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TO THE MEMBERS OP THE LAND ¦ *b- COMPANY.
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To The Members Op The Land ¦ *B- Company.
TO THE MEMBERS OP THE LAND ¦ * b- _COMPANY .
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_s-3 Ir _Fktejtds , J- ! I returned from Bromsgrove last ¦ _flight ( "Wednesday ) , where I hare been staying Since Saturday , and this morning it ga * re me * o 6 small « omfort , pride , p leasure , and satisfaction , to find that our Company had gone _tErougb . the preliminary process of Registration yesterday , in'the Court of Queen ' s Bench , as you -will learn from the report of the proceedings .
Thc Court has granted a rule Nisi , that is , a rule calling npon the Registrar of _Jointfgtock Companies to show cause why he refuses to Register thc Company . I hare had the opinions ofthe ablest Conveyancers , Special Pleaders , and Common-Law Lawyers , relative tb the legality of the Company , and all have agreed that the Court of Queen ' s Bench mil qoinpel the Registrar to completely Register the Company .
You must understand , that things of this kind are not done in a day ; and not an hour Las been lost since the Conference broke up in taking the necessary steps . The Registrar has occasioned a great portion of the delay , b y requiring time to think of this matter and of that , and requiring to see this and that paper . You will hear in mind , that thc two points of illegality urged against the Company , were : — Firstly , its connexion with tho Bank j and , Secondly , its violation ofthe Lottery Acts .
The first objection I got over by separating the Bank from the Company , sending circulars to every depositor , stating that their only security was confidence in me , and tliat they might withdraw their money without the required notice , if they were dissatisfied ; and yet not a single man withdrew ; and not one who , from necessity , has required to withdraw a portion of his funds , has been disappointed by a single post . So much for the Bank question . And as tb
The Lottery Illegality , it appears that those lawyers , more practised , than the celebrated Mr . Lawes , the professional gentleman examined by tie Chairman , have _discoxered that thera is a special Act of Parliament framed to exempt such Companies as ours from the provisions of the Lottery Act ; as you will be aware , when you read the speech of Mr . Cockburn , in the Queen ' s Bench . You are also aware , that I hava
appropriated large sums of my own money to the payment of your tradesmen ' s bills , while Ton have most unfairly neglected your duty ; even the law expenses , for the enforcement of the complete registration , have all come eut of my pocket , while any other promoter of a Company would have written to you thus—" Pay up your subscriptions , or I will g ive the matter up . " I have not done so , however—and , to prove to you that your confidence was not misplaced , " if I had been foiled in legalising the Company , I would have applied to Parliament , in accordance with the recommendation of the Select Committee , for a Bill to enable me to wind up our affairs ,
and I would have paid every man twenty shillings in the pound . And now , that I have not only hope , but certainty , of the legalisation of the Flan ; and not to encumber myself with complicated accounts ; and not to practice ANOTHER JUGGLE upon you ; and seeing the hardship to a man who has not paid a sufficient amount of Bonus to entitle him to location , remaining without Ms money , which may prevent him carrying on some other business—itis my intention to return the ibll amount of Bonus money , paid by those who are » ot located , instead of keeping it locked up , and paying them four per cent . ; which , after very anxious consideration , would , I think , be an act of great oppression .
This day , in about two hours , I shall have the felicitv of hearing the Queen ' s Speech ; and while there will be an abundance about foreign countries , and friendly relations , and war , and the rest of it—an exultation for the triumph of Kennington Common , which will appear in the distance ; and the loyalty of British gubjects—there will not be one single word about the cultivation of English land , or of Irish either .
This session , rel y upon it , will be the session of sessions ; the battle between those who are prepared to make long strides in the march of progress , and those who , from dread of progress , would retake what has been grud gingl y extracted from them ; and it is more than _condolatory to me to think , and to know—that today I commence the first Session of Parliament in which I have ever sat with the hope and conviction that I can work cordiall y with a party who propose Financial and Political Reforms , which another party opposes .
Of course the Russell pill will be set off against the Cobdex purge ; but as the financial and political bodies both require a good cleansing , I very much prefer the Cobden scour to tlie Russell cleanse . It wa 6 said of a titled lady once , " Take away bawdy , and you leave her no wit ; " and it may be said of the Whigs with equal truth , " Take away patronage , and you leave them no power ; " and Cobdex _' s Budget proposesto clip the wings of patronage . Last year , Metropolitan agitation compelled ihe Whigs to abandon the project for increasing the Income-tax : but rely upon it , that all
the agitation ever witnessed in England for Reform or Free Trade , wa-s mere moonshine —child ' s play—compared to the Metropolitan agitation , if required , for carrying out _Cobber ' s Financial Budget , and Milner Gibson ' s Political Budget For the first time in the history of England Broad-cloth and Fustian will co-operate ; and , although I am older now than when I used to fl y through the country , yet , I promise you that I will do one man's share , and that Cobden shall find that MY MYRMIDONS , unaccustomed to retreat , are well drilled in the advance . I know no
measure that may not be extracted from any Government by the cordial co-operation of Broad-cloth and Fustian—of Capital and Labour—when in it Labour sees its fair share of the triumph , and , as Cobden says , the means of achieving more . And , if in this Cobden stir I did not see Labour ' s share—I would rather live on a dry crust than join it ; _while , upon the other hand , I should consider myself worse than a brute , if , as an interested demagogue seeking for power through pecu
liarity , I were to resist a movement more valuable than Emancipation , Reform or Free Trade , or all put together and I heartily pity the Tories , and professing Whig landlords of the West Riding , who imagine that , because they ousted Sir Culling Eardlet— -they could NOW oust Cokdex ; while , were they to attempt it , Wakefield would _actuall y be taken by storm , and my ragged myrmidons would not be the smallest or least enthusiastic detachment .
Chartists , I am now going to take off my old coat and dress for the first scene of the new drama . I remain , Land Members and Chartists , Your faithful Friend , and unpurchaseable Representative . Fear g us O'CosxdR .
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The Colliers of Siato . v Deutal . —On Tuesday several ofthe colliers who were bound by agreement to their master , but who refused to work at the _t-dueed prices , appeared before the magistrates of _Xortli Shields to answer the charge of breach of contract . Mr . Foster , the agent , stated the case witn -rood feeling , and trusted the differences between the men and their employers would be _amie-a . iy settled . The workmen were ably defended by _«« _.-ir solicitor , andthe bond was ultimately cancelled " _, ihu-: the workmen are at liberty to re-engage with _£ eir employers , or otherwise , is they _mav think P o _* K ? r . "ft e hear the reductions are likelv to _' arouse £ r hna « tl , e , Ca : ? S 0 P Colliery , a considerable _numrot _« ti _^ _, i le £ 0 } _to - _*** * tflciro ™ _CrSwl " 18 tL , ? S * _dl «™* on the _a-fihe onlSL * , - t 0 _^ _g _^ the Union , _^ ue only safeguard against the oppression of their
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REGISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH . Wed . vksdat , Jan-tart 31 , 1849 . Mr . Cockburn- : —My Lord , on behalf of the National Land Compay , I have to move your Lordshi p for a rule to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue , directed to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies , commanding him to renew the certificate of provisional registration ofthe National Land Company , and afterwards to receive the deed and other documents required by the Act of Parliament ofthe Compan y , and on that to register such deeds and documents , and to grant them a certificate of complete registration . ., ,. ,... .
M y Lord , this Company was formed two or three years back , and the affidavit , on which I move of Mr . Chinert , who is the managing clerk of Mr . Roberts , a solicitor , of this Court ( who has throughout managed the legal concerns of the Company ) , shows , that after one or two attempts that were made , and endeavours to enrol this Company under the "Friendly Societies' Act , " and-which did not succeed , on the ground of it being the opinion of the Registrar , nnder those Acts of Parliament , that the Company did not come within thc provisions of those Acts , the party , Mr . Feargus 0 'Co >*> "OR , and other parties interested as promoters of this Company , proceeded to register the
Company provisionally , under the 7 th and 8 th of Victoria , chap . 110 . The Company was registered provisionall y in 1846 , and , after it had been so provisionally registered , the draft of the deed constituting the Company was prepared , and it was submitted to the Registrar , under the Joint-Stock Companies' Act , for his approval . The deed was somewhat voluminous , the interests ofthe Company being complicated , and he suggested various alterations and improvements in the deed , which suggestions were adopted on behalf of the Company , and the deed altered so as to obtain his final and complete approbation . It appears , inasmuch as it was required by the Act of Parliament that one-fourth of the subscribers
or shareholders , in the Company , should execute a deed , and not only one-fourth of the shareholders , but one-fourth of the persons holding one-fourth of the shares of the Company , should execute the deed ; and as these shareholders , amounting to several thousands in point of number , were spread over the country , a considerable , time elapsed before tho signatures of the whole of these various shareholders , or various parties , in the country , could be obtained , and considerable expense was incurred , not onl y in preparing the deed , but in obtaining the signatures of all those
various members to the deed . A year elapsed before all this was completed ; and in the year 1847 the provisional registration of the Company was renewed conformabl y to the provisions of the Act of Parliament , which merely gives the Directors , provisionall y registered , power to act on behalf of the Company for twelve months , but enableB them to appl y again , after the expiration of those twelve months , for a renewal of thc Provisional Registration . In the course of the year 1848 , the number of subscribers had been very materiall y augmented , and it appeared to
Mr . O'Connor and the Directors , that , if they could , by possibility , get their Company registered or enrolled , under the provisions of the last Friendl y Societies' Act , the 9 th and 10 th of Victoria , which had been passed subsequent to the formation of the Company , it would be a desirable thing for them , and save them a vast deal of expense , as itwas necessary to be making constant returns to the Registrar , appointed by the Joint-Stock Comp anies' Act , of the various members who were added to the number of shareholders , and all those numerous and frequent returns involving
very considerable expense . And an application was made by Mr . O'Connor to the House of Commons , of which he was then a Member , for leave to bring in a Bill to bring this Company witliin the provisions ofthe 9 th and 10 th of Victoria , the last Friendly Societies' Act . It was brought under the notice of the House of Commons , but the House of Commons did not pass that Bill—and , at Mr . O'Connor ' s instance , a Committee was appointed , to take into consideration the nature of the Company , to see what legislative _assistance and relief mi g ht be afforded them . That Committee sat
on the subject , and took the case into their consideration : but , it _appears , a difficulty was started before them , on the ground that this Company was not a legal Company , as falling within the provisions of the Lottery Acts . They reported , accordingly , in all other respects , favourably to Mr . O'Connor and the Company , both , I mean , as to tho financial operations of the Company , and with regard to the position which Mr . O'Connor occupied relative to the Company ; but they reported that the Company itself came within the provisions of the Lottery Acts . This report of
the Committee was published , and made known , and occasioned a difficulty on the part of the Registrar as to a competent registration ofthe Company . He had approved of the deed , it had boen altered at his suggestion , and all tie expense had been incurred under the conviction that he was perfectly prepared to register the Company . It had been provisionally registered ; he had renewed the provisional registration ; but when they came to have the Company ' s complete register made , the Registrar objected , on tho ground that the Committee of the House of Commons
had declared this Company illegal ; and the object of this app lication is , to obtain a mandamus to the Registrar , to call on him for a complete reg istration ofthe Company : and , no doubt , the question of the legality ofthe Company , is one to which it will be necessary that I should now call your lordship ' s attention . It appears from the deed thatis annexed to the affidavit on which I move , that the object of this Company is this : To obtain by the subscription of individual members , a fund , out of which fund land is to be purchased . That is to be divided into allotments , which are to
be let to individual shareholders of the Company at a certain rent , and then by certain financial operations , wliich are the foundation ofthe Company , the rent which tlie individual taking the land upon a lease , binds himself annually to pay , constitutes a sort of rent-charge , as it is charged upon the land , and that rent they propose to sell , and by means ot thesale ot that rent-charge , to obtain further funds to go on purchasing land ; and , by degrees , obtaining the means of g iving to every shareholder a _certain allotment of land ; but inasmuch as to the completion of this proposed financial
operation , it is necessary—Mr . _JrsiiCE _ESLE : I understand that to be land let—Mr . Cockburn : Let for a term of yoars , subject to a rent . Mr . Justice Erle . — -Then they are to sell tliat rent ? Mr . Cockbtrx Then they are to sell that rent—Yes , my lord—and obtain further funds ; and by means " of further funds to go on pur-
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chasing fresh lands , and , as fresh shareholders come in , to use the funds of those shareholders so coming iu , for the further purchase of lands . But , inasmuch as by the operations of this financial scheme , it may very well be that thc number of shareholders among whom the allotments to be eventuall y made may be , in the first instance considerabl y greater , at all events greater than the amount of Land will enable them to make allotments to the
shareholders , it is proposed to determine who shall have the first allotment made to th « m , by lot , And it was suggested , and assented to on the part of the Committee , that this scheme of allotment being , in the first instance , to be made by lot , brought the case within the operation of the Lottery Acts , and made tliis Company , however advantageous , otherwise , to the members by the proposed mode of operation , objectionable and illegal , as being within the scope of those Acts . M y Lord , I think by calling your Lordshi p ' s attention to those Acts of Parliament , you will at once see this case does not eome either within the mischief , or within the terms and provisions of those Acts of Parliament . Those Acts are the 10 th
and llth of William III ., chap . 17 ; and the 12 th of George IL , chap . 28 . Npw , my Lord , as to the 10 th and llth of William III . , 7 take it to be perfectl y clear , upon reading that Act , that what it applies to is , a Lottery in the ordinary sense of the term ; that is , where persons put in their money for the purpose of buying shares in a Lottery , and are entitled to the chance of a prize in money , or money ' s worth , as the result ofthe lot , to be resorted to , to determine who shall have the prize , That Act recites , that , " evil-disposed persons , for divers years last past ,
have set up many mischievous and unlawful games called Lotteries , not only in the cities of London and Westminster , aud in tho suburbs thereof , and places adjoining , but in most of the eminent towns and places in England , and in the dominion of Wales , and have thereby most unjustly and fraudulently got , to themselves , great sums of money from the children and servants of several gentlemen , traders , and merchants , and from other unwary persons , to the utter ruin and impoverishment of many families , and to the reproach of the English laws and Government , b y colour of several patents or grants
under the Great Seal of England for the said lotteries , or some of them , which said grants or patents are against the common good , trade , welfare , and peace of his Majesty ' s kingdom , for remedy whereof be it enacted , adjudged , and declared ; and it is hereby enacted , adjudged , and declared by the King ' s most excellent Majesty , by and with the advice and consent of the Lords , spiritual and temporal , " and so on ; "That all such lotteries and all other lotteries arc common and public nuisances , and that all grants , patents , and licences for such lotteries , or any other lotteries are void and against law . " My Lord , I take it what that Act of Parliament
manifestl y refers to are games , and the case of the ordinary , well-known cases of lotteries that prevailed under partieular Acts of Parliament in this country , and are known to prevail abroad . Then , my Lord , comes the 12 th of George II ., chap . 28 ; and that clearl y applies to the case of persons keeping open houses . It says , ' That if any person or persons shall , after the 24 th day of June , 1739 , erect , set up , continue , or keep any office or place under the denomination of a sale or sales of
houses , land , advowsons , presentations to livings , plate , jewels , ships , goods , or other things , by way of lottery , or by lots , tickets , numbers or figures , cards or dice , or shall make , print , or advertize , or make public any matter , " and so on , it is enactod "b y the authority aforesaid , that all and every such sale or sales Of houses , lands , advowsons , presentations to livings , plate , jewels , ships , goods or other things , by any game , lottery , or lotteries , machine , engine , or other device whatsoever depending upon , or to be determined by chalice or lot , shall , and are
hereby declared to he void to all intents and purposes whatsoever . " M y Lord , what that relates to , I take it , is this ; where persons having possession of houses , lands , or any other chattel , propose to dispose of such article of property b y means of lottery . There is an especial reservation in the Act of Parliament itself , under the llth sec , that it shall not apply to the case of persons , Avho having property , propose to dispose of that property among themselves by lot . The llth sec . says , " provided always , and it is hereby further
enacted and declared that nothing herein contained shall extend , or be anywise construed , deemed , or taken to extend , or in any sort to affect or prejudice any estate or interest in , out of , or to , any manors , honours , royalties , lands , tenements , advowsons , presentations , rents , services and hereditaments whatsoever , which shall , or may , at any time or times hereafter be according to the laws now in being , legally allotted to , or held by or by means of any allotment or partition by lots . " M y Lord , I take it the case here is clearlv within the
exception of that section . Supposing the Acts of Parliament appl y to such case there is an express provision excepting the case in question out ofit . But , my Lord , what the Act in express terms applies to is this , that is , te the case of a person who propose ! , being himself in possession of a house , estate , or chattel , to dispose of such house , estate , or chattel , by means ofa lottery . But that is not this case . Tliis is the case of parties who subsoribe their monies to purchase lands , and who agree that afterwards ( with a view to certain operations , having reference to their own interests in the land ) , they shall determine by lot which of them shall first occupy such portion of land as shall constitute the allotment .
Mr . Justice Erle . — You have stated enough matter for further inquiry , Mr . Cockburn . Mr . CocKBURN . —If your Lordship p leases . RULE GRANTED .
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Glasgow . —The Ten Hours Bill . —A meeting ofthe male adult factory workers of Glasgow ana neighbourhood was held in the Democratic Hall on the 26 th ult ., to take into consideration the " relay system . " Mr . James Lynch in the chair ; when Mr . D . Sherrington moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Thos . M'Kay , and carried unanimously : — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that ten hours labour per day is as much as can bt consistently demand from the factory operatives of this country , in order that they may attend to their reli g ious and moral education . And while we would express our gratitude for the legislative enactment , which limits the labour of female 6 and young persons to ten hours per day , we cannot but reprobate the conduct of those emp loyers who evade its intention by emp loying relays ot workers- ; a system , which , if persisted in , we feci assured will ultimately prove injurious to both
employers and employed . " Mr . John Fletcher moveu the adoption of the following resolution , seconded bv Win : Brown , and supported by Mr . Mabeamc _* - » * That as the factory operatives of England , at their several meeting * , have expressed their approval ofthe ten hours system , and then * determination to put a stop to t hc principle of relays by Sir to _parliamentforan act expressive of their _wid on the subject , we pledge ourselves to _co-Jcrate _witli them , believing that b y doing so we are serving the interests of humanity , as well as that of employer * and _employed .
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_Tniv-J"kEc _** Tivi * Committee of thi * National Ciurt * _8 _& Association * , met at their rooms , 14 . 4 , High Holborn , on Friday evening , January the 20 th , —present : Messrs . Harncv , ltoss , Clark , ivvdd , and Stallwood . Ah- . Clark was oalled to tlie cl _' iair . Mr . Stallwood reported tliat' he " had niade thc requisite -jrrangeincnts anil taken the Standard Thcatvejbv Wednesday evening , February 7 th , and issued puis and tickets _accordinelv , calling on the Chartists to give their support on the occasion . Mr . Clark- reported relative to the taking the Ilall in John-street for public mooting ? , when it wa * resolved ;— " That the first . should bo held on Tuesday February Oth . " The subjects to bo discussed will be " The Prospects of the . Session . " " The Queen ' s
_Speech on the Opening of Parliament , " and " The Treatment ofthe Poor under the present Poor Law System " The debate on " The Future Policy of tke Chartists , " was then resumed by Mr .. Kydd , who produced an address elucidatory ofthe subject . Mr . Julian Harney moved the following amendment to Mr . M ' Grath _' s resolution , submitted the previous week : — "That appeals having been made to the people to support certain movements in favour of Financial Reform and Extension of the Suffrage , and as it is essential that the policy of the National Charter Association , in regard to the parties who have made those appeals , Bhould be clearly defined , the _. Exof _^ iyc Committee declares , that , in its opinion _*« _$ m 61 itical parties have a - if-bt . tn n-v . miil-r . iti >
_thcit _^ inciplr _^ 'iU _^ Dromote their objects , without _a-iy-other _obstructioif-thairsfich as may 1 ) 0 occasioned by legitimate discussion . That , whilst making thc above declaration , the Executive Committee must , nevertheless , assert the principle of the right of majorities to give expression to their views , either by substantive resolutions or amendments ; and the Comniittoe think it necessary to add , that circumstances may aviso wherein it would be the duty of the Chartist party to propose tke adoption of their principles , even when public meetings may be convened by other parties . .. That , while recognising the right of other parties to seek those reforms which appear to them desirable , tho Executive Committee are more than ever impressed
with the conviction that the great object ofthe National Movement should be ' The People ' s Charter , whole and entire . '" Mr . Kydd seconded the amendment . A lengthy debate ensued ; ultimately , Mr . Harney ' s amendment was adopted , with two dissentient voices . Mr . Kydd then moved the adoption of his address . Seconded by Mr . Stallwood . One ofthe paragraphs haying given rise to a lengthy discussion , the further consideration of the address was adjourned . Bradford , —A meeting took place at the Temperance Ilall , Leeds-road , Bradford , on Monday night , Alderman Samuel Smith in the chair , to hear an address from Colonel Thompson . The Colonel was received very coldly by the working mon , and was several times interrupted by expressions of
disapprobation , when speaking about Ireland , and the late Chartist agitation . At the conclusion of his address Edward Hurley , late sub-secretary to tho National Charter Association for the Bradford district , asked the Colonel why he voted for the late Irish Coercion Bill ; against thc return of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and why he wrote a letter to the Reform Club of Bradford , recommending tho middle classes to arm and raise a volunteer corps of forty thousand men , that the government might be enabled to send the regular troops to Ireland , to cut down the starving Irish ? The Colonel ' s reply to the last question was as follows : — " When people will fight , every body ought to get up and put them down . " Hi s other answers were so unsatisfactory that the
meeting treated them with contempt . Edward Hurley then asked the middle classes ( a large number being present ) , whether tho Chartists m the late made disturbance . -- , had destroyed a single farthing ' s worth of property , or injured any individual ? One of the shopkeepers said , " Thoy had not tlie power . " " Then , "said Mr . Hurley , " why did the government prosecute tho weak ? Why lwu we so many in prison from the town of Bradford , if they liad never injured either person or property , and had not thc power i" He asked the Colonel if he would present and support a petition for tbeir liberation . " The Colonel replied , " that there was no such thing how as supporting a petition in the House of Commons . " " Then , " replied Mr . Hurley , " petitioning is now a farce . " " Yes , " said tho Colonel . Many other questions wero asked , but tho answers were so vague , that the meeting treated them with yells and hisses . —Edward Kcnison
moved a vote of thanks to thc Colonel , which was seconded by Mr . Councillor ltawson . —Mr . Hurley said , that seeing the Colonel had voted for the Irish Coercion Bill , and against the return of Frost , Williams , and Jones , he could not consistently vote for the motion , because it would be sanctioning their banishment ; ho therefore moved an amendment , which was seconded by Edward Smith , and when put from the chair , the amendment was carried b y ten to one , but still the Whig chairman declared it lost . Thc meeting was eo enraged at this proceeding , that when Mr . Councillor Brown attempted to move a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting would not hear him , so that it was never put . Mr . Hurley mi veil , " That we have a collection at the door for the families of our incarcerated brethren . " This was objected to by some of the shopkeepers . Fifteen shillings , however , were ultimately collected . Westminster . —Mr . Ambrose Hurst delivered a
lecturo on Sunday evening , at thc Progression Coffee-house , 17 , Rider ' s-court , Leicester-square , on thc "Advantages ofthe Democratic Institutions , " to a crowded meeting ; after which , it was resolved that Mr Stallwood should deliver a lecture on Sunday next , until which time the meeting stands adjourned . Birmingham . —People ' s Hall . —At the usual weekly meeting , on Sunday evening , it was resolved : — " That the Committee receive orders and supply the Star and other publications for the benefit of the cause . "
Hoxton _BTkw Town . —Mr . Stallwood delivered a lecture on thc Life and Writings of Thomas Paine , on Wednesday evening , in the Chartist room , Hope Coffee House , Bridport-place , New North-road , where the members will , in future , meet . The National Victim Fund . —Mr . Thomas Cooper delivered the fourth and concluding " Oration , " in John-streot , on Tuesday evening , January 30 th . The subject was " The Trial of King Charles the Martyr . At the conclusion of the oration , the chairman ( Mr . John Arnott ) thanked Mr . Cooper , in the name ofthe Committee , for the great service he had rendered tho wives and children of the " Political Martyrs , " and announced that Mr . Cooper had kindly consented to commence a new course at the South London Hall , Blackfriars ' -road , on Wednesday , February the 14 th . — "Ireland and her Wrongs . "
South 8 _hibl » s . —We arc informed that Chartism is flourishing in this town , and that lectures are being given every Sunday evening , in the People ' s Hall , by Mr . Dickinson . The proposed Prize Essays are much approved of .
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Ship Inn . —A letter was read from the allottees at Lowbands , asking if the Land members resident in Birmingham would make arrangements to take tlieir surplus produce . A goodly number were present , and _approved of doing so . A resolution was passed , calling upon tho district secretary to call a meeting ofthe whole ofthe members on Thursday , Feb . 8 th , for the above purpose . Norwich . —At tho weekly meeting of Land _mombers held in thc Chartist-room , St . Mary ' s , on Monday , January 20 th ( where the business for the Land will be earned on in future ) , the following resolution was agreed to : — " That this meeting sympathises with the allotees in their difficulties , but are of opinion that it would be a bad precedent to give them thoir rent , but that they should pay it as agreed to by tho late Conference , with interest on the same .
_Chartervillk axd the Post Office Authorities . —Mr . Stallwood , on behalf of the allottees at Charterville , tho inhabitants of Brize-Norton , and Corbridge , app lied to thc Postmaster-General , in July last , for increased postal accommodation , and at length received tho following reply : — " General Post Office , Jan . 22 , 1840 . " Sin , —The Postmaster-Gcneralhaving had under consideration your application of tho llth July last , I am directed to _acquaint you that such an arrangement has been sanctioned for serving _Corbrid-je , Brizc-Norton , and Charterville from Witney , as will , hiB lordship trusts , when carried into effect , provo generally satisfactory . " I am , Sir , " Your obedient Servant , John _Tillsy . " Mr . E . Stallwood , Brizc-Norton-road _, " Charterville , Witney . " The National Victim and _Dafenob _Committub
met on Thursday evening , Jan . 25 th , at the Land Office , IU , High Holborn . Mr . Harrap in the chair . On the motion of Messrs . Clark and Stallwood , the- 'followiag resolution was adopted : — "That thia committee , > _m : the _& appointmcnt of Mr . Arnott as-, successor to " Mr . Mcrrhnan in the office of secretary ,-has not'boon influenced in _iuch
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appointment by other than respectful considerations towards Mr . ' Merriman , whose conduct , whilst secretary to this committee , has always been most honourable , but simply because tlie committee laboured under the impression that Mr . _Mon-iman ' s other engagements would not permit him to attend to the Business of thc committee . " The committee have to tender their thanks to Mr . Merriman for his services whilst acting as secretary to the Committee . _Camukrwell and Walworth . — A general meeting of Land members was held at Twveross ' s Coffeehouse , East-street , on the 17 th ult ., when it was re-SplTCd : — " Tliat thc members located do not have the rents due given them bv the Company , but pay it as agreed to hy thc Conference ; as it ' is our opinion , with all due respect to Mr . F . O'Connor , that there is not that system of co-operation amongst our located brethren as ought to be , _otherwise this distress would not be . "
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TIIE OPENING ! - OF PAJRLIAMENT . THE QUEEN'S SPEECn . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The anticipated eventful session of 1 S 49 w : is opened on Thursday by her Maicsty , with the accustomed pomp . At two o ' clock the _§ u- _* cn arrived at the House , read the speech and immediately retired . The following is a copy ofthe Speech : Mt Lords AiTO _^ -eterniBME : _* , Tlie period being arrived , at which tho business of Parliament is usually resumed , I have called you together for the the discharge of your important duties . It is satisfactory to me to be enabled to state that both in the north and in the south of Europe the contending parties have consented to a suspension of arms for the purpose of negotiating terms of peace .
The hostilities carried on in the island of Sicily were attended with circumstanceg so revolting , that the British and French Admirals were impelled by motives of humanity to interpose , and to stop the further effusion of blood . I have availed myself of the interval thus obtained to propose , in conj unction with France , to the King of Naples an arrangement calculated to produce a permanent settlement of affairs in Sicily . The negotiation on these matters is still pending .
It has been my anxious endeavour in offering my g ood offices to the various contending Powers to prevent the extension of the calamities of war , and to lay the foundation for lasting and honourable peace . It is my constant desire to maintain with all Foreign States the most friendly relations . As soon as the interests of the public service will permit I shall direct the papers connected
with these transactions to ho laid before you . A rebellion of a formidable character has broken out in the Punjaub , and the Govemor-Gonoral of India has been compelled , for the preservation of the peace of the country , to assemble a considerable force , wliich is now engaged in military operations against the insurgents . But the tranquillity of British India has not been affected h y " these unprovoked disturbances .
I again commend to your attention the restrictions imposed on commerce hy tho Navigation Laws . If you shall find that those laws are in whole or in part unnecessary for the maintenance of our maritime power , while they fetter trade and industry , you will no doubt deem it ri ght to repeal or modif y thoir provisions . Gentlemen of the House of Commons , I have directed the Estimates tor the service of the year to be laid before you : they will be framed with the most anxious attention to a
wise economy . The present aspect of affairs has enabled me to make large reductions on the Estimates of last year . My Lords and _Gentleman , I observed with satisfaction that this portion of tho United Kingdom has remained tranquil amidst the- convulsions which havo disturbed so many parts of Europe . The insurrection in Ireland has not been renewed , but a sp irit of disaffection still exists , and I am compelled , to my great regret , to ask for a continuance , for a limited time , of those powers which , in thc last session , you deemed . necessary for the _preservation of the public tranquillity .
I have great satisfaction m stating that commerce is reviving from those shocks which at the commencement of last session I had to deplore . Thc condition of the manufacturing districts is likewise moro encouraging than it lias been for a considerable period . It is also gratif y ing to me to observe that the state ofthe Revenue is one of progressive improvement . I have to lament , however , that another failure in the Potato Crop has caused very severe distress in some parts of Ireland .
The operation of the Laws for the Relief of the Poor iu Ireland will properly be a subject of your inquiry , and any measures by which thoae laws may be beneficially amended , and the condition ofthe people may be improved , will receive my cordial assent . It is with pride and thankfulness that I advert to the loyal spirit of my people , and that attachment to our institutions which has animated them during a period of commercial difficulty , deficient production of food and political revolution . I look to the protection of Almighty God for favour in our continued progress , and I trust that vou will assist me in upholding the fabric ofthe Constitution , founded as it is upon the principles of freedom and of justice . j
HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Thc Speaker entered the House , attended by Lord William Itussell _, the Sergoant-at-Arms , and took the chair at halfpast one , when the attendance of members was by no means numerous . The Attorney-General , Mr . Ward , Mr . Wilson , and Mi ' . Fox Maule were the only members of the government present ; but at a later period , after prayers had been read by the Speaker ' s Chaplain , there was a much fuller House . Thc back seats both of the Opposition and Ministerial sides , however , remained quite empty . Amongst the hon . Members who were earliest in their places we observed the following : —Lord Lincoln , Mr . Hume , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , Lord Dudley Stuart , Mr . John O'Connell , Mr . Gladstone , Sir De Lacy Evans , Sir John Packington , Colonel Thompson , ' Sir II . H . Inglis , Mr . C _. Anstey , Mr . Stuart Wortleyand Mr . JBrotherten .
, At half-past two o ' clock , Mr . Pulman , tho Deputy Usher of the Black Kod , appeared at the bar , and summoned the House to the House of Lords , to hear her Majesty ' s most gracious Speech from the throne . Thc Speaker , in obedience to the summons , left the chair , and attended by nearly all the members present , proceedod to the bar ofthe House of Lords . After an absence of about ten minutes , the Speaker returned to the House , and again resumed the chair . The House then adjourned till a quarter bofore four o clock .
HOUSE OF LORDS .-Lord Bruce moved , and Lord Batemak seconded , the address ; Lords Brougham , Bbaumont , and the Earl of Wi . v chilsea followed , whon Lord _Siaxlet moved the followin g amendment - . — " We regret , however , to be com pelled humbly to represent to your Majjsty , that neither your Majesty ' s relations frith foreign powers , nor the state of the revenue , nor the condition of the commercial and manufacturing interests , are such as to entitle us to address you in the language of congratulation ; and that a large portion of the agricultural and colonial _interests of the empire are labouring under a state
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ef progressive depression calculated to excite serious apprehension and anxiety . " The Marquis of Lansdowxk defended the Ministerial policy , which was warmly attacked by the _UiiKe of Richmond . Thpirlordships then divided on the amendment , when the numbers were _, ror the amendment ... 50 -A gain-t it || 52 _Mnjority for Ministers "" _ Their lordsh ' ps then adjourned till _Mnndiv o . _? 2 SS _comSons . _™ _Lr { £ * , «¦ p _*^ _^ _- nEaV . e no _£ ce " ( ft mf > t ! on for the Repeal ofthe Union , ( on Thursday , 15 th inst . l . t - ? IT A ( llirtss to Her Majesty was moved by Lord H . Vane , and seconded by Mr . _Btjnburv .
Mr . Disraeli complained that the speech from the Throne did not present to the IP-use a fair and candid statement of the condition of the country , He disputed the grounds upon wliich the government assumed tliat our commerce was improving under the new system ; he contended tbat not only were our manufactures paralysed by its ifleets , but it was working a change in the distribution of the precious metals , which must be pernicious to this country . Alludim * to the foreign policy of the government , the hon . member _obiervtd , that this was the first time he had known a Royal speech at the opening of the session omit to acknowledge the continuance of amity with foreign Powers . The hon . member then entered unon a pungent
criticism of the state of our external relations , trom which he passed lo ( he subject of financial reform , and expressed his surprise that the " large reductions" promised in the speech should be the result of " the present aspect of affairs , " wliich . in his opinion , held cut little promise of means of reduction _, air . Disraeli closed his speech by moving an amendment , declaring that neither our relations with foreign Powers nor the state of the revenue , manufactures , or commerce were subjec _' s of congratulation .
Mr . n . Gratia- * rose ti _propiFc an amendment of the pawgraph relating to Ireland . He urged the necessity of rep aling the Irish Poor Law , stigmatized the proposition for _continuing the suspensi . n of the Habeas Corpus Act , and denied that there had been any insurrection iu Ircla _> d . Tho purport of his amendment was to pled _>* e Parliament to remedy the distresses of the Irish people . This amendment was seconded by Mr . JonN O'COXNELI .. After a short speech from Mr . Faoan ,
Lord Jons Russell nBe . With respect to Ireland , lid b » gged the House to suspend its opinion until that subject should eome on for specific discussion . The powers he _propos-ed to ask were for tho protection of tho well-disposed ; and with respect to the Irish Poor Law , his intention was to propose that its operation should be inquired into by a committee . The noble Lord replied very briefly to some of the observations of Mr . Disraeli " respecting the state of our commerce and of our foreign relations ,
upon whieh he said the House was not yet in a condition to form an opinion . We had gone through what he must callan insurrection in Ireland , which had been put down , not by arming class againifc class , but by a wiser course , dictated by the ran judgment , temperance , nnd moderation of Lora Clarendon . Europe , too , had been convulsed , yet had this country been even in danger of being involved in hostilities ? If suoh had been the result of their measures , government at least deserved this —not to be condemned oii the first night of the
session . Mr . E . B . Rochb spoke in support of Mr . Grattas ' s amendment . After speeches had been delivered by Mr . H . A . Uerberx on Irish affairs , and Mr . Humk on tlie inequality of taxation , the Houso divided upon Mr . Grattan ' 8 amendment , when the numbers were—For the original motion .. .. 200 For the _amendment .. ( i 12 _Majority 188 On the motion of Mr . _Stavford , tho debate upon the other amendment was a djourned until Friday . The House then adjourned . FRIDAY , Feb . 2 .
HOUSE OF COMMONS . — _Tootixo Gash . — Col . _Sibthobp , in answer to an inquiry _respecting tho Tooting case , could only elicit ' " that it vti * under the consideration of the Home Secretary . " The adjourned debate on the Address was resumed by Mr . _SiArroRD , who had moved the- _adjournment on the previous night . After speocheg from Sir W . Sombrvill ** _, anu Sir J . _Walsu , Mr . _Mokckto . v _ilitsns condemned Mv . Disraeli for his attack upon tho government , and declared it to be based not only u _** on limited knowledge , but absolutely upon positive iiiuinformation . Tho amendment was a departure from that generous treatment wliich government had hitherto received from the other side . Ho vindicated the foreign policy ofthe government from Mr . Disraeli ' s attack , especially
as regarded the Sicilian and Lombardo-Y « netiim questions . After speeches from Lord Makdeville , Mr . Hobsman , and Mr . Scott , Colonel Sibthorp directed one of his usual philippic * against the Treasury _Bsnch , accusing the Mimstors of underhanded conduct , duplicity , and trickery . Sir D . Lacy _Evaks nlade a --peach in _lupport of the Government , and was followed by Captain Harris , Mr . 1 ) , Cochrasb , and Mr . Bankes , the latter of whom maintained that the aspect of our foreign relations , generally , afforded no better ground for congratulation thaa the stagnant state of our commerce and manufactures . No member rising for some seconds a division was loudly called for , when
Mr . Uuquiiakt rose amidst a storm of " Ohs , " which , however , soon subsided , and th _« honourable member was listened to for half an hour , whilst he spoke upon various points of our foreign policy , more particularly rolating to Sicily and _Naples . Lord Palmerston said , that the real meaning of tho amendment and the real object of the movers waa to record their opinion against the doctrine of Fr _« _e-trade and the repeal of the Corn Laws , and to trick the house into g iving an opinion oa the pretenc _* of an amondment to an address . He claimed credit for the success of the mediation ! of tho British government between various foreign .
states . He domed that any instructions had beea riven to Admiral Parker to stop tho expedition to Sicily ; but tha enormities committed by the Neapolitans revolted the English and French commanders , who on their own responsibility prevented those atrocious proceedings , and ho hoped that interforenco would lead to an honourable adjustment between Naplos and Sicily . With respect to the Spanish " _iniult , " he was not prepared to go to war with Spain on that account . The Ministers stood before the house as the promoters of peace , who had assiduously laboured to prevent war ; they were accused by tho advocates of war ; and he appealed to the house to decide betwixt them .
Thc Marquis of Granbv moved the adjournment of the debate . Lord J . Russell declared , amidst loud cheer ** , that he would take the sense of the houso on that motion . After a short disoussion between Mr . Herkiks , Lord J . Russell and the Marquis of _Gjuxm * , the house divided , when tho numbers were—Tor the adjournment SO Against it . 221
Majority H 1 Mr . Disraeli thereupon withdrew his amendment ; the original motion was agreed to , and , after soma further business ofa routine kind , The House adjourned till Monday .
Fires.—In Avalwobtii, A Fire Broke Out O...
Fires . —In AValwobtii , a fire broke out on Friday I in the cabinet and bedstead manufactory belonging to Messrs . Fussell and Son , Trafalgar-street , Wai . worth . The whole of tho workshops , warehouses , and tlieir contents , were levelled with the ground . Messrs . Fussell were inauyed for only £ 300 . Is ths New-road . —On Friday , 'another fire , whkh was attended with considerable destruction of properly , occurred upon the premises of Mr . Reeve , an ironbedstead manufacturer , Quickset-row , New-road . Engines quickly arrivod on the spot , but tho fir * was not got out until damage to the amount ofsome hundred pounds was done . Mr . _Reevo was insured in the Phcenix Office .
FRANCE . —In the Assembly on Thursday a long discussion took place on the proposition brought forward by M . Lagrange , in the name of the _Montagnards , for a general amnesty of all persons at present in confinement for politieal crimes and misdemeanours committed since the 24 th of February , 1848 . The Assembly decided , by a majority of 5 . 31 to 167 , that the proposition should not be taken into consideration . ITALT . The Genoa Gaze-to of tho 23 d , _publisher the following '' PROCLAMATIOX—LEGATION DE MOLOONO .
M _? o-morrow tho entira Roman poople will risfi as one man , and savo the country . Tho cannon will hail this happy day , and will remind the population tliat the future destiny ofthe country depends upon their will . Europo , filled with admiration , will silondy behold this grand spcctacle _^—a nation in tho centre of Italy , establishing its rights , and creating a firm and stable government , notwithstanding the snares that are within , the plots and machinations without ; and thus accom _** _4 ishing th _« solonm aet which must bring back tho regenerationof our whole country . _"Cahlo _Pehti , President . '' Pichat , Liouc .-Colonel . "Bologna , Jan . 20 , 1849 . "
THE WAR IX INDIA . —The latest advices bring little or nothing of a decided character . The forces * of _Shei-o Singh were strongly entrenched on the Jhelum , while in thc several camps of the army of the Punjaub all _aasressive operations wera at a stand-still . A boily of Dhost Mahomed ' s troops had entered _Peshawur . Thoir commander , i 05 Dhost , but another of our old allies , was in treaty with Chuttur Singh ; so that there is prospect oi * war in _anotho quarter .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 3, 1849, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03021849/page/1/
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