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      HOUSE QF LORDS . —Tuesdat , April 25 . Xord CAHPB 3 EIX saiil ie bad a great number «! TmtitioTis to present against the Factories Educational BB 1 , bn + as it had not yet cosae before the , House , it Tfonld be irregular ^ present them . B 6 ^^ ^ the xsrf . merely to assure those -who tod entrusted him Vtith iher T > eat 5 oia that he bad performed Ms duty , and "Was prevented by the forma of the House from present-In Sirer io some remsrks from Lord Monte * le , the Dates of Wellington said the subject of the Poer law in Iretoa to under the consdersilon of the Oovsmment , * na \ the -whole question sel&tive to paaper Innaties wouia ako he fc *«* into consideration . Tie Dnie of WBiiiSGios moved an address of congratulation to her Majesty , on the birth of another Princess , which -was unanimously adopted . His Grace aerTstetedthaton Thvxsto . j next he -would move an address of condolence to ha Majesty on the death of

      the Duke of Sussex . Lord Caxpbbu . asked the lord Chancellor ¦ when ie -Buuld lay hislfonatio BUI before the House , but the aiiswer ^ na nor satisfactory;—tbe judges -were to fce consulted , and the judges dJd not "wish-to be con-¦ altei He thought his Lordship , some four -weeks ago , had a Bill ready for meeting such horrible crimes as that committed by M'Nsughten . The Marquis of CLAJiBiCARDB gave notice of a BioSon on thfr Irish Pool Law , te the 4 th of May , and Uie House adjourned *

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      BOUSE OF COMMONS . —Monday , April 24 . Sir Jxstes GbahaH gave notice that on Monday next he ¦ would asste the alteration he intended to propose 33 tiie educational clauses ol the factories ' 3 UL On that day , Sierefore , he should propose to go into committee jwo forma , Jn order to be enabled to put the House In possession of the details ef the proposed alterations . _ The Chasckliob of Hie ^ xchfo . tteb intimated Ins Intention of making hia financial statement " on the 8 th of 3 Iay . Sir Jaxes GeaHam , in reply to Sir John Easthope , said that Church-rate returns from 10 , 000 oat of the 12 , 000 parishes of England had been received , and would be shortly laid on the table of the Bouse Sir Hobsbt 3 > BBi o in reply to Sir B . H . Inglis , said , that the debate on the Ecclesiastical Courts' Bill vonld be resumed on Friday .

      lord Stahiby , hi reply to Xord John Bossell , intiznased that , In a day or two , lie would state when be weald ba able to introduce the Canadian Corn BilL He premised also to supply the Boo * e with information on the subject of the duties imposed by the Assembly of Jamaica on the produce ef the United SjBgdca )—a proceeding which he considered most objectionable . On the no&D for going into a Committee for Supply , ilr . "WiLUAJtS made a lengthened statement with zeb ^ aon to toe financial management of the Chancellor of tbe Exchequer , and in the course of which he argued tha « our colonies , especially those of the West Indies , were so enormous expense to this country .

      Mr . BEEJi AL said that it was a mistake to suppose that our West lndisn Colonies "were expensive to this country . They , in fact , contributed mainly to- their own expenditure , in proof of which he adduced the fart , that his own property in Jamaica was taxed to an amount fire tames greater than the returns be received from it . Lord S i ablbt agreed with the general principle thit eolonies ahould be made to contribute as fat as passible to their own expenditure ; many of the color Tiif « were already dola ? so to a great extent . Sir HottaKD Douglas complained of the inroffltiesc ? of funds in The colonies for the purpose of spieling the gotpel . The Church Missionary Society ¦ was not only unable U send out additional missionarles , tnt could not even keep faith with those already ¦ ectouL .

      33 ie Losjj Matob made -incpiliy respecting the powers of the GovessmenVwttfc respect to emigration ; In reply to which , L-ro Starlet expressed the uneasinan whieh be ft-.- a . liiu hardships to 'which the intended emigrants to Prince Edward ' s Island had been exposed , aa evinced by xh& recent proceedings before the Lord Mayor . Bus the fact 'was , that the Government bad interfered in this Tery case to the utmost extent of its powers In October last , they had received information which led them to suppose that in the case of the emigrants Who ¦ w&re going out by the * hip Saxbadot-a , some deoeptioa was going on , and the , GoTamment emigration

      agent had been directed to inquire into tho matter , and to give every assistance to the emigrants . It turned oat that the Teasel was well found ; " that she had an abunasnt supply of provisions ; and that , in fact , the requirements of thfc Passengers * Act bad been carefully complied -with . The British American Colonisation Association had represented that they bad purchased 72 , 000 acres of land in Prince Edward's , Island ; and as this land was alleged U > have been purchased from jjm&te indmduala , and sot from the Government , there was no . immediate w ^ th ; of ascertaining the fact . The emigration commissioners bad even gone beyond

      their powers in this ease . They remonstrated with the -company j represented to them the period of ihe year -which Tendered the attempt extremely , hazardous ; but they were met by assurances that every passible precaution isad been taien . * r ? " » Government , however , had sent out Information to- tbe Governor of Prince BdTf&rd's Island , with instrucdon , that if the vessel should arrive , he was to afford every protection to the emigrantx , an 3 fe > compel the company to perform t « - lrards them the obligations which it bad undertaken . The ship sailed en the 1 st ' of November , and on the lStb of J > tsc 8 mber was driven back to the Cove of Cork . The emigratim sgent in that port , on inquiry , had ascertained that it was the intention of the company-to support the emigrants on board until the sMj > should

      again fee ready for sea , and that it should be once more provisioned for the Toyage . It bad been represented ia February that the -vessel would sail in March , and yetat tfcat Tery time the mortgxges tna in posaessnon orthevesseL This was a distinct fraud . Application bad beeso . made to the Treasury for its interference , and the Crown solicitor was employed ; feat , on the dissolution of the company , it was found impracticable to «> tain a legal remedy . The company , however , had beta sanctioned by gentlemen of bub station , whose wusss must have conduced to ' wnOiimg it io in& ' et the bardahip and suffering which the sufferers bad-endured ; and , if not legally liable , he trusted that they -would at least feel the moral obligation they 'wen under , to repair the TnWhW of ¦ which they had been

      instruments . The Hosse then went into a Committee of Supply , proceeding -with those estimates which remained over from the recess . The votes for the expenses of the Governments of Hew Zealand , and of the West India iBlartdit , isised some « onver » atJon j and on the grant for our consular establishments , after some remarks JromMr . Waiiams , Dr . Bo"STBl 56 caDfid attention to the great importance of rendering our consular'representatives efficient for -their duty by previous education , especially the necessity of a consul being able to speak the language of the country in which he is stationed . Lord Statiley admitted the importance of the subjict , which was at present under the consideration of the ^ rovemineht . -

      A nnmber of Totes passed , with some general sonversauon ; but on ttio vote for the expenses of the Steam Navigation to India , by way of the Red Sea , after some remarks from T * r .-Bo wring , . Sir BOBBBT P . EEL warmly eulogised the liberal condnct of the Pscba of Bgypt , who , under circumstances calculated to make him think that we were opposed te bis interests , bad manifested a very enlightened spirit , in the facilities be iad afforded to our transit through Egypt , and across the Isthmus . Sir Cbables Napikb . concurred , in the compliment thus paid in tbe J " jcfea of Eygpt-The remaining votes baviug been agreed to , tbe Chairman reported progress , and the House resumed . The other orders harvmg "been disposed of , the House adjourned . Tuesday ., Aebii . 25-Many petJtions -were presented against tbe Factories SdneationBDL

      A new trrit was ordered for Salisbury , in tbe room of Mr . Brodie , -who bad accepted the Cbfltem Hundreds . Mr . T . Dux COMBE presented a petition from the Rev . W . Browne , who hadbeen dismissed from the situation of chaplain of Kautsford Gaol , complaining of the conduct ot the magistrates of Chasbire , and praying ingairy into their conduct . The Hon . Member gave notice , that he should movB that this petition be priiit » d with the-votes . Mr- G . W . "WOOD brought np ihs spedsl Mporlfrom the general committee on petitions , recommending that the petition of W . Jones , a prisoner in Leicester Gaol , complaining of the conduct of Mr . Baren Gurney , and praying : for inquiry , and other petitions to the tame eBfect , be printed for the use of Members only .. - - ¦ Orderedseeordingly .

      Mr . Mtjspht , a » aanber lot Cork , presented a petition from that place against transferring tbe contract for jnail coaches to a Scotchman , -which excited loud 3 sughterV ~ . ¦ A discussion took place on the South Eastern , Croydmvana Lanaon Baflway BID , when on a division , there -was a majority of « against tbe re-eommittsl of tbe BilL The BUI was , after some ^ i « ^ ^ fTO ^ ordered to boegiyroiw . 'idi : - ~ - j ; ~ - Mr . TiiLiXBS posiponed his motion on tbe Corn laws , till the 9 ih of May .

      : Sir Bobest Pbel made a statement relative to tbe Tjcjotiatians with Portugal asd BrasD , for commercial faeaiiea , but it conveyed no information on these importaht subjecfe . vv : - ' - "' - . "" -r The Bight Hon . Baronet then proposed aa address of eondolBDoe to the Qneen cm . tbe death of the Duke of Susex ,. "Which "was agreed to . He also proposed an address of congratalation to her Majesty on the birth of * princess ; which Tra * also carried .

      - MtBiCASitt ) brought forward bis motion on import datics , "Which led to some discussion , and was ultimaie ^ r j ^ ectedby a . majority of 54 . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and th © S £ ) T ) BB ' adjourBed at half-past * twelve o clock .

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      Ikdia . —We have received by extraordinary expresB Calcatta papers to the Sth nit- . Inclusive , brought to Alexandria by the extra steamer Tenasserim , to Malta by the Cyclops , and thence to Marseilles by the Acberon . . Col . JPi&set was a passenger , the bearer , it was snrmJBed , of important despatches , the precise nature of which had not transpired . The papers thus received are almost destitute of poliScal intelligence . Tie suecessor of toe late Maharajah of Goalior was to be installed oa the 20 th nit ., and no opposition to bis acoesaion was to be apprehended . Lord Ellenborongh fwas still at Agra , whither he had proceeded from Delhi on receipt of tbe intelligence of the late Maharajah ' s decease . No news of a later dat e than that received by the ordinary mail bad been received in Calcutta either from Scinde or Cabul .

      Falmotjth , Apbdl 19 . —The Royal mail steamer Medway , Commander Smith , arrived this afternoon with tbe HaTsnnah , Jamaica , and other West India mails . Her dates are , from St . Thomas ' s , tbe 26 ' . h of March , Bermuda , the . 3 rd , and Fayal , the 13 ih instant . She bringa thirtv-five passengers , aDd on freight 35 273 dollars ; £ 2 , 077 in doubloons , £ 640 iD jewels , 1 . 637 eza . 17 dwis . gold dnst , © 29 oz . silver , and £ 7 , 000 in British gold and silver . The Royal mail steamer , Trent , brought the Jamaica mailB to St . Thomas ' s ; her date of leaying was the 20 th March . Three severe shockB of an earthquake were felt on the morning of tbe 22 nd of that month off tbe east end of St . Domingo , Her Majesty ' s ships Illustrious ,

      Warspite , Pique , Scylla and Im&um , were at Jamaica . Her Majesty ' s ship Spartan bad sailed for Santa Martha . Her Majesty ' s steamer Gorgon was at Barbadoes . The Royal mail steamer Clyde , with mails from England ^ of the 1 st of March , had arrived at St . Thomas ' s . The Royal mail steamer Dee left St . Thomas ' s with mails for Demerara , &o . The Royal mail steamer Avon brought the Havannah mails to Bermuda , Just as the Medway was quitting Jamaica } Her Majesty ' s brig Scylla arrived there , having on board General Boyer , President of Bayti . There was no time for the particulars

      relative to Ms visit to transpire , but it was inferred that the insurgents , or patriots , as they called themselves , had carried their point , taken possession of Port-au-Prince ( which was anticipated ) , and bad- compelled his deportation . The British and North American Royal mail Eteamer , the Hibernia ( a naw vesEel ) sailed on Wednesday afternoon from Liverpool for Halifax and Boston . She carried out the largest number of passengers ever taken by any of _ the line to which she belongs . Several gentleman oould not be accommodated with berths , and were refused a pas *

      The Jsoethern Stae Saturday, April 29, 1843.

      THE JSOETHERN STAE SATURDAY , APRIL 29 , 1843 .

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      THE BRITISH AKD AMERICAN SWINDLING AND MURDERING SOCIETY . Such ought to have been tbe title of an attempt to prey upon the defenceless , as unprincipled and heartless as anything we ever remember to have read of . Oar readers will find the whole matter detailed elsewhere under tbe bead British American Association . " It appears that » number of adventurers , of whom the chief acting men Beem to have been a couple of pettifogging Attoraies , pat forth prospectuses of an association pf shareholders , bavins a million of pounds capital , and offering tempting

      terms to emigrants in tbe shape of cheap passage to Prince Edward ' s Island , and cheap land on which to locate themselves on their arrival . They were all on their arrival at Prince Edward ' s Island , to be located on the lands of the company , which they were to purchase from the Company at a very cheap rate ; tbe object being , of course , tbe most benevolent one of improving tbe condition and circumstances of the Emigrants . At tbe bead of this infamous conspiracy to rob and plunder the most defenceless portion of society were aDnke ! fifteen Peers ! 2 and forty

      Baronets 111 Several foolish people , lnred by the attraction of these great names , and supposing the purpose of the Swindlers to be honest , g aTe np their little businesses and home comforts , —raked their little possessions together , paid the wretches £ 30 , £ 40 . and in some cases £ 50 , for the passage-money of themselves and families , bargained with the association for the purchase ot lands from them in the Colony , and set sail in the month of November foi Prince Edward's Island , a place in the 47 th degree of North latitude .

      These poor wretches , instead of being landed and made gentlemen of at Prince Edward ' s Island , are now in London Dock , in daily expectation of being cast ont into the streets to perish , after being fleeced of every farthing they had in the world . It turns ont that" the Company" had not a single acre of land either in Prince Edward ' s Island or any where else , —that the " million" of capital was a great lie , for they had no capital at all , —that the ship in which

      the poor creatures had embarked had been chartered , provisioned , and laden with cargo , all unpaid for , — that the captain who was to have gone with them , never got a farthing of money for himself or bis men , —and that the deliberate purpose of " the Company" was , in case these poor thingB escaped the perils of the ocean ( a thing next to impossible at the time of the year when they started ) , and got to their destination , to turn them adrift to starve ! !!

      The deliberate contemplation of snob wickedness would be almost incredible , were it not evidenced by their own admissions . The matter is however put beyond all doubt by one of the directors , " a fellow named Campbell , who Beems to have been » main man in the business , and who makes the horrible avowal with the ntmost coolness imaginable . In November last , as we have said , after having been ** sloped" of their " passage-money" to various tunes—some £ 30 , some £ 40 , and « ome £ 50 , —the unfortunates , fifty in number , men , women , and child-Ten , set sail ; and after having gone about half way

      across the Atlantic , the captain tells us that the ship encountered heavy winds and se&B , and was so dreadfully battered as to be obliged to pat back to the nearest eligible port , which was Gork , a distance of 1 , 300 miles . On the 22 nd of December , Bhe reached Cork , where she remained until the 9 th of April . At that time the captain , who seems to have had no share in the Company , bnt to have been himself victimised as well as the poor emigrants , was preparing again to attempt the voyage , when he received orders to proceed—not to : Prince Edward ' s Island , bat to London .- For London , accordingly , he sailed : thither he brought the

      ¦ unhappy emigrants , and deposited them , mmus their all , xsb with kottcb to quit thk yessbx , in the London Docks . This produced , as might be expected , some complaints on the part of the destitute voyagers , vfho had been thus cruelly tantalized and robbed . They were advised to proceed by summary process , before the Lord Mayor , against the Owner and Captain of the vessel ; when all the particulars above recited , and many others of a similar character , came oat in the examination of this Mr . Attorney , Commissioner , Director , Contractor , Ship-owner , Campbell . Mr . Campbell insists npon jt that he is a most virtuous ill-used man ¦; that he has much more reason to complain than the

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      emigrants ; that he has been grossly deceived by the Company—though he was a chief Manager , Director , and Commissioner of the Company—and with two or three other fellows , might be said , in fact , to be the Company . He says that he has been rained by the speculation ; that he has lost his ship , and lost every thing ; though It does not appear even from his own story , that he has paid a single farthing into the fundB of " the association / ' or that he has

      paid a single shilling of wages to the captain or crew of the vessel , or to the provision merohantB , or to any body else—aot even for the cargo on boardfor the obtaining of a part of which a warrant was issued against him , on a charge of swindling , and , to finish all , the ship seems to have been mortgaged for £ 750 to begin with . What has become of all the money paid by the poor emigrants nobody seems disposed to tell .

      The following colloquies between the virtuous and ill-used Mr . Director Campbell and the Lord Mayor will give some idea of the utter heartless , reckless , petty thievery which has been practised by this company : — " The Lord Mayor—Z find hi this printed paper a number of great namea ; tbe names of a Duke , fifteen Lords , and nearly forty Baronets . You are amongst the commissioners , and the emigrants complain that you have not performed your contract . " Mr . Campell—It -waa impossible for me to perform it The association is completely broken up .

      " The Lord Mayor—Tbe atsoctation may bo broken up , but these noblemen and gentlemen are not broken up . Are all th <" seshareholders ? " Mr . Campbell—No ; ihey art only the vice-president and consulting oounciL What tbe deuce did the Association want with a Vice-president and Consulting Council , who were not shareholders , and who consequently were not members , and have no more to do with it than the man in the moon t And why were not these noblemen and gentlemen as good members and share * holders as Mr . Commissioner Campbell , or any one else , seeing that no money had been paid by any onet for the very next question of the Lord Mayor shews this to have been the case : —

      " The lord Mayor—How much o / the million capital has been paid up ? " Mr . Campbell—NONE AT ALL . NOBODY PAID VT XT ALL . " And again : — * The Lord Mayor—Pray , Mr . Campbell , how many shares did these Noblemen and Baronets take 1 *• Mr . Campbell—None at all . " Here then is the evidence oat of their own mouth , that , without a single share taken—without a single shilling of paid-up capital—with nothing in the world but lying paper to go upon , this Company of one Duke , fifteen Lords , forty Baronets ,

      and sundry " small attorneys" put forth their pretensions to " million" capital , to the possession of immense loads in Prince Edward ' s Island , Whioh they will sell to people , and , under these pretences , take from the straggling poor , by way of bettering their condition , every farthing the poor creatures can scrape together , and then turn them out to starve J ! Here is a Company , boasting a display of names and patronage and influence , equal to that of any bubble which has floated on the surface of viliany for some time ; engaging actually to sell on very easy terms , lands , ot which they did not possess one acre ! Hear again the colloquy : —

      " Mr . Taylor ( an ' emigrant' )—I understand they have not an acre of land in Prince Edward ' s Island . " The Lord Mayor . —What J no land there T Is that the case , Mr . Campbell ? " Mr . Campbell . —if ot a si . vglb acbe , my Lord . "Mr . Henley ( another emigrant ') . —They bargained TO SELL MS ONE HUNDRED AMD FIFTY ACRES . " Ml Here were Christian (!) men , noblemen , gentle * men , &o ., lending themselves to a scheme for deliberately murdering all these poor emigrants by the slow process of starvation : — " Tbe Lord Mayor—As yon are a director , yon can let me snow what the plan was with respect to those emigrants if you bad got them out to Prince Edward's Island ?

      " Mr . CampbelL—Twenty houses bad been prepared by the association to receive them , and they were afterwards to be located there by our agent , Mr . Goodman , Jan ., a gentleman in whose talent * and qualifications we have the utmost reliance . " The Lord Mayor—And what was then to become of them ? Mr . Campbell—They were to buil d more houses aad work in other trays , and to be regularly located . " The Lord Mayor—And how were they to be subsisted ? 11 Mr . Campbell—There was a month's extra provision going on , so that they would be provided for a month after landing .

      •• The Lord Mayor—And then take their chance of starvation . That is certainly a frigbtful alternative . These poor men have been deceived by tbe long list of high names , and are now thrown into the most serious difficulties . " Mr . Campbell—1 have been deceived myself most egregiously . As to the month's extra provision , tho general practice is to give extra provision for only a few days after arrival Tbe Association in this adopted a most liberal plan . Tbe Lord Mayor— Why emigrants under such ciresmslances may die of sheer starvation . " Mr . Campbell—So they may . " Really this devilism is so horrible that itiis almost dangerous to trust one ' s self to write about it .

      Bat the ^ amiable and ill-used Mr . Campbell a most philosophic gentleman ! : — " He did not think the emigrants ought to make any complaint until they were dispossessed of their asylum on board tbe vessel in which they were at present supported . " And to his aid in this cbairtable view of the case , comes Mr . Melleb , another lawyer , who appeared as attorney for Sir R . Beobn , another of these " Commissioners , " who , like Mr . Campbell , has of course been a great sufferer in the business : —

      "Mr . Meller spoke warmly in praise of Sir R . Broun , and called tbe Lord Mayor ' s attention to the prejudices raised against tbe association . It was true it consisted of persons not accustomed to act , but it was a bona ytde association , and actuated by tie most honourable motives . It w&t bad enough , he submitted , for bis client to be out of pocket £ 700 or £ 800 , and to find the association fall , -without being designated as a person connected with a fraudulent undertaking . Tbe men who complained , after all , did not leave employment to go out to Prince Edward ' s Island . " The Lord Mayor ' s answer to this fellow was such as might become a man : —

      " The Lori Mayor—They left their native country to go to a remote one to gain an honest livelihood for their famfUe * by industry and labour , and they were induced to go by the authority of tbe great names with which tbe prospectus abounds . Let them not be reproached with having lost nothing by going . They have suffered » -vast deal , and I trust tbe association will take care that they shall not be able to complain that they have lost everything . " One would suppose that rebuke enough to make the ears of even an attorney tingle ; but they are oommonly not made of tender stuff , and the attorney Mku . kb returns unabashed to the charge : —

      "Mr . Meller—I contend , my Lord , that it is bard that , because these emigrants have failed in their speculation , the association ahould be covered with odium and execration . If a man become a bankrupt many others necessarily are involved . " Hear but tbe heartless wretch ! ** Because these emigrants have failed in their speculation" ! In what bad the emigrants failed t Had they not paid their , money I Had they not sailed with tbe ship 1 Had they not hazirded ( heir lives ! Had they not ,

      fool-like , trusted to the assurances of forty Baronets , fifteen Lords , and a Duke ? And were they to be taunted with having " failed in their speculation " because they had been cboused , deceived , cheated , and robbed ! and so taunted too by the very parties from whom they had suffered all . ibis injustice 1 ! Such it would Beem are aristocratic notions ; and it was only when the Lord Mayor brought some intimation of the power of justice as well as of its beauty to bear upon him , that this hired defender of fraud gave back a little . The Lord Mayob replied mo ^ t

      properly : — - " There cannot be the slightest analogy . Tour association ate not bankrupts . Now look at / dr . Taylor ' s case , and just form an estimate of irbatfee has undergone , and what he may BtUl undergo if . liis claims are neglected . He has eight children . H » . bas paid £ 50 to the secretary for their passage . He bas expended the little money he had put together for the purposes of hia occupation in Piince Ed-vard ' 8 Island . Now , this man was to have had twenty acres of country land and one acre of town land , and te went away with san-

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      guine hopes of prosperity . He Is brought back with his large family , without tbe means of subsistence , and with starvation looklnjr him and bis family In tbe face , and he la told that in a day or two he and his children are to be turned oat of the snip , waioh was bound to take them to their final destination , and to look about amongst the unions for sympathy and protection . It is ridiculous to toll me that this man can be abandoned by an association of noblemen and gentlemen ( load applause ) . " :

      Throughout the investigation the Lord Mayor manifested a laudable determination to stick to tbe M noblemen and gentlemen , " in the hope , doubtless , of inducing them to do something for the relief of the poor creatures whom they had helped to delude . The ** noblemen and gentlemen , " of coarse , seek to lick themselves clear of any blame in the affair . One of them , Doctor Rolph , said : — " Neither tbe Duke of Argyll nor the consulting council of the association were advised of the arrangement of the Barbados * . It was planned by Mr , Campbell and Mr . Andrews , and was carried out whilst absent from this country . It always met with my most decided reprobation . "

      Nowr we know not which to admire most ; the unutterable meanness of this Duke of Argyll and his dignified comrogues of " the consulting oouncil " in lending their names to this naked piece of swindling , or their sneaking cowardice , and still greater meanness , in skulking from the responsibility they have inoarred , and seeking to shelter their noble (?) heads under the impeachment of their agents . The poor Duke waB as innooent as a sucking duok of the whole matter : —

      " Mr . NettleBhlp deolared that the Duke of Argyll and Sir J . Cockburn had been as grossly defrauded and deceived as bad been the unfortunate emigrants ; and that it had become necessary to show who iwere the parties involved in the actual responsibility . " " The Duke ' s and Sir J . Cockburn ' s object was most humane and benevolent , and it can be proved that they are not chargeable with any act in the slightest degree exceptionable . "

      " His Grace ' s intention was to promote the most beneficent scheme of emigration , and in such a manner as to prove of the highest service to the poor persons who should emigrate . That was the object which his Grace had la attending a meeting in June last , when the only resolution « omo to -was a preliminary sad indispensable step , that a sum of £ 50 , 000 should be insured as available for the purposes of emigration . The Duke ' s knowledge of tbe real proceedings of the association did not extend beyond that information , and his Grace never entertained the moat remote idea , of sanctioning any aot until that money ahould be raised . " Such is the defence set up for the " president" of this wholesale den of thieves ! Dow what are the

      facts ! Hear one of the poor sufferers , Mr . Taylob , who had been duped of his little all : — " It had been stated that the Duke merely meant to ¦ ubscribe } £ 500 without becoming a shareholder . Now , evidence could be produced to show that bis Grace signed his name , according to the Scotch form , as 'Argyll Pitesea' for shares in the asweiation—( laughter ) . It had been said that the Duke refused to do anything in the association until tbe sum of £ 50 . 000 should be raised . One would think that a nobleman who saw the necessity of the application of money would put down some himself—( laughter)—but it did not appear that bis Grace bad done anything of the kind . "

      Doubtless ; no better proof of the Duke ' s lying pretence can be had , than the fact that while affecting to wish the prosperity of the poor emigrants through the association , and while affecting to refuse his sanction to any steps being taken till sufficient funds were in hand , he—a Duke—signs his name for £ 500 , but does not pay a farthing !; while the other lie , that" when he joined the association as President , subscribing his name for £ 500 , he did it

      for the benefit ( of the poor emigrants , and not as a shareholder , and neither seeking nor consenting to receive any benefit , " is met by the poor emigrants with the assertion that it could be proved that he signed , not withjany such merely benevolent purport , but , in the usual way , for shares ; and under this assertion his hired lawyer bullies are as tame as mice ; they don't dare even to deny it . Now for the other portion of the Duke's defence : —

      " It wai agreed that no step should be taken until £ 50 000 were raised . Upon this resolution the Duke relied , and bad no intention of sanctioning any act until that money should be raised . " Lying again . Aota were done . He knew that they were done . Proceedings commenced ; not a farthing having been paid up beyond the qualifications of the commiaioaetB . A prospectus was published , and sent to his Grace , in whioh his Oraoe appears as President of the Association . But the Duke did not then withdraw . Arrangements were made for sending out emigrants . Some of the emigrants began to

      suspect tbe inability of the company , and at last detected and exposed it . Then , bat not till then , does the Duke withdraw . It waa only when the straw be ^ an to shake ( hat tbe Nob le rat ran from its hole . Up to that time , ( and it is before that time , it must be observed , that all the engagements with the emigrants were formed ) he bad remained , with his own knowledge , a party to , and bound by , all tbe acts of the Association of which he was tbe President , and to whioh his na " mo as President gave its chief claim to confidence . What becomes , then , of his prate , through his lawyer bullies about not

      being responsible to these poor emigrants for the cruel wrongs iuflioted on them 1 He is responsible for all ; and no other man so much so—not even his tools and scapegoats Cahpbell , Andrews , and Sir R . Brodn . It was through his aot in lending his name to the concern , that these emigrants were originally induced to eater into the contract . By his means they were led to oontract , and he knew it . In his own name he was a party to the contract ; and he is fairly answerable for whatever consequences may arise out of that contract . So much for the Duke—the senior partner in this firm of fiends . If he have not been a Send with thorn , but

      merely a fool on whom they have practised , let him now prove it , not by lying aad shuffling to get out of the mess ; but by admitting his folly frankly and making up to these poor people the loss he has been the means of causing to them ; their physical sufferings , he cannot indemnify them for . But let him do what he can ; and then perhaps society may think that there is yot some glimmering of manhood even in a Duke . His noble friend , Sir John Cockburn , is in precisely the same predicament , and has only the same means of getting out of it . Ho other sort of wriggling will serve him in the eyes of honest men , whatever the lawyers may say .

      But what shall we say for Sir Richard Broun , and the other " managers" of the " association V First , what do they say for themselves ! what says their lawyer for them ; the honest and modest Mr . Melleb I Hear him : — " These peor men deserve tbe utmost sympathy ; but the association had no notion of deceiving them . Mr . Halden contracted with the emigrants at large . "

      So i then ; it was not the " Association , but Mr . Hau > en who deceived the poor fellows . And who is Mr . Haldbn ? The " Association ' s" agent . And had he no instructions from bis employers as to the terms he should wake with emigrants ? or did be go in the very teeth of all bis instructions ? Did the " Association" take care to tell Mr . Halden that they h&d no land ; and did he still proceed to sell land to the emigrants ? No . no ; Mr . Melleb did not venture upon any of these assertions—with

      the printed prospectus and the " Estates in Prince Edwvird'a Island" and the " Million Capital" Btaring him in the face . It was a little too bare even for a lawyer ' s fase . Besides , Mr . Halden seems not to iiave been their only agent . They had another , a Mr , —Oh ! no ; not Mr . —a Sir A . M'Nab—we really must not forget the titles , for these are almo st all titled nabs . " Well ; they had an agent in the person of Sir A . M'Nab—for whose guidance , it seems , they had issued " official instructions , " containing this ; statement : —

      « These instructions apply to Upper Canada only ; the association having already acquired estates in Lover Camilla to the extent of 366 . 892 acres in addition to large estates in Prince Edward ' s Island and other colonies . " And these " official instructions" were actually issued and published , when the scamps know that , as a company , they had not a single acre of land

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      in any part of the world , nor a shilling wherewith to buy it !! And ! yet these fellows impudently tell the publio , through their lawyer , Meller , that they had no intention to deceive ! and have the audacity to prate of the hardship that they should have any blame ^ HRor the suffering they have brought upon the poor oonflding people ! The more jwe look at the whole matter , and the more thoroughly contemptible and disgusting ia the light in whioh we see the conduct of the entire noble firm . The only man who seems to

      have established for himself any claim at all to exception from the general culpability is Dr . Rolph . Nothing oould more strongly prove the iniquitous influence and tendency of the whole of the olassregulation and distinction whioh now pervades society , than the foot that , with his strong , clear , and humane mind—with his evident wish to procure something like justice for the poor people—the Lord Mayor yet shrunk from anything like effective characterising of tho conduct of the noble partners in this precious firm ; and sought every possible shield and cloak for them . He said : —

      " What dreadful mischief arises from the use of high names in cases of this kind I I have no doubt that the ntblemen and gentlemen whose names appear on this paper were wholly ignorant of the nature of the proceedings to which it might appear they lent their sanction . " . " I cannot , looking ' over this prospectus , conceive It possible that any of the individuals would Buffer these poor emigrants to be imposed upon . " Mr . Campbell—How comes it then , my Lord , that they have done so ? " !

      " Tbe Lord Mayor—I dare say that some of these noblemen have , under the impression that the association was calculated to do good , allowed their'names , from a benevolent feeling alone to be used . I am convinced that not one of jtbem ever dreamt that a number of poor emigrants would be sent out to an isolated spot with a month ' s provisions , to iun the chance of climate and the various contingencies to which persons in a country unknown to them must be subjected . " Now , it might be sufficient to remark on this that the Lord Mayor ' s excuse for the ** Noblemen and

      Gentlemen" implies that they must be the most arrant fools alive . Besides which , it was clearly stated and uncontradioted by his counsel , that the Duke of Argyll took the lead at all the publio meetings , and made no secret of attaching bis high name to the acts of the Association , and that his Grace ' s correspondence with the late Lord Mayor clearly proved that fact . His Lordship sought further to throw the cloak of

      oharity around the "Noblemen and Gentlemen" by the intimation that their names might have been used without their sanction at all ; and advised <( that the poor people desirous to emigrate should take care before they s wallow the contents of a printed prospectus , with exalted names attached , to inquire of the persons whose signatures afforded so strong a recommendation whether they authorised the use of their names . " I

      He fished hard for evidence of this kind to exculpate Borne ot the long list of Lords , Baronets , &c , with the Noble Duke at tbe top , which he held in his hand connected with this nefariety ; but it was " no go . " They were too deep in the mud for the good natured Loas Mayob to get them oat . Dr . Rolph settles it thus ;—" The Lord Mayor—Were the whole of the names mentioned in the prospectus sanctioned by the parties themselves J" j " Dr . Rolph—Daring the protracted investigation which took place before the committee of inquiry , satisfactory evidence was adduced by Sir R . Broun to prove that no names were inserted without due authority . " !

      Now we venture to j give on our own account a piece of advice in reference to this and like sharking companies of Emigration bubbles blown up with big names ; and our advice is , just have nothing at all to with them . Never mind whether they have authorized their names or not ; for it seems frem the investigation of this case to make little matter . JnBt keep at home and see' if you can't raise a Home Colonization Company ! of your own , with more of benefit and less of risk from roguery . We have now before us the prospectus of an IriBh scheme of this eort , headed by Mr . Daniel O'Connell , by five Catholic PriasCs and Dignitaries , one Baron , and

      thirteen Esquires . This is called " The Catholic Emigration Society ; " and it purports to be "an institution to regulate Emigration and to secure to the emigrant the realisation of his hopes of bettering his condition , " and it professes to have a capital of £ 200 , 010 , in shares of £ 10 each ; and it tells also of "the society ' s lands , " and of " issuing debentures" upon those lands " for sums of £ 25 and upwards . " We calculate that no man with a grain of sense will have anything to do with this Irish speculation , while the Scotch one is yet ringing its disastrous consequences in his ears , or while these consequences stand on record . Let the people cultivate the land at home before they lend themselvea to the foreign speculations of Noble ftmigrationists , and risk a ruin more { perfect than even that they now endure .

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      TO THE PEOPLE . My Friends , —I mast again oall upon you to bestir yourselves . I never do so without urgent necessity ; and there certainly is , now , a necessity most urgent . I have this day ( Thursday ) received a " call to Judgement" in the following terms : — ' ? THE QUEEN AGAINST FKARGUS O ' CONNOR AND

      OTHERS . "Take notice that you are hereby required to attend in her Majesty ' s Court of Queen ' s Bench , at Westminster , on Thursday the fourth day of May next , tbei and thereto receive the ' judgment of the said Court upon a certain indictment whereupon you were convicted at the last Assizes ! held at Lancaster , in and ( or oar county of Lancaster , j " Dated this twenty-fourth day of April , one thousand eight hundred and forty-three . " Gregory . Faulkner , & Co ., "( Solicitors fer the Prosecution . " To William Hill , one of tbe above defendants . "

      Like notices have , I presume , been served on all the defendants . Intelligence has yet ORlyreaohed me from Cooper and Arthur , each of whom has got his billet . It has not taken me by surprise ; I had notice of its coming , and expected it . I had also learned , before receiving this document , that Government intend to work hard—that they mean to have in all—fifth count men , as well as others . Every man is to be " shopped" if it can be done at all . No power of sophistry and l&wyerism which money can purchase will be wanting to prove black white and disagreement union . The tug will , in all probability ,

      be in the law of the fifth count . Nothing can be clearer to common sense than that the fifth count cannot involve any crime ; but common sense and law— j 11 have oft-times no connection . " Hence it will not do to i bring against Lawyer-gab the mere common sense of honest men . In the " tag of war" " Greek" must : meet " Greek . " Lawyers must be met by lawyers . There are also some matters in the fourth count , which , if I mistake not greatly , will afford fair exercise for lawyergab . And , at all events , there are in many of the individual oases abundant circumstances which

      handled skillfully , may , in all ( probability save to ns the services of some of our best men . But all this needs the funds . Not a bit will the lawyers work without money . Money will be unsparingly used against us . Will you suffer your noblest friends and best champions to lack any advantage whioh your utmost exertions can procure them by a counter application of the same mighty lever I Nay ; I ask not for them but for yourselves—for the cause —for our country ! Can these men be spared from the movement ! mast they , ai all events , leave it without

      a struggle—a last struggle and a mighty one—being made ! Have their long services , their ardent devotion , their rained families , no claims upon your sympathy ! I know the very naming of these things is an insult to you ]; and that you are readier to rush to the rescue ] than I am to call you . I know your nobleness of nature : but I know also tho greatness of your oppression ; and hence I entreat you , like Sampson , " for this once , " lay to your whole strength , that the pillars of the foul temple of corruption being grasped , may fall toge-

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      ther , and bring down the edifice along with them There are many things for which money will be wanted besides the lawyers . This summons must be answered personally . Your friends will have to travel up to London , and this will cost money . They should be in London a day or two before the time and the arguments may be long , and staying in London is expensive . They may need also some previous preparation * and their families must be looked to . You must not send them op with the heart-breaking burden on their minds , that their best beloved ones are left to

      perish , or next door to it , while they are secluded from the world . Mind you , I know not that any of them will be secluded—but it may be so—and you ought always to provide amply for the worst that may come . They may also , if you bestir you well comeback , to cheer your hearts with patriotism which shall show you that they deserve all youj efforts . I never help the enemy by gloomy antici pations ; but I like always to be prepared ; and so ought you ; and hence I thus write to you . The time is short . This day week , remember . Stir , Btir ! Thank God , I do not yet need to ask you on my own account , and I can therefore press you tbe more confidently for those who do

      need it . Not one shilling of your money has yet been appropriated to my expenoea or defence in any shape , nor shall it now . I caa do without it , and I bold that every man who can do without it ought ; there are enough of those who cannot . If the . time come when my private means fail , I shall not be slack in requiring from you what my services may have earned . Nor will yon , I know , be alack to give it . That time may come : thank God it has not yet come . Bat remember that nearly all , if not indeed all , of our best men are otherwise situate , and forgive me if I again say for once indeed , stir . Let the money pour in . Send it to John Cleave , or to this office to Mr . Ardill , and do not be sparing .

      To my fellow " conspirators" I have a word to Sy Eyery man should be thinking of the circumstances of his own particular case which may best tell in mitigation of punishment , and get affidavits of them drawn at once for the consideration of the Court ; aad every one should be in London on Tuesday night at latest , so that a meeting and consultation can be had * before coming into Court—and so that each may have the advice of the indefatigable

      Roberts , of Mr . O'Connor , and of such other lawyers as the state of the funds may have enabled them to employ . I give these general suggestions for general benefit . My own coarse is fixed . No arrangement which may be come to by others will alter it or at all affect me individually . Again I say to the whole people , stir , stir ; aad if you have any love for yourselves , your country , and the common cause , now prove it . Send op ths meana to fight this battle well .

      God save you all , and speed the Charter . Northern Star Ofiice , Wm . Hiix . Tauraday Noon , April 27 , 1843 . P . S . —AH my many friends whom I have pro * mised ere long to visit will now see that a " may be" is interposed . I do not expect any alteration in their plans need be made , but we shall soon know . It may be that this is my last opportunity of saying a word to you through the Star of some months . I do not expect this , but it may be so : and if so , farewell—see that in my absence it be nourished with your favour , and made to shine brighter and farther than it has ever done before ,

      It will be under the care of one who has often been of great assistance to me in its arduous duties heretofore ; and who , therefore , will not be strange either to it or to you ; one upon whose judgment I would rely in preference to that of any mania England , always excepting my own , and on whose honesty , had I a thousand lives I would risk them all without the tremor of a single nerve . Tim Star will lose nothing by losing me , if I am to be " looked up , " whieh I do not expect . Bat if I be , I then " command you on your duty" to support the Star ; while I have never before asked euch a thing of or from you . W . H .

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      Notice . —Many of the London readers of tbe Star could not procure their copies of the paper last week This disappointment occurred from the post offloe servants having misdelivered a large parcel ( directed to Mr . Cleave ) to a news-agent in a distant part of the town , whioh parcel Mr . C . did not receive until Tuesday evening . The disappointed subscribers are now assured that they can obtain their papers from Mr . Cleave , and it is earnestly hoped that the Chart * ists generally of the Metropolis will take care that the Northern Star does not suffer any loss in its circulation from the negligence of the Post Offioa

      folk . Mb . Mead is at the service of any Society which may . request his aid . His address is No . 1 , Hatchet Street , Newtown Row Birmingham . If the friends at Burton-upon-Trent make no objec tions , he will pay them a visit . If they mil communicate with him on the subject , orsena their Secretary ' s address , he wilt feel very much obliged . A FRIEND TO SuFPBBtNG HUMANITY ' S KKtlKP MS given Is . to Mr . Sinclair , No . 2 b , HighBme , Newcastle , for Mr . Cockb-irn . This is the first donation Mr . S . has received for that ream dadilute individual ; but it is sincerely hoped two mipK tut nan affnrd ta assist him totf / come / fl ™"" " *

      ¦ and render their aid in procuring a sum mat will enable him to purchase materials for commencing his Business of Mattrass-maker . Bemg stone blind , he is unable to procure a hvelwm by any other means ; and is now in the u'mMj stale of destitution a human being can be r < &u <* to-necessitated to live , or rather ewtt oy w * cold charity of strangers . Can this not be prevented ? Can Cockburn not be enabled to uiotk for his living 1 Any sum handed to Mr . Sinclair for him , will be most thankfully received , ana duly acknowledged through the Star . . . Notice . —The Demonstration Committee of the «» Convention make their last application , » " «?"« £ ina the Dinner Ticket money due . to be paid f at

      Wednesday evening next , at 8 o ' cl'clc , wr . Hawkins ' s , Crown and Anchor , corner ef oear Alley , Fatringdon Street ; or the various fersm will be published defaulters in thehtaxof ^ n week ; -a portion of the debt of the said dinner at the White Conduit House remaining unvm to the disgrace of the Chartist body a * 4 the cause . —By order , Feargus G LoshOB , RuFFr EiDtBT . CLBRKENWEtt . —Noticb . —It m particularly « fl * f * j ed that the Members of this locality will meet « the Old Blue Lion , 15 , Coppice Row , on Mo ray evening next , at 8 o ' clock . , to Fenae & P . Me K — We kno'o not of a ^/ ^^ Jl be had in the case to which his letter rejer The law of England is so tender of femalt mrtue that it inflicts no punishment whatever < m » ___ - » . « ~ . J .. ~ . ~ ~ **~* £ Jlr , n mirrtinn ICOtlMffli *"

      then leaves her and her child to shift ff S ^ - selves : unless both mother and child actual ® P into the workhouse . The parish might i ™"™ cover from the putativei father the actu < f L ^\ the child ' s maintenance , and no more l ,. ¦ ottf ther has no redress whatever . This « Christian-like way of preserving morals in "' country . We hope our Scotch friends "dmtre ^ - W . Davies . —The prospectus he sends lists an saver-Q . x " —We never before heard of a " suite ofc ^ hs , " and suppose nobody else ever did . . , _ David Pott , Birmingham .- We have sent his ui ^ to Mr . Cleave , which is all we can do v """ ^ Richabd Mabsden . —His letter is received ,, < w . columns are loo full to allow of its % nserim * S . B . —Tull ' s Husbandry , by Cobbett . G . Smith . —No room this week . A Constant Readsb , Ddnfebmunb , must wu »

      ' like answer . J . B . C—No room . . «« . Abbroath Chartists . —Their advertiserAent «« four shillings . Mr . Hill will be ttappy to *** them among the rest of the brethren W " * "Land o Cakesg always with the august ££ mission of my Lords the Queer / S Justices- " they send him the address of their Secre ' . aiV '

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      Thb Q . XJSKS . —The *• interesting situation" of the Queen is made the subject of daily reports in the London prints . She appears , from all that we can gather , to have passed the time prescribed for her by the gossips when she ought to have brought forth another proof of her affection for her subjects . The Qieen , it is said , has behaved rather ill in this ; she has actually deprived her ministers of their Easter holidays , as they have had to dance attendance at her bedside , instead of kicking their heels in the oonntry during the Easter recess .

      Thb Duke op Sussex . —This Royal Duke , who has been for some time suffering under severe illness , seems to be fast , sinking under disease and old age . Several physicians and surgeons are in hourly attendance upon him , but their servioes seem , from the tenor of the London papers , to be of little avail . Of course , daily bulletins are issued , and the greatest interest" is said to he manifested on his behalf , all the hangers on upon Royalty paying their devoted respects at his residence . Lohdoh Stock Exchakgk , Thursday Evening . — Business was rather brisker in the English funds

      to-day , an increase being occasioned by the com * mencement of public transfers in the reduced secu rities . As this particular olasB of stock was in good demand at advanced prices , the feeling is that in all jirobability tbe Government will forego the long anticipated decrease of interest , and seek by some more popular financial operation to economise the expenditure on the debt of the country . There were no transactions of particular interest negotiated in the course of the business of the day , bnt nevertheless on the whole tbe market In every respect was better as d more firmly supported than previously .

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      FOB THB NATIONAL i > BFENCB FUN * . ^ D . P . Ramsbottom ~ . -. «~ ~* ° ? ft A Friend , Clayton Wep . ' t „ ~ — ° \ ft Prom the GhartiBta ot Croyden , Surrey «~ » * 0 W ., E ^ remont , Cumberland w . ... — ° \ s Two Friends , per . J . Sweet , Nottingham ... ° FOB TnE VICTIM WUSD . t From the Chartists of Croyrten , Sartey . ° FOB MRS . ELLIS . From the Chartists of Croyden , Surrey ... °

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      4 THE NORTHERN STAR .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 29, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct479/page/4/