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    • THE TEN HOURS BILL. :
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    • THE IflRTHEM STAB ; SATITR»A"K", JUIiY 7. 1849.
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      4 The Northern Star. . " . ¦ : ¦ . ........

      4 THE NORTHERN STAR . _. _" . _¦ : ¦ _. ..... ¦ _:. _^ i __^ _____ ¦ _-- July 7 , 184 Q .

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      _Y > K 1 TISH EMPIRE FREEH OLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY . JJ On an Advance your Kent is Saved , —you becomeyour own Land and Householder . Patrons . —T . S . _Duxcoube , Esq ., M . P . T . "WAKtEr , Esq ., M . P . B . B . _Cibbeu , Esq . _; M . P .. L . J . _Hansam ) , Esq ., M . P , Bankers . —The Commercial Bank of London ( Branch ) , 6 , Henrietta Street , Covent Garden . London _Office . —So . 13 , Tottenham Court , New Road , S t Pancras , London . —Dasiel _Whliaji _Ruffv , Secretary .

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      A & _baxged a Theee Sectio . vs . Value of Shares and Payments for Investors . Full Share .. .. £ 120 _ nayment of 2 s . 5 cL " $ Week , or 10 s . 6 d . per Month . _BalfShare .. .. 60 — 1 21 . — 5 3 — Quarter Share .. .. 30 - - 0 74 - 2 a ; - Applicants are requested to state in their form the Section they desire to be a Member o £ So _SravEioas ' , SoucrroEs ' , ov _Redesiptiox- Pee _&—The present Entrance Pee , including Certificate , Bules _, be ., is 4 s l _* er Share , and 2 s . Gd . for any part ofa Share . Price of Bides , including Postage , Is . OBJECTS . 1 st—To enable members to build Dwelling Houses . 5 th . —To give to Depositing Members a higher rate of _In-*^ _M _**^ M *** hoth _Preeliold _^^ t _^^^^ ana Leasehold Properties or Laud . Children , or Husbands for their Wives , or for Marriage 3 rd . —To advance _JHortgages oa Property lield by Settlements . * ¦¦ ' .. '* ¦ members . 7 th . —To purchase a piece of Freehold Land of sufficient 4 th . —To enable Mortgagors being members to redeem value to give a legal title to a County Vote for Members of "heirMortgages . Parliament' - ' _Seciios- 1—By joining this section every person in town or country can become the proprietor of a House and Land in his own neighbourhood , without being removed from his friends , connexions , or the present means himself and family may have of gaining a livelihood . _Si-cr-oslL—To raise a capital by shares to purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide the Land into _sHotments -from half-an-acre upwards , in or near the towns of the various branches of the society . The property to be the bona fide freehold ofthe member after a term of years , from the date of location , according * o Ids subscriptions . Sechox 111 . —Saving or Deposit section , in which members not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest smaU sums , -receiring interest at the rate offive per cent per annum , on every sum of 10 s . and upwards so deposited . . _5 . B . —JE 300 will be advanced to the memhers of the first Section in July next , when all persons who hare and may "become memhers for Shares , or parts of Shares , on or before the 4 th of July next , and who pay six months' subscriptfions in advance , or otherwise , will he eligible for an advance .

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      - - H ALSO , THB UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES Enrolled pursuant to Act of Parliament Thus securing to its members the protection of the law for their funds and property . Legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , with tke privilege of appointing Medical Attendants , Agents , Jtc . An opportunity is now offered to healthy persons , np to Porty Years of Age , of joining these flourishing Institutions in town or country . - Xosdos OmCE . —13 , Tottenham Court , Sew Road , St Pancras ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham Court-road ) . Dakux _"H- _illum _KoFtT , Secretary .

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      J ' atrons . —T . S . Vuscoxbe , Esq ., M . P . T . _Waklet , Esq ., M . P . B . B . Cabbeci , Es q ., MP . P . O'Coskoh , Esq ., M . P . L . J . Hassabd _, Esq .

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      In the short space of Tive years these societies have paid the following benefits to their members . _SDHJIAKT OF eLAlMS . £ S . d . Sickness and Superannuation .. .. .. .. 3 , 486 14 7 Accouchments .. .. .. .. .. 1 , 103 0 0 .. Funerals ... .. .. .. .. ... 9 M 4 9 . t . ' Loss by . Fire .. .. .. .. .. . 55 2 0 jE 5 , 449 1 . 4 ; " , Present Capital funded in -the Bant of England .. .. £ 2 , 186 io 5 These Societies are in six divisions or sections , for the Members to receive the following Benefits according to their Subscriptions : — First Division . Foubth Division . Entrance according to age , fi-om 5 s . to 10 s . Monthly Con- _Entrancei according to age , from 3 s . Gd . to 8 s . Gd . tribution ; for Sickness and Management 2 s . "id . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , Is . 4 d , . £ s . d . - ——Allowance , in Sickness , per week .. O IS O . £ s . d . Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 20 0 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 9 0 Ditto " Wife ' s or Xominee _' s ditto .. .. 10 0 0 Member ' s Funeral 10 0 0 "Wife _' sLying-in .. .. ' .. .. 2 0 0 Member ' s "Wife or Nominee ' s ditto .. ' .. 5 0 0 Xoss by Fire , from .. .. - £ 5 0 0 to 20 0 0 "Wife ' s Lying in .. .. .. .. 10 0 "Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 060 Loss by Fire , from .. ' .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 Second Division . Superannuation , per week ., „ .. 040 Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . 6 d ., to 9 s . 64 . Fifth Division . Monthly Contr ibution for Sickness and Management , Ent r ance , according to age , from 3 s . to 8 s . Monthly Con-2 s . Id . tribution for Sickness and Management , ls . id . Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 15 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 7 0 "Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 16 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. ... _,. G 00 Ditto _life ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 8 0 0 Ditto "Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. ... 300 "Wife ' sLying-in .. .. .. .. 115 0 "Wife ' sLying-in .. .. .. .. 015 0 "Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 15 0 0 Loss by Fire .. .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 000 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 040 Third Dkisios . Sixih Division . Entrance , _awarding to age , from 4 s . to 9 s . Monthly Con- Entrance Money .. .. .. .. 030 tribution for Sickness and Management , ls , 7 d _. Monthly . Contribution .. .. .. 0 10 . Allowance hi Sickness , per week .. .. 0 11 0 AUowance in Sickness .. .. .. 0 7 0 _Memto ' _sFuneral ,. .. .. .. 13 0 0 Member's Funeral .. .. .. .. 210 0 Dit t o "Wife ' s or _ifominee ' s ditto .. .. 6 0 0 Ko levies in this " Division . "Wife ' s Ly ing-in .. .. .. .. 110 0 — Loss hy Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 O to 10 0 0 Levies according to the demands on each division per Suj _> _ei-aiiunation , per week .. .. .. 040 quarter . N . B . —The difference in the two Societies is , the Fatriots have au Accouchmeut benefit , thc Patriarchs have not ' ihat benefit , therefore do not pay levies for it . ¦ J" **"" * Applications for Agencies requested from all parts of the country ; information for appointment of Agencies can fee obtained by letter , enclosing a postage stamp . Blank forms and information for the admission of country memhers can be obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing three postage stamps , to Vaxlbl Wjuvliam lttn * Fr , General Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , New Road , St . Fancras .

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      PHOTECIED Br B _0 YAL LETTERS PATENT .-nil . LOCOCK'S FEMALE WAFERS XJ Hare no Taste of _Me-Mcine , And are the onlv remedv recommended to be taken by "Ladies . They fortify thc _' Constitution at aU periods of life , and in all _Kervous Affections act like a charm . They remove . Heaviness , _Fatigue on _SlishtEsei'tion , Palpitation of theHeart , Lowness of Spirits , Weakness , and allay pain . They create Appetite , and remove Indigestion , fleart"bnrn _, Wind , Head Aches , Giddiness , < £ _<* . In H ysterical Diseases , a proper perseverance in the nse of this Medicine will be found to effect a cure after all other means had failed . -j""? - Full Directions are given with every box . Xote . —These "Wafers do not contain any Mineral , and may be taken _either dissolved in water or whole .

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      INSTANT EASE—LASTING CURE . Price Is . per Packet . BRAMffi ' S ENAMEL , FOR FILLING "DECAYING TEETH ,-and RENDERING THEM SOUND AND PAINLES S , has , from its unquestionable ex cellence , obtained " great _popularif-y at home and abroad Its curative agency is based upon a TRUE THEORY of tiie cause of Tooth-Ache , and hence its great success . S 3 most other remedies it is sought to WR the nerve , and so stop the pain . But to destroy- the nerve is itself a very painful operation , and oftenleadsto very sad consequences , for the tooth then becomes a dead substance in theRving jaw , and produces the same amount of inflammation ana pain as would result from any otherforeignbody embedded "L a Iivin ° -organ . BRANDE'S ENAMEL does not destroy the nerve , but , by RESTORING THE SHELL OF THE TOOTH , completelv protects the nerve from cold , heat , or chemical or other agency by which pain is caused . By _followiii'' the directions , INSTANT EASE is obtained , and a I 1 ASTJ 8 G CUBE _foUows . FuR instructions accompany

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      NOTICE .. TH E NEWCASTLE - UPON - TYNE BRANCH OF THE NATIONAIi LAM ) C 05 _ITAST suggests The _ntiRty of calling a CONFERENCE , and that tiiesaid Conference take ' into _considerationtheredudnsr the number of Directors totwo . " "

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      THE MEMBERS OF THE LEEDS BRANCH of the NAIIONAL LAND COMPANY are ¦ requested to bring their Cards and Scrips to have them registered .-¦" . 3 * ae _ Coi _* nmiftfe meet every night , in the Bazaar , from _"half-pist Seven to half-pastEight , until the 26 th inst ' . There vviR be a General Meeting in the Bazaar , on the , _"S _^ _jja _^ ., ' - _^ _"hichaU members are requested to attend . ~' -g ' " For the National Land . Company , - W , Newtos . ik >* :

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      THE POPULAR REMEDY . P _AEE'S LIFE PILLS "Wliich are acknowleged to be all that is required to conquer Disease and Prolong Life . - .

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      NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY . —We ,- the undersigned , having accepted the office of Trustees , have been appointed ( by the Directors and Members ) to _investigat-j the accounts of the aliove Society , from the commencen 11 tup to the present period . £ s . d . We find the Receipts amount to .. .. 348 12 _OJ . And the Expenditure to .. .. .. .. 301-4 84 Leaving a Balance of .. .. £ 41 8 1

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      Thirty pounds of which is m the Bank , and the remainder in tiie bauds of General Secretary and local Agents . Brother members , —The principal objection ofthe Directors is , -the charge for Secretary ' s Fees , and Rent for Office , and which we have particularly investigated . "We find that the average number , of members ,-as stated , amounts to the number charged ; but from the irregularities of local Agents , wc find it impossible to give correct data when members joined the Society ; the-Secretary having charged 336 , to remunerate him for his services as founder , which we think him justly entitled to , but , perhaps , it would have given greater satisfaction if it had been made a separate item . - The Secretary 's Fees are now charged in strict accordance with _rul- * , and the Office is how discontinued .. ' " We , the Trustees , in conclusion , " caU upon aU Agents to send in their returns immediately , and that , for the future , the rules must be strictly attended to by local Agents and General Secretary , that a Balance Sheet ; may be issued quarterlv , which will be the means of increasing our members , and make it a veritable _NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY . James _Gkassbt _, " | _"Wiluam Shbte , [ - Trustees . James Peabce , )

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      CnARTERTILLE , OXFORDSHIRE , Mpstelig ibly situated ,. being three miles from Witney , three from Bamptou , and four from Burford ; aU market towns . ... . . ' ¦ . " . " ... "" . TO -BE DISPOSED OP , A TWOACRE ALLOTMENT , with entrance & om the hi g h foad , in a state of high cultivation , , weR crop p ed wi t h wheat , barley , clover , swede turnips , mangel - wurtzel , potatoes , and other v egetables , - & c . { together with _' a fine milch cow : in _fiill niilk . - * . For terms , apply by letter , enclosing a _gostage stamp , to Mr . G . Hickman / taUbr , 4 , Salisbury Terrace , ¦ "William street Caledonian-road , PentonviUe , _" £ ondon . -

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      . TO BE SOLD , ; A _THEEE-ACRE ALLOTMENT , at J _. A Sniff's : End , - with-crops , ' consisting of one acre of wheat , half an acre of early potatoes , half an acre of beans , a quarter , dl an acre of early peas , with a quantity of parsnips , carrots , cabbage , onions , Swede turnips , black barley , wi th app le , pear , gooseberry , currant , and raspberry trees . It is beautifully situated , and the crops are looking extremely weU . Price , £ 15 . .... App ly ( if by letter , _postpaid ) , Richahd Cobp , Mells , near Frome , Somerset ; or Mr . Matthew Brown , No . 3 , Threeacre Allotments ,. Sni g ' s ; End , near Gloucester , .. _''* . The reason for selling is "dl-heatth , " .

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      THE CHEAPEST EBITlON EVER _rUMBH-S _)/ . , * . _> Price Is . 6 d .,.... . ' . f A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of ( he Author , of . ; . ; PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS .

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      : Now Ready , a _^ ew Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS

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      THE LABOURER MAGAZINE . Vols . 1 , 2 _^ 3 , 4 , may still be had , neatly boRnd , price 2 s . 6 d . each No . 4 , the Number containing Mn .. O'Connor ' s Treatise on the National Land Company ;" No . , the one containing Mb . ; _O'CoNNon _' s Treatise . " On the National Land and Labour Bank . connection -with the Land Company : J 'Dave lately been reprinted , and may be had on application , I ? riceGd . each . " ¦ " . - ' - Imperfections of the ' Labourer Magazine' may . stiU be had at the Publishers . ' V

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      . _^ In a nea t Volume , Price Is . Cd ;* - " The Evidence taken hy the Select- Committee of the House of Cprdrnoris . appointed fo enquire into the National Land Company . " This "Volume ought to be in the hands of every Member of the Company , as it striking ly illustrates th » , care and economy that have been practised iu the management of the Funds of the Company , and proves , beyond contradiction , the practicabUity of the Plan which the Company was established to _can-f out . . ' Just published , Nos . I ., II ., and m _., ; Price Sixpence Each , .: ; , ; . THE COMMONWEALTH .

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      Sold by J . "Watson , Queen's Head , Pas 3 age , Paternosterrow , London ; A . Hey wood , Oldham-strDot , Manchester * and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . . , _,. And by aR Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      NOW READY WITH THE MAGAZINES FOR JULY , No . II . ' of . . ' : "'' y . y ' _:, .. . .. . ( ' " . ¦ THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW Of BRITISH and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , and LITERATURE . . : '¦ - ;• -: Edited by 6 . JULIAN HARNEY . . 1 contents :, - ' J' -: ? 1 . The Editor ' s Lctter . to the Working Classes . ¦ .. 2 . Letter to the Trades : The Land . ; ; , - . ¦'¦ ¦ . 3 . Letter from Paris : Present Political . Aspect and Prospects of France . 4 . Our Inheritance : The Land common Property . Letter II . _5 . Political and Historical Review—Domestic and . Forei gn . . ¦ : < :,. ' : - ¦ C . Manifesto of the German Red Republicans . 7 . Monarchy . 8 . Speech of Armand _BarbSs . ¦ - ¦ : . 9 . Literature : Milton ' s Prose Works ; Humboldt's Cosmos ; Polities for the People ; & o ., & e . FoETr Pages ( in a coloured-wrapper ) , Pbice

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      PORTRAIT OF G . W . M . REYNOLDS . A favourable opportunity now presents itself for new subscribers to begin taking In REYNOLDS'S MIS CELL A . NY ; inasmuch as No . 55 , published yesterday , commences a new ( the Third ) ¦ Volume of this highly popular and incomparably cheap work . Number 55 contains a Portrait of the Editor , GEORGE W . M . REYNOLDS , d rawn by Henry A ne l ay from * the original oU-paiuting by Henry Parkman , and engraved by E . Hooper . * . - ..- ¦ ¦ The same number likewise commences a new and original Tale , entitled , "Isabella ; or , the Adventures ofa Nun ;" _, beautifullv illustrated with wood-engravings . : _;

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      IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL DEMOCRATS . Now ready , the July number of .. . _- THE UXBRIDGE SPIRIT OF FREEDOM , AND WORKING MAN'S _INDICATOR , A monthly journal devoted to the advocacy ofthe right ' s of the working classes . Price , One Penny . . Conducted by Working Men . All profits arising from the sale of this journal will be given to the Victim Fund or Executive . Contents of this Number . To tlie Thousand and One Popes . —Robespierre . — " Mind yourown Business " . —The Monopoly of the Soil . —Saith the Voice Truly '—Government . —Why do the people view frith apathy the Institution of Religion ? — Struggles of Freedom Review , & c . , N . B . —A reprint of No . 2 and 3 IS now ready : Watson , Queen _' s-head-passage , Paternoster-row , and E .-Truelove , John-street , Tottenham-court-road , London ; Pearce , Windsor - ,. Cook , Sim ' s-alley _, Bristol ; Redrup , Uxbridge ; and all bookseRers .

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      " The Voice of the People is the Voice of God !" " _totoub tests , p ! chartists ! " . . ¦ ' _- ¦ - ;"• •' The Chartists of Lancashire and Yorkshire are respect-• . fully informed that the . " A N N U A L C A M P . M E E T I N / G > xx . Usually held at Blackstone Edge , will be held ; " AT BASIN-STONE , NEAR TODMORDEN , ' , ' O . v _Sosdat , July lorn , " 18 _ti > , j Chair to be taken at One o ' clock precisely .:. . ' . . .. The following Gentlemen will attend and address the Meeting ;— ' _' ' . Feaeous O'Connok , Esq ., M . P . for Nottingham ; M . De St . Hilauie / M . A . " Member of-the National - Assembly of France j . v : _¦' . ¦ Messrs . S . K ydd , Secretary of the National Charter Association of Great Britain and Ireland ; W . Nixon , late a Political Prisoner in Kirkdale Gaol ; and C . SiiAckleto . v , of Queen ' s Head .

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      TO BE DISPOSED OF . A FOUR-ACRE ALLOTMENT , well Xi situated on the Bromsg ' rove Estate , ' ,. ¦ Application to be made ( post-paid ) to Mr . SamL . Bookham , 114 , High Holborn .

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      TOBE SOLD ( CHEAP ) . . A PAID-UP POUR-ACRE SHARE in XX . the . National Land Company . Communications to be addressed to A , B ., at the Office of the Company , 144 , Hi gh Holborn .

      The Ten Hours Bill. :

      THE TEN HOURS BILL . :

      Interview - Between The Employers. .And ...

      Interview between the _Employers . . and , the Employed . —On Saturday evening last an interview took place at the Albion Hotel , Manchester , between the millowners and the delegates from the manufacturing districts , to discuss their mutual interests , aud to come to an understanding ori the working ofthe Ten Hours Bill . Tke chair was taken by Mr . Hindley . , . Sir Elkanah Armitage _, Mr . T . Bazley , and Mr . Lewis Williams were present . The meeting , which was a very large one , wasactuated by a spirit of conciliation ' and conducted with the best feeling . The chairman and the gentlemen above-named explained their sentiments at considerable length , and professed their willingness to concur in the views ofthe , operatives . Mr . Samuel Fielden also _snoke at some

      length , and urged the operatives to accept nothing less than the enactments ! of the ! Ten Hours Bill ; Many other Speakers addressed the meeting . After the termination of the business the delegates retired , and adjourned a meeting of themselves till the following day , when they met and passed various resolutions declaratory of their determination to adhere to the regulations ofthe bill as' they stood , ' and to memorialise her Majesty the Queen to exert her power to have those regulations carried out . A deputation then waited on Mr . Fielden and Mr .. Oastler , and requested their attendance ., In consequence these two gentlemen presented themselves , and haying delivered tb ' eir sentiments on the question ) the business concluded . _'*;;* . .. '"' ..... ; .

      The Poor And The Public Baths.—At A Late...

      The Poor and the Public Baths . —At a late meeting ofthe directors of the North-west-District Baths , it was reported that the number of bathers since the opening ofthe establishment , in 1846 , to the date ofthe report , was 315 , 355 ; The poor persons whose linen had been washed and dried amounted to 537 , 460 . , The department . for supplying the poor with lime and other disinfecting agents for cleansing arid purifying their dwellings , and l , _i I tnem _pails and _hrwhes , was opened January I , 1848 , and up to this period there have ' been cleansed , lime « washed , and otherwise purified . 2 . 702 apartments , .. ¦ _r ¦ ¦

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      J. Sweet Acknowledges The Receipt Of Fhe...

      J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of fhe foUowing sums ( sent herewith ) , For fhe Victim Fundr viz-: —Mr . Moss , Cd . ; Mr . Smith , 6 d . ; Mr . Chi pendale , 6 d . : _Kikkdai-e Prisoners . — Received by Thos . Ormeslier : — Choi-ley , per Thos . Welch , Is . ; Prestwich , Mr . ietiton , 10 s . ; Liverpool , S . W ., 5 s . ; Hebden Bridge , Mr . Mann , 3 s . - Todmorden , Hichard Barker , 9 s . ; Cheltenham , John Hemmin , 9 s . 5 d _, ¦¦¦ ; ir ' .. i , « _- _t « . Victim Fund . —W . P . Roberts , Esq ., solicitor , Manc h es t er , has received from a few friends at Drisworth , 4 s . oa . ; a friend at Leicester , Is . 6 d .. . - "" ; ¦ ¦¦ ¦ _¦ _., » , A . Hendebson , Newton Moor , near Hyde . —Send wor d , ne know _notlung about it . '

      Mr . "W . Stokes , Gretton . —Keceived . _, ; _* -x Mr . J . Skevikgton _, Loughborough-Willbe gladto recene subscriptions for any of the National Funds ... : , To the Editor" of the Norther :- Stab . —Sir , —In reply to Mr . J . Arnott , the respected secretary to the London Victim Committe , I beg to inform him that I haye yet to learn that Dr . M'Douall was either classed , tried , or convicted with White , Leacli , West , or Donovan ; consequently , the sentences complained of b y Mr . A ., could not , ;¦ and did not , apply to hini . —I am , Sir , yours in _Fra---temity , M . W . Nobman . Yentnor , Isle of Wight , July 3 . Several communications are , through press of matter , unavoidably postponed .

      The Iflrthem Stab ; Satitr»A"K", Juiiy 7. 1849.

      THE IflRTHEM STAB ; SATITR » A"K" , _JUIiY 7 . 1849 .

      The People's: Charter. Organic Beforms A...

      THE PEOPLE'S : CHARTER . Organic Beforms are in the hi ghest degree distasteful to the aristocracy , and the ruling classes of this country . To paltry peddling _measures of detail—chipping off a piece here , and gluing it on there j rubbing down an excrescence , or filling up a hole with putty—they have no objection . But " The British Constitution " is unanimously pronounced b y them to he perfect in its main principles _^ ' exquisitely proportioned in its leading outlines , > and upon the whole so well adapted to secure for everybody ; what Lord John Eussell calls " temperate liberty , " that thoy feel bound to deprecate all proposals for re-construction , in accordance with sound first principles , or in harmony with the increasing intelligence andiiew wants of the age , as a species of sacrilege .

      ; Tliis kind of blind ldohitry constitutes the most powerful obstacle to national progress . It opposes even greater resistance than the active hostility of interested and selfish ! parties , who benefit by the abuses generated by this vaunted "British Constitution . " Thegreatmass of the middle classes—perhaps , we may fairly say , ofall classes—are content to take their opinions upoii trust . They are imperceptibly influenced by the active and superior intellects in their own circle . Besides , self-love—or , as the phrenologists . call it , "self-esteem "—never takes so seductive a form as when it assumes the shape of patriotism , or love of country ;

      "Breathes there a man -w ith soul so dead , Who never to himself hathsaid , ¦ _« This is my own , my nativo . lan . d ! ' " The result of these mingled influences is , that while lynx-eyed as to the defects ofthe Constitutions and Institutions of other nations , we become mole-eyed -with reference "to our own—nay , admire deformities as beauties . Whoever undertakes the part of a Radical Reformer must . prepare himself to grapple with , and overcome this vis inertia . In proportion to the magnitude ofthe change proposed , will ' 'be the extent of the exertion , and the

      length of time required to effect it . And , although—to those who are bearing the heat and burden ofthe day—it may seem hard that justice should be so long delayed—that mankind should array themselves in opposition to their own best interests—that obloquy , persecution , and imprisonment , should be the fate of those "who earnestly seek the enfranchisement and the happiness of all their fellowcitizens ; yet , in the end , it will be found that

      this process is not only the guarantee of ultimate success , but of the permanence of the change when once it is effected . Things of quick growth fair and fade away as quickly . ' The oak , -which requires a century to bring it to maturity , defies the storm for hundreds of years . _- •• They who would be instrumental in conferring enduring benefits upon society , must be prepared to exhibit patient , unwearied , incessant perseverance _^—through that alone can the goal be reached .

      For . some fourteen years CHARTISM has :- been an out-door question . During that period it has experienced many fluctuations . The indiscretion and ' the desertion of its professed advocates—the prosecutions and proscriptions - of the Government—the rise of other more popular and pressing questions , supported by wealth , intellect , and powerfully organised associations—have , in their turn , contributed to weaken the ranks of its friends , to cast odium upon the cause , aad to divert public attention from the subject . Tet , despite all these obstructions and

      _difficultiesj it has steadily progressed . The middle class and half-way movement , headed by Mr . Hume , is an incontrovertible arid striking proof ofthat fact . Parliamentary Reform is clearly becoming the question of the day . The numerous and influential meetings whicli now take place for its furtherance , and at which the middle and working classes—without any sacrifice of their own peculiar principles , and objects— cordially and frankly pledge themselves to co-operate , as far as they mutually agree , are most gratif ying indications that , at no distant day , a large and efficient measure must be carried . -... ""''* ' ' ' }" .

      Not the least satisfactory or gratifying . of these indications , of approaching triumph , A \ as the debate upon Mr . O'Connor ' s motion , on Tuesday night . Inthe first place , the fact that there was a debate at all , proved that the question has at length gained such a footing _^ that howeveV much they might dislike it , members did not dare to refuse" its advocates a hearing . " A very short time since , "No House , " or a " Count Out , " would have been the inevitable consequence of such a motion being on the paper for a Tuesday night . ' -The first expedient to evade a discussion , was not attempted ; the second , though tried , did not

      succeed . The debate though short , was full ; and , as far as argument went , triumphantl y in favour of the motion . Only fifteen members voted for it , it is true ; but Chartism , from that moment , took up a position within Parliament which must W maintained in future , by a prudent , ! bnt firm-policy . The units muatbe multi p lied b y _^ ten , arid-then- ' " b y twenty ; and the means of doing so are in the hands of the Chartists themselves , if they will but avail themselves of thein . Argument , discussion , ! "constitutional agitation , " pertinacious perseverance , and rigorous atteri-. tion to the register , are certain to conquer at last ' - ¦ •• . ¦ _¦' -.- ¦• - _.. .:-.. _-.. ¦¦ ¦ "¦' - ; ' * v * : ¦

      ! Besides this - certainty of . ultimate succoss , tliere is great ' immediate benefit to pei . dei'ived fromthe presence of an . active extreme party in the political field . The view ' s of the moderate _middle-cl-iss reformers -will find more favour in the eyes of many timid persons than they otherwise would do if they were ! the only proposals before the public- . There must . always be a bug-bear in the back-ground to frighten such people , and in'the hope of escaping from the dreaded Chartists , and bf arrestjng the demand' for Parliamentary Reform , not a few . _-vyill be glad , to ; make " terms with the : middle-class party , and to give-their support to the modified policy of that party . It is' unnecessary to suggest' the consequence .

      " ' . One peculiar and distinguishing feature of the -I pbate was , that it compelled the oppo- ! nents ; of the Charter , to grapple " with "first p rincip les ; Mr . O'Connor laid down certain abstract propositions as the basis of his practical measures . Iii this there . was a Wide ' cbnti-ast to the _ordina _^ . procedure ' -of Members of Parliament * It " would almost seem as if they studiously avoided * all reference to first principles ; arid considered that ' the prime _recoirimendation of any legislative measures is . tbe want of such . an' ingredient in ! their _. coinpp-Bition . The opposition to the _abstract propositions

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      enunciated by the hon . aad learned member for Nottingham , " as the "starting . ; point ot his argument , wa s singularly weak and inconclusive . Unable to prove-that these propositions were untrue ,, the opponents of the motion had recourse to the : invariable , expe dient in such : cases , of conjuring up a series of dangerous consequences that would ensue it tliey were admitted and acted upon . According to such people the admission oftruth'in the abstract , and its practical application to the business of life , would be one of the greatest evils that could befal humanity . -M r .

      Campbell , a . son of . "Plain John / ' now _knowiras LoitD " _CAiiruELl , who , when _^^ Attorney-General , ' boasted that he had " laid Chartism , was : the ; first ! to * trv conclusions ; jwith Mr . O'Connor on principle . ¦ We say . the , first , for we do : not perceive anything pertinent or cogent in the speech of Mr . M . J . O'Connell . Mr . Campbell- is evidently working hard to get a place under the Government , and distinguished himself by the ultra , Whig views he gave : utterance to' iiiopposition to Mr HUME S motion last month . 'On this occasion , finding

      that the ghost of that Chartism his father had laid so many years ago , was rising , td push him from his stool , and mindful ofhis University reputation for manufacturing a logical thesis , * Mr . Campbell condes cended to show the hon . and . learned member for Nottingham twowaysby which he mig ht have maintamed his position . ' "He-should , " - said Mr . Campbell , " have shown either that ¦ pure democracy was a system' good' and excellent in itself ; or . that democracy was not _productive of public happ iness (!) , but that England was an . '* exceptional community , and that which might work evil for all other

      nations must produce unmixed good for this country . " But , unfortunately , ' Mr . O'Connor had not thought proper to compose a treatise of this description , and "Mr . Campbell added , that "though many of his arguments might be sound in theory—or apparently so , yet they were pointedly , peculiarly , and perilously inapplicable to" the condition of England , for in this country we had an established church , an ancient aristocracy _^ and a large public debt . ' - Itis almost impossible to tell which to admire most—the naivete of such an avowal , or the

      simplicity which induced the speaker to use such an argument . Observe : It -concedes that the Constitution of England is based upon an unsound theory , and proclaims that in this country institutions are , and must be upheld , not for the benefit , happiness , and prosperity ofthe whole community , but simply and solely to maintain the " Established Church , " - the ancient aristocracy , and the monied aristocracy , or fundholders . ' Here is a precious trinity of blessings , for which the hardworking , honest millions of our fellow cquntryinen are required to submit to life-long slavery

      in order to preserve ! Enough for them to know that in episcopal palaces , cathedrals closes , arid snug rectories , ' o ' er all the pleasant land , there are bishops , deans , prebends , and rectors , living in ease and luxury : enough for them to know that statel y castles ' and mansions are surrounded by magnificent parks and pleasure-grounds , in which dwell the " ancient aristocracy ; " enough that they are allowed to labour to enrich the money-lord , and perpetuate a juggle which enables those who deal

      in the circulating medium to amass millions , at the cost of increasing destitution among the masses . These are , according to Mr . Campbell , the express objects of English society . It is constituted , directl y and immediately , for the benefit of privileged classes . The people , as of old , are , virtually at least , tobe helots" hewers of wood , and drawers of water ; " and be thankful for such crumbs of nominal freedom as their lords and masters may deigu to throw to them ' .

      Having thus snown the nature and essence of our institutions , Mr . Campbell proceeded to hold up the bugbear of Socialism as the inevitable consequence of the adoption of Mr . O'Connor ' s proposition ; whether that would be so or not we do not pretend to say , but , really , if even Socialism wero the only alternative , we should almost be inclined to accept it as a smaller evil by far , than that state of society whicli Mr . Campbell holds up as his beau ideal ; namely , —an Established Church—an ancient aristocracy— _'and , we presume , as a practical consequence of these

      two—a large public debt ! There is , however , no necessary or inseparable connexion between the political enfranchisement of tho masses , and what is termed Socialism . Inthe United States , at least , the most liberal political franchises have not led to Socialism , while the example of the same States demonstrates that " pure democracy is a system good and excellent in itself . " Not that it produces "unmixed good . " Neither Mr . O'Connor , nor any other advocate of the Charter , ever made such an assertion as that . Itis merely the coinage of Mr . Campbell's own brain— -a

      common rhetorical artifice of setting up men of straw for the purpose of knocking them down , and producing , the impression that the speaker has been successful in his arguments , when , in fact , ho has heen speaking wide of the real question , and controverting propositions that were never , laid down by his opponents . Mr . "W . J . ' Fox , in his admirable , lucid , and well-reasoned speech , forcibly explained the difference between extreme democracy and representation , which was the object aimed at by Mr . O'Connor ' s motion . " It was , " he said ,

      " that union of popular influence and popular satisfaction , . with the exercise of practical wisdom and far-sighted views , which all friends of good government must strongl y desire ;" and he added , with reference to , an ancient church , an ancient aristocracy , and a powerful monied interest , that so far from these being reasons why the motion was peculiarly unfit for this country , that they "were the very reasons which showed the want of some popular principlo , to create somo balance to these mighty ! interests . " "

      The Prime Minister , in his elaborate reply to Mi * . O'Connor , was less flippant and arrogant in style and manner than when speaking on Mr . Hume ' s motion , but the spirit was the same . After explaining away his , celebrated "finality '' speech in a manner which , rightly interpreted , simply meant "I win do nothing if not pressed- —I will do as much and no more than the pressure at any given time requires , " he proceeded to criticise what , he denominated " principles of no little danger , and propositions : of no little doubt . " He admitted that labour was the source of all

      wealth , and that the . people are the only source of . legitimate power , but , like Mi ' . Campbell , ho has a groat antipathy to tho practical application of sound first principles or correct abstract theories . " Therefore , " said he , "there is some difficulty about the corollary that the labourer shall be the first partaker of-the fruits of his industry ; _'" and having given a one-sided description of the social _| theories prevalent in France , he . continued : " If that is the proposition of the Hon ; ' Member , and it seems more to have that meaning : than any other , it is a most

      democratic ! and dangerous doctrine . " " Dangerous _^ . ! to * whom ? Not , surely , to ; the labourer . '••¦ To him it ; would give that fair participation in the results of . his toil which is denied ; him under . the !!! presehi . ! , system .. It might ¦ " ¦ he dangerous ¦ ' to the idler who robs him , " and who lives in _luxm-y . while the labourer starves ; in the midst of the wealth he has created . But that is preoisel y the object

      of the motion ; and however democratic the _proposition ,, may be _> . it is ,, . at . all events , pre-eminontl y a _scrip-tural and , a Chrifrtian one . : If Lord John has read the New Testament-and we believe' he prides himself somewhat" on his evangelical knowledge and tendenoies—he must . _Teme-mher _'fhf 3 ' _- " Mr O'Connor _^ proposition is almost , word for word that of the highest ' , authority in the , Christian Church . _^ .. ;• ¦ ' ¦

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      In refusing to assent - to it , - Lord Joh n therefore denies , the faith he professes , and p laces the interests of the : ; aristocratic class to which he belongs , above not . only the welfare of the whole . community , but of the plain dictates of that Christianity which it is said ig " part andparcel of the law ofthe land / ' Lord John then objected to the term " Universal " as app lied to the Suflrage , which would ex « elude women , an objection _whicfy theugh of no great weight in itself , might be easily obviated by adopting the distinct and appropriate term " Manhood ; " and next objected to the term

      " slave , " as applied to those who have no vote . In his opinion , there isno more abstract ri ght tobe a voter than a judge or a juryman The difference between the two cases is so obvious , that a child can see ifc , and it proved liow hard pushed his lordship was for argument , when he uttered such puerility . His great objection , however , was that the adoption of the motion would really give the people power in their own . branch of the legislature .

      According to his own account of the working of our much lauded " Constitution , " it is a huge piece of humbug . If the Sovereign , or the House of Lords , or the Commons , were to exercise their undoubted prerogatives , "Our Constitution , " says Lord John , " couldnot last a month ! '' A strange confession from so doughty a defender ofthe " Constitution , " and a more powerful argument for its amendment than any urged , even by the supporters ofthe motion .

      The Premier admitted , for the second time , that " Equal Electoral Districts " is , an intelligible , and on the face of it , a fair proposition , but he doubted whether-ifc would destroy the power of the aristocracy . Be it so . We will take the chance , and , on the other hand , as Lord John thinks " the influence of persons possessing considerable property would be felt in elections , almost

      as much as it is at the present moment , " he can havo no objection to that at least . But his lordshi p sees , something peculiarly calculated to represent all the great interests of the nation in our present system . It is true that it throws the major portion ofthe electoral power into the hands of the minority , and returns , a preponderance of one interest—the agricultural . It is true that it maintains

      constituencies so small that they form nurseries for the most shameless and infamous scenes of bribery and corruption . It is true , also , that six out of every seven adult men , are deprived of any direct participation inthe first and most sacred right of citizenship ; yet for all that Lord John has the hardihood to declare , "that the existing system is better than , that proposed to be substituted for it , notwithstanding the apparent

      discrepancy . " In conclusion , the noble lord referred to late events in France , and drew from them a warning against the adoption of the motion . This is a common trick now-adays—so common , that we are inclined to think it is stale . Even on their own showing , Universal Suffrage , in France , gave a Conservative and Reactionist majority . It remains to be seen whether a different result

      would take place m this country . But whether it was so or not , that should not deter us from demanding , for all our fellow citizens , the power of acting upon their own honest convictions . Lord John , * at the close ofhis speech , gave up the whole case "when he said — " J believe that it would be advantageous to the country if a greater number of the working classes were in possession of the Suffrage and able to take , part in the election cf representatives . '' Thai

      admission should never be forgotten . If he objects to the mode in which the Chartists and the Bume party propose to give this power to the working ' classes , wc have a right to insist that , as Prime Minister , he will do what he admits " would be advantageous to the country , " and bring forward a measure of his own . Less than that the country ought not to be satisfied with , after such a declaration .

      Mr . Hume deserves credit for the frank aiid ready support he gave to the motion . It will , we have no doubt , tend to accelerate the progress of the movement out of doors , and to unite the middle and working classes more cordially than they have been for many years . Mr . Thompson and Mi- . W . J . Fox made admirable speeches , while , as to the trimming and shuffling of such renegades as Mr . Muntz , —the Chartist member of the Convention of 1837 , who in 1849 voted as a member of Parliament against the Charter—the less said the better . The people have good memories , and will not fail to distinguish at the proper time between real and sham friends .

      The thin end of the wedge has been inserted . All that is necessary in . future is , that tho Chartists throughout the empire shall perfect their organisation and continuousl y avail themselves of every legitimate opportunity of influencing public opinion , of urging the question upon tho attention of Parliament The able , exhaustive , and powerful address of Mr . © 'Connor evidently produced a very considerable impression upon the House . If the hon . and learned gentleman is well supported out of doors , and is enabled to pursue the same determined and steady course within Parliament , Sve feel confident thatin a few years public opinion on this great question will have attained such strength and consistency , that the

      admission of the people to the enjoyment of their political ri ghts will become a matter of course—one of those "great facts" which from time to time are recorded in our national history , as the inevitable sequence of a ceaseless struggle for hotter institutions and a more equitable diffusion of prosperity among the whole people . In the progress of a firm but temperate agitation for this object , all classes will get better educated , the rich and powerful classes will be disabused of then * prejudices and misapprehension , and the unenfranchised classes will he acquiring that preliminary training which is best fitted to enable them to exercise political power with benefit to themselves and the country at large . Courage then—Onward !

      " THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER !" Other Parliamentary business must wait for notice , our space is exhausted this week .

      Dr. M'Douall's Writ Op Error, Dear Rider...

      DR . _M'DOUALL'S WRIT OP ERROR , Dear Rider , —When I . saw Cobbett last he informed me that it was doubtful whether he could get a barrister to move for my Writ of Error . I told him to go on , as far as he could , but riot to throw away the money needlessly . I do not know whether you have sent him all the money or not I hope not , as I can get neither explanation , letter nor account from him . I am much surprised and grieved to think that Mr . Cobbett should behave in this manner , as I havealwaysconsideredhimto bean honourable nrian ; but , considering his' profession it does seeni difficult to' find honour ariiorigst lawyers . According to all appearances Mr .- Cobbett has done , nothing , except visit me twice write a few letters , find consult with his brother James If he . thinks himself entitled to £ 20 for that duty " then I differ with him , and am entitled not © aly to an account , but likewise to tax his bill of eosts

      _, _Thcidilemma , however , that I find myself in and of which he takes advantage , is , that although tho client , I . did not pay him the money . Now wit are the person , who cau alone legally demand an account ; and I wish to know if you are disposed' to insist upon an _explansitioriof the expenditure ofthe money sent to Mr , Cobbett . " - " " ' . Let me hear fwaa you , and mention _^ what success you have had . _^ Consult with Mr . Harney about the matter , and tell _hinimy condition , has * been riiuch improved , and that he will hear from mo before long . Yours verytruly , ¦ Kirkdale , July 4 , 18 i 9 . ¦ .: > .. ¦ -- ¦ _-.--

      To The Editor Of Thb Northern Star; • ' ...

      TO THE EDITOR OF THB NORTHERN STAR ; ' , Thursday Evening , July 5 , 1849 . Sib _, ~ As - everything connected with the cause of Chartism ought to 'be done openly , I beg you will let me have a small space for two or threo remarks , upon a letter just received from-Tr ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 7, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_07071849/page/4/