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PIRB AND LIFE ASSURANCE , ASD ANNUL TIES FOR THB INDUSTRIAL CLASSES . _ENGLISBT AND CAMBRIAN _ASSURANCE SOCIETY ; OR FIRE , ZEE , ANNUITIES , AND _ENDOWMENTS , ic . _capital £ 150 , 000 with power of increase to Owe IIuaios . ( Incorporated ij * Act pf Parliament . J CHIEF OFFICES- . —No . 9 , New Bridge-street , Blaekfriars , London . District Offices . "Ko . 65 , Sun-street , _Bishopsgatc-streei , ( Sty ; No . 67 , Cbarlotte-street , _Fiwror-square ; No . 6 , _TriMty-street , _Irinitj-sqtiare . Borough ; No . J 2 a , Cannon . row , linage _, street , Westariw . er . Medical Officer . Damh . wake . Esq ., M . D ., < _£ , . _¦»^* " _!^*! 5 ES * square ( on _MondaYirind 6 » T « _iuitjr-street ( ou Thursday ) , rem 10 toi
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T DU BA . ttR . TS HEALT H RESTORING FOOD U _a-UE _REVALESTA ARABICA . riAUTlONi—The most disgusting and in-U furious compounds heing soldby unscrupulous _specui » i « _™ uoon the credulity of the Public , under close _imiUtiot _ofX . _name of DU _BAUUY' 8 . REVALENTA ABA , BICA FOOD , or wtih _¦» pretence of being simdar to that de . liciona and invaluable remedy for Indigestion , Constipation , _Xerrbns . Bilious , nnd Liver Complaints , Mes _| rs . D * BARRY and . Co . caution Invalids _^ against these barefaced _attempts at imposture . There is nothing in the whole ; _getablekingdom that can legitimately be called _smnun to ju Barry ' s Uevidenta Arabica , a plant which is cultivated by Du Barry and Go . on their estates alone , and for the prepitration and pulverisation of which their . own Patent Machinery alone is adapted . Let Corn Chandlers sell their pease , beans , lentil , and other meals under their proper names , ahd not trifle with the health of Invalids and Infants , for whom DP BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA alone is adapted .
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Samuei Laxtos , Market-street , Leicester , November 2 nd , 1818 . ......... . Por thelast five years I have been in- a most deplorable condition of health , - having been Subject dttfing that period to i _tnost . sereip paias in the back , chest , right and left' sides , which produced vomiting almost dally . Next to God , ; I owe you a debt of gratitude . I have not had ' any sickness at the ' stomach since'I commenced yohr Food , 46 . ' I remain ,- gentlemen , yours veiy truly , ( Rev . ) Thomas Mm * ii » , ' ofF & niley Tyas , Yorkshire . _-rrSt . Saviour ' s , Leeds , December 9 th . 1847 . . , - . '• > * . , Gentlemen , —I am happy to be able to inform you , that the p erson for whom the former quantity was procured , has derived very great benefit from its use ' ; distressing symptoms of long standing have been removed , and a feeling of restored health induced . Having witnessed the beneficial effects in the above-mentioned case _. T can with confidence recommend it , and shall have much pleasure in so doing whenever an opportunity , offers , & c . I am , gentlemen , very truly yours , James _SnoiaiND , late Surgeon 90 th Regt , 3 , Sydney-terrace , Reading , Berks , December
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pALDWELL'S NEW , SPACIOUS , U AND ELEGANT ASSEMBLY ROOMS , Deas Street , Soito . Ma . Caldwell avails himself of this opportunity of returning his grateful _acknowledgments to his Patrons , Pupils , aud the Public ior thc liberal support they have hitherto honoured him with , and begs most _respectfallj to announce that his Extensive Premises have been entirely rebuilt , under the _suget- ' mtendance of an eminent Architect , and ave now replete with the most scrupulous regard to accomodation and comfort , which artistic skill , combined with experience , - coiild suggest . The Whole Com . prehending , it is presumed , the _ehef-d ' ouvre _Terpsichorean Establishment atthe West-end , which
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty , Queen Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert .
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T > HE LONDON CO-OPERATIVE X STORES are now opened at 7 G , Charlotte Street , Fitzrot Square , In connexion with tlie Society for Promoting Working Men s Associations .
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__ _-TT-T--7-T- ¦ _:- ¦ - _^ Zr ~ _wmXJzz _' i ' "¦ 7 : _Tgducatiottfor the _Mlfons , THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED , No , XXYII . of ' ' ¦ _-f _& _- _' _n ' _^ ¦"' .. ¦ . PRICE ONE PENNY .. The object of the Pr 6 priet 6 r , _FsAMtrs _O'Oossob , Trio MP ., is to place within the reach of the Sent _elassM'that Political and Sooial Information _KhicWthoy are at present deprived by the Government " Taxes on Knowledge .
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pANTEKBURY versus ROME , yj _and _CIIltlSTlANITy IM RELATION TO BOTH , _ERNESTINES Of the Middle Temple , Barrister-at-Law , WHJTj EECT 0 RE ON-THE ABOVE SUBJECT , m THE MECHANICS' IKSTITUTION , SOUTHAMPTON . BU 1 _LPINGS , CHANCERY-LANE , ON ' Mondit Evening , Decembeb the Secosd , AND .... .. Monday Evekino , December the Ninth . _Admission : —Boxes and Platform , One Shilling ; Pit , Sixpence ; Galleries , Threepence . To commence at Eight o'clock precisely . Entrances to _i'oxes and : Platform , 29 , Southampton buildings , Chancery-lane ; Pit aud Galleries , Northumber land court . Southampton-buildings , Holborn , and Tennis court , Middle-row , Holborn . The Parochial Clergy will be solicited to attend . _DisctMsiox Invited . .
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QOUTH LONDON 0 HA . _UTIBT BALL , O 113 , Blaehfriars-road . This is to give notice thata special meeting of the Subscribers to the above Hall , will be held on Monday evening , Doc . 9 th , at Mrs . Newman's , Star Coffee-house , St . _George's-circus . Chair taken at eight precisely . By order of the trustees . —J 6 hu _Deon , Secretary ,
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NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE Branch of tho _NATIOKAL LAND COMPANY . - The Quarterly Meeting of the Members of the above Branch , will taUe place on Sunday , December 8 th , at the Cochlnn , Chair to be taken at two o ' clock in the afternoon . The Commit tee ave desirous to see as nasmy _mevahevs e . 8 -possible , especially those who have not paid to the _ivinding-up of tbe Company , as business will be brought before the meeting immediately connected with the winding-up of the aifairs of the Company . Thomas Fobrest , Secretary .
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FRAMPTON'S PILL OP HEALTH . Price 13 . l } d . per Bos . _HpHIB EXCELLENT FAMILY PIL _1 X is a Medicine of long-tried efficacy fbr correcting a disorders of the Stomach nnd Bowels , the common gym * toms of which are Costiveness , Flatulency , Spasms , _Loi of Appetite , SieU Hoad-nche , Giddiness , Sense of Fullnes after meals . Dizziness ofthe Eyes , Drowsiness and Pains i the Stomich and Bowels Indigestion , producing aTorpi state of the Liver , and a consequent Inactivity of th Bowels , causing a disorganisation of every function of th frame , will , in the most excellent preparation , by a litti perseverance , be effectually removed . Two or three dose will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects . Th stomach will speedily regain its strength ; a heplthy actio : of the liver , bowels , and kidney will rapidly take place and instead of listlcssncss , heat , pain , and jaundiced ar . pearance , strength , activity , and renewed health , will b the quick result of taking this medicine , according to th
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BEAUTIFUL HAIR , WHISKERS , EYEBROWS , & c , maybe , with certainty * obtained by using a very small portion of ROSALIE OOUPELLE'S PAltlsiAN POMADE every morning , instead of uny oil or other preparation . A fortnight ' s use will , in most instances , show its surprising properties in producing and curling Whiskers , llnir , & c , at any age , from whatever cause deficient ; as al 30 checking greyness , _Jic . Sent free hy post , with instructions , & c , on receipt of twenty-four postage stamps , by Miss COUPELLS , 35 ilyplace , Holborn , London , who may be consulted on these matters daily , from two till five . TESTIMONIALS . Lieutenant Holroyd , R . N ., writes : — ' Its effects are truly astonishing ; it has thickened and darkened my hair very much . ' Mrs , _Bucltley , _StnnJeford : — ' Tour delightful Pomade has improved my hair wonderfully . '
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . -T HE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE - » - hereby announce the following meetings : On Sunday afternoon next , at three o ' clock , : the _adjourned meeting of thc Democratic Conference will beheld in the Coffeo-room ofthe John-street Institution . Oh Sunday Evening next meetings will be held at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove—Princess Koyal , _Circus-street , Mavylcbone-King and-Queen , Foley-street , Portlandplace—Bricklayers' Arms , _Tonbvidge-stveet , New-road—City Hall , 26 , Golden-Iano , Barbican- IVhittingtonand Cat , Church-row . Bethnal _Green—Crown-and Anchor , Cheshire-Street , "Waterloo Town—and Globe and Friends . Morganstreet ,. ConimercIal-road-en 8 t . On Wednesday evening Mr . J . B . O'Brien will lecture on 'Ireland , her past and present condition ; her remedy , political and social rights , ' at the Temperance Hall , Royal Mint-street , Tower Hill ; and on Saturday evening next , on the same subject , at tho Temperance Hall . 180 . Broadstreet , Lambeth Butts . ' • Signed on behalfof the Committee , Joim Abnott , General Secretary .
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ROYAL STANDARD THEATRE , SHOREDITCH . P Proprietor , Mr . John Douglas . O L IS II REFUGEES . The Committee , for the relief of the brave and truly deserving Poles , begs respectfully to announce that they intend taking a TICKET BENEFIT , On behalf of the unfortunate exiles , at the above Theatre , ou _WEDNESDAY , DECEMUEll 4 m Boxes , Is .. ; Pit , Gd . Doors open at six , commence at half-past six . N . B .-TICKETS ONLY will benefit the _llefugees _, which may he had at the City Hall , 26 , _Golden-lauo ; _Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green ; Crown and Anchor , _ClieBlnre-Btreet _, Waterloo Town ; New East London In . stitution , _Morpeth-strcet , Green-street , Bothnal-green : u « , ¦ Commlttcc on the evening of tho benefit , at tho Gloucester Coffee house , Church-street , ( two doors from ) bhoredltch . ¦ Tuoma . 8 FEROU 90 H , Secretary .
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- _^^^^ _^ NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS . •" - NOTICE TO SUBSGRIBER _^ . _^ _- ' •• ' . '• . _* . ¦ - ¦ ¦ * ¦ ., ' , ¦ _- . "'"" Willbe ready for _ddliyery with the . Northern Star on Saturday next , an ; _-- authentic , highly "finished , arid beautiful Steel * Engraving , _Ttiio Feet : Long , from the contractors ( Fox arid Henderson ' s ) own Drawing of the
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Cheltenham The Sixpence announced in our last , foi Windin _« -up tha Land Company i at from J . Hemmin , Cheltenham , ought to have been "ff . Skinner , per J , Hemmin . _tfornKfljjAar . —Mr . J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of t ae following _surai : —For the Honesty Fund—New Radford 10 s . Gd . ; Mrs . Perkins 3 d . ; Mrs . Pinder 3 d .-Poi * the Refugees , from the Seven Stars 5 s . _CiUMEaviUE , —C . Willis cannot reply to the kind letter signed 'j , _Lawson and others , ' their being no address given . J , Boukes . Sheffield , and T . B . _Bblvmbt . —Under consideration . B . Bnow . v , Wakefield . —Next week . Patiiici : 0 'Hiooin 8 , Dublin . —Wo have not a file of the dail y papers at hand , and , Without such evidence , cannot comply with your _renuest . . _ .
The Hev .: Mb . Ryan , —We have received a letter from Mr . Peter Hoey , explaining his reasons for * not publishing the rev . gentleman ' s letter . He read it to oil his friends , and also to two public meetings , and itwas well received . His objection to publish it , arose from his want of respect to the National _Assembly , for the manner in wliich they thought to treat Mr . O'Connor and the Northers * Stab . The memory of the rov . gentleman is _dearly prized by his friends in Barnsley . Polish Kefuoee Fund . —Per John Arnott and Captain _Rola _Barlochowski , from Mr . Holyoake £ o ; per Captain Bola Barlochowski £ 1 Os . Id . j per John Arnott £ 1 ls . ; A few Friends to Democracy , per Douglas Snelling Is . ; Mr . Sterkie _6 d . It is requested that the collecting books for this fund , issued by Mr . Davis , be returned . Persons having books in the name ofthe present secretary , are _requested to give an account ofthe monies collected by them , as none has been received up to the present time . Thomas Ferguson . Secretary , 3 , Gray _' s-buildingS _, _Elizabeth-steeet , Hackney-road . To Roiiem ! _'fiTTEKWOToir , Bank , Leeds . —My Friend , —In _rep ' . _ytoyou ** address , _llrcj * , to inform jou that the whole of my « Life and Adventures , ' published in the National
_Ikstbcctor _, are written by myself , and I also beg to inform you tliat _vrhatis there stated with , reference to Lord Morpeth and Sir George Strickland at the West Riding nomination , is perfectly true and correct , and is known to the immense numbers assembled at the time in the . building ;—in fact you must havs thought me fodish to have stated a circumstance , which , if false , thousands could have contradicted . —Your faithful friend , _Pbabgos . O'Connor . . Ma . il . Jude , Newcastle . —We cannot insert the advertisements connected with thc Land Company , for ¦ payment ofthe duty only . The _NoawiEtts _Star i 3 unconnected with the Company . Polish and Hcngaman Refugees . —T . Brown ' s List . — Mr . Smith ' s Workmen 4 s—Mr . Reynolds £ 1 ls—Mr , Clinch's Book 4 s—Edmonds 2 d—Welshman 6 d—Mr . Jeffries ls 4 d—Crockett 5 } d—Mr . Miller ' s Book ls-Alvty 6 d—C . B . 3 d—Manley 6 d—Byan Cd—Noble Gd-Roe ( _id—Risley ls—ftittle 6 d—Peacock Gd—Routzeler 16 _—t'ichler ls 4 d—3 atchler 6 d—Dixon , Dublin 4 d—Friend 21 d-. Renn . ie 6 d . _~ Any monies , hy any mistake , not au . nodneed , immediate application to be made io"s . Brown , 41 , Turnmill-street .
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INFAMOUS CONSPIRACY AND DENIAL OF JUSTICE . APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OP GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AGAINST THE UNJUST JUDGES OF ENGLAND .
Fellow Countrymen , — We entreat you , * . attention to one of the greatest wrongs ever perpetrated upon an individual under the cover of law . " We shall recite the facts as calmly as the nature of these facts , the shameless injustice that has been committed , and the deep injury that has heen inflicted will p ermit ; and we appeal to you for that sympathy and support which the wronged aud the oppressed ever look for from Britons .
Impressed with a deep conviction that the independence and prosperity of the labouring classes ofthis country could oelargely promoted by the introduction of small proprietary estates , -which ia found to act so beneficially in Continental nations , Mr . Feargus O'Connor devoted his energies * for some years , through the medium of this paper , to create a public opinion in favour of that system .
It is not necessary in this appeal to state the grounds on which that conviction rests . It is sufficient to say , that the system has been advocated by many of the most profound and eminent writers on national economy among whom we may name the illustrious Sismondi , and two of the most practical observers and popular writers of our day , in England—Messrs . Laing and Kay . In Mr . Thornton ' s admirable work , entitled " A Plea for Peasant Proprietors , " the abstract arguments in favour ofa wide diffusion of landed property among the population , will be found supported by an array of facts drawn from ancient history , aud the present condition of several countries on the continent . These facts are sufficient to
convince any impartial mind of the superiority of small estates , to a territorial system , through which the whole ofthe soil is monopolised by a few privileged families , and the remainder of the population aro reduced to dependence on them for employment and food . The result of Mr . O'Connor ' s labours to diffuse knowledge on this subject , was the formation of a Society called "The Chartist Cooperative Land Societ y , " by a Conference of Delegates , held in May , 18-i 5 . Tha object of that Society was to purchase land , erect dwellings and schools thereon , aud to allot the same to members according to the shares held by them , and the arrangements mutually agreed to for regulating the same .
The laws and regulations of the Society were framed on the model presented by another society ( the National Community Friendly _bewety ) _, which had an extensive organisation —hadbeen in existence several years _previously had purchased estates , and erected dwellings and workshops upon them-and done all this under the sanction aud protection ot the law , being enrolled nnder the Friendly ¦ societies' Acts . J
Of course , the Conference which draw up and agreed to the organisation and rules of the Uiayfost Co-operative Land Society , " full y expected that the same sanction and protection would be extended to their Society as to that whose rules they copied . They never dreamed that , because they declared it was a Uiartist" society , they would , therefore , bo denied a participation in the advantages of a statute enacted for the benefit of all classes and parties in the community . They were ' mistaken . The Barrister appointed to certify the rules of Friendly Societies " refused to enrol the rules , precisely
similar to those he had formerly sanctioned and tho Government backed him . Thev brought in and passed a bill , restricting the powers of the existing law , rendering th e action of the Begistrar subject to the direction of tlie Attorney-General , or the Solicitor-General and also requiring the consent of the Seem to y of State before enrolment . _ThTobiect of aimed at im obnoxious political party ? Tim Government and the Legislature pervert d ttieir powers , and _oppressed those whom tw ought to have protected , y _leSd Z , _^ J * !* -. to have tho Society 2 ?! ' _™**? i h ( 38 e Act 8 > the Executive and _mcmljors resorted to the next authority from
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f which such legalisation could be obtained—tli _£ < _- > gistrar under the ; -Joint Stock _Company Act' P or i « _--re registration ; _undeP that Act , alterations , were made in tho titlQ and rules ; a < _fcv d " ° f set « _emerit was prepared and signed by ihe W arehoIdersin - " " . parts of the country , at a gmt _exp- ? n !" e to the Com . party , ¦ All the - _rerjttlaiie ; documents ¦ _$# * _lodgod with the Registrar , - in terms of the law , previous to complete _registration . - ' Again , they were denied Protection . On Z _™ . _/ uc _° _IeSal i ? _aHn . _^^ . _obte , ned--the
tlio pretext ofthe Company coming within tho purview ofthe Lottery Acts , the _BeelVrar rofuscd to acknowled ge the Company «¦ legal one . It wm stiff doomed to remain exposed to all tho injurious consequences of being _anunrecognigedV if not an illegal body It could not in its corporate capacity , wX purchase , or hold property . It could r , ot anpoint trustees legall y competent to hold pro - perty in trust for the _members-it couldnot grant legal leases , or _estate WaI conveyances to purchasers m fee z \ mph ,-m fact ifc was defenceless : a prey to every _diahonest or malicious person who might _chosfe to take advantage of its helpless condition , as far as the law was concerned .
In tho meantime , however , the P ] an had found favour with the public . Members joined the Company in all parts of thc kingdom by hundreds and thousands . Funds poured iri rapidly , and Mr . O'Connor and the Directors under the instructions , and b y the authority of successive Conferences , proceeded to _puvohaae estates temporarily , in the name of that gentleman , to allot them to the members in the prescribed quantities , and to build dwelling houses , schools , & c , for their accommodation . All this was done under the impression that the efforts they were making at so much expense and outlay to legalise the Company would ultimately be successful .
Justice to Mr . O'Connor demands that it should be stated , that gentlemen strongly ob . jectedto the estates being bought in his _' _name . It was only in consequence of the legal adviser of the Company stating , that ° in the meantime estates must be purchased by an indiv id ua l , and of the Conferences unanimously pressing that duty upon him , as tho only person who possessed the entire and' unlimited confidence of the whole of the members , that he consented to take upon himself the responsibility .
The unprotected state of the Company s pe edil y produced its natural baneful consequences . It had no power of compelling ita shareholders to perform their engagements funds began to fall off ; the Directors were un ' able to complete engagements , or to proceed with that regularity and rapidity which was expected by those who had paid up their shares ; the absence of proper leases and conveyances had also an injurious effect on the minds of those located ; and thus , in consequence of tbe refusal of legal protection , discontent was produced , and the pro gress of the Company seriously impeded .
Under these circumstances , Mr . O'Connor resolved at last to apply to Parliament for pro tection , through a New Act , as it was alleged the existing statutes did not afford it . On the 12 th of May , 1848 , he brought in a _Biil "to alter and amend the Act of 9 and 10 Victoria relating to Friendly Societies . " It consisted merely of two clauses , and extended the provisions of the Friendl y Societies' Acts ; first , to the National Land Company , and second to the Odd Fellows , and Societies similarly constituted .
We may mention , in passing , that the Odd Fellows have since obtained protection by a special act , nothwithstanding their being an affiliated body , with secret passwords . The National Land Company is still beyond the pale of the law , though all its objects and proceedings are open to the world , and such as must commend themselves to every honest and unprejudiced man in the country , Before the second reading of the Bill , brought in by Mr . O'Connor , came on Sir Benjamin Hall asked him if he would ' hare
any objection to a Select Committee beino * appointed to inquire into the subject , previous to the House being called upou to affirm the principle of the bill I Mr . O'Connor replied , that if he found the Government intended to oppose the principle he would have great pleasure in adopting the suggestion ofthe hon . Baronet , because there was nothing he was mora anxious to secure , than a full , strict , and searching investigation into the manner in which the business of the Company had been conducted , and its funds expended .
Accordingly , having discovered the Government intended to oppose the bill , it was _agreed , on the motion of Mr . O'Connor , onthe 23 rd of May , 1848 , thata Committee be appointed , and on the 30 th the Committee was elected . J It sat for a long time ; examined witnesses on every question connected with the affairs of the Company ; appointed an eminent public accountant to investigate the whole of its accounts , and in every way sifted , not only the princi ple on which the Company was rounded , but the whole ofits proceedings from the commencement .
Mr . Hayter , then Judge-Advocate , who presided on tho part ofthe Government , displayed £ _™? _f p ° Ut an _e _^ _tog-T hostile animus to Mi . O Connor and the Company , and drew up a Re port condemnatory ofthe plan , ™ toto . mat iteport was , however , negatived bv a large majority of the Committee , and a _Report agreed to , to be presented to tha House of Commons , in which it was stated , that , though the Company was illegal , yet it had been entered into , and conducted bona fides by all connected with it . that so
far from any imputation resting on Mr . 0 < - _* ounor of a pecuniary character , it waa proved that he had advanced several thousand pounds of . his own money , and that his _perkv ? _^ ° nour aud iuteg"ty were fully established by the investigation . The Committee , _therefore recommended either that the promoters should be allowed to amend the constitution of the Company , so as to brincr it within existin g statutes , or that facilities _should be given for winding it up with justice to all parties , •*
keep in remembrance that the illegality of the Company had never been denied ; but , on the contrary , there had boon a constant , earnest , and expensive scries of efforts on the part ofits Directors and members , to procure legal protection . Government « and Parliament had denied that protection , and then tookai _** vantage oftheir own wrong _. Having thus amply vindicated his own sonal conduce in the transaction , Mr ,
O'Connor , acting upon one of the alternatives offered by the Select Committee , again _eudea-V _r ° _* T c , , < 5 ? tain _^ _S-ati'ation under the Jo _. nfc Stock Companies' Act . The _constitute was amended iu conformity with the requirements pointed out in tho evidence of thc _Registrar himself in his evidence before the Committee , but still that officer refused to perform what , in all other cases , is merely a _ministerial duty .
This course forced Mr . O'Connor to have recourse to the Queen ' s Bench , fo r a mandamus to compel the "R egistrar to perform his functions . The mandamus was granted _with leaf e to answer ; and , thereupon , a protracted aud expensive litigation ensued between , what was really the Government on the one hand , aud Mr . O'Connor , as an individual , on the other ; because , by this time , all these occurrences had produced their natural effect . Public coufidenco was shaken . The . shareholders ceased to pay their prescribed contributions . Thero was no legal power to conipol them to do so ; and thus , at the very moment when funds aud unanimity were most needed , Mr . O'Connor and the Directors found themselves left almost
alone , to cope with the difficulties of then position . We Hood not nninfc nnk the _inennalitv of the
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30111850/page/4/
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