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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1850.
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty , Queen Victoria , and II . R . H . Prince Albert . NOW READY , THE LONDON and PARIS FASHIONS for ADTUMN and WINTER 1850-1 , the most splendid and superbly-coloured PRINT ever before published by Messrs . Benjamin READ and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbiiry-squure , London ; and by G . BERGER , Holywell-stveet , Strand . This exquisitely engraved Print will be accompanied ' with Riding , Dress , Frouk and Shooting Coat Patterns , all of the newest and most fashionable style , aud every part fully illustrated both for Cutting and Making-up . Also the registered Cape and C loak Paletot for persons of all nations , the most convenient garment ever before mtroduced , and will admit of great variety in cutting and
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THE LONDON CO-OPERATIVE STORES are now opened at 76 , Chaeiotth Stbeet , Fitzbot Squaiie , In connexion with the Society for Promoting Working Men ' s Associations . 1 . —Object of the Stobes . To enable members of the above-named Association , and other persons who may desire it , to obtain articles , of daily use perfectly free from adulteration , of the best quality , and the lowest charge , after defraying the necessary expense of management , distribution , aud providing for a reserve fund . Co-operative stores have been established with much success in different parts of tho kingdom . The benefit to the subscribers may be judged of from the fact that tho subscribers to the Pioneer Store in Rochdale , divided in the last year £ 800 afterpayment of all expenses , although the goods were charged considerably below the ordinary price . 2 . — Operations of the Stobes . Wherever practicable , orders will . be taken at the houses of customers , aud goods will in all cases he promptly and carefully delivered .
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.. „ - a . MM « aaa Education for the Millions * Tins j > AY ™ rviiismT ) , "voiXxmor THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOB . " PRICE ONE PENNY . The objeoi of tho Proprietor , TgixaviO'Covmn , Eiq ., M . P ., is lo pUc * within tb « reach of the poorest classes that Political amd Social Information of whick they are » t present deprived by the Gorernment" Taxes on Knowledge . "
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pANTEEBURY versus ROME , \ J AND CHRISTIANITY IN RELATION TO BOTH . ernesTjones Of the Middle Tempie , Barrister-at-Law , WILL IiECTUBE ON THE ABOTB ' SUBJECT , IN THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION , SOUTHAMPTONBUILDINGS , CHANCERY-LANE , OK . Monday Evening , December the Second , and Monday Evening , Decembeb the Ninth . Admission : —Boxes and Platfarm , One Shilling ; Pit , Sixpence ; Galleries , Threepence . To commence at Bight o'clock precisely . Entrances to Soxes'and Platform , 29 , Southampton buildings , Chancery-lane ; Pit and Galleries , Northumber land court Southampton-buildings , Holborn , and Tennis eouvt , Middle-row , Holborn . The Parochial Clergy will be solicited to attend . Discussion Invited .
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SOUTH LONDON CHARTIST HALL , 115 , Blackfriars-road . This is to give notice that a Bpecial meeting of the Subscribers to the above Hall , will be held on Monday evening , Dec . 9 th , at Mrs . Newman ' s , Star Coffee-house , St . George ' s-circus . Chair taken at eight precisely . By order of the Trustees . — John Dbon , Secretary ,. . . .
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TVTEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE Branch of the IV NATIONAL LAND COMPANY .-The Quarterly Meeting of the Members of the above Branch , ¦ will take place on Sunday , December 8 th , at the Cock Inn . Chair to be taken at two o ' clock in the afternoon . The Committee are desirous to see as many members as possible , especially those who have not paid to the winding-up of the Company , as business will be brought before the meeting immediately connected with the winding-up of th « affairs of the Company . Thomas Fobbest , Secretary .
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" Land going odt of Cultivation . "—We often heard , during tho discussion on the corn laws , a few years ago , that the adoption of free trade would throw much land entirely out of cultivation . Wo bayo not yet heard of any such thing as a doserted farm ; but within the last few weeks , we understandi Mr . Morrel , tho active agent of tho Misses Farrington , of Worden Hall , who lias dono much to bring moss land into cultivation , let a patch of wild moss , fifty acres ( Cheshire measure ) in extent , for £ 1 an acre , for twonty years , without a building upon it , or as much as a ditch , a fence , or a rail . Tho tonaiit has to provide all things necessary for bringing it into cultivation , and at tho end of the term , tho buildings erected by tho tenant are to be
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' . .. . ' .. ^ _ _^ narf ffl . * SllflNl / K . 1 IJliilLOa ' n NQTIoi TO SUBSCRIBERS . Will be ready for deliTery * with th » Nw them Star on Saturday next , an authentic Sv finished , and beautiful Steel Engravinff Two Feel Long , from tho contractors ( Fox and Henderaon's ) own Drawing of the . CEYSTAL PALACE : Ot Groat Building in Hyde Park for the Grand Industrial Exhibition of 1 . 851 . No expense has been spared in obtaining a correct and finished Engraving of this gigantic undertaking , and vre feel assured bur Subscribers will admit , on seeing impressions , that the Plate is only second to the Building itself in its extraordinary novelty and dimensions . Price of Prints 6 d . $ Proofs Is . each . Post Office orders for the number required , must be forwarded by tbe Agents to the Northern star Office , 16 , Great Windmill Street ; or to Mr . Pavey , HolyweU-street , Strand , or they may be obtained through then * respective London Booksellers . The usual allowance to the trade .
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Cheltenham . —The Sixpence announced in our Ia « t , for Winding-up the Land Company , na fro | n J . Hemmin , Cheltenham , ought to have been W . Skinner , per J . Hemmin . Nottingham . — Mr . J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums : —Por the Honesty Fund—New BadfordlOs , 6 d . ; Mrs . Perkins 3 d . ; Mrs . Pinder 3 d . — For the Refugees , from the Seven Stars 6 s . Chabtebvuxe . —C . Willis cannot reply to the kind letter signed 'J . Lawson and others , ' their being no addresi given . J . Booki * . Sheffield , and T . B . Bbwdiky . —Under eontlderation . . Q . Baoww , Wakefield . —Next week . Patrick O'Hiqgiks , Dublin . —We have not a file of the daily papers at hand ; and , without such evidence , cannot comply with your request . The Uev . Mb . Rtan , — We have received a letter from Mr . Peter Hoeyexplaining his reasons for not publishing
, the rev . gentleman ' s letter . He read it to all his friends , and'Uso to two public meetings , and It was well received . His objection to publish it , arose from his want of respect to the National Assembly , for the manner in which they thought to treat Mr . O'Connor and the Northers $ ta » , The memory of the rev , gentleman is dearly prized by his friends in Barnjley . Polish Kefuoee Fund . —Per John Arnott and Captain Rola Barlochow < ki , from Mr . Holyoake £ 5 ; per Captain Rola Barlochowski £ 1 Os . Id . ; per John Arnott £ 1 Is . ; A few Friends to Democracy , per Douglas Sneliing Is . ; Mr . Sterkie fid . It is requested that the collecting books for this fund , issued by Mr . Davis , be returned . Persons having books in the name of the present secretary , are requested to give an account of the monies collected by them , as none has been received up to the present time . Thomas Ferguson , Secretary , 3 , Gray ' s-buildings ,
Elizabeth-steeet , Hackney-road . To Robebt Tutebwgton , Bank , leeds—My Friend , —In reply to y « ur address , I heg to inform you that the . whole of my ¦ Life and Adventures , ' published in the National InstbDdctob . are written by myself , and I also beg to inform you that what is there stated with referencs to Lord Morpeth and Sir George Strickland at the West Riding nomination , is perfectly true and correct , and is known to the immense number assembled at the time in the building;—in fact you must havsthought me foelish to have stated a circumstance , which , if false , thousands could hare contradieted . —Your faithful friend , Feabgbs O'ConNon .. Ms . M . Jdde , Newcastle . — We cannot insert the advertisements connected with the Land Company , for payment of the duty only . The Nobthebn Stab is unconnected with the Company .. . ¦ . .
The Northern Star. Saturday, November 30, 1850.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 30 , 1850 .
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APPEAL TO THtf PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AGAINST THE UNJUST JUDGES OP ENGLAND .
INFAMOUS CONSPIRACY AND DENIAL OF JUSTICE .
Fellow Covntrtmen , — We entreat your attention to one of the greatest wrongs ever perpetrated upon an individual under the cover of law . We shall recite the facts as calmly as the nature of these facts , the shameless injustice that has been committed , and the deep injury that has been inflicted will permit ; and we appeal . to you for that sympathy and support which the wronged and the oppressed ever look for from Britons .
Impressed with a deep conviction that the independence and prosperity of the labouring classes of this country could belargely promoted by the introduction of small proprietary estates , -which is found to act so beneficially in Continental nations , Mr . Feargus O'Connor devoted his energies for some years , through the medium of this paper , to create a public opinion in favour of that system . It is not necessary in this appeal to state the grounds on which that conviction rests . It is sufficient to gay , that the system has been advocated by many of the moat profound and eminent writers on national economy—among whom we may name the illustrious Sismondi , and two of the moat practical observers and
popular writers of our day , in England—Messrs . Long and Kay . In Mr . Thornton's admirable work , entitled " A Plea for Peasant Proprietors , " the abstract arguments in favour of a wide diffusion of landed property among the population , will be found supported by an array of facts drawn from ancient history , and the present condition of several countries on the continent . These facts are sufficient to convince any impartial mind of the superiority of small estates , to a territorial system , through which the whole of the soil is monopolised by a few privileged families , and the remainder of the population are reduced to dependence on them for employment and food .
The result of Mr . O'Connor ' s labours to diffuse knowledge on this subject , was the formation of a Society called " The Chartist Cooperative Land Society , " by a Conference of Delegates , held in May , 1845 . The object of that Society was to purchase land , erect dwellings and schools thereon , and to allot the same to members according to the shares held by them , and the arrangements mutually agreed to for regulating the same .
The laws and regulations of the Society were framed on the model presented by another society ( the National Community Friendly Society ) , which had an extensive organisation —had been in existence several years previously—had purchased estates , and erected dwellings and workshops upon them—and dono all this under the sanction and protection of the law , being enrolled under the Friendly Societies' Act .
Of course , the Conference which drew up and agreed to the organisation and rules of "the Chartist Co-operative Laud Society , " fully expected that the same sanction and protection would be extended to that Society as to that whose rules they copied . They never dreamed that , because they declared it was a " Chartist" society , they would , therefore , bo denied a participation in the advantages of a statute enacted for the benefit of all classes and parties in the community .
They were mistaken . " The Barrister appointed to certif y the rules of Friendly Societies" refused to enrol the rules , precisely similar to those he had formerly sanctioned ; and the Government backed him . They brought in and passed a bill , restricting the powers of the existing law , rendering tho action of the Registrar subject to the direction of the Attorney-General , or the Solicitor-General , and also requiring the consent of the Secretary of State before enrolment . The object of those restrictions was and is evident . They were aimed at an obnoxious political party . The Government and the Legislature perverted their powers , and oppressed those whom they ought to have protected .
Foiled in the attempt to have tho Society under these Acts , legalised , the Executive and members resorted to tho next authorit y from which such legalisation could be obtained—the Registrar under the Joint Stock Companies ' Act . In order to procure regiatration under that Act , alterations were made in the title and rules ; a deed of settlem ent was . prepared and BignedbytheBhareholdew in all parts of the country , at a great expanse to the Compsfcy . AU the re ^ isitst OocvuneBte were
/ lodged with the R gi 6 trar , in terms of thrf law , previous to complete registration Again , they were denied . Protection n « the pretext of the Company coSwifV the purview of : the totter ? & £ refused , to acknowledge the Company ast legal one . It was still doomed to remain J . posed to all the injurious consequences of being an unrecognised , if not an illegal body It could Mot , in its corporate capacity , le gal ]* purchase , or hold property . It conld not an . point trustees legally competent to hold pro . perty in trust for the members— -it could not grant legal leases , or execute legal conveyances to purchasers in fee simple , —in fact it wag defenceless ; a prey to every dishonest or ma . licious person who might chose to take advantage of its helpless condition , as far as the law ^ IfinCfQu TlTlf H 4 It A "DaJ . 1
was concerned . In the meantime , however , the Plan had found favour with the public . Members joined the Company in all parts of the kingdom , by hundreds and thousands . Funds poured in rapidly , and Mr . O'Connor and the Directors , under the instructions , and by the authority of successive Conferences , proceeded to purchase estates temporarily , in the name of that gentleraan , to allot them to the members in the prescribed quantities , and to build dwelling houses , schools , &c , for their accommoda ^ tion . All this was done under the impression that the efforts they were making at so much expense and outlay to legalise the Company would ultimately be successful .
Justice to Mr . O'Connor demands that it should be stated , that gentlemen strongl y objected to the estates being bought in his name . It was only in consequence of the legal adviser of the Company stating , that in thg meantime estates must be purchased by an individual , and of the Conferences unanimously pressing that duty upon him , as the only . person who possessed the . entire and un . limited confidence of the whole of the members ; thns he consented to take upon himself the responsibility .
The unprotected state of the Company speedily produced its natural baneful consequences . It had no pow < r of compelling its shareholders to perform their engagements ; funds began falling off ; the Directors were unable to complete engagements , or to proceed with that regularity and rapidity which -was expected by those who had paid up their shares ; the absence of proper leases and conveyances had also an injurious effect on the minds of those located ; and thus , in consequence of the refusal of legal protection , discontent was produced , and the progress of tha Company seriously impeded .
Under these circumstances , Mr . O'Connor resolved at last to apply to Parliament for protection , through a New Act , as it was alloged the existing statutes did not afford it . On tha 12 th of May , 1848 , he brought in a Biil "to alter arid amend the Act of 9 and 10 Victoria , relating to Friendly Societies . " It consisted merely of two clauses , and extended the provisions of the Friendly Societies' Acts ; first , to the National Land Company , and second , to the Odd Fellows , and Societies similarl y constituted .
We may mention , in passing , that the Odd Fellows have Bince obtained protection by a special act , nothwithstanding their being an affiliated body , with secret passwords ; the National Land Company is still beyond the pale of the law , though all its objects and proceedings are open to the world , and such as must commend themselves to every honest and UH « prejudiced man in the country .
Before the second reading of the Bill brought in by Mr . O'Connor came on , Sir Benjamin Hall asked him if he would have any objection to a Select Committee being appointed to inquire into the subject , previous to the House being called upon to affirm the principle of the bill ? Mr . O'Connor replied , that if he found the Government intended to oppose the principle he would have great pleasure in adopting the suggestion of the hon . Baronet , because there was nothing he was mor « anxious to secure , than a full , strict , and searching investigation into the manner in which the business of the Company had been conducted , and its funds expended .
Accordingly , having discovered the Govern * ment intended to oppose the bill , it was agreed , on the motion of Mr . O'Connor , on the 23 rd of May , 1848 , that a Committee be appointed , and on the 30 th the Committee was elected . It sat for a long time ; examined witnesses on every question connected with the affairs of the Company ; appointed an eminent public accountant to investigate the whole of ita accounts , and in every way sifted , not only the principle on which the Company was founded , but the whole of its proceedings from the commencement .
Mr . Hayter , then Judge-Advocate , who pre sided on the part of the Government , displayed throughout an exceedingly hostile animus to Mr . O'Connor and the Company , and drew up a Report condemnatory of the plan , in toto . That Report was , however , negatived by a large majority of the Committee , and a Report agreed to , to be presented to the House of Commons , in which it was stated , that , though the Company was illegal , yefc it had been entered into , and conducted bona fides by all connected with it . that so
far from any imputation resting on Mr . O'Connor of a pecuniary character , it was proved that he had advanced several thousand pounds of his own money , and that his personal honour and integrity were fully established by the investigation . The Committee , therefore , recommended either that the promoters should be allowed to amend the constitution of the Company ,. so as to bring it within existing statues , or that facilities should be given for winding it up with justice to all parties .
Keep in remembrance that the illegality of the Company had never been denied ; but , on the contrary , there had been a constant , earnest ^ and expensive series of efforts on the part of its Directors and members , to procure legal protection . Government and Parliament had denied that protection , and then took advantage of their own Avrong . Having thus amply vindicated his own personal conduct in the transaction , Mr . O'Connor , acting upon one of the alternatives offered by the Select Committee , again endeavoured to obtain Registration ; under th © Joint Stock Companies' Act . The
constitution was amended m conformity with the requirement * pointed out in the evidence of the Registrar himself in his evidence before the Committee , but still that officer refused to perform what , in all other cases , is merely a ministerial duty . This course forced Mr . O'Connor to have recourse to tho Queen's Bench , for a mandamus to compel the Eegistrar to perform hisfuuc tions . i he mandamus was granted with leave to answer ; and , thereupon , a protracted and expensive litiiraHnn m . nj u ~* ,.. i . « + - ™ expensive litigation ensued betweenwhat
, was M h » i Gove mment on the one hand , and , * u Connor , as an individual , on the other ; because , by this time , all these occurrences had produced their natural eftect . Public confidence was shaken . The shareholders ceased to pay their prescribed contributions . There was no legal power to compel them to do so ; and thus , at the very moment when funds and unanimity were most noeded , Mr . O'Connor and the Directors found themselves left almost alone , to cope with the difficulties of their position .
We need not point out the inequality of the combatants—Mr . O'Connor had to fight single handed against the resources and the influence of the National Treasury . But while this struggle was going on , tha proprietor of a Nottingham newspaper mad * a false , calumnious , and malicious attack upon the personal honesty and honour of 2 & » 0 ' Connor , by accusing him of having < Leceift $
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1602/page/4/
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