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TO ALBANY FONBLANQUE,
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RICHARD COBDEN AND THE LAND COMPANV. TO ...
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To Albany Fonblanque,
TO ALBANY FONBLANQUE ,
Tt (Li,L O F The Statistical Department ...
tt li , l o f the Statistical Department of the J . ' iut . . / of Trade , with a Salary of £ S 00 a-year . >\ vw , Albany , of all the wallopings that ever a poor devil got I am going to give you , and . pur " man Friday , " the greatest . ' In the lirst place let me tell you , that I am < T , iin 2 to give your portrait gratis to the Land \ Jember s , because , as you are the ugliest devil that ever mortal man saw for nothing , they W ( , uld consider it dear at any price . This week I . shall sketch your biograph y for your clients , the members of the Land Company . Firstly , allow me te state that I will not give your portrait on horseback , as you ride a ^• hite horse , and the peop le in your office call vou " Death ' s head upon the pale horse . "
* Now , Albany , for your biography , "iou have been all your life a gambler—a reckless gamkler—acard player ' at low gambling houses , until , seven years ago , so great was your destitution , that the Whigs made a subscription to save you frem starvation , and thinking that they had a right to expect gratitude in return for . their charity , they appointed you head of the -Statisticiif Department in the Board of Trade , with a salary of S 00 L a-year . And "like master like man , " as "birds of a feather flock together , " your " man Friday , " who conducts the literary department of tbeEramfner , tras a strolling player , and was dismissed from the company for drunkenness and dissipation . Now , Albany , what do you say to two such enlishteners of the public mind , as a reckless ruined gambler , and a coadjutor who was not fit to associate with strolling players ?
Of a truth , Albany , it would appear as though Providence had delivered y ou into mine hands , in order that from your depravity I mav furnish my children with such an example of p overty , produced by recVless dishonesty , depravity and dissipation , as would make them shun all temptations to those vices . Albany , on Tuesday , on my way to London , I read your last article , which 1 shall presentl y republish , commencing with the words , " Clings to his scheme , " and ending with ,
"What the little boy gays is true . " 1 went from the station to the House of Commons , and just as I entered Lord George Bentinck was denouncing , in strong terms , the delusion , or , as he * ermed it , the fraud , attempted to be practised by you upon the commercial classes of this country . Albany , you are capital at dissolving when niv cottages are to disappear—but take care that the recklessness of such characterless scribes and tools does not lead to the
dissolution of the Whigs . Your friend , Joe Hume , said that he had always exposed the fallacies and inaccuracies of Mr Fonblanque ' s dej artnient , and Mr M'Gregor , the professor of statisiio" , declared that it was filled in the most sh . tveiily manner—in fact , the rule of every speaker appeared to be " to bit him again , as he h .: tl no friend , '' and one after the other acqiiie .- 'i'ed in the fraudulent manner in which your accounts were submitted to the public . Lj the course of one rear , in order to make a * show of national prosperity , 30 U entered in y our table of returns 9 , 000 tons of sugar more than were imported—nay , your friends affected to spread your mistake over a period of twelve months , but one of the members of the Land
Committee—and one of the shrewdest and most honourable and hi gh-minded men that breathes —discovered that your blunder of 9 , 000 tons was entitled to a period of two months ! You shall have the words of the Hon . Member for Oxfordshire : — Mr Hsklf-T could understand some discrepancy b 2-tTreen the s : ro ? 5 : iud net amounts in the two leturns , fat not such a discrepancy as 3 , " 01 tins in two months . He a'so tvu'd not understand how there could be a discrejiancv in the pans , and jet an agreement in the whole . Now , here is the whole of your last week ' s rubbish : — ' Mr O'Connor clings to bis scheae . He addresses his ciildren' in tiie ' Nokthess Star' to this enect .
¦! : " 1 had cy choice whether I nould surrender my i £ it ; g Par ! . ^ t ; iSDt , snd work from six till eight at the t ; yu-. ; t labour , or give up my land , I swear before Brivrii th ^ t i would rather live upon workhouse fare , ani ' . i-. rk every day , than give it up . ' Si t ing hi ? IjKcuaye to bis audiencs , he keeps up the SiEr : arc •• _ ¦ in the House of Commons . Xotwithstanding tzi a : rrfilc * s exposure oi his hollowness and fallacj contiir . ci ; : i the evidence bet .. re the Committee , and in the h : i ¦ ! ike Committee ' s friendly hint that' powers might br gr-ntrd to the p trii ^ s concerned to wind up the under tak :::. - . ' Mr O'Connor t- ^ . d the House of Commons on w- . -::.-. day nigh : that he i « ' using his best endeavours to 5-. \ r « tie Company or all illegality by pevious regis-L ' ia .. fi . " aLd that h- looks to a speedy enrolment being
Suine li / ht is thrown upon the nature of MrO Connor ' s ' te-t ci ; de .. yours' h y what transpired at a special r . ;? : iri ; < -f : ijc Shareholders of tbe Conip .-iny , held at the S -:: J .. » i ; d-. n Chartist Hal ! last Suudaj night . The cha : r ' .-. as taken by a Mr li . berts . This gentleman spoke of Mr 0 "Ci . rir :. jr ' s " intentions with the explicitnefs and CvLEder . ee <• : " one who shares his secrets . How far he ¦ Ri ? •' . arraiiU-d to do so we have of course no means of t 2- 'K-i : ii » . 1 he name is the same as that of the Company ' s s-v ' . i . it .-r , whose bill of costs amounts to £ i , l 3 . ; who w ^ i ri ^ inal _ v treasurer as well as solicitor ; and who £ :. ' . »; diiis name to remain us treasurer i : i the printed ru . v- atid prospectuses of the Company , and at the K- ; . - i- ; n . r ' = ofijee , after the appoititn-ent had been transfr : r-j to Mr O'Connor . If thechairman of Sunday night £ . vi tbis ex treasurer be the same person , he is likely
i-juih to be wdl-iuronned as to the plan of the uest ' . sail . iisn . . ;• .- this as it may , the modification which sir O'Connor cv-atemplates in his schcKie , as announced on Sunday L : zt :. s , rr a virrna ! confession that the calculations he o .-i .-.: al . y l . ivd : < ut to the public are entirely erroneous . lie : ¦ •• . ¦ . jir . jjioses to raise the price of shaies from £ - ' .: ' - 4 d to £ b ; from £ 0 18 to £ ' t 10 s ; and from £ 5 4 s toil" . Am ther a'ttration he proposes is more in ap-Jsjra ! ii-e th .- . n rea'ity . It is * to substitute location by be ! : us , instead of by ballot , the occupant so locattd being .: i . TA-na * t tt- land and faou ^ e , and tops } acztjidin * to fc . s vn . l a certain amount for bein ? local , d , without the bx ' : ¦! - .. ' But tvi-n with the ballot the occupant was to ' pur .-iia ^ e the land aud . house' ultimately . The on ' y C-vi ^' r i « , that he is now asked to pay an additional sum
to o ; a : n priority oi location . Both these alterations jnr :-. e - j . coii : e = ~; on on Mr O'Connor ' s part that he has pronited the shareho ' . ders the particular benefit- h ; holds ¦ ' -- - .. at : i price fir below what he can really : < uo : d to jive tiem for . And while making this cmfesMon be coolly {• r- 'p' . ses , tint , hav ng already been misled by him , they . . jui i m jrratiiude for ihe deception they have expert-:: ..- i d' . uii v the sums of money they at first entrusted t « iiT .. This i < ii : deul testing the faith of his f Jlowvrs rather -cvereiy . V . " e '];• - ! week sios'ed what was the utrsost aruountoi - •'• - —1 t that nJ-s . riber- c . uld p < . s-iblr derir * from the = ¦¦¦ :. ::. -. !¦ ,: baref . u-ed additionv . l attempt isi their
creduiiiy inuufts us to point out to them tie actual t . j " . Jiv : and autiiiint of the aAvuntagt 5 \\\ . y httt . e . tu pro ^ -. sed . They -it-these . No person is allowed to ln . ld less * :. 3 ii tail , or mole than four shares . The price of each 5 :. are is i'l s . Accordingly each subscriber was origiaa ;! y asked to pay £ - ' 12 s . o ' r £ J lis , or £ 5 is , for the p . i-Vile je of p-irth-ipatii ; £ r in the benefits of the scheme . On thu- teruis . out of i !* ,- > n persons who have piid up their Shares in full , and 5 } , 'fW who have paid in part , ' . ' 30 se ' iected hy allotment have hi en located . To 1 '' - ' of these , t « v- a . r . oeadi have been allotted ; three acres each too-J ; a :. i four acres each to ?¦ : ) . It is believed tintafur a debt of £ " ? r « - ^ < -r . r .... ; ..:.. ~ * r . T . z . .. . JH t . r . **> .. linA ufrtttifi'tl hrjs £ ''!;? remaimnj to be paid the land acquired has
• , - on been di-char . td , - > . 'C additional locatets may be settled . Ta . jse parties who have hitherto obtained a prefennce by taiiut , who may hereafter ( should the adventure be ptrfe .-Uiiinj cbta ; n it by paying a bonus of unknown S 2 i " ' ;! : t . are to piy a rent of £ j isSd per acre per annum . iiatiiii . ey cai : ra : > c- raoaey enouah to jiayfor the laud and iou ' . e-i . lie :., -ti ey can acquire tne " land in absolute j : 4 > tm , n . tj must ' pa 5 lor it at the rate of £ -W * Js 2 d for t « j acres ij ; e , Tj u f „ -vhich this rtnf . il arid this price ] = h . i _ - ei coti-iststf 'light soiis oi a uiodrrate depth ;' i- ' in - hii'b ai ( 1 exposed , subject to drought in summer a :-i t . i the c' . ld win is in winttr ; ' aud it is r . niote iroui *¦• : > pi . irr where manure can be procured in considerable ¦ ' ¦*¦ - '¦¦ ¦ ¦ '¦•!¦ ¦ -.. rat a moderate price . A farmer occupy in { at . jiij .- . iai ,- iami remark , d to -Mr Ilevans : ' These poor
P- 1 : ; -. u > . ;„ . . . ted to get ofTaii acre , as much as I can ? e :. . ffahLnd-rd . ' An old man who had ploughed every V '* •• : ¦ ne . a iLv ai . i . tunnt lartts , stated that the pro-^ - . ; . puta " . i-s had : no c often been under than < . rer - * -j . :. ^ h : i a ; , . - ti , e average growth throug hout Kngf " ' ' ' " '¦• . 'ab ' . ut eightt < . ns at a low estimate . A shep " r ^ c ; wt ... had resided tltere all t . U life , declared that' lie J-: = a : is 6 ed no mun could get a living offfucti land by ~ == } adeihouth be should not pay rent . ' It is obvious , ji , VI " ' tJi ; ,: : he rent proposed to be exacted from the e ; -a rack-rent , and that the price placed upon it is -I'Tt-itant . The promises of the t ' oa-. pany thtreJorc , if - - ^ asia :. !' , int : j lam English , might be expected to run , ; J ' i ; . taking two . thrte . or fuur shansof £ 1 Cs each , - - j « i : iobtain a chance of heme allowed to hi 14 two ,
- ., ! '¦ ' acres ... . indifi ' . n-nt laud at a rack-rent ; or t j , ; it " '! ' - V - these icres at an exorbitant priie . Your t ., _ ,. , . ' ' ' ^ '" S allowed these privileges , moreover , de s .. ! > h . > ' ''¦ ' a ballot , or on the payment of an additional ah " " '' " l" " tlfc -eute The chances , in the most favour . te ! rtv * : r- ' ' UII , i ' - 'l : 't * S ' = re aB " ' ! 6 lo ' ' ' " ° ' T 1 ' C lotter T rtD'e i " ' ks to a prize ; and the price of a ticket j-j ^ ' . ^ ' ^^ - 1 -b 1 o £ i 4 s . The odds against draw . j-tr . ; . '' ; - are en . rmous , and the prize i * not worth s-i . l ! . ; :. * ^ < -iiiC-, ' ' arei iD t ! : e : ar , a scheme are thus like Peter pi . 'i " *** "< n , a < ie to sell , not to be used . The only
: l . ... ,, , -M '' ndtr ; Teanv benefit from the scheme aright ; ¦ Vr 'iT ' 1 Bi , h theiaanagement . It is a concern i . ' n ' ' - ) ''' " , "" salaries t 0 some and jobs to others . Ino , " . j s / ' l J 'CoLuor makes sou . e £ t' . ' 0 a year by it ; ¦ " , ' T ^ l ! l . . Mr Christopher Doyle , who , before he was eari .,,: ! l ' - . - ' "<" oni ; or on this hop ful scheme , WfisJ ' ,. '''' "' s , xtecn to eighteen shillings a week as a atidV . . ' ' Ce : v ' -5 two poundsa week as a director , ar . d an ah . / ' ! ' , ' ^ f fcij ,. ; iiiii ; s a week a 5 manager Ot one ef the * r .- '"' i ' sr :, -s . It is also worthy of note that this - " . and manager , the aforesaid Mr Christopher
Doyle , was lucky enough to obtain an allotment at the second ballot . Mr O'Counor ' s ' best endeavours' to givj his scheme a better chance of success , are simply an appeal to the credulity of the shareholders to double the payments they have already made to so little purpose . Their chances of obtaining a precarious tenure of a few acres at a rackrent , or a fee simple title to them at an exorbitant price , will be diminished instead of augiflented under the proposed new arrangement . At the meeting held last Sunday , when the idea was started of awarding , not by ballot but
in consideration of a money payment , the allotment which is to fall to one out of each thirty-five subscribers , ' it was contended by Mr Snell . that , by saving , the working man might in time have the same chancp of raising the necessary sum for the bonus as those who were already prepared with the capital ; although it was the prerailing opinion that the poor labourer would be precluded those advantages . ' No doubt he will be precluded ; seeing that the allotment is to be made in future upon payment in ready money , of the price of the land and the bonus . So time for saving is to be allowed to the poor man .
The shareholders may rest assured that the parties who arc urging them to persist in the scheme , seek merely to keep up a business from , which ^ they derive salaries or other kinds of remuneration . The evidence of Mr G . W . Chinnery , maiaginc clerk to the Company ' s solicitors , established beyond dispute that such has been the policy of those worthies from the beginning . "I know , ' said Mr Chinnery , 'that the business has been dom- very irregularly ; but I have always believed itwai sj , because they would not go to the expense of having a secretary at £ l . o or fioOU a year , and several competent clerks , to
work so huge a companv . And again , the same witness observes : * The deed contains all proper and necessary regulations for the government of the Company , when permanently registered as a company ; but I believe those rules have not been adhered to strictly , owing to the want of an expensive machinery in the way of a secretary and clerks : the directors , or the gentlemen calling themselves directors , registered provisionally as such , doing all such bn-iness themselves , and being , as 1 have always considered , not so competent to it a ? men whose lives have been devoled 10 that elis , of businps « . ' Of course
Messrs - . Cuffay and Doyle would rather that the expenses of management should go into their own pockets , they being only able to mismanage , than that they should be laid out in securing the services of competent officera . It is not , however , these poor creatures , but Mr O'Connor whose agents and mummers they clearl y ap pear troin the whole tenor of the evidence to have been , who is morally responsible as well for the gross mis . management of his scheme as for its essentially illusory character . It is true that the language u » ed by llr O'Connor in his volunteer evidence to the Committee , might justify a suspicion that he was the mere blunder ing dupe of his own presumptuous Ignorance . Some of his spyings transcend anything that Iriah farce writers have ventured to putin themouths of the Docters ff Toole ) or Loonty M ' TkqUcts of the stage . When asked within
what time the estates to be sold and resold by the funds which 3-1 , ' ( JO subscribers have . raised , could be made ¦ srail . ible for the settlement of the whole number , he made answer , with a cool consummate absurdity which we thought had passed away with poor Mr Power , ' If you start with £ lOfi , OtiO of capital , and you turn your capital twice over in the year , that will brin » you to ' a definition of my meaning . ' But the experience of all time has shown that the half-conscious half-nittedness which by such nonsense braves out responsibility , is quite compatible with a keen ' eye to self advantage , and with a reckless sacrifice of the interests of others . Mr O'Connor says of the nominal trustees of his Company , that he could not convey the property to them because t' ere is an objection where one person is an insolvent . ' I should net wish to convey the property to t . em . Mr Duncombe is in a delicate state ot health , and Jfr Jones is in bad repute . ' He was quite aware ,
that is , of the incompetence of the tools with which lie was working . Again—we adverted last week to the payment of the members of the Chartist Convention out of the Company's tunds . An attempt to explain this transaction only made matters worse . The constituents of the members of Convention , it would seem , refused money to bring them home ; there was a mutiny in the assembly ; and , according to Mr O'Connor , after they had ' spent a fortnight in abu iili " me . I paid the money to take them home . ' But that money was paid out of the Company ' s funds , and never repaid Mr O Connor , indeed , examined his publisher to show , that , a few days before , he paid £ lOi » , and a fewdays later £ ! , 00 d , of his own money to the Company ; and the Committee was left to infer that these sums covered inter a'ii the money paid to the members of Convention . But credit has bten given to Mr O'Connor for every farthing of his own money that appears to have been advanced by him to the Companv .
In short , the Company ' s funds have been to Mr O'Connor a source » f profitable jobs for his creatures , and of hush money to them when mutinous . Indirectly , as we have shown , it has ensured him an income of more than £ i , <> t >!> per annum . To divert attention from the fact that he and his agents alone profit by the losses of Sthers he exaggerates his own natural blunders , is quite content to provoke laughter at his own expense , and gives himself th * air of a r . ish , rattling , unreflecting fellow . Thedevice is stale . The idea , too , in an inquiry respecting the practlcabi ity of such a scheme , of calling his agents , to prove that he was the best master breathing ; that he had given money of his own to allottees ; and that he had treated them like his own children ; is supremely ri . diculous . It is the old story of the quack doctor who made his child call eut , ' My father cures all disea « e .=, ' and confirmed the assertions by vociferating , ' What the little boy savs is true . '
Albany , having convicted you of wilful perjury last week , I shall now convict you of folly , conspiracy , and ignorance . I will select a very few passages from the above , merely to impress the nonsense upon the minds of my children . . Vo . i . —ifr O'Connor told the Ilouse of Commons on Wednesday n ^ ght , * That he is using his best endeavours to dvest the Company of all ilieg-ality b ) - previous registration . '
I told the House of Commons precisely the reverse . }> o . 2 . —The chair was taken by a Mr Roberts . The name is the same as that of the Company ' s solicitor . The Bankrupt Commissioner ' s name is Fonblanque , and the ruined gambler ' s name is Kunhlauque—but they are not the same person . A man of the name of Russell was hung some time airo for murdering his wife , but it was not the Trime Minister ! No 3 . —But even with the Ballot , the occupant was to ' purchasethe house and land ultimately . ' Fool , the occupant need never purchase the house or land . So . 4 . —Two hundred and thirty selected by ballot have been located .
. Ass , cottages for 250 have been built , and nearly all are occu p ied . >" o . 5 . —It is believed that after a debt of £ l ' , i \ S renaai . in ^ to be paid on the lan d acquired has been discharged aid additional locates may be settled . Why , you charmer , you must have seen those figures through a sugar-cane . In your last statistical table , the amount stated to be due was 28 , 000 / . Now- it is magnified into 76 , 418 / . But 1 have looked in vain to discover where anything is due—but the fact is , when a desperate villain is hired to do the work of a desperate faction , he stops at nothing . No . ft . —Are to pay a rent of £ 5 4 s 8 d per acre , per annum , un : it they can raise money enough to pay for the land and houses . Now , you ugly devil , does Hi . 10 s , for four acres of land , a got . d five-roomed house and out-offices , amount to 51 . 4 s . 8 ti . per acre ?
No . 7 . —Tiefore they can acquire the land in absolute property , they must pay for it at the rate of £ , iu ' J 6 s id for two acres . You incorrigible miscreant—you barefaced Whi g slave . ' where do you learn that ? Every allottee , or any allottee , may , to-morrow , purchase his allotment , at precisely the same price that it cost in the wholesale market . Xo . 8 . —Mr Christopher Doyle , who , before he was employed by Mr O'Connor on this hopeful scheme , earned from lSs to lis a week as a weaver , receives £ 2 a week , as a director , aud an additional as a week as manager oi one of the allotment farms .
Mr Doyle gets 21 . a week from the Company and he earns it ; he gets os . a week from me , because he earns it ; I presented him with a handsome watch and chain , because he was deserving of it . Albany Fonblanque was a p itiful g ambler , starving in a garret , when the Whigs made a subscription for him . They gave him 8007 . a year of the public money , to relieve themselves of the incumbrance . No . 'J . —Some of his sayings transcend anything that Irish farce writers have ventured to put in themouths if the Doctor OTouIes , or Looney M'Twolters of the itsjie . So then , Albany , the stage-manager became ealous that in your dull monotony of figures there was not a shadow of his own profession , irrd here h e are relieved b y a little bit of the drama from the dismissed strolling player .
jv o . 10 . —The censtituents of the members of Convent on it would seem , refused money to bring them home ; rhere was a ratetini ; in the Assembly , asd , according to Mr O'Connor , after they had " spent a fortnight iH abusing me , I paid the money to take them home . " But that money was paid out of the Company ' s funds , and nevt r repaid . Why , you immaculate Whig statician ! why not confine yourself to trickery , that it may be difficult to discover , rather than write yourself down as a wilful liar ? Nov , you profess to take your data from the evidence , by which it appears that I paid Mr M'Gowan lO 0 / ., and that I had p aid Mr Hornb y 70 ^ ., to cover a sum of 7 . 0 / . paid to the delegates ; and
that there is—or rather was—3 , 400 / . due to me by the Company . I Sav was , because I have increased the amount since . Now , Mr Fonblanque , upon your former trial I convicted you upon fifteen caunts of wilful and corrupt perjury . 1 have now convicted you , upon ten counts , of violating the statutes against gambling , of treachery , truculency , beggary , falsehood , toadyism , and dishonour ; but 1 have not done with you yet , Yon , and many of the tribe to which yon belong , have asserted
that I established the Land Company for the purpose of making larger profits of the " Northern Star , ' * and as I Jo not consider it at all necessary to withhold the financial position of that paper from my children , both you and they shall now have a fair statistical table of the circulation of the "Northern Star , '' at the period when the Company was established , and each week ' s circulation from that period down to the 15 th of April last , making three years .
Circulation of the Noe tbekn Stab each week from April Wtb , 1815 to April l & tb , 1816 , both inclusive : — April 12 ... CS 13 Aug . 16 ... 5634 Dee . 20 ... 5842 — 19 ... 6483 — n ... 5745 _ 27 ... 5467 — 2 « ... 6395 — 30 ... 5534 181 G . May 3 ... 6324 Sept . 6 ... 553 G Jin . 3 ... 5 S 28 — 10 ... 6308 — 13 ... 552 ;' . — 10 ... 5600 — 17 ... 6200 — 20 ... 5193 — 17 ... 5 G 29 — 24 ... 6230 — 27 ... 51 G 9 — 24 ... 5 S 02 — 31 , „ 6037 Oct , 4 „ . 5411 — 31 ... 607 * June 7 ... 5331 — 11 .. 5333 Fib . 7 ... 6275 — 14 ... 5331 — 18 ... 5450 — 14 ... 6420 — 21 ... 5373 — 55 ... 5342 — 21 ... 6540 — 28 ... 5 CC 4 5 ? ov . 1 ... 5333 — 28 ... 6453 July 5 ... 5 C 97 — 8 ... 5371 M-rch 7 ... 6377 — 12 ... 55 S 7 — 15 ... 5342 — 14 ... 6400 — 19 ... 6318 _ 22 ... 5323 — 21 ... C 40 G
— 26 ... 5311 — 29 ... 5390 — 23 ... 6452 Aug . 2 ... 5 G 43 Dao . 6 ... 54 C 9 April 4 ... 6433 — 9 ... 5587 — 13 ... 5416 — 11 ... 6360 Now above I have given you the circulation of the '' Northern Star , '' shewing a decline in the circulation of nearly a thousand per week from the day the Land Company was established ; and it during that period we estimate the weekl y circulation of the " Star" at 5 , 500 , ( and after deducting spoiled stamps and papers left on hand , I am over the mark ;) you shall have such an account as no other propria * tor in the world would furnish , but , as I am no trader , I care not if every matter connected with the "Northern Star " was p laced upon the market-cross .
1 he price of paper and stamps was about S / . 13 s . a thousand ; the price of the paper when printed is 10 / . 13 s . id , a thousand ; leaving o 7 after paying for paper and stamps—that is 44 / . per week for 5 , 500 papers . And now , statician , mark the expenditure ; you shall have it under the several heads : — Per Week . Expense of composition and printing .. .. £ 25 0 I EnlTORrAL PEPABTSIEWT . Joshua Hobson , for doinp nothing .. .. 6 0 C G . J . Harney , fordoing everything .. .. 3 0 0 6 . A . Fleming , for preparing parliamentary summary 200 B . Stallivood 10 0
CI . K 11 K S niPASTMENT . John Ardill , for doing notb / ng 3 0 0 William Rider , for doing everything .. .. 1 s 0 Posters , diily and weekly papers , postage , rent of office , coals and gas 4 0 0 Allowance to wholesale agents .. .. 4 0 0 Mr Hewitt 2 0 0 Bad debts 1 o 0 52 5 0 Now , aritbemetician , taka .. .. 44 o o My profit , from £ 52 5 j , and you have my loss of £$ 5 0
barring an inconsiderable amount for advertisements , and leaving no margin for my travelling expenses on behalf of the Chartist Movement and the Land Company ; and yet , you sordid beast , so far from complaining , my weekly appeal to the peeple was , to give up the " Star" to enable them to pay their subscriptions to the Land Companv . And if you doubt this statement , go to the " Stamp-office , where your masters will give you every information ; org otoMessrs Venables , paper makers , Queenhithe , and they have my permission to show you their books , thus enabling you to test the accuracy of my returns . Xow 1 come to the second year , from April IS , 1846 , to April 10 , 1847 , both inclusive : — April IS ... 6375 Aug . 22 ... 8250 Dec . 26 ... 6800
— 25 ... 6365 — 29 ... 6500 1847 . May 2 .. 6280 Sept . 5 ... 6450 Jan . 2 ... C 700 — 9 ... 6189 — 12 ... GGSJ — 9 ... 0750 — 16 ... 6200 — 19 ... 6650 — 16 ... C 775 — 23 ... 6100 — 26 ... 6050 — 20 ... 6825 — 30 ... 6200 Oct . 3 ... 6870 — 30 ,,, 7 W 5 Juna 6 ... 60 S 0 — 16 ... 6670 Feb . 6 ... 7100 — 13 ... 6200 — 17 ... 6070 — 13 ... 72 0 0 — 20 ... 6150 — 24 ... 6730 — 20 ... 7300 — 27 ... C 175 — 31 ... 6730 _ 27 ... 7375 July 4 ... C 275 Nov . 7 ... G 750 March 6 ... 750 U — 11 ... G 160 — 14 ... 6 S 00 — 13 ... 7500 — 18 ... 6160 — 21 ... 6750 — 20 ... 7525 — 25 ... 6 J 00 — 28 ... C 750 — 27 . 7450
-Vag . 1 ... 6290 D . c . 5 ... 6750 April 3 ... 737-1 — 8 ... 6290 — 12 ... 6775 — 10 ... 7410 — 15 ... 6330 — 19 ... 6825 Now , then , during that period the " Star " did not average 6 500 , while , although I dismissed the idlers from my staff , I increased the wages of all others , and added to the number , and still the circulation left me a loss . Now in this period you have the two years of Land mania , and from it the reader will learn how far the proprietor of the " Star' has benefitted by the Land Company ; while from April , 1844 , the year preceding the establishment of the Land Company , to April , 1845 , the average circulation of the " Star" was nearly 8 , 000 , as you will learn on application at the Stampoffice , or to Messrs Venables , paper makers .
Now , Fonblanque , we come to the period when political agitation ran hi gh—when the patriotism of the Whigs threatened the existence of the Peel Administration , to the dissolution of Parliament and the General Elections : — 1847 . Aog 21 ... 10400 1848 . Ap . 17 ... 7330 — 28 ... 10400 Jan . 1 ... 11100 — 24 ... 7280 Sep . 4 ... 10100 — 8 ... 109 C ) May 1 ... 7230 — 11 ... 10000 — 15 ... 10600 _ 8 ... 7400 — 11 ... 0 SU 0 — 22 ... 10600 — 15 ... 733 J — 25 ... 3900 — 29 ... 10650 — 22 ... 7300 Oil . 2 ... 10100 F * b . 5 ... 10700 _ 29 ... 7350 — 9 ... 10100 — 12 ... 10650
June 5 ... 7350 — 16 ... 10100 — 19 ... lObaO — 12 ... 73-J 0 — 23 ... 11250 — 24 ... 1 0800 — 10 ... 7350 — 30 ... 11150 Mar . 4 ... 11250 — 26 ... 7400 Nov . 6 ... 12850 — 11 ... 1165 " July 3 ... 7450 — 13 ... 11300 — 12 ... 12100 _ 10 ... 7550 — 20 ... 114 ' jO — 25 ... 12050 — 17 ... 7650 _ 27 ... 113 J 0 Apr . 1 ... 13220 — 24 ... 7 iH- ) D c , 4 ... 115 u 0 — 8 ... 16- ' 30 — 31 ... 835 } — 11 ... 11550 — 15 ... 21000 Aag . 7 ... 10400 — 18 ... 11 6 00 — 14 ... 98 J 0 — 25 ... 1 H 0 O
Now , thpn , you have the circulation of the c : Star" for the three years from the time that the Land Company was established , down to the fifteenth of last April , and from it the reader will learn , whether the establishment of that Company has been beneficial to the " Northern Star . " And now , slave , you shall have the expense to which I have been put in that period for my connexion with the " Northern Star . ' Paid damages and costs for twoXbels , written by Joshua Hobson , upon Mitchell , and W . J . O'Connell jW" " Pa'd to John Cleave win owed me £ 276 . 078 10 " Paid on act-oar . t of Hobson ' s action to recover a year ' s wages as editor , after I had discharged him —that is , a year ' s wages from the time of his dischargefor the subsequent
, year , with my own costs 500 « » Paid Jobn Ardiil upon an action for libel .. W 10 v Paid Towlerin an action for liua .. .. 65 0 " £ I 593 __ 5 __ 0
Now the above sum does not inchide my costs in Cleave ' s case Ardill ' s case , or Fowler ' s case , and if it had Hot been from the impossibility of n . y securing a fair trial before an English jury , 1 should not have had to pay
damages in any one of these cases . Now , you white-faced old gambler , put my expenses on behalf of the Land Company to that sum of 1 , 593 / ., and you will have about 4 , 600 / . ; put the 3 , 400 / . that the Company owes me to that sum and you have 8 , 000 / . ; and then put down the amount of money that other libels and Whig persecution , support of the families of Chartist victims , defence of Chartist prisoners b y the ablest counsel , travelling expenses , whilst I sustained the Chartist movement , almost exclusivel y out of my own purse for eig ht years ; put down the hundreds , nay thousands , ^ that I have given to the " poor gentlemen" whom I thought zealous in the cause ; put down my whole time since the
21 st of 8 ept .,. 1835 , uhen I found that O'Connell and the Whigs were juggling the people ; and put down the fact , that I have never travelled a mile or eaten a meal at the expense of those for whom I labouredand then contrast my position with that of a ruined gambler , saved from starvation b y charity , and now provided for out of the funds of those to whose service I hive bestowed my every hour , and upon whom I have cheerfully spent my every farthing , and then convince my children , if you can , that they would be better and kindlier treated h y gamblers , strolling players , and reckless adventurers , than they have been bv me .
You disreputable animal , you presumed that you had some weak-minded dolt to play with , and that you would amuse and gratify your p atrons by growling at a plan of which you are as ignorant as an Irish pi g is of geometry ; but , believe me , you have deceived yourself , if you have supposed that your lucubrations would be confined to your own " rag , " and the columns of your Confederates , for , before this day week , my two letters shall be in the
hands of every member of Parliament , every banker , and every judge , in the land , and then the reader will be able to arrive at a fair estimate of a Government , which relies upon the fabrications and falsehoods of a bankrupt gambler , a strolling player , a pensioned pauper , and a disgraceful tool , for its support . I remain , Pitiful wretch , An honest man and the poor man ' s bailiff , Fpaugds O'Connor .
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AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNALVOL- XL No 5 G 6 LONDON , SATURDAY , AUGUST 26 , 1848 . " ' ™ "j ™™* «"—" ' ^\ s * -+ ^ i j *" ""' Five Shilling * and Sixpence Quarter
Richard Cobden And The Land Companv. To ...
RICHARD COBDEN AND THE LAND COMPANV . TO IlICHAUD COBDEN . StH , —Throughout the agitation for a Repeal of the Corn Laws , your professed object was to reduce the price of the people ' s food—philanthropy was ever upon your lips , and so far had you succeeded in the art of which y ou now appear to be a professor , that I , like many others , was deceived as to yoKr real object . As a matter of course I discovered a great deal of inconsistency in your tactics , your speeches , and professions ; nevertheless—and although I was perfectly aware that the attainment of
your object would lead to those disasters which have since resulted from its accomplishment , but which has not yet been felt to one twentieth part of its full effect—I say , though thus differing from you , I was at one time ready to give you credit for sincerity . But why do I waste my time , and the time of my readers , upon one whose subsequent conduct has proved him to be a mere " trafficking politician , ' 'a trader in credulity , a man who has received 76 , 000 / . for having inspired false hopes under false pretences ?
If your object had really been to better the condition of the working classes / you would have hailed theco operation of all whoseservices were likely to assist in that direction—nor would you have lent yourself , upon slight and unsustainable evidence , to a conspiracy against one even making the attempt . As to the National Land Plan , if you saw fallacies in it , you should have endeavoured to have exposed them in the House of Commons , where I should have had an opportunity of meeting you in discussion ; but this course you dreaded , well knowing that failure would have rendered you henceforth less valuable to your credulous and confiding dupes . Now , sir , I shall appl y myself to those charges at which I have previously hinted .
During the sitting of the Committee upon the Land Company , you were no only in communication with Somerville , the Flogged Soldier , but you were constantl y closetted with him . You were the medium of communication between Joshua Hobson and the Chairman of the Committee ; you wrote to Hobson , and requested of Hobson to send his several articles , printed in the" Manchester Examiner , " to the Chairman ; you were in communication with the Chairman ; and , in order to show you the danger of trusting yourself to an enthusiastic hater of mine , there is not a word that passed between you and Somerville with which I have not been made acquainted .
I have received two letters from a most respectable professional man , and from one of « hich I g ive you an extract : — " With regard to what I wished to have the favour of an interview for , I be # to say that I am every day in communication with apu-son who appears to be tie life and soul of the attack so infamously directed against y « ur character—I mean Mr Alexander Sumervilie , Mr Cobden ' s man of ailwoik * * * ' If you approve of the course that I shall submit to jou for adaption , I have not the slightest doubt of b < in £ able to ascertain the nature of the evidence ho is B ' ttinff up , and the names of the parties who are tu L'ive it . "
Now , sir , the writer' of those letters has requested rue to withhold his name for the preset . ' t—if you deny the charge , I will show them to you ; and what I state with regard to Joshua Hobson it is founded upon Joshua Hobson ' s OWN DECLARATION , so that what I distinctl y charge you with , is conspiracy of the meanest , the lowest , the most disreputable character , in connexion with the most disreputable parties ; parties whom you were aware would not stop at any thing to injure me and the Land Plan , —parties whom you used not more for the purpose of destroying the Land Plan ,
than for the purpose of giving vitality to your new political movement by destroying Chartism , —b y destroying all confident in me , thus securing for yourself another 76 , 000 / . out of a a political bubble , as you have previousl y secured a like amount out of a commercial bubble . And , believe me , sir , that however you may hope to shelter yourself under the false impression that your friends will tolerate any trick V scheme for the exposure or destruction of Feargus O'Connor , yet , even amongst the class to which you belong , there is a sufficient amount of" public virtue to damn one , who would thus attempt to establish fame for himself upon the ruins of another
Sir , let me assure you , in ^ conclusion , that y ou shall not so easily escape the punishment which your conduct merits ; if I have stated what is false , or exaggerated aught , it is in y our power to convict me of slander and misrepresentation ; if you do not take means to refute or justify what you have done , you must stand convicted C / conspiracy , deception , and fraud , upon the clearest evidence . Feargus O'Connoh .
Yoiik.—The Members Of The Yurk Branch Of...
YoiiK . —The members of the Yurk branch of the National Land Company are requested to Attend a general meeting , at Mr J . Hall ' s , Blue Bell , Fobs--ate , on Tuesday evening , Aujuet 29 ; b , to assist in aiming out tho piopositiona named ia the Star ol the 12-a instaat ,
To The Members Of Thi Torquay Branch Of ...
TO THE MEMBERS OF THI TORQUAY BRANCH OF THI
NATIONAL LAND COxVIPANY . M y dear Children , I beg most respectfully , but most firmly , to decline your profered gift ; my only charm is , my onl y pride is , my only boast is , that I have never put my numerous family to any expense , and I never will . I have a snuff-box which cost a shilling—I have a tea cup that I can drink my tea out of— -I want no plate—but what I want is , to see you all comfortable , contented , and happy , and then my every wish will be gratified . If you have anything to spare , give . it to the wives and little children of those who have been the victims of Whig treachery , but do not seek to deprive my life of its only charm ,
I remain , Your fond and affectionate father , Feargus O'Connor .
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The Central Victim And Defence Committee...
The Central Victim and Defence Committee met at 83 , Dean-street , on Sunday the 13 th inst ., when in addition to a numerous attendance of delegates the following gentlemen handed in their credentials , viz : Mr Owen Jones , Cripplegate ; Mr Merryman , Clerkenwell ; Messrs Evans and Patten , Tabernacle-lane , Tower Hamlets ; Mr Grant Spiers , Limehouse . Mr Seare , was appointed chairman . It was resolved , 'That Messrs Martyn , Milns , Merryman , Brown , and Jones , form a committee to endeavour to get Mr Duncan removed from Clerkenwell House of Correction , by Habeas : in case the above should fail , this Committee guarantees Mr Duncan , sen . all reasonable expenses in bailing his son , and
that in the interim we pay five shillings per week , to prevent Mr Duncan from the degradation of picking oakum ; that ten shillings each be granted to Mesdames Bezer and M'Carthy . ' The committee then adjourned to the 20 th inst ., at Cartwright ' s Coffee-house , at ten o ' clock precisely . The following sums were received , viz : Subscriptions at 83 , Deanstieet , 8 s lid ; Mr Ford , baker , do . 2 s 6 d ; Mr Hawkins , Berwiek-st ., do . 2 s Cd RafSe for pictures at do ., 7 s ; William Tell Brigade , 5 s ; two Friends , 6 d ; Ernest Jones locality , 5 s ; \ Yashington Brigade , 10 s 6 d ; Greengate , 3 s * d ; Uxbridge , per Cuffay , 5 s ; Kidderminster , do . 5 s ; Newcasile-on-Tvne , do . 2 $ 6 J ;
Cripplegate , proceeds of Milton-street Theatre , £ 3 10 s 6 tl ; Wallace Brigade , 6 s ; G . J . Harney , 2 s Od ; Mr Jenkins , per Land Office , ill ; Somers Town , £ 1 ; Mr Bechmead , Is . —Total £ 9 3 s 11 J < 1 ., Receipts from the I 3 th to the 20 th of August ; 83 , Dean-street , Soho , 6 s 2 d ; Mr Murrell , do . 2 s 6 d ; a few friends , do . per Mr Phillips , 2 s ; Coventry , per S . Kidd , 10 s ; Norwich , per do . 13 s 3 d ; George Julian Harney , 2 s 6 d ; Cripplegate , 5 s ; a female friend , 6 d ; Thomas Paine Locality , 2 s 5 d ; Green Gate , 3 s 7 d ; Globe and Friends , 2 s 8 d ; a female Chartist , per Mr Summer , Is ; Kentish Town , 5 s . — Total 4 ! 2 iGs 7 d . —James Grassby , ecretary .
Congleton . —Mr J . West addressed a meeting here on Sunday week last , at the conclusion 8 s 9 d was collected for the defence of Dr M'Doua'I . Carlisle . —At a meeting of the Land members of this brauch , on Sunday week last , the following resolution was adopted : —That in the opinion of the members present , the affairs of the Company ought not to be finally wound up . That we intend to remain a branch of the said Company and enter into the proposed alterations proposed by the directors , with a view to place it in such a position as will enable it to be carried out in accordance with the original intentions of the promoter , viz : the location of the whole of the members on a certain portion of land in a cottage of their own . '
Somers Town . —At a full meeting of the Somers Town Chartists , on Tuesday last , the foil wing resolution was adopted : —Resolved ' That this meeting being convinced of the truth and justice of the principles contained in the document called the People ' s Charter , and believing that its recognition as the basis of society would effect not onl y the political emancipation , but also the social amelioration of the toiling masses , we therefore cannot but express our deep and heartfelt regret that this sacred cause should be damaged and brought into odium and contempt by the insane conduct of a few ( no doubt honest men ) misguided and unthinking men , who allowed themselves to be stimulated on by
those who were actuated by the most vile and base of motives . And as we . the Chartists of Somers Town , have never countenanced or been connected as a locality with the proceedings alluded to in the evidence of the Informer Powell , we consider it to be our imperative duty to protest against all SECRET PROCEEDINGS ; and we hereby repudiate , denounce , and condemn , the conduct therein detailed , as subversive to the great cause of progression and liberty ; this meeting being confidently of opinion that incendiarism , anarchy , and bloodshed , will never tventuate in redressing the wrongs or achieving the lights of the working classes . —John Arnott , Secretary .
Walworth , —At a meeting held a few days ago the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — ' That this society views with the greatest abhorrence the diabolical but futile attempt of a few misguided men , who , assuming the name of Chartists , have by their actions brought discredit upon our cause ; we have no sympathy with such projects , and earnestly call upon all real Chartists to denounce and disavow all connexion with them . ' A general meeting of the members will be held next Monday evening , when all who can are requested to attend .
West Riding Delegate Meeti \ o . —The West Riding Delegate Meeting was he . d , by adjournment , atDiwsbury , on Suidiy , the 2 tKh instant . Henrv Marsden , of Ilolnifirtb , and John Binns , of Brid ford , were appointed to audit the secretary ' s ac counts , which , having been found correct , a vcte oi thanks were given him for his service . * . The foliotvina resolutions were moved and carried : — ' That the delegates from the various localities in the Riding , bring to the next meeting the number of paying and non-paying members in their various localities ) . 2 nd . —That Christopher Sbackleton be appointed secretary for tho ensuinj twelve months . 3 rd —That tho next West Riding Dilesate Meeting ba held at
Ilaokmondwike . en the s-cond Sunday in September : C . Sbackleton ia the chair . ' Those places who are in anears to the lato West Riding uemonstrati' n . are requested to settle them as noun as possible , either by remitting a post office order to the secretary , or by attending the next delegate meeting . Considerable arrears jot remain unpaid . Tuo Bradford Chartists , who were at the expense of getting up the meeting , have enough on their hands at present , havingsixcy prisoners and their families to look to , without having to stand as creditors to other localities . It ia therefore to be hoped that no further notice will be required . Address : —Christopher Sbackleton , at Jarms Buckley ' s , West-gate , Almonds , near Iluddersfield .
Cleckhbatm ) . —Balance Sheet of tub Yorkshire Victims .- —T he following balance sheet was audited hy Henry Marsden , llolmfirth , and John Binns , Bradford : — Thome ,. £ . s . d . Heyw .-od 17 0 H-. bdcn Bridge ... ... ... 0 5 0 Sowerby ... .. ••• ... 15 0 Itochdalo ... ... ... '•• 0 10 ° Midgley 0 15 0 Ugcup ... .. ... 2 0 0 UudJmfi id t - i u Todmordtn ... ... •<• 200 Total -.. _ _ . J ?
EXPENDITURE , By cash to Bingley and Bradford cortrnittees 8 IS 0 Ditto to Hilifax . ... ... ... 0 5 3 Seoretary ' a expenses ... ... ... 0 13 Total ; ¦ £ _ 5 ° Bradford had 50 prist ners , Singly 18 , Halifax'J , 0 t he subscribers will see that each committer ressived 2 s . 7 Ji . per prisoner .
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Rochdale and Bacut . —Tfce Land members ire rf queettdto meet too direct m at tbe Chartist hootn , YorkBh \ re-9 treet ., Rochdale , on Monday mnirg , August - ' 3 , at eight o ' clock .
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- ' - - ' - •< - * '" -sh The Anniversary at Lowbands . —The an . nivesary of the opening Lowbands estate was held on the 16 th inst . Over 120 sat down to tea , amongst whom were several of the occupants of Sttig ' s End estate , immediately after which the brass band , recently formed by the scl'oolmaster , played a few enlivening airs to the satisfaction of those assembled ; then the chair was taken by Mr Kenshaw , who proposed prosperity to the Laad Scheme and a long and happy life to its founder , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . for Nottingham . Mr O'Briea was called ou to speak to that toast . He said he was one of those who had Minutely investigated the plan ; The Anniversary Lowbands . —The xa
he calculated on the difficulties to be overcome in order to effect location ; he felt satisfied , that these could be surmounted readilv , if the government would legalise the Company , and if not , if the mem . bers exhibit the same amount of confidence they have hitherto done , he fears not but all that has been promised shall be effected . With respect to the occupants at Lowbands , he was assured the industrious persevering allottees would succeed ; for bis pait , he did not come to get milk and honey off the land without labour , he came to struggle against all the barriers that may impede progress as yet , he was confident of success . As to MrO'Con * nor he would unhesitatingly say that such a man
never existed in any age or clime ; true he may have faults , and who is without them ? but what are then when compared with his extraordinary qualities one hour ' s devotion to the interests of the toiling masses would be more than sufficient to counter * balance the quibbles raked up by his enemies . Mr O'Brien ' s two children ( one of seven and the othe five years old ) sung ' We'll rally around him ; ' the chorus was taken up by the meeting . The Chairman said , Brother allottees and friends , long have watched O'Connor ' s actions , the more I scrutinise them the more I love the man . With regard to the working of the plan , I had my doubts , you know I have freely expressed them ; now I believe that every one who works the land well for three years will find it to surpass all that Mr O'Connor has ever stated on the subject . Mr Richard Rourke , of Newport ,
Monmouth , a veteran ) ninety-one years old , begged leave to offer his testimony to tl . e merits of Mr O'Connor ' s persevering exertions for advancing the interests of the working classes . After a few more toasts were given the dancing commenced and continued until 5 o ' clock in the morning . Never could there be a more joyous festivity , all seemed deli ghted , and that without one drop of intoxicating drinks ; the quadrille band , conducted by Mr O'Brien , gave great satisfaction . Hackney . —At a meeting held on Wednesday , August 9 th , at the Green Gate , Hackney-road , a memorial , expressing unbounded confidence in Mr O'Connor , and urging bin : to pursue the same straightforward course he has hitherto done , was unanimously adopted . The closing of the Company was objected to .
Bradford . —A public meeting of members of the Land Company was held in the large room , Butterworth-bui'dings , on Sunday last . Mr Peacock in the chair . The propositions in the Star were read and discussed seriatim . Seven of the nine were agreed to , and , after some discussion , the doubling of the share money was unanimousl y rejected . The proposition for paying 2 d ., 3 d ., and 4 d . per week , elicited a warm opposition from a majority of the members . Its supporters , on a division , were in a minority .
Finnieston , Glasgow , —The Land members of this branch , held a meeting a few days ago , at James M'Lellan ' s , and elected John Walker secretary . It was then agreed that the Secretary attend at the same place from eight till nine o ' clock on Tuesday , the 22 nd of August , and every alternate Tuesday afterwards , to receive the contributions of members . Blackisuhv —The quarterly meeting of thi- > b'acoll was held on Sunday , August 20 th , in the Old S as House . After the quarterly accounts were passed ,
the following officers were duly elected for the neifc s'x months : — ' Messrs Ainsworth and Braiwell , auditors ; Mr Richard Protidlove , scrutineer ; Messrs Hall , Ashtfn , 1 ' emberton , BracTey , a > -. d Ili & dle , committee . An animated discussb n too "; place after the reading of the proptsitions of Mr O'C nm r , when it was agreed to adjourn the meeting to Sunday , the 27 th ( to-morrow ) , when lha discussion wiil be resumed at Mr Norton ' s Commercial CofTe-fcoise , Back-lane , at six o ' clock in the evening . Mmbers are requited to attend .
Dbwsbukv . —At a rceoting a few days ago an address expressing coLudenco in Mr O'Connor , wag unanimously adopted . Maltox . —The Land ^ members met at Leo Rivisa school room , on the 21 st inst , when Mr Feargus O'Connor ' s let'er was submitted to their consideration , and the fol ' owine resolution passid : —' That we do approve of the Directors in the price of tha allotment . ' A vote of confidence en all the other propositions contaiced ia the above letter , was Riven to our noble friend and unpaid bail . 'ff , Mr Feargus O'Connor .
KiiiKALDY . —The members of this branch met on Monday evening , in t ' urvis ' a School-rot m , to dieeuaa the propositions containtd in Mr 0 'C . » Eunr ' n letter . Mr Beattie presided . Tha following amendment ti the firifc proposition was carried by a email mtjority , viz ., 'That tha bonus for priority of location , go t 9 reduca the allottee ' s rent Jaw ing the samp , instead of applying it to the benefit of the whole . The second proposition was m . t taken up as the directors bed decided against it . The tJsird was unanimously agreed to . The fourth was considered impracticable , as far as this branch is concerned , owin ; to the low rata of wages and want of emphyment . 'the meet ng was then adjonrued to Monday next .
Wioton—At a public tnce'ing ot the membas 01 the Wigtoa Land Company , l . e'd August 21 * t , Mf John Davidson in tho chair , the following resolutions were unanimously carried;— 'That the prop ^ itiona laid down in the Nortukrn Star of the 12 ' . h ult ., by Mr Ft-argus O'Connor , are designed to facilitate tha speedy location of the present members , and to hasten the redemption af our cmtnun country from misery , privation , and want ; and tha , they eoncu * with the proposed plan of working the land ayttsra upon the improved plau . They , therefore , leave tha completion of the proposed organisation in the Lands
of tha intended Convention , humbly hojisg that tha collective wiadom 01 that bi : dy will rencer every as * -iftance in thtir power to our conicuuri father , Mr Feargus O'Crnno ' , in carrying out his philanrhrcpio designs . The members of ' . he Wi . t'n Land Coo : pany make choice of Mr O'Connor , and MrDuncorubP i in connexion with Mr Sh-uman Crawfoid , for tha future trustees of the ctmpnny , and that they further place the full-st confidence in Mr O'Comor . 'lbs ; teturn him tbeir sincere ; nd teartttk « h . u Its u > r hia kind services , and ! mk to him in fuura tstteir kind and loviig father . '
Elland— The Lind irember-i of this branch held a meeting on Monday ksfc . Mr Th n . as B . Tailor in the chair ; when it was prop . r > : J by . Mr Jo ^ ph Firth , seconded by Mr Soloinnc Ci . 'jwtbcr : — ' lint the whole of the nflw p ' an of tho company Lu agreed to , except that of railing tha pric-o ct shares . 'Carried . Nottingham—On Tuesday evenii g last a publio meeting of the Land immbcrswaa held in the lar « . e r . jom at the Seven Stars , Barker-gate . Mr Ssveet presided . Tho following resolutions w-: re csrrhd by a great m & jjrity : — "That the only advance upon shares be 01 per share , viz— la . for two acres ; h 01 . fur three acres , and 2 i . fur four acres : the . idTiincea
to bo made in order that location b ) tt . k 11 by priority , a given date to be named , cve-y number having an equal chance to pay up ; thereby giving tho poor man the fame opportunity as the rich rna . This would raise the eum 0 : £ j 2 , 50 . Mid eauap tha shareholders to pay up as ? oon aa posci' U > , the same to ba paid annually . '— ' That the cct-upants be required to pay the aid money in hall-yearly malal . meats , after three years' occupation . '— ' That the Expense Fund bo abjliahcd am ! an Aid Fund rsta . blished at tho rate of one penny for trco acres , three halfpence lor three acres , and twnpenco f-r f <; ur aereaper week '— ' That the directors bi n qu sted to make calls upon th »? eshareholders wLo hive act paid up , and it' suchshnr .- holders npf . Uc * , or re ' u- » e ' 0 make good such ca'ls , that interest at tho rate ol five per tent , shall bo charged to their account , and the
amount shall be deducted from the sh ^ r ^ menfy they may have pteviously paid . '— ' 'J'ha ' , tlir . «!» nvvyance be a frteLold for ever . '— ' That the iiffairs ot the Company shall not bo wourd up , nor m"v m < raters be admitted . '— 'Tla \ tho members cfthe Nottipsham brauch of tho National Lund C '< c pany , hivtn ? full confidence in Mr O'Connor , think it is not requisite to appoint trust , es , but wish him to held li a trust , until < -nn lltd by Act ot P .-jriiam . rt '— * Trial it be lclt en : iro ' y with the directors t' » reduce raa r . nt from five to f > ur per cent , or not '— ' That the beat thanks of this meeting he given t- > the directors , for the tat h ' ul discharge of iheir duties , at . d ' or the deierruiuation evinced by them in repeiln * the at . tacks of a bas »> , brutal , and corrupt press '—* vote of thanks was given to , ami suiiab ' . t ackcewlt d . t'd by the Cuairman , and the meeting dispersed .
Brudf.No.—The Members Of Tbo Luid Conipb...
BruDF . no . —The members of tbo Luid ConipBtiV will meet \ n their room , Rut rw irth-binloiniS . 0 : 1 Sunday , August 2 " J ) , at , two o ' e ock . ^ wh . n > t ' ,, ls - eufwiou of tuo propositims in the N btu . rn Star will be resumed . A full aUrt-dsuoe is : » q'ltottn . — Tha memlerhof the Cliait . st Council win Di ; otas usual in their ruom , at live oVosk in Hie » vc . ini ; . —> I'boOk . VtistSHCiting at Butterworth-build'H ! . " . are requested to attend at six o ' citrk in the ( vein g . — Tho Chariista -f M-inniu ^ ham , will mefctas utual M Tuesd -y eviLic ^' , at eigut o ' clock .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 26, 1848, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26081848/page/1/
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