Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 31st August 1850, Edition 3 of 3, Page 4, PORTRAITS OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS. Th...

Page 4
Page 4
4 of 8

On this page

  • Departments (3)
    • , Secretary.. AUK , ¦jrmittL' oecretary. $0r tvatt8 of $atvtot&
    • ¦ira» — • 2TO <_0m6»O1fiK*H!0.
    • THE SOUTHERN STAR SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1S50.
  • Adverts (12)
  • Text (10)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      The Northern Star.,-, ; Z • .August, 31,...

      THE NORTHERN STAR _.,-, ; z _. _AugusT _, 31 , 1850 ,

      Ad00410

      _TTNITED PATRIOTS' AM ) PATRIARCHS' _BENEjJiT _^ SOCIETY . U _ nn > UedpttR _^ ttolO Gea IV , & 56 , 4 _ 5 _TmiV . c _^ " _^^ -T . & I ) dscohbe , Esq .. M . P . T . Waklet _, Esq ., M . P . B . _Cabbhi , E _* , * _" _- _ . F . _O'Cossob , Es « i ., M . P . Lr _^ James U 4 ssabo , Es _* j . , _„ _^^ of mechanics and The Society is divided into six sections , to meet the necessities and re qmKmenw os " * d . members , and has a labourers , from fifteen years of ase to forty-five . This Society consists of _^™ Jr ° _!;_ . „ its -formation : —Sickness , fended capita of 2 _. 622 L 16 s . 9 _ . having paid the following _^ sums for benefits _**? 7 _«&_ . 7 d # 5 , 70 H . 5 s . lOd Funerals 1 _. 332 L Superannuation , 30 L 0 s . 4 < L _F- _^ _fa _iS _& _S _^ - _^^ _^ _^ l _j _^^^ _,, _^ She following is the SCALE OF FEES to be paid at entrance : 3 s . _^ _, _^ _S _^ _ onthlyf if desired :-extend over a period of six months , to bepaid with the _suiwmpno » , _„ _£ _,. „„ , _ 6 th section . Age Istsection . 2 ndsection . 3 _£ ! f ° * _^ _g 8 d £ 0 3 s . 2 d £ 0 2 s . „ . Froml 5 to 32 .... £ 0 5 s . 2 d . .... £ 0 ! s . Sd ..... £ 0 j ** * * " 58 .... 0 5 2 .... not admitted — S 3—so .... 072 .... 068 .... « « ; — 0 8 8 .... 082 .... over ¦ - 86- ' 10 .... 010 2 .... 0 9 8 .... « " _;;;_ * fll 9 2 .... 0 18 2 .... _twentyjears — 40—45 .... 1 1 2 .... 1 0 - " HEUBE *' * DEATH . —WIFE ' S OB _AVBUfEE _' _S DEATH , Hat AUAWAKCE IS SICKSESS ASD _SOrEBASSUATIOS . F ! rst Sect joa l 20 Q _Q £ __ 0 0 FirstSection 18 s . Od . Cs . Od . _Secondditw .... 1 G 0 « .... 8 0 0 Second ditto 15 0 ' 6 o Thirdditto .... 12 0 P .... 6 0 0 Thirdditto 11 0 * » Fourtliditto .... 10 0 0 .... 5 0 0 Fourth ditto 9 0 * » Fifthditto .... 6 0 0 .... 3 0 0 Fifthditto 7 a * ' Sixthditto .... 210 0 .... none Sixthditto ...... 7 o rfn all the Divisions ( with the exception of Ihe Sixth ) £ 10 . _LOtsb al Monthly contributions to ensure the above benefits . _ , „„ _*„„„ Under 40 . Under 45 . Under 3 D yearsof age . _^ 1 (| 1 _^ 4 s 3 ld . J _^ Mnrion .. Ss . 7 IA _. _Ctocna j _ pens _ 24 " > Insurance in caseof fire , S ' 7 " ) 4 d . a month for _Swcadditto .... 3 o _< - lldj _*^ r 2 < _f 1 can be raised to 15 L , 2 10 Medical _££ _** £ _¦ . "" I 0 t PoS _ic , 2 2 \ ljd . a month extra . 2 5 J Attentoce f F __! _ttT ..:: 1 8 J lid \ Monthly . 1 10 J or 201 . 3 d . a month . 2 1 J Medicine . _Kxthoitto .... 1 _Jlfi 4 Gift , _-ffidowand _oi-phans' Funds extra , ftr which , see the rules . \ . . „ i _^ _desareestablishS in many of the principal Towns throughout the Engdom , and _^* _" 5 » SSSL _? _S _«^ _ff _^ _S _^ _affi _^ an ° _ranr _» is inaae . Ev £ y information can be obtained , by _appUration to the Secretary , at _^ B _^ _SSmS . 13 . Tottenh _ n _* ourt , XeVroad ( thirteen doors from the top _ofloUeuliam-court-road ) , St . _^ e _^ Ufa _ft _^ ntry appl _^^ enclosing twelve postage stamps , and if for TO _ofappUcation _. _oriufonnatiun _, three stamps must be enclosed . _-ffju . _^ , General Secretary .

      Ad00411

      BRITISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD _TaND AND BUILDING SOCIETY , On an Advance vour Kent is Saved—you become yonr own Land and Householder . _atrons .-T . fiteiSlS M . R t W _ _Srfa * . M . P . VB . Gim & t , M . P . L J Hassabd , Esq . _SaX _^ rc _^ eraalBankof London ( Branch ) 6 Henrietta Street , Covent Garden , Chairman of Directors : —Seokge W . M . _Uetsolds , _kSQ . don OSse -No . W . Tottenham Court , Sew Road , St Pancras , London .-DAKrn , Wizuax _Branr , Secretary . V _ sged K Theie SEcno > -3 .-Talue of Shares andIPa . vmentfor Investors . Full-Share . £ _120-paymentof 2 s . 5 d . per Week , or 10 s . Gd . per Month . Half Stare . " . " .. 60 1 2 | | | ArouS _^ requested to state in their form the Section they desire to be a Member of . . No _StrnvETOBs _*^ loucno _^ , oBltEDEMexios F _ s .-The present Entrance Fee , including Certificate , Rules , & c ., is 4 s . _ao - _sukvevobs _«^™ _f ; _™ _^ f () r t of a *; , iare . price of Hules , including Postage , Is . ¦ OBJECTS . lst-Toeiiablemml _^ tobuildlhrellingHonses . 5 th .-To pve to Depoating Members a higher rate of m-* " _¦»»*¦« -ireuiu" r ~ wi , i-vo _» _JinM terest than is yielded by ordinary modes of investment . _Sni-Toaflbrd the means ot purchasing both Freehold _^ _ To _^^ pan _£ u _^ _^ Endowments for _j _ and Leasehold Properties or Land , Children , or Husbands for their Wives , or for . Marriage fed . —To advance Mortgage 5 on _Property held by settlements . " - ' ¦ ¦ . members . 7 th . To purchase apiece of Freehold Land of sufficient _Ath-Toenable Mor tgagers beingmembers to redeem vahieto give a legal title to a County Vote for _Membersol _ _ea- _* Mortgages . «« . * - •_• _, everv nerson in town or country can become the proprietor ofa House and Land in t _i _^ n _^^^^^^^^^ n his Mends _^ nuexions . or « he present means himself aud tamU , "S _^ « - _^ SS _^ _jSaiw sh ares to purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide the Land into _allot-«^^ h _^ _aS _^ _«? _S 7 i _^ r _^ ?* _r _^ s oftl _^ arioas branch _^ of the society TI .. proper _^ to . be . he _w _^ _wholdrfS _^ nTemberafteraterm of seven years , fromtfcedateoflocation , aecordinStohis subscriptions . _^ S _^^^ _rinirDe _^ _tSn _^ which members ' not wishing to purchase areenabed to invest small sums , _recerd _^ interest at the rateoffive percent per annum , on erery sum of Ms . and upwards so _deposited . _^ B So _^ _lKvancedtothrmembere ofih e firs t Section in November next , when all persons who have and _mTyb _^ m _^ bVrsforlhares , orparts of shares , on or befo re the 4 th of November next , and who pay six months ' Hxbscriptions inadvance , or otherwise , will be eligible for an advance . _^^

      Ad00412

      EMIGRATION . THE BRITISH EMPIRE PERMANENT EMIGRATION AND COLONISATION SOCIETY , To secure to each Member a FARM olnotless than Twenty-five Acres of Land iu AMEBIC A , Bg Small Weekly or Monthly Contributions . _Lokdos Office : —13 . _Tottenham Court , New-road , St Pancras . —P . W . _Bufft , Secretary . OBJECTS . To purchase a large trac to fLand in the Western States To purchase in large quantities , for the common benefit , cf America , upon which to locate Members , giving twenty- all necessary live and dead stock , and other requisites , fire acres to each Share subscribed for . supplying each member on location with the quantity re-To erect _Dwellings , and clear a certain portion of the qnirea at cost price . Zand oa each allotment , previous to the arrival of the _^ _Sde _forthelocationofgroups _. holdinstheLandin To establish a depot , fi _^ _rn _vflnch to proride each family common , as well as for individuals , securing to each their wlth Qxe required quantity of wholesome food , until their collective and separate rights and immunities . own land produced sufficient for their support , VALUE OF SHARES . Each Share to be of the ultimate Value of Twenty-five Pounds . To be raised . \> g MonUtly or Weekly Subscriptions , as fol lows : — A Payment of Ninepence per Week lor Ten Years will amount to 19 / 10 s . Bonus , 51 . _IOj . . Ditto Sixpence per Weekfor Fifteen Years will amount to 19 L 10 _*? . Bonus , 51 . 10 s . Repayments may be made to the Society in Money , Produce , or Labour . Prospectuses , Rules , Forms of Application for Shares , and every other information , may be had at the Office as shore . All applications by Letter , addressed to the Secretary , must he pre-paid , and enclose a postage stamp for reply , By enclosing twelve postage stamps a Copy of the Rules will be forwarded , post free . Forms of Entrance by enclosing three postage stamps . Agents required in all parts of Great Britain .

      Ad00409

      ASTOUNDING POST-OFFICE REVELATIONS . FLAGRANT MISAPPROPRIATION OF THE PEOPLE'S MONEY . TREASURY PATRONAGE THE GREATEST IMPEDIMENT TO ECONOMY AND RETRENCHMENT . Addressed to all Classes of the United Kingdom . BY A WORKING CLERK , RECENTLY EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE . Second Edition , Price Twopence . London : W . Hoesell , 13 , Paternoster-row . _'"TIiesefewfectsteUhowniischiETOHsIytliePaMic Money has been squandered , and show * the amount of tyranny on the part ofthe authorities _«* f the Post Office , which wonld scarcely be credited . ' _"VFe do not hesitate to say , that the statements before ns in this pamphlet , renders it imperative that the administration ofthis department should undergo a searching parliamentary inquiry : and we are mueh mistaken , if such an exposure as this statement of 'Treasury Patronage' makes , will not aid the movement , that will end in placing men in authority , wbowiU not regard their interiors as so many brute beasts , that have nothing else to do than to succumb to their imperious bidding . '—Bell' s Weekly Messenger , Oct 27 $ , 1819 . * So impressed have many gentlemen been , who have read this pamphlet , that a Memorial to the Lords of the Treasury has neen got up and numerously signed . ' —Bedford Jfcvury Pec . 1 st , IS' 9 . 'A full and complete exposure of Post-office iniquities : showing how the aristocracy oppress the working clerks _, and waste tbe people ' s money in the management of public offices . The pamphlet -will be of wonderful service to all financial reformers . ' —Reynold ' s Weekly Newspaper , August IStli , 1830 . NM . —The writer of this pamphlet ( Mr . Samuel Sanders ) has most handsomely presented to the Executive Committee of the National Charter _ socia * ion . one thousand copies , to bftsold fov the benefit of the Democratic cause . The Executive therefore urgently caU on the various localities , and the friends of Democracy in general , to aid in its circulation , especially , when it is stated that Mr . John Arnott , the General Secretary , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , wills . _pplydiem at Two _SnniisGs pot Dozes , or Threepence each . V The pamp & et consists of forty-eight pages of closely-printed statistical and valuable information .

      Ad00413

      _WORKS IN PREPARATION , Br EESEST JOSES , Of the Middle Temple , _Barrister-atrLaw . THE NETV WORLD A Political Poem , dedicated to the people of THE _CXtTED QUEEXDOM , ASD OF THE UNITED STATES , Tilth copious notes , _addressed especially to tbe Working Classes . BELDAG 0 ~ F ~ CHURCH A Religious Poem , dedicated to THE PEOPLE OF HALIFAX . asd _^ WESTMINSTER PRISON , Dedicated to the Exiles and Prisoners of ISIS .

      Ad00414

      THE CHEAPEST EDITION EV £ B _rUBUSHED . Price Is . 6 d ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS .

      Ad00415

      EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA . W TAPSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Emigration Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class _Ship?—ToXEW YORK—every Five Days . To SEW ORLEAXS-every Ten Days . To BOSTON and PHILADELPHIA—every Fifteen Days . And occasiioally to BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , and St . JOHNS . Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New York , payable ia any part ofthe United States . Tapscotfs "Emigrant's Guide" sentfree , on receiptof Four Postage Stamps . _JJSS _* About _twenty-eight thousand persons sailed for the New World , _inTapscott _' sluw of American _Packets _. in 1819 .

      Ad00416

      DEAFNESS ASD SINGING IN THE EARS KSTAXTLY CURED WITHOUT PAEf OR OPERATION .

      Ad00417

      Education for the Millions . THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED , No . XV . of " THE SATIONAl _ INSTRUCTOa . " PRICE ONE PENNY . The object of tlie Proprietor , _Pbaegt ; sO'Consok , Esq ., M . P ., is to place within the reach of the poorest classes that Political and _Sosial Information of which they are at present deprived by the Government " Taxes on _Knowledge . " In addition to a serial history of the " Life and Adventures of Feargus O'Cossor from his Boyhood , " it will contain Essays by the best-writers on all the leading Questions of the day , written in an earnest , honest ., and impartial spirit ; Tales and Sketches , illustrative ofthe workiug of our present Social and Political System ; Reviews and abstracts of New Books ofa useful and instructive character , and Mi-cellaneous Information , suited alike for the amusement and instruction of the fireside .

      Ad00419

      _NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the quarterly meeting of this branch of the National Land Company will he held on Sunday , the 8 th of Septemuer , at two o ' clock , p . m ., when all members are re . quested to attend , as business of importance trill he Drought before them , relative tothe winding up ofthe Company ' s affairs , and of ascertaining to whom dividends arc due . _Tnosus _Fobhest , Sub-Secretary .

      Ad00418

      « _Swf ° IN _/^ _^ _-An officer of a . crack \\ _nSll _Ef mt A V _^ th 0 Duke of _Wel-Se « f Wn 1 r f » Sr _"Fceld-Man & l the Date of Wellington . " The Duke was disgusted _ffiliT _*^ SUed _^ educational _ofdeS Ontted Service Gazette _thSorfhTf _** bo"le _*< _Ke whaleswere captured in theI _* _rfli , » fe „ Mies abOTBAlloa , on SundayE

      Ad00420

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , M , _rjouthamptan-street _, Strand . THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE hereby announce the following meetings : On Sunday afternoon , September lst , the Metropolitan Delegate Council -will meet Ior the despatch of business at the City Charti 3 t Hall , 2 G , Golden-lane , Barbican . Messrs . Hamtfton : and Lockhart , of Aylesbury , will attend . Chair to be taken at half-past two o ' clock . On Sunday evening ( same date ) a public meeting will be held in the above Hall , when Messrs , Hamilton and Lockhart will attend-and address the assembly . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . On Thursday evening , September Sth , the _sub-com . mittee appointed by the Democratic Conference , will hold their third meeting at 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . Signed , on behalf of the Committee , John Abnott , General Secretary . _. _luitN _AUKuii _, ¦ jrmittL'iu oecretary .

      , Secretary.. Auk , ¦Jrmittl' Oecretary. $0r Tvatt8 Of $Atvtot&

      , Secretary . _. _AUK _, ¦ jrmittL' oecretary . _$ 0 r tvatt 8 of _$ atvtot _&

      The Readers Of The " Northern Star,". An...

      The readers of the " Northern Star , " . and the Democratic party generally , are informed , that there is now a re-issue of the various Steel engravings lately distributed with the " Northern Star . " They consist of Kossuth , Meagher , Loots Blanc , Mitchbl , _Eunest Jones , Smith 0 'Bares , Richard Oastler , John Frost .

      These Engravings have excited the admiration of every one who has seen them . They are faithful portraits , and are executed in the most brilliant style . Price Fourpence each . There has also been a reprint of the undermentioned portraits , which have been given away at different times with the "Northern Star , " and which are striking likenesses , and executed in the most brilliant manner—Andrew Marvel , Wilmam Cobbett , Arthur O'Conhor , Henry ont , Patrick O'Hiooins , P . _O'C _nnob , Bronterre O'Brien , W . P . Roberts . J . R . Stephens , There is dlso a re-issue of the two large

      prints , " THE _fl . iTI < _KUL CONVENTION 05 1839 . " " THE PRESENTATION OP THE NATIONAL PETITION , by Mr . DUNCOMBE . in ; 1842 . _'„ . To be had of J . Pavey , Holywell-street .

      Portraits Of The American Presidents. Th...

      PORTRAITS OF THE AMERICAN PRESIDENTS . This truly Magnificent Historical Engraving of all the Portraits of the American Presidents , from Washington to _Zachary Taylor ( just deceased ) , being twelve in number , and which has been many months preparing , is now being worked at press , and will be ready for delivery to our subscribers on the 31 st instant . The plate is being printed on a whole sheet , and , in consequence of the immense expense attending its publication , must be charged to subscribers , 6 d . ; and to the public generally at 5 s . per copy . Subscribers are particularly requested to forward at once their orders to their respective agents . Loudon agent—Mr . Pavey , Holywell-street , Strand .

      ¦Ira» — • 2to &Lt;_0m6»O1fik*H!0.

      ¦ ira » — 2 _TO <_ 0 m 6 » O 1 fiK * H ! 0 .

      S_R To The Secretaries Ofthe Various Bra...

      S _ r To the Secretaries ofthe Various Branches of the Land Sociktt , and op ihe Chartist Association . _—IFe cannot in future announce any forthcoming _-meetings , or events to take place , although embodied in resolutions , unless the advertisement duty ( ls . Gd . ) is sent _witft , such communications . The evasion is detected at the Stamp Office , and the proprietor is compelled to pay it . The Land and Chartist members will , henceforth , understand the reason why future , meetings are not announced in our columns . G . Julian Harney requests that all private letters for him may be addressed to his residence 4 , Brunswick-row , Queen square , BloomBbuvy , London . Lacev Fond . —Notting-hill and Kensington Subscription Fund , per Mr . Brown—Mr . Wood Gd—F . Long Cd—T .

      Jasper 4 d—T . Essex 2 d—I ,. F . Brown Od—J . Perry 2 d—C . Williams Cd—Mr . DunfordCd—J . W . Lesiugham Is . —G . A . 4 d-T . Cripps Gd-G . GoodacreGd—S . Giifovd 6 d . — Per Sir . Hanson—J . Sansom ls—W . Arkold 2 d—Mr . Guairs Gd—Mr . Cook -id—S . Dawes 6 d—Mr . Bass Gd—Mr . Johnson 3 d—J . F . 3 d—a Friend ls-a Friend Cd-J . Davies Cd—Mr . Haines Gd—Mr . Vessel Cd—Mr . _MibbwoodGd—TGoddardls —\ V . Gowing Cd—Mr . Win Gd - _H . Benest 6 d—G . LwettCd—C . Lewis Cd—H . Jelley 6 d . Nottingham . —Mr . J . Sweet begs to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums ( sent herewith ) viz .: — Winding-up Fond—Mr . Hodgkinson Gd—Messrs . Lewis ? ls—Jos . Scoihern Gd—Jas . Scothern Gd—J . ParrGd—J . Fletcher Cd—J . Sheppard Gd-J . _Burlev fid—J , Sylvester _Gd-S . _Widdowson 6 d-S . dudson 3 d—W . t . 6 d—T . Sheldon Gd—T . Bartram 3 d—M . A . Cox 3 d . Polish Uefcgeb Fond—A Few Irish Democrat . - ; , per Mr . Clancy lis ; H . B . and Friends 3 s ; Concert at the Ship

      and Mermaid , p „ Mr . Miles IBs ; China , per Mr . Milne Is Calendar-yard , perClaxton 4 s 7 d ; Mr . BuddIels ; Mr . Thompson ' s Book ls ; _Golden-lane , per J . Moring 2 s -Id Collected at the Funeral of _Waddington , per T . Brown 9 s ; Mr . Taylor , per T . Brown Cd ; Concert at the Marquis of Hastings , per ditto 1 ; Mr . Martin , per ditto , 4 dj Itock Tavern , per ditto 6 'd ; Lecture at Philpot-street , per ditto 3 s 6 d ; H . Clow , Ashfovd Is . —W . DAV 18 ,-Secrctary . Lacev Fond . —H , Wilks acknowledges the receipt of the following _su-ns . —Folkstone , per Messrs . Wright and Tanner £ 1 Is ; Collected at a Meeting of Chartists and others friendly to the cause , at the Jenny Lin < I , Coffeehouse , Greenwich-market las Gd ; First Division of City Shoemaker *? , per Messrs . Koeliford and Wilson 9 sdid ; * Mr . Isom ls ; J . Clarke ' s Book 2 s lOd ; W . W . 5 s ; Mr . Harris ( second subscription ) 2 s Gd ; Mr . Argue ls ; R . B . Gd : Yarmouth , per Mr . _Koj-nll 3 s ; Mr . Lewis ' s Book

      Is lid ; Monies , per Mr . Arnott 19 s 2 d _; S . M ., Woodstreet , Cheapside , per C . Young 10 s ; W . C „ George-yard , Bow-church-lane 5 s . T M ., Northampton . —On the 25 th of June , 1810 , immediately after tlie passing of the Corn Law Repeal act . Lord J Itussell and the Protectionists , defeated Sir Robert Peel by a _mnjirity of seventy three- Sir Kobert formerly _resifined office on the 2 _'Jih , having held the seals VAevcly to allow arrangements to be made for his successorsthe wbigs—who have , Uiereforo . now been in power four years and a month . The last dissolution was in June , 1847 . The general election took place in July , and the new parliament assembled for the first time on the 1 Sth of Nov _.-mbcr , 1817 . Lord John llusse'l was Prime Minister at ihe time ofthe election , Mr . A . Walkek , Hamilton . —They will be ready for issue in three or four weeks . Mr Howe . Banbury . —They shall be sent when ready . H . D . Gmffitiis . —Read the first notice to correspondents .

      The Southern Star Saturday, August 31, 1s50.

      THE SOUTHERN STAR SATURDAY , AUGUST 31 , 1 S 50 .

      The Gkeat Want Of The Age. Public Order,...

      THE GKEAT WANT OF THE AGE . Public order , progress and prosperity , cau only be maintained by tbe removal of every just ground of dissatisfaction with the existing lawb and institutions of tbo country . The stationary policy of the present Government and Legislature is , therefore , in itself calculated to create that state of public feeling , and of public affairs , which is most inimical to

      peaceful und orderl y progress . When great changes , founded in reason and justice , are resisted until the public mind has become impatient , the period for calm discussion , and the reasonable adjustment of our institutions to the wants of the time passes away , and is succeeded by tbat of popular excitement , leading to revolutionary violence , caused by the passionate struggle of the organised few and the undisciplined many , for the mastery . . _** - ' •' ¦

      The hostile attitude assumed by Lord John Russell and his Cabinet , backed by the aristocracy , towards the popular movement for political enfranchisement , is certain to eventuate in such a struggle , uuless the Whig Ministry are replaced in time b y an administration , capable of comprehending the actual state oi public feeling , and of adopting their measures to its requirements . The questions wliich recent events have caused to engross all men ' s minds are thoseof civil moras—ri ghts _recognised by-the theory of the British Constitution : which provides that all men shall be equal in the of the

      eye law—rights not to be exchanged for charity . The determination to gain those rights is growing stronger among the working and middle classes every year , though , as yet , it has not taken that angry and threatening aspect which alone arouses our aristocratic rulers into harsh repression , or frightenedand blundering concessions . The struggle to obtain them must however , in the end-despite the resistance of the oli garchy-lead to tl e abolition of all imperfect forms of social polity , which _sacrifice the interests of-tbe many 'lo the privileges of tho few , and violate tlio eternal principles of truth and justice . _^

      This question has been long enough before the public to warrant an immediate and a peaceable settlement . Petitions were first presented for a reform in Parliament towards the close of the last century , as . a . means of putting an end to the exclusive assumption by

      The Gkeat Want Of The Age. Public Order,...

      a privileged class' of ; all officers in the _-stuie , connected ! V _ithfl ' egisiative and adminifitrative functions . ' Military ' _. events , and the _subseqaent triumph . _^ despotisni ; qn _! tlie continent , defeated that object for the . time ; but the petitions were renewed on the conclusion of the war with $ J _& pi'E , oN , during which a profligate expenditure ; had' entailed a burden of debt upon thej . national ' ; industry unparalleled in the history of the world—a burden , which

      thirty-five -years of peace , under oligarchial rule , has done nothing , or next to nothing , to diminish . , In 1 _^ 30 , ' however , soon after the exclusion . ofthe ; elder branch ofthe Bourbons from France , the necessity for an improvement of the representative system became so urgent that the . oligarchy were coerced into passing the Reform Act , though , as usual , with that blind and bigotted section , the country was broiiglit _' almqst to tho brink of _revolntion _^ _efore ' they y ielded .,

      The reform , tbmobtained eighteen years experience has proved to be illusory . The majority * of the House ' _, of Commons continues to be returned , not by the people , but by the nobility . Take upyiJOb _^' sj Parliamentary Companion , and the truth of this statement will be apparent at si glance . ' It . is composed mainly of _marquisses , earls , viscounts , lords , right _honourables , . baronets , knights , lord-lieutenants . ] . * . depuiy . ' lord-lieutenants , admirals , _lieutenant-generals , major-generals , colonels , majors captains of the army and navy , placemen and , pensioners ; and patrons of church

      livings .. . The result is , that the patronage of every office in the state , of high station or emolument , ! is seized-upon as before , as the birthright ofthe same . * privileged class . Public opinion is ' stifled in the House , and can only make itself felt by out-door agitation ; whereas , if the peoplp were really represented , it would greatly arid efficiently operate through tho medium of the machinery provided theoretically by . the ' _Gonstitution for that purpose . To some extent the present system is even worse than the old , inasmuch as new

      constituencies have been created too narrow for independent action , and , therefore , open to influence _' _s . bf corruption which were unknown to the _noniinatioh boroughs , in which no constituencies existed ,- :, The long and scandalous list of Members unseated during the present Parliament for- bribery practised by themselves oi * their election committees , is only the symptom of ' a social disease known to exist in a far more extensive ' form , but of which the legal . evidence has not been sought . Enough is known , < however , to prove that the system is rottento the core .

      Thes 6 defects early became apparent to the people , at large , but the public desire thatthey should be remedied was not met by the _socalled'Retorm Government and Parliament in a frank' and honest spirit , to carry out the Refo ' rpi Act according to the popular _interpretation of its spirit ' and meaning . On the contrary , Lord John Russell aud the Whigs , took their stand upon a rigid adherence to its letter . "They declared that while extending the suffrage they meant to perpetuate the predominancy of the - landed interest , aud , that whatever might be the imperfections of the Act , it must be regarded as a final measure .

      Faithfull y has Lord JonN Russell adhered in practice to this declaration of Finality , though _^ he has sometimes attempted to deny it in _wbrdB . To every proposal for an alteration of his handy work , great or small , he has opposed a dogged and pertinacious resistance . Like Earl Grey , his former chief , Lord John has firml y made up his mind to " stand by his order . " He is the champion of aristocratic

      domination . The legislative and administrative machinery ofthe country exist in his mind for the sole purpose of maintaining the ascendancy of the privileged classes over the ether portions of the community ; and it is just as well that this fact should be thoroughly understood in the future agitation for Parliamentary _Reforih . Lord John , in 1850 , is to us what tho Eldoms and _Wethekells were to the

      Reform party in 1830—the deadl y and determined opponent of every change that threatens , however remotely , to trench on the power , emoluments , patronage , or domination ofthe oligarchy . Upon this fact the Parliamentary Reformers should , in future , base the whole of their policy and agitation . Let the Premier and his Cabinet be recognised in their true characters as declared enemies to the enfranchisement

      of the people , and the demand that the House of Commons shall , in reality as in name , represent their opinions , their wants , and their interests . Let the section of that House , which now profess to sympathise with the movement for representative reform , forthwith formally separate themselves from the herd of blind _supportersof the Government , and takeup an independent position as a party . They will hold the scales between the two factions , who merely

      fight with each other for the privilege of plundering the people , and they will make it impossible for either of them to retain power without makiug large and substantial concessions to the popular will . A single Session of honest , uncompromising , and high-principled action , on the part of one hundred members , would reduce both sections of the oligarchy to submission , and lay the foundation of a sound , efficient , and equitable representative system .

      This is the indispensable precursor of all other reforms—social , educational , or administrative . We tako our stand on the great principle of manhood suffrage as the only just and permanent basis on which such a reform can be placed . With less than that we shall never rest content , though we deprecate any obstruction being thrown in the way of those , who from policy , timidity , or honest conviction , are not prepared to go that length . We do not pretend to deny , that differences of opinion still prevail among the most conscientious advocates of reform upon the best modes of suffrage . The way to reconcile these

      differences appear to us to lie in the conciliation , not the alienation , of the different sections of the reform party . For our own part , we believe that nothing is more easy than to demonstrate the superiority in principle of the People ' s Charter to all other plans of Parliamentary Reform ever proposed . But that very sense of the demonstrable superiority of that document ought to make its advocates desirous of meeting the supporters of less efficient measures in kindly and temperate discussion , with a view of inducing them to adopt what many already admit to bo , iu principle , a better basis than their own .

      There are , however , anomalies connected with tho present system upon which no differences exist , and which are condemned alike by all honest men , as rendering the existing representation a mockery of the name . Those are most marked in the inequality ofthe existing electoral small . towns , which with a population scarcely greater , than villages , are placed on the same footing as Manchester , Liverpool , the Tower Hamlets , Marylebone , Finsbury 01 Lambeth

      A . similar disproportion is followed out even in the counties ; and thus an insignifacant minority of only one sixth of the elcctora bod y is enabled to return the majority of the members of ' tho House of Commons . Sixteen small boroughs , tho uuited population of which is only 7 G , 179 , are enabled , by this shameful aud indefensible inequality , to send thirty-two members to Parliament , and thus neutralise the . votes of thirty-two members , sent by fifteen of our wealthiest cities , whose

      united population amounts to 3 , 129 , 517 . A re-arrangement of the electoral districts in connexion witli a large and honest extension ofthe suffrage , so that each district should contain a Parliamentary constituency of not less than 100 , 000 electors , would put an end for ever to the corrupting influences which now debase alike , the electoral body , and those who are returned by them to Parliament . It would make them too large to be bribed , too powerful to be intimidated wo may add

      The Gkeat Want Of The Age. Public Order,...

      as an almost inevitable sequence , too intelligent to be cajoled by political adventurers and pedlars . Until we have a real representation of . the people in the Commons House of Parliament , emanating from a constituency thus formed , the curse of oligarchical domination , with all its consequent extravagance , injustice , oppression , and discontent will continue to afflict the nation . As husbands , fathers , sons , citizens , all honest men are bound , by the highest ties of duty " , the noblest aspirations of freemen , to unite for the accomplishment of this great and paramount reform , and when so obtained , to apply its powers in the spirit of justice , to promote the welfare of the whole body politic , without distinction of class , party , or sect .

      The leading measures whicli ought to be enacted by a People ' s Parliament , will form the subject of a separate article .

      Prospects Of Industry. According To Tho ...

      PROSPECTS OF INDUSTRY . According to tho Daily News " tho management ofthe masses will in future be _aomething far more difficult than it has been hitherto . " In the tendency of modem industrial organisation to " concentrate the scattered powers of labour , as well as of labouring energy and mind , " it sees " more formidable , " because " more intelligent masses to deal with , '' and it begins to doubt whether the much vaunted principle of " suppl y and demand" will help the Capitalist over the difficulties which loom in the future .

      Evfiry reader of the Star knows the violent and vituperative manner in which the Daily News , and all the smaller organs of the " Manchester School , " havo constantly assailed such measures as the Ten Hours Act . They have always pretended to appreciate all Government or Legislative interference between the owners of capital and tho owners of labour , as aninfraction of all sound --principles of national economy , calculated to tend to tbe most disastrous results in practice . The advocates of such , measures have been stigmatised as the worst possible enemies ofthe

      working classes . _Laissez Faire was the onl y saving principle . Those who interfered in any way were pursuing a suicidal policy , and preventing tbat free , equitable and proper settlement of the terms between capital and labour , whicli was most beneficial for both , and foi * the country at large . " A change has come o ' er the spirit of thc dream . " Itwas all very . well to preach this doctrine as Jong as the working of " supply and demand ' ' was in favour of the employer . But tho reciprocity of our economical friends is truly Irish—all on one side . No sooner do they find that it is just possible the advantage may some time or other be in favour of the

      employee , than forthwith they call out lustil y for Government interference . Nor are they so moderate in their demands as thc "intemperate and violent demagogues , " who induce the ignorant working classes to make such preposterous proposals for the regulation of capital aud labour , as were embodied in the Ten Hours Act of 1847 . The penalties imposed by this act for the infraction of its provisions , were exclusively of a pecuniary character ; but the gentle and amiable political economists prescribe a more active treatment for the refractory workmen , who are beyond the control of " supply and demand . "

      We shall not comment on the grace with which tho following passage comes from the organ of those who opposed Legislative interference in behalf of the factory children , women and young persons , as an adoption of the worst theories of the Communists : •—If insubordination and turbulence display themseves in the ranks of railway employees , government and the legislature must interfere , aud the result will be one of " two things , either an especial and rigid code , like that of the merchant service , or an undertaking of thi' manngement of railways by the state , as the only power capable of largely enforcing discipline . The chiefs of out * army and of

      out * navy declared that they cannot preserve discipline without the power of arrest , ofthe lash , and of courts martial , which consider disobedicnee to a superior us an almost capital crime . Several ofthe continental powers have placed their railways under military jurisdiction , and an Austrian engineer who endangers the lives of his passengers is forthwith subjected to military punishment . Pleasant prospect for the vrorkiug classes , when Manchester shall rule Great Britain , as Cobden and Bright once declared they were determined it should . When " supply and demand " fails to make them sufficiently subservient to the millocracy and the plutocracy ,

      "the power of arrest , ofthe lash , and of courts martial , which consider disobedience to superiors as almost a capital crime , " are to bo called in , to subdue the rebellious labourers who dare dispute the right divine of capital to treat them as it pleases . Really this is a new revelation of the tendencies of oar " industrial developement" which deserves the gravest attention from the Proletarians of this country . It means neither more nor less than this : —When the semblance of freedom , which , under the name of wages , perpetuates slavery among the producing classes , fails to effect that object , the owners of capital will havo no hesitation in resorting to the moro open form of chattel slavery . As to the idea of Industry having any

      rights , that is Utopian , if not impious . * ' The labourer is not entitled to his hire ; " ho is not to he " first partaker of the fruits . " He is to exist simply as a machine to produce wealth for the enjoyment ofthe privileged and wealthy classes . If he can be brought to do thia by the apparently voluntary system of competition between himself and his brothe r helots , well and good . If not , then open , undisguised force , and compulsion must be resorted to The lash—the terrible disci pline of courts martial , in which tho mere fact of disobedience to superiors may bo punished by death—are weapons to which capital is prepared to have recourse , for the purpose of forcing its victims to their bitter , unrewarded , and oppressive toil .

      It is just as well that we should be told this in time , in order that we may know what is before us , as the ultimate developement of our modern industrial system of concentration . There have not been wanting grave , thoughtful men , who , " pondering deeply on its innate tendencies , have declared that its onl y permanent result would be the degradation and slavery of the masses , and the ascendancy of an all-powerful _moueyocraoy ; but they were dccried

      as dreamy theorists , or denounced as seditious disturbers of our glorious commercial system . Now , however , wo havo the avowal from the daily organ of thc promoters of that system ; and though it specially applies itself to the case of the Engine Drivers on the Eastern Counties line , there can be but little doubt , but were the _exigoncy to arise the capitalists would find plenty of reasons for applying the same kind of compulsion to workers of all descriptions . In fact , tho inference is

      inevitable , from a system of production which , in its very essence , estimates more highly the wealth created , than the man who creates it . Of the laws which are passed , nearly nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand have for their object the protection of property . The physical , intellectual , or moral welfare of the producer of that property , obtains scarcely the slightest recognition as among the duties of the Legislature . Mere strikes against a system like this can have but a very temporary cfibct , even when by a rare concurrence of favourable circum stances they happen to bo successful . Tho _oi

      _w-Kiiig classes can Hold their own for a very short tune m the face of the hostile influence _? winch are constantl y and activel y in o peration against them Tl _jp natural incrLse oTpot _ation and the improvements in raaclE by whioh more work is done with fewer w / arc two _permanent influences by _Siw ' contest for work and waees _nmsr h _« i ; grow yearl y more despSc _? _Whte _^ _^ _uTSot f _^

      Prospects Of Industry. According To Tho ...

      ing of that opening for labour in a very brief period . _ If any one occupation appeared at the present time to have been in a position to command fair terms , it certainly was the engine drivers . It 13 comparativel y a nev one and the rapid extension of the railway system within the last four or five years , in conjunction with the peculiarly difficult and responsible duties they have to perform , might fairl y " have led to the presumption that the suppl y was under thedemand . We are sorry to say , that judging by the reports this week , such is not the case . The Directors of the South Eastern

      have apparently found little difficulty in filling the places of their lato drivors . - The Directors 011 the other lines have given them assistance in a way which should give a salutary lessonto the working classes , and teach them to make their Unions national instead Of local . However justifiable the strike was in its origin , we are afraid the drivers will be defeated , and that the proness of plundering the workmento pay dividends on the South Eastern , aud other lines besides , will henceforth meet with but slight check or hindrance .

      The only way by which this state of things can be effectually met , is not by Labour attempting to combat Capital , but by commanding capital of its own to employ and reward , itself ; and , by making a little capital go a great way , by means of scientific combinations , direct exchanges and good management . If the Proletarian class are ever to render themselves independent of the capitalist class , it must be by means of mutual , industrial and commercial co-operation , unless the labourers can combine to work for themselves , and to elevate themselves out o the

      thraldom of tho wages system ; then combinations not to work for employers will exercise no enduring influence . The sole , simple and effective euro , is the pacific reconstruction and assimilation of the interests of capital and labour upon -equitable principles , for the general benefit . The labouring classes have all tho materials for effecting this at their command . They want but the knowled ge and the will to appl y them rightly ; and in the face of the industrial tyranny with which the Daily News threatens them , the sooner they acquire and apply such knowledge the better for themselves and the world .

      Louis Philippe. The " Old Fagan " Of Fra...

      LOUIS PHILIPPE . The " old Fagan " of France has departed _, this life . A career of unusual length and extraordinary vicissitude terminated quietly in a country to whose hospitality he was frequently indebted for shelter in the course of his chequered life . A few years ago , he was cried up as the great man of the age , vaunted as the Napoleon of Peace , who , by what was called liberal , conservative , and constitutional

      means , was to lay the foundation ofa new and lasting order of things in Europe . No terms of laudation were thought too extravagant for the man whom his courtiers denominated alternately " Nestor , " and " Ulysses . " The politicians and journalists of the day , with whom success is synonymous with desert , echoed the adulation of his servile flatterers ; and a few years since , when he paid a royal visit to this country , the Press , almost without exception , joined in a chorus of compli _> ment and eulogy absolutely stunning .

      Tho three days of February , 1848 , exposed tho real nature of the idol which had thus bceu set up for public adoration , by those who lead the unthinking multitude . The splendid vestments in which they had robed it—the virtues they ascribed to it—were in a moment rudely stripped off , and the paltry character and dimensions of the cheat exposed to the gaze ofthe world . For eighteen years he was at the head of _affiiirs in Franco , and , during that time , not one great or generous idea ever seems to havo crossed his brain . His whole object was to convert the mighty resources of

      the country he ruled over into a means of aggrandising his own family . In the pursuit of this all-absorbiug object , all methods were alike to him . Nothing was too mean , false , or hypocritical for adoption , so that it served the purpose of linking the Orleans family _imperishably with the reigning dynasties of Europe . For this he equivocated , manoeuvred , lied . At the very moment when his last intrigue in Spain seemed to have consummated his policy , the storm of retributiou burst forth and swept him from the throne , whose vast powers he had prostituted to the most sordid and selfish ends . He had

      weighed upon the country like a nightmare . Absorbed in his own miserable self-seekiDg , he knew nothing of the real condition , or of the wants and opinions of the people . Carefully shutting up every avenue by which that knowledge might have been obtainedviolently repressing every upheaving of the fermenting elements of society—he and his servants imagined they had subdued the aspirations of a nation to their own base level . The constituency of the whole of France was

      a mercenary body of placemen , too few even for the places which a gigantic system of centralisation had placed at the disposal of tho Court . Bribery , accompanied by a shameless i want of priuciplc on the partof high and low , connected with the state machinery , was the » only nioti ve power . Having no lofty principle i to guide him—jud ging of all other men by his 3 own standard—ho sought to govern puroly byr cunning and bribery , and to save himself as 3 monarch by playing off one class against fe another .

      The Revolution of 1848 was the only justt and natural termination of such a monstrous s Governmental abortion as this . Had it L > _i-eu l otherwise , men might havo doubted thc exiit- - ence of a Providence and an Avenger , ami am encouragement to other tyrants and tricksters 3 on thrones , have been gathered from a tri- - umphant career , which violated every piin-:-ciple that ought to guide those entrusted withh the management of public afiairs . Thee terror-strick en flight of the disguised Jlr .:. Smith , from tho Tuilerios , amidst tho loathing g contempt of a people , who would not _con-idescend oven to pursue him , was the most con _« i _* dign and appropriate conclusion oi' a reign , ] , marked throughout by fraud , duplicity , _lruum-iness and selfishness .

      0 The poor puppet who has just passed'd through a considerable portion of the country . _'y in the vain hopo that ho might create , oral " find such an amount of popularity as totO ' justify him in making a bold and foreibloilo > cftort to destroy the constitution lie has _swoiwiu to uphold , ought to gather a lesson from _thdiei fate of his predecessor . If ei ghteen _vrararsi quiet possession of power , aided by the iin-n- _* mouse revenues granted by the nation , andadl tn

      e urge prwate fortune possessed bv _Louisisi i iiilippe , tailed _tokeephim on tho throne , whatatt chance , s there for Louis Napoleon to over „« S Ti _?^ epublic ' luul _nuso « i ww one thatiatt snail last { Ho is' pursuing thc same pol icy ol oil repression unwarned by tho experience of theh _« Past . Iho Press is muzzled , the right ol ol ! Public meeting and of association _takeneii away . O pen , undisguised , brute force , _underie'i pretence of _preservhis " order , " is the soKoIh

      _^ weapon relied ' upon by the Pjiesidekt , 0 _ndn « would . havo imagined that this foolish ganum « had been played so often , and always witHtlfc the same resuit in France , that no one woultluM have been stupid enough to try it again . _BjBjJ forcibl y putting down the open expression o ; o : > : public opinion ' it is not destroyed . On _thithii contrary , its very compression adds force _au _< _au « momentum to its inevitable explosion . Those who will take tho trouble to _perusrosw tho accounts given bv the Tress not in tho _pajpajj of the " Special Constable , " will discern tlia ; liai France is at heart thoroughly republican . _^ _^* the floral arches and the mountebank _bullbonjoni eriesof the authorities fail to keep that _facial

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 31, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_31081850/page/4/