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Head of tk « Statistical Department of the Board of Trade , wiih a Salary of £ 800 a-ijear . ¦ Sow , Albany , of all the wallopings that ever a poor devil got I am going to give you , and vour " manFriday , " the greatest . ' In the first place let me tell you , that I am going to give your portrait gratis to the Land Members , because , as you are the ugliest devil that ever mortal man saw for nothing , they would 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 peop le 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 gambier—a card player at low gambling houses , until , seven years ago , so great was your destitution , that the Whigs made a subscription to save you frera starvation , and thinking that they had a right 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 800 f . a-year . And "like master like man , " as " birds of a feather flock together / your " man Friday , " who conducts the literary department of theExaminer , vns a strolling player , and was dismissed from the company for drunkenness and dissipation .
Now , Albany , what do you say to two such enlio-hteners of the public mind , as a reckless ruined gambler , and a coadjutor wh © 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 may 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 Tead your last article , which 1 shall presently republish , commencing with the words , " Clings to his scheme , " and ending with , " What tie little boy says is true . " 1 went from th ' e station to the House of Commons ,
and just as I entered Lord George Bentmck was denouncing , in strong terms , the delusion , or , as he termed it , the fraud , attempted to be practised by you upon the commercial classes of this country . 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 der . artmentj 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 months , hut 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 blunder of 9 , 000 tons was confined to a period of two months ! You shall have the words of the Hon . Member for Oxfordshire : —
Mr Hsstlet cenld understand some discrepancy between the gross and net amounts in the two leturns , bat not ' such a discrepancy as 9 . -000 tans in two months . He also could cot understand bow there could fee a oiKrepancy'in tie parts , and jet an agreement in the whole . " . ' Now , here 3 s the whole of your last week ' s rubbish : — Mr O'Conaor clings to his sehese . He addresses his ' children' in the ' SoRTBZt . fi Stak' to this effect ; ' If I had my choice whether I would surrender mj ieat in Parliament , and work from six tiU eight at the hardest labocr , or give np my land , I swear before Hearen that I would rather live npon workhouse fare , and work ercrr day , than give i t np . '
Siapinghis language to his audiencs , he keepf npthe S 3 . Tse fares in the House of Commons . Xotwithstsnding tee merci ' -ess exposure of his hoUowness and fallacy contained in the evidence before the Committee , and in the face of the Committee ' s friendly hint that' powers might be granted to the parties concerned to wind up the undertaSdnr , "Mr O'Connor t" > ld the House of Commons on Wednesday night that he is ' using his best endearouri to direst tie Company of all illegality by p-. evious registratioH , ' . and that ht looks to a speedy enrolment being erected .
Some lieht is thrown upon the nature of Mr O'Connor's 'best endeavours' by what transp ired at a special meeting of the Shareholders of the Company , held at the South London Chartist Hall last Suudfty night . Tke chair was taken by a Ur Roberts . This gentleman spoke of Mr O'Connor's intentions with the expucitness and confidence of one who shares his secrets . How far he was warranted to do so we have of course no means of knowing . The name is the same as that of the Company ' s solicitor , whose bill of costs amounts to £ 2 , 13 ° . ; who was originally treasurer as well as solicitor ; and who allowed his same to remain as treasurer in the printed rules and prospectuses of the Company , and at the R-zi = trai ' s office , after thr appointment bad been transfe 4 ed to Mr O'Connor . If the chairman of Sunday night and this ex treasurer be the same pereon . he is likely enough to be well-in . ' ormed as to the plan of the next
Be this as it may , the modification which Mr O'Connor conter aplaUs in hi « sehtme , as announced on Sunday niRht , are a virtual confession that the calculations he originally held out to the public are entirely erroneous , i He now proposes to raise the price of ( hares from j £ 2 l 2 s 4 d to £ 5 ; from £ 3 JS to £ 1 10 s ; and from £ 5 it ; to £ 10 . Another alteration he proposes is more in ap- , pearance than rea ' . itj . It is ' to substitute location by , bonus , instead of bj ballot , the occupant ss located being to purchase the land and house , and to pay according to : his will acertain amount for beinz located , without the I
ballot . ' Bat even with the ballot the occupant was to ' purchase the land and ; house' ultimately . The only change is , that he is now asked to pay an additional sum to obtain priority of location . Both these alterations involve 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 gi-fe them for . And while making this confession be coolly proposes , thst . ' ng already been misled by him , thgy should in gratitude for the deception they have exporieniei dWb e the snmsof money they atfirstentrusted to him . This is indeed teEtins the faith of his followers
rather severely . We last week showed what was the utmost amount of benefit that subs . ribers eoald possibly derive from the scheme- This barefaced additional attempt on their credulity induces us to point out to them the actual nature and amount of the advantages they have been promised , They aiethese . No person is allowed to held less thin two . ofmoTe thin four shares . Tbe price of each Ibare is £ 1 6 s . According ly each subscriber was onginallv asked to pay £ 2 12 s , or £ 3 lSs , or £ 5 4 « , for the pri-Tileee ofparticipatinginthe benefits of the scheme . On tfa . « t « i ., out of 19 . 331 person . . Ao . hftW P « d up thar shares in fall . a * d Ss / 69 who have paid in part 2 SD ejected by allotment have been located . To 1 « 2 of these , two mks t * eh have been allotted ; three acres each to 35 ; debt of
and four acres each to 93 . It is believed thst after a £ 7 S , 4 ierema ' wiDg to be paid on the land acquired has been difchar . ed , 316 additional locatees may be settled . Taose parties who have hitherto obtained a preference by ballot , who msy hereafter ( should the adventure be persisted in J obtain it by payin ? a bonus of unknown amouut , are to pay a rent of £ 5 is id per acre per annum , until they can raise money enough to pay for the land and houses . " Betorettey can acquire tue land in absolute property , tkey must pay for it at the rate of * - 'f > 9 "f *<* for two acres The land for » hich this rental and this pnee is charge : ! consists « f ' light soi ' s of a moderate depth ;' it' lies high and exposed , subject to droug ht in summer and to tbe cold -winds in ninttr : ' aad it iB remote from any place where manure can be procured in considerable quintities or at a moderate price . A . fanner occupying an adjoining farm icsnarkid to Mr Revans : 'These poor psople are expected to get offan acre , as much as I can get o § ° a hundred . ' An old man who had p loughed every
acre of < ne of the allotment farms , stated that the produte in potatoes' had mo- e often been under than orer five tons an 2 cre ; ' the average growth throughout England btir . g about eight tons at a low estimate . Ashep . herd who bad resided there all bis life , declared that' he felt satisfied no m . m could get a living off Fuch land bj his spade though be should not pay rent- ' It is obvious , in short , that the rent proposed to be exacted bom the Jaiid is a rack-Tent , and that the price placed upon it is exorbitant . The promises of the Conpany therefore , if translated into plain Eng lish , might be expected to run thus : By taking two , tLree , or fuur shares of £ 1 6 s each , you wilj obtain a . chance of being- allowed to hold two , three , cr fuur acres of iudiSi rent land st a racs-rent ; or of purchasing these seres at an exorbitant price . Your chance of fating allowed these privileges , moreover , depends upon a ballot , or on tbe payment of an additional sura for precedence- Tbe chances , in tbe most favourable circuni ? tanc € S , are as 546 to 7 ' , € 80 . The lottery has
thirty-five blanks to a prize ; and the price of a ticket ranges from £ ~ i 12 s to £ 5 4 s . The odds against drawing a prize are enormous , and the prize is not worth jetting . ' Tbe shares in tbe land echeme are thus like Peter Pindar's razcrs , made to sell , not to be used . The only parties vrl . u can derive any benefit from the scheme » re those entrusted wi'h the zaanagemeot . It is a concern got up u .- uSord salaries to some aDd jobs to others . Indirectly , Mr O'Connor makes some £ io 8 ; a year by it ; and directly , ilr Christopher Doyle , who , before he was employed " by Mr O'Connor en this hopeful scheme , earned from " sixteen to eighteen shillings a week as a " " ¦ Barer , r .-ce . ves tiro pounds * week as a director , and an "" tcditionaliiresliillirms a week as manager of one ef tbe allotment farm .. It is also wortby of &ote that this &r « tor . and . manager , the » fs > mai < J Mr Christopher
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Doyle , was lucky enough to obtain an allotment at the second ballot . Mr O'Connor ' s ' best endeavours' to giro his scheme a better chaBce of success , are simply an appeal to the credulity of the shareholders to double the payments they have 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 arrant ement At the meeting held last Sunday , when the idea was started of awarding , not by ballot but in considf ration 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 , by saving , the working man might in time hare the same chanceof 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 boaus . ( Jo time for saving is to be allowed to the poor man . The shareholders may rest assured that the parties who are urging them to persist in the scheme , seek merely to keep np a business from which they derive salaries or other kinds of remuneration . The evidence of Hr'G . W . Chinnery , managing 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 done very irregularly ; but I have always believed itwa « sp , because they wonld "" not go to the expense of having a secretary at
£ 4 oO or £ 590 a year , and several competent clerks , to work so huge a company / And again , tbe same witness observes : ' Tha 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 , owiDg to the want of an expeasive machinery in the waj of a secretary and clerks : the directors , or the genlltmen 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 tlie services of competent officers .
It is not , however , these poor creatures , but Mr O'Connor whose agents and mummers they clearly appear from the whole tenor of the evidenca 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 evidenca to the Committee , might justify a suspicion that he was the mere blunder . iDg dups of his own presumptuous ignorance : Some of his sayings transcend anything tfeat Irish farce writers have ventured to putin themouths of the Doctors ( yTqoles orLooneyM'TwolttTs of the stage . Ween asfesd within what time the estates to be sold and resold by tbe funds which 33 / 00 subscribers have . raised , could be made available for the settlement of the whole number , he made answer , with a cool consummate absurdity which vie ¦
thought had passed away with poor Mr Power , If you star t with £ 100 , 000 of capital , and you turn your capital twice over in the year , that will bring yoa to a definition of my meaning . ' But the experience of all time has shown that the half-conscious balf-wittedness which by such nensense braves out responsibility , is quite compatible with a been ' eye to self advantage , and with a reckless sacrifice ef the interests of others . Mr O'Connor § aye of the nominal trustees of his Company , that he could not convey the property to tbem because t ' -ere is an objectioa where one person is an idsolvent . ' I should not wish to convey the property to them . Mr Duncombe is in a delicate state of health , and Mr Jones is in bad repute . ' He was quite aware , that is , of the iflcompetenee 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 tha Company ' * funds . An attempt to explain this transaction only made matters worse . The constituents of the members of Convention , it would seem , refused 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 £ 100 , and a few days later £ 1 , 009 , of his own money to theCompanj ; and the Committee was left to infer that these sums covered inter alia the money paid to the members of Convention . But credit has been given to Mr O'Connor for every farthing of his own money that appears to have been advanced by him to the Company .
! ' In short , the Company ' * funds have been to Mr O'Con . , nor a source ef profitable jobs for his creatures , and of | Kush money to them when mutinous . Indirectly , as we have shown , it haj ensured him an income of more than £ f , W 0 per annum . To divert attention from the fact that he and his agents alsne profit by the losses of others h £ > exag- ? erates Mb owb natural blunders , is quite content to provoke laughter at his own expense , and gives himself th « air of a r . isb , rattling , unreflecting fellow . The device is stale . The idea , too , in an inquiry respecting the practicability of such a scheme , of calling his agents , to prove that he w » s the best master breathing ; that he had given money of his own to allotteis ; and that he had treated them like hiB own children ; is supremely ri . diculouB . It is the old story of the quack doctor who made his child caU out , My father cures aU diseaie ? , * and confirmed the assertions by vociferating , What the little boy fays 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 hi * best endeavours to divest the Company ot all illegality by previous regis . tration . ' I told the House of Commons precisely the reverse . No . 2 . —The chair was taken by a Mr Roberts . The name is the same as that of tbe Company ' s solicitor . The Bankrupt Commissioner's name is Fonblanque , and the ruined gambler ' s same 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 , tbe occupant was to ' purchase the house and land ultimately . Fool , the occupant need never purchase the house or land . No . 4 . —Two hundred and thirty selected by eallothave been located . 1 . Ass , cottages for 250 have been built , and nearly all are occupied . No . 5 . —It is believed that after a debt of . ^ , 418 remaining-to be paid on the land acquired bas been discharged 316 additjjnal locat-es may be settled . Why . you charmer , you must have seen those figures through a sugar-cane . In your last statistical table , the amount stated to be due was 28 , 000 / . 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 < s 8 d per acre , per annum , until they can raise money enough to pay for the land and homes . Now , you ugly devil , does 11 Z- 10 s , for four acres of land , a e ^ o od five-roomed house and out-offices , amount to 51 . 4 s . 8 d . per acre ? No . 7 . —Before they can acqaire tb « 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 was em . ployed by Mr O'Connor on this hopeful scheme , earned from 16 s to 18 s a week as a weaver , receives £ 2 a week , as a director , and sn additional Ss a week as manager of one of the allotment farms ,
Mr Doyle gets 11 . a week from the Company ajid he earns it ; he gets 5 * . a week from me , because he earns it ; I presented him with a nandsome watch and chain , because he was deserving of it . Albany Fonblanque was a p itiful gambler , starving in a garret , when the Whigs made a subscription for him . They gave him 800 / . a year of the public money , to relieve themselves of the incumbrance . Xo . 9 . —Some of his Eayincs transcend anything that Irish farce writers have ventured to put in the mouths of the Doctor OTooleB , or Looney M'Twolters of the stage . So then , Albany , the 6 tage-manager became jealous that in your dull monotony of figures there was not a shadow of his own professien , and here we are relieved by a little bit of the drama from the dismissed strolling player .
No . 10 . —The csnstituentsof thememoers of Convent on it would seem , refused money to bring them I'ome ; there was a meeting in the Assembly , asd , according to Mr O'Connor , after they had " spent a fortnight in abuBing me I paid the money to take them home . " But that money was paid out of tbe Company ' s funds , and never npiid . Why , you immaculate Whig statician ! why not confine yourself to trickery , that it may be difficult to discover , rather than write yourself down as a wilful liar ? No « v , you profess to take your data from the evidence , by which it appears that I paid Mr M'Gowan 100 / ., and that I had paid Mr Hornby 70 / ., to o ver 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 . I say was , because I have increased the amount since . Now , Mr Fonblanque , upon your former trial I convicted you u pon fifteen counts of wilful and corrupt perjury . I have no w 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 I established the Land Coaipany for the purpose of making larger profits of the ' * Northern Star , " and as I do Bot consider it at all necessary to withhold the financial position of that paper from my children ; b ^ fe you and they 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 Stab each week from April 12 tb , 1815 to April 16 th , 1846 , both inclusive : — , April 12 ... 6618 Aug . 16 ... 6634 Dee . 20 ... S 842 — 19 ... 6183 — 38 ... 5745 — 27 ... 51 G 7
— 2 « ... 6395 — 80 ... 5534 1816 . Msy 3 ... 6324 Sept . 6 ... 5536 Jan . 3 ... £ 621 — 10 ... 6308 — 13 ... 552 S — JO ... 5600 — 17 ... 6200 — 20 ... 5493 — 17 ... 5629 — 24 ... 6280 — 27 ... 5469 — 24 ... 5802 — 81 ... 6037 Oct . 4 ... 5411 — 31 ... 6074 June 7 ... 5991 _ 11 ... 5383 Feb . 7 ... 6275 — 1 * .., 5881 — 18 ... 5450 — U ... 6420 — 21 ... 5973 — ? 5 ... 5342 — 21 ... 6540 — S 8 ... 6664 Nov . 1 ... 6333 — 28 ... 6453 July 5 ... 8697 — 8 ... 6371 March 7 ... e 377 — 12 ... 5567 — 15 ... 6345 _ 14 .. . 6400 — 19 ... 6308 — 22 ... 5323 — 21 ... 6106 — 26 ... 53 U — 29 ... 5390 — 28 ... 6452 Aug . 2 „ -. 5643 Sec . 6 ... 5409 April 4 ... 643 S _ i 9 ... 5587 13 ... 5446 — II .:. 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 LaHd 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 , I 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 8 / . 13 s . a thousand ; the price of the paper when printed is 16 / . 13 s . 4 d . a thousand ; leaving Ql . after paying for paper and stamps—that is 441 . per week for 5 , 500 papers . And uow , statician , mark the expenditure ; you shall have it under the several heads — Per Week . Expense of composition and printing .. .. £ 2 & 0 0 EDITORIAL PEFARTHEKT . Joshua Hobson , for doing . nothing .. .. 6 0 0 6 . J . Harney , fordoing everything .. .. 3 0 0 6 . A . Fleming , for preparing parliamentary summary 2 0 0 B . StaUwood 1 0 e
CLSRS ' s DEPARTMENT . John ATdiU , for doing nothing 3 0 0 William Rider , for doing everything .. .. ISO Fosters , daily and weekly paperi , postage , rent of office , coals and gas £ 00 Allowance te wholesale agents .. .. 4 6 0 Mr Hewitt 2 0 0 Bad debts 1 0 0 62 5 0 Now , arithemetician , take .. .. 44 e 0 My profit , from £ 52 53 , and you hare 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 land the LandjCompany ; and yet , you sordid beast , so far from complaining , my weekly appeal to the people 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 ; org o toMessrs Venables , paper makers , Queenhithe , and they have my permission to show you their books , thus enabling you to test the accuracy of my returns .
Now I come to the second year , from April 18 , 1846 , to April 10 , 1847 , both inclusive : — April 18 ... 6376 Aug . 22 ... 8250 Deo . 26 ... 6800 — 25 ... 6365 •— 29 ... 6500 1848 . May 2 .. 6280 Sept . 5 ... 6450 Jon , 2 ... 6700 — 9 ... 6189 — 12 ... 6680 — 9 ... 6750 — 16 ... 6200 — 19 ... 6650 — 16 ... 6775 — 23 ... G 10 O — 26 ... 6650 — 20 ... 6825 — 30 ... 6200 Oct . 3 ... 6670 — 30 ... 7025 June 6 ... 6080 — 16 ... 6670 Feb . 6 ... 7100 — 15 ... 6200 — 17 ... 6670 — 13 ... 7200 — 23 ... 6150 - 24 ... 6730 — 20 ... 7300 — 27 ... C 175 — 31 ... 6789 _ 27 ... 7376 July 4 ... 6275 Nov . 7 ... 6750 March 6 ... 7500 — 11 ... 6160 — 14 ... 6800 — 13 ... 7500
_ 18 ... eiflO — 21 ... 6750 — 20 ... 7525 — 25 ... 6200 — 28 ... 6759 — 27 ... 7450 Aug . 1 ... 6290 Dec . 5 ... 6750 April 3 ... 7870 — 8 ... 6290 — 12 ... 6775 — 10 ... 7410 — 15 ... 6330 — 19 ... 6825 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 : — 1647 . Ang 21 ... 10400 1848 . Ap . 17 ... 7330 — 28 ... 10100 Jan . 1 ... 11100 — 24 ... 7280 Sep . 4 ... 10100 — | 8 ... 10960 May 1 ... 7 i 39 — li ... 10000 — 15 , „ 10600 _ 8 ... 7400 — 11 ... 9800 — 22 ... 10600 — 15 .. 7390 — 25 ... 9900 — 29 ... 10650
— 22 ... 7300 Oit . 2 ... 10100 Feb . 5 ... 10700 _ 29 7350 — 9 ... 10100 — 12 ... 10650 June S 7350 — IS ... 10100 — 19 ... 10650 — 12 ... 73 J 0 — 23 ... 11250 — 24 ... 10800 — 19 ... 7350 — 30 ... 11150 Mar . 4 ... 11250 — 26 ... 7400 Not . 6 ... 12859 — 11 ... H « 50 July 3 ... 7450 - 13 ... 11800 — 12 ... 12100 — 10 ... 7550 — 20 ... 11400 — 25 ... 12950 — 17 ... 7650 — 27 ... 11300 Apr . 1 ... 13220 _ 24 7850 D . c , 4 ... 11509 — 8 ... 16230 — 31 '' . ' . 8350 — 11 ... 11550 — 15 ... 31000
Aug . 7 ... 10400 — 18 ... 11600 — 14 ... 9800 — 25 ... 11400 Now , then , you have the circulation of the "Star" for the three years from the timethat 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 dama and costs for two libelg , written
ges by Joshua Hobsoo , upon Mitchell , and \ V . J ; O'Connell •• 200 0 « Paid to John Cleava who owed me £ 276 . 078 18 u Paid on account of Hobson ' s action to recofer a year ' s wages as editor , after I had discharged him —that is , a year's wages from the time of his discharge , for the subsequent year , with roy own costs .. .. .. 500 0 u Paid John Ardill upon an action for libel .. I " " " Paid Fowler in an action for libel .. .. ca w " " £ 1593 5 0
Now the | above sum does not include my costs in Cleave ' s case , Ardill ' s case , or bowler ' s case , and if it had sot been from the impossibility ofn'V securing a fair trial before an English jary , I should not have hadjto pay
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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 Z ., 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 exclusively out of my own purse for eight years ; put dOwn the hundreds , nov
thousands , that I ; haye ^ y ; e . nittp ? the ' '' -poor % f ^ i ^^^^^^ rai gnt zealous in the catfse ; put down my . whole tinre 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 I have never travelled a 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 hive
bestowed my every hour , and upon whom I have cheerfullyspent my every farthing , and then convince my children , if you can , that they would be better and kindlier treated by gambiers , strolling players , and reckless adventurers , than they have been by me . You disreputable animal , you presumed that you had some weak-minded dolt to play with , and that 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 , Ffargus O'Connor .
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RICHARD COBDEN AND THE LAND COMPANY .
TO RICHARD COBDEN . Sir , —Throughout the agitation for a Repeal of the Corn Laws , your professed object was to reduce the price or the people ' s food—philanthropy was ever upon your lips , and so far had you succeeded in the art of which you now appear to be a professor , that I , like many others , was deceived as to yotsr 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 ere dulity , a man who has received 76 . O 00 Z . for having inspired false hopes under false pretences ?
If your object had really been to better tbe condition of the working classes , you would have hailed thecooperationof 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' onl y 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 bog to say that I am erery day in communication with a person who appears to b'j tbe life and soul of the attack so infamously directed against jour character—I mean Mr Alexander Somemlle , Mr Cobden ' s man of all work * " ° If you approve ef the course that I shall submit to you for adoption , I hare not the slightest doubt of biing able to ascertain the nature of the evidence he is getting up , and the names of the parties who are to Kive it . "
Now , sir , the writer' of those letters has requested me to withhold his name for the present—if you deny the charge , I will show them to you ; and what I state with regard to Joshua Hobson it is fobinded upon Joshua Hobson's OWN DECLARATION , so that what I distinctly charge you with , is conspiracy of the meanest , the lowest , the most disreputable character , in connexion with the most disreputable parties ; 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 yourself another 76 , 000 ? . out of a a political bubble , as you have previously secured a like amount out of a commercial babble . And , believe me , sir , that however you may hope to shelter yourself under the false impression that your friends will tolerate any trick | or 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 power 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 of conspiracy , deception , fraud , upon the clearest evidence . Fbargus O'Connor .
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE TORQUAY BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . My dbar Chiidrbn , : I beg most respectfully , but most firmly , to decline your profpred gift j 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-bex which
cost a shilling—I have a tea cup that lean drink my tea out of—I want no : plate—but what I want is , to see you all comfortable , con . tented , and happy , and then my every wish will be gratified . If you bave 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 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 Merryman , Clerkenwell ; Messrs Evans and Patten , Tabernacle-lane , Tower Hamlets ; Mr Grant Spiers , Limehouse . Mr Senre , was appointed chairman . It was resolved , 'That Messrs Martyn , Milns , Merryman , Brown , and Jones , form a committee to endeavour to get Mr Duncan removed from Clerkenwell House of Correction , by Habeats : in case the above should fail , this Committee guarantees Mr Duncan , sen > all reasonable expenses in bailing his son , and
that in the interim we pay rive shillings per week , to prevent Mr Duncan from the degradation of picking oakum ; that ten shillings each be granted to Mesdames Bezer and M'Carthy . ' The committee then adjourned to the 20 th . inst ., at Cartwright ' B 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 Id ; Uxbridge , per Cuffay , 5 s ; Kidderminster , do . 5 s ; Newcastle-on-Tvne , do . 2 s 6 d :
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 , £ 1 ; Mr Bechmead , Is . —Total £ 9 3 s Hid ., Receipts from the 13 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 , 1 b ; Kentish Town , 5 s . — Total = £ 2 16 s 7 d . —Jambs 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 affaiis of tbe 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 , ¦ wltkfc view to place it in such a position as will enable it to be earned out in accordance with the original intentions of the promoter , viz : the location of the whole of the members on a certain portion of land in a cottage of their own . '
Somehs Town . —At a full meeting of the Somers Town Chartists , on Tuesday last , the following resolution was adopted;—Resolved * Tbat this meeting being convinced of the truth and justice of the principles contained in the document called tbe People ' s Charter , and believing tbat its recognition as the basis of society would effect not only the pelitical emancipation , but also the social amelioration of the toiling masses , we therefore cannot but ex . press 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 basest 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 rights of the working classes . —John Arnott , Secretary . A ' r S . Ktdd delivered an interesting lecture on the 17 th instant , in tho Literary and Scientific Institutios , J » hn-street .
West Riding Dblkgatb MB 8 TiKG . —The West Riding Ddegate Meeting wag held , by adjournment , atDewBbury , on Sunday , the 20 th instant . Henry Marsden , of Holmfirth , and John Bimia , of Bradford , were appointed to aadit the secretary ' s ac counts , which , having been found correct , a vote of thanks were given him for his services . The following resolutions were moved and carried : — ' That tho delegates from the various localities in the Riding , bring to the next meeting the number of paying and non-paying members in their various localities . 2 nd . —That Christopher Shaokleton be appointed secretary for the ensuing twelve months . 3 rd —That the next West Riding Delegate Meoting be held at
Ilsokmcmdwike , on the second Sunday in September : C . Shackleton in the chair . ' Those places who are in arrears to the late West Riding demonstration , are requested toaettlethem as soon sa possible , either by remitting a pout office order to tke secretary , or by attending tho next delegate meeting . Considerable arrears yet remain unpaid . The Bradford Chartiata'who were at tha expense of getting up the meeting , hare 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 tbat no further notice will be required . Address : —Cbristopher Sbaokleton , at James Bnckley ' s , West-gate , Almonds , near Iluddersfield .
CLECKHBAim—Balance Sheet op -the YonKaHiHE Victims . —The following balance Bheet waa audited by Henry Marsden , Holmfirth , and John Binns , Bradford :- Ik come , £ , a . d . Heywood ... 17 0 Hobden Bridge ... ... ... 0 5 0 Sowerby ... ... ... ... 15 0 Rochdale ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Midgley ... ... , „ ,,, 0 15 0 Baeap ... ... ... ... 2 0 0 Hudderafiold ... ... ... ... 13 0 Todmorden ... ... ... ... 2 0 0
Total ... ... ... ... 9 5 0 EXPXNDITOBB . B ? oaeh to Bingloy and Bradford committees 8 18 6 Ditto to Halifax ... ... ... 0 5 8 Secretarj ' a expeosos ... ... ... 0 1 $ Total ¦ £ 9 5 6 Bradford had 50 prisoners . Bingly 18 , Halifax 2 , o tbe subscribers will see that each committee reseived 2 s . 7 id . per prisoner .
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Bradford . —The members of the Land Company will meet in their room , Butterworth-buildings , on Sunday , AuguBt 27 th , at two o ' clock , when the discussion of tiie propositions in the Northern Stir will be resumed . A full attendance is requested . — The members of the Chartist Council will meet as usual in their rooni i at five o'clook in the evening . — The Chartists meeting atBuUerworth-buildinga , are requested to attend at six o ' clock in the evening . — The Chartists of Manuingaam , mil meet as usual on Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clook , . ... Globe and Fbibndh . —The Coanoil will meet on Sunday evening , August 27 ch , at six o ' jlook . and the elasB collectors must attend with their a kg and contributions by half-paBt six .
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A Jaw breaking Name A Russiaa Genera ^ named Schtschitowski , has died of cholera . An ' Irish' Frenchman . —La Democratic Pactfique tells us , in a recent number , that a mayor in the environs of Paris issued the following : — ' Dear fellow-citizens , —The Garde Mobile is to arrive here to-morrow : I do not know the hour , but prepare to receive them an hour beforehand ; let ua give a beaoming reception to these , bravej defenders of anarchy . '
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The Anniversary at Lowbands . —The anniversary 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 assembled ; then the chair was taken by Mr Kenshaw , whe proposed prosperity to the Land Scheme and a long and happy life to its founder , Feargua
O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . for Nottingham . Mr O'Brien was called on to speak to that toast . He said he waa one of those who had minutely investigated the plan ; he calculated on the difficulties to be overcome in order to effect location ; he ftlfiaatisfied , thai these coald be surmounted readily , if the government would legalise the Company , and if not , if the members exhibit the , same arabunt of confidence they have hitherto done' ' he ffaysTpot-ibjitsatl that has been promised shall be enVctect ; >; W # h ¦ -resfeect to the occupants , at Lowbands , he was assured the ^
industrious persevering allettees would succeed ; for his part , he did not come to get milk and honey off the land without labour , he came to struggle against all the barriers tbat may impede progress : as yet , he was confident of success . As to Mr . Q'Connor he would unhesitatinfte ^ say that sucfe a-matt ¦ nWer ^ i ^' Si ' eS ' firtti ^ age ^ r ^ irne ; true he sriay have faults , and . who is without them ? but what'are they when compared with his extraordinary qualities ? one hour ' s devotion to the interests of the toiling masses would be more than sufficient to
counterbalance the quibbles raked up by his enemies . Mr O'Brien ' s two children ( one of seven and the other five years old ) sung ' We'll rally around turn , ' 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 scrutinise 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'Connor 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 more 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 , Hackney-road , a memorial , expressing unbounded confidence in Mr O'Connor , and urging him to pursue the same straightforward course he bas hitherto done , was unanimously adopted . Th $ closing of the Company was objected to .
Bradford . —A public meeting of members of the Land Company was held in the large room , Butter worth-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 Land 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 , tbe 22 nd of August , and every alternate Tuesday afterwards , to receive the contributions of members . Blackburn . —The quarterly meeting of tbis branch was hold on Sunday , August 20 th , in the Old S < E 9 House . After the quarterly accounts were pR&sed ,
the following officers were duly elected for the next six months : — ' Messrs Ainsworfch and Bramvell , auditors ; Mr Richard Froadlovei scrutineer ; Messrs Ilall , ABhten , Femberton , Bradley , and Hindie , committee . An animated discussion too ' c place after the reading of the propositions of Mr O'Conntr , when it was agreed to adjourn tbe meeting to Sunday , tbe 27 th ( to-morrow ) , when the discussion will be resumed at Me NurtoH ' a Commercial Coffee-houae , Back-lane , at six o'clook in the evening . Members are requested to attecd .
Dbwsbort . — At a meeting ft few days ago an address expressing co&fidence in Mr O'Conaor , i ? aa unanimously adopted . Maltos . —Tho Land Jmembefa met at Leo Rivlee Bohool » oom , on the 21 at inst ., when Mr Feargua O'Connor ' s letter was submitted to their coDaidoration , and the following resolution passed : — ' That we do approve of the Directors iu the ,, price of the allotment . ' A vote of confidence on all the other prepositions oontained in tbe above letter , was given to our noble friend and unpaid bailiff , Mr Feargus O'donnnr .
KiRKiLDY . —Tbe members of this branch met on Monday evening , in Purvis ' s School-room , to discuss the propositions contained in Mr O'Canuor ' s latter . Mr Bsattio presided . The following amendment to the fint proposition was carried by a small majority , viz ., ' That the bonus for priority of location , go to reduce the allottee ' s rent pay id . ? the same , instead of applying it to the benefit of the whole . The second proposition waa not taken up as the directors had de . cided against it . The tbird was unanimously agreed to . The fourth was considered impracticable , as far as this branch is concerned , owing to the low rate of wages and want of employment . The meeting was then adjonrned to Monday next .
W-igton—At a publio meeting of the members of the Wig ton Land Company , held August 21 at , Mr John Davidson in the chair , the following resolutions were uoaqimously carried : — 'That the propositions laid , down in the Northern Star of the 12 th ult , by Mr Feargus O'Connor , are deaigued . to facilitate the speedy location of the present members , and to h& 9 ten the redemption ef our cutnmon country from misery , privation , and want ; and that they concur with the proposed plan of working the land eyatera upon the improved plan . They , therefore , leave tha completion of the proposed organisation in tbe hands of the intended Convention , . humbly hopisg that the collective wisdom of that body will render every ag « distance in their power to our commen father , Mr
Feargua O ' Connor , in carrjing out his philanthropic desigDB . The members of the Wigton Lnnd' $ ompany make choice of Mr O'Connor , and Mr Duncombe , in connexion with Mr Sharman Crawford , for the future trustees of the company , and that they further place the fullest confidence in Mr O'Connor . They return him their sincere end he « rt ( e | t thanks for his kind Rerviecs , and look to him in future as their kind and loving father . ' Elland . —Tbe Land members of ibis branch held a meeting on Monday last . Mr Thomas B . Taylor in the chair ; when it was proposed by Mr Joseph Firth , seconded by Mr Soloraim Crowther : — ' That the whole of tho new plan of the company be agreed to , except that of raising the price of shares /—Carried .
NoiutfouAM . —On Tuesday evening last a publio meeting of the Land members was held in the large room at the Seven Stars , Barker-gato . Mr Sweet presided . The following resolutions were carried by a great majority : — 'That tho only advance upon shares be Cd . per share , viz . —Is . for two aeres ; Is * Cd , for three acres , and 2 a . for four acres : the advances to bo made iu order that location be taken 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 rich one . This would raise the sum of £ 5 , 250 , and cause tha shareholders to pay up as soon as possible , the same to ba paid annually . '— ' That the ocoupants be
required to pay the aid money in half-yearly metal , meats , after three 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 for four acres per week . '— ' That the directors ba requested to make calls upon those shareholders who have not paid up , and if eucb shareholders neglecti or refuse to make good such calls , that interest at tbe rate of five per ceut . shall be charged to their account , and the amount shall bo deducted from the share money they may have previously paid . ' — That the conveyance be a freehold for ever . — That the affairs of the
Company shall not be wound up , no .- new members be admitted . '— ' Tbat the members of the Nottingham branch of tho National Land Company , having full confidence in Mr O'Connor , think it is not re . quieite to appoint trustees , but wish him to hold the trust , until enrolled by Aot of Parliament . '— ' That it be left ontirely with the directors to reduce the rent from five to four per cent , or not . '— ' That tho best thanks of this meeting be given to the directors , lor tho faithful disoharge of their duties , and for the determination evinoed by them in repelling the attaoka of a base , brutal , and corrupt press . '—A vote of thftnka was given to , and euitably acknowledged by the Chairman , and the meeting dispersed .
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Yobk . —The members of theYerk branch of the National Land Company are requested to attend a general meeting , at Mr J . Hall ' s , Biue Bell , Fobsgate , on Tuesday evening , August 29 th , to assist in airrying out the propositions named in the Siar ol the 12 on inster * -
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VUL- XI . No 566 LONDON . SATURDAY , AUGUST jig , 1848 . „ JSSJSSSSUT
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 26, 1848, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1485/page/1/
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