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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR, ESQ., M.P.
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TO THE WEST END LONDON BOOT AND SHOEMAKE...
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Ths Edinburgh Chartist..— Rankan. Walker...
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suw ready, price I wipen.e,
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THE NORTHERN STAR , SATPRBAY, AUGUST 12 , 18.8.
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THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY. As we promise...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. One of the " Six P...
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The Public Health Bill has , we supp ose...
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Mr Thomas Po-vil., secretary of the late...
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THE _APPEARXXCE of thi- _Journal is _unavv . _diblj Postpone ! for ano-ber week . The _cirearn _^ ees Which have !•_ to this _d-lav do _ t admit of I ' ' _^ 'i ' _- ' , ' THE < HARTIST shall _j . osifvelv appear on Satura-j next , asd fearlessly assert th ? ri . hts of thc _peoxne . Chart ' s ; Omces , 39 , Ho ' . ynell-sire . t _, St . au-, Au _ u ; t 2-d . IS ' --
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To Feargus O'Connor, Esq., M.P.
TO FEARGUS O ' CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P .
St Thomas, Exeter, Aug. 5. 18-Ft Dbas Si...
St Thomas , Exeter , Aug . 5 . 18-ft Dbas Sis , —Having read the minutes 6 f _evidence before the committee appointed by the House of _Commsns _, to investigate the affairs of the National L-n < - Company , I should be wanting in my duty if I did not express ray feelings of pleasure concerning facts and truths which that inquiry elicited . I was not surprised to find that yon had been hones , and faithful in the trust imposed on yon , because 1 had _always sought t _ discover your object , and found it tobepurelydisinterested , the _benefiting of the working classes , but I waa surprised at your exceeding liberality ; I find that you bave not only
gratuitously devoted yourself to the work , but your property , handsomely . It calls forth my frr _ titi . de , and , I trust , also my fellow shareholder . ' . I am g ' ad it has been tested , as everything of honest principle is always iq lal to the severest scrutiny ; and , to use the expression cf a respectable tradesman in this c ity—not at ail _connected with our Company— 'If Feargus O'Connor comes out of this fiie cleanhanded ( alluding to the investigation by the committee , ) he will ba proved to bs the greatest benefactor living ; ' this I believe , and thus I write . And now , sir , that the legal difncuit . es and ths straining at gnats prevent our CompaEy froni being enrolled under tha present ac ., I am quite willing to transfer mv interest in the Company to you , thereby
voluntarily making it yonr absolute property , as I have entire confidence that yon will carry out the obje . ts and benefits that we were led to anticipate . I consider by so doing wa shall not need a law to keep yen honest , nor to inspire us with greater confidence in yon . I trust lhat your hitherto _uadeviating principles will be preserved to jou , for I verily believe yeu to ba raised up as a humble agent in the _Almightv ' * lands , for _ameliorating , to some extent , the sufferings ofynnr fellow men . I believe you will have your reward . Remaining your sincere and well-wisher , E . L . _Dcsri-v . P . S . —Should you accept of my proposal , please to inform me how to _. eff _. et the same , —it is a family ticket of sixteen acres , all paid up .
Mt _Deae Sib , —Accept my most nnb _ D el thanks for your kind letter : I accept cheerfully yonr ex pression of unabated confidence , but I decline respectfully your generous offer , as ray loudest and dearest hope is to _liva to see the _anticipiiion _. of every one who so nob'y confided in me realised , even beyond their most sanguine expectations . It is hard to turn me from my _course when justice _ar-d humanity are my objects . With God ' s blessing , and the aid of such friends a 3 yourself , I will struggle to the death to locate every one ot cay loved and cot-tiding children , and should I become a pauper in the strn . _! a none wil ! turn me hungry from their door , or _reiu = e me shelter .
I remain , Tour faithful and obliged Friend , _Fbakgcs _O'CosNoa
To The West End London Boot And Shoemake...
TO THE WEST END LONDON BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS . _Gzntle 3 _ . —The sum of money voted by yonr body for the _tsmilies of the imprisoned Chartists has beSn disposed of iu accordance with your instructions . Oa Friday , the 4 th of August , in company with Mr Kydd , I visited Mrs Jones . Mrs Sharp , * and Mrs Williams , and paid them two pounds each . Mrs F-3 ? ell was noi at home , but called next day at the Stab _offies , when iha also received two pounds . Mr Kydd paid two pounds to Mrs Vernon , which completed the distribution of the ten pounds , the amount of yonr generous donation . I bag to express , on behalf of the families of onr unfortunate brethren , their grateful acknowledgements of your p . triotie and fraternal kindness . I am . G _ tlem n , your obedient servant , G . J _ i _ s Hahset . Northers Stas Office , August 12 ; h . 1848 .
Ths Edinburgh Chartist..— Rankan. Walker...
Ths Edinburgh Chartist .. — Rankan . Walker , and Cumming , the leaders of tbe Chartist bedy here , _whole apprahension took _plaet some time ago , have cow been committed on a charge ef high treason , and are not therefore bailable , to the great _disappointment of their political friends , The cage of Hamilton and Graat is still under investigation , with regard to whom it is probable that the same cour _. e will be followed . —Edinburgh Witness . ¦ Mrs _FcssKLL . —We are glad to find that the friends of this _Whi _^ -made widow intend giving her a benefit at the Hoyal Albert Saloon , Shepherdess Walk , City road , on Wednesday evening , Augast 10 The entertainments commencing with a grand t _ torical Fl _. y _, are ofa novel and interesting description ; and wo hope our Chartist friends will not fail to patronise such a benevolent undertaking , and make the benefit a bumper .
' Let Sleeping Dogs Lie '—Fontenelle lived to be nearlv one hundred vears old : a ladv of _nearlv equal age said to him one day in a laige company , 'Monsieur , you and I stay here so long , that I have a notion that death has forgotten us . '' Speak as low as you can , madame , ' replied Fontenelle , ' lest you should remind him of us . ' Smuggling of Fire-Asms from Greevock . — On Friday forenoon , two persons left in the halfpast ten train from - Greenock to Glasgow , with a quantity of arms in their possession . The arms were carefully wrapped up in sail-cloth , and conveyed with evident precaution into a third-class Carriage ; hut from the _suspicious appearance of the
men , and their evident endeavours to conceal their cargo , the suspicions of Mr Symington , the active railway manager here , were aroused , and it being contrary to the rules . of the company that fire-arms be carried in an open carriage , Mr Symington , caused them to be removed from among the passengers aHd placed in the railway luggage truck . It being known to the authorities here that quantities of arms ordered by , and belonging to the Arms Clubs , both of Chartists and Confederates , are concealed about town , it was supposed the two persons referred to might be removing a part of the arms to a place of greater concealment than Greenock at present is . Mr Gillespie , our indefatigable messenger-at-arms , was therefore dispatched to obtain accurate information . In an hour after
Mr G . was upon the correct track , and very soon ascertained that the two persons referred to were Irishmen , and known Repealers ; that one of them had gone out at Poit Glasgow , a * _ that the other , named 'William Broadbine , had gone on to Glasgow with his parcel . On further inquiry in Glasgow aud and Greenock , it was ascertained Broadbine had in that parcel two guns aud four pistols . Mr Gillespie was , however , satisfied that Broadbine , as a broker , dealt in these articles , and that as Mr Agnew Broadbine * . factor , had been demanding payments of large arrears of rent , Ikoadbiiie had taken the guns and pistols to Glasgow , to sell or raise money Upon them , and with no felonious intention . Mr G . reported so to the authorities . _—Renfrewshire Advertiser .
On Sunday , when the minister of Udny entered the kirk , he was no less surprised than indignant to find that 'Jamie Flemiug' had taken possession of the pulpit . ' Come doon _, Jamie , ' said his Reverence . ' Come ye up , sir , ' answered Jamie .- 'they ' re a stiffneckit and rebellious generation , sir , an' it will tack cs _baitb to manage them . '
Suw Ready, Price I Wipen.E,
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THE RIGHT OF PUBLIG MEETING A LETTER Addressed ( befsre Sentence , ) TO LORD CHIEF JUSTICE SIR THOMAS WILDE . Br Ebnest Jones . This letter contains the substance ofthe _address which Ernest Jones intended to _deliver in the court , but which the judge would not allow to bs gpoken . Also , price Threepence , L TEBBAT 1 M BEFORT OF THS TRti-, 1 OS " ERNEST JONES AND TOE OTHER CHARTIST LEADERS . How Ready , a Kew Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . _TEE <;_ IEA _ S . _EDITIOK EVER rDBtlSnEB . Price 16 . ci ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Flate of t & - Anthor , of PAINE ' S POLITICAL WORKS . In a few <' ays will be published , price 31 ., TH . _-2 EVIDENCE GIVEN BY JOHN 5 ILLETT , In his Examination before the Committee on tfee National Land Company . This _importan . b . y of eridence will form _. ixtfen closeW printed page ? , aud _conduaWely prove what may be done with Two Acres , by explaining what John _Sillott has done . HO . XIX : OF " THE LABOURER , " FOB AUGUST , Cont 3-ninc ; a copious report of the Evidence taken before tbe Land _Cosamittee is now published and ready for distribution . Watson , Queen's Head-passage , Paternoster-row , London : A . Hey-RO . d , V _. ariche . _ " ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country .
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ALLOTMENTS ON SALE . TWO TWO-ACRES' both cropped , at Snig's End . TWO FOUR ACRES , at Bromsgrove . For particulars , apply to the Director * , at their OfHce , Ut , High Holborn , Lendon .
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TO BE SOLD , at Snig's End , a Valuable THREE " ACRE ALLOTMENT , cropped , together with Four Paid-up _Four-Acre Shares In the Land Company . The Allotment is most delightfully situated , and in most excellent soil . Price , altogether , £ 160 . For further particulars , apply ( if by letter ) , post-paid , to J . B ., No . 7 , Snig ' s End , near _Oloncetter ,
The Northern Star , Satprbay, August 12 , 18.8.
THE NORTHERN STAR _SATPRBAY , AUGUST 12 , 18 . 8 .
Ireland.
IRELAND .
" Alas, Peor Country ! Almost Afraid To ...
" Alas , _peor country ! Almost afraid to know itself ! "
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Ireland . is now occupied not by foreign troops , but by her sister ' s sons , and her own police ; and , to the joy and exultation of the Saxon Press , the Catholic Priesthood of Ireland—whose ancestors have grinned through rocks and caverns , and who , under greater privations than the magnanimous O'Brien , whose tender heart would not allow him to perpetrate cruelty , and whose honour would not allow him to steal , have aforetime traversed their native hills barefoot and in sackclothare the reliable _body-guard of the Saxon government .
Let us not he misunderstood , as denouncing men who r ' _^ hteously and religiously set their faces _against bloodshed and slaughter , but let ui-. ask who have been the promoters of this rebellion ? Who have sown the seed of dissension ? Who under their great teacher have for years designated the Saxon , and everything English , as the enemy and destroyer of everything Irish ? Who has ripened the mind for the present sedition and revolt ? Who gathered the means of supplying the heat to
the hotbed where the seed was sown , and the plant was nourished ? Who led the monster meetings in 1843 ? Who recommended the fusion ofthe " moral force humbug ' ' into the physical force declaration ? Who brought down upon their heads the denunciation t . of that Parliament and that Press , which now extols their loyalty to the Heavens ? Who characterised them as the promoters of assassination , as the fomenters of sedition , and the organisers of rebellion ? Who called them the " _SURPLICED RUFFIANS ? " And who
recommended them as patterns of religion , as promoters of Christianity , and as ministers of a Church , though designated as alien and heterodox , as worthy OF STATE
SUPPORT ? Where , too , is their little leader ? Where is the " young ruffian'' who had _the'insolence to speak of the violence of Chartism , and who now luxuriates in the prospect of eking profit out of the failure of thosQ enthusiastic spiritwho have been led to hazard and danger , in the attempt to reclaim their country's mind from that state of profitable baseness into wliich y _ rs of teaching had plunged it ? What living man thafc does not more honour O'Brien in his cell than John O'Connell
rocked in his thought- of exultation at his disaster ? The state of Ireland is frightful to contemplate ; but let not the English minister suppose that poverty , though paralysed for a moment , can be long kept in subjection , even by clerical sway . The Catholic priesthood , once the acknowledged serfs of the State , will lose their power and dominion , and then , in the words of Sir John Cam Hobhouse , in 18 * 22 , " Though every Irish peasant had a rope round his neck , or a bayonet at his back , rebellion eannot be subdued until justice is done to a starving people- ' '
The question , as regards England , will presently resolve itself into one of pounds , shillings , and pence , and we much doubt that the English trader , or even the English landlord , will consider the colony worth preserving at an annual expenditure ofsome millions . The Press not only exults in the capture of O'Brien , but would now desi gnate him as a silly fool and a maniac . We stop not to inquire the cause which led to his surrender—for surrender it undoubtedly was—and we do not belong to that class who would heap reproach upon the head of one whose valour or cowardice must be measured h y the _lalour or cowardice of others .
Of one thing , however , we feel assured , and that is—that if the potato cro p has failed this year , which we trust may not be true , and assurances of the falsehood of which we receive from many parts of Ireland—but should such a calamity again fall upon Ireland , all the army at England ' s disposal , and all the money that her Exchequer can spare , and all the influence of the priesthood , will not be able to repress the national discontent . Landlords flying , trade standing still , money scarce , food destroyed , and disaffection raging , will place that country in such a position that nothing but the timely interference of some great and resolute statesman can avert . But is it not ever the case with
the strong , and especially with thestrong Whigs , to use vengeance and force , instead of timely and prudent concession ? Is it not a fact that the weakest ministry that ever held office now holds it upon the base tenure of the fears of their opponents , rather than upon confidence in themselves ? Is this a state of things that can last ? Will the English trader , with the markets of the Continent , nay , of the world closed against him , consent to the sacrifice of his neighbour customer , who , by justice and _conciliatisn , might be made a substitute for those colonies which are to be pampered or populated as consumers of British produce ?
Will the English landlord consent to increased taxation , to increased poor rates , to increased insecurity , to increased degradation , in order that a degenerate Whig government should substitute the bloody sword for the British constitution in Ireland ? and will they submit to the further tax upon their land and
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industry , to pay the Catholic priesthood , iri the hope—the false , vain hope—of milking them the pacificators of thiir country ? and so poor , but so just is our opinion of the Irish landlords , that although the voluntary contribution paid by their Catholic tenantry to the priesthood is not like the tithes paid to the Protestant parsons , a lien upon the lands , yet let the State supply a substitute for that voluntary contribution , and nine out of every ten landlords in Ireland will raise the rent in preportion to the saving effected by the change .
Itis cowardly to avow the fact , but yet it must be stated , that we fear to give expression to our feelings upon the Irish question in the present rabid state of society—bat let those who hope to govern by the sword , rather than by opinion , bear this fact in mind , that men become more desperate when the angry passions are pent up , and when vent cannot be g iven to their depression . All _ e physical
force at the command of Britain ean neither stab a sentiment , shoot an opinion , nor cut down thought ; and these are the _fiuitful seeds of dissension , dissatisfaction , and strife , which , in the long run , will out-general , outvie , and out-run the best physical-force arrangements . They rankle in men's minds ; they are set upon one object ; they are directed to the same result—and , however a few
-of the bubbles may he blown from the surface , they at last create a flood , which sweeps away every barrier that sophistry can oppose , every barricade that the assailing power ran erect ; sail then , the successful decline the acceptance of terms from the assailant , with the poor modicum of which they would have been more than satisfied , if granted to justice instead _^ of surrendered to fear . And , though thousands may fall in the struggle not
yet commenced in Ireland , we would warn the Government again to take heedjto look around , to _reflect upon what is passing in other nations , and to bear in mind that tiie American missionary , who was denied access to one of their former kings , subsequentl y became the Ambassador to his Court ; and , perchance , there may be as much magic in an American prisoner , now in an Irish gaol , as there formerly was in a rejected American missionary .
"To be forewarned , is to be forearmed ;" aiid we think we best discharge our obligation of allegiance to the Queen of Eng land , by telling her that she is surrounded by artful and designing men , who lose all thought of her prerogative in ambition , self-interest , and selfaggrandisement . Let her reflect upon the words of Grattan , an authority much relied upon , as the dead always are—however much they may be disregarded while living . He said—" Three million Irish slaves will rivet Britain ' s chains . " Oh , Queen ! beware ! Oh , Ministers ! take heed !! Oh , people I be cautious , for assuredly the tyranny of your oppressors will secure your freedom , your own folly alone can retard its accomplishment .
The National Land Company. As We Promise...
THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . As we promised the snarlers lust week , we have not yet done with them . Perhaps this Xational Land Company , in its several phases , presents to the sane and thinking portion of the community one of the most extraordinary features of the growth of mind , and progress of self-reliance ; while , to the insane and thoughtless—who still hope to live on the disunion , the jealousies , and want of confidence of the millions—it presents the first stumblingblock laid in the path of avarice , cupidity and plunder .
The propounder and promoter of this scheme is a member of a persecuted family—a native of a degraded province—an alien in a strange land—exiled by the greatest juggler of ancient or modern times , because lie would not be a coadjutor in the work of national degradation achieved through the prostitution of the Irish mind . And from the moment l . e set foot upon these shores , as the advocate of popular rights and the defender of his country ' s liberties , his whole endeavour appears to have been that of inculcating the principle of self-reliance in the minds of the labour class .
To accomplish this he has braved and withstood an amount of persecution and oppression which few men could have borne up against , until , at length , he has constituted himself not only the adviser , but the accepted director , of the Labour movement . With some peopleand for a short time this may be an easy task —but with the Eng li s h people—and for fifteen years—it must have been an herculean labour , especially when the annihilation of one charge is succeeded b y another , until , at length , the general complaint of the Press—which has hurled its thunderbolts
against him—has melted from the charge of plunder , deception , and fraud , to one of blunder , mistake , and weakness . But what we most esteem in Mr _O'Connor'a character , in connexion with the Land Company , is his repudiation , not only abroad but in the Ilouse of Commons , of any compliment to his honesty , at the expense of the character of his working men associates . "But , " said that gentleman , " however flattering the resolutions of the Committee may be to myself , I will not accept a compliment at the expense of the honest working men with whom I have been associated , and who have acted under my direction . " And now that the farce of a nine
weeks inspection of Mr O'Connor ' s accounts by a Select Committee of the House of Commons has been performed , let us not be misunderstood when we state that the evidence , on the face ef it , bears out the fact , that the abject—the only object—of Ministerial _acquiescence in the appointment of that Committee , was to prove Mr O'Connor really guilty of fraud upon the working classes . But that farce being now concluded , we ask , if there is upon record such another instance of pure devotedness and integrity as has been proved tothe world , as that established by Mr O'Connor and his working men coadjutors ? And hence the continuous , though altered ravings of the maniacs who dread the loss of those traders in
blood , whose abject slaves they are ; hence , we find poor Fonblanque , of the " Examiner "a creature who has * made as many tortuous windings as the serpent—emitting his spleen in two columns of wrath , containing no less than three and twenty falsehoods , and not one single fact ! Curious to say , that while Mr O'Connor is charged with paying- the printer of the " Northern Star" 1 , 000 / . for printing done on
behalf of the Land Company , the scribe lacked the honesty to state that the verv PRINTERS OF THE " EXAMINER" received a portion of this money for doing the work of the National Land Company , while the work performed by Mr O'Connor ' s own printer was p erformed at a considerable reduction under any other estimate furnished and under what was previously paid for the same description of work .
Is it not marvellous how the Lord delivers our enemies into our hands , and what will poor Fonblanque—the great caterer for slavish patronage from the Government—say to this charge of patronage recoiling upon himself ? Then comes the "Daily News" the huxter paper of Bradbury nnd L ' vans , the " ragmen , '' who having become the proprietors of " Punch ' have turned that originally splendid paper into a mere puppet-show exhibition .
But what , in reality , will be the impression left upon the minds of the working classes by this long and protracted inquiry ? Will it not be to invest their poor savings in any undertaking recommended by Mr O'Connor without too minutely scanning details upon which the whole Press of the kingdom has been unable to come to anything like a conclusion ? The p lan submitted b y M r O'Connor in this week ' s paper , is one which , if carried out with spirit , will be the best answer to the assailants of the Land Company _; and while poor Bradbury and Evans writhe and wri ggle at the notion of the Land Company having raised the
circulation of the " Star , " let it be understood —as we . are willing to meet and able t _, refute every charge of interested motives or _cipidity —let it be understood , that this Company being established for the benefit of those who could onlv pay threepence per week to the funds , that Mr O'Connor , upon its formation , recommended the people , who could not otherwise afford it , to give up the " Northern Star ' ' and apply their money to the payment of their weekly subscriptions . And let it be further understood , that so far from the establishment of the National Lvihd Company increasing the
circulation ofthe "Star , the fact has been precisely the reverse . Men that bought now borrow / it ispolitical and not social agitation which raises the circulation of a popular newspaper , and we p _« t it to the readers of the " Nortltem Star , " whether Mr O'Connor has ever used any passing excitement as the means of increas ing the circul ation of his paper . But we may go further and carry the war into the enemy ' s camp * we may ask whether any of those newspapers who use passing excitement as a means of profitand who placard the walls of
Eng-, hind with brutal and obscene posting-bills—we may ask if they devote any portion of their profits to other than their own benefit ? Nay , we go further still , and ask whether , after eleven vears of oppression and persecution , the " Northern Star , " for years making a splendid fortune , has made its proprietor a richer man ? The very charges of those sycophants should make every man in England a subscriber to the " Northern Star , " when he finds , by their own showing , that its whole profit goes to sustain their cause .
But there is another curious feature connected with this Land Company , and it is this—that not a fraction of the money has either been misapplied or unprofitably employed , and if theproperty was sold to-morrow , Mr _' O'Connor ' sattention , industry , and prudent management has increased its value by more than 10 , 000 / . ; whereas , as we have frequently _stntt'tl _, the invariable course of other companies is , to surfeit the mind with flaming
prospectuses , for which the hireling Press receives a large reward ; the chairman , managers , directors , committeemen , and their staff , luxuriate andgrovv wealthy upon the gullibility of their dupes * hope is raised , expectations are held out wliich the profligate Press encourages , until at length call after call is made , and when no further aid can be received , the rogues " book up , " the managers dissolve , and the lawyers , like the harpies , come in and devour the fragments .
These critics talk as if the earth was to swallow up the land of the Land Company and all the houses , as if the property had vanished , because no rent is yet paid . There is one reason , and we trust a satisfactory one , why rent has not been yet paid—and it is simply because rent is not yet due . Bnt when the rent is due , not an occupant will be a defaulter ; and this is a strong argument in support of the benefits arising from the Land Company , namely—that being for the benefit of the poor , it is not contemplated that the tenants of the Company shall be harrassed in their infant undertaking , like the tenants of Irish land lords , or many English landlords .
Next week , however , we shall publish some curious revelations connected with the Select Committee of the Nationai Land Company . We shall publish some letters , written by a Member of Parliament to a clergyman upon one of the estates , appointing him spy and inquisitor into the conduct of Mr O'Connor and the allottees ; and which letters the receiver incautiousl y dropped in one of the cottages . We shall publish a letter from a most respectable individual , incul p ating Mr Richard Cobden as ferreter of evidence for the Committee , that letter— which we will give literally from the original—charges him with being daily closeted with " One who has whistled
at the Plough , alias " the flogged Soldier , " 6 _« . _'Sommerville . '' And as to Sir Benjamin , we shall withhold the correspondence respecting his dealings , until we establish our facts sufficiently to enable the honourable Member for Nottingham to apply for a Select Committee to inquire into the truth or falsehood , the legality or illegality , of those transactions . Meantime , in reply to " T . I , " we would invite him to use all open and honourable means _^ to acquire information upon those points on whicii he has instructed us , but not upon any account to follow the example of Sir Benjamin , by courting or giving ear to anything which cannot be indisputably proved .
We think that Mr O'Connor s letter , which we publish this week , places the Land Company , as to its future prospects , in so clear and unmistakeable a view , that it will give unmixed satisfaction to all , save those whom he very properly designates as " THE VERMIN . " And , in conclusion , we would draw the attention of the reader to . the indisputable fact , that the largest amount of weekly payment required from shareholders in the Land Company , does not amount to one-half of the subscription paid to other societies , in which few
receive any , and many receive no benefit at all ; and to the still greater fact , that Land and Houses are the best security for money , and that the Free Labour field is the best Savings Bank for the investment of man ' s industry , and renders him the largest profit . One other fact must never be lost si ght of , which is , that Mr O'Connor never anticipated such a giant association ; that its _growth , as well as the " vermin , ' ' have continually hampered him in his movements , and that , according to the evidence submitted to the Committee , every possible attempt has been made to secure ,
First , enrolment—then protection by Act of Parliament—then provisional registrationthen complete registration—then , again , legal protection . And that the Press , bursting with hope in the Select Committee , has now the audacity to turn upon that Committee , to revile and abuse it for not lending the weight of its name to the destruction of the Company and the gratification of its enemies . We think Mr O'Connor evinced no small tact in excluding Free Trade mercenaries from the Committee , and as there were four popular
representatives—not counting thePUMP—upon the Committee ; namely , Mr Sharman Crawford , Captain Peehell , Mr George Thompson , and Mr Scbolefield , Member for Birmingham—we would recommend the constituents of those honourable gentlemen to make a respectful appeal to them , asking them to express a sincere opinion as to the manner and spirit in which that Committee was conducted , and also the impression made upon their minds , as regards the management of the affairs of the Company by the promoters . As we stated last week , we have not only not yet done , but have
not yet commenced our war attack ; and , perhaps , the reader will be curious to learn that we shall be enabled to convict a Cabinet Minister of a . hellish conspira-y against Mr O'Connor , in obedience to the recommendation of his former chief , to"RUIN HIM WITH EXPENSES , " and b y whose treachery and connivance Mr O'Connor was compelled te pay 65 / . last week to the celebrated Mr F . T . Fowler , wbo gave evidence against tbe Chartist prisoners , and whose letter , with reference to the Government and Press arrangements of the 10 th © f April , we annex : —
¦ i _, Great Cbarlotte street , _Wackfriarsron _., April 17 th , 1848 . Dear Sir , —A fact has just come to my know edge , which may perhaps be _in-eresting to you , and ivhich will in some measure explain how all the dailr piporgon Tuesday last , stated Mat there were only lu _. UuO persons present at the meeting on Monday last ; which somewhat surprised me , as I am certain th . ie were upwards of _-uUjOJfl . The Commissioners of Police , on Monday ev __ niiii » last
sent round to the papers a document maiked private requesting them to Btate thut there were only lS _. OUO persons present at the meeting-. Now , I think you ought to ask the Home _S-ertstary , whether the po ice are paid tor the _i _nrpose of supplying the new . pnpers with lies . Of course , I do not wish you to mention my name in connexion -villi the matter , but you may place the grea-. e t reliance Upon my information , 1 remain , dear Sir , _faitiifully yours , P . X . _Fonx-B . To Feargus O'Connor Esq ., M . r .
The Enlimf Confuted And
THE _ENliMF CONFUTED AND
CONFOUNDED . The strict and searching inquiry into the affairs of this Company , which was instituted by Parliament , having closed , and the Report ofthe Committee having placed its promoters under the necessity of devising new means of effecting the great object in view , it is of the utmost importance that all connected with it should understand the exact nature ofthe diffi . culties with which they have to contend . It is also necessary , in order ta maintain that feeling of confidence , which has enabled the members hitherto to make head against an
amount of calumny and opposition almost unparalleled , that they should have the fullest information , as brought out by the investigation by the Committee of the House of Commons , with regard to the manner in which their affairs have been heretofore managed With the view of supplying this desideratum , a _' carefully compiled and impartial abstract of the voluminous evidence given before the Committee , has been prepared for the number of " The Labourer , " now ready for publication , and whicii ought to be , in the hands of every shareholder of the Company
In addition to a detailed account of the various efforts made to legalise the Company during a period of three years , and the nature ofthe obstacles which prevented the attainment of that object , the evidence incidentally throws a flood of light on the position of associated bodies of the working classes , with reference to the law , which has never before been brought together , and which we recommend to Trades' Unions , Friendly _benefit and Building Societies , Odd-Fellows , and others , as a valuable compendium of the law with reference to these matters , as stated by the official authorities themselves . The members of the
Company will find a detailed account of the manner in which the finances were managed the business transacted , and the extent , cost , and capabilities of each estate purchased by Mr O'Connor for the Company , as vouched for by two of the most eminent accountants of the present day , appointed by the Select Committee to examine and report upon the exact position of affairs . The practicability of the plan itself , and the means by wbich it may ultimately be made successful , form an interesting- portion ofthe digest , and will be of the utmost service , infeoojunc ion with the other parts of the evidence , in enabling the various
branches to give instructions to their delegates at the Conference assembled to _definitely determine theffuture course ofthe Company . The publication of " The Labourer " has been delayed , in order that it mi ght include the whole of the evidence , and it has also been more than doubled in size for that purpose , that the public might have all the facts before them at one glance . These facts we may , in conclusion , remark , are equally honourable to the people who placed unbounded confidence in their leader , and to the leader who so nobly and generously exercised that confidence for the benefit of the people , at an immense sacrifice to himself .
Parliamentary Review. One Of The " Six P...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW One of the " Six Points" of the Charter has heen agreed to by the House of Commons . Whether it was owing , as the Times asserts , to " a sudden concentration ofthe extreme Radical party , ivhich took the Minister by surprise , " or to the desertion of his Tory supporters , who on this occasion left him in the lurch , to contend , as Colonel Sibthorp expressed it , with " his own mutinous troops , " is not clear . The fact , however , is there . In what , forthe month of Au gust , must be considered a full house of 167 members , Lord John was beaten bv a
majority of FIVE . For our own part we do not concur in the excuse invented to cover this defeat hy the Ministerial journal ; Mr Berkeley had given ample notice of his intention to bring on the motion in favour ofthe Ballot ; if Lord John , under these circumstances , allowed his obsequious supporters to scamper off and place the Humber or the Tweed between them and St Stephen ' s , it must have been under the belief that , b y some of those Parliamentary "dodges ' ' which so frequently cushion inconvenient questions , he could without their aid
defeat the motion . Perhaps a ¦ ' count out " might be reckoned on—that simplest of all modes of putting a stopper upon topics tabooed by the two great factions who p lay into each others hands at the expense of the nation . But fron the very first the Hume party mustered in such strength , as made that " dodge" impracticable , In f act , the House presented a very singular appearance during the debate . With the exception of Lord John Russell and one or two underlings , the Treasury Bench was empty during the greater part of the fiveninur . The Protectionist benches were
nearly deserted , while behind the Minister sat the evidently determined and compact forces of the favourers of the Ballot . The course of the debate was not less curious than the appearance of the House . Mr Berkeley ' s clever and telling speech in support of his motion , was followed by a number of small speeches , each of them followed by a short pause , and cries of " Divide ; " while Lord John sat with his hat drawn down over his eyes , and his arms folded , seemingly determined to keep silence on the question , and leave it to its fate . At last he rose , and if not in an able , at least in a
frank and decided manner , gave his reasons fo r opposing the motion . From that time the debate increased in interest , and the House became more animated . The '' Whippersiu " ferreted out reinforcements to the Whi g troops , and hurried them to the scene of action , but in vain , the division _eguall y surprised the victorious party ' and the beaterVM inisterialists ; and the ' * great fact" remains _ n the journals of the House of Commons , that it is the opinion of that House " It is expedient in the election of members to serve in Parliament , that the votes of electors be taken by wav of Ballot . "
One other circumstance connected with the division may he noted . It was left a n " open question , " and in order to maintain that appearance of consistency , without which no public man can long possess public confidence in this country , eight of the inferior officials voted against their Chief upon the question . The triumphant party appear to be satisfied with the victory they have gained for this Session , and have given notice ofa bill founded (•¦ n the resolution , for next year .
With respect to the Ballot itself , we candidly confess that , apart from the other points of the Charter , and especiall y disconnected with an extension of the Suffrage , we are very doubtful of its utility . There was great force and truth in the argument of Lord John _Itussell that the one-seventh ofthe male adult population to whom the vote is at present given , hold it in trust for the six-sevenths who are excluded from the franchise , and that if the privileged one-seventh were _allowed to vote in secret , there ivould . be an end of all public control and responsibility . No doubt the argument
conies badly from a man who has so recently voted against an extension of the Suffrage , and who has so resolutel y taken his stand upon the principle of finality . But truth is truth , come from what quarter it may , and we are not prepared to concu r in adding new privilege _, to those already conferred upon a privileged class . If the ' electoral class find that the exercise of that privilege exposes them to intimidation and to consequent loss , if they di ) not submit to the corrupt and
unconstitutional influences brought to bear upon themthe remedy is in tlieir own hands . Let them do justice to the parties whom they are said virtn ally to _represent instead of holdi ' nganylon _ r the trust vested in them , and which entails upon them such numerous annoyances ; let them exercise it at once , an . ) effectively , by sending to Parliament men pledged tu give the franchise to the people at large ; _uhen that is done let the Ballot accompany the Suffrage iu order that corruption may be baffled b y
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the extent of the held on which it has to one rate , and the impossibility of ascertaining _, whether its bribes and its intimidations are successful or not . Meanwhile , as the world generally adopts innovations , however good they may be , piecemeal , we have no objection to see the Ballot received into good society and made ' ' respectable . " It is a sign of p olitical progress . " "W ork a little longer , " J the other points will , by and by , secure an " eligible " position in public and in _ t * arlia- _» mentarv estimation .
The Public Health Bill Has , We Supp Ose...
The Public Health Bill has , we _supp ose . last been moulded into the shape which fits ;_ : for public inspection , as a piece of legislative I workmanshi p . Its transmutations have bbea : many and perplexing—a sort of Parliamenta ry Proteus , which assumed new shapes even as vou looked at it . Since the 10 th of February , when j it made its first appearance , under the title i of a " Bill for Promoting the Public Health ' * down to the 27 th of July , when it came out " a Bill as amended by the Lords , intituled nn Act for promoting the Public Health , " it has passed through six transformations , each of them involving the alteration of all the old clauses and isions
prov , and the consideration of shoals of new ones . There can be no doubt that this is mainly owing to the facile -ind , y ielding temper of Lord Morpeth , who _had _' the I Bill in charge . A more obstinate and deter | mined man would have shut his ears to thi j countless suggestions which p _ red in 1 UMJ ? him from al ] quarters , and having first _utkhJd ! _? _ „ lV ° " rinCi . _" _^ _hinf 0 £ the Bill , have gone resolutel y forward to his - object But Lord Morpeth _ _« ot cast in t £ t > mould of statesmen . He may be said to _, btoop to Conquer' and , perhaps , in this , n-tance , looking at the multitude of interests ¦ that had to be wrestled with and overcome , ia the long run it was the best policy . The j tortoise has reached the goa . at last-that is ! something to be thankfu l for . A foundation , at least , has been laid lor more affective le-islatum hereafter . J 3
! In the progress of the measure through both Houses , it is generally admitted that the Lords have shown themselves . he mostenli ght-; ened and determined Sanitary Reformers - " ind that but for them the Bill would ultimately have passed a mere caput mortuum , like many other Whig measures , which , like Dead Sea fruit , fair and tempting to the sight , crumbles into ashes at the touch . In fact , the Lords are removed from the trade influences which operate on the minds of Members of the other
House , and can legislate on the subject of public health impartially . They are pot like Mr Brig ht , personall y interested in the provisions for the prevention of smoke , and , therefore , they have not the obtusity of intellect which prevents the honourable member for Manchester—that cap ital of smok y chimnies—from understanding the meaning ofthe term , " opaque smoke . " " According to the amiable and innocent Mr
Bright , smoke is never" opaque " in itself , but merely seems so according as there is a black or a white sky in the back-ground . You need not laugh , good people of Leeds , Bradford , Manchester , or Stock port , who are so familiar with " opaque smoke . ' This is the kind of stuff which may be safel y talked to the squires , _lordlings , and merchants , in the House of
Commons , without much danger of detection . The secret of the opposition is . that any attempt to compel the owners of mills to _present the contamination of the air by the smoke belched forth from their tall shafts , involves expense . It is something , however small , that diminishes the per centage—that sacred idol , so devoutly worshipped , and , in comparisoa with which , public health and public well-being fades into insignificance . In addition to the
_owners of manufactories and steam furnaces , the owners of slaughter-houses , and persons connected with offensive trades , the shareholders of water-works—who coin one ofthe first necessaries of life into gold , and dole out water by the driblet—have all an interest ia keeping things pretty much as they are , _;> nd preventing any interference with arrangements which yield tbem profit , however prejudicial to the community at large . The House of Commons is wonderfully sensitive to tbese influences , and had it not been that the
approach of the cholera inspired a wholesome fear of consequences , it is probable that some of the Lords' amendments would have been negatived at last . Lord Morpeth , in _proposing one uf these amendments , with an alteration of his own intended to make it more efficacious _an-l simple , took the opportunity of stating that the cholera was advancing to this country ia precisel y the same direction as that which it pursued in 1832 ; that it had been heralded bythe same precursor as on the former occasion —namely , a great amount of increase of
diarrhoea , ending fatally in many cases , now prevalent ; and that , by recent accounts , it had spread as far west as Riga , Narva , and Revel . He added , that it would be gratifying to him to be able to state , that this fri ghtful visitation was approaching us in a more mild for _.-n than that under which we had already had dreadful experience of its mortal effects " ; but , unfortunately , that was not the case , as shown by the communications of our Consuls abroad . This important announcement , no doubt , helped the progress of the Public Health Bill .
The Other Questions Before Parliament Ha...
The other questions before Parliament have been both numerous and varied—among them Mr Ewart made a show motion on the subject of taxation , which was " nipped in the bud '' by the chilling frost of the lateness of the Session , and put carefully by to be brought forth at some more convenient season . Mr C Buller has pushed forward his amended Poor Law Union Charges Bill , and succeeded in getting as far as the Committee with another _, which has for its object the creation of new
facilities for pauper education . The bill was objected to by several Members , on the scoreof expense—and we observe that it was also petitioned against from Ashton , on theground that the children in workhouses '' were better educated than the children of the labouring classes , and those of mechanics , who were brought up out ofthe workhouses . " This is a ? ion sequitur . The petitioners should have prayed , not that the children in workhouses should have less education , but that the children of the mechanics and _^ labouring _classes , brought up out of the workhouses , should have more . On the mere ground of economy , apart
entirely from the moral and social bearings of the questions , it would be infinitel y superior to replace our costly criminal and repressive machinery , by a comprehensive and effective scheme of intellectual and industrial training . Ministers and Parliament are doing their best to hurry tho Session to a close . The sitting may be said to be almost literally en permanence—for they continue night and day , with the intermission of a Yery few hoursscarcely sufficient for sleep and meals . Whether the legislation which results from this species of overwork will be of the best and most useful description , may be fairly doubted .
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Mr Thomas Po-Vil., Secretary Of The Late...
Mr Thomas _Po-vil _., secretary of the late Venezuela _Emigration Company , is requested to _Btnclhis address to Allen SuteiilJ ' e , Lower-moor , _Itippon-acr ., near HliUf : X . Mr It . Waco _Neu _castle-umler-Lyne .-The Ss 6 tl , Rent to 111 , Ui | lU _IMbo . n , li _ net been handed over to us for the defence uf the victims . Had we received it , it __ would have betn _avkiio \ vled _ o _ . in our last . Sin , —Mease to answer me this question . Suppose tho American _prisoners captured in Ireland are hung ar tr .. n « _poi-t _ . what will the Yankees " say or do ? [ He l _. ave the solution to the Yankees . En . N . S . ] Mr _O'CosNon ani ) the Soheb 8 Town CtiAimsTs . —Te ,- .. haps my enthusiastic frhii-8 of Somer . Town will now b _ . iti _ cd , ii hen they learn that tho insertion of Mr-FusseU ' . letter relative to Mr Fowler , cost me £ 6 % paid to that man , a sum which I trust will be ror ' umJed by the country , as if I was to pay for every body * 8 eu . tli . _uiasm , I should eoon become a pauper . F . O'Connor . S Davis , _Motheiw-ll . — Write , and enclose a _postage stamp , lo Mr ElSnghain Wilson , Rojal Exchange London ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 12, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12081848/page/4/
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