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    • —. t THE NORTHERN STAR, i 8A.T0RDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1848 . , - I t
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    • LOTJ1S BLANC'S REPLY TO M. TDIERsT THE RIGHT TO LABOUR. OS SATURDAY, October 2Sth, ensuing, a STAMPED
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      SUPPLEMENT Will be issned with the SPIRIT OF THE AGE ' o t x a . * verbatim translation of M . Newspaper , coi . t « mng a «*«« * TMer 8 and the lonis Blanc ' s New Work in tteP ^ j alight to Political Economy . "W" *^ ° ^ eloquent Vindica-SS 2 a rftt ? w ! to&f Supplement , Memoir , and Price of toe ifa P ' eoTtrsit % sixkkce . « 5- Orders skouUbegitenimiktdiately . Office . 10 . Bolt Coart , Fleet Street , London ; and to ba and of all Sews Agents . _

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      JU ST PUBLISHED . THE PEOPLE ' S CHARTER , . VERBATIM REPORT OF A LECTURE by A Sahuel Kydd ; delivered at Milten street Theatre , ' Criople ^ london . July 19 th , 1818 . Mr John Shaw JSelegatetothe late chartist Conrenticn , and at present a Politicalprisoner . J presided as chairman , londcn : E . Dipple , 42 , Holy well-street , Strand ; and all booksellers . Price Threepence .

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      -I-VO YOU SUFFER TOOTHACHE ! - If so , use D Bjjwdfs Esasel for filling the decayed spots , rendering defective teeth ; soand and painless . Price One ShiSine only , similar to tfcat sold at Two Shillings and Sispfuce . Sold by chemists every where . Testimonials .- ' It has Riven me the use of oae side tf mv menth which lnxnry I had not enjoyed for about two Kt . J . MlCDosiU Belford . Northumberland Hi is the most effective and pamless cure for tooth-. chelhSeeverfonnd . I have no hesitatton in recom-Sn to all snfferers . ' -Captain Thojias W « icht , ^ rsMsasaiE ** - ^ dih ^ oth "SWSSFS-r testimonials in various new ., papers , every oue of which is stacUy authentic . If any Jufficnlty in obtaining it occurs send One ahilhng and a Stamp to J . Willis , i , BeU ' e-buUdingE , Salisbury . Eqoare , London , and jon will easure it by return of past . —Agents wanted .

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      L 0 WBASD 3 MERCANTILE . MATHEMATICAL AXD AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL . Ptinepil-P . i . O'Bbieh , late of Exeter . In a few days there will be a vacancy for a Boarder or two . Terms , Twenty Guineas per annum . No extras . An Apprentjc * wcnt « i , who will have the privilege of attending ail Classes , ^ tha use of Musical Instramente and Music . Sineiog , Music , and Dancing taught . Parties visiting Lowbands or Snig ' s End can be accommodated with Board and Lodging , on reasonable terms . Lowbattds , Redmarley , near Ledbury .

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      FOR SALE , a PAID-UP PODE ACRE SHaEE , in National ^ X Land Com pany . Apply to William Crossley , Kirtheaton , nes iHudders-£ e : a .

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      TO BE SOLD . FOR £ * J * * , a fall paid-up FOUR-ACRE SHARE in the National Land Company , clear of all expense to the end of the present year . The Cause of sale is the owner is about to leave tor America . Tor further particulars , apply , post paid , to P . A . Love , Msiket-Laviagroa .

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      TO TAILOSS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Yictoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert . KOW READT , THE LOSDOS ASD PARIS AUTUMN ASD WINTER PASHIOSSfor 18 tS . 19 . by Messrs BENJAMIN READ tad Co ., 13 , Eart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; and fcy S . Bexsez , Holywell-street , Strand ; a very splendid PRIST , supirblv coloured , accompanied with the most - ashionable , noTel , and extra-fitticg Riding Dress , Buntng and Frock-Coat Patterns ; the Albert Paletot , Dress and Morning Waistcoats , both siojle and double breasted . Also , the theory of Cutting Cloaks of every description fully explained , with diagrams , amd every thing respec-Isngstjleand fashion illustrated . The method of increasing and diminishing all the patterns , or any others particularly explaintd . Price 10 s . READ and Co . beg to inform those who consider it not right to pay the full price for the new system of Catting , having recently purchased the old one , that any persons having done so within the last year , will be charged only half price for the nbole ; or any parts of henewijssem , published 1 SS 8 , -which , will supersede everything of the kind before conceived . Particulars and terms tent , post free . Patent Measures , with full explanation , 5 s . the set . Patent Indicator , 7 s post-free . Registered patterns to measure , Is , each post-free . Sold by Bead and Co , 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbory-square , London ; ani all Booksellers . Post-office orders , ani Post Stamps , takea as Cash . Habits per-. formed for the Trade . Busts for fitting Ceats on ; Boys ' ¦ figures . Foremen provided . — Instruction * in cutting complete , for all kinds of Style ani Fashion , which can be accomplished in an incredibly short time .

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      FARMS ON SALE . A 1 r *!\> . ACRB FARW at Mihster Lovel . Two Two-Acre Fabms at Lowbavds . Two Two-Acsk Fame at Ssig ' s Esd . App lications to be addressed to the Directors , at their Office , IU , High Holborn , London .

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      ON SALE , * TWO . ACRE FARM , at Snig ' s End , well cropped . JX . Apply , to Mr Hope , Snig ' s End .

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      GROSS MISREPRESENTATIONS . TO THE ALLOTTEES ON THE MINSTER LOTEL ESTATE . Gesheuss—I have jest been informed by Mr SUllwopd that you have received a letter from Mr M'William , in which hechargei me with having ! at a public meeting at Manchester , spoken to the prejudice of your characters . Gentlemen , justice to yja and to me requires that this charge thonld be either admitted er rebutted . Now I beg diitisctlj tOEay . that the charge against ma is wholly without foundation . The facts , which an be attested by imsdreds who were at the meeting , are briefly as

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      , COTTAGE FARMS NEAR LINCOLN TO BE SOLD . THREE COTrAGE FARMSone with Theee Acres ; one with Foce Aches ; and one Fivb Acrbb— of rich and to ™ , «« vertible Land in the highest cuUivatioiii * The cottages are quite new , and replete with ever ? convenience , comprising an appropriate DweSS with three good rooms , kitchen , dairy , stable ai ? ri cowhouse , with pigperies , all enclosed iihiS a walled yard . The Cottages have very SS L * TermSi ° ofV : v l -1 aBd iQ olose P «» ximity to ? S iermini of Five Railways , connectin g Lincoln with hEft £ SMW ' 5 v mJ-SSSpoS latioa of the Midland and Northern districts . sasssaa * - " ——

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      Price Tlareeptnce , A VEBBATIH HBPOET OF THE TRIALS op ERNEST JONES AND THE OTHER CHARTIST LEADERS . Now Ready , a Kew Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVKR PUBLISHED . Price is . 6 a ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of he Author , of PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Just published , price 3 d ., THE EVIDENCE GIVEN BY JOHN S 1 LLETT , In bia Examination before the Committee on the National Land Company . This important body of evid « nce forms Bixteen claaely pnn'ed -pages , and c inclusively proves what may be done , to explaining what John Sillett has done , with Two Acres . No 22 , OF " THE LABOURER " Is now ready , C 0 KIAI 5 IS 0 IflO ARTICLE J BT MR , EBKEST J 0 KE 8 , CONTP ITS : —i Mirabeau National Literr . ture Miiieria System The Hurdered Trooper The Eve of Si . Joba Just Published , price Is . € d ., forming s seat volume , EVIDENCE TAKEN THE SELECT COMMITTEE Appointed to inquire into The National Lakd Ccmfant ; with a review of the lace , and an Outline of the Propositions for amending the Constitution of the Company , eoaa to comply wiihthe Provisions of the Law . Watson , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row , London : A Hey wood , Manchester : and all Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      • ^ ^ * PORTRAIT __ OF CUFFEY . The above portrait , taken by his fe'low-sufferer , s Wm . Dowling , is now ready . Price 6 i . Orders re i ceived ty Mr Dizon , 144 , High Holborn . t

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      PORTRAIT OF JOHN MITCHEL . This portrait will be given with the £ " Northern Slar" on Saturday , the 1 lth of t November . Price , with the paper , SEVEN- 1 PENCE . s

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      ^ I PORTRAIT OF W . SMITH 0 ' BRIEN ^ We have now in course of engraving a splendid likeness of W . Smith O'Brien , ' specimens of which will shortl y be in the hands of our agents . Also portraits of Meagher , O ' Gorman , and Duffy .

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      ¦ ¦ CAUTION . LAND COMPANY . The attention of the Directors having been called to an advertisement announcing an allotment at Lowbands to be let , take the earliest opportunity of informing the public , that no allotment can be let unless all monies due to the Company are refunded precisely the same as in cases of transfer ; and the Directors are of opinion that every man will acknowledge the justice of this course , for the following reasons ; agricultural operations are performed for members and not for non-members , and the Aid Meney is given on the presumption that it will be expended upon the land , while , if the system of sub-letting was permitted , the Company s funds would be expended for the benefit of non-members , and the allottee , having obtained bis Aid Money , may let to a pauper , and thus defraud the Company . Moreover , as enormous rents have been demanded , and offered in several instances , the Directors feel the impropriety of . saddling upon the Land Scheme so gross an injustice—one which would make it impossible to test the real value of the principle . Under these circumstances , parties taking leases from occupants , cannot hold the allotments .

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      MR O'CONNOR'S VISIT TO I EDINBURGH . , The " Northern Star" of Saturday next will contain reports of Mr O'Connor ' s meetings at Aberdeen , Dundee , Edinburgh , &c .

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      Hoyal Polytechnic Institution . —¦ Notwithstanding the apparent emptiness of the streets in the metropolis , yet this admirable establishment continues to attract thousands of visitors , who seek for information or amusement . Among the numerous mechanical arts carried on here , is one which attractB many of the female part of the audience ( the manufacture of lace ) . The process through which the cotton passes from the raw state into various , fabrics — first by the spinning machinery the raw material is converted into thread ; then may be observed the platting of the threads , to form braid by the braiding machine , or we may pass to the elaborate and beautiful lace machinery , and the same thread may be at once converted into lace of various kinds and patterns ) the delicate and intricate movements in the lace machine , appear to dazzle the eye by thtir complexity , and almost lead us to suppose the thing impossible , which we still observe going on before us , that is , a number of threads in motion , and the finished fabric slowly rising from this apparently confused mass . Lectures are daili delivered by Doctors Ryan and Bachhoffner , oi Chemistry and Natural Philosophy ; the admirabl * and lucid manner with which these gentlemen de . scribe the various phenomena is well adopted foi the institution , which is vuitei ) ar ( l patronised b ' . sU clauses of the co ' n - :

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      ""'"'^¦• vw ^ ¦ ¦ Nottingham . —The Chartists of this town , have commenced selling Chartist Tracts and Periodicals by which they have realised a weekl y profit of 10 s ** which is devoted to ChartiBt purposes . They hope the Chartists generally will imitate their example ^ BiRMiNGHAM . The Chartists meeting at the bhip Inn , have withdrawn themselves from the association . pendfngthe organisation . BIBMINOHAM .-. A meeting Fas held on Sunday evening last , in the People ' s Hall , which was adl n S- ? . ? r > MilU - « d Brewster ! A dt tTdTmuVhiS 88 been fomedhere *** *« &

      MARILEBONB .-AU members' meeting of this Iocality having prevmuily dissolved the association under the new organisation ) it was agreed to form an asaocia ion under the old organisation , with the determination to we every eff , rt to cau e the People ' s Charter to become the law of the land . A oli d °° Wa 8 elMted ' Hnd B 6 Teral members

      en-Houjfirth-The Chartists of this town held a spirited meeting in their room , Underbank , on Son . day evening last , when a resolution was unanimously passed , condemnatory of thecenduotof government in prosecuting Mr J . Barker , and all other advooates of Chartism , which was moved by Mr Ivea , of Hudrfergfield , and ably seconded by Mr Job Armitage of Bury-brow , after which a collection waa made for tho defence of Mr J . Barker , and the support of the Whia-made viotims . The meeting broke up highly satisfied with the evening ' s proceedings STouKBRiDQ * .-Mr O'Connor delivered an address i « f M T ° r ! ' !!• tb u the at re 2 ? Monda y wening last . Mr T Clark in the chair . The meeting was one of the moat orderly we ever witnessed , and listened with breathless attention to the varied remarks of Mr 0 Connor on the Land and Charter . Resolutions relative to the principles discussed , were put from the caair , and carried unanimously . k M ALIP M ? r ^ , m Ridin S Delegate meeting was he d at N . oholls ' a , Temperance Hotel , on Sunday , the 14 th , when the following resolutions were passed :-. 1 st . 1 hat all parties who are in arrears to the late West Ridine Daraomtration do settle the same within one month . ' -Moved by ftaac Cliseet , seconded by Enoch S . pkes-2 . ' That a levy of one penny pe ? member be made by the several branches in the Riding . ' Moved by Mr Clark , seconded by Mr hykes-3 . That the various branches in the Ridine are recommended to adopt the eldplan of oreani ! turn' Moved by Mr Clark , . seconded by Isaac Chssaet—i ' That the secretary be authorised to write to the chairman of the Liberal interest in the \ ve » t R . d . n ? , requesting an answer as . te whether thay are willing to bring forward Mr Sturge , or some other person holdiag his opinions ; and in that case pledging them our support ; and if not , we pledge ourselves to use our influence to Becnre the return of * ProtecUonist Tory . ' -5 ' That the next delegate No ? emb at ** ' ° n the BeCOnd S" ™ $

      Leicester -The Chartists of the No . I branch held theif quarterly meeting on Tuesday night , for the purpnseof passingtheir acoounts . electing officers , &o . for the enBumg quarter , when they came to the una . nimqus resolution of abandoning the plan oforeamsation recommended by the late National Asiembly , and substituting the old plan in its stead , NBWCAsm-iTON- TYNK-The following resolutions were passed at the district delegate meeting held m Newcastle , on Sunday , October 15 th .- ' That the sum of two-pence per member be levied up ^ n the members of each branch in this district , to defrav the expenses of sending two delegates to the Birmingham Conference , and the expenses of this district meetm K \ 7 T r hat no members vote be recorded for the election of delegates , exceptsuoh member be present at the branch meetings convened for the purpose of electing the delegates . ' - ' That the branches immediately commenca collecting the levy of two pence per m-mber , and transmit the same to Martin Jade , tne district treasurer , on or before the 26 th of Ootober . ' - - That the Newcastle branch , appoint a committee to scrutinise the voting returns of the branches , an * conduct the e ' ection of the delegates and also to draw up a programme for the instruction of the delegates , for this distriot from the resolutions that may be pa » sed in the various branches and transmitted to the distriot secretary '

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      " ^^ WW ^/^^ yy FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . CHARTIST . Halifax . —A district delega ' e meeting will be held at Nichols ' s Temperance Hotel , 16 , Broad-street , Halifax , on Sunday afternoon , Oct . 22 ad , at two o clock , when all localities in the district are requested to send a delegate . Batlky . near' DjtwBBUBr . —A district delegate meeting will be held at Bromley , opposite the Post Office , New-street , Batley . on Sunday afternoon , October 22 nd , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , when delegates from every locality in the district are re . quested to attend , and those localities who have subscribed to the Dfctriofc Fund , for expenses consequent on the intended viait of Mr O'Connor to the distriot , are requested to forward their contributions by the delegates .

      Mr Donovan ' * Route you Next Wbbk—Congleton , Sunday , October 22 nd ; Crewe . 23 rd ; Wolverharapton , 24 th ; BUston , 25 h ; DadUy , 26 th ; and a 9 Mr Dmovan ' a object is to explain to the Chartists and the puhlio , theb » 89 treatment the men of Manchester received at the handB of the police , and to make the beat arrangement possible for the defence of the forty men included in the Manchester mdiotment , it is earnestly requested that the good men of these town 3 will aid in the struggle of right aeainst might . Bermosdjet —The Chartists of this Lwality will meet on Monday , the 30 th . under the old plan of or ganisation , at Mr Fowler ' s Duke of Sussex , Grange Walk .

      Rochdale . —On Sunday , Ootober . 22 ad , 'Mr Jsmes Leach ef Mancbe 3 ter , will leoture in the Chartistrifm . top of Yorkshire-streat , at half-past six , p . m . Suhjact : — ' Cooperation ; ' discus . ion invited . —N . B . —Parties desirous of becoming members of the Cooperative Ssore , may receive information of Robert Gill , secretary . Assembly Romis . 83 . Deak-sirbbt , Soho . —Mr Samuel Kydd will deliver his conoludiog lecture < an the subject of ' Miehelet ' s People , ' on Sunday evening next , October 22 ad . To commence at half , past Bevfcn precisely , Birmingham —A grand ball and concert will be held iu the People * Hall , Loveday-street . on Monday evening , O ^ tobjr 30 sh , for the benefit of Mrs John Fussell , Of London .

      Bilston—The various branches of the Land Company in this district are requested to send delegates to meet in Mr Linney ' s-room , Newton , Bilato 3 , on Sunday , Oct . 22 nd , at one o ' olock , to agree to instructions for the delegates at the ensuing Conference . Sodth Losdoh Chabtist HAiL . -Walier Cooper will deliver a lecture on Sunday evening , Oct . 22 nd , at eight o ' olock . Subject : 'The writings of Charlei D : ckens '—A meeting of shareholders of the hall will tato place on Friday evening , November 3 rd , at eight o ' clsck . Northumberland and Durham , —Mr West ' sroute for next week : —South Shields , Sunday , October 22 d , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon ; Felling , Sunday , October 22 ad , at two o ' clock in the afternoon ; Newcastle , Sunday , October 22 nd , at seven o ' olock in the even ' ng : Strallwell , Monday , October 23 rd * North Shields , Tuesday , October 24 'h .

      Hull —The Chartist members are requested to attend a general meeting on Sunday evening , October 20 th , at . the Temperanoe Hotel , Blanket-row , on business of importance . Oldham .-A leoture will be delivered in the Sohool . room of the Working Man ' s Hall , on Sunday evening , Oct . 22 ad , by Mrs Theobald , of Mancheiter . To commence at six o ' clock . Maschksteb . —Mr Finagan will deliver a leoture in the Pdaplo ' s Institute , on Sunday , evening next , Oot 22 od , at six o ' olock . LiMKHODSB .-MrKydd willlecture in the Brans . oiS i' ^ T r ! L oa Tn ^ ay evening October 24 th . and at the Globe and Friends , Commercial . ro » d , East . Subject : « Labour , and employment fos the people . ' Chair to be taken at eight o ' olock . , ; nTTI- ? K ev / - f Ootobw 32 > »!«*<« oiaL n ed 6 liTer ? dby c . (" in toChartht Asso Nation-room , in Stanley street , at half . past eii

      IIoLunwH -Mr James Knot will deliver a leclur mtha Chmist meeting room , Underbank , on Sun day evening . October 29 th , at eix o ' clock . ' Subject Is Chartism consistent with true Christianity ? ' * Mho " n T , ' n 1 u - - Sweet wiU addww the feend at the Colonel Hutchnon , on Sunday evening next at haw-past seven o ' olook .

      LAND . Socih Losdok CHABiur HAti ,.-A meeting oi the Land members will take place oa SundSeven-&nm ' a ' &t 8 iX ° ' 0 l 0 ck ' P ° * SSSl ^ TT ^' " ^ V wembera ara rconeatcd to meet at the New Ion , en Sunday next ! at sS ConSen imP ° "' ° ^^ d with the Eabihqtor Lasb . —A enecial meetinir nf to « j members will be held at jffnVterftb ohous " on Saturday evenmjr , Oatober 21 * t , when a levy o 31 wiU be paid to defray , the distriot delegate ' s ex hS ^ * ! ., ^! , - , , he annual mleK wiU be held on the Saturday following , October 28 sh , to elect officers , & > , for the ensuing year / Ellamd .-A general meeting of all the Land members of this branch will be ' held in Mr Daniel S&SiiSS !* ' ° MOndaT ' ° ' 2 Srd ' !!!»"

      pcmnELD-Aineatin ifwill ba haldon ScnJaj ? i uJf' i ? i : . ; > at t 8 n ° '« l « ok , at Oharlej Hewitf « ,. Dukinfield , Old Hal ! , to consider oertab %££ & $ & CoDfwenw - AUmm ] *

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      WINTER PROSPECTS . It is , we believe , now ascertained ^ beyond a doubt , that in consequence of the " general failure of the Potato crop , and the Wheat crop being under the average , we shall have to import Provisions largely during the ensuing winter . There will not , however , be the difficulty in finding supplies abroad that was experienced during our recent famine panic , on account of the scarcity everywhere prevalent , and the extraordinary number of customers who were competing with each other in the few markets where "bread 6 tuffs" to spare , were to be found . So far , therefore , our case is better than it was last year . This is , however , hut a negative kind of satisfac tion . Had the predictions of the Free Traders been true , we might have looked forward to a | large importation of Foreign Grain without , alarm . It would have been concurrent with ' brisk trade in the Manufacturing Districts , , which would have been alive and busy in producing the textile fabric-:, and hardwares , 1 that were needed to pay for the corn imported [ from the shores of the Danube , the Ohio , or I Mississipi . The mere food we imported , therefore—consistent with a fair price to the Home grower—their errier we should all have been . But , unfortunately , in this world theory and practice do not always square with each other , and there is a special likelihood of their disagreeing , if the theory itself is one-sided , and leaves out of sight some of the most material items requisite . to a sound calculation of results . ,

      " This was and is " the case with the Commer' cial theories of the Free Traders , They in-, dulged in abstractions which looked very well i upon paper , and sounded excellently in orations » in and out of Parliament , but they wholly ' omitted facts of a stubborn nature , and of ' ' irresistible influence , and the consequence has . ; been , the falsification of all their prophecies , i and the utter failure of their system , s In the first place , they totally omitted all , consideration of the influence exercised upon * j trade—both home and foreign—by our present | Currency Laws , amd yet no one portion of our I political system is equal in importance , or in the universality of their influence , as the laws - , a - - . -

      —. T The Northern Star, I 8a.T0rday, October 21, 1848 . , - I T

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      NATIONAL ORGANISATION OF TRADES . We have received the prospectus of a new plan of Trades' Organisation , for the' industrial , social , and political emancipation of Labour . The objects set forth in the plan must command the sympathies of all well-wishers to Labour s rights . But we fear that those objects are too vast , and too radical , to enlist the hearty support of the Trades . We * shall be glad to find ourselves mistaken , and happy to acknowledge our error , if the future *

      prove theTrades to be suffici ently advanced in knowledge , union , and public spirit to take up this plan , devised by men who themselves are cer . tainly animated by an earnest spirit of nure patriotism . Would that we could believe them to be the representatives of their order and not merely an advanced section of that order . Eight " fundamental principles" are set forth in the prospectus . The first declares—« That the land being the gift of the aSST to the people universall y , ought to be held in sacred trust by the State for their beneEt and not be exclusively possessed by a fractional

      part of the community . " This declaration what , thirty years , ago , would have been called "Spenceanism , ' enunciates a princi ple founded in eternal Justice , but which it seemo—such is the power \ p { Injustice—cannot be proclaimed without an explanatory statement , disclaiming anything approximating to spoliation . " Private landlords should be fully compensated for dispossession by the State . " " The land '• savs this prospectus , " should be placed under the

      guardianship of the State—not to be sold , but let , at such a standard of rental as may be required for revenue purposes , and the general exigencies of the State , " The r ight of State interference is unquestionable . The members of the new Association demand an ' extension of the principle asserted in all Railway Bills and particularly in the law entitled "The Encumbered Estates ( Ireland ) Bill , " recently enacted . Are we to regard this declaration of the Ifew Associate in favour of making the Land

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      whichjresulate the issue and the circulation of money . It appears that the importers of foreign grain into this country in times of scarcity prefer our gold to our calicoes , and other manufactured stuffs . How does this operate ? The Bankers Apt of 1844 practically lays down two cardinal points for the regulation of the Currency : —1 st . A limitation of the issue of Bank of England notes to 14 , 000 , 0002 . on secu rities , with the addition of the specie and bullion transferred to the Issue Department ; and 2 nd . A limitation of any future issue to the amount of such securities—bullion and specie It is the avowed object of the Bank to base the circulation on these three things ; if , therefore the specie is drawn out by the holders of notes , who are entitled under the Act to have their

      y . Their own notes pour in upon them to be exchanged for specie to buy foreign gram , or make remittances for foreign undertakings . They cannot issue new notes beyond the 14 , 000 , 000 / ., except in exchange for bullion or specie , which is the very thing they are every day losing , and which is bought Hp in all parts of the country for foreign exportation . The consequence is inevitable , that these notes must be called in as rapidly as the sovereigns go out . The screw is then put onthe circulation must , in order to obey the law , be contracted at all hazards . If 5 . 000 , 000 ? . or 10 , 000 , 000 / . of sovereigns are drawn out to pay

      ami rapidlcontracted notes paid at 3 / . 17 » . lO ^ d ! . ounce—no matter what the price of gold as a commodit y may be in the market—it follows , of course that the notes in circulation must be diminished in the same proportion . They sannot issue notes beyond the 14 , 000 , 000 ? ., except in exchange for specie or bullion . Now , what happens in the case of a bad harvest ? Why a large quantity of specie is drawnfrom the Bank to purchase the foreign grain , or other subsistence ef which we are deficient . The consequence under the present law is , that the paper circulation of the Bank of England , and , of course , of every other bank , is simul taneously

      tor toreign grain or other provisions , 5 , 000 , 000 ? . or 10 , 000 , 000 / . of notes must be drawn in to equalise the paper with thegold and silver above the 14 , 000 , 000 / ., authorised to be issued on paper securities . Inthe case of the highest sum supposed , the circulation would be diminished 20 , 000 , 000 / ., or nearly a third of its total amount , at a time when the public interests most loudly demanded its extension . Common sense woald counsel an enlarged issue of paper currency , in such circumstances , in order to maintain our home industry , until , in the course of time , the bullion gradually returned

      to this country , and there being no farther necessity for the notes , they could be withdrawn from circulation . As it is , the enormous abstraction from the circulation , caused by a foreign drain of specie , and a consequent contraction of notes , paralyses iudustrythroughout the country . Railway and other great works are suspended altogether , or proceeded with more slowly—the thousands dependent on these works for subsistence are thrown idle . In . the manufacturing districts , short time , diminished wages , and increasing pauperism , are the invariable concomitants of such events . The army of the compulsorily idleswellsto i i t \

      , , an alarming amount—the rates increase—and they have to . be pnid by shopkeepers who have less custom , and workmen who have less to spend . There is every symptom that we are about to enter uponone of those perilous periods , which , under this insane system , have so often shaken our commercial system to its centre . We are but badly prepared to stand the shock . The trade of the country may be said to * have been stagnant for the last two years . It . has certainly not recovered from the severe panic of 1847 . But the clouds become thicker and blacker over our heads . The numbers £ 1 s I ^ !

      out of employment increase all over the country , and , as a consequence , crime and vagrancy multiply . Local rates are mounting up to an intolerable height , until , in many cases , they are almost equal to the rental itself . Short time is becoming the order of the day in Lancashire . Railway property is in a fearful state of depreciation , and altogether our prospects for the winter seem to be of the most gloomy and unsatisfactory description ,

      We do not enumeratelthe Cholera among the list of evils that threaten us , for this reason ; that if the Free Traders and Emigrationmongers be right in the assumption , that there are . too many of us in the British Isles , the sooner there is a " clearing out" the better . Cholera would act speedil y and cheaply in that way , and we ^ are inclined to believe , also , more humanely than the schemes of these psuedo-philanthropists . If people must be " got rid ef , " it is better , for them not to " stand upon the ] order of their going , but go at once . " The man who is swept off by the visi tation of Providence , will , at all events , escape the expatriation , the jungle fever , or the slow death of a heart-broken exile from the land

      of his fathers , to which some people would condemn him as an alternative . In another aspect , ; he Cholera will prore a positive public benefit . The comfortable classes are roused by their fears from their usual supineness and indifference to sanitary matters . They are impelled by their own sense of self-interest to see that their poorer neighbours are supplied with the ordinary requisites for health , and that their dwellings shall be better supplied than they usually are with pure air « nd water . In this sense , therefore , the threatened visit of the Cholera will prove a public benefit , and may even have a tendency to check the ravages of typhus fever , which annually commits a havoc among the poorer classes equal to the whole of he men who fell at Waterloo .

      • , I In the meantime , the few considerations thus cursorily presented , will show our readers that a crisis is before us . It is lamentable to think that we shall have to face it again , with such disgracefull y incompetent rulers 8 S those now in office .

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      , - , . , " National Property , as ? one of the signs o the times ? The Aristocracy , not content with the grand spoliation in the time of the Nor man tyranny , and the plunder of the Church Lands at the time of the so-called " Reformai tion , " have gone on filching the commons . and s waste lands from the people , until at length f they have reduced the masses to the condition . of a race of landless slaves , eagerly contending . against each other for leave to toil , though at , the cost of the universal depreciation of the s value of their labour , and the consequent . misery which is now unhappily the lot of ; millions . The attempt made by a portion of the working men to save themselves , by

      cooDerating to purchase Land , and on that land furnish themselves with independent employment , instead of having been fostered by the Government and encouraged by the Press , has been coldly frowned upon by the former , and assailed , denounced , ridiculed , and conspired against by the latter . It would be curious if the excommunication of the Chartist Land Plan by the Government , and the Press , should call forth an avowed and organised Agrarian agitation ! We shall be curious to observe the means taken by the New Association to carry out the first principle of their scheme . The subject is beset with difficulties , but , doubtless , the concoctors of the jrian have counted the cost of their intended enterprise .

      The fifth " principle , which we notice next , because connected with the LandQuestion , sets forth—" That as . Great Britain and Ireland contain a superabundance of land , skill , and capital , to profitably employ and comfortably sup port more than double the present population , the Government shonld introduce a bill eatablishing self-supporting home colonies , to give immediate employments the numerous but compulsory unemployed of our population . " This one object alone would be sufficient to command our good wishes for the success of the Association . At the present time , when Emigration schemers , under all kinds of pre «

      tences , are prowling about seeking to devour the victims of Competition , a society like this will be all the more valuable . But the Associationists may be assured , that they must be able te command a strong manifestation of public opinion before they may hope to see the Government and Parliament giving their sanction to anything so sensible as Home Colonisation . Still they must not despair . If the work ; which they propose to themselves is arduous , the end they aim at , if obtained / will amply reward their toil . As Paine said in the crisis of the fate of America , " The harder the conflict , the more glorious the triumph . '

      Ihe second of the " fundamental poinciples " testifies to the steady march of thft Democratic creed : — "That the ' elective franchise should be extended to every man twenty-one years of age , of sound mind , and uncontaminated by crime . " This , after all , is the grand object worthyofapeople ' sstruggles . Forthefranchise , wisely employed , would bring everything else . It is no argument against Universal Suffrage , that the French have made so bad a use of that great right , as evidenced by the horrible crew of scoundrels collected together in the National Assembly . It is no argumentagainst razors

      . , that we sometimes hear of a madman who , instead of shaving himself , has cut his throat . Knowledge is power ; and wanting knowledge , the people must be powerless , even though armed with the nominal powers of citizenship . The institution of Associations like the one under notice will be a great good , tending at once to enlighten and inform the working men of theTrades , and hasten the time of their political emancipation . We shall merely indicate the remaining " principles" set forth in the society ' s

      programme . The abolition of the present money laws , and the substitution of a representative currency ; machinery fo be made available to the interests of the Nvvhole community ; employment and education secured by the Government for all ; local boards of trades , composed of an equal number of employers and employed , under the superintendence of a Minister of Labour ; and , lastly , equalisation of taxation , by substituting for all other taxes a graduated Property . Tax ;

      We deem it useless . to comment on the rules and regulations of the Association , which , we understand , are at present under the consideration of the several trades bodies in the metropolis . The Trades themselves must be the best judges of the rules necessary for their protection , organisation , and progression . We wish the Association every success , and shall be glad to record its progress . -

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      J . Swket begs to acknowled ge the receipt of the follow , ing sums for the Victim Fund , vi 2 ,: — n j JJ Scott .. 0 o ' - Mr Shepherd .. .. „ .. o o 3 MrllaU - .. „ ., .. 001 TOR DR H ' DODALIi . From the'King of the French .. .. o 1 2 From the Nottingham Shoemaker ! „ 0 6 o MrChjpendale .. .. „ „ 0 „ 6 R . M .- Seaa the newspaper , and let the . police follow their own course . TH «« 'BABKEfc'DEF £ NCE FDND .-We have receired anappeal from the Hanley and Shelton Committee , on be . half of Mr Barker , which we hope will be responded to by the friends of liberty . We have not room for tn « address .

      W ha e iJ ec elv P laBf <* the otganiiatlon of the Chartist body from Mr D . Cater ; but , as the founda-. tion consists of the old plan of ' schools , ' there is no likelihood of its being adapted . A Reader , Manchester , had better arrange with Ms landlord . We believe the tenant is HabU to pay all W . HATtHAN , Exeter .-We have haudsd your letter ever U the directors . The Potato DisEASE .-Stephen Underwood , Lambeth says , 'thatbad potatoes should be well washed , and * then grated on a coarse grater in water . Strain the pulp through , a hair sieve , and let the liquor stand about half . an-hour j then pour the water oft ; wash the settling up again with a little clean water , and let it stand another half-hour . The result will be a hard setthrg . This , when dry , will keep twelvemonths , and will bo a good wholesome food for pigs . The bad potatoes Will produce , {{ not actually rotten , about Birteen par cent . offarinn , worth S 9 s . pcrcwt . D , W ., Aberdeen . —No room . Uukenfield Victims . — Mr C . Hurst begs to acknowledge the receipt of 5 s 7 $ d , received from Mr Edwards , Mottram .

      A Gehebal , Nottingham -Yts . Thomas Mekhell , WakefieW , having several orders for the O Connor Tartan , ' wishes ¦ g know where they can be purchased . Suahefox TuANNY .-Vfilliam Cowling , collier , Byersgreen , states , that he has been discharged from Byers . green colliery , for reading the Northern Star . A Cok 8 taht Reader , Bristol . — Twelve were not , hut twenty were . There were two hundred thousand voters ontoftnirty . five millions . We cannot ansner the other questions . LiaERTr Fobd . —The majority of the shareholders have decided on postponing it for six months ; „ . „ , * John Aunott , Sec . M . KkowLE , Holme Mill . —We have frequently &tat « d that itfjwe cannot ansner legal questions . . John GABHCK . —We have forwarded your communication to Mr Grassby . Alex . Sbahaji , Seaham Harbour—The paragraph alluded towas taken from the local papere , the accuracy of which we cannot be accountable for .

      • —* Cofteafcerafc Eomsuonufnts.

      • —* Cofteafcerafc eomsuonUfnts .

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      THE LAND CONFERENCE . TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY IN TUB METR 0 P 0 LITAH DISTRICT .

      Fbibnds , — Having been appointed the returning ! offioerfor tlieeleotion of two delegates to the Land Conference , to be held » t Birmingham , on the 30 th fast , and in order that the election ma ; be pro perly conducted , I submit to jou the following regulations for that purpoae : The lists of the candidates will be in the h&ndrof the branch secretaries early on Monday next . Committees should be at once ftp . pointed ( the time being very short ) to oarry it out by ballot if possible . The committees should collect tb . nepeo . Qe from eaoh . etat « taldet to pay the ex * psnata of the eleotion and delegation . The elections most take plaoe at the latest , ' on Wednesday evening , Ootober 25 ; h . At the meetings forthe elections let a scrutineer be appointed from each br&nub , to attei d at the Milton-street Theatre , on Thursday evening next , « t eight o ' clock , to inspect tha rotes and brin j with them the Hats ( goales ) , and also the funds to pay the delegates , as those who neglect to comply with this will ba diBfnnchiied . I also recommend the shareholders belonging to the Office List to pav their levies , and record thoir votes at the nearest , branch . Trusting that yon will act promptly in this in : , poftaut business , I am , yonri fraternally , o « V .. , Jamm Gramby , district istretarr . 8 , No » h ' BArk . couit ,, StanRate . L 4 mbetb . Ootober . 18 ? n , 1848 . ..

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      RECEIPTS OF THE KATIONAIj L&TXB COMPANY , FOR THE WBBK ENDING THURSDAY , OCTOBER 19 , 1818 . PER MR O'CONNOR . IHABE 8 . ' £ I . d . Shoreditch ., 0 7 0 Blackburn « 18 8 Alnwick .. 7 4 0 Middlesborough 2 0 0 Market Lavlngton 0 5 0 Manchester .. 1 2 u Nantwich .. C 10 0 Cldham « 615 0 irome . T . RojserB 10 0 Darlington .. 416 6 Merthyr , Powell 14 4 Whittington and Totness .. 1 19 11 Cat .. 19 9 DriKelB „ 7 0 3 Accrington .. 0 12 10 { j o ' gu „ 14 5 Market Rasen .. 114 0 Bath „ 0 19 0 Newarkon-Trent 5 0 0 Central Rossen- Sandbach ,. 0 16 6 dale „ 8 17 8 WmBaillle .. 0 16 Nottingham , C Monl K 0 2 0 Sweet ., 0 3 0

      £ i 5 ' 5 5 BXPEN 8 B FUND Shoreditch ... 0 1 9 Sweet .. 0 3 9 Market Lavingion 0 8 0 Oldham .. 0 2 8 Merthyr , Powell 0 10 Whittington and J * »« n « 0 8 0 Cat .. 026 tfath » 0 2 0 Market Rasen .. 0 6 8 Nottingham , Sandbach ., 0 10 £ 111 i

      AID FUND . ""¦—" Uerthyr , Powell 0 6 8 Sboreditch .. 0 o 6 Blackburn .. 19 9 £ 1 16 11 Land Fund 45 5 5 Expense Fund 1 11 2 Aid Fund ... 116 11 r « Ip « 0 5 0 Land Purchase Department , Shopknd 40 0 0 jiFiTli

      WH . DHOW . Gbmbtofheb Doilz , Thoj . Cubs , ( Corres . 8 oo . ) Philip M ' GsATH , ( Pin . See ) THE LIBERTY FUND . BECBIVED BT 8 . ETDD . SomersTown . D Hunslet , per J Nurse M 0 10 Page .. 0 6 0 Welliugboroujh , Wm Westley 0 19 0 £ 8 16 o All monies for the Liberty Fund to be addressed to Mr Samuel Kydd , National Land Office , High Holborn London .

      VICTIM FUND . BSOEIVED BV W . BIDES . Holmfirth , per Pottery Field , HMarsden „ 0 2 6 Hunslet , per J E . W . „ 0 5 6 Page .. 0 5 0 £ o 13 ft

      » £ Cim » BT f , K 1 BD . Wellingborough , 'Wallingford , C W Westley .. 0 5 0 Phillips „ 0 4 0 LeiceMer , Wm For Mrs Cuffey , Sutton „ 0 12 7 ditto .. 0 6 0 JSI 7 7

      XICE 1 VEB AT LAND OHICE . Thos Whittaker 0 2 6 A Fi iend , Dur . A Few Friends , ham , for Airs WeitEnd .. o 1 0 M'Douall .. 0 10 FromBrassifie 0 3 0 Chas Mowl ., 0 0 5 £ 0 7 11

      FOI XBB X ' BOH AIL . BECE 1 VED BT W . BIPEB . Dackcnfield Land Members „ .. ., 050

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      CENTRAL VICTIM COMMITTEE . Receipts of week ending October 15 . Camb « rwell , pjr Mr Simpson .. ... 0 5 0 NencaBtle-on-Tyne , per M . Judo 1 12 11 Swalwell , per Mr R . Gardener 0 14 5 Dean-street locality , London 0 3 3 L » nd Office ... ,. „ , „ 0 0 2 Oloba and Friends locality , Ltndon ... 0 12 0 Erneit Jones locality , London 0 4 3 i Oreengate locality , London 0 2 oj £ 1 9 1 Joeun John Uesbimam , hon . eec . pro ter n . 2 GGJ , Strand . London . Noiicb . —As the Committee are much in waat ot funds , it is earnest l y requested that all persons holding tickets , or monie ? , on account of the late benefit at the Strand Theatre , will attend the committee at Dean-street , on Wednesday evening next , that the account may be at once balanced .

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      MRS M'DOUALL . £ » . d William Rider ... ... ., 0 0 6 James Sweet . Nottingham ... ... 0 16 6 A FrUud , Nevrton " ,., ... .. 0 2 2 6 19 2 Mr Sweet very properly says , I am quite ashamed of my countrymen who have cheered their friends on until they have got them consigned to a dungeon , » td now neglect or refuse to assist their wives and families . ' Aehton has so many victims of its own that we tcaroely know how money is to be raised to defend them all . ~ W . Aitkkn .

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      >**> THE WIDOW OF THE LATE COUNCILLOR BRIGGS OF SHEFFIELD .

      The following gums have been received by the committee appointed to receive subscriptions for the widow of the late Mr Tfcomas Briggs of Sheffield . Tha subscription list ib still open , and the committee earnestly request all to assist who have it in their power . —H . Patsb , Chairman . Oct . 10 th . £ , s . d . Mr Ironside ... ... ... ... 6 0 0 MrOraysone ... ... ... 0 5 0 MrGoodl&d ... ... ... 0 5 0 A Friend , per Mr Ironside ... ... 10 0 A Friend for a widow and orphan ohildren , per A . Booth ... ... ,., 10 0 Mr Payne ... ... ... ... 10 0 A Friend , per Mr Payne ... ... 10 0 J . Sampson ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 G . Wood 9 10 0 R . Cox ' s book ... ... ... 0 4 7 J . Sterensoa ' s ditto ... ... ... 0 2 0 E . Cavill ' a ditto 0 4 11 W . Cavill ' a ditto ... 0 7 91 W . Dyoon ' B ditto ... , „ „ , 0 0 6 Jno . Allison ' s ditto ... ... ... 0 2 5 H . Timperly ' s ditto ... ... ... 0 5 3 T . Moxln ' a ditto , „ 0 10 0 $ W . Lawtcn ... ... ... . „ 10 0 Joinct ' d Sosiety ... . „ ... 0 10 0 MrBroadbent ... ... ... 0 5 0 T . Turnsr 0 6 0 T . Wad » worth ... ... , „ 0 5 0 R . Habershoa ... ... ... 6 2 6 Jno . Johnson ... ... , „ 0 2 6 Jno . Tyler 0 2 0 AF . iead „ 0 5 0 Ditto M 0 2 6 W . D 0 10 A . B . C ... 0 2 6 T . E M 0 5 0 J . P . C 0 5 0 David Millet ... ... ... 0 2 6 A Friend ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 Ditto ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 Dr Thompson ... ... ... 010 0 O . Johnson ... ... ... .,, 0 2 0 J . Padley ¦¦• .. ... ... 0 2 6 Total £ 17 1 £ MOMHM ^ m ^

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      __ J * THE KORTimiN STAR T- ~ :.... .. frkv ,. ^ October 21 , 1848 . ¦

      Lotj1s Blanc's Reply To M. Tdierst The Right To Labour. Os Saturday, October 2sth, Ensuing, A Stamped

      LOTJ 1 S BLANC'S REPLY TO M . TDIERsT THE RIGHT TO LABOUR . OS SATURDAY , October 2 Sth , ensuing , a STAMPED

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      . I THE YORKSHIRE VICTIMS . A csmmittee of members and officers of the Bradtod branch of the Lud Company has been formed fee the purpose of obtaining subscriptions , to sapport the wifeand family of Mr John Smyth ( late secre r * , . j ^ "ripwnpwy ) . and towards providing fends to defend him on his trial . Mr Smvth has for ft long time held the offiie of secretary to this braneh and is new awaiting his trial in York Castle on charge of ooBniracy at Bradford . He has a wife and four children depending on him for support , and tte committee earnestly appeal to the various oranenes of tbe Land Company throughout the king dem , immediately to make subscriptions , and for ^ WdUam Clark , shoemaker . ' AU subscriptions will be acknowled ged weekly , in theNoMHMH Smb Communications must be sddreised to Mr William C ^ Battenrom . ' ,. h ttildings , New-brid ge . Brad ford , Yorkebjre / On behatt of the committee , WmuuiCiahk . Eecretary . , EDwwHnm , tre *« rcr .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 21, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1493/page/4/