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rial care ro pnt others in front , -while be keeps a respectful distance m tbe rear himself , with bis tail hanging between his legs . We have exposed his Labour Bank and Xandscheme . _WehavesbownthatitmuEtfaJl _. notonly nnder its present management , bat because it holds ont prospects that can never be realised ; and we , like Cobber _^ will be content to be broiled on a gridiron , if the -Aolefabric stand for a period of seven years . It is perfectly clear that Feargus O'Connor is working out the ideas of other men , snd tbat "be 3 s ignorant ofth » _managementofnicli a society as he has undertaken to eon . trol . Itwould matter little what become of aman who has fomented so much discontent among the working classes—who has led them astray and then forsaken them—who has again insinuated himself into their confidence , with no other view thanto _agaTandUehimself ; but when from 50 QU 0 to 60000 persons ha _* e been induced to
_. , subscribe their money under an idea that each will become theownerof an estate , the delusion is croel _^ whue the absurdity ig E 0 palpable that we feel astonished that rational men should baTe been taken In by snch a promise . Among such people Mr O'Connor ' s abuse may be takenas something Tery smart ; bnt reflecting _^ persons ¦ mil come to no other conclusion than tnat Mr O'Connor is a , humbug , and his Land and Labour ng a regular take in . We have objected to thelarge shareof power aimed at hy fierce Feargus . He at first proposed to have two _co-operators , by way of check on his accuracy and fidelity in keeping accounts , and then hereluctantly extended the nw & er to fee . Be and two ofhis _self-chosen _associates form a majority inthe Court of Directors . These coadjutors may be men of kno-n property and standing in society . Theymaybemenwhooweno favour or gratitude to Feargus ; men not in needy circumstances before
they were raised to their present high station as trustees ; men not in the least likely to fall into any _scheme for thdrownparticnlaradva'itage . The Chartists may know something of them , though we do not O'Connor ' s answer to tbe objection that large Joint Stock Companies ought not to be for a long time nnder the uncontrolled sway of any man is . not that snch a state of things has been carefully avoided in the Chartist Land Company but that there must be confidence in all nasi concern * . Now we deny it , and we refer the stareholders to the _flBtor _, oflfce Norwich life Assurance Office fur the last twent years as exposed in the columns of the _Abnofcn _iferettry Let the Cbarti > ts of Lancashire inquire sf their brethrey Norfolk wrh
of y there was no division of profits when thy last periodical term f or declaring a bonus came round . What caused the shareholders to miet in London and . Norwich , and what they discovered when they did meet . Tbe people of Lancashire need not go to the United States for expositions of the danger to whieh the funds of great Joint Stock concerns are liable . There have been examples in their own conntry of Managing directors bolting with full purr es to America , and cliques of directors agreeing to help themselves largely regardles ? of their constituencies . The financial accounts ofthe Bolt Court Parliament , if we remember rightly , ware not quite satisfactory . We will add one short caution . It is foolish to sign any long rigmarole deed without carefully reading it first .
THE GREAT ' 0 ' AND HIS LAND AND LABOUrl HUMBUG . That vulgar-minded man , Feargus O'Conaor , who wonld hang and afterwards gibbet ns witb his own hand * for exposing his Land and Labour scheme , among other infamous lies , has informed his deluded followers , that eur answers to correspondents are all moonshine ! and _thatwenererhave a question upon any important subject asked ns ! He it driven in fact , to Ms wit ' s end . He blackguards aad abuses us , and imagines , silly fellow , thlit . hill Stag passes enrrent for argument . He calls as fools , doits , and nincompoops , because we have must red courage enough to teU him t _* nat he is something worse . He wonld lay a cane across onr backs , if he were rot
aware thatthe compliment wonld be returned with good interest . Snch an exposure as we have g _' ven him must soon reduce the creature to his own level . The men who sow pay a shilling a week to keep up the deepJaid scheme now working ont by Feargus , -will soon begin to _discorer that they may consider all their deposits as so much _lojt money . There is not the slightest chance of their ever sedngthem again—they _areinevitably sunk—gone ! The depositors , like Paddy , who knew that his tea-kettle was atthe bottom of the sea , _enlyhecould not get at it , know that they have _pud tbeir money into the hands of an agent , only its in the bank—the Labour Bank—where they « annotclntchit ; and Feargus has taken especial care that no one shall touch it bat—himself . let ns look at the . balance sheer * — snch a balance sheet ! Tha first
item , then , to which we beg to call the attention ofthe _snbscribors to the Land plan , and for which , we acknowledge to beingindebted tothe spirited editor ef the Not-31 XGH . AH Meeccbt , is' a charge made by their bailiff of three hundred and twenty pounds for _sixteen cows and fonr heifers . We have heard , of late , from the -villagers of this vicinity , dopes to the Land bubble , of tbe extraordi nary qualities and virtues of an 'O'Connorcow "—a phrase which has quite pawed into a household word in this neighbourhood . Fifteen galloss of _aus a hat ! an animal ofthis wonderful breed is said to yield ; besides doing all the _plon-hing and cart work ofthe farm . Incredible as it may appear to some of onr readers , this strange statement , * said to be made on tbe authority of the Honourable and Learned Member fur Nottingham himself , is , we verily believe , credited by hundreds of mechanics or mannfacturin . * operatives , who are the chief
subscribers to the Land plan , and who are mostly as ignorant of every thing _rtally connected with the management of stock , and the cultivation of a farm , as . to use one of Hr O'Connor ' s own similes , an Irish pig is of geometry . After havins heard so repeatedly , as we before said , of the marv- lions _produca of an O'Connor cow , aad seeing that the _Lowbands estate esjvyed the _advantage of just a . score of these prolific anina ' s , we turned anxiously to the credit fide ofthe account of Feargus O'Connor , Esq , Treasurer ta the-National Land Com pany / tu see what was really derived in Worcestershire from a dairy of snch valuable animals . Two thousand gallons of- miik a-week , thought we , for fire months at least , must have produced a pretty bit of _moaevfor milk and tratter . But , lo and behold ! not a farthing appear _^ in the balance sheet / lor anything fnrtberrelating to these twenty cows , except a large item charged for their keep
and 2 » s . being debited to the Company for a cnox !» . Peter Tomkins , a poor Nottingham stocking'r , who is a subscriber to tbe Land plan , with a large family of poorly clad , half-fed children , is charged by the Treasurer to the National Land Company , in an account which he publishes forte * benefit , with one pound for a chum ! but poor Peter derives , in that account , no advantage irom his churn . But , having now introduced our readers to the O'Connor cows , we will , if they will not think it too much trouble , conduct them to the Lowbands stables . This large estate comprises one hundred and sixty-five acres ! statute measure - . includifg roads , ditcher , and fences ! And how many horses do yon imagine the working men ' s bailiff—the man who has 'devoted a whole life to practical agriculture—and fifteen years of deeply
intense thought to the maturing of a plan' for locating a number of semi-pauper families on scraps af land in the country—has provided for putting this land into somethinglike a state cf cultivation for their reception , and carting materials for the erection of their cottages ! "Why , twenty-three!—twenty-three horses at a cost of nine hundred and fifteen pounds , one shilling and fourpence ! These twenty-three horses are bought and paid lor in good hard money , wrung , by the vales of an _arcbagitatar , from ' blistered hands , ' to the tune ol nine hundred and fifteen pounds , one shilling and fonrpence ? and how do you think they were got home from the fa : r or market ! Try if you can make it ont after reading the two following entries in the balance sheet , in connection —
Twenty-three Horses .. .. £ 915 1 4 Carriage and expenses .. 3819 4 Not content with wastefully expending , in the purchase of horses , so large a sum as £ 915 —money which was confided to him , in the simplicity of honest industry , for purposes altogether foreign , in Uie main , at least , to any thing which wonld be accomplished by these expensive teams of cattle , —bnt he thin , in the most cold-hearted indifference to the wants and necessities of those whom he insults by railing them 'his dear children , * expends a sum equal to what fourteen ef them had contributed , — intbehape that therebythey were placing _themst-lres in a condition to become _eligible to be ballotted for a home , —in sending these animals , accompanied by a suffiric : 1 body of attendants , to their destination , without any fafeue , byrail . Feargus O'Connor understands tbe art of blarneying better than any string man in the empire ;
he never had bnt one successful rival , and be is gone , and be will practise it more unscrupulously . Had this man not the most thorough conviction in his mind that he possessed muimited power and influence over Ms dopes , —that they vtre ~ through tbe medium ofhis agents , bound to submit tohis behests and impositions , without even dazing to complain against them ,-wonld he have presumed to have _purchased twenty cows with their money , maintained them for sis . months at their expense , compelled them to furnish him even with a chum at the cost of 2 os ., and never render to tbem an account of the produce of _theseanimals ? Or wonld be have presumed to _hava expended £ 915 in horseflesh , with nearly forty pounds more for' carriage and expenses * of these cattle , and yet debt them during six mouths with £ 113 6 s . / d . for hired team work done on this paltry estate of 165 acres ! Bnt the mini sickens nnder the
details ofthe awful waste of money , so hardly earned as that deposited , in the hands of the Honourable Member for Nottingham , which has taken place in the _furtherance of these schemes of Irish civilisation and prosperity carrying : on at Lowbands and Herringsgate . Now , my love , as you like sugar-stick better than the bamboo , lei me take you to task in gentle terms , my gentle dear . Don't you think - humbug / 'rig , —( rig , bythe bye , is a very naughty word , but you don ' t know the meaning of il—it means an impirfectly cut horse)—* bull dog '— 'Fierce Feargus' —are very , * very impolite words ; and you must lack argument , my love , when you condescend to use them with your sweet lips . You say you do not call Feargus a dishonest man , yet you . tell my dupes that they ate to be
-victimised . You say that I led Frost , Williams , and Jones on , and then slunk away to see my estates . I assure you , Eliza , you do me _vroug , indeed you do * and then you compare me to a village cur , howling when there ' s no danger , and _flinking ' away with my tail between my legs when there is danger . Now , sweetest ! these are naughty , very naughty words , and created great alarm in my mind ; for , always believing that what editors of newspapers say must he true , in agony I looked for the thing of which you spoke , and I could find no tail between my Iegfr—I never had a tail between my legs—1 won ' t have a tail between my legs—and if you wrote from experience , and have one between
yours , you are a very naughty man , so you art ; and the people will call you " a cur , " and I can ' t help it- « My life , * you say , ' that the whole Land Plan is rotten , " but yet , lest you _s _& oald one day be compelled to approve it , you say that I am only working out other men ' s views , while you are per ectly coaseious thatthe Land Plan is all a mysterious scheme of my own . Then you Jobject to my having a vote with my co-operators , as though you were determined to make jne a nonentity—in feci , my love , it s dear , it ' s evident , that you are jealous , and wish to have me all to yours _$ f _. I fear you were _. tory _bobus , Eliza—in your cups , my dear—when you stated that I said there shonld be" confidence in all Joint _S-sck Companies , "Wby , my _loye , it s _fte very !
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reverse of what 1 stated , aud then , vour flash of the Norwich Life Assurance Office is too comical to notice ; and , if we need not go to America for instances of failures , why did you specially direct our attention to that hemisphere in your first letter ? and which I answered in those rode terms with which you charge me _jTbut then , you haven ' t even given my text right , nor have you given a word of my sermon , although I'have given every one of your homilies . As for the financial depart * ment of the Bolt Court Parliament , it constitutes oneof my principal objections to Joint
Stock concerns . You see , then , that I have no objection to spreading your thunder throughout theland , and , indeed , I fear that it now requires a little shove behind to push it through Temple Bar to the . west , and up Ludgate-hill to the east . So much for yours ofthe 3 rd ., which absence prevented me from earlier noticing . And now , allow me to make a comment upon that of the 10 th . You begin with what you call 'infamous lies , ' and then go on with 'blackguards , ' and of your exposure reducing the creature to his own level , ' and although you say you don ' t
assail my honesty , yet you 6 ay , ' its all gone for ever •* and then begin your acknowledgments to the spirited editor ofthe Nottingham Mercury , and then the horror of sixteen cows and four heifers costing 3207 . "Why , my love , your objection to cows is very like your objection to banks . "Why should not we have cows * and especially when we made fSL profit , and all the manure , and accommodated our men with milk when they couldn ' t get it elsewhere ? And—oh , prepare your ears for horror—I gave _9 SL 10 s . for some of those cows , and farmers bid 22 ? . 5 s . ; and then , as to a churn , 1 have
heard of men churning butter in their boots— I have churned it myself in a bottle—but surely you don ' t object to butter too , and if yoa don ' t you can't have it without a churn ; and surely you can ' t have a churn , a barrel churn , my love , for less than a pound . And then , aa to the cows giving fifteen gallons , believe me , my dear , it is a flight of fancy—the exuberance of your budding imaginationand you must not put fibs in my mouth and then chastise me for your own tarradiddles . " I have a cow , though—but only one—the celebrated Beckey , and I'll bet you a kiss , or . half
a dozen pair of kid-skin gloves , tbat she Jl give ten gallons a day on top grass . And then , as to the horse hire , after the horrid waste of money spent on horses and food , don ' t be angry when I tell yon that I bave bought six more horses since I came here , and that I am going to buy ten more next week , and that I am paying 17 s . a thousand for drawing bricks , because 1 can earn more with my own horses , and that I am hiring from ten to fifteen horses every dav besides , in drawing timber from the
canal , and . coals from the wharf . And , will you credit . it , that my twenty-eight horses do as much as seventy hired horses , and yet I am backward with my ploughing for want of horse power . Now , Pll tell you how this item for horse labour will stand in the next balance sheet . As soon as spring time comes , with Clod ' s blessing you will see one hundred spanking cart horses working for paupers at Mathon , and then you will see the horrible item : —
100 Horses , at £ 50 per Horse £ 5 , 000 50 Waggons £ 30 each 1 , 000 Harness £ 4 per Horse 400
£ 6400 Now what do yon think of that—and then weekly wages of fifty carters at 15 s . a man , 377 . 10 s . ; and then food for the week , 110 / . j and yet a profit of 1507 . a week , besides manure , as tbe difference between that and hired labour .
In a previous part of your letter of the 10 th , you say that I would lay a cane across your back if I was not fearful it would be returned with interest . I assure you . my love , nothing on earth would give me greater delight than to decide a question , wbich the six editors cannot argue , by WAGER OF BATTLE , and I undertake to rid the world of six nuisances in half a dozen minutes .
Now I have done with my love letter , and I ask you to point me out a particle of argument in either of your epistles . Now , Mr Editor , a word with you . Yon bullaboo of a fellow , who do you think minds what you say . If poor Publicola could risefromthe grave he'd laugh at you , but , with characteristicingratitude , you send weekly to the dead letter office for his contribution , and humbug your readers with the belief that your favourite contributor still lives . But I suppose newspaper sciibes , like monarchs , never die . I'll give you a little parody , Mr Editor , upon a good old University
songi waa a printer ' s devil , I am a senior ( ED ) . Well known by the pimples of my face , For throwing back my head . Chorus : And a toping we will go ' ee , go'ee , go ' ee And a toping we will go . A senior ( ED ) is immortal , And never can decay ; For how can he be turned to dost , Who daily wets his clay . Chorus i And a toping we will go .
Now , my friend , in your bit of rubbish of last week , you talk of tlie thumping the Nottingham Mercury is giving me , but don't fail to read the thumping I have given you all ; and , contrary to your assurance , I beg most solemnly to assure you , that it is not only my intention to bring ah action against your friend of the Manchester Examiner , but that it is done , and , if needs be , the' fustian jackets , blistered bands , and unshorn chins * will pay the costs—hut I bave never a & ed them to do such a thing yet . And now , for your satisfaction , although you speak of the declining circulation of the Star , I assure you , upon my honour , thanks to the handle the editorial fry have given me , it ' s increasing , I won ' t say inconveniently , but we never have enough to supply the demand .
You have taken your turn bv the ballot , and the poor Globe , the JOLLY BOAT OF THE TLMES , comes next . The Globe _says—« CHARTIST LAND SCHEME . There aro 3 , 000 shareholders in Mr O'Connor's Chartist Land speculation , aU ot whom expect allotments ; hat as , during 2 years , only 90 are to have portions allotted , 500 years must _elapse before the shareholders' hopes can be realised . The Cbartists _themselres begin to see the folly ofthe scheme , and are withdrawing their nam's . '
'Now , Timkins , what do you say to that for an arithmetican—for a public instructor , Timkinp , who tells you all about the revenue , and makes the nicest calculations for you , and then tells you that forty-five times 500 is 3 , 000 . Timkins , those who undertake to convict by figures should be . as clear in tbeir numbers as an indictment in its formalities . Why , Timkins , forty-five times 500 is 22 , 500 , and at forty-five per year , it would only take sixtysix years and eight months , Timkins , _^ instead of 500 years , to locate 3 , 000 members . ' Timkins , when I was a boy this is the way we learned arithmetic , if once 0 is nothing , twice O must be something . And now , Timkins , is there any other question you hav e o
ask ? ' ' Yea , Master Tomkins , I have been puzzling my head about that there 38 J . odd , for bringing horses with legs bythe railway . ' Ha , Master Timkins , you baint no political economist . "Well , Master Timkins , just , see here , see how plain figures make things , how , it is 125 miles from London to Lowbands , and suppose you travel them horses twenty-five miles a day , rather too much for heavy horse ? , Master Timkins , but say twenty-five miles —well , that's five da ys and five nights on the road , Master Timkins , and at four shillings a horse day | and night , and turnpike , Master Timkins , that ' s 41 . 12 s . a day—23 ? . forthe journey , Master Timkins . Then a man to three horses , our bailiff would ' nt let them have more , Master
Timkins , that s eight men at 4 s . a day—ll . 12 s . Master Timkins—8 _f . forjthe five days . Then , Master Timkins , you must either bring them eig ht chaps from London , eight scamps , Master Timkins , or the bailiff must send eight men from Low-bands , f low , Master Timkins , put their fare and expenses , and night in Lunaon _, down at a pound aman , and you have 81 Then , Master Timkins , * you lose five day ' s
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labour ofthe horses travelling and one day to rest at home , and there , Master Timkins , at 8 s . 4 d . a day , is 2 /; 10 s . a horse , or , Master Timkins , 57 / . 10 s . Now , Master Timkins ' - '¦ .. . £ i . a . Expenses of Horses on road „ 23 o 0 Expense of Men .. .. „ 8 0 0 Men's fare and _eipense to London 8 0 0 Loss of _lorse Labour ... » 57 10 0
9610 0 Sow , _Mwter Timldns tafce .. 88 19 4 from that , and you have a saving of 57 10 8 And Master Timkins , not counting bad weather in March , and damage to feet of heavy horses by travelling , and chance of chaps getting drunk and running races ; so now what say you ? ' ' Why , Master Tomkins , it ' s the gloriestest piece of political economy that ever mortal man heard of , but I ' m blest if them there vagabonds wouldn ' t puzzle brains of poor folk , that can't calculate like thee . Master Tomkins ; but it ' s as true as the light , Master Tomkins , that when I read that there stuff , I thought we were to get all for nothing , and pay nout for anything . '
Now , my friends , I tell you how I answer the arithmetic of this booby ; and then I'll tell you a story about him . I got possession of this estate on the 11 th of September . Saturday last was the 16 th of October , and there were forty-seven houses and the outbuildings up , arid by Saturday next , that is , when you read this paper , there will be sixty up , and I did ' nt intend to mention a single word about it until , by the end of November , I was able to show you that I did more in the last ten weeks than in the previous two years '; as , by the end of November , if the weather is at all fine , I shall have ninety houses up here . And , perhaps , the Mercury man will be horrified when I tell him that already I have paid the
said Mr Tripp 1 , 500 ? . within the first month , for goods delivered , besides paying 6 s . a ton for bringing them from the canal here . Arid , my friends , what will the ruffians say , when they learn that _lsOZ . a week would not pay for all the horse-labour that we should require here , if we had no horses of our own , besides being short ofthe dung—the most important ingredient for a poor man , and what no other occupant , except the tenant of my Land Plan , ever gets a spoonful of . Arid what will they say , when I tell them that I would . have saved 1 , 000 / . if 1 had had horses of my own at Herringsgate , instead of paying 90 / . for the carriage of dung , and 5 s . a day for donkeys to draw a wheelhnrrnw nf sand .
Ah ! my friends , they can't bear the Plan . I sent three stunners in one of Goatman ' s waggons , this morning , ! forty-three miles to Lowbands , with three . tons and a half of seed wheat , the finest that was ever seen in the world , for the occupants there—and which they are not to pay for till harvest , and I am now preparing , nearly five tons to send by railroad to Herringsgate , which they _willnot have to pay for till harvest—thev get the
most , because , though the smallest farm , they have the most land prepared for wheat . Tbis is the great secret of farming , to change the seed—and , although I wish tte occupants to be thrown as soon as possible on their own resources , I think on them , and them alone , by night and by day ; and , with God ' s blessing , with the proceeds ofthe declining Star , I shall soon be able to lend them money upon their own security , for if I had millions they should have it all . .
Now for a story about the Globe , and I'have done for the night ; - _# d I assure you I have had a long day of it , and it is now past ten o ' clock . In 1836 , we had . a meeting at the theatre in Halifax , with reference to which , the Globe published a very insolent paragraph about me . I posted off to . town—at that time there were no railroads—I arrived atthe Globe office at eight o clock in the morning , and saw poor little Mooran , the editor . He shook like an aspen leaf , and I asked if he was the author ofthe paragraph . He said no * and referred me to another , who told me the editor would be there at nine o ' clock . I called at nine to
the minute , when I saw from tbe titter that there was evidentl y some hoax brewing . I was told that the editor was in his room , and to walk np . I knocked at the door , when a very gruff voice roared out 'Come in . ' I entered , and saw ahugewhiskerando , with a big blackthorn stick by his side , and the breakfast things on the table . 'What ' s your will , sir ? ' said whiskers . ' Are yon the editor of the Globe ?' said I . * Yes , I am , ' said he . ' Then , ' said I , * I require an explanation of this paragraph . ' 'Humph , humph , ' he grunted like a pig . 'Well , what about it ? ' 'Why , merely that if
you are the author , you must retract it in the Globe to night , or meet me in the morning . ' Show it to me , ' said he in a milder tone . 'Oh , I did ' nt write that , it ' s very wrong to take those liberties with private characters . I shall see the writer , and compel him to make'the proper amende in this evening ' s paper . ' And sure enough , the most ample and satisfactory apology appeared in that very evening ' s Globe . Now , I have done for the night , and to morrow morning the Whistler shall have the benefits of my waking thoughts . 'My good ruffians , what ' d yonr demand for killing two small children V—Babes in ihe Wood .
My friends , the League ruffian , the convicted spy the man with the glazed hat , who , it now appears , was the man who was hired by the Newport magistrates to entrap Frost , Williams , and Jones , comes next in the list . Every man who bas . read the clear and unanswerable analysis ofthis man ' s own biography in the Wakefield Journal , and published in the Star of last week , can come to no other conclusion than that this fellow
has been the hired instrument of any party standingin need of a good ruffian ; nevertheless , as the people ' s bailiff should not only be virtuous , but ahove suspicion , I shall not confine myself to an exposure of his hedge law and rampant nonsense , but I shall put his every charge into the hand of William Grocott on Tuesday night next , to be read to the men of Manchester by bim , as the indictment of the ruffian , and every word and every sentence , and every count , I will ajiswer , not mystically but simply . Arthur O'Connor and Roger O ' Connor , my landless nephews , robbed by me ;
the cutting down of timber ; the mode otprocuring qualification for the county of Cork ; the establishment of the Northern Star , and mv resources at the time ; its liabilities and-my liabilities ; the discharge of Joshua Hobson and the cause ; the whole affair of John Cleave ; my fraudulent books ; Mr Stocks , tbe . coroner , the brewer and solicitor , of Halifax ; tbe payment of the interest upon the scrip ofthe Northern Star ; every transaction of my life , I will be tbere to answer « or , and William Rider shall also be there , who has been in my employment from the commencement : and I challenge my _accuserJTto produce John Ardill , my
bookkeeper ; John Cleave , the injured London agent ; Joshua Hobson , my much injured editor—and I will pay all their expenses . I will meet this Mr Mannix ' s question , and every relative male and female I have in the world ; and without excitement , but relying upon facts , simple facts alone , I will not only refute every charge , but I will show the folly , the futility of one and all . And now , I come to the consideration of those legal absurdities which this scoundrel has trumped up , and which the learned editors of the Nottingham Mercury , the Dispatch , Lloy _fs Trash , the Nonconformist , and the Manchester Examiner , characterise as
' able and interesting exposures . Firstly . —He says that I told you some time ago , or that I made Mr Wheeler tell you , that the Company _wasiegistered . He lies , and he knows it . Mr Wheeler ne-. ver said any such thing . There has not been a man in the world so anxious to have the thing completely registered as myself , and there never was a trustee who will furnish 6 uch a balance sheet as I will , when the time for transferring the property arrives . There won't be a farthing , nor the fraction of a farthing , mi sing or misapplied , Secondly . —He tells you " the penalties incurred for he _infringementfof an Act of Par-
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liament , which lie can't read ; ... while I tell you that the ? impossibility of . protecting -the _^; property of the Company , from themeshes ofthe law , from spies and informers , during the ] process of registration , was the very reason why the property hasrbeen _' puTOhasea ' 'in . my name . I tell you thail _objectedto _it , ahd I tell you , that it was only—not by the vote but by the _inshitance of the directors * and Mr . Chinnery , Mr Roberts ' s clerk—that I consented . I wished the estates purchased in Mr Roberts ' s name but Mr Chinnery said that it would be very wrong , if the . estates were purchased . in the
name of the solicitor to the Company . Thirdly . —This knobstick definer of the law appears to forget that the directors had every expectation ; and-had ari ght to entertain every expectation , of . having the Company enrolled under the Benefit Societies Act , and that alterations were made in that Act when we were performing operations which " , during the time of provisional registration theiaw would not allow the Company to perform . And this beast should understand that
Mr Roberts , Mr Duneombe , and a barrister of great celebrity—not Mr Mannix—had more than one interview with Tidd Pratt upon the subject of enrolment ; but the new Act requiring ' the consent of the Attorney General , and that law officer refusing his consent , we were foiled in the enrolment , which the directors set about without a moment's delay , as soon as the first Conference , held at Manchester , decided upon enrolment . And now the . protection ofthe Company consists in all the acts having been performed in mv name .
Fourthly . —The worse than nonsense , the rubbish , of telling the shareholders that they are all liable for this , for that , and the other j whereas they are rio more liable for anything than the manin the moon . The Act of Parliament is framed for the purpose of protecting the thoughtless and unwary from the machinations of . the fraudulent and the cunning ; and nothing would give me greater pleasure than to have every act of mine , in connection with the Company , submitted to the strictest enquiry of a Court of Law or a Court of Equity .
Fifthly . ' - How can I answer ? how can any man answer such rubbish as , that the persons who sell me estates may reclaim them at any time they think proper ? Why , my friends , I will put an extreme case . Suppose me to be convicted of _treasen , or murder , and to be executed ; in such cases , the Crown is entitled to the property ofthe criminal , and the , Crown is the most powerful and inexorable opponent , and yet , even in such case , the Whig Lord Chancellor , the first Equity Judge , would step in and tell the Crown that it was clear that
the property was trust property , and that those for whose benefit the property was bought , although they should have been more cautious in the selection of a trustee , nevertheless should not be sacrificed to their own credulity and pardonable weakness , and his judgment would be for the shareholders and against , the Crown . That ' s presuming the toughest case—that I was hung ; hut does the
English language furnish terms of contempt sufficientl y strong for those hired tools who characterise such foll y as able and interesting ? Why , the ruffian might as well say—nay _^ better—that Goatman may come and take his carts , Dixon his horses , and Tripp his timber . Indeed , I should like to see the vendor of one of these estates serving me with notice to quit under the Statute entitled ,
'WHISTLER'S LAW OF RECLAIMER . ' Sixthly . —This mountebank , tells you , that if I died , all the property would go to my nextof-kin . No w , to take the strongest end of this stick first , I tell you that if I died , even without a will , it would not go to my next-of-kjn , because there , too , a Court of Equity would step in and decide that it should be applied to the purposes of the trust , aad which
trust would be defined , if necessary , by an issue , sent to be tried by a Court of Law . And as to my not being able to will the property to the shareholders , can you imagine even printer ' s devils composing such stuff ? Why , if the property was my own and not under settlement , and if I had a thousand . sons , I could bequeath the whole property to trustees for the uses and purposes defined in my will . I could leave it to be distributed as
alms , to build almshouses , to build churches , to build schools , or to purchase land and build houses ; and didn't these fools of editors understand that millions upon millions worth of property is held by trustees appointed under the wili of deceased parties leaving those properties ? Now , what becomes of the property of all other parties similarly situated . Oh , but this is different , this is for you , and you are paupers—this is the law for mejbecause I am your trustee . : Seventhly , —The fellow tells you that the property is all mine , and that I can do what I like with it , although the vendors may take it all from me .
Eighthly . —Re tells yon , that depositors in the Bank have no security . Now , which of these horns will he . hang upon ? If the property is mine , all my property is liable , as security , for all the liabilities of my bank ; andj therefore , in proportion as he weakens the security of the shareholders he strengthens the security ofthe depositors . So that you see he is in a mess , and , hit him high or hit him low , you can ' t p lease him . Ninthly . —He has got . some jumble in his head as to tbe reduced value of an estate by the amount of timber valued upon it . He says ,
that if an estate cost £ 7000 , with £ 2000 worth of timber , that that estate , stripped of the timber , would be reduced to the value of 5000 _Z . Really , my friends , it is out of the power of a master magician to handle the jugglery ofthis showman with any thing like gravity . Now , just let me place this mystery of a fool in its proper light , and I will show , ' you , that , so far from those comp licated incidents diminishing the security of an estate , they actually increase it . Now , for instance , I buy 100 acres of land at 5 _oZ . an acre . I buy it at competition—it is worth the retail price to
mewhile mv competitors but offer the wholesale value , all the timber upon the estate is a wholly separate thing—that ' s valued by two persons appointed for the purpose , the one y the vendor , the other by the purchaser . What is called 'lop' and 'top' is never yalued ; it goes for the expense of conversion , and the timber is always valued wholesale , and leaves me a large amount of profit . The old materials , of which I converted nearly 500 / . worth on
the little farm of Herringsgate , I don't pay for ; gates and other things , I don't pay _Ifor , —but I sell them all , and whatever profit 1 make upon the distinct property bought by valuation , goes to reduce the price of the land —so that the 100 acres bought for 5000 / . without timber , would be leased to -the occupants ( it the rate of 250 ? ,, which is 5 k per cent , upon the 5000 / . ; but if I made 500 / . profit by timber and materials , it would be deducted from the 5000 / . prime cost , and then the occupants of that land would only be liable to a rent " of 225 / . a year , or 5 / . per cent .
upon the 4500 / . ; _fhus leaving to the depositors in the Bank property worth 5000 / ., and which cost 5000 / . at a competitive price , for 4500 / . deposited . This is one of the circumstances which enables me i . tell theNottingham Mcrcury man , the _ChanceMor of the Exchequer , Sir Robert Peel , and all the bailiffs , land agents , farmers , landlords , _directors , and managers of the Land Company , and all other companies , that no man does comprehend this whole Land Plan , in its entirety , BUI
MYSELF . Now , for instance , again ; I P _" " _*^ this estate of Minster Lovel at the rate ot 30 / . per acre—I have 1000 / . worth of materials upon it , for which there is , no charge ,, such as farm buildings , timber to be converted , and otherthings ; besides , I have sold some out-lying bits for 67 / . 10 s . an acre , and I will sell forty acres of it , someof it flooded land and not fit for our use , at the same price , and the profit upon that will go to reduce the price of the remainder to about 25 J , an acre—which cost 30 * .: _thul
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giving every depositor _pfjlO _. O / . —120 / . worth o . land as security ,. ' . Oh ! but , ' nays this Whistler _, with his mouth open , ' these outbuildings and other things are taken into account by the competitive purchasers , and are an incipient item in the visible aggregate , and you sell the p lums , which , as a consequence , goes to diminish the wholesale value of the relatively » alued property : ' but it ' s not so , because our rent is 51 . per cent upon the amount paid , and the plums are not sold—it is the unavailable _property that is sold ; and now I ask you if a more lucid , clear , and simple answer , could be given to an absurd , a ridiculous , a nonsensical question ? Take the two estatesfor instance .
, that I have converted—at Herringsgate I had over 20 , 000 feet of ground joists alone , about 120 oak door-frames , about 140 oak windowframes , which cost nothing , and of the verv best quality ; and all these materials are on the spot without the expense of carriage . Now I will give you a curious item . At Lowbands , the carriage of stones alone , in old buildings , would have cost 1 * 202 . Now for . a choker ,. and I have done with this polluted ruffian—this hired mercenary—this degraded reptile . I have this day purchased 611 acres of the most splendid domain in this county ,
and within seven miles of this place , and seven miles nearer water carriage . 1 get possession on the 25 th of March ; it will cut up into about 200 allotments , and those houses I will perfect before the month of May expires , besides keeping my hand in from the time I have done here to the 25 th of March , with another iiundred houses , so that instead of 45 a year , Mr . Globe , there will be nearl y 400 from September to May ; and if the money came into the Bank at the rate , that confidence would warrant , I would undertake to complete 10 , 000 allotments between this and this dav twelvemonth .
A word with the Editor of Lloyd ' s trash , and I have done with the six . You heterogeneous hermaphrodite ! you physical force Chartist of 1839 , when physical force brought yoa your wages ! you moral force Colonel of the Lumber Troop ! you landlord of that nice house described by your friend Joshua Hobson ! you have left me no argument beyond your poor spleen to reply to ,. but , at the same time , a correspondent from Newport entitles you to a little notice . He says : — 'Dear Feargus , —Can you inform us vfheuier it is true thatWm . Carpenter , the Editor of Lloyd' s Newspaper , was drunk , as Chairman of the dinner given to T . S . Duneombe , Esq ., at the Whit * Conduit House , on the occasion of the presentation of the National Petition . '
And hear my answer : —• Yes , myfriend , he was as drunk as an owl—so drunk that the beast was hugging everybody , and could not lie upon the floor without holding . ' Now then , you half dozen Editors , baked in a pie , arn't you a dainty dish to p lace before your readers ? You thought that the servile attacks of a mercenary press would be as effectual in destroying me , as they have been but too often in destroying the weak and chicken-hearted , but I love your abuse , and court your malignity—the censure of slaves , _' | is adulation , and God forbid that I should ever
merit your praise , or even your toleration , you set of bloodhounds . You would hunt me down , because I am the enemy of oppression and the advocate of freedom , but name the day , name the hour , and the place , and I will meet you all—one and all—before an unpacked jury of your countrymen , and I will prove you to be slaves , tools , mercenaries , and assassins . What care I for your pigmy power , you chroniclers of man ' s depravity , of man s dissipation , you scoffers at his misfortunes , and perpetua _* tors of his grievances for which you profess to feel .
. Perhaps I am the only man who ever had the nerve to grapple with , and had the honour and the strength to destroy , the misapplied influence , the prostitute power , of a corrupt , a venal , and prostitute press . Go , you manglers of honest men ' s f " , ime—go to Ireland , or go to to the devil , go to my ledger , go to my balance sheet , go to my office , pry into every disappointed man ' s rankling mind , multiply the complaints of all , prepare them as a rack , and I defy your inquisition and your torture . You set of hired , degraded beasts , I live but for an object . Yes , it is to rescue the helpless from your fangs . You live but for a
purpose—to eke a livelihood out of the miseries and sufferings of mankind . You poor devil ot the Dispatch , to talk of caning me with interest ; wh y , if it came to that , I'd take the little knobstick priest Miall by the legs , and scatter you all to the four winds of heaven . " If you are not satisfied with this editorial fricassee , give me the ingredients for another , and I will spice it to your taste ; but if you urge aught , the truth of which is disputed , and _shouldfcbe known . to my children , —ay , to my darling children , my . two millions of children , —you shall establish it in a court ofjustice . Don't suppose that , you are going to break my heart or to disturb my rest by your fabrications , —they are sedatives , opiates , and restoratives .
I am , you ruffians , _FlSARGUS O'CONNOR . Unpaid bailiff to the paupers , and unpurchaseable representative of the working classes . P . S . — ¦ Ruffians , —Hear this . In the midst of that crying distress , occasioned by the cupidity , speculation , and haTu-hearteQness of your masters , the money of the shareholders , snatched from tha gin palace and the beer shop , is now giving reproductive employment to from 600 to 800 persons directly and indirectly engaged here , and at the
best wages ; and prepare jour ears for a horror when 1 tell you , that , so extensive are our operations , that although I walk I keep a horse for our overseer . Arid now prepare your rninds for a greater horror ; I have this morning paid £ 80 for ground joists alone , besides Tripp— £ 187 more for spouting and ironmongery at Lowbands , not in the balance sheet , and oh ! horrible , another £ 28 for harness . And now contrast the condition of the occupants located , and those employed in preparing tlie locations here , with the following picture of the operatives thirty miles round Manchester , and taken from the Times of Monday last .
TIIE MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS . MANCHESTER , Monday AftbrnooH . Yesterday ( Sunday ) a meeting of delegates from tho various manufacturing districts of Lancashire , comprebending a radius of thirty miles round Manchester , was held in the school rooms , Great Ancoats-street , to receive the reports and decisions of tho rarious district delegates ; meetings having been held in all thc districts _reiativo to the expediency ofa total cessation of labour for a short period , in the present embarrassed state of trade , rather than a submission to the present proposal of the miuiufactuverB for a general , and probably per . Hianent , reduction of wages . There were twenty-six districts represented , embracing an oporative population ot
several thousands . Amongst the _principal districts repre . _seated I may enumerate Manchester , Stockport , _Staly . bridge , Bury , Dukinfield , . Heywood , Oldham , Bolton , Ashton , Blackburn , l ' _reston , Hindley , Warrington , and elsewhere ; and as the proceedings , which lusted from 10 o ' clock iu the morning to nearly 5 , present a sort of mirror of the present condition of the manufacturing districts , the following epitome of the statements made and tho top _icBdiBcusscd will possess an interest at this peried . The various speakers , who for obvious reasons do not wish their names to be made public , enlarged upon tit depression that reigns throughout the manufacturingdistricts . The first resolution proposed and spoken to , contained an appeal to the manufacturing firms of
Ashton , so as to prevail upon them to withdraw their proposed reduction to the extent of ten per cent on present wages , and recommending , should they not axcede _, a general strike or cessation from all labour throughout the entire district , on Thursday next , the 21 st iiist . In the interim , however , four delegates from Manchester , Ashton , Oldham , and Bolton , are to wait upon the Ashton factors , to enforce by argument and represen tation , the necessity ofthe cessation , and also , during the week , on Lord John _Russell _. _tlie Chancellor of the Exchequer and tlie Secretary of State ; tlio chief object ofth e deputation to tho Government being to solicit , for tlie the interest
benefit of manufacturing , some elastic alteration iu the currencj , so as to enable them to carry outtruding operations without trenching on tho remuneration of their workpeople , or superinducing the _necessity of a reduction in their wages . Another resolution , which , witli the others , _pasBod unanimously , was condemnatory of auy proceedings calculated to disturb the peace of th - district—a thing that unfortunately _, under similar but less alarming _circumstances—occurred a fewyeaw ago , when a section of the factory population pulled the plugs out of _theboilere , and stopped the costly machinery at work .
The . reports from the various districts contained "J " nil tat ons of dissatisfaction and discontent . At Oldham and other places it appeared , from what vrns stated , that things were deplorably depressed j _tliot many of tho mills only worked on aa average two and three days in the woek , some two and three hours In the day , while others did not work at ail . At _Blacliburn some of the spinners had Buhm'ttea to tho proposed reduction of 10 pei _> eent . _rattler than remain out of work for the winter . At Ashton , no fewer than twenty-one firms have given notice of ; an in tended reduction of 10 per cent ., and , uuder these cir-
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. cunistances , , the operatives think _J . hat cessation for a _shorttime _wouldbepreferable ' toa total suspension , in the expectation that markets ' , with the turn of th _» new yea / , may improve and prerent ony permanent reduction , Tiie reports from Bolton were to the effect , that they did not altogether side with the cessation proposal , _thinking it might disturb the good feeling tfcat ought to exist between the employer and the employed } but , on tba other hand , there was tho ominous fact Staring them in the face , that firms in Bolton _. tbat for years had not worked short time , were now running only at tbo rate of two and three days in tho week . There wero only six mills in Preston working full timo ; the others went at two and threo days a-week . Chorley , Dukinfield Hindley , and Heywood , gave in their adherence to stop _, oage for a sh"rt time , rather than a reduction of ten per cent . It was understood from _thoJIanchesterdelegales , thatthe Manchester board of guardians were sending laces of those who
-pinners who soug htrelief to fill the p had _determinedon turning out . At Stockport the state of feeling appears to be unanimously m favour of eessation forl period / Most ofthe mills are working short time , ond between 100 and 200 mills are standing still There is some talk of . a public demonstration on the suhiect . At Warrington , where thesame stagnation exists , tlw unemployed operatives have gone to tho relieving officers in a peaceable procession of some 700 . asking for reproductive employment in the shape of land _Reclamation ; the answer of tho garrdinns being , that they will taije the subject into consideration . Every cotton null ib closed , throwing upwards of two thousand , directly ana collaterally including families , four thousand or five thousand hands-out of employ . The above is a pretty clearrcflex ofthe condition ofthe districts , of which Manchester , witb its dependent _population of two millions _, forms the focus . The _variola
delegates appear to be of opinion , that cessation for a short period from labour is , on their part , the most sensible policy , _rather than submission to a reductjoa that moy _posBibly prevent fhem from recovering their original position . . They think that the proposed reduction would not give relief to tho manufacturing firms in the present state of trade in tho country , and that it is more in the nature of a nweon tlieir part , to lead—if circumstances compel—for a time , to a total cessation of labour . Tha well-known deficiency of thc cotton crop had no doubt rendered the short time me-sure necessary ; aud it was the opinion of both masters and men , that a ceBsatioa would be mutually to their advantage , and that in the meantime trade would approximate to an amelioration . Others , however , wero of opinion , thatif trade , at tho end of the proposed period , was no better , the operatives would bo worso off than before . There was not onethird the production now that there was this time
twelvemonth . _AtpreBent the opinions of tne manufacturers were conflicting . Some were in _fa-eur of short time , others for a partial , others for a total cessation . Nearly twenty mills had stopped in Manchester since last Christmas , and the total number stopped to the present time was _thirty-three . Blame is attributed to the Ashton firms , who commenced this movement of reduction , Ashton being con . sidered the leading place of the district and as regulating the policy ofthe other * . It is consequently to the interests ofthe operatives to oppose this movement , seeing that if it be adopted all the other districts will be compelled to submit to the reduction . The present drain for railway capital was cited as being a considerable element at work in producing the present manufacturing depression ,
upwards of two thousand mill-beta ;* at a stand-still . It is feared tbat the present state of things will result in the overcrowding of the poor law unions , and should the ap . peals and representations ofthe delegates to the Ashton manufacturers and the government be of no avail , a ge noral public demonstration throughout the districts is expected to take place . If yon have read the above , contrast it with the announcement that I am just going to start with Messrs Doyle and Cullingham , a director and _overseer , to walk over 611 acres of ground ; of ground to build cottages upon , for slaves rescued from your grasp . I forgot to tell you , that I have eig hteen pigs , and that on Monday I ara going to buy fifty head of cattle , to make dung of the straw , to grow potatoes and cabbages for your _foodless paupers .
RECEIPTS FOR THIS WEEK . £ s . d . National Land Company 1867 10 8 The Bank ., .. 269 14 0 2137 4 8 IT Look on that , you slaves , and tremble !
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TO THB ELECTORS OP MANCHESTEB AND _£ TS
VICINITY . ( Prom the Manchester Times . ) Gentlemen , —We , the Chartist Registration and Elec tion _Committee , deem it eur duty to inform you that we intend to bring forward one or more Chartistcandldates at the next election . We presume , from the deranged state of things , there wili presently be another dissolution of parliament ; consequently , we ahall lose no time , but at onco endeavour to prepare your minds for the reeeptionofour great and sacred principles , akd also to solicit your suffrages in favour of such candidates as we may consider qualified to carry ont the same views . We , now , therefore , take the liberty of laying before you someof our principles and objects ; principles snch aa _rre advocate ultimately must achieve both civil and religious freedom . Our main object is first to obtain , by
legal enactment , what is commonly called the People ' s Charter . We fear some of you are utterJy unacquainted with t"e principles for which we are contending ; others Amongst you' hare imbibed erroneous notions and prejudiced opinions against the politics we advocate , and so closely adhere to ; consequently , we will now and from time to time , endeavour to establish in yeur views a correot knowledge ef our righteous principles , and also the objects we aro seeking after . Wo set out with a legitimate claim for universal suffrage ; that is , all men who are untainted by crime ought to have a voice in the choice of representatives , or-in other words , to have tbe right to vote for a member or such members as will , in his estimation , legislate _jnstl y _. and expend frugally anl wisely the taxes be , in conjunction with others , is called upon to contribute towards , and for the maintenance
of , the state . We ask for tbe ballot as a shield of protection in favour of the honest voter , upon whom tbe landlord or employer may be disposed to exercise coercive and undue influence in order to induce tbe elector to give his vote dishonestly to whom he may be directed ; . tha ballot would , at all events in a great measure , pre . vent it . We conceive , as short reckonings make long friends , we are consistent in asking- for Short parliaments . Annual , or once a year , is what we deem sufficient duration of time for members to legislate ; at any rate , _ws think if members have acted honestly towards their constituents , they would have no reason to fear , » s they would in all probability be re-elected , Our next great principle , and one we deem of vital importance , is . no property qualification for members of parliament , as Nature makes no distinction , so all men are equal iu
the general term , and all ought to be eligible to titles , immunities ; places , and merit . Neither wealth nor poverty are sufficient of themselves to guarantee probity , wisdom , er intelligence . Let the elector have the power to register his honest vote in favour ofthe just and tha most meritorious candidate , considering character and competency , which Ib the true and proper qualification _necessary for a member of parliament . Payment of members for tbeir services is another of our principles : surely no one can object to tbis , as it is not right to expect any individual to sacrifice his whole unrequited time and services te the cause of his country . Ho ; but let us act in accordance witb that beautiful Scriptural phrase which says , ' The labourer is worthy of his hire . ' Lastly , which winds np the whole of onr fundamental
principles , is what we call equal electoral district * ; for , wa contend , the country ought to be equally proportion _, ately divided in order to insure an equitable system of representation . At present wfl find many small boroBghs possessing as many representatives as large townB or cities ; for instance , Harwich , with a population of 3 , 780 , and only 181 electors , returns two mem . bers to parliament , whilst Manchester , with a popula * tion of more than 800 , 000 , and abont 12 , 000 electors , re . turns only the same number of members . We hare now briefly laid before you the whole of our fundamental principles , and we trust that you will considerately and deliberately give to them due attention , and let that impor . tance be attaohed to tha just mentioned enumerated principles—the principles contained in the People ' * Charter .
We must conclude with , no system of represent * tion oan excel or surpass the one we have here submitted for your deliberate consideration and wise approval . It is framed on the broad basis of universal justice . We aro nloy aiming at universal justice . We are only aiming at universal protection , so that oar legislators ma ; wake only such lans as nillharironiia with the laws of Cod au < * nature , and that the laws of the land may he made to accord with the moral precepts of Christianity . As we intend soon to appeal to you again , wo trust this may for the present suffice , and remain yours , faithfully , in the Chartist cause , Wa . _Amdbbton , Chairman , G H . Sum , Secretary . Committee Room , People ' s Institute , _Heyrod-street .
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_KECEiris as thb Centjul Registration asd ElECIlON _COMMHTBE *? R 0 H OCTOBER 15 th . —Mr Margetson , ls . ; Burnley , 1 st and 2 nd Land branch and ChwtM _rVfisnciation , 10 s . ; Norwich , per Springall , 6 s . 6 d . ; Huddersfield Land branch , per Levi Lodge , 6-. 6 d . Total , £ 1 4 s .-James Grassby . STociu ? ORT .-Mr R . Wild , of _Moxtram , will leeturein the hall ofthe Lyceum , on Sunday evening , October 2 ith , at six o ' cclock . Croydon .-On Monday evening , Octoher 25 th , after the books are closed . Mr Frost will deliver an address at Loveday ' s Temperance Coffee-house , Surrey-Btreet , on 'the Principles of Equality , its Beauty and Practicability , and the _Reason _"fliy it has never been attained . ' Discussion is invited . Thk Victims' Gouuitieb will meet on Tuesday
_^ evening next , at 83 , Dean-street . • Assembly Rooms , 83 , _BasK-statm . SoHC .--On Sunday evening next , Oot . 24 'h , Mr Jno . _SMt . _ti will leoture at seven ; the same evening the Westminster branch of the Land Company and the Una : * _tiat locality will meet . The forthcoming Disner At the Crowi akd Anchor _Tavbrn , on Monday next , October _Soth . _; - At the usual weekly meeting of thn National _Registration and Central Election Committee , on _Tuisday -venine , after the receipt of several sums of money on behalf of the' Election Fund , ' all the preliminary arrangements were ' made for the a and ' Soiree ; in celebration of the at the recent General Election . All _tirkets are requested to make a returr to the secretary on or before Sunday The o _. nunUtee will assemble for that rooms , 83 , Dean-street , at nine _^' Sunday _eyeni _** g next , Ootober 24 th ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 23, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_23101847/page/5/
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