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L'A 3 H DU PEUPLE . IU-liealthisatoo -suffident apology for tlie Don-appearance of the usual Letter of L'Ajii DTJ PEUPLE .
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NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS . It having come to the knowledge of the Directors , that upon some of the estates of the Company there are persons who act as selfconstituted " agents , " in negotiating sales of the right of occupancy , and who advise a total disregard of liabilities due to the Company , I am instructed to repeat a caution which , has been more than once made public , to the effect : — " That in all cases of sale , the sums due by the out-going tenants to the Company , must be paid at this office before any real transfer of the property can be made ;
and that all such persons as may have purchased under other conditions , will be summarily ejected . " It-will he of no avail to plead ignorance , as no man purchasing is so thoroughly devoid of information , as not to know that the Company has its Directors , who are the proper—and , in fact , only persons with whom to settle the conditions of sale . Purchasers would do well to be aware of these " agents , " as a contrary conduct will most assuredl y be visited most heavily upon them at the proper time . By order of the Directors , Thomas Clark , Cor . Sec .
Office , 144 , High Holborn , London , March 27 th , 1849
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EXECUTIVE FUND . Received by S . Ktdd . —Oldbam , surplus of lecture hy jSr . Kydd , 15 s . ; Koyston , ditto , 10 s .: lluddersfield , per Erven Sykes , 5 s . ; Uouley , 2 s . ; High Burton , 2 s . ; Tower Hamlets , Hall Locality , per Jolin Allen , as . M ' OOUALL'S CASE—FOR WRIT OF ERROR . ( OK OTHERWISE . ) Received 1 > yW , Btohl—Sunderland , pei ' W . Oringion , £ 1 ; Worcester , perJ . Harding , 2 s . Cd . ; Preston , per W . Boyd , 15 s . Sd . ; Colne Chartists , per J . Watson , 10 s . Gd . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . Cd . ; Chartists , Ockbrook , Derbyshire , per J . Ufton , 4 s . 2 d . ; Coventry , per G . Freeinan , 5 s . Hetefteu toy S . Kim—Se * JI * . Clougb , from Lecture HalL PMlpot-street , ' 2 s . Id .
FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Beceived by W . Rides . —Falkiric , proceeds of a Raffle for Mitchel's portrait , in carved stone frame , per Stewart JFWalters , £ 1 6 s . ; Mansfield , per S . Dobson , 5 s . 3 d . ; Xottingliain . per J . Sweet , 7 s . 4 d . ; A Few . Friends , Darling ton , per P . Snaith , 3 s . 3 d . ; Derby , per W . Short , IDs . ; Holmfirtli , proceeds of Lecture . % Mr . Barker , per H . Marsden . £ 2 .
NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUND . BftceWedty 3 . Assort . —Chartists of Sntton-in-Ashfielu , per Thos . Najlor , 10 s . ; Elderslie , i > cr G . Dobbin , 10 s . ; 28 , ttolden-lane , per Thos . Brown , 4 s . ; Dewsbury , peril . Kitson , 8 s . ; Sheffield , balance of proceeds of ilr . Barker ' s Lecture , per G . CavflJ , £ 19 s . ; Henry Pashley , sen ., per ditto , 6 d . ; Portsea , per J . Strond , 11 s . 'Jd . Brighton , per " \ Y , FlOWeT , 10 s . Uldham , proceeds of Mr . Kydd ' s lecture , per 3 . Cooper , £ 1 7 s . 2 < L ; ilr . Itider , as per Star , £ i lls . 3 d . ; Mrs . Newley , Is . ; Mrs . M'Gee , Is . ; Miss Simmons , Is . ; Mrs . Brown , la . ; . Enoch firth , per Stallwood , 3 s . 6 S . ; T ., per ditto , 2 s . Gd . ; , Golden-lane , per Thos . Brown . 3 s . 6 d . j Westminster , per J . Grassby , 2 s . Cd . ; PW . B ., per Hr . H'Grath , 6 d . ; Crown and Anchor , per Mr . Petteret , 5 s . ; Globe and Friends , per Mr . Clougb , 3 s . 6 d . ; Xectore Hall , per ditto , 5 s . lid . ; Ernest Jones Locality per Mr . Giles , Ss . Gd .
VICTIM FUND . Received hv S . Ktdp . —Delph , a Few Friends , 3 s . 6 d . ; Heckmondwibe , per Enoch Firth , 3 s . Gd . ; T ., perE . Stall-WOOfl , 2 s . Cd . DEFENCE FUND . j Received at La > t > Ojficz . —Hartlepool , 10 s . Received by W . Hideh . —A Constant Header , 3 d . ; Xottingham , per J . Sweet , lOd . FOR MRS . M ' DOUALLEeceired by S . Ktdd . —Per Enoch Firth , 16 s . 3 d . VERNONS DEFENCE , FOR MR . NIXON . Eeceired by W . Eider . —StaljbrMge , per W . Swift , 58 . TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKINQ . ' Received by W . Bxdeb . —Corentrj , per G . Freeman , 5 s .
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SiOTHFlELD JLfflKET . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of tho city of London and the suburbs is about to be held , at an early period , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to take into their serious consideration the removal of Smithfield Cattle-market , as an intolerable nuisance , and attended with most dangerous consequences to the safety , health , and business of the metropolis . On Monday a pre « liminary meeting was held , at two o ' clock , in the Xondoa Tavern , when a committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements for the object in view .
Release o * thb Chabxists at ErasBrBOH . —On Tuesday the Chartist leaders , H . Rankine and It . Hamilton , were liberated from their four months ' imprisonment fo * sedition . In honour of their liberation , the Chartists of Edinburgh treated their friends to an entertainment in . the Waterloo Rooms . Hawics , —Sacbheoe . —On the afternoon of Sab bath last , and during divine service , the East Bank Church vestry was entered by means of false keys , and nearly allttecollection intended todefray flacrv weatal expenses carried off .
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PUBLIC 31 EET 1 XGS . PARLIAMENTARY REFORM . A crowiled meeting was held in the South London Hall , Blackfriars-road , on Wednesday evening , March 28 th , for- the renewed and peaceful agitation fov tho People ' s Charter . At eight o ' clock tlic Hall was densely thronged . Mr . James Guassbt , on being called to the chair read a letter from Mr . G . J . Uarney , stating " that it was impossible for him to attend that meeting , without neglecting his duties in connexion with the " Northern Star , " but that he hoped to have other opportunities afforded him of taking part in meetings south of the Thames , for the promulgation and advancement of the ne \ r petition for the Charter " The Chairman said that Chavles Pearson , M . P ,, had that evening done him the honour to wait on him personally , and stated " his acquiescence in the prayer of the Petition , and his dGtermination to support it when submitted to the House . ( Loudcheers . ) That the South London Hall being m Southwark , and he having so much to perform , asmeuiberforalarge metropolitan constituency , should heat any time from pressure of business , be compelled to decline attendance at a meeting convened in the borough which he had the honour to represent ( Lambeth ) , his constituents might then have cause to complain that he had attended a meeting in Southwark , whilst lie declined attending a meeting of theirs ; but , as he agreed in the prayer of their petition , and would support its prayer , he apprehended , he should fulfil the wish of the
meeting . ( Loud cheers . ) From the other members invited , no answers had been received . ( Hisses . ) The Chairman said , they were doubtless all aware of the importance of that meeting . He was an elector , simply because he happened to be possessed of a certain quantity of bricks and mortar ; he could not understand this , because were lie dispossessed of the bricks and mortar to-morrow , although he retained his faculties yet he would be deprived of his vote . ( Hear , hear . ) He thought it would be far better to give the franchise to men because they had heads with brains in them , —( loud cheers)—and here he said , let the franchise be extended to all men . Mr . Cx-auk , amidst loud cheers , came forward to move the first . resolution as follows : — " That
this meeting is of opinion , that the present so-called representation of the people is a monstrous injustice on the nation at large , and a violation of the constitution , embracing as it does only one out of every seven of the adult population of these Islands , thus leaving the other six-sevenths to be taxed without their wilier consent , this meeting is therefore of opinion that such a parliamentary reform should immediately take place as will embrace the whole male adult population , who are of sound mind , and not under conviction for crime ; that the property qualification should be abolished ; that parliaments should be annual ; that the electoral districts should be equalised ; that elections should be taken by way of ballot , and that members
Of parliament should be remunerated for their services . He said , the resolution embraced the six points of the " People ' s Charter , " and the principles contained therein , were now very generally held to be just , and it remained for them to consider what course they should pursue to carry them into practice . The resolution very properly said , it was a monstrous injustice that only one in seven of the male adult population , of these Islands waa represented , that one man exercised control over the other six-sevenths of his neighbours . The Chairman had said , his electoral qualification consisted of a certain quantity of brick and mortar ; he did not think this said much for the intelligence of those
who created such a qualification . The constitution admitted thejgreat theory laid down in the resolution , but parliament refused to carry out the principle on the ground of our alleged ignorance : surely this was a heavy censure on its legMatorial ability . It would appeav , that intelligence and morality were by no means necessary ingredients for the exercise of the franchise in Britain , as the proprietors of houses of ill-fame were not excluded from the exercise of the elective franchise . lie thought the government should be proud of ruling men who possessed so much self-esteem as to demand to be elevated to the rank . of freemen . After making some further remarks , Mr . Clark sat down amid rapturous applause .
Mr . Dixox seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . StaIiLwood moved the adoption of the Chartist petition , and also that , when sigued , it be forwarded to Sir W . Molcsworth , for presentation , and that Alderman Humphrey be requested to support its prayer . Mr . Elliot seconded , and Mr . S . Lewellyx supp orted the motion , which was unanimously adopted . A vast number of signatures was obtained . A vote of thanks having been given to the chairman the meeting dissolved .
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FINANCIAL REFORM . —MEETING AT SHEFFIELD . A public meeting of the Sheffield Financial Reform Society was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday evening , in support of Mr . Cobden ' s efforts to obtain a reduction of the national expenditure . R . Solly , Esq ., in the chair . Mr . Councillor J . Kitchtxg moved : — " That the expenditure of our government has progressively increased until it has "ready exceeded what is necessary or reasonable ; that it fosters abuses and corruption in every department of the public service , and is employed to sustain systems of policy which are ruinous and absurd . That to provide for that expenditure taxes are perpetuated which are unjust , burdensome , vexatious , and impolitic ; that various powerful interests are opposed to such a
change as would give to the country any effectual relief ; and it is therefore necessary that the people should unite to secure , by a diffusion of knowledge and the extension of their own rightful political power , an honest and wise administration of the national finances . "—In 1831 , according to the census then taken , tho population of this country was about 24 / 100 , 000 , including 7 , 000 , 000 or 8 , 000 , 000 as the population of Ireland . At the present time , the population might fairly he taken at 30 , 000 , 000 . If , then , £ 16 , 000 , 000 would govern 24 , 000 , 000 people , how much money would it take to govern 30 , 000 , 0 ( 10 ? The expenditure had increased £ 8 , 000 , 000 , and the population about 5 , 500 , 000 , which was little more than one-fourth more than the population in 1831 , £ 24 , 000 , 000 was to £ 16 , 000 , 000 as three to two ; so that whilst the po pulation had increased only from 24 000 , 000 to 30 , 000 , 000 , which was as four to
five , the expenditure had increased from £ 16 , 000 , 000 to £ 24 , 000 , 000 , which was as two to three . Whilst the population had increased twenty-five per eont ., the expenditure had increased fifty per cent . Now , allowing that the expenditure might increase in proportion to the population , 30 , 000 , 000 people mig ht possibly , according to that argument , take £ 20 , 000 , 000 to govern them . Thus there was a margin still of £ 4 , 000 , 000 . Why did the government require £ 4 , 000 , OOOmore than the proportionate increase of population -would allow them ? Some said , again , that our colonies had increased , and that they required larger and more extensive establishments to govern them . It was true our colonies had increased . He hoped they would all cordially support the resolution he had just rend , and which embodied , in a short and terse form , the substance of all he had said . ( Cheers . ) Mr . T . P . Pllxt , of Leeds / eeeonded ihe motion .
Mr . Councillor InoxstDE said the expenditure incurred near Sheffield by the new barracks was both monstrous and uncalled-for . During all the excitement of last year , in Sheffield—radical Shef * field—the ratepayers were not put to the cost of an additional sixpence for the preservation of the peace . ( Applause . ) The motion was carried unanimously . Mr . R . Leadeii , jun ., moved the adoption of a petition , praying for Financial Reform . Mr . Councillor Isaac Schofield , in seconding the motion said : I will tell you what has hecn awarded as compensation to four parties connected with the two manorial courts of Sheffield
who lost their offices in consequence of the passing of the County Courts Act . Mr . Maude has had compensation awarded to him to the amount of £ 259 5 s . 2 d . annually ; Mr . Greenwood , a subordinate officer , £ 110 8 s . 2 d . ; Mr . John Parker , M . P ., £ 1 , 239 4 s . ; Mr . Barker , a subordinate in the same court , £ 1 C 6 13 s . 4 d . ; making together the annual sum of £ lt 75 10 s . 8 d . ( Shame . ) I should be accused of injustice if I did not say that Mr . John Parker is so disinterested that he does not intend to peeket a penny of that compensation so long as he retains his office in connexion with the Treasury , which brings him in £ 2 , 500 a year . A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings .
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MR . OASTLEIl'S EXPOSURE OF THB LAWBREAKING MILLOCRATS . We take the following from the Morning Post ;—FACTORIES . TO THB EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST . Sir , —Will you allow me space for a few words on a subject of national interest , at this time one of the greatest importance ? I allude to the strange condition of the peeple engaged in those hives of industry—our factories . You are aware that , after thirty years of patient never-tiring supplication , the factory workers obtained the Ten Hours Act , that bill , which had experienced the opposition of several Governments , was at last ( after the most deliberate , varied , a ? d diligent investigations and discussions in the factory districts , in the House of Coramot . s , and the House ot Lords ) passed by very large majorities in the two housesthat bill , wbica was gained by the poor factory operatives and their friends , notwithstanding the
fierce opposition of their rich oppressors , having become the law of the land , is broken with impunity by a small band of rich factory roasters , backed by some magistrates , who , being interested in factories , or related to factory masters , despite the oath which qualifies them to sit upon the bench , trample upon the law which they have sworn to administer . There can be no mistake in this matter . Her Majesty ' s Attorney and Solicitor General have stated their opinions on the law , as have also two Home Secretaries and three factory inspectors ; still a few magistrates ( who , from their connexion with factories and their relationship with tbe delinquents , would , if they were just , abstain from interference ) have dared , in spite of the authorities quoted , to give their sanction to their Iriends' violation of that law !
Now , Sir , when poor men ( writhing under grievances caused by the injustice , cruelty , and fraud of these same law-breakers and their abettors on the bench ) are driven to acts of insubordination , the Government are applied to for aid from the army to put down the rioters . Such applications are not treated with contempt ; the required force is instantly sent into the disturbed districts ; prosecutions , transportations , and impr isonraentsfollow , and the power of the law is asserted . We now see how the poor are treated , how their applications to Government , for aid in support of the law , are disregarded , when they earnestly but respectfully ask the Government to enforce the law , which was obtained at 80 great a sEcrifiDe , ior their protection against cruelty and robbery , such as was never heard of , save under the iron rule of the unregulated factory system .
I shall write only of what I know . It is due to those kind friends of the factory workers , the . majorities in tbe House of Commons and the House of Lords , who voted for the Ten Hours Act—it is due to her Majesty the Queen , who so heartily ' willed ' that act , and who afterwards deigned most graciously to accept from the factory workers of Yorkshire and Lancashire a gold medal commemorative of that event ) presented to the Sovereign as a token of their
gratitude and loyalty—it is , I say , due to those noble and WuaUiovia persons that they should now be informed that a small band of rich and proud freebooters , dignified by the title of magistrates and factory roasters , have dared to rebel against that law ; and lhat when the Government is appealed to lot aid in support of that law for the poor , no step is taken—the law remains powerless—the lawbreakers continue their rebellion , and the offending magistrates are allowed still to disgrace the bench .
When all other pleas against the Ten Hours Bill were silenced , it was by its opponents urged , in and out of Parliament , * If you g ive the factory operatives that law , they will be the first to complain ; they will , the very next session , throne the Heuse 3 of Parliament with petitions for its repeal . ' Seeing , however , that the factory operatives cling to the Ten Hours Act as their birthright and the charter of their present comfort and future hopes , the self same party whose prophecy is falsified , prefer rebellion to submission , and now defy the power of that law which by fraud and falsehood they endeavoured to prevent And , strange to say , the Government are deaf to the entreaties of those " who would uphold the law—are inactive against the rebellious , though some of those rebels are commissioned by the Queen to administer the law !
Should the Government continue thus to abet the violation of the poor man ' s law , no prophet is required to foretell the future history of the ma . nufacturing districts—auarchy must be inscribed on erery page . These remarks will prepare you and your readers for a plain recital of the following interesting facts , not told from hearsay , but gathered fi om inspection . It is now about two months since , at the request of my old friend , Mr . Charles Hindley , M . P . for
Ashton-under-Lyne , I left Fulham to v ' sit the cotton factory districts . During that time I have been in communication with the factory masters and the factory operatives , as well as the clergy , schoolmasters , and others . I have attended public meetings at Manchester , Ashton , and Stalybridge , called for the purpose of aiding the Gtweiament in tbe enforcement of the law ; and have been invited to attend many otters , having declined , because I thought it better after these demonstrations , toitruat to the Government for tbe vindication of the law . _
I have spent some weeks in the enjoyment of the hospitality of my k ' * frien ( K Mr . John Fielden , at Centre Vale . Todmorden , and Mr , Wm . Walker , at
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U-ia place ; those gentlemen are two of the most *> tensive factory masters and manufacturers in i'ie world , ine former in co ' . lmi , Use buer in worsted TVy 8 M « l « o the most ardent supporter * of the Ten Hours Act . I have found that the operatives were availing themselves of tl . n ielsan affonl ( , thpm hy , , Hours Act to improve their reli gious , moral , social , and physical condition . Some rievoiiug the lime thus to
gained the duties of religion , others are ei gaged in attending schools and lecture ? , man ? in cultivating small plots of land , while the females are devoting themselves to the duties of home—learning the domestic arts so necessary to make poor men ' s hunt * bomfcrtaMe . j have also found that the ministers of religion are making necessary arrangements to enable them to secure the benefit of religious instruction to the factory operatives during the time game d by the Ten Hours Act .
I have likewise learned that the vast majority of the factory masters are lending their aid to the well working of the new system . I have been glad to ascertain that numbers of those who formerly op . posed the Ten Hours Bill nov ? rejoice that it is the law of the land . S . ?'' « dl . But , Sir , there is a dark spot on this bright page of factory history-a blot that threatens to obliterate ali this Jight , A , u fc d ° f CfU ^ T ? ^ P ' ^ ' mercenary and selfish mastew , a » ded by brother rebels on the bench of justice have resolved to breakthe law ! Of those tnffickeil 'VT ? , ' ? , " *»• they s aJ ' . the Government is afraid . It tuose transgressors are not restrained and pumped , it is feared the disease will spreadthat disaffection will ensue , and strife , revenge , and anarchy will follow '
To prevent these dreadful events , the factory overlojkersin Manchester have had a mei ting , and have memorialised the Government , expressing their gratitude for the Ten Hours Act , and praying the Executive to enforce it , and to remove from the bench such magistrates as are interested in violaiing the law . The stunt tvm& committees of Lancashire have sent a deputation of factory warkers to implore the Government to interfere , assuring them that the Ten Hours Act works well , and is approved wherever it is observed and obeyed . Mr . Charles Hindley , M . P ., has questioned the Home Secretary
in the House of Commons on the same subject , who promised iu a few days to bring in a bill to settle the question ( no bill being necessary , the present law being as explicit as the English language can make it ); many weeks since that promise was made have elapsed ; but still tbe Government is inactive , and it is now understood that her Majesty ' s Ministers , being afraid of the law breakers , dare not act , and have resolved to leave the question to take its course . The consc quence is , the rebels are audacious ; the factory masters who keep the law are uneasy and discontented ; while tbe factory operatives ( under the conviction that there is no law for them—that
me law which was obtained for their relief at so much cost , and was accepted with so much gratitude , is a dead letter ) , are becoming justly enraged , and are losing their reverence for the laws . It must be so when they see the laws for the protection of property duiy enfoiced , while this one law for their fjrotection is broken with impunity with the knowledge of the Government ; the only reason being ( that reason i $ given by members of Parliament who a'e known to be in communication with the Home Secretary ) , her Majesty's Ministers are fearful of
the opposition of a small but very wealthy cliqieof vulgar , arrogant , and ignorant mill-masters , whose influence ; they hope for in carrying the repeal of the Navigation Laws and other ruinous Free-trade measures . The GoFernraent is said to quail before a league of turbulent conspirators ! To curry favour with them ( this report being true ) , the large bed ) of factory masters and the immense number of factory workers who desire to keep the law are treated with contempt—the law itself is divested oi its sanctity , to enable Ministers to make still greater havoc with our institutions !
Is there a Chartist , Radical , Whig , Conservative , or Tory , whose cheek does not redden at the con . templation of such Ministerial degradation ? From the inhabitants of the Royal . Palace to those of the Union Bastile , aU must grieve to see such cowardice , such meanness , such wickedness in 1 % 1 > places . If the Ministers are misrepresented by those who pro f ess to know them , it is high time that they removed the impression naturally made in the miuds Of the people , who now believe tbose reports . Great mischief is brewing . It is certain that the well-disposed have adopted the best plans to inform the Government ; still the law is openly and regularly violated , while no single measure is brought forward by the Government in vindication of the law .
As a Yorkshireman , I rejoice that , except on the Lancashire border , the magistrates of this county have enforced the law . I rejoice , also , that , both in Lancashire and Yorkshire , the vast majority of the mill-owners , and almost every mill-worker , are anxious . to give the Ten Hours Act a fair trial . Under these circumstances , it is not to be won . dered that the short-time committees should ask for my opinion and advice . They bave known me long ; they believe I shall not mislead them , Their trust is my boast .
Having already sefii Lord Ashley , and pressfd upon bis solemn attention the duty of Government in the present state of those engaged in factory work and of their employers , and having been assured by his lordship that he would see the Home Secretary , and urge upon him the necessity of adopting some plan to put an end to the present very unsatisfactory state of things in the factory districts , and finding no result , I hava advised that Mr . John Fielding should be requested to wait upon the Government aud to explain every circumstance of this most interesting and important case , and make a last effort to induce the Government to enforce the Ten Hours Act . I have advised this last private effort , because I foresee the danger of publicly agitating this question in ihepiesent temper oi the people .
But much as I deprecate agitation—dangerous as I know that agitation may be—still more do I deprecate the unbridled lawlessness of tyrant law breakers ; far more danger do I apprehend from the proof that Government are now giving , that there U no law for the poor ! If , unhappily , Mr , Fielden ' s exertions should be unsuccessful ) I have then rfccoramended an agitation throughout tbe factory districts of England , Scotland , aud Ireland—that public
meetings should be held in every factory town , to address the Queen—to lay at the foot of the throne the dutiful homage of her grateful and loyal factory people , both employers and employed , and imploring her most gracious Majesty to ifequire her Ministers to enforce the poor man's law—to restrain cruelty and oppression , and to punish those despicable and dishonourable law breakers who now ride roughshod over the very law that was passed / or the express purpose of destroying their tyrannical
power . I believe that tbe Queen will listen to the prayers of her Majesty ' s loyal anrl grateful suhjeetB . I Mow that our beloved Monarch has been assured of the loyalty and gratitude of the factory workers , and that a nobleman who enjoy * the friend&hip of roy . alty has told the Queen , " it was owing to the passing of the Ten Hours Act that the manufacturing districts were so little disturbed during the never- tobe-forgotten year , 1848 / It will be tbe fault of the Government if that peacefulness ( the result of loyalty and gratitude ) should hereafter be disturbed !
If agitation we must have , we will strive that it shall be peaceable , but , in the present state and circumstances of the people—the shopkeepers rapidly declining—the agricultural population ou the brink of ruin—and tbe manufactHrlng hands , justly enraged— -none can tell where the agitation may end Our motto will be ' The Law , and no Surrender I Our object is , security , by removing oppression ; the triumph of justice over tyranny , of law over rebellion , If there should be cause for blame , it will rest with that Government which refutes to enforce the law !
The Ten Hours Act is too precious a treasure to be sacrificed by the wrench of tyrants , or to be frittered away by the apathy or cowardice of Ministers . ' It is worth struggling for—in that struggle , weak , as I am , I vnll be foremost ; if exhaustion should hasten roy dissolution , I thank God there are others stronger and more talented than myself—in their hands I will cheerfully leave the contest , never doubting of final success . The whole empire is deeply interested in this question . That is why I wish the public to know why tb . eTenHo \ H 8 Bill men oj the north are again summoned to the field of action . We never have had—we never will have—secrets j we would be known and read of all men . We are invincible , becausa we are just 1 God will defend Ihe right ! I wmain , Sir , jour obliged servant , Richard Oasi % br » Boiling Hall , Budfad , Yorkshire .
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SOUTHWARD . —ArfKurir . D ikincK . -A rcrv pi ^ iLy-lookilJfl ' , ileceiitlv-afctii-eil yoimjr noiurtu , wliii rave uoi inline Elleu Pritlhoe , vcus brought before ilr . Seeker , charged with making ; m ji ' ttempt on her life in the public _ streets . —A constable of ( lie il division said that a little sifter tlirc .- ; oVloulv chat morning lie was passing Surrey Chapel , in the Blackfriars-road , when lio perceived the prisoner lying under tlie pump used by the men who water the roads . On his nearer approach ho discovered that she was hanging by tho neck by her shawl , ono end of which was fixed to the spout of tho pump . Her face was quite black , and she wns nearly sntfocated , when he cut her down and took her to the police station . The usual remedies wero applied ,
and she was shortly restored to consciousness . From her manner since she had been in custody , he believed she was not in her right senses . —Tlie prisoner , on being questioned by the magistrate , made a very rambling and incoherent statement , which clearly indicated that she was of unsound mind . She said sho had just been discharged from Maidstone gaol , but she forgot what she was committed for , but she believeu sho was sent there by the magistrates at Rochester . She also said she was married , and that her husband was a shipwright employed in Deptford Dockyard , but she had not seen him for some time . —The constable hero informed the magistrate that ho did not think she had come out of pnson , as he found some calico on her
partly inado up into under garments . —Prisoner here exclaimed , " Oh ! my husband sent that to me in prison , but the place was so cold I could not work . "—Mr . Seeker asked her why she attempted to commit suicide , as she could have gone to her husband at Deptford ?—She replied that she would not go to him , as she know he would send her to prison again . She did not like to go there again , as the place was so cold . They locked her in a dark cold room , chained her to the wall , and left her with nothing to lie on except a small mat . She was determined to destroy herself , as she could not bear to be sent to prison auy move . —Mr . SecXer told the officer that he believed sho hud escaped from some luuatic asylum , for sue was certainly insane ,
and her expressions confirmed his opinion . She had stated that her husband was a shipwright at Deptford Dockyard , and he considered it advisable for him ( the constable ) to proceed at once to that place and ascertain whether her statement was correct , lie should , therefore , ovder her to be kept in safe custody until some proper person came forward to tako care of her . The prisoner was then led away by the gaoler , and tiie officer was despatched to make inquiries . MANSION-HOUSE . —Infamous Robbery . —John Bell was charged with having picked the pocket of Mrs . Banim of a purse containing £ 3 16 s .
—Haydon , the officeri saw the prisoner put his hand into the prosecutrix ' s pocket , and whip out a purse . The robbery took place on London-bridge , and the prisoner , upon being- pursued by the officer , who soon overtook him , flung the purse into tho river . It contained nil tho money the poor woman had in the world . She had , on the day before , arrived in town from Southampton , and was walking to Greenwich to see her little boy at school , when tho rascally pickpocket stripped her of her little fortune . Haydon informed his lordship of these facts , and they were not represented in vain . The prisoner was committed for trial .
Obtaixisg Goods 1 iuudulently nt k Liteuabt Club . — Mr . Goddard , solicitor to several respectable tradesmen in the city and in Westminster , appeared before Alderman Wilson for tlie purpose of applying for a summons for certain persons connected with a literary and scientific club , for having obtained goods under false and fraudulent pretences . —The a 2 > pHcitnt stated that the club had the recommendation of tho highest literary and scientific names , and numbered amongst its directors and members the most eminent authors in the country . One poi-tion or department of the . club had boon originally situate in the heart of the City and another near Temple-bar , but it was considered necessary , in consequence of an accident which happened
to the former , to remijyo the club to the Strand , where it was at present carried on , and was to all appearance in a flourishing condition . The prospectus hero produced detailed the advantages to be derived from a connexion with a society of such unquestionable claims , and contained the names of a number of gentlemen , the mere mention of which would he quite sufficient to secure multitudes of impatient candidates for admission . Armed with such authority , the persons against whom the summonses were sought to be obtained applied to the complainants , and obtained from them , upon the representation that the club consisted already of 2 , 01 ) 0
members , and possessed an income amounting to £ 5 , 000 a year , credit for goods of various kinds , exceeding ill Value the sum of £ 1 , 000 . The complainants , however , found to tUeiv great surprise that the respectability of the directors was as nothing when payment of tho debts of the club -was demanded . Two reasons were assigned for refusing to liquidate the claims—the one , that the club now established west of Temple-bar had no funds ; and the other , that it was not the same club . Now , the denial that the one club was identical with the Other was no insignificant test of the intention of the parties who were responsible for tho debts incurred . That they were one and tho same association was
acknowledged by every one who know anything at all about the matter , and particularly by those who observed what cave had bceu taken to show then" inseparable character . Mr . Goddard thought he could show thai Viis clients -were entitled to the protection of a criminal court in such a case , and was ready to call the witnesses necessary to establish their claims . — Alderman Wilson said , it appeared to him that the course most advisable to bo pursued waa to proceed ill a court of law against the secretary . lie said it was very improbable that a club of such a character should have no funds . —Mr . Goddard thought ho could full y establish a case of fraud . In answer to questions from Alderman "Wilson , Mr . Goddard said , that the club had offered upon its removal a
composition of 4 s . 6 d . in the pound , and that his clients had , by attaching the funds in a house in the City , obtained , some of them 10 s . and others 5 s . in the pound . —Alderman Wilson considered the fact just stated , as well as some other admi-siong by Mr , Goddard , to be decidedly fatal to any criminal proceeding . At the same time he could not help declaring his opinion that there was a very strong manifestation of fraudulent intention upon the part of those with whom the complainants iiad treated . —A gentleman came forward to the table and said that he had accidentally heard of the intention to make an application to the magistrate on the subject-, and he thought the most manly course he could > ursue was to attend and explain all he knew on the subject , lie had been secretary to the old club ,
and he was a member of the committee of tho new club , and ho most solemnly assured the Alderman that the latter had nothing to do with tho former in any other way than in having been put to an expense of upwards of £ 400 on its account ; that he was himself a loser by the old society , and that the statement that the funds of the club had been transferred to the new one was entirely without foundation . —Alderman Wilson ; I cannot , us n magistrate , grant a speculative summons to those parties , but I can see that the gentlemen whom Mr . Goddard represents have been cheated of their money , and I certainly think that the eminent and highly-gifted men upon the strength of whose names the credit was given , arc bound to make an investigation into the affair , not only for the satisfaction ot the applicants , but to prevent any future liberty being taken
With theil' OU'h characters . Tho complainants , who were all present and expressed their anxiety to g evidence then thanked tlie Alderman for the kindness of his suffgestion and retired . GUILDHALL . —Embezzlement , —A tall , respectable looking young man , named John George Beckett , was charged with embezzling various sums of money , to the amount of £ 140 . —Mr . Samuel Watson , of Bouverie-stroot , Fleet-street , solicitor , said that the prisoner had been in his office for some time as a clerk , and had the collecting of rents and other monies ; but in consequence of having some suspicions as to Iris integrity , \ rituess gave him notice in March , 3843 , to leave on the following Saturday , at the same time making up his mind to put up with whatever defalcations he might discover . However , the prisoner did not remain until the
Saturday , l / ut left on the previous Thursday , on which day , having destroyed some documents , he proceeded to a Mrs . Brown , Upper Berkeley-street , and obtained half a year ' s vent , amounting to £ 3 S 8 s ., after which he received £ 17 10 s . from a Messrs . Ryder and Son , of the borough ; under a trusteeship , since which period he had not been met with until apprehended . —The Alderman asked if there wero witnesses ?—Mr . Watson replied that he had not had time to get them , as the prisoner was only brOU » ht up that morning from the depot at Maidstone , -where he had enlisted in the 16 th Hussars . He therefore wished for a remand . —The Alderman asked the prisoner if he had any objection to be remanded ?—Beekett replied that he had none whatever ; and he was accordingly remanded until Saturday next . „„ T ,. _ „ ... . _ John Collins
MARLBOROUGH-STREET . — , an elderly man , who refused to give his address and George Parranfc , an emttd boy , v ,-ev ; c bi-ougKt from thp Fivk under circumstances which induced tho ISriXite to committhemboth toNewgate for trial . TSSS SSSL-Blto Smith , Mary West and Eliza Jones , were brought before Mr Bingham , SSedwith having attempted to pick the pockets of sSeral ladies in Oxford-street , . and Regent-Street The police had recently received mformaiJn of numerous street robberies effected by women who go about in gangs and commit their depredations on the pockets of promenaders m quite a systematic manner . Their most common practice is to look out for a lady stopping before a shop window , and then by surrounding her to cover the lightfingered proceedings of the most dexterous of their gang . On Saturday police-constablfca Hardwick and Bud , two of the detective , savr tho three pri-
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Sfe ^ :: «^ rv " ^ h > ' ^» ' ^™ . V'u U ! i- ai-tion the . . | , i . , 1- ; l ! 1 ( v f , r ; ,., ... coMont . One J . 't fiie j . nsoiicrs tl . wi i :: ~ . n ,, d h ..-r -land bop . ro .. > , t ] , »¦ •»' . ;• « «« aiit ! c . 'inillu-r ilrcs , but apparently fouJd "frhiiisiirthepoi'tot to nnaww k-r purpose The prisoners then went away , and attacked two or three ladies in a sin . ilar manner . They were joined by a fourth , with a large basket , which had evidently been brought out to facilitate their operations The four went into * llogfiit-street , and picked out a lady standing at a shop window . The woman with the basket kept pushing : the basket
against the lady , and' tin ' s manoeuvre having served to take off tlie lady ' s attention from what was o-ohinon at the other side of her , the other three ivoro enabled to sound her pockets , without the likelihood of being detected . Suddenly all four ran oft ; someone having evidently give ' n the " office" to them that they were wnMied . The constables , however , in about an hour afterwards , met with the same parties engaged in the same business , and this time they secured three oiTthem . —The prisoners all declared their ' innocence of anything like an attempt to pick pockets . They admitted that they stopped before several shop windows , where ladies had also stopped , but tlii * they conceived to bo no offence . —Mr . Bingham sent them to prison or one month each .
LAMBETH . — Quack Doctors . — A poor man whose face was n arly covered with a thick shawl , and who appeared to be labouring under tho most intense suffering , applied to Air . Norton for his advice and assistance under tho following circumstances ;—Tho applicant stated tliat some months since he became afflicted with a cancer on his upper lip and had at the time applied for advice to tho medical gentlemen practising in the neighbourhood of his residence . His attention was ultimately attracted to a printed bill , setting forth the alleged " extraordinary cures" performed by Doctor the Baron , of the Blackfriars-road ; and believing them to \> e genuine , he made up his mind to place himself under the Baron ' s care . On calling at the house he was told that the Baron occupied
two rooms there , and that a fee of 5 s . mast be paid before he could he admitted to an interview with the doctor . He accordingly paid the 5 s ., and the Baron , on examiuing him , said he should not only cure him in a short time , but effect such a cure as would astonish those medical men who had before seen him , and all his friends , and that his terms for doing so , would be £ 10 , one half to be paid at once , and the remainder at five shillings a week . He ( the applicant ) consented to thoso terms , but after paying £ 7 10 s ., and attending closely to his advice , he found that , instead of getting better , that lie was becoming considerably worse ; and the object of his present application was to know how he ' could proceed to recover back the money which-had been obtained from him bv a false promise by the Baron , of
making a perfect cure of him . In reply to the questions of the magistrate as to what the doctor ' s mode of treatment luul been , the poor fellow said that pills and poultices were the only thing prescribed ; aud added , that to one poultice the Baron recommended the addition of bark , and this , on the application to the diseased lip , nearly set him mad . —Mr . Norton here read the printed bill handed to him by the applicant , of tho " extraordinary cures " alleged to have been performed by Dr . Baron , who is described as "M . D ., M . R . C . S ., A . M ., K . O . M . T ., and C . L . D . H ., < fcc , « fcc , &c , " during his brief residence in London , Tlie n . ia < jia « tvate remarked that no respectable practitioner would pi'iut and issue such gross puff ' s as those set forth m the printed bill before him . He had no
doubt whatever that if a summons was taken out against the Baron , the county conrt would compel him to refund the £ 7 10 s . The applicant thanked his worship for his kind advice , and the patience with which he had heard him , < ind declared he should apply to the county court for a summons against the Baron . OLERKEXWELL . — Steauxo a Banker ' s Parcel . — Jane "Mathows , alias Mary Watt , was placed at the bar before Mr . Combe , for final examination , charged with stealing a banker ' s parcel , containing £ 300 in gold and silver monies . — ilr . Bush attended for the prosecution , and a Mr . Hare for the prisoner , and the court \ hih excessively crowded . The particulars of the case have already been fully detailed in the newspapers . — Mr . Bush .
now said he Iiad no further evidence to offer against the- prisoner . —Mr . Combe inquired of the prisoner ' s solicitor whether the prisoner still persisted in giving the name of Mary TVatt ?—Mr . Hare I am instructed to defend her by that name . — Prisoner ( smiling ) : My name is Jane Mathews . — Mr . Mould inserted that name in the depositions . — Mr . Combe : Then the prisoner stands fully committed t * take her trial at the Central Criminal Off" * next sessions . —Mr . llaro now applied te the bench for . the restoration of six sovereigns and some silver which wei-e found on the prisoner after her approhehsion . —Mr . Combe saiil he would not makt any order Aliowt it . — Mr . Hare * . Then I apply to your worship for the restoration of tho key of the door to the apartments of the prisoner-, which
contain her clothes and furniture , &e ., as there could be no pretence to say that they were dishonestly come by . —Mr . Combe : I have no authority to make such order . You can consult with tho police offieei-( Sergeant Archer ) , w / io is an old experienced officer , and will do everything that is reasonable and right in the matter . — Prisoner ( laughing cheerfully ) : Well , I suppose if they decline giving up my Key they will have the kindness to pay my rent . ( Laughter . )—Mr . Ilnrc said that magistrates frequently ordered tho officers to deliver up property found on prisoners when there was no proof of its being the produce of theft . — Mr . Combe declined making any order on the subject . —Prisoner : Then what am Ito do ? I have not had a change of apparel since I was first brought here . — Mr . Hare : We must apply to a judge . —Loekcrby , S division , said he could give his reasons why the bench should refuse to make any order in reference to tho restoration of the property . — ill * . Hare said it was very
lard to detain the prisoner s key , as the rent of the lodgings was going on , and her furniture might uitfmalely be seized for rent . — Mr . Combe repented that he had no authority to make any ovder , and referred him to the officers in tlio case . —The prisoner was then taken from the bar laughing , and when in the gaoler ' s room , Archer , Loekcrby t and her solicitor had an interview with her , but neither the key nor tlie property found upon her were delivered up to her , and in the course of the day she was conveyed to _ A ' evgate in the police-van . Knee the last examination the officers have- used the most active exertions in order to trace the retreat of tlie man who had acted in conjunction with the prisoner at tlie Cross Keys , but without success . A full description of his person lias been sent all over tlic country , and it is probable that he may be in custody prior to the sessions . The officers are also making every inquiry in reference to the prisoner ' s suspected connexion with the robbery at St . Pancras workhouse .
HAMMERSMITH . —Obtaining Monet under False Pretences . —John Wilson , of No . 1 , Princesstreet , London-road , Southwark , tallow-chandler , and James Frederick Randall , of id , White Horsestreet , Lambeth , were charged with having obtained from William Evans , Esq ., M . P ., of Kensingtongoro tho sum of £ 15 , undoi ' fraudulent pretences . —William Horsford , one of the officers of _ the Mendicity Societv , deposed that on the morning of Friday fast lie saw Mr . Evans , at his residence in Kensington-gore , and from the information winch lie receired from that gentleman , he went to t / ie residence of the prisoner Wilson , in Princos-street , London-road , Southwark , where he . apprehended him on the present charge . On telling him whj hp , was taken into custody , he said , " This is Mr .
Challis's business . " Witness having placed him in safe custody , proceeded to No . 40 , White Horsestreet , Lambeth , where he saw the other prisoner , Randall , and told him that he wanted him for obtaining money under fraudulent pretences from . Mr . Evans , when ho replied , "I know nothing about it . " —William Evans , Esq ., M . P ., of Kensingtongore , deposed that about three weeks cv a month , since , the prisoners came to his house , and said they were tradesmen who were known to a nephew of Mrs . Evans , a Mr . Gibbons , and asked for assistance for a widow with four chililren , who were on the point of going out from this country as settlers in Australia . After putting some questions to them on the subject , lie gave them £ < > to give to the family , to assist them in their outfit , and they went away . Last Wednesday both prisoners came again to witness ' s house , and said that they had given the woman and her children £ 20 each , and that she and
her family were then lying at PSymouth , ready to sail , but they had not raised money sufficient to enable them todo so , when , in simscquence of what they told him , he then gave- them £ 10 mose foe them . The next morning Ifersford called ca witness . The prisoners told witness that their names wero Wood and Cooper . —The wives of ihe two prisoners here came forward and declared that Randall was not one of the parties , but a roan named Challis , whom they charged Horsford wiih having let off . —Mr . Evans , however , said he had no doubt that Haudall was one » # the men . 51 © had SOfflB conversation with them on both occasions . —Mr . Beadon then remanded both prisoners for a weei ; on the charge of frasd . —An application was subsequently made by BwiKtaU'a tuI ' o for her husband to be admitted to bail , which waa seceded to , and he was ordered to eatcv into h \ 9 own veeognist «^ ee of £ 40 , and two mpeetable housekeepers of £ 2 © each for his appearance .
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It is stated that a new table-plant , termed tj |« apiot tuberosa , is being cultivated in Belgium , in t ™ hope that it will partly supply the place of potatoes , as , in proportion , it produces twice the quantity ot nutritive farinaceous matter . sjfZ ? *~ " _ , How to Keep Appuss , £ * S ?»^ £ " £ £ ^"' Lock them up in a dry pi *^* ^ *^ j ^ Vili ^ - v" •"'"' ¦ * Pyft - t ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ j' - ; ' ^ fe ' - - - ; • ' *• . $ . v "x ><¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦* - ¦ * \—•* - \ * . * ¦ ¦ ¦ . -- . \ \ ;' ¦ ¦ * V '( > i ' " ' '* -Va .- .- V ~ Y— & <** % ?' : : ; - : '"' . ' ¦ ¦ ¦' ^ § m Kv
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the Corn and Hop Exchange , but adiourncd from thence to the front of the County JJall . From 3 , 000 to 4 , 000 persons were assembled . —Major Gurteis moved tlie first resolution . Ho drew iv strong picture of the distress existing nmon . ff tho n . aricuitmists of East Sussex . Fvom the iufovmation he had obtained from country bankers and others , ho believed half tho farmers ' must stop payment at Michaelmas , lie attributed this distress partly to the bad harvest and hop duties . lie repudiated protection , and concluded by moving a resolution condemnatory of the mnlt and hop duties . —Mr . S . Selmes seconded the resolution . —Mr . J . Ellman agreed with the last speaker as to the evil effects of the malt and hop duties , but contended that the distress of farmers was chiefly attributable to the loss of protection : and he moved , by way of addition to the resolution , the following words : " but
this meeting is of opinion that if foreign barley be allowed to be imported at the mere nominal duty of Is . per quarter , the benefit which the British firmer would otherwise receive from the repeal of the malt tax would bo principally enjoyed by the foreign grower . "—Mr , E , Wyatt , of Chidlmm , seconded the amendment . —Sir E . Shiffnev supported the amendment . —J . V . Shelley , Esq ., spoke in support of the original motion . —The Earl of Chichester spoke against both motion and amendment . —The rider and motion were then put to a show of hands , amidst great confusion ; but the Sheriff declared the result to be the adoption of the amendment . —Major Curteis and Mr . Shelley loudly protested against the unfairness of this decision , and the uproar became so great that the Sheriff dissolved the meeting shortly after four o ' clock . Leeds . —Separation op Church and State . —On
Tuesday evening a meeting ivas held at the Musichall , Leeds , to hear a deputation from the Anti-State Church Association , and to pass resolutions in favour of the separation of Church and State . The chair was taken by the Rer . T . Scales . —The Rev . Mr . Gilbert proposed the following resolution : — " That in the deliberate judgment of this meeting the union of the Church with the State is not only an injustice to Dissenters , but an injury to Churchmen ; and that its dissolution , effected by peaceful means , and with a proper regard to existing intercsts , would prove an advantage to religion , a relief to the government , and a blessing to the whole community . "—The resolution having been adopted by ' acclamation , the Rev . A . M . Stalker proposed : —
" That this meeting , deeming the separation of the Church from the State to he an object of the deepest interest to Churchmen and Dissenters , and regarding the progress of public events , and especially those of an ecclesiastical character , as highly favourable for the agitation of this question , is desirous of affording the Anti-State Church Association such an amount of support as will enable it to strengthen and also to extend its operations . "This resolution was seconded by the Rev . B . Grant , of Birmingham , and supported by the Rev . C . Williams . —It was adopted by acclamation . —A . Prentice , Esq ., proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman . —E . Smith , Esq ., having briefly seconded the vote , it was adopted ; and the meeting broke up , a handsome subscription being made at the doors .
Laws for thb Protection of Women . —On Tuesday evening a very respectable meeting of the in 7 habitants of Leeds , at -wnich there were ahout i \ fty females present , was held at the fiourt-house , for the furtherance of the objects of the Associate Institution for Improving and Enforcing the Laws for the Protection of Women . J . II . Shaw , Esq ., the mayor , presided , and told them that the promoters of the meeting were desirous that the bill introduced into the House of Lords by the Bishop of Oxford should become the law of the land , as there was jiol , -nr on the statute-booK for the punishment of : i class of persons who are termed " procurers aud procuresses . " A petition to parliament in favour of the Bishop of Oxford's bill was signed by the chairman on behalf of the meeting .
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RECEIPTS OF TBE RATIONAL LAND OOHPANr Foe ihe Week Exdixg Thcbsdav , March 29 , 1849 .
SHARES . £ s . d . £ s . d Colchester .. 111 O Stafford .. 1 4 C Shiney Row .. 01410 Ashton .. 17 2 Mottoun .. 2 9 4 Ilanley .. 3 8 0 XewtMi , Ayr .. 1 15 0 Salford .. 3 17 ( I Wigton 0 7 0 Bermondsey .. O 5 0 Aberdeen .. 013 0 "Westminster .. 0 5 G Mosley .. 113 0 W . Eden .. 0 5 0 Cheltenham .. 3 13 11 E . Hancock .. 0 6 0 WalsaU .. 0 7 0 J . Bailey .. 8 10 Oswaldwhisfle 116 G J . Lewis .. 0 2 0 Winlaton .. 016 6 J . Arthur .. 0 10 Northampton .. O 10 O A . YTaffiS .. 0 10 0 "Wlsbeach , Cutman 0 12 0 J . 1 L Chatwin .. 0 2 6 Loneton - 1 9 C J . Gillam .. 0 3 0 Stourbridge .. 2 310 JohuWallis .. 0 13 JJottitighain , James WaUis .. 0 l s
Swtet .. 14 6 J . Vigurs .. 0 2 6 Kewport ( Salop ) 0 4 6 C . Vigurs .. 0 10 Manchester .. 213 O JJBand 114 0 J 539 2 1 A . Wallis .. 010 0 - _ - EXPENSE FUND . ilottram .. 0 2 0 Nottingham .. 0 9 6 Ueir tonAjr .. 0 16 HBana .. 0 2 0 Cheltenham .. 12 0 Stafford .. 0 16 Oswaldtwistle .. 0 3 6 Lambeth .. 0 2 0 Northampton .. 0 5 0 "Westminster .. 0 16 Iiongton .. 0 5 0 ———Stonrbridge .. 0 9 0 £ 3 4 6 TOTALS . Land Fund ... . „ , 39 2 1 Expense ditto ... ... ... 3 4 6 Sonus ditto ... ... ... 57 5 0 Xioan ditto ... — ... 0 8 6 Transfers ... ... ... ... 10 0 0 Rules 0 0 4 £ 100 0 5 W . Dixox , C . Dorm , T . CtARK , Cor . Sec . P . M'Gbath , Fin . Sec .
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3 SATIO 1 SAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . EASTETt HOLIDAYS . —NOTICE . This Bank will be closed to the Public from Thursday , the 5 th inst ., four , p . m ., until ten , A . M ., on Tuesday , 10 th of April All letters reaching the Bank on the Saturday after Good [ Friday , and on the following Monday , -will be answered on tho Tuesday . By Order , Thos . Price , Manager . 493 , 2 sew Oxford-street London , March 29 th , 1849 . jXTlj-j j l i T . ML . ^ i—a ^^^ Muf-I-JlJ-ijil-LJuiurLr
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DE . M'DOUALL'S WRIT OF ERBOR . It -was stated a few weeks ago , that the sum of 201 was required by Mr . Cobbeti , to defray the expenses in this application : — Up to the week ending March 24 th , I £ 8 , d , ¦ Jbad receired ( as see Northern Star ) , the sum of 10 10 10 This Week 2 19 4 Total £ 13 10 2 At Dr . M'Dotxaxi ' s request I sent him , on Saturday last , 10 s . lOd . in postage stamps , and 10 / . ( less orders ) , to Sir . CoBBETT , who has not yet acknowledged receipt , though reguested to send by return of post . The DoctoE wishes me to announce that Mr . Cobbeti cannot undertake to keep an account of sums , and that they should he either paid to the local committees , or sent to this Office . W , Rdqbb .
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Hupeal OP the Malt Tax . —On Friday week R meeting of the landowners and tenant farmers of the hundred of Samford , and others interested in agr iculture , was held at Copdeck , Suffolk , for the purpose of taking into consideration the depressed state and prospects of agriculture , with a view of petitioninr ' parliament for a total repeal of the malt *?*» an 2 Lthe revision of the eencraland local taxation
. ibQ meeting comprised the principal tenant farmers of the hundred of Samford , amongst whom were several landlords . C . Iillingston , Esq ., was called to the chair . —Among other resolutions , it was agreed , " That in order in some degree to avert the ruin which now threatens to overwhelm the landed interest , it becomes our duty . to urge upon the legislature by every constitutional metms , the necessity and justice of the repeal of the malt tax , and tbe more equal distribution of all imposts , whether local or general , -which press exclusively upon land . " Cobnk Meeting ra . Sussex . —On Tuesday a meeting of freeholders and other inhabitants of the county of Sussex , convened by the Hi gh Sheriff , was held at Lewes , Iks meeting firat assembled in
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 31, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1516/page/5/
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