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The Chartist Land And Labour Bank.
THE CHARTIST LAND AND LABOUR BANK .
The Dxjcmneat Eatitled * An Appeal To Th...
The _dxjcmneat _eatitled * An appeal to tha Membera of the Journeymen Steam Engine ; Machine Maker and Millwrights * Friendly Society _, fiom the Executive CoancU , * whicii is circulated in the trade , complaining that the funds of the Manchester fourth branch bad been transferred to Feargus O'Connor's Bank without the general consent—and of whieh a copy appeared in the 'Examiner * of Taesday last—has once more { nought the Land Schema aud the Landand Labour Bank before the public Ihave a few remarks to make on these subjectsand shall now make them .
, Inthe months of December , 1848 , nnd January , 18 i 7 , fire letters werepublished in the * Manchester -Eiaininer / ahowinglthe shareholders of the Chartist Land scheme that their property was not protected ty law ; showing what the law ia as appljcab ' e to them and to all joint stock companies , and showing that the pretence set forth in the balance sheet of the Company in September , 1816 . that the society w ~ as registered and put nnder the protection of the law , wa 3 a false pretence . Here are the words of that fake pretence : —
'Your officers cannot conclude without expressing their gratification , that , _not-rithstandinz the many ob . stacles placed in the way of procuring the enrolment of the society , tbey have at length succeeded in placing it under the protection of the law by procuring the regis _, tration ofthe society under the Joint Stock Companies Act . This will give increased confidence to persons about joining the society , and secure due diligence and honesty on tbe part of the officers . ' If due diligence and honesty , on the part ofthe _soriety ' _a officers , were to be secured by this act of placing the society nnder the ' protection of theiaw , ' in September , 1846 , those business-like virtues are sot secured yet though we are now more than half through the month ot September , 1817- The society is not even yet registered so as te be nnder the
vrciection of the law . In the letters alluded to it wasshown whythesocietywasnotregistered . Ou the appearance of those letters the fact was at once admitted by ita promoters that it was not , as stated by them in September , 1846 , placed under the protection of the law ; bat , said they _. ateps have been taken to have it so placed . - Now , I repeat that which was said in answer to this promise in January of the present year , that -the society , _oreompaayasitissow called , will never fee "registered . It cannot now be done . Tie banking department of the scheme being in the same unsafe predicament , it is equally dangerous to the shareholders as to tbe depositors . Section 23 of the Joint Stock Company ' s Act , enacted for tbe protection of tiie public from fraudulent schemes , provides that it shall not be lawful fora company , until completely
registered—* To make calls , nor to purchase , contract for , or hold lands , nor to enter into contracts for any stores , or fer -fee execution of any works / & c . It provides penalties for the infringement of its clauses , the penalties varying from £ 5 to £ 25 each ; every one of whieh clauses the Chartist Land Company has already violated ; to every " one of which penalties they-u _« already liable , amounting in the aggregatetoseveralthousandponnd 3 . Thepenaliies may be recovered if any person chooses to take out
summonses against them and sue them before the magistrates as soon as registered ; bnt not sooner ; as it Is riot until then a company . The Land scheme and tha Bank scheme are in the same _precariouB position- * The Journeymen Steam Engine , _Machine Maker , and Millwrights' Friendly Society , ' Manchester 4 th branch , who have transferred £ 620 from Beywood ' s Bank , and placed it in the Laud and Labour Bank of the Chartist Land Company , will probably ask themselves a few questions when they see the law to stand thus .
But , apart from that view of the Bank question , there are other considerations sufficiently weighty , more than weighty enough , to deter prudent men from risking good cash in a bank like that of Mr Feargus O'Connor ' s . First , as to the security . The landed property of the eompany is to be the _security for tbe bank deposits . But the land Is already burthened to its utmost real value , and considerably beyond its market value , by the debts to the shareholders . Moreover , landed property has not for many years past been accepted among commer--cial men as bank security . It was once so accepted , but was found , when necessity came , to be Irredeemable , or at least to be greatly depreciated . Money deposited in the bank , and by the banker sunk in
Me purchase of land , as Mr O ' Connor proposes to do , cannot be withdrawn when the depositor requires it Te raise the money , the land must ba first Eold or mortgaged . In either case loss must be submitted to . Moreover , Mr O'Connor ' s system of buying an estate with valuable timber opoa it , paying , say £ 7 , 000 forthe estate ; catting down all the timber and selling it for £ 2 , 000 ; this , instead of making ihe property worth £ 9 , 000 , as he has represented the transaction , makes it ( in tbe market , in , which respect we can only vie w it as security for the bank ) worth no more than £ 5 , 000 . He points to this property in reckoning up his accounts , and says— 'for that land I gave £ 7 , 000 ; from that land I hare taken £ 2 , 000 worth of timber ; yon have the land
- rail , and you have £ 2 , 000 for timber sold ; conse _* _-quently , in these few months , under my manage * ment , you have £ 9 . 000 instead of £ 7 . 000 . ' They " who never reckon themselves may believe in this way of reckoning ; but let the estate which cost £ 7 , 000 , and which is now woodless , come into the " market-as a bank security , and it will be fouud to be only worth £ 5 , 000 . There are enough , of land buyers , always on the look out for land , to prevent Mr O'Connor from getting all tbe great bargains . He , however , makes , the shareholders think otherwise . They seem to think that be alone knows a good bargain in land when it turns up . But this brings hs to another point . Mr O'Connor buys land , aad buys in it his own name . And he
does so , because by the clause 23 rd of the Joint Stock Company ' s Act , already quoted , it is declared illegal for bim , or any officer of the company , te purchase , contract for , or hold lands , ' until tiie company is completely registered ; and it does not seem to be agreeable to him to hare tbe company completely registered _. so as to pat it , in reality , under the' protection ofthe law ; ' though he endeavoured , % publishing tbat whicb was not true , in September , 1846 , to make the public believe that it was . put under the protection of the law . 'This , ' - said he and the secretary , when putting forth that assurance , ' will give increased confidence to persons Joining the society . ' That , indeed , was the object of tbe untrue pretence . When it was
published through the Manchester Examiner that the society was not placed under tbe protection of the law , Mr O'Connor promised tbat it shonld be immediately so placed . This has not been done ; so th & t the purchases ef property are all made in bis own name , conveyed to bim individually , and held by him individually . He is not even provisionally registered as a trustee for other parties . Mr Thomas Duneombe , M . P . is the registered trustee ; bnt as the Land Company is only provisionally registered , he is not legally the trustee . If he were , be could only be so by first becoming a shareholder ; and the moment be becomes a shareholder , he is , like all the others—liable for their debts , and they liable for his .
All the shareholders of the Land Company are not willing , however , that the land should be made security for the bank , and Mr O'Connor offers security cf another kind . In addressing the Laud Company , so the executive of the Steam Engine , Machine Maker , and Millwrights' Friendly Society informs us , he spoke thro : — ' I dare ssy yoa will derive no little gratification bom the _announcement that the Manchester mechanics bave deposited £ 620 ef their funds in tbe National land and laijour _. _Bauk ; and that many societies are sbout to follow their wise and patriotic example ; and to them as to all ethers I shall only say , not that I may perish , or that my right hand may fall from body , or that my _tongue may cease to wag , if I deceive them ; bnt I do say thst I am not a pleasure man , a drinking man , a _druoken , agluttonous , oraluiuriousman ; and , if they hare not 3 _* s- in the pound and fonr per cent , interest for their money , I must be a robbing man . '
This does not Mow . Mr O'Connor may be free of all the vices he absolves himself from , and not be a rotting man , yet still a very unsafe man to entrust with the management of large stuns of money in complicated and doubtful investments . Moreover , he may not be a solvent man . He has family connexions in Ireland who would not have allowed Mm te go unmolested , if unmolested he bas gone , for io long a time , if they thought he had property within the reach ofthe law . Mr Mannix , thechan-Cery barrister , who bad the Cork election case in band when Mr O'Connor was disqualified and re"signed his seat , told me , wben I was recently in Ireland , that there were parties there acting for Mr O'Connor ' s nearest female relatives , who only seeded to see clearly tbat he held any property which was accessible by law , and the attempt to teach it would soon be made .
_Ishall not here relate what that chancery barrister , so intimately acquainted with Mr O'Connor ' s " personal and family affairs , told me . If I dealt in the same pointed matter in a controversy as Mr O'Connor does , substituting personal abuse for argument , there might be enongh of it hurled upon him fromthe county of-Cork , and from his nearest relatives . They and their legal advisers placed enough of it at my service . But such a style of controversy is not mine . I allude to those personal affairs now only to show shareholders rathe bind , and depositors in the bank , the dangerous security they have . Ue says he is not a robbing man . But the president and secretary nf the Steam _Engice , Machinem a ker , and Millwrights' Benefit Society , rejoin to this _comfortableassurauce
that—To _Tfcnow by dear-bought experience that Mr O'Connor is a rotting man , if he does not perform what he promise * , may afford sati-faction to some , but we think "something more substantial - * fli ne required by the majority of onr members as security for tbeir money , before tbey consent to allow it to be deposited _inhis bands . _i-i O'Connor Baya he has * nads bis will , indica /
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ting by the announcement that all the property pnrf c _« k _& moneyof the shareholders , and now new by him in his own name , is devised by him to the shareholders . Now , here is the law on that business of the will . - Ifthe Land Company were completely and legally registered , Mr O'Connor might devise his own _property to the company in its corporate capacity ; and in that capacity the company would administer . But the land would not be his to devise if the company were completely registered . It wonld be tbe company ' s own . On tho other hand , the land and buildings being legally his own ' _property now , because legally there is no Land Company in existence , the shareholders could not administer ai a body , suppose
he were to die before they are registered , and suppose it to be true that he has made his will and devised the land to them . In order that they migbt administer , and each receive bis share , the will must devise each share separately to each individual byname . If there be fifty thousand shareholders , fifty thousand persons most be named in the will ; and in the event ofhis death , they mnst proceed to administer as legatees who are sot related m blooda rather expensive process . The firstproceeding would be fo throw all the propertv into the Courtof Chancery , where proceedings are both expensive and dilatory . The next of kin would do this . The Chancery Conrt being a court of equity , we _mightsuppose that if the testator ' s will
was doubtful , or the law of the ease was doubtful , the equity jua ' ge _. hearing thattbe shareholders ofthe Chartut estate were the parties who had made the testator so rich as to have landed property to leave to them , would decide for them ; equity being on tbeir side . But on the other band * there would be the next of kin , who in equity are always regarded before the aliens in blood . And , moreover , those next of kin wonld be tbe sisters , or representatives ofthe sisters , of the testator , strengthening their suit in equity with such aplea as this , tbat the testator bad originally made use of their property in the outset of that political life which ban ended by bis devising legacies in landed property , to some fifty thousand legatees . I do not see in what possible way tbe shareholders
are to be protected but in getting themselves legally registered as a company ; But the moment they do this , they declare every thing which bas already been done in their name by Mr O'Connor to be null and void . All contracts , by the law already quoted , become illegal , and lapse . The original owners ol the estates may resume ownership as if they had not been sold ; and penalties to the amount of nearly -54 , 000 may be enforced . It wonld have been- as easy at tho outset ofthis Company to have conformed to the law as to avoid it , and set it at defiance . The Joint Stock Company ' s law is enacted specially to protect shareholders and the general pnblic from joint stock schemers . Its very preamble makes it compulsory for the
_promotersof all companies to be registered , and it proceeds to prohibit them from doing business in the way of raising funds and acquiring property until they are registered . So tbat , instead of there having been difficulties p laced in the way ofthe Land Company ' s registration , as Mr O'Connor and his _codirectorshave so frequently alleged as an excuse , they are solely to blame . Tbe law throws no obstacles in their way ; it invites them to be registered ; keeps an office for them , and books in tbe office , and clerks to do the work for them ; it _callsupon them to come and register themselves ; and when they , or others like them , do sot go willingly to be registered , it
commands them with the threat of heavy penalties to come . 'For , ' says the law , ' you are launching upen the werld a joint stock scheme ; and the world must know who you are , and what your scheme is- ' 'If yon be honest men , ' continues the law , ' you have nothing te fear from your Barnes being written here , to be looked upon by tbe public eye . If you be not honest men , it is right that the public should know that you are getting up a Joint Stock Company . If your scheme be a sennd one . it will bear inspection in this registration office ; if it beunsonnd , the sooner its faults are known beyond the registration office the better . '
Thus speaks theiaw concerning all schemes for Joint Stock Companies . I see only three suppositions which can suggest a reason for Mr O'Connor not registering his scheme at the outset . These are—_ First : That , though a _barrister-at-law , he was ignorant that such an act of Parliament had been passed for the protection of the public , as the Joint Stock Companies ' - Registration Act . Or , Second : That , though assuming to be a correct business man , be thought himself able toearry on tbe business of the Company satisfactorily te himself , and safely to the shareholders , without reference to tiie law or the ordinary precautions of business men . Or , Third : That he purposely withheld tbe Company from registration that the shareholders might not be placed under the protection of the law .
The only thing that is inexplicable , allowing any one of those three suppositions to be correct , or allowing them all to be incorrect , is this , that twelve months ago he should have published that they ( himself and secretary ) * had at length succeeded in placing tbe shareholders under the protection ef the law , by procuring the registration of the Society under the Joint Stock Company ' s Act ; ' and that ' this will give increased confidence to persons about joining tbe Society . ' This fs inexplicable ; because if his object really was to get members into the Society by giving them increased confidence , and nothing more , it would have been not less effectually done by getting the Society registered in reality , instead of in pretence only .
Tbe executive of the Friendly Society who complain ofthe transfer of their money to Mr O ' Connor , intimate in their circular to the trade that they bave little hope of his dealing candidly with them . The person who . without consulting the general body , transferred tbe sum of £ 620 to him , wrote a letter which was published in the Northern Star with comments . The secretary of the Executive Council , on seeing this , wrote a letter , of which the following is a copy , requesting Mr O'Connor te publish it ; but he gave them no answer , and did not publish it . 64 , Dale-street , Manchester , Aug . 24 tb , 1847 . Dear Sir , —In looking over the Northern Star of Saturday last , I perceive , in the course of your address to the members of tht Land Company , you make allusions to the circumstance of the mechanics of Manchester
having deposited £ 620 in the National Land and Labour Bank ; and in tbe same paper there is also a letter signed'George Samuel Offord , ' npon the same subject . Hy object in writing to yen is to prevent a false impres . sion being made npon the _miads of the public , but more especially upon those of the mechanics throughout tbe country . A stranger to the facts of tbe case , in perusing your remarks and the letter of Offord , would be led to infer thatthe £ C _* 0 had been voted into tha National Land and Labour Bank with the unanimous consent of tha _persons to _t-hom it belongs . Bat such is far from being tbe fact . Oar society is composed of between seven and eight thousand members _, extendlng over Great Britain and Ireland , and holding on * general food ; the funds ot any one branch belonging equally to the
members of any other branch , so tbat in tbe event of any important change in the mode of banking or investing its funds , especially in an experiment where doubts as to its security may exist , it is not only essential , but just , that those interested should be consulted ; and in tbis view of tbe matter I feel convinced that I shall meet with your concurrence . The facts are , instead of the members being consulted , _twenty-fiie . individuals have decided upon the removal of the money from Sir Benjamin Heywooa's Bank to the " "rational Landand Labour Bank , they having composed a majority of those who voted ata meeting of their brancb . And I b _« g further to inform yon that this act has been done in direct defiance of instructions given by tbe only acknowledged authority in the society , viz ., our Executive Council . And the
parties so acting hare rendered themselves liable to be bronght up to account for the same . The instructions of the Executive Council were , tbat the opinions ofthe membera throughout the society shonld be taken npon the propriety of allowing branches to deposit the funds in the National Land and Labour Bank ; and any person wishing to do justice to all could not raise one sound objection to such a course . Tou will oblige by inserting this letter in yonr paper of Saturday next . Wishing you every success in your attempts to ameliorate tbe condition of the people , believe me , dear sir , youra truly . Hen & y _Seisbt . Secretary to the Journeymen Steam Engine , Machine Maker , and Millwrights' Friendlr Society . To Feargus O'Connor , Esq .
The executive council of tbe Friendly Society proceed to make tbe following remarks : — Mr O'Connor has not thought proper , as yet , to publish tbe above letter , although twoof Mb papers have been isssied since it was sent , nor do _) we expect that any notice will be taken of it by bim , and for reasons which we think must be apparent to all who have read bis remarks on tbe letter of Offord . But we say , if he is an honest man , as _beprofesseB himself to be , and professes a desire to do justice to all , he will publish it . If he does not do so , we ask what confidence can he placed in a
man who is afraid ofthe truth being brought to light . We consider that tbe pnblic have a right to be undeceived , and to effect tbat bas been the sole object of the _aboveletter . It has been deemedadvisable by the Executive < J »' _-uicil to lay the whole of these fact- befoi _, the
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members , se tbat tbey may be enabled to judge fairly npon the subject . ' In conclusion , I hare only to remark to those of the shareholders ofthe Land Scheme , or those of the depositors in the Land and Labour Bank , who may read tbis , tbat whatever personal abuse Mr O'Connor may meet the legal facts of this letter with ' , as he met the facts of the previous fire letters in December and January last , such abuse is no answer to the shareholders and depositors . It is for them that these letters are written . I rejoice to Bee working men acquiring property by their savings . But I have myself dropped too much sweat on the ground in earning wages at ill-paid toil , to be willing to seethe
hard-earned wages of working men given to spoiled lawyers and noisy adventurers , who , because they can talk all other men dumb , are , in the simplicity ol the industrious workers , voted to be men of business and honest . I repeat , that if Mr O'Connor ' s death occurs at any time before the complete registration ofthe shareholders as a company , the entire property in tbe Land and in tbe Bank goes by law to _bisnextefkin _. for he cannot leave it by will to the company , since the company does not legally exist . And further , that if completed in the registration the entire proceedings up to this time become null and void , having been carried on contrary to law . One who has _Whisilkdat thb Plough .
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VOL X . No 520 . LONDON , SATURDAY , OCTOBER % 1847 . „ _J _^ _^^^ _^ - : * ; ¦ ¦ _•¦¦ - ¦ : _¦ ¦ ¦ ' Fire Shilling * and sixpence per _Qnarte
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"My good Ruffians , what is your demand for kill ' ing two SMALL children % "—Babes in the Wood . " TO THE MEMBERS OFTHE LAND COMPANY . Mv Friends ,- — I now address you from the frontier town of the Swiss Republic , and my location , and what I have seen on my journey here , insp ire me , if possible , with greater zeal and confidence in your cause . I have always told you that I considered my character your property , and I have invested you , the working classes , with full and ample power to investigate my every act , and I have willingly constituted you the public tribunal , before which arrai gnment and defence should take place , and before which I would always plead . Now , tbis is a guarantee which no ether public man has ever ventured to give , but which those who demand public confidence are bound to g ive .
_# Upon the other hand , I demand the protection of the good English rule , that ¦ the accused shall be presumed to be innocent until he is convicted upon clear and unimpeachable evidence . ' Above I have given you the indictment , in full , against me , and now hear my defence . My friends , —If ever accused would be justified in resting his whole case , not only upon
the infamous' character of his accuser , but upon the foll y , the _^ absurdity , and futility of the charges brought against him , I am now placed in that position * but as the Lord has delivered mine enemy Into my hands / I shall spare him from his well-merited punishment until I have first cleansed myself . My friends , —Before I reply , to those charges which are of a legal and general nature , I will apply myself to tbat which affects me personall y , and which you will find in the following COUNTS of the
INDICTMENT : — This does not fellow . Mr O'Connor may be free of all tbe vices he absolves himself from , and not he a rolling man , yet still a very unsafe man to intrust with the management of large sums of money in complicated and doubtful investments . Moreover he may not be a solvent man . He has family connexions in Ireland who would not have allowed him to go unmolested ! if unmolested he has gone , for so
long a time , if they thought he bad property within the reach oi the law . Mr Mannix , the chancery barrister , whe had the Cork election case in hand when Mr O'Connor was disqualified and resigned his seat , told me , when I was recently in Ireland , that there were parties there acting for Mr O'Connor ' s nearest female relatives , who only needed to see clearly that he held any property which was accessible by law , and the attempt to reach it would soon be made .
I shall not here relate what thatchanoery barrister , so intimately acquainted with Mr O'Connor ' s personal and family affairs , told me . If I dealt in the same pointed matter in a controversy as Mr O'Connor does , substituting personal abuse for argument , there might be enough of it hurled upon bim fromthe county of Cork , and irom his nearest relatives . They and their legal advisers placed enough of it at my service . But such a Btyle of controversy iB not mine . I allude to those personal affairs now only to show shareholders inthe Land , and depositors in the Bank , the dangerous security they have . Now , gentlemen , hear my unreserved reply to the above charge , and which I give without qualification , equivocation , or mental reservation .
I never HEARD of a barrister of the name of Mannix from the day I was born , and I never KNEW one of that name . Not one of my family , MALE OR FEMALE , have ever had LEGAL OR EQUITABLE demand upon me for a farthing . I never was plaintiff or defendant in suit or action with any relative of mine , MALE or FEMALE ; and , although I lived in a most litigious country , I never summonsed a man or woman , or was summonsed by a man or
woman . I never processed man or woman , or was ever processed by a man or woman I never was plaintiff or defendant in suit or action , in Ireland , during the whole of my life . The name of the solicitors of our famil y are John Drew Atkin and Henry Noblett , both of the South Mall , Cork , and to those gentlemen I refer you , and my accuser , for my character as a gentleman and a man of honour . I relinquished a very large claim upon the f a mil y estate , rather than seek its recovery by law .
My name is not to bill , bond , or note , for one single fraction , and I now announce to those female relatives , through their agent , the Whistler , that I am worth several thousand _iiounds , which are immediately come-atable by aw . I further invest the curious with full and amp le power { to traverse the whole county of Cork , and all Ireland , and I defy the most ingenious or subtle to learn one sing le dishonest or dishonourable act I have ever committed . Gentlemen—not one of my relatives would hold converse with this disreputable beast ; but , as I cannot answer for Lawyers , I am resolved upon g iving my accuser the most
extensive opportunity of at once affirming those charges , which , if true , you should be acquainted with j and to that end I have directed that an action shall be brought against the proprietor of the Manchester Examiner , to whom I shall giva the greatest latitude , and every assistance in my power * and I dare him—I challenge him—I defy bim to prove one single one of his allegations . Gentlemen , 1 defy the press of Cork , the press of Ireland , the press of this world , to charge me , upon the most slender evidence , with a single act of meanness , dishonesty , or inconsistency ; and I further undertake , at
my own . expense , to produce as witnesses any female Telative , whose evidence may he necessary to substantiate the charge of my accuser . But , Gentlemen , that is not all . Immediatel y upon my return , Ishall proceed to Manchester , on Tuesday the 26 th of October , and having thus given my accuser ample time to prepare his case , and the benefit of my absence to circulate the slander , 1 shall face him in the HALL OF SCIENCE , single handed and alone , to answer any charge that he or any other man may bring against me , and all 1 require is , that notice may be given him , and proper arrangements for the public investigations maytbe made , and if the evidence of Mr
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Manmx ,. or any other lawyer , is neemarv , I will pay their expenses-, Ge-rtlemen--permit * ne now to offer a few comments , upon the nature of tfte charge , the _circamstances under which it is-made , and t he character of my accuser . Wheml bad demolishe _* . the . i- ubbish of this base fellow m December and . January last , he- was . sent to the county , of Cork by John Bright , Ms enwlover
, to _seirwaat _e-yidenee of my baseness he eould . glean in my native county . He-tells you disitinctly that hi » has been upon ' this REF 6 JTA - _iBLE Mission , . that he has seen the Chancery ; Barrister Manmx , the Solicitors- of my family ( and my nearest relatives ; and ' although a _volunteer in this HONOURABLE mission i and after being in LABOUR for now SOME MONTHS _* behold the abortion- he haabrooght forth . • ' ¦ ¦ ¦• _-.
_Gentle _** aeh---Eng lishmen ~ Working Men —• here was an HONOURABLE MISSION , A CREDITABLE _COMMISSIONER , and a VIRTUOUS EMPLOYEE , and yet , though thus importantly charged , behold the weak , the slender production . Oh ! gentlemen—If I were _assailable , what a RACK _, what a TORTURE , _Wh _^ t ; an INQUISITION , -what a SECRET CONSPIRACY to be _subjjected to . Gentlemen , in ancient or modern times , has this baseness , this perfid y , been equalled ? And then , mark the circumstances under which these charges are made . A bane , of working men having the good of their fellow men at heart , very properly apply their spaue- funds to
the improvement of their own and fellows condition ; and the employer of this base slave , dreading the result of such an application , puts his manageable machinery in order for the purpose of alarming the confiding with falsehoods ' and ignorant constructions of what the creature pleases to write about law ; and then , as to the wretch's character , if it is not sufficientl y developed in his multifarious and ignominious calliogs , I must refer you , not to Mr Mannix , nor yet to his famil y solicitors , nor female friends and relatives , but to your townsman , Mr Townley , who gave him house and hospitality when the world frowned upon him , and yet this degraded thing , after having dealt in the worst of slander and the lowest of
abuse , because covered , cloaked , and concealed , cries out , " NOT TO SUBSTITUTE
ABUSE FOR ARGUMENT . " He resembles the FLOGGED SOLDIER , who , w hether hit hi gh or low , could not be pleased , as I flatter myself I have already'demolished all the things he called arguments in his five previous letters . Gentlemen— -if , however , you see cause to despise the GOOD RUFFIAN , what must be your feelings towards the real MURDERER who employed him ? and whose tool has the insolence to ask for a refutation throug h hi s columns , and tell you that the letter is -an able and an interesting one ; ' but , naturally
expecting the coin in which I would repay the attack , this tool says he Ms quite prepared for such an infliction . ' But he too asks for civility' An ounee of civet , good apothecary . ' Marry come up , indeed but it is an extensive license , first to charge a gentlemen with wholesale p lunder , and then ask for a civil refutation . Many of my friends have felt dissatisfied , from time to time , with the notice I have taken of those attacks , but you may rest assured that my plan of meeting them is right . The good men of Nottingham asked me to bring an . action against the Times . I did
so , and _it-cost me about £ 120 ; however , it was worth more to your cause , and for that simple reason I ani resolved upon putting the Whistler ' s witnesses into the box , and I am determined to meet him in Manchester on the day I name , but it must be in the HALL of SCIENCE . I shall be in London on Satur * day , the 16 th—a week after you read this—as I found it was dangerous for me to travel in Ital y , and in next week ' s Star I shall utterly demolish the legal fictions , the folly , the absurd and ridiculous nonsense , which J . Bri ght ' s editor calls ABLE and INTERESTING ; and mind , my friends , when cold-blooded murderers enlist GOOD RUFFIANS to do their
work , it is the murderer , and not the POOR STARVING RUFFIANS , who is to he blamed , but the flogging the BLACK DRUMMER gave this person is nothing to the wallop ing I'll give him . You must view this matter very seriously and in its proper light . You must ask yourselves , ' who would be safe from such assassins ? ' and you must further ask yourselves , what the danger tyrants see in our Land Plan must be , when they resort to such means to destroy it ? ' for mark , my friends , this GOOD RUFFIAN did not spend NINE MONTHS in the county of Cork for nothing . "When I return I will give you the benefit of my tour , and of a few conversations I have REALLY had on board steam boats about
FREE TRADE . Just a taste here . I got into conversation with a Bel gian merchant on board the Antwerp boat , and as we passed Batts , a Dutch fortress , on the river , about twenty miles from Antwerp , he saw the Dutch fishermen at work . There now , ' said he , ' if we had Free Trade we might come down here and TAKE the FISH FROM THE DUTCH . ' I have not seen a beggar since I left the nation of centralised wealth , and I have seen the happiest peasants , living unde _** systems
which our virtuous press denounces _, as despotisms , when it serves tbeir purpose-. You can form no conception whatever of the rapid strides democracy is making on tsae continent of Europe , _thao _& s to English _Chtartism . I am , my friends , Your uncompromising and unimpeachable Friend and Representative ) . Fea _& _ous _O'Consmi . P . S . —Qf course the Bmwiner willgiv & my rep l y to his GOOD RUFFIAN .
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Asbion-under-Lvne .- —At a quarterly meeting of the Land members held in the Chartis _! room , Bentinck-street , on Sunday the 3 rd oK October , Mr Samuel Blackwell in the chair , tke auditors read over the balance sheets , which _wese found correct . Wehopo that those members who . are in arrears wi _> h their local and general levies will come forward aad pay them . Any member in arrears on the 18 _tb of October will not be returned to the next ballot . The scrutineer , treasurer , and secretary were _re-eleoted .
A resolution sympathising with the widow of the late Mr Dodson , and _req \ i _« 9 AilBg each _taembeat to pay a contribution of one penny , was adopted . Biision . —On Wednesday night Dr M _Bouall delivered a most spirited lecture on ' The Land . ' A branch of the National Benefit Society has been started , which is likely to be very successful . Buckdubi-. —At our weekly meating on Sunday , at the Temperance Hotel , it was resolved : — That a levy of one penny he laid npon each member in aid of the Sleaford ease , the subscription to stand orer till next quarter day , when it will be taken along with the quarters levy _.
William Anderton was chosen scrutineer for thc next three months . The books were audited and found correot . Boltok . —The monthly meeting of this branch was held onlSunday last , After the Land and local accounts had been read and passed , the following resolutions were carried :- — That we have 1 , 500 copies of Mr O'Connor ' s Letter on the capabilities of a three acre farm' , printed , and tbat ne recommend our committee to send half a dozen _copies to each of tne different trades and other societies . Tbat Manchester ought to call a South Lancashire delegate meeting of tbe Land Company to be held in _Manoboster as early as possiblo , la order to ascertain the opinionp . of the district upon the conduct ofthe' "Whistler' and others , but more especially , « that parts In Lou-
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doa who- are _endseroweing to depHve-the directors of the high estimation . !*) which they areheld'by tbe member _, o _* the company . Bb » i > dl . —Ob Monday _evening , _Ste members of this brancli met at Mr _Nicols' Coffee * -house , Rosemary , when the following officers weraTeelected : — Mr F . W . Simeon ,, secretary ; Mr Nichols ; treasurer ; Mr Stiff , scrutineer .. A resolution _was-gassed , that j ho monies be received- except on Monday evenine , between the hours of half-past seven snd half-past nine o ' _oloclt .. Members are requested ito- bring their oards when tliey cometopay money . All * in arrears of local and general expenses will remember the Ballot in November ; AU letters for Bristol'branch to be forwarded to ¥ . W . Simeon , printer ; Templestreet , Bristol .
_. Our Alto Fnsburv _Eocksitt . —A crowded * meeting of this locality , _toofc place at the Good . ' Intent Coffee-house } Back-Hill ,. Hatton Garden / on Sunday evening last ,. Mr Allnutt iu the chair , when * it was agreed unanimously :- ~ - That we form a _clubfor- the purpose of supporting the Democrat newspaper on- its appearance , _and-tbat we consider it tbe duty of ever , Band and Chartist loeality to follow our example * To show that we are in earnest twenty-four _Bubsenbera immediately handed ! io . their contributmm .
_jatter which Mr M'Grath delivered an admirable-lec . i tureon the rise and progress of the National Hand i Company , and . dwelt at great length _ontheoapabilities of the 8 oH «" -answered tha many objections urged against the small allotment systein _" , took a review ofthe _articles in the Dispatch , aud concluded a most eloquent discourse by inviting the working classes to act upon the advice of Sir R . Feel to take their affairs into their own hands .. Seven shillings was colleoted towards the case of poor Dodson . A ' vote of thanks was voted to the leeturer , and chairman , and the meeting separated .
_CiiPHAM . —A meeting was held on Tuesday evening at the Jolly Sailor , Dorset-street , Olapbam read , when Mr _M'Gratbably explained * the principles and objects ofthe Land Company . _Avote of thanks was given to the chairman ; : three cheera- for Feargns O'Connor , and three for the _democratic of Philadelphia . Cqvbhtbt . —At a _meeting of the Coventry branoh of the Land Company Jiield on Tuesday evening , Oct . 5 th , the _following resolutions were _unanimously passed —• 'That the decision of Mr Thomas Clark , that a mau and his wife can hold four shares each * is unjust , and contrary to the principles of _efjuality . '' 'That an Agitating Committee , composed of the following persons :- Messrs Smith . Gilbert , Pritcbard ; Eaves , Hosier , Freeman , and PickartL with power to add to
their number , be appointed to prepare for Mr O'Con * nor ' _s visit tothe Midland _eounties . ' _Gutocebieb—Dr M'Douall lectured on Saturday evening last , to a numerous meeting in the British School-room . The lecture gave complete satisfaction , anda vote of thanks to . the lecturer testified the approbation of the meeting . Hull—On Sunday evening Mr John West delivered a lecture in tbe larse room ofthe White Hart Inn ; his subject was , ' The Land and the Charter / Mr West gave a mast lucid and novel exposition of the duty of Chartists generally at the next general election . The manner in which he handled the question ofthe Land , gave the greatest satisfaction to his old friends , by whom he was received with the
greatest enthusiasm . After the usual vote of thanks to the chairman , Mr Stevens , and tothe lecturer , this great meoting separated , highly delighted with the intellectual treat which tbey enjoyed . On Monday evening a great meeting was held inthe Townhalli which had been kindly granted by the Mayor ; Mr George Stevens was called to the chair , who briefly introduced Mr West to the meeting . The subject of the lecture was , the Land Plan , and the Land and Labour Bank , in connexion with the National Land Company . Mr West spoke nearly two hours , elucidating the principles of the National Land Plan , in so clear , simple , and convincing a manner , as to bring conviction home to the most obtuse intellect . His exposure of the present system of banking was loudly applauded ; and the superior advantages afforded by the Land and Labour Bank gave general
satisfaction . After replying to the objections raised by the Whistler at the Plough , ' and others , and inviting discussion ,, Mr West sat down amid the greatest applause . After a gentleman in the meeting had made some observations on the question of banking , Mr West replied , and though several persons came to put questions , so completely had all objections been anticipated and answered , that not one present disputed the lecturer ' s positions . This meeting has been one of the most important held in Hull for a long time , and is calculated to do a vast amount ef good . The fact of the mayor having granted the use of the hall to working men , without any solicitation from the middle classes , is a wonderful proof of onr progress . The Chartist body meet every Sunday night , aud the Land member * - every Monday night , at the Ship Inn , Church-lane , to receive subscriptions and enrol members .
_Htdb . —The Lasj > Am _LiBonaBiwi .-- Oa Sunday evening last the members ofthe ' Philanthropic Sick and Burial Society , 'together with the committee of management , met for the transaction of their usual business , Mr W . Candilet . officiating as president , assisted by Mr C . Bedson , aB secretary . A desultory conversation arose upon their banked funds , upon which Mr G . Candilet entered into an explanation of the security they possessed for their deposits in the Manchester and Liverpool Bank , and all other banking establishments ; the amount of interest obtained , and the purposes to which the funds of benefit societies were applied by those banks . After which he called their attention to the Land and Labour Bank , and advised the propriety of investing
their funds in that Bank , inasmuch as they wonld not only obtain better security ,, but a greater amount of pecuniary profit . He then compared tbe application of deposits inthe Land and Labour Bank with the application of deposits ; in other basking establishments , showing them that not only , might they assist by investing funds ia this Bank without diverting them from their legitimate purpose- in the labour market . Mr Candilet was ably supported by Mr Isaao Mottam , who contended the Land i was the very best seeurity ; and even if Mr _O'Couuor was inclined to run away with tbat security by shiploads , he could sot effect his purpose . It waa decided unanimously that £ 100 be immediately transmitted
to tbe Land and Labour Bank . Hydb _»—This branch of the National ' luand Company now numbers 453 members , holding 1 , 587 shares . The following officers have beon appointed for the ensuing three months' _comraitfae : —Joseph M'Cailam , James Hoyle , John Derbyshire , Josiah Collins , Alexander Henderson . Edwin Sutcliife , Geoifge Candilet ; chairman , William Bayley -treasurer ; William _Heiining ; scrutineer , Ralph llodgkiason ; John _Gaskell , secretary- Ik has been resolved to print two thousand _troots explaining the objects , & c , of the Land Company , and 'Labour Bank , for distribution amongst the various sick societies .
Lower _Was-ey . —The _merttbetsof this branclunet in their room on Friday , Oct . 1 st ., when officers were elected ! for the ensuing six months , and the following resolution was carried unanimously :- * - That we , the members , _ofitho _liower Warley branch of the _LaniGompany , do hereby agree to pay one farthing per weei each , to the _executive committee of tb National Charter _Asssciatiou ,. towards tbe attainment o _< . tbat great measure , the _Eeople _' s Charter . Ma _*» lesfiel ** _k- « -A , tea party , in hoaour of th » Land Company , was held in the Chartist room , _Haaley-street , on Tuesday evening last , which was numerously aad respectably attended . Mr Rieley presided on the occasion . After tho removal oS the _jdoth , Mr Thomas fi _& rk , ono of tho directors of the ! Company * who was present , _deiivessd an address , dewhich had
fending tbe Company from somo attacks been made upon it by some cf the local " journals . Harmony and amusements _weue kept up till _mid-Ko-tfFOHD . —The indefatigable men comprising the Squirrel ' _s-heath branch beir _^ desirous of extending tho Company to Romford , and the Rev ; Mr Carlisle having most handsomely placed that _spacious edifke , tho Independent Chapel , at their disposal ler one night , on Monday evening October ibe 4 th , the farst public meeting ever held in Rasaforo m support ot the National Land Company , took p lace , and was addressed by Mr Stallwood in a very effective raaaner He was enthusiastically cheered . T he Rev Mr Carlisle presided , and delivered a truly patriotic- and philanthropic address , which was warmly responded to Great good has resulted from thia meetinj-.
Salisbury . — Mr Sidaway leotured here en the 29 th ult ., on the Laud Plan . The audience were highly gratified with Mr Sidaway ' s able discourse . _Sii" -- ? _ri * 5 U ) . --At tho usual weekly meeting of this , branch , it was resolved , ' That all members not paying their levies before the 25 th inst ., will not bs eligible for the next ballot . ' 'run Labour BASK . —At the quarterly meeiin" of No . 13 district of the loyal order of Druids , _helS at the house of Mr Jonathan Garsido , New Church Inn , it was agreed that £ 15 should be deposited in the National Land and Labour Bank , as a first deposit _.
SiocRTOM .-On Sunday evening last , the Hall of Lyceum waa crowded to hear a leoture from Mr r . Clark , un the _subjectof tbe National Land and Labour Bank . Mr E . Clark of Manchester , and W . Pi Roberts . Eaa .. were present , and _addjesjedthe
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! _^^ 3 m \ 1 _^^^\^^ _f Ss . _fia-iafaction ofthe _Sborbditch . —A general meeting ef _thd in « . _ts _*» - will take place at tbe Green Gate . Hacknev rSS _^ Sunday evening next , at seven o ' clock , when mem bers in arrears are reuuested to nav nn *• . » . _* - ¦ i _!?? _. ¦"» ¦
and other expenses , to be eligible for the next baifct At half-past seven o ' clock a challenged dUonBaien will take place between Mr King and Mr Warren Subject : 'Allottees at O'Connorville . ' . Soho . —Mr Edmund Stallwood delivered apnbh ' e ' _JeotiiR ' , taking for hfs subject — 'Progress—the Charter , the Land Company , and Land and Labour Bank considered _. ' onSuncIay evening , at the Assembly Room , 83 , Dean-street , wmeh was densely crowded , -MrBubboeeupied the chair . _JfrStaJlwood addressed tie-assembly with great etforgy for upwards of an bow ,-and _judcimr from the liberality of _thrjannlansa
I _bestuwed , we should say with great effect . _WaiTiiNG-roN and Cat . _—M the usual weekly * _meeting of the members of _theabove braneh , Mr _Uutchtt-s in the chair , the new rules were read | and otam letter from the director * in respect of tho agents * _payments ,, which , _beingrcosM-ary to tht 48 tk _StiL _^ Jl * .- d _^< the members , expressed some _duisat _^ _etion that laws are made Jd riot aS ; J ;„ i _^ _2 tai _* the Land Company havinc _conclude , -Jfr Gamming reported from nSoSS _delegatemerting . Report received " .. ™™ _voma Thi ;> _$ _^ 8 . _**& wurd the following motion ¦ - th * _* _„"**< _i _* _* _Altering _ihemLaZL *' _hilHnt artw _' Aasoo , a _«»« » _Propose _tbepoymwf of oneof supporting tbe ASsooiation -uuuu
_cnS _! _^ * - _* :. Bariison ' * - *™* _t ani othert spoke oni _tbtrq-ieshoii , wbich _standa _adfomnU for _ObKS _« t _* JP * was _"ceiwdftS « 5 _inbeLft _^ _f _^ _n _^^ _" 16 _M _<* ded < me { _£ g ™ S _^ L i ' _« - _* _¥ E _xtern _Institati-n ; _ConS S _* _<* -Wednesday , OctoberrlBtk Me Cumming _and-Fiarweatber were _appointed-to-assist members of to _* _eolocality-t _* ie charges thair-bad ieeri preferred _against-him- , and elairaed the _SpofnteeS _^ _W _^ _rf' _^ _ry- M * _MatbeKma ! seconded by MrK _Oynolda-: _* -- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ v * V' That a _^ cornTartiee _^ of 'enqniry V a" ' _appohrted- _tfer * - _SE 2 _? r r tte 8 t _£ ' _> _^ _0 » « fc 3 SS ' tr _JomShotem _* . tt » from _Ilmehousej-and two from the Crown and Atrcbor .
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. i _FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . ' . AssfiMBLi- _Rooaa > S 3 ' _Dsan-sibkbt , Sorrow-On Sunday evening next , October lOtb , at _half-paet [ seven o ' clock precisely , Mr William Dixon * will deliver a public lecture .. Subject :. ' England- as > it is * At seven'o _£ " _ock-pKofaeJy , f he Westminster branch : ot-theLand Company , and the _locality of the _Hatipnal Charter Association mill meet for tbe despatch _, ot business .. Mr Thomas _Pickeragill _' will also attend , as agent _, to enrol members in ' the Rational Co-operative * Benefit Society . Tbb : _Ibiani Confederates will hold their weeHy meetme on Monday evening , ? n 1 ** , ** _S er « " _-ng , the National Registration and Central ; Election . Committee wiil _assemble at eight oclook precisely ,. for the transaction _of-businesBt
BBiHNAii . GRBEir .-A ' .- » eneral meetiag of tbe memtors ofthe Whittington and Cat branch willbebeld on- Sunday Evening , at seven o ' clock precisely . All members _imarrears in the local levies , are requested to pay the same . Mr B \ , Stallwood will lecture-at eighto ' clock , on the following subject : — Progression / ' * Registration , ' ' The Charter , ' ' The National Land-Company , ' and ' The Land and Labour Bank / Cut and- _Flvseubt . —& n Sunday evening next , Mr W ; Dixon will lecture . Subject : ' Trades' unions as they are—Trades ' unions as they ought to be / _OoMMERoiAL-Ro & n _Biss . — The members of'tbe Globe and Friends branoh are requested to meet on . Tuesday , October 12 th . © ribpleoatb . —A . leoture will be delivered to -this branch on Tuesday evening . October 12 th , at Cartwright ' s Coffee-house , Radcross-street , City , by-Mr P . M'Grath , on the ' National Land Company . ' Chair to be taken at eight o'clock .
_Fiwsbury . —This broach will , in future , meefcafc the Mechanics' Institute , Frederick ' _s-place _, _Gosweliroad , on Monday , October llth . Iveston . — The members of this branch are-requested to attend the meeting , to be held in-Uie schoolroom , at _Iveston > . on Monday , the llth inst . Ma-rtxbbone—The members of this branch : will meet , on Sunday , the _I-Oth instant , at the C 3 _aehpainters' Arms , _Circus-street , New-road , at six o _' cloek . The local expenses will be decided on ... Saxfobd . —A shareholder ' s meeting will _takaplaee on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , the 10 th of October _^ at two o ' clock In the afternoon , in the large room . Bank-street , Great George street _.
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LATER FOREIGN NEWS . - IMPORTANT FR _& M SPAIN . NABVABa PRIME MINISTER . The Times says :. We have received by extraordinary express from Fam the Moniteur Parisian- of Wednesday night , which contain the following tele * graphic despatch :- — Tne French goyersment bas received , _by _> a- , telegraphic despatch dated Madi id , Oct . 4 , ths news that her Majesty (* * ueen Isabella has appointed' & new ministry , of wbich tbe following is _the-composition : President of the Council and Minister for _JSireign Affairs , _Geneiai Narvaez ; Minister-of- the Interior , M . Sartorius ; Minister of Finance , M . Orlando ; _Minister of Public _Instructional . _Roade Olano ; Minister of War , M . Cordova . The ordinance which constitutes the new Ministry was . pablished in the Gazette of the 4 th . Madrid > ia perfectly ; tranquil .
SWITZERLAND . By the advices from _Switzerland we learn , that the canton of Sohaffhausen had decided , ! by a . majority of 46 against 28 votes , to support , by force of arms if necessary , the decision of the . Diet > _against the Sonderbund . The canton of _ZJirichtibos- organised its military contineent to support the , Diet . LATEST FROM ITALYv Further advices from Italy confirm the faet of General _Nuuaante having been wounded _and'of the defeat of the royal troops at Campo-Basso .. Notwithstanding tho forces sent from . Naples in to ths interior , tbo _Abvuzzl are in a state of genera " _-iasurrection . The armed population occupy all the defiles of the moantains . Terrauo bas joined ? the in * surrecticn ,, and ( it was expected that _Acqju' _1 % would immediately adopt the same course . The . GHflVAiiER _Frakcohv Mortar a * loft town on Friday fi * Italy on & l political and . fiaanciat mission .
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EXECUTION AT _MAIDSTONE . _On'Thursday , Ilutchings , who had been _. condemned to death for poisoning his wife , was _exeeuted at Maid * stone < _Ofbe conduot ofjthe government had been most _vacSilatiBgin its treatment of _thacruaiiial _^ lt _seema-tbat at the moment of the expectedleaecution , a _. telegraph message wasreccived at Maidstone from the London terminus- of tbe _Scath-Bas-era Railway _* ordering his _respite for two _bqurs .. Of course thig . was looked upoa as being _visually , a reprieve . The' news flew through the town :, witto something _lilciB-. be lightnlng ;* "ipidity with whioh It hnd been seniftora London ., Looking at all the _oattumatances ofthe case , every * » dy in Maidstone considered that tha man ' s sentence had been C 9 mpauted- The sheriff was busily engaged in examining the exact _characitors ofthe communication , with a-via * , no doubt ,
| of satisfying himself that ia acting oa the railway order he _wsauiot exceeding his . doty .- The sheriff .. f in his trepidation , _coramescaxl a . ts & graph _corres- * . _pondenve with tbe Home Office ,, to . & he effect that ha » awaited _fctv-ber _ovdevs , and ,, as we have heard it stated , twa > hours and a _holf-elapsad , when a second order -was . received by telegraph * instructing th © sheriff ah , once to proeesdaad case ? the sentence into _, effect . Meanwhile the greatest _sacitement _prevs » ted _amoegst the assemblad _raultiviade at Maidstone . Two . o ! clock passed , _» Bd no _o-sfer had come to band . Thu culprit was iu ' a complete-3 tate of _prostration , enduring the most intense ar _^ _aish . His gnzo-on the attendants _showed that he surmised a bop _^ of hia life , _boing spared , . He _asksd no question ,, but tho i striking of the hours of tha prison clock after the hpur- at which he had beea told he would suffer , evidently _fostsred a hope Three o ' clock , struck , aad _Rtill no . c © mmum < H . _" ft © ri had beea received .
aa to his fate . Iu about five , minutes a hackney _fljt was seen _dsving to th * - * gates of theprison i ' _som the railway _stati 6 s , A cry was raised , ' A reprieve ]' , ¦ _*& reprieve ! * Judge , however , the _BesBation produced in _witsessiag the culprit , v-ithijh five minutes afterwards , being almost carried up to the scaffold . A thrill of honor ran thr ough tha crowd :. Calcraft , tho < exeouiiouer . with some _dtSiculty got the _wretched man to . stand while he _adjustea the rope . The Rev Mr Winter , the _c-wp- _* _* _" " Mr Bone , the sovetnor _, were by us side , and » he
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