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      Our Bailiff And His Balance Sheet.

      tt sit stands really £ C 9 . 13 s . but as we only quoted i ten ennmeraii n of eums which appeared on ihe dhtdit side , without any speddcation ag to the nature ; lhrthe work done and performed for the mosey , and Si at as forming any portion of a table of items , we ttestenced it : in level pounds , as we did in several uilnilar occasions , sometimes a few shillings above sae amount , and at otter times a few shillings , or aen'en pounds , above or below the literal amount seciecified . c ¦ ErkBut , we ask our resd ? r ? , must nit aman be dreadllly . lly bard up for a de ' cnce of his character er conictict who would , « , n such grounds as those just wUotcd , brand the inquiring party as a ' perjurer , ' rbt beast , ' ' awiliul and corrupt liar / and hazard the mirnrwion that * there ' s no such item in the balance aeaeetr

      A As for the statement made by Mr O'Connor in nonotber passage , and which he likewise takes occaradon to brand as awiifal eror , —that we charged the uuum of £ 94 . for hay to the bill of o « ts for the main-Jinenaoca ef horses , which hay was consumed almcst Kcxclusive'v By the cows , —we have only to tay . If we nrroramittcd an error on the occasion we were led into ttststriotly and entirely by the hoaourahle Bailiff himshell His expression i * . ' Hay , used by horses £ 94 !' jntnd we challenge asy one , even the hoaourable teeentleman himtelf , to gainsay this statement , it he

      sacan command his temper so much as to enable him ( 0 to read his own words in the letter he alludes to , in Ihthe first page of the ' Stir ' of September 4 th . Bat ttJMr O'Connor is iu a rage because we did not give tucim credit for profit made by the cows , which he ¦ sa-ssyswas ' about £ 75 . ' Row the piaia reason why wave did Boi give him credit far such profit was , that Beaethiagapp & ared on the balance sheet ; but neither Hidid wecharge him with their maintenance , although Ahihere wis a large item in tie account whioh we nahad U 3 doubt referred sslely to their maintenance .

      'Now , Timkins , what do you think of the gfchufSing vagabond in the straw account , be-[ Kcause he saw no other item down for straw , he susunk the cattle . "Wh y didn ' t he put . it down aasan anchor , Timkins ; and then , Timkins , tbibeing all under one head puzzled him . That , XTimkins , was because Moore and Co . were the aeuctioneers who sold all at Walker ' s auction , aiand to whom the cheque was made payable , to © correspond , with the fbank book . Then , ! ITimkin > - . read' Lval 80 / . ' and read the sneakming rascal ' s mode of LEVELLING pounds . ^ There ' s a leveller for you . This innocent sinner ssayp , * Yet the truth is , that the extent of our

      KEinning amounts . to this , and to this only , that " * we quoted the sum 10 / . more than we intended feto do ; ' and then he levels it , Timkins , as he ( Confesses he did upon several other occasions ; ssometimes to the amount of a few shillings or ceven pounds , Timkins , above or below the lliteral amount specified . Now , Timkins , if tthere are a hundred large items in a balance ssheet , the balance struck by Bailey ' s levelling aarithmeticwouldjustamounttothesmallsumof 31 , 0001 . one way or the other . But , Timkins , Ithe sum is 69112 s . to Lyal ; and , Timkins , 1 that amount was paid to Lyal by Christopher ] Doyle and Philip M'Grath , for eight tons of

      iseed potatoes to be sent . down toLowbands , j and our bailiff forwarded it to them . Then , ' Hmkins , there is the 94 t for hay- Why , ' Timkins , it was the hay of the out-going 1 tenant , valued by the appraisers ; and , 1 Timkins , from the 8 th of March to the 92 nd of . August , the twenty-three cows lived exclusively upon that hay ; and , Timkins , the rogue says that he sees no 75 / . put down as profit of the cows who eat that hay , whereas the very Star that has the balance sheet in it , and from whicli he takes the very item 94 / . for hay , has in the very same column , and five lines under the 94 / .

      * EROFIT ON COWS ABOUT 75 i : * Now , * Timkins , our bailiff says ' about / because the balance sheet was made up to the 14 th of August , and the cows were not sold till the 22 nd ; and now , Timkins , read three lines beginning at the 27 th line of our bailiff ' s letter accompanying the balance sheet , and you will find these words , 'There are other accounts vet to be settled , a ROUGH SKETCH of which I give von at foot , BUT THE

      PROCEEDS OF WHICH HAVE NOT YET COME TO MY HANDS . ' Now , Timkins , this filthy beast professes to know nothing about the 75 ? . profit on cows , because there ' s not a word about it in the balanca eheet , while he takes the 9 £ l . for bay , about which there isn ' t a word in the balance sheet ; bnt the items , 94 / , and 75 / ., stand almost together , in a column upon the other side , and the beast has taken one item , but professes not to have heard a word about the other . Timkins , he hasn ' t purged himself of the 847 . 16 . - . paid for selling rubbish , as he said , at Lowbands , but in the report of our bailiff ' s speech

      in the Exchange , on Wednesday , this trickster would make it appear that the fees were not wholly paid for the sale of rubbish , because a waggon , three carts , harness for thirteen horses , a weighing machine , and ploughs and harrows were also sold ; whereas , Timkins , as our bailiff shows you , it was money paid to Bentley and Saunders , auctioneers , not for selling those things for our bailiff , but to pay them as ^ auctioneers for those things that he boughtfat Mr Lakin ' s auction . Now , Timkins , what do you say to the brutal taste of your critic ? and then , Timkins , this immaculate ass says there ' s 13300 / . in errorsthrough

      , , double entries in the ledger , within the space of twelve months . Now , Timkins , can you picture to yourself a more contemptible creature ? The 13 . 300 * . is passed from the first treasurer , Mr Koberts , to the present treasurer our bailiff . Now , can mortal man appear more degraded ? Now , Timkins , mark what I told you , and see , like the hundred pounds a cottage , how , out of Bailey ' s confusion , he ' s obliged to come round to our bailiffs figures . Now , Timkins , here ' s the way to satisfy yourself—this is the way the accounts are made out . All that comes in is acknowledged in the first column ; all that is

      paid by the financial secretary to our treasurer is in the second column , and that column , and what is paid hy the directors , not through the treasurer , will make up the difference to the penny between the sum acknowledged in the Stab , and the sum received by our treasurer . "Now , Master Timkins , is your mind at rest V # , Master Tomkins , fer from it . I can ' t live m ** ottingham , Master Tomkins ; I cannot live Mthe same town , nor in the same county , Master Tomkins , with such a black-hearted villain as Tom Bailey , of the Mercury . I'll go anto the Land Purchase Department , Tom-Ions , and fly from this polluted atmosphere to pure country air , to live in that blessed state of life which our bailiff has prepared for me . ' 'Oh , but TimkinsI haven ' t done yet : for

      , when a gentleman ' s character is attacked , Timkins , and one in which every son of toil has such an interest , it becomes my duty , and every man ' s duty , to defend him in the most plain and ample language , understandable by the most simple minds ; and now , Timkins , I ' m going to answer more ' Goatmans' and more ' Tripps / as the substitute for more' Holders / Timkins , ; in accounting for the funds in hand in our bailiff ' s halance sheet , he takes credit for 6 , « 3 lZ . 15 s . 5 id . in the Gloucestershire Banking Company ; now Timkins hold this , the banker ' s book in your hand , made up to the 13 th of August , and the balance sheet brought down to the Uth . New , Timkins , here is our bailiff ' s debit , or what he drew from the Bank : —

      £ ¦ . d . Amount trougnt forward ... „ . 1 , 104 2 6 Woodhoate ... ... ... J , m 0 0 Jones SO 0 0 P--If , for wages 69 0 0 Hugh ?* 9 0 0 Trotter 9 11 4 Waifer ISO 0 0 Crew 6 U 0 Bu «* eII 9 13 C Ditto ... _ 5 3 3

      CookeanaOi . . „ ... ... « g ? WPP ... c » ... ... 50 G 15 10 hughes 16 J 3614 for wage * ... , 40 J kMej 6 10 0 ***<» ... fi 7 3556 4 2

      Our Bailiff And His Balance Sheet.

      Amount bronchi forward ... „ . -8 , 85112 G „ per Mr M'Gowan 284 11 S „ per ditto ... ... ... 5 8 4 „ per Self , » ud BiOt ... ... ' 1 , 625 4 510 , 760 18 5 Now , Tuxfcint , take * m -. 3 , 456 4 1 »¦¦ p > from the £ 10 , 766 . K * . 53 . and there remtiat ... ... »«• 7 , 210 12 4 And now , Timldss , take ... .... 6 031 15 5 J read that and yon will find thattt ? e were receiving interest upon nearly ji , 2 Q 0 Z . of our Bailiffs money which was ia 4 he' -Gloucestershire Banking Company , over ; and above his liabilities , and , Timkins , wasntotbat a better margin to draw upon than more 'Tripp ' s' and more ' Goatmans ? ' ' Tomkins * il don ' t see ' SelfmU or' Self , 40 / . ' down in the balance

      , sheet . ' * No , Timkins , you won & see it either , but you'll see that represeate & in the wages book . ' ' Tomkins , I don t see G / . 10 s . for Oaklev in the balance sheet' * 2 fo , Timkins , because it was money paid by < ear bailiff for furniture in the old farm house / lfimkins , and not chained to the Land Company . ' ' Tomkins , isn't it beautiful , hasatt 4 he mantle of theLorddescended upon ourimmaculate bailiff , and hasat the devil a finger = upon old Bailey r * But , Timkins , I haven't done yet . There's a balance sheet belonging to the -town of Nottingham , and the expenditure -of its funds has

      just made its appearance , Timkins ; and next week , Timkins , I'll give that such a hackling for you as no document ever received . Why , Timkins , there ' s ' £ 17 . 7 s . 2 d . fer miscellaneous sundries '—no such thing in our bailiff ' s balance sheet , Timkins ; . and Timkins , there is . ' £ 48 . Is . 8 d . mops / 'No , no mops , sonp , and candles , Tomkins . ' * Well , well , mops , without the soap and candles , may go against straw . without ! the cattle . Needles . and an anchor , £ 1 ^ 00 , Timkins , put it all down to needles , and then , Timkins , I'll show you that sixtv-two class made thieves and paupers have

      cost the town of Nottingham over £ 11 , 000 in the year , or nearly £ 200 a man , when it would have located them for ever in a _ house , and upon Land of their » wn , and paying the town of Nottingham £ 600 a year rent , instead of costing it £ 11 , 000 . Timkins , what do you think of the food of sixty-two prisoners coming to £ 421 . 7 & 2 d ., and the wages alone of the police force being £ 2 , 533 . 0 s . 9 d ., Timkins ? What would you give for Goatman and our bailiff in Nottingham , £ 31 . 4 s . for repairing sheep-pens , Timkins ? Did you pay your share of that , Timkins ? ' 'To be sure , I did ,

      Tomkins . 'And how much mutton / lid you eat !• ' Not a sheep ' s foot , Master Tomkins . ' ' The surveyor for one estate , Master Timkins , £ 66 . 13 s . 4 d . Another surveyor for plan of a factory , Timkins , £ 23 . 16 s . 6 d . ; and Timkins , Timkins , bricklayers , joiners , masons , and . painters , . £ 440 . 5 s . 3 d . But , Timkins , what a clock is it , —is it late V * I don't know , Master Tomkins . ' * Not know , and pay £ 18 . 183 . 'for winding up and regulating the clock . ' * Oh ! that ' s the time of day , Master Tomkins ; that ' s the way they live upon the poor ; but , Master Tomkins , hasn't Master Bailey walked into that balance sheet of his own town ' s expenditure ? ' ' Not a bit of it ,

      Master Timkins . Cows , afar off , have long horns , and the fox never preys at borne , but my word for it , Master Timlons , our bailiff will pitch into it , because you see , he has a clear conscience , and as he says himself , his balance sheet is his breast-plate and his coat of mail , and they can ' t gag him . Goodnight , Master Timkins . ' ' Good night , Master Tomkins , but hold , Master Tomkins . Will you see me past Bailey ' s office , because there ' sjnore devils there than printer ' s devils ; the old boy with the fiery tail is sure to be there . ' ' Come along , then , Timkins , shout "O'Connor and the balance sheet , " as you are passing the devils , and they'll all vanish . '

      2*2 The Nortm1rn Star. November 6, 184g.

      2 * 2 THE NORTM 1 RN STAR . November 6 , 184 g .

      Now, Timkinf , That Was Against Our Bail...

      Now , TimkinF , that was against our bailiff , mdthefilliwiog sums stood tefcjg credit in Coe » ank . i »

      Feargus O'Connor, Esq. M.P., And The Pre...

      FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . M . P ., AND THE PRESS-GANG . Glorious triumph of the " People ' s Bailiff , " over the Press that was hired to destroy him ; the spies , informers , and despicable wretches who lent their poor aid to the " Good Ruffians . "

      The Manchester And Nottingham Verdicts. ...

      THE MANCHESTER AND NOTTINGHAM VERDICTS . As long as memory lives , or as the records of the present are handed down as history to future ages , so long will the people ' s triumphs at Manchester and Nottingham , on 26 th and 27 th of October , 1847 , be preserved as matter of history . A large portion of the Press , taking advantage of Mr O'Connor ' s absence on the Continent , and relying upon the value of uncontradicted slander , poured out their weekl y venom upon the honourable gentleman . With that characteristic , however , which is the peculiar feature of conscious integrity , Mr O'Connor limited his stay abroad much beyond his

      original intention , and , unlike other culprits , flew with the rapidity of lightning to meet the charges of his assailants . The pretext of the Press-Gang was , the protection of Mr O'Connor ' s dupes against the snares and fascinanations of his Land Plan ; but , lacking perspicuity to discover in that Plan any , the slightest , flaw , the ruffians , who live upon the offal of mangled fame , had recourse to two hired assassins—two men of the basest character of any that creep the earth—to assail Mr

      O'Connor s private character , in the most outrageous , unwarrantable , and villanous manner . And when , contrary to the usual practice of public men , the honourable gentleman made the Land Plan a secondary consideration , and the defence ef his private character of primary importance , then the assassins trembled , and , with coward-like _ and villanous subtlety , proclaim their willingness to discuss the legal points of the Land Plan , leaving , as they supposed , the gentleman to perish and wither under their assassin blows . Hobson and the

      " whistler '—men now stamped as the veriest villains living—would still continue the legal battle ; the one with the pen , and the other with the false and arrogant proposition to submit the stability and legality of the Land Plan to a packed jury , but shrink from meeting the accused before the tribunal before which they dared to charge him . But , contrary to their expectation , he has not only refuted , but demolished , their every objection against the Land Plan ; but he has carried the fire into the enemies ' camp , purified his private character , and stamped his accusers as reptiles .

      It is , in truth , a novel thing to see one wrestling with so many sweeps without a particle of soot attaching to him;—it is , in truth , a novel thing in this age of searching inquiry , to see so powerful , so vigorous ,- so malignant , continuous , and hellish a conspiracy , met by the victim , and blown into air . Had Mr O'Connor confined his adversaries to the proof of their assertions , suspicion might yet attach to him ; but , aware ei the value of character , he met every , the most insignificant , charge , supported by the most corrupt

      evidence , and established his innocenee beyond the power of criticism or scepticism to cavil . We trust that all honest men who have an interest in the virtue of the Press , and , consequently , an interest in destroying the rabble of the Press , will retain our present number as a memento of the value of character , and the insignificance of the Press when assailing integrity . We now turn to a description of the Manchester meeting , followed b y a report of the proceedings from our own reporter . " Manchester , October 26 th , 1847 .

      " The above day will be ever memorable in the annals o f our country . After the Manchester Examiner , aided by Joshua Hobson , in his own name , and the assumed cognomen of a " Lancashire Weaver Boy , " and assisted by Alexander Somerville , the . fogged soldier , had made frequent attempts to destroy the private character of Feargus O'Connor , M . P . ; and finding ! that that ( gentleman had chal-

      The Manchester And Nottingham Verdicts. ...

      lenged his accusers to meet him on Tuesday last , but , - feeling the weakness of their -cause , they had recourse to the barbarous extremity of offering . to hire a party of railway navies to assassinate him . This ; fact being communicated to the people within forty miles of . Manchester , the roads for that distance , an all directions , were filled with streams of ( human beings , wending their way te the defence of their , chieftain . As early as three-o ' clock , crowds were seen around the place of meeting , and at five it was evident that the - 'building , though capable of holding 5 , 000 persons ; could not contain one half of-those whohadassembled at that hour . Nothing could exceed . the

      excitement and enthusiasm , or the desire to form a . body guard for the protection of Mr O'Connor—however , he persisted incoming to the Hall alone , assuring those who communicated the meditated attack upon bis life ,- that he was able to clear a street himself . The moment the doors of the spacious Hall were opened , the rush was terrific , and it was discovered that not fewer than from 10 to 15 , 000 persons were disappointed in their hopes of hearing this important State Trial . For more than an hour and a half before the time appointed for commencing proceedings , the Hall was densely crowded with a standing audience , all theseats being removed , and many parties , who had come thirty and forty miles , offered 2 s . 6 d . for standing room , while many paid a

      shilling to be lugged in through a window . When the reporters made their appearance , they found it impossible to enter , so choked was every avenue , and they , like the " unwashed , " were obliged to submit to be dragged through windows at a considerable height from the street . We never witnessed so many of those gentlemen present at any former gathering of the" unwashed , "but , where character is the prey , there the vultures of the Press , though they squeeze through the keyhole , . are sure to be present . A little after , half-past seven * Mr O'Connor presented himself upon the platform , accompanied ; by Mr Roberts , and his . appearance was the signal for such a burst of right hearty enthusiasm as . was never witnessed at a public meeting before . "

      Such is our own reporter ' s description of the proceedings . The following descri ption of the meeting is from the Manchester , Examiner : — FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P ., AND THE LAND SCHEME . In accordance with public announcements , a meeting was held . on Tuesday evening , at sight o ' clock , in the Hall of Science , Camp Field , for the purpose of enabling Fear * ttB O'Connor , Esq ., M . P , to reply to the aniinad . rerBJons in the ifmicliuter EKaminer and other papers on the Chartist Land Scheme and the National Land and Labour Bank , and for the purpose , also , of affording him an opportunity of appealing to the subscribers and the public generally as to whether ha was or was not deferring of the confidence of those who had entrusted him

      with their meney . The roors of tbe Hall were to be opened at balf . p & vt six ; but for at least two hours before that time the entrances were surrounded nith large numbers of people , anxious to obtain admission . As the afternoon waned , the multitude f » increased that it became quite evident thet the Hall would not hold half the candidates for admission : and the result was , that when the doors were thrown open , an awful » ish was made , and many persons sustained no little injury , both in person aad apparel . Asa snail charge for admission was made , the taking of the money necessarily prolonged the p-riod during which the crowd was subjected to inconvenient if not dangereus pressure . Long before - ' eight o'clock , the time fixed for the commencement of t \ e proceedings , the Hall , which will hold about 3 , 000 persons ,

      was densely packed in : erery part , and still there were thousands outside begting , praying , thrusting , and pro . mhing money for admission . Some fo » persons , consisting chiefiy of delegates and their friends , where hauled in through a half-opened window , and contrived to insinuate themselves into a room which was already too sadly crowded . Several reporters of the Manchester ] . ress , on arriving at the Hall , found that to gain admission was apparently an absolute impossibility ; but our own reporters were at lastpulled in through a high window at the back of the premises , and at last succeeded in getting < m the platfunn , where they had to write as they best could , amidst a dense and almost continually moving « rowd . It was said that persons who had come from Leeds , Oldham , Bolton , and many ether places , at a

      greater or less distance from Manchester , wcreunaUe-to get into the Hall . About eight o ' clock the external crowd probably amounted to between 3 , 609 and 4 , 000 persons , and in order to assuage in some measure their feeling of disappointment , Dr M'Douall addressed them from a lower window of the Hall on political affairs in general and the Land Scheme in particular . Many hundreds , if not thousands of persons , had . however , gone away whcn . thcy became thoroughly convinced that it was impossible to get into the Hall . Altogether , we should say , not fewer than 10 , 000 persons went to the meeting . Theaudience of Dr M'Douall consisted almost-eKclurively of men ; but in tie interior of the building there were many fannies , young and old . Mr William Grocott was called tothe chair .

      The Following Description 0* The Meeting...

      THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION 0 * THE MEETING IS FROM THE ' MANCHESTER TIMES . ' On Tuesday evening a great meeting of Chartists was held in the Hall of Science , Camp Field , Manchester , which had been called by Mr Feargue O'Connor , M . P ., that he might publicly reply to charges made against him and his Land and Labour Scheme in the Manchester Examiner , principally in the articles bearing the signature of' One who has Whistled at the Plough / and by Mr Hobson , formerly printer and publisher of Mr O'Connor ' s paper —the Northern Star . The meeting had been called bv placard , in which its object was thus defined : —

      < To hear an address from Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., JT . P „ in answer to charges brought against him in the Manchester Examiner , by Mr Somerville , alias ' One who has Whistled at the Plough , ' against the private characterof Mr O'Connor , and the stability of the Land and Labour Bank , in connexion with the successful working of the National Co-optrative Land Company . Men of Manchester ! the character of the man iu whom you have placed so much confidence

      has been assailed through the columns of the presti , and while his assailants shrink from appearing before the public to substantiate their , charges he ce-nes forward voluntarily to submit himself to the ordeal of public opinion , and manfully challenges his opponents to prove their allegations . Let not the 'Whistler' plead his want of oratory , as truth needs not the eloquence of a Demosthenes to impress itself upon the minds of honest English , men ! Come , then , and hear for yourselves , and be the words of our motto , * Let truth be triumphant !"

      The time fixed for the meeting was half-past seven , but ou the arrival of the reporters , half-anhour before that time , the place was nearly filled , and all the approaches to the public and private entrances were so crowded that it was evident no further admission could be hoped : for that way . Ultimately three of them , with Mr O'Connor ' s books of accounts , were hoisted up through a window . On entering , by the doorg opening upon the platform , the body of the hall , galleries , and platform , were found to be densely crowded , and though the vast body of people thus squeezed together had to remain on their legs till past twelve o ' clock—upwards of five hours—they never gateway or seemed to exhibit symptoms of weariness in listening to the harangues , and the only interruptions to the

      proceedings which were not heard in the shape of approval and admiration of their leader , were when occasionally there- was a cry of ' water , ' in consequence of some of the females fainting under the heat and pressure of the scene ., From the galleries on either side of the hall w ere suspended immense cabbages—probaUy-not , lesS ; lhan'two-y £ rd . a ; andiB half to three , yards : in ; cucumference—which-Mr O'Conribrwas said to have brought down from Lovrbaiids , or one o ( the people ' s estate 8 , ; as anosegay for , the ' Whistler , and ; which , from t | me'to ' time were the occasion of some jokes at the expense of the parties concerned , or tlie subject of comparison with the 'stunted vegetable , productions of these northern 'latitudes , as compared with the more genial and richer soil of the south .

      When the reporters entered , at seven o ' clock , Mr West , of Macclesfield ( and late candidate' at the Stockport election ) , having found a ready-made audience , though the time was hot , arrived for the stated business , taking' time , by the fore-lock , ' was on his lege and addressing the meeting . His speech was on the attacks made upon his friend Mr O'Connor in the Examiner , which he . alleged Mr , Bright and the free traders to be at tbe bottom ; of , and which , he said , if they charged the Chartists with * swindling , ' could only lead into an inquiry into the swindling on the other side ! He said be and his friends there wojdd find , after working from morning till night ,. they bad little to spare beyond food and clothing ; but Mr Bright said he himself started as a working man , and that his father had begun

      the world with sixpence . ; How , then , did they become possessed of £ 400 , 000 ? ( Cheering . ) Why , did any » an suppose they could have got it without swings ? : ( Cries of 'No , no . ' ) He hap . pened to k . ^ ow the * Whistler' when he was employed on tbe Cosmopolite , and it was by such men as him , and tho ^ e by whom he was employe d , that the working . men ffere reduced to their present state of degradation * « nd want of employment ; They did not like the ^ iand and-Labour , Scheme , because they knew that it would take the / people , out of their grasp . But * bey were no prophets . The only real prophet he e \ ' ? r .. knew was Jonathan Martin , who . prophesied that Tort Minster wouldbe burnt down , and then , to ensnt . ^ , the fulfilment of his prediction , set it on fiie ' ' : wit . \ M » . Or ? ft hands !

      The Following Description 0* The Meeting...

      ( Laughter . ) These fellows were taking a ^ desson from Jonathan . Tlwy prophesied that the Land and Labour Bank would fail , and , to ( ensure the prediction , were trying to alarm the : people , ithat they might . bring about ; the ^ prophecy . , But this was a time that would not do . They hadattcmpted : to . play a good deal < upon it , but itbe only note they could produce from the whistle-was a 1-lat . ( Cheering and laughter ^ As far , as ( human beings could . do it , they ( the -Chartistsof t 3 ie Land Scheme ) wese teaching the naturalonderKif things j and sailore , and mecbante * , and all classes ; were beginning to-see that . they- ; wcrein the * lght track . He put it to any man , thai while this .

      country was producing more clothing by its steam power in one year than the world could « onsumein three , what other resource would there lie , ultimately , but the land ? Where did-Mr Brigh t and the other rich men get their wealth from ? 'Vy , ' as the Cockney said to * he costermong-er , '' they ^ ot it from the vorking , cla-asses , to be sural' ( Great ' -laughter . ) Let the working classes work for themselves , and this would soon be found out . As to the Examiner and tbe press , they were the worst enemies the people had . They might have some ability , but if they had , as Lord Melbourne said of Lord Brougham— 'If God had given the talent , the Devil had given the application of it . ' ( Cheers and laughter . )

      Mr O'Connor entered the hall at about a quarter to eight o ' clock , amidst the most deafening and stunning shouts of applause , having left Dr M'Douall to occupy the attention of the disappointed outside , who , it is said , now amounted to five or six thousand people , ' whilst . the people inside could not be less in number than 3 , 000 . Mr Grocott , who was the chairman , almost immediately introduced Mr O'Connor to the audience , and lie ; came , forward amidst renewed shouts of applaine . , ' Mr O ' Connor said . —Gentlemen and Brother

      Chartists of Manchester—I am now about to give you a practical illustration of the' value of a principle that 1 laid down when I entered into public life ; namely , ( he obligation that should be imposed upon every public man of appearing before a public tribunal to answer to that jury for every act of his life . ( Hear , hear . ) ' And there may be " many here to-night who have come tvith the mere view of hearing my refutation of this calumny , of that calumny , and of the other calumny , and others who have come to hear—and small blame to them—of the stability of that plan upon vhich I have pinned my faith , and upon which they have pinned their existence ( Hear , hear . ) { But apart from these two

      imperative motives demanding my presence there is a higher , there is a grander—there is a motive more genial to my . feelings . It is ,, in my own person to prove that I am able , if . I am honest , to live down the prejudice and destroy the power of the press . ( Cheers . ) Of course these gentlemen who are here ( the reporters ) are not included in the charge , made by Mr West against the ( niters for newspapers ; they have not even the power of securing insertion lor their ] own notes ; they are chargeable with no single crime of which the press is guilty . No , far from it ; they may be Radicals ; they may be Chartists , while the press that they writs for may be of completely opposite ' principles .

      But it has been too much the practice of the people ofthis country to live in terror of the press—too much tbe practice of weak-minded men—or rather their misfortune , for they could not help it—to sink under the power of the press . I am going now to teach you that the fifth estate is only an estate when it is honest , and that the English people are able to beat down the power of the press . I snap my fingers at the press of England ; I defy the press of England ; and , my friends , as our time is preciousfor I am not going to confine my pleadings to-night to the poor and paltry indictment that I see in the J & nminer ; I am going to enter into all the charges in the monster indictment ; I am not going to blink

      a single charge either of a private character , or in the shape of ( a public indictment . I know , my friends , tha you have at great inconvenience , and at great sacrifices—that many of you who have stolen something from your pitiful meal in ord ^ er that you may lay up store for the future , by becoming located members of the Land Plan—must naturally feel interested in every assault that is made upon that Plan ; and , therefore , I shall give you , not in the spirit of satisfaction , which our enemies would glory in , but in the spirit of necessity , which has brought you face to face with one you have entrusted with confidence . ( Cheers . ) . You will not hear from r oe any ribald language ; you will not bear

      anything from me like that which has appeared in the Examiner ; you will hear plain statement met by plainer statement ; and hear plain figures answered . by plainer figures . I will not confine myself to the altered indictments contained in the Examiner of this day , but I will go into every ques . tion mooted by the Examiner from the commencement —( Cheers)—and into the question of the Northern Star , from its first establishment . I shall go into the question of scrip shares , the payment of interest of ten per cent ., and a ' so say something as to the falsification of the books . I shall go into the statements respecting my transactions with Arthur O'Connor and ; Roger O'Connor , and all my female

      relatives , and friends and acquaintances . I will go into the question of John Cleave and his arbitration . I will go into the question of Josh . Hobson . I will go into the question of John Ar Jill . I will go into the question of my qualification for the county of Cork , as described by the * Whistler' upon the authority of one 'Mr Mannix , and then I will walk into the Examiner , the ' Whistler , ' Mr Cleave , Mr Ardill , and Josh . Hobson , who has so cunningly endeavoured to walk into me behind my back . ( Great cheers and laughter . ) But I ask you to preserve order and silence ; tor , mark me , it is no small thing fori a gentleman to be attacked week after week with charges which it would require

      fifteen barristers—if I left my character to othersto defend ; but I am not like Sir Peter Teazle , who goes away and leaves his character behind him . It will require patience and attention oh your part , in order that you may not be deceived . ; 1 come fer . ward with plain figures and plain statements , and if you will listen to thein then I promise you I will demolish every one of my opponents ; and in the words of the ' Whistler' I will not only pick the bone , but I'll not leave a bit of marro \ v in their bones . ( Great cheering . ) But , firstly , I should like you to understand that this investigation does not end here , for although the'Whistler ' assured you I dare not go into a court of justice , ! have ascertained from the Stamp Office that Thomas

      Ballantyne and Alexander Ireland are the registered proprietors , and I will have them in a court of justice , and give the 'Whistler' an opportunity of going : isto the witness box ; and if he is not ashamed of : his face I'll make him ' ashamed of hisb ack . ( Laugh * ter . ) Now , my friends , as a preliminary question , give me leave to ask you as a portion of , societyijiverae leave , to . ask all' ^ hq value their character , though / poor , ' equally ^ wi th' myself , if ever such a rabid , such a savage , - such anuuwarrantaljle , such a c ' oldiblpoded . j attack was - made upon mortal man f H ( Cries , oir'Jllo / , never ' —never . ' ) L » -k if th ' ereis >; aninstance ^ hpo ' n | record 6 f ; the press' dating to itake-shcha' -lliberiy- ^ presuming - ^ e ' Me' -suchV licence ?¦ - ( Criesof 4 ; No . ' ) nYouanswer- 'No . ' And

      then , contrary to all precedent , you find these at . tacks followed'up , noteveryAveek ,. buttwice « week . ' And then : will you find no danger in the principles Uiey advocate ? They thought I stood alone , whilst $ ey ; a club offf ^ Examiner harmless , and to the honour of . Richard Cobden be it said , he refused to become a party to such villainy !; ( Cheers . ) I told you when > , first saw Richard Cobden at Northampton that nothing would induce me-to say a ' harsh word againstthat man again , I saw philanthropy written in ' his

      face . ( Cheers . ) He belengs to the wrong party , and if he had but the opportunity to be separated from John Bright , the ' Whistler / Alexander lieand , and Thomas Ballantyne , he would appear to be another and a different man . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , my friends , l will go into the Land Plan . " If I miss a passage , - sentence , line , of word , that has been said of me in the Examiner ? I hope you will , without fear , remind me of it ; I will leave nothing unanswered : I will leave nothing to be assumed . I fear no scrutiny , and demand the fullest investigation . ( Cheers . ) We were told that Mr Hobson

      assured me that the Land Plan mig ht : be placed upon a more secure basis , —that he pressed me to have the rules altered , and that he askedme tohtwe them enrolled . Now dates are stubborn facts , and I find that they so far stand my friends , that' I have only to refer to them ' to refute . my adversaries . ( Applause . and laughter . ) Now in September , 3843 , we met to discuss the Land Plan for the first time andMr Jostu Hobson produced about nine" columns of unmitigated rubbish about burials , marriages , and christenings , drawn up from the rules of the So cialistaXand ^ should not have objected to them on " that account ); however , it was decided that these rules should be . enrolled , and I with ethers ealLd « np MrTiddPratt , andfc ^ ^

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      In April , 1845 , 1 and a few friends : mettf £ ^ ondon , and there decided upon a LandiPlan . ' -rftiwas decided the rules should ; -be enrolled , and as !| 6 pn asthey were drawn up rib -kidustry was left unused by | tne directors , with the i & siBtance ; -6 f Mr Th ^ mas | Duncombeand the ableeticounsel , to have tbem-enMfied . We tried hard / and discovered that Mr Tjdd Pratt had in many cases been acting ignorantly and erroneously . At all events , they could not be enrolled , and ws then decided that they should be registered under the Joint-stock ; Companies Act . Mr Clark , Mr M'Grath , Mr Doyle , ' and Mr Wheeler , were most-anxious'to- have them"enrolled . ' It was not

      that they had any wantof confidence in me , or that I had any want of confidence in . myself if the people had any confidence in me , for I knew it would save money and answer equally as well . It was not to satisfy the members that we were so anxious about the enrolment , but to satisfy the opponents of the plan—to protect ourselves against those who said that I and others wanted to walk away With the funds , i don ' t think that greater activity could have been used than has been used , from the first day of the provisional registration to the present moment . The act of Parliament was framed to protect the innocent I and unwary against the cunning and the plotting of the robber . 1 knew perfectly , well that so long as I had a perfect balance sheet—so long as I accounted for every fraction of the funds—that the law would not make

      any assault upon me , and those who had confided iu me whilst we were taking the necessary steps for complete registration .. But that ought not to satisfy youi and while I pay no regard to . suclv ' knobstick , lawyers as Josh . Hobson and the ' . « Whistler , ' it is for you , myifriends . ' to look minutely and nai' ? owly iuto . everyact that the law requires to be done , He did not ask them to tolerate him in' illegality , but he did ask them not to join in the ribald nonsense of those fellows who pretended to understand statutes which the very framers themselves did not understand . ' ' ¦ But tbe very question upon which the ' Whistler'has been harping , has been the statement- that ' you are liable ' / to penalties ; that I am liable to penalties—and that the whole of the funds

      may be swallowed up in consequence . of tbe legal demands made upon , you and me . - Now , he has told you tha t all your prospectuses , and advertisements , and placards ,-and Notices for every single act you do , must be served at the registration office , in order to protect the ; Company . Jt was knowing the difficulty of complying with the law , and to avoid the nieshesof ihelaw made to ensnare the unwary and ignorant , that ; I purchased : the estates in my own namei so that the Company should not be liable ! ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) To show how foolish it is to attempt to translate a language you don ' t understand—the phraseology of the law—bow foolish it is for ' knobsticks' to go and translate acts of Parliament , I came to . answer the legal points which have been raised , as well as to answer all

      the other qaestions that reflect upon me in my own character . Now , we are told ' we are liable to this , and that , and the other , for not having served all these no tices of the several things we did , and the several alterations we made in the rules . I am afraid I shall he obliged to detain you here a very long time , for I have a stack of documents here ( pointing to a heap of account books and papers on the table ) , and will net leave a single question unanswered . ( Hear , heir , 'Go on , ' and cries of 'We'll stop till morning . ' ) I will go on—I will not lenve a point untouched till I have gone to the bottom ofthis stack . ( Cheers and laughter . ) ; Now , as to this staff of 'knobstick' lawyers that the Examiner has

      to rely upon , mark the act of Parliament , and then brand Ihe paper for having called the production of the ' Whistler' ' able- and interesting , . and- for having called the attention of the ig norant and pre judiced to the flattery , of f the adventurer , Feargus O'Connor . ' I am not going to trump up words to defend myself—I am going to meet law with law . ( Laughter . ) This fellow reminds me of a man who wrote the histoiy of a nobleman whom he had » ever seen , and who was in India—he actually wrote the historv of this nobleman , though he knew so little *

      of himthat , afterwards having to write the 'History of the Peerage , ' when became to the life of this nobleman , who had been made a rr . arquis , he did not recognise the subject of his former memoir , and thus gave two distinct histories of the same individual . ( Laughter . ) Now , mark how the law , contemplating the ruffianism of these fellows of the press , has protected me in my honest integrity ! and it is called an ' Act to amend an act for the registration , incorporation , and regulation , of Joint-Stock Companies . ' This act of last session is of too new and novel a formation for the ' Whistler' to

      understand . He and Josh . Hobson are now probably conning over the statutes of Nebuchadnezzar , the King f the Jews , and th » se of King John and Queen Bess , to see how they can be brought to hear upon the Land Plan . never for a moment presuming or supposing that the laws of the Lords and Commons are at all comparable to their legal law .- ( Tremendous cheers and laug hter . ) These ' knobstick' lawyers remind me of an Irhh schoolmaster , who fancies that he has very recent intelligence if he can lay hold of a newspaper with anything about the rebellion of ' 98 in it . The laws of the realm are as fixed and immutable in these fellows' puzzle pates , as the laws of the Medes and Persians ; bnt I'll read you the law

      of Queen , Lords , and Commons , and made law in the very last session of Parliament : — IV . And whereas by the said recited Aet the prompters of any company formed for any purpose within themeanine of the said Act , are , amongst other things , required to return to the Office for the Registration of Joint-Stock Companies a copy of every prospectus , hand bill or circular or advertisement , or other such document , at any time addressed to the public , or to the subscribers or others , relative to the formation or modification of such company : And whereas the registration' of such prospectuses and advertisements has been found to be very burdensome to the promoters of such companies , and it is desirable to relieve such promoters from the necessity thereof , and in lieu thereof to substitute the provisions herein-after of

      contained ; he it therefore enacted , that so much tbe said Act as is lastly herein-beforo recited shnll be and the same is hereby repealed . [ It would be impossible to describe the cheers and laughter that followed the reading of the above clause . ] Now , there is the law , and here is the Whistler , 'here is the Examiner , telling the people that by this very law , which I have shown has had no long existence , they will lose all their , property and interest in the Land Scheme ! ( Cheers and laughter . ) Herd ' s this fellow , who would be content to go , like the type of the printer , from Whig to Toryfrom Free-Trader to Protectionist , as the concern by which he was paid might require ! They . think that this

      r . abid nonsense ought to be interesting . Have we not fine teachers , fine expounders of the law in these writers of the Examiner } . Why , ray friends , the law , anticipating spies and . isformers in opposition tothe exertions of goodmen ; saw that it was necessary to , protect good men , andrelieve the . prometers from i ; the necessity ' of - doing ; , these things . Now , I think , ' , 1 ,. have definitively answered , and have settled the law of Josh . Hobsbh , and Alexander- Somerville . ( Cheers . ) Under therircurastauces to which I have referred . the . Company was ushered into existence . ; Mr ; Roberts was the- treasurer , and' T Wa , s the deputy tr

      easurer , and had to keepaaaccount of the expense fund . ' Mr Robertshad £ 175 in hand-we did hot then expect frwoiild ever grow to such a cabbage as tbat ^ or that ! ( said , Mr O'Connor , pointing to the two enbrhious : vegetable productions ^ On either side of the hail , ' above noticed , amidst cheers arid roars of / laughter . ) , We never anticipated it would grow to such a giant We had £ 175 in cash before { . an account was , opene , i ^ w . ithV ! the ? bank ^ nd from that how to" the preierit ; every fraction , every farthing , has been . paid into ihe bank or invested in the ; purchase of Exchequer bills . These people have laboured to charge me with gnawing at . the bones of mothers and little children in order to

      luxuriate in idleness and splendour . If I were a man addicted . to luxury and pleasurable pursuits there might be some colour for the charge ; but is not " every man , woman , and . child aware that [ would rather go to bed supperless than sup upon their young blood . ( Cheers . ) But I will proceed to produce my balance sheet . The ' Lancashire Weaver Boy , ' who is Josh . Hobson , produces' his Valance sheet and shows a deficiency ofJS 5 , 000 . Now the money as it comesinis ' receivedby the secretary , and what the secretary pays me , after deducting the expenses of the week-what I receive I am accountable for . You will always find the sums received acknowledged m the Northern ' Star : £ 5 , 000 was the whole

      expenses paid from beginning to end , Which never came into my bands at all . If you look at the balance sheet , you will see two columns , ia one of which an account is jiveuof the money received by th < J secretary , and in another an account of ( he money paid by him te me after deducting the expenses . Mr Ctivk is here , one ef the directors , and he can bear me * out that for the last year and a half not one single fashing of the money has come into my hands at all . They take it to our banker , or te a banker to invest' ty and I never see it at all . ( Hear , hear . ) But , Twill explain to you the mode of testing the balance sheet . One column shows the amount of mt asy I received i > pm the secretary , and

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      another column shsws . the amount I have in hand and have paid for the Company ; and if you add the amount of expenditure paid by the secretary , and which appears in his own quarterly balance sheet , and not in mine , to the amount I set forth as having paid and having in han d' you '" will" find thatthose two amounts added '¦ ¦ together , will make the aniount acknowled ged'in the ' Northern Star ; so that if the land members bad paid £ 50 , 000 . 1 and if I accounted for £ 46 , 000 . in my Valance sheet as the amount I received , the £ 4 , 000 : to balance would be found in the sectary ' s balance sheets ; but this incomparablebeast either bad not the perception to see this , or

      bad the cunning ; and dishonesty to profess ignorance of it . Now , can there he a more plain or simple definition of an account ? ( Cheers , and < No . Well , but here ' s the £ 5 , 000 . and odd pounds , the male ' s nest that Josh ., has discovered , and what do you gay to such a fellow . Well , then , Josh . Hobson , the'Weaver Boy , ' who , although he talks contemptuously of the directors being mere weavers and ( ailors , was . but a little , hand-loom weaver himself ; nay . he was pot-hoy at the Bowling Greetiof the 'George , ' Huddersfield ( La ' ughter ^ I do nofc mention it to his degradation , if he has raised himself honourablv . I raised him to the position of

      editor of the Northern star , and should havemore > respect for him provided he was a honest man , than for the greatest nobleman in the land . ( Hear , bear . )' Josh . Hobson goes on to' say , Feargus * O'Connor told him he left Exchequer bills to represent every farthing in the bank . ' ; Let the ' Examiner '' take dates , and I am going to refer him to the authority to substantiate the accuracy of my statement under this head . Thomas AIlsop . Esq ., 'Royal Exchange , London—take that donn . Mr 'Examiner —( laughter ) v — he purchased for ; me , before I went abroad , £ 8 , 500 . in Exchequer bills . These Exchequer bills > paid £ 4 . lls . 'Sd . percent . Money became scarce ,-

      and I / went to one of the first hanking houses and made an arrangement for letting them have themoney a t five per cent . ; so I sold the Exchequer bills , and pot fire per cent for tbe money . That expired oh the 13 th of lliislast month ; I drew £ 15 . 000 * oufof thathank because they would give no more interest , and l ' said I must have a share of the lisewhich had taken place in the ' value of money . . I drew it out : and purchased Exchequer b \\\ s paying : 6 j per cent : ( Hear , and cheers ;) Now , if you want to see the dates and purchase of the Exchequer bills , I will give you . ah order to get the date and all the particulars relating to them from Thomas

      AIlsop , Esq ., broker , Royal Exchange , London . ( Applause . ) We are told there is a variance between the first balance sheet and the second balance sheet ? now they ; are here—I have brought them both—and I defy any mortal man to point out one singlevariance in these balance sheets , with the exception of a kw small items against myself . The ' Weaver Boy' tells you Mr O'Connor promised never to finger your money . Well , my friends , when we were contemplating to he enrolled . 'Mr Roberts ' s clerk said it would not do for the same person to be solicitor and treasurer ' of " the company : the directors had better elect a treasurer , and thev elected me against

      my consent . And I say now they could not have elected ahetter man . ( Loud cheers . ) I objected to the estates being purchased in my name , but the the directors said 'We will be no party to the purchase of a single acre in any but your namer-and whose name so fit to purchase them in ? ' ( Cries of ' Nonei' and cheers . ) These balance sheets account for every single item .. Josh , says there ! is a discrepancy of £ 500 . in the account ' s , but the auditors found that the £ 500 . was against myself by having charged Calender ' s estate" with £ 1 , 850 ., instead of £ 1 , 300 . Not one farthing of the money have I ever-speculated with—not one fraction have [ I

      ever lent or borrowed , but , my friends , I am able to-, show figures for all . But , my friends , these fellows are so flabbergasted , so annoyed at seeing the schemegoing on so gloriously , and all beyond their reach or control or comprehension , that they cannot hold themselves . . ( Cheers . ) Hobson says he told me hewould expose the thing , if I did not get the society enrolled . Here is the magnanimous Hobson 1 , So . help me God ! such a conversation never took place . ( Hear , hear . ) Then , again , he says ¦ O'Connor dismissed me because I was going to attack the Land Plan . ' But that is not the case . I will tell you the cause of his dismissal . On the Gtli of September ,

      1845 , 1 left London for the Continent . Hobson was in ray house when I was about to start ; Mr Thomas AIlsop , Mr Charles AIlsop , and Mr Roger O'Connor , were present , when I said , 'Good by , Hobson , I am going to see all about the small farms in Belgium , and I rely upon your extra attention during my absence , as Mr Harney is in delicate health , but I go with satisfaction , believing that I leave my second self behind me . ' ' Never fear , sir , ' replied this viper , * I will be more attentive than if you were present . ' Foolishly relying on . his word , I left England on the 6 th of September , and on the following week this representative of mine , pledged to

      so much , attention and assiduity during my absence , left London for his printing office in Huddersfield ; and will this meeting believe , that , from that day to the ' 60 th o f October , Joshua Hobson never set foot in my office , nor was he within 200 miles of it for that time during my absence . ( Shouts of' Shame , shame—the villain . ' ) On the 23 rd of October , I returned to England , and on my arrival I desired my nephew to go for Hobson—his reply was , He has not been in London since your departure , and he has been writing the most scurrilous abuse of the Somers Town Chartists ; this week he has a horribleattackupen them . ' 'Go , ' said I , ' and bring me >

      the proof of it , and tell Mr M'Gowan not to insert it till he hears from me . ' It was shocking—it was beastly—and I did not allow it to appear . G * n tbe following Thursday , October 30 , Josh . Hobson Jpofc a bundle of rubbish to Mr M'Gowan to publish as his manifesto , dismissing himself from the situation ofEditer , and assi gning as a reason that I had dis * honoured . hira in his office , by not allowing him to abuse the men of Somers Town . Now I have his letter assigning that as a reason for not even condescending to call upon me from Tuesday to Thursday ; and now don't you think that I was perfectly right in relieving myself of such a faithful servant as

      Josh . ? ( Cheers , , and * Ay ! quite right . ' ) The fact vras , that his and his . . friend ' s management of the Northern Sler had all but destroyed the property , and Josh , thought , like all other rats , that he would run away before the house tumbled . ( Cheers and laughter . ) '< He ' s like the others in distress . Youremember how'I stopped the mouths of the Chambers ' by publishing their own previous opinions , when they hegan to abuse the Land Plan . ( Cheers and * Ay . ' ) Well , :, then . I have the same antidote for Josh ., because I promise you to republish every one of his own volunteer articles , written at the very time that

      this conscious critic was seeking for permission to > abuse the Land Plan , and from them I will show yea tbat , he ; has endeavoured to establish the stability ,, the security , and the : perfection of the Land Plan above all other plans . ( Great cheers and laughter . ) Nay , more , I will prove to you that the very names that he affects to have recommended for trustees are the names of the very persons recommended by me . ( Cheers and laughter . ) Again , then , I ask you , what you'll say to this sentimentalist—to this angel with such open bowels of compassion for my poor dupes . ( Laughter . ) Next comes the question of the Dewsbury meeting , and , as in every other instance , this

      miserable pilot without his compass , is wrecked upon DATES—the rock of time . Now this Dewsbury meeting was got up after his dismissal , and I am sorry to say that he was aided by parties who had concocted a North American Emigration Association . Well , this wily snake goes to Dewsbury ia November , when the Conference was to meet in Manchester in December ; and there he gets hold of some addle-pated tools , and actually has the presumption to send five or six columns of what he calls' argument ' and ' remonstrance , ' but what I call villainy and hypocrisy , to the Northern Star , to make a tool of me and I put i : all to the back of the fire , ( thcers and Sarved him right . ' ) Oh 1 but this was all Josh . ' s tender mercy and solicitude for the

      stability , the success , and prosperity of the Land Planthe fellow in whose dark and hellish mind was rankling envy , hatred , malice , and revenge , and who wished the Land Plan destroyed . ( Cheers , and ' That ' s it . ' ) But yet this fellow contrived to get himself smuggled into the Convention that met m Manchester in December , and there , in that very Conference , ( Josh . Hobson being a member iu December , 1845 . ) the question of enrolment was only then decided upon , and from that day to the present , driven from enrolment to registration , no stone has been left unturned to place the plan under the protection of the law ; while I would to God the attempt bad never been made—( cheers)—as I believe every member of the Company would have rested as

      secure in my honour , as in the law ' s protection , ( Cheers , and' Ay ! so we would . ' ) Yes , to be sure you would . It was not for your gratification that the law was resorted to ; , it was to gratify the hellish spleen of Hobson , the' Whistler , ' and the 'League / in the hope that our entanglement in the law ' s meshes would prove the death of that plan which is destined to be tbe salvation of the working classes of

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 6, 1847, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06111847/page/2/