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THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1818. '
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THE IRISH TRIALS. The Court House at Clo...
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ENDOWMENT OF CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN IRELAND...
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MR O'CONNOR'S TOUR. We have been disappo...
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o ^eaoers & Comsiiontients
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Mr J. Swjeet acknowledges tbe receipt of...
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LAND CONFERENCE. The Land Conference wil...
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RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY, F...
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Early Cmbino. —The Leeds Intbixtgbncbr s...
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f DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND. Received by W...
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CENtRaL VICTIM FUND..Receipts of week en...
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MEETING OF HAND LOOM WEAVERS. BKiFAai.—O...
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THE WHIG VICTIMS. LETTER FROM JOSEPH RIT...
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Very Odd Fbiiows.—At Alphington, near Ex...
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A HOMfi POR BTBRY INDUSTRIOUS ^ MAN AND HIS FAMILY . UNITED PATRIOTS * AND PATRIARCHS ' EQUITABLE LAND AND . BUILDING BENEFIT SOCJKTY , Enrolled andE mpowered by Act of Parliament to extend « ver the United Kingdom . Patrow . —T . S . DoscoHBf , Esq ., M . P . Thoh * s WAtair , Esq ., M . P . b . B . Cabbeix , Esq ., M . P . t ^ iyn o ^ ee ' —JTo . IS , Tottenham Court , New Bond , St Pancras , London . —Pabiel Wmm Bcrrr , Stcrctarj Arrakged is Thbeb Sectioks . Value of Shares and Payments for Investors . FoU Sijio ... £ 120 payment ef 2 s . 51 per Week , or Ms . 64 . pit Month HaitSbara ... 60 — 1 2 J — 5 3 __ Quarter Share ... S'J — 0 7 i — 2 8 J — Aoplicsnts are r . gaea' * d to stata ia iheir form tha section they desire to oe a number of . Ns Sobveiobs * . Solicitobb ' , or Redempiiob Fees , The nressnt Entrance Fee , including Certificate , Rules , & c , is 4 s . per Share , and 2 s . for any part of a Share . * * Pries of Rales , incladias P jstaga , Is . OBJECTS . lti _?& enable members * . o balli Dwelling H . wes . 5 th —To gire So depositing mtmbeis a higher rate of Snl—To affo . -i the means « f v « chasicg both Pr « e- Ia ' f ,: ! , t !? 3 l ° liei br f « Hnaty » odes of investment . ,. a \ a T J-aoM Pr o-r ; -6 or Lad 6 h - _ To en ! lW * p « entB *> m «*<» Endowments for bold and LwufcioU ** - !>* - » ""*• their Children , o . Husbands fcr th * Wive , , orforMar-3 rd . —To odvancs dortisges on Prop . rtr hsld br riBge settlements , members . 7 th . —Topmchasaapicce of Freehold Land of suf-4 tb . —ToasabloHoKjagorabciogatmteTBtorsdtea fictart value o gire a legal title to a County Tote for tteir iforrgs « e » . J Membera of Parliament . Sectms t . —Bv joining ttis sec'jpn tvery person in town or country can become the proprietor of a House and Land in his own neighbourhood , without being removed from brs Friends , Connexions , or the present means himself and family mby have of gaining a livelihood . Section II . —To raise a capital by shares to purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide the Land into allotments frsm half an acre upwards , in or war the towns of the various branches of tf-e society . The property to be the bona fide freshold of the member afwr sixteen , eighteen , or twenty year ? , from the date of locaiioa , according tj his subscriptions . Seciios HI—Saving or Deposit section , in which members not wishing to purchase we enabled to invest small sums , from 7 § d . and upwards , receiving interest at the rate of 5 per cent , per annum , on every sum of 10 s an # upwards so deposited . Subseription Opee . — i 92 , New Oxfobd-Stbeet , where Meetings art held , and Members enrolled , every WedBes-fcy Eveaing , from Bight to Ten o ' clock . K . B . —Proa £ 300 to £ 500 v . ill be advarcid to the tatmbixs of the first Section in December next , when all persons who bav § ana" may become msmbtrs lor Sbarig , or perts of Shares , on or btfore the 3 rd of December next , and * ho pay six months' rabscripiioBS in advancf , or otherwise , will b & eligiblefor an advance . ALSO , FOB THB WOBKIN & MILLIONS IN CONNEXION WITH THB ABOVE , THE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES . Enroll ' , d pursuant to Act of Parliament . Thus cecuriag to its members the protection of the law for their fends and property . Legalised to' extend over the TJnitea Kingdom , with the privilege Of appointing MeiiU !« . l At ' -HldantS , Agents , tfco . An opportunity i » n « w t & rtd to health ; p > rsori ? , up te Forty Years Of Age , of joining these flourishing Institutions in town or country . Lobdo . v Omicb . —13 , Tottenham Court , New Boad , St Pancras , ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham Court Boad ; . — D « ki ££ , Wiixiah BoffT , Secretary . falrons . — T . S . Dokcohbb , Esq .., M . P . T . VVakist , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Cibbill , Eso ... M . P . P . O'Coskob , Esq ., M . P . L . J . Hibsabd , Esq . In Ae short space of four years these societies have paid the following beaefits to their members . SUM 1 I 1 KT OF CLAIMS . Sickness and Superannuation ... ... .. £ 2674 1 SJ AccouchmenU ... ... ... ... ... 930 15 0 Funerals ... ... 7 J 4 18 1 Loss by Fire ... ... ... ... ... 34 13 ( 1 £ 4354 7 9 J Present Capital funded in the Bank of Englaad ... £ 1789 12 2 These Societies are in six divisions or sections , for the Members to receive the following Benefits according to their Subscrii'tioBs : — fIBST DIVISION . j ' FOURTH DIVISION , ntrance according to age , from 5 s . to 10 s . Monthly Con . 1 Entraace , according to are , from 3 s . 6 d . to 8 s . 6 d , tribntion for Sickness and Management , 2 s . 7 < L j Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management . is . 4 d . £ b . d . ABewance , in Sickness , per week .. .. 016 0 £ 1 . d , ifoai *> *¦'« Funeral .. .. .. .. 29 O 8 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 9 0 » "itta wife ' s . irKominees ditto .. .. 10 O O Member ' s Funeral .. ., „ .. 10 0 0 Wife ' s Lying-in 2 0 0 Ditto Wife's or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 5 6 0 Loss bv Fire , from .. .. £ * 0 0 to 20 0 0 Wife's Lying-in 10 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 6 0 Loss by fire , from .. .. £ 5 O 0 to 10 0 9 SECOND DIVISION . Superannuation , per week 0 4 0 Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . 6 d . to 9 s . 6 d . FIFTH DIVISION . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , Entrance , according to age , from Ss to 8 s . Monthly Con-2 s . Id . tribntion for Sickness and Management , is . Id . Allowance inSickness , per week .. .. 0 15 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 9 7 0 Member ' s . Pusietel .. " .. .. 16 O 0 Member ' s Funeral 6 0 0 Ditto Wile ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 18 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 3 0 0 Wife ' s LjiBg-in .. .. . 1 15 0 Wife's Lying-in 015 0 Loss by Fire . from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 15 0 0 Loss by Fire 5 9 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 5 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 940 THIRD DIVISION . SIXTH DIVISION . Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . to 9 s . Monthly Cob- Entrance Money .. .. .. ,. 030 tribntion for Sickness and Management , Is . 7 d- Monthly Contribution .. .. .. 0 10 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 11 0 Allowance in Sickness .. .. .. 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. . .. 12 0 0 Member's Funeral .. .. .. 210 8 Ditto Wife's or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 6 8 0 Wife ' s Lying-ia .. .. — — 1 18 0 No Levies in this Division . loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 O 0 to 10 9 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 040 Levies according to the demands on each division per quarter . N . B . —Tha only difference « n th » two Societies is , the Patriots have an Accoucbment benefit , the Patriarch have not that benefit , therefore do not pay levies for it , 33 " Applications for Agencies rcqu » sted from all parts ot the country ; information for appointment of Agencies can be obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing a postage stamp . Black forma and information for the admission of country members can be obtained by letter , prepaid , encloang tines postsgs stamps , t » OmsIi Wttusx Rom , QeBeral Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , New Boad , St Pancraa .
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HELP TO ENGLISH COMPOSITION . This Day , in a neat Pocket Volume , 2 s . 6 d . hound . COMPOSITION and PUNCTUATION , Familiarly Explained for those who have Neglected the Study of Grammar : and wherein foreigners who may be learning English will also find information calculated to facilitate their progress in the understanding of the language . By JUSTIN BBENAN . Sixth Edition , considerably augmented , and carefully revised throughout . ( We confidently recommend Mr Brf nan ' s book to those whose early education has been neglected . We shall ourselves present copies of it to several mechanics , and others , in whose progress we take an interest . ' - Edinhirgh literary Journal . London : Effingham Wilson , Boyal Exchange .
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METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE , Annuity , Loan , and Investment SOCIETY . ( Incorporated pursuant to the 7 th and 8 th Vic , cap . 110 . ) Temporary Offices , 39 , Regent-street , Waterloo-place , London . TRUSTEES . Richard Spooner , Esq ..-, 1 Spencer Horatio Walpole , M . P . 1 Esq ., M . P . Edward Vansittart Neale , { Henry Peter Fuller , Esq . Esq . J DIRECTORS . Robert Chalmers , Esq ., Edward Lomax , Esq ., St Thurlow-square , Bromp- John ' s Wood , ton : Samuel Miller , Esq ., Lintonuel Driver , Esq ., White- coin's Inn . hall . Sir Thomas Newley Reeve , ^ enry Peter Fuller , Esq ., Richmond . Piccadilly . Edward Vansittart Neale Palk Griffith , Esq ., Esq ., South Audley-street Ironmonger-lane , Cheap- William A . S . Westoby side . Esq ., Hyde Park-place . AUDITORS . Henry Peach Buckler , Esq ., | Henry Grant , Esq ., Shenley Basinghall-strcet . { House , Brighton . MEDICAL ADVISERS . William Henry Smith , Esq ., } BohertKfiate , Ef « ., Serjeant F . R . C . S ., 2 , FonthUI . | Surgesntothe Queen , 11 , place , Clapham-rise . j Hertford street , May . W . Fuller , M . D . 45 , j Pair . nalf-moor . it-est , Picca-1 dilly . j BANKERS .- Tha Union Bank of London , 4 , Pall Mall , East , SOLICITORS . W . W . Fisher , Esq ., 3 ,. King- J W . Chapman , Esq ., Rteh-Btreet , Cheapsii . | mond , Surrey . SURVEYORS . Vincent John Collier , E-q ., I Richard A . WithaU , Esq ., 7 , 3 , Morgan-street . | Parliament-street . ACTUARY . —Alexander Jamieson , Esq ., LL . D . MANAGER . —P . Fearguson Camronx , Esq . The objects of this Society are : — To grant Assurances upon Lives , with or without participation in profits : also Immediate and Deferred Annuities and Endowments . By combining the advantages of Life Assurance with tha business of weU-regalated Building Societies , to render a Life Policy an available and economical means of acquiring freehold , leasehold , or other property , by advaaces repayable by periodical instalments , thus : a person desirous of purchasing bisleasej or otherwise acquiring property , -will not only obtain a loan nearly equal to its value , bat on his death will leave the property discharged from ' such loan , ia addition to the sum assured to be paid at his death . hree-fourths ef the profits will be divided every five years amongst the assured intitled to participate , and the remaining one-fourth will be added to the profits of the shareholders . Prospectuses with tables , and every information , may be obtained at tha Society ' s Temporary Offices , 30 , Regent-street , Waterloo-place , or of any of its Agents in he country .
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert . SOW BBADY , THE LONDON AND PARIS AUTUMN AND WINTER FASHIOSSfor I 84 & I 9 , by Messrs BENJAMIN READ mud Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; and by 6 . Besses , HolywelLstreet , Strand ; a very splendid PRIST , superbly crloured , accompanied with the most aatiosabl ^ novel , and extra-fitti-g Riding Dress , Huntng and Frcek-Coat Patterns ; the Albert Paletot , Dress and Morning Waistcoats , both singleand double-breasted . Also , lhe theory of Cutting Cloaks of every description fully explained , with diagrams , and every thing respecting style and fashion illustrated . Tha method of increasing and diminishing all the patterns , or any others particularly explained . Price 10 s . READ and Co . beg to inform those who consider it not right to pay the full price for the new system of Cutting , hating recently purchased the old one , that any peisons having done so within the last year , will be charged only half price for the whole ; or any parts of henewsjsiem , published 18 , 8 , which will supersede everytiing uf the land before conceived . Particulars and terms sent , post free . Patent Measures , with full explanation , 5 s . the set . Patent Indicator , 7 s post-free . Registered patterns to measure , Is , each post-free . Sold by REiD aud Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square . London ; and all Booksellers . Post-omce orders , aal Post Stamps , taken as Cash . Habits performed for the Trade . Busts for fitting Ceats on ; Boys ' figures . Foremen provided . — Instructions in cutting complete , for all kinds of Style and Fashion , which can be accomplished in an incredibly short time .
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DO YOU SUFFER TOOTHACHE ? — If so , use Bbahde ' b Esahkl for fining the decayed spots , ^ rendering defective teeth sound and painless . Price One shilling only , similar to that sold at Two Shillings and Sixpence . Sold by chemists everywhere . Testimonials . — ' It has given me the use of one side if my month , which luxury I bad not enjoyed for about two years . '— E . J . Macdokald , Belford . Northumberland . 'It is the most effective and painless cure for toothache I have ever found . I have no hesitation in recommending it to all sufferers . ' —Captain Thomas Weight , 12 , Newington-crescent , London . ' I have filled two teeth , and find I can use them as well as ever I did in my life . I have not had the toothache since . ' — Abbahah CoWrs , North-brook-place , Bradferd , Yorkshire . See numerous other testimonials in various newspapers , ererj one of which is strictly authentic . If any difficulty in obtaining it occurs send One Shilling and a Stamp to J . Willis , 4 , BeU ' s-buildiogs , Salisbory-sqaare , London , and you will ensure it by return of past . —Agents wanted .
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COLLIVEB'S COMMEBCIAL COFFEE AND CHOP HOUSE AND BEADING ROOMS , 2664 , STRAND , LONDON . J COLLIVEB returns his sincere thanks to his Friends and the Poblic at large , for the support he has received at their hands during the last ten years , and hopes , by strict attention and civility , to merit a continuance of their patronage . J . C . also begs to state , that having lately made extensive alterations and im-Brovements in his premises , he is now enabled to afford additional convenience without extra charge . A Commercial Coffee-room upstairs , with every facility for Travellers and Visitors from the country . The House is situated in the very heart of the Metropolis , in the centre of the Theatres , near the National Land Office , and Public Buildings . Omnibuses pass to and from aH the Railway Stations , to meet the Trains , very five minutes Beds , Is . to Is . Cd . per night All other charges equally moderate . NO FEES TO SERVANTS
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EMIGRATE ! EMIGRATE ! EMIGRATE ! PERSONS DESIROUS OF EMIGRATING can obtain the GIFT of FORTY ACRES of the very best Freehold Land , in that most healthy and productive portion of the United States called TEXAS , the Italy of America , the best par t of the world for . consumptive persons to go to ; if a man will cultivate Five Acres ol Tobacco he will realise £ 106 yearly ; breeding Live Stock willpay ahove twenty-fiye percent ; nothing to hinder himfrom getting on , no Bent to pay , no Tithes , no Rates , no Taxes , or other Impositions . People , your enemies do not wish you to go to a Republic . If yon cannot pay your own passage , about £ s including provisions , we recommend you to become members ot Emigration Loan Clubs . Emigration is the only remedy . Land for sale er barter from one dollar per acre . A Vessel on Passengers Shipped to all parts of tbe world , and sup . plied with Bonded Stores , Provisions , & c , on the lowest terms . Apply to the General Passengers' Shipping and Land Agency Ofiices , No . 15 , Eastcheap , London , and 32 , Waterloo Road , Liverpool The only Shipping House having the privilege of GIVING AWAY LANDS . V The Emigrants' Guide to Texas , with Map , & c . One Shilling .
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O'CONNORVILLE . TO BE SOLD , A BARGAIN , 1 FOUR-ACRE ALLOTMENT , with or without crops . EL and stock . The stock consists of four fatting heza twelve store pigs , two s » ws ( one of which wiU-farrow in a fortnight ) , five hives of bees-three on " Nutt ' s principle , and two on the storifying system ( the profit ci these is from £$ to £ 7 per annum , with but little trouble ) , also a donkey and cart The crop consits of tbe produce of seven-eighths af an acre of well got up wheat , Swedish turnips , & c , enough to keep the pigs ( except the fatting hogs ) three months , and a quantity of cabbage and broccoli , to come in early in the spring . The outbuildings consist of a small barn and pigsties , a good yard , and a place for a cow . The soil is weU adopted for gardening purposes , with a run of water on the allotment . £ 45 having been paid off the Company ' s expenditure , the rent will be proportionably reduced . For particulars apply to fl . Howes , on the premises . All letters must be post paid , and contain a stamp for reply .
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FOR SALE . A FOUR-ACRE PAID-OP SHARE in the National Land Company . Priced . Apply to Mr Henry Biggs , 23 ,= White Street Sonthwark . A ! letters to be post paid . i
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seven and eight o clock a fire broke out on the premises of Mr Dear , flannel and blanket manfacturer , 60 , Bioad Street , Cbeapside , which destroyed a great quantity of valuable property in shawls and other articles of merchandise . The property was insured . Between five and six o ' clock a fire broke out on the premises of Mr Brown , sofa and chair staffer , 24 , Charles Street , Hackney Road . The loss falls upon the Phoenix Insurance Office . Shortly before eight o ' clock a fire occurred at the Fox and Goose , Shakspeare Walk , Shadwell . A ' portion of the house was entirely destroyed , and the loss falls upoathe Office of the Licensed Victualers .
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Now Beady , a New Edition of Mrt . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS THE CHEAPEST EDITIOH EVBB POBIISEED . Price is . 6 a \ , A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of te Author , of PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Jnet published , price 3 d ., THE EVIDENCE GIVEN BT JOHN SILLETT , In his Examinatioa before the Committee on the National Land Company .. This important b"dy of evidsnee forms sixteen closet ; prin t ed pages , and conclusively proves what may be done , to explaining what John Sillctt has done , with Two Acres . No . 22 , OF " THE LABOURER " CONTAINS TWO ABTICLBS BT MS . ERNB 3 T JOSBS , eoHTBMS : — Mirabeau National Literature '' Mezserla Sysiera The Murdered Trooper The Eve of St . Joan V NO # -23 will he ready on November 1 st . Just Publisheo ] . price Is . 6 d ., forming a neat volume , EVIDENCE TAKtN BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE Appointed to inquire into The National Lasd Company ; with a review of the » ame , and an Outline bi the Propositions for amending tbe Constitution of the Company , fioas to comply with tbe Previsions of the Law , Watson , Queen ' s Ijfead-passafie , Paternoster-row , London : A Heywood , Manchester : aad all Booksellers in Town and Country .
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P 0 RTRAIT _ 0 F CUFFEV , The above portrait , taken by his ^ ellow-sofferer , Wm . Dowling , ia now ready . Price 6 d . Orders received ry Mr Dixon , 144 , High Holborn . PORTRAIT OF JOHN MITCHEL . This portrait will be given with the " Northern Slar" on Saturday , the 11 th of November . Price , with the paper , SEVENPENCE .
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Next Saturday ' s "Northern Star" will contain a full and faithful Report of the proceedings of the NATIONAL LAND CONFERENCE , Which will assemble at Birmingham , on Monday , October 30 th .
The Northern Star, Saturday, October 28, 1818. '
THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , OCTOBER 28 , 1818 . '
The Irish Trials. The Court House At Clo...
THE IRISH TRIALS . The Court House at Clonmelis once more left toitsusualquiet . The . lawhas had its victims , and is satisfied . The curtain has dropped on one part of the drama , and the busy actors have wended their way to other quarters . After the first trial— -that of Mr Smith O'Brien—the proceedings were monotonous enough . The same witnessesmade the same state * merits , over and over again ; counsel took the same objection . ' , were answered with the same
arguments , and the Judges repeated old decisions ; the juries gave their verdict of " Guilty ' , in every case with the most praiseworthy docility and readiness , and the drama closed with ap iece of acting on the part of the Jud ge , which had , at least , the recommendation of being highl y dramatic . His lordship raised his arms most impressively when he came to the concluding " Lord have mercy on your soul , " and rushed from the Court , apparently as much affected as if he believed that the brutal and
barbarous sentence that he had just pronounced was really to be carried into effect . "He knew better , and therefore we think would have consulted the judicial dignity by behv a little less theatrical in his deportment . The lives of every one of the prisoners are to be spared , and the sentence will most probably be commuted into transportation for life . < The trials developed the very worst features of such affairs . Falsehood , fraud , subornation , and perjury , were the predominant characteristics . Sidmouth and Castlereagh are names stamped with eternal infamy in Eng lish
history , for their employment of spies and informers , but the Whigs have managed to achieve a bad pre-eminence in this art , whicli throws these two worthies completely into the shade . When the present panic has passed , and men resume the possession of their sober senses the true character of the conduct and policy of the Government will then be seen as it really is , and will receive what it meritsthe execration of the right-minded of all parties . It will be seen that these parties , who were prepared , when it suited their own purposes , to have levied open war in this country ,
have now—when in office—played off the poorer classes against the middle classes , and the middle classes against the poorer . They have denounced physical farce at the very time they were employ ing spies and informers to go among the more desperate , ignorant , and impatient victims of the system , and to entrap them into conspiracies having violence in view . But the crowning achievement , and the original feat for performing which their
names will ever be remembered , is the creation of a new and extraordinary race of reporters . The species , it appears , can be raised on this side of the Channel , as well as in Ireland . The memory and the accuracy of these policemen reporters was truly wonderful , and the way in which they managed to hear what nobody else did , showed , at least , a singular adaptation to the popular purpose the Government bad in view , in appointing them to so distinguished an office .
Ordinary parliamentary and law reporters , and gentlemen who report proceedings of public meetings for the press , find it extremel y difficult to give verbatim reports . None of them , we are certain , would venture to swear that , without takings note upon the spot , he could swear to the accuracy and bearing of particu- ' lar expressions and sentences . But what these experienced and practised professional persons cannot perform , is the easiest possible affair , to policemen . They can go into a crowded meeting—be knocked and hustled about from piace to place—note down accurately all that is said—and , on leaving the meeting , make a correct transcript » f the very words used by the speakers . Nay , one of them confessed that
, having commenced his report on the evening the speech he swore to was made , he found his memory so much better the following morning , that he tore up what he had written on the preceding evenin g , and began again 1 Another swore that the sentences he deposed to were consecutive sentences , which all will admit to be a most material point in such cases ; but upon being pressed , he admitted that they were not consecutive sentences , but merei yp icked out here and there , ae he thought they would suit his employers . Is it unlikely that the man who coolly told this falsehood in open Court , would hesitate , if need were , to manufacture a speech altogether ?
Such was the evidence , together with that of the most despicable and scoundrell y wretches that crawl upon the face of the earth—spies and informers—upon which the Whigs of 1848 procured these convictions . Whatever may be thought of the moral guilt of the prisoners , it will , we have no doubt , be considered disgraceful that such testimony should have been admitted asdegal proof of guilt . But the fact is , that in all casesof trial for political offences , the passions have the ascendancy , and persons are hurried b y the prevailing panic into the
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commission of acts from which at calmer periods they would revolt with horror . The demeanour of every one of the prisoners has been all that we could wish for . They have preserved , a calm and dignified deportment , and shown a true and strong attachment to their native country , which will , in after years , shed lustre upon their memory , and must , in the meantime , commend them to the affections
of their fellow-countrymen . Their fate , so far from deterring from future attempts for the raising up of Ireland from her prostrate and miserable position , will , we are persuaded , onl y act as an incentive to renewed efforts to make it what it ought to be—free , prosperous , and happy . If that desirable consummation cannot be attained except by a separation from this country , that will take place , in spite of standing armies , spies , informers , and police reporters .
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ENDOWMENT OF CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN IRELAND . Lord John Russell was recently waited upon by a deputation of the citizens of London , to urge an early settlement of the " Jew Question , " raised by the return of Baron Rothschild . His lordship admitted the fairness of the demand , but stated that Irish business would take precedence of all other at the commencement of the Session . So far , then , we have an indication of the point to which Parliamentary attention is to be directed on its re-assembling , but of the mode to be adopted , with reference to Irish business , rumour tells nothing certain . - -
Looking at the manner in which the present Cabinet threw away the opportunity presented to them in 1847 , of laying the foundation of a new and better social system in Ireland , we have no hope whatever of their doing anything really effectual or practical in the coming Sessiori , They are incapable of devising a comprehensive or statesmanlike measure ? and if they could do that , they have neither the courage to propose it , nor the political influence requisite to carry it . From that quarter , therefore , nothing is to be expected that is likely to prove of positive utility .
Numerous indications point to one measure as likely to be proposed , which is eminently Whiggish , and quite in accordance with the political genius of the Premier—the Endowment of the Roman Catholic Priests . His lordship has ,-on more than one occasion , g iven significant intimations of , his desire to do so , and the Peel Party are understood to be by no means adverse to such a measure . It would appear , from the attention bestowed upon the subject , both by the Metropolitan and the provincial Press , that there is a
likelihood or its being formall y proposed , and the Church and Dissenting interest are already beating up for an opposition to it , should it be so . In addition to these two classes of opponents , the proposal would , no doubt , have to encounter the opposition of those who object to all endowments of religious sects , on political grounds ; so that even if the Peelites and mere Whigs were to coalesce , the probability is , that their united forces would be insufficient to carry it .
But supposing they ^ were , what would be gained by it ? Would it render the task of governing Ireland a whit less difficult than it is at present , or in the slightest degree abate the real causes of that misery and discontent , which render that country the " great difficulty " of all English administrations ? Neither . It is a gross mi s take to imagine , that because the Irish priesthood have , at present , a powerful influence over their flocks , that they will continue to retain that influence when they become the pensioners of the state . The priests are now looked up to with confidence
and respect , because the people believe that their interests and their sympathies are identical . They look upon the priests as being equally persecuted and robbed with themselves . The State Church in Ireland is as great an alien as are the owners of the soil . The princely revenues enjoyed by its clergy have been reft from " the ould Church , " just as the land has been from its original Irish possessors ; and thus bound together by a sense of common injury , and a mutual antagonism to an alien and oppressive Government , it is easy to
understand the enormous influence possessed by the priests over an imaginative , reli gious , and impulsive peop le , like the Irish . But the sources of this influence will be at once swept away by taking them into the pay of the State . All the existing associations between them and the people would be de stroyed , and they would henceforth be looked upon as being leagued with a Government towards which it is impossible that any Irish peasant can have any other , feeling than that of rooted aversion .
Even if the money for pensioning the Priests could be found , and they were willing to accept it , the bargain would be a useless one . The consideration for which they were bought over could not be secured . But both of these conditions are wanting . The money cannot be spared . In the face of a large annual deficit in the revenue , and the necessity for adding to the debt in a time of peace , it would really be " too unendurable'' to pay for keepine two
State Churches in Ireland . Heaven knows that unhappy country is expensive enough to us alread y , without adding-a standing army of Priests to the military and constabulary forces , by which " law and order" are now with such difficulty preserved in the British Poland * Next : even if the money were forthcoming the Priests say they will not have it . The Catholic Bishopsjhave protested against the scheme , so that their opposition would be added to that of the parties we have already named .
The plan , therefore , is futile and impracticable in every point of view , and the mere fact of its ever having been entertained at all only adds another to the long list of instances which prove the total incapacity of our Statesmen to deal with the evils of Ireland . These evils arise from the pressure of unequal laws —the deprivation of political franchises—the bad tenure by which landed property is heldand the consequent want of capital and employment , which is inseparable from the present relation of landlord and tenant in that
country . If any Government would address itself seriously and earnestly to the task of ameliorating the condition of Ireland , these are the things with which it must grapp le , and not be led away by such delusive mockeries of reform as the pensioning of a few thousand Priests , for the purpose of emp loy ing them in keeping down tbe natural emotions of desperate misery . By force of arms and priestly influence we and
have just quelled an attempted rebellion , obedient juries have convicted its leaders at Clonmel . The people of Ireland should be shown that we do not intend to stop there , and leave things as they have been . Now is the time to step in with a bold and consistent system of just and practical legislation , which would give confidence and security alike to the capitalist and the labourer , and bring into p lay the rich and yet undeveloped resources of Ireland . Such a system would effect the
object they aim at—that of reducing the people to quiet much more speedily and effectively than any other mode that can be adopted , and , in the long run , it would be b y far the cheapest . But where are the men to propose or carry out such a policy ? We look for them in vain , on either side of Parliament , or in aay combination of Parliamentary parties . The . truth is , that thev are either directly
interested in maintaining the order of things in Ireland , or else , afraid of meddling with the landlords , The feeble and hesitating attempts in the two last Sessions , to remove some of the most glaring evils . of the present land tenure , and to promote the transfer of estates from impoverished landlords to the hands of capitalists , who would have called labour into ooeration , only proved that the present
Government did not dare to grapple with this master evil iirmly ; and the successful resis . tance made by tbe landed party to every really useful portion of the Irish bills that were brought in , showed that they are , as parties are now constructed , too " powerful for any Ministry to risk a quarrel with . Therefore , we suppose , the old game of equivocation and expediency W » U be played over again . " There will be great cry and
little wool . '' The Session will open with magniloquent promises , and end with small performances . Landlord rule and robbery will be left untouched ; and starvation / ejectments , and disease will be permitted to continue the work of thinning the peasantry of a land which is accursed b y a system of misrule which com bines alLthe bad qualities of every form of Government known under the sun . A pleasant prospect , truly !
Mr O'Connor's Tour. We Have Been Disappo...
MR O'CONNOR'S TOUR . We have been disappointed in not receiving the looked-for reports of Mr O'Connors meetings in Scotland . It will be seen by Mr O'Connor ' s letter that that gentleman has had splendid meetings at Montrose , Aberdeen , Dundee , & c . A full narrative from Mr O'Connor ' s pen will appear in the " Star '' of next Saturday .
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Mr J. Swjeet Acknowledges Tbe Receipt Of...
Mr J . Swjeet acknowledges tbe receipt of the following sums for Mrs M'Dounll , viz .: — £ s . d . MrGouWer .. « » .. , 003 Mr Shepherd „ .. « ,, 003 MrBroxholme ,. ,. .. .. 002 Mrs Perkins 0 0 1 Mr Chipindale .. .. .. .. 006 MrThurraan , 0 0 2 A Friend „ .. - .. .. 01 0
JOB VICTIM FOND . From tbe Colonel Hutcbiason .. » 0 6 0 From tbe Newton ' s Hend „ .. .. 020 Thomas Mennem , Waktfield , can be supplied with the O'Connor Tartan by sending bis order to James Gibson and Co ., m & nufftdturGra of the O'Connor Tartan , New Street , KilbarohaB , Scotland . Notice . —All places in tbe Northampton distric ' . having arranged for meetings to be attended by Mr Kydd , must postpone the same for one week at least . This request is made from unavoidable causes , and if at ' tended to wUl prevent disappointment . Messes Hunt , ( Manchester ) , Day , ( Sleaford ) , aid others , who write on matters connected with the Land question , ought to have addressed tbeir letters to the ' Directors , Hi , High Holborn . We have forwarded their letters .
The Pemtonviue Model Pbison . — We have received tbe annual letter of Henry D . Griffiths , denouncing this horrible place of torture , R . Tomlinson , Colne , should have sent is with his communication . Mr W . Lict , Cleckheaten . —The letter has not been received at this office , if it had , it would , have been acknowledged at tbe time . The addresses of parties to receive monies for all the various purposes of the move ment , have so frequently appeared in the Stab , that it is no less strange than annoying , that we should be troubled with business in which we are not concerned , and to which authorised persons are appointed to attend . This would have appeared last week , bat we delayed in order to make some inquiries on tbe subject . Wh . Jtawiijr , Bacap . — Ton must apply to the magis . trates .
Land Conference. The Land Conference Wil...
LAND CONFERENCE . The Land Conference will bold its sittings at the Odd Fellows' Hall , King Street , New Street , Birming ham . The sittings of the Conference will commence on Monday next , October 30 th . Chair will be taken at " twelve o ' clock at noon . By order of the Directors . Thomas Clark . —Cor . Sec .
Receipts Of The National Land Company, F...
RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY , FOR THB WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , OCTOBER 26 , 1818 . PBS MR O'CONNOR . SHAKES . £ 8 , d . Bermondsey ,. o 10 0 Huntingdon „ 10 0 Wigton ., a 1 0 Birmingham , Globe and ' Ship .. 16 0 Friends .. 0 10 0 Newbury .. 4 16 9 Nottingham , Brighton , Arti . Sweet ., 0 2 « choke . 3 7 9 Chepstow .. IU 6 T Bidwell .. 0 1 0 Leicester , AstUl S 0 0 S E Broomfield » 1 0 £ 18 10 6 JJXPENSE FUND . Chepstow ., 0 2 0 Wigton ., 0 8 8 Mark Swales .. 0 0 6 Nottingham , Sweet „ 0 10 £ 011 9 AID FUND . ' Oldham .. 0 0 8 S Rossiter .. 0 0 4 —J- ° Land Fund ... 16 10 6 Expense Fund ... 011 9 Aid Fund ... ... ... 0 10 £ rri Wm . Dixom , Ohkkxofheb Doim , Tbos . Ci »» bk , ( Corres . Seo . ) Philip M'Gbath , ( Fin . Seo . ) VICTIM FUND . UOSIVED BY W . BIDE * . Chartist Pioneers , Winchester , per Folkstone , per GStunsess .. 0 4 0 R Lawrj .. 0 5 6 Chester le-street , Sheffield , per J per M Robin-Cavill .. 0 3 0 son .. 0 18 6 JMajman , Rams- A few Friends , gate . 0 10 Lewes , per J West .. 0 18 ** . £ 18 8 BEOEIVCD AT LAND OMIOB . Mr Eendrick .. 0 2 6 Per Mr Whitcomb Deptford Friends , and Friends , per Mr Floyd 0 5 0 Greenwich .. 0 12 8 £ 1 0 0 BEOEIVED BT * . KTDD . Uxbridge .. 0 5 0 Leicester , Wm Leicester , J Sutton 0 15 0 White .. 0 3 1 Morton Colliery , John Roxby .. 0 2 0 ' £ 1 5 _ 1 DEFENCE FUND . BEOEIVED AT LAND OFFICE . BfrKendrick .. 0 2 6 Deptford Friends , MrWhittcU .. 0 10 per Mr Floyd .. 0 2 6 £ 0 6 0 mmmmmmm ^ FOR DR M'DOUALL'S DEFENCE . BEOEIVED BT W . BIDBB , Worcester , per A Z .. » 0 4 O FOB KBS U'BOX ! lit . BEOEIVED BT W . BIDEB . Bury , 3 Jones , and a Female Democrat 0 3 0 TO EXEHPT FBISONEBS » OS £ QiKVH PICKING . BEOEIVED BV W . BIDEB . J . Majman , Ramsgate .. .. 010 THE LIBERTY FUND . BEOEIVED BT S . K . 1 DD . Bury , J Coulter 14 0 Lincoln , 3 Budd 0 5 0 Limehouse , Mr Finsbury Lo-Ford .. 0 5 0 cality , per Mr Chester , Mr Hes . Dixon .. 0 2 0 keth .. 0 5 0 Uxbridge , Edward Farrell ,. 0 5 0 £ 2 6 0 It is imperative to remind tho Secretaries and Councils generally , that the state of the funds demands immediate consideration . It is unnecessary to recapitulate what we have said on former occasions . Let the active members of the body take up this question at once , and in an efficient manner . N . B . —No monies to be sent to Mr Kydd , except for the support of the Chartist agitation , and in aid of Mrs / ones and Mrs M'Douall . Let this request be attended to , and it will save much trouble and confusion . —Direct to Land 02 ce , High Holbern .
Early Cmbino. —The Leeds Intbixtgbncbr S...
Early Cmbino . —The Leeds Intbixtgbncbr states that at Huddorsneld , the whole of the linendrapers , batters , booksellers , and other shopkeepers , ( with one exception , ) have closed their respective shops at seven o ' clock , according to previous arrangement , in order to afford their assistants , ap . prentices , servants , and others employed by them that relaxation which the constant and irksome du-ies imposed upon them render necessary A « S « mw . ' -Tom O-- . was eating oysters ; he toek one into hvs mouth that was not quite fresh but not liking to eject it , he resolved to swallow it . On taking another in its ihell , a by-atandor remarked « Tom , that is a fine native . ' C— said , I ' m mighty glad of it , for the l & at was a mUr . *
F Defence And Victim Fund. Received By W...
f DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . Received by Wm . Rideh . £ « . d Coventry , pur W . Hosier ... ... 0 12 0 M . Ball , Mansfield ... ... ... 0 0 6 Worcester , per A Z . ... ... ... 0 4 0 J . Mayman , Rsrmgate ,, ... .,, 0 10 Polook-baw , per A , Borate ... , „ 0 3 9 S . Marohaat and Brother , Cheltenham ... 0 5 0 Netberthong , near Hoddersfield , per J . Moorhouse ... ... •« 0 4 0 John Hsaton , Oigglem ' . ok ... .., 0 1 Trowbridge , per J . Howell ... ... 0 15 Swoudwaier , per H . Prltchard ... ... 0 2 0 People's Hall , B ' rmingham , per H . Radhall 0 13 £ 1 15 11
Central Victim Fund..Receipts Of Week En...
CENtRaL VICTIM FUND . Receipts of week ending Oct . 21 , 1848 , Nottingham , psr Mr Swest 6 16 Mr Rider , as per Stab 0 18 0 Mr Kydd , from various friends ... ... 17 7 Ditto , from Sunderland ... ... 0 12 O Land Office ... ... ••• ... 0 2 11 Jamas Wood .,, ... .. .. 0 16 General HUP ... 9 1 0 Mr Burrows , per Mr Turner ... ... 9 10 Cigar makers , per Mr Brisk ... ... 0 5 0 Linuhonse ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 Krneat Jones locality ... ... ... 0 5 0 Camberwell , perMrGrassby ... ... 0 10 0 City Ladies' Shoemakers , per Mr Parker ... 0 12 0 Friends per Mr Rochford ... ... 0 18 0 £ 5 18 0 i 11 ColHver ' s Coffee House , J . J . Mbibi ' . han , 266 J S 'rand , London . Hon . Seo . The Committee earnestly appeal to tbe country for assistance . Tho present weekly t- oeipts are not fide , quate to secure the payment ot one half tbe small al-Iowanoe at first granted the wives and families of our imprisoned friends . Letters and remittances should be addressed to Josiah John Merriman , as above .
Meeting Of Hand Loom Weavers. Bkifaai.—O...
MEETING OF HAND LOOM WEAVERS . BKiFAai . —On Monday week a large meeting of weaver delegates , from various districts of the counties of Antrim and Down , was held in M'Donald'i Tavern , Hill Street . The object of the meeting was to endeavour to have communicated through tha press a general statement of the grievances to which the hand-loom weavers oi the North are exposed , and thereby to enliat tbe sympathy and co-operatisa of the enlightened public on behalf of such legal and constitutional measures as might be deemed neces * sary to avert further threatened evils npon the trade . Mr Richard Johnston was called to the chair .
Mr John Boyd , in an able speech , moved the first resolution , as follows : — ' That the' reduction on wases made for srae time past by the firm of J , and H . Y < nng and Co . is unprecedented and un . called for , and , if carried into effect , most brine misery and destitution , first upon the operative and next upon the honest employer . ' Mr Boyd , in order to elucidate the resolution with which he was en . trusted , read from the records of the trade the van * ous periodical reductions which had taken place ia the rate of wages tor particular fabrics . It appeared for instance , that in 1792 , tbe price for weaving 2 , 000 9 8 th jackenet per ell was 2 a . 10 d ., and for winding the spangle , 3 d , ; in 1802 the same artiolt fell to 2 a . 8 $ d . ; in ISI 0 to Is . Sid . ; 1812 to Is Si . in 1818 to Is . OJd . ; in 1820 to lOgd . ; in 1826 to 6 d .: in 1835 to 3 £ d . ; and in April last . M ;
Jamieson , tbe agent of J and H . Young , & Co ., in Belfast , gave 2 d . l-10 fch , weaving and winding included . In round numbers , the weaving and winding of twelveyards of such jackenet , in 179 ? , would have been £ 1 lis . 8 rf ., snd supposing that tha weaver could put out of his hands three pieces in the week , ( which wonld be good work ) , his week ' s wasei would have amounted to £ 4 8 ) . 9 d ., whereas ths price now paid by Mr Jamieson , for the same fabric , and the same amount of fabric , is 6 s . 3 d ., a reduction of £ i 2 s . 6 d . in a week ' s work . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr Boyd proceeded to say , that the Messrs Young were paying 3 s on the fabric , or thirty per cent , lesson the week ' s work , er Is . per piece less than respectable houses in the same trade in Belfast , and observed that the time they had chosen to make the redue * tion was when famine and disease were walking
abroad , and men were ready to grasp at any sum , and that by their ' selfish spoliation' the respectable trade of Belfast , who were anxious to live and let live , wonld soon find it necessary to reduce their price !) , in order to meet them in the market . After repudiating anything like a combination to effect the purposes in view by the meeting , Mr Boyd went on to show that it was the interest of land , lords and ratepayers to support the weavers in their struggle for the benefit of their trade . The weavers of this town and neighbourhood were now so reduced in circumstances that , should the other manufacturers of Belfast ba obliged to reduce their prices to meet those of Mr Young , 30 000 individuals residing within a circuit of ten or twelve miles round Belfast , and depending for support oa the shuttle , must ultimately be starved out , or be obliged to live in the workhouses upon the charity of the public .
Mr John Johnston seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr J . Reid moved the next resolution : — 'That as men moving in a civilised community , we claim the right to sell our labour in the highest market . ' Mr S . Bell seconded the resolution , which was unanimously passed . Mr John Campbell , in moving the 3 rd resolution , viz ., ' That we give every legal opposition in our power to those who have made us poor , and would increase that poverty to advance their own interest , detailed the circumstances of an unsatisfactory interview which he , as a member of a deputation , had with the Messrs Young , in Glasgow . He was followed by Mr Wm . Stewart , of Conlig , who seconded tha resolution in a brief but effective speech . The meeting after being addressed by several other speakers was dissolved .
The Whig Victims. Letter From Joseph Rit...
THE WHIG VICTIMS . LETTER FROM JOSEPH RITCHIE TO A FRIEKD
Newgate , Oct . 6 th , 1848 , Dbab Sib , —This is , no deubfc , the last letter you will receive from me in England . I therefore take this opportunity of oxplaining my conduct in pleading Guilty . ' On Saturday , the 30 th , Mr Roberta called to see whether I would consent to plead guilty , and thus save the rest of the prisoners from transportation , and consequently their wives and families from destitution , statin : at the same time it would
mitigate my sentence . I at once objected to this , and rrjeoted any mitigation on any such terms . One of the prisoners , named Poole , then stated that some of ns wished to be transported for the purpose of getting employment abroad , which we could not get at home , and that my excuses were paltry and vain . However , they were all satisfied that my motives were pure , especially as Mr Roberts said be would endeavour to get my trial put off till th > next sessions , when my pleading 'Not Guilty ' would not affect thereat .
On Monday , when I was called to the bar , I was questioned as to whether I would plead * Guilty' by Mr Ballantine , telling me at the same time—that if I refused , all those men who were found with arms would be transported for life , and those found without any arms would be imprisoned for various periods . The other prisoners at the bar with me , as if with one impulse , cried : — ' Ritchie , Ritchie , save us , our wives and families from destruction . ' Mr Ballantine had just said the government would show no mercy . It was te me they appealed—yea , to Ritchie , the Rod Republican ! I know how to feel and how to suffer—I yielded and pleaded guilty . I did it to save those men , their wives snd families from destruction—thus I am with * out trial sent to chains and slavery . I had not been
long removed from the bar , when I was again re * called . It was but to witness my further disgrace . I was asked what I had to say in arrest of judgment 1 I * as confounded . The judge followed no the words—* Oh , ' said he , ' you have nothing to say . you have pleaded guilty ! ' I tbcight I would have died with shame and vexation . I was in a fix ; I had pleaded Guilty' and I could say nothing . I required all the courage I could muster to stay at the bir . I wished then I had fallen before the cutlass . 1 am informed that the Times reporter says , I turned pale . Silly man ! I have faced dangers from which he would shrink and fly—chains and slavery . Death itself is but a jett , compared to the fate of my country . Alas t poor England , almost afraid to know herself '
Very Odd Fbiiows.—At Alphington, Near Ex...
Very Odd Fbiiows . —At Alphington , near Exeter , there existed an Odd Fellows' Society , which latterly has not been in very flourishing circumstances , the effect of which was , that about two months ago , at a general meeting of the body , a resolution was come to for breaking up the club and dividing the cash in hand . This amounted to about £ 60 ., and three of the body were deputed to draw the money from the bank , and place it in the box , preparatory to another meeting at which it
was arranged the division should take place . The money was obtained , and consigned to the custody of the box , each of the deputation having a key to three different locks by which the box was fastened At the appointed time the meeting took place , but neither of the custodians ^ attended ; ditto at seve . ral adjourned meetings . At length the members did what they should have done at first-they broke open the box , but of course there was no money there .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 28, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28101848/page/4/
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