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    • THE HOB THEM STAR SATURDAY, JULY 31i 1S49.
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      Ad00408

      BRITISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY . On an Advance your _Kent _* s Saved , —vou become yonr own land and Householder . Falr < m- T £ . nnscoaBE . Esq ., _H . P . T . Wakies _" . Esq ., M . P . B . B . _Cabbeh , Esq ., M . P- I- A H _* a _. vsa-ii > , E *} _., M . P . _-ratroui _.-T . s . _"'^ _" ¦ f _^& _maercwl Bauk of London ( Branch ) , 6 , Henrietta Street , Corent Garden . London < ac 7 . -So . 13 , Tottenham Court , New Road , St Pancras , London . —D _^ _th . William Bem-, Secretary . \ bbasged m Thbee _Seciioss . — -Value of Shares and Payments for Investors . _FaB _-a-are .. .. £ 120—payment ot 2 s . 3 d . * j _3 Week , or 10 s . Gd . per Month . _fl-alfShare .. .. CO — 1 2 | — 5 " 3 . — Quarter Share .. .. 30 . — ° 7 i . — 2 8 ~ 7 , Applicants are requested to state in their form the Section they desire to be a Member of . Vn _«*• \ Etoas ' , "¦ _" _oucrroBS * _, or _RmE-n-Tioj * Pees . —The present Entrance Fee , including Certificate , Rules , & e ., is 4 s . •"" per Share , and-Js . 6 d- for any part ofa Share . "Price of Bules , including Postage , Is . OBJECTS . ls- __¦? _., « i » hle _meo-hers to _haild _D-relling nouses . 5 th . —To give to Depositing _Memoers a higher rate of Ino _nfl r „ nfford the means of _purchasin-: both Freehold terest th _^ is _yielded by ordinary _m- _^ es of mvestment ¦ 2 nd . - ¦ - o _aw-To-J _™ ui « u y » 6 tli . —To enable Parents to make Endowments for their _, _ndI _,.- _* - - _^ old _IYo-Mrtaes or l _,-uiu . _ _^ Children , or Husbands for their Wires , or for Marriage ari—To advance Mortgages on Property held by settlements . - _joemlATs . 7 th . —To purchase a piece of Freehold Land of sufficient 4 th . _ " _* o enable _Mo-rt-gagors being members to redeem value to give a legal title to a County Vote for Members of " _^ _eirWriga-Jcs- Parliament « " * r < - mv L—Bv joining _fliis section every person in town or country can "become tlie proprietor of a House and Land in Ids _o _= i : i neighbourhood , without being removed from Ins friends , connesions , or the present means himself and family "" fe " _S _^* _To-raise * a capital by shares to purchase Estates , erect DnreUings thereon , and divide the Land into anota _* - _-- " - > 5 s ' frum _hatf-an-acre Tipwards , in or near the towns ofthe various branches of the society . The property to he the bos' - -We freehold of the member after a term of years , from the date of location , according * o liis subscriptions . sicnov IiL—Saving or Deposit section , in which members not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest smaU sums , _receines interest at the rate « rf five per cent per annum , on every sum of 10 s . and upwards so deposited . S . S . — £ 501 wili be advanced to the members of the first Section in July next , when all persons who have and may fceconx- Members for Shares , or parts of Shares , on or before tbe 4 th of July next , and Who pay Six months' SUhSCriptions _i-i advance , or otherwise , will be eligible for an advance .

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      ALSO , 1 IHE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS- BENEFIT SOCD 3 TD 3 S . riirnlled pursuant to Act of Parliament Thus securing to its members the protection of the law for their funds - _**" 1 piopcrtv . Legalised to extend over Uie "Cnited Kingdom , with the privilege of appointing Medical Attendants , AzentiL ' _zc- An opportunity is now offered to healthy persons , up to Forty Years of Age , of joining these flourishing _InstittiJvW in town or eountry . t / i « k « 'SmcE . —13 , Tortennam Court , New Road , St . rancras ( thirteenth house eastward -from _Totte _^ m . Court-toad ) . I Ai * - _* M ) V - " - " ' _Vasio . Willum RuFFr , Secretary .

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      _ratroiu . — T . S . Docombe , Est * ., M . P . T . _WAKLET , Esq ., M . P . B . B . CABBEtt , Esq ., M . P . F . O'Coxxoa , Esq ., M . P . L . J . IIassabj _) , Es q .

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      In the short space of Five years these societies have paid the foUowing benefits to their members . __ sraciABi of _etiiMS . £ s . d _. Sickness and Superannuation .. .. .. .. 3 , 436 14 7 Accouchments .. .. .. .. .. 1 , 003 0 0 Funerals .. . .. .. .. ' .. .. 901 4 9 Loss by Fire .. .. .. .. .. 55 . 3 . 0 £ 5 , 449 1 4 Present Capital funded in the Bank of England .. .. JE 2 , 18 fi 10-5 _X--tsc Societies are in six divisions or sections , for the Members to receive the following Benefits according to iheir _Sub-seriptaons : — FiBsr Division-. . _Fournn Dmsios . _-Bjitra--cca--trorningtoage , _fro-. n 5 s . to 10 s . Monthlj Con- ! Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . fid . to 8 s . Sd . U . " c-utiy _* iS for Sickness and Management , 2 s . 7 * i Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , ; ls . 4 d , £ _s . d . j , _—Anowar . _^^ _iaSJc-kncsSjPerweelt .. .. e IS 0 _j £ S . d . "MemlK- _% Funeral -. .. .. .. 20 O 0 . Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 9 0 Ditto "WuVs or Nominee ' s ditto .. -. 10 0 0 ; Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 - Wife ' _sii-ntr-iii " .. -. -- -- 2 0 O . Member ' s Wife or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 5 0 0 Loss by Vire _, from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 20 0 0 Wife ' s Lying in 10 0 _Sunefttr . auatioi * , per week .. .. .. 0 C 0 Loss by Fire ,-from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 Seco _. nd Divisio . v . Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 Entraiie-, according to age , fi * om 4 s , 6 d ., to 9 s . Cd . Fifth Divbios . _Houth-j _Contril-ution for Sickness aad Management , Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . ; to 8 s . Monthly Con-2 s . Id . . tribution for Sickness and Management , ls . li AOavss & ee in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 15 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 070 "Member ' s Funeral .- .. .. .. 16 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. " .. 6 0 0 _"DiuoV . ' _-ic's or Nominee ' s ditto .. -. S 0 0 Ditto Wife ' 6 or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 300 Wife ' s _1-ving-in .. 1 15 0 Wife ' s Lying-in .. 0 15 0 Loss by Fire , from — — £ 5 . 0 0 to 15 O 0 LossbyFire ,. .. 500 Super . _~ _J . iiuatiun , per week .. .. -. 0 5 0 Superannuation , per week .. ¦ .. .. 0 4 0 Thibd Division . Sixih _Division . _"Entraj-e _? , accordh-gto age , from 4 s . to 9 s . Montlily Con- Entrance Money ., ,. .. ., 0 3 0 _u-ibuuouforSicknessandManagement , _ls , 7 d , "Montlily Contribution * .. .. . . ' . . o l 0 AUona & _M in Sickness , per week .. .. 011 0 Allowance in Sickness .. ' .. .. 0 7 0 "Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 1- 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. ... .. - .. - 2 10 0 Ditto > uVs or Nominee's ditto .. .. 6 0 0 No Levies in this-Division . Wife ' s iyingia 1 10 0 _ . Loss Vv i'irc , from .. _-.. £ 300 to 10 00 Levies according to the demands on each division per _SuiKrrJrmuution , per week .. .. ,. 040 quarter . N . U . —The difference in the two Societies is , tlie Patriots have an Accouehment benefit , the Patriarchs have not ihat _bni--fit . therefore do not pay levies for it * LiT Applicafionsfor Agencies requested from all parts of the country ; information for appointment of Agencies can "be _OUiaJ-ied by letter , enclosing a postagestamp , _JStesk forms and information for the admission of country members can be obtained by letter , prepaid , _enclosing three _pesiage Btamp 3 , to _Dasna . WltLllM liuH ? l _* _. _Genei-al Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , New "BoaS , St . Pancras . °

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      _GOLDEN HAT MABT . A ' 3 ood aad Fashionable Hat i 3 of the ntmost importance as regards Personal Appearance . THE PUBLIC WILL DO "WELL TO YISIT _ECKERSLET'S CELEBRATED HAT MART , "Where they may lie suited in every respect both as to Price and Quality , AT ECKERSLET'S , 25 , _CROWN-STEEE T , HALIFAX . Observe !—The large Golden Hat over the door .

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      3 N THE 1 st OP JDLY WAS _PUBLISHED Ko . IL of THE _DEMOCRATIC _HEVIEW Of _BEITiSH and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , and _LITUUATOIIS . Edited by G . JULIAS HAKSEY . contests : L The Editor ' s Letter to the "WorWng Classes . 2 . _V-ttcr to the Trades : The _LanO . 3 . Z- _^ ner from Paris : Present _PoBflcal"Aspect and _Prospects of Franca . _i . Oar Inheritance : The Land common Property . Letter IL 5 . ? -j : itical and Historical "Review—Domestic and Foreign . C . ? _i ? . ! iifesio of the German Red Republicans .. 7 . > _I-iaaiic ! iy . S . _iyaxh \ k krwmi & V & _stiez . 3 . _iit-.-ratore : Mttion _' s Prose "RorSs ; Humboldt , s Cosmos ; rdliticsfor the Peoples & c , & c . Fv 3 . t ** Paces { in a coloured wrapper ) , Pbice

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      THE MEMBERS OP THE _SALFOftD BRANCH of the _Xational Land Company axe earnestly -requested to attend a meeting , to be held next Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock , at 3 Ir . lee ' s , Temperance Ilotel , "L * -weII- « rect , Sulford _, for the-purpose of _teddnginto _consideratsuii tbe propositions in tlie St . vb of last Saturday . It ishopei ! that every one will attend . —Thos . _Tomkissox _, So . 2 , ' _Chuivh-grovej Pendleton . -

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      KEV _» CASTLE-OIs -TYNE BRANCH of tho "Sational Land Company . A metiing of this branch will be held on Sunday , the 22 nd _iiiii .. at five o ' clock inthe evening , when business of great imp _.-irtance will be bronght before the meeting , concerning the forthroining Conference to be held August 6 th , 1819 . B v or . fer of the Directors , Thomas Fobbest , Sec .

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      OS SATURDAY / THE 25 th of AUGUST , Will appear THE _N A T ' I O 2 _T . Sew Series , No . L Edited by CHARLES CAVAS DUFFY , - Vssisted by a Corps of Efficient Contributors . Commumcations and Orders may be addressed to the Office , S <» . 6 , Lowee _Abeet-Stbeet , Dcei . l v , ( opposite the So val liibernian Academy ) . _Subs-.-ripfioas , payable in all cases in advance , Yearly , £ 1 fis . ; Half-yearly , 13 s . ; Quarterlv , Gs . Cd . ; Single Paper , sd . . "

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      AN _EXCULLBKT _OPPORTiaiTIT FOR A TOUNG MARRIED COUPLE . rpO BE DISPOSED OP AT _CHARTSRVn-LE _, near Witney . _O-cfcrrdsIlire . a Wellcropped Two Acre Allotment , inastate of _hfeh culture , together with a _nueJQlch Cow , & t , && mn _^ ' _> K _^ _TlVrZl _^ estates _Monging to the _iatioi _^ land Company , being most healtl _, fi 2 y situate and a - _jaceat to three market _toros ; The es & te hears _-soosl-vsixiiakt -arops , possessfs a _PostoiSce _« F _« e _^^ _andth-.- _allottees alreadT divide amo _^ _S _£ J _£ _^' _vasomtttnhmaredv \ s . on S _»«^ _-deven cows i or i : ims , apply byletter pre-paid , with stamp for re--p _^ _toA . Z ., at Mr . _Derhams , 35 , _Cndal-lane _^ _Brewer street , _Ocldm---ouare , London . ' _*" _" wer

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      _THf CHEAPEST _TBITIOX EV £ B _rCBUSUED . ; Price Is . Gd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Hate of the Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL V / ORKS .

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      Now Ready , a New Edition of lids . O'CONNOR'S WORK OH SMALL FARMS

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      THE LABOURER MAGAZINE . ¦ Vols . 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , may still be had , " neatly bouiHi , price 2 s . 6 tL eaeh So . 4 , the Number containing Mn . O'Cosxob _' s Treatise on the National Land Company ;" IfO . 10 , the one containing Mb . _O'Co-raoa _' s Treatise 1 On the National Land and Labour Bank connection "with the Land Company : "Have lately been reprinted , and may he had on application , Price 6 i each . Imperfections of the ' Labourer Magazine' may still be had at the Publishers .

      Ad00421

      In a neat Volume , 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 economy that have been practised in the management o the Funds of the Company * and proves , beyond contradiction , the -gracticability of the Plan wliich the Company was established to carry out Just published , Nos . I ., XI ., and JXZ ., Price Sixpence Each , of THE COMMONWEALTH .

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      Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternosterrow , London ; A . Heywood , Oldham-street , Manchesterr and Love and Co ., 5 , Kelson-street , _GIassow-And by all Booksellers in Tows and Country .

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      BOHE ' AKD HUNGARY . To protest against theinfemons subversion of the Soman llepublic hy the forces of the traitorous Government of France ; to censure the criminal apath y of the British Government in permitting that subversion of the rights of a free people ; to declare sympathy with the brave Hungarians , and to demand of the Crown and Parliament of great Britain active intervention in behalf of that chivalrous nation , at present fighting the battle of European Freedom .

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      A PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE Holdenatthe LUERaRY AKD SCEESTIFIC _KSTITUTIOX , JOHS-STBEET , _TorTENnAJf-COtaiT-aOAI ) , on TUESDAY EVENING , Jcir 21 th , 1819 . Chair to oe taken at Eight _o'Clockprecitely . The following advocates of Justice—Political , Social , and Universal , are invited and expected to take part in the proceedings : —Feav . gvs O'Cosxon , M . P ., Messrs . J . B . O'Bhi _* - ! - , Thomas _Coofeb , O . "W . M . "K _** xs ( ju > s , V . _JI'GaA-tn , . _\ _Vju-, tsb Cooper , Thomas Clabk , Hesei HCTnEEisc-ro . v , G . J . Holyoak--, * W . Ddson , R . _Bccuansas _, J . "Watsos , "R . Moose , James Grassby , _ani" ! Jciias JIaiisey . - Englishmen I In permitting the _feU of Rome your Government has been guilty of a neglect of duty , ' most Injurious to the honour of this country . It is for vou to Speak out , and bid Grown and Parliament take a better and a bolder course in behalf of Hungairy . Let all who detest Cossack rule—all who lament the wrongs of Poland—aU who would save glorious Hungary from a similar doom , attend the above meeting and raise tlieir Toices for ' ¦¦ HUNGARY , LIBERTY , and the FRATERNITY OF _-NATIONS !!!

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      TOBE . SOLD . A FOTXR-ACRE ALLOTMENT , ii . well situated on the Bromsgrove Estate , and on which £ 100 has been paid up . Applications ( post-paid ) , addressed to Edward Corn , Corbridge , near Hewcastie-under-Lyne , will meet with immediate attention _. The owner wishes to sell because of his not being in a position toloeate himself on the allotment _.

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      _« : as _k _? _ssIS _Iloos , 1 , Ely-place , HoIborn-hiU , London , whowfll _^ r . _^ retim , ( free , his certain cure , which is - _^ _fflSSSf produces no inconvenience , and of snch VstoriS _««' cacy that _commentis needless . The _SSSt _rfffiSS " able discovery has never been disclosed _; _conseouenX _^ 1 " others are imitations only . Dr . be IL _hisT _^ _~ 2 _& y ' _^ !« s _immenset success , which he will -almost rive _S fo _ftS « aU _? M et 01 Teartliem * HouE 8-ten _^^ Som Hev . H . _WalCdtt , Higham Ferrers , writes :-. » The nerson for whom you sent your remedyis nuite _nirofl _« _£% _^ Also , may be had . THE MEDICAL ADVISEE . An Essay on the Obligations of Marriage ; the treatment and cure of all those _^ ecret Disorders arising from early excesses and infections with plain directions for thc removal of every _uisquaStion

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      _NATIONAL _-PBEEHOLn BENEFIT 1 \ BUILDLNG SOCIETY , Shares £ 15 each , payaWe by Weekly _Ittttalments of Sixpence per Share . Directors . ; _.. _ .. Feargcs _O'CoXnok , Esq ., M . P Thomas Cxabke , Cnn isibrnEB DotLE , William _Dixos , Phiup M'Grath . Trustees . ... ' .. _„ _jAMSSGAZELUT _. Esq . , . _TflOMiS POO , ' Em * , ~ Solicitor . William Pbowiino _KoBEnis , _Estj . Bank . Thb _National Land and Labour Bakk . Treasurer : Feahgus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P . ¦ ¦

      Co -©Om-Apon&Enta.

      Co - _© _om-apon & _enta _.

      A. Hesdeesos'.—"Received. J. Sweet Ackno...

      A . Hesdeesos' . — "Received . J . Sweet _acknowledges tlie receipt of tho following ( gent herewith ) sums for Defence Fund , viz : —Byron Ward locality . 5 s . ; Mr . lygo , ls . ; Mr . Bit-gin , ls , ; Mr . Chipin . dale , Gd . ; Mr . C . Perkins , Sd . ; Mr . tiggett , Id . ; Mr . T . "Ward , 3 d . ; A Friend , 3 d . ; From the Colonel Hutchinson , Is . 8 d . ; TeaParty Committee , 3 s . lOd . ; Mrs . Perl-ins , Id . ; Mr . B . Thurman , Id . ; From the Seven Stars , Ss . "W . More . —No room . S . K ., Leek . —The biography was intended to be , published in the Star , but press of other matter prevented its insertion at the time .. Oiir charge is 2 d . each . Agents have the carriage to pay . If sent from the office by post , they cost id . each to subscribers . Mb . A . Bain , Belford Your present quarter commenced on the 7 th inst .

      "W _* . _KuiBEr . —All right .... . .. > ;¦ " J . _Cavux hopes that the Branch Secretaries , corresponding with the Sheffield Districts , will oblige by sending their addresses correctly written , as much confusion will be prevented thereby , and likewise tbat they be prompt in collecting from the members the lovy of 3 d ., which has been agreed to by the Directors , . The _Kikkdaie _Pbisoness . —The following sums have -been received for this fund - . —Heywood , per W . Bake , 13 s . ; Burnley , per Wm . Butterworth _, 4 s . Br ¦ mistake , Mr . Pickvance was named in the Star of last week , as district secretary for the Bolton district . The district secretary is Mr . Vose , lottery-row , Bolton . National _Co-ofebativE Benefit Societt . — The report of tlie Directors upon the account of Mr . Stallwood , the secretary ofthe above society , will appear in next week's Star . : _The-LETTEa of George Henry Smith , Manchester , in reply

      to the chanres made against him by the Kirkdale prisoners , is of suck a length that we must withhold it till next week , not having space for it in the present number . " MASCirtSTEJ * , —To the Chartists of the Potteries ,- Bilston , Hindley , Birmingham , and the various localities in those district ! - —Gentlemen , being still out of employment , and having less signs , now of work than I had on the day I left Kirkdale Gaol , through my having again stood upon the platform to advocate lie principles of the Charter , I intend to start upon a torn-through the places I have mentioned , as I have no wish to be idle . I shall leave "Manchester on the 30 th of July , and all tiiose places and persons desirous of my services , will please to write to me directly . I hope that no locality will be afraid of

      writing to me for fear of expense , as my expenses will be nothing to those places who cannot afford to pay , and to those that can , it-will be very little . —Yours , in the cause of democracy , W . Nixon , —P . S . Direct to me as under * . St Paul ' s _SundaylSchool , . German-street , _Oldham-road , Manchester . I shall have with me the poems written by Dr .-M'Douall , also all the tracts written in Kirkdale . _Geo-ige Stobaot , Berry Edge—Send it to John Arnott , li , Middlesex-place , Somers Town , London . Mb , IV . Davidson , Newtown , Ayr . —The gentleman yo * l refer to is at home , in Dublin . _^ Ib . A . Fbazeb , Edinburgh . —AH right . Mr , R , Robbrtso _**! , Aberden . —Yes , at 2 d . eaoh . You to pay carriage . J . Henderson , Alloa . —We cannot answer your question . A _De-iockat , Edinburgh . —Wehave not seen the newspaper alluded to . T . Fox . Norwich . —Apply at the Home Office .

      The Land! A Practical Agriculturist, Of ...

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

      The Hob Them Star Saturday, July 31i 1s49.

      THE HOB THEM STAR SATURDAY , JULY 31 i 1 S 49 .

      Mental-And Manual Labour. The Operatite ...

      MENTAL-AND MANUAL LABOUR . THE OPERATITE AND SHOPKEEPER . The fact that " the foll y of to-day" may he "the wisdom of the morrow , ¦' is being proved every hour b ' y the light which is now beaming uponthosewhoweremostignorantoftheLahour Question , and most indifferent to their own interests . While other journalists are daily catering rubbish to amuse the fancy of their varied readers , we have been weekl y endeavouring to fix the mind of this

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

      The same cry was in every mail's mouth . " Brisk trade" was the watchword—none reflecting upon the fact , that thero existed at the time as _isracla machinery , which did not consume , and couldnot be customers , as would supply three worlds with the required produce . The shopkeepers never bestowed a thought upon the fact , that all other countries in the world were preparing to compete with the English manufacturers * -they assembled-at then ; tea parties and their public meetings ' lending a ¦ willing ear and placing implicit credence m the Utopias of those visionary theorists _^ the capitalists , whose interests were diametrically opposed to those of the shopkeepers . Such was the social bearing of the _shoDkeepevs during the Free . Tilde agftaS while , asjurors , they were _politicallfarrS

      against tbe working . classes , upon the success of whose political principles solely denendTd _theinterestofthe _shopkiepers . / he ES pnnciples were not then understood , becausP none hut Chartists would venture to _' aS _^ Chartist meeting ; while Free Trade meetings were rolled with ticketed members , lest the fife admission of enli ghtened Chartists , and their permission to speak , would have dispelled the delusion to which the shopkeeping mind was then attached .

      In the year 1838 , Mr . O'Connor addressed several letters to the shopkeepers of Yorkshire pointing out the identity of interest which existed between those * who supply food and other goods in a manufactured state to those who consume them ; and in those letters he dearly Showed that , of all classes , the shopkeepers were most interested in the welfare and just payment of the working classes . - _'* - ¦ m The mind of hoth classes , however , was then m its infancy . The power of the weakest was not sufficiently organised to hear upon the action of the strongest , and ifc has cost us no tew years of toil to create , to organise and direct the labour mind , until at length we are more than repaid by the result which its proper _aevelopement now promises .

      Mental-And Manual Labour. The Operatite ...

      It has been the continuous and systematic object of the ruling power to create audperpetuatefeud shetweenthose two classes to whose united energy any Government must yield . They have now both discovered their respective positions : the shopkeepers have learned that without the aid of labour they cannot reduce taxation to the extent which would render them the slightest service , and the labourers have discovered that they would derive no benefit from any—the most economic —sy stem of which their own representatives not the founders iiuv 11 _/ _tuiv j _^ _, __„ , _

      were . ¦ • o J were zvjv _..... -. There is now a coalition about to be formed between the Russell Government and the Peel Staff ; acoalitionof Whig and Tory , m the hope that such a union may be capable ot overpowering the opposition of Protectionists and Free Traders . The leader of this party will rely upon the loyalty and the tyranny of the feudal lords for support , and for the enactment of any measures which may be necessary tosuDnresspublicopinion ; while , upon the other

      hand , the eighty-five men of progress , bacicea by that public opinion out of doors , and vigorously backed , will be too powerful for this trinity of corruption , while the sound opinion of the Chartist body having gained experience and wisdom fromthe past , will take care , in tlie words of Mr . Hall , to press them forward in the onward course . ; Who can deny the assertion made by Mr . O'CoNlfOB at the Tower Hamlets meeting on Wednesday night , when he thus analysed the identity of interest that existed between the shopkeeping and the labouring classes . He

      " ** n i said " Let _° us take a population of one hundred thousand working men , and two thousand shopkeepers . If those one hundred thousand men received _i 620 a year , or 8 s . a week , more than they do now for the profitable application of their labour to the developement ofthe resources of the country , that would amount to two millions a year , and irom that sum each of the two thousand shopkeepers would receive a , thousand a year more than they do now . " He also pointed out most distinctly , the irrefutable fact , that no beneficial alliance could be formed between the labourer and the

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

      Charter , as compared with any other principle . Mr . Offor , a magistrate ofthe Tower Hamlets , and a most powerful speaker j George Thompson , the member for the borough ; and Mr . Williams , the late member for Coventry ; the three principal speakers atthe meeting to wliich we refer , all—one and all—expressed then * preference for Universal Suflrage , and in fact for every other point of the Charter , except Annual Parliaments .:

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

      wealthy , for the people may rest assured that the represented classes would take care to divide amongst their own order , any savingsno matter from what source they might arise . Is it not an irrefutable fact , that while the landlords refuse to make any—the slightest— - reduction in their rents , consequent upon Free Trade , they not only justify , but recommend the reduction of the wages of the agricultural labourer ?— -thus irrefutably proving our oftrepeated prediction that - ' The weakest would be the first to go to the wall , " while the strongest and most powerful would be the last to suffer , but would be the greatest sufferer in the end from his own obstinacy .

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

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

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

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

      the hatter who makes the hats , the butcher who provides the meat , the baker who makes the . ' . ' bread , the grocer who supplies the groceries , the hosier-who supplies the stockings , the haberdasher , the milliner , the dressmaker , the bookseller , the wine merchant , the banker , the merchant , ¦ * the landlord , the parson—nay , the manufacturer himself , all , one and all—have an interest , in the fair and just requital ; of the _lahoiu'ei _' .. : Upon his labour all . depend , by his discontent all are periled . The Labour Question ,

      then , is the question to the proper solution of which every caterer for popular support must direct his mind ; with us it has been our day thought and our night dream , it haa been our wish to leave the world better than we found it , and itis our pride , and our only consolation , to know that , in spite of persecution and prosecution , we have created and organised a public opinion , which may he successfull y directed against injustice , but which none can divert from its legitimate purpose—the realisation of Labour ' s rights , and the destruction bf the labourer ' s enemy .

      Railways And The Land Plan As ^ Is Our C...

      RAILWAYS AND THE LAND PLAN As _^ is our custom , we have abstained from any the slightest comment upon Mr . Geor g e Hudson and others , Avho had been concerned m the management of railways , unta their

      ; , . ¦ 1 .. „ _-,- -- ---.- ¦¦ ¦ .--- . - _*¦ -- July 21 , 1849 . ' _THK NORTHERN STAR . . _^^ _^\ m mm __ _ _-- _' . _.. _^^ _^ _.. _^—^^ r _— _— _4 . ' ' * ¦ ___™ « _~> -S- ± _^—J _~~ _rL— r— - _. .., trihunal majority

      Railways And The Land Plan As ^ Is Our C...

      conduct was submitted to an impartial trihunal . Accustomed ourselves to be condemned m ; st and tried afterwards , like the Irish rebels m ' 98 , we were averse to subjecting any man to condemnation , however clear the _Mf _™ _*^ dence may appear , until the accused had . the power of making his defence . Mr . Hudson and others have now enjoyed that ¦ full privilege , and we may place him and his associates in comparison with the propounder of the Land Plan , and the treasurer of its funds . Mr . O'Connor was condemned without a hearing . It was asserted that he might _emisrate to America or any other foreign country , - -,- _. —I _.. _ : _^^^^ 0 _^ nl .

      with houses , _* land , dunghills ; carts , waggons , ploughs , and harrows ' upon his back , ; and so punctilious were the Ministers , and so jealous were they as to the faithful application ofthe poor man ' s funds to the . purposes for which they were subscribed , that a Committee was appointed to investigate and report upon the practicability of the Land Scheme , while the Chairman of that Committee , a Government official , GOODENOUGH HAYTER-amost appropriate nan _? e—with a salary of 2 , 000 / . aof

      year , for seeing to the proper lashing soldiers' backs , and whose salary has since been raised to 2 , 5001 . a year , repudiated all evidence calculated to prove the practicability of the Plan , and directed the attention and absorbed the whole time of the Committee in the investigation of Mr . O'Connor ' s accounts . Arid after a long and tedious examination by a Government accountant , and a Government actuary , after a long correspondence between the Judge Advocate and Joshua Hobson , and havtoff spent six mortal days in drawing ot

      up his report to be presented to the House Commons , the Committeeunanimously rejected his report , declared , that the affairs of the Company had been conducted with the most perfect good faith , that 3 , 400 / . was due to Mr . O'Connor , not including a farthing for his expenses out of pocket , and no such comprehensive item as '' Sundries ' , ' inthe Company ' s accounts , and recommended the House . of Commons , either to legalise the Company , or to allow Mr . O'Connor to wind up its affairs .

      Let the reader contrast his position with that ofthe "Railway _^ King , " and his associates . D uring the present session of Parliament Mr . O'Connor gave notice of a motion for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the management of the several Railways in the Kingdom ; but so repugnant was the feeling of the House to such a proposition , tliat he was compelled to withdraw it . Arid from whence arose the distaste ? Why Bimply from the fact that it would be impossible to name a committee of HONOURABLE

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

      case . There was no controlling power , save honour , to guide Mr . O'Connor in his management of the Land Company ' s- affairs ; while in the case of Hudson and his associates , those whose duty it was to see to the _laithful expenditure of the funds , were particeps criminis , and thus the case ofthe greatest criminal was submitted to those who were participators in his crime , and not very impartial jurors . Now , let us suppose for a moment that Mr . O'Coniwr had been guilty of any the slightest dishonesty—nay inaccuracy—with respect to the affairs of the Land Company , would so many trials have been permitted ? and would

      he have been allowed like opportunities to establish his innocence ? Nay , in faith , he would have been treated by the old ' rule" While one man may steal a horse , another dare not look over the wall . " But , notwithstanding the minute investigation , and the establishment , not only of Mr . O'Connor ' s integrity , but of his sincerity and devotion to the cause of the poor man , and his faithful application of his funds , we find that those who have paid the least , —and Who if they had contributed all to the relief of their order inthe developement of such apian , would not have been great sufferers—are now the loudest clamourers for the restoration of funds that have been vested in Houses and Land .

      There is hut one way of meeting those grumblers , and by those means the confiding and more prosperous may silence the growlers and make themselves rich . Let those who still retain their confidence , and ; who have the means , buy up the . shares of the . grumblers , and should the Company be wound up , they will receive more than 20 s . for every pound they have expended ; and should it be continued , they will ultimatelybe large gainers by the speculation . Meanwhile , no man can feel astonishment at Mr . O'Connor ' s disgust at the treatment he has received from those to whose services he has devoted his time and his money ; nor can any man feel surprise at his resolution to retire from a scene

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

      Parliamentary Review. . The Lords Steadi...

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

      and mutilated , that it is impossible either they or the House of Commons can agree to it when sent back , and Ave presume it will , therefore , be thrown put altogether . Every one will recollect that at the commencement of the Session there was a general outcry against the operation of the L'ish Poor Law , and innumerable suggestions for its amendment were made by parties who described themselves as suffering under the grievances it inflicted . Committees were appointed by both Houses of Parliament , > nd witnesses in abundance were

      examined on the subject ; the Report of whose evidence has cost the country a prett y penny in the , shape of numerous bulky blue books , which hot one person in 50 , 000 . . will ever look into . While these investi gations . were going on , however , Lord J . Russell , ; urged b y the exigency of the case , and catching at an idea casuall y dropped by Lord Stanley , proposed what was called a Rate ! in ; -Aid ; and , in order , to remove . the dread of indefinite taxation , proposed a maximum rate of seven shillings in the pound ,. as the extent to which the property of L'eland could be called upon to support the poor . This measure

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

      Parliamentary Review. . The Lords Steadi...

      rate , was thrown out by a majority of eight and " the clauses which reall y fixed on th < landlord- ; the payment of rates , by _providing that the land might'be sold to pay the rate £ with which it was ; chargeable , were _alsc thrown out , The House of Peers is professedly a house of landlords . What more natural , therefore , than for them to look after the intere sts of their " order . " . ; For our own part , we by no means regret the virtual rejection of the Bill . It was part oi that system of peddling and pettifogging legislation by wliich the Whigs , attempted to deceive the country into the belief that they meant to improve the condition of Ireland , while , In reality , they are either unable to devise practical , efficient , ; and commensurate r _^ te . was thrown out by a of eight

      remedies for the evils which affect it , or if they possess the capacity to do so , are deficient in the moral courage requisite to propose and to carry such remedies . The maximum rate would have heen a mere skin plaister . As an inducement to capitalists to invest money in the purchase of Irish estates , and to employ Labour on a large scale , it is not probable that it would have succeeded to any perceptible extent ; while the ultimate result must have been , to throw on the Consolidated Fund the charge of supporting all the Irish poor for whom the limited rate failed to provide relief . The value . or efficiency of the measure , however , is . not the point immediately at issue , or to which we desire to direct attention . It

      is the curious position in which public business is placed , by the doing of the one Chamber and the undoing of the other . Whatever may become of rates , we shall certainly , by this method , secure the minimum of legislation . The time has been when we had statesmen who had too much self-respect to submit to such contemptuous treatment , and who would have thrown upon the ob structives of their policy the responsibility of their actions . But the petty men of the present day are satisfied so long as they can retain office and duly draw their salaries .

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

      The Ordnance Estimates Have Given Occasi...

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

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

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

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

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

      "The world never saw so extravagant a Government as the Government of England . Not only is economy not practised , but it is despised , and the idea of it is connected with disaffection , Jacobinism , and Joseph Hume . Every rock in the ocean where a cormorant can perch is occupied by her troops , and lias a governor , a deputy-governor , a storekeeper , and a deputy-storekeeper , and will soon have an archdeacon and a bishop . Military colleges , with thirty-four professors , educating Seventeen ensi gns per annum , being half an ensign for each professor , with every species of nonsense , atliletic , sartorial , and plumigerous . A just and necessary war costs this country about £ 10 !) . t minute

      ; wiiipcora _, £ 150 , 000 ; red tape , £ 7 , 000 ; lace for drummc _* : s and fifers , £ 19 , 000 ; a pension to one man who has broken his head at the pole ; to another who has shattered his leg at the Equator ; subsidies to Persia ; secret service money to Thibet ; an annuity to Lady Henry Somebody and her seven daughters , the husband being shot at some place where we never ought to have had any soldiers at all , and tlie elder brother returning four members to Parliament ; such a scene of extravagance , ; corruption , and expense as must paralyse the spirit and mar the fortunes of the most industrious spirited people that ever existed . "

      The Government will continue to be carried on in this spirit as long as it is exclusivel y in the hands ofthe aristocracy , and , by means of a limited constituency , the privileged classes are virtuall y as much masters ofthe Houso of Commons as they are of the House of Lords .

      The Protectionists Are Becoming Financia...

      The Protectionists are _becoming _Financial Reformers , after a fashion . Mr . Henley m _* o posed a reduction of ten per cent , on all salaries paid to persons holding Government situations . The ostensible ground for this motion was , the reduction in the prices of all commodities which has taken place within the last few years , ' In realit y _ve take it the object was to punish the Government , which has been instrumental in pulling , down . the prices of . agricultural produce . Mr . : Henley

      is , inaividuall y , a very worthy , shrewd , and well-meaning gentleman ; but , while sympathising with his general object , * wecan b y no means agree in the plan he proposed to the House . To take fifteen-pence from the twelve shillings paid weekl y to a poor hard-worked Postman , and leave the enormous incomes of the Lord Chancellor and the Judges untouched , seems to us rather queer economy . It is well known that all the real work in the Government offices , of everv _desermfi . _™ _™

      done by persons whose salaries range from 100 Z . to 250 Z . a year . Instead of taking anything from the fags—among "whom few indeed ofthe aristocracy are to be foun d—instead of docking the scanty allowance to Tidewaiters , Excisemen , and Postmen , * we suggest to Mrt Henley , and his . friends , that it would be better to abolish numerous offices held by scented , curled , and moustachoed young gentlemen , whose princi pal occupation is to road tho newsp apers , and sign their names to the

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 21, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_21071849/page/4/