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jlY Dear Fhesbs , —You ; .-v ? U 1 see , both w the decisionof the Judges iii BradBhaw ' s case , and . * &e deck * 011 ° f ^ e Parliamentary Committee , noir sitting upon the Land Com-„ uhat . TrfirfMKiBonRXE's maxim .
" RlM HIM- W 4 TE EXPOSES , " is being camedont . The Committe decided that I was not entitied toany money that 4 had paid out of my owhpocket into the Bank , amounting to £ ^ , 606 odd ; although "you are aware that , at the Conference in Manchester , I opposed establishing' i | e Bant ;; but , \ r ith the exception of my opposition , . it "was unanimously caraefl that it should be established in connexion , / with the Land Company . iWhen I was examined on Wednesday before the Committee , they would not allow me to state the real facts connected with the Land
Company .. I have Etated to you before , but I will repeat it again j that , although I was paying a Tery large per centage for paper and stamps , which Ishould not have been charged had I paid read y mouey , that Inever drew one fraction out of that Bank . ily fnenda , perhaps you read the letter , signed b y the Directors , in Lloy d ' s Paper o last week ; but Mr . M'Gbath told me , that although his name was attached ^ ftit ; . that he had not seen or heard of the most important parts of it untilit was published . Now , as to PHILIP M'Gbaih , I would , as I have often stated'before , trust him with millions of m oney ^ as I tliink lie is the most honourable , virtuous ,
sober ,- ' and honest man I ever met ; but , according to the old maxim , although he is not my enemy , some of those , whom I have paid ont of my own pocket as Directors , have been my enemies ; and , according to another old maxim , " One enemy can do you more harm than a thousand Mends can do you good . " Now that Thomas Clark , Esq ., has got a good situation under the Financial Reformers , that GENTLEMAN has become my bitterest and vHest enemy ; a man who has held two acres of land and a cottage at Lowhands , and never paidone fraction of rent , and the gentleman who isiiib " w- in possession of the clock which was in the Land Office .
I have oftea stated to you before , but as a good thing cannot be too often told , let me repeat ifc to yon again . What do you think of allottees-receiving 5 OL aid' and loan money , four acres of good land cultivated , a large quantity of the best mannre , and a beautiful cottage with out-buildings , and not paying one faction of rent for four years ? What , I lay , do you think of these rnffians being my greatest enemies , and your greatest plundererB ?
MySSiends , I do not think that if you were to live for a thousand years , you would ever Snd an individual who has sacrificed his time , his money , his friends , his relatives , and his family for thirty years , to try and elevate the working classes as I have done ; and is it not an anomaly , to think that the men to whom I have been most kind and charitable have been my bitterest enemies ? 2 v ow , do you think
inat any man in the world , could give the same account of the amount of money received by him from the working classes that I have done ? Look at all the companies that have received money from Shareholders , how they have juggled them and robbed them ! But , because : there were many influential GENTLEMEN connected with those companies , the Government would not allow any investigation to = be made as to their
HONOURABLE TRANSACTIONS . However I may be persecuted , I am determined never , to . abandon those principles by the establishment of which I hope to see the poor elevated / arid pauperism abolished . Jfow , if the affairs of a man who had attempted to enrich and elevate the middle or higher order had been brought before a Parliamentary j Committee , and had he established a Bank I in connexion with his plan , the Committee would decide that be was honourable and virtuous , and that be was not only entitled to the repayment of the money which he had paid
ont of the Bank , hut he was also entitled to a large compensation for bis honourable services ; but as I have done it , I am entitled to slander and persecution . But however I may be persecuted and slandered , let me assure yon , that when this Company is wound Up , so strong is my affection and feeling for the poor and impoverished unwilling idler , that I am determined to go on with another Land Company , as it makes my very blood run cold , when I go through the manufacturing districts , and see men , women , and children , who work constantly in a heated atmosphere , starving and begging their bread ;
I gave you an account in last week ' s Star I cf the amount of money that I had paid into the Company out of my own pocket ; but I vnll now ' present you with an additional sum , the account of which I did not receive till Monday last . The sums were paid by Mr . Fetuerstone , the auctioneer , at Bromsgrove —thns making the Company owe me £ 7 , 261 . Here it is : — £ s . d . Paid Mr . Bomford 20 0 0 „ Mr . Doyle ... ... 86 0 0 „ Guano * 42 13 2
„ W . Doyle 2 2 0 „ Tithe ¦ ... ... 16 0 „ C . Doyle 11 0 0 i „ Mr . Coimingham ... 10 0 I „ Mr . Jones 216 6 „ Levies ... ... 6 10 i „ Tithe 2 6 5 „ Chief Bents , 4 s . and 4 s . ... . . 0 8 0 „ Property Tax ... 17 6 „ Tithe 0 12 6 „ Teterinary Surgeon 0 4 6 „ Mr . Hall for lime ... 12 13 li
„ Property Tax . 1 -0 li „ Levies ... ... ... 3 2 8 ., RoadBate ... ... ... ... 0 18 Amount paid to Directors for Wages by M ? . O'Connor ... 6111 6 ' -- - £ 256 16 4
2 was prepared to submit to the Committee of the HouEeof Commons the accounts rendered by Hosts . Robeson and Scott , solicitors , and Mr . FethebstosS , auctioneer ; but they would not receive them , although I saw the members of tie Committee reading Lloyd ' s paper , with the account sent by Thomas Clark , Esq . ; and thai paper was sent them by Thomas Clsbk , Efeq . - . 1 do opt think that any man in this world * hc carries on any other plan , will be able to fiayibat he never gave a bill to any tradesttarbut always paid ready money .
, fow , riiy fiiends , I do not . think I can give jou a betiter . definition -of the treatment that » n ^ dependent gentleman , who attempts to elevate tKl condition of the poor is likely to nee-re ftom an INDEPENDENT PARLUMENTARY COMMITTEE , and from Thcmas -CiJua ^ EsqYV aiKf the Financial JJefcrmerB , may rest assured that , so far from in creasing their p ower , they will ' destroy it , by employing such a man as that . . will
ily friend ^ I noyr conclude by assuring ? on that , iowerer I-may bereviled and abused , I will adhere sternly torthose principles by the adoption of . which we shall not see a pauper , a drunkard , or a criminal , in the'land ; and tgain I assure you—I not ' only assure you , but I swear to it—that I would rather live upon one humble meal a day , and not see a pauper in the land , than be emperor of the world , and iave fifty millions a year , I remain , your Faithfol and Un compromising Advocate , FEARGUg O'ComioR
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I There is a cab-driver in London who once held a eommUsiori in the army , and had property to the extent of £ 1 , 500 , 000 . ;
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, , .. Respected Sm , —I hasten to inform you , that our council seeing so many attacks upon you , have resolred to counteract them as far as possible by starting a requisition of friends to invite you to this town , likewise thanking you for your past labours on our behalf ; the requisition is somewhat sullied , in consequence of it being hurriedly got up , nevertheless , ' for gratefulness and firmness in adhering to your principles and . person , we may defy their equals ; there are 100 of us ,-hut , if we had a little more time , we feel quite confident that we could have got ten times the number . Our council further instructed me to ask jour permission to insert the requisition in full ; we do not desire it from any vain motive , but as a' notice to your enemies that , as far as-we are concerned , we cry quits . The poorest of the poor will stand by you , we feel quite sure . We shall feel proud ,
in-. deedtjyhen yon geta little liberated fromthrland Company under the old form ; but I may a ? well inform you , that a very great number of your admirers here would like yon to establish another Land Company , under yonr own' entire management , then it would leave no margin for individuals to turn upon you . "We did think , when the letter of James Leach appeared , that you was entirely with it . If it had been so there would not have been a man in the world more likel y to make it succeed than yourself ,- however , be it as it may , we arc determined to stand fast by you , through good or evil report . I may as well inform you that our council , though some of them have never been in the Land Company , have determined to take part with our friend Wheeler in the Loan Society , and have thereby instructed me to place myself in correspondence with him to aid all we can . With kindest regard , I remain , on behalf of the Council , Sheffield , May 26 . George Cavua
. P . S . —Just before placing this in the post another sheet of names was handed to me to enclose , which I do with pleasure . Q ( j . RE 9 PECTED ASD BIGBXT EsiKEUED SlR . —We , the undersigned , being the council , members , and friends of the Charter Association in Sheffield , and believing in your honest integrity and noble patriotism , beg to inform jou that we feel highly grateful for the manifold services you have hitherto rendered the working classes of this country ; at the same time to inform you that it is our wish that you pay as a visit at your earliest convenience . We promise you a bumper . Awaiting your answer ,
We remain , respectfully yours , George Cavill William Allan Thomas Hague John Brammer James Walley William Higginbottom John Seward Benry Turner William Seward James Sedgwick Aaron Higginbottom Thomas Glaves James Slevison William Needem John Allison John Brook Samuel Brooks John Rodgers James Kitson James Gardner Thomas Lye Thomas Wilkinson Henry Hanigan John Siddall Joseph Thorpo Joseph Hieginbottom Charles Chadwick William Western Henry Milner William Shirtliffe Henry Taylor John Foster Richard Buck George Sprintall William Holme 3 Samuel Sprintall .
No . Si , Pond-street , Sheffield , „ „ ¦ May 19 th . Hoxoubed Sib , —We the . undersigned , in conjunction wituiriany others , having always had , and still continue to place , every confidence in you , notwithstanding the vile reports circulated by your enemies , do hereby solicit you to favour us with an early visit , so that we may testify our unalterable attachment to one who has , through evil as well as good report , remained faithful to the cause . Trusting , sir , you will comply with our united wishes , We beg to remain your obedient servants , Thomas Higginbotham George Sykea Henry Hale William Sykes
Henry Bishop John Sykes James Bishop Solomon Carbufc William Bishop John Handly George Brown Charles Davison John Waidel Thomas Loy Patrick Gorman John Gregory John Letnatd George Sutail Henry Bradley Thomas Taylor Thomas Evans Robert Hallison Solomon Harback Robert Bean Richard Stacey Jonas Hall John Roberts Samuel Hall William Talbot John Starkey James M'Dunn Henry Clegs Daniel Wall Edward M'Canna .
Michael Murey Richard Dawson Peter Solan Nicholas Monaghan James Bryan John Monaghan Thomas Haslam John Cooney — Warbara "William Cooney Lewes Taylor James JIanley Thomas Gillot James Him Francis M'Enulty Patrick Reilly I John Cannon Niney Buckinshaed Peter Burns John King Barthowmerly Meehan Charles Packard Francis Smith John Ridgway James Solan William Hill George Watts James Pearson Patrick Hargam John Lve
Patrick Buck George Alsop Patrick Lawless E . Canter William Davis John Nicholson John Gavan John Wibley John Sfairidan John MonkC 3 Laurence Curtin Robert Birks John Sheridan Thomas Rudford Patrick M'Canna Joseph Rudford William Tenton Robert Harrison Charles Burden John Swinton Charles Sory John Bradley George Burden Thomas Fox Thomas Gill William Homaud James Briggs John Stevens James Law . George Bagshaw Thomas Mills Wm . O'Neal John Beard , TO THE MEN fJF SHEFFIELD . My dear friends , —Although you cried "HUBROUGHPAT" at me when I first visited Sheffield in 1836 , yet let me aBsure you that I have never forgotten the kind and cordial receptions that I have'had from you when I dispelled the antagonism that existed between the English and the Irish people ; and in no town in England have I been better received since than in Sheffield , and I am
glad now that the antagonism which eo long existed between the English and the Irish people is dispelled ; and I hope and trust in God that the disunion which has so long existed between the two countries will be shortly dispelled , and that we shall no longer see idle land , idle labour , and idle money in that fertile country . And I hope and trust in God also , that I shall live to see the day , and that ere long , when there will not be a pauper in thiB country .
My friends , nothing will give me greater pleasure than to visit the good men of Sheffield as soon as I possibly can ; and . then , I have no doubt , that I shall have the reception that you promise me , as it gives me pleasure to find that , notwithstanding all the antagonism against which I have had to contend , my old friends still Btick to me . Tour ever faithful , and affectionate friend , Feargus O'Connor
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Prosress or Lowebiom . —In the year 18 il the population of this town amounted to 4 , 832 . The result of the caetings of the seyen enumerators ' districts , as taken on the 31 st of March , shows the present number to be 6 , 658—giving an increase of 1 , 826 , or nearly 38 per cent , during the past tea years . In that portion of the town denominated the Bench , there are- mhabited houRes , 218 ; uninhabited , two ; building , nine . Males , 682 ; females , 653 ; total , 1 , 115 . This is exclusive of the new town and watering place , which have sprung up so rapidly on the south side of the harbour within the last few years . St Petersbuhgh , May 15 . —The government has carried out its threat of requiring that fourfold the number of recruits shall be furnished by those districts which have not supp lied the adequate number of conscripts ; the boundary town of Radziwillow , for instance , which should have furnished eighteen , is sentenced to send above seventy . —Tht ttoyd .
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WINDIHG-UP OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . On Friday , the 23 rd inat ., the Parliamentary Committee upon this bill , the object of which ia to dissolve the National Land Company , and to dispose of the lands and property belonging to the Chartist Co-opprative Land Society , projected by Mr . Feargus Cr Connor , and to wind up the undertaking , met for the first time- in Committee-room So . 4 -, Sir-H . "Verner . chairman ; Sir P . Egerton , Mr . Piggott , Mr . Herbert , and Mr . HoJlond being the members . Mr . Macnam 4 Haand Mr . Walmsiley appearedfor the promoters of the bill ; and : Mr . Coates as counsel for the alllottees , or shareholders . Mr . FeaRous O ' Connor was present during the proceedings , with Bereral of thojOhartist co-operatives - WJ 1 S wixmron tip nn -rtio vimmMiT tu-h
. - ..-.-.-. .--- . '«™ .. V . . . . - . 'OV ;' - ' : ' - ' - - '<^ £ Mr . Macnamara opened the case in an hour's speech . The Society , he stated , was foimed in 1845 , to purchase land on which to locate its members , to erect buildings , and allot them to subscribers , upon such terms as should enable them , by moderate industry , to live in comparative comfort and independence . The society w ;» s to be divided into branches , and the capital was to be £ 13 Q , 000 , with 60 , 000 subscribers , and 100 , 000 shares of £ 1 6 s . each . The capital was afterwards raued to £ 195 , 000 . The declared purpose of the Company was the purchase of lands , erecting schools and dwellings , and the raising of a fund for the benefit of members , being allotteeB of land . The deed of settlement , in order to obtain complete
registration , as stated in the bill before the committee , was between a large number of subscribers who executed it of the first part , and Thomas Slingab y Duncombs , of Spring-gardens , a trustree , or the other part ; but , after wrious unsuccessful efforts , it was found that the Company could not he completely registered , and the Court of Queen ' s Uenoh had decided that it was not established for any commercial purpose , or for any purposeof profit or for the puipose of assurance or insuraiu t . wilhin the meaning of the Joint-stock Registration Act . Many shareshad been taken , and subscriptions paidand expended in the purchase of estates at Herringsgate , or O'Connorville , Herts , Snig's End , Lowbands and other places , purchased with the ast
senoi we suDscnoers , m the name and conveyed to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., Notting-hill , for build-} ng and cultivating , and in making advances to allottees . A National Land arid Labour Bunk under the management of Mr . O'Connor , had been established in New Oxford-street , in connexion withtho Society , but doubts , under 7 and ' 8 Vic , had amen as to the legality of the banking business . There ¦ wer e 60 , 000 depositors , and tho property of the Company was to be their security . Doubts had also arisen as to the legality of the division -of-the Society into sections under 39 Geo . 3 , intituled " an act for the more effectual suppression of societies established for seditious and treasonable purposes , and for better preventing treasonable and seditious practices . " The registrar of Joint Stock Companies and the Committee of the House of
Commons had refused to grant the Company complete registration , and doubts were also entertaiued whether the undertaking was not illegal as a company , and as to the title of purchasers of lands . Proceedings had been taken by the subscribers againBt Mr . Feargus O'Connor to recover back their deposits . Mr . O'Connor had expended large sums as chairman of the Company out of his private means , had incurred liabilities for contracts , and now com © before the committee to divest himself of all title to the land and all trust under the estate , and the present bill was to dissolve the , Companyand refer it to the tribunal of the Mastera in Chancery , in order that it might be ' wound up , though it was a question whether this latter could be done . There were no debts except the rent remaining unpaid .
After , considerable discussion , - on the suggestion of Mr . Coates , the committee decided on adjourning , to give an opportunity to the parties , the promoters and the shareholders , to come to some arrangement that might obviate , a protracted or expensive inquiry . On Tuesday Mr . Macnamaba , in opening the case , stated that the points inaiBtejd on by tho oppo . sing party were , that all arrears of rent should be forgiven the allottees ; that the rent should bo taken at the standard value of rents in the neighbourhood of the estate , instead of at four per cent on the outlay , and that the allottees should receive compensation for all losses , including loss of time , . and during the period of their occupancy . They had met at chambers to arrange the mutter in dispute , and had agreed that the Question of
arrears and future scale of rent should be referred to the decision of the Master in Chancery , and that the allottees should receive as compensation for any proved losses over and above the Bums received by them from the Company the same dividend as the rest of the shareholders . On these conditions he presumed the opposition was withdrawn . Mr . Coates stated that he was only present during a portion of the interview , and that he could not agree to the terms of the proposed arrangement . It was then decided that the question | should he argued de novo . Mr . Coates stated that he might save the committee time by stating , the terms upon which he would withdraw all opposition , which he did in the terms originally proposed by himself , as atated by Mr . Macn ' amava in his opening address .
Mr . Macsamaba , after a consultation with Mr . O'Connor , stated that he could not agree to the unlimited terms of compensation demanded for the allottees . Ha then entered into arguments in favour of the bill , as amended to meet the views of the opponents to the bill . . Mr . M'Gbath was called as evidence to prove the allegations contained in the preamble of the hill . He expressed himself opposed to the winding up , believing that a dividend of not more than two shillings in the £ 1 would be coming to the shareholders . Be wished the Company to be legalised in some other form , but preferred its being wound up to remaining in its present state . He had previously given evidence that the separation between the Land Company and the Bank was merely
formal , to meet the requirements of the law . Business was conducted , since the separation of the Bank , precisely as it was previously—the rent , &c , of the Bank was paid by the Land Company ; the Laud , he believed , owed £ 6 , 000 to the Bank , that sum haying been used by the Company . Bis present opinion was , that the Land Company and the Bank were eptirely distinct , and that Mr . O'Connor alone was liable to the expenses incurred by the Bank , Mr . O'Conkok gave evidence relative to the preamble of the bill , also as to the connexion between the Bank and the Company , and as to tho amounts due to himself from the Company . Mr . Cbiknert gave evidence regarding the registration of the Company , and other legal matters connected therewith .
Mr . CoatUs , in reply , stated that since the counsel on the opposite side had required the Bank and all other expenditure to he repaid before a dividend was required , points , which he y ? as ' wiUing to concede to , provided they conceded to | ji 3 demands on behalf of the allottees . This Having been disputed , and it being proposed that they should only receive a dividend , he felt himself justified in objecting to the expenditure on account of the Bank , as by striking tliat off he ' should increase . the dividend to hi 3 clients . '' ' . ' . Mr . Macnauaba said the course adopted by his opponent was unusual . He had raised no objection in the first instance to the connexion between the Land and the Batik , and he ( Mr . Macnamara ) had consequently not touched upon that point in his address . - : / - ' ¦ ; ' ' " ¦• " ¦ ¦¦ ...
_ The committee , after deliberation , decided that the portion relative to the Bank should bo struck out of the preamble ' -of the' bill , thus throwing the whole expense of' the 'Bank upon Mr .- O Connor . The clauses-of the bill were thenagreed to , as proposed by Mr . Macnamara ' s amended bill , except clause five , referring-to the appointment of an Boial manager ,- which was referred to the arbitration of Mr . Richards ; Master in Chancery . According as the - bill'now" stands all allottees will be alloweda lease for ever , the rent to be fixed by the Master in Chancery ,-also ' the arrears of oi
rent . Those * » ho " -may not choose to accept leases , upon proving losses over- and above receipts , will receivej for compensation , the same dividend upon excessoflossasis awarded to other shareholders . ¦ ¦' Measrs . Clabk and Doiui requested , through , sir . Coaxes , to beesamined , to prove that no connexion existed between-the Land Company and the Bank , but the request was not acceded to . If Mr . O ^ Connor-had consulted his own interest in preference to that of the shareholders he would have saved himself the heavy loss now entailed upon him . But he preferred risking his private , wellfounded-claim , to that of allowing the shareholders to he fobbed with impunity . One clause of the bill provided that those allottees who have incurred coBta in defending actions for ejectment from their
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THE NATIONAL LOAN COMPANY . TO THE EDITO R OF THE K 0 RTHERN STAR . Sm , —Seeing in your journal of Saturday last an address from " The Managers o ( the National Loan Company to the Shareholders of the National Land Company , " in which the former gives the latter the following invitation , "We also iuvite your discussion and investigation , " I , as a shareholder of the National Land Company , crave permission fora short space in the Northern Star in acceptance of that invitation . ' Allowing full credit for the good intentions of the managers and members of the National Loan Company , I cannot help thinking
that their hopes of success are built on a very false and sandy foundation , and that their most blissful expectations will assuredly be wrecked . The dis . sentions and want of confidence which' the managers ' adaiit'to be everywhere prevalent , are at the outset damnatory to all and every chance of success . Secondly , after the managers have enumerated what they conceive to be the difficulty , the address goes on to say— " Aa a set-off against this we have a large amount of money paid in small sums , on which no dividend will be declared ( more than JG 20 . 000 has i » een ipaid in Bums under £ 1 6 s ., or one share . ) Under these circumstances the prospects of a dividend are at least" hopeful . " So the hones of the
managers and members of the National Loan , Company are founded on this more t han £ 20 , 000 , are they ? Why , surely the managers could not have read the bill now before Parliament , entitled— " A hill to dissolve the National Land Company , and to dispose of the lands and property belonging , to the Company , and to wind upthe undertaking . " Had they read this National Land . Company disaolviti ' g affair they would have found this very " more than £ 20 , 000 " disposed of . Section ten , page- ten , recites ' , " That the monies and asseta of the Company shall be applied by the-official manager under the direction of the master , in the first place , in or to-Va ' rd 8 the payment of the costs , charges , and
expensesof , and . incident "to the obtaining and carrying intoeffectof this act , and allsuch other costs , charges , land expenses aa the same m » y be liable to-, and , in the next place , in , or towards the satisfaction of the debts , or any of the debts of the Company , in such manner , whether by way of dividend or otherwise , as the master shall direct ; . and any surplus thereof , after full ' payment of all . such costs , charges , and expenses and the debts of the Com " , pany , shall be divided amongst the several persons wha at any time or times since the said undertaking was first projected in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-five , as aforesaid , have paid any monies or subscriptions for , or on account of any share or shares in the Company , and who shall wake and prove their claims in the manner and
within the time to be for that purpose appointed by the master , rateably and in proportion to the amount of their subscription . " Surely this literal recital from " the Bill" must destroy all hopes of pecuniary gain on the part of the National Loan Company , as its managers do not , I hope , look on the bill otherwise than aa hbonafide measure . Then would it notjbe wise in the managers of the National Loan ICompany , after paying any expenses that may ljave been incurred on account of the Company , to return the remnant of money and any scrip they may have received to the several depositors , and apply all their energies to honourably winding up the National Land Company , which they admit to be a' partial failure ? I am , respectfully , . ¦ Edmund Stam / wood . 2 , Little Vale P . Face , Hammersmith-road . May 26 lh , 1851 . ¦•
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¦ , ? , r ¦ NATIONAL LOAN SOCIETY . This body . met at the office in Goiden-lane , Bar . bican , on Wednesday evening . Mr . Edwards in the chair . Mr . Wheeler reported the proceedings before the-Committee of the House of Commons in relation t ^ . the bill for Winding-up the' affairs Of the National Land Company . . The meeting approved of the sets , of the Committee , except that portion which threw the entire expense of the bank upon Mr . O'Connor , for whom great sympathy was expressed , and his conduct greatly applaudedjfor preferring to risk the loss thus unjustly thrown ^ pon him , ' rather than suffer the
shareholders to be defrauded by allowing the unjust compensation demanded by the agent for the allottees as the condition on which he wottjd withdraw his opposition to the bill-. The conduct of the directors wad loudly censured . Mr . Wheeler akw reported that F . O'Connor , Esq ., and John Sewell , Esq ., a man than whom none was more worthy of their confidence , had consented to act as trustees to the Society . He had also procured , the complete enrolment of the Society . The rules were printed ready for distribution and other necessary arrangemftttUreffected . Nineteen copies of rules were im . mediately disposed of—scrip deposited with the Society—anti shares paid in . Three new mem . hers were also enrolled , and & quantity of corres .
pondence , of a highly satisfactory nature , disposed of . The Secretary was ordered , to procure tho immediate of Scrip for ihares and deposit of seounties . Forms ef application for 1 o » ns , also books , dsc , necessary for the businesi of the offioe . The Secretary reported that he had received promises ofsupportfrom many jtotive men , who had hitherto etood aloof , and that the success of the attempt tot . rescue , the Land Company from rum wa 8 : now ;« ertain . The meeting then adjourned until the ensuing Wednesday evening .-at eight o ' clock . Rule * , pnee 2 d ., or by post three postage tampg , can ba ., had by applying to-T . M , ; Wheeler , 19 , Mercer-street ,. Long-acre , or * t the Offioe of toe Society . . . . ..... . .. ..
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Hammx .-a meeting of delegates . from some of the branches , composing the Halifax district , met at the _ house of / Mr . John Brior , ' the Labour and Health , ; on Sunday evening , May 25 th , when the following resolution was proposed and oarried unanimously :- "That the delegates : present do hereby ^ resolve , to use their utmost endeavours to forward the bill now before the House of Commons , for winding up the affairs of tho National Land Company ; and we hope every district will , take the name step , so that the Comparly ' inay be wound up to the satisfaction of all the members , " :
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j THB , NATIONAl . LANaq OMPANyi . " . ; To ! TOE Bpit 6 R > O ^' TBE M 0 , RTHKRN ' . BTAR : . Sir ;—It appears ^ to' me tfiat- . v ? e ahaH ' aif soon cease , to have ^ honour of b ' ein g called ''Meufe of the-Nalioria-l Land Company - '' : - '; I must sai-, as omv that I deephtfarnehiftts failure , ' wtienl'krioW ¦^ JWV ^ ttri ^ ftWe - ^ ' ^ elfid ' neiV ' rid-W i ! - ^ ^ r ^' to 8 « ! « woittt > rifi ( « iy ' m small suma in 8 o-8 n 6 rV a " - tiWo , and - utfdier i KiJ **? 9 O" > de , tno , at the time ly J 9 6 172 138 . 3 d ., which ; has . KeW ' expended oV th y ^ te s , could ' pas ^ th ; ough so ¦ manvi ^ sW poor persons and not to ^ ove themselvesdefiuliers ' ; npeaks | olume 3 ii » . their favour ^ for , ekertion ^ aM mm lntent'on > wb ' en ^ something'is' offend
the wholesale market , the dividendVeSTshaS holder will , be very small , after all the legal expenses are paid . ¦ .. . b It appears from a circular issued in . Manchester , ? ft a ^« V 1 , £ : 67 ' 000 to' be divide ( i am ° nR « 50 , 000 Bhareholden-abont 2 s , per share I . > ow ask every shareholder , if it would not be much better for us all to give up our claims , and have the estates put into the hands of Trustees to establish self-supporting home colonies on the best principl e * of co-operation that can be devised , where every human being could he supplied with the ntcessaries and comforts of life , up to the point of
temperanee , from the land on which he was located . Any overplus produce which any colony might have , after supplying their wants , could be sold to extend the colonies , territories , -or establish licw ones . Thiswouldbeasgoodastbe Charter itself for those that were located , and an example for otners who' have never yet contemplated the benefits to be derived from co-operation . We have got the estates by co-operation , so let us * ork tbem on that principle , where the producer could ee the first partaker of his industry . Yours , A " Member of the National Land Company , " Manchester . ' . William Stork .
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'< i ' no taxes . He ( Mr . iJpniisjiBM ^^ l ^ t pvijw pauBe * Pai . d ; taxo 8 , if not aiigotly ;^ lelBt inairectlv / ond that ! the Charter provided TorT ^ eir , ¦ enfranchise m £ r . }]*• Joneathen commentcd-. upon tbo oag « P 4 ? omor 8 ot > which h « eailed-imn ' oVuiiso-feofc " ' 1 « H >> iv the-Exhibition . ; irveorgonht-in ¦ ' Crtptf Sv ^ ^ nw ^ - h ^ 'rttawU ^ mn in ihu face Sil Vf ° , ! have " boeh ^ shot by h court- ; . ZuUlhJ ' V *^ "S ^ n had tf fae . the samo ho montin rV , ¦¦ n - i ^ Wjtf Vbou r for three . bomerset Was -m prisoii . wgwVras ' or 100 ciirriawi fot-twenty , mvn » tCB . atatiro ' cih -the- ^ reSeilSS' .:. igjrnkey . Mnidjye . fthey caltea-thia equnl ^ inSai ^ V w ^ iMM > . . Out . uj > ou -s Whr }^ tt « B ^ . v Hli . : ; trusted lyl ^ Q ^ lJitioii . w , o uljl . |< ot ' moy 6 anaiupntTffl iht - upo ' n | SucJi f jffirf g ' grouiiiJai tia tjiose . ho ut ^ cX ?^ heyV '' , ^ antedfuflijiV / of action . ' Q ^ arre ' lY'lind i ' vlVoaqy ^ auf . ' \ ? ftcientfyJSjiw ^ hetriisteHvtKSi they woulil /' rfot again be ' -rpsu Bibiji ' Mr ; ^ onfesVth'bndiluted ' uporr tho labour- qu ' . 'siion , and- sluytrettrjthat wliiio : riches ^ existed . 'imo . hg = t { i ; . e * - - ' lew ., ^ ajsejy . ; would be foutidnruong tlic mnn ' jv ; .- ; Th . o . ' ' > n : SQ . Wnjuj % t , ; had \ calculiited : upoii' di'iviug thej . Ohar- ' » tf 8 t 8 mt ^ iusurrcction and riot , but- tlioy . wo ^ d ^ ipt \ ( po ^ ao ; Muped .., iThey would bout . ' . wuli tiioir ^ ffn : ^ P ^? of peace , law , and- -: , ordcrV tli ^ y Wufd ' pined [ their-bniins aiid their uiiityugainst tlife w ^ al . t ' h . . ' nhd ; tho bayonets-of thriropponeiits . " The ' sVlteiu ^ aa _ tj ) ttering . ; Vi b needed not , their itiil ' to'JliVow it ' ' . M 0 ! wn ; : ; it would fall of its own accord fronii ^ ts very ' " rottennesa . jMr . Jones concluded nmid loud olipersl .: Mr . Kei-nolds , on beuigdouaiy . calledfor , t : 8 tateoY tuat Uo much regretted the . proposud ameudmont of- ' my . p . Brian , lie denied that himBi'lf and his friends « S ^ j'Oteiitipii of deserting- that which they , had ; ;» , P ?|| Ml !^^ elainiod ; . av .: Mr : O ^ ripW / had ;^ ntiV '; „ Mr . O'Brien , denied that ' liOa ' d ' mado'TO 5 tt # ^^ charge . . - . ^ % I Tho Chairman also intimated that Mr . : O'Brien ; kiwi witharawn . hia proposed amomimont . . > ' . »¦ : Mr . UEYHoiiDs resumed . Univeisul Sunrnge was clearly a ri ght . They would tind that it existed in all tho original elements of society , and that tha peoplo had been deprived of it by tyranny and force . 1 lie whole peoplo could no Ion or meet in one large plain , ami enact what laws they thought besti - The system of representation wnsthc necessary result , but carried out as it now wiis , it gave the power almost entirely into tbc hands of iho aristocracy / Mr . Reynolds then demonstrated , from the ikto of the window tax , income tax , and other measures , <• Mint tho middle classes were not represented ' : they , were the vistirns to a delusion , and should join honestly in the people ' s movement for the People ' s Charter . The House of Commons di-1 not belong to tho middle classes—it was merely a reflex of tlio House of Peers . He did not wish to advocate the ' causo of the middlo classes , he only wanted to read them a lesson , to show them their , truo interests , ; . He knew equally . with those who wore interrupting : mm , that tho middle classes tyrannised equally with the aristocracy oyor the working man . Tho middle class must speedily cease to exist , if they did not , join with the democracy . Competition was destroy- ' ing them equally with the working man . The time ; was come to reason with them—to show them the - precipice on which they stood—to convince them , as •' they had done by the programme of the Convention ,-that they meant to reason , and not to fight , or create ¦ a physical revolution . ( Mr . Reynolds spoke-amid aome opposition from a small portion of ' the . meeting . ) ¦
Mr . O'Biubn read an " amendment'which he had intended to proposo , but stated that- he had aban * doned his intontion rather than create division . ' He was anxious to guard them against falling into any delusion . The press generally selected only the resolutions , and omitted tho speeches ; and as the resolutions wore generally milder than the speeches , tho public was led to supposo that the meeting had been equally nambj- pumby in their sentiments with themselves . He wanted to sec all that was good in the speeches embodied in the resolution . Any one rending the resolution would thiuk that Mr . Ernest Jones , Mr . Reynolds , and others had only beon advocating a reduction of taxationmerely tulvoc .-itii . g a modiiicatioa of Cobden ' s schenio . Reduction in taxation . would bo no benefit to tho working man while tha present system of
landed property and money exchanges existed . By these systems thu middle vuul upper eteses were enabled to rob working men of £ 300 , 000 , 0 ( 10 ovwy year . The people always appeared doomed to be humbugged . Government -kms humbugging -them in Portugal . English ships of war were ' in tho Tagus , backing the monied class to overthrow the demooracy of Oporto , who wove anxious for- a republic , , Tho lower order of the middle class were bound by interest to the cause of democracy , but the rich midd \ e class were , and ever would be , their enemies . Tlieso men gave £ 14 for shaves in the ^ w Riv er Company , which wevo uow worth ilb . 000 . It was by such means that they ' defrsiuded the working men—making theiv living out of the very water which they drank . Mr . O'Brien then went into the affairs of the Continent , and concluded at a late period of the evening .
Mr . TnoHNio . y Hiwr supported tlie resol u tion ; arid after alluding to tile suhjucfc mooted by Mr . O Brien , expressed his opinion that the public would bo in no danger of being deceived when they heard that a meetinu had been held to petition lor the Chnrter . They would not think that they had advocated Mr . Hume ' s measure , or a paltry measure of taxation . . Mr . Luns expressed his ¦ opinion that the resolution was not definite enough . It said . " an equitable system of representation . " Any class might put what canstructiou they pleased upon it ; as an old democrat ho protested against it . He had no connexion with Mr . O'Brien , but he thought their resolutions should express their opinion ? . The resolution was then put , and carried with ; i few dissentients . Mr . Webkjbs moved a petition to tb . o IIoxwc of Commons , embodying tho whole of the principles contained in the People ' s Chatter .
Mr . Ellis seconded the adoption of the petition . He was very pleased with the results of the meeting . As long as there were opposing iuterosts , so long would there be opposing classes ; they must endeavour , by kindness and persuasion , to moderate this evil . The petition was then ordered to be signed by tho Chairman , and presented by Lord Dudlev Stuart . . . . ' ' A vote of thanks was unanimousl y given to the vestrymen of the parish for the use of the hall , and also to tho Chairman . The meeting then adjourned .
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Massacrk of Frknch Seamen by . Cannmam .-. ' Private letters hnve been received in Paris from the corvette Alcmone , commanded by Captain d Harcourt , which mention an incident of anorriblo kind . It appears that about tho end of November last btf Alcmeno reached the bay of Balade , one of the ports of New Caledonia , in tho Pacific . On the 29 th an armed boat , under the orders of Second Lieutenant D 6 veresme , was sent to find a passage for the corvette on the western side ' of . New Caledonia . Tho boat , that was to be absent only eight days , had not returned on the 10 th , -and serious apprehensions began to be entertained on board the corvette . On the llth the barge , under tho orders of First Lieutenant Ponthier , reached Uoulabio , to look after the boat , and tho crew soon learned that the tribes of Mcneuia and Bellep , the most savage
amount the savage , had massacred tho crew of M . Dd'vereame ' s boat , and that three seamen only had escaped death . This was the moru strange , as the young officer and his men had been perfectly well received at tirst b y tno natives of llionguebune , and it was only at the moment they were preparing to return to tho corvette that , all of a sudden and at a signal from one of the natives , they were fallen on and massacred , without having a moment to make use of their arms . Three men attempted to escape by throwing themselves into the sea . They were , jowover , dragged back , and , naked and bleeding trom many wouuds , t \\ ey weTe forced to remain on tho spot while the bodies of theiv comrades were devoured by the savages . For nino days they lived with them , and to all appearance were reserved for the same fate , when , at the last moment-, the barge providentially approached Hienguebune , but still
kept at some distance from the shore . The only person that landed was a priest , one of the members of the mission in these islands , who courageously advanced into the midst of the savages , and assuming a bold attitude threatened them with destruction if the surviving seamen were not instan tly restored . The cannibals , finding the boat ' s erew preparing their arms , gave u \> their captives , Oil the 15 th the Alcmcncquitted Bulndo , tho men burning with desire to take vengeance on the savages On the 17 th the whole of tho huts at Tulao were razed to tbe ground , the plantations destroyed the ? T . w rfHr caI'tured . mm ! twentv of the tribe shot . At Hiougtiebuue and Pauba the huts and plantations were also destroyed . On tbe 2 nd HTXL&Jto ™* *» ttod ' K « w 3 ew
mmm i i i l ' s i " SSif idSSS . aftcri > asshlg thr ° ^ * hp wf , i ? l " [ riOE > Ma y > 1851-The mails to be foi warded by the contract paoketa to tho Cape of Good Hope , Sierra Leone , & » ., will continue to bo made up in London u , the evening of tho I 4 in oi each month , anil in Pl ymouth on the mornin « oi tl ' . cloih , except when the 14 th f . ills on a Suniiay , and on those occasions thu mails will bo closed in London on the evening of the loth , and m Plymouth on the morning of the ICtr . <•* ' the n . onsb .
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In a letter recently received in Traro , the writer , who emigrated last spring from the parish of Very an , aays , in a postsoript : — " I see Emily Sandford , and Bupply young Rush with milk daily .. She is marriod to a German called Headlow . "
Imtiotwl Aamui Companp.
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SPREAD OF CHARTISM . A public meeting , called by the Somers Town Chartists for the abovo object , was held on Monday evening , at tbe New Yestry Rooms , Old St . Puneras-roadi Dr . Bird in the chair . The CHAMMAN opened the meeting by statin" its objects . They were met to help on the good old Radical cause-to protest against the . exclusion of live-sixths of the . population of the empire ; they were met to secure their own rights , and prevent the ingenious fingers of tbc Chancellor of the Exchequer from dipping too deeply into their breeches pockets . This was the onl y object the seditious treasonable Chartists had in view . What honest roan could blame them for thus exerting
them-Belves ? "What sane man believed that Lord John Russell ' s proposed bill would be anything but a sham ? If such a man could be found , he should be sent to the Great'Exhibitiou , and stowed away ¦ with the raw materials ; They must agitate peaceably and morally , until they changed the Chartist minority among the voteless men of this land into a majority ,- He thought tbe presentyear gave them a highly favourable opportunity to promulgate their doctrines ,. and increase . the number of their converts . The chairman then alluded to the question of Papal Aggression , and the other great questions on which Ministers had thrownodium and unpopularity , and atated that it would be their own fault if they did not achieve a great and successful mult to their agitation . ' ¦/ - ¦ - ¦ -
Mr . D . 'W . Rdffy moved the following resolution : — " That in the opinion of this meeting the House of ~ € atumons , as at present constituted , dooa not represent the people , inasmuch as sixsevenths of the male adult population of this empire have' no voice in making the laws they are bound to obey ; and , belioving that taxation without representation is tyranny , we , therefore , resolve lo petition the said house to enact such a law as will place the franchise on a just and equitable basis . " The working classes were recommencing the agitation in which for years back they had struggled and failed . If they could not , by peaceable and legal means , wring their rights from a reluctant government , they must place themselves in a position so commanding that government dare not deny them . The middle classes had frequently requested the working men to follow their dictum , and allow them
to have the guidance of the movement . For some timo the working men had been laying on their oars , and Cobden and Co ., who promised them household suffrage , had then a good opportunity to achieve it . Had they done so ! Look at their conduct on the motion for the little Charter , and say if , after that , they could place any fnith in these men . Tho speaker referred-to the ' bribery practised at AyJesbury and St . Albans , and asked whether such conduct on the part of the voters of the middle class showed that they possessed any superiority over working men , in either morality or intelligence . The intelligence displayed by working men , not only of this , but every other country , by their products exhibited in the Glass Palace , demonstrated that they were worthy of exercising tbe franchise to protect the labour which had produced such surprising results . He would never rest satisfied until they had the Charter whole and
entire , and ho entreated them to adopt the samo course . Mr . G . J . Holioake seconded the resolution . As a resident in the parish , he felt great pleasure in attending the meeting . Taxation without representation had long since been acknowledged by all reformers to ho an evil . He thought that Hume and his friends had done some good by thoir agitation for reform , and that their measure would lead to one of a more universal nature . People mu ; t know the value of the franchise , before they could earnestly demand it , they must , in fact , possess it to know its value ; and this accounted , in somemea lure , for the demand for it not having become universal . They were told that they were
virtually represented ; now , if this was admitted , it admitted the whole principle , for if they bad a right to a virtual representation they dearly had to an actual one . Tho Times had lately advocated theoauBeofan extension of the franchise , but like all new beginners , done it in a blundering way . It asserted , that working men did not care about the vote—they did not uao it in many in * stances whore they possessed it , and they would not use it If they had it . If they would not " use it , why then fear to concede it to them ? The Charter would not , in his opinion , lead to revolution , it would only lead to increased activity—a very necessary and desirable reBulfc . One of the great objections by the upper classes of the working men having
votes was , that their numbers would overwhelm them . These men , possessed of tho influence of wealth and mind , showed but little clearsightedness , if they were not aware that those qualities were more influential than even a majority of -votes . The power of brute force bad been superseded by the means of law , and those who had previously had a monopoly of power and strength no doubt complained of the result . They had a similar monopoly in the present day . Wealth and intellect ruled instead of force and terror , and their influence could only be balanced or equalised by admitting tbe whole people to the franchise . They must be equal . in the oye of parliament as well as equal in
tne eye or tne law . unless they were so they could not be truly said to be in possession of themselves . The speaker then alluded to the case of Captain Somerset , and concluded by hoping that they would raise an earnest and universal agitation in favour of the Charter whole and entire . If any man , or class of meu were left out , the same grievance would still continue , and other agitations would be necessary to achieve the desired result . Mr . O'Brien suggested some alterations in the wording of the resolution , lie thought that it must be an o eraight , as there were persons on the platform who had previously promulgated the ideas lie wished them to express in the resolution . Ik trusted they would not retrograde .
After some discussion , in which Mr . Rupft and the Chairman took part , Mr . O'Brien expressed his intention of moving an amendment . Mr , E , Jonbs rose to speak in favour of the resolution , and commented upon the speech of Mr . O'Brien . In his opinion the resolution was unobjectionable . Mr . O'Brien sa ' ni that they should have stated that the six-seventhB belonged to the industrious classes ; it needed no prophet to tell them that these six-sevenths were working mon . The words sufficiently explained themselves . Mr O'Brien had objected to ttiat portion of the resolution which stated that taxation without repmenta tionwaa tyranny ; this franchise , he said , would exclude all the paupers , a million in number , who paid
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TO FEARGUS O'COXXORESQ . MP re S " T V P VOLJOV . . 708 LONDON , SATDRDE MAI 31 , last v ; ; : ¦ -- ^ a 1- *^ wfa ^ - - ^ TO FEARGUS O'COXXOR . ESQ .. M P ' ' ' " i ! ' : * . - ' ¦ ¦¦ - ^ ; . ' ¦ - ¦ » s
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H W ? ift "' *?¦ < 5 ° mmittee " - ^ emblod-Sir mdS nJ }* ^ ' , < Coate 8 ' * be , parlia-Sffhffi' S )( 1 that ' in tHo "bsence ° f S ^^ oWence of tho extreme P ° SW P . tneTarties , undertaken to represent the SI ^ niea 8 ure . and ' thd principal amend-S ? ii ™ W- ^ P ropose on behalf of the allottees ™ ffir * r * cdncern w « re t 0 ' « fteet , ' that h £ fr i } nlnguP Process of the undertaking KuKp Mas /^ m Chancery , which was the . pi'in-?« 54 ff * i ? £ bil 1 ' ftolatt «» mi 2 ht be »» " *«» Sf - i u F ° P ° « y in , the official manager h J , t ? t « ° n ° h ' M ^ ' iresen fc - An th 0 land that had p « 0 taken by the ' allottees : butWted with . V (« t » A
w ^ rs ; and : artWanaiarat } 't 8 ken these allotments ~ l ? w i m ' of conveyance , atiddisfi COTeieu that they were so remotely situated from the market towns that they could tiot send their produce for disposal , and were consequently utterly ruined . Some were in actual destitution , and had no resort but the workhouse . Those who had a legal title could not be evicted without a suit in Chancery , and provisions to meet these emergencies would be indispensable . The committee reserved the consideration of these questions , and proceeded to examine Mr . M'Grath , who described himself as of" no business , and a- director and original promoter of the measure . "—Adjourned ;
On Thursday , after some further proceedings , the committee declared the preamble of this bill provod —the object of it being to wind up the affair of the undertaking in the offices of the Masters in Chancery .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 31, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1628/page/1/
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