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COURT OF QUEEN'S BEXCH . " Wednesday , January 31 , 1819 . Mr . Cockbcrx : —My Lord , on behalf of the National Land Compay , I have to move your Lordshi p for a rule to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not issue , directed
RE G I S TR A TION OF THE N A TIO N V L LAND COMPANY .
to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies , commanding him to renew the . certificate of provisional registration of the National ; Land Company , and afterwards to receive the deed and other documents required by the Act of Parliament of the Company , and on that to register ruch deeds and documents , and to grant them a certificate of complete registration . _ , .
My Lord ,- this Company was formed two or tliree years back , and the affidavit , on which I move , of Mr . Chixery , who is the managing clerk of Mr . Roberts , a solicitor , of this Court ( who has throughout managed the legal concerns of the Company ) , shows , that after one or two attempts that were made , and endeavours to enrol this Company under the " Fr iendly Societies' Act , " and which did not succeed , on the ground of it being the opinion of the Registrar , nnder those Acts of Parliament , that the Company did not come within the provisions of those
Acts , the party , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , and other parties interested as promoters of this Company , proceeded to register the Company provisionally , under the 7 th and 8 th of Victoria , chap . 110 . The Company was registered provisionall y in 1846 , and , after it had been so provisionally registered , the draft of the deed constituting the Company was prepared , and it was ¦ ubmitted to the Registrar , under the Joint-Stock Companies' Act , for his approval . The deed was somewhat
voluminous , the interests of the Companybeing complicated , and he suggested , various altera ° tionsand improvements in the deed , which suggestions were adopted on behalf of the Company , and the deed altered so as to obtain his final and complete approbation . It appears , inasmuch as it was required by the Act of Parliament that one-fourth of the subscribers or shareholders , in the Company , should execute a deed , and not only one-fourth of the shareholders , but one-fourth of the persons holding one-fourth of the shares of the
Company , should execute the deed ; and as these shareholders , amounting to several thousands in point of number , were spread over the country , a considerable time elapsed before the signatures of the whole of these various shareholders , or various parties , in the country , could be obtained , and considerable expense was incurred , not only in preparing the deed , but in obtaining the " signatures of all thoge various members to the deed . A year elapsed before all this was completed ; and in the year 1847 the provisional registration of the Company was renewed conformably to the provisions
of the Act of Parliament , which merely gives the Directors , provisionally registered , power to act on behalf of the Company for twelve months , but enables them to apply again , after the expiration of those twelve months , for a renewal of tho Provisional Registration . In the course of the year 1848 , the number of subscribers had been very materially augmented , and it appeared to Mr . O'Coxnok and the Directors , that , if they could , by possibility , get their Company registered or enrolled , under the provisions of the last Friendly Societies' Act , the 9 th and
10 th of Victoria , which had been passed subsequent to the formation of the Company , it would be a desirable thing for them , and save them a vast deal of expense , as it was necessary to be making constant returns to the Registrar , appointed by the Joint-Stock Companies' Act , of the various members who were added to the number of shareholders , and all those numerous and frequent returns involving very considerable expense . And an application was made by Mi" . O'Coxxoit to the House of Commons , of which he was then a Member , for leave to brimr in a Bill to brine this
Company within the provisions of the 9 th and 10 th of Victoria , the last Friendly Societies' Act . It was brought under the notice of the House of Commons , but the House of Commons did not pass that Bill—and , at Mr . O'Co >~> "OR's instance , a Committee was appointed , to take into consideration the nature of the Company , to sec what legislative assistance and relief might be afforded them . That Committee sat on the subject , and took the case into their consideration : but , it appears , a difficulty was started before them , on the ground that this Company was not a legal Company , as falling
within the provisions of the Lottery Acts . They reported , accordingly , ill all other respects , favourably to Mr . O'Connok and tho Company , both , I mean , as to the financial operations of the Company , and with regard to the position which Mr . O'Cox > 'OK occupied relative to the Company ; but they reported that the Company itself came within the provisions of the Lottery Acts . This report of the Committee was published , and made known , and occasioned a difficulty on the part of the Registrar as to a competent registration of tho Company . He had approved of
the deed , it had been altered at his suggestion , and all the expense had been incurred under the conviction that he was perfectly prepared to register the Company . It had been provisionally registered ; he had renewed the provisional registration but when' they came to have the Company ' s complete register made , the Registrar objected , on the ground that the Committee of the House of Commons had declared this Company illegal ; and the object of this application is , to obtain a mandamus to the Register , to call on him for a complete registration of the Company : and ,
no doubt , the question of the legality of the Company , is one to which it will be necessary that I should now call your lordship's attention . It appeal's from the deed tbatis annexed to the affidavit on which I move , that the object of this Company is this : To obtain by the subscription of individual members , a fund , out of which fund land is to be purchased . That is to be divided into allotments , which are to be let to individual shareholders of the Company at a certain rent , and then by certain foundation
financial operations , which aro the of the Company , the rent which the individual taking ihe land upon & lease , binds himself aiinually to pay , constitutes a sort of vent-charge , as it is charged upon the land , and that rent they propose to sell , aii < ll > y means of thesale of that rent-charge , to obtain further funds to go on purchasing land ; and , by degrees , obtaining the means of giving to every shareholder a certain allotment of land ; but inasmuch as to the completion of this proposed financial operation , it is
necessary—Mr . Justice Erle : I understand that to be laud let-Mr . Cockburn : Let for a term of years , subject to a rent . Mr . Justice Ekle . —Then they are to sell that rent ? Mi . Cockburn Then they are to sell that rent—Yes , my lord—and obtain further funds ; and bv means of further funds to go on pur-
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chasing fresh lands , and as fresh shareholders come in , to use the funds of those shareholders so coming in , for the further purchase of lands . But , inasmuch as by the operations of this financial scheme , it may very well be that tho number of shareholders among whom the allotments to be eventually made may be , in the first instance considerabl y greater , at all events greater than the amount of Land will enable them to make allotments to : the shareholders , it is proposed to determine who shall have tho first allotment made to them , by lot . And it was suggested , and assented to on the
part of the Committee , that this scheme of allotment being , in the first instance , to , bo made by lot , brought the case within the operation of the Lottery Acts , and made this Company , however " advantageous , otherwise , to the members by the proposed mode of operation , objectionable and illegal , as being within the scope of those Acts . My Lord , I think by calling your Lordshi p ' s attention to those Acts of Parliament , you will at once see this case does not come either within the mischief , or within the terms and provisions of those Acts of Parliament . Those Acts are the 10 th
and 11 th of William III ., chap . 17 ; and the 12 th of George II ., chap . 28 . Now , my Lord , as to the 10 th and 11 th of William III ., I take it to be perfectly plear , upon reading that Act , that what it applies to is , a Lottery in the ordinary sense of the term ; that is , where persons put in their money for the purpose of buying shares in a Lottery , and are entitled to the chance of a prize in money , or money ' s worth , as the result of the lot , to be resorted to , to determine who shall have tho prize , That Act recites , that , " evil-disposed persons , for divers years last past ,
have set up many mischievous and unlawful games called Lotteries , not only in the cities of London and Westminster , and in the suburbs thereof , and places adjoining , but in most of the eminent towns and places in England , and in the dominion of Wales , and have thereby most unjustly and fraudulently got , to themselves , great sums of money from the children and servants of several gentlemen , traders , and merchants , and from other unwary persons , to the utter ruin and impoverishment of many families , and to the reproach of the English laws and
Government , by colour of several patents or grants under the Great Seal of England for the said lotteries , or some of them , which said grants or patents are against the common good , trade , welfare , and peace of his Majesty ' s kingdom , for remedy whereof be it enacted , adjudged , and declared ; and it is hereby enacted , adjudged , and declared by tho King's most excellent Majesty , by and with the advice and consent of the Lords , spiritual and temporal , " and so on ; " That all such lotteries and all other lotteries are common and public nuisances , and that all grants , patents , and
bcences for such lotteries , or any other lotteries are void and against law . " My Lord * Itakoit what that Act of Parliament manifestly refers to are games , and the case of tho ordinary , well-known cases of lotteries that prevailed under particular Acts of Parliament in this country , and are known to prevail abroad . Then , my Lord , comes the 12 th of George II ., chap . 28 ; and that clearly applies to the case of persons keeping open houses . It says , " That if any person or persons shall , after the 24 th day of June , 1739 , erect , set up , continue , or keep any office or place under the denomination of a sale or sales of
houses , land , advowsons , presentations to livings , plate , jewels , ships , goods , or other things , by way of lottery , or by lots , tickets , numbers or figures , cards or dice , or shall make , print , or advertise , or make public any matter , " and so on , it is enacted "by the authority aforesaid , that all aud every such sale or sales of houses , lands , advowsons , presentations to livings , plate , jewels , ships , goods or other things , by any game , lottery , or lotteries , machine , engine , or other device whatsoever depending upon , or to be . determined by chance or lot , shall , and are
hereby declared to bo void to all intents aud purposes whatsoever . " My Lord , what that relates to , I take it , is this ; where persons having possession of houses , lauds , or any other chattel , propose to dispose of such article of property by means of lottery . There is an especial reservation in the Act of Parliament itself , under the 11 th sec , that it shall not apply to the case of persons , who having property , propose to disposo of that property among themselves by lot . The 11 th see . says , " providedalways , and it is hereby further enacted and declared that nothing herein
contained shall extend , or be anywise construed , deemed , or taken to extend , or in any sort to affect or prejudice any estate or interest in , out of , or to , any manors , honours , royalties , lands , tenements , advowsons , presentations , rents , services and hereditaments whatsoever , which , shall , or may , at any time or times hereafter bo according to the laws now in being , legally allotted to , or held by or by means of any allotment or partition by lots . " My Lord , I take it the case here is clearly within the exception of that section . Supposing tho Acts of Parliament apply to such case there is an
express provision excepting the case m question out of it . But , my Lord , what the Act in express terms applies to is this , that is , to the case of a person who proposes , being himself in possession of a house , estate , or chattel , to dispose of such house , estate , or chattel , by means of a lottery . But that is not this case . This is the case of parties vrho subscribe their monies to purchase lands , and vrho agree that afterwards ( with a view to certain operations , having reference to their own interests in the land ) , they shall determine by lot which of them shall first occupy such portion of land as shall constitute the allotment .
Mr . Justice Erle . — You have stated enough matter for further inquiry , Mr . Cockburn . Mr . Cockburx . — If your Lordship pleases . RULE GRANTED .
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Guscotv . —The Tex nouns Bill . —A meeting of the male adult factory workers of Glasgow and neighbourhood was held in the Democratic Hall on thc ° 2 etu wit ., to take into consideration the " relitt iv-stem " Mr . James Lynch in the chair ; when Mr D . Plicrrington moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Thos . M'Kny , and earned iiivliiimowlv : — " That it is the opinion of this KtS that ten hows labour per Uav is as much Jfcan be consistently demand from * " ' * £ operatives of this country , m order that thej i « a > llteml to their religious and moral <> du « itio « . And wlnlft we would express our gratitude for the leg 1 --
ative enactment , which limits tllO LiDOUr m i » " £ - snislgs ^¦^ afe ^ ^ ssrtss i i l i l ^ i their several meet " ^ " ; and their detcmnproval of the ten horn , istein , ana nation to put " . ^ P ^ nScSressive of their * Tw h { JftU f * ' - v doins VZ operate tvith them , of humanity , asnvell as StX ^ Sd employed .
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1 HE" EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OP THE NwiOKU . Charter Association-, met at their rooms , 14 * 4 High Ilolboisn , on Friday evening-, January the 20 t i > J 7 ?!' eseht : Messrs - Uaraoy , Ross , Clark , Kvdd , and . Stallwood . Mr . Clark was called to the chair . Mr . Stallwood reported that he had made tho requisite arrangem ents and taken the Standard lheatro tor Wednesday evening , February 7 th , and issued bills and tickets accordingly , callin- on this Chartists to give their support on the occasion . Mr . Clark reported relative to the taking the Hall in John-street for . public meetings , when it was resolved : — " That the first should be held on Tuesday February 6 th . " The subjects in he HiSmis * .. H will
be Ihe Prospects of the Session , " " The Queen's Speech on the Opening of Parliament , " and " The Treatment of the Poor under the present Poor Law S m i . The debate ° » " The F » t « re Policy of the Chartists , ' was then resumed bv Mr . Kvdd , who produced an address elucidatory of the subject , Mr . Julian Harney moved the following amendment to I « mt s resolu t > on , submitted the prcrious week : — 'That appeals having been made to the people to support certain movements in favour of Financial . Reform and Extension of the Suffrage and . is it is essential that the policy of the National Charter Association , in regard to the parties who have made those appeals , should be clearly denned , the Executive Committee declares , that , in its opinionall
, political parties have a right to promulgate their principles , and promote their objects , without any other obatrAietion than such as may be occasioned by ^ fofeife ^ iscussion . . That , whilst making tMTiDove declaration , tM "Executive Coin , mitteo must * nevertheless , assert the principle of the right of majorities to give expression to their views , either by substantive resolutions or amendments ; and tho Committee think it necessary to add , that circumstances may arise wherein it would be the duty of the Chartist party to propose the adoption of their principles , even when public meetings may be convened by other parties . That , while recognising the right of other parties to seek those reforms which appear to them desirable , tho
Executive Committee are more than ever impressed with the conviction that the great object of the National Movement should be ' Tho People ' s Charter , whole and entire . '" Mr . Kydd seconded the amendment . A lengthy debate ensued ; ultimately > Mr . Ilarney ' s amendment was adopted , with two dissentient voices . Mr . Kydd then moved the adoption of his address . Seconded by Mr . Stallwood . One of the paragraphs having given rise to a lengthy discussion , the further consideration of the address was adjourned . Bradford , —A meeting took place at the Temperance Hall , Leeds-road , Bradford , on Monday night , Alderman Samuel Smith in the chair , to hear an address from Colonel Thompson . The Colonel was
received very coldly by the working men , and was several times interrupted by expressions of disapprobation , when speaking about Ireland , and the late Chartist agitation . At the conclusion of his address Edward Hurley , 'late sub-secretary to the National Charter Association for the Bradford district , asked the Colonel why he voted for the late Irish Coercion Bill ; against the return of Frost , "Williams , and Jones ; and why he wrote a letter to the Reform Club of Bradford , recommending the middle classes to arm and raise a volunteer corps of forty thousand men , that the government might bo enabled to send the regular troops to Ireland , to cut down the starving Irish ? The Colonel ' s reply to the last question was as follows : —" "When people will fight , every
body ought to get up and put' them down . " His other answers were so unsatisfactory that the meeting treated them with contempt . Edward Hurley then asked the middle classes ( a large number being present ) , whether the Chartists in the lato made disturbances , had destroyed a single farthing ' s worth of property , or injured any individual ? Ono of the shopkeepers said , " They had not the power . " " Then , " said Mr . Hurley , " why did the government prosecute tho weak ? Why had wo so many in prison from the town of Bradford , if they had never injured either person or property , and had not tho power ? " He asked the Colonel if he would present and support a petition for tbeir liberation . " The Colonel replied , " that there was no
such thing now as supporting a petition in the House of Commons . " "Then , " replied Mr . Hurley , " petitioning is now a farce . " "Yes , " said the Colonel . Many other questions were asked , but tho answers were so vague , that the meeting treated them with yells and hisses . —Edward Kenison moved a vote of thanks to the Colonel , which was seconded by Mr . Councillor Rawson . —Mr . Hurley said , that seeing tho Colonel had voted for the Irish Coercion Bill , and against tho return of Frost , Williams , and Jones , he could not consistentl y vote for the motion , because it would be sanctioning their banishment ; ho therefore moved an amendment , which was seconded by Edward Smith , and when put from the chair , the amendment was carried by ten to one , but still the Whig chairman declared it lost . The meeting was so enraged at this proceeding , that
when Mr . Councillor Drown attempted to move a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting would not hear him , so that it was never put . Mr . Hurley moved , " That we have a collection at the door for the families of our incarcerated brethren . " This was objected to by some of the shopkeepers . Fifteen shillings , however , were ultimately collected . Norwich . —At the weekly meeting of Land members held in the Chartist-room , St . Mary ' i , on Monday , January 20 th ( where the business for the Land will bo cari'icd on in future ) , the following resolution was agreed to : — " That this meeting sympathises with the allotces in their difficulties , but are of opinion that it would be a bad precedent to give them their rent , but that they should pay it as agreed toby the late Conference with interest on tile same .
Westminster . —Mr . Ambrose Hurst delivered a lecture on . Sunday evening , at the Progression Coffee-house , 17 , Ridcr ' s-court , Leicester-square , on the " Advantages of the Democratic Institutions , " to a crowded meeting ; after which , it was resolved that Mr Stallwood should deliver a lecture on Sunday next , until which time the meeting stands adjourned . Bm . Mi . VG ii a jr . —People ' s Hall . —At the usual weekly meeting , on Sunday evening , it was resolved : — " That the Committee receive orders and supply tho Star and other publications for the benefit " of the cause . "
Smr Ix . v . —A letter was road from the allottees at Lowbands , askin ? if the Land members resident in Birmingham would make arrangements to take their surplus ° produce . A goodly number were present , and approved of doing so . A resolution was passed , calling upon tho district secretary to call a meeting of the whole of the membera on Thursday , Feb . 8 th , for the above purpose . Hoxton New Town . —Mr . Stallwood delivered a lecture on the Life and Writings of Thomas Paine , on Wednesday evening , in the Chartist room , Hope Coffee HotVie , Bridport-place , New North-road , where the members will , in future , meet .
The National Victim Fund . —Mr . Thomas Cooper delivered the fourth and concluding " . Oration , " in John-street , on Tuesday evening , January 30 th . The subject was " The Trial of King Charles tho Mavtyr . * ' At tUc conclusion of the ovation , the chairman ( Mr . John Arnott ) thanked Mr . Cooper , in the name of the Committee , for the great service he had rendered the wives and children of the " Political Martyrs , " and announced that Mr . Cooper h-id kindly consented to commence a new course at the South London IIall ,. Blaekfriars ' -road , on Wednesday , February the 14 th . — " Ireland and her Wrongs . " Soimi Shields . —We arc informed that Chartism is flourishing in tin ' town , and that lectures aro being given " every Sunday evening , in the People ' s HalC % Mr . Bicldnson . Tho proposed Prize Essays arc much approved of .
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office of . secretary , has not been influenced in such appointment by other than respectful considerations towards Mr . Merriman , whoso conduct , whilst secretary to this committee , has always been most honourable , but simply because the committee laboured under tho impression that Mr . Merriman's other engagements would not permit him to attend to the business of the committee . " The committee have to tender their thanks to Mr . Merriman for his services whilst acting as secretary to the Committee . Cambf . rwp . ll axd Walwohth . — A general meeting of Land members was held at Twycross's Coffeehouse , East-street , on the 17 th ult ., whon it was resolved : — " That the members located do not have the rents due given them by tho Company , but pay it as agreed to by the Conference ; as it ' is our opinion , with all due respect to Mr . F . O'Connor , that there is not that system of co-operation amongst our located brethren as ought to be , otherwise this distress would not hn . "
Hill . —Mrs . Theobald lectured here on Monday and Tuesday week . The subject of the first lecture was on " Woman ' s condition , social and political ;" and tho second on " The Charter . "
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THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT . THE QUEEN'S SPEECH . HOUSE OF LORDS . —The anticipated eventful session of 1849 was opened on Thursday by her Majesty , with the accustomed pomp . At two o ' clock the Queen arrived at tho House , read the speech and immediately retired . The following ig a copy of the Speech : " ' : ' My Lokds and Gentlemen , The period being arrived , at which tho business of Parliament is usuall y resumed , I have called you together for the tho discharge of your important duties .
It is satisfactory to mo to be enabled to state that both in the north and in the south of Europe tho contending parties have consented to a suspension of amis for the purpose of negotiating terms of peace . The hostilities carried on in the island of Sicily were attended with circumstances go revolting , that the British and French Admirals ¦ were impelled by motives of humanity to interpose , and to stop the further effusion of blood .
I have availed myself of the interval thus obtained to propose , in conjunction with France , to the King of Naples an arrangement calculated to produce a permanent settlement of affairs in Sicily . The negotiation on these matters is still ponding . It has been my anxious endeavour in offering my good offices to the various contending Powers to prevent the extension of the calamities of war , and to lay the foundation for lasting and honourable peace . It is my constant desire to maintain with all Foreign States the most friendly relations . As soon as tho interests of tho public service will permit I shall direct the papers connected with these transactions to be laid before you .
A rebellion of a formidable character has broken out in the Punjaub , and the Governor-General of India has been compelled , for the preservation of the peace of the country , to assemble a considerable force , which is now engaged in military operations against the insurgents . But the tranquillity of British India has not been affected by these unprovoked disturbances . I again commend to your attention the restrictions imposed on commerce by the Navigation Laws .
If you shall find that these laws are in whole or in part unnecessary for the maintenance of our maritime power , while they fetter tralo and industry , you will no doubt deem it right to repeal or modify their provisions . Gentlemen of the House op Commons , I have directed the Estimates tor the service of the year to be laid before you : they will be framed with the most anxious attention to a wise economy . Tlio present aspect of affairs lias enabled mo to make largo reductions on the Estimates of last year . My Loni > 8 and Gentlemen ,
I observed with satisfaction that this portion of tho United Kingdom has remained tranquil amidst the convulsions which have disturbed so many part 3 of Europe . The insurrection in Ireland has not been renewed , but a spirit of disaffection still exists , and I am compelled , to my great regret , to ask for a continuance , for a limited time , of those powers which , in tho last session , you deemed necessary for the preservation of the public tranquillity . I have great satisfaction in stating that commerce is reviving from those shocks which at tho commencement of last session I had to deplore .
The condition of the manufacturing districts is likewise moro encouraging than it has been for a considerable period , It is also gratifying to me to observe that the state of the llevenue is ono of progressive improvement . I have to lament , however , that another failure in the Potato Crop has caused very severe distress in some parts of Ireland . Tho operation of the Laws for the Belief of the Poor in Ireland will properly be a subject of your inquiry , and any measures by which those laws may be beneficially amended , and the condition of the people may be improved , will receive mv cordial assent .
It is with pride and thankfulness that I advert to the loyal spirit of my people , and that attachment to our institutions which has animated them during a period of commercial difficulty , deficient production of food and political revolution . I look to the protection of Almighty God for favour in our continued progress , and I trust that you will assist me in upholding the fabric of the Constitution , founded as it is upon the principles of freedom and of justice .
HOUSE OF COMMONS S . —The Speaker entered the House , attended by Lord William Russell , the Sergeant-at-Arms , and took the chair at halfpast one , whon the attendance of members was by no means numerous . The Attorney-General , Mr . "Ward , Mr . Wilson , and Mr . Fox Maule were the only members of the government present ; but ut a later period , after prayers had been read by the Speaker ' s Chaplain , there was a much fuller House . The back seats both of the Opposition and Ministerial sides , however , remained quite empty .
Amongst the hon , Members who were earliest in their places we observed the following : —Lord Lincoln , Mr . Hume , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , Lord Dudley Stuart , Mr . John 0 'Council , Mr . Gladstone , Sir Do Lacy Evans , Sir John Pnckington , Colonel Thompson , " Sir It . H . Inglis , Mr . C . Anstey , Mr . Stuart Wortley , and Mr . Brotherton . At half-past two o ' clock , Mr . Pulinan , tho Deputy Usher of tho Black llod , appeared at the bar , and summoned the House to the House of Lords , to hear her Majesty ' s most gracious Speech from the throiio .
The Sp akei ' t m obedience to the summons , left the chair , and attended by nearly all tho members present , proceeded to the bar of tho House of Lords . After ' an absence of about ten minutes , the Speaker returned to the House , and ngnin resumed the chair , The House then adjourned till a quartet bctove four o'clock .
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THE CHOLERA , tf r / o ^ fi , { Cholera i » the IIolbors Ukiox . —Several li \ I * ? ases of eholora having occurred in this union , «» itT Tit medical offlcew llilve been appointed to attend the paupen on the first approach of the pre"S symptoms of tho disease . On Sunday SniiTl if * n ? arl of FarIi 8 le . Dr . Southwood bniitli , Afr . Grainger , and Dr . Parre attended at he workhouse i « ° Gray ' Ini , 4 ne , to Se upon & S ? ' i 7 , t cltled tllat not " » o « than SUO inmates should be permitted in the building at any one time . Various suggestions made by tho medical officers , were ordered to be carried into mr *> nr
On Saturday the IWd of Health received re-> orts of the following fresh cases : —Iiolborn J ' nion 12 , 4 fatal ; Uromley , St . Leonard ' s , 1 ; Union Workhouse , Edmonton " , S ; Kensington , IS , 3 fatal ; Wandsworth , 3 fatal ; Howden Union Workhouse , 1 fatal ; Goole , 1 fatal ; Mileham , 3 ; Itickinaiisworth , 1 fatal ; Edinburgh , 4 , 2 fatal ; Glasgow , 33 , 9 fatal ; Selkirk , . » , 4 fatal ; liieearton , C ; A ' ew Monkland , from 2 nd ult ., 1 ! H , 100 fatal ; Queensferry , 5 , 4 fatal ; Doune , 1 ; St . Hoswell ' s , 1 fatal ; Greenock , 4 , 3 fatal ; Dathjrate 1 fatal ; Campsie , 1 fatal ; London , 2 , 1 fatal ; Mauchlinc , 1 fatal . —Total new cases , 297 , 14 J deaths . On Monday , the Hoard of Health received reports of the following fresh cases : —Lambeth , 1 ; High
Hill Ferry , Clapton , 5 , 2 fatal ; Wandsworth , 3 fatal ; Whiteehapel , 2 ; Gateshead , 7 , 2 fatal ; Mileham , 7 , 1 fatal ; Studley ( Warwick ) , « , 1 fatal ; Edinburgh , 3 fatal ; Glasgow , 27 th , 37 , 7 fatal ; Ditto , - ' 8 th , 72 , 20 fatal ^ liieearton , 10 , 1 fatal ; Oreeuoek , 10 , 2 fatal ; Old Monkland , ! u , lOtatal ; Charleston , Dunfermline , 1 fatal ; Paisley , from 20 th ult ., 1 . 30 , 78 fatal ; Selkirk 3 , 2 fatal ' ; Dun-Wane , 1 iatal ; London , 12 , 3 fatal ; Alva , Stirling , 1 latal ; Doune , 2 fatal ; Camlmslansr . , 11 fatal :
uow , by Helensburg , 1 fatal . —Total now cases , 3 < tt , Io 3 deaths . On Tuesday the Board of Health received reports of the following fresh cases : —Holborn Union , 1 fatal ; Vauxhall , 1 ; Edmonton Union Workhouse , i latal ; Whiteehapel , 1 ; Howden Union Vforklouse , 1 ; Goole , 5 , 2 fatal ; East and West Roodham , 6 , 1 fatal ; Mileham , Lexham , and Tittleshall , Norfolk , 34 ; Edinburgh , 2 , 1 fatal ; Glasgow , 44 , i fatal ; Selkirk , 2 , 1 fatal ; Millcrhall , D . ilfccitb , 1 , 0 fatal ; liieearton , 23 , 2 fatal ; Loudon , 3 latsvl ; Greenock , 4 , 3 fatal ; Lennoxtown Campsic , 2 fatal ; Stirling , from 24 th . ult ., 8 . 7 fatal : Aberdeen . 1
fatal . —Total ho » t cases , 143 , 43 deaths . - On Wednesday the following fresh eases were reported to tho Board of Health : —Kensmgf 6 h , 5 , 2 fatal ; Emigrant Depot at Deptford 2 ; TVliiteehapel , 1 ; St . George in the East , 1 ; Lambeth , 1 ; High Hill Ferry , Clapton , 1 ; Hackney , 1 ; Liverpool , 2 , 1 fatal ; Thames Bitton , 1 ' fatal ; Edinburgh , 1 fatal ; Glasgow , 23 , 1 fatal ; lticearton , S , 2 fatal ; Selkirk , 2 ; Loudon , 2 , , "> fatal ; Millerliill , Dalkeith , 6 , 1 fatal ; Old Monkland , 21 ) , 18 latal ; Greenock , 0 , 2 fatal ; >* ew Kirkpatrick , 12 , 4 fatal ; Newcastle-upon-Tyne , 2 , 1 fatal ; Dundouald , 2 . — . Total new cases , 100 , 4 'J deaths .
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The following appeared in our Town Edition of last Saturday . THE TOOTING CHOLERA CASES . On Thursday the adjourned Inquest , touching the deaths of the four pauper children who died at Hackney , after having been removed front Mr . Drouet ' s establishment-at Tooting , tvas resumed before Mr . Daker . Tho Coroner ordered the inquiry to be conducted in private , and tho room wa ' a cleared , to the great dissatisfaction of the ratepayers . —The jury having been closeted for nearly two hours , the court was re-opened , and the ( Soronei * said that the jury had duterininod to proceed with no fresh evidence till Mr Drouet should be able to attend . On Friday , Mr . Wakley rosumed liu inquiry afc tho workhouse , at Chelsea , as to tho deaths of Martha l ollin"toii , awd 13 , Kmma Intrav , aged 10 .
Mary Killick , aged $ •„ and George Hartley , aged i years , four of the children who died of cholera at Mr . Drouet's establishment at Tooting . Evidence was giTcn by Mr . Grainger , lVtpham , Kite , and other * , and the inquest was again adjourned . Murdkr axi ) Suicidk . —At an inquest held at the " George , ' Bankside , on the bodies of Ann Brown , aged twenty-eight , and her offspring , Cecilia , aged a year and a half , who were found drowned in the river on Tuesday morning last , tho jury returned a verdict , — " That tho child Coeilia was wilfully murdered by its mother , Ann Urown , and that 'Aim Brown desti'ovod her own life while in an unsound
state of mind . " DltURV . AND OT 1 IK 113 V . T 11 K QuEKX . —Ill the Court of Queen ' s Bench , on Friday , the prisoners were brought up to hear tho arguments on a writ of error to reverse a judgment which had passed against them at the last assizes for the county of York . The partiuulnrs of this ease are known toour readers . After hearing counsel , Lord Dennian said judgment must be reversed , and as to this judgment the prisoners must be discharged . Mr . Hall said there would be no ultimate failure of justice , as the prisoners wove in custody upon several indictments . The prisoners were then removed in the custody of the officers .
FRANCE . —On Wednesday crowds assembled for the interment of Colonel It . y , the late commandant of the l ' epublican Guard . The government had tho posts throughout the city doubled , and took every precaution against an outbreak . At ono o ' clock , M . Ledru ltollin , and . several of the representatives of the JAwifcij / m * , want to the Palace of the Elyrice , to assure tlio President that there was not tlu > . slightest intention on the part of the persons assembled to disturb thu ' public peace , and the only object of it was to dowho
honour to the deceased colonel , was popular among the people . The number of persons in tho funeral procession amounted to several thousands . In the cortege was Ledru Kollin , Jolly , La Grange , and some other Republican leaders . The Paris papers of Friday aro almost exclusively Occupied with the report of M . Grevy , rejecting theidesvoftixing any period for the dissolution of the National Assembly . PRUSSIA . —The primary elections at Cologno and Bann have terminated in the complete triumph of the ultra Republicans .
HUNGARY . —Kossuth , according to the latest accounts , was still in Debroe / . in . Ho had placed the regal insignia of St . Stephen in the church , tmd there tho armed peasants swoar to defend their fatherland to the last drop of their blood . Military executions have commenced in l ' i'esburg .
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A Pattern' Husband . —At the Guildhall on Yfod nesday , a young man , named George Farrell wtiss summoned before Mr . Aldurmmi Mussrrovc , tit tlio instance of the overseers of tit . Uotolph without , JJishopsgate , to show cause why he did not support and maintain his wife , and not leave her chargeable to tlie parish . —Tho case was heard before at the JIansioii-liouse , and 2 s . ( id . per week ordered to l > o paid . The defendant had , however , refused within the last fortnight to continue the payments , when a fresh summons w ; . s taken out and part heard , but was adjourned to this day at the request of the husband , on his declaring that he could liring * brw ; ml proof of his who having committed adultery . —Mary
Farrell was examined , and said— - She was tin ; witu of the defendant , and became chargeable to the parish last Tuesday week , and had received some loaves of bread out of the house . Her husband li'tn her about three months ago , ami was ordered to allow her 2 s . « d . per week , which lie did up to witliiii the last fortnight , when he stopped payment . 1 ho husband said , Tie stopped it because he hail proof t liau she had committed adultery . This sl ^ denied hut said there is a man in the court now whom my luisbaml oltcrcA li .-ilt .-.-soverok'n to , to eomo U ]> and swear that ho had had connexion with me . —John Waters , of Widegate-stivcf , L'ishopsgato-street , then entered the " witness-box , : »\> . l said , that ou
Monday week tho defendant came to him , and stud , " How ' arc you oft' fov money V Ho replied th-. it \ vs had a little ' , when Favrell rejoins ! , " Well , hove . U a shilling , and my wife is at a certain public hcwise ; go there , invite her to drink , aud make her tipsy , and then take her to some place for the night . " He took the money , ami invited the woman to drink , and remained with her until near ( . 'luveii o ' clock , when he left her , and went to his own home . The following day the defendant came and asked if lie had taken her " an where , and on liehi ! , ' tt » ld that ho hiul not , Is . Cd . was put in his hand , with instructions to pursue the . same course , ami fake the woman to some place and sleep with her , lie pursued the same course that he did tho previous ni g ht , and left the wife at the public-house . Tho tyflowing niu'lit Farrell again called , ami said , "It ' s all right ; I know you have done it ; I have seen the pecmle who saw you ; " and \ w
then offered him haSt-a-sovereign to come up before tin- * magistrates , ami swear that he lWjeen with her . Alderman Musgrovo ; Do you mean to swear time von never hull connexion witls Sirs . I ' anvll ' . — ' Witness : I never had . —Defendant said , that ho never offered ; mv money to the-witness ; but on tin ; contrary , fiiutiai lie coul . l not extort a largo sum of money from him , tlio witness now came funvanl and perjured himself by t \ u > statement ho had just made . —Alderman Musirrove said , that from what ho h : ul heard , if the deivmlsint did not take eavu lie would render himself liable to an imiietmeiit fur inciting a pnrty to commit perjury . ^ There was no evidence to sustain tlio chs . rge of adultery , and therefore ho should confirm die previous " order , and defendant must pay the arrears , and cost of summons , and tho expcns ; incurred bytho parish , which in all amounted to 8 s . Ui \ ,, Ho ^ tTii >\ . nt ; rmaii ) at the siuno time advised the Wy td-. vefrn-Ui « fr 6 m visiting public-houses . —The ljtoney was paid " nn \ l tho parties left tho court , —¦ J \' : Tufi Plague . — It is said -tliht \ thq plague lias broken out in Warsaw , and j& ^ ther parts nearer Austria . The qUoIcto h stil ^ iSTOlwit ill . Vienna ,
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A jS ' est of Ino . v Factohies . —One of tlio most important neighbourhoods for the production of iron on the Ohio river is at a place called Ranging Rock . Within a circle of twenty miles there areiluVty furnaces , twenty in Ohio and ten in Kentucky , ' The produce of all combined-amounts , when . \\\ hill work , to sixty tons per annum .
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ClIAHTEfiYILLK AND TUE POST OFFICE AUTHORITIES . —Mr . Stallwood , on behalf of the allottees at Chavtorvillo , the inhabitants of Eme-Soi'ton , ahd Corbvidgo , applied to the Postmaster-General , in July last , for increased postal accommodation , and at length received tho following reply : — " General Post Office , Jan . 22 , 1 S 49 . « giR )—The Postmaster-Gcneralnavin'j had under consideration your application of the 11 th July last , I am directed to acquaint you that such an arrangement lias been sanctioned for servin g Corbrid ^ e , Brizo-yovton , and Chsirtomlle from Witnoy . as will , his lordship trusts , when carried into effect , prove o-encrally satisfactory . "lam , . Sir , a " Your obedient Servant , Jon . v Tillet . " Mr . E . Stall wood , Brizc-Xorton-road , " Charterville , Witncy . "
The National Victim axd Dj-: fe . yce Comihttee met on Thursday evening , Jan . 25 th , at-the Land Office , 144 , High Iiolborn . Mr . Harrap in the chair . On the motion of Messrs . Clark and Stallwood , the following resolution was adopted " That this committee , in the appointment of Mr . Arnott as successor to . Mr . Mcmman iu . the
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Fbiexds , llpl I returned from Bromsgrove last - $ S | it ( Wednesday ) , where I have Lcen staying ^ e Saturday , and this morning it gave me tipsmall comfort , pride , pleasure , andsatisfac-^ p , to find that our Company had gone S ^ pipug h the preliminary process of Kegistra-*§ £ iji yesterday , in the Courtof Queen ' sBench , | w | j <> u "will learn from the report of the pfo-Ceedings . H ^ The Court has granted a rule A wt ; that is , Ijreale calling upon the Registrar of Joint-ISBck : Companies to show cause why he refuses ggERegxster the Company . I have had the
|§ ibions of the ablest Conveyancers , Special rjgeaders , and Common-Law Lawyers , relative Ktfcihe Ie ^ alitv of the Company , and all have * S § £ ee < l that ' the Court of Queen ' s Bench Ipjil compel the Registrar to completely Regis-Pr the Company . i | h ~ ou must understand , that things of this Wtiu ) are not done in a day ; and not an hour [ gjis been lost since the Conference broke up in fij ^ ing the necessary steps . The Registrar has ipjbaaioned a great portion of the delay , by re-Snirino- time to think of this matter and of
Hat , and requiring to see this and that paper . | bu will bear in mind , that the two points of legality urged against the Company , were : — \ Firstly , its connexion with the Bank ; and , ( Secondly , its violation of the Lottery Acts . The first objection I got over by separating he Bank from the Company , sending circulars 5 every depositor , stating that their only seurity was confidence in me , and that they light withdraw their money without the reuu-cdnotice , if they were dissatisfied ; and et not a single man withdrew ; and not one
BFho , from necessity , has required to withdraw a portion of his funds , has been disappointed » y a single post . So much for the Bank ques-Kon . And as to i ^^ - ^ -j , W The Lottery ffiegafifyy ' it appeafs'f hat fhbse lawyers , more practised than tho celebrated ! $ Ir . Lawes , the professional gentleman jfexamined by the Chairman , have discoprered that there is a special Act of Parjfiament framed to exempt such Companies as joura from the provisions of the Lottery Act ; % ls vou will be aware , when you read tho
speech of Mr . Cockbukx , in the Queen ' s gBciich . You are also aware , that I hav « ^ appropriated large sums of my own money to Itlie payment of your tradesmen ' s bills , while | vou have most unfairly neglected your duty ; s ^ ven tho law expenses , for the enforcement Sof the complete registration , have all come tout of my pocket , while any other promoter I of a Company would have written to you films " Pay up your subscriptions , or I will ig ive the matter up . " ! I have not done so , however—and , to
iprovo to you that your confidence was not jg misplaced , if I had " been foiled in legalising | t ! ie Company , I would have applied to S Parliament , in accordance with the recom-| raen < lation of the Select Committee , for S Bill to enable me to wind up our affairs , and I would have paid every man twenty I gliiUings in the pound . And now , that I 1 have not only hope , but certainty , of the lega-I lisation of the Plan ; and not to encumber myself with complicated accounts ; and not to
practice AXOTHER JUGGLE upon you ; and seeing the hardship to a man who has not paid a sufficient amount of Bonus to entitle him to location , remaining without his money , which may prevent him carrying on some other business—it is my intention to return the full amount of Bonus money , paid by those who are not located , instead of keeping it locked up , and pajing them four per cent . ; which , after very anxious consideration , would , I think , be an act of great oppression .
This day , in about two hours , I shall have tho felicity of hearing the Queen's Speech ; and while there will be an abundance about foreign countries , and friendly relations , and war , and the rest of it—an exultation for the iiiuroi'h of Kennington Common , which will appear in the distance ; and the loyalty of British subjects—there will not be one single word about the cultivation of English land , or of Irish either .
Thi 3 session , rel y upon it , will be the session of sessions ; the battle between those who are jjiYj . ared to make long strides in the march of progress , and those who , from dread of pro-Sros 3 , -would retake what has been grudgingly extracted from them ; and it is more than consolatory to me to think , aud to know—that today I " commence the first Session of Parliament in which I have ever sat with the hope « iU'i conviction that I can work cordially with a party who propose Financial and Political ilei ' -nns . which another party opposes .
Oi course the Russell pill will be set oil against the Cobden purge ; but as the financial arA political bodies both require a good cleansiijg , I very much prefer the Cobden scour to tl = o Kussell cleanse . It was said of a titled ladv once , " Take away bawdy , and you leave h ;* r no wit ; " and it may be said of the Whigs with equal truth , " Take away patronage , and you leave them no power ; " and Cobdek ' s Budget proposes ^*) clip the wings of patronage . Last year . Metropolitan agitation compelled iliu Whigs to abandon the jjroject for increasing the Income-tax ; but rely upon it , that all
t : ! - ; agitation ever witnessed in England for l ^ v ' rin or Free Trade , was mere moonshine —L'tiiM ' s play—compared to the Metropolitan agiratit-n , if required , for carrying out Cobi >; : x' s Financial Budget , and Milxer Gibson' 8 lViItieal Budget . For tho first time in the J : ii > ry of England Broad-cloth and Fustian \\\'[ < : o-operate ; and , although I am older n ••' .- than when I used to fly through the country , yet , I promise you that I will do one JiumYeliarc , and that Cobdex shall find that ilV MYRMIDOXS , unaccustomed to retreat , arc well < b illed in the advance . I know no
measure that may not be extracted from any Uovoniment by the cordial co-operation of Un tad-cloth and Fustian—of Capital and Labour—when in it Labour sees its fair share « i' the triumph , and , as Cobden says , the weans of achieving more . And , if in thi 3 < Joni ) EN stir I did not see Labour's share— -I would rather live on a dry crust than join it ; while , upon the other hand * , I should consider myself worse than a brute , i ^ as an interested dJuiiiffOffue seeking for power through
peculiarity , I were to resist a movement more valuable ' than Emancipation , Reform or Free TraJe , or all put together ; and I heartily pity lh > Tories , and professing Whig landlords of t-w West Riding , who iniagine . that , because ti > y ousted Sir Cuixesg Eakdley—they fsM XOW oust Cobde > * ; while , were they ?¦ attempt it , Wakefield would actually be i .-.::-: i byjstorm , and my ragged myrmidons * vu !
^ ymirtists , I am now going to take off my ' ¦ - ¦ I "oat aud dress for the first scene of the " ' 'v drama . 1 remain , Land Members and Chartists , Your faithful Friend , and unpurchaseable Representative . Feargvs O'Cosxob .
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i ge COXUEK 3 of Seatos Delaval . —On Tuesdav S - ¦ ; pi of the colliers who were bound l » y a « rreenient " ' tU' / n- master , but who refused to wort at the V- 'i'i ' '" ' ** .. P " » appeared before the magistrates of t ' . ^! ' ^ ^ ' ^ : ms-iver the char ge of " breach of ^ u ! .- > i-i } n . Fosier , the airent , " stated the case -...: -= > r :, j fceijng , and trusted the differences be-: ^ , ; : i mo men and their employers would be anii-! t -. .. ' - ' . * v . ' . - The workmen we ' re altly defended by 1 i " :, ' . ^"'¦ "or . and the bond was ultimately cancelled " . -ik' workmen are at libcrtv to re-engage with v . > £ TV' ° i otlic ™> as they may think f i Vim- it fii , V "j h'Sums are likelv to arouse «* r fi ? ° C , Olll ? ' a considerable muni proi m -C ^ anlir ?^ ™ tc for their owu I T y-eanT W ^ i * .-Jf ^ Collieries on tbe i »* lUe only 5 > S 51 }? < " « * " * the Union , i ma ster ' c JMd agauut the oppression of their 1
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 3, 1849, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1508/page/1/
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