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      MADAME MAXWELL , 33 , Great Percy Street . P » mo 2 T : He , ; I . or . 3 on . continues to send free on receipt of tiiirtten uucii ' t pos : nge stamps , plain directions to enable Ladies or Gtmlemen to win the devoted affectior . 3 « f as many of the opi »» -i : e sex . as their liearts may require . TJis jvw ^ rfs is « uin ? e , but » o captivating and entiiraUicg that all ma ; be married irrespective of agej appearar . c ? , or position ; while the inost fickle or coldbearted wiil readily buw to its attraction . Youug rnd old , peer and peeress , & well m tlie peasant , are alike subject to its influence : and last , though not least , it cau be arranged with such case and delicacy Ont detection is impossible . H . B . —Beware of numerous ignorant pretenders .

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      ITIATBIMOiVr HADE EASY : OB MOW TO WIN A LOVEK . mss ellen " dawso 5 i p OXTINDES to send free to any address , \ J on receipt of thirteen postage stamps , and a directed envelope , plain directions to enable ladirs cr gentlemen to win the affections of as m = ny of the opposite sex as their hearts may desire . The proposal is simple , but so captivating and enthralling that all may be married , irrespective of age , appearance or position , youns and «

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      TOOTHACHE PREVENTED . Price Is . per packet ; pest-free , Is . Id . B RAKDE'S ENAMEL , for FILUXG DECAYING TEETH , andltESDEKING THEM SOUSD AKD l'ALVLESS , ha , - , from its unquestienable excellence , obbuned great jiopnlariry at home and abroad . Its curative agency is based upon a TRUE TilEOMT of the cause of Tooth-ache , and hence its great success . By most other remedies it is sought to KB the nerve , and so stop the pain . But to destroy the nerte is itself a very painful operation , and often leads to -vcrv sad consequences , for ti . t tooth tl : eo Incomes a dead substance in tlie living jaw , aud produces the same xmount of inflammation and pain as w .-uld result from anv other foreign body embodied in a liriug organ . liRAXCE'S ENAMEL does not destroy tiieneroe , but by ltESTOHIKO TIffi SHfiLL OF THE TOOTH , completely protec ' s the nerve from cold , heat , or chemical or other agency , by which pain is caused . Ity following the directions , INSTAST BASE is obta ned , and a LASTING COKEfollovs , Full instruetic-ns accompany t verj packet .

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      Just Published , IN NOS . AT ONE PENNY EACH , THE ElniQRAHT'S 6 U 13 E TQ THE GOLOEH LAND p A L V F- O E N I A yJ ITS PAST HI 5 T 0 KY ; ITS rKESENT POSITION ; ITS FUTURE FROSPECTS : Wira A MISOTB AKD iUTHENHC ACCOUNT OF THE D 1 SCOYEKY OF THE GOLD REGION , AND THE SUBSEQUENT IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS .

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      Ko . XV . of the Sew Series ' THE MTIONAf nraOCTOE . " . Is how ready . Coutents of No . XV . 1 . Second Edition of tho Budget for 1851 . 2 . The Student of St . Petersburg . { Concluded . ) 3 . The Position of Women iu Turkish Society 4 . The English in South Africa . 5 . An Escape from Slavery in America . 6 . Working Associations of Paris . 7 . New Books . —Notes on North America , The Numbers and Parts of the First Series of the National Initructor that were out of print , lave now been reprinted and may be had on application . '

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      NATIONAL OHARTEK ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . T » HE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE L hereby announce the following meetings : — On Sundaj afternoon , at three o'clock , tbe Metropolitan Delegate Council will meet at the City Hall , 26 , Golden-Jane , Barbican . At the sumo time tbe Lambeth locality will meet at the Soath London Hall , and Mr . Pattinson , the sub-secretary , nil be in attendance to enrol members . On Snnday evening next at the Rock Tavern , LissongroTe—Princess Kojal , Circus-street , Marylebone—Brick layers' Arms , Toubridge-street , New-road—Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-street , WaterlooTown . On the same evening at the Rising Sun , Calender-yard , Long-alley , Mr . J . Finlen will lecture . And the Members are requested to meet fur business .

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      TO TAILORS AND OTHERS . EXHIBITION , 1851 . By Approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . U . Prince Mbvrt .

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      BL AIR'S GOUT AND KHEUAIATIC . PILLS . —The following testimonial is another proof of the great efficacy of this Medicine : — 127 , New Bond Street , London . October 12 th , 1850 . Sir , —In acquainting ytii . with the great benefit which I have experienced by taking BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHBUMAT 1 C PILLS , I feel that I am but performing a duty to that portion of the public who may be similarly afflicted . About twenty years since I was first attackei by Rheumatic Gout in my hands and feet . I had previously been subjected to every variety of climate , having served in Canada in the 19 th Dragoons , and in Spain , under Sir John Moore , in the 18 th Hussar . -. I always procured the b » st medical aid , but without obtaining any essential relief , and my sufferings can be apprecuted only by those who know something of thu disease . It was during one of those

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      Amosg the interesting practically-useful objects to be shown at the Gre . it Exhibition , will be one bv Tcter Lawson and Sou , of Ediuburgh , seedsmen to the Highland and Agricultuial"Society of . Scotland , consisting of a complete collection of the vegetable productions of that country—comprising : i " ll substances used as food for man and tbe domestic animal ;) , those used ia tho arts , manufactures , and medicine , and also for Louse and shi p-building—the whole systematically arranged , so as to show their comparative economical values . Wo have seen a very handsome niodel by their asjent , Mr . Soinmers , of the cases now erected by Fox and Hendersonthe scenery by Jlr . Owen Jone 3 , and the glass supultad by the British Plate Glass Company . We anderstand the catalogue of- the same is now being printed at the private press of the samp establishment , and will form a volume of the same size as

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      PRINTED IJT THE CRYSTAL PALACE . The parlour magazine of the LITKUATUHE OF ALL NATIONS . To be continued weekly . Price Twopence It will be tbe largest . and . the cheapest of the weekly Magazines . The . first number will be u double ono , at the single price . One half of it will bB devoted to au ablvwritten article— . ¦' "HOW TO ENJOY LONDOK DURING THE EXHIBITION . " A beautiful STEEL ENGRAVING will be riven with the number . London : Printed in the Crystal Palace , and Published by Houlston and Stoneman , and Booksellers everywhere-

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      Ths Poimh ind Hitngamak Refoqees . -T . Bfdwn's List —!<« La Hue ' s Workmen £ 112 s » d-Sharwood ' s Typefounders , Mr King 4 s 6 d-ClHnnock ls-Smith ' s Workmen 3 s Gd—Pontifex ' s Engineers , Mr . Munral 8 < Gdw ° Sl et Frie « nr CrOughton l 3 ~ J- K <> bertson 2 s Cd-W . Bkels-Mr . Clancey lg-Mr . Walkins ls-J . J 6 . Gd-A FneBd 6 d-CpUection at Penn's Engineers , tawtch , Mr . Jones £ 129 Gd-Mr . Sevil , shoemaker Fore-street U-K friend ls-i ™ Lafliei 2 s-CoU ! ns tew friends 33—Welchman 6 d—A . Few Friends , for rent specially £ 3 2 s 6 d-Mr . Brittan ll .-Auy mUtake-in tha Money List , application to" be made to T .. Brown — In answer to J . II ., T . Brown paid to Mr . Refolds the ifl for Contention last week from Greenwich Look in tlieList . Jame 3 Bennt .-Pmss of matter prevents the publication of your letter this week Paiskt . —The parties had better be left to themselves . Publicity would but gain them notoriety . -

      The Nobthebh Star, S Viiuda1, April 13, Ls5l ;

      THE NOBTHEBH STAR , S VIIUDA 1 , APRIL 13 , lS 5 l ;

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      THE CHARTIST CONVENTION OP 1851 , ^ The Convention which has juafc dosed its sUtinga , has , upon the whole , shown a satisfactory advance of public opinion . Dealing with so many important and fundamental questions , as it did , it is not to be expected that ita decisions should , in all cases , meet with the approval even of the Democracy of " thjs country ; but all must admire and commend the spirit and tone which characterised the

      debates , as well as the evident sincerity by which theDelegates were animated throughout . It is , indeed , a striking feature of the age , to find a representative body , elected by the industrious classes , and responsible to them only , occupying itself with such grave topicswith questions that lie at the very foundations of society—with principles the most important in themselves , and world-wide in their application . It shows that , were the people really represented in our Legislative bodies , the miserable and petty questions which waste the time of Parliament , would bo replaced by

      measures of sterling value , and direct bearing on the welfare of the masses . The wide difference between the debates in the Parliament of the Factions sitting in St . Stephen ' s , and the Parliament of the Peoplo sitting in the Parthenium , offers a correct index of the total and entire separation in principle , opinion , and sympathy , of the represented from tho unrepresented classes . They have scarcely a feeling , or an idea , iu common . The antagonistic and incoherent structure of society esstraugea them from each other , gives them diverse interests , and forces them to look at

      societarian questions from totally opposite points of view . While the one are content to prop up , as they Wist may , existing institutions , the others are continually occupied with the thought how these institutions may be most speedily and effectuall y remodelled , with the great o bject of securing the prior right of the producer of wealth to the enjoyment of that wealth . The principle , that " the Labourer shall first be partaker of the fruits , " underlies all these discussions , however varied the shape they take . They are a continued protest against the injustice which makes the poor many toil for the benefit of the few ; who are

      rich and idle . The Convention of 1851 , if it has done nothing else , has demonstrated the extent to which these subjects have possession of the industrial mind of the country , the eagerness with which they are studied , and the consequent steady growth of a , powerful opinion adverse to the present state of society . The factions who alternatel y rule the country , and play into each others hands for the common benefit of the oligarchy , may be too ignorant or too contemptuous to notice these signs of the times . The monicd and trading interests may be too fully occupied with their iron safes and their shop-tills , to know anyiron sates and their shop-tills , to know

      anything of the nature of the opinions which are fermenting in the minds of the productive , enslaved , and unenfranchised classes . I would be hi ghly beneficial to both . , if they were to turn for a short period from the selfish occupations by which they are engrossed , and seriously study the meaning and tendency of such an Assembl y ak that which has just closed its deliberations . It is pregnant with future consequences of the most solemn des scription . "Wisely and calmly dealt with , and directed , the new opinion may be made the creator of a new and highly beneficial state of society , without immediate or remote

      injury to . any class or individual . Opposed , neglected , or sneeved at , it may assume a less pacific and constructive aspect . It depends entirely on the ruling classes which of these shall be the ultimate result . The movement must goon . Armies , prosecutions , proscriptions , exile , and death , are , powerless in ' the war against opinion . The unjust arrangements which make . ignorance , toil , degradati

      on , and suffering , the lot of the millions send forth fresh recruits to fill up every vacancy of the army , of discontent . Government ought to be wise in time , and prevent tlie formation of such armies by just , equitable , and beneficial , political , and social institutions . That has now become their pressing and ' p a ** - mountduty . Well will it be for them to betake themselves to its discharge in all earnestness and good faith . ¦ .

      Another effect of this difference of opinion between the productive and the trading and wealthy classes , is to . be ti-aced in the resolution come to by the Convention , with respect to themiddle-clasa Parliamentary movement . As we understand that decision , it is , that any movement for any measure short of tho Charter ought to receive no countenance or support whatever from the Chartist body ; but at the same time no . active or direct opposition is to be given by them . Practically this amounts to much the same policy as we have repeatedly advised in the Northern Slur .

      Individuals connected with , the Chartist bodv who may be of opinion that by assisting a concurrent , though less extensive movement , they are promoting at the same time , their own more radical objects , will continue to give such assistance ; while the . National Charter Association will vindicate its . own consistency and attachmenttoits princi ples , without offering any obstruction to parties who mav not see so far , or be willing at once to gd so far as it proposes . . As we have frequently said , there is room enough in the world for both parties and if they cannot agree to co-oDeratn

      there is na reason at all why thev should quarrel . We should undoubtedl y l ^ ve pieierred the amendment of Mr . Duncanson , which , m our opmion , embodied the beat policy . Events will show that it is by the junction of the most honest of the electoral withthe unrepresented classes , that Parliamentary Reform can be . most surely and peaceably attained .. But , at the same time , we perceive all the advantages to be derivec from the

      existence of an association , which takes its stand upon fixed princi ples , aud refuses to make any compromise or any sacrifice at tho altar of expediency . Such an &tti tude must at least command attention if it is maintained with a dignified sense of ' self-respect , as well as of the respect due to others and it must alao , in connexion with rigorous measures for the organisation of the unrepreaented millions , powerfull y accelerate the progresB of political reform . _ ., Some time since an attempt wag made to

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      DWELLINGS OF THE INDUSTRIOUS POOR . Prisons for thieves and rogues are scientifically constructed buildings . The architect has calculated the amount of pure air requisite to health , and made arran gements for its constant' supply . Light and heat ; and their influence on the animal economy , have been all duly estimated and provided for , and tlie space needful for individual comfort and well-being measured off and allotted . W onderful ! indeed , is our care , forethought , and delicacy , in the treatment of rogues , thieves , burglars , and pickpockets ; ¦ •¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦

      The caseis entirely altered when we come to the dwellings of the industrious poor , whose labours produce the wealth which build and maintain thesepalace-likeprisons . Ventilation , light , andspace , areluxuries too good for honest iudustry . Their abodes are constructed , not in accordance with , but in direct opposition to , all the laws of sanitary science ; aud into these structurall y defective buildings , men , women aad children are huddled together in masses , to breed fever " and pestilence , aud die annuall y by thousands greater in number than all who were slain on the bloody field of Waterloo .

      Nor is this owing to ignorance or carelessness . . It has been , " done . on purpose . " The direct result of past legislation has been to make the houses of the poor dear and bad , Taxes on building materials—taxes on light and air—modern improvements , by which whole streets were swept away to make room tor richer tenants , -without substituting any accommodation for the poorer ones displaced , —these , and other , causes , have all gone to produce a state of things disgraceful to the Government and to the Legislature of this country . ; . .

      Lord . Ashley has this week called attention to the subject : and his exposure of the physical and moral evils , resulting from the p ast injustice and neglect of the ruling classes , is a far heavier indictment . against these classes than was ever preferred by the most determined Revolutionist . We have laws for preventing cruelty to animals ,, but none to prevent cruelty to the poor . In the rich parish of St . George , Hanover-square , out of one thousand four hundred and sixty-five families of the labouring classes , nine hundred and ninety-nine had only one room , ; while , in Bethnal-green , and

      other districts of the Metropolis , as many as three , four , and . sometimes even five families , are crowded into one apartment—males and females all living together , performing the functions of nature , aud compelled to act in a way that sets at defiance all notions of decency . The effect of this over-crowding on the health of the persons thus crammed together , is as specific as if they were deliberatel y poisoned . It reduces their general health , saps and undermines their ; constitution , and either . carries them off , at an early age , by means , of typhus or cholera ,, or throws them , . with a

      ruined constitution , upon the parish with a swarmjof children ; also diseased and enfeebled from having , been brought up in the same vitiated and deadly atmosphere . Even when persons are well-fed , well-clothed ,.. . wellwarmed , ' and cleanly , iu their habits , this overcrowding has a destructive . effect . Sleeping in crowded and ill-ventilated apartments is a certain road . to the church , yard . In a room thirty-three feet by twenty , and seven feet high , ninety to , one hundred men were

      in . the habit of sleeping every night . It had not more air and space , than is considered sufficient for . three patients at the Loudon Hospital . The consequence was , that one huudred and fifty persons were seized with fever in that one room . How vermin of the most loathsome description are generated iu such places we need not say ; in some of the low lod ging-houses they are felt by the visitors to drop on the hat Hke peas . But the unwholesome and noxious effects of

      over-crowdng are made infinitely worse , in many cases , by the other attendant circumstances . " . Houses are built over ash-pits , open middens , and common privies , reeking witli . offensive and baleful gases , vitiate tlio ; air . and deal forth death , assurely as if tho inhabitauts wor « inhaling poisou . Nor is this the case in large manufactoring towns alone , or iu the metropolis , where large masses are congregated , and where ground for building upon consequentl y becomes extremely valuable . < ¦ ¦ ¦ ' Here is a description , by an inspector of the Board of . 'H ealth , of a place in the small country town of Morpeth : — .

      In . Lumsden ' s-lane . l found . lodging homes dirty ? nd crowded , one of . which was over a lsr e ashyit , the same wlieye Hie woman had died , of cholera . At the head of Lumsd * n ; s . yard , _ there are also open middens and privies , the dr - auw from winch pasi undai- the adioiniiin cottages . ¦ . u J """" b Thisstate of thins * Mirroundj the poor inhabitants with a . surface of vuibl . filth , and . also keflp 3 them in an atmo " pliero of toulgnfcas , where tho seeds of disease most rcadHy . ripen . VeTer , according to tlie modieal evidence , is » tmost constant in thane places ; and cholera ,. a » . Uown , is first developed m such rooms as that over tho privy and ashpit : situated m Lumsikn ' s-liine .- This undue crowdin g limdwtrnctive to the property as to . the health of th ? poor , inhabitants . lhe ; wet and damp retained by the nuddena generate rot , and the surface filth is trodden into thehouseB , the cleamiug of which ia consequently neglected , and the result ia rapid decay . '

      The evil does not end ; with physical deterioration and disease . It extends alao to the moral condition of the wretched inhabitants of uch tl : hy dens . Muwy , crime , and Tioleace , flourish in rank luxuri ance on such a soil , the moral is as depraved ; as the physical atmosphere . Children grow up familiar with vice , ignorant of all that might elevate or improve their natures , awl ready f 6 r the commission of auy act that njay gratify pilit passions or supply their passing wants .

      To remedy , to some extent , the appalling ovils arising from this source , lord ASHLEY proposes a Bill to encourage tho ' construction of superior Dwellings for the working classes Already someofthese ; improved houses hare been erected , and found to secure the health arid well-being of their inmates , in conjunction with a good . return for the money expended on their construction , That money has hitherto

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      however , been far too muchj in consequence of Government obstructions to their erection . In tV first P lace » tno disgraceful , state of the law of Partnership compelled those who first erected Model . Lodging Houses to pay £ 1 , 200 for a Cha rter of Incorporation , every penny . of which , of course , constitutes a permanent tax in the shape of rent upon the residents . In the next place , tlw window tax mount ! up idlon a certain number of windows , when

      rapy they are all under ontf roof , and ' also materially enhance the annual or w eekly payment exacted from the tenant . The . latter obstruction to the erection of these dwellings is about to be removed , but , as yet , no decided step has been taken to alter the laws which stand in the way , not only of this , but of a hundred other good measures , which the working classes would gladly carry out , by their o \ yn voluntary , associated efforts and means . ,

      The ne w buildings are , in fact , the Adaptation of the collegiate system to the wants of the poor . Instead of being compelled to put up with one or two rooms of a house , constructed in the first place for one family , and which , when thus Bplit up into separate lodgings , is totally deficient of all the domestic accommodation requisite either for cleanliness , comfort , or economy , -the working man will hare a choice of a suite of rooms , largo or small , as may suit his means and his family . But each separate set of apartments are complete in themselves , and provided with the requisite storage and

      conveniences . These houses , under proper arrangements , could be built so as to allow of the increased comfort , health , and economy , of a family being attained at a far less sum in the shape of rent than is now paid for the wretched hovels , and pestilential dens in which the poor are condemned to live ; ¦ and we cannot but hope that a movement-so . full of advantage to all classes , so urgently demanded

      by the sufferings of the poorer classes , and so certain to be remunerative , for the capital invested , will , even , in this do-nothing session of parliament , be carried to a successful conclusion . If either the government or the Legislature stand in its way , they will bo morall y guilty of the murder of the thousands who are certain to perish by disease , in consequence of the present horrible and disgraceful state of the dwellings of the poor .

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      whole system is rotten and corrupt , anrf-i ,, 'iT ^ and corruption at elections is ari inhere ^ of it . The only thing is to take cX ^ be found out . rtie not t 0 Colonial affairs received notice admirable speech of Sir . W MmL Ul o and the debate that followed \ v' OnT « . surely , after a few more of these e , ! 8 l'al 1 get our eyes opened to the extravaga nrn , ' and mischievous results , of the present '? The Lords being as usual kept in „****> idleness , waiting for tho crumbs J ecta ut which fall from the table of the Lower u rk have taken , at last , to cutting out » > - ' work . for themselves . Lord BrJ . Ul 9 County Court Extension Bill h « **'« "" » Mlinil

      uirougn committee shorn of manv t > f * C ( l portions , but we believe extending l ?!^ tonally- the jurisdiction and poww !?> courts , and opening up still farther an ese for obtaining speedy and cheap iU 8 tice acee *

      HOME NEWS . The banquet given by the Lord Mav Her Majesty ' s Ministers is only Jn , Rto from the absence of any aUudou tn ? Ma interest , except the Exhibition mm . ^ ? ish remarks of Lord John Kt ? 16 fooU " memorable tenth of A pril 1848 » ° n the Mr . Gbaoh , a Radical Kefb rmer W i . returned Member for Coventry Si , been ferLdngford is likely to affn « i ile electi ou amusement . The Liberal Club iSui pubiic throug h , the Morning PaperB tf ? M 0 UnCed ' geant Shea had declined , and thatm' J **' O'Febrall , the ex-Governor of li ^ uk ? refusedthe ri ghts of hospitality to Garr ™ ° and his followers ) , was to be the Li £ « didate . Sergeant Shea , however , mmL ^ T made his appearance on Wednesday »« W difficult to say how the matter will j , tls ranged . <¦ .. oe ar

      The Sailors' Strike stfII continues Ti , " Justasses" ofBolton , followingthe eSmJH the Manchester magnates , sent two Safffi prison for . street-begging . They aft ™ , f relented , and liberated the men ? on S ? that they left the town in t » W ? Sailors , against whom no charge had bom , made , were in court , anxiousl y watching Z proceedings They also , were ordered te leave the town and on their refusal , \ 1 committed to prison . We trust that tlie Se ? men and hen : friends will teach the SoloS Bglton a httle law , and that this act of faJJ tice will be the means of their expuhion C the bench which they have disgraced .

      The boiler explosion at Stockport , aftpr four adjournments , and the examination d several scientific engineers , has resulted in a verdict censuring the engineer employed , and a recommendation from the jury which ought to be adopted in all cases where the lives of frlSi ^^ ex P ° ^ to Power theguidance

      , , or mismanagement of which they are totally ignoraat of , and to which power , the Jives of many of the industrious classes are daily m danger of being sacrificed The inquiry into the cause of the boiler ex ^ plosion at Manchester has terminated in the committal of Egerton , the engine tenter , and Williamson , his employer , for manslaughter

      FOREIGN AND COLONIAL . In Prance the aspect of political affairs growg daily more threatening for the powers that be . The speculators and money-mongers see a storm approaching , and button up their pockets . Trade is paralysed , and Socialiim spreads with great rapidity in the provinces Le jour viendra . The day is coming .

      In other parts of the . Continent nothing par . ticular has occurred , Austria and Prussia are still enacting the drama of "He would and he would not ; " and affairs are as far off a settlement as ever . . The last mail from the United States brings no news of political importance . Gold stfll continues to pour in abundantly from California .

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      MONIES RECEIVED For- tub Webk Ending Thubsbav Amih 10 m , 1851 . THE HONESTY FUND . KECE 1 VED Bt VI . B 1 DEB , ^ Sheffield-W . Tarry .. .. « S jj \ TiKiey-:: - •• ••• From Swineheaa Clougb , Todmorden-J . Sutl cliire ,, n o n J-Carter . ¦ " - I " J J Stansfield .. • ' oil J . Cunclifte .. - " J J J J . Gibsen .. " Hi T . Townsend .. \\ " \ ? \ J . Haworth .: ¦¦ • ' I I I A . NewWH - " " j ttMu .. :: ;; ;•• it :: . :: :: III n ' .. .. .. oio ' . ^ JIJ

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      NATIONAL CHARTER FUND . Kcceived by John ABNoiT-Gl . iSffow ' Der J DodHi n rfflTf' ^^ sMft * Edmond ?• ' A ^ C < ^ ^' - ! "" ton , , « r J . Barm *; , i i v itob ! n f > Bradford , Is ; John Gray , 6-M ?" nA ' , V New 0 ; « fl ( J npon-Tjne , per J . Watson , <« GJ ; Clicltcuham , per B . f harland , Ss .-Total , £ 3 03 Id , FOR THE HUNGARIAN AND POLISH REFUGEES . Ueceivedby W , UlDEB . ~ Wigton , - per S . Browa 5 , _ A U Oabe , Ensmgton-laue , Couuty Durliam Cd

      CONVENTION FUND . Received bjr W . Ridbk . - ^ Dereril , Didcot Cd . Ke wijed by Joim AKNprr .-Newtown , tier J . Ric cards 5 smtaSi . " ^ " , F"lsbul-y . Per J . Fiulwi 10 s-Westm ^ a S " ^ «•»*• HnnnitaU fl-Jtadfiwd , per A . Uobinson lOs-Nottingliam : per W . Felkin 10 s-Cbeslure , per W . Bcnfold £ 1-Leicester per G \ V v ll-Kettermg , per . G . J . Ilarnej- Is 6 d-J * G C ^ per a w n « flV 10 s ,, i ' t l " V

      Vr \»«» 8 1 * -L » ml » tb , per G , Shell 5 s-Tivert » n , per T . M . \\ heeler lOs-per Mr . Kider 28 . fid-Greenwich »^ Uebttord , per U . W . M . Itenislds J ? 1 _ J . J 5 . Welchnmn , \« Shin ! r , i " u ee ' pe , , J- Grabam Ws-UerBiondsey . perC . ^ -. r in ~ n ? , U - lPe , r 11 - Ba ^ er Ws-I'irmiughani , per J tt ^ TWW ? avaee JBl-QlaVeow , verD . lau 10 a—A . L . 3 d—HudderstuM , - per T . Hirst lOs-Suuth Sh . elds psr D . w . RuUy lOs-Nurih Lancashire , prJ . Guy Os-L ' uislej , per Kev . A . Diiacanaon lOs-rotterics , per J . Upewell lOs-C . Bulb , peril . Edwards , BermoiidstJ Lnculity js-S ., per S . J . Ilolyoake ) 9-Kincaidine OD . o » ' M Per n i - ? . al'ney 8 * 6 d-Merthyr Tydvil , per J . UnenllB-Bulancetrom Supper , per I ) . W . ltuffjlSs-A VVork . mg Man , Radclifte-bridge . per R . " Hamer H « Jpe r w prin ' " " Wd > P 6 r Mr ' IIeirtU 2 i—Edeubnrg h , Small . B . UU 1 H for Uefogees , &c , Trill be acknowledged n » t

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      , -NATIONAL . LAND AND LABOUR BAS'K . - 493 , Now Oxford-street , London . ' . no tice . This Bank will be closed for the Easter Vacation , from the ISth to tho 28 th instant , inclusive . April 10 th , 1851 . * ° * Fmci , Manager .

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      ' RxiifcoADs in England . — The railway exten-Jions ^ of 185 0 am ounted to 625 miles making the i « n . . Rthof th « " ' nes opened up to December 6 , 621 milw .

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      amalgamate the « xistiug bodies of £ oHu . oa ' and Social Reformers , which had our he » i wishes . It apparently failed at the time , for though the Conferences were protracted , no tangible unison resulted . These meetings , however , aud similar discussions throughout the' country , have not been unproductive . Their fruits are to . be seen in what may be called the Socialistic tone of the late Convention . To a larger extent than upon any former occasion , the delegates occupied themselves wjth Social questions ; and the Programme , ' as ultimatel y adopted , includes most

      of the fundamental principles advocated b y Social Reformers . In this direction the Chartist movement ha 8 undoubtedly extended itself , and if properly directed , may look for a large accession of numbers and influence . We trust that the Executive will receive prompt and zealous support fom tho Chartists throughout the whole country , in their endeavours to discharge the duties confided to them by , the Convention ; and that the members of that body will carry with them to their respective localities , a determination to labour earnestly and unremittingly in the organisation of local associations , capable of placing

      at the disposal of the Executive both mind and money . Above all , we trust that the Convention has buried for over all the dissensiouwhich have so unfortunately torn and diss traded tho Chartist body for so long a period , and that-the moderation and good spirit which pervaded its deliberations on matters involving personal questions , will be imitated throughout the whole country . ' We accept the decisions of the Convention aa the definite future policy of the Chartists of Great Britain aud Ireland ; and wo call upon all who wish to see Labour emancipated from political and social bondage , to rally around the standard thus raised . ONWARD ! FOR FREE INSTITUTIONS AND FREE HOMES

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      PARLIAMENTARY . Budget number two for 1851 is characterised by Sir Charles Wood ' s well known obstinacy . Malting some improvement in details ; he retains all the' essential feature ' s of his most objectionable and . unsatisfactory plan . The house tax is still to replace the window tax . The remission which is promised is more apparent than real , as the nevr tax of 9 d . in the pound on all houses above £ 20

      annual value , will sweep into the net , aumber of houses at present exempt from , window duty , because they were built with a sufficientl y small number of windows to enable them to evade it . We must , however , admit , that if we are to have no substantial reduction of expenditure , a house taxis better than a window tax . It is not so objectionable on sanitary grounds , and the exemption of all houses under £ 20 will enable the great bulk of the working classes to live in houses free from the new impost . We Buppose that the amended scheme will bo carried . Nobod y else has a

      better to propose . Mr . Herries made a stand agaiuBt the income tax , but in such a shape that it almost invited defeat , and defeated he was accordingly . The Chancellor of the Exchequer owed his victory , however , not to either argument or justice , iu fact , on this question he spurns the idea of both . Tho tax is in existence . He found it ready made to his hand , —it is a tolerably fruitful one , and , therefore , he means to continue it , " with all its imperfections on its

      head , ' as long as he can . Sir Charles hates trouble , aud if he can continue to get six millious yearly by this mode , why should he put himself out ot the way to adjust the tax more equitably inproportion to the means of the payers ? We are , however , promised more discussion on the subject , and , - at all events , wo hops that if renew ed at all in its present shape , it will not be for mo re than one year . This will force a revision not likely to be secured in any other way .

      The question of church rates has made an advance to a settlement . The prospect of going out of office has . made Lord Jorn all at OUce wonderfully liberal . Two years agoevpn last year , the proposal of a select committee , with a view to the abolition or equitable settlement of this impost , would have been met with a determined resistance This year the Premier thinks it is calculated to lead to great practical good , and willingly gives his consent to it . " Sweet are the uscb of adversity ;" ' . ' ..-...

      The state of Ireland formed the subject of au important debate on a motion of Sir H . W . Barron , to go into Committee on the subject . It . may appear , perhaps , to many , that this is a threadbare question , and that Ireland ' s woes are somewhat pertinaciousl y thrust upoii legislative . attention , to the exclusion of other topics . But be . it . remembered ,, that , we prevent the Irish people from managing their own affairs , and are , therefore , bound to give them a fair hearing when they complain of grievances unreflresaed—of misery caused by unjust laws-of disoaso , starvation , and death , the result of social malarrangements , and the tyranny of an alien aristocracy . The small majority against tin

      motion { only nine ) is , perhaps , the best possible proof of the magnitude of the evil , and the urgency of its nature , as well as the power which the Irish members exercise , in consequence of acting in concert on this question . Lord Ashley ' s Bill for the Encouragement of Model Lodging Houses is a step in a right direction , aud there is reason to hope , from the reception it experienced , that it will ineot with little opposition in its future progress . In connexion with sanitary matters , the decisive defeat of tho Corporation Bill for continuing Smithfield Market in , the .. heait and City . of London , may be taken to indicate that the Market must be removed , in spite of nil the efforts to preserve it ; But whother the

      cockneys are to have one market , or jv plurality of markets , in the suburbs—whether it will ultimately be under a Government Commission or the superintendence of the Corporation , are matters as yet undetermined . . A squabble arising out of tho St . Albans election has , at various periods , occup ied the attention of the House . That gross aud open corruption took place as usual in that imnfa . culafe borough , on the occasion of the last election , there can be no doubt . But a new and bold methpU has . been adopted to defeat the inquiry of the Committee into the affair The witnesses *

      \ were seen to set forth from st Albans to . attend the Committee , but thoV never made their appearance . They were 2 ducted by the way , ; and there has been ever since a very pretty game of hide and seek play 1111 ? , between the agents of the sitting Member and the Committee , The proceedings before them disclose au amouutof perjury , prevarication ^ and unblushing corruption , perhaps utipara leled in the history of such cases ! " The ilouse assumes virtuous indignation , orders tne recusant witnesses into custod y , and arreata tho tempter who causes others to abscond W the purpose of prostrating the inquiry . All this looks remarkabl y well . But it is mere sham . Ask the " honourable House" to give us an extended'Suffrage , Equal Electoral Districts , and the Ballot—ask them to pass measures which would render bribery and corruption impossible—and leftf they will grant the requeat . They know better than that . The

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 12, 1851, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1621/page/4/