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    • THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER. IG , 1848.
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      The, Nokthern Star , ¦¦ • 8eptemdeii 10,...

      THE , NOKTHERN STAR , ¦¦ 8 eptemdeii 10 , JSig .

      For The Working Millions.

      FOR THE WORKING MILLIONS .

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      A HO ** FOB EVERY INDUSXaiODS MAN AND HIS FAMILY . UVITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS ' POTTTTABLE LAND AND BUILDING BENEFIT SOCIETY , Bn ^ an * ^ M p . Thomas Waklet , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Cabbeh , E « ., M . P . ^^^~ No . M ^ tTenham Court , ifcw Road , St Pancm , Loudon .-PAittEt TOuuk Ruwy , Secretary « Tntt Stcriof ' Value of Shares and Payments for Investors . AMAMro £ 120 payment ef 2 s . 4 | d . per Wetk , or Ui . 3 J 1 . per Hon * FaU S & ata - « - „ _ . j . al — 5 3 — Halt Share ... g » _ n 7 J — 2 81 — A Sclntt « "V quested to state im their form the section tbey desire to be a membir of . A ^ licsna are 4 SmraoM > SoucrcoW , or Rwbmtio * Pees . « . «™ unt Entrance Fee . including Certificate . Rules , * c , Is 4 s . per Share , and 2 s . for an , part of » Share . Ihe present Entrant » ^^ ^ ^^ incladlB .. PvJgtag 9 > lg < OBJECTS . i . .-n . » . MMTi- » m = » iron 8 es 1 5 th . —To giro to depositing members a higher rate of j . t-To enable members to build Dwelling Houses . J ^ tJl b ^ uuJ ^ or * nMy nodesofinrestment . 2 nd . —To affore : the means of purchasing both Free 6 lh _ x 0 enable Parents to make Endowments for told and Leasehold Properties or L ind . their c „ iiareo , or Husbands for their Wires , or for Mar-8-a _ To advance Mortgages on Property held by ria ( fe settlements . . JL . 7 th—To purchase a piece of Freehold Land of inf . ^ . -Toenable Mortgagorsbelng memberstoredeem ««^ "f ^ ** "" * ° * COa 0 t , * "" ** their Mortgages . ^ ' srmos I —By joining this section every person in town or country can become the proprietor of a House 4 Land ta his own neighbourhood , without being removed from his Friends , Connexions , or the preseutmeaus himself an * ^^ J ^^ J ^ ff ^ , ^ to ° purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide the SECTios ii . ^ ^^ ^ ^^^ upwards , in or near the town * of Uw fattens btanvhes ol the society . lK , d , m ^~*^; tona fi de freehold of tbe member after sixteen , eighteen , or tweaty years , from the date ^ bc » rio n ^ ccording t ^ w su ^ ^^ * 6 ectJoBt ia which members not wishing to purchase are enabled to Invest , mtll snmsVfwm 7 i i - «> P ward 8 . "ce £ n * & * n , ere 8 ti , t the rateoi 5 P" cent « P er annum . on every sum of 10 s . aad upwards so depojiced . ___ Subscription Office —492 . X ** OrroaD-STaEET , where Meetings are held , and Members enrolled , " every Wuwbsdas Evehw « , from Eight to Ten o ' clock . « B—FK « a £ SM to 4 J 500 will be advacctd to the members of tbe first Section in December next , when ¦ 11 erions who have and may become members for Shares , or parts of Sharts , on or before the 3 rd of December Mt « nd who pay six months ' cubfcripiioBS In edvsnce , or otherwise , will bo eligible for en advance . ALSO , FOR THE WORKING MILLIONS IN CONNEXION WITH TBE ABOVE , THE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES . Enrolled pursuant to Aot of Parliament . Thus securing to its members tbe protection of tbe law for tbeir funds and property . Legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , with the privilege of appointing Mediol Attendants , Agents , & c . An opportunity is now ( tiered to healthy persons , np te Forty Tears of Age , of joining these flourishing Institutions in town or country . LoKDOx Oppice . —13 , Tottenham Court , New Rosd , St Pancras , ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham Court Road ) . — Dahiel William Rcfft , Secretary . Patrons . — T . S . Doscohbe , Eso ... M . P . T . Waexsy , Es « ., M . P . B . B . Cabbul , Esq ., M . P . P . O'Coshok . Esq ., M . P . L . 3 . Hansard , Esq .. In the ghert space of four years these societies have paid the following benefits to their members , SCUHABt of cums . S . ' ckneiB and Superannuation ... ... ... £ 2674 1 8 £ Acconchaents ... ... ... ... ... 930 15 0 Funerals ... .. ... ... ... 714 18 1 Lou by Fire ... ... ... ... ... 34 13 B £ 4354 7 9 } Present Capital funded in the Bank of England ... £ 1789 12 2 These Societies are in six divisions or sections , for the Members to receive the following Btneflts according to their Subscriptions : — FIRST DIVISION . j FOURTH DIVISION , ntranee according to age . from 5 s . to 10 s . Monthly Con- Entrance , according to aee , from 3 s . 6 d . to 8 s . 6 d , tribntion for Sickness and Management , 2 s . 7 d . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management . is . Sd . £ s . d . jffiewance , in Sickness , per -week .. .. 018 0 £ s , o . Member's Funeral .. .. •• 20 O 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 9 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee s ditto ... .. 10 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. ., 10 0 0 Wife ' sLyiug-in .. .. -. .. 200 Ditto Wife's or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 500 Loss by Fire , from .. .. * 5 0 OtoSo 0 0 Wife ' s Lying-in 10 0 Su perannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 6 0 Loss by * 'ire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 8 SECOND D 1 VISI & N . Superannuation , per week 0 i o Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . id to 9 s . 6 d . FIFTH DIVISION . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , Entrance , according to age , from Ss to 8 s . Monthly Con-2 s . Id . tribution for Sickness and Management , is . Id . Allowance inSickness , per week .. .. 0 15 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. ., 9 7 0 Hemb 2 i '& FuneiaX .. .. .. 16 0 0 Member's Funeral .. S 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. 18 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee's ditto .. .. 3 0 0 Wife's Ljiag-in 1 15 0 Wife ' s Lying-in 015 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 15 0 0 Loss by Fire 5 8 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 5 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 THIRD DIVISION . SIXTH DIVISION Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . to 9 s . Monthly Cob . Entrance Money .. .. .. .. 0 3 0 tribntion for Sickness and Management , is . 7 d . Monthly Contribution .. .. .. 0 1 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 ]] 0 Allowance in Sickness .. .. .. 0 7 0 Hember's Funeral .. .. .. .. 12 0 0 Member's Funeral 2 10 8 ffitte Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. S 9 o Wife ' s Lving-ia 119 0 No Leries . tn this Division , loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. 0 4 0 Levies according to the demands on ' each divUion per qusrter , jjB The only difference'n th ? two Sockties is . the Patriots hsvc an Accoucbmtnt benefit , tbe Patriarch hate not that benefit , therefore do not pay levUs for it . fg ~ Applications for Agencies rrquested from all parts of ttc country ; information for appointment of Agencies can oe obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing a postage stamp . Blank forms and information for the admission of country mibbers can be obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing three postage stamps , to Danie & Wiixuh Rufff , General Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , New Syo & d , Ss Pancras .

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      METROPOLITAN COUNTIES and SENERAL LIFE ASSURAXCE , Annuity , Loan , and Investment SOCfErr . ( Incorporated pursuant to the 7 th and 6 th Tic , cap . Ho . ) Temporary Offices , 31 , Regent-street , Wateripo-place , London . TRUSTEES . Richard Spooner , Esq . ., I Spencer Horatio Walpole , M . P . 1 Esq ., M . P . Edward Vansittart Nealc , Henry Peter Fuller , Esq . Et «» I DIRECTORS . Robert Chalmers , Esq ., Edward Lomax , Esq ., St Thnrlow-squaie , Bromp- John ' s Wood . ton . Samuel Miller , Esq ., Lin-SamuelDriver , Esq ., White- . coin ' s Inn . hah . Sir Thomas Newley Reeve , ^ enry Ptter Fuller , Esq ., R ' c ' imond . Piccadilly . Edward Vansittart Neale Palk GrifBth , Esq ., Esq ., South Audley-street Ironmonger-lane ^ Cheap- William A . S . Westoby side . Esq ., Hyde Park-place . AUDITORS . Henry PeichBttcHer , Esq ., \ Henry Grant , Esq ., Shenley Btfingaall-street . | House , Brighton . MEDICAL ADVISERS . William Henry Smith , Esq ., { RobertKeate , Esq ., Serjeant P . R . C . S ., 2 , FontidU- 1 SurgesntotheQueen . , place , Clapham-rise . I Hertford - street , May . W . Fuller , M . D . 45 , | Fsir . Half-mooB-street . Picca-1 diUy . 1 BANKERS . —The Union Bank of London , 4 , Pall Mall , East . SOLICITOUS . W . W . Fisher , Esq ., 3 , King-1 W . Chapman , Esq ., Rich . street , Cheapsil . [ mend , Stirrer . SURVEYORS . Vincent John Collier , E , q ., I Richard A . Withall , Esq ., 7 , 3 , Morgau-street , ] Parliament-street . ACTUARY . —Alexander Jamieson , Esq ., LL . D . MANAGER . —F . Fearguson Camroux , Esq . The objects of this Society are ;—To grant Assurances npon Lives , wither without participatioa in profits : al ? u Immediate and Deferred Annuities and Endowments . By combining the advantages of Life Assurance with the . business of well-regulated Building Societies , to render a Life Policy an available and economical means of acquiring freehold , leasehold , or otner property , by ad-Taaces repayable by periodical instalments , thus : Aptrsuu desirous of purchasing hislease , or otherwise scqairisg property , will not only obtain a loan nearly equal to its value , but on his death wilt leave the properry discharged fry < i such loan , in addition to the sum assured to be paid at his death . hree-fborths ef the profits will be divided every five years amongst the assured intitled to participate , and tie remaining one-fourth will be added to the profits ofthe Shareholders . Prospectuses with tables , and every information , may be ohtained at the Society ' s Temporary Offices , ac , Begent-strtet , Waterloo-place , or of any of its Agents iu the country .

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      FAMILY ENDOWMENT , LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY . 12 , Chatham Place , Blackfriars , London . CAPITAL £ 51 ) 0 , 000 . DIEECT 025 . , William Batter-worth Barley , Esq ., Chairman . John Fuller , Esq , Deputy Chairman . Ht . Bruce Chichester , Esq . Billot Macnaghten , Esq . H . B . Henderson , Esq . Major Turner . C . H . Latouche , Esq . Joshua Walker , Esq . Edward Lee , Esq . Majar Willock , E . L . S . BONUS . Thirty percent Bonus iras added to the Society ' s Policies on the profit scale in 18 * 5 . The next valuation will be in January , 1852 . AKKPAt PXEKIOMS WITH PXOnTS . "" Age 20 AgeSSjAg < : 3 ( j | Age 3 S AgeiO Age 4 S'AgeS 0 . Age 55 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . je s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . ; E 6 . d . £ s . d . 117 9 t 3 ijl 9 l : t 16 213 5 9 1 16 2 ; 4 10 u \ o 7 6 ISUU . The Society also grants Policies to parties proceeeding o , or residing in India , at lower rates than any other Office , the Premiums on which may be payable either in Loudon or at the Society ' s Office in Cab utta . Annuities of all kinds , as well as Endowments for Children , are granted by the Seciety . The usual commission allowed to Solicitors and others . John Cazenove . Sec .

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      NO MORE PILLS FOR INDIGESTION , CoHstipation , Torpidity of the Liver , and the Abdominal Viscera , persisting Headaches , Nervousness , Bilious ness , Despondency , Spleen , etc Pubjfahed by Da Barry and Co ., 75 , New Boad-street , London ; and to be obtained through all Booksellers-. Price 6 d , or 8 d ( in letter stimps ) , post-free . A POPULAR TREATISE on INDIGESTION and CONSTIPATION ; the maiacauses of Nervousness , Biliommess , Scrofula , Liver Complaint , Spleen , etc ., and their Radical Removal , entitled the * Natbxal Rkoese-« ato « of the DiGEsxivt Obqasb ( the Stomach and Intestines ) , without pills , purgatives , or artificial means of E yijnd , '

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      A DAY ' S PLEASURE FOR THREE SHILLINGS ' THE J 1 E 5 CBERS of . the LAND COMPANY and the ; CHARTIST ASSOCIATION residing in Marylebonft assisted by a few of the Westminster Meads , bare resolved ob faking a Trip , per VAN , to O'CONNORVILLE . on Sunday , September s * th . The Vans . to start at Six o ' clock mtheMOTning , from tbe Coach Painters * Arms , Ciicus street , Nerr . road .

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      A GOOD FIT WARRANTED ' at the Great Western Emporium , 1 and 2 , Oxford-street Ubsdell and Co . are now making to order a Suit of beautiful Superfine Black , any size , for £ j Is . Patent made Summer Trovrsere , l ? s ; Registered Summer Over Coats , 20 s . The Art of Cutting taught . Patterns of Garments Cat to Measure for the Trade , and sent ( post free ) for Is . 6 d . each , or eighteen postage stamps . Address , Charles Ubsdell , 1 and 2 , Oxford-street London .

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      TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert . . NOW READY THE LONDON AND PARIS SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS for 1848 , bv Messrs BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbnry-square , near Oxfordstreet , London ; and by G . Beboeb , Hoiyweli-street , Strand ; aud all Booksellers , an exquisitely executed and superbly coloured PRINT . The elegance ef this Print excels any before published , accompanied with the Newest Style , and extra-fitting Frock , Riding Dress , and Hunting-Coat Patterns ; the most fashionable dress Waistcoat Pattern , and an extra-fitting Habit Pattern of « he newest and most elegant style of fashion . Every particular part explained ; method of increasing and diminishing the whole for any size fully illustrated , manner of Cutting and Making up , and all other information respecting Style aud Fashion . Price 10 s . post free lis . READ and Co . ' s new scientific system of Cutting for 1848 is ready , and will supersede everything of tbe kind heretofore conceived , AU the Plates are numbered and lettered , and oa tbe scale of Eighteen Jjwbes : Wholesize , never before attempted , containing twenty-three square feet : particulars , post free . Patent Measures , with full explanation , 8 s . the set . New Patent Indicator , for ascertaining proportion and disproportion , illustrated with Diagrams , price ? s . Patterns to Measura lall registered according to Act of Parliament ) , post free , Is . each . The whole sold by Read and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Blooms , bury-square , London ; and all Booksellers . Post-office orders , and Post Stamps , taken as Cash . Habits performed for the Trade . Busts for fitting Ceats on ; Boys ' figures . Foremen provided . — Instructions in cutting complete , for all kinds of Style and Fashion , which can be accomplished in an incredibly short time .

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      THE PEOPLE'S CIVIL LIST REFORM AOT J Now Publishing , Price 3 d ., Free by Post , 2 d extra , THE PEOPLE'S PARLIAMENT ; an ACT for the REDUCTION of HER MAJESTY'S CIVIL LIST , and far PROMOTING fne WELFARE and PROSPERITY of the PEuPLE ofthe United Kingdom of Great Britain aud Ireland . With a Political IIiebooltfhic , bat mo Pozzie , viz : — HO . HE-TS 8-WE-ETA . ND 30 AB-EP . EN . CK . London : W . Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row , and may be had everywhere , for the edification of everybody f who pays taxes ) , throughout every portion ofthe Queen ' s dominions .

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      TO BE SOLD , A T Lowbands , with or without crops , a THREEii ACRE ALLOTMENT in good condition ; pigsties and out offices in proper order ; bounded by a good fence , and a brook , out of which several tens of manure can be obtained Communications to be addwfsed to Mr O'Brien , Lowbands , Kedmarley , { with a postage stamp enclosed . )

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      O'CONNORVILLE . TO BE DISPOSED OF , TWO TWO-ACRE ALLOT . MENTS , adjoining each other , in the very centre of the Estate , with Large Barn , Cart Houses . WatsrTank , and Pjg < enes . The Land is cropped with wheat , barley potatoes , Swede and white turnips , and is cxceedinirW adapted for aFamily . ° ' For terms , apply jif by letter . pre . p * ld , with stamp for answer ) to Mr Keen , 3 , O'ConnorviUc , near Rickmamworth , Herts . '

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      FOR SALE AT L 0 WBAMI 3 , A POPR-ACKE ALLOTMENT , in excellent condition , one acre of wheat , sacked , one acre of potatoesthe remaining portion barky , turnips , Swedes , parsnips ' carrots , tnangel-wurtzel , onions , cabbages , neat flower garden a choice assortment of fruit trees .-the washhouse . dairy , and yard paved , a good cellar , two pigsties , oven ( brick bullti , copper , and sink . Pticc £ I 2 . i .-Address , William Reay , Lowbands . Rcdmarlcy , Ledbury , Worcestershire ; or the Directors . 144 , High Holborn .

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      THE LAND . TO BE SOLD . TWO FOUlt-ACRE , and ONE TWOACRE ALLOTMENTS , at LOWBANDS-adjoining each other ; together with tie Crops and Implements . - Apply ( if by Letter , postpaid ) to Sahohi . Athebton , Lowbands , Redmarley , near Ledbury , Worcestershire .

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      THE O'CONNOR TARTAN . THE ( KILBARCHAS ) O'CONNOR TARTAN COMPANY have much pleasure in announcing to their Friends and Sapporiers , and tojhe Chartists andMembers ofthe Land Company , throughout Engl and and Scotland , tbat tbey have for Sale , a splendid assortment of Shawls , Plaids , and-Vestings , all of fine wool ; Gala dresses for Boys and Girls ; » l « o beautiful Silks and Oregons for Ladies' Dresses , Ladies' Silk Handkerchiefs , and Scarfs . , The above are all of the very best quality , and will be sold at very moderate prh-es . The Advertisers , are Chartists often years' standing , and Members of the National Latd Company . All communications and Money Orders to be addressed toMr / ixee Qibsqx , Xetwtreer , Kilbarcaao , Scotland .

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      Price Twopence , THE RIGHT OF PUBLIC MEETINC A LETTER Addressed' ( befere Sentence , ) TO LORB CHIEF ( FUSTICS SIR THOMAS WILDE , Bt EesEsT Jones . This letter contain the substance of the address which Ernest Jones intended to deliver in the court , bnt which the judge would not allow to be ipoken . Aim , price Threepence , A VERBATIM REPORT OF THE TRIALI OF ERNEST / ONES AND THE OTHER CHARTIST LEADERS . Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . TUB CS 5 APEST EOITION EVER FHBLISHED . Price is . 6 d ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate ofthe Author , of PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Just published , price 3 d ., THE EVIDENCE GIVEN BY JOHN SILLETT , In his Examination before the Committee on the National Land Company . This important body of evidence forma sixteen closely printed pages , and conclusively proves what may be done , by explaining what John Sillett has done , with Two Acres . Just Published , price Is . Nos . 19 , 20 , OF " THE LABOURER . " And now ready , $ 0 . 21 , Price Sixpence . COSTAl . VINO TUB Conclusion of the Evidence taken by the Select Committee appointed to inquire into Thb National Lakd Company ; with & review oi the same , and an Outline ot the Propisitions for amending the Constitution of the Company , so as to comply whhthe Provisions of the Law . Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row , London : A Ileywood , Manchester : and all Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      PORTRAIT OF JOHN MITGHEL . Specimens of a splendid portrait of the first victim of the Whig Treason Act , are now in possession of our agents . The portrait will be shortly ready for presentation . That of Smith O'Brien , and those who are sharing his fate , are also in course of preparation . None but subscribers will be entitled to those portraits . MR O'CONNOR AT NOTTINGHAM . Mr O'Connor will meet his Constituents on Monday next , in the middle of the day .

      The Northern Star, Saturday, September. Ig , 1848.

      THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER . IG , 1848 .

      Louis Blanc And The "Times." The "Times"...

      LOUIS BLANC AND THE "TIMES . " The "Times" of Tuesday last contains an elaborate and most ingenious commentary upon a Letter of Louis Blanc , published in the same paper ; and while we quite admit the right of the journalist to canvas and criticise the acts , the policy , and the writings of the exile , we nevertheless reserve to ourselves the right to judge between the disputants . It is a difficult task for a stranger , bowed down beneath the weight of national persecution , and compelled to seek a home in a strange land , where those principles , the acceptance and promulgation of which are dreaded , to defend a life of presumed error against such a journal as the " limes . ' '

      Louis Blanc has not only to contend against the concentrated ferocity of Ins public accusers , but lie lacks the defence of those who may be favourable to his principles , and may justify a portion of them . He lacks the defence of the impartial and unprejudiced ; he lacks the mild spirit of toleration , because those attributes and defenders of public opinion are destroyed and silenced by the law of the sword . It is not wonderful that one who has made himself prominent in the principle of re-organisation

      should be dreaded , scouted , and persecuted by the parties who advocate things as they are , but as stoutly contending for a change of masters as Louis Blanc has for a change of system . The columns of the " Times" resemble the banquet table of the luxurious , where no cost is ' spared to furnish varied delicacies for varied tastes ; and when the " Times " has adopted its bill of fare , it stops at no expense to procure the choicest viands and delicacies of the season .

      If a new question arises , the most inventive genius , or practised understanding that the market can supply , issureof the best price at Printing-house Square , and , therefore , the humble individual who , in his trial before such a tribunal , has to defend a varied and chequered life , every act charged in a separate count of a complicated indictment , his but a sorry chance against such an array of public accusers . Should one count fail , the accused is put upon his trial drawn up by another and more practised hand , while the accused has to rely upon his own individual genius for hisdefence . Now , such is precisely the position of Louis Blanc in his

      controversy with the " Times . " The " Times" indicts him upon a large portion of his life , the memoir furnished from acts and writings ; Louis Blanc replies toallin the most ingenuous manner , uo dilatory plea put in , but the allegations in each count triumphantl y refuted . He gives evidence in refutation ot acts , of which he is charged—he gives documents in refuta tion of sentiments upon which he is arraigned ; and having to our mind established his innocence upon those several charges , the " Times '' prefers a fresh indictment , and according to the Irish system of pleading alleges facts , and relies upon circumstantial evidence for their proof .

      The defence of Louis Blanc , as a noun substantive , can stand alone , while the accusation of the " Times'' requires other words and other proofs to give it substantiality . What country bumpkin who considers his property endangered bj the writings of Louis Blancwhat parson that dreads the diminution of his spiritual pay—what capitalist that dreads an assault upon his profits—what lawyer that dreads the destruction of his professionwhat shopkeeper that fears the loss of his

      custom—what employer who makes profit of the destitution of the employed , will think it necessary to read the volumes of criminatory evidence referred to by the " Times ? '' Will not one and all be too ready to jump to a busty and willing conclusion that the " rimes /' whether right or wrong , is an instrument in the hands of Providence to destroy an accursed system , by the ruin of its accursed propounder ?

      The " Times , " in en apologetic strain , would measure its censure of the accused , not by the amount of evidence preferred , but by the comparative leniency with which it deals with Louia Blanc . The writer says : "We should have ' thon-M indeed , that after what he haaexpenencedatthehandsof big 0 VVB countrymen , he would have considered our' violence' as a gentle and verv agreeable contrasted form of political expostulation . " This reminds us of the Irish prisoner , who when charged with

      assaulting a bailiff , replied — " You are an ill-natured villain , for I miffht have murdered you if I liked . " So , then , if the French Press , under the control of a Dictator , while Paris is a state of siege had charged Louis Blanc with murder , & the 1 IT humanely confin «* the charge to one of manslaughter , the accused , thoug h not fit ° r ' ther ; ° u ! dfeel ^* S m tenient prosecutor . Another most monstrous and unjustifiable

      Louis Blanc And The "Times." The "Times"...

      charge against the accused , is that passage in which Louis Blanc is to be made responsible for the everv act of every man who accepts his principles . " The " Times" says : — " Thatthese Interesting specimens of last March should have varied in some of their details from the exact specification of his own proper patent , is likely enojgh . " By a parity of reasoning , then , though the details of those who are now incarcerated for sedition , conspiracy , and riot , should vary from the system of Chartism accepted and signed

      by Me ssrs O'Connell , Hume , and others , and adopted and defended by the peace-professing Sturge—yet , nevertheless , the propounded of the system are chargeable with every act of violence by which its professors sought to establish the details . Could argument be more unfair , or reasoning more inconclusive , than the atte mpt to establish the guilt of Louis Blanc by the act of those who , though professing his principles , sought a different mode for their accomplishment ? Again , the writer of the " Times'' asks : —

      " Who were those ouvriers who chaired him round tbe chamber % " Here we would use the Irish mode of reply —the only one in such ? case open to us namely , to answer the question by asking another . Who were the , three million fightingmen to whose physical strength Daniel O'Connell appealed as a means of accomplishing a Repeal of the Union ? And upon whom did the Whig government rely as a charmer to lull the storm he had created , and who was the most loud in his denunciation of those who would use their own details to establish the

      Liberator ' s system ? Again , who sanctioned the carrying before an infuriate populace the flag with the king ' s head reversed , and the bloody executioner with the axe ? And yet , these were the details by which the moral [ force Whigs threatened to accomplish their system of Reform . The accuser of Louis Blanc is well aware that the propounder of a system is not answerable for the means resorted to for its accomplishment , but that those means are urged upon men , and adopted by men , according to the anticipations of benefits to be achieved , and are measured by their own prudence , —their own cunning—their own courage , recklessness , or destitution .

      The propounder of a system may be attached to life , and cherish life , because he has the means of enjoyment j and , imbued with a spirit of humanity and philanthropy , he may be induced , even at the risk of his own cherished life , to struggle for equal blessings for all ; but the acts of those who are destitute of similar comforts , will not be measured by his caution . " Hunger will break through stone walls ;"

      and an exasperated and starving people will break through the strongest bounds with which the field of agitation is encircled . And here we make no allowance for the state of excitement in which France was placed at the time of Louis Blanc's assumed delinquency—we make no such allowance , because we should thereby weaken his defence , which , without such an excuse , we believe , in our conscience , to be complete .

      Further on , the " Times'' gives us the most convincing proof of the value of experience , and its reasonable effect upon the mind of Louis Blanc- The writer says : — " But the truth is , tbat this sage conclusion never entered the author ' s brain , or flowed from his pen , until tbe utility of this very coup de main had been most thoroughly tested and disproved . " Let us in fairness ask , whether a more flattering tribute could be paid to the sagacity , the wisdom , and judgment of man ? The " Times" delights in scraps of Latin , when they carry with them conviction to the dull mind that does not understand the " dead

      language ' , " and two words of Latin here supply the justification ot Louis Blanc— " experientia docet . " And what amount of vituperation would Louis Blanc have received at the hands of the commentator , if , in defiance of past experience , he had pertinaciously persevered in error , rejecting the influence of experience . If we were inclined to retaliate , and thus weaken the defence of the stranger , the prudence of the "Times , " gathered from experience evinced from its several changes , would supply the strongest arguments ; but we shall not use tbem , as we are not prepared to offer the accusation of the " Times'" as the justification of the stranger .

      Then , if we were at a loss for the purity of Louis Blanc ' s belief in the just and honourable realisation of his system , we have it in the ajmission of the accuser ; and the accused , if in need of it , is entitled to the benefit of the doubt . The " Times" says : — " As to the dealings with the two classes of bourgeoise and people , we do not saythiit he might not have convinced minself that it was possible to give lo one without taking from the other . "

      Such in our conscience , we believe , was , and is , not only the fond , but cherished anticipation of Louis Blanc ; and , like him , we as sincerely believe in its practicability . Nay , we go further than the assumption of the " Times" as to possibility , for we assert , without fear of contradiction , that the only practical mode of ameliorating the condition of the shopkeepers is by ameliorating the condition of the people . Emancipated Labour is the fountain head—the source—the only pure spring from which the shopkeeping and all other classes can replenish their reservoirs ; and ,

      although it has been the policy of the league of capitalists to aid kingcraft and priestcraft in the subjugation of Labour , to the end that they themselves may pillage its store , the voice of knowledge , and the demand of right is , thanks be to God ! becoming too powerful for the cannon of the one , and the thunder of the prejudice of the other ; and the day is not far distant when monarchs will find that the Altar must be the footstool of God , and not the couch of Mammon—the Throne must

      be based upon the affections of the people , and not upon the prejudice of their enemiesand the Cottage must be the castle of the freeman , and not the den of the slave !—and then every honest labourer will fly to the cry of " My castle is in danger ! " with more alacrit y than the mercenary obeys the summons to the slaughter of his fellow-man , for a shilling a day .

      As in most similar cases , we find the answer to the accusation in its , concluding paragraph . The writer says : — " We do not assert that he recommended pillage , but thatpillare was n development of his doctrines which ciuld hsrdiy lull of being produced . M . Louis Bl . mo thought to consummate in peace and pleasantness an object only attainable by bloodshed and ruin . ' Veil * tout . "' Here we have the complete admission of the innocence of Louis Blanc , and the irrefutable and unanswerable condemnation of the enemies of labour . What , then ! Louis Blanc ,

      heretofore charged with the intent to pillage and confiscate , is now acquitted upon this count , while his accuser unblushingly ad . mits the resolution of the terrorist to withhold the just claims of the people , and that they themselves would rather die in resisting justice than concede it to those for whose benefit the revolution was organised , and by whose valour the Republic was established upon the ruins of a profligate and faded monarchy . Oh 1 how easy it is to crush a great man—how simple it is to elevate a little man . Louis Blanc , if not the prepounder , is the energetic advocate of a system whose efficacy , if adopted , is acknowled ged by the Times

      in its admission that the wealthy would resist it to the death—and he is damned ; while the Prince de Joinvilie , in his humanity , stretched the ex-royal hand to the blistered ' fist of the gallant Jerome , and tltere deposited two fourpenny pieces , which , by some strange process oi alchymy , were transmuted into a handful w gold coin , and the rojal exile is extolled as a saviour , because he saw the Ocean Monarch burning , and allowed some of the refugees a shelter in his home instead of plunging them into the deep . But heed not the revilings of our Press , brave , and gallant , and persecuted stranger ; it does aot reflect the opinions of our country , and although you are now the victim of a cruel Dictator , a packed Assembly , and intolerant prejudice , the day is not far

      Distant When The Labour Question You Hav...

      distant when the Labour Question you have espoused will be the foundation of a system which may defy , the cannon and the sabre and withstand the assaults of prejudice .

      The Newest French Humbug. The Many Unmea...

      THE NEWEST FRENCH HUMBUG . The many unmeaning words and phrases that have been used from time immemorial , as a solution of the term " Liberty , " and now brought into prolific use by the founders—or would-be founders—of the new French Constitution , furnish the strongest proof of the gullibility of man . " Liberty , Equality , Fraternity , " are now translated into the " Protectection of the Citizen , in his person , family , religion , and property ;' ' and recognising his right to instruction , labour , and assistance ; and then we have the most endearing words ,

      actually coined by the falsest lips , to explain and propound duty , rights , and obligations , and all sealed with the kiss of life . In fact the French Constitution—as it is called—is based upon a bag of wind , and the superstructure must be as insecure as the house built upon a sandy foundation , while the great architect would base it upon opinion fettered by the annihilation of the liberty of the Press . If the Constitution of France is intended to work out that boasted equality so pompously

      eulogised , to ensure that delicious fraternity so amiably paraded , to guarantee that glorious liberty so generally approved of—and if this trinity of blessings is to be participated in by all , why , in the name of common sense , establish the reign of terror during its conception and birth ? Are the French people so uncivilised , so ignorant , and stultified , as to require coercion to reconcile them to this wooing , and courting , and kissing , which is to eventuate in so felicitous a union between the rich and the

      poor , the enlightened and the ignorant ? The fact is , that the rich and artful , in the hour of doubt , woo their dupes as the love-sick swain woos his lady love ; they take advantage of their weakness , susceptibility , and credulity ; so does he—and the flattered people , like the flattered wife , discover their error when toe late . The mystic word Constitution , represents the mystic YES in the marriage ceremony—and those whom man have joined together by Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity , are as indissolubly bound together aa man and wife , but , like them , sometimes discover the value of the old adage , when it is too

      late" Lads , before you marry , mind the golden rule , Look before you leap , or else you'll play the fool . " We may paraphrase it tLus" Lads , before you ' re governed , mind the golden ru ' e , Think before you speak , or else you'll play tbe fool . " Nothing is more easy than the construction of a wordy Constitution , except the varied construction that lawyers and cunning men can put upon the most simple words . That the rich can always oppress the poor , is as true as that a landlord of straw can break a tenant of steel . Madame Glass is a very high authority upon cooking } and , as the French Constitution appears to be a huge heterogeneous mess , seasoned to deceive the

      palate , we quote her . She says— "First catch your hare ' —but , as Cavaignac is head cook , and as protection to the person is the first ingredient in the new bash , his receipe is first CATCH THE PERSON , transport him , then protect his family , religion , and property . Again , again , again , we defy the rich to frame a Constitution for the poorand , whatever hoasted privileges may be conferred upon the poor during the conception of the Constitution , they are useless and inoperative , while the capital wherein discussion is held , and where distussion alone can lead to a sound basis , is in a state of siege , ahile the liberty of the Press is suppressed , and while butchers rule tho roast .

      Let us see if we cannot invent a sound , a solid basis for a French Constitution : — Article 1 . All men have blcod in their viens . 2 . All men's blood is red . 3 . All men die when their blood is all let out . 4 . All men have noses who have not lost them ; men have mouths , eyes , legs , arms , feet , body , and a head , if they have not lost them . Such are the fundamental proofs of man ' s existence . Article 5 . All men have feelings .

      6 . Those feelings should be respected , and to that end we decree as follows ;—7 . Love , law , and physic ; music , flowers and dancing —•* ' Bubble , bubble , toil , and trouble" —liberty , equality , fraternity , harmony , brotherhood , affection , toleration , indi visibility , union , co-operation , intellectuality , spirituality , no pugnacity , prudence , conception , will , mind , understanding , clemency , humanity , philanthropy , invention , persuasion , mild correction , disputation , example , training , education , morality , science , forbearance , virtue , self denial , brotherly love , rights of labour , democracy , republic , KISS OF LIFE , and silence , submission , obedience , prostration .

      There is as sound a basis , and just as understandable a one , as that upon which the boasted Democratic constitution of France is to be based . Next week we shall give our readers our notions of a free constitution ; meantime , we hazard thw guess that the vanity and deception of Louis Napoleon will once more embroil the foolish French people in a bloody struggle , as with them the feeling will shortly be , any change must be for the better ; we cannot be worse off than to be drowned , or shot , or banished , if we complain of starvation .

      Pooil Douglas Jerrold. "Aladdin's" Lamp ...

      POOIl DOUGLAS JERROLD . "Aladdin ' s" lamp burns dim , and poor Jerrold appears to be groping in the dark . If we are chargeable with one failing or error more than another , it is , Heaven help us ! that amiable weakness which induces us to look leniently upon the feeling of others , and if there is one which more than another deserves our humane consideration and compassion it is that of spleen . Spleen is an affliction which disorders the brain , injures the digestion , unnerves thought , and paralyses action ; and no man is a ' greater victim to this malady than our poor

      friend , Jerrold , and , therefore , as long as he fought with ghosts , and Blue Beards , fierytailed devils , and hobgobblins , and . ill those supernatural beings which haunt the disordered brain , we smiled at his array of figures but pitied the man . So long as he was the Prime Minister at " Punch ' s'' back parlour , and the Lord Chamberlain of the ludicrous group that constituted the staff of Mr Punch , we admired his whimsical genius , and rejoiced that he had discovered so befitting an asylum and retreat .

      No man is disreputable in " that state of life to which it has pleased God to call him , '' but when he emerges from his natural position to onenhich nature never designed he should occupy , and when he boastfully makes that position the more public by affixing his own proper name to a political journal , as if the weight and consequence of the man was to give additional importance to the publication , then he becomes irremediably ridiculous , and makes his assumption of power a just subject for criticism .

      Contrary to the practice of our cotemporaries , we have given the whole article upon which we are now commenting , the shadow of "Aladdin ' s ' ' dim lamp , without the omission of a single line or word , not even venturing to correct some ungrammatical phrases . And we would ask the impartial reader whether Mr Feargus O'Connor , charged in that tirade with having recommended physical force—whether

      in his several denunciations of wrong and assertions of the people ' s right of justice , he has crowded into the same space a similar justification for recourse to physical force ? But understanding so much , the reader must be aware of something more . The reader mu & t be made acquainted with the motive and the object of the writer of this justification , for resort to any description of violence to overthrow a

      system thus graphically deserved , and for which iu the concluding paragraph we are given to understand there is no alternative , or hop « for redemption , save and except in direct taxation . The object of the writer—bein ^ " tbe proprietor of a sixpenny paper , which is beyond the reach of the badly employ ed—is to curry favour with the employer , in the hope of becoming the official organ of the projected new move ; and from beginning to end , with the exception of the admitted injustice practised upon the poor by the rich , it is one tissue , one compound , of folly and fabrication . Let us for

      amusementrather than for instruction or for Mr O'Connor ' s defence , which would be found , if necessary , in the admissions of the writer , repeat a few of the contradictory paragraphs in this jumble of nonsense . We must ask pardon of the reader , who would consider the bare perusal of the elaborate article as an antidote to the poison it was intended to administer , for devoting so much of our space to a criticism upon the ravings of a political novice , endeavouring to qualify as an instrument to be used by the people ' s oppressors . " Aladdin '* inassigning the cause for a relapse from Liberalism to Toryism , savs : —

      Uhile the popular party were struRgliu S to effect the annihilation of rotten boroughs and the stifrnndiisement ofthe large towns , they first called the middle classes to their aid , but fluding this assistance , hoivevur poiverfal insufficient to carry out the measure proposed , they c : illed into existence tbe political union ?; and to ensure their zealous co operation , a distinct pled , e was given to the working classes tbat thfy should receive the suffrage from the gratitude and justice of the reformed Parliament . The victory waa gained , the mid He classes shared i's fruits , but the mechanics and artisans were not only forgotten by those ivhom they had contributed to raise to power , but their remonstrances were " nughed at , and their petitions spurned . Tte deception that b ; nl l > teu prac .

      tised was nuw transparent ; it was manuVst that the real object or the movement was simply ti elev te Waggery on the ruins of Toryism ; that the liberty of tho millions was never contemplated ; that they were used as tools with a premeditated design to treat tb « m as dupes . It was said ofthe 1 ite Earl Grey that he shuddered on looking at the Frankenstein of his own creation , and as much to quell Ills owa fears as those of otln-irs , he solemnly avowed that he would ' stand or fall with his own order . ' Lord John Ku « sell , at tbat time one of his suonrdinates , took the cue from bis' terrified ch ef , and proclaimed finality . He reiisted tbe motions of Mr Tennyson U'Eyncourt to substitute triennial for septennial parliaments , and defeated Mr Grote on the ballot . Honourable

      men , >\ bo respected tbe faith of promises , blushed at tbe tergiversation of their leaders ; the Whbc majority dwindled nwuy to ' an evanescent fraction , for th'ir moral pow . r was lost when their treachery was avowed ; they retreated on exp diency , for when men have violated truth , they are not unprepared to equivocate with justice ; they shuffled and haggled ; and , as the last desperate efforts 11 refrain their forfeitidpopu ' ari ' . y , proposed to in . terfere with those Corn Laws which tbi ir pj-inie minister , Lord Melbourne , had just before declared were so sacred tbat none but madmen rould venture to disturb their tnactment . Amid the curses of hate and tho tiissin's of

      scorn , ' they were hurled from office , and Toryism , which , the WsiffS might have exterminated for ever , once more placed its uand on the helm of State . Now here was a struggle in which Wbiggery and the middle classes proved too weak to contend against Toryism ; here is the admitted fact , that the accession of the working classes gained for both the triumph , and that they were juggled out of their share of the victory But even that is not the equivocation" Aladdin" concludes his castigatiou of the deceivers thus- " AMID THK CURSES OF

      HATR AND THE HISSINGS OF

      SCORN , THEY WERE HURLED FROM OFFICE , AND TORYISM , WHICH 'IHE WHIGS MIGHT HAVE EXTERMINATED FOR EVER . ONCE MORE PLACED ITS HAND ON THE HELM OF STATE . " Now such is " Aladdin ' s" assigned and undoubted cause of the revival of Toryism ; while , as his lamp flickers , and as his spleen , his bile , his r » ncour , his hate and hope "i ' gain from the destruction of vulgar Chartism rises , he thus describes the cause of Tory rennration , " We have seen that Whig treaelwv organised disaffection , and that the TEACHIN'GS OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR HAS

      REVIVED THE STRENGTH OF TORYISM . " Now which of those positions would ' Aladdin" seek to maintain ? I " von which horn of the dilemma will he hang ? Whether upon that which butts at the treat ••• .-. •¦ : the Whigs and the middle classes , tv uiai which points at the teachings of Feargus O'Connor ? No man can be more ridiculous than the man who , not having graduated in politics , has the presumption to abandon anunpolithvil profession , and dash headlong into thy vir rx of political disputation . This p- , ' iw < - vriter , always buoyed up with the hope ¦ ¦¦ :- > ' »* f > 'om prostitution to the new move , teli- ii- o' ( he

      excellent agitation of the excelled ••¦>> . Mi ^ ge , and has the insolence to assert l ' -: l « - * ii his meetings convened for that purpr - . r . : ¦ .-. <' ¦ the meetings of the League convened h , v tiidr selfish purposes , were disturbed by ph \ sical force Chartism ; while we defy him to t . oiiit out one single solitary instance in which 'lie meetings of either party were disturbed by physical force , or even by clamour , but . on the contrary , although both agitations wa-e professedly originated for the benefit of the poor , and although the principles could be he .-: t enforced

      by discussion , and although the people for whose benefit they were enunciated were invited to take part , yet did the Conplete Humbugs and Free Traders deny tin * right of the people to offer an opinion or an assertion ; aud when those who were to be espechiHy heitfiitted by the changes attempted to interfsri ! , they were dragged out and trampled noon by the Police , as was exultingly boasted by ( heir ( hen leading organ , the "Morning Clnvr . ' w ' e ; " they were dismissed J ) y their tyrant masters , they were branded by their cruel overseers , and they were convicted by middle ohtss juries .

      So much for the charge of opposing jiIm sical force to the amiable Mr Sturge , and the immaculate League . As to the charge of physical forceagainst Mr O'Connor , this iTDtchet ' monger must have an idea , and he must take that idea from the Press , and he knows that there is no such introduction to the cabin of the steam boat , the railway station , the club room or coffee shop , as abuse of Feargus O'Connor ; but as be has entered the lists without armour he must be prepared for the as ^ iulr , and ive now challenge him to publish one sentence ever written by Mr O'Connor recommending a resort to physical force . As we said in the onset , we were prepared to tolerate , the "Blue Beard'' stories , and all the fanciful

      lucubrations that filled the columns of this fairy-tale journal ; if there was a demand it was just there should he a supply , and that the manufacturer should have a stall ie tho maiketplace ; but when he goes out of 1 is depth , aud when he presumes to grapple wish » giant principle , lie : nust expect to share the i ' ate of the dwarf . When this -new movement was first orjiani-ed , not a syllable win hreuthed of physical force ; evenoiawivlied

      , for success on moral power . But ji' -luical s-ucuntors soon came upon-iie scene , seikitig to lutti th «; uit « tion to pecuniary profit and pcrsoiul -tKgw . il-. hvii . uit . Cun . mug luggosted ti- / . ewspaper as the spo i :. l i ., g ., n ofthe new doctrines , ; t ; i > l it socn degenerated int ,. n i . rg not man wort-hip . Every » iw who disduUnil ' ... be tUe i- «< lof a dictator nt : s hunted down ; un agent was an'Mmuei io every town to invent false reports ; then was t . < he no rival uenr the throne ; the profits were t ;> be uu . limed ; and , in t ; e utune of freedom , the pnss dcnour . ci' . l till independence of thought , alllitkity t . factou .

      Now , what a tissue of folly ami rigmarole . What other paper in the wo ; id , save the "Northern & W , "has published the denunciation ofthe proprietor?—while , as to llv . ' profits being unshared . , we should be ahid to knov what partner—barring the . " barmaid "—shares the profits , be they much or be t iiey litde , of the journal of the immaculate Jerrold . We doubt that he ;? vt > n supplies " Aladdin" with oil for his lamp , uhile we would medestlv ask whether any other proprietor , except Mr O'Connor , has given the uhole of his time , the whole of his labour , and the whole of his profits , to the suslainment of hi * cause ?

      ' Aladdin' says , that those who had established the Charter became disgusted and abandoned the cause . Surely the Duke of Richmond , whose Charter of 1 ? 8 U " Aladdin" tells us had been adopted without change , and who has ong since been gathered to his fathers , did not become disgusted-and , if "Aladdin" wishes to know the catise of the desertion of those who based their repeat upon disgust , he will rind it in the words of the honest veteran , John Knight , when he said—" ' Feargus , i « ou , if you stop the supplies from those London men

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_16091848/page/4/