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j TO I TO SMALL CAPITALISTS AND OTBER 9 . _BHhisHinster _Lore _^ near Witney , _Orforis bire . TO BE _SOlFIr AUCTION , In the latter end of August , BY MR . tt > NG , A _IRtor VA _LUABLE AND _
T DESIRABLE PROPEBTY , _PPlerfleasantl y and advantageously ataated in the . 4 i _-if-Tnt - Minster Lovel , in the county of _KteS martet towns , _^ y _' _-Wtaey _«*«• _nmileariles ; Burford , four miles ; Woodstock , eight ntniletnilea ; Oxford , thirteen miles ; and Farring 1 ion , ion , twelve miles ; and distant _fcom _Oheltenhtiamham , twenty-five miles . C Comprising about 297 acres of superior _llandland , principall y arable , and a great portion cofitofitin a ruga state of cultivation ; together vwitrwith eighty-two excellent cottages , of three , i fourfbur , and more rooms each , and out-offices , the
I -whcwhole of them _Imut m a very superior manner , 5 in sin stones , -with dated roofe , & c ., and . convei _nieinienrly fitted np for immediate occupation , i eac each cottage being _etaate and standing upon an an allotment of two , three ; or four acres . All Also , an excellent homestead and labourer _s cot cottage , and suitable agricultural buildings . 1 The estate * was formerly tbe property of Jo Jobn Walker , Esq ., deceased , and was fanned by by bim for some time , and two or three years sh shice was purchased for the purpose of allotin ment , and creating _smaK . freeholders . The and
cc cottages on the estate are very pleasantly ai _advaatageousl y placed , as to frontage , & c , ai and the whole property presento a very _agreeal able and picturesque appearance rand most of tt the _aHokaentshavingbeen occupied and under et _caltmo , chiefly by the spade , tor some tune , _ & esoa is greatly unproved , as is evidenced b by the superior crops produced at tbe present t" fene . The greater number of persons now o occupying portions of the property are under c compulsory terms to quit and surrender np t their respective allotments immediately , mileas t the purchasers of one or more lots are -willing others
t to accept them as tenants ; and some 1 hold until about November next ; possession < ofthe lots in their occupation cannot , therei fore , be givenimmediatel y . - It is proposed to < offer the original homestead , labourers' coti t & gea _, and farm _biddings ; with aboafc twenty j fire acres of excellent meadow land , partly ¦ watered by the river Windrush , ( an excellent trout stream ) , in one lot . The high road from Oxford to Cheltenham runs through part of the property , affording capital frontages to many _^ f the cottages ; and most of the others fiont the public road , running through and dividing the larger portion of the property
leading from the Oxford road to _Bnzenorton . "Within a short distance ofthe estate is the forest of Wychwood , over which there is an nnhnrited right of common . There is also plenty of goodbrmding , paving , _andlime-stone onthe estate . ' _. .. , . The -whole will be _Sold-by Auction , without reserve , in numerous lots , affording to small capitalist !* , and other persons , an opportunity of possessing a Freehold Estate , which seldom presents itself ; and to the monied man an advantageous mode of investment , as there cannot be a doubt of the allotments finding ready tenants to pay a good interest for the money invested .
Full particulars and a plan of tbe estate will be ready fourteen days before the sale , to be obtained at the principal Inns in the neigh bourhood , ofthe Auctioneer , or of Messrs . Lee and Bees , solicitors , Witney .
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' MURDER TOLL OUT . " " IFfcen rogues fall ont honest men come by their own . " ,, TO THE WORKING CLASSES . Mr Emends , When a charge , no matter of -what nature , is brought against any person who attempts to serve yonr order , that charge , however exaggerated or unsustainable , is sure to receive the credence of yonr enemies . And to illustrate this fact , and to prove that " murder
will out , " I will give you two strong and _irrefo & able proof ' s—the one with reference to a-Mrs . _WUSON , ihe other wtih reference to tiie WHISTLER at the Plough , of whose character , as an HONEST MAN , I have before furnished yon with clear and irrefutable proofs , as extracted from the Dispatch and several other papers , with reference to trials to which be has been subjected for swindling , juggling , and ( mealing . I first give yon Mrs . Watson ' s case , extracted verbatim from the Times _Newspaper on Monday last . Here it is .
GcaDEiii . —Mr . Samuel Try , of the firm of Messrs . Fry and Holt , of Walbrook-house , solicitors , appeared before Mr . Alderman Challis for the purpose of applying for a summons against Mr . Feargus O'Connor , M . P ., to recover the sum of £ 50 , being the amount stated to have been received by him for the sale of property bequeathed to a Mrs . Watson , on whose behalf be applied . He stated that the lady , for whom the application was made , was in her _nintieth year , and that her brother , iu 1848 , happened to be one of the fortunate allottees in the National Land Scheme , of which Mr . O'Connor was tbe sole director . The brother died , bequeathing the property to his sister , who at that time resided in Scotland . Mr . Fry then read tbe following letter , addressed from tne corresponding secretary to the National land Company , to Mr . Watson ( tiie husband of the lady above-mentioned ) on making application for his
allotment a short time previous to his death : — national Land Companj ' s-oSce _, M 4 , High Holborn . London , March 15 , 1 S 19 . Sn , —It bas not been in my power toietnrn yon any positive answer respecting your farm until this day . The Sum atSni _ sEud , to which jou were entitled , is , ss you are aware , one of those inferior ones _nponuhich wood formerly Stood , asd for which , in consequence ofits inferiority , an allowance of Wo years' rent was to have been made to yon . I find , howiTtr , that Vr . O'Connor has sold tbat farm to some other party , and therefore the directors haTe decided that yon shall have instead a three-acre farm at Lowbands , one immensely superior in quality to the one at Snig * 8 End . I am , _howerer , instructed to say , that it win not be in the power of the Directors to _gire yon any aid money . "there is one due to the expense fund , the usual expenses np to tiie close of tlie jear , and if you hold _aBJsbaitSBponwhkh _fliefuQaioounlfeas mot been paid , you will owe 2 d . per week per share sace tbe 18 th of _KoTember _, 1818 .
Respec tfully yours , Mr . D . "Watson . T . & JJ _^ ftinespon _ _iig Secretary . In October following Mr . Watson wrote again to the proprietors of the land Company , complaining that the original allotment to him should have been transferred to another person without obtaining first his-consent to such a proceeding ; and tbe following was the reply he received from the corresponding secretary : — 144 , Ekja Holborn , London , Oct 25 . Sn»—It h true that a party has taken possession of yonr _fl *** - _**** ftnn , bul he did so without the knowledge and against the express commands of the _Dirsctarfi . He was to hate taken one of the unoccupied fonr acre farms , out , not hating capital sufficient for the cultivation of four a _^ ree , _hevx _& _ppssesdon of the three acre ftrm . ; and had tnepuaererbeenfoim _^ _jg _irenintoyoarpojsessioD , Jon 2 _^ . 5 _^ W « cmB __ for hiscondact Butthefactis teat _aze ftrm has neter been _dolj and oronerlv siren up _ctcu
royou , _anas _uiereroreyouhare no legalclaim upon the place , and could not prosecute Mm . Ido not say this for the purpose of setting aside yonr _nndoufeted _moril right , 5 ? " _^ _J ? _- _? _tpsbotTyoa that as the property has never been _dehTered _ _toyoarposse | Hon , ___ by _theUndlorf ( Hr . 6 « m at alt I am , however , of _opfcion __ . _«„ rinfl four-acre farm , which ought to hare been _occooiel bythepresenttenantof the _threes w ; _L 3 _m your object is to eelL For the _ttaS _^ _STwS reabje a larger sum than the three-acre one . _Uwiilfki _T I win advertise the _fonr-acre one for you . i no not _ e _£ ? e Wis course to yon , bnt amply seggest it , as one _whir-h in certain to procure a larger sum of _< mer . _infartfiam feUypereuadedthat you will be a gainer by loswe the _three-aere farm . Ton will , however , pursue _idjatever course y » u may think right , hut I reiterate the opinion that four acres will be better for your purpose than three acres can be . I am , Sir , yours obediently ,
JUr . tt Watson . T . Cube , Corresponding Secretary . Mr . Watson , on receiveing this note , wrote to the effect that he would reeeire the value of bis allotment iu cash , when he received the following _answer from the same gentleman : — Satienal Land _Comoany _' s-office , 1 « , High Holbora , * London , Nov . 16 , 1819 . So , —I _wasat Lowbands on Monday last , and returned home _yesterday I saw Mr . Barren , and received from bun m towards the sum of £ _*® . He will send the rest-
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due when , he gets cash for a bank order whicb be holds , payable , I think , on a bank at Sunderland , We had possession of the house , but by whom it was given 1 cannot say , as it was never given hy the directors to yeu or him . Mr . Bnrrell will send the rest of the cash here , and when he does so I will send it to you minus the items of transfer , rent for half a year , taxes-for tbat period , and the repair of a window in which some panes of glass are broken . Yours , 4 c ., _ r . D . _Tfatson . T , Cusi , Corresponding Secretary . " Shortly after the receipt of this letter Mr . Watdue when he «> ts _« A « h for a * bank order _vltlAli _lia _linMo
son died , leaving his claim upon the Land Company still unsatisfied , and bequeathing it to his sister . After repeated applications for the amount of money for which the farm had been sold , she ( Mrs . 'Watson ) complained to- the delegates in Scotland ofthe conduct of tbe Company towards her , and they immediately , thinking that she bad beea rery badly wed , communicated with tbe director or manager in London , when the following letter was forwarded te one of the delegates in reply : —
- National _Laud-ofice , 141 , High Holborn , London , July 3 , 1850 , S « , —I' am instructed by the directors bf tbe National Land Company to inform sou tkat there Is a three-acre allotment _ possession of the said Company situated at Lowbands , li Worcestershire , whicb is at the disposal of Mrs . Watson , if that lady thinksfit to avail herself gf it , _MtbMy yours . ¦ ' . SUIOEt BOONHAH . _N . B .- _^ HaT . e the kindness to inform , me by-return of T _^; ' _sh 6 iMtlu _^ offerprove 8 au * sfactory .-- _^ B . , ; _. ' [ . . liter % ait 2 _fe some _eVnsiderafle time for ' the money , _sheat length wrote to Mr . 'O'Connor at 34 , Xotting-hill terrace , _Bayswater , who at once forwarded bsr the following worthless deeument , as it was written upon au unstamped piece of paper ;—
I shall pay Mrs . Watson the sum of £ 50 in six months from this date , being the amount of a transfer at Low * bands , in tbe Land Company . —Hated tbis 19 th of July , 1850 . Fkugus O'Connos . 84 , Kotting-hill-terrace _, London . Immediately ou receiving this document Mrs . Watson scraped together a little money and came to London , where she was robbed while passing up Fleet-street of every shilling she had in the world , and also a return ticket she had obtained to go back to Scotland with . She gave information at the police-station of that district , and through the kindness of Inspector Scott the obtained a fresh ticket . Bnt before returning she determined to see Mr . O'Connor personally , and she accordingly called at his residence , when she was informed that
he was from home . She called the following morning early ; and , on sending in her name , she was informed tbat Mr . O'Connor was at home , but not up , and requested to call again in an hour ; but , believing tbis was only a ruse to get rid Of her , she said she woiild wait an houriu the hall , upon hearing which Mr . O ' Connor dressed himself aud came down . The result of the interview was , that Mrs . Watson was left to get what she conld , and how she could , and she was advised to apply to a solicitor , and to place the matter in his hands . Accordingly , Hr . Fry was requested to attend to the case , and , after writing several times to Mr . O'Connor without being able to elicit any kind of an swer , he determined to apply to this court for a summons against Sir . O'Connor to show cause why he detained the amount claimed hy Mrs .
Watson . Alderman Challis said he could not grant a summons , as the case was not one tbat conld come under his jurisdiction . The amount was £ 50 , and that was beyond the statute allowed to be received by a summons in a court of _summary jurisdiction . Now , I request the reader strictly to peruse my answer ; I never did send this woman any acknowledgment of any money due to her , nor did I ever write her a letter , although the report states that the receipt of one from me was the cause of her coming to London . And I will give the reader a veritable and incontrovertible statement as to my conduct and her
conduct She called at my house , and in the presence of Mr . Hewitt , my secretary , told me , that all she required was an acknowledgment for the money . I told her that I knew nothing . of the affair , but that , as she was an elderly woman , and as I believed the money had been paid into tbe Land Company , she should have it hack . She replied " Oh , GOD BLESS YOU . " I told her , that as I had no available funds , she must not expect it before six months ; she said "That would do , if I would give her a written acknowledgment . " Mr . Hewitt wrote tiie acknowledgment , I signed it , she took it up , kissed my
handj and again repeating ** Oh , GOD BLESS YOU , " left the-room . Now , will the reader believe , that on the following morning I received a letter from her solicitor demanding immediate payment ? This pious solicitor , in his statement to the court , says " That he made several applications to me for the money "—whereas he only made one . The press , to secure sympathy for this woman , states that she is ninety years of age , while the fact is , that she is about sixty , or a little more . Now , my statement is not upon the evidence of a Solicitor , but upon evidence ,
not one word of which is exaggerated , or can he controverted . And I think it would be but justice to the honest Land Members , if this old HABRD 3 AN never received one fraction of her claim , while its misrepresentation will give , the reader a fair instance of the lying hostility against which I have had to contend , and which no PORTION OF THB PBESS ever fails to circulate and exaggerate . Now , in order to convince tiie reader that the censure of slaves is adulation , and to convince him that I freely publish the slander of my most reviling enemies , I beg to submit the Mowing circular , issued hy the WHISTLER
AT THE PLOUGHSTHE O ' CONNOR LAND SCHEME AND "ONE WHO HAS WHISTLED AT THE PLOUH . "
Copy of a letter from Mr . & mtn « rwHe to some frie nds in Manchester , Manchester , September , 1849 . Gkstliues , _—Someof yoa h & ve heard me state verbally , what my expenditure of money , loss of time , and loss of literary labour , hare been during two and a half years of conflict with . Mr . Feargus O'Connor ; I , at your request , commit the leading particulars to writing . 1 first wrote remarks on Mb Land Scheme in the summer of 1846 , and in tbe autumn of that year made several visits to tbe O'Connorville estate in Hertfordshire , to tiie Land Office in London , to the Joint Stock Registration Office , to examine
the documents lodged there , and in search of members of the society , to obtain information ; all of wbich journeys , some from Manchester , some from London , some within those towns and some to other towns , were entirely undertaken at my own expense . For the articles contributed , to theifonchetttr Examiner on this subject I was paid the usual price , and nothing more , of literary contributions , such as I would have been paid for articles written at my own fireside , without the expense of money and time . in travelling . This I state , because it was asserted and repeated over and over iu O'Connor's paper , tbat I was paid for what I did otherwise than through the iiancfiafer Examiner . This opinion prevails In Manchester still . It is not true .
It was not until the middle of 1847 that other newspapers ventured to combat the huge delusion of the Land Scheme , and that more transparent swindle , the Land and Labour Bank associated with it . And then it was chiefly from me they had there information . All that year I was incessantly engaged in _examininff the Scheme and swindle ; in warning the shareholders of their danger ; in preventing Trade Societies , Benefit Societies , Burial Clubs and other Associations from sending their fnnds to tbe Land Bank . Though my exposure of the unsoundness of the Bank did not prevent all those societies from parting from their raonev . and oartin _? with it for ever , I saved many of
them from ruin . But for my timely interference the engineers and machine makers would have lost £ 20 , 000 more than they did lose . I carried on an extensive correspondence , made other visits to tbe estates purchased by Mr . O ' Connor with the shareholders' subscriptions , to tbe Bank in London , to the Kegistration Ofiice , and to branch societies , to gather information , and continued so to do after the newspapers ceased to publish what I wrote—their conductors thinking , not without reason , thatthe public were , for the time , tired of the subject Personally I was exposed in the streets to almost every species of indignity by tbe adherents or paid servants of O'Connor . The election u B , S _« in 18 * 7 , was attended by a furious moo , _v-hose incessant cry was , "Where is the
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Whistler ! " they believing , though erroneously , that Mr . Bright waB the instigator and paymaster of what I did about the Land Scheme . By private counsel from a quarter but too well iniormed of the O'Connor tactics , I left Manchester at the end of 1847 , and resided in London , it being no longer safe for me to pass through the streets during that winter . In London I continued my exposure of the Land Scheme by pamphlets and otherwise , and finally broke up the Land Bank Swindle . I reprinted a selection of my articles from the Manchester Examiner , sent copies free by post to _nearly ' all the members of parliament , to most of the newspapers in town and countryto nearly all trade aocietieB nri .:. it . _> oif iu . _ i _.. i :.-m _. i \ , _~ .. ~\ . . « _n _« _Aiinolv
, whose address I could obtain , and tom . ostof the branohesoftbe Land Scheme society . When tbo parliamentary committee investigated the Land Scheme , in 1848 , I gave all my time to the investigation for about three months , and expended about £ 10 in money in collecting evidence , by journies to the country , and in bringing persons to London to be witnesses . These , however , were not called upon , and consequently not paid ( except part of their expenses by me , J because , after the official auditor had gone over such ; accounts as O'Connor laid before the . committee , and there being no proof that those were hbfctho true
accounts or the _wnofeoftnemftand the auditor r & v porting that he saw no error in them , the committee called no farther evidence . My correspondence at this time _andddily attendance at Westminster were heavily expensive . One item of remuneration , and only one , was paid to me , namely , for providing a Summary of the Land Scheme and Land Bank History for the private use ofthe chairman ofthe committee previous to his entering upon the inquiry . : - ' . Beyond this I hare not received a shilling , except for such articles as the Manchester Examiner published . All the money received from every source in respect of my labours on this subject
would not reimburse me for cash paid out : of pocket in expenses , to say nothing of printing pamphlets which were given away , placards of caution addressed to woriing men in the streets of London on tbe 10 th of April , and the loss of time and literary labour , which consumed the best portions of tyro years and a half . J am not ignorant of the purpose for which this statement is required . Nor shall I express diffidence about it . Though the Land Scheme must have ultimately fallen from its inherent rottenness _, it wonld have gone on much longer in its career of deception had 1 not brought the bank to a crisis
and stopped its supplies . I was , in 1847 , frequently told , in Manchester , tbat I was doing good service to the working classes and the public ' generally in exposing tbat huge humbug , and on remarking that it was an- expensive task I had in band , vis told that there would be no want of funds to meet expenses . I have not received a penny . Indeed I bave not asked for it . Yet an author ( especially one who takes up a subject of public importance , as I have done on more occasions than one , from principle ) is the only professional person who seems to be left to work for nothing . . Regard for my family must now direct me to do otherwise , and determine me to accept some of that money expended fortbe public good , if the public think fit to repay
it , I would not have been in Lancaster Castle for debt had I not spent my money and time in putting down the O'Connor Land Scheme . I only obtained my liberation through the Insolvent Court . ' I only sought it after six months of imprisonment , when I found I was not able to turn my literary labour to profit sufficient to pay my way out . I only got through the court by borrowing money to p . iy the legal lees . I gave up all literary property in copyrights or otherwise to the official assignee , and yet my bona fide debts were not more than my losses in this long contest against the O'Connor Land fraud . These I hope to repurchase before long ; and also to bring out some literary works now in preparation , as soon as the straggle for daily bread allows me time to finish them .
_. To effect the purpose indicated in this letter , ' the _reimbursing of Mr . Somerville in his expenses in > curred in his long contest with Mr . O'Connor , and to enable bim to have at least as fair a position as if no snch contest had occurred , seme of bis friends have caused this circular to be issued . Mr . Hide Greg , has , in addition to a donation oi £ 10 , kindly undertaken to receive any sums remitted to bim . Subscribers will , therefore , make euciisums as they may contribute payable to ROBERT H 7 DE GREG , Esq ., Manchester .
Does this require comment « Think of the piety , the honesty and philanthropy , of this convicted swindler . ' Think of himgenerbsity , _spending his own . money , and devoting his profitable time to the protection of the poor 11 and looking to ManhceBter as the source from whence he expects compensation ! 1 ' . Here is a pretty trio : —the Manchester Examiner paying him for his abuse of the Land Company : one ofthe suckers of infant's blood giving him £ 10 for his abuse of that system which would have taken the children and their parents out of his clutches : and the representative of Manchester one of his _stannchest friends . But that is not ail : look to the Chairman ofthe
Committee _^ GOODENOUGrH HAYTER . I will give the reader the trouble of again reading the passage with reference to this HONEST Chairman's conduct The WHISTLER says : — " One item of remuneration , and one only , was paid to me ; namely— - for providing a summary ofthe Land Scheme and Land Bank history for the private use of ihe Chairman of file Committee , previous to his entering upon the inquiry . "
Now , what does the reader think of a Government official , appointed as chairman of a Committee to investigate the conduct of a Member of Parliament , with reference to the funds of the working classes ? What , I Bay , most the reader think of such a chairmansuch an official—giving SECRET SERVICE MONEY to a convicted scoundrel , for . furnishing him with falsehoods ? ' But , with
God ' s blessing , and the support of the toiling millions—to elevate whose condition I have sacrificed friends ; relatives , time , and money—I will live down all slander , triumph over all ray enemies , elevate the working classes , and leave the world better than I found it—though I should be reviled while living , and die a pauper ; as I am resolved' tbat neither slander , treachery , persecution , nor prosecution , shall ever turn me one inch from my course _.
I will give the reader another instance of the philanthropy of patriots . On Monday laBt Humphrey Bbown presented a petition to the House of Commons precisely similar to that which Sir B . Hail presented last Session . It was from the ruffianly portion of those located on the Snig _' sEnd and Lowbands Estates , and not one of whom has paid a fraction of rent for three years . It was signed by
Dbwhubst , who owes the Company between six and seven hundred pounds ; it was signed by O'Brien , the schoolmaster , at Lowbands , who undertook to carry _^ out the allotment system for a large landed proprietor , near Tewkesbury ; and it waB presented by Humphrey Brown with reference to whose integrity I beg to furnish the reader with the following letter ;—
TO FEABGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ,, M , P . Sir , —Mr . Humphrey Brown ( if it is the member for Tewkesbury , ) on his moving that the petition on your Land _qiiesiion , which he presented last night he printed , whether if Ms traffic-taking creditors were to petition parliament for their just rights at his hands , how he would stand in tho eyes of his country . After _baying been a bankrupt once , if not twice , which has never been superseded , ho was reduced to penury in 18 _ _r , and turned tr » Jlc-taker to the railway bubbles , at which he got the money he is now supposed to possess , which he realised at the expense of other people ' s labour and brains , and compounded with the poor fellows he engaged to take traffic for him through the country at sis shillings in the pound . You may , Sir , rely upon this being the truth *
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£ _& ' _- d u P ? _n'Pquiry at Gloucester and Birmingham you will find that the creditors of Humphrey Brown , member for Tewksbury , will support you in showing that he has norer superseded his bankruptcy , and that , consequently , he is not lawu - eU | _-5 L t 0 8 it _* ' » member of the British House of Commons . f . Again I repeat , you-may rely on all this being MeraU y . _twe , without aword of exaggeration . ' V « ™„ _^ our _rawt obedient Servant , , July 30 th , 1850 , A Lovjsr op Pair-Put . _^ Njow , I will give the members of the Land Company d fair definition of their position and mine : Attheend ; of the _. present month the thn * <>»»< . _« j . . Tff _^^ " _""
Jttinster Lovel Estate will besold by auction , hy the mortgagees . In a short time the Snig ' s End Estate will also be sold by ihe mortga gees . Those are the two principal estates . But , as the ; members have not thought proper to furnish sufficient means for winding up the Company , tbat _musfc , ih consequence of their neglec _^ , be postponed till February next , when Parliament meets agaihj as the Parliamentary agent , Mr . _^ Va _-L-MSiEVi has stated' ihat tiie _iq-oceeduigs would _requkethe IMMEiDIA'TE payment of four , huuafea' pounds . --However , this will only affect the sales of Lowbands and _O'Connorville—the two smallest estates—as the _mortgagees will sell _Minsfer Lovel and Snig ' s End , audi shall be able to sell the Brpmsgrove Estate , I trust , at a profit to the
Company , as the allottees upon that Estate and O'Connorville are gbo ' d men . Now , my friends , I am going to take ten days' reoreation ; I am going to Paris to see my aged and exiled Uncle ; when I return the " show box" will have closed , and the weather will be cooler , and then I will commence iny tour at BANNOCKBURN , and will again resuscitate the Chartist movement , and propound the _meanB by which every _industrioas man shall bo emancipated from the . grasp of the blood-sucker , by the application of free labour to the cultivation of HIS OWN LAND , which alone will enable him to sit under his own vine and fi g tree , none daring to make him afraid ;
On Monday , the 19 th of August , I will preside at a meeting to be held in John-street , for tbe purpose of raising funds to enable Mrs . Lacey and her family to join her expatriated husband , in a freer country than England ; and I will give my mite . And then , as I before stated , I will so associate the mind of England , Ireland , and Scotland , as to enable it to put down the power of the tyrant oppressor . -c Your Faithful and Uncompromising Friend , Feargus O'Connor .
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ME . EBNEST JONES'S STATEMENT OF GRIEVANCES AGAINST THE VISITING JUSTICES OF TOTHILLFIELDS BRIDEWELL .
My Dear Sir , — I believe you are sufficiently acquainted with the discipline of this prison from my former statements . I will therefore pass over this part of my " complaints" and at once say — that , with a view to obtain some redress for what I conceived to bo treatment contrary to my sentence , I applied , in March , 1849 , for leave to write to the Judge , who sentenced me _< thethen Chief-Justice _Wilder ) to inquire whether his intention was , that I should be subjected to the severities and hardships I was then undergoing , and had been suffering for nine months ?
After considerable delay and much acrimony , I received a written answer from the Board to this effect :--"May write to Justice fWild © to ask if his sentence _^ correctly set down , " coupled with a copy of my warrant of committal . - On receipt of this reply , I wrote the following letter to the Judge : — ( Copy . ) "House of Correction , Westminster , "Saturday , 19 th March , 1849 . "Mv Lobd , —By the warrant of my committal to the House of Correction , Westminster , according to the interpretation of tbe magistrates of this prison , I am , and have now been during nearly nine months ,
subjected to pick oakum , or else fined for not doing so ; to the " silent system "—tb solitary confinement—or else to the liability of being associated in the same room with about 200 criminals of the lowest description ; to wearing the same prison garb and particoloured cap , with such criminals , and to other discipline of a nature so rigorous , as to render even a smile , or looking to the right or left , a punishable offence . I , therefore , beg to inquire ot your Lordship ( the Judge by whom I was sentenced ) whether , such being the effect of the abovenamea warrant , my sentence therein is correotly set down ? " I am , my Lord , "TOUT LordBhip _' _s most obedient servant , " _Euhest Charles -Tonus . "
This letter the Board refused to send ; stating as a ground , "that I could not be allowed to slate to the Judge the nature of the treatment 1 received' . " . / . '/ ., . . This is my statement on my solemn oath ! As I made a great noise about this , tbey subsequently asserted that the statements ih my letter were " / a _? M , " and the Governor , on that occasion , insulted me , by . accusing me of " writing a wilful and deliberate falsehood , ' ' for which I demanded a humble apology ; on his refusal I laid a complaint before the Board , and the Board " exonerated me of the slightest intention to tell a falsehood or prevaricate , ' '
and asked me "to excuse the Governor , as he was warm-tempered—and men would sometimes lose their temper , " The charge of falsehood wiis founded on the fact of my stating in tiie [ letter , ; that "I Was subjected to pick o ' ak \ xih , or else fined for not doing so , " whereas ' * it was not a-fine for non-performance of oakum p icking , but a payment for my keep . " But the iact is , that if I did not pay I was sentenced to pick oakum , and if the money was in arrear , the arrears had to be paid up ; and the governor and officers , in speaking of the payment , always called it a j " ne : , The second ground for charging me with writing a falsehood . waB , " that I . had stated I was in solitary
conhnement ; " whereas , Mr . Pownal , Chairman of the-Board of Quarter Sessions , said , "I was not solitary , I was ONit aom , by . m „ elf ; " theso , are his exact words . It seems " solitary , " in the prison patois , means a dark cell on bread and water . I , of course , persist ih stating that " being alone" means "solitary . " But , to allow of no loophole , I then offered to alter my letter as they should dictate , and to . _sub 8 tituto the following sentences for the two objectionable ones : — " . Subjected to pick oakum , and only exempted on payment of 5 s . weekly '; " and , inthe second instance , to change ' . ' solitary confinement" into
*« separate confinement . " Whereupon the Board _de-Jlnt ' _tujety refused to allow me tb write to the Judge , or statetohim how I was treated , though I made a formal _staumtntleforeiht Board , thatsuch treatmentwas contrary to the _leHteriee of die Judge as given in Court , and that I was at that time—and had been all alongsubjected to certain hardships which the Judge had , m kaub , said we should not be subjected to _. Bavins now in vain applied to the . Governor , the Board , Captain Williams , tho Inspector of Prisons , and by letter to Sir George Grey , on -the 17 th of April , 1849 , a . copy of which' letter I possess , and which I wrote pursuant to your advice on tho 0 th of April , 1849 , 1 demanded leavo to petition
Parliament . Tho Board . refused permission . I insisted , whereupon the Board demanded a written Statement of tho grounds whereon I dosired to petition . I banded in a paper containing seven reasons , and concluding with a protest against their prohibition , and against their demand for having my reasons _asavguingadonUofmy right to petition Parliament . Among th ' o reasons were— " treatment not being * according to sentence , " . " my health being unable to-bear the _discipline , and therefore my wish to petition Parliament for an alleviation of tho treatment , " and " that I had serious charges
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to bring agavnsHhe Yisitmg _: Justices-themselves , charges which the Inspector of _PrisonsVbad even refused to hew me state when I saw him ,-and which had accrued sikce I obtained permission to write tof'Sir George Grey . " . I asserted my _^ undeniable right , as a British subject , to petition _Parliament , whether in or out of prison , especially as Sir George Grey had never even noticed my previous letter , addressed to him on the 7 th of April—and if debarred from petitioning Parliament ) a Secretary of State and a Board of Magistrates 'might ' murder or maltreat a prisoner without help ; : ; hopej or redress . " ' - _.,- ¦ - ¦ ••¦ ¦
. ; ' ,, At this crisis _, the oakum money being _amira _- _ays m arrear , ( after punotual payment for irk months ) , oakum was brought roe , and I was ordered to work . I asked permission to write a letter for the money . This was granted ; but on the next morning ( before the money could possibly bare-arrived ) , ¦ I was ordered-to : commence' work immediatel y , I thereupon said : s , * ' I refuse to work , on the following grounds—I am not . sentenced to labour ; I have asked permission to acquaint the Judge that I am forced to perform labour , and hare heen refused ; I have asked _permissiohtd netitioh ''* f arliameht—the undoubted-right " of f he Bubject—and have been , re- - fused ; you have ; _thereforeiiolatedfthe liiwsjof the country ; until you obey ¦ " wMob , _IfBnafftbt obey your order to perform ¦ forced labour . But , I tell
you , that the" 'hst ' ant you supp ! y , ipe with pen , ink , and paper , ; to fwritev to the Judge , and to petition Parliament _] ' that instant I will . ' coaimence picking oakum , protesting _) however , against such labour , as beingcontrary to my sentence . " ' __ I was thereupon ordered by the Governor , with ; out RBPEBEHCi" to the Boabd , which did not meet till four days later , to be looked up in a solitary cell on bread and water , without books , I replied : " I gowbut protest against it , and merely yield under compulsion , " It occurred to me , however , to ask "for what period I was sentenced . ? " whereupon the Governor replied : " I shan ' t tell you 1 As long as I please ! I put yeu in when I please , and take you out when I please . " I then said _:, " I refuse
to submit to so iniquitous a sentence , and refuse to leave this spot . " The Govenor then , directed his officers to drag me to the cell—I resisted , _posi-TivuiiY , though the Deputy-Governor seized me by the neck , and an officer named Egerton by the ancles ; and , as I proved too strong for them , after we had struggled some time , the Governor , tb use bis own expression , " brought up a Strong reinforcement , " and 1 capitulated with all the «• honors of war . " My three days incarceration in . a cell—the nature of which I shall forbear to describe heremade me very , ill , and from that day I had not an hour ' s health in the prison . On the 19 fch of May , 1849 , 1 sent in a paper , of which the following is a copy , to the Board . —
" TO THE GOVKBNOR . " Sib , —Iwi 9 h to make the following applications to the Visiting Justices at their meeting of this day : — . " 1 st . To be informed , under the authority of what law they prevent me from petitioning parliament , seeing THEY HAVE ADMITTED that the Act regulating this Prison giyss them so such Power ; and as I am willing to submit , without a moment ' s hesitation , to every duly authorised restriction , but equally ; determined to oppose , by every lawful means in my power , those which I consider illegal , until shown that I am in error . " 2 nd . To be informed by what law tbey prevent me from acquainting the Judge by whom I was sentenced with the treatment to which 1 am subjected and from asking him if suoh treatment is in accordance with his sentence—believing , as I do , tbat it is not . ¦ ,
" 3 rd . To ask for the means of writing to Sir _, George Grey , to state to him that the Visiting Justices prevent me from petitioning parliament , and requesting his interference in the matter . " I hare tho honour to be , Sir , " Yonr obedient servant , ; * ' Ebnbst _Jokss . " The Magistrates refused to give , me any answer tomy two first applications , but fallowed me to write to _^ Sir George Grey . My letter to him * was a brief one , merely asking his interference to enable me to petition parliament , and stating the conduct ofthe Board in that matter . He never noticed it , I must here observe , that the act requires a sentence of imprisonment or punishment to be passed by " TWO or MORE of the Visiting Justices ;"
consequently , it was clearly riot competent for the governor to sentence me to the " bread and water cell . " Again , the governor refused to let me see the Board , bt the Board ' s _sireciion , to make an application , or prefer a complaint ; but stated " I must in future make my application to see them in writing , stating the grounds , when they would decide whether 1 should be allowed to appear before the Board or not . " Thus / I was denied redress as against the Home-office at the hands of parliament ; as against the Board , at the hands of the Seoretary of State ; _ub against the Governor , atthe hands of the Board—so that a prisoner is thrown utterly on the mercy of the Governor—the more so as he told me I could not receive or write a letter
, though the quarterly period should have arrived , while " refractory ; * and , even when allowed to write , the Governor arrogated the right of suppressing any letters he might consider objectionable , What with severe illness—which was continualand the payment of money , after a lapse of sOme weeks , the points in dispute stood in abeyance till the close of August , 1849 , when money , being again in arrear seven days , and oakum being again brought , and I persisting in my conditional refusal of not performing labour unless allowed to write to tha Judge , and unless my right of
petitioning parliament was acknowledged—the Board came to an unconditional decision , that Imustwork , not even giving me the option of paying . This must be in their minute-book . I subsequently , on their complaining that money was not forthcoming , forbade them to receive any money in my behalf until the two points in dispute were satisfactorily settled . But , in the midst of this they sentenced me to six days' imprisonment in a cell about four feet by six , on bread and water , with even the Bible taken away from me , though I was ill at the time of a bowel complaint—had been so seriously ill shordy before that I was . taking two doses of violent medicine per
diem—ASH _THO-JOH THE _CHOMSBA . _WAS BAOIKO AT IHE time—and they were dying in the ckws next TO Mb ! Sharp and Williams were sentenced conjointly with me ; and , of us three so sentenced , two ( Sharp and Williams ) died in consequence !! On Saturday morning I was called before the Board , told that I coulif noither writo nor receive a letter—though it was mi _qvAntsniv timk for writing—and ordered to- worlc . Ill as I was , I refused to work ; but consented to let the money ; be received on my account , "if offered . _\ , I am ' sorry I yielded thus far as to allow them to receive the money-but I nin it to save mv . lh ? e .
Notwithstanding this , I was told ( this * vas Saturday , at four p . m . ) that the oakum would bo brought to me on Monday morning , and that I must pick it . I said I certainly should not submit to the degradation of forced labour when I believed that such was not my sentence , and while they refused me permission to ask the judge if I was sentenced to it , or would not let me petition parliament . Messrs . Arden and Rose then sentenced me to another week ' s imprisonment in a " solitary cell , " on bread and water . I hao already hben in six oats ! That very evening the money arrived , and , Ihave no doubt , its arrival saved my life .
I must say , I have a very , very great desire that thismatter should come before the house , and then before the country , 1 think , on public grounds ; it is worth stirring in , as involving the right to petition parliament , and applying to the Judge , when sentence is manifestly not in accordance with judgment . Moreover , tho right of complaint and appeal to the Ward themselves was even denied , and the treatment in the Cholera time was scandalous . The verdict of the Jury at Williams ' s inquest passed a strong resolution condemnatonioftheIreadandwater
sentence , and the duration of the puniskment ; and , in Sharpo ' s caso , ono of the Jury ( there wero sixteen ) refused to coincide with the verdict of the rest , and , I believe entered his protest . Moreover , in my first incarceration , in May , the sentence , as passed by the Govoi'not ' , was contrary to the act . But , beyond that matter , I repeat here , I have no desire to urge a complaint against the Governor , who , ] believe , is rather a good man , and to whom , I believe , I am indebted for somo little alleviation , and acts of kindness .
If you cas bring this matter forward , I should be very glad . I have hero made a statement , . for the truth of every item of which I am ready to vouch on oath , and can , indeed , bring the evidence of the prison minute books ; surgeon ' s book , & c . ; besides my letters to my wife , and to yourself , which are triot cvidoiice , as they are roa d beforo leaving the prison , by . the Governor ; and the object of this is , to prevent misstatements and- dangerous letters from . leaving the prison . . lam truly sorry to havo trenohed so much on your time as to have written so long a letter , and written it so badly , * but my hand has not yet grown
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¦ » The Ten Hours Bill. Meeting Op Deleg...
_¦ _» THE TEN HOURS BILL . MEETING OP DELEGATES AT HALIFAX . . A meeting of Factory Delegates , called by circular , of the various towns in the West Riding , was held at _Nicholi's Temperance Hotel , Broadstreet , Halifax , on Sunday , the 28 th of July , 1850 . Robert Wilkinson , in the chair . The following
places were represented : — Halifax Shoit Time Committee , one ; _Woodside Shed , Haley Hill , three ; Dean Clough' Mill , two ; Dennison ' _s Mill , Lee Bridge , one ; _vVhit worth _' s Mill , Lee Bridge , one ; Copley Mill , three ; _Stansfield Mill , Triangle , one ; Kebroyd Mill , Triangle , one ; Ripponden Mill , one ; . King Cross Mill ,. No . 1 , one ; King Cross Mill , No . 2 ,. one ; Queenshead , Foster ' s Mill , one ; Shibden Mill , one ; Dewsbury , one ; Bradford , four ; Todmorden ,
one . The Chairman opened the business by stating that they bad been called together to consider what further steps sbould be taken to demonstrate tbe opinion of the factory workers on the conductof Lord Ashley iu the compromise of the Ten Hours BiU . They had met under most painful circumstances on previous occasions . But however painful it might be to be cheated out of what they had guaranteed te them by tbe laws of their country , yet tbey were not to be disheartened but' still struggle onward till tbey obtained the restoration of _thfl-Ten Hours Bill . :. Tbe Chairman then -called npon tbe delegates ( torn ibe several localities to state what was the feeling of the factory woikers in their several districts .
j The Halifax Delegate said that he was glad to have the opportunity of again meeting tbe friends ' of ihe Ten Hours Bill ; for he could assure them that after tbe shameful manner in which their cause had been . treated by parties whose conduct de * nerved the strongest reprobation , ye notwithstanding the treachery of Lord Ashley ' and ihe baseness of his tools , the factory workers of Halifax , he could assure tbem , wonld never cease agitation , until they bad secured a full , fair , and efficient Ten Hours Bill . i
The Bradford Delegate stated that the factory workers approved of tbe ground-work of tbe ministerial bill , but they strongly objected to the two hours additional labour per week . As far as Bradford was concerned he was sure that every effort that could be made would be cheerfully rendered to secure the objext for which tbey : had 80 long struggled . He then stated that there was a strong feeling in his district against the compromise of Lord Ashley . The Todmorden Delegate said tbat as far as bis district was C 9 ncerned tbey felt strongly on the sacrifice of the best interests of their children / and
that though it might be thought hy some tbat this compromise . of L ° rd Ashley ' * would settle the question , he was sure that it would do no such thing ; but that ic would rouse them to double exertton . He could assure them that no effort would be left untried to accomplish so desirable an object as tbat of securing to the factory workers the opportunity of improving _" their social , moral , [ and religious condition in life . He then spoke in strong terraB reprobating tbe conduct of Lord Ashley , Philip Grant , and others , and concluded by observing that be looked forward with hope to the obtainment of the Ten Hours Act .
The other Delegates then gave statements breath _, ing the same sentiments as those expressed by ( he previous speakers . The _following resolutions were then moved and seconded by the delegates present , and carried unanimously : — lst . "That in the opinion of this meeting , Lord Ashley has basely and treacherously betrayed tbe interests of the factory children . After breaking faith with the factory operatives , we have no more confidence in my Lord Ashley , Philip Grant , or
any of their tools who have acted with them _,, remembering tbe promise which my Lord Ashley has always held out to the operatives employed in factories— 'That he would die in the last ditch . ' That we , the delegates , take this opportunity of expressing our utmost contempt and indignation to his lordship , for the scandalous , abominable and _disgraceful manner he bas manifested in having betrayed the factory cause . And we also take this op . portunity of ringing this as the last death knell betwixt Ashley , his colleagues , and the factory _operatives , and bid them an everlasting adieu . "
2 nd . "That in the opinion of this meeting , the bill which has recently received tbe sanction of both houses of parliament , for the regulation of the labour of young persons and females employed in factories , is practically a repeal of the Ten Hours ; Bill passed in 1847 , which act has never been petitioned against by the factory operatives . We therefore are of opinion that the masters , by repealing the Factory Act , have Jest the confidence of the factory operatives of this country . " _T 3 rd . "That in the opinion of this meeting the factory workers of this country ought to renew once more tbe agitation for a real and efficient Ten . Hours Bill for all young persons and females , and that no child be allowed to commence work earlier in : the
morning nor later in the evening than females and young persons employed in _factwief , _Aod that tbi * meeting therefore call upon them to do so , and to solicit the aid and support of all the trades in England and Scotland in favour of the principle on whicli that measure is based . ' ' 4 th . " That this meeting pledges itself to me every constitutional tueaus to obtain an efficient Ten Hours Bill , without relays and , shifts , and that-we
will never vest _aatisBed until the two limitations of ten hours per day and fifty-eight hours i ) er . v » eek ; be- _^ come , the _la < s of the laud . " _v'VC _\ _AT _^>> 5 lh . "That the thanks of this imeeting _W _%£ _^ _4 ( and are hereby given , to Lord John : Man »* _tote _^ p _^ _Diike ofRich . non . 1 _, and all our _fnendsinj > ar , * a | _nig Mt £ L & And also a vote of thanks to R . _chard _?^ _$ _«] k _« Walker , and S . Fielden , _Esqs . ; and all _fnends-ett _^ ' _^ , _f _^ nflriiaraettt . " ' . , "" \ _hZl . _£$ _*> mil Altera vole ol thanks to the Chairman , _dupnee _^ J | _m | f ing separated . _K- _/) V s _| ' 0 _^ . _^ 5- ivV ' _- _' ; : ; _i- ; - _V _|
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 3, 1850, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_03081850/page/1/
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