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    • THE NORTHERN STAB SATUKBAY, MAY I2i 1849.
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      . . . _B _^ Tl _^ _ft _^ E _^ lBJl _^ _FJlEEJrlOLD --LANJ _)~ _-ANDv-BUILDING- SOCIETY . Patrons . —T . S . _Dcxco-vcE , Esc , 3 LP . T , _Warlet , Esq ., 1 LP . li . B . Cabbell , Esq ., 1 _LT . L- J- _TUxsAkv , Eaj .,. M . P : _RiniYiv . —The Commercial Bank of London ( Branch ) , G , Henrietta Street , Covent < _? _2 rd <; n * „ _„„„ _- _,, J _^ _Jjondmi _Q-u-c—So . 13 , Tottenham _Ci-tirt , _XewKoad , St . raucras , London . _—Djisid . - _Wmi «* _•»•**•**¦* , aecreuuj . -Arkaxged ls Tiihee Sectioxs . Value of Shares and Payments for _Inrestorf-. . Fall Share .. .. £ 1 _** _0—pannent of 2 s . 4 id . _tjl Week , or 10 s . 6 d . per Mentn . Half Share .. .. 60 * — 1 2 % — ' \ \ ~ Quarter Share .. — 30 — O 7 } . — . . - .. * _£ _ Wemi , t Applicants are requested to state in their form the Section «} cy- ? e _«** . _^ , _5 !_ _5 fi _^ Bules Ac is Is - " ¦ "" - _— •¦ _--S _^ 'a _^ _SrsSB _^ 2 ni—T « afford lhe means of purchasias both Freehold 6 tll _ To enable Parents to make Endowments for _theuandLewlioldrroitertiworLaud . Children or Husbands for their Wives , or for Marriage , _^ advance _W _* . on Property hell by _g-g-J- _^ _. _^ _, _*^ 4 th .-To enable _Mongers _hein members to redeem va _^^ veale _^ Utle to a County Vote for Members of their Mortgages . __^_^ _^ ¦ i > - • * h k _section every person in town or country can become the proprietor of a House and Land Section- _Vr ? J _j _£ ! _£ F wMiout being removed from Ids friends , conne * _dons _, or the present means himself and family may have _ofj-auung a _^ ' _?^?^' _bj 5 _jiaiwto purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide tlie _land into _Sarnosll . —iojfa _«* upwards , m _orm-ar the towns ofthe various branches ofthe society . The property to be siaotmeat . K . _^ W | n oftlie member after a term of years , from tlie < late of location , according * o his subscriptions . the _wiw _jra _* _" _?^^ . OT _Tjej _^ it cection , in which members not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest small sums , - _^" _hiterest at the rate of five per cent , per annum , on every sum of 10 s . and upwards so deposited . v B . _ c , - _, oo _wili be advanced to the members of the first Section in July next , when all persons who have and may - _become members for Shares , or parts of Shares , on or before the 4 th of July next , and who pay six months' s . _ubscriptions in advance , or _other-A-ise , will be eligible for an advance . ALSO , a IHE 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 propertv . _legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , with the privilege of appointing Medical Attendants , Agents , & c An opportunity is now offered to healthy persons , up to Forty Tears of Age , of joining these flourishing Institutions in town or country . _loMiox Orna * . —13 , Tottenham Court , _Xew Road , St Pancras ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham Court-road ) . Samel William _Kufft , Secretary . < JFatroas . —T . S . _Dcj-combe , Esq ,, 1 LP . T . _"WAutEr , Esq ., iLP . ' B . -B . Cabbell , Esq ,, M . P . F . O'Cossob , Esq ., M . 1 _' . L . J . Uassabd , Esq . _, In tlie short space of Five years these societies have paid the following benefits to their members . SUMMAET OF CLAIMS . £ S . d . Sickness and Superannuation .. .. .. .. 3 , 486 14 7 Accouclunents ., .. .. .. ... 1 , 003 0 0 Funerals .. ,. .. .. .. .. 804 4 » LossbyFiro .. .. .. .. .. 55 2 0 ¦ £ 5 , 449 1 4 Present Capital funded in the Bank of England .. .. £ i , 18 C 10 5 These Societies are in six divisions or sections , for the Members to receive the following Benefits according to their Subscriptions : — Fmsr Dmsioy . Foebth Division . Entrance according to age , from 5 s . to 10 s . Monthly Con- Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . 6 d . to 8 s . Gd . tributious for Sickness and Management , 2 s . << £ Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , ls . 4 d . £ s . d . " Allowance , in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 18 0 £ 8 . d . Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 20 0 0 i Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 a 0 Ditto Wife ' s or _Nominee's ditto .. .. 10 0 0 I Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 -Wife ' sLving-in .. .. .. - .. 2 0 0 ' Member ' s Wife or Nominee's ditto .. ... 5 0 0 ¦ toss byPircfrom .. „ £ 5 0 O to 20 O O j Wife's Lying in .. .. ¦ " .. .. 10 0 Superannuation , per week 0 6 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10-0 -0 SrxoxD Drmaox . i Superannuation , per week .. . . 0 4 0 Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . Gd ., to 9 s . 6 d . Finn Dmsios . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , Entrance , 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 .. .. 07 0 Member ' sFuneral .. .. .. .. 10 O O Member ' s Funeral .. ' .. .. .. 6 00 " Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto -. .. 8 0 II Ditto Wife ' s ov Nominee ' s ditto - .. -. 2 0 0 "Wife's Lvimj-in 115 0 Wife ' s lying-in .. .. .. .. 015 0 _Iasb by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 15 0 0 LossbyFire .. .. .. .. .. 500 Superannuation , per week 0 0 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 _Thlkd Division . Srxxn Drtisiox . EntraRce , according to age , from 4 s . to 9 e . Montlily Con- Entrance Money .. .. .. .. o 3 o tribution for Sickness aud Management , ls , "d . Monthl y Contribution .. .. .. 0 10 Allowance iu Sickness , per week .. .. 011 0 Allowance in Sickness .. .. .. 0 _ 7 0 Member's Funeral .. .. .. .. 12 00 Member's Funeral .. .. -. .. 210 0 Ditto Wife's or _Nominee's ditto .. .. C 0 0 No Levies in this Division . "Wife ' s lying-in .. .. .. 1 10 0 — - ,,... i XossbjFire , from .. .. _JESOutolOOO Levies according to tlie demands on eacli division per _S-iperanmiatioii , per week .. _, .. .. 040 quarter . N . B . —The difference in the two Societies is , the Patriots have an Accouchment . benefit , the Patriarchs have not that benefit therefore do not pay levies for it . . I _j _*^* - Applicatijns for _Agencies requested from all parts ofthe country ; information for _appointmwit of Agenciescan . be obtained bv letter , enclosing a postage stamp . Blank forms and Information for the admission of country members can he obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing three postage stamps , to Daniel William Kmn _* r _^ General Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , New lloau , St Pancras .

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      HEGISTER ] REGISTER ! REGISTER ! 3 fow Published , and ready for circulation , by tbe Xatioxal _Elegiios and Registratios Committee , A COMPLETE _JHAND BOOK AND GUIDE TO _REGISTRATION , compiled Irom the Reform Act and other Parliamentary Papers , making the subject of Registration so plain and simple , as to bring it within the capacity of all classes . Published hy James "Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-¦ passage , Patera ostcr-row , London , and sold by all Doofcscllevs in the United Ivingdom . Price , only _Thbee Pesce . May also be had ofthe Secretory , James _Gkassbt , 8 , _Xoah ' s Ark-court , Stangatc , Lambeth .

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      KEW _MONTHLY PUBLICATION . _PKICE _-nrUXETESCE . On the 1 st of June , will appear 'So . L of THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW Of BRITISH and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , and LITERATUKE . Edited by G . JULIAN HARNEY . At present no Montlily Advocate of Democratic Progress exists in this country . It is therefore proposed to establish such an organ , at a price wliich will place it within the reach of aU sections of _Ihepeoplo-TheDEiocnATic Review will represent _^ contend for , and chronicle the progress of Democratic Principles at Home and Abroad . The Political and Social Em _.-uici- > atIon of the Proletarians of these Islands bv ihe enactment of the principles of the PEOPLE'S ClUilTER , HOME COLONISATION on A _3-REE SOIL , and the substitution of CO-OPERATION for _Com-Kiitiou iu Manufactures and Commerce , wiU be strenuously advocated iu this Publicatiou . Beliering that Men of all Nations are Brethren , tlie Editor will advocate Justice for the Oppressed , without distinction of Country or Creed . Talented writers in France and Germany have promised to contribute articles ; and arrangements are in progress for securing the assistance of correspondents in Italy , Switzerland , America , Arc , Sx . On the 1 st of Jcke , thirty-two pages post octavo , in a Coloured 'Wrapper , PRICE THREEPENCE . Copies will be printed to pass through the post , without wrappers , and wiU be sent on the receipt of Five Postage Stamps . Orders , Cbnunnnications , Advertisements , and Books for Beview , to be addressed to the Editor , or Publisher , No . 5 , "Wine Office-court . Fleet-street , London .. Sold by aU Pol-sellers and News Agents in Town and Country ;

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      CHARTIST SILK FABRICS . MESSRS . CLARK AND WARREN beg _mo-rt-rci-pectituly to call the attention of the Democrats of Great liritain to the ibllouinjr splendid assortment of _Na-cI _" . and Pocket Haudkerchiefs , Black Satin Yestpieccs , Ladies * Chartist Coloured Satin and Tabby Dresspieces ; also a splendid assortment of Ladies' plain and _Sgnred Neck Ties , which liave just come to haud from their _manufacrm-er at Macclesfield , and it is their intention to _ibr-vard them ( carriage free ) to aU parts of Great Britain and Ireland at tlie foUowing pr ices : — £ s . d . Ladies' Dress-pieces , fourteen yards to the dress , 3 _* . per yard .. .. ... .. 220 Gentlemen ' s Extra Strong Black Satin Vesting , per Vest .. . .. .. ' . " . .. 010 0 Ditto , i _' eckerchiefs , Itich Oporto Ducapes , Plain and Plaided .. .. .. .. 0 5 G Ditto , ditto , Satin Ducapes , Plaided .. O 5 0 Ditto , ditto , _Xapoleon Biue Satin Brussels , Crimson Borders -.- - -- -- 0 4 6 Ditto , ditto , Extra Rich Black Satin Turk , Heavy _..-. .. .. .. 0 4 3 . Ditto , ditto , Black Brussels , FLiin .. 0 4 0 Ditto , ditto , ditto , - Tri-co-

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      INSTANT EASE-LASTING CURE . Price ls . per Packet BRANDE ' S ENAMEL , FOR FILLINGr DECAYING TEETH , and _HENDEIUNG THEM SOUND AND PAINLESS , has , from its unquestionable ex cellence , obtained great popularity at home and abroad Its curative agency is based upon a TRUE THEORY of tlie cause of Tooth-Ache , and hence its-great success . By most other remedies it is sought to kill the nerve , and so stop the pain . But to destroy the nerve is itself a-very painful operation , and often lead 6 to very sad consequences , ibr the tooth thenbecomesadead substance in the living jaw , and produces the same amount of inflammation and pain as would result from any other foreign body embedded ina does not

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      THE'CHEAPEST EDITIOX EVER _rCBUSIIED , Price ls . 6 d ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of _PAJSE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Heady , a New Edition of m . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . THE LABOURER . MAGAZINE . Vols . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , may still be had , neatly bound , price 2 s . Gd . each . ; _Jfo . 4 , tlie _Uumber containing 51 b . 0 'Coksor _' s " Treatise on the National Land Company ;" - Xo . 10 , tha one containing Ma . O'Coxxor ' s Treatise " On the National Laud and Labour Bank in connection with the Land Company : "Have lately been reprinted , and may be had on application , Price ( id . each . Imperfections of the ' Labourer Magazine' may still be had at the Publishers . In a neat Yolume , Price Is . Cd . " The Evidence taken by the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into the National Land Company . " This Volume ought to be in the hands of every Member of the Company , as it strikingly illustrates the care and ecouomy that have been _-n-actised in the management of the Funds of the Company , and proves , beyond contradiction , the practicability of " the Plan wliich the Company was established to carry out . Just published , No . III . Price Sixpence , oj THE- COMMONWEALTH .- ' "THE COMMONWEALTH" wiUbe the llepresentative of the Chartists , Socialists , and Trades' Unionists , in the Monthly Press . COSTESTS : 1 . What is to be done with Ireland f 2 . The Weaver ' s Daughter . 3 . Extinction of Pauperism . 4 . Popular Cause in Europe . 5 . Social Effects of Peasant Proprietorship . 6 . The Hero . 7 . Events of tlie Month . IBXPOKT . & WT _TVSXtZG & 'SZONS , Proceedings of the National Convention , which assembled at London in April , 1348 . Thirty two very large and solid pages ; price only Threepence . The Trials of the Chartist Prisoners , Jones , _Pussell , Williams , Vernon , & Looney . Twenty four very large and full pages : price only T / iree pence . Sold by J . "Watson , Queen ' s Ilead Passage , r . itcrnostcr row , London ; A . Heywood _, Oldliam-street _, Manchester ; and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And by all Booksellers in Town aud Country .

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      LAND AND COTTAGES . COTTAGES CONSISTING OF TWO small rooms on the ground floor , with garden , fifty feet frontage by one hundred feet , may be had on '' I _£ Ases fob eves , " with immediate possession , at £ 4 per annum . Additional Land ( from one to five acres ) may also be had in the nest field but one , at tlie rate of £ 4 per acre , also " roB ever , " but £ 2 yearly per acre only wiU be charged during the first throe years . Hoads , capital ; water , delicious and abundant . Tidies and rates about Us . per acre . Tlie tenant to have tiie right of redeeming the rent by " voLCNTABr instalments" to pay him five per cent Persons possessing a little independent income , and mechanics who can carry on their avocations within twentyone miles of London , will do well to embrace an offer which will enable them to have a . ' _peemasisst home" and to consume the prowuce of a whole acre of good land ( if they cannot afford to rent two ) , thus securing their health and comforts , besides having the moral satisfaction of diminisliing competition without emigrating . Applications for further information to be made , by letters only ( enclosing a stamp ) , to S . Baume , Esq ., 501 , New _Oxford-street , Loudon .

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      TO TADLORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His Koyal Highness Prince Albert , Now Ready , THE LONDON and PARIS SPRING and SUMMER FASHIONS for 1849 , by Messrs . BENJAMINREADandCo ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; and b y GEORGE BERGER , _HolyweU-stwet , Strand ; a splendid PRINT , elaborately finished , and superbly coloured , the LANDSCAPE , a correct view in the iiueen ' s Botanical Gardens , London , ( by special permission , ) thc most magnificent place in Europe . - This beautiful picture wiU be accompanied with the most novel , good filling , and fashionable Dress , Riding , Frock , and Hunting CoatPatterns , both double and single-breasted ; Hussar ' s - Youth's round Jackets , plain and with skirts ; single and double-breasted Dress , Morning and Evening . Waistcoats ; also the most fashionable and newest style Habit Pattern

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      _CIRCULATIOX-TIIIRTY-FIYJG THOUSAND THE F A M IX . y : F R I E N P ! " " . '" = A _^ STirtT _. _rEMomciL , . ' . . '' / ''' , " _...- \ , [ . i UNRIVALLED IN CHEAPNESS _^ INTEREST , _ANIX ¦

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      FOR SALE , A TWO-ACRE SHARE drawn in the XX January ballot of 1848 , for the small sum of £ 10 . All expense up to this time is paid _..-.., Apply to W . Munday , news-agent and secretary , Majorhold , Northampton .

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      THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY , resident in London and its vicinity , are herehy requested to attend a meeting , at eight o ' clock , on Wednesday evening next , at the Land Office , on business of great importance to the interests of the Society ,

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      3. Sweet Acknowledges The Receipt Of Thc...

      3 . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of thc following sums ( sent herewith ) for Victim Fund , viz .: —Mr . Charlton , ls . ; Mr . Dnlton , 3 d . ; a Friend , 6 d . ; Mr . Lees , Cd . ; Mr . North , 3 d . ; Mr . Wilson , 3 d . ; fromthe " Colonel Hutchinson , " 5 s . _" Mr . Obmesher acknowledges the following sums for the support of the Kirkdale prisoners : —Prescot _, per John Merger , 5 s . ; Hebden Bridge , William Baker , 5 s . W . Mon should make his statement at some Police-office .

      The Northern Stab Satukbay, May I2i 1849.

      THE NORTHERN STAB SATUKBAY , MAY I 2 i 1849 .

      The League Of People ' Against The Leagu...

      THE LEAGUE OF PEOPLE ' AGAINST THE LEAGUE OF KINGS . It is now some years . sincewc predicted that the next European struggle , would be the League of People , against the League of Kings ; and that we did not make a false estimate of the disposition and the genius of the people of the future , the improvement of whose mind we ventured to measure by the i

      standard of progress , is fully proved by the present state of Austria , where the last of the _Cjesaks now totters upon his barbaric throne ; the state of Italy , where the Italian mind is emerging from that tomb of ignorance , prejudice , and superstition , in . which it has been so long and systematically enshrined ; and the state of Germany , whose federal links , that constituted its monarchical power , are now bending , and about to yield to the League of tho People . . * I .

      What will ; England—proud England , so boastful of her martial name and military prowess—now say to the loss of her three great Allies , who , as we predicted , have now more than enough to do in _looking after their own affairs . _-..-. It is thivty-five yeavs since Napoleon— -not the Special Constable , but the Autocrat—prophesied that in fifty years Europe would be Republic or Cossack ; itis over twenty years since Canning prophesied that the next great European struggle' would be tho "WAR OF MIND ; and it is nearly twenty years since

      WE prophecied that the Voice of Knowledge would silence the cannon ' s roar ; and who can now contemplate the tameness of England , formerly the arbitress of the world , while tho Austrian empire relies for its preservation upon the invasion of its territories by a hundred and fifty thousand Russians ; when the English _Special Constable , the President of the French Republic , which declares the will ofthe people superior to the will of' the autocrat , has the matchless presumption to invade Italy with aRepubliean army , to suppress

      and put down Republican principles in that country , and when the fidelity of the Protestant people of Protestant Prussia can be no longer subjected to the will ofa despot—who , we ask , can contemplate England's tameness in the midst ; of such trying scenes , without coming to the conclusion that her Statesmen are aware that she has enough to do at home , to keep for . a time—and only for a time—the mind of her own country within thoso trammels from which the minds of all other people are now , b y degrees , escaping ?

      It is the privilege ofthe Monarch to declare war or make peace , without the interference of Ministers , . Cabinets , or Privy Councillors , but then such powers arc never used in England without the implied consent of those advisers , who are presumed to hold the balance of power in both Houses of Parliament ; and we may consequently presume that the will of Parliament , if not consulted , is , at least , favourable

      to such Royal proclamations : while , upon the contrary , the decision of the Special Constable and his Ministers has been overruled by the voice of the National Assembl y , but not until the privilege of the President , sanctioned no doubt by the connivance of his advisers , had led to a gross violation of Republican , nay , Monarchical principles , and great slaughter of Republican _nitizeus .

      The En glish reader , however , may g lean some slight consolation from the fact of the National Assembl y having reversed the decree ofthe despot , and it is this—that upon the eve of an approaching election , when those Senators will stand again ( to-morrow ) before their constituents , pleading for a renewal of their trust , they will urge their opposition to the invasion of Italy as their best qualification to

      represent the Democratic mind of France ; and from this fact the English Chartists will discover the value , not more of Universal Suflrage than of Annual Parliaments , as we have but little doubt that , but for the approach of the General Election , that Assemby—a majority of which has violated nearly every article of the constitution—would have been but too ready and willing to acquiesce in the tyrannical invasion of Italy .

      While the three great continental powers of Europe—Austria , France , and Prussia—are thus embroiled in revolutions , it . must not be forgot that England is all but at war with her own Colonies , while Ireland , her sister , is one great charnel-house . The . mind shudders at the contemplation of thousands , being _slauo-htered in a struggle to uphold the rule ' and tyranny of despots , while it becomes inured to the _daily decimation of its own population , by famine and starvation . But , however the stability of English institutions may be suped to

      pos be based upon the loyalty of English , and the servility of Irish Representatives , it is time that both should understand that neither represent the mind of the majority of either country . It is well that this little cradle should rock calmly in the midst of surrounding convulsions but let the re sponsible advisers of the Queen of England rest assured , that their , _withholding the legitimate r , gbtB of the people will ultimately _^ mbroil this country j n a like convulwon , and at a time when the co-operation of her / ore , gn _alhes will afford her rio protection . It is marvellous to « ee the apath y with

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      which the - English - Parliament- and English Ministers look upon public . opinion , and audaciously resist all-public appeals to adjust class differences . They still rely upon Parliamentary majorities—iipon armed soldiers , policemen , and specials—hoping to keep the active mind of England within those limits which will enable her to make laws ; for the benefit of money-mongers , however they may militate against the interest of their slaves .

      In 1793 , the Union of the Irish people had extracted all but complete liberty from the English Government , when the French Revolution required the service of her force abroad ; but when English money had succeeded in purchasing French treachery , England—then safe abroad—resisted those several demands , which were all but acquiesced in , and became , if possible , . more tyrannical than ever ; and , taking warning from the past , we now counsel the English working classes to be watchful , determined , and resolute , and they may rest assured England—commercial England—cannot escape that universal contagion that ia now raging , and that the first shot fired will be the signal of England ' s regeneration and Ireland ' s redemption .

      Napoleon , when strengthened by the confidence , love , pride , and valour of the French people , made Italy his battle-field—he destroyed Republics and established monarchies . The Special Constable . is following in his steps ; but let him take heed , and bear tho fact in mind , that opinion now is not what opinion was fifty years ago—that ho , like his Uncle , is not a warrior—and that chc French people

      of to-day are not to be duped as their predecessors were who fought for individual glory , in the ' . vain hope of achieving national _greatuess . Our fondest hope is , that the brave Hungarians may be able to resist the double tyranny of Austria and Russia ; that tho Italians will preserve their Republic in spite of the treachery of the Special Constable ; and that the league of German Mind may overpower the league of Gentian Despotism .

      English rule and English policy have been through all time governed by her alliance with foreign nations , while now , instead of being the strongest twig in the bundle , she has , by her foolish _^ resistance to legitimate popular demand , become a solitary stick , whose strength can be only preserved by the folly of those who have been but too often the victims of their own intemperance and rashness . 'But we trust that a people , well drilled by experience , will not again be caught in the trap , or allow that victory which is not far distant—to be wrenched from their grasp .

      Austria , France , and Prussia once Republics , it will be out of the power of English faction to uphold its despotism and the people ' s degradation .

      Free Trade Liberality. We Invite The Att...

      FREE TRADE LIBERALITY . We invite the attention of bur working-class readers to the . following motion , submitted to the House of Commons on Thursday night , by Mr . _Deumjiond , member for East Surrey , and still further do we invite their attention to the manner in which it was received and disposed of by the FRIENDS OF LABOUR . Afr . Drummond ' s motion ran thus : — " That this House do resolve itself into a committee to ; consider the public expenditure , and the _existing system of taxation , and how far both may be revised , with a view to reliove the pressure upon the industry of tho country . " '

      Now this Avas a much more definite , a more inviting , ( except to Free Traders , ) a more comprehensive , and a less repulsive proposition than that submitted to the House b y Afr . Cobden , on behalf of the Financial Reformers ; but , inasmuch as Mr , Dbummokd ' s proposition would open a wide door for inquiry into the condition and the suffering ofthe poor man , as well as into the luxuries of the rich , our Dockyards , Steam Vessels , pay of Army and Navy Officers , and other expenses with which the working man has nothing Whatever to do , and wliich would confer no possible benefit upon him , beyond the effect it could have in reducing patronage , and thereby

      liberalising legislation ; and , inasmuch , as the amount proposed by Afr . Cobden to be deducted . from the National Expenditure , would be but as a drop of water in the ocean , compared to the * amount filched b y the capitalist from the labourer , Air . Cobden and the Free Traders , dreading the searching inquiry that must inevitably result from the motion of Mr , Dkummond , not onl y gave it their most violent opposition , but did it in a manner usuall y , if not uniformly , repugnant to parliamentary usage —viz ., by moving the "Previous Question , " for the purpose of shelving the subject alto gether . , :

      There was not a quibble that ingenuity or cunning could invent that was not- enlisted to justify this most tyrannical course ; thus clearly proving that to the Liberal part y an inquiry into _the condition of the poor man would be most repugnant . As is their custom , they rode off upon the question of direct taxation , to wliich we also are favourable upon princi ple , believing that it would ultimately lead to a better system of

      representation , . when those who impose the rates pay them , but from which , according to the present system , the working classes would derive no possible benefit , as the privileged capitalist could and would transfer tho burden from his own to his slaves' shoulders , as we havo shown upon more occasions than one , and to which wc shall again briefly call the attention ofthe reader , and to which wc invite his strictest attention .

      " - Suppose » , manufacturer to be liable to direct taxation , and suppose him , to meet all required expenditure , to be saddled with a direct tax of ten per cent ., and suppose him to return profit of £ 10 , 000 a-year , upon which at ten per cent , he should pay £ 1 , 000 tax , and suppose him to employ one thousand hands ; from those hands he would deduct , not the amount of tax to wliich he was liable , but hc would make the heavy individual tax ii pretext for reducing the wages ofthe units , an experiment that would be no way difficult when the _over-Btocked . slave market : gave the labourer but the option of consenting to such reduction or going with his famil y to the workhouse .

      Well , fixing the consequent reduction at an immoderately low figure , the profits and the tax at a high figure , if the employer reduces the wages of each individual by one shilling a week , it will amount to £ 2 , 000 per annum , or leave him a profit of £ 1 , 600 after paying this direct tax ; and should he bo . content with a reduction of sixpence , and what political economist would be content with so little , it would leave him . a profit of £ 300 per annum .

      To our readers , who have studied the whole question of political economy in a wider sense than the _Alanchester school , this view of the question will present no novelty , but it is right that the subject should bo kept fresh in their memoiy , and it is just that their professing friends should appear before them in their proper colours . Afr . Drummond has had many a poke at us and at the - - Northern Star , '' but we cheerfully bury all in oblivion when wo find him , in defiance of the prejudice and opposition of all parties , taking this

      bold , this manly , and comprehensive view of the Labour question , and we have little doubt that from the opposition offered to it ,, the working classes will be able to distinguish between the seductive words and black deeds of their professing friends . Wo regret that it is not in our power this week to analyse the speeches more critically ; next _! week , however ,, we shall give Mr . Drummond _' s speech at length—it will repay perusal aiid then we shall enter more fully into the subject , praying for the present , that we may be saved from our friends . '

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      ., -PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW .-Ministers are _saveS the _^ sent by halt a- score proxies in the Lords . - ; The grand battle on the floor ofthe House of Lords between the outs and the ins , for which both parties have been long making vigorous preparations , was looked forward to with keen anxiety , and lias excited more interest than . any political contest since the closing conflict on the 1 eel Tariff of 1840 ; It was well known that _^ the Protectionists under ' Stanley were determined

      to make a real rot a sham fight , and were prepared for the consequences of a victory , namely , to take office , and attempt to carry on the Government . It was equally well known'that tho present occupants of office had been making the most desperate efforts to M _* hip up votes , and catch proxies in every possible quarter , and through the medium of every available influence . Still , even with the unstinted and earnest assistance of the Duke of Wellington ,

      who exerted his proxies in their behalf , it was generally believed that the division would be an exceedingly narrow one , and , even to the last moment , some entertained at least a hope that it would be in favour of the Protectionists . The excitement both in and out of the House on the two nights of the debate , was great . The number of Peers present was unusually large , and a majority of the Members of the other House , who are most constant in their attendance on their Parliamentary duties , took up their places , either"below the bar or iu the side galleries . The „ space before the throne ,

      appropriated to foreign ambassadors , and their attaches , and to Peers' sons , was also crowded ; while on both nights a considerable number of ladies were present in the galleries at the upper end of the House , and on the concluding discussion many of them sat till the sun rose , in ordet to learn the result and accompany their lordly relatives home . Nor is this to be wondered at . The ladies of both factions wero quite as much , and as directly , interested in the contest as those who spoke and voted . On tho one hand Ladies in Waiting , Women of the Bedchamber , and Maids of Honour in esse ,

      could not but feel vitally interested in the question , whether they were to retain their places or not ; Ladies in Waiting , Women of the' Bedchamber , and Maids of Honour in posse , would naturally be equally anxious to know , whether their hopes and desires were to be fulfilled or not . In one . of the admirable illustrations of ' -Mr .. Pips ' 3 Diary , " which weekly appears in "Punch , " the artist has represented , in capital style , the Commons in " a Committee of the Whole House , " and has given especial prominence to the somnolent members M'ho are stretched on thegallery seats . The scene in the gallery ofthe Lords , betweenoneand four

      o ' clock on AVednesday morning , would have supplied a few novel subjects . Not a few * of the female aristocracy , who had come from the ball room or - ; the assembly with the blaze of diamonds about them , Avere to be seen asleep , wearied out by the potent and protracted oratory of their noble friends below . And as the dawning light of morning stole in through the richly paintedwindows ofthe spacious hall , and , gradually growing stronger , brought out their glowing tints , it-tell upon a scene which has had but few parallels—perhaps none , since the final struggle for the Reform Bill , whenif we remember rightly—their lordships did not break up till nearly seven o'clock .

      Of the character of the debate we do not propose to speak . The most noticeable point in the first night was the defection of that venerable Pantaloon , Lord Bhougham , from the policy with which his name is traditionally associated . He is a Malthusian and Political Economist , andmight , therefore , reasonably have been expected to vote for the abrogation of the Navigation Laws . But , as if to show that his versatility aud Ms capacity for " . turning liis back upon himself , " and other feats , of an

      equally mountebank description , are by no means exhausted—that he is as willing as ever " for to come , for to fetch , for to go , for to carry" —he made just one turn more , and abused his quondam friends and associates with the same gusto and in the same fluent style , which , under other impulses , he would have applied to his new allies on thc Tory and Absolutist side of the House . In fact ,. Lord Brougham outran the oldest and most zealous of his new party in his love for despotism , and his hatred of liberal institutions . _According

      to the new lights , that have of late beamed upon him , Nicholas of Russia and thc Austrian Emperor are the safeguard and mainstays of European civilisation , the syiioiiynies for all that is most precious or most deserving of being cherished in human society—while , on the other hand , his fertile imagination , and liis facility for coining Billingsgate phrases , find am ple occupation in making or _retailing ,

      with his peculiar exaggeration , all the scandal and gossip which . he thinks will tend to damage the newly-formed liberal Governments on the Continent . To . the Roman Republic , especially , he bears , a most cordial hatred , and never loses an opportunity of maligning them . If , however , his last evolution was meant to secure the woolsack from a Protectionist Ministry , he has failed in his object .

      The two speeches which occupied most time and excited the greatest-attention , were those of Lord Grey and Lord Stanley . The latter , especiall y , fought bravel y for his party , and well . deserved the hearty and protracted cheers amidst which he sat down . His solemn , earnest , and eloquent , but subdued tone of remonstrance to the Duke of Wellington , on the course he was taking , was delivered amidst breathless silence , and ' excited intense interest , with the apparent exception of him . to whom it was addressed . He satin his usual attitude , with arms folded and hat drawn over his

      brows , as immovable as some ofthe ston y idols in a Hindoo Temple—and , like them , vouchsafed no reply to his petitioner . The Marquis of ' LANSDOWNE was stung into animation and passion by some parts of the Protectionist leader ' s trenchant and dashing onslaught , and spoke with aii energy which was wonderful for his years , and contrasted strangely with his ordinary inaudible , pompous , and measured style . At last the division took place , when , out of the two hundred and twenty-fbur Peers present , a majority of FOURTEEN voted against the Ministry . The proxies , however , retrieved the defeat , and gave the Whigs a

      filial majority of TEN . Tho total number of Peers who voted was three hundred and thirtysix , out of , we believe , about four hundred in all , who are entitled to vote . This shows that the - 'whip'' oh both sides must have been exceedingly _gevore . It remains to be soon whether Lord Stanley will act in the spirit of hi 3 expressed determination , to renew this fight at every opportunity , and taking advantage ofhis majority of Peers , who attend personally , mutilate or altogether reject the Bill in Committee—thus rendering another fieldday necessary for the final victory of the Free Traders .

      On the policy of the measure , we have so frequently expressed our views , that it is needless to do so now . The best course , perhaps , for the ' 'friends , of the working classes , and of native industry , generally , to pursue , is to withdraw , from any active opposition to the " buy-cheap and sell-dear" faction . So long as a vestige of the old protective system remains , . they will throw the blame of the failure of their own plans upon it , and be able to hoodwink at least a part , of the public as

      tothe real causes of the mischief . It will be better to take this excuse away from them , and let their own system be seen in its naked deformity . Thc re-action of which the Protectionists now speak , will then speedily become strong and universal , but it will net boot a kind which will drive the industrious classes into the arms of the monopolists of land—the protectors of their own wealth , privileges , and communities , > t the expense of the rest of the community . The industry of the country has

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      too long groaned-beneath theexactious of both landlord and mill-lord , and we cry heartil y ~ « a plague on both your houses ! " In * - the good time coming , " "labour must , " as Tiiom _^ -j Caklyle phrases it , " become a seeing giant " —and , with eyes wide open to his own _iut e . rests , work out his own salvation . The sect ofthe Pharisees is gifted with immortality . Ifc survives all the mutilations of time , the rise , fall , and decline of empires , the death of old and the birth of new religious . No doubt in tho days ofthe triumvirs , decemvirs , and tribunes of old Rome—when

      Paganism with its thousand Gods was the reigning faith , and its priests road inquiries from the entrails of beasts and birds—there were men who assumed a sanctified air , and con strued more' rigorously tho precepts of their creed than others . That thoy formed a numerous and prominent portion ofthe Jews , wo know from the frequent allusions to them , and the vigour with which the Founder of Christianit y castigated them upon all possible occasions . But tlie species who hold b y the letter wliich killeth and neglect the spirit which maketh alive—who aro careful

      of external observances , but neglect the weig htier matters of the law , are as much alive and flourishing as ever . They still go about devouring widows' houses , oppressing the poor , and ostentatiously exhibiting their superior piety , as in the pldon times . The description of Burns still applies : — " Learn three-mile prayers and half-mile graces , ¦ \ Vi' weel spread looves and lang wry faces , Be to thc poor like onio -whunstane , Ah'haud their noses to ihe grunstane , Piy every art 0 ' legal theivin _' Nae matter , stick to sound believin ' . "

      The contradictions exhibited bythis class are manifold , and aro of themselves sufficient to show the entire absence of all comprehension of first principles or clear ideas of the duties of men to men . For instance , in Parliament they opposed the Bill for allowing the mail trains to carry passengers in Scotland on the Sundays , and insisted upon its observance according to tho letter of the Judaical Law delivered by Moses . When , however , these believers in Moses , who keep the real Sabbath instituted by him , come to ask for admission into Parliament , the children of Cant turn round and deny them admission on the ground of certain other antiquated prejudices . Again , When it is proposed to legalise 1

      marriage witha deceased wife ' s sister , tho Pharisees and Hypocrites , forgetting , or obstinately overlooking all the social and practical objects and probable results of such a law —as in the case of the admission of ihe Jews to Parliament , they overlook or deny the civil rights of another portion of their fellow citizens — -fall back upon the Levitical law and thc old fathers , though if they were asked to appl y these authorities to any of the ordinary transactions of life , they would be the first to deny their validity when so applied . This playing fast and loose , is a peculiar and distinguishing characteristic ofthe species with reference to the question raised by Mr . Stuart Wortley ; it is obvious that it is one which should bo

      decided purely on its social merits , and probable domestic consequences . The Levitical law has been abrogated in almost all important matters—tho doctrines of the earl y fathers of the Church have no more force , and are no more binding to day than their views upon celibacy , and the importation of theological niceties and distinctions into so plain a question , can only be meant to confuse and terrify those who are unhappily under the domination of Cant . However these ancient sophists may refine , and subtilise as to the degree of propinquity in which the sister of a deceased wife

      stands to her sister ' s former husband , it is clear that no posssible sophistry can ever confound the relationship with that of blood . If there be any sound and philosophic reason for forbidding sister marriages , it is that they tend to deteriorate the physical and mental organisation of the offspring of such marriages . Yet we permit the marriage of first cousinsclose relations by blood—while at the same time wo have artificially , .-within the last three or four years , declared-the marriages which arc liable to no . such objection—illegal , and deprived the offspring of the protection of

      the law . On the contrary , when the domestic and social results of such marriages are considered impartially , it will be seen that their advocates have not only the best feelings of our nature , but all the facts and all the arguments on their side . It is high time that a school of instruction was established , to which those pretending to be legislators should be sent to learn the very alphabet of true knowledge , and . to have instilled into them a perception of those great laudmarks which separate private from public aftairs , in order that they might cease from mischievous intermeddling with the former .

      Receipts Of The National Land Gompahy Fo...

      RECEIPTS OF THE _NATIONAL LAND GOMPAHY Fob ihe 'Week E _. _vdixg _Thursdat , Mat 10 , 1 S 49 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s . ( 1 . Ecclcs .. 2 0 0 Northampton .. 0 10 0 Warwick .. 0 2 0 Helper .. Q 10 0 Lambeth .. 0 0 0 Plymouth" .. 1 0 « Nottingham .. W 12 i J . 0 . T . .. list Leicester , Newton 12 0 Welchinaii .. 0 10 0 Accrington .. 1 1 C 0 J . Vigurs .. 0 2 t > Loughborough .. 1 13 8 J . Cmtris .. ' 0 ' _w Walsall .. 0 4 6 W . Bannister .. I ) _H Miindford .. 117 - Mottram .. s o 0 ¦* ' £ 16 18 I Abingdon .. 1 5 C «¦ EXPENSE FUND . Nottingham .. 0 10 Spalding .. 0 4 0 Leicester , Newton 0 2 0 £ 0 . 7 _ t > TOTALS . _mmtam LandTund ... ... \ 0 i ' _g 1 Expense ditto ... 0 7 0 Bonus- ditto ... S 2 1 5 Loan ditto ... o 12 4 _Transfci' 3 , „ ,., 0 15 0 £ 50 Vo 10 Erratum . —During the week ending April 12 th , 51 . were received from Eeeles , which were credited , "Uo'ius H _., Loan , 11 . " instead , of "Bonus , 11 ., and Land _Fuud , 11 . " The entries are correct on tlia looks . ' _YT . Dixon , C . Doyle , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M-Gra ' th , Fin . Sec . EXECUTIVE FUND , Received by S . Kydd . —Huddersfield , 10 s . Cd . ; Brig Factory , Is . Ii . ; Bradford , lis . Od . ; Hcbdcn Bridge , 10 s . ; Huddersfield , per Enoch Sykes , 0 ' s . Sd . ; Greenwich , for copies of petitions , 3 s , ; Hohnfirth _, Marsden , 0 s . — —lieccived at the Land Office . —Mrs . Heath , Cd . VICTIM fun _; d . Received at tlie Land Office . —Warwick , 3 s . 7 d . : Mr , Heath , 6 d . ; MiV Wood , _Cd-V . . DEFENCE FUND . Received by W , Rider . —Cheltenham , per J . Ilemmin , 2 s , Dd . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by Wi Rideu . _t-J . Hayton , Dorchester , ls . lid . ; Edinburgh , half proceeds of sale of Tickets for Plaids at Gcorgie Mills , per It . Burkett , 11 . 10 s . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , 7 s . 3 d . ; Cheltenham , per J . Hemmiu , 7 s . M . ; John Roxby ,. Morton Colliery Is .: Brighton , per W . Flower , 10 s . . . NATIONAL VICTIM AND DEFENCE FUNDReceived by Jons Arnott . —Walsall , per J . _IHt-l ? ' " _*' 3 s , 7 d . - Westminster , ' per J . "Grassby , 3 s . ; Ernest Jones Locality , per Mr . _M-Vei gh , 4 s . 0 d _, : 28 , Golden-la ne , _j wi' i . Brown , 0 s . 4 Jd . ; Mr . Rider , as per Star , 21 . 18 s . _lid .-iw" _* 3 _J , 16 s . 2 Jd . _.- ¦¦ .

      . The Pmcoimi Breakwater.—Some Idea Ofth...

      . The _Pmcoimi Breakwater . —Some idea ofthe mass of stones combined together to form . - ,,-Plymouth Breakwater may be formed by iniag " " _* that , if piled up-over the area of Trafalg » _r-3 ? " ? , S they would form a pyramid 600 ' feet MS . T f ' 1 , Id " exceeding that of Nelson ' s " monument , " « ' ° on the top of St . Paul ' s , ¦•¦ ¦ . _« _Sfo _. Siamese Twins . —Surgical ' _Operation— _^^ _jh . mese twins , - who have been . living sonic year . . _^ thoir wives and children , on their own \ L in . North . Carolina , are said to be on their •• _^ New , York . to . embark _for . Europc _. ' _vituav _^ _consult ; the most eminent surgeons on the P , _^ bility _^ f an-operation to divide the _I'S _^ f _^ ne of binds : them _together It is farther said tl im _«> . _^ their Bisters had been adopted into the lam" ) Vi Emperor of _Siara-, _*

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 12, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_12051849/page/4/