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    • BRITISH EMFIKE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOOUlilY. On an Advance your Rent is Saved,—you become your own land and Householder.
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    • THE NORTHERN ST Alt SATURDAY, JCI/Sr. 31, 1840.
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      British Emfike Freehold Land And Building Sooulily. On An Advance Your Rent Is Saved,—You Become Your Own Land And Householder.

      BRITISH EMFIKE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOOUlilY . On an Advance your Rent is Saved , —you become your own land and Householder .

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      nn »» * r S . Do -coube , Es « ., M . P . T . Wjuoet , Esq ., M . 1 * . B . B . Cabbell , Esq ., M . V . h . J . UA 5 . SABD , iuso ,., ju , i . jrairons . x . JJanl . _ Commercial Bank of London ( Branch ) , G , Henrietta Sh-cet , Covent Garden . Iaiuton OJ icc . —So . 13 , Tottenham Court , XewBoad , St l ' aneras , London . — Daniel WttLUii KDrrv , Secretary . Akbaxged ix Thbee Sections . Value of Shares and Payments for Investors . T " ull Share .. .. £ 120—payment of 2 s . Sd . % ! Week , or 10 s . Gd . per Month . HalfSliare .. .. CO — 1 ^ 1 — J 3 _ Quarter Share .. .. 30 — 0 74 — 2 8 _ Amilicants are requested to state in their form the Section they desire to be a Member ot Xn Sex \ -toW SoucrroBs ' , or Rh ) E 3 ttk » - Fees . —The present Entrance Fee , including Certificate , Rules , & c . } is 4 s , " ' per Share , and 2 s . Gd . for any part of a Share . Price of Kales , including Postage , is . OBJECTS . , ,. _ t . enaVe members to Iniild Dwelling Houses . 5 th . —To give to Depositing Members a lugher rate of In-^ -r . afford the means of purchasing both Freehold ^ est than is yielded by ordinary modes of investment . Jnd .-Tv >« « m " «• L * . - Cth . —To enable Parents to make Endowments for their and U-aHioldl rop . rtKSori . ana . Ciuidren , or Husbands for their Wives , or for Maniage 3 rd __ iv , France Mortgages ou lropertj ntiu dj Setflements . jnemlfrf . " tb . —To purchase a piece of Freehold Land of sufficient .,,, __ .- cnaUe Jlortgag 01-3 being members to redeem value to give a legal title to a County Vote for Members of wFSor ^ S * . Parliament . <* E < rr <^ t— Uv joining this section every ^ rson in towji or country can Yrccome the proprietor of a House and Land - n hi t > m ^ neighbourhood , without being removed from his friends , connexions , or the present means himself and family j ° . ! , avt " of raining a livelihood . Sect os iL—To raise a capital by snares to pnreliasc Estates , erect Dwellings tiiercon , and divide " the Land into flBotmenta from half-an-acre upwards , In or near the towns of the various branches of the society . The property to be the bona ??••« fri-chold of the member after a term of years , from flie date of location , according * o his subscriptions . Section HI . —Saving or Deposit section , in which members not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest small sums receivin ! : interest at the rate ef five per cent per annum , on every sum of 10 s . and upwards so deposited . \ tj _ £ -j > i ) will 1 » advanced to the members of the first Section in July nest , when aU persons who have and may Twcome istanbsrs tor Stores , or parte of Shares , on or before the 4 th of July iwxt , and -who pay six months' subscriptions iu advance , or otherwise , will be eligible for an advance .

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      ALSO , HTHE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES . X . TraoUed . yursaair t to Act of Parliament . Thus securing to its members the protection of the law for their funds an-i -. rei / crtv . Legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , with tkc privilege of appo ' mting Medical Attendants , Agents , at * An opportunity is now oflered to healthy persons , up to Forty Years of Age , of joining these flourishing Institutions ia town or country . t > ondo \ - Orncs . —13 , Tottenham Court , KewRoad , St Pancras ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham Court-road ) . ' ' DiMEL WniUil Rum , Secretary . Patrons . —T . S . Dcxcombe , Esq ., M . P . T . Waklet , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Cabbeix , Esq ., M . P . F . O'Coxsob , Esq ., ALP . L . J . Hansard , Esq . In thc abort space of Five years these societies have paid the following benefits to their members , SCSMAET OF CLAIMS . £ S . d . Sickness and Superannuation .. .. .. .. 3 , 480 14 7 Accoucluneuts .. .. .. .. .. 1 , 003 0 0 Funerals .. .. .. .. .. .. 904 4 9 Loss by Fire .. .. .. .. .. 55 2 0 £ 5 , 449 1 4 Present Capital funded in the Bank of England .. .. £ 2 , ISG 10 5 Tiics * Societies are in six divisions or sections , for the Members to receive the following Benefits according to their Subscriptions : — . - Fibst Division . I Fourth Division . Entrance -loeoruing to age . from 5 s . to 10 s . Monthly Con- j Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . Gd . to 8 s . 6 d trib \ sf . 0 K 5 for Sickness anS Management , Us . id . ; Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management . ! Is . 4 d , ' £ s . d . _' Allowance , in Sickness , per week .. 0 IS Oj £ S . d . ^ Memberi i ' uneral - - - - - - .. 20 0 0 ; Allowance in Sickness , per week - ,, ., 0 0 0 Ditto WhVs or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 10 0 0 : Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 "Wife ' s Lvliig-in 2 0 0 j Member ' s Wife or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 5 0 0 loss bv ' Fir ^ from -- £ 3 0 0 to 20 0 0 j Wife ' s Lying in 10 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 6 0 : loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 Second Division . ! Superannuation , per week .. .. .. o 4 . o Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . Cd ., to S 3 . Gd . ] Fifth Division . JToathly Contribution for Sickness and Management , Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . to 8 s . Monthly Con-2 s- M . tribution for Sickness and Management , Is . Id . Allo wance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 IS 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 7 0 Member ' sFuutral .. .. .. .. 1 G 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. . 6 0 0 Ditto AYife ' s or Xomince ' s ditto .. .. S 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto ' . ' . . ' 3 0 0 Wife ' s Lvjiig-in .. ^ 115 0 Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. .. .. 0 15 0 loss Lyl ire , from .. .. £ 0 0 to lo 0 0 Loss by Fire .. .. 5 0 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 3 0 Superannuation , per week ' . ' . ' . ' . " 0 4 0 TniKD Division . „„ , „ ¦ ' Sixm Division . Entrasoe , according to age , from 4 s . to 0 s . Monthly Con- Entrance Money .. .. .. .. 0 3 0 tributiou for Sickness andManagcinent , Is , 7 d . Monthly Contribution .. .. . ' . 0 10 Allowanct in Sickness , per week ., . -, 0 11 0 Allowance in Sickness .. .. .. 0 7 0 liemher - * Funeral .. .. .. ,. 13 o 0 j Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 2 10 o Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee's ditto .. .. 6 0 0 . Xo Levies in this Division . Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. .. .. 1 10 0 j Xossby Fire , from .. .. £ -5 0 0 to 10 O O : Levies according to the demands on each division per SuperaniKiation , per week .. .. .. 040 | quarter . y . B . —The difference in the two Societies is , the Patriots have an Aecouchmcnt benefit , the Patriarchs have not that benefit , thcrcforcdo notpay levies for it &¦ Applications for Agencies requested fi-om allirarts of the country ; information for appointment of Auencks can "be ootained by letter , enclosing a postage Stamp . ° , vvov "" Blank foAnsand informationifor the admission of country members can be obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing three postage stamps , to Daniel Wiluas Kcffc , General Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , Kew lload , St . Pancras .

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      ^ mAitl , A Good and Fashionable Hat is of the utmost importance as regards Personal Appearance . THE PUBLIC WILL DO WELL TO VISIT ¦ EC KBKSLEY'S CELEBRATED HAT MART , Where they may be suited in every respect both as to Price and Quality . AT ECOItSLEI'S , 25 , CRO WN-STREE T , HALIFAX . Obsehtje •—The Large Golden Hat over the door .

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      OX THE 1 st OF JULY WAS PUBLISHED Xo . n . of THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW Of DHmSII and FOllEIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , and LITEKATUUE . Edited by G . JULIAN HARSEY . contexts : 1 . The Editor ' s Letter to the Working Classes . 2 . Letter to the Trades : The Land . 3 . Letter irom Paris : Present Political Aspect and Prospects of France . 4 . Our Inheritance : The Land common Property . Letter IL 5 . Political and Historical Review—Domestic and roreign . c . Manifesto of the German Bed Republicans . 7 . Monarchy . 8 . Speech of ArmandBarbes . S . literature : Milton ' s Prose Works ; Sitmloldt's Costaos ; Politics for the People ; & c ., & c . Tobtt Pages ( in a coloured wrapper ) , Peice

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      THE MEMBERS OF THE SALFOED BRANCH of the National Land Company areearncstly xeqnested to attend a meeting , to he held ucxt Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock , at Mr . Lee ' s , Temperance Hotel , Irweil-street , Salford , for the purpose of taking into consideration the prepositions in the Stah of last Saturday . It ishoped that every one will attend . —Tnos . Tomkixsox , 2 fo . * } /^ liMi . / . l .-mvlv / i l * . Mll ! lptrfin _

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      NEWCASTLE-OX-TYNE BRANCH of the Xational Land Company . A mectinc of this branch will beheld on Sunday , the 22 nd inst ., at five o clock in the evening , when business ol great importance will be brought before the meeting , concernin !; the fortheomins Conference to be held August 6 th , 2 S 49 . By order of the Directors , Thomas Fobbest , Sec .

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      OX SATURDAY , THE 23 rn of AUGUST , Will appear TV S . E ^ A T . I O 2 s . if- ' 2 few Series , 2 fo . T . " ? - Edited by CHARLES GAVAN DUFFY / , Assisted by a Corps of Efficient Contributors . .. Communications and Orders may be addressed to tlie Office , $ o . 6 , Loweb -ABDEr-STEEEr , Dcblis , ( opposite the BojalSibernian Academy ) . - Btib ' scriptions , pavable in all cases in advance , Yearly , £ 1 6 s . ; Half-jearlv , 13 s . ; Quarterly , 6 s . 6 d . ; Single Paper , Cd .

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      AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR A YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE . T O BE DISPOSED OF AT CHAK-- * - TERTiLLE , near Witney . Oxfordshire , a wellcreppea xwo Acre Allotment , in a state of IrigU culture , -together with a fine Milch Cow , ia , 4 ft Charternlle is one of the finest estates belonging to the tmY auiae ^ S t „^ pany' ^ «»* healthfVatnate m ^ tluiSt P ^ " , ari * * w » i « . The estate bears ¦ Srt tS ^^& JT ^ 1 > ost 0 Jfice ^ its own , Ul 2 mfS « narSK " «¦* *¦» <*> - ™ «» t ovVZltti ^^ ** eet iGUwen ;^ re , I . oiulon . ita * a-iane , Brcwcr

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      Tnt-cuEiPEsT Enmox e \ 'eb rcBLisHED . Price Is . Cd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of FAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Ifow Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'GONNOd'S WORK OH SMALL FARMS THE LABOURER MAGAZINE . Vols . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , may still be had , neath bound , price 2 s . Gd . each No . 4 , tlie Number containing Jin . O'Conxok ' s Treatise on the National Land Company ;' No . 10 , tlie one containing Ma . O'Coxnok ' s Treatise ! On the National Land and Labour Banl connection with the Land Company : " — Have lately been reprinted , and may be had on applica ion , Price CO . each . Imperfections of the 'Labourer Magazine' may stUl b < tad at the Publishers . In a neat Volume , Price Is . Gd . 'The Evidence taken by the Select Comoittee of the House of Commons appointed o enquire into the National Land Company . " This Volume ought to be iu the hands of every Membei £ the Company , as it strikingly illustrates tlw care anc 'conomy that have been _ practised in the management t he Funds of the Company' and proves , beyond contradicion , tlie practicability of the Plan which the Company was istablished to carry out . Just published , Nbs . I ., jr ., and HI ., Price Sixpence Each , of THE COMMONWE-ALTH . Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster ' 0 W , London ; A . Heyuood , Oldliam-street , Manchester ! Old Love and Co ., 5 , Kelson-street , Glasgow . And by all Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      ROME AND HUNGARY . To protest against tlie infamous subversion of the Roman Kepublic by the forces of the traitorous Government of France ; to censure the criminal apathy of the British Government in permitting that subversion of the rights of a free people ; to declare sympathy with the brave Hungarians , and to demand of the Crown and Parliament of greatBritain active intervention in behalf of that chivalrous nation , at present fighting the battle of European Freedom , A PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE - £ J- Holden at the "

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      TO BE SOLD . A FOTJR-AORE ALLOTMENT , XL well situated on the Bromsgrove Estate , and on which £ 100 has been paid up . Applications ( post-paid ) , addressed to Edward Corn , Corbridge , near XewcasUe-UUder-Lyne , Will meet With immediate attention . Tlie owner . " wishes , to seU because of . his not being in a position to locate himself on the allotment .

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      T J U PTUEES EFF E CTUALLY CURE D T ¥ TT >^ ? A Tll l T •'! . T TIffi 0 W AWAY YOUR TRUSTS , as you may do without thembv enclosinc a Post-office order , or stamps , for 6 s . 60 ., to Dr . Waiterdb % EL U W 4 ce H ° VK >™ -hul , London , who wiU send per return ( free ) his certain cure , which is easy of appUcation , produces no inconvenience , and of such established efficacy that comment is needless . The secret of this remarkable discovery has never been disclosed ; consequently all otnersare imitations only Dr . be R . has a great number ot old frusses , left behind b y persons cured , as troullies of his immense success , which he will almos t rive anav to & XSt to WeM ^ : Hours-ten tiUone , andfrom Rev . H . Walcott , HighamFerrers writes :- "Thenerson forvybom yousentyour remed y is . quite cured , anTrou will be good enough to send me two more for others » Also , may be had , THE MEDICAL ADVISER . An Essay on the Obligations of Juirriage : the treatment and' cure of all those Secret Disorders arising from early excesses and infections , with plain directions for the removal of every disqualification .

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      NATIONAL -FREEHOLD BENEFIT L } BUILDING SOCIETY . Shares £ 15 each , payable by Weekly Instalments of Sixpence per Share . Directors . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ,, Thomas Clarke , Chrisiopiieu Doyle William Dixon , Philip M'GnATu . Ti-ustces . James Oazeley , Esq ., Thomas Price , Esq . Solicitor , William Prowtixg Robehis , Esn . ¦ Ban * , l The National Land and Labour Bank . Treasurer , Feaeqcs O'Coksor , Esq ., M . P . Office . Ui , HlOU IIOLBORN , LoNDOxW Corresponding Secretary . Financial Secretary . Thomas Ciakk . Philip M'Grath .

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      A. Henderson'.—Received. J. Sweet Acknow...

      A . Henderson' . —Received . J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following ( sent herewith ) sums for Defence Fund , viz : —Byron \ VttrA locality . 5 s . ; Mr . Ivgo , Is . ; Mr . Blryrin , Is , ; Mr . " Cliipindale , Gd . ; Mr . C . Perkins , 3 d . ; 'Mr . Liggett , Id . ; Mr . T . Ward , 3 d . ; A Friend , 3 d . ; From the Colonel Hutchinson , Is . Sd . ; Ten Party Committee , 3 s . lOd . ; Mrs . Perkins , Id . ; Mr . B . Thurman , Id . ; From the Seven Stars 5 s . W . Mora . —JTo room . . S . K ., Leek . —The biography was intended to be published in the Star , but press of other matter prevented its insertion at the time . Our charge is 2 d . each . Agents have the carriage to pay . If sent from the office by post , they cost 4 d . each to subscribers . Mb . A . Bain-, Belford . —Your present quarter commenced on the 7 th inst , W . KinDEr . —All right . J . Cavill hopes that the Branch Secretaries , corresponding with the Sheffield Districts , will oblige by sending

      their addresses correctly written , as much confusion will be prevented thereby , and likewise that they be prompt in collecting from the members the levy of 3 d ., which has been agreed to by tho Directors , The Kirkdahe Prisoners . —The following sums , have been received for this fund : —Hey wood , per W . Bake , 13 s . ; Burnley , per Wm . Butterworth , 4 s . By mistake , Mr . Pickvance was named in the Star of last week , as district secretary for the Bolton district . The district secretary is Mr . Vose , Lottery-row , Bolton . National Co-operative Besefit Society —The report of the Directors upon the account of Mr . Stallwood , the secretary of the above society , will appear in next week's Star . TlIE lETTEn of George Henry Smith , Manchester , in reply to the charffes made against him by the Kirkdale prisoners , is of such a length that we must withhold it till next week , not having space for it in tho present

      number . Manchester . —To the Chartists of the Potteries , Bilston , Hindley , Birmingham , and the various localities in those districts—Gentlemen , being still out of employment , and liavins ; less signs now of work than I had on the day I left Kirkdale Gaol , through my having again stood upon the platform to advocate the principles of the Charter , I intend to start upon a tour through the places I have mentioned , as I have no wish to be idle . I shall leave Manchester on the 30 th of July , and all those places and persons desirous of my services , will please to write to me directly . I hope that no locality will be afraid of writing to me for fear of expense , as my expenses will be nothing to those places who cannot afford to pay , and to

      those that can , it will be very little . —Yours , in the cause of democracy , W . Nixon . —P . S . Direct to me as under : St Paul ' s Sunday-school , German-street , Oldham-road , Manchester ? I shall have with me the poems written by Dr . JI'Douall , also all the tracts written in Kirkdale . Geoege Stobabt , Berry . Edge Send it to John Aijuott , 11 , Middlesex-place , Somers Town , London , Mr . W . Davidson-, ITewiowu , Ayr . —The gentleman you refer tb is at home , m Dublin . - Mb . A . Frazer . Edinburgh . —All right . Me . It . Robertson , Aberden Yes , at 2 d . each . You to pay carriage . J . Hekdersos , Alloa . —We cannot answer your question . ADemochaT , Edinburgh We have not seen the newspaper alluded to . T . Fox , Norwich . —Apply at the Home Office .

      The Land! A Practical Agriculturist, Of ...

      THE LAND ! A practical agriculturist , of great experience , lias applied to me to know if tlie allottees upon the several estates would wish to have the benefit of his practical knowledge . The several located members may , by such means , at a very trifling individual expense , considerably benefit themselves . A response from any of the estates to this ap 2 ) lication , may be communicated to the Directors , addressed to the Land Office . F . O'C .

      The Northern St Alt Saturday, Jci/Sr. 31, 1840.

      THE NORTHERN ST Alt SATURDAY , JCI / Sr . 31 , 1840 .

      Mental And Manual Labour, The Operative ...

      MENTAL AND MANUAL LABOUR , THE OPERATIVE AND SHOPKEEPER . The ftict that " the folly of to-day" may be " the wisdom of the morrow , " is being proved svery hour by the light which is now beaming upon those who were most ignorant of the Labour Question , and most indifferent to their own interests . While other journalists are dail y catering rubbish to amuse the fancy of their varied readers , we have been weekly endeavouring to fix-the mind of this country to the Labour Question ; while those who are most interested

      m its proper solution—the shopkeepers—have been our bitterest enemies . When they were enlisted in the Free Trade ranks , to fight the battle of "HIGH WAGES , CHEAP BREAD , AND PLENTY TO DO , " we explained that such a coalition between traffickers in the raw material—WHEAT , and the manufactured article—BREAD , was wholly based upon the pride of the sliopkeoping class , who imagined that their . opposition would exclude them from the social ranks of their order .

      The same cry was in every man ' s mouth . "Brisk trade" was the watchword—none reflecting upon the fact , that there existed at the time as much machinery , which did not consume , and could not bo customers , as would supply three worlds with the required produce . The shopkeepers never bestowed a thought upon the fact , that all other countries in thc world were preparing to compete with the English manufacturers ; they assembled at their tea parties and their public meetings , lending a willing , ear and placing implicit credence in the Utopias of those visionary theorists , the capitalists , whose interests were

      diametrically opposed to those of the shopkeepers . Such was the social bearing of thc shopkeepers during the , Free Trade agitation ; while , as jurors , they were politically arrayed against the working classes , upon the success oi whose political principles solel y depended the interest of the shopkeepers . The Chartist principles were not then ' understood / - because none but Chartists would venture to attend a Chartist meeting ; while Free Trade meetings were filled with ticketed members , lest the free admission of enlightened Chartists , and their permission to speak , would have dispelled the delusion to which the shopkeeping mind was then attached . -

      In the year l 838 , Mr . 0 'CoNNOH addressed several letters to the shopkeepers of Yorkshire pointing out the-identity : of interest which existed between those who supply food and other goods in a manufactured state to those who consume them ; and in those letters he clearly showedthat ,-of all classes ,-the shopkeepers were most interested in . the welfare and . just payment of the working classes . ' - ; The mind of both classes , however , was then in its infancy . The power of the weakest was not sufficiently organised to bear upon the action of the strongest , and it has cost us , no few years of toil to create- ; to organise and direct the labour mind , - until ai length we are more than repaid b y the result which its . pro per developement tiow promises , *

      Mental And Manual Labour, The Operative ...

      It has been the continuous ana systematic obiect of the ruling power to create and perne tuatefeudsbetweenthose two classes to whose united energy any G overnment must yield . Thev have now both discovered their respective positions : the shopkeepers have learned that without the aid of labour they cannot reduce taxation to the extent which would render them the slightest service , and the ahou cr "have discovered that they would delve no benefit from any-the most econormc ^ system of which their own representatives not the founders ' _ about

      were . , ^ F ^ iCoalition to he formed between the Russell Government and the Sl Staff ; acoalitionof Whig and Tory m tho hope that such a union may be capable ot overpowering the opposition of Protectionists andFree Traders . The leader of this . party will rely upon the loyalty and thc tyranny ot the feudal lords for support , and for the enactment of any measures which may be necessary tosunm-essmiblicouinion : while , upon the other

      hand , the eighty-five men of progress , backed by that public opinion out of doors , and vigorously backed , will he too powerful . fi » this trinit y of corruption , while the sound opinion of the Chartist body having gained experience and wisdom from the past , will take care , in the words of Mr . Hall , to press them forward in the onward course . Who can deny the assertion made by Mr . O'Connor at the Tower Hamlets meeting on

      Wednesday night , when lie thus analysed tho identity of interest that existed between the shopkeeping and the labouring classes . He said " Let us take a population of one hundred thousand working men , and two thousand shopkeepers . If those one hundred thousand men received £ 20 a year , or 8 s . a week , more than they do now for the profitable application of their labour to the developement of the resources of the country , that would amount to two millions a year , and from that sum each of the two thousand shopkeepers would receive a thousand a year more than they do now . " He also pointed out most distinctly , the irrefutable fact , that no beneficial alliance could be formed between the labourer and the

      capitalist , whose profits were realised by a reduction of wages , while the closest interest existed between the labourer and those with whom he expended his money . It is very refreshing to read the speeches of all who now profess to agitate for their own principles of reform , inasmuch as every one , without an exception , is compelled to admit the superiority of every point of the

      Charter , as compared with any other principle . Mi " . Offoe , a magistrate of the Tower Hamlets , and a most p owerful speaker ; Geokgk Thompson , the member for the borough ; and Mr . Williams , the late member for Coventry ; the three principal speakers at the meeting to which we refer , all—one and all—expressed their preference for Universal Suffrage , and in fact for every other point of the Charter , except Annual Parliaments .

      Now the value of those meetings is , that they will afford the middle-classes—that is the shopkeeping class—an opportunity of judging of the real motives and objects of tho working classes . And that this feeling is not confined to the metropolis , is proved by the fact that -the large petition for the Charter from Manchester , and presented by Mr . Bbigiit , was signed by a large majority of shopkeepers . As we have frequently shown , we would not , with the present system of representation , give three straws for the Abolition of the National Debt , the Reduction of the Army , the Navy t or any other expenditure , so long as representation is confined to the

      wealthy , for the people may rest assured that the represented classes would take care to divide amongst their own order , any savings- ^ no matter from what source they might arise . IsMt not an irrefutable fact , that while the landlords refuse to make any—the slightest— - reduction in their rents , consequent upon Free Trade , they not only justify , but recommend the reduction of the wages of the agricultural labourer ?— -thus irrefutably proving our . oftrepeated prediction that "The weakest would be the first to go to the wall , " while the strongest and most powerful would be the last to suffer , but would be tho greatest sufferer in the end from his own obstinacy .

      We trust that the working classes will draw the proper distinction between a coalition with capitalists who traffic in Labour , and shopkeepers who make profit by fair competition , and who thrive best when tho labourer is best requited . A private gentleman—if he is wise , and has courage—can suit his living to his means , but not so with the Government ; whose strength depends , not upon the intellect of its members , but upon the amount of patronage that it can bestow upon its servile supporters . Such a Government expresses its fears of the

      impracticability of committing such loose and dependent characters , accustomed to indulge ill luxury and p rofligacy , at the expense of the toiling millions , to their own resources . It would be like disbanding a rebellious army in a hostile fortress . But the people of this age have become too wise to live in bastiles , while these who luxuriate upon their sweat are domiciled in palaces . If , then , this movement is faithfully and fearlessl y carried on , it can produce but one result , and that result will be the just requital of Labour by its proper application to the cultivation of our national

      resources ; while we would caution those who are now catering for popular support , and openly declare they are powerless without it—wo would caution them against the attempt to use that force for any purpose merely to subserve their own purposes , for , if they do , and if the Chartists are again deceived , so sure as a God rules over ns , so sure will popular vengeance burst upon their heads , and then the day of reckoning will

      come . The people will offer no opposition to the means to secure the end , hut they will give no assistance in the accomplishment of any measure which is not to give them a fair participation in the just means , which is the franchise , to secure thejust end , which is social happiness —a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work , — - that the labourer should be the first partaker of the fruits of his own industry , and from which alone can result happiness , contentment , and peace . The watchmaker who makes the watch , the tailor who makes the clothes , the shoemaker who makes the shoes , the hatter who makes the hats , the butcher

      who provides the meat , the baker who makes the bread , the grocer who supplies the groceries , the hosier who supplies the stockings , the haberdasher , the milliner , the dressmaker , the bookseller , the wine merchant , the banker , the merchant ,, the landlord , the parson—nay , the manufacturer himself , all , one and all—have ah interest in ' the fair and just requital of the labourer . - Upon his labour all depend , by his discontent all are periled . The Labour Question then , is the question to the proper solution of which

      every caterer for popular support must direct his mind ; with us it has been QUI day thought and our night dream , " . ft has been our wish to leave the world better than we found it , and it is our pride , and our only consolation , toknow that , in spit / a of persecution , and prosecution we have ^ ated and organised a public opinion , which . may ; De , successfully directed ^ agamst xnju ' stice , butwhichnonecan SfJ 7 ™ lts % Wepurpose-the realisa-£ ^&^ - ^*

      Railw Ays And The Land Plan. Anv^^Ru^' *...

      RAILW AYS AND THE LAND PLAN . anv ^^ ru ^ ' * e We abstained from any the slightest comment upon Mr . George J -xUDson and others , ' had heen concerned { the management of railways , until their

      ; ~" — ~—M" Lt, Ortial Tribunal. 1 Condu...

      ~ " — ~—m" Lt , ortial tribunal . 1 conduct was submitted to an imp- ivvned first Accustomed ourselves to be c 0 » "e j ... hels in and tried afterwards , ^ the ^ isU ^ i < - ^ 'DSwew ^ averse ^ s ^ e ^^^ condemnation , however deal ui i j ^ dence may appear , untir the accuse power of making his defence . M , *™ and others have now enjoyed that ^" g lege , and we may place him and his associals in comparison with the propounds of the Land Plan , and the treasurer of its funds . Mr . O ' Connor was condemned vrthout a hearing . It was asserted that he might emi l / rafce to America or anv other foreign COUUtlV , ___ .

      with houses , land , dunghills , carts , waggons , ploughs , and harrows ' upon his back ; ana so punctilious were the Ministers , and so jealous were they as to the faithful application oi the poor man ' s funds to the purposes for winch they were subscribed , that a Committee was appointed to investigate and report upon the practicability of the Land Scheme , while the Chairman of that Committee , a Government

      official , GO 0 DEN 0 UGH HATTER-amost appropriate name—with a salary of 2 000 / . avear for seeing to the proper lashing of soldiers' backs , and whose salary has since been raised to 2 , 500 / . a year ^ P ^ Jeda " evidence calculated to prove the practicability of the Plau , and directed the attention and absorbed the whole time of the Committee in Z investigation of Mr . 0 'OoNNOK s accounts .

      And afters long and tedious examination oya Government accountant , and a Government actuary , after a . long correspondence between the Judge Adyocate and Joshua Hobson , and having spent six mortal days m drawing up his report to be presented to the House of Commons , the Committee unanimously rejected his report , declared that the affiurs of the Company had heen conducted with the most nerfect ffood faith , that 3 , 400 / . was due to Mr .

      O'Connor , hot including a farthing tor his expenses out of pocket , and no such comprehensive item as " Sundries " in the Company ' s accounts , and recommended thc House of Commons , either to legalise the Company , or to allow Mr . O'Connor to wind up its affairs . Let the reader contrast his position with that of the " Railway King , " and his associates . During the present session of Parliament Mr .

      O'Connor gave notice of a motion for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the management of tho several Railways in the Kingdom ; but so repugnant was the feeling of the House to such a proposition , that he was compelled to withdraw it . And from whence arose the distaste ? Why simply from the fact that it would be impossible to name a committee of HONOURABLE

      GENTLEMEN , some of whom—nay , many of whom —would not have been judges in their own

      case . There was no controlling power , save honour , to guide Mr . O'Connor in his management of the Laud Company's affairs ; while in the case of Hudson and his associates , those whose duty it was to see to the faithful expenditure of the funds , were particeps criminis , and thus the case of the greatest criminal was submitted to those who were participators in his crime , and not very impartial jurors .

      Now , let us suppose for a moment that Mr . O'Connor had been guilty of any the slightest dishonesty— -nay inaccuracy—with respect to the affairs of the Land Company , would so many trials have been permitted ? and would ho have been allowed like opportunities to establish his innocence ? Nay , in faith , he Avould have been treated by the old rule' . ' "While one man may steal a horse , another dare not look over the wall . " But ,

      notwithstanding , the minute investigation , and tnfe establishment , not only of Mr . O'Connor ' s integrity , but of his sincerity and devotion to the cause of the poor man , and his faithful application of his funds , we find that those who have paid the least , — -and who if they had contributed all to the relief of their order in the developement of such apian , would not have been great sufferers—are now the loudest clamourers for the restoration of funds that have been vested in Houses and Land . There-is but one way of meeting those grumblers , and by those means the . confiding and more prosperous may silence the growlers and make themselves rich . Let those who still

      retain their confidence , and who have the moans , buy up the shares of the grumblers , and should the Company be wound up , they will receive more than 20 s . for every pound they have expended ; and should it be continued , they will ultimately be large gainers by the speculation . Meanwhile , no man can feel astonishment at Mr . O'Connor ' s disgust at" the treatment he has received from those to whose services he has devoted his time and his money ; nor can any man feel surprise at his resolution to retire from a scene which has been one continued series of vituperation , ingratitude , loss and discontent .

      We congratulate our readers , however , upon the fact that he does not take with him the same stain that is attached to Mr . Hudson and others , while the working classes may derive some consolation from the fact—that though ill-treated by a minorit y of their order , it is not his intention to abandon the principles of the majority . Most men , if not converted to adverse principles by ingratitude , are driven to accept them from disgust ; but inasmuch as the cause of Justice is the cause of God , it is Mr . O'Connor ' s intention—no matter what amount of ingratitude he may be subjected to , —still to devote his life to the cause of Justice .

      Parliamentary Review. The Lords Steadily...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The Lords steadily pursue their policy of damaging or rejecting every important measure sent up to them by tho Commons . So that at the end-of the session there will he oven a more beggarly account of actual performance than there otherwise would have been but for this lordly ohstructiveness . A week or two since wo gave a list of bills that had been thrown out by them , each - of which had occupied much time in the lower House . This week one of the " crack" measures of the

      Government has been so seriousl y damaged and mutilated , that it is impossible either they or the House of Commons can agree to it when sent back , and we presume it will , therefore , US thrown OUt altogether . Every one will recollect that at the commencement of the Session there was a general outcry against the operation of the Irish Poor Law , and innumerable suggestions for its amendment were made by parties who described themselves as suffering under the grievances it inflicted . Committees were appointed by both Houses of Parliament , and witnesses in abundance were

      examined on the subject ; the Report of whose evidence has cost the country a pretty penny in ihe shape of numerous bulky blue books , which not one person in ' 50 , 000 will ever look into . While these investigations were going on , however , Lord J . Russell , urged by tho exigency of the case , and catching at an idea casually dropped by Lord Stanley , proposed what was called a Rate in Aid ; and , in Order to : remove the dread of indefinite taxation , proposed a maximum rate of seven ^ shillings in- the pound , ' as the extent to which the property of Ireland could be called ; upon to support the poor . This measure

      met with determined opposition at every stage from the Irish-landlords in the Commons , and gave rise to numerous protracted debates . Having passed through the first and second reading , nearly a fortnight of morning sittings was consumed in considering it in Committee ; and at length , having occupied more of the time of the House than almost any other single measure during the whole session , it was ; sent up to the Peers , who , in one night , so-mutilated , it , that its authors will not be able , ; on its emerging from then- hands , to recognise it again . The clause containing the principle of the hiU , and enacting a rn ^ huum

      Parliamentary Review. The Lords Steadily...

      rate , was thrown out by a majority of eight ; and the clauses which really fixed on the landlords the payment of rates , by providing that the land might be sold to pay the rates with which it was chargeable , were also thx'ownout , The House of Peers is professedly a hou . se of landlords . What more natural , therefore , than for them to look after the interests of to '" order . " For our own part , we by no means regret the virtual rejection of the Bill . It was part of that system of peddling and pettifogging legislation by which the Whigs attempted to deceive the country into the belief that they ~^^^

      meant to improve the condition of Ireland , while , in reality , they are either unable to devise practical , efficient , and commensurate remedies for the evils which aftecfc it , or if they possess the capacity to do so , are deficient in the moral courage requisite to propose and to carry such remedies . The maximum rate would have been a mere skin plaister . As an inducement to capitalists to invest money in the purchase oi Irish estates , and to employ Labour on a large scale , it is not probable that it would have succeeded to any perceptible extent ; while the ultimate result must have been , to throw on the

      Consolidated Fund the charge of supporting all tho Irish poor for whom the limited rate failed to provide relief . The value or efficiency of the measure , however , is not the point immediately at issue , or to which we desire to direct attention . 16 is the curious position in which public business is placed , by the doing of the one Chamber and the undoing of the other . Whatever may

      become of rates , we shall certainly , by this method , secure the minimum of legislation . The time has been when we had statesmen who had too much self-respect to submit to such contemptuous treatment , and who would have thrown upon the obstructives of their policy the responsibility of their actions . ^ But the p etty men of the present day are satisfied so long as they can retain office and duly draw their salaries .

      '' Meekest , mildest of mankind , they will take any amount of kicks , so that they are assured of the halfpence in return . To every species of lordly ill-usage they reply , in the language of Mi " . Toots , "It is not of the slightest consequence—thank you . " We wonder that the Peers are so gentle and forbearing with them . Such pusillanimity almost invites a more frequent administering of kicks and cuffs .

      The Ordnance Estimates have given occasion for an exhibition peculiarly characteristic of Whiggery . They were fixed for Thursday se ' uuight , -when Mr . Hume requested that they might be postponed till Monday , as by . that time members would have in their hands tho Report of the Select Committee appointed on the motion of the Government itself , to inquire into this department . The Estimates having been postponed till this late period , avowedly because it was considered desirable that the Report should have heen previousl y presented , one would have thought that such a reasonable

      request as a delay for two nights longer would have been readily granted . Not so . Lord John urged on the discussion of the Estimates that night , apparently determined that for this year , at least , the members should vote them en masse , and utterly in the dark as to their reasonableness and justice . We have too oftenfeltthatthedebateson these Money Questions were solemn mockeries ; and that , m the words of Mr , Cobdm , the House of Commons , so far from being the guardian of tho public purse , was merely the screen for Ministerial extravagance ; but on this occasion Mi " .

      HUME and his friends showed fight in genuine style . Finding that the Ministry were determined to hurry these Estimates through , in the absence of all information , Mr . Hume moved then . " postponement till Monday , and though defeated , the minority , in one shape or another , persisted in making this motion , and in dividing the House upon it , until at last , at twelve o ' clock , Lord John gave up the contest , and the minority were victorious . The PrEMIEU has his own obstinacy to blame for the loss of an entire night , which might otherwise have been devoted to clearing off a score

      of other orders , M'hich were on tho business paper for the night ; while at the same time he must be content to bear tho suspicion of being desirous to force the House into the voting of several millions of money , before having the opportunity of seeing the Report of the Select Committee . That Report has now been published , and though the immediate results may be but trifling , it has elicited both from Lord John , and Colonel Anson , on his behalf , repeated and pointed pledges that its recommendations will be carefully attended to during the recessand that

      , Estimates , framed in accordance with them as far as possible , will be prepared for next year . There does not appear to be any public department in whichabuses are more abundant , or of greater magnitude , than the Ordnance . Money is wasted wholesale . Extravagance , however , is the great characteristic of our Government . The witty Sydney Smith : truly described our financial system , in a passage which Mr . Coeden read to the House on Wednesday , amidst "loud laughter and cheers" —proof , we suppose of the correctness of the description : —

      "The world never saw so extravagant a Government a « . tho Government of England . Not Vly is economy not P ™*« ed 5- $ t » -despised , and the idea of it is connected * v . th disaffection , Jacobinism , and Joseph Hu ™ ° Every voclc m the ocean where a cormorant can perch is occupied by her troops , and has a governor , a deputy-g overnor a storekeeper , and a deputy-storekeeper , and wifUoon 1 ave an archdeacon and a bishop . Military colle g es witl . tlnrtj-fom- professors , educating sovontoon S ' s pei a num . bem half an ensign for each professor , with evcrv species ot nonsense , atU & tic , sartorial , and plumi " erouS A ; ust and necessary war costs this country Cffi minute ; whipcord , £ 150 , 000 ; red tape , £ 7 , 000 ' lace for 2 S hKadVti ' , \*&* ^™ « t tered h s lei at tSf v th ° ¥ . ? P lep wh » has sliate ?! "i Je ^ at « ;? . Equator ; subsidies to Persia : som-efc sui to xiubet

      ... -wcu money ; an annuity to Lady Hem-T Some 2 See ' wheT 1 dau S llte « . tHc husbnncl beh ? Io ™ ; $ ^ n lit aTT ? i T ! ought t 0 Ilave 1 , atl - ™ y soldiers l 4 ? lhm " nt ^ t ^ ' ' othev ^^^ ^ rnLh ( ti 4 to lauiamcnt , such a scene of extravagance , corruntion and expense as must paral yse the spirit and mar " he fori Sd ° ' m ° industrious sp & eupeopKai ;« The Government will continue to be carried on m this spirit as long as it is exclusively in the hands of the aristocracy ; and , by means of a limited constituency , the privileged classes are vu-tuall y as much masters of the House of Commons as they are of the House of Lords

      The Protectionists, Are Becoming Financi...

      The Protectionists , are becoming Financial Reformers , after a fashion . Mr . Hbkiey proposed a reduction of ten per cent ; on all salaries paid to persons holding Government situations . The ostensible ground for this motion was , the reduction in the prices of all commodities which has taken place within the last few years . In reality we take it the object was to punish the Government , -which , has been instrumental in polling down the prices < rf agricultural prodise . Mr .: Henley isindividuall

      , y , a very worthy , shrewd , stad well-meaning gentleman i but , while symp athising with his general object , we can by nomeans agree in the plan he proposed to the House . To take fifteen-pence from the twelve shillings paid weekly to a poor hard-Avorked Postman , and leave the enormous incomes oft the Lord Chancellor and the Judges untouched seems to us rather queer economv . It is well known that all the real work iu the Government offices , ' of every description . i «

      ? S + n y 9 ? n ) ° whos ? salai-ies range from lopj . to 250 ayeax . Instead of talring any . thmgfromthe fags-among whom ft £ IdSd Sl ^ 001 ^ are t 0 be found-instead of Clocking the scanty allowance to Tidewaiters , towsemen , and Postmen , we suggest to Mr , Henley , and his friends , that it would be better , ' . to abolish numerous offices held by scented , curled , and monstachoed young gen « tlemen , whose principal occupation is to read the . newspapers , and sign their names to the

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 21, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_21071849/page/4/