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    • THE NORTHEM STAB SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1850.
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      run * . —x . a .. ™« w— .,, ox .. « . » ... * .. . jiso ., Bur . if . l ! innrT > " . lir p F . O'Co > -xob , B « i ., M . P . LOTEj ^ HAssiiD E ^ : ^ T ^ 11 ^ . The Sod | lyis £ viaea into ^ fiwh ^ to meet ne ^ dties and requirements of ill classes of mechanics and : labourers , from fifteen years of a « tofartjy-five . This Society consists of about three' thousand mimbers and has a funded capital rfS ^ lfis . Si ; having paid the Momng snms for SS Sfai » 5 , 70 & 5 s . l 0 d . Funerals , 1 . 38 & Saperannuation , 301 . Qs . 4 d . Fire , 36 L 16 s . 5 ^ -10 ^ 7 ^^^ < ; ; 3 he following is thei SCALE OF FEES to bepaid at entrance : 3 s . must bei paid when admitted , and ^ the remainder can extend over aj * n « ri of sa months , tote - " lge «» 1 ™^ ct ^ ^ section . _ 3 rd section . ; . ; 4 th section . 5 th section . 6 th section . Froml 5 to 82 .... £ 0 5 s . 2 d . . „ . £ 0 4 s . & L .... £ 0 4 s . 2 d . . " ... £ 0 3 s . 8 d ..... £ 0 3 s . 2 d ..... £ 0 2 s . 2 dV ; — 82 — 36 .... 0 7 2 .... 0 6 8 .... 0 G 2 .... 0 5 8 ' 8 5 2 .... not admitted ~ SMS "" 5 ? 1 •¦•• ? I 5 ¦••• - * 8 8 '" » 8 2 ! ... ¦ over .., — 40—45 .... 112 .... 10 2 .... 019 8 .... 019 2 .... 0 18 2 .... tweatyyears . \ TEEKLY ALLOWANCE IN SICKNESS AND . SDPEE- MEMBER'S DEATH . —WIFE'S OB NOMINEE'S ; . ANXUATION . DEATH . FirstSectioa 18 s . Od . ...... 6 s . Od . - First Section .... £ 20 0 0 .... £ 10 , 0 . 0 Secondditto . 15 0 6 . 0 Secoadditto .... 16 0 0 .... 8 / 0 0 ThMditto 11 0 ...... 40 Third ditto .... 12 0 0 .... ; -6 ' -0 0 Fourthditto ...... 9 0 4 0 Fourthdltto .... 10 0 0 .... -5 0 0 Fiflholtto 7 0 4 n , Fifth ditto .... 6 0 0 .... 3 0 0 . Sixthditto 7 0 ...... none . Sixthditto . »• 2 10 0 .... . . . none--LOSSBrFHiE In all the Divisioas ( with the exception of theSixth ) £ 16 . Monthly contribntidns to ensure the above benefits . -.- . \ ¦> ¦¦; ¦ - ¦ UnderS 9 vearsofage . Under 40 . Under 45 . . : ; , FirstDivision .. 3 s . 71 d .. 3 s . lOJd .. ' ' 4 s . 3 Jd . ' Secoaa ditto ...- . 3 0 " I GeneralExpenses 3 2 } Insurance in caseof fire , 3 7 J Id . a month for Third ditto .... 2 4 including 2 6 can be raised to 15 k , ' 2 10 I Medical Fourthditto .. 2 0 « " Postaee , & c , 2 2 " IJd . a month extra , 2 51 ( " Attendance and FHthditto .... 18 IM . Monthly . 1 10 or 201 . 3 d . a month . ... 2 1 I Medicine . : sixthditto .... i 3 J .- — - , - ; a ^ . ' ... - — . Youthful . Gift , Widow and Orphans' Funds extra , for which , see the rules . Agencies are established in many of the principal Towns throughout the Queendom , and agents are required in allparts , tovchom a liberal allowance is made . Every information can be obtained , by application to the Secretary , at the Office ofthe Society , 13 , Tottenham-court , New-road ( thirteen doors from the top of Tottenham-court-road ) , St , Pancras , London . . . ... , . . . Persons in the Country applying for Rules can have them forwarded , by enclosing twelve postage stamps , and if for form -of application , or information , three stamps must be enclosed . m .. Damed WitniAK Rotft , General Secretary .

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      ALSO THE BRITI SH EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY On an Advance your Rent is Saved—you become your own Land and Householder . Patrons . — T . S . Dcscombe , Est , M . P . T . Wasiet , Esq ., M . P . B . B : Cabbeu ,. Esq ., M . P . L . J . Hansabd , Esq . Bankers . —The Commercial Bank of London ( Branch ) 6 , Henrietta Street , Covent Garden , Chairman of Directors . —Seobge W . IE Reikolds , Esq . . ' London Qjjice . —No . 13 , Tottenham Court , NewRoad , St Pancras , London . —Daniel Wiluah Rtjfit , Secretary . Aebakged is Three Sectioss . —Value of Shares and Paymentfor Investors . Full Share .. .. £ 120—payment of 2 s . 5 tL per Week , or 10 s . 6 d . per Month . •' ¦ •" . HalfShare .. .. 60 — 1 2 J — 5 . 3 — Quarter Share .. .. SO — 0 7 i — 2 8 — - ¦ ¦ : ¦ - ¦; . Applicants are requested to state in their form the Section they desire to be a Member of . No ScavEVOES * , SoucrroBs ' , oa Rebemphos Fees . —The present Entrance Fee , including Certificate , Rules , & c , is 4 s . per Share , and 2 s . 6 d . for any part of a Share . Price of Rules , including Postage , Is . ' OBJECTS . ' ¦ - V 1 st—Toenableroeml ) erstobuiIdDwellingHouses . 5 tk—To give to Depositing Members a hi gher rate of in 2 nd . —Toafibrd the means ^ purchasing both Freehold toest than is yielded by ordinary modes of investment and Leasehold Properties or Land , i ^ -10 ^ !? ! to make Endowments for theii 3 rd .-To adrami Morlsages on Property held by KnfentT for then-Wives , or for Marriag members . ^ 7 th . —To purchase apiece of Freehold Land of sufficient enable members to redeem value to give legal title to County Tote for Members

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      EMIGRATION . THE BRITISH EMPIRE PERMANENT EMIGRATION AND COLONISATION SOCIETY , " To secure to each . Member aFARM of notless than Twenty-five Acres of Land in AMERICA , By SmaU Weekly or Monthly Contributions . Lokdos Office : —13 , Tottenham Court , New-road , St Pancras . —D . W . Roffy , Secretary . OBJECTS . . To pin-chase a large tract of Land in the Western States To purchase in large quantities , for the common benefit , of America , upon which to locrate Members , giving twenty- all necessary live and dead stock , and other requisites , five acres to each Share subscribed for . supplying eacn member on location with the quantity re-To erect Dwellings , and clear a certain portion ofthe quired at cost price . Land on each aUotmcnt , previous to the arrival of the ' ^" prfvidefor the location of groups , holdingtheLand in ^ ^ tablish . a depot , fron which to provide eachfemily common , as well as for individuals , securing to each their mtix me wquwed quantity of wholesome food , until their collective and . separate lights and immunities . I own land produced sufficient for their support

      Talue Of Shares. Each Share To Be Of The...

      TALUE OF SHARES . Each Share to be of the ultimate Value of Twenty-five Pounds . To be raised by Monthly or Weekly Subscriptions , as fol ' joms : — A Payment of Ninepence per Week for Ten Years wiU amount to 19 M 0 & , Bonus , St . 10 s . Ditto Sixpence per Week for Fifteen Years will amount to- 19 L 10 s . Bonus , SL 10 s . Repayments may he made to the Society in Money , Produce , or Labour . Prospectuses , Soles , Forms of Application for Shares , and every other information , may be had at the Oflice as above .. AD applications by Letter , addressed to the Secretary , must he pre-paid , and enclose a postage stamp for reply , By enclosing twelve postage stamps a Copy of the Roles will be forwarded , post free . Forms of Entrance by enclosing three postage stamps . Agents required in all parts of Great Britain .

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      NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY ,. Enrolled , pursuant to statute Sth and 10 th Victoria , c . 27 . THE ABOVE SOCIETY , as amended and legalised , was formerly known as the XXTIOSAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY ; the managers of which have long seen the necessity of legal protection for the secarify of its members . In framing the new rules , care has been taken to equalise the expenditure irith the receipts , so that the permanent success of the bociety should be beyond all doubts . The Society is divided into three sections , to meet the necessities and requirements of all classes of mechanics and labourers , from eighteen years of age to forty . 2 HE FOLIOWISQ IS THE SCALE OF FEES TO BE PAIS AT WEEELT ALLOWANCE IK SICKNESS . EXTHAXCE : — * . S . d . Age . 1 st section . 2 nd section . 3 nd section . First Section .. .. .. 15 0 s . d . s . d . s . d . Second Section 10 0 Froml 8 to 2 i .... 3 O .... 2 0 .... 1 O Third Section .. .. .. 5 0 — 2 i—H .... 6 O .... 4 0 .... 2 0 — 27—30 .... 9 0 .... 6 0 .... 3 0 hembebs death . wife ' s beath . — 39—33 .... 12 0 .... 8 0 .... 4 0 £ s . d . £ s . d . — 33—38 .... 15 0 .... 10 0 .... S 0 First Section .... 15 0 0 7 10 0 36—3 S .... 1 S 0 .... 12 0 .... C 0 Second Section .. 10 0 0 5 0 0 _ 3 S _ 40 _ 21 0 14 0 .... 7 0 Third Section .... 5 0 0 3 0 0

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      L 1 SD AND COTTAGES , The property of an independent gentleman . There in now a capital opportunity on the DnroDf Huvl estate , Chaifont St Giles , Backs ( two miles from O'Connorvnie ) , owing to the removal of the principal tenant to the new : estate near London . Eight acres , well known as the -very best field in the parish of Chaifont ( as will be certified by those excellent judges , Whitsey , Roe , and Page , from Northampton ) , with extensive right of Common , together with two four-roonied cottajes , built against each ther . may beliadtrnmcJifltcIy for ^ 32 a year . But the freeholder being anxious to honour iaboot ( being himself a wobkikc gestlemas ) , and to see as many happy families as possible on his estate , he will accept nothing short of £ 32 for twelve mouths' rent in advance , if a rich man rants the whole ; but he will require only £ 8 for half Tear ' s rent in advance , if a man takes only four acres and four rooms ; while he will be satisfied with only £ 2 , for one quarter ' s rent as asecarity , from any sober , honest , industrious , agricultural labourer , taking only two acres and two

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      BR- BARKER'S RUPTURES . HTJPTURES EFFECTUALLY AND PERMA " XEXTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS . ' !

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      MISS DEAN'S GRAFHIOLOGY . DO YOU WISH TO KNOW YOUR OWS CHARACTERISTICS * " To know thyself is the most important of all knowledge . " % * Memos . MISS EMILY DEAN continues with immensesuccess , to delineate thecharacters of individuals from a grar-hiological examination of their handwriting . AH persons vdshing to "know themselves , " or their friends , by means of this extraordinary and interesting science , must send a specimen of their writing , stating sex , age , or supposed age , of the writer , to Miss Dean , 48 , Liverpool-street , King ' s-cross , London , ( enclosing thirteen postage-stamps ) , and they will receive a written description of their mental , and moral qualities , virtues , and failings , & c , and many things Mthcrto unsuspected , calculated to guide them through life . The many thousands who have thankfully acknowledged the _ value of advice given , and tiie accuracy Of Miss Dean ' s delineation of character , establish tbe truth and value of the science bevond a doubt

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      Now publishing in Numbers at 3 d ., and Parts at 6 d . THE EMIGRANT'S GUIDE TO THE GOLDEN LAND . H A LI F O R . N I A ^ ITS PAST HISTORY ; ITS PRESENT POSITION : ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS : WITH A MINUTE AND AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE GOLD REGION , ASD THE SUBSEQUENT IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS .

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      THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVEK FUBUSHED . Price Is . 64 , A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author . of PAIHE'S POLITICAL WOBKS . Now Ready , a New Edition of Mb . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS Sold by J . Watson , Queen's . Head Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A . Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchester , and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And bv all Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      Just published , 70 th thousand , rp HE MORISONIANA ; or Family -i- Adviser of the British College of Health , New-road , London . By James Mobison , the Hygeist Price 6 d ., or Is . by post , and to be had of all the authorised agents for the sale . of Mr . Morison ' s Vegetable Universal -Medicine throughout the -world . ... , _ t . . .. . .. .

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      s . —important JNotice . — Mr . U FRANCIS , the eminent aurist , who has devoted his . Mention solely to DISEASES ofthe EAR , continues to Sect the most astonishing cures in all those inveterate ases which have long been considered hopeless , and of hirty or forty years standing , enabling the patient to hear i whisper , without pain or operation , effectually removing leafness , noises in tiie head , and all diseases of the aural anal . Mr . F . attends daily from 10 until C , at his consulting rooms , 6 , Beaufort-buildings , Strand , London . Persons at a distance can state their case by letter . Advice to the poor , Monday , Wednesday , and Friday , from 6 till Sin fce evening . .. . . ..

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      . TO THE EMBARRASSED . THERE are thousands of persons who have long struggled against the force of misfortune , but few are aware that , by very recent Acts , aU small traders owing debts not exceeding £ 300 , farmers , ' private and professional gentlemen , and all others , owing to any amount ( the latter without any publicity ) , can be entirely raised from their difficulties at smaH expense , and without imprisonment or bankruptcy . ARsuch Mr . Weston begs will apply to him at 6 , Essex-street , Strand , by letter , or personally . . Office hours from 10 till 2 , and Grill 8 . N . B . —The above Acts stay aU Palace Court ; County Court , and other proceedings . Clergymen need not submit to sequestrations .

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      EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA . W TAPSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Bmigratien Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ships—To NEW YORK—every Five Days . To NBW . OBLBANSr-every Ten Days . To BOSTON and PHILADELPHIA—every Fifteen Days . And occasionally to BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC andSt JOHNS . ..,-. ' ^; XUM ! rt '» Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New York , Datable ia any part ofthe United States . - , f « juum Tapscott ' s . "Bsn % rant / 8 Guide' * , sent free , on receipt of FourPostageStamps . , / , . _ ¦ .. " . .. ¦ CS" About twenty * ight thousand peribnj galled for the New World , inTansoott ' sliaeof American Packets , inl 8 * 9 :

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      ^ Educatioiifbr ^ th ¦ -n < v'Soi ^ y ^ fi : ' \ 'S ' . . -v ; .. i ,.. thefirst n ^ e ' r ;^ u : '¦ ¦ ' . 'S <» . ' .. . ¦ .. ., - .: . ' , ¦;' - ¦ . ¦ ¦ '¦ ' ; ;; v- ; i 0 F . - " JC '" - ' : v- ' -: " *' -: " ¦ : : u - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' '¦ ' NEW CHEAP UNSTAlED ' -IEEKLY PERIODICAL ) ; ' . f ... ¦ : ¦¦<¦ - . - £ !( : ; c ^ TO ' BB CAMiKD - 'i - ' -i . ' : ¦ , ¦'¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' " Tp ; NATlMAI j MSpCTOB ; f ;' • PRICE ONE PENNY . . . The object of the Proprietor , FBABarjs O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., is to place . within , the reach of the poorest classes that Political and Social Informatior of which theyi are at present : deprived by the Government" Taxes on Knowledge . " ¦ '<• la addition to a serial history of the " Life and Adventures of Pbabgus O'Connor from his Boyhood , " it will contain Essays by the best writers on all the leading Questions of the day , written in an earnest , honest , and'impartial-spirit ; Tales and Sketches , illustrative of the working of our present Social and Political System ; Reviews and abstracts of New Books of a useful and instructive character , and Miscellaneous Information , suited alike for the amusement ' and instruction of the fireside . One prominent object of " The National , Instructor ' ' will be to explain the principles , objects , and results , of : THE SMALL FARM SYSTEM , „ ' , ,, as practiced most successfully in various countries ; with the view of preparing the public for its introduction at home . A full History of the Rise , Progress , Present Position / and Future Prospects of

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      : JUST PUBLISHED , NO . XIL OP THE DEMOCRATIC REVIE'W Of BRITISH and F 0 REI 6 N POLITICS , HISTORY and LITERATURE . Edited by G . J 0 LIAN HARNEYi - ; / ; -. contests : ' -. ' - - | - ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ ' ' ' ¦ .- j 1 . Refusal of Parliament to repeal the iniquitous Taxes on Knowledge . ¦ .-,-, ¦ •' , , ,---- ' * - <* 2 . Rural Slavery—A Voice from the County of Kent . 3 . Democracy defended in reply to Thomas Carlyle . ( Continued . ) ' l , . ' , 4 . Universal Suffrage and the Ordermongers . 5 . Two Years of a Revolution . 1848—1849 ; ( Continued . ) 6 . De Flotte , Vidal , and Carndt . ' ., ' 7 . Birthday of Maximilian Robespierre . 8 . " Respectable" Journalism . 9 . Literature : — "Historic Pages from the French Revolution . " By Louis Blanci ¦"¦ ' . ¦ . 10 . Letter from France .: ' : i- " ¦ ' 11 . Editor ' s Address on the conclusion of Vol . I . 12 . Title Page , Dedication , andlndextoVol . i ;

      Borough Of Finsbury. Mr. John Bezer (Lat...

      BOROUGH OF FINSBURY . MR . JOHN BEZER ( lately liberated from Newgate ) , wiU give his first lecture on SUNDAY EVENING , May the 5 ih , at the Old Dolphin , Oldstreet , St Luke ' s . Subject : " What can I do for liberty ?" Lectures will be given every Sunday , on popular subjects , and members enrolled in the National Charter Association . .- '''''" ' . ¦ Chair taken at eight o'CIock .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . OFFICES , 14 , SOUTHAMPTON STREET , STRAND , LONDON . The Provisional Committee of the NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION hereby give notice , ' That those friends who are desirous of forming localities can be supplied witk Cards of Membership and Rules , by applying to the General Secretary , John Arnott , as above , from nine ' till two o'clock , daily ( Sundays excepted ) , and on Monday evenings from seven to nine o'clock : if by letter , prepaid . All applications by letter will receive the most prompt attention . - ¦¦¦ ¦> Notice is also given that all the receipts for the Cards issued , must be forwarded monthly , per Post Office Order , made payable to John Arnott , at tho Post Office , " Strand , and addressed to him at the Office ofthe Association , 14 , Southampton Street , Strand , London .

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      Nottingham.—J. Sweet Acknowledges The Re...

      Nottingham . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt ofthe following sums , sent herewith , viz . ' : _ Fon' the Honest ? . Fond . —Mr . Henson , 2 d .- ^ -Foa Victim Fund . —From Carrington . Ss . Local LECitiaEUS . —The secretaries of localities wishinir to be on tlie South Lancashire local lecturers * plan , are requested to correspond with Robert Shawcross , No 15 Chatewprth-street , Chorlton-upon-Medlock , Manchester ' W . ! ., ¦ Wolverhampton . —Received . • W \ i' » ' i S y-r ' , sum received , and announced for the Honesty Fund on the 6 th ult ,, as 2 s ., ought to have been 2 s . 8 d . -., ' . "¦ ' H . O . E ., Maiden . —They are always ready for the Friday © vcniDg s post * Mrs . Robebtson ; Prestonholme . -AU right ; as see . list of Honesty Fund this week . , ' Mr . Gmbge Adams , 24 , 'Nelson-street , Glasgow , will supply the National Instbd-otob . His name was not intentionaUy omitted in our last , space would not allow us " to gjvethe names of alf agents . We wish every agent to give orders through their London booksellers , as the LNSTBDCToawiU be conducted entirel y distinct from the ' Northern Star .. -. - ¦ -.. * . . , , v " * . .

      National Hall , Holbomt . -In addition to alengthr report , furnished by our own reporter , of the public meetina at the National Hall , Holborn , on Wednesday eveningf we , have received a statement from the conveners of the meeting . We have no room tor either report or state-^ ment . Both shall appear in next week ' s Star . ' Y ™*? IU E-rTne Chartists of Halifax request their-West aiding friends not to send any more lecturers to Halifax , , without a previous understanding with the Chartists of that town . .-. ' . '' . ' James Gbaham , Dundee . —The address of Mrs . Jones is , Milton House , Biehop's-road , Eayswater , London ; Mrs . Fundi , 15 , Pearl-crescent , Bagragge-wells-road ; London ; Mrs . M'Douall , 18 , Kensington-place , Kirkdale , Liver-POOL . .-, - , - ; ; , ¦" - John Lewis , Belfast . —Your letter has been handed to Mr . Arnott , who has undertaken to make the necessary in-. quiry . ' ' Mrs . M'Douall desires to acknowledge the sum of ten shillings , received from Merthyr Tjdvil , on- the 11 th of --: March last . ; . ' , .-v < - ¦• ¦ ¦ . - ' .. ? : •' ¦ ¦ . ¦¦;¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' -- ... ' - ' -,, i . .- -,:..- ; : »

      The Gbacchl—We will look over the manuscript , and . our friehds ' willhear fromus . . " -. •• , ' ' . - ., .: ' :. ; ^ . Mb . C . GLADWEii . —We think it time that this" controversy ¦ should be closed , ! ¦ - ' ' '• ¦ 1 - ' - ' ' - ' ¦ ' - ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ " " -- ¦

      Nottingham.—J. Sweet Acknowledges The Re...

      0 : fc MisTL ^ -rWolverKam " ^ Bulwell J ' arid C . HiNCHCLiFFSj Heckmondwike . —Next , week . ^ ; U ); - ¦ Julun 'Habney' las received the . following , monies : — HoNErtrFuNri . —Frorii '' a number of Friends , at North ! : ' hmptonj per John Starmer , ' ?? l 7 s lOd . -Handed to * Mr . / Rider . [ It is impossible to -find room for the list oisubrsoribers . ] ' ¦''¦¦ ¦ ' - ¦"'¦ J "¦ ''¦ ' -y '" 1 ' "' ' I ' vJ , '" - " , '¦ Fob tbe , Cbabtist -Agitation . —From Fnends atHulmo . i Manchester , per . W . B . Robinson , 4 s Gd . Handed . to Mr . ' ' " Arnott . ' * "" ' ' . . . . .. . . V ; ' '• ¦ -v . ' ,.-. (;< . «• ' - Fb ' om-the Democbatic School , Halifax . —Per . Isaac Clis-. ' ¦' sett ; for Mrs . M'Douall 10 s .-For Vernon ' s Defence 5 s . ' 'For Macnaraara ' s Action 5 s . ' , Handed to Mr . Rider . Fob the Fraternal Democrats . —From Robert' Humphrey ' s , Manchester , Is Id—J . 0 . O'Meagher , Dublin , ls 2 d .. . ' . , '¦ . ' . _ ¦ . ' ,.,. ¦ _ .- . :, ¦ ¦ .. >• : ¦ ¦ ::,. " ¦; ¦ ' . ¦' STAFFOM > SHipi POT ^ Rlis . y ' Mi-. W ; P . Roberts willbe in Hanley on Monday next , the 6 th of May .

      The Northem Stab Saturday, May 4, 1850.

      THE NORTHEM STAB SATURDAY , MAY 4 , 1850 .

      Triumph Of French . ; Democracy. " ;.,.;...

      TRIUMPH OF FRENCH . ; DEMOCRACY . " ; .,. ; . ; ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Despite all . the artsfrall the intimidationall the unconstitutional , ' ¦ and ; arbitrary means resorted to by the band of perjured conspirators against the ; French' Republic , who now hold the reins of office , the Socialists of Paris have again achieved a glorious victory ! After the 10 th of : March ,,, the despotic party dared them to another , trial , of strength ; By the acceptance of the seat for the Bas Rhiri , M

      Vidal vacated his place for Paris , and gave the Ordermongers another chance . This time there was no mistake—there . can be . no lying down the facts . -The fight ; was a hand-tohand one , and we heartily exult in the thorough and complete victory which has been gained ,. , ' ;/ . ' . ;; ' ; / V' ' ,. ; ''' . .. ' ... - . ' . . „ ¦[ . ' .., ie't the French people continue to , carry on the campaign thus admirably begun , upon constitutional grounds , and < constitutional

      principles . ; Tiieyare making a noble use of noble institutions . ' , They have driven . the so-galled Ordermongers to'despair and desperation . ' Let them commit political suicide . But , if-the great and weU-organised'Democracy of France will tread the . path they , have entered upon firmly , neither provoked by brute violence , insolent taunts , ' -or-arbitrary-outrages , " into untimely action ~ the day is not distant when the material ^ : as well / astheii moral , and intellectual power willbe at their uncontrolled . disposal .

      The ."New'.Savings Bank Bill.;, - After ...

      THE . "NEW ' . SAVINGS BANK BILL . ; , - After much delay , the long-promised i measure of the , Government , , for , the Better Regulation of Savings-Banks , has made its appearance . ; Since we last noticed the subject , other defalcations . have been brought to light ; and , altogether , we should imagine that public confidence is . very . much shaken in these'institutions . Whether the proposed plan of the Chancellor of the Exchequer will restore their damaged credit , remains to be seen . , , ' , '

      Under the belief that : the . Government were responsible for the safety of the deposits , the working and lower portion ofthe middle classes invested £ 28 , 000 , 000 of money in the Banks . The immediate security offered by them was a long arra y ' of ; Trustees , comprising noblemen , squires ,, clergymen ,, professional men , , and merchants , of weight and influence in their respective localities . Regulations , by which the surveillance of these respectable and benevolent Trustees , were ostentatiously paraded , ' by which it appeared that an ingenious . system of checks and counter-checks was to be

      set to work , under their immediate alternate superintendance , sufficient to prevent an y fraud , or misapplication of the funds , on the part of the paid servants . The Patrons and Trustees gave their services and influence quite gratuitously , for the pleasure of assisting their poorer neighbours to invest their , small savings safely , and to cultivate in them habits of thrift and forethought . . From these Trustees and Managers , the money had to be handed , under , the requirements of an Act of Parliament , to the Government , to be by them kept and used in

      such manner as it might think fit . The Commission for the reduction of the National Debt . was the department specially entrusted with the receipt and application of the funds thus accumulated . By the Act the Banks were also compelled to forward periodical accounts of the state of . their financial position , made up according to certain forms , which were intended to act as a check upon mismanagement and fraud ; and

      the Commissioners were imperatively required by the law , to take steps which would have had the effect of stopping any Bank which misappropriated the monies intrusted to it . At first the Trustees were , or were understood to be , individually and collectively responsible for the deposits ; and on all hands , it was believed that the Government , as tho receiver and user of . the principal stock , was not only morally , but legally responsible to those who invested their savings in , this manner .

      The whole , of this seemingly fair and honestly contrived system was , as we , have previously shown , a mere sham . We will not call it a swindle , because that presumes a deliberate concocted fraud—and we do not go the length of charging that upon those who devised it ., But the practical working has , in many instances , had as injurious an effect as if the banks had been set up by some of the clever members of the Swell Mob , for the express purpose of plundering the unwary ; with this difference , that not all the ingenuity of the Swell Mob , could have extracted one hundreth , or a thousandth part of the money , which- the show of respectable and apparently responsible Patrons , Trustees , and ¦ Managers did .

      The way in which this happened may be briefly explained . In the first place , an Act of Parliament was obtained , by which the Trustees were made liable only for the sums actually paid to them as individuals . ' Having thus divested themselves of legal , corporate , and individual responsibility , the next stepthat of leaving all the business to the paid Actuary and Secretary , was an easy , and natural oho ., What , is everybody ' s business we all -know is ' nobody ' s business . By most ofthe rules of Savings Banks that we have seen , the Trustees or Managers are requested

      to attend alternately , on the days the monies are paid and withdrawn , and to take , such a part in the business that fraud would be extremely difficult , if notimpossible ; but instead of , doing this ,: many of them have gone on for years without mustering , the accounts , ;; or detecting gaps through which thousands were filched , by dishonest employes , ^ ne would have thought that the trouble of calling in all thb . depdsitors' books . once a year , and comparing' them with the ledger , would have been the least , possible discharge of duty that these Trustees could perform . Even this , however , has not been done in many cases . In others where it has been done , it has been left to the

      Actuary himself , the verj-person to be checked by the process . . Nay , to . such ah extent has the habit of flay ing at pitch and . toss with the money of * the poor ' depositors ; proceeded , that blank cheques have been sighed by the Trustees to be filled up by the paid officers ; without limit . At the period when the Act passed for releasing Trustees from their liabilities , there were Actuaries then in office who had embezzled deposits to the extent , of . many thousands , which , lipi to that time at least , ' the trustees were :, bound ; to mak $ good ., The result , has been , ' the ( lofalc ' ations which have spread ruin and dismayjih many a humble " ; d ^ ellirig , ;; bpth ,, in "England " and Ireland . ' ;^" : ' , ' / ' . ''' , ¦ ¦ ' ¦/¦ . "> '¦''' ,. " . "? -v ' ' ;; - : ; - " . '! , ; : ; -. < I Th ^ ffiQQ for . the Re ; ductiphof thelNational Debt iwfts ^' uall ^ ' ^

      The ."New'.Savings Bank Bill.;, - After ...

      j ^ execution the ^ s daties- ° cbnfideat 6 it . FoVywrfl'italldwed 'insolvent Banks to ' go on receivingf the deposits of the poor ; For' years itjcpnniyed , at ' = ihe ^ jmakihg ^ . o ^ return ' s not-iri accordance with the , requirements ' .-of the ' Act --for years it must have seen that this ! violation of . the law in making ' the returns , could be for no other motive than to cover deliberate frauds , or irregularities in the accounts , both of which it was their duty to check and prevent . For years all these facts were before them , with the obligation of making known these facta , to the public ; and they ., wilfully broke the law , and disobeyed the plain injunc : tions it contained for regulating the discharge of their duty .

      Under these circumstances it will be remembered , that in ' spite of the , determihed ' bpposition , pf the . ^ Gpyernment , , ihe House of Commons agreed it © 'the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into three shocking cases of failure in Ireland . By the terms of the motion the House , also implied an opinion that the Government were bound to make up the losses which had accrued through the laches of their Officers , even if there was no positive

      enactment binding them to do so upon other and broader ; grounds of equity . The Government ^ however , fought hard against that conclusion ; and after several nights of hard fighting , and the exercise of the ; ; most unblushing Treasury coercion , ; and ^; niano 3 Uvering , succeeded'in , stifling the . question , by appointing a : packed . Committee pledged to the foregone conclusion ; of ' acquittingthem from thisrespon sibility . ; p ;; ¦' " ¦ }"} , ' ¦ ; --Hatt- the' defalcations been confined to Ireland itis probable we should have heard little more of the matter . Ireland , is the eel of our

      political system . . She is used to be skinned alive , and the operators havebeen so long accustomed to the process that , not unnaturally , like the lady at Billingsgate , they think she has " got used to it . ' '' ' But 'the grand smash of- ' * friend" Howarth , at , Rochdale ^ and the subsequent exposure of the plunder that had been carried on & t half . a dozen other establishments , rendered laissez faire no longer possible / ' Government were compelled at last to interfere ^ ; and the fruit of long and careful conjsideration is how before the country .

      It' is ' proposed ' that in future the Treasurer ¦ alone shall receive the deposits ; that he shall be appointed by the Government , which will be ; respbnsible for him ; arid in return , he is to . give security ' to the Commissioners for the National Debt . The Trustees are to appoint the other - officers , arid to bo made * responsible forthem by a festoratipn of the clause repealed in . 1844 . '" , These two provisions comprise , in fact , alltheadditional securities which the Government propose to give depositors in future . ' -There is no retrospective clause providing foi ; the reimbursements of the losses sustained ; by them up to this time . Looked atin the abstract , the two . propositions seem simple ; . and tolerably well calculated for

      practical use . But the price of their adoption by those who have a few shillings or pounds tospare is a pretty high one ; and the whole scheme is marked by that desire to throw every pecuniary and . social obstacle in the path of the poorer classes , which is so characteristic a feature of our aristocratic legislation . At present , deposits are limited to £ 150 . In future , they must hot exceed £ 100 ; when they reach that sum , the depositor will be permitted to invest it in the funds , through the agency of the Banlcj taking of course all the risk of the fluctuations in the Stock Exchange—and then he will be at liberty to begin again . In order to pay salaries , arid cover the . risk of defalcation , the interest is to be still farther reduced on all

      further deposits . Up to a recent period it was three and a quarter per cent , per annum . It was then reduced' to £ 2 18 s , 4 d . " per £ 100 per annum , and now it is proposed to lower it still farther , namely , to £ 2 15 s . It is said that " money' makes money "; "' but it will be seen from this , that however true that may be of rich man ' s money , it shall not be true of the poor man ' s , if the Chancellor of the Exchequer can help it . In fact , the Scheme , when seen in all its ramifications , is a very ingenious one . By the existing state of the law of partnership , any profitable outlet for

      combined small capitals and accumulations , are placed virtually upon the footing of lotteries . The law refuses to take cognizance , or to protect either funds or property thus employed and acquired . The Societies and Associations are subject , at every turn , to be plundered by knavish officers , or fleeced by scoundrelly members , without chance of redress or protection . . By amending the administration of the Savings Banks , and giving a real , instead of a sham and delusive responsibility for investments , the . hope is , that the thrifty portion of the poorer and middle classes will , necessarily be . driven to invest their savings , with the Government

      alone , and thus give them the means of perpetuating the present system by the means supplied by the very parties whom it most grievously oppresses and plunders . The whole scheme is Machiavellian in its conception , and well calculated for the object in view . It would require a national effort to break through the meshes thus craftily woven around , the people ; but recollecting the fate of the Land Company , and the faintly backed struggles of the honourable member for Nottingham , to © pen a substantial and profitable labour field and investment to" the working man and small capitalist , we have small hope of that national effort being made !

      Parliamentary Review. Economy Is Still T...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Economy is still tho " talk" in the Commons . ' All . parties have become professedly " Financial Reformers , "though in the curious " threesome reel , " danced by Protectionists , Whigs , and the ' Manchester School ; '' it is somewhat puzzling to comprehend the various evolutions of tho performers , notwithstanding a ; frequent changing of positions which appear to mean something . Somehow ot other , at the close , they are all in the old places .

      Mr . Henley ' s proposal for a revision of all salaries and wages paid in the public departments was , on the face , one of those motions which might fairly have been supported by all parties professing to be . anxious for economy in' the public expenditure . But Ministers , while professing a greatdesire '¦ ¦' to . retrench wherever it was practicable , resisted it on the ground that it was better to leave such reductions to the'heads of departments , and to reduce redundant , employes , rather than the salaries of those who . were really required to do the work . Now we have not the slightest

      doubt that Mr . Roebuck , Sir R . Peel , and Lord J . Russell all spoke the truth , when they said that the gentlemen who , in our public offices , really carry on the . active business of the ^ oiintry , are . not overpaid , when the responsible , confidential , and important nature of the position is considered , in connexion with the ability required for the discharge of those duties ; But If the fact is so , why not let an inquiry he . made by Parliament into the matter , and upon the , conclusive evidence thus

      adduced silence all future question or doubt ? A case is" generally suspected of ^ eing a we ak one , when it requires ' to be- helped by such evasions as the moving of the , previous question . Many portions . of Mr . Henley ' s speech were nlarked by great practical knowledge of his subject . ' He especiall y pointed out the anomaly of exempting from Parliamentary and sanction thelarge sums expended in thecoflectionand supervision of the Customs and Exr else . These sums amount to several millions

      annually , and it is obvious what a vast field for jobbing ia opened by the present ' , mode ' of pa ^ me hi Nothing can be more just or' business-like , than to demand that every farthing coUwted from the nation , in the shape of taxes « ar tb ^^ i ^ aiExeh ^^ paid * "*' J >»^ : * " * . ¦• . ' ' ... » - ^ v' >¦» - ¦•; •'•' J - )'" - ¦¦ . , | -i / - * - . (' . ... | r ,

      Parliamentary Review. Economy Is Still T...

      directi ^ 'hito ifc ^ -accounted- to ParliamD «* -jand-W * e civil ,- as . well M the ^ aT 2 military expenditure , * should . be annual !? brought under the consideration of . the U < r \ J lature . ' .- ; - &* . ' •; Mr . CoBDEir and the " Free Traders de nonnced the ' motion , as a . proposal for ' « sweeping redaction ; " rather strange words t be sure from the propounder of the celebraJr ? ten million reduction . But the real cause f difference was , ^ jfchat Mr . Henjey » motio carried , to the apprehension of the Free TmS Apostle ; « a ; st . ng , initstail ;* It left it tob ! inferred , if it did not broadl y state , that thl reductions were the direct consequence of *

      iree iraae po icy , which had , by impoTeri T mg the general community , rendered it nn « M to pay the same taxation as when prices ! « higher , and , as a consequence , profi t * ««! comesbetter . Mr , CoBDEN is CmuchJ " tactician to allow this slur to rest m ! his favouritetheoi , if he can help t-S therefore , by very bold Assertions , and S * vague politico-economical ' arguments he 1 tempted to show ; thatthe Repeal of the r La » vs , and good wages ought to go together , «? the proofs he cited in support of thatT ment , were the cases ofthe stocking mX ™ framewortknitters / andlace-makewifl ihSL ' landCounties , who , hesaid , had struck forS several times during the last twelve monthT . a' thing unheard . of for fifty years 5

      wun an aeterence to the popular orator , whole logic has been lauded so hi ghly , we must « 1 that we cannot perceive the connexion beCn " his facts and his inference . Granting the 2 to be true , where is the proof thatthe stocS maKers' wages are therefore improved ? £ „ the strikes not have been occasioned ' bv 2 manufacturers taking occasion from the chean ness of provisions to make still further " abate ments "from the wretched earnings formerly paid ? May this not have stirred into opposi tion

      a race whom long continued toil , and semi-starvation have subdued into almost im resisting slaves , but who were yet capable of perceiving that it is the last feather that breaks the Camel ' s back ? , If the fact be not thus , what is to be said of the justice and the liberalit y pf their employers who forced them to the disagreeable , expensive , and imtatmg policy of a strike for an advance , which , if gained justly , should have been paid to them without , such agency ? But our

      pseuao economists are fond of repeating that wages do not depend on the price of food . Labour , say they , most sapiently , is a commodity and its price , like that of every other commodity , depends upon supply and demand , irue ^ M ost ; wonderful philosophers ! But there is a point below which the raw material cannot be produced ; and then in this country are steam engines , mules , throstles , powerlooms , lathes , slotting machines , planing machines , and thousands of other contrivance for dispensing with manual labour . Such a superabundance of productive power that adult manual labour must always be a drug in the market . The supply must , under the present system , ' always very largely exceed

      the demand . What then ? Why , that every penny taken off the price ofthe loaf , or the sugar , or the soap , or the candles , consumed by the poor man , is an incentive to the screwing capitalist to reduce wages , because he well knows that he will find plenty ready to accept work on any terms that will secure tbein a bare subsistence . A reduction in prices leaves those in employment a trifle above that amount ; and the commercial feudalist , on the principle of Political Economy , is entitled to appropriate that to himself , in the same way as landlords are to claim for rent the

      difference between the cost of cultivation and the cost of the farmer ' s family , and the total amount of produce raised on the farm . Spite 1 of all that can be said ' or protested to the contrary , the system is one that leads to general impoverishment , in connexion with our present modes of employing the population , and distributing the products of their labour ., If they are not yet satisfied with the experiment that has been made , we must " wait a little longer , " till even the wilfully blind must be convinced of the erroneous policy they are upholding by the non-fulfilment of all their high anticipations .

      Mr . HoRSMAN—on the occasion ofthe second reading of the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill —took the opportunity of giving another of those dissections of Episcopal morality and honesty , for which that gentleman is so famous . A Committee of the House sat in 1848 , to investigate the manner in which those "Right Reverend Fathers in God" managed the funds entrusted to their care . We have already told the story of jobbing , corruption , extravagance , and dishonesty , which were thus disclosed , and

      need not repeat it . Tbe Committee was composed of persons very friendly to the inculpated prelates , and , of course , disposed to let them down as easily as possible . None of their recommendations , we may be sure , were conceived in a hostile spirit . They felt themselves bound , however , to propose that the Secretary should also be the Treasurer , and the . Commission all rolled into one versos , and , free , to speculate on his own behalf , and to

      plunder the public funds , on the simple condition that he aided the Bishops in carrying out their own individual pet schemes . The career of the worth y Secretary ended less fortunately than his nominal superiors . He burnt his fingers rather severely with the railways , and other speculations of a cognate kind , and ultimately went off—it is said by the connivance of the Bishops—with several thousands of the public money . This was—as Lord Liverpool said—" too bad ; " and even a

      friendly Committee could not overlook it . They recommended , therefore , a standing and paid Commjgsion to administer these funds , and , of course , to be responsible to Parliament for the manner in which they did so . After much forcing , and many , inquiries , a Bill was at length brought forward in the Lords , conceived in a very kindly spirit towards these right reverend vultures , but it was not conciliatory enough . They introduced clauses , which while , to some extent conceding , a responsible administration had , in fact , th « power of , placing the funds as much as ever at

      their disposal . The Whigs' are " the mildest , meekest mannered of mankind " ' when they have a powerful interest to deal with ; but even they winced somewhat at eating the le ek provided forthem by their godly opponentSi and proposed in the Lower House , to restore a few of the original provisions which the bishops had thrown out , and to disallow others they had imported into the bill . Ia fact , the measure is merely intended t o evade the report of the committee to confirm the episcopal grip upon the property they have got within their clutches , and thus to supply themselves with the means , of building new

      palaces , keeping old ones in repair , and orna * meriting their grounds and gardens out of the funds entrusted to the Commission , instead ot their own very scanty revenues . Mr . Horsm ** * tore the hypocritical and smooth looking sham to tatters , arid as a consequence , was as * sailed by Mr . ; GouLBpURtr , and Sir R .. ^ ° ^ l with a torrent of vituperation , the only eiS- "' of which was _ , to damage irretrievably the c ha « racterof their clients , and their ' own at the same time . It . was clear that the brief of bo > had been endorsed" ' no case , abuse the p lam * tiff , ' ! and they did ( mamore . Neither of them

      went scatheless however ; the * " right honom able member for the University : of Cam * bridge" especially , will not Boon , if eve * i forget'thebitter ; 'butwittydescriptioh , of Iu » political career , givea ty , Mr . B . Osborne . It was ! , n 6 t ( exactl y * in-accordanceVwith «*** political , : to call tbingaibytheir right natoe ^» biit fofr Bhouta ^ of : laughter thatWtea ; W

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 4, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_04051850/page/4/