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TO ALBANY FOXBLA*QUE,
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To Albany Foxbla*Que,
TO ALBANY FOXBLA _* QUE ,
Jt Ea J Qf The Statistical Department Of...
jT J qf the Statistical Department of the Board of Trade , with a Salary of £ 800 a-year .
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_Xow , Albany , of all the wallopings that ever s poor devil got I am going to give you , and vour * ' man Friday , " the greatest . * In the first place let me tell you , that I am _poxaz to give your portrait gratis to the Land _jlembers , because , as you are the ugliest devil that ever mortal man saw for nothing , they ffould consider it dear at any price . This week 1 shall sketch your biography for your clients , the members of the Land Company .
Firstly , allow me te state that I will not give your portrait on horseback , as you ride a white horse , and the people in your office call you ' _" ' Death's head upon the pale horse . ' ' Now , Albany , for your biography . You have been all your life a gambler—a reckless gamj , ] er __ a card player at low gambling houses , until , seven years ago , so great was your destitution , that the Yf higs made a subscription to save you from _, starvation , and thinking that they had a rig ht to expect gratitude in return for their charity , they appointed you head of the Statistical _Department in the Board of Trade , with a salary of S 00 ? . a-year . Ajid "like master like man , " as " birds of a feather flock together , " your " man Friday , " who conducts the literary department of thei _& ramirzer , was a strolling player , and was dismissed from the company for drunkenness and dissipation .
Now , Alban _)' , what do you say to two such _eolighteners of the public mind , as a reckless ruined gambler , and a coadjutor who was not fit to associate with strolling players ? Of a truth , Albany , it would appear as though Providence had delivered you into mine hands , in order that from your depravity I m ay furnish my children with such an example of poverty , produced by __ reckless dishonesty , depravity and dissipation , as would make them shun all temptations to those vices
Albany , on Tuesday , on my way to London , I read your last article , which I shall presently republish , commencing with the words , * ' Clings to his scheme , " and ending with , ' What the little boy says is true . " 1 went fro m the station to the House of Commons , and just as I entered Lord George Bentinck was denouncing , in strong terms , the delusion , or , as he ermed it , the fraud , attempted to be practised by you upon the commercial classes of this
countrv-Albany , you are capital at dissolving when my cottages are to disappear—but take care that the recklessness of such characterless scribes and tools does not lead to the dissolution of the Whigs . Your friend , Joe Hume , said that he had always exposed the fallacies and inaccuracies of Mr Fonblanque ' s dei artment , and Mr M'Gregor , the professor of statistics , declared that it was filled in the most slovenly manner—in fact , the rule of every speaker appeared to be " to hit him again , as he had no friend , '' and one after the other
acquiesced in the fraudulent manner in which your accounts were submitted to the public . In the course of one year , in order to make a show of national prosperity , _jou entered in your table of returns 9 , 000 tons of sugar more than were imported—nay , your friends affected to spread your mistake over a period of twelve month ? , but one of the members of the Land Committee—and one of the shrewdest and most honourable and high-minded men that breathes —discovered that your blunderof 9 , 000 tons was confined to a period of two months ! You shall have the words of the Hon . Member for
Oxfordshire : — K . r _Heklet could understand some discrepancy between the _iiross and net amonnts in the two leturns , but not such a discrepancy as 9 , 'J 00 tons in two months . He _ateo _coiT . d not _unflerstand how there could be a difcrepancy in the parts , and yet an agreement in the whole . Now , here is the whole of your last week ' s rubbish : — ' Mr O'Connor clings to hi * scheme . He addresses hii 'children' in the * _Sossasss Sta * ' to this effect . ' If I h _2 d my choice whether I would surrender my seat iu Parlianent , and work from six till eight at the hardest labour , or give up my land , I swear bsfore Heaven that I would rather lire upon workhouse fare , and work eTery day , than give it up . '
Sbapiog his liH _? aage to his audience , he keepi up the sane farce in the House of Common * . Notwithstanding the merciless _exposure of his hollowness and fallacy contained in the evidence before the Committee , and in the face of the Committee ' s friendly hint that' yowers might be granted to the parties concerned to wind up the _undertaking , ' Mr O'Connor f » ld the House of Commons on Wednesday night that he is ' using his best endeavours to divest the Company of ali illegality by pierious registritioa , " and that he looks to a speedy enrolment being effected .
Some light is thrown upon the nature of Mr O Connor ' s 'ben endeavours * by what _trasspired at a special meeting of the Shareholders of tbe Company , held at the Strata London Chartist Hall last Sunday night . The < : hair was taken by a Mr _E-. berts . This gentleman spoke ef Mr O'Connor ' s intentions with the explicitneis and confidence of one who shares his secrets . How far he was warranted to do so we hare of coarse no means of knowing . The name is the same as that of the Company ' s _solicitor , whose bill of costs amonnts to £ 2 , 13 . ; who was _orurinal y treasnrer as well as solicitor ; and who allowed his name to remain as treasurer in the printed rules and prospectuses of the Company , and at the _Kegutrai ' s office , after the appointment had been transferred to Mr O'Connor . If the chairman of Sunday night and this ex treasurer be the same person , he is likely enough to be well-informed as to the plan of the next campaign .
Be this as it may , the modification which Mr O'Connor contemplates in hi 3 scheme , as apnounced on Sunday night , are a virtual confession that the calculations he originally heid out to the public are entirely erroneous . He now _proteoses to raise the price of shares from £ 2 12 ~ id . to i' 5 ; from £ o 18 to £ 1 10 s ; and from £ 5 4 s to £ 10 . Another alteration he proposes is more _inappaarance than reality . It is 'to substitute location by bonus , instead of by ballot , the occupant so located being to purchase the land and house , and to pay _according to his will a certain amount for being locatrd , without the ballot . ' But even with tbe ballot the occupant was to
' purchase the land and , house' ultimately . The on y change is , that he is now asked to pay an additional sum to obtain priority of location . Both these alterations in-Tolve a confession on Mr O'Connor's part that he has promised the shareholders the particular benefits he holds out , at a price far below what he can really afford to give them for . And while making this confession lie coolly proposes , that , hav ' ng already been misled by bim , they should in gratitude for the deception they have experienced doub e the . sums of money tbey at first entrusted to bin . This is _indetd testing the faith of his followers rather severely .
We last week showed what was the _utraost amount of benefit that _subscribers could possibly derive from the _ecfceaie . Tais barefaced additional attempt on their credulity induces us to point out to them the actual nature and amount of the _advantages thry hare _neen promised . _Theysietbese . Xo person is allowed to held less than two . or more thin four shares . The price of each Stare is £ 1 _Cs . According ly each subscriber was _origi-Bally asked to pay £ 2 12 s , or £ -3 ISs , or £ 5 4 s , for the privilege of participating in the benefits of the scheme . On these terms , out of 19 , 331 persons who have paid up their shares in full , amd 50 , f _63 who have paid in part . 230 _selected by allotment have been located . To 1 « 2 of these , two _acrd each have been allotted ; three acres each to 35 ; and fo : ir acres each to 93 . It is believed that after a debt of
£ 76 , 416 remaining to be paid on the land acquired has been _discharged , 316 additional locatees may be settled . Those parties who have hitherto obtained a preference by ballot , who may hereafter ( should the adventure be per . sisttd in J obtain it by paying a bonus of unknown amount , ure to pay a . rent of £ 5 it Sd per acre per ani , um , until ti ; ey can raise money enough to pay for the land and houses . _Beioretbey can acquire ttie land in absolute Property , tiey mustpay for it at the rate of £ 209 <> s 2 d for two acres . The land for - » hich this rental and this price is _cfcerg-ed consists ef 'light soils ol a moderate depth ;' it 'lie * high and exposed , _subject to drought in summer aad to the cold winds in winter ; ' and it is remote Irom _^• _'J _place Khere manure can be procured in considerable quantities or at a moderate price . A farmer occupying
an Ldjf . ; uir , g farm remarked to Mr Revans : ' These poor _fKojiIe are expected to get off an acre , as much as I can get off a hundred . ' An old man who had ploughed every _i ' -re ( .: one of the _allotmint farms , stated that the pro-Cute in potatoes' had mo- e often been under than over _j'Vt tons an _acrt ; ' the average growth throughout _Eng-Uiid being about eight tons at a low estimate . A sbep htra u ! o bad resided there all his life , declared that' he _Ji-t satisfied no rcn could get a . living off such land by * usu . kde though he should not pay rent . ' It is _obriout , _W short , that the rent proposed to be exacted from the _"LC " : « a rack-rent , and that the price placed upon it is _rmtant
_^ o , The promises of the _Conpanv therefore , if _^ n _slat ! d into tlain English , might be expected to run ~ u « : ' II . v taking two , tcree , or f « ur shares of £ 1 Gs each , Jun flii iobtain a chance of being allowed to hold two , _^ e , or lour acres of indifferent laud at a rack-rent ; or : _| : _purchasing these acres at an exorbitant price . Your _wiaiit-e of biiiig allowed tLe * e privileges , moreov « r , dot-ends upon a ballot , or on the payment of an additional _ua for precedence . The chances , in tbe most _favouro- * ci _rcumstancts , _tre as 5 _IS to 7 _;) , t > 60 . Tcelottery has r _^ _J-fcvc blacks to a priie ; and the price of a ticket _j « _S *» iro m _£ _- \ u to £ j 4 s . The odds against draweai & j _^ _"'ze are enormous , and the prize is not worth
The shares _| a tne iaua Eriieme are thus like Peter Parti r * _T " ' ma , Je t 0 " _» DOt t 0 beused ' Tbe 0 n ' £ " _* _* ho can derive any benefit from the scheme are got " , '' tMrast < - 'd with the Management . It is a concern * _k _" _p to afford salaries to some and jobs to others . Iniit i _* _* ' i ! r _" _'C _^ _MKir m * kes some £ u < 0 ' a year bj it ; » ,,, « iv . Mr Christopher Doyle , who , before he was _Hro ' _lnf bj ij ' trCounor en this _hopeful scheme , v _% a ! r sixteen to eighteen shillings a week as a acd > ,, _"" _-vss two pounds a _Htekas a director , and an ti ; ou ' ' ' nre _shillings a week as manager oi one ef the * _Tft , V ' fanj , i - Jt " _als ° _worthy of . note that this 1 _- ' . aud _uianerer , the aforesaid Mr _Ckristopher
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Doyle , was lucky enough to obtain an allotment at the second ballot . Mr O'Connor ' s ' best endeavours' to _giv ; his _scbeme a better chance of success , are simply an appeal to the credulity of the shareholders to double the payments they hnve already made to so little purpose . Their chances of obtaining a precarious tenure of a few acres at a rackrent , or a fee simple title to them at an exorbitant price , will be diminished instead of augmented under the proposed new arrangement . At the meeting held last Sunday , when the idea was started of awarding , not by ballot but
in consideration of a money payment , the allotment which is to fall to one out of each thirty-five subscribers , ' it was contended by Mr Snell . that , bj saving , the working man might in time have the same chanc ? of raising the necessary sum for the bonus as those who were already prepared with the capital ; although it was the prevailing opinion that the poor labourer would be precluded those advantages . ' No doubt he will be precluded ; seeing that the allotment is to be made in future upon payment in ready money , of the price of the land and the boEue . So time for saving is tobs allowed to the poor man .
The shareholders may rest assnred that the parties who arc urging them to persist in the scheme , seek merely to keep up a business from wbich they derive salaries or other kinds of remuneration . The evidence of Mr G . W . Chinnery , _maiaging clerk to the Company ' s solicitors , established beyond dispute that such has been the policy of those worthies from the beginning . 'I know , ' said Mr Chinnery , ' that the business has been don .- very irregularly ; but I have always believed it waB s _? , because tbey w 8 uld not go to the expense or having a secretary at £ »> 0 or JS 5 DD a year , and several C 9 mpetent clerks , to
work so huge a company . ' And again , the same witness observes : ' The deed contains all proper and necessary regulations for the government of the Company , when permanently registered as a company ; but I believe those rules have not been adhered to strictly , owing to the want of an expsasive machiner j in the waj of a secretary and clerks : the directors , or the gentlemen calling themselves directors , _registered provisionally as such , doing all such _business themselves , and being , as I have always considered , not so _competent to it as men whose lives have been devoted to that class of _business' Of course
Messrs . Cuffay and Doyle would rather that the expenses of management should go into their own pockets , they being only able to mismanage , than that they should be laid out in securing the services of _competent officers . It is not , however , these poor crsatures _, but Mr O'Connor whose agents and mummers they clearly appear irom the whole tenor of tbe evidence to have been , who is morally responsible as well for the gross mismanagement of his scheme as for its essentially illusory character . It is true that the language used by Mr O'Connor in his volunteer evidence to the Committee , might justify a suspicion that he was the mere blunder ing dupe of his own presumptuous Ignorance . Some of his snyings transcend anything tbat Irish farce writers have veatured to putin the mouths of the Doctors _CfTooles or _Loonty if 1 Twolters of the stage . When asked within
what time the estates to be sold and resold by the funds which 33 , _'ea subscribers have . raised , could be made available for the settlement of the whole number , he made anBwer , with a cool consummate absurdity which ne thought had passed away with poor Mr Power , 'If you start with £ 100 , 000 of _ca _' pital , and you turn your capital twice over in the year , that will bring you to a definition of my meaning . ' . But the experience of all time has shown that the _haif-conscious half . wittedness which by such nonsense brave 3 out responsibility , is quite com ' - patible with a keen " eye to self advantage , and with a reckless sacrifice ef the interests of others . Mr O'Connor says of the nominal trustees of his Company , that he could not convey the property to them because tnere is an objection where one person is an insolvent . ' I should not wish to convey the property to _tnem . Mr Duncombo is in a delicate state of health , and Mr Jones is in bad repute . ' He was quite aware ,
that if , of the incompetence of the tools with which he was working . Again—we adverted last week to the payment of the members of the Chartist Convention out of _ths Company ' s lundi . An attempt to explain tbis transaction only made matters worse . The c » nstituents of the members of Convention , it would seem , refuses money to bring them home ; there was a mutiny in the assembly ; and , according to Mr O'Connor , after they had ' spent a fortnight in abu sing me , I paid the money to take them home . ' But that money was paid out of the Company ' s funds , and never repaid Mr O Connor , indeed , examined his publisher to show , that , a few days before , he paid £ | 0 _(» , and a few days later £ 1 , 008 , of his own money to the Company ; and the Committee was left to infer tbat these sums covered tn & r alia the money paid to the members of Convention . Bat credit has been given to Mr O'Connor for every farthing of his own money that appears to have been advstneed by him to the Company .
In short , the Company ' s funds have been to Mr O'Con . nor a source ef profitable jobs for his creatures , and of _iush money to them when mutinous . Indirectly , as we have shown , it has ensured him an income of more than £ 4 , 000 per annum . To divert attention from the fact that he and his agents _alsne profit by the losses of ethers he exaggerates his own natural blunders , is qoite content to provoke laughter at his own expense , and gives himself tha air of a rash , rattling , unreflecting fellow . The device is stale . The idea , too , in an inquiry respecting the practicability of such a scheme , of calling his agents , k > prove that he w * s the best master breathing ; that he aad given money of his own to allottees ; and that he iad treated them like his own children ; is supremely ri . iiculous . It is the old story of the quack doctor who made his child call out , « My father cures all diseases , ' and confirmed tha assertions by vociferating , ' What the Little boy says is true . '
Albany , having convicted you of wilful perjury last week , I shall now convict you of folly , conspiracy , and ignorance . I will select a very few passages from the above , merely to impress the nonsense upon the minds of my children . No . 1—Mr O'Connor told the House of Commons on Wednesday night , ' That he is using his best endeavours ; o divest the Company of all illegality by previous registration . ' 1 told the House of Commons precisely the reverse . So . 2 . —The chair was taken by a Mr Robert * . The name is the same as that of the Company ' s solicitor . The Bankrupt Commissioner ' s name is Fonblanque , aud the ruined gambler ' s _aame is Fonblanque—but they are not the same person . A man of the name of Russell was hung some time ago for murdering his wife , but it was not the Prime Minister !
No . 3 . —But even with the Ballot , the occupant was to ' purchase the house and land ultimately . ' Fool , the occupant need never purchase the bouse or land . No . 4 .-Two hundred and thirty selected by ballot have > een located . I Ass , cottages for 230 have been built , and nearly all are occupied . No . 5 . —It is believed that after a debt of _^ 7 _E , 41 S _emsii ing to bs paid on the land acquired has been _discharged 316 additijnal locatees may be settled .
Why , you charmer , you must have seen those Sgures through a sugar-cane . In your last statistical table , the amount stated to be due was 2 S , 0007 . Now it is magnified into 76 , 418 / . But I have looked in vain to discover where anything is due—but the fact is , when a desperate villain is hired to do the work of a desperate faction , he stops at _nothing . No . 6 . —Are to pay a rent of £ 5 4 s 8 d per acre , per annum , until they can raise money enough to pay for the land and houses .
Now , you ugly devil , does 117 . 105 , for four acres of land , a good five-roomed house and out-offices , amount to 51 . 4 s . Sd . per acre ? No . 7 . —Before they can acqaire the land in absolute property , they must pay for it at the rate of £ 209 6 s 2 d for two acres . You incorrigible miscreant—you barefaced Whig slave ! where do you learn that ? Every allottee , or any allottee , may , to-morrow , purchase his allotment , at precisely the same price that it cost in the wholesale market . No . 8 . —Mr _Christopher Doyle , who , before he W 3 S _employed by Mr O'Connor on this hopeful scheme , earned from 16 s to 18 s a week as a weaver , receives £ 1 a week , is a director , and an additional 5 s a week as manager of ) ne of the allotment _furms .
Mr Doyle gets 21 . a week from the Company nd he earns it ; he gets 5 * . a week from me , ecausc he earns it ; I presented him with a andsome watch and chain , because he was eserving of it . Albany Fonblanque was a itiful gambler , starving in a garret , when be Whig s made a subscription for him . They ave him 800 / . a year of the public money , to _jlieve themselves of the incumbrance . No . 9 . —Some of his sayings transcend anything tbat ¦ ish farce writers have ventured to put ia the mouths " the Doctor O'Tooles , or Looney _M'Twolters of the 5 £ _B . So then , Albany , the stage-manager became _ialous that in your dull monotony of figures iere was not a shadow of his own profession , nd here we are relieved by a little bit of the rama from the dismissed strolling player .
No . 10 . —The censtituents of the members of Convent on would seem , refused money to bring them home ; there as a _meeting in the Assembly , & _si , according to Mr Connor , after they had " spent a fortnight is abusing te I paid the money to take them home . " But that ! Oney was paid ou t of the Company ' s funds , and _nsver paid . Why , you immaculate Whig statician ! hy not confine yourself to trickery , that it iay be difficult to discover , rather than write ourself down as a wilful liar ? Now , you pro-> ss to take your data from the _evidance , by _toch it appears that I paid Mr M'Gowan
00 / ., and that I had paid Mr Hornby 70 / ., to uver a sum of 75 / - paid to the delegates ; and
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that there is—or rather was—3 , 400 / . due to me by the Company . 1 say was , because I have increased the amount since . Now , Mr Fonblanque , upon your former trial I convicted you upon fifteen counts of wilful and corrupt perjury . 1 have now convicted you , upon ten counts , of violating the statutes against gambling , of treachery , truculency _, beggary , falsehood , toadyism , and dishonour ; but I have not done with you yet . You , and many of the tribe to which you " belonghave asserted
, that 1 established the Land Company for the purpose of making larger profits of the " Northern Star , " and as I do not consider it at all necessary to withhold the financial position of that paper from my children , both you and tbey shall now have a fair statistical table of the circulation of the "Northern Star , ''' at the period when the Company was established , and each week ' s circulation from that period down to the 15 th of April last , making three years .
Circulation of the _Nobtbebn Stir each week from April 12 th , 1815 to April 15 th , 1816 , both inclusive : — AprU 12 ... 6 S 13 Aug . 16 ... 5634 Dee . 20 ... 5842 — 19 ... 6483 — 23 ... 5745 — 27 ... 5467 _— 26 ... 6395 — SO ... 5534 1816 . May 3 ... 6321 Sept . 6 ... 553 S Jan . 3 ... 5828 — 10 ... 6308 — 13 ... 552 _S — JO ... 5500 — 17 ... 6200 — 20 ... 5193 — 17 ... 5629 — 24 ... 6280 r- 27 ... _54 C 9 — 24 ... 5802 — 31 ... 6037 Oct . 4 ... 5411 — 31 ... 6074 June 7 ... 5991 _ 11 .. 5383 Feb . 7 ... C 275 — 14 ... 5381 — ] g ... 5450 — 14 ... 6450 — 21 ... 5973 — 25 ... 5342 — 21 ... 6540 — 2 S ... 5664 _JJov . 1 ... 5333 — 2 S ... 6453 July 5 ... 5697 _ 8 ... 5371 Mirch 7 ... 6377 — 12 ... 5567 _ 15 ... 5319 _ U _C 400
— 19 ... 6308 — 22 ... 5323 — 21 ... OlOC — 26 ... 5311 — 29 ... 5390 — 28 ... 6452 Aog . 2 ... 5643 Deo . 6 ... 54 C 9 April i ... 6433 — 9 ... 55 S 7 — 13 ... 5446 — 11 ... 6360 Now above I have given you the circulation of the " Northern Star , " shewing a decline in the circulation of nearly a thousand per week from the day the Land Company was established ; and it during that period we estimate the weekly circulation of the " Star" at 5 , 500 , ( and after deducting spoiled stamps and papers left on hand , 1 am over the mark ;) you shall have such an account as no other proprietor in the world would furnish , but , as I am no trader , I care not if every matter connected with the " Northern Star" was placed upon the market-cross .
The price of paper and stamps was about Si . 13 s . a thousand ; the price of the paper when printed is 16 / . \ 3 s . id . a thousand ; leaving 8 / . after paying for paper and stamps—that is 441 . per week for 5 , 500 papers . And now , statician , mark the expenditure ; you shall have it under the several heads _= — Per Week . Expense of composition and printing .. .. £ 25 0 0 EDITORIAL _BcPABTHIHT . Joshua Hobion , for doing nothing .. .. 6 0 0 6 . J . Harney , fordoing everything .. .. 3 0 0 G . A . Fleming , for preparing parliamentary summary 200 E . Stallwood 10 8 clerk ' s uipabtsent . John Ardill , for doing nothing 3 0 0 William Aider , for doing everything .. .. ISO Fosters , daily and weekly papers , postage ,
rent of office , coals and gas 4 0 0 Allowance te wholesale agents .. .. 4 0 0 Mr Hewitt 2 0 t Bad debts 1 o 6 52 5 0 Now , arithemetician , take .. .. 41 g 0 My profit , from £ 52 53 , and you have my loss of £ 8 5 0 barring an inconsiderable amount for advertisements , and leaving no margin for my travelling expenses on behalf of the Chartist
Movement and the Land Company , ' and yet , you sordid beast , so far from complaining , my weekly appeal to the _peeple was , to give up the " Star" to enable them to pay their subscriptions to the Land Company . And if you doubt this statement , go to the Stamp-office , where your masters will give you every information ; orgotoMessrs _Venables , paper makers , Queenhithe , and they have my permission to show you their books , thus enabling you to test the accuracy of my returns .
_>* ow I come to the second year , from April 18 , 1846 , to April 10 , 1847 , both inclusive : — April 18 ... 6375 Aug . 22 ... 8250 Dec . 26 ... 6800 — 25 ... 6365 — 29 ... 6500 1847 . May 2 .. 6280 Sept . 5 ... 6450 Jan . 2 ... 6700 — 9 ... 6189 — 12 ... 6680 — 9 ... 675 ' ) — 16 ... 62 J 0 _ 19 ... 6650 — 16 ... 6775 — 23 ... 6100 — 26 ... 6650 — 20 ... 6825 — 30 ... 6200 Oct . 3 ... 6670 — 30 ... 7 u 25 Juna 6 ... 6080 — 18 ... 6670 Feb . 6 ... 7100
— 13 ... 6200 — 17 ... 6670 — 13 ... 7200 — 26 ... 6150 — 24 ... 6730 — 20 ... 7300 — 27 ... 6175 — 31 ... 6730 _ 27 ... 7375 Jul y 4 ... 6275 Nov . 7 ... 6750 March 6 ... 7500 — 11 ... 6160 — 14 ... 6 S 00 — 13 ... 7500 — 18 ... 6160 — 21 ... 6750 — 20 ... 7525 — 25 ... 6200 — 28 ... 6750 — 27 ... 7450 Aag . 1 ... 6290 D _. o . 5 ... 6750 April 3 ... 737 ) — 8 ... 6290 — 12 ... 6775 — 10 ... 7410
— 15 ... 6330 — 19 ... 682-5 Now , then , during that period the "Star " did not average 6 , 500 , while , although I dismissed the idlers from my staff , I increased the wages of all others , and added to the number , and still the circulation left me a loss . Now in this period you have the two years of Land mania , and from it the reader will learn how far the proprietor of the " Star" has benefitted by the Land Company ; while from April , 1844 , the year preceding the establishment of the Land Company , to April , 1845 , the average circulation of the " Star" was nearly 8 , 000 , as you will learn on application at the Stampoffice , or to Messrs Venables , paper makers .
Now , Fonblanque , we come to the period when political agitation ran high—when the patriotism of the Whigs threatened the existence of the Peel Administration , to the dissolution of Parliament and the General Elections : —
1847 . Aug 21 ... 104 _O 0 1848 . Ap . 17 ... 7330 — 28 ... 10400 Jan . 1 ... 11100 — 24 ... 7280 Sep . 4 ... 10109 — _| 8 ... 109 GO M _* y 1 ... 7230 — 11 ... JOOOO — 15 ... 10600 __ 8 ... 7400 — 11 ... 9800 — 22 ... 10600 — 15 ... 73 dJ — 25 ... 990 ' ) — 29 ... 10650 — 22 ... 7300 _Oet . 2 ... 10100 Feb . 5 ... 10700 — 23 ... 7350 — 9 ... 10100 — 12 ... 10650 Jane 5 ... 7350 — 16 ... 10100 — 19 ... 10650 _ 12 ... 7310 — 23 ... 11250 — 24 ... 10800 — 19 ... 7350 — 30 ... 11150 Mar . 4 ... 1125 0 — 26 ... 7400 Not . 6 ... 12859 — 11 ... 11650 July 3 ... 7450 — 13 ... 11800 — 12 ... 12100 — 10 ... 755 U — 20 ... 11400 — 25 ... 1295 0 — 17 ... 7 C 50 — 27 ... HS 00 Apr . 1 ... 1322 0
— 24 . . 7859 D c . 4 ... 11509 — 8 ... 1 C 230 _— 31 ... 8350 — 11 ... U 550 — 15 ... 21000 Aog . 7 ... 10400 — 18 ... 116 0 0 — 14 ... 9809 — 25 ... 1 H 0 O Now , then , y ou have the circulation of the < Star" for the three years from the time that the Land Company was _' established , down to the fifteenth of last April , and from it the reader will learn , whether the establishment of that Company has been beneficial to the " Northern Star . " And now , slave , you shall have the expense to which I have been put in that period for my connexion with the " Northern Star "
Paid damages and cost 5 for two hbtl 9 , written by Joshua Hobson , upon Mitchell , and W . J . _O'Connell _£ ! ° , ! _„ Pa id to John _Cleava who owed me £ _/ 76 . 016 la o Paid on account of _Hobson ' s action to recover a year ' s wages as editor , after I had _discharged Jiim —that is , a year's wa _^ es from the time of his discharge , for the subsequent year , with my own costs .. .. ™ J j Paid John Ardill upon an action for libel .. JjjJ >¦» " Paid Fowlerin an action for libil .. .. 65 0 £ 1593 5 0 Now the above sum does not include my costs in Cleave ' s case , Ardill ' a case , or Fowler ' s case , and if it had Hot been from the im ] ©• sibility of n . y securing a fair trial before an English jury , I _should not have bad to pay
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_^^ H _^ SiS s _^/ g _JF / _\ m d III _/^^^ v i AND _ NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNAL ' . _ VOL- XI . No 566- LONDON , SATURDAY , AUGUST 36 , 1848 . r _^^ _SrSSSSSU _^ .
Damages In Any One Of These Cases. Now, ...
damages in any one of these cases . Now , you white-faced old gambler , put my expenses on behalf of the Land Company to that sum of 1 , 593 / ., and you will have about 4 , 600 / . ; put the 3 , 400 / . that the Company owes me to that sum and you have 8 , 000 / . ; and then put down the amount of money that other libels and Whig persecution , support of the families of Chartist victims , defence of Chartist prisoners by the ablest counsel , travelling expenses , whilst I sustained the Chartist movement , almost exclusivel y out of my own purse for ht
eig years ; put down the hundreds , nay thousands , _^ that I have given to the " poor gentlemen" whom I thought zealous in the cause ; put down my whole time since the 21 st of Sept ., 1835 , when I found that O'Connell and the Whigs were juggling the people ; and put down the fact , that 1 have never travelled ft mile or eaten a meal at the expense of those for whom I labouredand then contrast my position with that of a ruined gambler , saved from starvation by charity , and now provided for out of the funds of those to whose service 1 h _^ ve
bestowed my every hour , and upon whom 1 have cheerfull y spent my every farthing , and then _convince my children , if you can , that they . would be better and kindlier treated b y gamblers , strolling players , and reckless adventurers , than they have been by me . You disreputable animal , yo ' u presumed that you had some weak-minded dolt to play with , and tbat you would amuse and gratify your patrons by growling at a plan of which you are as ignorant as an Irish pig is of geometry ; but , believe me , you have deceived yourself , if you have supposed that your lucubrations
would be confined to your own "rag , " and the columns of your Confederates , for , before this day week , my two letters shall be in the hands of every member of Parliament , every banker , and every judge , in the land , and then the reader will be able to arrive at a fair estimate of a Government , which relies upon the fabrications and falsehoods of a bankrupt gambler , a strolling player , a pensioned pauper , and a disgraceful tool , for its support . I remain , Pitiful wretch , An honest man and the poor man ' s bailiff , _Ffargfj s O'Connor .
Richard Cobden And The Land Company. To ...
RICHARD COBDEN AND THE LAND COMPANY . TO RICHAKD COBDEN . Sift , —Throughout the agitation for a Repeal of the Corn Laws , your professed object was to reduce the price of the people ' s food—philanthropy was ever upon your lips , and so far had you succeeded in the ait of which you now appear to be a professor , that I , like many others , was deceived as to _yoar real object . As a matter of course I discovered a great deal of inconsistency in your tactics , your speeches , and professions ; nevertheless—and although I was perfectly aware that the attainment of
your object would lead to those disasters which have since resulted from its accomplishment , but which has not yet been felt to one twentieth part of its full effect—I say , though thus differing from you , I was at one time ready to give you credit for sincerity . But why do I waste my time , and the time of my readers , upon one whose subsequent conduct has proved him to be a mere " trafficking politician , '' a trader in credulity , a man who has received 76 , 000 ? . for having inspired false hopes under false pretences ?
If your object had really been to better the condition of the working classes , ' you would have hailed theco operation of all whose services were likely to assist in that direction—nor would you have lent yourself , upon slight and unsustainable evidence , to a conspiracy against one even making the attempt . As to the National Land Plan , if you saw fallacies in it , you should have endeavoured to have exposed them in the House of Commons , where I should have had an opportunity of meeting you in discussion ; but this course you dreaded , well knowing that failure would have rendered you henceforth less valuable to your credulous and confiding dupes . Now , sir , I shall apply myself to those charges at which I have previously hinted .
During the sitting of the Committee upon the Land Company , you were no' only in communication with Somerville , the Flogged Soldier , but you were constantly closetted with him . You were the medium of communication _between Joshua Hobson and the Chairman of the Committee ; you wrote to Hobson , and requested of Hobson to send his several articles , printed in the" Manchester Examiner , " to the Chairman ; you were in communication with the Chairman ; and , in order to show you the danger of trusting yourself to an enthusiastic hater of mine , there is not a word that passed between you and Somerville with which I have not been made acquainted . I have received two letters from a most
respectable professional man , and from one of which I give you an extract : — " With regard to what I wished to have the favour of an interview for , I beg to say that I am every day in communication with a person _« ho appears to b _* tbe life and soul of the attack so infamously directed against your character—I mean Mr Alexander Somerville , Mr Cobden ' _s man of ailwoik * * • If you approve of tbe course that I shall submit to you for adoption , I have not the slightest doubt of biin _« able to ascertain the nature of the evidence he is getting up , and the names of the parties who are to give it . "
Now , sir , the writer" of those letters hag requested me to withhold his name for the present—if you deny the charge , 1 will show them to you j and what I state with regard to Joshua Hobson it is founded upon Joshua Hobson ' s OWN DECLARATION , so that what I distinctl y charge you with , is conspiracy of the meanest , the _lawest , the most disreputable character , in connexion with the most disreputable p arties , - parties whom you were aware would not stop at any thing to injure me and the Land Plan , —parties whom you used not more for the purpose of destroying the Land Plan
, than for the purpose of giving vitality to your new political movement by destroying Chartism , —by destroying all confidence ' in me , thus securing for yo urself another 76 , 000 * . out of a a political bubble , as you have previously secured a like amount out of a commercial bubble . And , believe me , sir , that however you may hope to shelter yourself under the false impression that your friends will tolerate any trick jor scheme for the exposure or destruction of Feargus O'Connor , yet , even amongst the class to which you belong , there is a sufficient amount of public virtue to damn one , who would thus attempt to establish fame for himself upon the ruins of another .
Sir , let me assure you , in _^ conclusion , that you shall not so easily escape the punishment which your conduct merits ; if I have stated what is false , or exaggerated aught , it is in your p ower to convict me of slander and misrepresentation ; if you do not take means to refute or justify what you have done , you must stand convicted cf conspiracy , deception , and fraud , upon the clearest evidence . Feargus O'Connor .
Iobk— Tbe Members Of The York Branch Of ...
Iobk— Tbe _members of the York branch of tbe NatioEal Land Company arc rt quested to attend a _^ _eoeral meeting , at Mr J . Hall ' s , Biue Bell , _Foaa-, ; a ; e , on Tuesday _evening , August 29 ; h , to assist in _airrying out the _profoeitiom named ia the Siar of the . 12 th instant .
To The Members Of Thk Torquay Branch Of ...
TO THE MEMBERS OF THK TORQUAY BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . My dear Children , I beg most respectfully , but most firmly , to decline your profered gift my only charm is , my only pride is , my only boast is , that I have never put my numerous family to any expense , and I never will . I have a snuff-box which
cost a shilling—I have a tea cup that I can drink my tea out of—I want no plate—but what I want is , to see you all comfortable , contented , and happy , and then my every wish will be gratified . If you have anything to spare , give it to the wives and little children of those who have been the victims of Whig treachery , but do not seek to deprive my life of its only charm .
I remain , Your fond and affectionate father , Feargus O'Connor
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The Central Victim And Defence Committee...
The Central Victim and Defence Committee met at 83 , Dean-street , on Sunday the 13 th inst ., when in addition to a numerous attendance of delegates the following gentlemen handed in their credentials , viz : Mr Owen Jones , Cripplegate ; Air MerryiHan , Clerkenwell ; Messrs Evans and Patten , Tabernacle-lane , Tower Hamlets ; Mr Grant Spiers , Limeheuse . Mr Seare , was appointed chairman . It was resolved , 'That Messrs Martyn , _Miins , Merry _, man , Brown , and Jones , form a committee to endeavour to get Mr Duncan removed from Clerkenwell House of Correction , by Habeas : in case the above should fail , this Committee guarantees Mr Duncan , sen . all reasonable expenses in bailing his sou , and
that in the interim we pay five shillings per week , to prevent Mr Duncan from the degradation of picking oakum ; tbat ten shillings each be granted to _Mesdames Bezer and M'Carthy . ' The committee then adjourned to the 20 th inst ., at Cartwright _' s Coffee-house , at ten o ' clock precisely . The following sums were received , viz : Subscriptions at 83 , Deanstieet , 8 s lid ; Mr Ford , baker , do . 2 s 6 d ; Mr Hawkins , Berwick-st ., do . 2 s 6 d ; Raffle for pictures at do ., 7 s ; William Tell Brigade , 5 s ; two Friends , 6 d ; Ernest Jones locality , 5 s ; Washington Brigade , 10 s 6 d ; Greengate , 3 s _* d ; Uxbridge , per Cuffay , 5 s ; Kidderminster , do . 5 s ; Newcastle-on-Tj ne , do . 2 s 6 _> _i ;
_Cripplegate , proceeds of Milton-street Theatre , £ 3 10 s 6 d ; Wallace Brigade , 6 s ; G . J . Harney , 2 s 6 d ; Mr Jenkins , per Land Office , £ 1 ; _Somers Town , £ \ ; Mr Bechmead , Is . —Total £ 9 3 s lUd .. Receipts from the I 3 th to tbe 20 th of August ; 83 , Dean-street , Soho , 6 s 2 d ; Mr Murrell , do . 2 s 6 d ; a few friends , do . per Mr Phillips , 2 s ; Coventry , per S . Kidd , 10 s ; Norwich , per do . 13 s 3 d ; George Julian Harney , 2 s 6 d ; Cripplegate , 5 s ; a female friend , 6 d ; Thomas Paine Locality , 2 s 5 d ; Green Gate , 3 s 7 d ; Globe and Friends , 2 s 8 d ; a female Chartist , per Mr Summer , la ; Kentish Town , 5 s . — Total £ 2 163 7 d . —James Grassby , eeretary .
Congleton . —Mr J . West addressed a meeting here on Sunday week last , at the conclusion 8 s 9 d was collected for the defence of Dr M'Douall . Carlisle . —At a meeting of the Land members of this branch , on Sunday week last , the following resolution was adopted : —That in the opinion of the members present , the affairs of the Company ought not to be finally wound up . That we intend to remain a branch of the said Company and enter into the proposed alterations proposed by the directors , with a view to place it in such a position as will enable it to be carried cut in accordance with the original intentions of the promoter , viz : tbe location of the whole of the members on a certain portion of land in a cottage of their own . '
Somebs Town . —At a full meeting of the Somers Town Chartists , on Tuesday last , the folbwing resolution was adopted : —Resolved * That this meeting being convinced of the truth and justice of the principles contained in the document called the People's Charter , and believing that its recognition as the basis of society would effect not only the political emancipation , but also the social amelioration of the toiling masses , we therefore cannot but express our deep and heartfelt regret that this sacred cause should be damaged and brought into odium and contempt by the insane conduct of a few ( no doubt honest men ) misguided and unthinking men , who allowed themselves to be stimulated on by
those who were actuated by the most vile and base of motives . And as we _. the Chartists of Somers Town , have never countenanced or been connected as a locality with the proceedings alluded to in the evidence of the Informer Powell , we consider it to be our imperative duty to protest against all SECRET PROCEEDINGS ; and we hereby repudiate , denounce , and condemn , the conduct therein detailed , as subversive to the great cause of progression and liberty ; this meeting being confidently of opinion that incendiarism , anarchy , and bloodshed , will never eventuate in redressing the wrongs or achieving the lights of the working classes . —John Arnott , Secretary .
Walworth , —At a meeting held a few days ago the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — ' Tbat this society views with the greatest abhorrence the diabolical but futile attempt of a few misguided men , who , assuming the name of Chartists , have by their actions brought discredit upon our cause ; we have no sympathy with such projects , and earnestly call upon all real Chartists to denounce and disavow all connexion with them . ' A general meeting of the members will be held next Monday evening , when all who can are requested to attend . Wbst Riding Delegate _Meetivo . —The West Riding Delegate Meeting was held , by adjournment ,
_atDawsbury , on _Sutdiy , the 20 th instant . Henry _Marsden , of Iluimfirth , and John Bines , of Brad ford , were appointed to audit the secretary's ac counts , which , having been found correct , a vote oi thanks were given him for his services . The following resolutions were moved and carried : — ' That the delegates from the various localities in the Riding , bring to the nest meeting the number of paying and non-paying members in their various localities . 2 nd . —That Christopher Shackleton be appointed secretary for tbe ensuing twelve moDtbs . 3 rd —Tbat the next West Riding Delegate Meeting be held at _Haokmondwike , on the second Sunday in September :
C . Shackleton in the chair . Thoae places who ate in arrears to the late West Riding _demonstration _, are reqnested to settle them as soon as possible , either by remitting a post office order to the eecretary , or by attending the next delegate _mretiog . Considerable arrears yet remain unpaid . Tne Bradford _Chartists . who were at the expense of getting up the meeting , have enough on their hands at present , having sixty prisoners and their families to look to , without having to stand as creditors to other localities . It is therefore to be hoped that no further notice will he required . Address : —Christopher Shackleton , at _Jatms Buckley ' s , West-gate , Almond * , near Huddersfield .
Clkckheatsn . —Balance Sheet of ins iohkshire Victims . —The following balance sheet was audited by Henry Marsden , IlolmSrth , and John Binns , Bradford : — _IlfCOMfi _, £ , _g , d , Heyw .-od ... ••• ... ... 17 0 Hobden Bridge ... ... ... 0 5 0 Sowerby ... ... ... ... 15 0 Rochdale ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Mldgley 8 15 0 Baeap ... — ... . 2 0 0 _Huddfttfi ld _... ... ... ... 13 0 Todraorden ... ... ... ... 2 0 0 Total 9 5 °
_EXPINDITDBE . By oath to _Blogley and Bradford _committets 8 18 6 Ditto to Halifax •¦¦ _<¦¦ 0 5 3 _Seoretarj ' _d expenses ... ... ... 0 13 Total _ £ » _ J ° Bradford had 50 prisoners , _Binply 18 , Haliiax 2 , o the subscribers will see that eaoh committee reserved 2 s . 711 . per prisoner .
Rochdale And Bacup.— Toe Land Rfiembers ...
Rochdale and Bacup . — Toe Land _rfiembers are rf quested to meet the direct , _ra at tbe Chartist Room , _Yorkflhire-etreet , Rochdale , oa Monday evening , August 2 d , at eight o ' _clock .
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The Anniversary At Lowbands.—The An« Niv...
The _Anniversary at Lowbands . —The an _« niversary of the opening Lowbands estate was held on the 16 th inst . Over 120 sat down to tea , amongst whom were several of the occupants of Snig ' s End estate , immediately after which the brass band , recently formed by the _schoolmaster , played a few enlivening airs to the satisfaction of those assem _« bled ; then the chair was taken by Mr _Kenshaw , who proposed prosperity to the Land Scheme and a long and happy life to its founder , Feargus O ' Connor , E 9 q ., M . P . for Nottingham . Mr O'Brien was called on to speak to that toast . He said he was
one of those who had minutely investigated the plan ; he calculated on the difficulties to be overcome ia order to effect location ; he felt satisfied , that thesa could be surmounted readily , if the government would legalise the Company , and if not , if the _members exhibit the same amount of confidence they have hitherto done , he fears not but all that has been promised shall be effected . With respect to the occupants at Lowbands , he was assured tha industrious persevering allottees would succeed ; for his patt , he did not come to _ggt milk and honey off the land without labour , he came to struggle against all the barriers that may impede progress as yet , he was confident of success . As to Mr
O'Connor he would unhesitatingly say that such a man never existed in any age or clime ; true he may have faults , and who is without thera ? but what are then when compared with his extraordinary qualities one hour ' s devotion to the interests of the toiling masses would be more tban sufficient to counterbalance the quibbles raked up by his enemies . Mr O'Brien ' s two children ( one of seven and the othe five years old ) sung ' We'll rally around him ; ' the chorus was taken up by the meeting . The Chairman said , Brother allottees and friends , long have watched O'Connor ' s actions , the more I _scrutinisa them the more I love the man . With regard to the working of the plan , I had my doubts , you know I have freely expressed them ; now I believe that every one who works the land well for three years will find it to surpass all that Mr _O'Coroier has ever stated
on the subject . Mr Richard Rourke , of Newport , Monmouth , a veteran /) _ninety-one years old , begged leave to offer his _testimony to the merits of Mr O'Connor ' s persevering exertions for advancing the interests of the working classes . After a few mora toasts were given the dancing commenced and continued until 5 o'clock in the morning . Never could there be a more joyous festivity , all seemed delighted , and that without one drop of intoxicating drinks ; the quadrille band , conducted by Mr O'Brien , gave great satisfaction . HACKNEY . —At a meeting held on Wednesday , August 9 th , at the Green Gate , TJackney-road , a memorial , expressing unbounded confidence in Mr O'Connor , and urging bin : to pursue the same straightforward course he has hitherto done , was unanimously adopted . The closing of the Company was objected to .
Bradford . —A public meeting of members of the Land Company was held in the large room , But . terworth-buildings , on Sunday last . Mr Peacock in the chair . The propositions in the Star were read and discussed seriatim . Seven of the nine were agreed to , and , after some discussion , the doubling of the share money was unanimously rejected . The proposition for paying 2 d ., 3 d ., and 4 d . per week , elicited a warm opposition from a majority of the members . Its supporters , on a division , were in a minority . Finnieston , Glasgow . —The _Lafid members of this branch , held a meeting a few days ago , at James M'Lellan ' _s , and elected John Walker secretary . It was then agreed that the Secretary attend at the same place from eight till nine o'clock on Tuesday , the 22 nd of August , and every alternate Tuesday afterwards , to receive the contributions of members
_Blackbpbw —The quarterly meeting of this branch wag held on Sunday , AugUBt 20 th , in the _OldSzi House . After the quarterly accounts were passed , the following officers were duly elected for the next six months : — ' Messrs _Ainsworth and _Bramveii , auditors ; Mr Richard Prondl > ve , scrutineer : Messrs Ilall , _Ashten , Femberton , Bradley , and llindle , committee . An animated _discussern too '< place att-r the reading of the propositions of Mr O'C nm r , when it wag agreed to adjourn the meeting to Sunday , the 27 th ( to-morrow ) , when the discussion will be re _« sumed at Mr Nurton ' s Ccmmercial _Cuffte-toiise , Back-lane , at six o ' clock in tha evening . Members are requested to attend .
Maltox . — The Land members met at Leo _Rivise johool room , on the 21 it inat , _waen Mr Feargus O'Connor * * letter was submitted to their consideration , and the tol ' . owiue resolution paastd : — ' That we do approve of the Directors ia the price of the allotment . ' A vote of confidence on all the other _propositions contained in the above letter , was given to our noble friend and unpaid bailiff , Mr Feargus O'Connor . Dewsbckt . —At a Keating a few days ago an ad ' dress expressing cocfidence in Mr O'Connor , was unanimously adopted .
Nottingham —On Tuesday evenirg last a public meeting of the Land _number waa btldinthe lar _^ e room at the Seven Stars , Barker-gate . Mr SweeC presided . The following resolutions were _cirrii d by a great majority : — 'That the only advance upon shares be 6 d per share , viz —Ib . for two aeres ; Is . 6 J . for three acres , and 2 * . for four acres : the advances to be made in order tbat location _bi tak . n by priority , a given date to be named , every _member having an equal chance to pay up ; thereby giving the poor man the same opportunity as the richene . This would raise the sum ot £ 5 250 , and cause the shareholders to pay up aa soon a » _possible , the same to bs paid annually . '— ' That the occupants be required to pay the aid money in half-yearly instal .
meats , after thrte years * occupation . '— ' That the Expense Fund be abolished , and an Aid Fund established at the rate of one penny for two acres , threehalfpence for three acres , and twopence _f-r four acres per week . '— That the directors l _» _requested to make calls upon thoae shareholders who have not paid up , and if such shareholders neglect , or retusp * o make good such ealh , that interest at the rate ol five per cent , shall be charged to their account , and the amount shall be deducted from the share money they may have previously paid . '— ' That rim conveyance baa freehold for ever . '— ' That the affairs of the Company shall not be _wourd up , nor now me rubers
be admitted . '— ' Tbat the memters of the Nottingham branch of the National Lund On pany , having full confidence in Mr O'Connor , think it is not requisite to appoint trustees , but wish bim to hold the _iruat , until enrolled by Aot of Parliament '— 'That it be left entirety with the directors _torfdtue _« _ha r . nt from five to four per cent , or not '— ' That , the best thanks of tbis meeting be given to the directors , for tin faithful discharge of their duties , and u r the determination evinced by them in repclm _* the _attaoks of a base , brutal , and corrupt _prtss '—A vote of thanks waa given te _. and _suitab'j _acknowledged by the Cbairmarj _) and the _meeting dispersed ,
P 0 L 1 C 3 _TtltANKY , AND IlLBOAI , IsTEF . FERF . SCE WITH Licensed Victuallers , is ths mattkr if the _National Land _Cc-iiPAsv . —The Lied members <> f the _llaukney-road district have _baen in tha habit of meeting at the Green Gate , unt 1 the recent polities ' arrest * , _airca whieh period ths lwdlord has _hetn in formed by the police authorities , that no political meet ings could beheld . The Land members _be'ng _^ _eairout ot discussing tbe _propositus of Mr O'C'mm _. _i ' _a letter , relative to amending the rules of the Company , in accordance with tbe _suggestions thrown out by the _comiait' . ee of the House of Comraon ? _, on _Wednesday , Augu 8 t 23 rd , and-he _landlod _bcins _dtVirous of standing on the righ ; side , sent to the Police Inepsctorto ascertain if he would t > e allowed m have such a moating held iu bis Louie , and _wa- > _informed
that he would not , A 3 tub _Lanb Company was a pari _andfarcbl of the Chai _» tibt _Movim nt , consequently the meeting was not held ; but > o _< Be two or three persons bein _^ in the room on tho Wednesday evening , in rushed the Inspector , ar . d 3 _» i ' , ' I thought you were _tsld that no _meeting would be allowed . ' On being t r «! d that the or : j . _ctei meeting was not held , he exclaimed , ' But I see _s _. nuof thmi present , and if these meetings are _periisud in t !; _ere are five bouses marked , that will lo _^ e their licences !! ' The landlord cf tbe Gr ( en _Gite , and the members of the Land Company me » t _nj at that house , would wish thes _? things ru- de kuowx ; and also request Mr _O'Cotnor to _a _^ _k tha Attwiuy-General , in th >; House of Common . " , if he has instructed the Dolice in tte Tower Hamlets _toswppref-a the meetings of she National Lind Cora ; : iny .
Wioton —At a public meeting of the _members ol tho Wigtoa Land Company , _le'd August Slit , Mr J . > hn Davidson in the ehair . the _tohnir ' . _^ resolutions were unanimously carritd : — 'That the _propctitioriA laid down in the NorrrnERN Star of the 12 : h uic , hy Mr Feargus _O'Connar , are _designed to facilitate the speedy location of tbe present members , uud to hasten the redemption ef cur o moon country from misery . _privatit . n , and want ; and tha " . _tney corcur with _tKe _proposed plantf _wosking the land _;<>> t £ m upon the improved plan . Tfcey . _therefore , lpa " v « _thu completion of tbo proposed organisation in the Lands
of the intended Convention , huntly bopip _? that the collective wisdom of that b . dy will reoiier e » tiy _as'i'tsnea in their power to our con > _EV > n father , Mr Feargus O'Cmnor , in earning out bis pbilni ' liropio designs . The members of tha Wi _^ tm Laud Company make choice of Mr O'Connor . aQd Mr Duicombe , in connexion with Mr Sharaian _Crawfoid , for the future tru-tfes of the _cunpf-n ? , and that they -ur . thir place the fuil < _st oontide & cein Mr _O'Coaior . Tiuj ' ier turn him tbeir sincere > ni _teiritVlt th _^ _iiks Jar his kind _srtvices . pnd _lm-k to _himin fu , _ure b » tbeir kind and loving father . ' -- _' _>• '¦ _^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 26, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26081848/page/1/
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