address from the Executive of the National Charter Association was read ' , when the Esumof three shillings was collected , to assist iri the agitation for . the . Charter . Meetings are held every Monday and Wednosdayevenings , at the Ship Inn , Church-lane , at half-past seven o ' clock . The Chartists ' meet every Sunday evening , at six o ' clock , at the Ship Inn ., Church-lane ; ' ' ° BcRr . ~ On Thursday , the 18 th Nov ., ' Mr ( R . Sheldon Chadwick lectured on the 'Land and Chaiteri ' in the'Sessiori-bouse , at seven o ' clock in tbe evening , to an attentive and '; ence ; Some of -the ;' ebaip ' eful doings of the new Poor Law'Guardians were exposed , and , met with v deae ^ d . . in'dighaiion ,:,, A vote of thanks having bcenpiven to . the lecturer ,, the meeting concluded ataobut : teh ' 6 ' cloQk ;; . " .. ¦ - ' ' ^ Makchbst ' bb . —At a specialmeeting of the fcoutii Lancashire Observatisn CotomUtce , it was

      unam"S Spr ^ ^ V ^ -eet . ; in « to be held « Whittnker ' s Temperance Jfottl , 93 , 6 lortaK ^ oS ^^^ exS ^ o Sme ared with answe ^ to thefo l-: SLgpropositions . ^ mm SE'local ' er county leetnnDg , iiwderjoreoi r S ? h " cba rtiatmovementi « iSontb Lancashire ^ ^ Whetvflre tho best means to be adonted to supply the Land and Labour Bank ; witli funds , in ordv that our Directors may be enabled throoBh' such agency to emancipate tbe members of the Land Company and place them speedier on th ^ free labour soil their fatherland V 'What should bedone to aid O'Conuor ih . therightecus war he is wagingthe ' enemies of our beloved Land Plan ;^ and . bnw the forthooioing pa ' per'tho Demociui can besup localities aiiuo

      3 < m abkK ported r All represenwo , « ewtpnL ^ meeting are expected to send delegates to this . Con . ^ ference , and those who have no Ipaid the latelevjp : are to send the same by theirdelegate , was tbenabtav ; - us to carry on the war of Right against Wrong hfc ' thia important division of Lancashire . | ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27111847/page/5/