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TO _jTHE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . « _L-tst speecli , confession , and tree dying declaration of Thomas Bailey , late proprietor of tthe Nottingham Mercury , who was found smothered in a heap of waste papers , at ms office in the Market-place , on Thursday last , the llth instant-May the Lord have mercy en his soul . " BasfordNottingham November 9 tb , 1847 .
, , Sim-Aithoughidid - _^ _^ f- . _* _^;" _raty of meetinl yon on the platform in the _Ex-Ifranee Hall . Nottingham , on the evening of the 27 ntlt . _fyet have A * been the less desirous on that account to express to you m public the grounds on which I differ from you in respect of your proposed scheme for ameliorating the general condition of the British labouring class , by locating thera in agricultural colonies , on the principles of your' Land
I propose , then , that we have a meeting in public for the discussion of this question , and its co-relative one , the influence of these colonies , supposing them to be extensively established , on the moral , the intellectual , and social condition of the industrial classes of tbis country , as well as on the wealth , the power , the prosperity , and real greatness of the empire at large . All reference to balance sheets , or the detail of management of the colonies at present in existence , to be prohibited on this occasion , and tbe discussion he confined exclusively to principles .
To secure order , and guard as much as possible against exhibitions of undue partiality by any portion of the audience , 1 propose that each party shall nominate a Chairman , who shall , if they think proper , nominate an umpire . The audience to range on opposite sides of the hall or place of meeting . I engage to commence the proceedings , by slating my objections to the Land Plan , for which purpose I shall be allowed one hour and a half . You shall then enter on the defence , being allowed a similar period of time , after which half an hour shall be granted me for reply .
I am fearful there is not time during your present stay in Nottingham to complete the arrangements accessary for this discussion , though I am roost desirous that it should come off at as early a period as possible . Waiting a line from yon on this subject to-morrow morning , addressed to me at the' Jtfercurj- Office . ' I remain , sir , yours most obediently , Thos . _Bailkt . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., Ram Hotel , Nottingham .
Ham Hotel , Nottintthara , Tuesday , . November 9 th , _1847 . Sib , —I accept your challenge—name your day , and give me sufficient notice , to enable me to travel to Nottingham . Fbabgcs O'Connor . Mr Thomas Bailey , Mercury Office , Nottingham . Now , my friends , I invite you—nay , I implore you—to read the . ahove letter of Mr Tliomas Bailey with care and attention , and from it you wiU learn that the assailer of my character—the critic and denouncer of the balance sheet—the exposer of my wasteful
expenditure of your funds , and the enemy of the principle involved in the Land Plan , when worsted in the conflict , abandons every objection to the balance sheet , surrenders every charge of wasteful expenditure , and gives up the denunciation of the principle , and is now satisfied to rest his opposition upon the effects tbat the _Piin may have upon the moral , intellectual , and social condition ofthe people . j ; Let me ask you if erer a more dishonest , or more disreputable , or more disgraceful shuffle was resorted to hy the greatest juggler ? But irom ray acceptance of his challenge yon will
learn a valuable and a wholesome lesson—the lesson that I do not shrink from any inquiry into the subject hefore an audience whose minds would be easily Massed against me , hecause interested in my integrity , if the shadow of a shade of wrong could he proved against me . You mast always bear in mind , that I am the person who , ahove all others , has pressed upon you the necessity of jealous , and even suspicious , watching of your funds ; and so particular am 1 upon this point—the want of particularity on which has been the rock
that every movement has heen shivered upon —that last night , when presenting my hanker s _bookjlthe secretary ' s book—in which there is not a figure of mine—and the balance sheets . to a deputation of the several secretaries of this district , that I was the least impatient of all , and the most anxious for the most searching inqniry . I showed to that deputation every item set down from the secretary ' s book , in my answer to Bailey , of last week ; and there was not one single fraction of variance between those hooks , my balance sheet , and tiie banker ' s book . 1 even directed their
attention to the items cavilled at by Bailey and showed flie entries , dates , and amounts in the banker s book . I did not make one figure ; the secretaries took the figures from the several _bookstand , as yau will find by their resolutions at foot , they were perfectly satisfied on behalf of their constituents . There were also present two accountantsmaster manufacturers—and to those gentlemen , and the secretaries , I exhibited the
banker ' s book , making them cast the debtor and creditor side up , and showing the balance of 1 , 200 .. due to me . Then , as my character , with regard to the " Northern Star " accounts , had been assailed in the "Mercury , '' I exhibited the hooks connected with that paper from the first week , and npon them I think I satisfied the deputation that there wasn ' t n figure of mine ; and upon which they expressed themselves in no very measured terms .
You will not suppose that a gentleman can be too minute in his explanation ofthe smallest item connected with the funds of the working classes , and so particular am I in carrying all forward to their credit that they have paid , that you will find that I have debited myself with a sum of nearly 200 L , which , contrary to my repeated entreaties , has been placed in the different banks in London to my credit , and which still remains there , although I have given you credit for the whole amount in the balance sheet .
The wide range of accusation eow adopted by our opponents is , that , being unable to keep my own accounts , I am not competent to keep yours ; my answer is , that your accounts are not kept by me ; that they are kept , firstly , hy the Directors ; secondly , by my London agent ; thirdly , by my hanker and broker ; and , fourthly , by the overseer and bailiff . Hence , I have four checks upon those accounts , and my daty is the mere administration of those _fiindsj-taking care that I receive value for all expended . And I now pray your attention to the following curious and startling fact .
I have erected about 150 houses . They will not average 100 ? . a house , with out-buildings . My friend , Mr Allsop , ha 3 contracted for building a number of houses near Lincoln , upon the very same scale—and beautiful houses they are too—and for these houses the cost for overseer , architect , and builder , is about 155 Z . ; so that if you take a hundred houses , built under my supervision , and a hundred houses , built on account of a gentleman , whose time is too precious to- admit of
personal supervision , you have tlie astounding fact , that my management , in the erection of these hundred houses alone , saves you fifty-five pounds a house , or five thousand five hundred pounds ; ard when I shall have built a hundred thousand houses , which , with God ' s blessing , I will , I shall have saved the Company the small item of five millions five hundred thousand pounds . Now what think yon of that ? . ut that ' s not all . I save you an equal amount y performing eveiy operation myself , from the purchase of tbe Land to the location of the
occupant . Here , then , is the distinctive character of this undertaking . In every other instance the money of a Compaay is considered public property , a property from which every one connected with the Company has a kind ef prescriptive right to help himself , and all get afraid of each other ; whereas , I am afraid of no man , and the crime with which I am chargeable is , that I have been more jealous and . particular about this Company ' s money than I have heen about my own .
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" The one view that I wish yon to take of me , int life , and the Company , is this : —¦ Firstly . —That I could not spend money luxuriously if 1 bad ? t . Secondly . —That through the whole of life I have only valued money in proportion to the good I could do to the poor ; and Thirdly . —That if my object was to make pro . perty for myself , I date say I could rake and scrape some £ 20 , 000 . or- £ 25 , 000 * . of my own together ; and from that sum I weuld undertake , in ten years , to make myself the richest man in Europe , by purchasing land in the wholesale market , and selling it in the retail market , and discharged of the necessity of submitting my management , or my balance sheet , to the criticism of Bailey , Hobson , the _« Whistler , ' and Co .
It is a very extraordinary fact connected with this onr most holy of ail undertakings , that the poorman-protecting press never assailed it until it took such a firm hold of the minds of the working classes as to make it a tenor to monopoly , and surely , from the outset , the principle was precisely the same as it is now . As long as we were mere talking Chartists a bench of master magistrates conld send us before a jury of master manufacturers , for riots , routs , sedition , conspiracy and tumult ; tbey could send me to jail for publishing other men ' s speeches , but they _canntt send me to jail for publishing the receipts of other men's money . In fact , and I defy mortal man to deny it , I , of my single self , certainly aided by the good and trusty men with whom , thank God , I have been associated , have created a greater mental and moral revolution within the last ten years—for this
is THE BIRTH DAY of the Northern Star—this day it has completed its tenth anniversary—and , however those who have lived luxuriously , and amassed money by it , may now undertake to show and prove the _difficulties , the hazards , ' and hair breadth 'scapes ' through which that popular life-boat has passed ; yet , however searching , diving , critical , 6 V minute , their recitations and narratives maybe ; yet will all fall far , very far , short of the reality . The . poor
devils who undertake to pourtray the vicissitudes through which the Northern Star has passed , and the calamities it has survived , will find that when the vial of their wrath is expended , they have not named half , nor yet a twentieth part , while in the narrowness of their limited memories—only remarkable for fabrication—they appear to forget that no man has been so anxious , so ready , and so willing , at all times , to submit those difficulties to the werld , and to develope mv own pecuniary condition .
Yon will aay that I have not performed an easy week's work , when I tell you that it is now nearly twelve o ' clock on Thursday , and that from Monday night to tbis hour I have not been outside of this room , except to my bedroom , and that I have only eaten three meals ; and that , from nine o ' clock in the morning till twelve at night , I have been engaged in receiving deputations . No * is ' nt that time worth something to the poor ? I have stolen the time frem my rest , for all this , to write several letters , to read tbe daily papers ; and last , not least , to peruse Josh . Hobson ' s immense " long yarn" of fire columns and a half ! and if Mr . Roberts gare him a pill on Monday night , I'll give him a bolus on Saturday next that he is little prepared for and , then I ' ll leave him to wallow in his own mire , to be dealt with in future by those who know his character even better than I do .
I cannot however conclude this letter , without informing Mr Bailey that I will give him the aid of Hobson and the Whistler , " on Monday evening , the 22 nd inst ., for that ' s the night of the discussion ; and that while 1 undertake to . confine myself strictly to the conditions laid down in Mr Bailey ' s letter , _Uwill allow them to fire away at my character , both public and private , through the whole of life . And here allow me to make a distinction between Mr Bailey and tbe other two ; as regards Mr Bailey , I have only to declare , that if one single insult is offered to him during hi 3 address or reply , or if a single unseemiug exhibition of feeling is manifested , I will instantly leave the hall and as I have ever sought for a full and fair discussion and investigation of every principle I have propounded , I will confine myself strictly to the points proposed to be
discussed in Mr Baileys letter—namely , ' The effects ofthe Land Plan upon the moral , intellectual and social condition of the working classes . ' I am only too happy to meet a controversioiialist , upon any subject connected with the Land Flan , and if Mr Bailey had informed me of what his Editor , Mr "Walter Ellis , communicated before several gentlemen yesterday— -namely , that his information was derived from letters written by other parties—I would have treated Mr Bailey in a very different manner . And here I now beg to tell that gentleman , that , having had the courage and manliness to meet me , 1 bury all the past in oblivion . I shall meet him like a gentleman , and treat him like a gentleman , and if he can suggest any possible improvement in the Land Plan , I will receive it with gratitude , and henceforth hail him as one who CAN make it more perfect .
I have a moment just to repeat here a sentence from one of the two splendid speeches made by Mr Roberts on Monday night last . His last speech was an hour and a quarter ' s length , and never flagged for a moment on his audience ; but , on the contrary , when about to close , he was requested to proceed , He said , and mark it : — ' Now , . my friends , what is their disappointment , their antipathy , and their hatred to the Land Flan based upon , why , upon this one fact , that they see that the people are determined not to be bamboozled , and that all that is necessary to carry it out is confidence in one man , and that man is Feargus O'Connor ; and it would be
harmless if they confined their speculative opposition to newspaper squibs and conundrums , but when such men as Mr Joshua Hobson undertake to expound the law , then I feel a little indignity offered to my own trade , for I don ' t want you all to be lawyers . However , this gentleman has ventured a legal guess in reply to Mr _O'Connors assertion , that prior to commencing proceedings for the recovery of penalties , the Attorney-General ' s consent shall he obtained . Now . Mr Hobson has declared , that , throughout the whple act there is no such provision—in fact ,
repudiates the assertion wholesale . " "Well , I began to think , that surely no man would make so broad an assertion without some grounds , and I jogged my memory and said , ' Surely , William Prowling Roberts , in July , 1847 , yoa considered the Joint Stock Companies' x \ ct an important natter for consideration , and is it possible that you are the knobstick , and lawyer Hobson is the authority ? ' So I turned to the 77 th clause of this . " same Act , printed iu the People ' s Legal Adviser , for July , 1847 , and what did 1 find there ? whv , just this , and I'll read it for you : —
LXXVil . And be it enacted , Thnt it shall not be lawful for any Person to commence or prosecute any Action , Bill , Plaint , Information , or _Proiecatien in any of Her Majesty ' s Superior Courts , for the _Rtcerery of any Penalty or Forfeiture incurred hy r . ason of any Offence committed against this Act , unless the same be commenced or prosecuted in tbe Same and with the Consent of Her Majesty ' s _Attorney _General ; and that it any Action , Bill , Plaint , Information , or Prosecution , cr any Proceeding before auy Justices as aforesaid , shall be commenced or Prosecuted in the Name of any other Person than in that Behalf before mentioned , the vame shall he and are hereby _declaied to be null an J soid .
( Loud and continued cheering , followed the reading of the above clause . ) " Now , " continued Mr Roberts , " law } er Hobson appears to have a go at this Land Flan , and I tell him from this spot , and before my clients , that the Miners' _Attorney-General is ready for him , and all other spies and informers , whenever they feel disposed for a tilt , as I am determined that nothing shall be left undone on my part , to uphold , defend , and assist this , the most holy , the most glorious , the most heavenly cause that ever the people of any country were engaged in . " ( Renewed , and rapturous applause . )
Now , my friends , what say you to that ? That comes from a man of the clearest legal perception in this country—I'll not except one of any branch of the profession . It is tbe opinion of the man , who , in opposition to six barristers of high standing , contended , and successfully , against the informalities in the monster indictment ; the man who is received as an authority by the judges ; the man whom the coal kings dread as the general jail deliverer ; and with this observation 1 conclude . Ever your fond and affectionate friend , Feargus O'Connor . Nottingham , Thursday .
At a meeting of tbe undersigned members cf the National Land Company , appointed to examine the accounts of Fearps O'Connor , Esq . M . P ., the treasurer of the _absve Company , we have thc irreate _^ satisfaction in declaring to our brother shareholders throughout the conntry , that after carefully going through such accounts , we declare them to be correct . AVc are ,- therefore , of opinion that the attacks made by tho' Whistler' in the Manchester Examiner , Mr Thomas Bailey in the Ifattingham Mercury , aho
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the writers inthe Dupatch , Lloyd ' s paper , the Olole , aad other . newspapers , so far from preventing our onward progress , will only stir up to greater , exertions , in . order to emancipate ourselves' from the thraldom under which we at present labour . We cannot conclude without tendering to our highly respected treasurer our grateful thanks , and we assure him , that come weal , or come woe , we are determined to hold his and our enemies responsible for tbeir acts , and if they dare to use any unjustifiable means in order to injure us through hira , we will by
every means in our power repel such attacks _resardless of conFequences . We have examined the Bank books , the secretary ' s bonk and the balance sheet , and find all to correspond , to the fraction , with the accounts and statements furnished by Mr O'Connor . _James _Sweet , Nottingham Branoh , Jork Wall , ditto , . ditto , John Let . Carrington ditto , , Robert Moore , Old Basford do , JoHjr _Allkotd , ditto , ditto , Jamss Sawders , New Radford ditto .
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THE LAW AND THE LAND . ( Fromthe * Labourer' Magazine , for Nor ) [ We , commend this tothe perusal . of lawyers Hobson and 'Whistler , ' as an answer to their knobstick law . ] The assailants of the National Land Company have , among other numerous assertions , declared that it , or its promoters , have violated the statute relating to joint-stock companies . We have thought that a few pages devoted to this subject may not
be unacceptable to our readers . To begin at the beginning , it is necessary to state that , previously to 1844 , joint-stock companies or associations were formed under various instruments , viz .: —1 . By act of Parliament . 2 . B 7 royal charter . 3 . By letters patent . 4 . By deeds of settlement . 5 . By articles of provisional agreement . And even now companies may be established by any of the first three instruments above mentioned , as the act passed in 1844 does not apply to such cases .
In that year a statute was passed ( 7 and 8 Vic . c . 110 ) , for ' the registration , incorporation , and regulation of joint-stock companies . ' ¦ The object of this statute , amongst others , was to prevent the formation of fraudulent companies , and to obtain a registry or account of all companies . It expressly excepts from its operation' friendly' or' benefit' societies . The requirements of this act may briefly be stated tobe , that companies coming within it should he formed by deed , should be first provisionally registered , and then completely registered . There is no time fixed for complete registration to take place , but if certain acts are done before such registration , penalties will be incurred by the promoters of the company .
The legal charge against the Land Company is thus stated by ' One who has whistled at the plough ; ' and it is a great pity he ever was taken from it . He must have been the plough-boy ' who whistled as he went / or want of thought . ' Ue certainly was not cut out for a lawyer . We give his own words : — ' The Society , ' he says , ' is not yet registered ... .... It never will he registered . It cannot now be done S . 23 of the Joint-Stock Company ' s Act , enacted for the protection of the public
from fraudulent schemes , provides that it shall not be lawful for a company , until completely registered , ' to make calls , nor to purchase , contract for , or hold lands , ' & c . It provides penalties for the infringement of its clauses , the penalties varying from JE 5 . to £ 25 . each ; every one of which clauses the Chartist Land Company has already violated ; to every one of which penalties they are already liable , amounting in the aggregate to several thousand pound * . The penalties may be recovered as soon as they are registered ,, but not sooner , as it is not until then a company . '
Now , in the above extract there are as many blunders as can possibly be stuffed into an equal number of words . The statements made are not only erroneous in law , but also in fact . First—The society is registered . Not completely , but provisionally registered ; which the ' Whistler ' seems to think is no registration whatever , as he says , ' it is not registered ; ' and again , ' until registered it is not a company . ' In this also he is wrong , if he means it is not a company until completely registered , for it became one on
provisional registration . To show this it is only necessary to refer to tbeir powers at such a stage , and to the 23 rd section of 7 th and 8 th Vie ., e . 110 , whereby it is enacted , that ' on the provisional registration ot any company being certified , it shall be lawful for the promoters of any company so registered to act provisionally , ' while , by section 25 , on complete registration , the company becomes incorporated . Probably the writer was not aware of the difference which prevails between a company and a corporation , and thus was led to mistake one for the other .
Secondly—He says thatthe society cannot now be registered . As we have said , it is registered provisionally . And we repeat , that a company may be completely registered at any time ; tbere is no limitation as to period whatever . We should like to see the reference to the act , and the section of it , that prevents a company from being completely registered at any time Thirdly—In this lawyer's opinion innumerable penalties have heen incurred by the company , or its promoters , by their having purchased land before they were completely registered . In the very same article from which we have made an extract , he attacks Mr O'Connor because he has purchased
the land in his own name , and as if it were for hirasslf . There is , therefore , a gross inconsistency on the face of the statement ; first , the company is liable to penalties for having purchased the land ; but presently it appears , on his own , showing , 'that not the company , but Mr O'Connor has purchased it . How is this to be reconciled ? We know not , but this we know ; that with a due regard to the state of the law , and the difficulties that occurred tothe company , the land has been bought in Mr O'Connor ' s name , conveyed to him , and allotted by him . It is not held by the company , but by him or the allottees in their individual character . The fabric
raised by this imaginative writer , therefore , falls to the ground . No penalties whatever have been in . curred , nor can any , therefore , be recovered . On complete registration the land may be conveyed to the company . We are not aware of-any law prohibiting the purchase of land by an individual , as such , at any period , or under any circumstances , or the allotment of land by him to any number of persons that he may think proper . If it were other _, wise all landowners who have bought tlieir estates , or who have let them out to tenants , or allotted them in small or large parcels , would have violated the law . Tbe joint-stock company's act waj never intended to apply , nor dees it apply , to such
cases . We wonld refer this writer , for his information in other cases , to a late statute , which appears to have escaped his notice , the 10 th and llth Vic , c . 73 , which repeals many of the penalties which are imposed hy the statute , 7 th and 8 th Vic , c 110 . in those cases where companies , as companies , have infringed its enactments . In the same article from whicii we have quoted , it is suggested that Mr O'Connor mig ht , devise the land to the company if it were completely registered ; but if he did not devise it , the land
would go to his next of kin , or if he devised it to the company not completely registered , he must devise it separately , perhaps , to about 50 , 000 share _, holders . Now the first part of this suggestion admits that he may convey or devise the land to the company when completely registered , which is something for an opponent to . admit , though presently , we shall see he states that the original owners of the property , from whom it was purchased , may resume it , and all contracts now made relating to it will be void , even if the company he completely registered _.
In the latter branches of the ahove proposition this writer has conveniently overlooked very important facts . First , that the laud purchased is conveyed to the allottees , as so many individuals , as soon as possible after it has been purchased , and , therefore , that Mr O'Connor is then divested of all property and title in it . Secondly , that it may he devised to one trustee for numerous parties . And thirdly , that in any event equity would enforce the trust reposed in Mr O'Connor , and see that thc parties beneficially entitled to the land became possessed of it . If I am employed as a land agent by five hundred persons , or any number , and am entrusted with their fuuds to ' purchase land for them , and do so purchase it , in equity it is their aud not my pr _« pertv .
It was next alleged by this writer , that oh complete registration of the company « all contracts become illegal and lapse . ( What is the meaning of a contract lapsing ?) The original owners of the estates may resume ownership , as if they had not been sold , and penalties to the amount of nearly 4000 _^ . may be enforced . ' 4 contracts will become illegal *—by doing what ? By pursuing the agt of parliament and com-
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pletely registering the " company 1 If 'thtj are legal now , it seems Strang _^ that illegality should be imparted to them by doing what the act requires . This is new law . It will also be observed , that throug hout this passage the writer assumes , that the company , as such ,, have purchased the land , although he had before asserted that Mr O'Connor alone had done so . We have already said that the company do not purchase the land ; but , even if it were otherwise , the above conclusion hy no means follows . Supposing , for the argument , that the promoters had infringed the statute ; the enly result would he that they might be liable for penalties , but their contracts would not be void . The orig inal owners could not recover the property . It is well established in law that , even under an illegal contract , where money has been paid or land con veyed , it cannot he recovered again .
The law will not assist parties to an illegal contract , either to enforce or rescind it . Although , if an action be brought to carry into effect an unexecuted contract , the illegality thereof is a defence ; yet , after it is once executed , a party to the contract , and the illegality of it , cannot on that ground render it null . No party would be allowed to avoid his own deed by stating tbat be had been a party to the violation of a statute , that he had received the purchase money for so doing , hut that now he would like to have the land also , as a reward for his own wrong .
; What is to be said of one who sets up fora public writer and teacher , and thus blunders in every assertion which he makes ? Who can depend either upon the facts or the law ( heaven save the mark I ) which he publishes for the mystification of " his unhappy readers ? However , we have done with him for the present , and his effusions . We will now proceed to lay before our readers a statement relating to the Land Company , regarded in its legal aspect . When the Land Plan was first projected , its promoters were anxious to avoid every unnecessary _, expense , and to render it as simple and as economical as was consistent with a ~ due retard to the
protection of the interests of the subscribers ; For this purpose they submitted the rules to counsel , who were net in any way connected with the project . The rules were settled by these counsel , who advised that the company should be enrolled as a friendly or benefit society . Mr Tidd Pratt , who is the gentleman officially appointed for the purpose of enrolling such societies , decided that this association—SO novel in its principle , and so extensive in its contemplative operations—did not come within the intention , or provisions , of the statutes relating ( 0 friendly societies . His own individual opinion was in favour of its enrolment ; but he stated that a learned judge had recently held , that a more li .
mited construction was to be put upon these statutes than he himself had thought requisite , and , of course , he was bound by the judicial holding . The rules were again laid before counsel for revision and alteration , so that they might be rendered conformable to the statutes , provided that could he done without sacrificing the essential principle of the association . They were remodelled , and again laid before Mr Tidd Pratt , who still , however , refused to enrol them , much as he regretted what he considered his duty , on account of the judgment ahove mentioned . Consultations were held wiih him , but all to no purpose . What , then , was to be
done ? A bill was actually prepared , and was brought into parliament by Mr Duneombe , to amend the Friendly Societies'Acts , so as to include the Land Company within them- This , of itself , shows how strenuous were the efforts made to give the members of the company the benefits , privileges , and protection of a friendly society . The bill paised , but so altered and limited in its provisions , by amendments proposed hy Sir James Grahami and adopted by the House—with a view , it is believed , to exclude the Land Company—that still it was not supposed fo come under the denomination of a friendly society .
Counsel were again consulted , and then it was resolved , as the most proper step tobe taken , to make the association a joint-stock company , and to bring it within the provisions of the Act 7 and 8 Vice . 110 . The deed was prepared as soon as possible ; the company were provisionally registered ; Mr Duneombe was registered as the trustee ; and , in the meantime , purchases were made under legal advice , in the name of one individual . Thus , the only law in existence of which the company were permitted to avail itself , was brought to bear upon it ; but , for want of proper machinery , under the statute ] to conduct so huge an affair as the Land Company—from the magnitude of its constitution and operations—from the vast number of members , and the distances at which they reside
from each other—delay and difficulty in the complete registration of the company , have unavoidably occurred . As one instance , among many , it may be sufficient to state , that the deed must be signed by at least one-fourth of the subscribers , before a certificate of oomplete registration can be obtained —that the first deed required thc signatures of between 8 , 000 and 9 , 000 persons , scattered throughout thc couutry ! Notwithstanding , howerer , all these obstacles , the deed has . now received almost every signature that is required ; and , in a few weeks , tbe company will be completely reristered , and an application be made to the Board of Trade , under the statute , to enable tho company to hold lands in the names of their trusters . Such is our legal statements of the mutter , so far as it comes within the scope of the present article .
In concluding these remarks W 3 would observe , that , for tho purpose of preventing fraudulent schemes and bubble speculations , as far as they can be prevented by Acts of Parliament , it is a great mistake to suppose that complete registration is the material point . Provisional registration of companies is the most important part . It was so intended to be by the statute ( 7 and 8 Vic ., 0 . 110 ) , and it is well known that railway companies seluom , it ever , register , except provisionally . It ia the provisional registration that gives the public information aa to
tho nature and purpose of the company—as to the names of the promoters aad committee—their occupation , and pliice 3 of residence—their agreement to take shares in the undertaking—tbe names and residences of the oflicers , and the like . All tbis is re * quired on provisional registration , by section 5 of the Joint Stock'Companies' Act . It was to give this publicity , and to _irapaso the consequent responsibility , that the act was chiefly passed . This purpose is answered by provisional registration alono . Whoever will turn to the act ot parliament may satisfy himself on these points .
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__ Devonshire . —The delegates of the several localities in this county , assembled on Sunday week , at llavill _' s Temperance HoteJ , Exeter . Mr Thomas Flood , of Barnstaple ; Mr James Edwards , Teignmoath ; Mr W . M . Tanner , Totness ; Mr John Cooke , Newton Abbot ; Messrs Thomas Pearson , and S . B . _Wuodley , Torquay : Messrs Wilkinson and O'Brien , Exeter ; Mr O'Brien represented the Chartists cf Plymouth . The following resolutions were carried : — Proposed by Mr O'Brien , and seconded by Mr Tanner : — ThatW * . J , P . Wilkinson , Esq ., fake the chair . Proposed by Mr Tanner , and seconded by Mr Cook : —
That Mr O'Brien bo the secretary of thc _m-etin _? _. Proposed by Mr Flood , and seconded by Mr Cook ; - That we form a County Association _incciexion with the National Charter Association . That oflicers be elected , consisting of pi 03 'dent , trea . surer , and secretary , and tbat th ? city of Exeter be the central part of said county association , At this period of the _proceedings , a delegato arrived from Tivciton , who handed in his credentials , and took his seat .
Proposed by Mr Cook , and seconded by Mr Edwards : — That _Yf . J . P . Wilkinson , Esq , ho president . Proposed by Mr Flood , and seconded by Mr Woodley : — That Mr James Edwards be treasurer . Proposed by Mr Flood , and seconded by Mr Cook : — That Mr P . J . O'Brien be the secretary . Proposed by Mr Tanner , and seconded by Mr Edwards : — That a correspondence be oponed with tha general secretary , and that each town in the country through its proper officer , send for tha number of cards , & c , required to the county secretary . Proposed by Mr Flood , and seconded by Mr Woodley : —
Tbat payment * be mado in accordance with the rules of tho National Charter Association , and that one-fourth of the amount contributed be sent quarterly , ( commenc ing next Christinas , ) to tho central officers , t \> r the pur - pose of providing lecturers ' tracts , esc _., to further the cause of Chartism . That the delegates now assembled do earnestly recom . mvnd to each locality , the immediate adoption if such means as _al _^ _ll tend to carry out tho foregoing resolu-110115 . " " ?
_TanneS _^ _^ ° 'Bt ' > and _*™* _ioi b _? Mr That wo most heartily rejoice at tb e ereat progress the Matioap . 1 Land Company U mnUint :. us wo _belluve it to he a . _powerful m « aiia _tawaula obtaining a great and that
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end being the-ocUl and poiltlcai _ewanclpatlon _» f the Pe _roposed by Mr Flood , and seconded by Mr Pear * That we _ennnot ' separate without recording our unboun _ded confidence in _F-argus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and declaring onr sympathy for him , under the Vila aspersions of a corrupt press . . 4 That the sincere thanks of this meeting are one , _ann given , to Mr _Wilkiaien , for his able conduct in the chair this day , as well as for his exertions on all occasions in the oause of human freedom .
Thnt we earnestly intreat ofthe several localities in this county , to _aTossa themselves , where Chartist socleties ara In existence , as well as where ttey are not . Now is tho time , » he favoured child of Chartism , ( the ff » - tional Iiand Company . ) 1 " proudly rearing its head ; will wo let its fond parent droop ! No ! forbid It ! Rally around your county association ; bear In mind , tbat Union is Strength , ' that ' by co-operation tbe greatest dim-nlties can be surmounted , aid in the agitation of the county , and success mutt ensue . Truth must pre . vail , our principles need only to be known to be admired . _, In the ean _' e of truth , faithfully yours . Vf , 3 , P . Whkinsom , President ,
James EnwABDS . Treasurer . Patrick _Joswh O'Bbiek , Secretary . _Huut ' s Birthday at Ashton . —A , number ofthe disciples of the immortal Hunt met at the house of Mr Walker , Churlestown , on Saturday evening , Nov . oth , to celebrate the birth of that great patriot . The room was decorated with all the portraits of characters of the day , at the head of which was a large painting of Peterloo , and atthe other end a large painting of the immortal Hunt . That veteran , Mr James Iligson , was called on to preside , who opened the business bf tbe meeting in a very neat speech , which was highly complimcntsd by the assembly . He concluded by giving the first toast : — ' The People , may their sovereignty be speedily
established and universally recognised as the legitimate basis of equitable government . ' Responded to by Mr James Dewsnay , in his _usualmasterly style . Song : — ' Ye wealth producers , ' by J . Bardsley . The second toast was :- _* ' The immortal memory of Henry Hunt the man who never deceived the people . ' Drank up-standing and uncovered . This toast was responded to by Mr . William "Aitken , _" schoolmaster . , His speech elicited much applause . Song by James Ashworth : — ' In Wiltshire lair a child was born . ' Third toast : — ' The People ' s Charter , and may an enlightened community appreciate the wisdom and value of it , devote entirely their energies to its support , until it is numbered with the statutes of this great realm . ' Responded to by Mr Samuel Iladfield . Edward ulme
_Jlong : — ' Rights and Liberty , ' by H . The fourth toast was : — ' Tne land we live in , and may Feargus O'Connor Esq ,, make it a happy home for the people . ' Responded to by Mr James Bigson . Song : — ' The Parson and Pigs , ' by Mr William Burgess . Toast fifth : — ' The non-electors and non-elected , may the one soon have power , the other privileges . ' Responded to by Mr John Smith . Toast sixth : —* The democratic gentlemen who have been returned to Parliament , may their success accelerate the triumph of liberty . ' Responded to by Mt James Iladfield . Song : — 'My _Emmett's no more , ' by Samuel Walker . Seventh toast : — ' The _Northkb * - Stab , the only luminary that enlightens the people of England . ' Responded to by Aaron
Walker , Eighth toast : — The memories of Simon Bolivar and George Washington , and the independence of America , including all the illustrious dead of every country , who , by their acts or deeds , have contributed to the cause of freedom . ' This toast was responded to by a young gentleman , who recited Emmett ' s speech before Lord Norbury . Song : ' Exile of Erin . ' Ninth toast , ' The men . women , and children of Manchester , and surrounding neighbourhood , who assembled in St PeterVPlain , August 16 th , 1819 , peaceably to petition the British legislation for reform , who stood exposed to thc wanton and
brutal attacks ofthe Manchester and Cheshire yeomanry cavalry , aided by the 15 th Hussars , and part ofthe 81 st Regiment of Foot , with two pieces of flying artillery ; and may the perpetrators of these foul deeds be speedily brought to justice , and the people of England be the jury 1 Responded . to by Mr James Hadfield . Song : —' Peterloo , ' by John Stafford . Other songs and recitations enlivened the evening until a late hour , when the company departed highly delighted . The meeting to celebrate the birthday of Thomas Paine , will take place at the houBe of Mr James Hit-son . _Cottonslreet , _Ashton-under-Lyne , January 29 ih . 1848 .
Thb Late Chartist Victort at SnErriBLD—On Monday the 1 st inst , the day of the struggle for municipal power , the Chartists turned out in gallant style , with two full bands of music , and paraded the streets with flags , banners . & c . The working men's committees worked fromthe opening ' of the poll until the close , with untiring energy , when the result proved that they had returned eight out of the twelve candidates started , being a majority bf two over the Whigs and Tories united . When this announcement was made , the thousands assembled to ascertain the result , gave a cheer which made the' welkin ring . ' The vast assemblage then formed in procession and moved down Queen-street to the house ef the indefatigable Cavell , where nine cheer 3 were given for the Central Committee . Mr Whilley then briefly addressed the assemblage , after which the people departed to their homes , highly delighted at the victory they had achieved .
_Bbbmojidset . _—MessrsDixon and M'Grath recently addressed a spirited publio meeting at the Paragon Chapel . Somers Tows . —At a public meeting held on Sun * day evening last , at the Bricklayer ' s Arms , a vote of confidence in F . O'ConHor , Esq ; , M . P ., was supported by Messrs Lucas , Fussell , Turner , Harris , Hornby , and Arnott , and carried unanimously . National Victim _Coi _* m-t » b . —• Mr Simpson , the secretary , acknowledges the sum of 6 s ., second
subscription from the Camberwell locality , for Mr Barrow , of Manchester . Gbkbnwioh—At the usual weekly meeting the following resolution was moved by Mr Morgan , seconded by Mr Weatherhead , and carried : — , That tho members of this branch subscribe tha sum of twopence each , _towardi assisting Mr O'Connor in bringing the Manchester Examiner to justioe . N . B . —In future the weekly meetings will be held every Wednesday ( instead of Tuesday ) evening , at _MrParis's , Cold Bath .
Norwich . —At a public meeting ofthe Chartists , & c „ the following resolution was carried with cnthusiasm : —That the thanks of this meeting be given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M , P ., for his spirited and truthful reply to the notorious and infamous Dispatch , with all the other papers , that ia spite of all that has heen stated , we still place implicit conndense in F . O'Connor ' s honesty and integrity , nnd that we intend to onter into a subscription to indemnifyliim for any cost he may be at for defending himself against their calumny and slander . Central Registration asd Election Commutes . Receipts from October 29 th , to November 5 th : — Winlaton , per Edward Suramendine , 8 s . 2 d ; Jamss Grassby , Secretary .
Towbr IIamlms . —A public meeting was held at the Sir Walter Scott , on Sunday evening , N v . k < h , lor the purpese of hearing a lecture from Mr W . Dixon , on the Land Movement , & c . From some cause or other , Mr Dixon did not make his appearimcc * , but the meetin ? was ably addressed by Mr John Sidaway , late of France , who defended tbe Land Movement from the calumnies of the pressgang , in ajraost masterly style . A vote of thanks was passed to Mr biriaway for his able discourse . [* Mr _Diron was , we believe , in the conntry _sui _intending the signing cf the _Companv ' * Deod ' _ Ed , N , 3 , 1 .
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . _h-JwvTff m , . J _^« i « _Mebtiso will be _hpldatBuUerworth-bajldings , Bradfor d , on Sunday , N-vember 21 st at half . _past twelve at noon , when delegates from Bradford , Leeds , Wakefield . Halifax , Huddersfield , Dewsbury , Elland , Holmfirth , _Keighley , Littletown , _Queenshead , _Hebden-bridgp , Sowera ?' n . re reiuestea t 0 attend , or by letter addressed to _VVi ham Lacy , Cleckheaton , near Leeds , West Riding . Tower Hamlets . —Mr M'Grath will lecluro on Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) at tho Sir Walter Scott , opposite Northampton-street , Cambridge-road , at half-past seven .
South London Chartist Hall Mr O'Brien , will lecture on Sunday evening next ; subject : ' The _Anti-Gold Law League , its objects and operations . ' A social me .. tine will take place on WednesQSW evening , November 24 . ww * _- Somers Town . —On Sunday evenine next Mr _«*' nli bing of _Highsate will deliver an addfe _^ _n the ad . ' vantages o » the Land Plan over Emigration Tt thn _Bncklavers' Arms , _Tonbridga-strttCroad Assembly Rooms , 83 , _Dean-stre «> _t _-jm _™ v _. and injustice of death punishments , on Sunday evening next , November 14 th , at half-past seven
J > 1 e _Jfstmin v ster Clla _<^ locality will meet at _™ L 1 1 ck l tho _B- _K T evenin 2 _« a 9 also the Westminster branch of tbe Land Company Mr T _PickersgiU will also attend as agent forthe 'National Co operative Benefit Society . ' On Monday evening Mr _' Keneally will vindicate the Irish Parliament , in presence of the Irish Confederates . On Tuesday evening the National Registration and Central Eleotion Committee will meet for dispatch ot _busiuess . Tho National Victim Committeo will meet at tho _Bamc time and place . »« . »» u Mr _Edmumi Stallwood will lecture at the Globe
and _Fneuda , _Morgan-street , _CommeroW-road , on Monday evening a « t , November Uth . Subject — * Tho Charter auU tue Laud , ' To COWUJeaco ' at _half-. past seven precisely *
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LiMBHOUSB . —On Monday evening , t ! _t _^* n _oisely _, Mr E , Stallwood will deliver a nuhl _^ W at the Brunswick Hall , _Ropemaker ' _s-wa _t _" _^ ject : — Progression . ' To commence at eiW _M precisely . SQt ° _clocfe _TosqvAt . —The members of tbe National rn . Association in this town , meet every Tuesd . * _•* ing , at eight o ' cloek , at the house of Mr Tn / _5 _* -iu ¦ 14 , _George-street . Thera is a library ia « £ » * _*?•¦ with tbia branch of the association , CO _Dsistih ' l goodly number ef political and otber works ° _*^ _Bpht . — This hraBch will meet at the ' , > Room , behind the Albion HoteJ , near the N _^ 8 _?!* 11 ket . on the 14 th inst . _WB % Hull . —The members of the Land Corupanv _m every Monday and Wednesday evenings , at half " _- seven o ' clock , at the Ship Inn . Church-Lane _^ members ofthe auxiliary U the Land andLc Bank , are requested to attend on Monday _ew next to appoint trustees and other officers . _^ Northumberland and Durham —A district del gate meeting of members of the National Land Cni !" pany in the Counties of Northumberland and iv *
ham , will be held in the house ot Mr Thomas * , ¥ _»[ kin . Mill Pit , Shiney Row , Durham , on SnndL November 14 th , at eleven in the forenoon , a del gate meeting of members of the National _ChartT Association in the counties of Northumberland a _« I Durham , will be held in the house of M . Jude Co ! t Inn , _flead-of-the-Side , Newcastle , on Sandav * _C 1 st , at two o'clock in the afternoon . '' ' Saltobd— On Sunday next a lecture will b , delivered in the Chartist room , Bank-street , Gre _» George-street . Mr Stallwood will lecture at the Globe - _* - Friends , Morgan-street , Commercial-road , on Snn , day evening , November Uth . Mr J . Jones vi lecture at the same place on Tuesday evening , fl _* . 16 th . Subject , 'The Charter and the Land . ' Chafr " to be taken each evening at half . past seven o ' clock __ . __^__ . _ m __»_* _+ _»_ _+ _ _+ _ l' _** _+ _~» m ___\\^* , _~* _+++ _**** " + _* _++ _<~ - - * *
_Rat ional _fcaiw _^ _"OnTpang . Barnslbt— -Mr Clark , one of our directors , and Mr John Edwards , attended at Barnsley with ftmonster deed . The appearance of the deed ia _ftj town created the greatest excitement , and oarmeet . ing houses were crammed in every part : harmony prevailed during the whole of the evening . Hob . son ' s propositions were warmly discussed , and a to _' $ of ' rascality' passed upon him . The list of _ftj shareholders who had paid ap their shares was « _jj to the meeting , the number waa eighty-one . The money that has heen paid hy the poor working _raa » of . this district in two years and a quarter , amountto something above £ 500 ., the largest _portioa of which has been saved from the gin palaces .
Cur of Lokdon aw _Fissavnt . —At a meeting of the members ofthe-above branch on Sunday , Oct , 24 th , a member said it had been reported that Mr C , Doyle had gone to the ballot before the whole of his subscription had been paid up , when two delegates were appointed to inspect the books , which they did , and found that tbe report was totally uq , founded , the money having been paid in July pre . vious to the ballot taking place in August . Tig following resolution was unanimously passed :., ' That the membera of this society having heard tbe report of the delegates appointed to inspect tht books ofthe National Land Company , to see if Mi
C . Doyle hnd paid up previous to beirg placed _ij the ballot , hereby declare , tbat the report which bu been circulated through the country is unfounded , and tbat Mr Doyle had paid up previous to the ballot . ' At a meeting of the members on the 31 st , the following motion was carried ; moved by Eiijah Nobbs , and seconded by Mr Wright : — 'That _wj approve ofthe manly manner ia which _MrO'Connct lias met the infamous aspersions of the _press-gan _* _, he having to contend against such fearful odds , vi ; , six te ono ; and that tbe members of this branch havo the greatest confidence in Mr O'Connor ' s pro . cecdings . ' This branch meet at the Good Intent Coffee-houEe , every Sunday evening .
HoBSOASTLE .--Ata meeting of this branch resolutions of confidence in Mr O'Connor were un-ni . _mously adopted , with the expressed determination to support that gentleman against the assaults ofhis
. Galashibls . —The first quarterly meeting of this branch was held on Friday last , when the _following officers were elected , vi * .. —Alexander Johnston , pre ' _sident ; Thomas Dickson , treasurer ; George John * _ston , secretary ; Robert Dalgliesh and William Trater , auditors . A vote of confidence in F . O'Connor , Esq . M . P ., was unanimously adopted . Dowlais Irom Works . —A 9 et of Whigs bavin * _lately concerted a false and unfounded charge against our worthy secretary , with a view of destroying his character aad popularity , those persons were invited to prove their charges . A night was appointed , when a few of them came forward , and the case was carefully examined , when a vote of confidence in the secretary was unanimously carried , and a vote of censure on his false accusers ,
Mbrthtr Tidvil . —A branch of the National Land Company has been commenced at II . Evans's house , and the followine officers have been appointed :-Thomas Price Powell , secretary ; H . Evans , scrutineer ; S . G . Thomas and Samuel Harris , auditors ; Rees Davis and : Thomas Evans , treasurers . A lecture will be delivered on the Land and Charter , on the sth instant . According to announcement Mr Evan Lewis delivered an interesting lecture at the weekly meeting of the second branch , held at tho Chandlers' Arms , Nantey Gwenith Gate . He spoke for an hour and a quarter , and save great satisfaction . Next Monday evening Mr William Gould will deliver a lecture .
_Easikoto . v Lane . —Saturday , November Cih , thi " branch held its quarterly meeting , Dr . _M'Cale in tha chair . The secretary laid the receipts and disbursements upon the table , which wereaudited aud found correct . Proposed and seconded : — Tbat the secretary ' s salary of 5 s . for the ensuing _thrss months . Proposed and seconded;—Tbat J . Hunter be re-elected as secretary . Proposed and seconded :-That each member pay threepence towards the rem " . neratlonof tho sicrotary , for his past services _. Proposed and seconded : — Tbat the resolutions _paBsed by the delegatrs , on _Snaday , the 17 th of October , at _Eaeington-laue , be approved of by this meeting . Proposed and seconded : —
Tbat Mr J . Hunter represent this branch at the forth coming county delegate meeting , to be held at _Shinejrow , on Sunday , Nor . Hth inst . The secretary was then instructed to convey the heartfelt thanks and gratitude ofthis meeting to oar honourable leader and zealous bailiff , Feargus 0 'Con < nnr Esq , M . P ., and that in spite of all the Tom Bai'ey ' sin the world , our confidence ia our chief i * unbounded , and shall remain as long as he standi bj the oppressed people . Hamilton . —A general meeting of the members of the Land Company was held on tho 1 st inst ., _* _l'"H it was stated that the treasurer ' s , scrutineer's , ansecretary ' s books , had been found correct . The following office bearers wero elected : —James Ke " president ; John Wilson , treasurer ; J _^ hn Pettigre « _- , scrutineer ; John Thomas and Hugh Smith , auditors ; Archibald Walker , secretary . Also , thai notwithstanding , the base attacks broughta vote ol
, confidence in , and resolve to support Fearsu ' O'Connor , Esq ., was unanimously adopted . Sheffield . — The committee of this branch attended a meeting at Thorpe llelsley , a villag ' seven miles from Sheffield , for the purpose of explaining the principles of the National Land Ci > nip * _'' ? i likewise to form a branch . The meeting was held at tho Blacksmiths * Arms—Mr Wood , an enthusiastic young democrat , waa tmimraouHly called upon to prcaido . After the chairman had opened "to proceedings , the meeting was addressed by Messr _" Holmes , Jackson , Seward , Cavill , Goddard , J' * ' and others ; after whicii it W 33 moved by Mr Je ** seconded by Mr Benjamin Worsley , and unanimous !/ carried , * That a branch ofthe National Land Company he formed here . ' It was likowiso _arrang " ' that the meeting nights shonld be Monday , fr ** eight to half . past nineat the house a- » ve '
, mentioned . Mbrthtr _Ttdvil . — Just formed The Emm" " Brigade branch , No . 3 , _Court-street , Nov . 8 th , S . G . Thomas in the chair . It was _unanimous agreed that the members of this branch would- "P . * port Mr O'Connor in prosecuting his assailants . _•* lecture will be delivered on Monday , the 15 th inst ' by Mr G . _Morgan on the Charter . Padihamr-On Sunday , the 31 st of October , ?
public meeting was held in the Odd Fellow ' s lm about 300 persons were present , Mr Buttenvortb , Burnley , was called to the chair . The meeting <" _-. _addvesneu by Mr Thomas Tattersali . of Burnley " - * * Mr John Hull , of Padiham . Mesivs Hull and Tattersali recommended and defended the Land Schoi _» _' and replied to the objections thathad been maw » _7 the press , llobson , and the ' ' Whistler . ' Mr J . _H- moved the following resolution _^ and Mr T . H «»"* seconded it : —• „
That this ' meeting having watched Mr _O'C _^ j career for a number of _yunra , are convinced j 11 * ' ( 0 character is uniuipencH & h " . * and thit his _ol'j '' " elovnte tho toiling millions , of this country . _,, Tha _; The _oiction was put and carried . unanimous y . ; meeting then separated . In the evening , * _j 0 j . y _tersall delivered a lecture in tho same hall , - _^' bj ., Hull was called to the chair . Mr Tattersali" _^ » in his usual stylo for nearly two hours , and _»• great satisfaction . _mWa Mbrthtr Tydvil —At a meeting of the *» E " jjt , uf this brnnoh , a vote of thanks was P _' ? -, ' _* » [ _i Rider , for his straigthforward evidence at t » _e--j j Chester meeting . A subscription lias been cp" | aid the prosecution of tho Manthtiier _Un _* _^"^ ,
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Office , in tho same Street and Fnrisli , for the ' _t ! is | m » is FEAllGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., and t" j _.,. _^ _.., . hy Wiuuv Hewitt , of J _* o . 18 , Charks-stre «> _^ _don-stn-et , Walworth , inthoi > arlsh of St . J "" ' {" j . l _' _, , "Eton , in the County of Surrey , at tlio o mcc , . - _^ j . . . Croat _WiudmiU-Rlrcet . Haymarket , in H » " W'l '' iniuster _, —Saturday , November 13 th . wh
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