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^** T for cash book and the balance ; i * * see ho * this puzzle-pated ass is < S E victed by dates and facts . He says M ? giQ ^ i there were several public funds E ^ l T&e Star office . Now for dates . frJii was in 1839 , and I paid 1 , 000 / . bei # ^ 33 received for that fund ; borrowing fe ^ ni Mr Read , some m Mr AHsop , and ^ S M r Rogers ; so that in 184041 Mr ^ S lr - « i . Cncra TiAan ncinm tltnt £ . m * 1 UWWU Uiaif ^ rZr the cashbook and the balance ;
^ llltt UUV IK" ** - iwuig IUUU < jt ^ -i 1839 , 1 paid 400 / . or 50 W . for defendsTCh artists in Liverpool—now 1839 is ^ la ^^ andlnever received a fraction j ^ lpns' mone y—that all went direct to ^ Cfte Star Butmarkwliat , follows . i ^ iirt as soon as I was sent to prison , the S » rneisbegan to cry out for a balance F of those funds—those funds , mark , $ , this ruffian says , in a previous letter , $ j l ave never settled an account of yet . ^ 1 thong * in P " 5011 * my character was P * ^ an d I requested the Manchester t ^ . »« annoint auditors to investigate thosa
^ nts , and I sent them those accounts with i ^ -f or every fraction ; and by whom , do f ? hink ? Why by Joshua Hobson !! And * Yjrgs the result do you think ? "Wh y here ¦ from the auditors themselves , published l * Lsiar of the 10 th of October , 1840 , and ^ of which was enclosed to me by Joshua & , stating his and John Ardill ' sastonish-% surprise , and admiration , of the plain jj amp le manner in which I presented the ^ t , and the perfection of my figures 11 L read the
following—^ jasiSDOK-A special meeting the Manchester i ^ Council , and of the Committee , appointed by i ^ j ^ te meeting Manchester , to distribute the ^ .. gtecribed for the relief of theirireiandfemniesof st jjfeoaed Chartists , having been called for the pur-J-jjH&niining the balance sheet ! of the receipts and gjsanen te of the 'Frost Deforce Fund , ' and the Na-5 Jp eience Pond , In consequence of certain repuria ^ cbeai raised aid circulated to the prejudice of Mr j £ « s O'Connor , the holder and disburser of those ^ f tnchmeeting wasbdd thisMondajevening , Get ^ jtO , when after hearing the several documents 2 , tnd the balance sheets having been examined , it ^ xolTeinnaniaoHsly : —
TTbis uommittee fiaraig heard with deep regret of JircnlatHHi . bysome parties in London , of inmoois ^ Kpifrts prqudicial to Mr ffConnort character , in ^ , n to the Frost ana General Defence Pond , highlj ^ of the steps taken by Mr O'Connor for tharre . ^ . inhanng corresponded with Mrs Frost , and ^ jnag from that lad y , a letter- denying the charees a bare be « n made b y her ; and in Uyimg the whole ^ Qjc ts with full explanations , before this committee ' jxjmination and approval , is satisfactory , prepara ^ Mtiar publication for general inspection . ' Moved by Jakes Whexuex .
Seconded by Amkew Melyhxe . lT - tialacce sheets of the several fends having been irdy andscrubnisinglj examined by this commit . T&J thus ta express their high sense of the adjCjgenjanner inwhich { he several accounts have been £ » jjd the judicious care and management evinced in gigibarsement Prom such examination theyfind £ ft . iamsof £ 273 . 198 . 7 Jd . on the General Defence ^ 3-804 ** 6 . on the No rthern Uni on Med nl a cco un t , ¦ j , o to Mr O'Connor , he having advancad the same ; jgjsy are of opinion that the entire of the money thus r ^ i ought to be immediately subscribed by the j-nrt st large and returned to Mr O'Connor . Moved by Petes Shobiocks . '
seconded by Wh . Rcbhtok . ' ^ nseotomittee cannot too earnestly deprecate the I ^ Ttttempts , made by certain parties in tendon , to £ . y andinrinuak away the character of Mr O'Connor , 3 >« sth of the evidence of facts which proves that he < ccs more in the creatioa and collecting of the sever&EQJ . whose particulars we have just examined into , i , jay other twenty men put together ; and that his « ia 3 ever been open to . and his talents ever been at ^¦ s and command of , the suffering poor . . These at . ^ s tbev think , spring from any motives but tht one Sfeit / theloveof Chartism , and evince either dis-I saitd " vanity or contemptible envy on the part of Sawhomake them . " -.-... Hovedbj WM . HiDDOCKB . '
Seconded by John Shuhgton . , i Ibis committee cannot separate without registering j 3 opinion , that the gratitude of the nation at large is Ja Mr 0 'Coanor for the almost superhuman efforts ^ jiThua in the cases of the Dorchester labourers , "Glasgow cotton spinners , the Welsh martyrs , and the i ^ - ' it victims , to secure for them the bett defence the Leonid furnish , or to procure their liberation after ; 2 j 53 teuced to felons' fate ; and they hare witnessed , Harare * , the ungrateful conduct in return of those
H&afe hare not the soul to appreciate , or the honesty Hisiujwledgethem . .. ' . fa Moved by Asdiew Melthxe . [ 9 Seconded by ffx : Rushtov . ' - H Jahes Chahubiaik , chairman . H Peter Shobbocks , secretary . i irj 3 afterwards moved and carried unanimonsly . is & Abel Heywood , of Manchester , be appointed rs ^ sr for the fund for ' the relief of the imprisoned Srits' wives and femilies , in consequence of Mr ; -fccr declining to act as treasurer any loager .
fell , reader , what do you think of that ? id then , I pray you to read the following sikle from the Star of the same week , written k Mr Hill , on the representation of our pubksr , Hobaon . Here is the
article—6 B&TITVDI . 7 e tbit day pnUish a letter from our Lond « n cornss&st which we received some time ago . It will be fcriin our eighth page , under the head ' O'Cohbo * raias Feosr Famit , ' marked No . 1 . -. is soon as wehadread th « doeumeat we saw the prot 3 j of placing it in Mr O'Connor ' s hands , for though H ^ msdved it quite potsible , and even probable , that tO'Connor might advise a wife to sell or mortgage an t = nj , or p « rt witfi her bed , for the purpose of defen * . aisch a husband as John Frost , if funds could not Esitridse produced , we knew O'Connor-too well to fcre that the restoration of that annuity , if promiMd Bttn , wonld have been forgotten , or unattended to 12 : Grisr . therefore , that we might know the truth
fat it , our publisher went o * initantly to York , and ^ fe document to Mr O'Connor . When Mr O'Con . sba 3 heard the comsranieation read he smiled , and S 3 , Til tell jon , Hobson , how far that is true . I issawlfrs Frost ; I never wrote to Mr » Frost ; I S 3 stnt a message to Mrs Frost ; except to commaai aaUiendingsofthepointoftewsaved ij 8 ir Fredei 4 follock ; andl never knew till this moment that Qiad aaanauity . However , ' continued he , 'MrsFrost u 3 sftii for herself , I shall write to her this moment . ksardy , Hobson , jjtt can understand the disappoint . rat EB 3 mortification of the London traders , at being fe ! i » 3 of their comsilsnoa on ; so la » ge a ehariUUs = d as a thousand pounds , well eaough to see the spleen fi'le jobber through the affected sympathy of ' the
Z&A . ThoseT « ryfellow « , heconanued , ' wouldkin fclrastif they conldmike money of the hide and fat ; ci would then deWt her executon with the expenses , « i& woild be surt to exceed tht- receipts . ' Sr O'Connor did write to Mrs Frost . A copy of his s& . niKked 5 o . 8 , U giTen in the same column with ^ ktt er of theLondoa correspondent . He received , by ton of post , an answer from Mrs Preit , utterly die "ias f all ptrddpition ia tbe calomnj ; « nd aprew i-it-thinks for hit exertions om behalf of Mr Frost , = " tsai which , while they are no more than jus * to ' * =, ire highly creditable to her . We have regretted ^ tlaigs more than we do tht determination of Mr to be
^ aa or notto « llow this letter published . It tsJsmi , however , reference ! to a third party , whoit ta ^ ont of resara forMrmFrost ' tfeelmgt . hewasun-< 5 ag tobring into the quasfion ; and « hou « 6 we , thmfc-|? fcpiMcation of Ga Whole letter neceMsiy , toofc » i = ag to York purposely to press for its publication , Jweteunablttoinduce him to relax hit resolution . ^ Ite . therefore , after Mr O'Connor ' s letter , such «*«! froa Mrs Frostfi letter a § he would eonsent to kepablished . To then extracti , marked Ko . 3 , we ^ rttereaaerforthoconfin » ation of the . ' nlca Ktfle Mwrttorv / bv nMchhULonaon ' frUndi'hopcd , ao ** t , to whisper away the reputation « f O'Connor , '¦ su shis liberation from confinoaestihould allow him
'fcfeiahinuelf ! Ihe sccounts , which we again publish thii day . have ka uteral times published befort ; bu t upon th » JS omwBentofthe London conspiracy , Mr O'C » nn « r **** that they might be at one view placed befora the r-iHi ; erervitembdngfiritmbmittedtoft foU meet-^ tbtEKcutiTB Ctnncfl at Mancherter , spedany ^ a ed for the purpose ; and that Esndon aright oe ^ J represented in the council , Mr O'Connor wrote to ^ 'Hoore , a member of the late Working M an's Asso-•*« n , tad alto a meaber of the late Convention , ' and "&eltte Frost ' i Committeesitting in London ,
endos-, ^ i l . ta bearhisexpe nsestoMaschesUr . Wegivethe fa nuAea Ko . 4 , » nd also Mr Moofe ' t rejly , marked £ -s , io which he dcclinti attending the Betting , ana ^ nonen teiiiinueif from aQ participation to the ?*« 9 . The restltof the inspectioB of theawounti ' JftacoancU wfll be found ia the resolutions ef that ^ Mrhita we aUo give , markedNo . » , from which I t 5 *« that the nationowes Mr O'Connor dEM * . - " I ! ° 1 « ' appears ? that the nation it iadebted to him ** ««« , b 5 cauit n mow that a Tery different result r *» l » ihown , buthe wfll not allow more than tblt to
JsoiinjO'Connoraswehaveknownhimforfiveyean . ^ ajorta g . Urg , portion of bit confidence far now ^ fj tow jean , we should consider alienee wpon tbU « 7 « «» basest treaehery to our silenced Wend , ^ t&tuonfor O'Cmnor it no t the intereitod feeling " » flspe » a « ntmere « iarj ; itUfcwriedon ttrougana ?>» MtttilW u . eha « rfer . botJi pnWieandnjlTate J « tat . h » d the bett opportunitiwof k » win | Mm ta ^« tpici « ei ; and we beltae thatnoeountry ever did [*** » « aore ttaioaM , a more rincere , a more enerhZ . * ""^ disiaterested public « " «* *** j * SM 0 ' Conner ; while hUprivate and personal exer-^ ^ the cante of Itdteelism hate etinced mow r ? * * of character than appertalnt to that of any * « a « a ef whom w * erer hetrd or «« d . We are ^/* 7 . th « rfor ^ for tht eonpoliion wnich U laid on Jy au bai « attack oa him , to uplift imafl portion « e cnrtihi that mutotberwiM haie wmained closely ^* n « oond some of the best portions of hU eharicter . JH * not even sorry for the defeacelest position fa , rf" ™ hu been plaotd by the tconndrel gevernraent , v ~ - ** vilt tools would thni stab him while their masters •^ U shwa , ; ob ttn CTntrary . wo thank both most
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cerdially . We thank the Whirs for hit Imnri . forthe , have thereby saved hltC H ^ ofttS ; of ifflraeu been thrown over hlm'A » att meTe ^ ie d . Hhun » anprobabmty , haTebeendud ere Jow ^ SS . ' ^ been permitted to reaain at large whOe STS . ^ * were locked up . he wonld Smi ^ ^ - arrest was just in tiae , for hit health was « nHi * T diaing from superhnman exertion and fa , m ^? ?* ranceof f . tigue . bothbodayrdme " al ^ Sc ? ** t Ur , e nootherman « W Wb . ve w 8 SSe ? ' * ^^ mii w ?« L iVJ " Uuiion - BeforehULnprisonment nSnt 31 r " Olher * - » --J 5 £ J 1 P ??! - ^ « y departeent , in which o ^ KS m ? " ^ ' > w "gent 8 wera kerned , he overlooked him . elf ; at was most proper and most natural Since kh imprisonment , we have b een made *» tt ? ' V ^ « WW « Wiw with many matwrt tnat we before never saw . YTe fonad tho ac-OOmtl ef the ettaolWimftnt pregnant vrfth astound ing revelations of which he had never breathe ! a syllable . Deductions , to an incredible a mount cerdi . il ,. WeflnHhm , ^ . .- .
were made by agents for turns ordered to be paid by Mr O Connor weekly , or as donations and subscriptions to the families of imprisoned Chartists , and todistrsised persoM . or to persons hohadbaen . invariom places , discharged from their employment for the assertion of their principles . Throaga two agents only , he has given more to those purposes than the whole of the National Fund for tha support of the imprisoned Chartists . And though enjeylng , we believe , as much of his confidence ai any olher man , we had not heard a syllable about any part of it . The whole bad been kept profoundly secret from all but tboie necessarily cognisant of it from their connexion with tha aeeonnts . - Was « hls mere
stentationf orwai itthat true charity which ' vaunteth not itselft * - ¦ - . Snch has been O'Connor ' s condnct through his agents in various places ; while we have had full opportunity of teeing enough of hit most private acts at Leeds to know that hi * character has been , one consistent whole . Nor has his steadiness of purpose been less than his munificence of toul . Throughout the whole of this hot agitation , our oBce hat been a kind of political coBfessional . We hare seen Mr O'Connor's « al , temper , and courage well tested both by frknd and foe , and we have aver seen him bear the tame front We have seen him surrounded by dangers , and great dangers too ; but we have never knoira him shrink ; The time to know a politicks is to watch him at the conflux of popular tides . Wa have seen CComnor there ; and amidst all the dash lag ' oi the surge be ever held fast . by the rock of justice and consittency :
¦ We are not fond of personal eulogium , but we do love justice , and , as we know that we have said nnch lest than the truth , we think-that we have not said more than is . required by . the circuuutancei . Roman asias . sins slew Ctstar : but the Romans , . when hit will . was read , wept over , his , corpse . ^ We thought » right that the poor of England ' should know' something of O'Consot ' s character btfbre the assasaias had destroyed him . Now , except in compliance with the request I always made of the " working" '' classes , to be jealous about their frinds ; and the ( character of their leaders , need I go f arther than this ? You know I have always told you that indifference of leaders to the first blush of slander was the
thing that magnified and increased that slander ; and you also know , that itb . as . ever been my custom to sift all matters connected with character to the very bottom ; and now , I ask you , what the veriest enemy of mine can think of this zealous advocate of Mr ArdiU ' s character ? Don ' t you think he appears to know too much about everything , even themost minute transaction , and with which he had nothing to io ? And don't you think he ' s very tender about Mr ArduTs character , while lie ' s very loose and indifferent about hisfown ? This zealous advocate hasn't said ; ! one" single sentence in reply to ArdiU ' s " community" letters of the 7 th and 14 th of December ; 1842 ; but I
suppose he thinks defence of himself is 'hopeless , and , like a drowning man , he catches at a straw . But what say you to the public funds , when I tell you that ' -Mr John Ardill never settled any single one of these accounts ' with metili . I was about to discharge him ? . And what do you think of Josh . ' s laudation '" of his friend , for not charging interest upon money due , when I tell you that it is- not entered in the cash'book till the day of his dismissal , and that he never paid the fraction of interest upon any of these public fands , but , on the contrary , he took up 350 H of the Star shares and charged me 35 ? . a year , or 10 Z . ' per cent ., up to the day of his dismissal ; arid wasn ' t that agoodmonef club ? :
As far as my character is concerned I have purged it from this ' charge ; but what will the clients . of Joshua Hobson think of the unblushing and barefaced avowal of this caretaker of thei public funds ; - who , with' the ' hope of injuring me , thus audaciously avows that ' he was uncrupulously using them for private purposes !! ;' ' No . 3 is alonglyarn ' about - Ardill ' s brother , a mechanic on strike , lending money to support the Star ; arid' this felWw ' saysthat I remained in Leeds three days ttf get 300 Z . from this brother of Ardill ' s . I did so ; but it was 300 ? . that
Ardill had lent him of my money ; and he wanted me to take a bill upon some flax man in Dundee , for the amount , and I remained in Leeds for three , daysj , arid was obliged to leave it without the money , receiving : 110 Z . ' . on . the following Monday in cash , and receiving John Ardill ' s cheque on the Leeds and West Riding Banking Company for 190 L , and which was dishonoured and sent back to me , and which- j hold at this moment "in my' possession . ' And now I give you the whole amount of funds received at the Star office , from John Ardill ' s own handwriting— ' ; : ; ¦ ¦
¦ ¦ ¦'¦•¦ - ¦ -: . ' ¦ - ¦¦> ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦' - Folio *• • * £ *< $ . rrosVs Defence Fund .. . ..: ¦ 178 ... 471 1 4 J ClaphamFuBd .. .. .. 160 .. 0 13 1 Defence Fund .. ' .. .. 258 .. 207 15 4 Medals sola . Balance after paying carriage of flags , &c . .. 337 .. 2 6 8 Balance of National Rent , after . ' : paying Priuting of do ... .. 887 .. 1 IS \ New Defence Fund , New book .. 99 .. 18110 . 10 Richardson , Manchester Defence Fand .. .. .. 99 " 4 6 S Chartist Contested Seats .. 99 .. 8 11 0 Cleave .. . ; .. 31 .. 60 0 0 We csrtify that we have seen the above in John Ardill ' s handwriting . ...-. = - • = ... O . A-Fixhino .
G . J . HABNir . '"' . " ¦ D . MGowAJf . Now , then , those funds lover-paid to the amount of between 5001 . and 600 L Upon the Contested Seat Fund alone , never before mentioned , I paid SSA odd to Messrs Tates and Turner , on account of the Newcastle petition , which was to be brought in favour of James Bronterre O ' Brien . How foolish it istoTemind me of those things '; and yet this
lowlived , filthy fellow , ' who was the very man that was at the settling of these accounts , would prove my . incompetency to deal with p ublic funds , I presume because I had overpaid every one that has been entrusted to me . But what a joke , this mechanic on strike , Ardill ' s brother , being able to abstract 500 / ., as Hobson says , from his capital , to lend to me . Why , I tell you , Ardill was always discounting , bills with my money and paying those bills away on my account as cash .
V There is such a thing in this world ai proimgtoo mwft . as well as proving too little . Surely O'Connor h *> done the formerln this instance . What ! keep a bookken » er for seven vears who was making snch an awful me ? s " ftteb ^ ks arherede tailed ! Wut ! 10 , 001 . figures dUmd ! What ! not a single pago wittout 40 , 50 , or 60 dUtrattimt ? not a single one ? And this incompetent , cheating derk kept In the estaHUhment for more tnan seven years ! Tell such * pretty ' yam * to the mannes--or to the men with ready swallow at the Hallof Science , but tell it not to sober people .
Yes , I abide by the above assertion , and , again , I remind the reader that ; I did not keep the man in my employment after I had made the discovery , because I could not make the discovery until the figures were altered , and until I got the books , and I remind the reader of Mrs Rider ' s evidence , on oath , "That the books must be altered before O'Connor saw them . " Always bear in mind , reader , that not a column ia my cash book was totted up for five years . . ' ,. ¦ _ . 5 It w »« ial 8 Sa that Ardill became O'Connor ! book keeper- From that tim » up to the totter jndotlMJ , Ardill could not get O'Connor to look over the books , to
satisfy himself of their correctness , uengn ne oran oesired it . The cash book remained moat-up— unbalanced —the items not having been examined . At length , at the endoflBW , O'Connor being at Leeds , andstaywgat Ardill ' house , this examination was commenced . Every item , asftr as they went , was examined ; tijecasb from aSiagentshoKntobeproperlyppsted tohls account in * h £ iMfrer ana eacU pajment of cash traced through S 5 £ t a * K « wagebook . Then the item , on ewSe ofthecadi book were added np , the total , of | 3 ? olumnbeing taken on to a sheet of paper ruled for Bss ^ sTifiSns isi S ^ tese ««» S 5 tt « end ofeach column of figures iatne book had been
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randum I saw myself at the time . — ' <) mo * JJZS ^ lS' f nglewordinthe above extract true . I did not see one single voucher fn t T ^ Rle ** " ** >* its amount entered m it . I did not see a single entry in the ledger I never saw the ledger at all , and when I did see it I defy the devil himself to understand it . Ardill never did press me to eo over the accounts . I pressed him , and Ardill was not with me for four hours altogether while I was going over some pages in the cash book . AS ttider tells you , he was sometimes four days in the week without sroino- to tha nffi ™
while I was absent , but at the time that I remained at his house to cast up the books he always had business at the office . I did not give him any memorandum or scrap , whatever , connectefllwith tha ^ investigation or any other . 1 could not procure any Bank vouchers for two days , and Ardill gave me no assistance to get them ; but , upon one occasion , the Bank did give me two or three vouchers , and one of them was a cheque of Ardill ' s for 150 Z . and with which I was charged ; and when I asked Ardilthe meaning of it he got very red , and said « It was a mistake , that it was to ; take up a bill that Mr Clarkson discounted for Hobson , " and it was struck out of the account . I never
have got the vouchers , not one single voucher , although tens of thousands of pounds placed to Mr Ardill ' s credit are placed thus : — PaidBank .. ' .. .. £ 90 o 0 PaidDitto .. , . .. 400 0 0 PaidDitto .. .. : .. soo 0 0 and so on to the amount of tens of thousands of pounds . Now I have never seen a single voucher for those lodgments . I have never seen asingle banker ' s book . Now the transcript that I took of a few pages of the cash boot : only at that time , I still fortunately have in my possession . and , bv
it , a thundering large balance appeared due to me , and at the conclusion of that partially settled account Mr Ardill was to procure 500 / . 'to enable me to pay Tead y money for papermind , this was in 1842—and , in 1843 , Ardill and Hobson , in their reply to Hill ' s 'Scabbard , ' - confess that Ardill was obliged to draw in the monies due to him to MEET , MY DEMANDS UPON HIM . Those are John Ardill ' s own words written by Joshua Hobson : That ' s one of the panels , and I shall ; presently , come to the others . But I may here observe , that not a figure is altered in the ; cash book'of those columns which I totted up onnhat sheet of paper , and this produces the ^ puzzle ^ of making out the balance over a shorter range of figures . .. :.- . . ., ¦ : .,,,.
6 . The Star was removed to London , Ardill becoming responsible to a friend for the means-of getting-there : and alter we got tilers he had again to find money to meet apaper bill , due in April , 1845 . ' . Up to this time Mr O'Connor nad not been charged one penny interest on the sums belonging , to John Ardill ^ employed in AeSior , nor on the sums borrowed from other parties While Ardill ' s brothgr , for instance , could hava had interest for his £ 30 f > . at the Bank , and could havo got it when he wanted it , O'Connor had the use » of it with eut a fraction of charge ; and it was not always forthcoming when needed , la addition to this , for years O'Connor maae Ardill ' shousehishome , when at Leeds . Hewas there * t tunes for weeks together ; once , when examining the booUas before detailed , forsix weeks ; living at his table , and sleeping in his bed ; and this , too , withontever , from am toiast , aaking onelfarthing recompence ! A gentleman living withand *""¦"* - " - ~ " ™
, « £ his servant : Wasn't I charged a penny interest ? Tell that to the marines . He means I wasn ' t paid a penny interest ; and as to the fable of my beinjr at Ardill ' s house for six weeks together , I never was there for five days together in my life . Just think of telling the Chartists of England that I was six weeks in any one place ; and as to partaking of my servant ' s fare , I'll tell you an anecdote . —Jeb Hague , the brother-in-law of Hobson , once met me at the station in Leeds , and when I got into the cab I told the driver to driveme to Mr Ardill ' s house , at Burley-place ,, when . Job who was up to all the dodges , went back to the effice and told the men , as a good joke , that he had half a mind to tell the driver to drive me " To MY OWN , COTTAGES , at Burlev-place . "
. 7 . Before this July bill became due . Mr O'Connor went off to the largest agent there was , and dretofromhim £ 3 iO . On his return he told Mr Ardill that this agent would , on the succeeding Wednesday , send him ( Ardill ) £ 250 . The bill was falling dneoa the Saturday nfter . ' ' ; '; Wednesday came , but no £ 250 . ¦ Then Mr Ardill wrote to the said agent , apprising him of what , Mr O'Connor , had said about the £ 250 ., ' and desiringit , to beisent . off forthwith . The answer per return of post was , that he had no money'to send—and Mr' (/ Connor kntwihat heTuul not . ' , '• .
> ! Indignant at being thus treated , —TMCKEp—lCr Ardill resented ..--Thereupon ehsaed ' a correspondence , 'in wliich . O'Connor had some truths told him which he will never forgive to his dying day , -, .. . ; ThatbiU { The July one . 1815 , mind ]' was taken up , at last ; Iwishthisdatetobeo&jereei . When , ! cometo'the A ' ccoDNis of the ^ Laad Cpmpanyit will be seen wAy I so request . To ' meet the deficiency , Mr Ardill gave ^ a cheque at a month onhisb nkfor £ l 50—wJlfeA cheqite Wis mtyii ' jAiD . waff rimUar former e / wguejftad 6 een ; ^ but it was kept till due , andtben enclosed bv Mr O'Connor himself malettertoMrArdilL . .,
Now , here ' sa yarn ; - to take up this bill , I went to Manchester , and got the money : from Mr Hey wood . I paid the , money to Ardill ( 250 / . ) , it is acknowledged in the cash book . Ardill was bound to take up the bill . He gave another cheque for . 150 / . which was ; dis * honoured , and this is the question that you are to keep particularly in view , in connexion with the Land money . ? - 8 . 'Ur ArdiU had been advised by his lawyers , that it was necessary he should keep possession of the Star account books under the agreement , as his debt , for which that agreemsnt and the bond wera given , appeared anlyin those books . One night , 'while Ardill " was out of the war
, all the looks were removed out of the office up to Hr- O'Cohnor ' slodgingi . .,.. -... ... -.- . ,. That night Ardill and O'Connor had to meet to arrange for a settlement . O'Connor ,. havwgfh 4 booh , acted th « bully . He stormed ; he threatened . - ¦ He read a pretended counsel ' s opinion , to the effect that Ardill had broken the agreement ; and conld . be made to suffer . Ardill quiet ); sneered down this lawyer ' s law / and told O'Connor that it was fttm that had broken the agreement , in going and obtaining £ 300 . from . the agent before spoken of . On this ffComiortiDoreS'ByiKe IHingOod , ' hehad not hai one tiz ~ pence from that ojentsinceftheagreement ' . was made . The answer was , ' Then that agent owes . £ 700 . ; he has had papers to . that amount since the period you speak of : and uhdeb toe aohkjcent , / 10 UI mate Mm pay for them . ' This tamed the ' roaring lion . ' he saw himself fairly canght He saw his double-dealing and his oath'by the
, living God / in danger of full exposure , and he then agreed to a proposal for a settlement That proposal involved some calculations from the- Star books . To mako thOBS calculations , Mr Ardill , and another party who . bad witnessed all that bad passed , went to . the office iottttt « btoks . They were thus again in Mr Ardill ' s DOBiession , and , tho ftalenlations over , hs put them by in a safe place . ' Next morning , O'Connor objected tothe settlement h » bad agreed to the night before . Ardill accepted his objection - , reiterated bis fall demand , and would not abate on * . farthing . On this basis was a settlement at last effected ; Ardill agreeing to . ( ai « : W& * for the balance then due , tome at more than . txDelterripnthi' date . The bills were accepted ; memorandum ' receipts exchanged ; and thus they parted , on an arrangemeni that in the January follewing Mr Ardillshould go up , if needed , to aid in getting out the quarter ' s accounts .
Here , then , we have the spice of legal advice , under which . the ¦¦ " ¦ Lucky Boy'' was aot ^ ing , and here , also , you have a tissue of the most absurd falsehoods that ever were printed . There isn't a word about the agreement in any single ; book . John Ardill gave a note to one of Mr Hobson ' s apprentices * to get the books from Mrs Hobson , at whose house they were , and he brought them to my house upon that order , for , as Mra Rider swore before the arbitrator , " Mrs Hobson had Mr ArdiU ' s orders' not to
give them to any one without a note from him ;" and , it is quite true , that , ' when I saw them , I did storm , for , frpni July till November , Mr Ardill had snaffled every single fraction without the deduction of a farthing that was paid , by the agents ; and , in three days , after I so stormed , a bill for 556 / . was due for paper , and when I asked Mr Ardill if he had made provision for it , he told me , in presence of Mr M'Gowan and my nephew , that he couldn't give afraction towards the bill , —that he was advised to pay himself all that was due upon the bond , and a note given for another balance in April , 1845 . and I had again to start to Manchester
to receive money from Mr Heywood , wnicH his books will show , Mr Roberts giving me the difference to enable me to pay the bill , which Ardill , by his bond , was bound to take up . Then , in looking over the cash book , I found that hehad screwed the agents up to the last farthing , making those who should only pay quarterly , pay in the middle of the quarter , and after the receipts of the whole of the money , and when he had not one penny towards the bill , I read him counsel ' s opinion before Mr M'Gowan ] and my nephew ,, when he got as pale as a ghost , and said , "Ah ! but , Mr O'Connor , you wouldn ' t proceed as counsel recommends , ' ' This is the fabricated counsel »
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opinion , the original of which I will send for inspection of the curious , to the RegistT rlfor Private correspondence /—The office of Tke Manchester Examiner . Then , indeed , the " roannglion" became a sucking dove , said that he would give a cheque for 56 ? . towards the bill . And now , for a curious fact ; you see how this cunning trickster is telling you facts which I told you before , but which he never told you before , and which he never would have told you , if . I h ad not , ~ namely , that the columns . of the cash book were not summed up , and that he was advised to keep possession of the books . Now , mark one fact with regard to those books ., This clerk of
mine was at a socialist meeting at John-? W T T > ! u ghtj an ( L when he Sot to his friend Josh . ' s house , between three and four SL ^ w ? 3 ?? 06 ' i fouud that the books had been left at the office , -He came at two # . ^ roowmg , scaled the wallS ; and took the bookshome with him ; ana , ' whenever ¦^ v S ^ fT ^ -vrt . own ^ nessrhe took the books with him , and sometimes ^ dr a month and five weeks my nephew and Mr R , der had to keep the accounts upon sH ' eets ' of
p ^^ . ^ , v , men ,, i am stating only ' what can be proved on oath , bat not hdf ofwfiat ' cW be proved . And did any man' eyer hear ' such ' a thing as two paupers coming tome in 1837 without a second coat to their backs ; and in 1845 , onehaving the whole of my rnactanerv which cost tne nearl y ; l 000 ? ., and . ljhrin « in | r , ine in debt . several hundred pounds into the bar ! gain , and preferring ; the ; security of the / other coatless ; ragamuffin to that of the proprietort-r locking up my books—purloining my hooksnot allowing me a sight of my book a , " or allow , ingany one at my office to see them ? ' % ; <
9 . The first bill that Ardill held under this sct ' tlemfht r .-asone for £ 80 ., due in the beginning of April , 1846 . On the 4 th of April , just when the bill had to be met , O'Connoropened / l r * on Ardill about the alleged defalcations and embezzlements . He wrote a letter on that date , dis tinctly cbaTRihg Ardill < Tithffauai ahd pointing ont what he also , called f ; nror * l inj the accounts . -Mr ArdiH ' ivani swer was : , That aie . matters complained of . could notibi " both : if they wero 'frauds'they Werei'riot ' errors j ' a'riu if J errors' they were not frauds . '' However , ' lie continued , . ttfoughlffilgh . ttakeniy stanaontherecoiptlholdi from you as to , th «; correctness of these Recounts , . 1 : will tiotdo ' sb ;; ToualleKO there are " errfin in tliem . ' ' As an honest man it'ismfduty to ascertain this . I wili ' conse'ht . to open them againifrom Ofirst tbflast we : willtgo lover them togetrer , ; it ; , on such , examination . there is
anvthmjr due from you to me , you shall . pay'it , if anything duefrom ' m ' e ' to you , I ^• illpay i ' t ' out ' of'the'last billl hold . ? .. . . ' ' : » i «| i > -3 < j ! i ;' ii ; i > : a fj .-i ; . i > •¦ : ; . : ; i <\\\ n f 1 That / otr proposal O'Connor declined !; .,. (• ,,., , ' , i .., "He let the j £ 80 . bill be dishonoured . Ardill immedli ' " atfely entered an action for , the recovery of the amount / 0 , 'Connor pleaded ail'th'tit he has : sinco openly allqged , error ; fraud ; and defalcation : ,- : ;' . ¦ .,. > . *;• .,. ;' . ? ; . ... Ardill gaTe notice of frial i for the assizes ' at Yo / k , ' . in August , ' ^ 18 4 6 . -As . soon at'such notice , was : served , a summons to stay proceedings , . on payintnt of debt and costs , was taken out by P'Coniipr ; and tho man who had pleaded what would , have been a certain bar to the action , had his pleas been true ; now paid £ } 04 . 13 s . 4 d . for that £ 8 o bill ; ard had his own lawyers' costs to pay be . tides—probably some ^ 20 . more . . ¦¦ .-- ¦ .
Now , just mark this fellow ' s version of a transaction , which really stands in my book in Ardill ' s own handwriting . Besides all my machinerygoing to Mr Ardill , and this bond and note debt , in November , 1845 , whenl was dismissing him , he'brought me in debt 140 Z . upon the bond and note account , Shaving received the balance from . the agents , and the bills that I gave himibr . that ,, was one for . 601 . at three months , and one for 80 / . at six months , and not ' at ' a year , as the biographer says . Well , the one at three months '' was punctually paid and taken up' to the day ^ arid my nephew , who was then with me , told me that , in looking over the books , he . had discovered something very glaring and suspicious . I then , for the first time , submitted the books to a practised
accountant , and also to a gentleman . who had been cashier for twenty years in a large banking houie;—the ' . consequence was thc | t they found them full of errors , and , they pointed out / two so glaring ( in pages 104 and / lO 5 of the Cash Book , ) that I submitted them to . counsel . In one page , my credit is 100 /; too little , ~ ii the next page , Mr Ardill ' s credit is ' lOO ? . ' too much , and the fignres have''been all altered for several pages on ,. ahd'then altered ! back to square with the errors in pages 104 . and . 105 . At this time , the 80 ? . bill wasicoming due , ' and I Bent my nephew to Leeds ' withHhe bbok / and I got a letter fromJoh ' n Ardill , " not ' such'a' fascinating one as stated i by .. the biographei;—not offering to submit the booksifor . inspection—but confessiBg the , error , and from which Igiveiyou the following extract : — ¦ ¦ ' *¦ >** ¦ >• ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦*> - •¦' ¦ ' ¦ ¦; .. ' •¦• . •¦ ¦>'
I told ' Roger ' that I would nllow' the ' £ 30 ' . ' out of the bill vrh ' ch ' Tkillbe dtae ' of Mr M'Gbwa'ri ' s in July ; for the mhshinery j but I don't thinki you - have arislit to elnim it out of that for £ 80 ; which Irholdi . ? - , ¦ ; -. : , ii , < ,. : I took the letter'an'd the books to counsel ; agaihlaske'd counsel . if theletterandb ' opk ^ puld be a ' good set ^ off / tb the . bilV for . 8 J 0 J . : He / told me that the . bppk al 6 ne .. would be a . good set off without the letter ,. unless , the bill was passed
out of Ardill's possession , into thehands of a third party , who ceuldnot be supposed to know anything of the transaction . ] I , thereupon , refused , to pay the bill . " Ardill , under the advice of his attorneys , no doubt , passed the hill into , other hands , and' then , / but not till thenjl jpai'd the , money ; and-: immediately , after ^ Xrdill wrote to me consenting to- allow > the money to be deducted from' Mr M'Gowan ' sbilldui in July- he served Mr M'Grbwari ^ ith notice that
that bill HAD PASSED OUT OF ' HIS ; HANDS ALSOj although jn my presence he pledged his word that the bill should not even go into hisi bankers hands ! v ' ' " . ' : ' , Now , then ; what does the biographer say . to battle the second ? There is not one single sentence in any one ' eomment-that I have written upon the subject that is " exaggerated , or . even coloured ; iior is . th ' ere . oiie that . cannot b $ sworn to . .,. - ¦ '¦ ' , ¦]¦ , .. : . ¦' . ; \ '" r .. ,.. ' . ' ' , ' ¦ . ¦ 10 . But while thus shrinking from meeting John Ardill in ; court , where his charges could and . would havo been investigated , O'Connor did not shrink from whispering away John Ardill ' i character . He made it a portion of his business in the country to poison the minds of those he came in contact with , by retailing the slanders he , liad heaped together , ¦ •¦ . <¦¦ .. ¦
Kow , what ' s the fact ? You have already understood that Ardill wrote to Rider trying to seduce him from my service , in the hope of getting a better situation on tKe-- ) failrdad j and when I went to Leeds to the-Ghartist Conference , iu April , 184 &- ^ th'e 'Conference'where Cooper acted very foolishly , impelled , I'belieye'y by the false assertions of / those meri ^ -ahd having heard from several parties , both at Huddersfield and Leeds , that Mr Ardill , Mr Hbbsoni and Mr Cleave had been slandering me'in every possible manner , and trying to damage / the Northern Star , I took the books with / me . td Leeds and Huddersfield . At Leeds ' . ' I '
submitted them to Mr"Vym . Bropk , who . had heard of the slander . At Huddersfield I submitted , them to a number of ^ persons , in .. Mr , Pith : keithley ' s house—Jiir Steadj the . secretary of the Huddersfield branch / of , th / e 'JLand , Company , amongst the rest- —and they were horrified . At Leeds , a man . of the nameof tWalker , a confectioner—you see I give ! you names— ' held twenty shares in the 'Star , ' and was writing every week to have them taken up ; when at Leeds I . saw him , and in the presence of Mr Brook , he told me that Airdill had alarmed him ; he gave him such a bad character , of me , a nd such a woful ; acc 6 unt of my affairs , and the
condition of the"Star ; andthat he asked } iim and pressed him , several timps , to go with him to his solicitor , and that he Avpujd , proceed ^ for , the amount without costing him ( Walker ) one . farthing . Now , wasn ' t that cheap law 2 Wasn ' t that gratitude I Surely that wasn ' t slander 1 but showing the books as an answer to this slander , was whispering away Mr . ArdiU ' s character . But I beg to tell the biographer , that , besid s this , I have not a few more letters written by him and Atdill , as well as a . large portfolio full , that Ardill left behind him by mistake at my office . Now , whose was the poison , and whose was the antidote ?
11 PS . I shouldnotomittostatethatin 1841 O'Con . nor Dresented to John Ardill hit . own gold repeattr , as a token of record for his faithful and derpted Berrices ; while he was in prison , and particularly for tho oxertions ha had made to meet the heavy payments ' of tho Star . I was the bearer of both the watch and the message from the nriion toleeas j and when ,, O'Connor , entrusted th « a to me he promisfd to buy me one , on his liberation , that hould cost £ 30 , for Hi friendly offices . " % These incidents would be incomplete without the corollary J my watch I never got ; John ' s was worthless ! To finish—True , his watch he nerergot , but what do you think of the meanness of the
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wretch , writing to me to remind me of the watch , several months after I dismissed him from my service . Now , then , I have answered every single assertion in this fellow ' s letter , and I trust that the people of Manchester and neighbourhood 1 will insist upon seeing the document that I send for public inspection to the Manchester Examiner . ' A word upon two other points , and I have done ., 1 ms fellow has told you acock and bull story about my threatening to dismiss him if he published anything opposed tothe Land Plan in the Northern Star , and now you shall hear the real facts of that case . He was for some time trying to surround me , as he says
, with his Socialist friends , as Directors and Secretary ; and he came to me one morning , and told me a story Jabout a person entrusted with the Land monies having oeen seen e 3 runk witbjsixteen sovereigns his pockets , ( and not fifteen , as he states—for liars should have good memories ;) and he said , " Really , sir , it will be my duty to publish this fact for the protection of the Company . " I said , "If you publish anything derogatory to the character of any . person connected with the Land Company , you shall never write another ' word in the Northern Star . . You want to play the' Gooddie , ' and ruin Ae . Land movement , as Hill ruined the Aartist ; ¦ movement ; < f by denouncing the Directors . ? ' :
Now ; that ' tho true version ; but you mav iHjJ&of ' W ™ ™ f . value- for truth , by the |?? ra ? f ^ ' . ' A ^ # ^< y ^^^!^ l ' the H % . ^ N ^ -THE / WHOLE . TRUTH ; ^ and ^ ^^ idthis fdaow do'P ' vHe writes a ^ ter . to ; Mr Oastlerabout his ; ch aracter . ' Mr low s knotty web , and , I think that . all .-. iwho-. have an interest in my character , that ! , after eight years intimacy and connexion with . the communicatire j- Unsuspicious , and ' confiding Mastery thiese ^ mr'aiymissiea servants , are i ) ht
f 6 | rfeat slHitSr . evenito fabricate a . Wrd derogiitbrf to his character . And this , my friends , fi my str ength—thatafl . was novv ; to sever my self from , every man who h « . been connected with th'fe ' movement and to dismiss every man fr 6 m ;; my ; empl 6 )* ment ; I woald' 'defy all-one an all—to prove me guilty ojf a flishonourahle , dishonest , mean , ungenerous , or ungentleman-. lik e ^ t , ; and that ' s my strength .: . Arid ' I . dare ; aU ; tne ,, world to publish every word of conver-; 8 atipn that they have ever had with me , or , after * my long political struggle in the wprld , to publish a line from under " mjr hand , that the most sceptical or fastidious should be ashamed of . It is my course to sift those charges
always . to the 'bottom , laying treachery , conspiracy , and villainy hare , and presenting myself tothe world , if po » r , yet with ah unsullied , honourable , and unimpeachable character . 1 now leave these fellows to . pwWicinvestigation , and to the odium they-so justly merit ,, not shrinking from inquiry , but requesting all to insist upon seeing the mysterious correspondence deposited by biographer Hobson in the archives , of the Manchester Examiner ; arid I wish the proprietors and conductors of that paper joy of the " able and interesting" pror ductions of their " Christian Minister / ' their " Convicted Thief , " and their " Beast '—a very pretty trinity in unity . '
I remain , my friend . * , Your faithful and | unassailable , representative , Fearsus O'Connor .
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I insert the following letters as proof of Joshua Hobson ' s integrity . F . O'Ci Sunday evening I shall send a letter explainin ? each sura I think wron ? , so that ' you will not have much trouble , and you can have "all ready _ for ycur visit to ; Leeds . You ; will-. bear in . mind that the , same j boys who are . charged ; for . weekly , are the persons , laying , on and tnking off , except one man some " time ago ( William Simmonda ' s brother ) , who was included in the wetting of paper / and laying on ; since lie left , one yqunu man a compositor ; ( G . Pallister ) , and at present , ahd for some titne lately , one young man . 'H . Hilton ; Durine the
timethat William ' s brother was here , he was charged forin ' paper wettinp and such like ; when he left , ( j . Pallister . began to ; . lay on , and worked ihiHobson ' s bfficb . ; ' When-: Pallister was out of biBtinie , Henry Hilton be / ran laying on ., . Palli 9 ter was senttp Siia side ; an ^ Henry worlia on Hobsori ' aside when not laying on , Henry was placed on Star , side to'learn composing , but as soon as he could dp anything ,,. was tr ' ahsferred to Hobaon ' s office ; and the same wisl hap / pen to Fawley soon—but lately he has charged as much for the matter Fawley sets , as i £ a man had set it , snthaihe will perhaps , not transfer ; him ; " ! Itiis now . past time—the next wi | j refermore particularly to the items . , .,, This is a general description ' of— call itaayou like . it . " ¦/ J . Ardill . i ^
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'Mr HobBon-r » hemanofpropf ! rty--wboalwaj 8 speak whatiitrue / ,:,. ( , ¦ , ! . ; ,. ; [ j ... i ,- : r ,-f . ; . ¦ ., ; .. ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . • ¦ ' ¦ r'i ; . tV' ^ F ^ r ^ M n ° ^ ' ^ iJf-J : ' -JO THR EDIt (> B OF THB KORTHERNSTAB . .. ! Sib , ~ I iperceive iiithe / MwoHKSTKR ' ExiMWBB , that Mr Hobaon baa produced , what he considers , a faot , iji- , the evidence : of 'a letter , ' purporting to be signed by . the parties who sold the prtss , ' . See ., of the ' ; ' Voice of the WeBt Riding * ' a ' Bd' thus to attempt to make the ;' " world ., believe he was a man of property , and ha'dflomo money . ,. ,. ..- . XJnlOTtiinatel y for Mr Ilboson , there are other parties : living in Huddersfield , whose memories are , as , fre 9 h | a 9 his , and had he not the'impudehce of his most intimate friend , the devil , he would never have i , ntur . eU " u ^ pns ' u ' cKfa <* ck aiTd bullstbryi ' - ' - '• ' ! Le t ' a plain ; unrarhished'tale be told , and ' we shall
then ' see liow-truthfully Mr JJobson has told his ' side ofth ' etale . When the presses , &e ., of tho 'Voice of the West ' Ri % g ' were fpr aaJej Hobaon wanted them , stating that lie was desirous of following the trade of a printer , ( he'Was too idle for his own , never being able . to ; , inakea threii-legged stool . ) Having many friends amongst'tho' shareholders , be had the first chaiice given hirnj'buthe bad no money . ( Proof you will say . Here it is ;) - He had resource to the expedient of getting bond , for the security of the same : Mpsars William Bradley and Christopher Tinker were tho parties who became security . ft . r Hobson , ( the man of money . ) The time for payment came , but no money from the ' pure , immaculate , rich , honest , Joss . ' MegBrs Bradley and Tinker wrote to
Mr Hobson at Leeds . He never even answered their numerous letters , and they , having ; received notice that an action-at-law would be forthwith commenced Ogainst , them , if not . paid within a stated period , Messrs Brudley and Tinker went to Leeds * to uto Mr Hobson peraonally , and after much pressing and solicitation , he promised he would settle the same stating he then was able so to do . Whether he did pay , or not , the bond heard no more of thematter * but one thing is certain , the shareholders never sot any money from thatday to this . 5 NoTrconBider , f .. r one moment , tbo conduct and behaviour of
Hobaon to theao two men , who had befriended him inlhe time of need , who had stood by bless himself with . They had to pay their own expenses to Leeds , on his business , and he never even made them an ofter then , oraince , in repayment for i ? % Contrast this conduct with that stated ™ 0 Connor ' s letter of Saturday last ; Hobson charged . 12 s . 6 d . for going , from Leeds to Bradford , ten imlei ; andwhen his friends go from Hadderafield to Leede , sixteen miles , on his ( llobaon ' p ) account , nealloffa them—nathing . Do unto others , as ye would that others should do unto you , ' does not form part of bin ( Hobsonty praoticaldoctrine . Parties desirous of satisfying themselves as to the
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Thb Citt . op London and Fissbort . —Members of the Land Company meet at half-past six every Sunday evening ; and the members of the National Charter Association ; at seven o ' clock at the above place . On Sunday next , the 28 th , the old veteran , Preston , will deliver a lecture at the abo \\ place . BiBMiMonAM . —The meeting of the National Charter Association will meet in future at six o ' clock on Sunday evenines . at the People ' s Institute , Lovedaystreet . The Land , members meeting at the Ship , are inform ^ that iJfeir . ^ meetings will be hel . l at eight o ' clock .. inste ^ ^ fiix . ' on / account of the meetings of the National ^ Cbtirtejc / Association at the People ' 3
n iji ' i . L . \ ' > f'U- ^ tii * i'i'Ui ! -n . * i .- > — -r ~ B ^?^ 4 TP % !^ n c dayevc ning adiscu s onwill be held by the . Qhartwta ^ f Bradford , in their room 5 uttwworth % b u ildings , at b " ix o ' clock iu the evening . Subject : —SThe-best ' m ' eans ; to be adopted to procure ^ ^ P ^^^ f ^^^ , ^ L ^ i ^» ture . » The Chartists of Bradford will meet to receive subscription ' s in their ronm , at two o ' clock in the afternoon of Sunday ( to-morrow . ) ' OLDnAM . —On Sunday ( to-monow ) , a meeting will take place m the Rchobl room of the Working Man ' s Hall , at six o ' clock in the evening , when the parliamentary proceedings of the week will be read from the desk .
, ^ cuESTBB .-The shareholders of the People ' s Institute are requested to meet to-morrow , ( Sunday ) at two o clock in tho afternoon . ' ¦ oo u ? } ^! J ? ni , be heldon Sunday , Nov . 28 th , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , at the Good Intent coffee house ,, Back-hill Hatton-garden . to make known the means wherewith a hall of great dimensions may ba obtained for the purposes of Chartism . Shares , one pound each . Halifax . —Messri Webber and Wihon will deliver addresses in the , Working Man ' s Hall , Halifax , on Sunday , Nov . 28 th , to commence at six o ' clock ia the evening . WiDGLBr .-Mr Bi ) wd > n . wiH lecture at this place on Sunday , November , 28 th , at six o ' clock in the evemog .... . '¦"" , ' , ' ' ¦ b Eti . AND- ^ M ' rXili ^ ett ' wili ' lecture at this place , on Sunday , Noyeiuber _ 28 th , at six o ' clock in tbe
eveninu . ,. , , , Lowrb WAaLRi ^ Messre : Rushtqn ' . and . Hodson will address the Chartists of this place , on Sunday , Nov . 28 th , at , six o ' clock m the evening ¦ Hammersmith and , I ^ KsiKb ' io » .--Up for thb Charter and the Land . —A preliminary meeting for the resuscitation of the . movement , will be held at thrdistrict office , ( WrStallffood ' s ) 2 ; Little Vale , place , Ilammersmith . rpad , on Sunday morning next Nov . 28 th , at ten o ' clock precisely . Bbadpord . —A ' public , meeting of the members of the Land Company will be held in the large room , Butterworth buildings , on Sunday , at two o ' clock in tho atternoon . . •¦ " - ¦ ' ' • ¦ ¦
- MANCUESTE ^ -rMriv ^ ' FolBtcr . tJistric'rSecreiarT tothe Land Company , of No . " 12 , ' . Aiice-3 treet , DevonBhire-street , Hulmp , will . iffoya every , information ana enrol members in the National Co-pperatiye Benefit Society , to residents' of l ^ anchestei' and districts . . ., ,. ., i ' .: .. . ' . ^ t ! -,.: ; : ¦ .,-... ' .. Banbub t . ^ -A general ' montnty ! me ' etinKof the branch wiirtake place at ' . the ' . Star , Iliuh-s ' treot , oa Tuesday , NoVemb 8 r . 30 ih ' ,. ; a ] t , rBe , yen ' , t , ! p l 6 bk' in \ YQ evening . All rnerao ' ers arBTeqn ' eVsd'U attend , also the members of the Sayifiga Compaiiy . LEiOKSiER ;;~ Thisj . branch pf ' the ; Nation ai Land Company meet as usual , at' 36 . Saifv , ey Gate . NtwcASTtK-lpo ^ TjsE ^ Th ' e ^' meBiherB of this branch ¦ are ; ' informed that . . 'the ' money club
for deposits in the NatibnalLancI and Labour Bank , commenced on Su ndiiy . Not . 21 st . . and will proceed to draw the . lots on Sunday , Decl ' 12 th , and all members wishing to join must do so on or before that time The members , are-wquested . fo attend a foil meeting on K ftnday , ij [ py ,., 28 th :, tp . hear therules of the 'Co-operatiye ^ BeneJ . t ,. Society ; ' ; and . all persons wishing to jom are reflues % Jt " o Kiveiniheir names to M . Jude . . tha , fi ecr ? tary . ,. Th ^ first meeting of ^ Political : Peba ^ ing , Club . will . lhe ., held , in the house otM . Jude , o ni ^ T 9 niaay . e ^ en | ng , NoT ., 29 tb , at half-past seven o ' clock . ' ,, The subjec ^ iordiscussioa willbcnamed , nes . ^ Son | ay ' eyenipj . ;' . The general quarterly meetm ^ will ^ be i heia ^ in the house of M . Jude . onSunday , De ^ ,, 5 th ,. at . ' 8 ix , o clock ,, and members who reside above two miles from , the place of meeting are requeste . d . to attend the quarterly meetins in the llOUSiS Of . \ t JllAfl . ' ( ill 5 ? nlnrAn « Tion llfK '
at two o ' clock , A dwtnctd $ e « Ue mpeM . ng . pf mem-:, - > - oersofthe Land Company j » ilj ]) 6 h § lc | on , ; Sunday « ; r l , ' m - ^ 99 ^ MWi in . the / fprenopp ; , in Mr ' ^ Bradford ' d T . emperaiiqe , II o | ie ] , . ^| TC ^ Br | dge , . Dor- , bam - ¦ . t Glas . g ow . —All membera of , ih ^ -Glasgow Branob .,.. ¦ . holding certificates for paifynp spare ? ajei requested (» , to bring them ^ ^ ftr \ vai ; f : ia '' t , t | ie npkj ; ^ eating ,, as . tho ' ----secretaryhaa to make out j p retur ^ ofjlheir number . ¦' . ¦¦ - ¦ ¦ tothe directors . Those on family tickets ^ mnst , do tiesame . ., „ . ; . . ; . „ ,, ' , ! tlj 1 j ^ i ^ Tu' ^ .- ' od . k ' Koa > a- . ; . , SpiTALHEps . —On SBnday , evenwfrr exf ; ,. ajdisp 08- ) L tl , sionand readiKg will take place fl ^ . ltfr ^ Garnham ' fl , t Royal Oak , Fleur-de ' -l ^ Court " . ' W ^ eele ] ' -8 ' tTe $ . t , Spi-, . ' talfields : ; To . commenceathalf-paat" ^ Vd ' ock . On , ¦' . Tuesday evening hey . t , Mr Jdnes . wijf , lecture . ^ ti the ' ,.., ' abnvehouse . Chair to be taken at , eight o ' clock . Snbject : ' Statb Church . ' , ' / ' ; '
Rissekdale—The shareholders meet ifortnightly , at Mr Robert Ingham'a , Swarilnn , to receiVeiiub . sqriptions and enrol new members ; " ¦ , ''¦¦ SwiNDoif . '—A public meeting will take place at the Golden Lion Inn , Odd , Fellows , ' Hall , on Monday eirehing next , November 29 th . When Six Reasons will be given why the working chases should join the National Land 'Company , and rendei' aU ; their support to the Land and Labour Banfe . ^ . " . " , ' . ' ,.... "¦" , ' - Plymouth—Mr West willle ' cture in the Mcchanica * Institute , Plvmouth , on Monday and 'Tuesday next , November 20 th and 30 th , on the * . ' Lini-and the Charter . ' . Z ^ y-il . 'r ?
. A ccRiNGTON . —The members of that taVd ¦ branch a ' re ; requested to attend at the office / oii Monday , No « vemW 29 th , at seven o ' clock ! '; '» ' ' ' ; •'•'' CARRiNdioN . —The . ruenibers , of , the . ' . Camngton branch are requested teatte ' nd tbemdnthly " nieetiD < f , on Sunday next , at eix o ' clock ; in the evening ,. to ¦ pay the arrears due to the ExpeDseFuxd .
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:, OLDBnRT . — . Tlie : following officers- hure been elected : — Benjamin : Wall , treasurer ;; Thomas Hornsb ' ^ Henry Wafwoou ; scrutineers ; William ¦ Ball ^ secretary . ' ¦ ¦ ! .. . - *!" . ^ V . . " '"• - •''•• - \ ' ¦ y ' ' Daventrt . —Tlio membersof theDavPntry branch , of the National Land Company , held their quarterly meeting on Tuesday , November . 16 th , at the Odd Fellows' Arms . After choosing officers for the ensuing quarter , it wasrosolved : — N - "" ¦; .
That a . public ( upper be held at the game Kodte oa Christmas . eve , to celebrate the progress we have made in this Tory hole . . . ; - , ; . '' . " . _ ,, . . We now number sixty-three members . A voteiof confidence in ' Mr O'Connor , was ; unanimously adopted . '' . ; '' ' ' ' "' '' ; ''' . "' '' = " , ' ' •"'"' Hun . —At the weekly meeting ' of tbis branch of the Land Company , the . address from the ^ Executive of the National Charter Associatien was rend , when the Bum of three shillings was collected , to assist in the agitation for the Charter . Meetices are held
every , Monday and'Wedriesday ^ yeniiigs ;' at the Ship Inn , CKnrch-jaWei ' : a't | , ha ( frpaat sdyen , ' o ' ejock . The Ch ' arti 8 t 3 meet every Sundayerening , at ' sis o clocki ' at the Ship Inn . Churoh-lane . . ; ,. : BRtwswicK IlAti , LiMEH 0 WSB . ~ I \ Ir . M 'Grath delivered an able and argumenf ' atiyo lecture on Monday evening laafv " proving ; thj inflictioji of death puuishmentg to be iniquvtous in principle and ia practice , injurious to the feelinfis and morality <> f the people . Mr M'Grath . was listened to with the utmost attention , and received the thanks of the meet " ing it the conclusion of bis lecture . '
B . uRT . —On Thursday , the 18 th Nov ., Mr R . Sheldon Chadwick lectured oh the ' Land and Chatter * in the Sesaion-hbuse i at seven o ' clock inlho evening toan attentivo audience . Some of the shameful doings of the new Poor Law Guardians were exposed , ^^^ ^ "eserved , indignation . A vote of than , Ks baying been jjwen to the lecturer , the mceting ' Cbncludea ; ata'b , qut ten o ' clock . T MANCHE 8 TER ,-r-Ata Special meeting of the South LaHcashire ' Obgervatien Committees itwaa unani * mously resolved : ' -- ' : « - ' ? ¦ ¦• - ¦ ¦ - That a > meeting of delegateB ob coiiTenta ; tnch meet . Ing to beheia at WhlKtker ' s Terop-rimco Hotil , 93 , Qrifnt Aneoats-street , on Sunday , Decembur 1 . 2 .
Chair to . be taken nt ten o ' clock . Delegates are expected to come prepared with answers to the following propositions : — ' Are they prepared to support a system of local or county lecturing , in . order toreoiianise the Chartist movenientin Soutb Lancashire ? 'What are the bert means to 1 » adopted to supply the Land and Labour Bank with funds , in order , that our Directors may be enabled through Buch agenoy , to em ancipate the members , of the Land Company , ahd place them speedier on the free labonr soil of their fatherland V 'What should . be done to aid Mr O'Connor in the righteous war ho is waging against the enemies of our beloved Land , Plan ; and also how the forthcoming paper the Dbmocbat can be sopported ? ' All localities represented atthe-New ^ aJT ^ v ¦* nuutinoum ovnoi ^ A / 1 tn aani ) dotaa'ktAa f A tiMa'PuMk . "— ' . ' .. .. Jw x
ference , and those who have not paid the fatje } wr *^< B . v * s are to Beud'tueBame by theirdelegate , aoasioepXhS , A& .-, ' ^ l / ^ ustoca ^ rryon the war of Right agaiuBt ^ rioujr « S . ^| < . ^ : ' v , 4 »! 'AS this impo ant division of Lancashire , ^ ^ J . _>; ; VJ .-. " ^ C | l ^ M c / : h ^ " 4 ^' r-7 ~? f ? c W " 3- ^ T ^ V % im ^ M \ % ** 5 \ ¦ ¦ : . •• . ' •¦•• Mri ? wjr
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ru ^ h . ot the above , may have their curiosity grati * tfied , by addressing a noteto Mr William Bradley . Tailor , Nothgate , Huridersfield . One of the said bond . How fsir any one can credit any statement Hobsrn makes after the above , I cannot conceive . I am , Bir , ¦ Tours , most obedient , ¦¦ ¦ •¦ .- ' Watchman . ' One who has known Hobson from a snoUj-cuffed lad to the present day . -
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jNorthbiinSiah , Dec . 13 . 1842 . Sir , —In addition to ^ vhat I have sent , we pay £ 15 yearly for insurance on ^ 3 , 000 ., All is insured in Ilobsoa ' s name , and I think the policy is either for £ 1 : 600 on each side , or £ 2 ^ 000 . on yours , and £ 1 , 000 . on his ; We pay for all coalsU 3 ed ; they nse ' , from our cellar , because they want their coal cellar for other . purposes :, They perhaps would not have anyohjection , to apportion the cost , but I like each to have their own ,, and each know a his own expenses . ! Then v / e . pay for gas about £ 2 i 5 . ha ' f-yearly ; for rent £ 84 . yearly— £ 21 . quarterly . This is not fairly appor-^ tioned . but of courae that is your fault ; you allowed Hobaonthe use : of the tipper room rent free ; had it been ; my case , I should have ' thought I had , paid enoughwhen I had paid £ 20 . for a tenant to leave and been saddled with about £ 30 . per year in rent , besidesthecosfc ' of alterations Without'givinc
, up part of the premises to another rent free .. I never yetliked thathusineBa—that £ 20 . was ; paid by your order to secure youaduHional pTeffiisqs , ; the secret ; was , the upper room to' Hobao ' n to publish the Mobai , World . But tBatis past , ' ybt ; I' like to refresh ypuimemory With ¦ such" folly , to preverit' the ' same occurring again . It is all the pleasure I get for paying the £ 20 ; , and about £ 6 . yearly in rent ; fortn 6 ugS the amount is paid by you , I feel as much in cases where I think its ill spent , as if the en so was my , own , and I quarter . " . ' $ . ' .,. ' . *' ' . * , . •¦ :. ¦ „' ,,. .-.- , There are more payments which you will be able to recollect , perhaps-j-at all events when yoii look over the cash book' / yotf will find all down . l '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1446/page/5/
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