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    • THE HOBTHEEH STAB SATUKDAY, JITNIS 58, 1S49.
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      ' . THE -N-ORTHEB * STAR . ' _ _ ... — - fa « 3 , 18 ^ — - ^^ n =- i ^^^^^ DOMESTIC .

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      tSeITISH EMTIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY . J ) Onan Adrance your Rent is Saved , —you become your own land and Householder . Patrons . —T . S . Dcntouse , Esq ., M . P . T . Waklev , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Cabbell , Esq ., M . P . L . 3 . Hansasd , Esq ., ' M . P . Bankers . —The Commercial Bank of London ( Branch ) , 6 , Henrietta Street , Covent Garden . landon Ojice . —So . 13 , Tottenham Court , Sew Road , St Pancras , London . —Damel 'Whuah Ruffi , Secretary . Abbasged is Theee Sbctioss . ——Value of Shares and Payments for Investors . PnllShare .. .. £ 120—payment of 2 s . 4 $ d .- $ Week , or 10 s . 6 d . per Month . Half Share .. .. GO — 1 24 — 5 3 — Quarter Share .. .. 30 - 0 7 | - 2 8 — Af-p lieiints are requested to state in their form the Section they desire to he a Member of . Ko SCBV ~ v , jas ' j Solicitous " , ov Redemption Fees . —The present Entrance Fee , including Certificate , Rules , < fce ., is is . per Share , and 2 s . for any part of a Share . Price of Rules , including Postage , Is . - OBJECTS lst-To enable mentes to buM Dwehing Houses . » tti .-To pve to Depositinf ; Members a higher rate ofln-2 nd . ^ brd the means ofpurcha ^ both Freehold *^ J 3 S £ 8 ££ ^^ and leastliold Properties or Land . Children , or Husbands for their Wives , « r for Marriage Srd . — ~ o -Advance Mortgages on Property held by Settlements , members . 7 th . —To purchase a piece of Freehold Land of sufficient 4 th . —To tr . ab"" » Mortgagors being members to redeem value lo give a legal title to a County Vote for Menibei's of tteirMortgs ^ -s . ' ' " ^____ Parliament - ^ , _ tj ; j m ,. ~ this section every person in town or country can become the proprietor of a House and Land . . 5 * " ™^ i . » M ] bourljooU \ tritliout lwing removed from his friends , connexions , or the present means himself andfamily IMy ^« fT !! lTlrmsra cV ^ bys ! mMtopOT ^ Estates ' ercct Dwellings thereon , and divide the Land into n ^ ftWim lialf-an-acre upwards , in or near the towns of the various branches of the society . The property to be auomienis i-on ^ ^^ member after a term of years , from tbe date of location , according * o his subscriptions . the mm / ' -- _ savin" or Deposit section , in which members not wishingto purchase are enabled to invest small sums , . — ^ mi ' -i-est at the rate ef five per cent por annum , oa every sum of 10 s . and upwards so deposited . . j * -g _ £ 50 i -will be advanced to the members of tbe first Section in July next , when all persons who have and may tu ^ raiie members for Shares , or parts of Shares , on or before the 4 th of July next , and whs pay six months' subscripgons in advance , or otherwise , will be eligible for an advance .

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      » also , - nTHE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES . J Enrolled pursuant to Act of Parliament Thus securing to its members the protection of the law for theii funds and projwrty . Legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , -with the privilege of appointing Medical Attendants Agents , 4 c An opportunity is now offered , to healthy persons , np to Forty Years of Age , of joining these flourishing Institutions in town or country . JlPSBON OniCE . —1 3 , Tottenham Court , Kew Road , St Pancras ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham Court-road ) JXaxiEb Wielmx ltuFFr , Secretary . ; ~^~ c " rat--ons . —T . S . Dcncombe , Esq ., M . P . T . Wakixt , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Cabbell , Esq ., M . P . F . O'Cosxox , Esq ., M . P . L . J . Haksabd , Esq . Li the short space of Five years these societies have paid the following benefits to their members . sujimaex of claims . £ s . d . Sickness and Superannuation .. .. .. .. 3 , 48 G 14 . 7-Accouchments .. .. .. .. .. 1 , 0 U 3 0 0 ? Funerals .. .. .. .. .. .. 904 4 9 loss by Fire .. .. .. .. .. 55 2 0 £ 3 , 449 1 4 Present Capital funded in the Bank of England .. .. £ 2 , 186 10 5 These Societies are in sis divisions or sections , for the Members to receive the following Benefits according to ' their Subscriptions : — Fnssr Division ' . ' Foebth Division . Entrance according ; to age , from 5 s . to 10 s . Monthly Con- Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . Cd . to 8 s . Cd . tribu'lous fortSckness and Management , 2 s . id . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , Is . 4 d . £ s . d . Allowance , iu Sickness , per -week .. 0 IS O £ s . ^ d . Member's i ' suus-al .. .. .. ' .. 20 8 0 j Allowance in Sickness , per ' week .. .. 090 Ditto "Wife's or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 10 0 0 ' Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 "Wife's L \ iu ? -in .. .. .. .. 2 0 01 Member ' s Wife or Xominee ' s ditto .. .. 5 0 0 J > jssbyl'i ! e , » rtTO .. .. £ 6 O 0 to 20 0 0 Wife's Lying in .. .. .. .. 100 Sujeranuu-iaon . per week .. .. 0 C 0 Loss by Fire , from .. ,, £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 Second ^ Division-. Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0

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      HATS ! HATS ! HATS ! IP YOU WANT A REALLY CHEAP AND FASHIONABLE HAT , GO TO ECXERSLEY'S CELEBRATED HAT MART , 25 , CPtOTCX-STItEET , OPPOSITE THE UPPER GEORGE IKS HALIFAX . OBSERVE THE LAP . GS GOLDEN HAT OVER THE DOOR . ¦ i ¦ -.... ¦ —i . ¦ - _¦ -. i . ¦ ¦ — . - .

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      REGISTER : REGISTER ! REGISTER ! BbivPul & hetl , and ready for circulation , by the iiiioxAL Electiox axd Regisihaiiox * Committee , A COMPLETE HAXD BOOK AND GUIDE TO REGISTRATION , compiled from the Reform Act and other Parliamentary Papers , making the subject of Registration so plain and simple , as to bring " it within the capacity of all classes . Pnblisi-jd by James " Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Headpassage , Paternoster-row , London , andseld oyall booksellers in the United Kingdom . Price , enly Three Pesce . Mayal ^ o behad of the Seeretaryj James Ghassbv , SG , Itc- £ « .-jii-srreei , Lambeth .

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      CAUTION . Unprindi ^ c-d persons , tahin ^ advantage of the celebrity of " 1 > H . LOCOCKrS WAFERS , " attempt m foist upon tlie public various Pills and - NiKTUEES under nearly similar names . Tbe puHiir is cautioned that all such preparations are spurious . i : T . i an imposition : the . only genuine Medicine has , besides the v . oi-ds "Dn . Lococx ' s Waiebs" on tlie Stamp , the Sigmitmv of Hie Proprietor's Sole Agents , Da Suva and Co ., «; n xlie Pircciions given with every Bos , lvithout which nOKt are Genuine . UNDER ROYAL PATRONAGE . PERFECT FREEDOM PROM COUGH , In Ten 3 . « nies afier « se , and a rapid Cure of Asthma and Consumption , and all Disorders of the Breath and Lun ^ Sj is insured by DE . LOCOCK ' S PULMONIC WAFERS . The truly wonderful jKnvers of this remedy have called fonh testimonials from ali ranks of society , in an quarters of the world . The following have been just rec rived : —

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      FIXSBURY LECTURE ROOM , 34 , ClerkenweU Green . \ SUPPER WILL TAKE PLACE ON -OL Monday Evening , Jose Hth , in honour of Mr . Dcncomee's restoration to health and return to Ids parliamentary duties . The chsir wiU be taken by M . P . Lee . The following gentlemen have been invited and wiU attend : — Messrs . Stallwood , Bobson , Peel , Green , and Winters , of the Central Committee of United Trades Association , and other talented advocates of the Rights of Labour wiU also be present Supper on tlie table at half-past eight o'clock . TICKETS Is . 8 < L EACH , To he had of the Secretary any evening during the week at the above address . W . Alnott , Sec .

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      TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His ltoyal Highness Prince Albert . Now Ready , THE LONDON and PARIS SPRING and SUMMER FASHIONS for 1849 , by Messrs . BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-Sfmare , London ; and by GEORGE BERGER , Holy well-street , Strand ; a splendid PRINT , elaborately finished , and superbly coloured , tlie LANDSCAPE , a correct view in the Queen ' s Botanical Gardens , London , ( by special permission , ) the most magnificent place in Europe . This beautiful picture will be accompanied with' tlie most novel , good fitting , and fashionable Dress , Biding , Frock , and Hunting Coatl'atterns , both double and single-breasted ; Hussar's Youth ' s round Jackets , plain and with skirts ; single and double-breasted Dress , Morning and Evening Waistcoats ; also the most fashionable and newest style Habit Pattern ; every particular part of each pattern fuUy explained , and an illustration of everything respecting Style and Fashion ; price 10 s . Sold by Read and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-squarc , London ; G . Berger , HolyweB-strcet , Strand ; and aU Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      qiOOTH-ACHE PERMANENTLY ± CURED by using BRANDE'S ENAMEL , for filling decaying teeth , and rendering them sound and painless . Sold by Chemists everywhere . Price Is . per packet .

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      CHARTIST SILK FABRICS . MESSRS . CLARK ANT ) WARREN ' beg most respectfuUy to caU the attention of the De . mocrats of Great Britain to the tbUowing splendid assortment of Keek and Pocket Handkerchiefs , Black Satin Vestpieces , Ladies' Chartist Coloured Satin and Tabby-Dresspieces ; also a splendid assortment of Ladies' plain and figured Seek Ties , 'which have just come to hand from their manufacturer at Macclesfield , and it is their intention to forward tliem ( carriage free ) to aU parts of Great ' Britain and Ireland at the following prices : — £ s . d . Ladies' Dress-pieces , fourteen yards to the dress , 3 s . per yard .. .. .. .. 220 Genflemen's Extra Strong Black Satin Vesting , per Test .. :. .. .. . .. 010 0 Ditto , Neckerchiefs , Rich Oporto Ducapes , Plain and Plaided .. ... .. i . 5 0 Ditto , ditto , Satin Ducapes , Plaided .. 0 5 0 Ditto , ditto , Napoleon Blue Satin Brussels , Crimson Borders - ¦ •¦ ' 0 4 C Ditto , - ditto ,- Extra Rich-Black Satin

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      NOW READY , WITH THE JUNE MAGAZINES . . ¦" Just published , No . I . of . . THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW Of BRITISH and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , and LITERATURE . Edited by G . JULIAN HARNEY . contents : ' 1 . The Editor ' s Address to the Working Classes . 2 . Letter to the Trades . 3 . Our Inheritance : The Land , Common Property . 4 . The French Elections . 5 . Political and Historical Review—Domestic and Foreign . . 6 . Louis Blanc and Annand Barbes . 7 . Literature : —Prentice ' s America ;¦ Louis Blanc's Appeal to Honest People . 8 . Correspondence : —The Sheffield Election , & c , & c . FORTY PAGES-PRICE THREEPENCE ! London : S , Wine Office-court , Fleet-street . To be had of aUBooksellers and News Agents in Town and Country .

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      THE SUFFERING PATRIOT , ERNEST JONES . FN ORDER TO RAISE FUNDS FOR 1 THE SUPPORT OF MRS , J 0 NE 3 AND HER FAMILY during the imprisonment of Mr . Joxks , a SPLENDID CHINA SILK SHAWL hasbeen obtained , to be DIsPOSED OF-BY TICKET , As Mr ; Jones ' s incarceration is the result of his disinterested and enthusiastic labours in behalf of the people , it is confidently expected that they will manifest their appreciation of his labours by ministering to the support of his family during his incarceration , Tickets , Is . each , may be obtained by applying to Mr . Jomf Colpabd , jun ., Union-street , or Mr . Uriah IIincuclih'e , Darley-street , Halifax .

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      XUE CHEArCST EDUlua CVU ( l-UUbUJUBD , Pricels . Gd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of th & .. Author , of PANE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Ready , a New Edition of O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . THE LABOURER MAGAZINE . Vols . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , may still be had , ' neatly bound , price 2 s . 6 d . each No . 4 , the Number containing Mb . 0 'Cosnok's Treatise on the National Land Company ;" No . 10 , the one containing Mr . O'Connor ' s Treatise "On the National Land and Labour Bank connection with the Land Company : "Have lately been reprinted , and may be had on application , Price 6 cL each . Imperfections of the ' Labourer Magazine' may still be aad at tlie Publishers .

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      In a neat Volume , Price Is . Gd . "The Evidence taken by the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into the National Land Company . " This Volume ought to be in tlie hands of every Member Of the Company , as it strikingly illustrates th « care and economy thathave been practised in the management of the Funds of the Company , and proves , beyond -contradiction , the practicability of the Plan which the Company was established to carry out .

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      Just published , Nos . i „ II ., and III ., Price Sixpence Each , of THE COMMONWEALTH . IHEPORTAKT PUBLICATIONS . Proceedings of . the National Convention , B'hich assembled at London in April , 1848 . Thirty two very large and solid pages : price only Threepence . The Trials of the Chartist Prisoners , Jones , Fussell , Williams , Vernon , & Looney , Twenty four very large and fidl pages : price only TIa'ce pence . Sold by J . Watson . Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternosterrow , Loudon ; A Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchester ; and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And by all Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      TO BE DISPOSED OF , The person being about to emigrate , A FOUR-ACRE SHARE IN THE tl NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . No reasonable offer will be refused . Apply ( if by letter , pre-paid , with a stamp - for reply ) to E . < J ., at E . Sclioley ' s , Midgate , Peterborough .

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      CIRCULATION—THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND THE FAMILY FRIEND A MON-T 1 ILY PERIODICAL . UNRIVALLED IN CHEAPNESS , INTEREST , AND ' USEFULNESS ,

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      Jessy Lisd . —The Journal des iJebats of Tuesday says : — " Mdllo . Jenny Lind is at this moment in Paris . This very day ( Tuesday ) she has taken out her passports for Sweden , her native country ; and it appears certain that the marriage , about which there has been so much idle talk in England , is definitely broken off . " Admiral Van Thkomp , the Prieslaxd Dwabf . — In the Sheriff ' s Court , the case of Thompson v , Hannema proved somewhat -amusing . The plaintiff , who was described as connected " with the public press , sought compensation in damages from the defendant , the father of the Dutch dwarf , for a breach of contract . The dwarf , it appeared , was introduced to the public by the plaintiff ,: who was to divide tho profits with his father . The Queen

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      E. Scnohexbegs To Acknowledge The Follow...

      E . ScnoHExbegs to acknowledge the following sums for the Victim Fund ( forwarded herewith ) : —S . Auckland , Is . ; W . Simpson , 2 d . : T . 'l ' arrish , Id . ; E . Loomes , 2 d . ; 1 . Muuton , Id . ; G . Roffe , 2 d . ; E , Scholey , ' 8 d . j William Carter , 4 d .: T . Harrison , 2 d . The Chartists of Peterborough suggest tlie adoption of a penny subscription throughout the country for the support of the Victims Wives and Families . „ , „„' . „„ J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums ( senWierewilhJforthe Victim Fund , viz . :-Mrs . doyiies , 3 d . ; Mr . Smith , Gd . ; Mr . Chinindale , « d . . Mr . M . Wilie , Busby . -Keccived ; also the previous one on Mr . J . ' gaijs ' St . Hellicrs . —Your quarter terminated on the

      T . C . Hewihon , Beadhouses .-K is an imposition on the ¦ part of the deliverer . If not discontinued write to the ' l ' ostmaster-Seneral . ., . „ , ..., C s " St . Marah ' s-at-Oak .-Youmay obtain the portrait of * Alr / O'Connor on application to Mr . S . Boonham , 1 M , High Holborn . 'We believe the chargs isls . plain , 28 . GU . coloured . - . . ' , * ' Mr . T . Obmeshbh acknowledges the receipt of the following sums for the support of the Kirkdale prisoners : —St . Helen's , per John Pemberton , Is . tid . ; Toduiorden , per Richard Barker , 15 s . ; Stockton-on-Tees , per Thomas Dally , 4 s . ; A Friend , at the " Mechanic Arms , ' is . ; Thrapstone , per JamesRowland , Gd . ; Bury , per J . Jones s Victim Box , 6 s . B . Ddnikan , Dunfermline . —Remit six postage-stamps , and the portrait wiU be forwarded . J . B ., Alerthyr , had better apply to Mr . Cleave , publisher , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street .

      Notice. Mr. O'Connor Will Do Himself The...

      NOTICE . Mr . O'CONNOR will do himself the pleasure of attending the meeting at the Milton-street Theatre , on Monday next . NATIONAL PETITION . In reply to our Trowbridge and other friends , relative tothe presentation of petitions for the Charter ,, we beg to say , that they should bo forwarded to the Members forthe district , and iddressed for them to the House of Commons , » oth ends being left open . And again we nust apprise our readers , that there is no . use n writing to other Members to support the jrayer ' of their petition , as no Member—not sv'en the Member presenting a petition—is alowed . 'to make a word of comment upon it . 3 iit we trust that every Member , on all sides ) f the House , will be suffocated with petitions . BENEFIT SOCIETIES . In reply to our friends of Alloa and other daces , we beg to say that next week we hope o be able to answer theb communications .

      The Hobtheeh Stab Satukday, Jitnis 58, 1s49.

      THE HOBTHEEH STAB SATUKDAY , JITNIS 58 , 1 S 49 .

      Foreign. The "Special Constable." It Is ...

      FOREIGN . THE "SPECIAL CONSTABLE . " It is the custom with WE'S to prophecy events when they have occurred , while WE , upon the other hand , have ventured to predict the future from passing occurrences . When the Special Constable of the 10 th of April , was adopted as the French President by the unsettled mind of France , we ventured to predict , that like his uncle he would make Ital y the scene of his juvenile military exploits , and that having embroiled France in foreign wars , his ambition would drive him to tho rejection of the office of Chief Magistrate of the

      Republic , and induce him to accept the title of Emperor . The French are a martial people , trained to arms , and have achieved that character of which they are proud , from THE NAPOLEON . He was his own Cabinet , Prime Minister , and adviser . In return , for torrents—nay , oceans—of human blood , he adorned the French capital with foreign trophies , and compelled conquered nations to pay the penalty of French barbarism , and thus drowned the moans of the dying—of the widow and the orphan—in the triumphs of an enthusiastic , conquering , warlike people . He compelled the Emperor Francis to beg his throne , who in return conferred his daughter upon the . Corsican Corporal . It must be

      remembered , however , that he was the man of Ins age—nay , the man who created the things of the age ; while the age and its folly has created the Special Constable as his representative . And now our prediction as to his making Italy the scene of his first exploits being fulfilled , we venture upon a more extended prediction . We predict that the next grand move of the league of European kings will be to foster and encourage the ambition of the Special Constable , to lure him iuto the Empehor ' s trap , for the mere purpose of striking a blow , at European Republicanism . If Europe were less convulsed than it is , and if the struggle for democracy were confined ^ to France , it is not improbable that the Legitimists of that country would seek to restore the

      OLD WOMAN OF CLAREMONT to the French throne ; an attempt from which they are only deterred by the present state of Europe , and in which the English MINISTER , if he dared , would cheerfully assist . But England is now bound over in a heavier recognisance than EIGHT HUNDRED MILLIONS OF , MONEY to keep the peace . She is bound over by the progress of mind of the present age , Avhile , by the ignorance of past times , the cry of " Church and King" was sufficient allurement to charm taxes , war expenses , and National Debt from the breechespocket of loyal Joun Bull . Those days of

      wild enthusiasm arc past and gone , and John of the present day is only now beginning to consider tho folly of John of the former times , and hence the British Minister will be driven to accomplish , by foreign intrigue , what his predecessor was enabled to effect by domestic credulity and folly . Wc would ask any sane or prudent , ay , or Christian man , whether tho human mind could invent a more fantastical folly than the imposition of a spiritual and temporal Monarch , with a staff of Cardinals as his Ministers , upon an enlightened people , who piously and heroically seek to separate the temporal and spiritual functions heretofore exercised by an individual .

      What would the people of England say if the Akchbisiiop of CANTEituuitY , as head of the Church , though not possessing the same amount of spiritual influence as the Pope , was appointed Regent of this country ? And what must be the feelings of the Catholic people of tho world at the sanction or toleration of the shedding-of human blood , for the mere purpose of preserving that temporal power in tlie hands of one whose whole time should bo devoted to spiritual purposes ? The French people have discovered this nefarious juggle upon the part of the Special Constable and

      his advisers , while the soldiers of the French Republic , who have been sent to destroy the Roman Republic , have revolted at the brutal duty thus brutally imposed upon them . Well , then , we conclude with our prophecy : it is this— " That , in tho present disturbed state of Europe—with Monarchs paralysed and thrones tottering under the influence of the progressive mind of man the ambition of the SPECIAL CONSTABLE will make him a pliant tool in the hands of , European Monarchs and cunning 'Ministers . ' Tlie next , device . will be to proclaim him Emperor of France , as the foundation for the establishment ofa new league

      of Kings against the new league of mind , with the view and intent—but vain hope—to suppress and for ever overthrow , that growing spirit of democracy * which is now to bo found in all countries and upon every passing breeze . This will be tried , but the attempt will fail . It is only postponed till the strength of the French Assembly is tested , and till the loyalt y of the French Republican army can be ascertained , and the English Special Constable , tho . tool in the hands of European Monarchs , will bethe first victim of Ministerial policy in which England will play the most prominent part . V ; ... >¦ .

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      THE RULE OF THE MAJORITY . In a previous article we have shadowed forth the future policy of foreign princes , patentatcs , and their Ministers . And we shall now call the attention of the reader to the only domestic policy by which those intrigues can be successfully met and successfully overthrown , and that policy is by conferring the representative power upon a majority of the people . And this never can be successfully , satisfactorily , or beneficially accomplished by

      any other practicable or even possible means , than transferring the .-Labour mart from the bastile , the gin-palace , the house of call , and the desolate cottage to the FREE LABOUR FIELD . We have , over and over again , invited professing friend and open foe to point out airy possible means by which the labourer can establish the value of his industry in the artificial market , save and except by attaining a perfect knowledge of its value in that Free

      Labour mart , over which no capitalist has control . And if , as we have stated one thousand times , the Land were locked up to-day we would not give twopence for the Charter tomorrow , because , through the influence of machinery , the same baneful competition would continue to range in the over-stocked Labour market . The present generation has been led captive by the whimsical folly based upon expectation , consequent upon the transfer of power , from the DO-NOTHING ; - INS

      to the PROMISE-EVERYTHING _ OUTS ; and so great , so powerful , and irresistible is the control of the respective staffs of those two parties , that a people , oft—nay , for everdeceived , are still caught in one or other of those traps . Let us now illustrate the position , or rather , the policy of the Ins . There was no measure to which the fathers in this country , and the mothers in this country , attached greater importance , than the Ten Hours Bill . In it they saw the probable prospect of then * little children being matured to something like healthy manhood ; to its provisions

      many humane and kind-hearted employers assented , while the most prominent Free Traders , who are now catering for popular support , are the loudest denouncers of this modicum of infant justice . Let us ask , then , if the working classes of this country could possibly have a clearer insight into tho effect of tho rule of capitalists , that the fact we have cited furnishes ? And can there be a , clearer illustration of the difference between the value of Free Labour and Slave Labour , than the fact , that a society of small farmers cultivating their own Land for themselves , would revolt against the limitation of their hours of labour , while the artificial slaves are contending for

      a limitation of their hours ? The argument has been frequently used , that a reduction of the hours of labour in the artificial market would lead to increased competition , consequent upon an increased surplus of hands ; but to such an assertion we have a ready answer . We admit that the fact would be so , if all were confined within the present artificial limits ; but this is a mere squinting , one-sided view of tho question , presented to the dependent slave through his employers' kalcidescope , while we take a more extensive view , and present Nature ' s uncultivated surface through Nature ' s telescope , to Nature ' s bondmen and fettered slaves . We say , that if the restriction of the hours of labour

      does create an artificial surplus in the artificial mart , open the natural market for the profitable employment of that competitive , unwilling idle reserve , and then you increase the value of every man ' s labour , and make ' all independent of all . Well , but with the desire upon the part of the employer to repeal the TEN HOURS BILL , how can the working millions hope to achieve justice from any Legislative Assembly , save and except one chosen by the people , and for the people ? It is for this reason- that while all other journal , ists are catering for the amusement of their

      nondescript readers , that we consider it our paramount duty to keep this LABOUR QUESTION constantl y and prominentl y before our readers , Europe is now convulsed from North to South , from East to West , wholly arising from the incapacity or disincli . nation of the gorged and pampered few to adjust tho Labour Question ; while , miraculous and Avonderful to say , one little Republic hemmed in by the snow-capped Alps ( Switzerland ) , and two Monarchies ( Belgium and Holland ) both most accessible of approach—remain quiescent in the midst of surrounding convulsion . And why ? Because in those

      countries industry is not fettered by the unnatural laws of primogeniture and entail—because the land is open to tenure and purchase —and thus , the natural field of labour being open to all , all find a market upon it . Can any man in his senses reflect upon the factthat Bel g ium , according to extent , has nearly double the population of England—that land that would fetch no more than a pound an acrein England , would fetch over five pounds an acre in Bel g ium , while land that would fetch thirty pounds an acre in England , if sold , would fetch from £ 150 to £ 200 an acre in

      Belgium ; that the tenure in Belgium is a nine years' lease , and during that period , in nine cases out of ten , the occupant , at the expiration of his tenure , is able to purchase his holding ; then let us ask what constitutes the tranquillity of Bel gium but tlie application of its land to the free employment and sustenance of its people ? Can this proposition be refuted ? But we will place it in a more prominent light , by contrast with unhappy Ireland . And we would ask , how comes it that with a more dense population , with a soil not half so fertile or productive , and with as great a failure of

      crops—how comes it , we would ask , in the face of such facts , that the Irish people have perished in thousands and hundreds of thousands of famine , Avhile we hear of no such calamity in Switzerland , Belgium , or Holland ? And the answer is prompt and ready . Because the rulers of Holland , Belgium , aud Switzerland , are under popular vigilant control , and the land of the country is profitably applied to the sustenance of its people ; while the land of Ireland , and of England too , constitutes the medium of traffic for its owners and instead of being , cultivated according to the standard of national requirements , it is cultivated by the standard of landlord

      subserviency and ministerial requirement . But with God ' s blessing and the hel p of his people , we will , ere long , see his gift to his children cultivated by them , and for tlicm , arid its fruits preserved to their kindl y use , so as in due time they may enjoy them ; but this will never be until those children demand and receive such a representation in the Commons House of Parliament , as will ensure the restoration of the land to those for whose benefit it was created , and this great and . glorious boon can only be achieved through their CHARTER , as all proposed substitutes are but " a MOCKERY , a DELUSION , and a SNARE . " : ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ • ¦ ¦ , '

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      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . After a short ¦ recess , ¦ the House of Commons re-assembled on Thursday , and proceeded , ma hum-drum sort of way , to dispose of- ' the hum-drum , business before it . : ' The highest statesmanship of the present Ministry is to do nothing , and the highest ambition . of the Legislature is to help them to do it . In reviewine the business disposed of , or in progress , at the faster recess , we showed how few and futile were the measures that mi ght be expected from the . present . Session , and the subsequent experience , we have had of its proceedings , fully bears out our statements upon that occasion . With the exception of the Navigation Laws , uot one measure of any generator , permanent

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      character has been passed ; and as there are m other measures having a claim to that eha racter before Parliament , and the remaining part of the Session will be quite short enough to dispose of the business , in various stages already introduced ; and to wind up the finan cial arrangements for the year , we may now pretty accurately calculate the amount of work which this third Session of a new Whig Parliament will perform . character has been passed ; and as tW » .,.. „

      The Budget will not detain it long , because come when it may , it will be a mere debtor and creditor statement . Under other Governments , thai annual financial statement used to be looked forward to with interest , as tho great event of the Session . It was made earl y , in order that the country and Parliament should have ample time to consider and digest the financial policy of the administration . Sir Charles Woos , last year , copied the example of preceding Governments as to time , but he blundered so egregiously , that he was obli ged

      —if we remember rightly—to produce , at various subsequent periods , no less than three or four editions , each of which differed from the other , and all of them were full of blunders . This yoar he hag taken the discreet course of getting all the money voted without having made any general statement at all ; and , wo presume , that in « stead of an anticipatory exposition of the Finances of the country , made at the commeneement of tho session , the Budget will , under our present delectable Ministry , become a mere resume of the votes of the House , pronounced just before Parliament breaks up for the moors . Such a change in this respect

      harmonises , however , with the stand-still and donothing policy of the Government . All they aim . at is , to get the money and spend it quietly . The revision of our system of Taxation , with a view to reducing its amount , or lessening its incidence upon the overburdened and struggling portions of the community , is an idea above their comprehensionj a task above their capabilities . The price the country must pay for being governed by such a set of Incapables is , to suffer the continuance of abuses—to see the national burdens increased , instead of diminished , and every proposition involvin g Constitutional and Financial Reform summarily scouted and negatived .

      The manner in which the House of Commons and the Ministry , treated Mr . Berkelev's motion , for leave to bring in a bill for taking the votes for the election of members by Ballot , illustrates and justifies this statement . That motion was defeated by mere brute force . The power of numbers was the only argument relied upon . There had evidentl y been a strong whip both on the Whig and tho Protectionist sides of the House . The latter were anxious to get away to their dinners , and therefore thought that saying nothing would accelerate the division , and release them from attendance ; the Ministers held their peace , because not one of them could have opposed the motion without

      stultifying and contradicting himself . Mr . Grantley Berkeley , amidst shouts of laughtor , enumerated most of the occupants of the Treasury Bench , as having voted in favour of the Ballot in 1842 . The laughter was loudest when the names of Lord Marcus Hill and Mr . Tuppnell , the Government whippers-iu , were recorded among the rest . These two Treasury hacks had made the " whip" against the motion , and upon them the dut y was to devolve of telling the votes on the part of the opposition to it , and of course of numbering their own iu that list . The decision which was thus come to , in the face of a previous resolution of the House—taken in connexion with the utter

      absence of anything like argument or reason on the part of the Ministry , was , Ave hesitate not to say , deej > ly disgraceful to the character of the House , and ought to destroy for ever the claims of Lord J . Russell and his on-hangers to the character of liberal politicians . We are by no means in favour of the Ballot in tho present state of tho representation . In combination with other organic changes , it would be a . very excellent and useful mode of securing political independence , and foiling corruption and intimidation . But its

      enactment with the present limited Suffrage , would deprive the unenfranchised of that power which they at present possess over those who are said to exercise the A ote in the capacity of trustees only . The people at largo being deprived of their undoubted ri ght , should know how the trust , exercised in their name by a selected part of the community , is fulfilled , and therefore , on that ground , we repeat that wo are not favourable to tho Ballot , under present circumstances . But still wo cannot avoid

      condemning , in the strongest manner , the brutal and contemptuous way in whicli amotion of such importance was treated by the Government and by Parliament . It is an indication of the reactionary spirit , by which both are animated , which ought to show the middle and working classes that there is no hope of any efficient improvement in national affairs , until the House ot Commons and the Representative system is thoroughly and radically reformed .

      It is doubtful , " however , whether that will be aided . by the members who now claim the title of Radicals . They are not in earnest ; they do not pull together ; there is neither concert nor determination among them , and hence the combined factions have it all their own way . If oven on this question of the Ballot , there had been any real and genuine earnestness among them , " they might have at least made the victory of Toryism less

      insulting , and more difficult to achieve . There were enough of them to have continued the debute for a few hours , and so deprived the silent aud sulky opposition of their dinners , or forced them to put up with a chop at Bellamy ' s . So long as Lord John and his Tory allies can win such easy conquests , they will rate very cheapl y the patriotism and the political integrity of the self-dubbed and would-be Radicals in the Houso of Commons .

      Our Colonial system gave rise to a somewhat interesting debate on the motion of Mr . Roebuck , who has given much attention to the subject . His proposals were comprehensive aud statesmanlike , and betokened the possession of greater constructive ability than we have given him credit for . Perhaps " tho geographical difference in the position of our own Colonies and the United States is so great as to weaken any analogy between thoin , and , therefore , to present difficulties to the establishment of such a Federative system as that

      proposed by .-Mr . Roebuck . But there can be no doubt in the mind of any man who has given the question the slightest consideration , that every Colony peopled by ' Englishmen should possess local representative institutions of its own ; that , in accordance with , the cha ractor and habits of Englishmen , they should transact their own business freel y , without let and hindrance , and control the expenditure of their own local taxation . Tins Mr . Roebuck proposed to give to all the Colonies so situated , and this the Government , sneaking throug h

      Mi \ Hawes , refused . Lord GuEYaud Mr . Hawes were once great Colonial Reformers , and loud talkers upon the subject . Both of them have now been pitchforked into office , and , with the usual consistency of officeholders , have turned their backs upon themselves . Instead of using the power and influence they are invested with for the purpose ol carrying out the views they expressed before being put in offi . ee , they use it to thwart and obstruct those who upon independent principles still continue to advocate these views .

      Lord Gre y may depend upon it , that the mere fact of his being elevated to the control of our Colonial Empire , has not removed the grievances which he used so forcibly to depict and dehoti & cfc . The want Of free local representative institaticm and a . control over the tea *

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 2, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02061849/page/4/