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;* -s— == rH'ECEIPTS * "OF THE RATIONAL UNQ . OQM . PAHY . POB IBS WSBS EhDES TsmSBXT , ' \ . Jisu&BT 3 , 1850 . . - . ' , SHARES . . . £ 8 . « l £ g . a . 3 > ewsbmy .... 817 0 ' Cbarlesllowl .. 0 8 6 Finniestcwn V .: 012 0 ' £ 9 17 6 EXPENSE FUND . - " - fnmiestowa .. 010 0 Sittingtoume .. 018 0 1-8 0 TOTAiLS . land Fund .... 9 17 6 Expense ditto ... ' . " .. ... 1 so £ 11 5 6 W . Dnotf , C . Dons , " T . Clabk , Cor . Sec : P . M'Gbath , Kn .-Scxj . : ;
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FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA ' S ACTION Received by "VT . Rider . —Great D 5 flfoia , per n . Green 1 L ; J . Kckering , Salford , 4 d . ; J . Coolg Shincliff fo'Hery 3 d . ; W . lliss . Bridgtfora-ga ^ by Hexham . 2 s . 6 i ; a few Friend ? , Todaington , per G .- Wolvin , Ss . 24 :. ' a- few Chartists , Jurcaldy , per J . Zcssels , 10 s . 64 . ; Mr . BHsjp , Leicester , ' 2 s . 64 . ; C . Johnston and Jr . IIendt- < £ 6 n Xcwcasfle , perM . Jude , Is . ; Countesthorpe , near leiiester , per J . Grant , 15 s . ; Grahamston , FaUrirlsi prS ewait H « WaIters . 1 L Is . 6 i ; B . lundy , Hull , 10 s . 6 d .. Land Members , Kewton Moor , Cheshire , per J . Bur ess , Ss .: a fewFrierols , South Stockton , per T . Walley , 5 s . j < J . Payne and a&nr Friends . Abingdon , £ s . 9 . ; BrOmsgiOTe , p » r W . Bember , 9 s . ; Bradford , Yorkshire , Members t f L mil Company , per J . ConneH , 7 s . 3 d . ; Nottingham , pec J . Sweet . Ss . 64 ; Xd gSley , per J . Wells ana J . Smith , SI . 18 s . 6 d .: Bingley , pw J , - Stansfield ana J . iaiy , _ 2 L ; Sutton , per it
donn . Barren , ana x . xnguam , , s . 60 . ; Faratall , rer , 1 . Green and J . Gawthorp , 10 s . ; Bristol , per C . Clark , 3 s . 7 - a few friends to Justice , Southampton , per J KusirJ 3 s . 84 ; T . C . Ingram , Abergavenny , Is . ; C . Beams , Abeigavenny , ls . jO . Martin , Abergavennv ; 64 ; J ; Hmnor , Iredegar , Is . ; Longhborongh , per J . Skivington , 114 ; T . Jennings , Spen , Is . ; XT . Aked , Cleckheaton , 64 ; a Friend . Cleckheaton , 64 ; J . Beaumont , Gleckheaton 64- 0 . "Wharton , Cleckheaton , 64 ; VF . Lacey , Cleckheaton , Is . ; ieicesttr , per W . Bradsworth , 12 s . ; \ V . Howe , Sorthwieh , 2 s . ; Eccles , Land Members , per \ 7 . Gregory , 7 s . James "Wilson . Uacup , 3 s , ; Marylebone and Paddington , per & Sinnaers , 2 s . ld . ; G . EUjgott , per C . Saunders , 6 d . ; a fen-Chartists met at Sir . Grills , AVolvernampton , per W . To - inan , 5 s . 64 '; fire Democrats , Dnkenfield , 3 s . 64 Charfists , Greenwich and Dej . tfcrd , per J . Bligh , i& . 3 d . —Ke ^ ceired atLASoOFrica—three Brothers , land Members 5 « . ' —TotalISLlSs . 7 d . - '
FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Eecdved by IT . Kideb . —Bristol , per C . Clark , Is . DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Becelved \> s "W . Bides . —E . Todd , West Anetlana , 6 d . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . Keceived by "W . Rises . —Wolverhampton , a fety Char iists , met at Or . Grife , per W . Polman , Is .
TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING . Beceiredty TV . Bidee . —W . C . Bainsley , 6 a . ; P . Todd , West Auckland , 64 ; Job Hirst , Armitage-Bridze , near Huddersfieia , 17 s . ; Proceeds of Baffle for Ladies Mahogany Reel , < fcc , made and given'by a working man , J . Tm-ner , Park-gate , near Botherham , per J . Stansfield , 12 s . 6 a . ; Xeicester , per If . Bradsworth , 6 s . 4 d . ; James Wilson , Bacop , 3 s . ; Xf . Carlton , Darlington , per E . Stall wood , Is . Received atLAso Okice . —three Brothers , Land Members , Ss . Kectived by Jobs Absott . —Fraternal Democrats , 10 s . ; Collected by Fraternal Democrats , 10 s . ; Ernest Jones Locality , per Mr . Dickens , 10 s . ; Collected at a Meeting of the Ernest Jcnes Locality , per Mr . Sickens , Balance in hand , from ilr . Kider , 11 . Us . 94 ; Mr . ^ Bider , as per Star , 2 L Is . 44 " .. : .: / . . ' M'DOUALL ' S TESTIMONIAL . Beceiredby W . Bideb . —James Wiflson , Bacup , 3 s .
FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES Of VICTIMS . Beeeired by W . Bideb . —A ftw Friends , South Stockton , perl . Walley , as . ; D . Harper , Closer of die Prize Bregue ' , West-end Boot aud Shoe makers , per Messrs . Hunter and Sickenson , it ; West-ena Boot and Shoe makers biing partproceeas of the Pripe Bwgue , per Messrs . llunter and Dickenson , 1 Z . ; Mr . Smith , per Messrs . Hunter and Dickcnson , 64 ; Mr . T . Jnkes . perMeEsre . llmiter and Dickenson , 4 d . ; Mr . Wrigley , by Mr . Holmes , per Messrs . Hunter and Dickenson , 64 ; Northampton Chartists , per J . Bymill , 10 s . ; Bristol , per C . Clark . 3 s . ; Carlisle , Collected at Democratic Festival , per J . Gilbertson , 6 s . Cd . ; W . Howe , 2 vorUnricli , Is . ; Marylebbne and Paddini ^ on Chartist Association , per C . Raunders , Is .
NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Keceived by Jons Assorr , Secretary ^—Benjamin ? STall » per S . Bocnham , Is . ; Digljy Arms locality , 12 s . ; Chartis » of Greenwich and Depiford , per J . Bligh , 2 s . 6 .: Mr . Bider . as per Star , 3 L 7 s . lOd .
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SHIPWilECKS AND LOSS OP LIFE . The Jupiter steam-packet , which brought home the last peninsular mail , met , on her outward TOJage , on the 11 th ulr ., a timber Liden ship , and -which she attempted to tow into Tigo , but failed to do so on account of bad weather . " The ship was abont 300 tons burden , and it was supposed , from a fpw letters remaining at her stein , that Richmond , Ya-ginL- , was the name of her post of register . It "was snspetted , from her appearance , that she had been bealirg about the Atlantic for several months , and had come from a long distance . 2 fo 6 a vestige of a human being was found on board , and she was
stripped of everything portable , no doubt , by crews of various vess ^ s that had fallen in . with her . It is not usual for mail packets to attempt securing such prizes when there is no human life to save , and adniira ; iy agents , who dictate the movements of the packets , are prohibited from sharing in salvage money , . to prevent their being interested in delaying mail packers uuder their charge ; but the abandoned ship offered such , a serious obstruction to navigation , that it was deemed advisable to attempt to remove it . The Spanish and Portuguese authorities , on learning that there was an abandoned and loaded vessel on the track of vessels approaching their coast , sent out steajners in search of her .
_ The recent mail from the United States brought tidings of the loss of another emigrant ship from Liverpool . The unfortunate vessel was the Sailor Prince , 'Captain 31 'Eachner , master , bound to 2 few Orleans , anl at the iime had upwards of four hundred persons on bo < : rd , of whom three hundred and seventy-five were emigrants , men , women , sni their children , the chicfof whom were from the midland counties . TLe wreck took place on the night of the 1 st of 2 fbrember on a reef of rocks near the island of Caneum . The weather is reported to have been hazy at the time , in the midst of which she got on the rocks , where iq a few hours she became a perfect loss . The crew who acted with great Inmanity . contrived to land the whole of the
emigrants oa to the island in safety , but there their sufferings l > ecamo frightful . little or no provisions were got out of tho wreck , and an intense frost setting in played such havoc amongst the unfortunate creatures , that within twenty-four hours ao fewer than thirteen had perished . The ship was iOO tons burthen , and -was insured to the amount of £ 9 , 800 . : The Ios 3 of the packet-ship Ames was made known at Lloyd ' s , on . the 2 Sih ult . She was bound to Bremen from Xew York , with a general cargo and and fifty passengers . - Off the coast of Texel . she encountered heavy gales , which drove her ashore on that coast . Only seven of the passengera saved their lives , as also twelve of the crew . The remainder all met with a grave in the deep .
Another wreck" is reported in the North British JIail . Information having been received that the wreck of a large vessel had come on shore near Saraburgh Head Lighthouse , on the west side of the Shetlandlsles , about thirty-miles southward from Lerwick , the principal officer of that place , accompanied by another officer , proceeded there on the following morning , and ascertained from Mr . Satherland , Prussi-inTice-Consnl for Shetland , who lad taken charge of the wrecK , that it was the Prussian vessel 3 Iechel ( . « t , from 30 D to 400 tons register ,
Vollrubt , master , which vessel had sailed from Daatzic on the 5 th , for Portsmouth , with a cargo of oak planks and deals . The vessel is a total wreck , and it is to be feared that the crew have all met ¦ with a-watery grave , as the decks were found to be completely swept " , and the poop deck , in which the cabin was situated , was almost entirely swept away , not a single soul being found on board . Several vessels have put in by stress of weather to various parts of the coast , and the mail packet , which has recentl y arrived m Lerwick , bad brought the only mails which had been received in Shetland for upwards of three weeks .
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CHAPPY ; ENGLAND . ' ^ ^ . CO 2 fTISUEI ) PERSECUTIO ]! f . . OF THE ^ '¦; . ' _ ¦ ^ rMSOIIB ^ DB LlCANSV' . '¦¦ /' . ¦ - ' Bbotheb Pboleiabians , ^ . . Permit me to direct your attention to the commencement in the Star of areproduction of the reports which , have recentl y appeared in the Morning Chronicle , on the » condition ^ of the
labouring and destitute classes of the Agricultural , ' Mining / Manufacturing , and Metropolitan districts ! The subject is one which inay hereafter claim comment on - my part ;; for the present , I prefer to devote the limited spaW I have at command to a brief reyiew , of certain illustrations ; of our- "bestpossible ; social system" you will find reported-in . this week's paper ., ; . ¦ :. - .- . - . ; --:- ' :- ' . ' - ?¦ -: " /• : ; - ; ' ¦ . . ;[ .. ;¦
. Atthe very time . that in mansion and hall tlie rich , were holding their Christmas " carousals , a miserable woman was being slowly starved to death by the Poor Law . officials of Southampton . To add to the horrors of this case , the wretched being , one Elizabeth Biggs , was eight months gone in the familyway . She had for some time been in the receipt of a loaf and a shilling a week from the Guardians , but had no other known means ; of subsistence . Houseless and starving , she obtained an order for admission to the workhousei but was not admitted . She appears to have passed part of a night in the " .
trampreom '—a place described as being without a ^ fire or other means of engendering warmth ; and in which the wretched lodgers are supplied with one quilt only and some straw , -which . . ' the humane relieving officer , one Edwabd Henry Sumokds , considers " quite , sufficient . " for " a severely cold night ; " jN t o food , even on such anight , is given to the occupants of the " tramp-room . " ^ o abridge a deplorable narrative , let it suffice to state that the poor creature , perishing of cold and hunger , died at a miserable lodging-house . The surgeon who made the post mortem examination , admitted that the deceased was starved to
death . He found the stomach , inflated with gas , and containing three . or four ounces of a bloody fluid , with a few crumbs of bread . The heart had lost all muscular substance ; it was all flaccid and flabby , and the . wallsof it collapsed , on being removed from the chest . Decomposition of the muscular system appears to have commenced while the victim was yet living . - "On moderate pressure of the 4 nger and thumb , it broke up , and appeared to '
a 3 sume the consistence of jelly ! It appears that when , on the day Elizabeth Biggs died , the humane- lodging-house keeper took her some grnel and soup , and thedying woman attempted to swallow it , she was . unable to do so . Hunger had conquered Nature . She died , and with her died her unborn offspring —" a fine healthy male child . " - Happy for that child , heneva ' was conscious of . the mortal hell from which Ms wretched mother has found a happy release .
Of course , there was a Coroner ' s Inquest , to make a fass and pretence . of sympathy and virtuous indignation , wheniieither could avail the unfortunate victim . The following verdict was returned : — . . .. : " We find that the deceased died from starvation and exposure to the cold , aad the want of the common necessaries of life ; and that there has been great and culpable neglect on the part of some of the officers connected with the administration of the Poor Laws at Southampton , in not receiving the deceased into the workhouse , and providing for her proper lodging and nourishment on the nights of Friday and Saturday in last week : lut no sufficient evidence doth appear to Hie said jury as to who are the parties actually llamealle . " . ' ¦
Of course not ! Nobody is to blame when the poor are murdered , The Times—which , with all its villany , usually affects friendship for . the poor—applauds the above verdict , observing that it " will meet with' the hearty concurrence of every person who reads the report of the investigation . " The 27 mesi 3 too fast . I have read the report , and I protest thattheverdicthas not my concurrence , inasmuch as it shirks the grand question of the responsibility which it is evident must attach to some one or more , on account of the
death of Elizabeth Biggs—a question I will not shirt . I will not denounce Poor Law officials merely . It would be useless toclosly inquire into , and nicely weigh , the guilt of this or that particular officer . Let them be condemned , bet let not others escape . I shall not beat about the hush , as is the wont of " better-to be-safe ' patriots , and devote to censure " the system , " merely—I denounce those who profit by , and uphold'that system , as the muebereks of Elizabeth Biggs . Against all , surli an honest jury would have returned a verdict of Wilful Mubder . '
Another poor woman , named Mart Htiirteb , died last week , in Manchester , under circumstances of privation and neglect ; the account of which must make every feeling being curse the inhuman wretches who administer the Poor Law in that town . Eor severardays , Maby HtrxTSB was dying of an agonising complaiut—suffering—perishing on the flagstones of a wretched " kitchen , '" with no bed —no bed-clothes—no adequate food—no medical attendance—although these were sought for at the hands of the persons supposed to
fill the office ' of protectors of the poor , by the kind woman with wkomthe deceased had sheltered—it would be a mockery to say " lodged . - The j ury returned a verdict of "Died from inflammation of the lungs aggravated by exposure , &c . " The surgeon who made- the post mortem examination , stated that the disease under which the deceased died would be produced by exposure to cold , and would , subsequently , be aggravated by the want of proper nourishment , and othercomforts . Happily , her sufferings arc over . - ;
Were the cases of Elizabeth . Biggs and Maby Husteb , accidental and exceptional , one might lament the fate of the victims , w ithout invoking the condemnation of existing society ; but it is well inown that such cases represent the extreme of sufiering , towards which entire masses are constantly , verging . Thousands , and tens . of thousands , "die so slowly , none dare call it murder ; '' but die , nevertheless—gradually , hut surely- ^ -of misery , and misery-engendered diseases ., Therefore am I justified in denouncing all those who profit by , and uphold the existingsystem , as guilty of murdeb . .
I observe that the precious scheme concocted by Sidxey Hebbebt and other Aristocrats , for the TBAtfsroBTATiON of the London Needlewomen , is gaining ground . The majority of the journals give it their support—even . the Spectator , a journal which should be capable of taking a more honest and sensible course . The sentimental and sham-reform publications , such as Mrs . London ' s Lady ' s Companion , Punch , &c , &c , bolster ; up the scheme . Queen Victoria , Lord John Eussell , and Joseph Hume , give the scheme their support . At a meeting of theMarylebone
Vestry , on Saturday last , it was resolved to sanction the formation of a Parochial Association to aid the General Committee . In short , a grand conspiracy has been formed by the enemies of Labour , to thin the ranks of the " surplus population'' by tbanspobtation . I say " thin" the " surplus population , * ' because , the capitalists would' be extremely sorry to see the extinction of competition in the labour markei *~ as by the help of that competition they build up their colossal fortunes ; and to have that competition , they must hare a forced " surplus " of labourersnjafe and female . There is . however , danger
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infthe : t ; 'fsurplus' /?' l > ecoming-too numerous anjl , ^ consequenttyj "dangerous to , ' * Property ?' aniaj ' * i Order ^^^ en ^ e- ; i ( Jhie " tbaNspobatioN j a ^ 4 go ^' { r ; T& , U ^ pu ^ su ^ ers ' ^ ej ire . it o ^ ii ^ BVa sufficient ; " ^ surplus-. population ! 'A to , enable them to dictate \ Qk > amount of > wages ; ' hut not sonumerous as to inspire the ¦' vvretched ; with cbufage ' at . the sight of ; their own , numbers '; an inspir - ation , which , if once felt , would leadi to a catastrophe in this country far more terrible thaQ any which ,. m 1848 , caused the flight of Kings , and- the > subversion' of thrones ' ' &iA
dynasties . ' To ' secure 'themselves against j all chances of ^ a popular explosion , is the grand aim ; of ; jthose- ; who—commencing with ; the Needle-woman—aim at . getting rid pi- the •* - dangerdu ^ classes / ' by manspjobtation ; ¦ : ' , , The ' Mdrhmg ' JChn ^ TBANSPOBTATioN scheme , ihas the assurance to assert that . ' Uhe : ¦ high-born ^ - the .-titled , - and tfie wealthy ^ including ' Eoyalty ; , itself )^ r are constantly watching for opportunities of safely and permanenily ameUorating ' . the condition of the poor : that they . are prone to do too much rather than too : little : ' audl that their eri'brs
( if they err ) are all , on the nobldr side—oh the side of generous iiripulseV chivalrous , selfrsacrifice , benevolence , religion , " and v humanity . " i The enormous falsehood contained in this statement must be transparent to every one . So far from being desirdus to ameliorate the condition of the poor ; _ the higli-borh , the titled ^ and the wealthy are the creators ' of . poverty . But , for their idleness audf ; rapacity ; there would be no poor . The enormous sums lavished on - ' 'barbaric" Royalty : ; arid 1 the locusts of the State Church / would ; suffice ' tolredeem ^ the needlewomen , andthousaudsniore , frpmmisery / without . subjecting them -to TBANSPOBTATlbN . ' The . asseiiiion that the errors of the high-born ,
the titled , arid the wealthy , are " . all on'tiie side of generous impulse , chivalrous ; self-sitcrifice , benevolence , religion , and humanity , " certainly deserves the credit due to Falsehood's audacity . ; The Chronicle insolently observes ; that . " beggars mustn ' t be choosers ; " ; adding " : "We see no harshriess or wahtof feeling in telhng those who are unable to maintain them- ^ selves , ' that Ave cannot give them sufficient employment or ; adequate relief ati home , without disturbing the- course of regular industry , and gradually absorbing all the rer sources of the country ; but that ' we are willing to" carry them to a land where they may secure a ' comfortable ; subsistence by ; their own exertions . ' . ' This is monstrous . The ' ^ resources
of the country belong , by fact ' and by right , to the poor . The grand resources of a country are- ^ Land , Labour , and ' Capital . The Land is , by right , the people's ; and is only by wrong the possession of ithose who are n . ot "beggars / ' but brigands . , Labour is emphatically the people's ; and capital is the produce of ; Labour , ' and j of right , belongs to the people . rJ Let the people insist on the
restoration of the Land to its legitimate' owners , and the appropriation of surplus capital to the putting in motion of surplus 'labour ; there , will then be found no necessity for . teansp 6 iita-Tion , unless , ' indeed , to transport the true " surplus population ''—^ the "high-born'' beggars ^ -who have " registered a vow in heaven , " never , to perform a day's honest work for tlieir own sustenance . ' . " '
DEoinER fboletabiaks , I requG 8 t your careful perusal of the following statement , correcting an erronipus report ; on French affairs , which appeared in a late number of the Star—a report which was taken from one of eur infamous daily papers interested in calum * aiating the brave French Democrats . In a late number of the Star it was stated that one of the insurgents of June , 1848 , transported to Belle Isle , had been , killed in an affray with the military . ; This was erroneous . Tho 7 oj » d « Pcuple of the 22 nd ult ., contains a long letter , signed by eighteen of the : comrades of the deceased , proving that he was really and intentionally murdered by the brutalised . military , who : play the part of gaolers over these heroic but unfortunate working
men . .. -. . .:. - .. .. ; . - . " . ¦ - . - : ^ .:- ' , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ The Minister of Justice haying stated in the Legislative Assembly , that all but those convicts who formerly had been convicted-for- some ; ripnpolitical misdemeanour , had received their pardon ; there arose great agitation among the transported of June . " For not only were the great majority of those retained at Belie Isle—never before ' tried or convicted for any offence not political—but , on the contrary , many of those that have been-convicted for such offences , have been liberated . The colonelcomrcander and his gaolers took ; advantage of this agitation to provoke disturbances . Threats ( with Ill-treatment ) of all sorts were addressed to the prisoners . A few whom the chief gaoler intended to send to the black hole , refused fo follow
him . The military were then : called in ; six hundred men , and several pieces of cannon . The colonel asked if the prisoners would surrender up thoso who refused to obey ? " . "We are no informers , " was the answer . The soldiers were ordered to attack these disarmed : prisoners with the bayonet . The convicts retiredto their . barracks . The very moment the door was opened to the military , a lieutenant dangerously wounded one of the prison ers . ¦ : ¦ Kexfcday , ( the 12 th of December ) , the military appeared again , and took into custody several of the prisoners , part ,, of whom had nothing at all to do with the matter .. " If these are guilty , we are 60 too , and will go with them to the citadel , " shouted the rest . But the soldiers presented their bayonets , and even fired upon those who tried to go along with their friends , . . . :
, As , soon as the military and their prisoners had quitted the barracks , the latter were rnal . treated in every manner ; beaten . with the buttends of the guns , pricked with the bayonets , Ac . One . of it-hem , Francois Lciris , a working man from Paris , tried to keep off from his body a : bajonet thrust at him , when instantly two officers struck him with . their swords , one over the arm . and the other oyer the" back ; one soldier pierced his side with the bayonet , and another fired his gun at him . The ball lodged in his bowels , ho fell down ,
and in five minutes he was dead . , The murderer wiped his gun , and beatiug upon his cartridge bag , chid , " There is s ' fcill more . of them , if wanted !"; r Such is the " honest and moderate" system of revenge upon those heroic champions of the . working , nien ' s , rights ,, whose ; iinmortal valour , in combating during five days a tenfold stronger army , ought to . haaye taught French . soldiers to respect them ! :. But when ., the day of \ sqttling accounts comes , the working , men of France will not have forgotten the murder of Franfj-ois Leiri 8 . . " ,..,. ¦
: The ' above ; statement was' supplied by a valued friend , well ' versed in French affairs . Not a man of those whom I address but will join me in mourning the fate ; of the Martyr Fbancois Leibis , and giving expression to curses both loud and deep on his murderers / From intelligence received this week , ., it appears that . 200 of the so-called " mntmous " prisoners are to tie taken from Belle Isle , and subjected to worse torture , by being placed oh board pontoons in the roads of L' Orient . 'May the day of retribution come quickly . ' ;
At Melun , fifteen Democrats , occupying the ¦ position of professow , editors , corporate officers , &c , charged with having participated in the affairs of tlie 13 th of June , after seven months '; imprisonment- have been . brought to trial , and acquitted . This is the twenty-fifth acquittal of persons accused of having been engaged in the affair of Juno . TJndoiIbtedly Ledbu Holiin , and his compatriots , would also have been acquitted , had they not been tried by an exceptional , prejudiced , and persecuting tribunal . ! ,
The work of displacing . Republicans and appointing Eoyalists to fill the offices of Mayor , Deputy Mayor , &c , is being vigonrously carried on . Bravo ! The more dismissals , the more revolutionis . ts ! The ; French Ministers , partly defeated on the La Plata question , have been again defeated on the question of giving to the Prefects the power of dismissing the National Schoolmasters . On a motion of . " urgency ' a considerable number of the Legitimists voted M'ith the Mountain ; the result was a tie , the numbers being on each side 312 . The victory is with the Mountain . , The majority of the Obdebmongebs are at . daggers drawn ! Should they dagger each other , such a calamity would not break the heart of L ' AMI DU PEUPLE . January . 3 , 1850 . zi ^
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; i- . ^ . THE CHARTIST ; IjAND ; SCHEMEJ y t ; , -Of , ; in : ^;^(? ' ? r ^ the ^ jFW ^ n . Jbttnia ? . ) n ; - . ''' ! . ! ivJj ' i ' i ° THB EDITpR . OE ' . TnE . aUARbrAN . ! .: : 5 : ; ' ¦¦ ; . i ^ Sm—I presume th at , as an impartial journalist ^ havingt ( allowedj unlimited ' ' sway to the slanderous attacks jof an <; anonymo . us ; writer , i ( who had : tho effronterv toishelterhimBelf behindthe mask of an honoured and respected name ) you will not deny tee thejiberty of exposing ; tp iyourj readers ^ in all their hideousness , the aspersionsc ' andiinsiriuations iwhich this arrogant calumnijttqi ' ha ' snothesitated to shpijl fromjhis , islanderousfshaffc ^ i Hitherto ; my objisct has . becri tOidefend ' the hdhoui * andehnractorofri
gentleman , ; unfairly . and unjustly assailed . ' I-have ' produced the : clearesfcu : evidehce to ' fdisprovd ' the charges ; contained ) in the ; ifirst : letter , of . " ¦ iAndrew Marvelj" and have repeatedly asked ; for . ' proof in ' support of thejtvuth of those charges ^ and what pro 6 f has been : produced ? j 'His , only ^ answer has been ; more misrepresentation / move calumny , move abuse . I admit that hemay . have beenled into error by other parties , but tan . ; honourable man would havp admitted-hisjerror ; and made that restitution which thefeelings ^ of a gentleman wouldhave taught him wasdueitoan injured charabteri Did . I say " gexvtlemah ?' u : heaven forgive / me , — -Andrew : Marvel calls ., , himself ; : an ;" operative . ' . ' ' IfsAn : operative indeed ! . Int .-the name -of toy order , ' I claim the '
right'toirepudiate-any ? -connexion > with such ' ' ah individualijijlle cippears . tocpos ^ ess 1 neither the plain straightforwardness of . an English" operjvtivo , nor , thqse ' ifine and elevated feelings which ; are the characteristic of an English igentlemah . His ! own conducts-proves . that : he belongsito .-tbat class'Svho fester ;; upon the soreslof socioty , and attempt to establish their own ; reputation upon- the ruin of others ; and ; I . leave it to the : discrimination of a discerning public to j udge . whether \ the conclusions I have / drawn , are unjustr , or the languago tbp strongifor the occasions He stands ,. by -his own silencoi -a convicted slandorei ' . ¦ I ask for' proof of the charges he had made , and he was ; bound : to produce them , and . to refute . what I advanced , or
forfeit his : credit for . veracity . He has every advantage ,: and I . have every . disadvantage ; he'isi unknown , I give , my name ; he has at hisback all the prejudices and ; support ; ofjthe wealthy portion of the communityi ( backed byitlie united press of the kingdom ,, ; with ; few ; 7 exception 8 ; and though my object has merely , been , to defend ; an injured oharactei ' , jlhave , to . do it at the risk of incurring the ; disp ' leaBure , lof the power : he has at-his ; command , and .. probably , ifl state my own convictions , I shall de denied ; the ^ privilege of , refuting his calumnies . My unscrupulous -antagonist has not the courage- to give . hi 8 name ; . but : he is wise ; ho fe , els . the advantage of his mask .- ^ ifc has . savedinany a man from : public , scorn . Butr in iuatice to the
public it may beaa . well' to ; analyso the last pro-, auction of" Andrew Marvel , " and . it shall be don £ as briefly -as possible ,, ; , \; u " :, - ' .. ; ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦' . . ¦ > ' ¦ ¦ ; ' ¦>¦ - . ¦¦'¦ : ¦ In answer to the . first paragraph hV" Andrew's " letter , I beg to , say .-that / the . parties- ; located ; by ballot have . paid into ; the / funds of the . company £ 2 . 10 s . for , ajtwo aero allotment , £ S 18 a . for a three acre -allotment , and £ 3 4 s . for a' . fouv ' acre allotment , and for this ; sum they have received ( as an instance , a four n ere allottee ) four : acres of , land , a good house , £ 30 aU money , and their land cultivated , * and \ according to ' / . Andrew ^ Marvel ' s ' , ' letter £ 5 an acre since -that , is , £ 20 ; total cash received , £ 50 , and yet he asks me to disprove the heartless cruelty-of Mr . O'Connor to these men , some of whom were taken . from the workhouse , and others had taken the money which had been given for the purpose of enabling them to live till ; their
crops wore ; ready ; and' spent ' it in what think you , Sir?—hvpaying . the debts they had contracted in the paial . 'S 3 from which O'Connor had seduced them . But . " Andrew . Marvel '' , says— ' O'Connor demands two and a half , years ' : rent , or he will , eject them . " Ideny . tho truth of this statement ;; it'is entirely false , and the > yriter , knows it . " For proof , ! read tho fol ^ yingjfijomiis . own letter ; it is said to bean extract' 6 f a letter from Mr . How .. ' It says , — "If I fob ' my . children , and pay reritclia ' rge £ 7 10 s . in cash , deduct from produce will : leave me £ ills . to keep my , family seven months . " Jn his first letter he said Mr . 0 ' Connor demanded £ 43 163 . rent : in his last letter he ; demands twoi and :- a : half years' rent , and . rip ' w the truth comes out , that ; the only rent charge asked is £ 7 10 s ., at . Lowbands , for four acres , &c ~ , ; Oufc of his own mouth ho ; is convicted ,. and-the public -must . . draw theh ^ own conclusions . , ' . ' ,,.- , ' ..-., .-, ' . ¦ - ... V .-... . < .-...,. . [
But again , in another " fact" of " Andrew ' s ?' he makes Smith ; sayB"that Mr , O . ' Connor is charging £ i anacre more for land than any other landowner in the district . " How will the public , square . ithis £ 4 an acre , that is £ 1 ( 3 for four ncres ? ,:. - By . hisown showing the rent . it . Lowbands is £ 7 103 , —( query ) for how long ?) ' isayfor half a year . ^ Perhaps the landowners in that . district give the ; farmers the Lind for nothing , and one pound per yeartO ; tako it off their hands , T ) esKles giving them £ 30 . br £ 50 ; for a start . If it be . so , they are generous fellows ; but I have given ; yoii a" sample of the sack of ' . 'Andrew ' s "facts . ' , ' ' . '" .: " . ,- ¦ '¦¦ " . ., ' : . :. ¦' , - ¦ ... ; . ' ¦ ¦ W ith respect to the . extract , trom , the . sOxford paper , my answer to "Andrew , " will apply-, yritfi equal force to the conclusions drawn in -. the latter part of . thei paragvaph . But . some raay ask , ' why
these parties refuse , to . pay rent ? . VI , will give a reason , which 1 delyany one , to . contradict . . Many ; of the . allottees , relying upon the advice of , a lawyer ; and trusting to thoVsupport , of the public press ( which experience has" . taughtVthem in . anything , ^ hbwGvei . uujusty would lend its ' , assistance to destroy the Land Company ) ,, have Jbanded ^ themselves together for the purpose of robbing , the poor > inlocated members of the monoy ' wliich / had purchased the estates , thinking that rather ' than'j incur ; the odium of enforcing the ' .. rent by-legal proceedings , they ' would tariieiy ¦ submit to anything ,, and as a proof of what I . haye statcd ,, ' l give , you the . following : —The complaining par ty before the magistrates at Witney . was aman named Beattie . an olcfsoldier .
lie has £ 18 a year as a pension ; lie has four acres of . an allotment ; he has to pay ^ 612 per year ; as n rent charge ; he has rebeived £ 30 ; aid . money ; i he has lot three acres without the houso to an agricultural labouror for £ 13 ii' . ' year , ' making 'h im pay each half-year ; " in advance , "—thus having a cottage , an aero of ground , and £ 30 , ; with ; £ 1 a year rent profit , for nothing : and this . ' is ; one ., of ; the injured nien rdor fellow ! I will , give ' you a ftw extracts from ia letter written' by an" ; alldtteoat MinsterXovel , named T . Clarke ; 'It is ; addressed ; to his son , dated November 25 th , 1849- ^ aHwb-acro man—and I' only wish it had been possible to have given you all .-this man ' s letter ,, but ' I have . already exceeded what ' I intended . He . ' saya : ~ t' * A'lawyer in ' .. Withey- is , very
gooa to us , no gives , us his advice free , and says he will do ; all in his ' power for-us . ' . ' . Again , "Ido ijot intend to sell any mloro of the crop , if , I caii . help- it . I am going to send two porkers up to , Iiotidori this wcel ; , and then I shall hare . morC f Stock to eat tlie crop . I have been obliged . to 'throw ; to the dunghill what ' would have kopt .: moi'G' stoek- ^' all iVwintis , more ' stock , and ;' . ' that I' hope soon to' have . The cowslipsaroin full bio w in front of niy " castle "what a particular mild ' . season ! My . farm looks beautifully green / like the . middle ' , of summeiC That gchtlehiim that ' called on you'I "do .. not knd \ v , - he came with others to see , tho estfitel . They , came to see my lot r . they' said T . had . plenty to kbop ; two cows . " He concludes ini these '; words— " ^ Cheso castles are our ^ own , witliout ' pbying . " I trust I have given sufficient to show the . sort of men tho
company has to ' cohtend with . ' I will how trouble you withi two extracts from ' an article in the Daily News of . Decembe ' rJlO . which' will prove ! from , the pen of an enemy tho . position of some' of these men . It sa , ys , speaking of O' Connorville— " Thefo " , was a man from Wigan ; in La ' ncashiro , Vwho had , been , a cotton spinnerj who has a two . acre allbtmerit , ; aiid his family consists of himself ; His ' wife , ahd tliree grown-up sons . - , Their land 8 hows : tlie power , of labour , for he had good crops of potatoes and , wheat , and he hoped ' , if the , potatoes remained . free'frbm disease , to be able from tlie produce ; of this ' year ' s crop to buy » cow ; This man" and liia ' wifo were shrewd ; and industrious . They had erected some useful'out-h'buses' with lime and flint , and had both ' flowers and fruitMn front of their cottage . Their neighbours said they had improved their circuriw stances since their location . ' The man had for
fifteen years , bowv subject to a eowgli , ' which generally prevented him from factory work ' for two ; 6 r . three months in tlie winter , ' so that his original condition was probably low enough , but siue ' e lie had settled on his allotment he had entirely lost , liis cough and looked hale and happy . " Again , " There is a man from Northampton , who , being a cripple , is obliged to hue labour for the cultivation of his two acre allotment , but being possessed of a cow and ' some pigs , which his wife manages well , and working also at his trade as a sh « emaker , ho is reputed to bo the most prosperous man in the settlement . ; .... ' ., - .. ' -. ' -.. ' Sir , I have now m-ovod , first , that tho last p . raduC' - tion of " Andrew Marvel" is based on falsehood , ; and that it bears within itself its . own ¦ . refutation ; secondly , that the directors of the company , in en- ] forcing rent by legal proceedings , ; arc . only protecting the poor unlocated members from being " defrauded by men whom gratitudp ought to hayo . madfr the guardians ot tUo company ' s intereBt j ' and . ' i
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thirdly , ; thatmw ^^ jterfijge most unlikelyrto succeed , are enabled , to , rn ^ ea ^ iving ^ pon-twoacres / oflahd . ' aTvd ^^ health , conditibnitaridprdspectshave'beon improved * jrjfc « 'iiv ? . fc > '?¦« : " s'i ; d * m > : fla . ; f . wJi : ' erto ? « - flMi ^ : s-jK trust / 'Bir , ' 'that ' I-ani ; no wnd * enthusiast-f-no bi g ot .,- > I > have read ¦¦ somewtiere'thit ' itis-alriiost'aa criminal to ''hear a ; worthy man- traduced ; -without attempting his justification / as to'be ' the author of thie '< jalumny . against him ;' - anil I leave' it ; forf ; aiv cii ^ ; lightened publici to- judge ^ ¦ whether ; the " ' " arguments ithat ! h ' aTp : been advanced ^ and tlie -facts that Have fbeenstated , - have not justified thecourse which has
been taken . •; The directors of the companyare ; its servants , * responsible to the members for-their every abt . ; They are tho natural protectors of its property ^ and I'publicly : thahk them , "as ; a-member , ^ for ; the courfiothey have taken" in protecting dtsiuitere ' st ' s , and trusfclthat hocaliimnly / noabuse , : no _ intimidaiion , . will deter them ' from performing ^ heir-duties according to justice aiid equity ^ - ^ n ; -r ^ h ? : < i ! i ; ;; ¦ A : \ i ' ,-v , 'uU -Iremairi , sir ; -yours , ikl ^ - :: ' ' iI : : ! . Preston , Deo . 2 'lth , 1849 . ; - - - ? jAMias'BROW 2 f .: ib ; v ; : ' - : i- ;;; i ; - -r ^ ¦ "¦ - -: ^ . --v . s' ^ r - 'u ; , - - ' ¦ ' - ¦}' ..
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DEMaGR ^ Tic TEimv ^ iif qardisle
v * A " d ^ mdbratie'f ^ hoiiso .. of Mr . ' Clarksb ) i , 5 E 6 yal :, OakJ . Iri ^ ' Tho * large . ^ Qpmj ^ rated ; with ; ' , ^^ g ^ n . s ; Uaag ^ , m 6 ^ t ( W ,, &c ., ' a ^ ^ nlis ; wer 6 ' prnamentWdV-Vk ^ thvnumerow portraits ; fimpngst' ^ which " ' were . P . ; , O'Connor , iJisq-y ^ LP ., Ernest , Jones , Esq , Frost , Williams , arid Jones , S . ' O'Brien ,-Esq ' . lT . F ; Meagher ,. ' Esq . ' ,. John llitchel , Esq !| 'Robert Emmett . 'Esai .. Kossutb , Bem , V ' I )
embinski ; any ; ower . npble ; patribts ?^ V -pi : ; ' 'V . f ? ¦\ ' Dinner ' was . placedJori ttip'ftable ^ at ' ,. f ' our . ' q ' c'l ook , ¦ and ' the- ¦ Inivge ; tables ; were ciosejy . Cpacked from end to end ; jafter thecloth ; was remoyed , . and ;' arrapgeinents ma . dp _ for iriercas ' ed accommodati 6 n , na ; considerable number of females were introducedj hij . d bj their EaietyVand ^ cKeerfulness " contributed much to the ; hilarity , and enthusiasm , pf the meeting ., 'j ' •; Mr ;;; Tliomas Roney , M . CVC ., was called upon to pVe ' sjdb ; arid Mr . ; John . Gilbertson ; sec ., to the C . C , : b '" nl ' l th ' e'vice chair 7 '' "'' ' . ' ' ' . '
' . JTheC . HAinMAN , m opening ; the ' . busmess , said his name ' was ¦ attached to' the-first tp a ' st ; which . ' . was : " ' The People-r-the legitimate' source' of all wealth . " After a few introductory , remarks ,, he . ' obsei'vcdy ^ hat the toast was not ; a new . one , but . thei'o were .. pontainad witHin it so many great truths that it ' cpuld not fee too . bften repeatetl ' itnd'pstablishod ; Itwas a a truth ' whicli ' cipuldlnoii : fiiil to'inspire . ' every man of thought' with' a true . ; sense ' of .: hjs ; owii imppifcanco and greatness ; and , one wKichJraust' infuse into . him a knowledgeiof . h ' i 8 / wrongB ^ atid ; ttQ \ great . 'iiyu 8 tico and fraud of which ; he ; , was ; made , the . victira p , ; To firid'that labour is ; ' the only ; source ; pf , wealtii ,, they need but view ^ the ; vast production with which jthe wprldteemed . ' . ' . It wais ^ npt the ' mere ^ surf ace iof ,. the earthupoii whichthe peopleprpduced wealtli . 'Vbufc far aboveiand . farbelow—from . thedeed mirieto ' tho highest pirinacle of . architectural skill . ¦ ¦ He ' hoped and ' longed ; for ' the time when the . substance ; and truthof the toast would be acknowledged all over theworld . ! V : ; ; i ' V " ' .. ' I
; ' Mr ; John O Iseilti proposed the ' -riext toast "Success ; , to ; the 'institutions for thbVdiffu ' sion of knowledge , among ithe ' wprkirig classos . " , De was a member ' of a local , institute which-camo into ' existen co ; about'the' 10 th . of April , when the g ! qiibu 3 meeting yvasto ' be held ; on Kennington Common ; the intense ( interest ; of which causedjiiuiself arid a few ihdre to co-6 perate ; for the purchase of a diyly paper ; ; . Since that' time they had . taken a room , arid now mustered 300 members , with ' . a lilH'jiry-of 500 volumes . - That society was strictly confined-to werking men , other classes being prohibited . They had also schoolrooms for the education of theyoving , whcrebyJit . was ; hoped that an enlightened generation would take tho place of the '; present one , when
it ; had . ceased to exist . Tho toast was drunk ; amidst loud ; applause ., ; , '; . ; ? " V ¦ , ! - Mb ; . James Wall rose to propose the ' next toast . ' " D ' emoeracy may it triumph orer ; kingcraft and aristbera ' cyi and realise alithe expectations , of a great people . " Mr . . Wall said , if , we , as a people , have superior powers to othernations , those j'owevs are meroly made to produce a ' greater amount of luxury and . undue influence . for the few , and not to benefit those who possess such ' powers . Such- a state of things as this is" not consistent with democracy . Democracy demands that a people should h .-ive such an amount , of power as they are capabla of using for their own benefit and interest . Democracy demands liberty aud justice to tho utmost extent that human penetratiori . and reason can establish it . If democracy was established aud held
by a great people , ; the sources from whence tyranny derives , its influence would cease to exist—man would have an amount of power placed in his hands whereby , he would fuvthev his own interests , rvnd obtain a just portion of tlie wealth and produce of the nation ; to" which ho contributed ] iy . his labour and industry . Mr . ' Wall , ' after a lengthy speech , resumed his seat amidst great applause . . " / Song— "Libertyby the vice-Chairman . " / , Mr . Daniel Mason proposed the next'toast—• " The patriots of France , Germany , Italy , ITuhgary and Poland . " The speaker gave , a graphic desscription of the movement in Trance , Rome , and Hungary , and was frequently cheered in the course of his eloquent and-powerful ' speech . The toast was received with loud applause . ' ,
" Tell ' s address to liberty . "—Mr . T , Irving .. " Tell ' s . address to liberty . "—Mr . T , Irving .. After some more ' -sentiments spoken to by : Mr . Mason , the Vice-Chau-man , and Mr . Joseph Smith , the proceedings terminated . ¦
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Experiencb in thb Gold Region 1 . — An lntellj gent young friend who has just returned from California gives his experience in brief but emphatic language . After a-wearisome : voyage roiind tha Cape ho reached San Francisco , and loft iramediately . for the ' . ' diggings . " There ho was sick nearly 3 monUis . r Histcntwasintiiemidstofdrysandheaps , with the . thermometer at an average of 112 degrees duriftg the , day . Many of the amateur gold digger 3 were exhausted with the hard labour and suffering from blistered hands ; others were going about with their arms in slings from the . same cause . Finding his recovery doubtful if he remained at the mines , after paying the nurse 500 dols . and his physician 700 dols . more , he was able to reach , San Francisco
and embark for home . Just before he loft that place two young men , whose parents are opulent in New York , and whom he had often seen iu fashionable costume on Broadway , * accosted him . -Their rough pxterior had so disguised them that ,.- they were not recognised . One of them was driringan oxteamnt 2 pO : dpl 9 ., pev . -month , and the other , at similar wages , was carrying bricks on a board strapped round his neck , as a tender to some masons .. With scarcely , an exception thei gold hunters were all anxious to return . Pride prevented some ; want of means others .. ' . ' Some of thorn congratulated him that he had such a good excuse for returning ^ They would : willingly exchange ., their health for his debility if they could only reaoii . their
homes again . Disappointment and dejection were common . Scarcely one had realised , even moderate expectations . ' —New York Journal of Commerce . ; ' Tiie ; Navigation Laws . —On Tuesday the new navigation laws came into force . The act of last session ( 12 . & 13 Vic , c . ; 29 ) has repealed statutes and parts of statutes from the 37 ; Geo . III . to the 8 & 9 Vic ' . "¦ ' The substance of the act itself may ba briefly stated . . The ooasting trade is . to be eoatined to British vessels , and British seamen are to lie employed ; Regarding reciprocity with other-nations , her Majesty in council may issue orders to impose additional duties on foreign ships when _ o " ur goods are not admitted , as may appear to ' her Majesty to
cowntei'vail tlie disadvantages . ; to which Britiali trade , or navigation is subjected by prohibitions and restrictions of other nations . The orders are to ba published in tiie London Gazette , and to specify , thes vessels to which they apply .. . A new form of eertificato of . registry is prescribed for l'Ggistering British , shipping , as also a declaration . ' : to be made by . the owners before vessek live registered . It is enacted that if any goods be , imported , exported , or carried coastwise contrary to this act , all such goods 6 hall be forfeite 1 , and tlie . " master of the ship . in which the same are so imported , exported , or carried coastwise , shall forfeit : the sum of £ 100 except where any other penalty is specially imposed by . the act .- — -Bristol , Jan . 1 . —This beincr the day
in which new shipping . law conies into operation if ; had been currently reported that theshipping in the harbour , generally , would hoist their flags at . half niast as a signal of mourning " for England's de-. parted glory . " So far ,, however , from the folly generall y prevailing , but very few vessels were guilty of it ,-and . tlio 3 o principally of a small class and connected with one firm . ¦ It having been mada a subject of inquiry -whether goods which TJiay havQ been necessarily warehoused -fo ' fj expovtation onl y , under the Navigation Act of Sch ' -and 9 th : Vic .,. cap . 88 , will , if they have not been reshipped , and are still lying in bond , be admissible to entry for home consumption on and after the first day of January inst ., under the provisions of the act 12 th and 13 tb Vic , cap . 29 , the Commissioners of : Cuatonis havo caused the several officers of the ,:. department ta be apprised that no goods warehoused under the law- above referred to for exportation only are to ba admitted to enter for home use .
Gauani Rescue . —A correspondent of tho Nautical Standard communicates the following incident '' Rattler , while shortly after leaving Ascension lately , and when in hit . 3 dog . omin . S ., long . 7 dcg . E ., ' atsixo ' clock , p . m ., as the ihands wera aloft reefing topsail , a second class boyVfell overboard . ' Tho commander ( Cummin ? , ) who , was : on deck at the time , quickly observed the acciilont , and without a moment ' s deliberation bounded over tha stor ' ri , seized the boy as ho " passed under , and with the ' aid of a few kroomen , who speedily followed , so laudable an example , supported the . boy until ; a boat was manned and scut . to his assistance . - . Tbia act is the move commendable in consequence pf-. tha hazard incurred by the gallant commander , for ' . tho
Battler , at the time alluded to ,. was ; going . at tha rate of four knots through tha water , , and the sea in that locality abound with sharks , which , are remarkable for their voracity . " ; ; ¦ .. " , ! , ; . ; : ¦¦ . ,-j Banditti . —A short time since , tho daughter of a widow lady , named lazzava , was carried off from their country house , near T rapani , in Sicily .- Ou the following day the mother received an-anonymous letter demanding 8 , 000 Sicilian ounces of gold ( worth fourteen francs each , ) as the ransom of her daughter . . ' . The money not haying : been deposited in the' appointed spot , , a second letter-was sent .
emanding 10 , 000 ounces , and ii third increased tha demand to . 12 , 000 , and a threat wasVheld out that in efaultofpaymenttheyoungljicjy ; wonld . be put to death . Information was ; given toltheAauthoritiea , - who at 'length" discovered the ' place , where , she was concealed , She had riot ' . ' received any ; personal ¦ ' . violence , but had been threatened ^ . i ^ 4 e ^ Uwp | j ^[^ £ ,. she wrote to her mother ieque ^^/^ r ^ 5 : w ; jgta ^ "I ransom . She " was taken ' . bacfr ^ t ^^ pElKw *^ home .:- She had been carried / ff ^ g ^ CTnd ^^ Sl ^ VX by a man named VincenzaPm u&M ^ in that-country than theZa ^^ KD ^| p ^ ja ^ fe ^}; our comic operas . ^^ Y ^^^^^ k ^)§ Mr '
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I » e ± ih or Mb . TiTiEB , the Histohiax . — TVe » gret to announce the death , atlfcilvera , on Monday last , of Mr . Patrick Fraser Tytler . the well-Snown historian of Scotland . By his death a literary pension reverts to the crown . Fat 4 j , Accident at Smith ' s DisirtLEEr . —On Priday afternoon a jury was empannelled at St . George g Hospital , ueforeZUr . B » dford , the coroner , to inquire into tho circumstances attending the death of Thomas Clark , aged thirty-two , the late engineer to the unfortunate steam-boat Cricket , which was blown up on the Thames some months since , and . by js-hich several persons were killed . The deceased was convicted at the Central Crimi-? al Conrt , charged on a coroner ' s inquisition with iavmg fastened down " the safetv-valve belon < rinsr to
tneenguieof the Cricket with string , and thereby caused the boiler to explode . The deceased was sentenced to six months * Imprisonment , on the expiration of trliieh he tras again taken into the em-P lOjonir . Sinif 4 th « distiller , of Thames Bank , and one of the proprietors of the halfpenny steam-W" ^ FrIda y 3 Oth Blt » the deceased had ^ d i p 3 oyC ( linre P airing one cf the stm ieaoS ' W « ^ swndmg a ladder with his back to it , ^ e was snddenl y seized with giddiness in the head , « ff a ? ' t ** Wmself from falling he sprang 2 > dder ' ^ d fell with considerable violenci 2 * tae - gyonnd . He was picked np insensibleaind S ? r bar ? reived a fracture of the left ™^ h . Ue was eubsenuentl y attacked with delirium trenuns , and died on dhiistmas-d . iy from the effects Oftte injuries . Terdict , ''Accidental tfeatb . "
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::: ; Tp ; FEAii (^; o'ooMoi ^ -. EsQ ., M . p . ;; , ; '¦ JsTEiMEDVFiiraiJD ^ iW ef the undorsigned / . ' allot ; tees and-K 61 defs of paid-up shares in the Land Company , * at Chartervine , ' Minster Love ] , beg to address you in ' the . language of truth ' and sincerity . . We rogret' that " there should beany of the , allottees to doubt your .-,. integrity . Your . persecution for the caiise qf ' . piir order , the sacrifice , ' . ' of , h ' ealth , . wealth , a ^' d ' time ,, tq endcavourtd , make " j US Vjiolitically , and socially ,: free ' surely ought to be a sufficient guarantee . , In you ,. sir , we have the greatest confidence ; we prefer you to ; bo otir . ' . landlord . during your : life to , any mortgagee © r , even trustees . ., We trust that we , " shall ' . not ' suffer ' througli . theyihgi-atitude iof others . I .. Wo owe to . Vou an everlasting debt of gi-atito
tu dQ . •' . We ^ p we the unlpcated members your deinan'ds ^ it is but ju stice that we ' should as ' sist . you in placing them on .. the . ! Land .. ' Although there ; are some , hard . case ? i'K creT-thei f ^ Land ' being more diffijBul ' t to ' cultiyatp ttah others—yet all should make an . acknowledgment to pay in the shortest possible time ' , ^ e w ere sorry to see in '"' th ' e " . ' Star , of Dec ; 22 hd ,. aletter frbhi JlV . Clark ,- one of the allottees , in ; which he says ' Mr . B . eattietold Mr .. M ! Grath , at a . ' mQetiri | , that we had "ho ; faith' in . you ; neither would we acknowledgb you' as landlord—^ the' iue does not ' . include va-r-we do . " aekrio \ yledg ^ you . to bo ipuif bQiiefactbr . We could ; wish that those-localities that . have ; been written to by some of , the . ^ allottees arid the Press , too ( their , hew friends ) wbuld . send
some persohs to' call upon , the ^ .. allottee ' s' to , ascertain thei correct amount , pf their produce , and what they hayeeai'hed by work done off th ' eii Land , then they . may judge wh ' ether you deserve . such ' abuse for doing yourVb ' est to place them irisucKcastles . " Go on ' , noble sir , in the . , work ' of human . redemptionheednpt . the ungrateful , . whom we trust will yet see theiterrors is the prayer of ' " ¦ ; V : ¦ ' •"• ¦ ' '< " '" ¦ ' - "' Tour faithful Allottees , Charles Willis , William Chandler , George Car'• ter , John Bennett , Benjamin Jackson , Chas . Ireland , JohnVWilkins , William ^ Hoy , Wm . nNeal . Beniamin . N ' undy ; Thomas'Wyatt , Wm , K ; ;^ r ; Smitb , r No . 2 , ; TwpAcres . . ' : ' .. ,
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TO ; THE -UNLOCATED : MEMBERS I OF i THE «¦ ' ¦ ' : NATIONiL LAND COMPANY ; . V r V ; ' FniENDs , ^—We the undersigned allottees upon the Snig ' s Erid ' estate / having read the several resolutions passed MM the various localities in which the course taken by Mr .. O'Connor and the directors , relative to the allottees refusing to pay rent , has been commended , and at the same . time , censuring in strong -language , their unjustifiable . and dishonest conduct j and havxng also read Mr . O'Connor ' s answers to the charges prefered . against him by them , beg to state most , respectfully arid sincerely , that'we have not been parties to the wholesale attacks-made . irpoirthat gentleman , ' neither hate vreioined'them in tlieirattempts to set aside
Mr . O'Connor ' s right to ' . act as the Company ' s landlord ) in seeking a portion ' of the ' rent justly due by the allottees to him : on-tho contrary , some amongst us have honourably , and openly in public meeting-assembled ; raised our voices- against what wo conceived to be an unfair , reprehensible ? and rauchtq'bG deplored line of policy—a policy which , if permitted to" have full sway , would , end in the subversion of those" ri g hts and interests , for which the Company was instituted ; ¦ . •'• ' - In order to prove our position , wo shall fairly state to you the ground upon which wo are . sorr '
• to saya ' -largo-mnjority . of the allottees upon this estate ^; founded their objections to paying rent to Mr . ' : O Connor . . ; ¦/ . " / . " In the firsfc ^ place they assert ; that according to the original rules of the Company , each" allottee was to have a , deed of conveyance according to writ ; he was , to pay , the , interest of the capital expended in purchase'of his allotment , and when ho could ¦ redeem it , he , of course became the . bona fide ? pro-. prietor ; but now he is called upon- to-payrejitto Mr ; O'Connor as landlord , -thereby acknowledging himself as ; his tenant , and consequently preventing him in future from purchasing ^ his allotment out
and out . : ; ¦ . ; . ' ¦ . -. ;; : ;; : ; ' ; : -.- . , . . „ ¦ : ¦ . ; .. ' It isquite true , that in one of the clauses' of . the original rules it was . laid down , . that each allottee was to pay six . per . cent , foivthe ; first eightyrtw 6 pounds ten shillings ^ expended upon lii s allotment , and five per cent ; . upon the additional outlay . But it is equally true , that ; in October , 1848 , a Conference of . ; delegates , who set in the Odd iFellows'Hall , Birminghani , rescinded that clause , and substituted in its stead a rent charge of i per centi That Conference was the refloxof the Company ' s mind , and especially appointed to ' alter . 'or arc end the . ! rules i where it was found necessary so do . For many- weeks ; prior to the sitting , of the Conference of the . subject , upon what principles are the
rents of the , Company's . estates to be regulated in future , , \» as : publicly announced in tho Northern Star by the . Directors , and it was one of the most prominent sections in : the programme'submitted to the deliberation of that body . Every member of the Company :. was fully aware , or ought = to -havebeen , of >• this ; important change in :.-thei principle -upon which in-future : the rents < were to be . based / but more especially , the allottees , who were more immediately . intrusted ; and if the amended clause was so obnoxious as it' now appears to be to the majority upon . this estate , ; they-ought- at . tbat time to have raised objections . ; ; against it , or . to have inshmcte ' d their delegate to do so , as there was one there to represent their interest . ' -. ; -.- * V : ¦ ' ¦ t > r . V
' ; :: We are not , however , cognisant-that any objection was . offered at thattime ; no , it was reserved until . the period , when Miy . O'Connor , as the authorised agent of ; the ; Company , j : called upon them to pay a small , portion of the rent due bythem ; . i We regrot , as much'as any individuals can do , the circumstances which caused the alteration ; in question , but we were not ignorant of the fact , ' hbr are we insensible to : another ; namelyj that in consequence the : rent is lessened by at least ljper cent . Wo-would respectfully submit , ' that whether thc rent was to'be paid as interest upon thb capital expended ,: or simply as rent generally so called , ' that each allottee must be aware that he could riot expect to live , and enjoy the benefit of his hbldin ' ir , without
paying . ' . what he knew was to bb the per centage ; for , certainly , no reasonable individual would for a moment suppose , that because- he paid £ 5 4 s ., £ 318 s ; , orV £ 2 12 s ., he was to ^ have , for nothing morci pvopevty that probably cost' the respective sums of £ 300 , £ 200 , or £ 220 . ; . . :-i .:: . ! : ¦ . ¦¦ ; : \ It is quite porcoptible , from what wp havo ' stateil above , , that if , the principle attempted to be carried into . cffeot by the refractory allotteeswas submitted to . by the Directors , there would ' be an eriil to the ; object foi" which tho Company was first called into existence by its founder . We aro wol ^ awaro th at somo ofitho allottees , who now . object to pay rent , have ; lot portions of ** their allotments , and have rigidly . ' exacted from those ' persons the ' amount for
which they agreed to let . ' One , in particular , ' sent in the bailiffs to distrain for half a year's rent , and thepcrson so . distrained wasobligdd to pay tho rent " and costs , otherwise his goods would have been sold by public auction . We do not ; complain of such persons : enforcing . their claims , but we thinkfhey act very inconsistently when they oppose the Company ; adopting the same course towards themselves . ¦ -iFriends , / . as -. we arc ; anxious to : retain ipossession of . our allotments , believing , as we do , that with . industry and economy wo shall bo enabled to realiso . a comfortable independence ,-and as Bomo of . us have paid from twenty to eighty pounds for the right ' of possession ; Jand ; in addition , being dotormined to . not honourably as ' the Company's
servants ; wo tnevetoi'e , m conjunction with our brethren of Dodford , belioveihat it is essentially necessary that the . directors do , as soon as convenient , ' valueeach . of our allotmonts , and give . us a wr itten agreement , stating therein , what in future will be tho . annual amount of rental we shallhavo to . p . ny . We . do . not desire . this course to be adopted because our confidence is in tho least diminished in Mr . O'Connor and his . brother , directors , but , because we wish to have that security ill'case of . accU dent , which would prevent , any party , . ' or 1 parties , taking undue advantage of us ; this security weuld makp . glad our hearts , and give us increased encouragement to use our every energy to improve our respectivo farms to the ' greatest possiblo extent . , . . " ,.
-In conclusion , we earnestly hope that our brother allottees , who have , uptothis time placed themselves in direct , opposition to oxu * principles and policy , may speedily see theVgrevious errors they have committed , ' , i ; ) , ¦ .: . ' ¦ , ! , : : ' ' ¦ ' - - "; . ; ,.-.. . ; . We subscribe ourselves , respectfully , yours , . --¦ ¦ ,, Henry Culliiubam , GeorgeiGuy , Christopher " . "" . ' Doylo , William Blackford , Joseph Smith , :.. / .. John Moody , John Willis , ' Esther Elizabeth :.. : . Willis . / . ' . . ' . ;„• •' ¦ ; :. ¦ . ¦ - ' ,:: ¦ ¦ < : ¦ : ¦ ¦ - " . - h
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January 5 , 185 Q .- THE' -N-0 TI ^ # ^ K ^ % ^ * 5 °
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itr ^ -hi'O -jfi-O- " .. ^ YMorrrT * . H'A u . ' -. iOr ^ 1 ^ [• vP oK ?« wrBi , ip ;—At , jv meetingi . pf members ,-held Cn the ,, 30 th ^ ult . v the" MlQwihgU ' mously . agreed , ; tpji ^ . That ' we > appro ' ve ^ pf iMr ' . - P' Connor ' 8 treatment ; lofjjthei . seyeraL-alldt ^ eesrwho . j ?^;^'? W th ^ rentsianci-iwho liaye V acted so . basely towards that gontlemahY , -. We are of opinion that every available ; means should be taken itoremoyeVthemfrpm tlieir presenippsitipn , and to make way .. 'for ; honest ' men ! .. We , pfferjjOui 1 sympathy to ; Mr ;" - > 9 r , P ° i ¥ » an ' d ' ^ jassure i hinUhat we . ^ ayo tho vrtmps ^ cpnndoncp . in hia discretion and hbhesty . " i •"" - ji . ij ' -ih ( Signed ) .,, ^^; JoHNvPiiiRCY ^ ChairaianV ;; .- ; : y ' r ? . ; iw H i-, ; . i » . ' r . ¦¦ •;¦ ' - — f-.-jT ' : h * y- ; :,- ¦ :. ;) ••• ¦ ' ! ' \ . vr « v » - : ' ' ~; K ; o m- ' ^ i : « : ¦ . ;>•» . \ - ; h : >< .. ;? - ' ¦ ; ' r v
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 5, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1555/page/5/
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