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      HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tdesdatv April 25 . Xotd Cahpbeu . saM he bad a great number of peHfianrlo present against the Factarte ^ Educational BG 1 , but-as it Had not yet come before the House , it woiiid be irregular to present them . He mentioned the fact merely to msuw those » lo had «* " »*<* him \ n& the peBtioni that lie bad performed Mb duty , ana was prevented by the forms of tbe House Itom presentins iilBUL In answer % o Borne remarks from Lord Monteagle , th » 3 > nfc > of Wellington said tba subject of the Pi » r law in Ireland was tinder the consideration of the Government , and the whole question relative to pauper lunatics trmB also be taken into consideration .

      The Puke of Wxiitkgtoh moTed an address , of congratulation to he * Majesty , on the birth of another Princess , which was unanimously Adopted . His Grace then stated that on Thursday next he would mo Ye an address of condolence to her Majesty on the death of fi » Dote of Sussex . lord Cakpssix asked the lord Chancellor when he would lay Ms lunatic BIS before tbe House , but the answer was not satisfactory;—the judges were to be consulted , » a 4 the judges did sot wish to be consulted . Be thought his Lordship , some four weeks ago , had a Bin ready for meeting such horrible crimes as that committed by M'Naughten . Tbs Marquis of Clasbicarde gave notice of a motion on the Irish Poor Law , for the 4 th of May , and the House adjourned .

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      HOUSE Of COMMONS . —Mosdat , Apbix 24 , Sir James G&ahax gave nofcioe that on Monday next he would sate the alteration he intended to propose in the educational clauses of the Factories ' UilL On that day * therefore , he should propose to go into committee pro forma , in order to be enabled , to put the House In possession of the details of the proposed alterations . The Chahceliob of the Exchfqubr intimated his intention of TnnVi-ng ^ ijr flmmmi statement on tee 3 th of May . Sb James Gbahasi , in reply to Sir John Easthope , said that Church-rate returns from 10 , 000 out of the 12 , 000 parishes of England had been received , and would be shortly laid on the table of -the House . Sir Kobert Pkki , in reply to Sir R . B . Inglis , said , that the debate on the Eocleriartaal Courts' Bill would bs resumed on Friday .

      XorS Starlet , in reply to Lord John Russell , intimated that , in ad ay or two , he would state when he w » uld be able to introduce the Canadian Com BilL He promised also to supply the Hoose with islortnation on the subject of the dnties imposed by the Assembly of . Jamaica on the produce ef the United Kingdoms proceeding which he considered most objectionable . On the motion for going into a Committee for Supply , ^ Tr _ yn . nfitfi made a lengthened statement with relation to tbe financial management of the Chancellor of the Exchequer , and in the course of which he argued that our colonies , especially those of the West Indies , were an enormous Expense to this country * .

      Mr . Sebjial said that it was a mutate to suppose that our West iadisn Colonies were expensive to this country ; They , In fact , contributed mainly to their own expenditure , in proof of which lie adduced the fact , that his own property in Jamaica was taxed ' to jo amount Jive tamesgreater Otantbe returns he received * omlt ¦ Lord STLSZST agreed with the general principle that polonies should be made to contribute as far as possible to their own expenditure ; many of tie coloxd e * were already doing so to a great extent-Sir Howaxd Douglas complained of the insuffiriency of funds in the colonies for the purpose of tyrvt-yms : tbegospeL The Church Missionary Society wu 9 ii .- - » nly unable to send out-additional missionaries , tu - mid not eves keep faith with those already Bent out

      Bis Loi . d Mil ok made inquiry respecting the powers of tte GuTtmmentwithiespect to emigration ; in reply to which , Lord Srnmusr expressed the uneasiness which lie felt at the hsrd&hips to which the intended emigrants to Prince Edward ' s Island had been exposed , aa evinced by the recent proceedings before the Lord-Mayor . But the fact was , that the Government had interfered in this very ease to the utmost extent of its powers . tn October last , they cad received information which led ttifra to suppose that in the ease of tbe emigrants who were going out by the ship Barbadoes , some deception was going on , and the Government emigration agent had been directed to inquire into the matter , and to give every assistance to the emigrants . It tinned

      oat that the Tassel was well found ; that she bad an abundant supply of provision * . ; and that , in fact , ths requirements of th& Passengers ' Act had been carefully complied with . The British American Colonic&tion Association had ^ pj ww t **^ ?*>»*¦ tliey iiad purchased 72 , 000 acres of land in Prince Edward " B Island ; and as this land was alleged to nave , been purchised from private individuals , sad not from the Government , there was no i ^^ wftfrtift mofnn of ascertaining the fact . The emigration commissioners had even gone beyond their powers in this ease . They xeioonstntad with the company ; represented to them the period of the year which rendered tbe attempt extremely baiardous ; bat they were met by assurances that every possible precaution had been taken . The Government , however ,

      had sent out information to the Governor of Prince lawasd ' a T f iWrtfl with instruction , that if the vessel should arrive , he was to afford every- protection to the emigrants , and to compel the company to perform tewards them the obligations "which it had undertaken . Tie abip salted on the 1 st of . November , and on tbe 13 th efltecernber was driven back to the Core of Cork . The emigration agent in that port , on inquiry , had ^ L » . grf ! Ttn"i that it was the intention of ths company to support the emigrants on board until the shi > should again be rea £ y for sea ,, and that it should be once more provMoned for the voyage . It had ' been represented in February that the vessel would sail in March , and

      yet * 1 that very time ths mortgagee was in possession of the veaaeL This was a distinct fraud . Application hi A been made to the Treasury for its interference , and the Crown solicitor was employed ; but , on the dissolution of ihe company , it was found impracticable to obtain a legal remedy . The company , however , had been sanctioned by gentlemen of high station , whose names must have conduced to enabling it to innict the hardship and suffering which the sufferers had endured ; and , if not legally liable , he tmstsd that they would at least feel the moral obligation they were under , to repair th ? -mijyjppf of which they had been instalments .

      The House then went into a Committee of Snpply , proceeding with those estimates which remained over from ibe recess . Tee votes for the expenses of the Governments of New Zealand , and of the West India Inlands , laised some eonverssation ; and on the grant for our consular establishments , after some remarks from Mr . Williams , Dz , BOTTEIKG called 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 which he is stationed . Lord SXaKLST admitted the importance of the subject , which was at present under the consideration of tbe Government . A number of votes passed , frith some general eonver-Bation ; but on the vote for the expenses ot the Steam Navigat ion to India , byway ot the B » d Sea , after some remarks from Dr . Bowiins ,

      Sir Bouss Pxel "warmly eulogised the liberal fiondnct of the Pacha of Egypt , "who , under circumstances calculated to make * " * " thin * that we were opposed to his interests , had manifested a very enlightened spirit , in the facilities he iad afforded to our baa& ^ throogh E ^ ypt , »* " * across tbe Issnsma . ^ pS ' fm . TLa ^ A * rEB ~ eoncurred in tire compliment Bros paid te the Packa of Bygpt . The remaining votes having been agreed to ,, the Chairman reported progress , and the House resumed . The other order * having been disposed of , the House adjourned . Tuxsdat , Atbil 25 . Many petitions were presented against the Factories Education BilL Anew writ was ordered for Salisbury , in the room of Mr . Brodie , who had accepted the C

      hUtexnHun-Mr . T . Dckcohbb presented a petition from the Bev . W . Browne , who had been dismissed from the situation of chaplain of Knutaford Gaol , complaining of the -eondnct of the magistrates of Cheshire , and praying inquiry into their conduct The Hon . Member gave notice , that he should more that this petition be printed with the votes . Mr . G . W . Wood brought up the special report from the general committee on petitions , recommending tbat tbe petition of w . Jonas , a prisoner in Leicester Gaol , complaining of the conduct of Mr . Bans Sumey , and piaying for inquiry , and other petitions to the same effect , be printed for the me o ! Members only . Ordered accordingly . J £ r . MtntrHT , the member for Cork , presented a petition from that place against transferring the contract for mail coaches to a Scotchman , which excited lend laughter .

      A discussion took place on the South Eastern , Oroydon , and London Bail way Bill , when an a division , tfrere wa « a majority of it against , the re-committal of il » B 3 L The Bill was , after some discussion , ordered to be eagro — i . Mr . Tn-WJBM postponed his motion on the Corn Iaws , tfll the Oh of May . Sir Bo » e » t Pesl made a statement relative to the negotiations Tfith Portugal aad Brazil , foj eommercial treaties , but it conveyed so information on these Important subjeeta . .. ....

      ThBlH * bi Hon . Baronet then proposed an address of « oadolonoe to tbe Queen on U » death of the Duke of # o » exi which was agreed to . He also proposed an address of © ongatulation to her Majesty on the birth of -a princess , -which was also ^ rried . Mr ~ BicU 3 > obrought forward bis motion on import iatits , which led fa some discussion , and was ultijB&tely wjsetea by a majority of 74 . 5 ^ e 9 &K orders of the day were then disposed of , and fee HWBt adjourned at half-part twelve o ' tbek .

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      Bradford Mabket . Thpsdat , April 27 . —Wool . —There is no marked difference in this article during the past week . A tolerable quantity has ' changed bands at prioes similar to " iast week . —yarn—The demand fox Yarn continues steady , and prioes fairly supported . —Piece—There is a fair average business done , and the prospect for-the fature is noway worse than for some time past . Prieeaare generally very firm .

      Mr. O'Connor And The Tower Hamlets.

      MR . O'CONNOR AND THE TOWER HAMLETS .

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      Next vreek we shall publish several Editions of the Northern Star . The second , which , as usual , will reach our several readers on Saturday morning , will contain a full report of the proceedings in the Queen ' s Bench to the close of the Government 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 , which we purpose publishing so as to reach all towns within a day ' s post , will be delivered on Monday morning , containing the proceedings up to Saturday night .

      Agents are requested to send early 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 fight , 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 have 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 particularly direct attention to that of PiUing which , for rude and natural eloquence , baa seldom been equalled , and never surpassed . Pilling ' s own words are given , and not a word has been omitted . Next Number ( Six ) will contain tbe remainder of the speeches of the defendants , Mr . O'Connor ' s , the defence , and tbe Attorney-General ' s Reply .

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      THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN

      SWINDLING AND MURDERING SOCIETY . Such cragbt 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 s number of adventurers , of whom the chief acting men seem to have

      been a couple of pettifogging Attornies , pat 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 Edward ' s Island , and cheap land on which to locate themselves on their arrival . They , were all , on their arrival at Prinoe 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 tbe Emigrants . At the head of thiB infamous

      conspiracy to rob and plunder tbe most defenceless por . tion of society were a Duke ! fifteen Peers !! and forty Baronets ! !! Several foolish people , lured by the attraction of these great names , and supposing ihe purpose of tbe Swindlers to be honest , gave up their little businesses and home comforts , —raked their little possessions together , paid the wretches 430 , £ 40 , and in some cases jB&D , for the passage-money of tcemselres and families , bargained with the association for the purchase of lands froia them in the Colony , and set sail in the month of November for Prince Edward's Island , a place is the 47 th degree of North latitude .

      These poor wretches , instead of being landed and made gentlemen of at Prince Edward ' s Island , are now in London Doek , in daily expectation of being cast out into the streets to perish , after being fleeced of every farthing they had in tbe world . It turns out thai" tbe Company" bad not a single acre of land either in Prince Edward ' s Island or any where else , —that the " million" ot capital was a great lie , for they bad no capital at all , —that the ship in which

      the poor creatures had embarked had beenchartered ^ 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 pnrpose of " the Company" was , in c&se these poor things escaped tbe perils of the ocean ( a thing next to impossible at ihe time of the year when they started ) , and got to their destination , to torn them adrift to starve I !!

      The deliberate contemplation of such wickedness would be almost incredible , were it not evidenced by their own admissions . The matter is however put beyond all doubt by one of the directors , " a fellow named Campbell , who seems to have been a main man in tbe 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 410 , —the unfortunates , fifty in number , men , women , and

      children , set sail ; and after having gone about half way across the Atlantic , tbe captain tells us that tbe ship encountered heavy winds and seas , and was so dreadfully battered as to be obliged to put back to ihe nearest eligible port , which was Cork , a distance of 1 , 300 miles . On the 22 nd of December , she reached Cork , where she remained nntil the fih 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 vojage , when

      he received orders to proceed—not to Prince Edward ' s Island , but to London . For London , accordingly , he Bailed j thither he brought the unhappy emigrants , and deposited them , miinxit their all , and ^ iih hoticb to VJIt tbk tbssl , 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 . They were advised to proceed by sum' mary process , before the Lord Mayor , against the I 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 , Centractor , Ship-owner , Campbell . Mr . Campbell insists upon it that he is a most virtuous ill-used man ; I 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—and with two or three otherfellows , might be said , in fact , to be the Company . He saya 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—sot even for tbe cargo on boardfor the obtaining of a part of which 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-nsed Mr . Direotor Campbell and the Lord Mayor will give some idea of the utter heartless , reckleps , petty thievery which has been practised by this company : — " The Lord Mayor—I find in this printed paper a number of great names ; the names of a Duke , fifteen Lords , and nearly forty Baronets . You are amongst the com missionera , and the emigrants 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 Lerd Mayor—The association may be broken up , but these noblemen and gentlemen are not broken up . Are all these shareholders 1

      " Mr . Campbell—No ; they are only ihe vice-president and consulting council . What the deuce did the Association want with a Vice-President and Consulting Council , who were not shareholders , and who consequently were not members , and have no more to do with it than the man in the moon 1 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 ihe million capital has been paid up 1 " Mr . Campbell—None at all . Nobodt paid c » AT ALL . "

      And again : — " The Lord Mayor—Pray , Mr . Campbell , how many shares did these Noblemen and Baronets take ? 11 Mr . Campbell—None at all . " Here then is the evidence out of their own mouth , that withoat a single share taken—without a single shilling of paid-up capital—with nothing in the world but Ijing 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 , which they will sell to people , and , under these pretences , take from the struggling poor , by way of bettering their condition , every farthing the poor creatures can scrape together , and then tarn them oat 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 villany for some time ; engaging actually to sell on very easy terms , lands , of which they did not possess one acre ! Hear again tbe colloquy : —

      11 Mr . Taylor ( as ' emigrant' ) . —I understand they have not an acre of land in Prince Edward ' s Island . " The Lord Mayor . —What ! no land there ? Is that tbe case , Mr . Campbell ? " Mr . Campbell- —Not a single acre , my Lord" Mr . Henley ( another emigrant" ) . —They bab-GAI . NED TO SELL MS ONE HUNDRED AND V 1 FTT ACEKS . " ! I ! Here were Christian (!) men , noblemen , gentlemen , < tc , lending themselves to a scheme for deliberately murdering all these poor emigrants by the alow process of starvation : — " The Lord Mayor—As yon are a director , you can let me know what tbe plan was with respect to those emigrants if you had got them out to Prince Edward's Island t

      " Mr . Campbell . —Twenty houses bad been prepared by the association to receive them , and they were after , wards to be located there by our agent , Mr . Goodman , Jan ., a gentleman in whose talents and qualifications ve 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 bow were they to be subsisted ; " Mr . Campbell—There was a month ' s extra provision going on , to that they would be provided for a month after landing .

      « ' The Lord Mayor— And iken take their 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 ifl to give extra provi&lon foi only a few days after arrival The Association in this adopted a most # &eraf plan . " The Lord Mayor—Why emigrants under such cireumstanoes maydU ( if sheer starvation . " Mr . Campbell—So they map ?' Really this devilism is so horrible that it ^ is almost dangerous to trust one ' s self to write about it .

      But the > miable and ill-used Mr . Campbell 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 which they were at present supported . " And to his aid in this cbairtable view of the ease , oomes Mr . Melleb , another lawyer , who appeared as attorney for Sir R . Bbodn , another of these " 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 ' s attention to the prejudices raised against the association . It was true it consisted of persons not accustomed to act , but it was a bona * de association , and actuated by tbe most honourable motives . It was bad enough , bo submitted , for his client to be out of pocket £ 700 or £ 800 , and to find the association fail , without being designated as a person consected with a fraudulent undertaking . Tbe men who complained , after all , did not leave employment to go out to Prince Edward ' s Island . " The Lobd Matob ' s answer to this fellow was such as might become a man : —

      " The Lord Mayor—Tbey 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 tbe authority of the great names with which tbe prospectus abounds . J > t them nut 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 snppose that rebuke enough to make the ears of even an attorney tingle ; but they are commonly not made of tender stuff , and the attorney M ^ T . t-Ttp returns ! unabashed to the charge : —

      " Mr . Meller—I contend , my Lord , that it is hard that , because these emigrants have failed in their speculation , the association should be covered with odium and execration . If a man become a bankrupt many others necessarily are involved . " Hear bat the heartless wretch ! M Because these emigrants have failed in their speculation" ! In what bad tbe emigrants failed ! Had they not paid their money ! Had they not sailed with the ship 1 Had they not hazirded their lives t Had they not , fool-like , trusted to the assurances of forty Baronets ,

      fifteen Lords , and a Duke f 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 !! Such it would seem are ariBtocratio notions ; and it was only when the Lord Mayor brought Borne intimation of the p » tcer of justice as well as of its beauty to bear upon him , that this hired defender of fraud gave baok a little . The Lord Matob replied most properly : —

      " There cannot be the slightest analogy . Tour association are not bankrupts . Now look at Mr . Taylor ' s case , and just form an estimate cf what be has undergone , and what he may still undergo if bis claims are neglected . Be has eight children . He has paid £ 50 to tbe secretary for their passage . He has expended the little money he had put together for the purposes of his occupation iu Prince Edward ' s Island . Now , this man "was to bave bad twenty acres of country land and one acre of town laud , and he went away with san-

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      guine hopes of prosperity . He is brought back with hia large family , without the means of subsisienc 9 , and with starvation looking him and his family in the face , and tie is told that in a day or two be 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 applause ) . " ^

      Throughout the investigation the Lord Mayor manifested a laudable determination to efciok to the " noblemen and gentlemen , " in the hope , doubtless , of induoing them te do something for the relief of the poor creatures whom they had helped to delude . The M noblemeu and gentlemen , " of course , seek to lick themselves clear of any blame in the affair . One of them , Doetor RoLPH . said : — Neither the Pake of Argyll nor the consulting council of the association were advised of the arrangement of the Barbadoas . 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 which to admire most ; the unutterable meanness of this Duke of Argyll and his dignified comrogues of " the consulting oounoil " in lending their names to this naked piece of swindling , or their sneaking cowardice , and still greater meanness , in Bkulking from the responsibility they have incurred , and seeking to shelter their noble d ) heads under the impeachment of their agents . The poor Duke was as innocent as a sucking duck of the whole matter : —

      " Mr . Nettleshlp declared that the Duke of Argyll and Sir J . Cockbum had been as grossly defrauded and deceived as had been the unfortunate emigrants ; and that it had become necessary to show who were the parties involved in the actual responsibility . " 11 The Duke ' B and Sir J . Cockburn ' s object was most humane and benevolent , and it can be proved that they arenot : chargeable with any act in the slightest degree exceptionable . " .

      " His 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 ehould emigrate . That was the object which bis Grace had in attending a meeting in June last , when the only resolution come to was a preliminary and indispensable step , that a sum of £ 60 , 000 should be insured aa available for the purposes of emigration . Tbe Duke ' s knowledge of the real proceedings cf 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

      raJaaL-Such is the defence set up for the " president" of this wholesale den of thieves ! Now what are the facts ! Hear one of the poor sufferers , Mr . Taylob , 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 Bald that the Duke refused to do anything in tbe association until the ram of £ 50 , 000 should be raised . One would think that a nobleman who saw the necessity of the application of money would put down Borne himself—( laughter )—but it did not appear that bis Grace had done anything of the kind . "

      Doubtless ; no better proof of the Duke ' s lying pretence can be had , than the fact that while affecting to wish the prosperity of the poor emigrants through the association , and while affecting to refuse his sanction to any steps 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 lie , 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 snob merely benevolent purport , but , in the usual way , for shares ; and uuder this assertion bis hired lawyer bullies are as tame as mice ; they don't dare even to deny it . Now for the other portion of the Duke ' s defence : —

      " It was agreed that no step should be taken until £ 50 . 000 were raised . Upon thia resolution the Duke relied , and bad 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 oommiBioners . 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

      Buspeot the inability of the company , and at last delected And exposed it . Then , but mot till then , does the Duke withdraw . It was osly when the straw began to shake that the Noble rat ran from its hole . Up to that time , ( and it is 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 which he was the President , and to which his name as President gave its chief claim to confidence . What becomes , then , of his prate , through his lawyer bullies about not

      being responsible to these poor emigrants for the cruel wrongs inflicted on them 1 He ia responsible for fall ; and no other man . so much so—not even his tools and scapegoats Campbell , Anprkws , and Sir R . Bkoun . It was through his aot in lending his name to the concern , that these emigrants were originally induced to enter into the contract . By his means they were led to contraot , and he knew it . In his own name he was a party to the contraot ; and be is fairly answerable for whatever consequences may arise out of that contraot . So much for the Duke—the senior partner in this firm of fiends . If he have not been a fiend with them , but

      merely a fool on whom they have practised , let him now prove it , not by lying and shuffling to get out of the mess ; but by admitting his folly frankly and making up to these poor people the loas he has been the means of causing to them ; their physical eufferinge , h © cannot indemnify them for . But let him do what he cau ; and then perhaps society may think that there is yet some glimmering of manhood even in a Duke . ' His noble friend , Sir John Cockbdhn , is in preoiHely the same predicament , and has only the u aw mea is of getting out of it . No other sort ' of wriggling will serve him in the eyes of honest men , whatever the lawyers may say .

      But what shall we say for Sir Richabd Broun , and the other managers" of the " association V First , what do they say for themselves ! what eaya their lawyer for them ; the honest and modest Mr . Mellek ! Hear him : — " These poor men deserve the utmost sympathy ; but tbe association had no notion of deceiving tfeem . Mr . Balden 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 he no instructions from bis employers as to the terms he should make with emigrants ! or did he go in 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 " Million Capital" staring him in the face . It was a little too bare even for a lawyer ' s face . Besides , Mr . Haldem seems not to have been their only agent . They had another , a Mr . —Oh ! no j not Mr . —a Sir A . M'Nab—we really must not forget the titles , for these are almost all titled nabs . " Well ; they had an agent in the person ot Sir A , M'Na»—for whose guidance , it seems , they had issued " official instructions , " containing this statement : — '

      " These instructions apply to upper Canada only ; the association having already acquired estates in Lower Canada to the extent of 366 , 892 acres in addition to large estates in Prince Edward ' s Island and other colonies . " And theBO " official instructions" were aotually issued and published , when the scamps knew that , as a company , they bad not a single acre of land

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      in any part of the world , nor a shilling wherewith to buy it I ! And yet these fellows impudently tell the public , through their lawyer , Melleb , that they had no intention to deceive ! and have the audacity to j 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 , and the more thoroughly contemptible and disgusting is the light in whloh we see the conduct of the entire noble firm . The only man who seems to

      have established for himself any claim 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 fact that , with his strong , clear , and humane mind—with his evident wish to procure something like justice for the poor people—the Lord Mayor yet shrunk from anything like effective characterising : of the oonduet of the noble partners in this precious firm ; and sought every possible shield and cloak for them . He said : —

      " What dreadful mischief arises from the use of high names in cases of this kind 1 I have no doubt that the noblemen and gentlemen whose names appear on this paper were wholly ignorant of tbe nature of the proceedings to which it might appear they lent their sanction . " i " I cannot , looking over this prospectus , conceive It peasible 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 r" j

      " The Lord Mayor—I date s » y -that some of tbeBO noblemen bave , 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 ' s provisions , to tun the chance of climate and the 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 Matob ' 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 Ar « yll took the lead at all the public meetings , and made no secret of attaching his high name to the acts of the Association , and that his Grace ' s correspondence with the late Lord Matob clearly proved that fact .

      His Lordship sought further to throw the cloak of charity around tb ^ 'j Noblemen and Gentlemen" by the intimation tnat 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 "wallow the contents of a-printed prospectus , with exalted names attached , to inquire of the persons whose signatures afforded so strong a recommendation whether they authorised the use of their names . " '

      He fished hard for evidence of this kind to exculpate some of the long list of Lords , Baronets , * o ., with the Noble Duke at the top , which he held in his hand connected with this nefariety ; but it was " no go . " They were too deep in the mud for the good natured Lord ) Matob to get them out . Dr . Holph settles it thus : — "The Lord Mayor—Were the whole of the names mentioned in the prospectus sanctioned by the patties themselves ? " J "Dr . Rolph—During the protracted Investigation which took place before the committee of iufuiry , satisfactory evidence was adduced by Sir B . Broun to prove that no names were inserted without due authority . " i

      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 with big names ; and our advice is , just have nothing at all to with them . Never mind whether they have authorized their names or j not ; for it seems frem 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 of an Irish scheme of this sort , headed by Mr . Dajtiel O'Coxnell , by Rye Catholic Priests and Dignitaries , one Baron , and thirteen Esquires . Tois is called The Catholic Emigration Society ; " and it purports to be

      " an 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 , 0 * 0 , in shares of £ 10 each ; and it tells also of " the society ' s lands , " and of " issuing debentures" } upon those lands "for sums of £ 25 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 consequences in his ears , or while these consequences stand on record . Let the people cultivate the land at home before they lend themselves to the foreign speculations of Noble emigratiomsts , and risk a ruin more perfect than even that they now endure .

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      TO THE PEOPLE . Mt Fbiends , —I must again call upon you to bestir yourselves . I never do so without urgent necessity ; and 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

      < OTHERS . " Take notice that you are hereby required to attend in her Majesty ' s Court of Queen ' s Bench , at Westminster , on Thursday the , ' fourth day of May next , then and there to receive the judgment of the said Court upon a certain Indictment whereupon you were convicted at the last Assizes held at Lancaster , in and fox our county of Lancaster . " Dated this twenty-fourth day of April , one thousand eight hundred and forty-three . " Gbbgory . Faulkner , A Co ., " Solicitors for the Prosecution . "To William Hill , one of tbe 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 count men . aa well as others . Every

      man is to be " shopped" if it can be done at all . No power of sophistry and lawyeristn 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 J fifth count . Nothing can be clearer to common sense than that the fifth count cannot involve any crime ; but common sense and law— j " have oft-times no connection . "

      Hence it will not do ] to bring against Lawyer-gab the mere common sense of honest men . In the " tug of war" ¦• ' Greek" mbst meet " Greek . " Lawyers must be met by lawyers . There are also some matters in the fourth count , which , if £ mistake not greatly , will afford fair exercise for lawyergab . And , at all events , there are in many of the individual oases abundant circumstances which 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 which 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 straggle and a mighty one—being made ! Have their ] long services , their ardent devotion , their ruined families , no claims upon your sympathy 1 I know the very naming of these things is an insult to you ; and that you are readier to rush to the resoue 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 Sampson , " for this onoe , " lay to your whole strength ^ that the pillars of the foul temple of corruption ( being grasped , may falltoge-

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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 summons , must be answered personally . Your frieaj 8 will have to travel up to London , and this will cost money . They should be in London a day or two before the time and the arguments may be long , and staying in London is expensive They may need also some previous preparation and their families must be looked to . Y « a m ^ J not send them up with the heart-breaking bur < te » on their minds , that their best beloved ones are left to

      perish , or next door to it , while they are seclnded from the world . Mind you , I know not that any of them will be secluded—bat it may be so—and von ought always to provide amply for the worst that may come . They may also , if you bestir yon well come baok , to cheer your hearts with patriotism ' which shall show you that they deserve all yoat efforts . I never help the enemy by gloomy anticipadions ; but I like always to be prepartd - and so ought you ; and hence I thaj 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 htt yet been appropriated to my expenoea or dofence in any shape , nor shall it now . I can do without it , and I hold that every man who can do without it ought ; there are enough of those who cannot . If the . time come when my private means fail , I shall not be slack in requiring from you whit my services may have earned . Nor will you , I know , be slack to give it . That time may come : thank God it has not yet come . Bat remember that nearly all , if not indeed all , of ou best men are otherwise situate , and forgive me jf 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 aw Every man should be thinking of the circumstances of his own particular case which may best tell fa mitigation of punishment , and get affidavits of them drawn at once for the consideration of the Court ; aad 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 bq that each may have the advice of the indef&ti g&blg Roberts , of Mr . O'Connor , and of su ch 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 . No arrangement which may be come to by others , will alter it or at . all affect me individually .

      Again I say to the whole people , stir , stir ; aad if you have any love for yourselves , your country , md the common cause , now prove it . Send up th « means to fight this battle well . God save yon all , and speed the Charter . Northern Star Office , Wh . Hiil . Thursday 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 . £ do not expect 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 the Star of some months . I do not expect tnia , but il may be so : and if so , farewell—see that in my absence

      it be nourished with your favour , and made to shine brighter and further than it has ever done before . It will be under tbe care of one who , has often beea 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 mania England , always excepting my own , and onwhoas honesty , had 1 a thousand lives I would risk them a 3 without the tremor of a single nerve . The Star will lose nothing by losing me , ifl am to be " locked up , " which I do not expect . But if I be , I then " command you on your duty" to support the Slai ± - while I have never before asked such-a thing of ( X 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 office servants having miadelivered a large parceKdiiected to Mr . Cleave ) to a news-agent ia a distant part of the town , whioh parcel Mr . C . did not receive antO Tuesday evening . The disappointed subscribers ara 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 care thai the Northern Star does not suffer any loss in its circulation from the negligence of the Post OfiUct folk .

      Mb . T . B . Smith requests us to state thatunavoidr able circumstances have detained him in Linden much longer than he expected , but that he vUl in a very short lime be at home , and as everreadg . to aid his old friends in the advocacy of ourgfc rious principles . Parties wishing to commantcate with Aim , may address No . 66 , Old BaUeyt London . Me . Mead is at the service of any Society uhianaay request his aid . His address is No . 1 , Bamek Street , Newtown Row , Birmingham , fry friends at Burton-upon-Treni make no < $ ;«• tions t he will pay them a visit . If they mil communicate toith him on the subject , or mi

      their Secretary ' s address , he will feel very torn obliged . A . Friend to Suffering Humanity ' s Relief _ a « given Is . to Mr . Sinclair , No . 25 , High Bridge Newcastle , for Mr . Cockburn . This is the fint donation Mr . S . has received for that reaUyatt ' dilute individual ; but it is sincerel y hoped «» such as can afford to assist him will come forwar and render their aid in procuring a sum thai wilt enable him to purchase materials for commencing his Business of Mattrass-maker > Bava stone blind , he is unable to procure a Itvekhooi by any other means ; and is now in the utmos t state of destitution a human being can be «»""* to-necessitated to live , or rather exi't , by iM cold chariiy of strangers . Can this not be pre vented ? -,. Can Cockburn not be enabled to tcorK

      for his living f Any sum handed to Mr . Sinelair for him , will be most thank fully received , am duly acknowledged through the Star . Notice . —The Demonstration Committee of the utt Convention make their last application , requesting the Dinner Ticket money due , to be P f ^ Wednesday evening next , at 8 o ' ebek , at Mr . Hawkins ' s , Crown and Anchor , corner ef Bear Alley , Farringdon Street ; or the various persons will be published defaulters in the Star of-nett week;—a portion of the debt of the said dinner at the White Conduit House remaining « nW » to the disgrace of the Chartist body and tmt cause . —By order , Feabgcs O'Conkob . RCFFY RttlET . CiJSBKENWEii . —Notice . —It is particularly request * ed that the Members of this locality will metf « the Old Blue Lion , 15 , Coppice Rowt on Mows

      evening next , at 8 o ' clock . , M Femab & P . Me K . —We know not of any redreaj be had in ike case to which his letter refers . The law of England is so tender of female W tue that it inflicts no punishment whatever W « man who seduces a confiding young vwan > J ™* then leaves her and her child to shift for aemselves : unless both mother and child actual P into the workhouse . The pariah migU then re-, cover from the putative father the MlwicwJ * ihe child's maintenance , and no more . 1 K ** £ ther has no redress whatever . This « < ££ Christian-like way of preserving morals m m « country . We hope our Scotch friends admtre «• W . Davibs— The prospectus he sends us « an aavsrtisement . ,., / & . » Q . X .-We never before heard of a" suite ofclollu , and suppose nobody else ever did . utus David Pott , Bibmingham . —We have sent hjs ««**

      to Mr * Cleave , which is all we can do ^"' ^ Richard Marsden . —His letter is received , v columns are too full to allow of its insertion . S . B- —Tull ' s Husbandry , by Cobbett . G . SMITB . T-N 0 room this week . . . A Constant Readbb , Dumfbbwjwb , must w *« " like answer . J . B . C >—No room . ,. . . t . j J . H . Brantram writes us to inquire «/ it ** latvJ Z fora Poor Law Guardian to receive wa S \ X sitting at the Board , or for the public ""> "& «> £ expended in drink to the annual amount oj « at the passing of surveyors' accounts , Ma' * - the passing of constables' accounts . A" " ^ practices are , we believe , decidedly " 9 \ hi \ . two latter at all events are unquestionably so , and it is the duty of the ratepayers V eve ) parish in which they are practised to rejuse pass those items , and leave the surveyor aniw stable to pay them . This would soon put «» « to the practice . - ~^*

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      Ma . O'Cohnos requests us 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 .

      The Northern Star. Saturday, April 29, 1843.

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 29, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct931/page/4/