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£ 7 « urchasing her husband ' s interest . He concluded if remarking that he was lecturing on his own rey n . r . oihilitv 5 he had , however , corresponded with the Bp StiU in London , and it was understood that he G have Lancashire for his parish , in which to itate the subject of associative labour . The lecturer asfrequentlyapp lauded , and received a vote of thanks 5 the close of his address . CENTRAX COOPERATIVE AGENCY . The agency transacted business With the following ?« tps — -UHesthorpe , Braintree , Galashiels , Leeds , KmW . Haslingden , Burnley , Bradford , Derby ,
TCriehton , Mauchline , Swindpn , Birmingham , Hawick , and Glasgow . An application was received from Mr Henry , of West Moulsey , for pome members of the " agency to attend a meeting there for establishing a store . Mr . Wooden attended from the agency , with Mr Furnival , of the council of promoters , and Mf > Walter Cooper , manager of the Working Tailors ' Association ; the establisment of a store in that village was decided on . The spinners of Bolton , 400 in in connectionwith
number , intend forming a stpre , the agency . The last public discussion in Halifax between Mr . Lloyd Jones and Mr . Ernest Jones took place before a crowded audience , and it ended very favourably to the cooperative movement , as it is at present carried out . Several applications have been received during the week for prospectuses and catalogues of the agency * and for Sir . "Vansittart Neale ' s painphlet , May I not Do what I Will with My Own ?
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THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION . EXTKACT FROM THE PRIVATE JOT / RXAL OF AN OFFICER OF THE EREBUS .
At Sea , June £ 6 , 1845 . A delightful day we have had , quite calm , hot sun . Thermometer 42 degrees . All sorts of beasts being caught in nets . We take turn to fish with a net at the ° end of a long pole , and bring up mo 3 t strange animals . Crozier dined on board , and Hodgson came , looking very ill . We saw several icebergs a long way off , which we hoped would come near us ; the scenery and rugged peaks of Greenland twenty miles off .
27 th . To-day has been hot and calm and delightful ; got bottom in forty fathoms , and" pulled up starfish and shells and strange beasts , and * what is better , pulled up plenty of large codfislw-enough for a good feed or two for all hands . This afternoon a thick fog suddenly came over us , with a north wind , in which the therrnometre fell to 35 degrees , where it now stands , and we are sailing in smooth water , and small whales bounding about in all directions . Latitude 64 degrees . The fog has cleared away , and we have lost the transport . This morning a brig came close to us , and her skipper came on board—a rough old fellow , from Shetland . He has come to fish for cod on the banks , and for salmon in the ' ^ Fiords "—a new scheme quite in these parts . He came to see the little old man who had the wife
at Stromness , who had been a mate with him . 29 th . —To-day we have had sea smooth as . glass , very cloudy , and a cold air . Thermometer 35 degrees ; and to my delight passed several icebergs , within a mile of a large one . The effect was very fine , for the horizon happened to be a dark distinct line , and these bergs , catching an occasional gleam of sunshine , ehone like a twelfth cake . I had fancied icebergs were large transparent lumps , or rocks of ice . They look like huge masses of pure snow , furrowed with caverns and dark ravines . I went on board the Terror
in the evening , for it was quite calm , and found Hodgson better . When we came on board , we pulled up for Goodsir" beasts , etar-fish , mud , and shells , from a depth of 250 fathoms , and caught more cod . Last night I remained up till a late hour trying to read a watch by the light of certain blubbers , remarkable jelly-like fish , Which emit a bright phosphorescent light when shaken in a basin . Land in sight , under dense masses of clouds . We have found the transport nhd a Danish brig is close to us .
30 th . —The coast of Greenland is now very fine . We are nearer than ever—about twenty-five nriles ^—but it looks close , and dense clouds overhang the whole rugged and snowy- coast . I saw several glaciers to-day , but the clouda were too dense to sketch anything , though tho effect is very fine of the masses of cloud and enow relieved by dark blue craigs . Today , at six o ' clock in tho evening , we crossed the Arctic circle , latitude 66 degrees 30 minutes , and « ie sun ' s declination happening to be more than
it a ° 6 reos 10 minutes , he will not sot to us to-night it au , i regret that it is too cloudy to see him at "uunight . This , evening sea smooth , no icebergs . July l . — , To-morrow we expect to get to Disco , or , w « V ' n ° Whale-fish Islands close to it , where ^ yo snail unload the transport of provisions and coals , ma start as soon as wo can . I shall , therefore ; conunuo my journal up to the present time , and if you ¦ wei h ° S more om me you mU 8 t be Batiafied that *\ n *> c ° arr * ved at Disco , and are gone on in proseoution of our journey V
. rail a" — -: » vj awn m ° rnir » g was damp and foggy , but it cleared " 7 " ' wo uro now sailing with tho dark bluo land noaC n 9 ' twent Y miles off , relieved by anowy P °£ Uts , and a lino of oraggy ioeborga , as far as the
eye can reach ahead * I » a few hours we shall be among them * I have just been up in the crow ' s nest , and the appearance of these icy craigs and pinnacles is beautiful and singular ; far in , close to the land , is a perfect glacier , equal to any Swiss one . Still on we go— -on , on—the three of us , though the transport wishes herself back , again , no doubt . This evening we sailed in among a shoal of some hundred walrusses , tumbling over one another , diving and splashing with their fins and tails * and looking at us with their grim , solemn-looking countenances and small heads , bewhiskered and betusked . There are sixty-five icebergs in sight .
In talking to Sir John Franklin , whose memory is as good as his judgment appears to be correct , it appears that one great difficulty is to get from where we are to Lancaster Sound . Parry was fortunate enough , in his first voyage , to sail right across in nine or ten days—a thing unheard of before or Binee . In his next voyage he was fifty-four days toiling through fields of ice , and did not get in till September , ye t Lancaster Sound is the point we look to as the beginning of our work , If we are fortunate we shall be there , by the is . t of August , which will be time enough ; sooner would probably put as among the clearing ice . No expedition has ever been able to
leave Disco before the 4 th or 5 th of July , though some have sailed a month before we did ; except Ross in his first voyage , and he got away by the 16 th of June , and was , I believe , a month going sixty miles further . So you see all is conjecture ; we may do well thia year , and again , we may not . Midnight , ist . T-I have just been on decl ^ to look again at the splendid icebergs we were passing through , and saw one about 200 feet high topple over and come down with a crash , which raised a cloud of foam and spray and mist like an avalanche . It is a fine clear , sun-shiny night ; the Danish brig is closer in-shore , occasionally hidden from our view by a berg ; 180 were in signt at one time . '
2 nd . —The weather was so thick , that we could not see wheij we had gone far enough , but found ourselves in the forenoon right under a dense , black :-looking coast topped with snow , with long furrows and ravines of snow , and canopied with a mass of clouda and mist . In bold relief , at the foot of this black mass , the most fantastically formed and perfectly white bergs shone out . This was Disco , and we showed our colours to the Danish flag , hoisted on the . house or hut of the Governor of the Danish settlement , called Lievelly , near its south end . We are now beating up to Whale-fish Islands , which are in the bay , formed by the south end of Disco and
the main land , where we clear the transport , &c , and shall probably be in , to-morrow morning early , as we are now ( ten p . m . ) eighteen miles from them . The scenery is grand , but desolate , beyond expression . I could not help thinking of the Frenchman who , after a long account of the misery of the rain and fogs of England , wound up with— " Pour quitter ce triste sol je m ' embarque u Liverpool . " Osmar has just come from on deck ( midnight ) , and is dancing with an imaginary skipping-rope . I said to him , " What a happy fellow you are , Osmar ; you are always in good humour . " His answer is , " Well , Sir , if I am not happy here , I don ' t know where else I could be . " Reid says we shall see the " Huskimays" to-morrow morning . ( To be concluded in our next . )
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MR . O'CONNOR IN COURT AND PARLIAMENT Tho following extraordinary scene took place on Monday before Master Humphrey . The case before the Master was the winding-up of the Land Scheme , and the special business of the court the examination of Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Roxburgh : Can you inform us , Mr , O Connor , how it was that portions of { the Great Dodford estate that had been sold by you do not appear , u was required m the schedule to the act of Parliament ?—Mr . O'Connor : 1 VoxburghV You fcad better look at the act . This is such ft gigantic » cheme that we akall get confined if we are not careful . . Mr . O'Connor : It is a gigantic scheme , bv , and I have
been greatly confused by it . Mr . Roxburgh : It would appear , from the various acr counts to the Hoivie of Common * , that you have received £ 16 000 on account of the company since J o 4 o t—fl | r . O'Connor : Yes , mow than thai , I d » re » ay . Mr . Roxburgh : We | l , what have you done with » t ? --Mr . O'Connor : AH the accounts have been published in the Daily News and Northern Star . . . Mr Roxburgh : But we cannot find any materials in them to test the correctness of tho statements they
con-Mr . O'Connor : It io published word for word in * hp Daily News . I gpt the particulars from the passbook of the Gloucestershire Bank . I have , I may sfate , \ n tMs movement spent £ 150 , 000 to mprove and elevate the condition of the people , and *«» «^ U 8 Lf < £ ** . ^™ l if a middleman or a nobleman had done it , it would h » vj been v « ry different . If Prince Albert had built the * cottage * and located these land * , there would h ^ e b . en offices to promote them in eynty # tre , e * in Lo » 4 w for the benefit of tUe * e poor j ^ eople , under fco ^ t »> n » ge of * he philanthropic prince ; but now , if m f * f ° * *?*/ KSpOop happenB ' to be driv | n « through these efflm , m $ mfaVBm ?™ , the W rri « ge % » ppW fe . W . " ^
mamma , look at those , beautiful cottages ; ' * the anxious parent pulls down the blind , exclaiming , "My dear , it was that ruffian Feargus O'Connor built them . " ( Loud laughter *) Mr . Grey , who j at the instance of the House of vommons , reported on the accounts of the company , has a " sofa full * ' of receipts and vouchers , and might sit on them . ( Laughter . ) You are asking me the most . nonsensical questions , and I know what you want is to juggle me . . The remainder of Mr , O'Connor's evidence was siren
jn such q , semi-serious but insulting manner as to call frequently for ( he rnarked reprobation of the Master , whom he turned tp on . one . occasion with the utmost nonchalance , and asked to have a " pinch of snuff , " a wooden box full of which he throughput the day drew supplies from , using it every now and then as a tatoo on the table during the pauses between question and answer , at the close of many of which he deliberately shook his fist at the { earned counsel , exclaiming loudly , " You ruffian . " He did not know a man of the name of
" Cotton , " but knew a man named " Worsted , " aqd asked the learned counsel if he meant " Piddlecomb" for " Biddlecomb . " The learned counsel ( at four o ' clock ) must be hungry , and if he liked he would order him a mutton chop . ( Laughter . ) This was all that he ( the witness ) on one occasion had one day at O'Connorville , when he stuck it on the tongs and fried it for himself . ( Laughter . ) The Master : Will you be good enough to look ftt these ledgers , Mr . O'Connor , W refresh your memory ? ^ Mr . O'Connor ( balancing a ledger in his arm * , amid
loud laughter ) : But just look what thundering books they are ! The Master : Thundering or not , you must do it . ( Laughter . ) Mr . O'Connor : Oh ! you can get it from the Da % ly News and in the " Stars . " ( Laughter . ) All I received and paid . The Master : We must put you to the trouble ot looking at these books . Mr . O'Connor : Oh { dear , I could not look at them . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Roxburgh : We shall require you to-morrow . be at the
Mr . O'Connor : I cannot be here . I must House . Mr . Roxburgh : I think you will find that the summons of this court has-precedence over the House of Commons . Mr . O'Connor : Have you done with me ? Will you Ut me go ? You have been examining me nearly five hours . Mr . M'Grath and Mr . Doyle tell me that the directors have all the books , showing the wages and other matters paid . Mr . M'Grath is one of the most amiable men in the xrorl& —( laughter)—and he tells me all the books Jiave been given up ; and M'Grath is one of the most honest and independent men . Mr . Roxburgh : We are all independent men . Mr . O'Connor : You are not an independent man . You are a ruffian . ( Sensation and laughter . ) The Master here interposed .
Mr . O'Connor , laughing : Oh no , he is a jolly fellow . I make him laugh . You know he wants to juggle me . You ' ve examined me five hours , and have not asked me a single word connected with the Land Company . Have you done with me now ? Mr . Roxburgh : No , nor am I likely just yet . It may be a long time before . ™ . n Mr . O'Connor : Oh , my God ! Oh dear , oh dear ! Will you have a pinch of snuff ? ( Laughter . ) The Master : Allow me to look at that book . Mr . O'Connor ( lifting it up ) : Oh dear , oh lor ! Now , have you anything more to ask me ? He ' s been at me five hours . I'll take a hatchet and cut your head off . ( Laughter . ) !
_ . _ , .. , , _ ,. — The Master : Did you take any entries from this book to make out the account you have alluded » o ? Mr . O'Connor : No , M'Grath tells me you have the books wijth all the wages paid ; ho is one of the most amiable , and upright , and honest men in the world . The Master : We shall have another opportunity of judging of his amiability . Mr . O'Connor : Don ' t bother me any more , you old ruffian ( understood to be directed to Mr . Roxburgh , who was about to resume his questions ); examine M'Grath . Come up M'Grath now andbe examined . ( Loud laughter . ) Come up M'Grath . _ ' . . t . __ ... _ the have how the
Mr . Roxburgh : None of book * we » expenditure . _ Mr . O'Connor : Hold your tongue , you ruffian [( the witness here directed firat one fiat and then' Another at the ^ earned counsel , and was about to direct also one of the emajler ledgers at him . ) The Master ( with remarkable mildness ) : Really , Mr . O'Connor , you must not do that . Th . e Master here retired into one of the Bide rooms , followed by the learned counsel ; and in the interim Mr . O'Connor , addressing some one in the crowd , exclaimed , " Here now , do you get on the bench . " On the return of the Master and Mr . Roxburgh , Mr . O'Connor , addressing the latter , said , " Ah , you ruffian ! will you have a pinch of anuff ? " and , on the Master taking his seat , " Silence , gentlemen , for tho
noble lord . " Mr . Roxburgh : Have you any books at all ? , Mr . O'Connbr : None . > The Muster . Did you eter have any ? . Mr . O'Connor : I never h « d . any . I cannot come here to-morrow ; I must be at the House . ' , The Master : The Speaker wjll be ready t «« jccu « c you , if there is any necessity . ( Laughter . ) Mr . O'Connor : Will ybu excuse me ? The Mofter : No , I cannot excuse you . Mr . O'Connor here laughed outright . The Master : I adjoujrn theee proceeding * until tomorrow , when Mr . O'Connor and all parties nauat be present . ' ... r Mr . O'Connor ( putting on bin fcitf , « m < l * tiring laughing ) ; Ob , d ^ ar , oh de « r I J
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 7, 1852, page 127, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1921/page/11/
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