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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1843.
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MR . O'CONNOR AND THE TOWER HAMLETS . Mb . O'Coskob requests ns to announce that , in consequence of the sudden summons to receive sentence on Thursday , the 4 th , it will not be in his power to attend the meeting at the Tower Hamlets on Tuesday the 2 nd , when he must meet his brother conspirators .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Toesdat , Afbil 2 o . lord CAMPBELL said he bad a great number of petitions lo prosit against the Factories Educational Bill , but as it bad not yet come before the House , it Would be irregular to present them . He-mfinUoned Hie fact merely to ssnrre fiiose wbo had dtnuteQ him vita die petifiDM that ne nafi performed Ma ctaty , and ¦ w aa prevented by the forms of the Bouse from presenting * hf-n \ . In answer to » me remarks from Lord Mbnteagle , ihe Dske of Weffingtan said the subject of the I » o * r Xstp in Ireland was under the consideration of the Government , anl the whole question relative to panper lunatics would also be taken into consideration .
ZQreUoke of TFblukgtob moved an address of ebu ^ atniaaon to ha Majesty , on the With ofanother Princess , wMeb was unanimously adopted . Hiswace then stated that on Thursday next he would mote an address of condolence to her Majesty on the death of the Date of Suasex . lord Cahpbbli . asked the Lord Chancellor -when he -ironia lay his lunatic BUI before the House , but file siunreraraa noi satisfactory j—the judges Trere to be consulted , and the judges did not ¦ wish to be . coafflliad . He thought hiB Lordship , some four -weeks ago , had a Sill ready for meeting such " horrible crimes as that committed by M'Nauehten .
Tie aiarquiB of Classic abde gave notice of a notion on the Irish Poor Lav , for the ith of May , and the House aajwarned .
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HOUSE OF COMMOKS . —Mosuat , Afsjl 24 . Sir Jaxbs Gbahah gave notice that on Monday next ns would state the alteration he intended to propose in the educational clauses of fhe Factories ' BHL On that day , therefore , he should propose to go into committee pro forma , in order to be enabled to put the Hooae in possession of the details of the proposed alterations . The Chascellob of the Exchfqcbb intimated rjin intention of Tn * viwg his flrumpi ^ i statement on the « h of May . Sa Jxxss < jTti-Hxv . in reply to Sir John Easthope , sod thai C&urch-rate returns from 10 , 000 oat of the 12 , 000 parishes of England had been received , and -would be shortly laid on the table of the Boose . Six ROBKBT Peel , in reply to Sir B . H . Inglis , said , thai the debate an the Ecclesiastical Courts' Bill would be resumed onZEriday .
lord Btahlbt , in reply to Lord John Russell , intimated that , in a day or veto , he -would state -when he vrald be able to introduce the Canadian Com BilL fie promised also to supply the House -with information on tbe subject of the duties isiposed by the Assembly of ; Jamaica on the produce ef the United Kingdom —« " proceeding which he considered most objectionable . On the motion for going into a Committee for Sapply , ivTt . ' WrLtjAJts made a T « mg » igm > fl statement -with relation tf > thy fi" * "* - **^ mpTtngprnpnt -of thn Chancellor of the Exchequer , sad in ths course of -which he argued that oar colonies , especially those of the West Undies , trere an enormous expense to this country .
Mr . jJbbuax said that it -was a mistake to suppose that oirr West Indian Colenies Trere etpenave to this country . They , in fact , contributed mainly to their own expenditure , in proof of "which he adduced the bet , that his own property in Jamaica -was taxed to an amount fire tiiaesjreater than the returns he received * omit-Lord SZJOOST agreed -with the general principle that colonial should be made to contribute as far as peeaihl 8 to their own expenditure ; many of the colo Bles-were already doing so to a great extent . Sir Hottjled Douglas complained of the insuffleJency of * ffM « - in the colonies for the purpose of spiffing thegoipeL The Church Misrionary Society fcj ^ - ; -dy unable t « sesd out additional missionaries , lu . -uld not even keep faith -with those already sent oak
3 ! hB Loio Maiob made inqwy respecting the powers of lie GtaTernment with respect to emigration ; B reply to-wfeich , Lord . Starlet expressed the uneasiness which he felt at the isriabips to which the intended emigrants to Prince Edward ' s ra » T » ri had been exposed , as evinced t 7 the recent proceedings before the Lord . Mayor . But the laet was , that the Government had interfered la this rery case to the utmost extent of its powers . In October last , they had received information -which fed them-to suppose thatin tbe case of the emigrants Who -jrere going ont by the ahip Barbados , some deception -was going on , and the < 3 ovemmfint emigration agent had been directed to inquire into the matter , and to gi-re every assistance to the emigrants . It tamed oat that the -ressel was veil found ; that she had an
abundant sapply of provisions ; and that , is fact , " ths requirements of ths Passengers' Act "had been carefully complied "with . The British Ame-wAn Colonisation Association had represented that they had purchased 75 , 000 acres of land in Prince Edward's Island ; and as tTiin land -was alleged to have been purchased from priTate infliriduals , and not from the Government , there was no immediate means of ascertaining the fact . The emigration commissioners frRfl eren gone beyond ttifiir powers in this ease . They remonstrated -with the Company ; represented to them the period of the year ¦ which rendered the attempt extremely haiirdoui ; but they -were met by assurances that every possible precaution had been t » lr « n _ The Government , however , had sent out information to the Governor of Prince
Edward * Island , -with initmeSon , that if the vessel abonid arrive , he-was to afford every protection to the emigrants , and to compel the company to perform t # - wards them the obligations which it had undertaken . The ship sailed on the 1 st of November , and on the ISth of December was driven back to the Cove of Cork . T *»« emigration agent in thai port , on inquiry , had ascertained that it was the intention of the company to support the emigrants oa board until the ship should again be reagy for sea , and that it should be once more provLnonedfor " the -voyage . It had been represented ia February that ihs vesael -woold sail in March , and
yet at that - very time the mortgagee -was in possession ef the vessel . This was a distinct fraud- Application had been made to the Treasury for it » interference , and the Crown solicitor vra » employed ; out , on the diasolutian of the company , it wai found impracticable to obtain a legal remedy . The company , however , had been sanctioned by gentlemen of high station , -whose names most haTa conduced to enabling it to inflict the hardship and ' --suffering -which the sufferers had endured -, and , if not legally liable , he trusted tbat they -would at least feel , the moral obligation they -were under , to repair *>** ynlnffolp * of -which they had been instruments .
The House then -went into a Committee of Supply , proceeding -with those estimates -which remained over from toe recess . The votes for the expenses of the -Governments of Hew Zealand , and of the West India Islands , isiaed some conversation ; and on the grant for our consular establishments , after some remarks from Mr . Williams , Dr . Bo-WEUiG ailed attention to the great importance of rendering our consular representatives efficient for their duty by previous education , -especially the necessity of a consul being able to speak the language -of the country in T » hic 3 i he is stationed . Lord SUBLET admitted the importance of the subject , -which was at present under the consideration of fiie Government A number of votes passed , -with some general conversation ; but on tbs vote for the expenses of the Steam "Kavigatlon to India , by-way of the R * d Sea , after some lemada from lte . Bo wring .
Sir Bobkst Peel warmly eulogised the liberal conduct of the Pacha of Egypt , -who , under circumstances calculated to make him think that -we -were opposed te Ms interest * , had manifested a very enlightened spirit , in the facilities he had afforded to our transit through Egypt , and across the Isthmus . Sir Chablxs Names concurred in the compliment ttms paid to the Pacha of IBygpfc . The remaining -votes having been agreed to , the Chairman reported progress , and the House resumed . The other orders having been disposed of , the House adjourned . Ttesdat , Atsxl 25 . Vpvj petitions were presented against the Factories Education BaL Anew -writ ' was ordered for Salisbury , in the room ef Mr . Brodie , who had accepted the C hilternHun-^ reda .
Mr . T . DlfKCOJtBB presented a petition from the Bev . W . Browne , who had been dismissed from the situation of chaplain of Ksut&ford Gaol , complaining of the conduct of the magistrates of Chashire , and praying in % niry into thsir conduct The Hon . Member gave notice , that he should move that this petition be printed with the votes-Mr . G . W . WOODhrought up the special report from the general committee on petitions , recommending that the petition of W . Jones , a prisoner in Leicester Gaol , complaining of the conduct of Mr . Baren Gumey , and praying for inquiry , and other petitions to the sams effect , be printed loz the use of Members only . Ordered accordingly . Ms . MuxrHT ., the member for Cork , presented a petition from that place against transferring the contract for mail coaches to a Scotchman , -which excited loud laughter .
A -diseusaisn took place on tbe Booth . Eastern , Croy don , and London B&Hway Bill , when on a division , there was a msjority of 46 against the re-committal of tbe ~ BilL The BiH was , after some discussion , ordered tobeengnawd . Mx . Tza . ixs * pcatpoaed his motion on the Corn Laws , tOltbeSthofMsy . glf BOJSB . T Pxsl made a slstement relative to the negotiation * with Portugal aad Brazil , for commercial treaties , but it conveyed , no informaiion on these importanl jnbjeets . Tbe B ^ it Hon . Baronet then propoeed an address of eoBdolenee to . the Queen on the death of the Bake of fussex , which was agreed to . He also proposed an address of congratulation to her Majesty on the birth of a jHiricess , which was also carried . 3 ir . BiCAED 0 brought forward his motion on import tables , whieh led to some diseussion * and was tdti-Kately Mjeeted by a majority of 74 . 3 £ e etfc « orders of the day were then disposed w , and abe Soasi aajoamed s * half-pait twelve o ' clock .
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Beabford Mabkkt , Thusdat , April ' 27 . —Wool —There is no marked difference in this article during the past week . A tolerable quantity has ' ch . &n £ ed hands at prices similar to last week . —Farn—The demand for Yarn oontinnes steady , and prices fairly supported . —Piece—There iB a fair average business dose , and the prospect for the future is no way worse than for some time past . Prices ate generally very firm .
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INest week we shall publish several 'Editions of the Northern Star . The second , -which , as usual , will reach out several readers on Saturday morning , will contain a full report of the proceedings in the Queen's Bench to the close of the CroTemment persecution case , on Thursday ; the third , which will reach Manchester and the other towns in Lancashire and Yorkshire
on Saturday evening , will contain the proceedings of Friday ; and a Fourth Edition , whieh we purpose publishing so as to reach all towns within a day ' s post , will he delivered on Monday morning , containing the proceedings up to Saturday night . Agents are requested to send earl y Orders , as the Establishment will for that week be deprived of the assistance of the Editor , - who , in common with his brother victims , must appear personally to receive judgment .
Perhaps the people will now see the absolute necessity of sending the means of finishing the good fi g ht , so that our legal staff may be such as will do justice to our cause and our principles . The several defendants found guilty upon the fifth and the fourth and fifth counts must appear personally , and are requested to meet at the house of Mr . John Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , on Tuesday night , at eight o ' clock , when arrangements will be made for conducting the proceedings . The battle must be fought to the last , and shall be fought , if we hare but the resources .
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THE LANCASTER TRIALS . The Fifth Number of this admirable Work is now published . It contains verbatim reports of most of the working men defendants ; and we particularl y direct attention to that of Pilling , which , for rude and natural eloquence , has seldom been equalled , and never surpassed . Pilling ' s own words are given , and not a word has been omitted . Next Number ( Six ) will contain the remainder of the speeches of the defendants , Mr . O'Connor ' s , the defence , and the Attorney-General ' s Reply .
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THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN SWINDLING AND MURDERING SOCIETY . Such ought to have been the title of an attempt to prey upon the defenceless , as unprincipled and heartless as anything we ever remember to have read of . Our readers will find the whole matter detailed elsewhere under the head " British American Association . " It appears that a number of adventurers , of whom the chief acting men seem to have
been a couple of pettifogging Attorniea , put forth prospectuses of an association of shareholders , having a million of pounds capital , and offering tempting terms to emigrants in the shape of cheap passage to Prince Edwaid ' a Island , and cheap land on which to locate themselves on their arrival . They were all , on tbeir arrival at Prince Edward's Island , to be located on the lands of the company , which they were to purchase from the Company at a very cheap rate ; the object being , of course , the most benevolent one of improving the condition and circumstances of the Emigrants . At the head of this infamous
conspiracy to rob and plunder the jnost defenceless por . ; ion of society were a Duke ! fifteen Peers !! and forty Baronets 1 !! Several foolish people , lured by the attraction of these great names , and supposing the purpose of the Swindlers to be honest , gave up their little busineB&es and home comforts , —raked their little possessions together , paid the wretches £ 30 , £ 40 , and in some cases £ 50 , for the passage-money of themselves and families , bargained with the association for the purchase of lands from them in the Colony , and set sail in the month of November fox Prince Edward ' s Island , a place in the 47 th degree of North latitude .
These poor wretches , instead of being landed and mads gentlemen of at Prince Edward's Island , are now in London Dock , in daily expectation of being cast out into the streets to perish , after being fleeced of every farthing they had in the world . It turni out that" the Company" had not a single acre of land either in Prince Edward ' s Island or any where else i —that the " million" of capital was a great lie , for the ; had no capital at all , —that the ship in which
the poor creatures had embarked had been chartered ^ provisioned , and laden with cargo , all unpaid for , — that the captain who was to have gone with them , never got a farthing of money for himself or his men , —and that the deliberate purpose of "theCompany" was , in case these poor things escaped the perils of the ocean { a thing next to impossible at the time of the year when they started ) , and got to their destination , to turn them adrift to starve ! !!
The deliberate contemplation of such wickedness would be almost incredible , were it not evidenced by tbeir own admissions . The matter is however put beyond all doubt by one of the ** directors , " a fellow named Campbkll , who Beems to have been a main man in the business , and who makes the horrible avowal with the utmost coolness imaginable . In November last , as we have said , after having been sloped" of their * passage-money" to various tunes—some £ 30 , some £ 40 , and some 450 , —the unfortunates , fifty in number , men , women , and
children , set sail ; and after having gone about half way across the Atlantic , the captain tells us that the ship encountered heavy winds and seas , and was so dreadfully battered as to be obliged to put back to the nearest eligible port , which was Cork , a distance of 1 , 309 miles . On the 22 ad of December , she reached Cork , where &he remained until the &th of April . At that time the captain , who seems to have had no share in the Company , but to have been himself victimised as well as the poor emigrants , was preparing again to attempt the voyage , when
he received orders to proceed— -not to Prince Edward ' s Island , but to London . For London , accordingly , he sailed ; thither he brought the unhappy emigrants , and deposited them , minus their all , xm > tTtzm vonca to % un job tjsssbl , in the London Docks . This produced , as might be expected , some complaints on the part of the destitute voyagers , who had been thus cruelly tantalized
and robbed . Thej were advised to proceed by summary process , before the Lord Mayor , against the Owner and Captain of the vessel ; when all the particulars above recited , and many others of a similar character , came out in the examination of this Mr . Attorney , Commissioner , Director , Contractor , Ship-owner , Campbell . Mr . "Cakpbeh insists upon it that he is a most virtuous ill-nsed man ; that he has much more reason to complain than the
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emigrants ; that he has been grossly deceived by the Company—though he was a chief Manager , Director , and Commissioner of the Company—aad with two or three other fellows , might be said , in fact , to be the Company . He says that he has been ruined by the speculation ; that he has lost his ship , and lost every thing ; though it does not appear even from his own story , that he has paid a single farthing into the funds of " the association , " or that he has
paid a single shilling of wages to the captain or crew of the vessel , or to the provision merchants , or to any body else—aot even for the cargo on boardfor the obtaining of a part of whioh a warrant was issued against him , on a charge of swindling , and , to finish all , the ship seems to have been mortgaged for £ 750 to begin with . What has become of all the money paid by the poor emigrants nobody seems disposed to tell .
The following colloquies between the virtuous and ill-used Mr . Director Campbell and the Lord Mayor will give some idea of the utter heartless , reckless , petty thievery which has been practised by this company i" . The Lord Mayor—I find in this printed paper a number of great names ; toe names of a Duke , fifteen Lords , and nearly forty Baronets . You are amongil the commissioner * , and the emigrant * complain that yon have not performed : your contract . " Mr . Campell—It was impossible for me to perform it . The association is completely broken up . " The Lord Mayor—The association may be broken up , but these noblemen and gentlemen are not broken up . Are all these shareholders ?
" Mr . Campbell—No ; hep are only the vice-president and consulting council . What the deuce did the Association want with a Vice-Presideht and Consulting Council , who were not shareholders , and who consequently were nob members , and have no more to do with it than the man in the moon ! And why were not these noblemen and gentlemen as good members and shareholders as Mr . Commissioner Campbell , or any one else , seeing that no money had been paid by any one ! for the very next question of the Lord Mayor shews this to have been the case : — " The Lord Mayor—How much of the million capital Tuts been paid up 1 " Mr . Campbell—None at all . Nobodt paid vw AT ALL . "
And again : — " The Lord Mayor—Pray , Mr . Campbell , how many shares did these Noblemen and Baroneta take 1 Mr . Campbell—None at all . " Here then iB the evidence out of their own mouth , that without a single share taken—without a single shilling of paid-up capital—with nothing in the world but lying paper to go upon , this Company of one Duke , fifteen Lords , forty Baronets , and sundry " small attorneys" put forth their pretensions to " a million" capital , to the possession
of immense lands in Prince Edward ' s Island , whioh they will Bell to people , and , under these pretenoesi take from the straggling poor , by way of bettering their condition , every farthing the poor creatures can scrape together , and then turn them out to starve !! Here is a Company , boasting a display of names and patronage and influence , equal to that of any bubble which has floated on the surface of viUany for some time 5 engaging actually to sell on very easy terms , lands , of whioh the ; did not possess one acre ! Hear again the colloquy : —
" Mr . Taylor ( an ' emigrant' ) . —I understand they have not an acre of land in Prince Edward ' s Island . " The Lord Mayor . —What ! no land there ? Is that the case , Mr . Campbell ? " Mr . Campbell—Not a single acre , my Lord . «• M » . Henley iano \ her emigrant ') . —They barg ained TO SELL ME ONE HVSDKED AND F 1 ITV ACBKS . " ! ! ! Here were Christian (!) men , noblemen , gentlemen , &c , lending themselves to a scheme for deliberately murdering all these poor emigrants by the slow process of starvation : — " The Lord Mayor . —As you are a director , you can let me know what the plan was with respect to those emigrants if you bad got them out to Prince Edward ' s Island ?
" Mr . Campbel l . —Twenty bouses had been prepared by the association to receive them , and they were afterwards to be located there by our agent , Mr . Goodman , jon ., a gentleman in whote talents and qualifications -we have the utmost reliance . " The Lord Mayor—And what was then to become of them ? Mr . Campbell—They were to build more houses and work in other ways , and to be regularly located . The Lord Mayor—And how were they to be « ubeisted ? " Mr . Campbell—There was a month ' s extra provision going on , so that they would be provided for a month after landing .
" The Lord Mayor—And tken take thHr chance of starvation . That is certainly a frightful alternative . These poor men have been deceived by the long list of high names , and are now thrown into the most serious difficulties . " Mr . Campbell—I have been deceived myself most egregiously . As to the month ' s extra provision , the general practice ia to give extra provision for only a few days after arrival . The Association in this adopted a most liberal plan . The Lord Mayor— Why emigrants wider sach dr . cumslaxces maydU qf sheer starvation . Mr . Campbell—So they may . " Really this devilism is bo horrible that itiis almost dangerous to trust one's self to write about it .
But the > miable and ill-used Mr . Cakfbkll is a most philosophic gentleman ! : — " He did not think the emigrants ought to make any complaint until they were dispossessed of their asylum on board the vessel in whieh they were at present supported . " And to his aid in this cbairtable view of the case , comes Mr . Melleh , another lawyer , who appeared as attorney for Sir R . Broun , another of these M Commissioners , " who , like Mr . Campbell , has of course been a great sufferer in the business : —
" Mr . Meller spoke warmly in praise of Sir R . Broun , and called the Lord Mayor * attention to the prejudices raised against the association . It was true it consisted of persons not accustomed to act , but it was a bma 6 de association , and actuated by the most honourable motives . It was bad enough , be submitted , for his client to be out of pocket £ 700 or £ 600 , and to find the association fail , without being designated as a person connected with a fraudulent undertaking . The men who complained , after all , did not leave employment to go out to Prince Edward ' s Island . " The Lord Matob ' s answer to this fellow was such as might become a man : —
" The Lord Mayor—They left their native country to go to a remote one to gain an honest livelihood for their families by industry and labour , and they were induced to go by the authority of the great names with which the prospectus abounds . Let them not be reproached with having lost nothing by going . They have suffered a vast deal , and I trust the association will take care that they shall not be able to complain that they have lost everything . " One would suppose that rebuke enough to make the ears of even an attorney tingle ; but they are commonly not made of tender stuff , and the attorney Mellkbreturns unabashed to the charge : —
" Vu . MeUer—I contend , my Lord , that it is bard that , because these emigrants have Tailed in their speculation , the association should be covered with odium and execration . If a man become a bankrupt many others necessarily are involved . " Hear but the heartless wretch ! ** Because these emigrants have failed in their speculation" ! In what had the emigrants failed t Had they not paid their money \ Had they not Bailed with the Bhip 1 Had they not hazarded their lives I Had they not , fool-like , trusted to the assurances of forty Baronets ,
fifteen Lords , and a Duke ! And were they to be taunted with having " failed in their speculation " because they had been cboused , deceived , cheated , and robbed ! and so taunted too by the very parties from whom they had suffered all this injustice !! Suoh it would seem are aristocratic notions ; and it waa only when the Lord Mayor brought some intimation of the power of justice as well as of its beauty to bear upon him , that this hired defender of fraud gave back a little . The Lord Mayor replied most properly t—
" There cannot be the slightest analogy . Tour association are not . bankrupts . Now look at Mr . Taylor ' s case , and just form an estimate of what he has undergone , and what be may still undergo if his claims are neglected . He has eight children . He has paid £ 50 to the secretary for their passage . He has expended the little money he had put together for tbe purposes of his occupation in Prince Edward ' s Island . Now , this man was to have bad twenty acres of country land and one acre of town land , and he went away with 8 an >
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guine hopes of prosperity . He is brought back witb hla large family , without the means of subsistence , and with starvation looking him and his family in the face , and he la told that in a day or two he and his children are to be turned out of the ship , which was bound to take them to their final destination , and to look about amongst the unions for sympathy and protection . - it Is ridiculous to tell me that this man can be abandoned by an association of noblemen and gentlemen- *( loud applaase } . "
Throughout the investigation the Lord Mayor manifested a laudable determination to stick to the u noblemen and gentlemen , " in the hope , doubtless , of inducing them to do something for the relief of the poor creatures whom they had helped to delude ; Tbe " noblemen and gentlemen , " of course , seek to lick themselves clear of any blame in the affair . One of them , Dootor Rolph , said : — " Neither the Duke of Argyll nor the consulting council of the association were advised of the arrangement of tbe Barbadoea . It was planned by Mr . Campbell and Mr . Andrews , and was carried out whilst absent from this country . It always met with my most decided reprobation . "
Now , we know not whioh to admire most ; the unutterable meanness ot this Duke of Argyll and his dignified oomrogues of "theconsulting oouncil " in lending their names to this naked piece of swindling , or their sneaking cowardice , and still greater meanness , in skulking from the responsibility they have , incurred , and seeking to shelter their no 6 fe ( 1 ) heads under the impeachment of their agents . The poor Duke was as innocent as a sucking duck of the whole matter : —
" Mr . Nettleship declared that the Duke of Argyll and Sir J . Cockbum had been as grossly defrauded and deceived as had been the unfortunate emigrants ; and tbat it bad become necessary to show who were the parties involved in tbe actual reBpansibility . " " The Dake ' a and Sir J . Cockburn ' s object was most humane and benevolent , and it can be proved that they are sot chargeable wltb any act in the slightest degree exceptionable . "
" HiB Grace's intention was to promote the most beneficent scheme of emigration , and in such a manner as to prove of the highest service to the poor persons who should emigrate . That was the object which his Grace had in attending a meeting in June last , when the only resolution tome to was a preliminary and indispensable step , that a sum of £ 60 , 000 should be insured as available for the purposes of emigration . The Duke ' s knowledge of the real proceedings off the association did not extend beyond that information , and his Grace never entertained the most remote idea of sanctioning any act until that money should be raised . " Suoh is the defence set up for the " president" of this wholesale deu of taieves ! Now what are the
faota ! Hear one of tbe poor sufferers , Mr . Tatlob , who had been duped of his little all : — " It had been stated that the Duke merely meant to subscribe £ 500 without becoming . a shareholder . Now , evidence could be produced to show that his Grace signed his name , according to the Scotch form , as 'Argyll Pmses'for shares in the association—( laughter ) . It had been said that the Duke refused to do anything in the association until the sum of £ 50 , 000 should be raised . One would thipk that a nobleman who saw the necessity of tbe application of money would put down some himself—( laughter )—but it did not appear that bia Grace had done anything : of the kind . "
Doubtless ; no better proof of the Duke ' s lying pretence can be had , than th » fact tbat while affeoting to wish the prosperity of the poor emigrants through the association , and while affecting to refuse his sanction to any stops being taken till sufficient funds were in hand , he—a Duke—signs his name for ^ 500 , but does not pay a farthing !; while the other He , that" when he joined the association as President , subscribing his name for £ 500 , he did it
for the benefit of the poor emigrants , and not as a shareholder , and neither seeking nor consenting to receive any benefit , " is met by the poor emigrants with the assertion that it Could be proved that he signed , not withjany such merely benevolent purport , but , in tbe usual way , for shares ; and under this assertion his hired lawyer bullies are as tame as mice ;! they don't dare even to deny it . Mow for the other portion of the Duke's defence : —
" It was agreed that no stop should be taken until £ 50 . 000 were raised . Upon this resolution the Duke relied , and had no intention of sanctioning any act until that money should be raised . " Lying again . Acts were done . He knew that they were done . Proceedings commenced ; not a farthing having been paid up beyond the qualifications of the oommisioners . A prospectus was published , and sent to his Grace in which his Grace appears as President of the Association . But the Duke did not then withdraw . Arrangements were made for sending out emigrants . Some of the emigrants began to
suBpeot tbe inability of the company , and at last delected and exposed it . Then , but not till then , does the Duke withdraw . It waa only when the straw be ^ an to shake that the Noble rat ran from its hole . Up to that time , ( and it id before that time , it must be observed , that all the engagements with the emigrants were formed ) he had remained , with his own knowledge , a party to , and bound by , all tbe acts of the Association of whioh he was the President , and to which his name as President gave its chief claim to confidence . What becomes , then , of his prate , through bia lawyer bullies about not
being responsible to these popremigrants for the cruel wrongs inflicted on them 1 He is responsible for allj and no other man so much so—not even his tools and scapegoats Campbell , Andrews , and Sir R * Broun . It was through his act in lending his name to the concern , that these emigrants were originally induoed to enter into the contract . By his means they were led to contract , and he knew it . In his own name he was a party to the contract ; and he is fairly answerable for whatever consequences may arise out of that contract . So much for the : Duke—the senior partner in this firm of fiends . If he have not been a Bend with them , but
merely a fool on whom they have practised , let him now prove it , not by lying and shuffling to get out ef the mess ; but by admitting his folly frankly and making up to these poor people the loss he has been the means of causing to them ; their physical sufferiugs , he cannot indemnify them for . But let him do what he oan ; and then perhaps society may think that there is yet some glimmering of manhood even in a Duke . His noble friend , Sir John Cockburn , is in precisely the same predicament , and has only the » f « # « jea is of getting out of it . No other sort of wriggling will eerve him in the eyes of honest men , whatever the lawyers may say .
But what shall we say for Sir Richard Broun , and the other " managers" of tbe " association f " First , what do they say for themselves ? what says their lawyer for them ; the honest and modest Mr . Meller ! Hear him : — " These pcor men deserve the utmost sympathy ; but the association bad no notion of deceiving them . Mr . Halden contracted with the emigrants at large . "
So ! then ; it was not the " Association , " but Mr . Halden who deceived the poor fellows . And who is Mr . Halden ? The Association ' s" agent . And had be no instructions from bis employers as to the terms be should make with emigrants f or did he go ia the very teeth of all his instructions ? Did the " Association" take care to tell Mr . Halden that they had no land ; and did he still proceed to sell land to the emigrants ! No , no ; Mr . Meller did not venture upon any of these assertions—with
the printed prospectus and the " Estates in Prince Edward ' s Island " and the "MillionCapital"staring him in the face . It was a little too bare even for a lawyer ' s face . Besides , Mr . Halden seems not to have been , their only agent . They had another , a Mr . —Oh ! no ; not Mr . —a Sir A . M'Na»—we really must sot forget the titles , for these are almost all titled " nabs . " Well ; they had an agent in the person of Sir A . M'Nab—for whose guidance , it seems , they bad issued " official instructions , " containing this statement : —
" These instructions apply to Upper Canada only ; the association hating already acquiredestates in Lower Canada to the extent of 366 , 892 acres In addition to large estates in Prince Edward ' s Island and other colonies . " And these "official instructions" were actually issued and published , when the soamps knew that , as a company , they had not a single aore of land
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in any part of the world , nor a Bhilling wherewith to buy it ! \ And yet these fellows impudently tell the publie , through their lawyer , Meller , that they had tio intention to deceive ! and have the audacity to ! prate of the hardship that they should have any blame for the suffering they have brought upon the poor confiding people ! The more we look at the whole matter , aad the more thoroughly contemptible and disgusting is the light in whioh we Bee the conduct of the entire noble firm . The only man who seems to
have established ; for himself any olaim at all to exception from the general culpability is Dr . Rolph . Nothing could more strongly- prove the iniquitous influence and tendency of tbe whole of the classregulation and distinction : which now pervades society , than the jfaet that , with his strong , clear , and humane mind—with his evident wish to procure something like juBtice for the poor people—the Lord Mayor yet ! shrunk from anything like effec t
tive characterising of the conduct of the noble partners in this precious firm ; and Bought every possible shield andjcloak for them . He said : — " What dreadful ( mischief arises from the use of high names in cases of this kintf f I have no doubt tbat tbe noblemen and gentlemen whose names appear on this paper were wholly ignorant of the nature of the proceedings to which ] it might appear they lent their sanction . " 1
«• I cannot , looking over this prospectus , conceive it possible that any of the individuals would suffer these poor emigrants to be imposed upon . " Mr . Campbell— -How comes it then , my Lord > , that they have done so tf " The Lord Mayor—I dare say tbat some of these noblemen have , under the impression that the association was calculated to do good , allowed their names , from a benevolent feeling alone to be used . I am convinced that not one | of them ever dreamt that a number of poor emigrants would be sent out to an isolated spot with a month ' a provisions , to tun the chance of climate and tbe various contingencies to which persons in a country unknown to them must be subjected . "
Now , it might be sufficient to remark on this that the Lord Mayor ' s excuse for the " Noblemen and Gentlemen" implies that they must be the most arrant fools alive . Besides which , it was clearly stated and uncontradicted by his counsel , that the Duke of Arvtll took the lead at all the public meetings , and made no seoret of attaching his high name to the acts ( of the Association , and that his Grace's correspondence with the late Loan Mator dearly proved that fact . ;
His Lordship sought further to throw tbe cloak of charity around the ; "Noblemen and Gentlemen" by the intimation that their names might have been used without their sanction at all ; and advised * ' that the poor people desirous to emigrate should take care before they 'v ^ llow the contents of a printed prospectus , with exalted names attached , to inquire of the persons whose signatures afforded bo strong a recommendation whether they authorised the use of their names . " He fished hard for evidence of this kind to
exculpate eome of the long list of Lords , Baronets , tea ., with the Noble Duke at the top , which he held in his hand connected S with this nefariety ; but it was " no go . " They were too deep in the mud for the good natured Lord Mayor to get them out . Dr . Rohta settles it thus : — "The Lord Mayor—Were tbe whole of the names mentioned in the prospectus sanctioned by the parties themselves ? " { " Or . Rolph—During the protracted Investigation which took place before tbe committee of inquiry , satisfactory evidence ! was adduced by Sir R . Broun to prove that no names were inserted without due authority . " \
Now we venture : to give on our own account a piece of advice in reference to this and like sharking companies of Emigration bubbles blown up witb big names ; and our advice is , just have nothing at all to with them . Never ! mind whether they have author-: ized their names or not ; for it seems from the investigation of this case to make little matter . Just keep at home and see if you can't raise a Home Colonization Company of your own , with more of benefit and less of risk from roguery . We have now before us the prospectus ot an Irish scheme of this sort , headed by Mr . Daniel O'Connell , by five Catholic Priests and Dignitaries , one Baron , and thirteen Esquires . [ This is called u The Catholic Emigration Society ; " and it purports to be
" au institution to regulate Emigration and to secure to the emigrant the realisation of his hopes of bettering his condition , ' * and it professes to have a capital of £ 200 , OIO , in shares of £ 10 each ; and it tells also of "the society ' s lands , " and of " issuing debentures" upon those lands " for sums of 425 and upwards . " ] We calculate that no man with a grain of sense will have anything to do with this Irish speculation , while the Scotch one is yet ringing its disastrous oonsequences in his ears , or while these consequences ktand on record . Let the people cultivate the land at home before they lend themselves to the foreign speculations of Noble emigrationists , and risk » ruin more perfect than even that they now endure . :
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TO THE PEOPLE . Mr Friends , —11 must again call upon you to bestir yourselves . I never do so without urgent necessity ; aud there certainly is , now , a necessity most urgent . I have this day ( Thursday ) received a " call to Judgement" in the following terms : — " THE QUEEN AGAINST FEARGUS O'CONNOR AND
i OTHERS . " Take notice that you are hereby required to attend in he * Majesty ' s Court of Queen ' s Bench , at Westminster , on Thursday the fourth day of May next , then and there to receive jtne judgment of the Bald Ceurfc npon a certain indictment whereupon you were convicted at the last Assizes held at Lancaster , in and for our county of Lancaster . " Dated this twenty-fourth day of April , one thensand eight hundred and forty-three . " GnBGORf . Faulkner , & , Co ., 1 " Solicitors far the Prosecution . " To William Hill , one of the above defendants . "
Like notices have , I presume , been served on all the defendants . Intelligence has yet only reached me from Cooper and Arthur , each of whom has got his billet . It has not taken me by surprise ; I had notice of its coming , and expected it . I had also learned , before receiving this document , that Government intend to work hard—that they mean to have in all—fifth connt men , as well as others . Every
man is to be " shopped" if it oan be done at all . No power of sophistry and lawyerism which money can purchase will be wanting to prove black white and disagreement union . ! The tug will , in all probability , be in the law of the fifth count . Nothing can be clearer to common 1 sense than that the fifth count cannot involve any crime ; but common sense and law— i " have oft-times no connection . "
Hence it will not do to bring against Lawyer-gab the mere common sense of honest men . In the " teg of war" " Greek" must meet " Greek . " Lawyers 1 ^ t be met by lawyers . There arc also some mac . era iu the fourth count , which , if I mistake not greatly , will afford fair exercise for lawyergab . And , at all events , there are in many of the individual oases abundant circumstances whioh handled skillfully , may in all ( probability save to us the services of some of our best men .
But all this needs the funds . Not a bit will the lawyers work without money . Money will be unsparingly used against us . Will you suffer your noblest friends and best champions to lack any advantage whioh your utmost exertions can procure them by a counter application of the same mighty lever ! Nay ; I ask not for them but for yourselves—for the cause —for our country ! Can these men be spared from the movement ! must they , at all events , leave it without a struggle—a last struggle and a mighty one—being
made f Have their long services , their ardent devotion , their mined families , no claims upon your sympathy ! I know the very naming of tbeBe things is an insult tolyon ; and that yon are readier to rush to the reaoue than I am to call you ; I know your nobleness of nature : but I know also the greatness of your oppression ; and hence I entreat you , like Satnpson , " for this once , " lay to your whole strength , that the pillars of the foul temple of corruption being grasped , may fall toge-
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ther , and bring down the edifice along with them . There are many things for which money will be wanted besides the lawyers . This - suinmong must be answered personally . Your friends will have to travel up to London , and . this will cost money . They Bhould be in London « day or two before the time and the arguments may be long , and staying in London is ezp easive . They may need also some previous preparation and their families must be looked to . You . ntJ not send them up with the heart-breaking burden on their minds , that their best beloved ones are left to
perish , or next door to it , while they are secluded from the world . Mind yon , I know not that any Of them will be secluded—but it may be so—and you ought always to provide amply for the worst th ^ may come . They may also , if you bestir you well come back , to cheer your hearts with patriot ^ ' whioh shall show you that they deserve all yOa » efforts . I never help the enemy by gloomy antici pations ; but I like always to be prepared . and bo ought yon ; and hence I {^ write to you . The time is short . This day week remember . Stir , stir ! Thank God , I do not yet need to ask you on my own account , and I can therefore press you the more confidently for those who do
need it . Not one shilling of your money hta yet been appropriated to my expences or& . fence in any Bhape , nor shall it now . I can d « without it , and I hold that every man who can da without it ought ; there are enough of those who cannot . If the time come when my private meana fail , I shall not be slack in requiring from you what my services may have earned . Nor will yW know , be alack to give it . That time nay come : thank God it has not yet come . Bat remember that nearly all , if not indeed all , of ont best 'men are otherwise situate , and forgive me if I again say for once indeed , stir . Let the money pour in . Send it to John Cleave , or to this office , to Mr . Ardill , and do not be sparing . ¦ ¦
To my fellow " conspirators" I have a word to say Every man should be thinking of the circumstances of his own particular case which may best tell ij mitigation of punishment , and get affidavits of them drawn at once for the consideration of jfa Court ; and every one should be in London on Tues day night at latest , so that a meeting and consult * tion can be had before coming into Court—and bo that each may have the advice of the indefatigable Roberts , of Mr . O'Connor , and of snch other lawyers as the state of the funds may have enabled them to employ . I give these general suggestions for general benefit . My own course is fixed . N& arrangement which may be come to by others , will alter it or at all affect me individually .
Again 1 say to the whole people , etir , stir ; &ad if you have any love for yourselves , your country , tai the common cause , now prove it . Send up ths means to fight this battle well . God save you all , and speed the Charter . Northern Star Office , Wm . Hiil , Taursday Noon , April 27 , 1843 . P . S . —All my many friends whom I have promised ere long to visit will now see that a " may be" is interposed . I do not expeet any alteration in their plans need be made , but we shall soon know . It may be that this * is my last opportunity of saying a word to you through tha Star of eome months . I do not expect this , butii may be so : and if so , farewell—see that iamy absents
it be nourished with your favour , and made to shine brighter aud further than it has ever done before . It will be under tbe care of one who baa often been of great . assistance to me in its arduous duties heretofore ; and who , therefore , will not be strange either to it or to you ; one upon whose judgment I would rely in preference to that of any man in England , always excepting my own , and on whose , honesty , had 1 a thousand lives I would riskthemall Without the tremor of a single nerve . The Star will lose nothing by losing me , if I am to be " locked up , " which I do not expect . But if I be , I thea M command you on your duty" to support the Star ; while I have never before asked suoh a thing of 01 from you . W . H .
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Notice . —Many of the London readers of the Star could not procure their copies of the paper last week , This disappointment occurred from the post oMee servants having misdelivered a large parcel ( directed to Mr . Cleave ) to a news-agent in a distant part ' of tbe town , which parcel Mr . C . did not receive nntQ Tuesday evening . The disappointed subscribers are now assured that they can obtain their papers from Mr . Cleave , and it is earnestly hoped tbat the Chart * ists generally of the Metropolis will take earethat the Northern Star does not suffer any loss in its circulation from the negligence of the Post OfRci folk .
Mb . T . 8 . Smith requests us to state that unaxoW able circumstances have detained him in Lmdou much longer than he expected , but that he vMl in a very short time be at home , and as ever ready lo aid his old friends in the advocacy of ourgkrious principles . Parties wishing to commune , cate with him % mag address No . 66 , Old fiat&y , London . Me . Mead is at the service of any Society which mey request his aid . His address is No . 1 , Hatehet Street , Netotown Row , Birmingham , t fjp friends at Burton-upon-Trent make no $ ?«?• lions , he will pay them a visit : If tfreS un 'j communicate with him on the subject , or send their Secretary ' s address , he will feel very much
obliged . A Friend to Sotfbbing Humanity ' s uxueb not given Is . to Mr . Sinclair , iVo . 2 S , HigbBrtye , Newcastle , for Mr . Cockburn . This is the first donation Mr . S . has received for that really daditute individual ; but it is sincerely hoped thai such as can afford to assist him will come forward and render their aid in procuring a sum that will enable him to purchase materials for am mencing his Business of Matlrass-maker . f . f * stone blind , he is unable to procure a UveaMoa by any other means ; and is now in the wrnost state of destitution a human being can be r u ^* to—necessitated to live , or rather efift , oytM
cold charity of strangers . Can this not be prevented 7 Can Cockburn not be enabled to « w « for his living ? Any sum handed to Mr . Sincunr for him , will be most thankfully received , ana duly acknowledged through the Star . Notice . —The Demonstration Committee of the lou Convention make their last application , reguesting the Dinner Ticket money due , to be paid on Wednesday evening next , at 8 o ' chek , at Mr . Hawkins ' s , Crown and Anchor , corner ef BW Alley , Farringdon Street ; or the various persm will be published defaulters in theStas ofnext week;—a portion of the debt ofthe said dinner at the White Conduit House remaining «» 1 J { " 2 to the disgrace of the Chartist body and tltt * cause . —By order , Feargus O'Connor ,
RUFFY KlDLBT . Clebkbnwbll . —Notice . —It is particularly "PfK ed that the Members of this locality will meet a * the Old Blue Lion , 15 , Coppice Row , o n MoM » 9 evening neat , at 8 o ' clock . , ,. Fbmar & P . Me K— We know not of any r * re ? J ? be had in the case to which his letter refers-The law of England is so tender of female cm * tue that it inflicts no punishment whatever on a man who seduces a confiding young w ° i { J ~^ then leaves her and her child to shift for Oieaselves : unless both mother and child actually s * into the workhouse . The parish might « ienT ^ cover f rom the putative father the ac ( u 0 'i < M _^ L the child ' s maintenance , and no more . Toe » £ ther has no redress whatever . This « <* £ Christian-like way of preserving morals 19 «" country . We hope our Scotch friends admire u . W . Davies . —The prospectus he sends us is an
mvptxsement . . .. m Q . X . — We never before heard of a " suite of cloths , ¦ and suppose nobody else ever did . . ^ David Pott , Birmingham . —We have tent his kwp to Mr . Cleave , which is all we can do totth « . Richard Marsden . —His letter is received ' , v columns are too full to allow of its insertion ? S . B . —Tull's Husbandry , by Cobbett . G . Smith . —No room this week . . - A Constant Reader , Dtjotebmune , must w « like answer . 3 . B . C . —No room . , jnuM J . H . Brantbah writes us to inquire if tt * imj t «
for a Poor Law Guardian to receive uag' * ?" sitting at the Board , or for the public money »™ expended in drink to the annual amount 01 ^ at the passing '' of surveyors' accounts , a ^ . 'fL ^ the passing of constables accounts . A y j practices are , we believe , decidedly illW "\ , > two latter at all events are unquestionab ly ™' and it is the duty of tm ratepayers oj *» i parish in which they are practised to rejus pass those items , and leave the surveyor aww . stable to pay them . This would toon put < " »« " " to the practice * ""'
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 29, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct800/page/4/
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