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-CIS DIa 'ffITH EXPENSES.'—Lord lfeP>oitm#. « Inemv can do jou more harm than a thousand. ^^ad ' oroaso^' -Lo'dUarrymore. ..
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RUSSELL'S REFORM BILL FOR 1862. ' We are...
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-Cis Dia 'Ffith Expenses.'—Lord Lfep≫Oitm#. « Inemv Can Do Jou More Harm Than A Thousand. ^^Ad ' Oroaso^' -Lo'duarrymore. ..
-CIS DIa 'ffITH EXPENSES . '—Lord lfeP > oitm # . « Inemv can do jou more harm than a thousand . ^^ ad ' oroaso ^' -Lo'dUarrymore . ..
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10 THE WORKING CLASSES . if f FrJESBS . —I think the two maxims . - ' ; v jjic j , 1 have headed this letter are true , re ceived a letter from Mr . Chbisiophbb J » « E flu Wednesday , in which he states that , s « i naid to him by Mr . Fexhebsto *' * Sided over to him hy Mr . M'GwfAK : f f i-ia * over the accounts I fiud this is c « r-
• but he also states ttiat l , Wb—m % \ i ^ hicii I charge the Company , arid ,, which * borrowed from Mr . Roberts—is due b y S C' . ' . np : iuy , and not by me . Now , this fl 0 W is due hy me , and not by the Com % u v as it shall be paid out of the funds due to nie ' and not by the Company . 1 should also state that I received Mr ., Fj £ TIIEBSTO > * S acc ount jnst as the "Starv- was going-to pa . S 5 , awl whJchla ^ nt . to . beiuBertedinthe « Star" bv my secretary .
JYrhaps Mr . DOTtE has not read Mr . ( Jn £ i " * a accounts delivered to the Committee cf the Mouse of Commons that sat in 1848 ; in ff liicii he states that , although the accounts v IRREGULARLY KEPT , that that told rather against , than iu favour of Mr . O'CoxsuK , and the Committee reported that the affairs were conducted with perfect bona 0 es ( good faith . ) 2 f oh % if I had kept the accounts as other
pcrsons ^ would have done , I should be able to proye > th £ t I had expended much more money than ! charge the Company with . Is not Jlr . Uot le aware that there is not a word or figure of mine in any of the account books ; and that when ; iX paid the labourrra every Saturday night , " ? " and the tradesmen , Mr . Doyle , Mr . C ^ llisdHAJ ^ and Mr . E »^ then the bailiff , inserted the amounts paid in th e books , they sat at one table inserting the amount paid , and I sat at the other table paying the money ? , ' - not that
Mr . Doyle was , perhaps , aware , while he was bailiff over the labourers , I paid him os . per week extra out of my own pocket , and lent him £ 10 . But however I may be rcvikd or abused , I snap my fingers at my opponents , as no man , > ho has advocated the p eop le's cause for thirty years , can lay such a character before the public as I can . The agents for the Northern Star now ovre mo between £ 3 , 000 and £ 4 , 000 , and no other prop rietor of a newspaper would allow them to do so ; and I tell Mr . Doyle and all my opponents that however I may be abused , that
I am resolved to carry on another land company upon my own responsibility , and then he and they will see that I have not lost the confidence of the working classes , to elevate whom 1 have devoted my time and property . I suppose Mr . Doyle is aware also that although the ' Star' has been established for nearl y fifteen years , that 1 have never looked over a lino of the hooks , and that one GENTLEMAN , whose name I shall not mention ,
has defrauded me of thousands of pounds ; and p erhaps he is also aware that the persons to wit iu I have been most kind , and to whom I ha v e given large sums of money , have been my greatest abusers . And does Mr . Doyle think that any other man , pressed as I have heeu for money , could say that he has never drawn one FRACTION out of the bank , and never received interest for money that he had paul into that bank to a large amount ? I do not think I need say more . Your Faithful Friend and Advocate , Feabgus O'Cosxob .
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TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Bkother Shaeeholdeus , — Parliament having at length granted a bill for winding up the Company , it would be well to consider the position in -which we are placed , in order to make the best of our property . In the first place , let as try to ascertain how far , aud to what extent , the directors themselves have claims upon us . It is well known tbat , for the past ei g hteen months , they have had hut small service to perform on our account ; in fact , some of them have been employed b y other parries , and , consequentl y , ought not to charge for time devoted to other pursuits .
Secondly , —The directors are hound ( if they set np a claim for compensation for their services during that period ) to g ive us a balance sheet of receipts and disbursements , including the sale of office furniture , & c , which , I presume , was purchased with our funds . If they set up the plea , " that they have not been legall y discharged , and on that account ought to be paid , " the sooner the shareholders themselves convene a Conference for that purpose , and for the examination of the before-named balance sheet , the better ; by which means flic vxpenses may be lessened in amount very considerabl y .
Thirdl y , —The statement made by Mr . M'Grath before the committee , "that there would be about two shillings in the pound dividend , " must be erroneous , if justice is done , and your property is properly disposed of . On what data does he found sach an opinion ? I am prepared to admit that much money has been spent upon the allottees , in the shape of Aid and Loan Money * that a considerable portion of this money is sunkhsi—irrecoverable : at the very outside , it will not amount to more than seven thousand
pounds . On the other hand , many of the allottees have paid portions of rent ; n » interest whatever has been given to the shareholders ; while thousands of pounda have been paid into the Company ' s funds in small earns not exceeding ten shillings , for which the parties yill not be at the trouble or expense of claimug . A large amount was also paid to the "Expense Fund . " How , then , can the property of the shareholders be reduced to a
dividend of two shillings in the pound ? Will not the bondsmen of these defaulting allottees be ca !'* i upon to pay ? If I am wrong , perhaps the directors will pat me right There can be oo wish either on the part of myself or brother shareholders to place any difficulty in their way ; but common justice demands that the feal state of the case should be known . Yours respecWdlly , James Sweet .
Desecration Of The Monument In Victoria ...
DESECRATION OF THE MONUMENT IN VICTORIA PARK CEMETERY , The Committee met as usual at Golden-lane on Sunday afternoon , and from information received , changed the day of meeting from Tuesday , July 1 st , to Mmiday , June 30 th . The Institution , Morpeth-Btreet , Green-street , Bethnabgreen , being engaged on the evening previously announced .
Chartist Agitation In The Agbicuir Tubal...
CHARTIST AGITATION IN THE AGBICUIr TUBAL JMSTBICTS . The first of a series of meetings Intended to be holden for the purpose of agitating the agricultural districts in the neighbourhood of O'Connorville , ** sheld at Chorley Wood-common , ou Monday « rening , June 16 th . At eight o clock a large body of agricultural laborers , and several of the neighbouring farmers * nd tradesmen having assembled , Mr . Batcliffewas ^ 'hd to the chair , and addressed the meeting at considerable length , explaining how they were intere sted in political questions . —Messrs . Sturgeon , I ™ -. Griffiths , ] nn ., and G . W . Wheeler , addressed ~* assembl y upon the principles and objects of the r arter > aQd the advantages to be derived from its * oojttfcin # Great interest seemed to be manifested , * ° d the meeting broke up at dusk ; votes of thanks daring bees given to the chairman and speakers ..
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A Pons Bbtcheb at Nottingham supplied , a few ™ js since , above a ton of port pies for a single «*•>' *« consumption , in the refreshment rooms of the G * e- « Exhibition . " \ - . * iii ° ? , dea of tne este ®* ° f 8 teel P ? n manufacture J ™ » he formed from the statement , thaVneariy 150 "Ns of steel are employed- anm » n > . ? br-tnis pur-*** . producing upwards of 250 , 000 , 000
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CRUEL TREATMENT <> F ERNEST , JONES WHILST IS TOTHILL FIELDS ; JPR 1 S 0 NJ ; Apnbliejmeeting « atheld at . thoiSa ^ bna t ^ a !^ Hijjh : Holboin . . on Wednesday ej-e » ing , Vio / . pe > Hiion the Mouse "f Commons : to grant , an ' iiquirytjntfrthe subject . ' - ' -Long before the meeting cTSih'frerrbedJ ' Jtlii * galleries and other portions ofUhe / bmldinV-. wejre crowded-1 <» excels ; in f : wt . it _ was thel , « rgesfc gatberirisr for any political object Which ' has b & ri held since 1848 . -. .: . ¦ . ' . . -V . At precisely pi » ht o ' clock . Mr . wakley , M : P ., wss called to the chair . ' Several other M . P . ' sJiad beenihvited . hut were hot ' preseiit ; .. "'¦¦' X ' S '
Mr . Waklkv . on takiiisr the chair , was loaded cheered . He stated thntithe question at issue ^ K & J whether , by torture , they should be prevented fmijgiving expression to' heir political opinions unjii the government of tho . country ; ' lie . would ^ noC prejudge the question , nor . say whether tortp # 3 jM iiei-n inflicted or h » t ; but he ; would listen ^^ eK tively to . what the speaKers had ; w . communjcawio the meeting on " the subject , andlthey ' ijpqlS ?' spfeaE fiom knowlfrf ' ge and « x ^ riet ^ H ?^ -M { :. lWAjey should shortly ;; h ^ S ^ M ^ aSrim ^ Jf ^' ^ t ^ t place , to ^^ W [^ wna ^ a ?^ M ^^ 0 were meijaM & fy ¦ gBm && Si W ^ gfm $ S $ ^ Jones ; ?^ o , \ thX ^| touMh ^ ihi % U >^^ ou ^ mve receiycilfegflgnti ^ tmeit ^^ hel ^ j ^ t hqpwo , g eneraltfaeflgiSJift ^^^ i ^ B ^ ggJ ^ PHB H ^ iM ^^^^ 'w ^ s ^ mp ' w ^ m ^!^ profession , as well as by habits and feelings ; but tie bad proved by his conduct that he still sympathised with those placed in a more humble ( . ositton
( Cheers . ) If there had been torture inflicted upon Mr . Jones , they ought hot to rest satisfied without an inquiry , ami tho offenders ought to be brought to the bar . of public opinion , and held up to public ignominy and contempt . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Jones had been accused of speaking sedition ; and no doubt he had expressed bis opinions warmly and decidedly , as many others had done at the . same time , but it was no oftVuce to express dissent from the opinions of a government ; ati '! , without a doubt , those who were liable to he punished by the taws had a right to a voice in the making of the laws ; and he trusted they would continue to speak oui boldly their political sentiment *; for those who were content without enjoying their political rights did not deserve freedom . ( Cheers . ) As for sedition , it meant anything which any body in power chose to consider detrimental to t ! . e > r interests
The Whigs , while in power , never spoke sedition , bat when out of office , where was there-a body of men more free with seditious speeches ? When in the Urder they could fill their mouths with someth i ng better , but when out o » the larder no men could fill their mouths with much loader vociferations of seditious sentiments . ( Dear . ) Such a course of conduct was most contemptible ; they ought to atlow to others the same freedom of expression of opinions which they exercised
themselves . Mr . Jones had spok < n his true opinions as to the things wh'ch su < rou ' nded him . He ( Mr . Wakley ) trusted he would continue to do so . but that be would use good judgment , so as not to give them an opportunity of again placing him in a prison cell , especially when he could succeed as well by calm as hy violent language . Mr . Jones would give the meeting an account of his treatment in calm and unimpassioned language , so as to give them all an opportunity to judge of the facts of the case . He trusted that the House of Commons
would never be ^ o atrocious as refuse an inquiry ; if they did so they would , receive and deserve increased infamy . The Chairman sat down amid vociferous cheering . Mr . Hoitoakb moved the first resolution , as folfows :- " This meeting , observing with . regret that of late ye ? rs there has been manifested ! in . the official proceedings on the part of thecrown . a growing tendency in judicial sentences to confuse differences of poiitcal opinion with crimes , ' and to punish those differences with the same , or even greater severity ' than the crimes , " is a practice in tbe opinion of this meeting disgraceful to a civilised country , and calculated to infuse into political contests an tagonisms dangerous to free discussion , and
to the welfare f society ; and believing that tbe sentence upon Mr . Ernest Jones was one which presents that moral confusion of politics , and felony , so untenable in theory , and so reprehensible in practice ; and that the sentence was , moreover , carried oat in a manner at once inhuman and illegal : this meeting , therefore , resolves to petition the House of Commons to in * titute an inquiry into the treatment of Mr . Ernest Jones , during his two years' incarceration in Tothill Fields Prison ; and should our application to the said house be unsuccessful , we are determined to petition the House of Lords . " Mr . Holyoake , in a long argumentative speech , enforced the spirit of the resolution , and was loudly applauded . Sedition could not arUe in
a well governed country ; it was the conduct of the government which gaxe it birth . The government did nothing for the interest of the people , and never meant to do am thing until compelled . While wrong was being perpetrated as it now was—while the people were being worked as a people ought never to be worked—white men perished in a manner in which they ought never to al ; ow themselveto perish—sedition was a natural consequence . The rhief cause of alaim to a statesman should be , not that the people denounced such a system , but tbat they tamely allowed themselves to perish beneath its influence —( great cheers)—while they tamely submitted to it they did not deserve to be free . What man could assert that a government was based on justice which put down its political opponents by imprisonment , and that of such a nature
as to endanger—and , in some instances , to destroy —the lives of its victims . The feelings tbat such conduct generated were , that they must battle not only for their liberty , but also for their lives , and that retaliation in such cases was justifiable . ( Great cheering . ) No government ought to have the power to persecute its opponents ; whilst such a power existed it was a mockery to talk of free discussion . They talked of tbe necessity of a people being self-reliant ; this could only be achieved by allowing the utmost freedom to the expression of opinion . While the people were so divided this would never be obtained . The speaker concluded by entreating them to act with unity and prudence , » nd not-let their enthusiasm expend itself solely on that meeting , but to continue their agitation until they had procured the desired result .
Mr . T . Bunt seconded the resolution . If they were to have progress the question was , whether it was to be peaceable or violent ?—that they must have progress no one could deny who believed the statement made by Mr . Holyoake , that men worked , perished , and died , as no men ought to work , perish , and die . If they did not have peaceable progress , they must have revolution , because society could not stand still . If they-demanded great changes , they were called revolutionists , — revolution was the name always given to the first demand for great governmental cuanges . Sedition was defined to be an attempt to resist , or bring contempt upon a government . Viewed in that light , Ernest . Jones had not been the most effective
agent in spreading sedition—government , themselves were the most efficient agents in doing that work . It appeared from their conduct that government did not wish for peaceable progression , dreading that it would be more successful and permanent than that brought about by violence . The speaker then showed , from the example of Canada , the Cape of Good Hope , & e ., tbat by successful resistance they had achieved their demands ; and the inference might be drawn , that on the 10 th of April the Chartists did not rebel enough , —that if they had rebelled a little more they might have had the Charter . ( Great cheering . ) The speaker then dwelt upon the manner in which the government brought contempt upon themselves by their
conduct on the Papal Question , their treatment of political prisoners , & c . The weakness of the English people rested in their not standing sufficiently by one another , —they wanted something to inspire and ennoble their efforts , ~ they were too apt to look at what the effect of any measure would have upon their own individual interest—to confine their views to what they termed practical measures —by which they m general meant those which effected their pockets ; they should seek freedom for others , even though it did not benefit themselves . It was in this spirit that he wanted them to espouse the case of Mr . Jones , not so much tor Mr . Jones' sake or for their own sake , but for the
sake of mankind , and to rid the criminal , jurisprudence of this country of the disgrace of inflicting torture upon those whose safe custody could be all that policy declared . Mr . Le Blond supported the resolution . Heircis proud to appear before them in defence of his friend . Ernest Jones . After three weeks' incessant trouble he had procured the rules of Tothill Fields Prison . He had also procured other documentary evidence , bearing upon his treatment and prison treatment generally . Were the statements made by Mr . Jones correct?—if noti the subject fell to the ground . He felt convinced they were ; and , if so , it was . their duty to irivestigatothe matter ; for , if one man was judicially murdered to-day , another man might he
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judiciously murdered to-morrow . Sharp and -Willi 'ins bad been so murdered ; and so would Erne *! Jones have been had he not possessed a constitution like a horse . This was lwcause they did not act with one heart and mind . Until they banded themselves together , and got past the age when charity was doled out to them as aright , they woublvnever become otherwise than they now were . Air . Le Blond then read the rules of the prison , and commented upon the manner in which the rules had i . eeu violated . He had no douht that Mr . Jones had aii acrion against the governor , and he had no obj ection to put down something handsome , if Mr . -Joans ' would-go to law with him . ( Tremendous " cheering . ) He would not do this merely to do
in-| : jory to the governor—perhaps a sprig of the ari » toi . Tac ' y , too proud to work , and too poor to live with-Viujtii ; . Mr . Uolyoake had shown them that the % urgeou .- —the men who stood between the prisoners $ hd £ n ' e grave—did not dare to act otherwise than ^ heyTdid . Their bread depended unon it . The people could not expect martyrs every day . The treatment their martyrs received was not sufficient Wintfuce them to do this , Mr . Le Blond then read ; from a book published by Dixon , entitled [ London Prisons , and commented upon the account [ $ e > e given of Mr . Jones , and , hy his happy mannM created immense laughter ; . The book coniljjf edhy stating that-lthe account came from Mr . ^ rg ; B'himselfijiBdj » a 8 csuobVw as valuable to the re-
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* BT < f tWT ! fMRH' penal laws , ' and-creditable to ' the magistrates under whose care he was placed . Mr . E . Jones next addressed the meeting , and was received with tremendous applause . He did not stand before them for the purpose of making a speech , but merely to give them a plain statement of facts . He thanked Mr . Le Blond for having procured him the rules of the prison ; not only himself , but Lord Dudley Stuart and other friends had tried in vain to procure them . Relative to the work from which Mr . Le Blond had read extracts , he had never heard of its existence beforiy and had never expressed himself satisfied and contented with his lot as there represented . Mr . Jones then commenced detailing the particulars of his committal
and treatment by the authorities durmf the two years and one week while he was in Tothill Fields Prison , and exhibited a series ' of conduct on the part of the authorities , of the roost mean , yet malignant nature . During this narrative ( which has been partly described in his petition in a previous number of this journal ) the audience expressed their sympathy with him , and their detestation of his oppressors in the most untnistakeahlc terms . In allusion to the work quoted by Mr . Le Blond , and written by one of the prison authorities , he stated that , during the whole period of his confinement , he bad only thirty volumes allowed him to read , excepting those contained in the prison library . That the library consisted , almost
exclusively , of works inculcating passive ohedience and subjection to tbe powers that be , and works written iu . praise of military glory . Mr . Jones enumerated a quantity of these , profusely adorned with woodcuts of a most questionable character . The prison was quite a hot-bed for raising recruits . The surceon of the prison was also the surgeon of a battalion at tbe Horse Guards , and often boasted of the number of recruits he had drafted from the prison ; in fact , the prison library literally taught "the young-idea how to shoot . " He supposed it was " a part of the Whig system of education ; for nineteen months he was not allowed the use of pen , ink , or paper , except for his quarterly letter to his wife ; after that period he was
allowed them , but not allowed to write a line of original matter ; all he Was allowed to do was to make extracts from the works he bad described . Mr . Jones then stated' the manner in which the governor had refused him to have the attendance of his own medical man ; they had also refused permission to Mr . Wakley to see him . He wished to see certain Members of Parliament , to consult his solicitor , to write to the magistrates and to the judge who committed him , inquiring whether his treatment was in accordance with his sentence ; all these requests were refused . He then requested to be allowed to petition parliament ; this was denied to him ; then , and not till then , did he refuse to pay obedience to the Prison Laws , and was confined to a refractory cell for not picking the oakum . He at length , through his wife , obtained " an interview with Messrs . O'Connor , Cobden , and
Walmsley , but every possible impediment was thrown in his way , so anxious were they to keep from the public the secrets of the Prison House , He was fully prepared with proof for all his statements ; and having lived through their torments , was determined , if possible , to prevent others from being tortured to death in prison—their lives under the present system being entirely at the mercy of the governor and the Home Secretary ; the public especially , in the case of their death , never hearing tbe truth upon the subject . Mr , Jones concluded by stating bis devotion to the cause for which he had suffered , and returned his thanks to the meeting , the Chairman , and other M . P . ' s , & C , who had kindly interested themselves in his cause . The Chairman , in putting the resolution , suggested that , in the event of the petition failing in the Commons , they should apply to the Lords . He feared that tbe House of Commons would be base
and subservient enough to refuse the inquiry , but lie thought it would be granted in the Lords ; and , though th » y might not think highly of the Lords it was their duty to try every tribunal in their power , for if tbat system of gagging was allowed all liberty of speech was at an end . If Mr . Jones ' s statements were true , and could be supported by evidence , and Mr . Jones ' s character as a public man was for ever damaged if he could not substantiate them ; there was no justice in this country , if those inflicting such treatment were not dismissed ; and if Sir George Grey called in the power of the crown to stifle inquiry , upon him would all the infamy rest . He had made application to see Mr . J » nes , though then unacquainted with him . Sir
George Grey referred himto the visiting magistrates and they referred him hack to Sir George Grey . If any one bad told him he could have been refused such a request , he would not have credited it . He could not inform them what he felt at the moment , it was conduct he could not understand . From what he bad heard tbat evening he was compelled to believe that if it wss true their conduct had been low , mean , malignant , cruel and tyrannical , in a degree he could never have conceived of , and there was a vast amount of crime to be laid at the doors of some one . The government talked of introducing a new Reform Bill . Was their mouths meant to be stopped in discussing its merits by conduct such as tbat described . He saw much more
importance in the question tbat was referred to the meeting of that evening . The conduct to Air . Jones , during the prevalence of the cholera , was mean and malignant in the extreme . Mr . Jones had alluded to the inquest oh Sharp and Williams ; they mu-t not imagine tbat he was coroner for that district . Mr . Wakley then described what a reform he had created in tbe prison in the district for which he was coroner ; they bad so altered the diet in Coldbath Fields that out of 1 , 000 prisoners not one died of the cholera , and it was now the healthiest prison in ' the kingdom . Mr . Wakley then spoke of the steps lately taken both in and
out of parliament to abolish the office of coroner , and stated his opiaion as to its detrimental effects . The Chairman , having an engagement elsewhere , put the resolution , which was adopted unanimously , and left the meeting amid great applause . Mr . T . Hnsr was then called to the chair . Mr . Bezeb , in a most excellent and telling speech , moved the adoption of the following petition . Seconded in a lengthy and much applauded app lauded address by J . B , O'Brikn , and carried unanimously : — " TO THE HONOURABLE THE BOUSE OF COMMONS IN
PARlUWtST ASSEMBLED . " Thepetitkra of a public meetingof the inhabitants . of London in the National Hall , High Holborn , assembled , " Shbweth , —That your petitioners observe with regret , that of late years there has been manifested , in the official proceedings on the part of the crown , a growing tendency in judicial sentences to confuse differences of political opinion with crimes , and to punish those differences with the same or even greater severity than the crimes , a practice in the opinion of your petitioners disgraceful to a civilised country ; and calculated to infuse into political contests antagonisms , dangerous to free
discussion , and to the welfare of society . ' * . That your petitieners learn with regret , that Ernest Charles Jones , of the Middle Temple , Barrister-at-Law , was sentenced in July , 1848 , to two years and one week ' s ; imprisonment , in Tothill Fields Prisen , for the . delivery of a political speech ; that-during his incarceration ho was , at periods , insufficiently clothed , compelled to exist on unsuitable , and to him unwholesome food , exposed to damps and fog , to the serious injury of his health , that his life was frequently placed hi imminent danger j especially during the prevalence of the Cholera—from which two of his fellow prisoners ( also for' political opinions ) perished—that he was refused the pr ivilege of a single visit fiMmhiadffa
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medical attendan t , Bnd denied pemission to 5 n . form even his wife 0 f his danger , or to receive a communication from her when she was herself dan-Charles Jones was denied the privilege of compiamt to the proper authorities , and menaced with aggravated punishment , if he persisted in the exercise pi that right , though the sole right of protection conceded to a prisoher-that he was refused a sight ot the prison rules , provided for the guidance of prisoiiers-ihat even the visiting justices denied him the unvuYge of petitioning your Honourable House—that he was refused by the Governor of the said prison an interview with the visiting justices on their board day-a right which the prison rules trives to every prisoner ; that he was intimidated from informing hh wife at their quarterlinterviews
y of the treatment that he received , and that the sa-. d governor of said prison wrote himself to the wife ot the said prisoner intimidating her from communicating . the treatment of her husband to members of your honourable house . " That your petitioners having learned tho above facts , with others of the same serious nature , youv petitioners ; therefore , are of opinion that tbe sentence upotuthe said Ernest Charles Jones was not only one it fitch presents a moral confusion of politics and felony , untenable in theory ! and reprehensible in practice , but that the said sentence was carried out wu } h inhuman and ; illegal rigour , and your petitioners / iher «^ r «| ' ' -pfay your honournbie heuse tO ; jnstitute an inquiry into the treatment of the said Ernest Charles Jonesduring his incarceration in Tothill Fields Prison .
" And your petitioners will ever pray . " Signed onbehalf of the meeting , " Tho petition was then ordered to be si » ned by the Chairman on behalf of tho meeting . ' Votes of thanks were given to Messrs . Wakley and Hunt for their services in the chair , and-the meeting , which was of a most enthusiastic . character , adjourned . ¦! ¦ '
National Reform League. At The Usual Wee...
NATIONAL REFORM LEAGUE . At the usual weekly meeting of the Council of the National Reform League , held at the Eclectic Institution , 18 a ; Denmark-street , Soho , on Monday evening , June 23 rd , the report ' of a meeting held at St . Leonard ' s-hall , Shomlitcfr ; on Wednesday , June 18 th , inserted in the NorthenvStar of last Saturday , was brought under their notice , and the following resolution was passed unanimously : —* 'That the secretary write to the editor ' of the Northern Star to request the correction of some' errors inadvertently inserted in the report of the above meeting , in which it is stated that the meeting was called by the National Reform League , ' and that a resolution
m favour of Protection was proposed by Mr . O'Brien . " In accordance with the above resolution , I beg leave to state that the meeting was not called by the National Reform-League , fautby some of the inhabitants of Shoreditcb , who invited Mr . O'Brien to attend and give , his views respecting Free Trade and Protection , which are . embodied in the following resolution , which was moved by Mr . O'Brien , seconded hy Mr . A ; Campbell , and carried unanimously : — " That while we adraitrthat nations , like individuals , have an undoubted ri ght to interchange their . respective surplus products free from fiscal or other restrictions ; and while , consequently , we fully admit the principle of Free Trade , as that which should govern international exchanges
betvteen peoples enjoying freedom and being proprietors of their own products , this meeting at the same time protests against the present policy falsely called Free Trade , as being unjust in principle , and destructive in practice of the rights and interests of the productive and action classes , including all tax-payers , inasmuch as it is not accompanied with reciprocity , nor with an adjustment of public or private burdens ; and also because while we are compelled to pay taxes on those articles of foreign growth and production which it is our interestto import , duty free ( such as tea , coffee , sugar , from our own colonies , timber , wine , spices , drugs .
furs , hides , wool , and raw material generally ) , our ports are most unwisely and unjustly thrown open to such foreign manufactured and agricultural produce , as our own territories can supply , in superabundance , by the employment of our own people , and upon ' the production of which the subsistence of our population depends . This meeting , therefore protests against suchasystem as being neither , Free Trade nor fair trade , but a system cunningly devised to cheapen home labour , in order to enrich the monied portion of society at the expense of the slavery , pauperism , and ruin of the productive classes of this country . "
To Thb Bwtor Of Tub Northern Star. Sir,—...
TO THB BWTOR OF TUB NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In tbe first page of your paper of Saturday last appears a short paragraph beaded "National Reform League , " which purports to be an account of the public meeting held on Wednesday preceding , in St . Leonard's-hall , Shoreditch . Tbe reader is thereby led to suppose tbat the meeting was held by the "National Reform League" and Mr . O'Brien , and that it was exclusively Protectionist in its objects . The resolution is not given , as that would expose the truth , and falsify the statement in the paragraph , As chairman of that meeting permit me to inform you—1 st . That it was not a meeting of the National Reform League , but one convened under the auspices of the " Associated
Trades , " through their secretary—Mr . Delaforce . 2 nd , Protection , as it has existed for landlords , and does exist solely for capitalists , was denounced in the strongest terms ; and real Free Trade in the fullest sense , advocated , without fiscal or excise duties on importations of any kind ; hut the pre . sent delusion , called by that name , being in operation , it was the opinion of the assembly that the home market should be preserved to the British operative for such manufactured articles as he could produce ; fnea ; ces * , while he remaned an over-rated and taxed wages-slave , living in misery , or starving with his family , as capitalists saw fit to doom , by giving or withholding employment , I am , Sir , your obedient servant , .. The Chairman op thb Meeting .
Russell's Reform Bill For 1862. ' We Are...
RUSSELL'S REFORM BILL FOR 1862 . ' We are given to understand , on what wo deem reasonably good authority , that the measure which Lord John Russell propo & es to introduce next year for the extension of the parliamentary franchise will recognise educational and literary standingapart from all other considerations—as electoral qualifications . Surely the common-sense view of the question points at once to persons so intellectually certificated as precisely those best fitted to take this indirect part in the government of the communities among which they live , What is needed in all constitutional countries is , the best representation of its intelligence that can be obtained : but hitherto the problem how to get
intellect represented in the national councils has been very imperfectly resolved in England . Why should money be made the test of intelligence , when it is open to be tested by itself ? Obviously fallacious as to theory , the present system is monstrously erroneous when reduced to practice . In a country like this , ' a ten-pound rental is a test neither of property " nor of education . In London especially some of the very best classes in both respects are shut outfroin the exercise of a right of votingsome of the ' _ least worthy enjoy it . Thousands of authors , artists , barristers , and other professional men are not permitted to exercise this important civil right , —which is not denied to the lowest class of lodging-house keepers . The man who
lives in turnnhed rooms—though he may have written an epic poem or a great history , —though he may have carried away the highest honours of his University , and though his name may stand on the rolls of half the learned Societies in Europeis not privileged to add the approval of his voice to that of the elector who cleans his boots and dresses his hair ? This is an anomaly so serious , that it would be wonderful if any Minister could think of reforming the electoral constituency without taking measures to bring these important classes into the possession of this great civil ri ght . For the higher grades of intelli gence and social position , the new arrangements could be easily introduced . A clause which should confer on all members of Colleges , Inns of Court , Learned Societies , Scientific
Associations , Literary , Artistic , and other Corporations , now existing or to be hereafter founded , a defined character—on all persons who have obtained scholastic or literary honours , heads of schools , diploma-ed teachers , professional men , such as surgeons / solici tors , officers of the army or navy , civil and military engineers—and on all persons employed in the civil service of the . State , a right to , be immediately inscribed on the voting lists—as is the case , we believe , in Belgium—would effect the change . quietly , easily , and quickly . Beneath these organised bodies—if the education ' claim shall be allowed to descend still lower—it would be ' mere difficultito apply tbe tests of intelligence , and the troubleof ; applyingthemwould-faH more directly oh the State . Had we a national system of instruction tie difficulty wuid he slight ,
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The examiner ' s more certificate of proficiem-v would in every case become tho scholar ' s electoral qualification , on attaining the a-: c of twenty-one . Even with our present machinery w « think this is , to a certain extent practicable . We do not presume that Lord John Hussell means to nttempmore than the political emancipation of the higher classes of literary and learned pwsoa . v , but while the subject is under consideration in the Cabinet changes of view may arise , which would lead tt . an inquiry whether it may not be better to adopt n larger basis for the contemplated changes-
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National Charter Association, Offices—14...
NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION , Offices—14 , Southampton-street , Strand . The Executive Committee of this body met rs 2 l rwsda y eveni "g ^ st , at the National Hail , High Holborn , but as there was no business of particular importance or urgency to transact , the Committee adjourned to Wednesday evening , July 2 nd , then to meet at the above office . [• N . B . — -A detailed Balance Sheet for the quarter ending ., June 24 th will be published next week . . John Arnott , . W ^^^^ l l ^^ i ^^^^}^
Worcesteb.—The Guildhall Of-This City Wa...
WORCESTEB . —The Guildhall of-this city was filled by a large audience on Tuesday evening last , to hear an address on real parliamentary reform . Mr . ^ Harding was called to the chair ; and after- ^ dihe appropriate and pointed ; remarks , introduced i Sir . Ernest JbnesJ' ^ who wis recei ved wii \\ lon | -co ' ntinued cheering . Some Middle Class- llefoiunerB , who ' J'dissented ' frdm liis advice , were ' silenced b y . -his arguments , and when called forward several times by the chairman at the conclusion l
of the lecture to advance any objections tliey had'to make , not one of them showed himself , A resolution pledging the meeting : to ' the Charter , in its .. entirety , and to oppose any candidate going for aMess measure ;; nf | reform ; was p /» ssed without ' -one dissentient amid thunders of applause ;; and such . . was \ the crowd ; of men ' stepping forward to be enrolled as members tof the Charter Association , that Ernest Jones -was obliged to assist the society infilling ; up the cards "; r :
• Manchester . — -On . Sunday evening , June 22 ud 185 iV ; Mr . William Bell ; of Heywood , gave a lecture in the Peoples' ^ Institute , Hey . rod-street , Ancoats , on "The ' utility and practicability of Industrial Cofoperation . " '' The experience which Mr . Bell . has had in . -hpi ' ng treasurer Vto . the Heywood . Co-operation Stores , highly qualified himrfor " the subject , which | was much , appreciated'b y j the audience , in the marked attention paidto the lecture , and the ; approbation he received at its ' conclusion . -A vote of thanks was unanimousl y passed to Mn BelUwith a request that he wpuld soon meet them again oh . the important subject of " Industrial Co-operation . "
Hanley Potteries . —Ernest Jones lectured in the People ' s Hall on Monday evening last , to a ¦ large and deli ghted audience—on " The duty of the working man at the present time . " At the conclusion of his address , which was received with enthusiasm , Mr . Merriman rose to defend the Financial and Parliamentary Reformers . Mr . Jones replied , bringing do ^ -n loud cheers , produced by the arguments advanced , and announced that he would assist the secretary in enrolling names for the Charter association . A crowd responded to the call , and it was with difficult tbat the named could be entered with sufficient rapidity for the demand .
Sheffield . —The weekly meeting of the Woman ' s Rights Association was held on the 18 th inst ., in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-street . Mrs . Bradbury in tho chair . The financial business beiug disposed of , Mr . George Hows , author of " The Four P ' s , ' ! whs duly appointed tho accredited agent of the society , his mission being to estab lish a Woman ' s Rights Association in- every town in the United Kingdom , the same'to conform to the rules of the parent society in this town , It is in contemplation shortly ( in connexion with the above ) to send out two eminent ladies—who are members of the
council—as missionaries m this laudable undertaking . The secretary being instructed to enclose tbe necessary accompaniments to the above gentleman , the meeting was duly adjourned . Westminster Locality . —On Tuesday evening last the members of this locality held a meeting , when the committee informed them that tbe meetings at the Assembl y Rooms , 99 , York-street , Westminster , were for the present suspended , the agreement with the proprietor having expired . After voting five shillings to the Executive , the meeting adjourned .
Cheltenham—Mr . Ernest Jones addressed a meeting on Sunday , June 22 ud , at half-past two o ' clock , in the open space on the top of Rose Hill-street . Mr . Wilks being called to to the chair , observed that Sunday was a day kept apart for hol y purposes , and no cause could be more holy than teaching all men their duties both towards themselves and their maker . He tlteu introduced Mr . Jones , who laid bare the present rotten system , and dissected the land and labour question—the relative position of employer and employedthe mischevious effects of capital and competition over labour under tbe present system ,
and what might be done b y unity to remove tho present evils . Mr . Jones was received throughout with marked attention by a well conducted audience . The meeting adjourned at half-past four for half-past six , when Mr , Jones concluded his eloquent address . A vote of thanks was moved by Mr . Glover to the speaker , which was seconded b y E . Sharland , observingthat the speaker ' s eloquenceolaimed a response from all who heard him . The proposition being put , received the unanimous acclamation of the meeting . Mr . Jones briefly replied , that the people's enemies , in their imprisonment of him , had not altered him in his duties—but that he had come out
a republican , to work with renewed vigour in the people ' s cause . A vote of thanks was moved by Mr . Adams to the chairman , fpr the moral courage he displayed as one of the shopkeeping class , in presiding over the meeting , as so much cowardice and cringing was displayed in this town by professing democrats aiding corruption and strengthening the enemy . Seconded by Mr . Jones . In conclusion , the " People ' s Anthem " was given out by Mr . Glenister . The meeting broke up , evidently gratified with the address delivered by Mr . Ernest Jones , Jons-siBBET Locality . —On Tuesday evening last , the a'liourtied discussion on " The relative
merits of Free Trade and Protection , " was resumed in the Coffee-room of the Institution . Mr . John Milne in the chair . Mr , Brinsmead commenced by stating that the gist of the question was , which of the mea sures would ; confer the greatest good on the greatest number of the people , and having , at considerable length , stated his ideas on the subject under discussion , gave it as his decided opinion that Free Trade was calculated fo ensure tt > the people the greatest amount of happiness . Mr . Bezer , on tho contrary ,: contended' that Free Trade , as at present carried out , had , and wo ' ufd ' cause , a great amount of niisery . iMr . § amuel ¦ Kydd' / ma . long ' and very eloquen t address , e * plained his views on this important question , and SSBUB && his seat amid great applause , Other
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mends having briefly addressed the meeting , & V . I-wio Wilson mi-voil the ailjonrnnjint of . tbedis * « u » 8 ioii until Tuesday evening next , A numerous iiudieneo attended , and the nneiiiur separated ''!« hiy satisfied with the instruction which had been Ij lVGII , The Cryst al Coi'Fre House , Vine-.-dvet , 'H at-; K . 5 "? ' Frull , y veiling Mr . Wor * pldine , * 7 hon El . ,, nc .. . dedicated by m ro « ! , t 0 UlC '; lD Sir *•* "" ¦ « ' ' . «« d of nu . TSMni ^«^ f . pk ,, , doli r , wfl ,, a ic , ' iure withe h-K IZ ? Gri T- - " « ¦» ¦ «* that tho drama h . id ever , ho-n onera wit ! , cmli * ., ^ ,,, , ; iI „ , wou / d keep pace it h the strides of intelli MnBe . ThAZ . Wends having briefly nnMfesseil the mo & iW . MV >
pare or tint proposition was verifieu t . v tho uiiin £ mous tmwv'uy of hi-tory amttho learned ; nni the other followed as a logical irlm-m .-e . Allolisfr the drama , and you circumscribe rtie iterations 0 £ the niiml ; set on foot the wij . ! fin . I fanaticism till you usher in a dynasty hostile to * she rights and liberties of mankind ; for it was dnrm / j the pristine day * < f the Athenian dnma that rhetoric , poetry history , sculpture , and philosophy wei'e at their z-nit ! i ; wliihit ju » t'C « nfid liberty wi-ra She basis of the laws ami mst'tutitiiis of Greece , lie said that tho modern stiiye hart , under a psuedU' art ' sto * cracy , ni'glitily f « Jien r ' roui its former elevation awl dignity , so that it did nor [ impound to the pub * li « Slios- sulilime lessons of morality and philosophy to
which it was oripinalh desti ^ n « ii ( lcwl ( l | ie'in all the . gr andeur of truth and poetic cooeepiion ! ' Ifo stated tbero was blended with the Tragi ,: Muse of Greuw all that wis moral , pathetic , and sublime ; and assuch , was calculated , as Aristotle-• -anl , " To i-i fii . Q tde passions Uy puy and terror ; ' *' O'CotwoKviLLK . — A public-iiie <> i » i £ of the alloV tees and neishiiours , was held at the school roonv on Monday evenmir , to hear a lecnire fiom Mr ' John Sturaeon , j-m ., ou tha Life of Mr . O'Connor - and his connexion with the Land Plan , jj r , George-Wheeler was culled to the chair , and introduced the lecturer
^ . Mr . Sturgeon treated his subject with great ability , tracing the career of air . O'Con . nor from his commencement in public life up to tho present tune , and demonstrating his consistant advocacy of the ri ghts . of man ; Tha . lectui ;¦' ¦ rer ,. was hijihly applauded / . - . A gentlemafctrem aa ©^ east end of London also ably •' - . addresser * the audience ; and a resolution \< m paafeed , ; invitinK the attendance of Mr .- O'Connor to a ' publio meeting it ^* W ^^ SSS ^ X ^ *^ y ny otew " - « pea . W addressed tne ^ nwemfjr , 'anTft ' was announced that Mr . Stursreon would le ' eture on the ensuing Monday— , subject . " Home Colonization . ' . '
Finsbury . —The Democratic Association met at 21 , Vine-street , north end of llauon-jjarden , last Sunday . Mr . Phili p Johnson in the chair . Several new members wero enrolled . Mr . H . JJocJtley reported that , the council had- mane . good progress in repairing ;( 1 ie abstract . ottlie "' ftfypu / s ' Bill . of Rights ' which is . designed ' for tlie ^ s ' uM ' i'ctlofjffa t future aqifatien of ( this ' Association ; " tiil . it tfeWmesf ' •' the law of . Great Britain . ' Vfjie secretary ' smnbuhceti * ' ^ that che council had been disappointed- 'hi sec ' urihV * the buildingffor the New .. Poinoor . itic "Unllfqr thi * Association . ' Moved-by Mr . William Jones , and * seconded by : Mr . Willi am ¦ „ Thomas— "That Mr . . Philip . Johnson , the assistant treasurer , he empowered to receive at his . residence , ' No . 3 .
Lamboth-square , Westnunster-road , ^ tenders for a building , suitable for tfid ' much-required . Democratic < flail for this borough . " ^ Carried " * timiBl * * * mouBly . Moved by MiOiIIaj | l ; iy ; and seconded by ' Mr . Hockley— " That the council" Bo iiistructed'to take tho Ilall of Science , Cay-road ; as soon- ( after ' our excursion by canal boats on the gftth of Julys ) as possible ' , ' ! 'to convene a genernl " meetihg " of the ' members ' and friends to , hear reail and explained the new abstract of the "People ' s fell of Rij-htsV ' and to adopt a petition to the British Parliament Cor its enactment . " Carried . Moved " ' by Mr . ' Cater ,-and ; seconded by vir . Ilackley—That the . council bo . instructed to draw up a requisition for the signatures of ; the rate-payers of this borough , calling ' a public meeting on Clerlienwcll-urcen . to
test the right of such open air mcetin ' us . ' . w ' hencouvened'by that legal process . " Catned ' ; u nanimously ' . A gentleman present gave two shillih gs . tpwardfl tho obtiiinment of the new hall ^ and recoihrnencle ' d that a public subscription be tfade for tlIe ' s lme ' purpose , and ; that < the ; assistant treaVure-y of ' West - lniniiter-ro ^ d , and . . the . secretary , ' fDavid Cater / of So . 12 , Compton-stveet . iClorkenwell * beempowdied . to receive . the shine .. . The secretary reported thatr , in accordance with their request , lie had sent copies of the first address ' of this Association . to the considered leading stamped papers friendly fn ' the people ' s ' interest ; ami not one ( except the horlhim Star ) have'had tHoJdn'driess ' tb insert it , norl taiienJ anv
notice of it . - The secretary concluded , his remark * by urging the newly-enrolled inember ' sto' use their best exertions among thoir friends ' to get the A ort 7 i « rn Star more extensively patronised in London . On the moiibn ot Mr . Cater , it was agreed that , in thoevent that the call on the lecturers of tho metropolis ( which appeared in last week ' s Star } is not responded to by Sunday , the following question will be discussed - . — "Will the Show-shop scheme , iii Hyde-park ( commonly called the Exhibition of all Nations ) , counteract the Manchester Free Trade project of bringing labour ' s remuneration down to Lord Brougham ' s starvation standard of di /> t ?"
Fissburt Localitt . —The members met on Sunday last at the Albemarle Coffee House , Albemarlestreet , Clerkenwell . Mr . Leo in the chair . Mr . Fuzzen reported that the deputation appointed to engage the Ilall of the Finsbury Library and Scientific Institution , had succeeded in that object ; and that they had also obtained the consent ot' the committee to the use of their room on Sundayevenings . It was then agreed that in future the members of this locality meet every Sunday evenin" in the Committee Room of theabove Institution ; and that a public meeting lake place every Tuesday night at eight o clock , to review tho proceedings in parliament , and the political events of the week-On the motion of Messrs . Hatehelor and Fuzzen , it
was agreed— " That the Executive Council be requested to assist as far as they pan in giving effect to these meetings , being fully persuaded that this may be made one of tho most flourishing localities in the metropolis . " Mr . Leo gave notice that on Sunday evening next he should move that a subscripton be opened at this locality for Mr . Ernest Jones , as a testimony of respect to that gentleman for his untiring zeal in tho cause of liberty , and as ' a trifling reward for tho many sacrifices ho has made . It was announced that on Sunday evening next one of the members of this locality would deliver a lecture on the Nature and Properties of Light , in the Hall , of the Finsbury Literary Institution Leicester-place , Little Saffron-hill .
In accordance with previous arrangements a meeting was called at the Finsbury Scientific Institution , in order to adopt a memorial on behalf of Louis Kossuth , and the Hungarian Exiles ; but in consequence of some mistake in getting out tho bill there was a very thin attendance . Mr . Wceden , as chairman , expressed his regret that sufficient publicity had not been given of the meeting . He observed that they bad met for a noble purpose , and it was a great pity that tho evening should be wasted . It was sufficient for those present to know that they had done their duty in , attending but , under all circumstances , it would be best to adjourn the meeting to next Monday evening at eight o clock , which was accordingly agreed to .
Whiteciiapel County Court. Cohen V Sir O...
WHITECIIAPEL COUNTY COURT . cohen v sir o , ansr . —the census . This was an action for the recovery of 10 d ., brought by Mr . Cohen against tho Home Secretary . —Mr . Philpot for the plaintifii said Mr . Cohen had been engaged as one of tho enumerators in taking the census under the 13 and 14 Vict ., Gap . 53 . Tho second clause of the act gave tbe Secretary of State the superintendenceof the execution . Thelate census was different from preceding ones * , the plan was more detailed , and required more efficient agents . No legal man would engage in it under a sum of fire guineas , yet the enumerators employed had to collect . 300 names with their particulars for 18 s . If more than 300 names were collected Is , was to be paid for every 60 extra , and the point about to
be raised was , whether if the sixty were not collected , the enumerators could or could not claim for tho fractional parts . In the present case the plaintiff had collected fifty extra names , for which he claimed 10 d ., not for the amount of money , but for thejsubtantiation of a principle . If , at the end of the 300 an enumerator saw there was no likelihood of making up his sixty , he might stop short there , and then what havoc would be made , and how nugatory would a measure be rendered which wan considered of so much importance , and were somuch exactness was required . —After some further observations Mr . Philpot called Sir George Grey , Bart . —Mr . Welsby , the defendant ' s attorney , said Sir George Grey was not in attendance . On his behalf , however , he ( Mr . Wolsby ) would admit
tbe facts relating to the rule on which the enumerators had been paid , and that Sir George Greybad sanctioned the instructions . Sir George Grey was anxious that tbe persons employed should bo paid for the fractional numbers , but he had been governed by the Treasury , which had la < 'd down the rule that those numbers could not be properly paid . for out ot the public money , and stated that if they were paid the House of Commons would disallow that part of the accounts .-Mr . Philpot urged the manifest ir justice aud arbitrary character of this rule , the princi ple of which would seem very unnatural to the well-paid , easy-going officers of the Treasury , if applied to their remuneration . — Mr . Sergeant Manning said he would reserve his judgment on tho question until Tuesday next .
The Cape Forcb.--The Force, Including Th...
The Cape FoRCB .--The force , including there giments now under orders , that will be at Sir l 1 * " ? Smith ' s disposal , will exceed by about 300 men that under the eommand of Sir Pere grine Maitblanrt in 1846 7 . in the height of the last Kaffir war .-W '"« « Strvita Gaxttto .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 28, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28061851/page/1/
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