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THE NOKTHEKN STAR SATUJRDAY, APRII, 26, 1845.
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THE CHARTER AND THE LAND . » tli- _^ . _tir , < r wa s held at the South London _niSRSatSSSwSA on Wednesday _even-•^^^ rd _^ Gather d was unanimously _SA _* _rfci announced Mr . T . Clark te _^^! _SsaTd _foSela 3 t seven years they had _aoiujhtstoA _/ obbmg _moneymongeis had been long _raonihrepresehted , and that it was now fame that he mtereits of the working classes should be represpnted _fCheers . ) Parsons and lawyers had their
interests represented , because they helped to make tha laws ; and labour never would be protected until the masses also helped to make thc laws . Sir IL peel was a clever man , as his mode of picking the pockets of the people full y showed . Retail pickpockets were taken up and sent to Newgate , while the wholesale p ickpocket ( Sir R . Peel ) was called a •" great financier , " a " clever statesman . " ( Loud cheers . } All classes appeared to be now seeking for protection ; and it was but right-ihat the working classes should seek protection with the rest . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Clark concluded hy moving the first resolution , as follows : —
That in the opinion of this meeting - , thc appointment of a Chartist Registration and Election Committee , to ensure fhe return of Chartist members of Parliament at the next General Election , will tend greatly to promote the political and social emancipation of the people . Mr . Webb , of Stockport , said , he thought the principle ofthe resolution of the first importance , as it implied a manner in which they could carry into practice the recommen dation of Sir R . Peel , viz ., "the taking of their own affairs into their own hands . " ( Hear , hear . ) This was the only means of obtaining the Charter , and preventing national robbery . He thought , if London set the example , there would be no doubt ofthe provinces following . Let ihe resolution but be carried into practice , and thev could not fail to have men in the Commons
House of Parliament who really represented tiie people . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Dobhan , of _Nottingham , thought it was quite time that the people turned their attention to some practical measure . They had had enough of theory . ( Hear , hear . ) He was pleased to see so strong a desire exist for real representation . ( Hear , hear . ) It did not reflect any credit on the country to see Mr . Duncombe battling in "that house , " almost alone , for their rights . He was much pleased to think that Nottingham , amidst all her poverty , had not overlooked Mr . Duncombe ' s great services , bat had testified her gratitude by remitting nearly £ 40 to the Testimonial . ( Cheers . ) There was but one course open to the people with any chance of success , that of appointing Registration and Election Committees , -which he believed , if attended to , would be crowned with the most triumphant success . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was carried unanimously .
Mr . Doyle said there was no question of half so -much importance , at the present period , as the ques tion of the Land ; and whieh haa been very much neglected uiitil within this last few years . The land , in its natural state , was the property of all mankind ( cheers ) : but they had been deprived of it ; and the great question now was , how should they recover it ? The man who stole the merest trifle , risked his liberty in doing so—but members of Parliament stole the land—the peoples' means of subsistence—without any risk whatever . ( Cheers . ) In reply to the question as to how they should regain the hind ? he would say , let the present possessors have a life interest , and their successors be paid a fair value for their possessions , then to be no more individual , but national property ; let out at a rental to . all who desired . He had much pleasure in proposing the second resolution as follows : —
That this meeting is of opinion that the land should be national property , rented out for the benefit of tbe whole people , and not monopolised as at present hy au aristocratic few , who are thereby enabled to possess themselves of political power , and who use it for the purpose of enslaving andjdegrading the toiling millions . And they pledge themselves to aid in any legal rational design , calculated to restore it to its original and rightful owners , ihe people ; and thereby enable them to obtain the means io place themselves in happiness and comfort , and ease the labour market of its present surplus population .
Mr . M'Geath said , he felt very great pleasure in seconding the resolution , containing as it did the assertion ofthe primordial right of the people to the soil ( Cheers . ) The "Young America" party were quite awake to the question ; but witness the conduct of onr press in relation to the land movement ef America , from the daily Times down to Llo yd's Threepenny Trash . ( Loud cheers . ) When the Duke of Argyle was asked how he became possessed of his estate , lie drew his sword and threw it down . ( Loud cheers . ) Some of our wise "feelosophers" contended that the land conld not furnish sustentation for the people ; but he would feariessly leave those "feelosophers " in thehands of Sheriff Alison and Lord
Lauderdale , who contended it would support one hundred million of people . So long as they were governed by class made laws , so long would they be kept out of our rhjht to the soiL ( Loud cheers . ) At the present time only one in eight possessed the elective franchise : consequently there were seven at the mercy of one . He _recomrauieuded that the slaves should band themselves together for the obtainment of their just rights . He appealed to them , by the respect they bore themselves , by then * love to their families , to come and unite for the Land and the Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Mvsdat , Northampton , also ably supported the resolution .
Mr . Bairstow , Leicester , said the resolution asserted a great right—a right equal to all , without distinction of creed , caste , or colour . Those who fobbed the people of this great right committed one of the most atrocious of crimes . ( Cheers . ) Yet the aristocracy treated the claim to the land with the most sovereign contempt . Why ? because the people were crouching slaves . ( Hear , hear . ) It was not surprising the aristocracy treated them thus . They had slept while the pilferers had been busy with their hands in their pockets . Was it to be wondered at , that amid the midni g ht gloom that prevailed , burglaries should be committed ? ( Hear , hear . ) Sheil had described Sir R . Peel as the " fascinating
financier . " Well it remained to he seen if even he conld long keep tiie wants , wishes , and desires of the people in abeyance . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Remember Peel ' s station in society . He is the representative of two millions of wealth , wrung from the sweat and blood of the industrious classes ; and his recent measures only granted " small concessions " for the purpose of preventing the working classes rem claiming their whole rights . Then prepare for tiie coming crisis , not physically—though they might do as they pleased about that ( laughter "* * —but morally . The -working classes must work out their own redemption . The resolution was carried unanimously A vote of thanks was passed by acclamation to the chairman , and the meeting dispersed .
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MANCHESTER . A Poblic Meeting ofthe inhabitants of this town was held in ihe Carpenters' Hall on the afternoon of Sunday last , for the purpose of electing a delegate to the Chartist Convention . The meeting was called by placard , and the time announced for the business to commence was two o ' clock , at which time Mr . Eenshaw was mianimously called on to preside . Mr . Wheeler moved , and Air . Shaweross seconded — "That Mr . Philip M'Grath is a fit and proper person , and he is hereby appointed to represent Manchester in thc forthcoming Convention about to be
held in London . " On the motion being put from the chair , it was agreed to nem . con . Mr . Edward Clark moved the following— " That in the opinion of this meeting all monies granted by Government from the public funds for the purposes of any religious sect or party is contrary to sound principle , believing it to be the best and only honest way for all sects to be supported by voluntary contributions by thenown votaries ; and that our delegate be requested to support these our views in the Convention . " Mr . D . Donovan , in an able speech , seconded the resolu tion , which was carried unanimously .
GLASGOW . SiB _& seE _Proceedings . *— The Mends of J . B . O'Brien in this city , and they are very few , seem resolved to play their part in the desperate attempt of the disappointed , and now disaffected heroes , of 1839-40 , to destroy tho eharaeta'and consequently tho influence of that great eye-sore to those who expected to lire upon agitation—Air . O'Connor . I am sorry to find myself prompted by a sense of duty to speak thus of some of those parties ; but no private feeling —no sense of any former meritorious acts , could justify silence npon such conduct as the publishing of sueh an atrocious placard as the following : — " TREACHERY UNMASKED ! O'Brien on the Currency : O'Connor ' s villainy and treachery ; his
betrayal of Frost and others . A lecture will be delivered on the above subject , in the Chartist Church , Blackfriars-street , on Tuesday evening , the 22 nd inst ., at eight o ' clock p . m . —W . C . Pattison , Printer . " Beyond the printer ' s name there were no means _a-Sbnlcd of -tracing out the authors of the above mali _^ _-ius effusion , lt was whispered by some parties , iu the confidence of a certain individual , that O'Brien was to be there himself . The result of all this mystery was a tolerably good muster on Tuesday evening . " At the hour of meeting there was no appearance cf O'Brien , nor of any other stranger .
Ultimately the accuser of Mr . O'Connor made his appearance in the person of James Walker , whose tender regard for O'Brien appears to have clouded everything in his composition in the shape of discretion—whose very friends feel shocked at the everlasting tirade of revolting epithets he is in the habit of heaping npon Mr . O'Connor , as often as his name is used in his presence . As soon as he ascended the P _^ _ffi * for the purpose of commencing his " lecture , " Mr . Col quhoun rose and moved that Mr . John Cameron should he appointed to the chair . This was wconded by Mr . Sherrington . Joseph Kerr moved Mr . James Adams . Walker said the
meeting was his , and he would submit to no chairman . He had called the meeting—he had a lecture to deliver—and he would have no chairman . As might easily be expected , this declaration created a scene which few could have braved . Mr . George Ross , amidst deafening and repeated cheers , stepped up to the platform and pressed upon Mr . Walker the propriety of allowing the meeting to appoint a chairman . Mr . Ross received the same reply as the others . Mr . Ross then told Walker that he had no right to tell the audience that the meeting was Ms , inasmuch as there were no names upon the biU callhis the meeting ; consequently Mr . Walker had no more power over the meeting than any other one present . Still Walker was immoveable . Ultimately
Mr . Colquhoun said that he was determined to stand by his motion . Mr . Walker might retire if he thought proper ; but he hoped the meeting would act so as to guard against injustice being done to any one . Mr . Cameron , was then unanimously appointed to the chair—Walker threatening to prosecute , and Cameron telling him that he was quite ready to pay the penalty . Walker then spoke for upwards of an hour , going over the matters in dispute between Mr . O'Connor and Mr . O'Brien , reading Mr . O'Brien ' s thousand-and-one complaints against O'Connor , but seldom , except when forced , condescending to read anything from the Star . As to the currency , he never touched on its merits . He closed one of the most extraordinary harangues we ever had the
misfortune of having inflicted on us , by reading Ashton ' s letter to Mosely . Mr . Colquhoun rose to submit amotion that had been advanced by Mr . Walker , upon which Mr . Walker descended from the pulpit , and was in the act of making his way to the door , when a regular row took p lace between him and some parties in the passage . We were sorry to see this ; but when people feel themselves _^ to be grossly insulted , cooll and deliberately insulted , the offending parties should bear in mind that all men arc not philosophers . Order being partly restored , Mr . Sherrington briefly addressed the meeting , commenting in severe terms on the atrocious nature of the placard calling the meeting , as well as on the conduct of Walker , Ashton , and Mr . O'Brien , in publishing what , if true , must
militate against Frost and his compatriots ; and what , whether true or false , was certain to have that tendency . He ( Mi * . Sherrington ) denied that there was any proof to establish what had been preferred against Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Walker knew full well that it was out of the power of the whole gang to criminate Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Walker had promised to give them a lecture on the currency ; " but in his eagerness to slaughter O'Connor , he had forgotten that part of his subject . Mr . Colquhoun moved the foUowing resolution : —Resolved , " That this meeting , having heard Mr . Walker ' s charges against Mr . O'Connor , deem it their duty thus publicly to declare that they have heard nothing to induce them to withdraw that confidence they have hitherto reposed in Mr . O'Connor . " The motion was
seconded by Mr . Duncan Sherrington . Joseph Kerr moved as an amendment , " That the debate be adjourned , " but finding no seconder , it fell to the ground . Mr . Adams said he did not believe Mr . O'Connor to he guilty of what Walker had charged him with , but contended that a desire existed to destroy O'Brien . He was followed by a person who did not seem desirous to give his name , but the chairman insisted on knowing it , -when he gave his name as "Fraser . " He gave Ashton and Mosely great credit for patriotism , and denounced the attempt of Mr . Hobson to injure the character of Mosely . He spoke in support of Walker . Mr . Colquhoun , in reply , contended that Mr . Fraser , in his attack upon Messrs . O'Connor and Hobson , liad completely overturned his own arguments . He then read an extract from
the Star , showing that O'Brien does not now advocate the same views he did in the Poor Man ' s Guardian . Messra . Adams , Walker , and Fraser insisted upon speaking again , but Mr . Colquhoun told them that if they were allowed to do so , he would claim his right to reply to every word they might advance . The chairman then put the motion , which was carried unanimously , on which Walker , Adams , and "Mr . Fraser' - abused Mr . Colquhoun as everything that was base , for having taken advantage of what they had said , and refusing them the opportunity to reply to his " reply . " Mr . Colquhoun moved a vote of thanks to the chairman , which was carried by acclamation ; after which the meeting quietly dispened , —Parson , Adams , Walker , and"Fraser" excepted .
The Nokthekn Star Satujrday, Aprii, 26, 1845.
THE _NOKTHEKN STAR SATUJRDAY , APRII , 26 , 1845 .
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THE APPROACHING "PANIC . " Let the last word ef the title to this article be carefully looked at ! It is one of sad and portentous meaning : but the "state of things" for wliich that word is so painfully expressive , is as surely approaching as that we are now committing words to paper . The warning-note has been sounded ! The impending evil is foreseen ; the threatened danger to existing " prosperity" is manifest : and "high and noble lords" have deemed it their duty to . put the country on its guard , and prepare it against surprise when the cloud of "depression , "—now a little off in the distance , —shall cover the land .
For the last two years commerce , as it is called , has been in a most" prosperous" state . The two good harvests ; the opening up ofthe China market ; the partial recovery in America from the effects produced by the fraudulent system of fictitious paper capital , and from the temporary depressing effects of the measures taken by General Andrew Jackson , _Mastts Van _Bumsif , and Jons Tyler to annihilate the infernal" PAPER MOSEY MONSTER : " the
"difficulties '' ' in Spain , which permitted our merchants to smuggle immense quantities of their goods into a country where they are all but prohibited : these things , combined with the measures of the " Old Lady of Threadneedle-street , " have produced a " roaring trade ; " and for the last two years not only has every wheel and every shuttle been in motion but new mill ? and new machinery have sprung up on every hand—all things indicating ( as far as the employers were concerned ) a state of great activity and profit .
But with this " good trade" there also came the usual and cokstaki attendant on all Bank-forced " prosperity "—a spirit of reckless and undiscriminating speculation . We say the " usual and cokstasi attendant on Bank-forced ' prosperity : ' for it is inherent in the very natural of paper-money " as all history in relation to that tremendous engine for transferring the wealth of society out of the hands of the producers into the lap of " the greediest and most inexorable of tyrants , " incontestibly proves . To point to a period when such " prosperity " existed , independent and in the absence of reckless speculation , either in Europe or America ,
where the engine has been in operation , is an impossibility . Who does not remember the " glorious tunes" of _182-to , and the all-pervading " bobble " projects ? True , the crash came ; and a tremendous crash it was . But had we not the thing over again in 1836- ? , when " prosperity" again abounded , along with moonshine schemes of every sort for Joint-stock Companies ? And so , again , at the present time . "With " prosperity" has come the old evil . We are enacting the South . Sea Bubbles over again * . and the play is very near its close , when all parties , —players , money-takers , and spectators , —will have to weigh up accounts , and "take their change" out of " circumstances . "
The direction given this last time to the " speculativemama" has been in thc concoction , fostering , and upholding of every description of railway projects—the possible and the impossible ; the feasible and the impracticable ; the probable and the unlikel y , And , wliat is worse than all , the « iam ' « has infected nearly the whole of the trading classes . Formerly , these baseless speculations were confined to the hands of a comparatively few . There was the " sink of iniquity , "
ihe old Stock Exchange , with its constant hordes of visitors , " trafficking" in " shares" of moonshine companies : but there the operations were mainly eonducted . Now , however , nearly every town of fifthrate magnitude , can boast of its " Exchange : " and the shopkeepers , even of retired and unimportant villages , are as busy in "buying and selling" shares in merely projected . Companies , as ever the descendants of Abraham were in "transhferring" the " three-per-shents . "
The evils thus inflicted on society it is impossible to over-rate . At best hand , these speculatings in " shares ; " these " watchings of the turn of the market , - " are but a species of gambling—and a bad species too . It teaches its votaries to become sharpers instead of traders . It is not visible realised wealth that they traffic in—but " shares" in mere projects ; and they are eternally on the watch to " make money " at eachother's expense . Thisleads to all sorts of scheming to unduly raise theprice ofthe " shares " dealt in . The moment a new project is named the speculators " gather" like eagles over a carcass : and every sort of means , fair and uafair _, are resorted to ,
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to procure an allotment of original shares in the unlikely undertaking . Then , by a system of understandings—by concertedaction—the shares arebrought into the market ; sold from one to another , till they are raisedtoa "high premium ; " and tlien , whenashigh as they are likely to be , the original holders contrive to get them off their hands tosomesimplepartiesorothcr , who think they are going to " make fortunes all at once : " but who , at the very next "turn ofthe market , " find not only all the anticipated addition to their means dissipated , but a good portion also of that with which they bought the "lucky geese "
that were to have laid the golden eggs . And this is the course of the " trading" in this new species of " property "—these " shares" in schemes , nine-tenths of which it is impossible to realise ! What a desecration of the name ! It is not trading . Trading implies that something lias been bought and sold that is tangible—that , is real . But here is a species of traffic in a mere scheme—in a mere project . This cannot be trading . It is gambling—neither more nor less : and one evil result ofthe evil practice is , to make us a nation of gamblers—of sharpers—instead of | our longer answering to the description Buonpartb gave of us , —" a nation of traders . "
This is far from being the only evil . It would be bad enough if it were—but others , and most serious ones , follow in its train . 'Ihe parties subjected to the influence of this system become dissatisfied with their former position . It loosens the ties that bound them down with the common weal . The ordinary profits of ordinary trade—those which have enabled them to live in comfort , but not in superfluity—which have enabled them to bring up their families as tradesmen ' s families ought to be brought up ; the profits that have enabled them to do this , become contemptible in . their eyes . They see a
mode by which , if lucky , fortunes can be realised in a few days , as it were . The long life that they have spent in comparative drudgery , with its attendant cares and anxieties , for a mere living and a trifling saving , appears in unfavourable contrast with "the new way to wealth ; " and thus they are rendered uneasy and -dissatisfied ; predisposed to enter on any insane scheme that may be propounded . Of course , whenever such feelings exist , the modes for gratifying the desires they give birth to are soon found , as the present rage in England for " shares " in railways in all parts of the habitable globe abundantly testifies .
But even this is far from being the worst . The mania is sure to lead to national difficulties Though fortunes are , in the first instance , " made " by the crafty and the sharp—yet the end is certain ruin to the bulk of the traffickers . Though some few gain , it is only through the loss of others . Indeed , how could it be otherwise ? Can any one be so silly as to get it into his head that by " trading" in the " shares " of a mere scheme , he is " making money ?" Is he adding to the value of anything that is ? Is he performing the functions of a trader , by buying up real wealth where it hyn excess , and removing it to places where it is needed , that it may be
distributed , with the cost of carriage and tradesmen ' s trouble on its original price ? Is he doing anything of this sort ? No . He is merely adopting a process which enables him to transfer from the pockets of somebody or other , the money which he thinks he " makes . " He is merely purchasing his " fortune " at the cost of somebody ' s ruin . It is all very well for these speculators , so long as the shares in moonshine are at a "high premium . " It is all very well to have " allotted" to you to-day one hundred " shares , " at £ 100 each ; and to " sell" them the next day for £ 110 each—sacking £ 1 , 000 by "a transaction" whieh has not needed the expenditure of a single penny of money . It is all
very well , too , for the buyer to sell again at £ 112 , p ocketing £ 200 by his bargain . All _yery well tliis , as long as the moonshine is in the market : but what becomes of it when the BUBBLE is bursted ? When the scheme fails in Parliament , what are the " shares" worth ? How much ' - * _prenurott" . will they sell for , then ? Nay , are they then marketable at all ?! Not a bit of it ! The " property" has vanished . The then holder loses all he gave for it ! and thus it is seen that all the "money made" by this description of share-trading is merely a transferring from the pockets of some into those of others . And will the empty ones conduce to national benefit , because others have been filled out of them ? Will the effects of the
insolvency caused by the wreck of the many , be counteracted by the few who have " plucked the pigeons" ? When the creditors of the first bankrupts arebrought into the Gazette themselves , through the " failure" of those they credited , will it be any consolation to them to know that their property has gone into the hands of those who realised fortunes by " watching the turn of the market ? " or will this fact prevent the bankruptcy and insolvency fromspreading among other creditors , to a third andfourth degree ? And when national distress is the consequence , and loud complaints heard on every hand , will the knowledge that afew have amassed the means o f luxurious existence , at all palliate theevil ? We trow not .
That period we are rapidly approaching ! The "scheming" has almost had its day . The projects can remain no longer meveprojects . Thetimefor legislation has arrived . For the Parliament to agree to one half of the bills presented before it , would be to vote the Government out of existence . To acomplish even that proportion of the projects would take from the ordinary pursuits of commerce just upon one hundred millions of money ! imagine that sum diverted from the present modes of production and traffic Why are not we told thata good harvest , which leaves us some £ 5 , 000 , 000 for expenditure in the manufacturing market more than a bad harvest does ,
makes all the difference between a '' good" and a " bad" trade ? And would the abstraction of £ 100 , 000 , 000 produce no disarrangement ? The Government is not so foolish as to try it ! And if not one-half of the projects receive Parliamentary sanction , what is to become of the rest ? Dovm they go . ' with all the reckless expenditure of puffing , and surveying , and Parliamentary agency , and purchasing of acquiescence on the part of owners of property , on their heads . Out the schemes are snu ffe d : and with them goes the " property" in " shares ! " And does not this portend danger to credit ? Will there be no " shook" in the " money market ?•* Will not trade and commerce suffer ?
O , yes , it will ! The danger is imminent ! The " reckoning day" is at hand . It is seen in the distance . It ia alarming : else why the following WARNrNG-Nons on the part of Lord Brougham in the House of Lords the other day ? It was not without occasion that he thus spoke : — He was one of those who regarded with the greatest possible alarm the present frenzy of speculation which had come ever the community , as well a g those _poQBfegsed of capital and credit , as these very slenderl y furnished with either , hut inspired hy the love of c ambling in shares . The effects OF THIS WERE LIKELY TO _PKOVt EXCEEDINGLY A 1 ABMING TO THE CKED 1 T , AS WEU . AS THE . BE 80 CECE 8 OF THIS
_couNittY . Looking back to what happened in the years 1825 and 1826 , the only period within his recollection to he compared with the present , he ( Lord Brougham ) recollected that the noble earl then at the head of his Majesty ' s Government ( "Lord Liverpool ) , feeling impressed with the same alarm , deemed it his duty in his place in Parliament to warn his fellow-Bubjects against the course into which they were then heedlessly rushing ; and tliat warning concluded with a notice , which no doubt her Majesty ' s Government were equally prepared to give , thai , come what might , happen what would , tho speculators were to look in the result to their own resources , and not to any assistance or relief from the Government , whicli had given them this fair and timely warning : and when the crash happened in 1826 , Lord Liverpool reminded
the speculators of that warning , and stated that it was no wonder a pecuniary crisis and mercantile convulsion had taken placo , when the effect of those jointstock companies of 1825 had been to withdraw no less than £ 17 , 000 , 000 from the ordinary circulation and from Ordinary commercial employment into those speculations . Now , he ( Lord Brougham ) had seen a calculation from one of the most eminent railway brokers in this country , whose name he declined mentioning ( though it would give very great credit to his calculation ) only because fhe statement mi ght be deemed invidious by the speculators , and might expose him to odium—that if a very few were to pass of the 240 railway bills now before Parliament , not £ 17 , 000 , 000 would be thus withdrawn , but £ 130 , 000 , 000 would , in the course of two , or at most three years , be required for these specu-
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lations . No member of either house regarded with greater disapprobation than himself any interference of the Government with thepublic , except , indeed , with advice , perhaps , and warning—any legislative interference , or interference ofthe executive Government ( were that possible ) with the employment of the capital or of the labour of the community ; but it was wholly a different thing , whether the legislature should give encouragemen , to this spirit of speculation by granting Acts conferring most extraordinary powers , without wliich none of these speculations could possibly be undertaken . He ( Lord Brougham ) knew in private of instances of the ruinous consequences of these speculations now asking the sanction of Parliament . A respectable clergyman in ,. « .
a northern parish , having saved about £ 5 , 000 for his family , sent it up to a friend in town with peremptory instructions to buy railway shaves , as he was determined to treble or quadruple his fortune ; and another person , who had accumulated about £ 2 , 800 , sent it to be laid out in these shares , but added , that as it was a small sum , his agent had better borrow £ 3 , 000 more for him , and not be nice about the terms of the loan , and lay the whole out in railway shares . IVhen calls came to be made upon these persons , they would have no means topay them ; or , if not so , they would find no interest coming in . Their expectation was to sell in a few months at a premium ; but they would find themselves disappointed , and many would be ruined . The Government should betimes make up their minds whether it was expedient to afford the means of gratifying this gambling mania . It was of no
benefit to the country ; it was purely gambling in shares , or actions , as the French termed them . The French Government , two years ago , were impressed with the same view of the subject as himself , and were afraid of the currency being interfered with , and they stopped railways generally , and only allowed a very small number ; only twelve or fifteen within this year and a half . "Witliout laying down any rule , he must state his decided opinion , that there was a mischievous mania for railway speculation pervading the community , which was very likely to lead to grievous e » _it—to an _alahming panic ; and that the sooner the attention of Parliament and of the community was directed to the subject , in order , by discussion and mature deliberation ( if possible ) , to apply a check to the prevailing fury , the hetter it might be for the commercial and the pecuniary interests of this country . ( Hear , hear . )
Lord Dalhousie , on thc part of the Government , had another card to p lay . It would not do for Mm to appear to be too much frightened , or the very effect Lord Brougham and himself wished to guard against would be produced . And what a stable system that must be whose existence hangs on the breath of a Minister of the day ! A single puff of wind from him would blow down the " house of cards I" Here is danger hanging over us—danger
so imminent , that Lord Brou gh am deems it necessary to prepare the country for the " coming storm , " that all may not be taken by surprise : and here is the President of the Board op Tbade , fully as alive to the danger as Lord Brougham can possibly be , and fully as conscious of the necessity of caution , speaking thus " with faltering lip and bated breath , " lest he should annihilate the whole "heaven-born system ! " Hear the alarmed Minister endeavouring to speak as unconcernedly as possible : —
" With respect to the very wide , difficult , and delicate question which hia noble and learned friend had opened , he ( Lord Dalhousie ) would not presume to offer any observations to the house . As to the amount of speculation prevailing in the country , there could exist no doubt whatever ; but as to the amount of capital required for the completion of the schemes in any degree likely to receive the sanction of Parliament , he thought the informant of his noble and learned friend had a little outrun the fact . He believed that if aU thc railway bills now before Parliament should receive the sanction ofthe legislature , there would not be less than 7 , 400 miles of new railroads , and that from £ 110 , 000 , 000 to £ 150 , 000 , 000 of money would be required . Of course , itwas impossible to conceive that anything like that number of bills would receive the sanction of the two houses * but , whatever the number might be , it would still be open to the objections , and would be worthy of the CAUTION which his noble friend had expressed . "
There , now ! The " Minister of Trade" would not " presume" to offer observations on a subject which threatens the greatest danger to trade ! How excessively modest ! But then , after his disclaimer of presumption , he still " presumed" to ** observe" on the " wide , DIFFICULT , and _rMzcatc question : " and he tells us that " of the AMOUNT of speculation there- can be no doubt , '' Rather alarming words in the mouth of a Minister . ' Speculation in money-affairs is far from being desired by the Government . They know that when the tide of speculation sets in , the ebb of " PANIC" is sure to
follow ! And when we are told by a Minister that the amount of speculation prevailing in the country is great , we may set it down that he knows to where we are tending , and gives a " gentle hint" that we may know also . Mark well the CAUTION he gives . It is all very well thus to caution : it may possibly 8 _are some , not already in the vortex , from being " drawn in : " but for the mass of speculators it is worthless . They are in ! "With the stream they must go . Their only chance is in swimming with it , in the hope that some straw or other may offer itself , at which they can catch .
But this was not aU . It was pretty significant as far as it went , but it was not all . Lord Ashbtjrton hadhis " say "' as well as Lord Brougham and Lord Dalhousie . Lord _Ashbuhton has the credit of being a cool-headed far-seeing man—one not easily led away by the imagination . He is onc of the Barings ; one of those who have made their money by " watch ing the turn of the market . " He is , therefore , one likely to know something ofthe effects of a system in which he has " lived , moved , and had liis being . " And what is his opinion ? Hear it , for it is pregnant with meaning . He
said-He could not allow this discussion to pass without saying that nothing more important could occupy the attention of Parliament than the present feverish state of the gambling events connected with railways . In this case , however , as in many others , it was easier to point out the difficulty than to suggest the remedy . Still , it was desirable , whilst they were putting down the gambling houses in St . _James's-street and Jermyn-street , and in the purlieus of Westminster , that they should , at least , consider the gambling vMch was pervading every eountry town , _evex-y oountry club , and every family , from one end of the country to the other . They could not prevent the people from dealing in shares ; but , at the same time , it did become important to consider tho extent to which this
gambling was carried on , and , if they could not repress the gambling , tuex ought at ieast to consider its operation ON THE ORDINARY . PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNTRY , on o * _o » _monetary transactions , and on the industry of the country . "With regard to Its Influence on the ordinary business of trade , he might give one instance of its effect upon the iron manufactures of the country and the dcrangement it caused to the iron trade . There had been 300 per cent , advance in tho price of iron during the last 18 months , aud the consequence was , tliat all the ordinary commerco connected with that trade was disturbed . They found a competition arising iu Belgium and other countries , who were unable to carry on tlieir ordinary processes , since they found the raw materials in this
country too dear for them . This raised a competition in oilier countries against us , and opened channels of trade from which they could not afterwards be driven out ; so that when iron in this country _eaine back to ite ordinary price , we should find that we had lost the markets that had hitherto depended upon us , Again , as to its effect on the monetary system of this country . His noble friend said , thatlf all _theraUwaysappUed for were granted , they would take about £ 140 , 000 , 000 from the ordinary monetary transactions of the country . By the mode of constructing the railways it must take three or four years before the whole sum would be required , and though the demand would come by small instalments , yet if the £ 140 , 000 , 000 were required to be advanced in one year , the inconvenience to the country would be extremely serious . His noble friend said that £ 110 , 000 , 000 only were proposed ,
and that it was not likel y so many railways would be assented to ; but he was afraid that railways embracing that amount had already received the sanction of the Board of Trade . Unfortunately this subject came before them in a groat hurry ; they had hardly time to look ahout them and see how matters might be best conducted . Pressed as they would be in both houses by thc importunities of the speculators , he very much apprehended that every attention would not be paid to thc subject , and that thc inquiries would not be conducted with that great sobriety which the importance of . the subject deserved , De could not , therefore , let that occasion pass by without expressing the APPREHENSION HE FELT AT THE CONFUSION WHICH MUST , MORE OU LESS , ARISE TO THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY OP THE COUNTRY FROM THE TRANSACTIONS NOW TAKING PLACE
Is there not alarm there ? Is not danger seen ? Ah ! it is not for nothing that these warnings are given . It will behove all parties to attend to them ; and in order that the working portion ofthe community may be cognisant of them , we give them thus prominentl y . True , thqi can do nothing to avert the danger . True , they have had no hand in bringing it on . True , that in all these matters they are at the mercy of the speculators . True , that the " prosperity" has " afforded" them a very little " share . " True , that they have not been able under it to realise the wages of 1640 . True , that adversity will bring to them diminished means . True all this : but equally true that they ought to know of their danger , _andbeinsomewise preparedtomcetit . They will _eyor be the sport of mercenary speculators , like those
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who have once again reduced the country to the verge of ruin , as long as the INFERNAL PAPER SYSTEM , —which breeds them , as stinking horseflesh breeds maggots , —exists : and that PAPER SYSTEM will exist so long as they remain stupidly quiescent—unless , indeed , its own inherent rascality and fraud blow it up , and rend the whole THING to atoms ! . „ i , _« w * Aiw .. A amu _' n-. rediinnd the country to the
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B . Dyson , Honiex . —We cannot at present answer his question . "W . Stephenson , _LouenBoaouGH . —The conduct of the Feofee Trustees , in refusing the land they have " in trust for the benefit ofthe public" to the operative land association , ' sjust that which might have been expected from a self- ; Jected body . The time will come when they wiU have no longer the power to refuse . A Constant Subscriber , Manchester , had better
consult his attorney . T . "W . J ., London . —A person may belong te as many enrolled benefit societies as he pleases . * W . Bridle , Westminster , —His communication is declined . ' 3 , Gabnett , Keighiet , —If the notice he speaks of was legally sufficient , the " double rent" can be recoveredand by distress . The only way for the tenant to have protected himself , was to have evacuated the premises . J . B ., Preston . —After _* fhe paper had gone to press last week we discovered the mistake . Up to this day ( Thursday ) , we have no tidings of the meeting he spoke of . Thomas Hackney , Manchester . — The publication of his letter would , we fear , do little good . As for the
misrepresentations of the _money-mongering apostateit would be folly to notice them . Their maliciousness and strong personal bearing are too apparent to permit them to do the least harm . _VT . Parker . —We are sorry we cannot afford room for the meeting at Liverpool . To Mb . James B . O'Brien . —Sir , —In the last number of your paper , you fathered a letter from W . Ashton , of Bamsley , to James Mosley , of Leeds : andyouask , after a considerable amount of vapouring , " whether Mr . O'Connor wiU reply to the charges in Ashton's letter . " Mr . O'Connor has already mot Mr . Ashton in Barnsley , heard there what he had to say , and there replied to him ; hut lest that should be considered insufficient to a person posessed of your delicate sensitiveness , I beg to teU
you now that I shall answer thatletterandyour boasting commentin next week's Star , I should have done so this week , had I not been engaged with good" _* working men , in endeavouring to counteract thc mischief that you and such like have done to our cause . Till you read my letter , reflect upon your ignominious position as a collector of " Chartist scum , " In truth , you have marvellously succeeded in rallying around you a set of the most despicable rascals that ever disgraced society : and you would apply them to a most virtuous purpose—that ofinjuiing the reputation of him who _feeptj / ou / _nmi starving . ' You have been long looking for " a proper good wallopping _, " as they say in Yorkshire ; and , with God's blessing , you shall have it next week to your heart ' s content : and , if you suffer in this new conflict , which
you have heen long fomenting , blame your own rash _, ness . Since you declared to Wm . Martin , in Kirkdale , that " you had no other course to pursue on your release , than opposition to O'Connor , that you might live , " you have never lost an opportunity of showing your spleen . The thing shall now cease . —Feabgus O'Connoh . Mb . T . Cooper . —In a short time this gentleman will be released from prison . To prevent any ' misapprehension as to Mr . Cooper ' s purpose , we deem it necessary t _» state that the letter alluded to by us last week , in answering Mr . J . R . Bairstow , was from Mr . Cooper , apprising ; us of his determination to withdraw from the Chartist ranks ; and declining to . rfeceive any of the monies subscribed since the publication of the
statement in Mr . O'Connor ' s speech at Manchester relating to him . His main reasons for these steps are , that when the report just alluded to appeared , the little subscriptions then going on were cancelled ; and that when Mr . O'Connor frankly acknowledged his " error , " the subscriptions were recommenced . Mr . Cooper also considers that Mr . O'Connor has not sufficiently retractedhis statement with respect to Mr . Cooper having received pecuniary aid from him . Mr . Cooper ' s intentions as to the future are not to join any other association , or have connexion with any political "body . He comes up to London , to dispose of two or three works that he has written in prison . Anti-Paper Money . —Yes , we have seen the impudent attempt at "reply , " and shall , our correspondent may
depend on it , rejoin ; when , if we do not make the hired apostate exhibit himself in a most contemptible light , it certainly will not be for want of material . We shall show that the particular scheme of paper-money our " old friend" is paid for advocating , is identical in _pbinciple , but more injurious in its consequences , because more depreciated , than the scheme of _Attwooct's he formerly so bitterly denounced , and which he tells us he still as bitterly opposes ! That is , he opposes the very principle he is hired to support !! Is not he a queer fish ? B . A . Dbamgoole . —The address from the Tailors' Conference to the Trade is in type ; indeed , appeared in our first edition , when it had to be removed for other matter . It shall appear throughout the impression next week .
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Fatal And Melancholy Railway Accident.— ...
Fatal and Melancholy Railway Accident . — Ashton-otder-Lyne , Saturday Night . —It is my painful duty to record one of the most distressing and fatal accidents that ever occurred in this neighbourhood . About twelve months ago , the contractors for the Ashton Branch Railway commenced operations , and proceeded with thc works to the entire satisfaction of the company . The line , whicli is only about two miles long , was nearly completed , and was to have been opened this summer . It was a double branch line , connecting the important towns of Ashton and Stalybridge with Mauchoster , anil passed over a portion of the town of Ashton upon twenty arches crossing the Huddersfield and Manchester canal and the river Tame on its way . Thc arches
were built of stone , and appeared to be very substantial and well constructed , every one of whicli has been finished for some time , and the workmen were levelling the line with a view of having the rails laid down almostimiuediately . About thirty men were engaged in this work , and their labours were fast drawing to completion . Tliis afternoon , however , about three o ' clock , nine of the arches gave way with a most tremendous crash , carrying with them the whole of the men employed upon the line and several buildings contiguous to the scene of this most distressing accident . The first arch that gave way was that over the river Tame , on which several men were employed . 'Die shrieks and cries of thc unfortunate men were pitiful in thc extreme , and in
another moment were followed by eight arches , every one of which becanie a mass of ruins , burying beneath tho fallen materials a large number of navigators and other labourers employed . The scene at this moment was most distressing , not only on account of the sacrifice of human life , but also on account oftho perilous situation of those who were precipitated into the river over which the arch passed . The fallen materials having gorged up the river , it shortly began to roll over the stones , < fcc ., which had fallen , and threatened final destruction to those unfortunate creatures who were partially buried in the ruins . The news of the accident , as a matter of course , spread in
all directions , and numerous exaggerated reports were circulated . It was currently reported that from forty to fifty persons had been killed , and that others were seriously wounded . This report soon brought together a large concourse of persons _aimously inquiring the particulars , amongst whom were thc iriends and relatives of those persons employed on the works . The scene at this time was indeed lamentable and distressing beyond description . Women looking for their husbands , children for their fathers , and parents for tlieir children , of whom no tidings could be obtained , and whose cries and wringing of hands rendered thc already melancholy scene distressing in
the extreme . Sunday Morning , Nine o ' clock During tin whole of the night large numbers of men have beet employed in removing the fallen materials , and ex tractmg from the ruins the bodies ofthe unfortunate sufferers , under the direction of the engineer of tin works and the contractors , who have been _unremit
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ting in tlieir exertions to recover the bodies _onT _^ workmen , and in administering to the wants of ti " who had been taken out of the ruins alive \\ ?*• the whole of the night large numbers of person _^ ' mained on the spot pressing so closel y on the 7 7 ' men that itwas found necessary to call in the _vi * the military , the police force being totall y _ina-In _! oi to keep order . Up to this time eight bodies _hiv _« i _* _* taken from the rums . U ave b « eti Monday . —The inquest upon nine of the hvr recovered from the ruins ofthe arches at the _aT _/** branch of the Sheffield and Manchester raihri ¦ appointed to take place this afternoon . Since Sahi i _^ four other bodies , besides those whose names _**» _* haye been rescued . The extent of the loss 0 Pi _* * cannot yet be fully stated ; upwards of 100 mp ! e a large number of horses , have been engaged d _^ the whole of the day in removing the fallen mate * '' ! ** and up to nine o ' clock last night four more _haveff ' -Ijmiyh ! tvm » iofi in Irha _i-ninc mn * r _* i .. n . * .. _ it . Often \ _4 _\& _& ¦ AlUtliJ ting in their exertions to recover the bodip _* _J-T _^
_X , V . _AWMAWU Al * V .. V , JUUZUllg , IU ft !] + n — whom nine were lulled on the spot . The _rcm-i ;'• _^ three were taken out alive , but twooftheni ' S severely injured that very little hopes arc enter' ! - s , ° of then * recovery . A number of the bodies bein « f ne onthe Cheshire side of the river , and the _rem-ii i 1- " * onthe Lancashire side , the investi gation win - course , be conducted by the coroners for tlm * districts , Mr . W . S . Rutter and Mr . C . Hudson p c thc best possible information to be obtainixl ' th are from IS to 20 persons killed , mostofw ] iUB , single men . Tiie names of those who _lmvcbcenff _o !! dead are—George Collier , 45 ; James Bradbury sv John Cox , 35 ; Henry Rogers , 27 ; George Sniifi , * " n ' Samuel Smith ( brother to George ) , 26 ; Adam _N'l V 20 ; William Leonard , 30 , —single men Al > v-u ' Nowell , 4-7 , father of Adam Nowell , who Wi _jT " wife and / our children . Taken out alive—f _*! , i * Critchley , Richard Critchley , and Thomas R _„ ,
Throughout the whole of yesterday mam * tW sands of people have been continually _eYo-vd _*^ to the scene of the accident , but by the _exof -4 tions of the 56 th Regiment of Foot , _assUted by the police force , under the _directiou of Mr . Little , the special high constable of H yde , the greatest order has been maintained . Mr . ' _Roliert Newton , of the Ashton police , was also in att end . anee , with a number of his men , on the Lanca . shire side of the river . There is still much specu ! lation as to the cause of the accident , but hi the ab . sencc of an official report from some scientific atul practical man it is impossible to convey an aeeuraif idea of the cause . We have made every possible in .
quay , ana will give tlio tacts as we have found them and leave the public to come to their own _conclusion until an investigation has been completed . Tliere were nine arches , which formed the viaduct over tiie river Tame and the valley through which it rims These arches were supported by piers of twcntv-ei 4 t feet long , four feet six inches thick atthe smm rf ofthe arch , and six feet six inches thick at tjie base The span of each arch was thirt y f eet , and a rise from the spring of seven feet six inches . Thev were all built of stone got in the neighbourhood , which ia said to be of good quality . Some of the piers were founded on rock , and others upon what appeared to be solid clay . These are the facts so far as relate
to the workmanship ; but it is much to be desire d that a very searching inquiry should be instituted . There is one circumstance which is said to have verv much affected the arches , viz ., the state of the pro . perty over which they were erected . For several miles round the whole country is undermined bv collieries , many of which are said to come within a short distance of the surface . Tliere are numerous places in the vicinity which have sunk many feet , and by so doing have done much damage to property of every description . In onc field adjoining _Wliarf . street , about fifty yards from the line of railway , there are evident marks of sinking , some parts of it liaving fallen in three or four feet . In many other places in the neighbourhood similar sinkings of the earth have taken place , and many of the buildings are
perfectly curved from this cause . There appears to be little doubt but that the third arch , from the abate _, ment on the Ashton side , was the first to give wav , as by a close inspection it will be found that the piers of this arch fell towards each other , the two arched on the eastern side falhng towards the west , and the other six on the western side falling towards the east . Very large quantities of fine clay have been got from beneath this part of the countiy , the stratum of whicli is within a very short distance ofthe surface . One of these drift-ways gave way some time ago , and the walls which were built for the purpose of carrying the line over the Peak-forest canal sunk several feet , and of course had to be taken down , and the foundations piled or filled up with clay and soil to the depth of 45 feet . The amount of damage is estimated at £ 4 , 000 .
Monday Nigut . —First Day ' s Inquiry . — The coroner ' s inquest on the bodies which have been extricated from the ruins has just adjourned , and I hasten to send you the substance of the evidence , as given by the several witnesses who were called before the jury . The first witness called was Jacob Whitehead , who deposed that he had crossed the arches several times in the course ofthe day . At the time of the accident he was talking with some ofthe men about the work , on the Ashton side ofthe river Tame , when all of a sudden the first and second avcli on the Ashton side gave way , and they fell in with scarcely any noise , and immediately after the other arches fell in , one after another . Itwas all done in a second , He had seen Abraham Nowell , one of the
subcontractors , engaged in " pointing" the brick work under the arch . Mr . Joseph Fowler , one ofthe contractors , was standing on the arches at the time they fell . He was thrown into the water , but escaped witliout injury . As soon as he had recovered himself , and got on his feet , he gave directions to the other men to commence endeavouring to extricate the _mec who were under the fallen materials . Two were taken out alive . Edward Smith , another workman , said he was on the railway at the time ofthe accident . He was in conversation with some of the men about the work , when suddenly he saw an opening at the top of one of the arches , and immediately after all the arches fell in , one after another . Some ofthe
arches fell towards him , and some from him . Hewas on the Ashton side and he thought that the middle arch gave way first . At the time they fell , Mr . Fowler stood on the second arch . Hemy Morion deposed , that a few minutes before the accident he stood on the Lancashire side ( the river ) Tame being tha boundary between Lancashire and Cheshire . The first thing that attracted his attention was a crack in the third arch from that side of the river . Several of the men saw it some minutes "before the accident , but not thinking there was any danger , they took no seen it . The crack was such as he could have put his further notice of it . He was " quite sure that the crack could not have been there long , or they should have
finger in . The men had laughed at it . Robert Hoyle was employed on the line , and had seen the crack to which the last witness referred , but he had not apprehended any danger from it . Thomas _Lowede-Eosed _, that he was an overlooker on the line , and had een so from the commencement ofthe works . Tfcey were begun about twelve months ago . Some of the arches had been finished some time . The last was finished about three weeks ago . All the centres had been struck or slackened , but a great deal of the scaffolding remained under the arches . The light waggons had gone over the arches a quartet of an hour before the accident . The _centres had been struck about a week . Thc inquiry was
then adjourned till Wednesday week , in order to give time to have the ruins removed , and the _mnaimi'S bodies that are missing found . Four are still said * _¦** be under the ruins . The bodies found have all _wen identified . The names are—John Cox , Henry Rogers James Bradbury ; George Smith , Samuel Smith . George Collier , Abraham Nowell , Richard Crttcmov . William Leonard , Adam Nowell , and William Wai « Four of the bodies werc found on the Cheshire < illie ' aud Mr . Hudson , the covonev ior that side , \ M _® inquiry on the bodies at the same time and pi * *' and thus saved thc time of the witnesses and » _"' ' ' parties interested . Tuesday Night . —In the course of the dav tur « more of the bodies have been recovered by 'P
, unwearied exertions of the men who arc emp loyed m removing the fallen materials . The last was takca out from near the bed of the river , to which- m o _»» part , the workmen have reached , the water _M' _" " * banked off by the stones , « tc , ofthe fallen arches , it seems now to be prett y well understood that only t _**« more ofthe workmen are still missing , a > id _^ PP to be under the ruins . Onc of those who were taken out alive has since died in the Manchester _InlirmW ' i to which , ho had been removed , there being no _puW' _* institution in Ashton for the reception of such _« _$ *• The funeral of seven ofthe deceased took place * ' ? afternoon , in the parish churchyard , and was atteiutw by an immense crowd of spectators . The bodies weft to 1
followed by the whole of the men who had * employed on the line at the time of thc accidc _^ Speculation is still busy in endeavouring to asccrta ' the real cause of thc accident , but op inion seems a be settling down upon the tact that tho pillar _«' " third arch liad sunk , and led to the fatal catastropiu . and tliat blame cannot therefore properly attac hj any one . Manv people , however , express a vt ? j different opinion ; but until facts are fully _brougo ' out by the examination of able and scientific tot who it is understood will be brought forwanl W _**? , adjourned inquest , nothing satisfactory can * known . Suicide OF the Vestky Cleuk or Mitcha _* . Mr . Wm . John Clark , jun .. the officiating _vcsti ? . . "
parish clerk of Mitcham , committed suicide ou _£ _*» > morning , by hanging himself with a rope to a ** in one of the out-houses belonging to his _W'" _^ The deceased , who it appears was fifty-one yca _^ . cll age , rose on Friday morning , the 18 th , between _» and eight o ' cloek , leaving his wife , who i 3 not () , than 22 years of age , in bed with an infant en _^ Having dressed himself , he wrote a letter ad _dt- " _**¦ to his wife , and then left the house . As he a _* o » make his appearance at breakfast , his wife hew alarmed , and went into an office , where she _fou'w _.- _jj letter in which the deceased said it was " _- 'P _!^ for him to exist any longer , and by the time sheiR . the letter he would be dead . Thc cause of this as supposed to be certain defalcations in respect t * j office of actuary to the Mitcham Savings Bank , w <* _- had been held for aome time bv the da _* eascc \ _i
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 26, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_26041845/page/4/
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