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      Our Bailiff And His Balance Sheet. Tom B...

      m ll _elaLd- reaily £ G 9 . lis . _Uu as we only quoted l m enumeration of sums which appeared oh the credit side , without any specification aa to the nature Of tbe work done and performed for the money , and not as forming any portim ef a table of items , we instanced it in level pounds , as we did in several stellar occasions , sometimes a few shillings above the amount , and at otter times a few shillings , or even pounds , above or below the literal amount specified . But , we ask our readers , must not aman be _dreadftrily bard up for a defence of his character er conduet who wonld , on Buch _groneds as those just quoted , brand the inquiring party as a ' perjurer , ' ' a beast , ' ' _awillul and corrupt liar , ' and hazard the ertirp ?» ion that' there's no such item in the balance itat ! '

      As for the statement made by Mr 0 Connor in soother passage , and which be likewise takes occasion to brand a 3 a wilful error , —tbat we charged the sum of £ 94 . for hay to the bill of costs for the maintenance ef horses , whicb hay was consumed almost exclusively by the cows , —we have only to say , if we committed an error on the occasion we were led into it strictly and eatirelj by the _hosonrable Bailiff himself . His expression is , ' Hay , used by _horse 3 £ 94 !' and we challenge any one , even the honourable gentleman himself , to gainsay this statement , if he

      tan command his temper so much as to enable him to read his own words in the letter he alludes to , in the first page of the ' _Stah ' of September 4 th . But Mr O'Connor is in a ra _* e because we did net give him credit for profit made by the cows , which he says waa ' about £ 75 . ' Now the plain reason why -we did not give him credit for such profit was , that _sothing appeared on the balance sheet ; but neither did we charge him with their maintenance , although there was a large item in Vie aecount whioh we had no doubt referred solely to their maintenance .

      * _^ ow _, Timkins , what do you think of the shuffling vagabond in the straw account , because he saw no other item down for straw , he sunk the cattle . "Why didn ' t he put it dewn as an anchor , Timkins ; and then , Timkins , being all under one head puzzled him . That , ! Kmkins , was because Moore and Co , were the auctioneers who sold all at Walker ' s auction , and to whom the cheque was made payable , to correspond with the | bank book . Then , "Bmkin ? . read' Lval 80 / . ' and read tiie sneaking rascal ' s mode of LEVELLING pounds . There's a leveller for you . This innocent sinner says , 'Yet the truth is , that the extent of our

      sinning amounts to this , and to this only , that we quoted the sum 10 " . more than we intended to do ; and then he levels it , Timkins , as he confesses he did upon several other occasions ; sometimes to the amount of a few shillings or even pounds , Timkins , above or below the literal amount specified . Now , Timkins , if there are a hundred large items in a balance sheet , the balance struck by Bailey ' s levelling arithmetic would just amounttothesmall sum of 1 , 000 / . one way or the other . But , Timkins , the sum is 691 . 12 s . to Lyal ; and , Timkins , that amount was paid to Lyal by Christopher Doyle and Philip M'Grath , for eight tons of

      seed potatoes to be sent down to Lowbands , and our bailiff forwarded it to them . Then , Timkins , there is the 94 ? . for hay . Why , Timkins , it was the hay of the out-going tenant , valued by the appraisers ; and , Timkins , from the 8 th of March tothe 22 nd of A . ugust , _tha twenty-three cows lived exclusively upon that hay ; and , Timkins , the rogue says that he sees no 75 / . put down as profit ofthe cows who eat that hay , whereas the very Star that has the balance sheet in it , and from which he takes the very item 94 / . for hay , has in the verv same column , and five lines under the 94 / .

      • PROFIT ON COWS ABOUT 7-5 / . ' * 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 yet to be settled , a ROUGH SKETCH of which I give yon at foot , BUT THE

      PROCEEDS OF WHICH HAVE NOT TET COME TO MY HANDS . ' Now , Timkins , tbis filthy beast professes to know nothing about the 75 f . profit on cows , because there ' s not a word about it in the balanca sheet , while he takes the 9 _il . for hay , 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 takeu one item , but professes not to have heard a word about the other . Timkins , he hasn ' t purged himself of the 84 / . 16-. paid for selling rubbish , as he said , at Lowbands , but in the report ofour bailiffs 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 , hut to pay them as _^ auctioneers for those things that he _boughtfat Mt 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 13 . 300 / . in errorsthrough

      , double entries in the ledger , within the space of twelve months . Sow Timkins , can you picture to yourself a more contemptible creature ? The 13 , 300 / . is passed from the first treasurer , Mr Roberts , 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 by the directors , not through the treasurer will make up the difference to the penny between the sum acknowledged in the Star , and the sum received by our treasurer . Now , Master Timkins , is your mind at rest ?' ' No , Master Tomkins , far from it . I can t live in Nottingham , Master Tomkinsj I cannot live in the same town , nor in the same county , Master Tomkins , with such a black-hearted villain as Tom Bailey , of the Mercury . I'll go into the Land Purchase Department , Tomkins , 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 , hut Timkins , I haven ' t done 3 _* et ; 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 simple 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 ' Bolder * Timkins , _* in accounting for the funds in hand in our bailiff ' s balance sheet , he takes credit for 6 , 031 / . 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 bailiFs debit , or what he drew from the Hank : —

      £ a . d . Amount "brought forward ... ... 1 , 104 o C _Woodhcuse ... ... ... 1 , 505 0 0 Jones ... ... ... ... SO _Q 0 _S = Jf . for wages ... ... ... 60 0 0 Hngius .. . .. . — ... 9 0 0 Trotter .. . .. . 9 17 4 Wait a- ... ... ... ... 150 0 0 Grew ... ... ... ... 6 14 0 _Rtusell .. . .. . .. . ... 9 16 6 Ditto ... ... ... ... 5 3 3 Cooke and C j . ... ... . ... 41 9 7 Tripp ... ... .. . ... SOU 15 10 Ungues .. . ... — ... 16 1 _Stlf . for wages ... ... ... 40 ) .

      Oakley ... _•• - ' ... 6 10 8 Alton ... *•• ... 5 7 C 3 5 iG 4 1 Now , Timkin-, that was _against our bailiff , and the f « ll » wing suns stood to his credit in thc Bank : •» -

      Our Bailiff And His Balance Sheet. Tom B...

      A'uouui _Lrou-lit forward ... ... 8 , 851 12 I „ per Mr M'Gowan ... ni 284 11 t „ per ditto ... ... .. . g 3 4 „ per Self , tad Bib ... .. . 1 , 625 4 < * 10 , 766 16 Now , Timkius , take „ , . „ 8 , 856 4 from tbe £ 10 , 766 . 16 _i . Sd , and there remains ... .. . ... 7 , 210 12 4 And now , _Timkias , take ... ... 6 . 031 15 6 read that and you will find that we were receiving interest upon nearly 1 , 200 / . of our Bailiff ' s money which was in the Gloucester _, shire Banking Company , over and above his liabilities , and , Timkins , wasn t that a better margin to draw upon than more ' Tripp ' s' and more ' Goat-nan ' s ? ' ' Tomkins , I don't sea 'Self , 60 / . ' or - Self , AQVdown in the balance sheet . * ' No , Timkins , you won ' t see it either , but you'll see that represented in the wages book . ' 'Tomkins . I don't see 61 . 10 s . for Oakley in tbe balance sheet . ' * No , Timkins , because it was money paid by our bailiff for

      furniture in tbe old farm house , Timkins , and not charged to the Land Company . ' ' Tomkins , isn ' t it beautiful , hasn't the mantle of theLord descended upon our immaculate bailiff , and hasn't the devil a linger upon old Bailey ? ' But , Timkins , I haven't done yet . There ' s a balance sheet belonging to the town of Nottingham , and the expenditure ofits funds has just made its appearance , Timkins ; and next week , Timkins , I'll give that such a haokling for you as no document ever received . Wh y , Timkins , there's ' $ 17 . 7 s . 2 d . for miscellaneous sundries '— -no such thing in our bailiff ' s balance

      sheet , Timkins ; and _limkins , there is ' . £ 48 . ls . Sd . mops . ' 'No , no mops , soap , and candles , Tomkins . ' ' Well , well , mops , without the soap and canlles , may go against straw without _jthe cattle . Needles and an anchor , £ 1 , 500 , Timkins , put it all down to needles , and then , Timkins , I'll show you that sixty-two class made thieves and paupers have cost the town of Nottingham over £ ll , 000 in the year , or nearly £ 200 a man , when it would have located them for ever in a house , and upon Land oftheir _» 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 s . 2 d ., and the wages alone of the police force being £ 2 , 533 . 6 s . 9 i ., Timkins ? What would you give for Goatman and our bailiff in Nottingham , £ 31 . 4 s . fot repairing sheep-pens , Timkins ? Did you pay your share of that , Timkins ? ' 'To be sure , I did , Tomkins . ' 'And how much mutton did you eat V ' Not a sheep ' s foot , Master Tomkins . ' ' Tlie surveyor for one estate , Master Timkins , £ 66 . I 3 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 ? ' ' I don't know , Master Tomkins . ' ' Not know ? and pay £ 18 . 18 s . for winding up and regulating the clock . ' ' Oh ! that ' s the time of day , _Alaster Tomkins ; that ' s the way they live upon the poor ; hut , 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 home , but

      my word for it , Master Timkins , 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 . Good night , Master Timkins . ' ' Good night , Master Tomkins , but hold , Master Tomkins . Will you see me past Bailey ' s oifice , because thereVmore devils there tban 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 _thev'll all vanish . '

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      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 . 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 weekly 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 tbe snares and fascinanations ofhis 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 ofhis 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 of the value of character , he met every , the most insignificant , charge , supported by the most corrupt

      evidence , and established his innocence 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 , consequentl y , an interest in destroying the rabble ofthe 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 descri ption of the Manchester meeting , followed by a report of the proceedings from our own reporter . «• ManchesterOctober 26 th 1847

      , , . " The above day _vill be ever memorable in the annals ofour country . After the ifanchester Examiner , aided by Joshua Hobson , in his own name , and the assumed cognomen ofa "Lancashire Weaver Boy , " and assisted by Alexander Somerville , the flogged soldier , had made frequent attempts to destroy the private character of Feargus O'Connor . M . P . ; and finding ! that that [ gentleman had chal-

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

      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 navvies to assassinate him . This fact being communicated to the people within forty mile ' s of Manchester , the roads for that distance , in 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 thoso who had assembled at that hour . Nothing could exceed the ex *

      citement and enthusiasm , or the desire to form a body guard for the protection of Mr O'Connor-however , he persisted in coming to the Hall alone , assuring those who communicated the meditated attack upon his life , that he was able to clear a street himself . Ihe moment the doors ofthe 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 the seats 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 bo 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 , "biit , 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 description of the meeting is from the Manchester Examiner . —

      FEARGUS O'CONKOR , ESQ ., M . P _., AND THE LAND SCHEME . In accordance with pnblic announcements , a meeting was held on Tuesday evening , at sight o ' clock , in the Hall of Science , Camp Field , tor the purposfl of enabling Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P , to reply to the animad . _rersions in the Manchester Emmincr nnd 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 puhlic generally us to whether he was or was not deserving of tbe confidence of those who had ontrustcd him with their _mtner . The < * oors of the Hall were to be opened at half-pint six ; but for at least two hours before that time the entrance * were surrounded with large

      numbers of people , anxious to obtain admission . As the afternoon waned , the multitud- s _« increased that it became quite evident that the Hall nwild not hold half the candidates for admission ; and the result was , that when the doors were thrown open , an awful rush was made , and many persons sustained no little injury , both in person aid apparel . As a small charge for admission was made , the taking of the money necessarily prolonged the period during whicii the crowd was subjected to inconvenient if not dangerous pressure . Lung before eight o'clock , the time fixed forthe commencement of _fte proc # edings , the Hall , which _wiUhold about 3 , 000 persons , was densely packed in every part , and Btill there were thousands outsid * begging , praying , thrusting , and promising money for admission . Some few persons ,

      consisting chiefly 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 _press , on arriving at the Hall , found that to gain admission was _apparently an absolute impossibility ; but our own re . porters were at lastpulled in through a high window at the back of the premises , and at last succeeded in getting on the platform , where they had to write as they best could , amidst a dense » nd almost continually moving crowd , lt was said that persons who hadcomo from Leeds , Oldham , Boltos , and many other places , at a greater or less distance from Manchester , wereunablo to

      get into the Hall . About eight o ' clock the external crowd probably amounted to between 3 , 809 and 4 , 900 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 tlie Land Scheme in particular . Many hundreds , if not IhOUSAluk « _£ _fcersons , had . however , gone away when ' they becari * -noroughly convinoed that it was Impossible to get into " Hall . Altogether , we should say , not fewer than 19 , iSP persons went to the meeting . The audience of Dr M'Douall consisted almost exclusively of men ; but in the interior of the building there were many females , young and old . Mr William Grocott was called to the chair .

      The Following Description O 1? The Meeti...

      THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION O ? 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 beeR called by Mr Feargus 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 Whisiled 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 ., M . P ., in answer to _cha'ges brought against him in the Manchester Examiner , by Mr Somerville , alias ' One who has Whistled at the Plough , ' against the private character of Mr O'Connor , and the stability of the Land and Labour Bank , in connexion with the successful working of the Nat ' . onal Co-operative 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 press , and while his assailants shrink from appearing before the public to substantiate their charges he _ceunes forward voluntarily to submit himself to the ordeal of public opi . nion , 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 itselfupon the minds of honest English . men ! Come , then , and hoar for yourselves , and be tlie words ofour motto , ' Let truth be triumphant !"

      The time fixed for the meeting was half-past seven , but on the arrival of the reporters , half-anhour before tbat time , tbe place was nearly filled , and all the approaches to the public and private entrances were sn _crowded that it was evident no further admission could be hoped for that way . Ultimately three of thera , with Mr O'Connor ' s books of accounts , were hoisted up through a window . On entering , by the doors 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—up . wards ef five hours— -they never gave way 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 tlieir leader , were when occasionally tbere 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 were suspended immense cabbages—probably not less than two yards and a half lo three yards in circumference—which Mr O'Connor was said to have brought down from Lowbands , or one of the people's estates , as a nosegay for the ' Whistler , and which from time to time were the occasion of some jokes at the expense of the parties concerned , or the subject of comparison with tbe stunted vegetable productions of these northern latitudes , as compared with the more genial and richer soil ofthe 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 not arrived for the stated business , taking ' time by the fore-lock , ' was on his legs 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 the 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 he and his friends there would find , after working from morning till night , they had 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 man suppose they could have got it without swindling ? ( Cries of _» No , no . ' ) He happened to know the Whistler' when he was _employrd on the Cosmopolite , and it was by such men as him , and those by . whom he was employed , that the working men were reduced to their present state of degradation and want of _employment . They did not like the Land and Labour Scheme , because they knew that it would take the people out of their grasp . But they were no prophets . The only real prophet , he ever knew was Jonathan Martin , who prophesied tbat York Minster wouldbo burnt down , and then , to ensure the fulfilment of his prediction , set it on fire with his own hands !

      The Following Description O 1? The Meeti...

      ( Laughter . ) These fellows were taking a lesson from Jonathan . They prophesied that tbe Land and Labour Bank would fail , aad , to ensure the prediction , were trying to alarm the people , that they might bring about the prophecy . But this was a tune that would not do . They had attempted to play a good deal upon it , but the only note they could produce from the whistle was a flat . ( Cheering and laughter . ) As far as human beings could do it , they ( the Chartists of the Land Scheme ) were teaching the natural order oi things , and sailors , and mechanics , and all classes , were beginning to see that they were in the right track . He put it to any man , that while this

      country was producing more clothing by its steam power in one year than the world could consume in three , what other resource would there be , ultimately , but the land ? Where did Mr Bright and the other rich men get their wealth from ? 'Vy , ' as the Cockney said to the costermonger , they got it from the vorking cla-asses , to he sure ' . ' ( Great _daughter . ) Let the working classes work for themselves , and this would soon lie found out . As to the Examiner and the 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 ef 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 he came forward amidst renewed shouts of applause .

      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 , the 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 _ufth the mere view of hearing my refutation of this calumny , of that calumny , and ofthe other calumny , and others who have come to hear—and small blame to them—of the stability of that phn upon which I have pinned my faith , and upon which they have pinned tbeir

      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 miters f _» r newspapers ; they have not even the power of se- ' curing insertion for tlieir own notes j they are chargeable with no single crime of whicb the press is guilty . No , far from it ; they may be Radicals ; they may be Chartists , while the press that they

      write for may be of completely opposite principles . But it has been too much the practice of the peeple of this country to live in terror of the press—too much the 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 tbat the English people are able to beat down the power of the press . I 6 nap 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 Examiner ; I am going to ; enter into all tbe 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 order 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 me any ribald language ; you will not hear anything from me like thst 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 ofthis day , but I will go into every question mooted by tbe 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 AjeJill . 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 4 Whistler , ' Mr Cleave , Mr Ardill , and Josh . Hobson . who has so cunningly endeavoured to walk into ne behind my back . ( Great cheers and laughter . ) But I ask you to preserve order and silence _; lor , mark me , it is no small thing for a gentleman to be attacked week

      alter 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 on your part , in order that you may not be deceived . 1 come forward with plain figures and plain statements , and if you will listen to them 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 Ml not leave a bit of marrow 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 , I have ascertained from the Stamp Office that Thomas Ballantyne and Alexander Ireland are the registered proprietors , and I will have thera in a court of justice , and give the' Whistler' an opportunity of going into the witness box ; and if he is not ashamed of his face I'll make him ashamed of hisback ( Laughter . ) Now , my friends , as a preliminary question , give me leave to ask you as a portion of societygive me leave to ask all who value their character , though poor , equally with myself , if ever such a rabid , such a savage , such an unwarrantable , such a cold-blooded attack was made upon mortal man ? ( Cries of ' No , never-never . ' ) 1 _a-k if

      there is an instance upon record of the press daring to take such a liberty—presuming to take such a licence ? ( Criesof' No . ' ) You answer' No . ' And then , contrary to all precedent , you find these attacks followed up , not every week , but twice a week . And then will you find no danger in the principles ' they advocate ? They thought 1 stood alone , whilst they , a club of free traders , undertook to hold the 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 I first saw Richard Cobden at Northampton that nothing would induce me to say a harsh word against that 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 Ireland , and Thomas Ballantyne , he would appear to be another anda different man . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , my friends , I will go into the Land Plan . If I miss a passage , sentence , line , or word , that has been said of me in the Examine ); I hope you will , without fear , remind me of it , I will leave nothing unanswered i 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 might be placed

      upon a more secure basis , —that he pressed me to have the rules altered , and that he asked me to have them enrolled . Now dates are stubborn facts and I find that they so far stand my friends , that I have only to refer to , hem to refute my adversaries . ( Applause and laughter . ) Now in September , 1843 , we met to discuss the Land Plan for the first time and Mr Josh . Hobson produced about nine - columns of unmitigated rubbish about burials , marriages , and christenings , drawn up fromthe rules ofthe _Sociahsls ( and I should not have objected to them on that account ) however , it was decided that these rules should he enrolled , and I with others called upon Mr Tidd Pratt , and he refused to enrol them

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      In April , 1815 , 1 and a few friend * met in London _andtheredecidedupon a Land Plan , It was decided the rules should be enrolled * and as soon as tney were drawn up no industry was left unused by the directors , with the assistance of Mr Thomas JJnncombe and the ablest counsel , to have , them enrolled . We tried hard , and discovered that Mr Tidd Pratt had in many cases been acting ignorantly and erroneously . At all events , they could not be enrolled , and we then decided that they should be registered under thc 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 want of confidence in me , or that I had any want of confidence in myself if tbe people had any confidence in me , for I knew it wonld 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 awav 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 _innosent and unwary against the cunning and the plotting of the robber I 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 in me whilst we were taking the necessary steps for complete registration . But that ought not to satisfy you , and while I pay no regard to such' knobstick , lawyers as Josh . Hobson and the ' Whistler , ' it is for you , my friends , to look minutely and narrowly

      into every act 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 the 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 thatthe whole of the funds may be swallowed up ia consequence of the legal demands made upon you and me . Now , be has told vou that all your prospectuses , and

      advertisements , and p lacurds , and notices for every single act you do , must be served at tbe registration office , in order to protect the Company . It was knowing the difficulty of complying with the law , and to avoid the meshes of theiaw _mtde lo ensnare the unwary and ignorant , that I purchased the estates in my own name , 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 ofthe law—how 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 questions that reflect upon me in my own character- . Now , ' we are told we are liable to this , and tbat , and tbe other , for not having sewed all these notices of the several things we did , and the several alterations we made in the rules . I ara afraid I shall be 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 paper * on tbe table ) , and will not leave a single question unanswered . ( Hear , hear , 'Go on , ' and cries of 'We'll stop till morning . ' ) I will go on—I will not leave a point untouched till I hare gone to tbe 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 the paper for having called the production of the ' Whistler' ' able and interesting , and for having called the attention of the ignorant and prejudiced to the flattery of'the adventurer , Feargus O'Connor . ' I ara not going to trump up words to defend myself—lam going to meet law with few . ( Laughter . ) This fellow reminds me of a man who wrote the bistoiy of a nobleman whom he had never seen , and who was in India-he actually wrote the history of this nobleman , though he knew so little

      of him that , afterwards having to write the ' History of the Peerage , ' when he came to the life of this nobleman , who had been made a marquis , be did not recognise the subject of his former memoir , ami 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 ) a « d 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 thc statutes of Nebuchadnezzar , the King of the Jews , and these 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 laughter . ) These 'knobstick'lawyers remind me of an Irish 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 ihe realm are as fixed and immutable in these fellows' puzzle _pates , as the laws of the Medes and Persians ; but 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 tho said reeited Act the promoters of any company formed for any purpose within the meaning of tho said Act , are , amongst other things , required to return to the Office forthe Registration of Joint-Stock Companies a copy of every prospectus , handbill or circular or advertisement , or other such document , at any time addressed to the publio , or to the subscribers or others , relative to tho formation or modification of such company And whereas the registration ' of such prospectuses and advertisements has heen found to be very burdensome to the promoters of such companies , and it is desirable to relieve such promoters fromthe necessity thereof , and in lieu thereof to substitute tho provisions herein-after contained ; be it therefore enacted , that so mueh of tho

      said Act as is lastly herem . oefore recited shall be and the same is hereby repealed . [ It would be impossible to describe the cheers and laugtter that followed the reading of the above clause . ] Now , there is the Jaw , 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 . ) Here is this fellow , who would be content to go , like the type of the printer , from Whig to Toryfrom Tree-Trader to Protectionist , as the concern by which he was paid might require ! They think that this rabid nonsense ought to be interesting . Have we

      not fine teachers , fine expounders of the law in these writers of the Examiner ? Why , my friends , the law , anticipating spies and informers in opposition to the exertions of good men , saw that it was necessary to protect good men , and relieve the _promolers from the necessit y of doing these things . Now , I think , I have definitively answered , and have settled the law of Josh . Hobson and Alexander Somerville . ( Cheers . ) Under the circumstances to which I have referred the Company was ushered into existence . Mr

      Roberts was the treasurer , and I was the deputy treasurer , and had to keep an account of the expense fund . Mr % obertshad £ 175 in hand—we did not then expect it would ever grow to sucb a cabbage as that—or that ! ( said Mr O'Connor , pointing to the two enormous vegetable productions , on either side of the hall , above noticed , amidst cheers and roars ot laughter . ) We never anticipated it would grow to such a giant . We had £ 175 in cash before an account was opened with the bank , and from that hour to the present every fraction , every farthing , has been paid into the 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 I 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 balance sheet and shows a deficiency of £ 5 , 000 . Now the money as it comesinis _. ' receivedbythe secretary , and what the secretary pays me , after deducting the e \ - penses of the week-what I receive I am accountable for

      . You will always find the sums received acknowledged in the Northern Start £ 5 , 000 was the whole expenses paid from beginning to end , which never came into my hands at all . If you look at the balance sheet , you will see two columns , in one of which an account is _ph-en of the money received by tlie secretary , and in another an account of the money paid by him to me after deducting the expenses . Mr Clark is here , one _« f the directors , and he can bear me out that for the last year and a half not one single farthing of the money has come into my hands at all . They tak _^ W our banker , or to , a banker to invest it , and 1 _wsfjr ' _see it at all . ( Hear , hear . ) But , I will explain to you the mode of testing the balance . shee _ t . One coremn- _" _-hfriime amount of _mcasy I _received from the secretary , and

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      another column _show 3 the amount I have in _h _^ and have paid for the Company ; and if you . _-ji _^ amount of expenditure paid by the secretary e whieh appears in his own quarterly bal _ancesheet ' _^ not in mine , to the amount I set forth as havin-. _' _^ and having in hand , you will find that those t _* amounts added together , will make the ai _» , acknowledged in the Northern Star ; so that if ? land members had paid £ 50 , 000 ., and if I acco HmJ for £ 46 , 000 . in my balance sheet as the amount ? received , the £ 4 , 000 . to balance would be found ; the secretary ' s balance sheets ; but this incomparal _/ beast either had not the perception to see this „! had the cunning and dishonesty to profess i gnoraU of it . Now , can there be a more plain or simp ]! definition of an acconnt 1 ( Cheers , and % . ! Well , but here's the £ 5 , 000 . and odd pounds , tj , mate ' s nest that Josh , has discovered , and what j , you say to such a fellow . Well , then , Josh . Hob Son the ' Weaver Boy , ' who , although he talks con ' . _

      iempiuousJy of the directors being mere weay _ew and tailors , was but a little hand-loom weaver bin ,. self ; ncy . he was pot-boy at the Bowling G ree | _, of the 'George , ' Huddersfield . ( Laughter . ) I don mention it to his degradation , if he has raised him , self honourably ' . I raised him to the position of editor of the Northern star , and should havei- respect for him provided he was a honest man , tha for the greatest nobleman inthe land . ( Hear , hear , ) Josh . Hobson goes on to say , Feargus 0 'Conno told him he left Exchequer bills to represent eveiy farthing in the bank . Let the' Examiner * tal- datesand I am going to refer him to the authority

      , to substantiate the accuracy of my statement _imdj _, this head . Thomas Allsop , Esq ., Royal Exch ange L ondon—take that down _. Mr 'Exaroiner _' - ( lauglitetj — he purchased for me , before I went abroad , £ 8 , 500 . in Exchequer bills . These Exchequer bi )| J paid £ 4 . lis- 3 d . per cent . Money became scarce , andi went to one of the first hanking houses and made an arrangement for letting them have tie money at five per cent . ; so I sold the Exchequ et bills , and got five per cent for the money . That ex . pired on the 13 th of thislast month . I drew £ 15 , 000 , out of tbat bank because they would give no more interest , and I said I must have a share of the rise

      which had taken plaoe in the value of money , j drew il out , and purchased Exchequer bills paying 6 J per cent . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Now , if you want to see the dates and purchase of the Exchequer bilk , \ will give you an order to get the date and all the particulars relating to them from Thomas Allsop , Esq ., broker , Royal Exchange , London . ( Ap . plause . ) We are told there is a variance _betwefthe first balance sheet and the second balance sheet ; now they are here—I have brought them both—asd I defy any mortal man to point out one single variance in these balance sheets , with tbe exception ofa few small items against myself . The' Weaver

      Boy' tells you Mr O'Connor promised never to fing tt your money . Well , my friends , when we were con . templating to be enrolled , Mr Roberts ' s clerk s aid it would not do for the same person to be solicitor and treasurer of the company : the directors hai better elect a treasurer , and they elected me against my consent . And I say now they could not hate elected abetter 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 pur . chase of a single acre in any but your name-as ' whose name so fit to purchase them in ? ' ( Cries o ( ' None , ' and cheers . ) These balance sheets account

      for every single item . Josh , says there is a discrepancy of £ 500 . in the accounts , but the auditors found that the £ 500 . was against myself by having charged Carpender _' s estate" with £ 1 , 850 ., in . stead of £ 1 , 300 . Not one farthing of the money have I ever speculated with—not one fraction have 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 scheme going on so gloriously , and all beyond their reach or control or comprehension , tbat they cannot hold themselves . ( Cheers . ) Hobson says he told rae Le would expose the thing , if I did not get the society

      enrolled . Here is the magnanimous Hobson ! So help me God ! such a conversation never took place , ( Hear , hear . ) Then , again , he says _« O'Connor dis . missed me because I was going to attack the Laid Plan . ' But that is not the case . I will tell you the cause of his dismissal . On the 6 th of September , 1845 , 1 left London for the Continent . Hobson was in my house when I was about to start ; Mr Thomas Allsop , Mr Charles Allsop , and Mr Roger O'Connor , were present , when I said , 'Good by , Hobson , ! am going to see all about the small farms in Belgium , and I rely upon your extra attentiou during mj absence , as Mr Harney is in delicate health , but _leo

      with satisfaction , believing that I leave my second self behind me . ' ' Never fear , sir / replied thu _? iper , ' 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 Loudon for his printing office in Huddersfield ; and will this meeting believe , that , / row that day k the ' 60 th of October , Joshua Hobson never set foot in my office , nor was he within 200 » m _"fes 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 ray arrival I desired my nephew to go for Hobson—his reply was , ' He has not been in London since your departure , and he bas been writing the most scurrilous abuse of the Somers Town Chartists ; this week he has a horrible attack upr . n 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 . On fte following Thursday , October 30 , Jush . Hobson took a bundle of rubbish ta Mr M'Gowan to publish J " his manifesto , dismissing himself from the situation of Edittr , and assigning as a reason that I had dishonoured him in his office , by not allowing him tt abuse the men of Somers Town . Now I have his letter assigning lhat as a reason for not even con

      descending 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 was , that his and his friend ' s management of the Northern Star had all but destroyed the property , and Josh , thought , like all other rats , that he wouM run away before the house tumbled . ( Cheers and laughter . ) He ' s like the others in distress . You remember how I stopped the mouths of the Chambers by publishing their own previous opinions , when they began to abuse the Land Plan . ( Cheers and' Ay . ' ] Well , then , I have the same antidote for Josh ,, becau-e I promise you to republish every one of hi ) own volunteer articles , written at the very time that this conscious critic was seeking for permission to abuse the Land Plan , ami from them I will _showyo "

      that he has endeavoured to establish the stability the security , and the perfection of the Land PI" " above all other plans . ( Great cheers and laug hter . ) 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 _ntt ( Cheers and laughter . ) Again , then , I ask you , what you'll say to this sentimentalist—to this angel _-riisuch open bowels of compassion for my poor dupes . ( Laughter . ) Next comes the question of the De _^ bury meeting , and , as in every other instance , this miserable pilot without his compass , is wreck " - upon DATES-the rock of time . Now this Dewsbury

      meeting was got up after his dismissal , and I sorry to say that he was aided hy partifiS Yfll 0 - _' " concocted a North American Emigration Assoc '""' tion . Well , this wily snake goes to Dewsbury i-November , when the Conference was to meet in Manchester in December ; and there he gets hold of sotf « addle-pated tools , and actuallv has the _presunipli' " to send five or six columns of what he calls ' argument * and ' remonstrance , 'but what 1 call villainy and hypocrisy , to the Northern Star , to ma ke a to'l of me and I put it all to the back of the fit * ( Cheers , and ' Sarved him right . ' ) Oh ! but this **» all Josh . ' s tender mercv and solicitude for the st *" '

      lity , the success , and prosperity of the Land PI"" " the fellow in whose dark and hellish mind fl * rankling envy , hatred , malice , and revenge . a » who wished the Land Plan destroyed . ( ch eeI _* and' That ' s it . *) But yet this fellow contrived 'J get himself smuggled into the Convention thit » in Manchester in December ; and there , in that r * 7 Conference , ( Josh . Hobsou being a mem ber in v ceiuber , 1845 . ) the question of enrolment was o » _- then decided upon , and from that day to _thepK-y driven from enrolment to registration , no stone been left unturned to place the plan under tneP tection of the law ; while I would to God ! _« * iehlDt had never been _madfl—f cheers Was » - * _,.,

      every member of the Company would have _«* ' « secure in my honour , as in the law's P _" _^ ( Cheers , and' Ay I so we would . ' ) Yes , to »¦* you would . It was not for your gratification % _, „ law was resorted to ; it was to gratify » * -ji spleen of Hobson , the' Whistler , ' and the' _he-ff _^ the hope that our entanglement in Ihe l 8 ffi . " tjnei would prove the death of that plaa wind' ¦*; " * of to be the salvation of the working _cim

  • 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/ns3_06111847/page/2/