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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. e,^ a n May 6, 184...
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'NORTHERN STAR*
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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR, ESQ., M.P. Thursday...
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I PROM JE300 TO £500 TO BE ADVANCED IN JULY NEXT. FOR THE WORKING MILLIONS.
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Tho loKi9lnturo of tho state of Kentucky...
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The great length to which our Report of ...
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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, MAY G, 1848 .
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MEASURES. NOT MEN. In another column wil...
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away. • — On the first night of their re...
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A discussion as to the propriety of disf...
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pronene-s to bj had into violence , which was not cbbraonristic i £ the people of thia c-. ontry , which never naa heen so . which never would be ; they were most likely injuriously to affect the relations of th « with other Gauntries ; tbey mig ht br ^ d mi 8 M ) d < -rstane in s which mSS ge Europe in war ; they Mrsyed . usp . eion and j , al = ufy . and . 0 pat this country « alhance with tto « £ who woals abrogate a p « t in which much had bwnoSato- d aad extract the advent of a future which Wa nd thonldbs ; makhv them aliens ofconsmutlon & l government , and friends of despotism deservedly crtwiblis gioto'Ju ^ . „ Mr H . Dbcmhokd , Lord Abusdel aud & cbeet , anc Captsia ' aiKEts spoke in favour of the bill ; Hr TjEQU HIST Hr BCSS , ami Dr Bowbino against it . The bouse divided—For the secsnd reading Ml Againstit 2- » Jlsjority for second reading .. ——119
BWCTIVEFSAKBHISB ( iBILiFn ) . —Sir W . SoKEKvitts then moved for leave to bring in « bill to reflate tfce elec . ive francbiss and for the registration of parliamentary electors in Ireland . In tbe statement with which ho prefaced his motion he observed , that the evils of ths representative system of Ireland were threefold , TilCJ defended , first , oa the nature of the franchise ; secondly , oa the iasufaeiency oitfceconstiiueeay & 8 depending on that franchise ; and lastly , on the system ef registration , which gave rise to many abuses and mach gross injustice . The nature of the franchise , as it now erisscd in Ireland , was very ambiguous ; and , beiaj ? o , was a curse upon the country . The judges of the lund and'he assistant-barristers differed from each
olberas to the construction xif the Reform Act which gave tbe Irish franchise ; and ha believed that the very fram-rs sf that act differed theEsselves es to its correct iaterpretatitn , The next evil was the insufficiency of the elective body . Documents showed that the constituencies of Ireland wsre dwindling awsy , and that , it the house did not take steps to check the diminution of them , the reprtsentnive system ia Ireland would soon become neither more nor less than a farce . He then pOintC' 5 OUt IU 3 CTil Of the present registration system , and the gross abuses which existed under it . As a reme d y for tfce firs ' , of these evils—the p ature cf the franchise- —be proposed to fall back npon a rating . At pre . seat the franchise was of two sorts—one connected with
occupation , ana another not requiring it , bat both depending on value . Now , it was desirable to define this value , and not to leave it to the hard swesring of the elector or his witnesses , He , therefore , proposed that all ihe existing franchises requiring occupation should be abolished , and that , in lieu thereof , a simple rating under the Poor Law should be substituted of tha net annual value of £ 8 and upwards , Healso proposed to confer the franchise upon joint occupiers , provided tbat each , when divided , possessed a net value of £ 8 . He also proposed to confer the franchise upon persons entitled to estates in fee or tail of the rated annual value of £ 5 , bedaf in occupation , Ho then proceeded to explain the machinery by which he intended to carry into iffect j bis system ot registration . The clerks of tbe different Poor Law unioas would transmit to the clerks of the
peace lists of the persons rated as occupiers of lands and tenement- at the annual value of £ 8 , and upwards . The clerk of the psace for the county would make out a list of voters otberevisequaliSrd than by oocapt ' tion ; and , adding that list to the list of occupiers returned by the clerks of union ? , wonld farm the general eounty list for revision . He then stated the made in which rated occupiers omitted and claiming to be pieced on the list of ¦ vo ters , and on which rattd occupiers objecting to the names ef other persons in the list , were to proceed either to vindicate their own votes or to object to those ef others , and after s fall explanation on that point informed the hoase that in future at evsry October sessions
the assistant-rarristtr would be empowered to mvesti . gate t '& ose claims and objections and to sign the lists , which were to form the general register of the county . He also provided that the occupiers must he in occupation six months prior to their time of claiming their ¦ votes , and that they must produce receipts eis proof of their having paid the last rate made for the relief of the poor before voting . He did Eot propose to make any change in tbe town qualification ; but he intended to reptal all the clauses requiring pajmsnt of rates , with the exception of so aneh of the poor rate as had not accrued within the last three months . Having thus stated the outline of his bill , he aiked for leave to introduce it .
A variety of questions as to the details of the measure were then pat to Sir W . Sohebyilie , by Sir Fskwek , Hr Liw , Mr Huhe , Sir D . Nobeeis , Lord Bernasd , and Hr Beiqdt , which were replied to by the right hon . baronet ; leave was then piven to introduce this bill , as also to introduea another for the establish mtnt of additional polling places for the purposes of Parliamentary elections in Ireland . The Chikceliox of the Exchiqceb then obtained leave to bring in a bill to amend certain acts for grant . Ing relief to the West Indian Islands . He stated that the object of this measure was to add five years more to the time already granted them for the repajment of the Hurricane Loans . The other orders of the day were thru disposed of , and the house adjourned at a quarter pa & t eleven o ' clock . There was no house on Tuesday , only twenty-six members being present when the speaker took the chair at four o ' clock .
WEDNESDAY , May 3 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Biot it Likebice , --Mr G . A . Hamilton wished to ask ths right hon . baronet the Secretary of S . ste f * r the Home Department vrbether he had received any authentic con 6 rmation from Ireland of a stitement whieh had appeared in the Tijces newspaper of that morning , and which bad beea commested upon in that paper , namely that there had been a moral demonstration in tbe eity ef Limerick—( hear , hear ) that there had been an emeute of the moral force ; party against the leaders of ta « physical force party ! and that the leaders of tbe physical force party , Mr Meagher , Mr Mitchel , and Mr Smith O'Brien , had been maltreated by the moral force party , and that those very bellicose gentlemen had been obliged to e & ek protection from the military and the constabulary ! ( ' Hear , hear , ' and laughter . )
Sir C Sbey . —In repiy to the question put by the hen . gentleman , I beg to inform him that I have received a letter from the Lord Li . utenant of Ireland which substantially confirms the statement he has allttjl-d to . ( Hear , hear . ) It appears , that a meeting ys-as held at tbe city of Limerick , at which about 400 persons assembled , the gentlemen to whom tho hon , member has alluded being present , and that , dnring the meeting , aa attack was made npon them by ths people of Limerick , and I brieve that it is to tbe prompt in . tervention of the military and the police that the safety of rboss three gentlemen may be attributed . ( ' Hear , hear , ' and laughter . ) Tee Tetals is Ibeiakd . —HrG . A . Hahiltok begged to ask the right hon . feironot tbe Secretary for Ireland , whether it was tree that Mr Mitchel , of the U . stod latSBSSK , wh * was now under prosecution , had again put in a dilatory plea , which would have the effect of obstructing or suspending the proceedings !
Sir W . SoHttviLM said it was certainly true tbat Mr llitshal had put in a plea oi that description , but he hoped irwouli not have the effect of delaying the trial . ( Hear , hear Ts £ ' So Horse * of Tozsday . —MtHdhs complalsed that the goverEmeathad not taken care to make a bonse onthe previous day . He believed he might e ? . y that independent members of the house showed on all occasions a readiness to facilitate government business by waiving their notices , and it was but fair , on tfce other h 3 T » d . that government should act with similar consideration towards them .
Sir G . Gbet assured the hense that the government had every disposition to forward the business of the house , and to give every possible facility toils members as to independent notices . The hon . member should recollect that on the very first day of the house meeting after the recess the attendance was so thin that a political ally of his own , the hon . member for Soathwsrk , had moved thai the house be counted . There could be no question that the house oneht to sit on notice as well & S QU government days , ( Hear . ) Mr G . Bebkelet said that before he moved , as he ahoulddo , the adjournment of the house , he had to make oneremark . Yesterday was not the first occasion , by Tery many , on which he had known no house arranged , because some independent raeraber had & notice coming
os tUssgreeake to the dominant parties in that house . ( Hear . ) He lud nrray times been stopped in the lobby fey government officials , and requested not to go in , because such or sueh a motion was on the paper , which it was desired to get rid of by the no-house process . On Manday it was perfectly well known that there would Ds no house on Tu . sday , because on Tuesdayan hon . nism . ber had a notice of motion involving grave imputations against a noble lord , whom the dominant pirties desired to icreea . Now , it appeared to him essential that the homo , instead Of blinking inquiries so intimately connected with its own character , should prosecuts them thoroughly instead of getting rid of them by a side wind , as in this case , or by referring them to a snug committee upstairs , as In the case of the Lord-Lieutenant of GJou-• caterahire .
Colonel Sibtsoip said he had a right to inquire , as a Hiember of that house , what her Majesty ' s government were about on ' . Tuesday evening ! ( Liughter . ) How were they employed on Tuesday evening ? ( Renewed laughter . ) What portion of iheir public duty employed their time on Tuesday evening ! They could send a precious lot of underlings to the house on any evening ; but why did not the head of the government come down ob Tuesday f It was trae he saw ene noble lord at the hou ? s ; bnt he was not in ths hoasa , and as far as he could gu « ss , he appeared to be only on the look out . SirG . QsET said that he was quite witling toespiaia the nature of ths avocations which detained bim . Th ; fact was , he and his colleagues were preparing to come < Jo « -n , whsa they wera informed that there was no hone , Mr Hoeshas charged the go vernment with miking systematic attempts to burke dissgreoable discu 3 sie . ns . A fter some further debate
Sr D » CHU 0 KD said that tbe government were over taxed already with business , and it wa « hardly Mr to impose more upon them . There was soma talk of a reform of Parliament , buthe thought before thsy went -about that , they should try and reform the members . It was a very singular fact tbat they could not , out of six Soodrcd idle numbers , get an attendance effortv . ( Hear , hear . ) & . BEiKcax denied that the government were
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over worked ; they were not ao much so that they oo Ulo not seed t ^ o Lords . ot the Treasury to listen to the dehates . He had often heard it said thatthe only use of the Lords of the Treasury was to make a house , keep a honre , aad to cheer the Ministry . ( Hear , hear , and a laugh . ) The sutjfct then dropped , Mr Berkeley having Withdrawn his motion . Shail Diets Bill . —Mr B . Cocbeahe moved the second reading of tho Small Debts Bill , its object btin ? the simplification of the law with respect to the power given to judges of county courts to imprison tJebtors , and also to prevent debtors so Imp risoned from being put on the felon ' s side of the prison , The Atto * kit-G £ heeal opposed tho bill as calculated to interfere wittt thi due security of tbe creditor , aud moved that it be read a second time that day err months , which proposition , after a short debate , was agreed toand the bill was consequently lost .
, B * , B £ xr aud CosanwioN . —Mr Keb SeIMEB moved he committal Of the Great Yarmouth Freemen ' s Disfranchisement Bill . Mr Abqcstos SiArrotD objected to the motion , but no division took place , and the house went into committee on tt e bill , Oa tfie motion that the preamble b « postponed , Mr STAFFOJD moved , as a n amendment , that the Chairman report progress . The committee divided , and the numbers were—Por tho amendment 1 & Against it 107 Majority against —91 The various clauses of the till then went through committee . In the course of the discussion ,
Mr Hums wished to ask if Her Majesty ' s government had any objection to take the opportunity whieh this bill would affori them ef lowcrinic the franchise so as to include all £ 5 householders . If they disfranchised so many freemen as was proposed , it was right that the number ef electors should be made up in some snch a way as he bad suggested ? Lord J . Rdgsell conld not enter into a discussion of this nature at p ' feient but he thought & 8 might 8 BJ that it would not be expedient to mako any such proposal as that suggested by the bon . gentleman . ( Hear . } Mr O'Conkos , must say he was rather alarmed at the qaestioa which the hon . member for Montrose had put to the noble lord ; and perhaps he might be allowed to ask him if a £ 5 suffrage was to form a basis of the great measure he was about to Introducet ( A laugh . ) Mr Hdhe could assure his hon . friend that the basis of his measure wonld be ranch wider than that .
The bouse then went into committee on the Joint-Stsck Companies Bill , in the di « cu «! on of the various clauses of which the remainder of the sitting was spent , and the house adjourned at six o ' clock .
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To The Editor Of The 'Northern Star*
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ' NORTHERN STAR *
No . 9 , New-street , Woburn , Beds . Sib , —You will oblige the undersigned memorialists by forwarding the inclosed to Feargus O'Cobnor , Esq ., as a testimony « f their political attachment for his disinterested and noble adFocacy of the rights of man . Yours respectfully , Thomas Wilsos . May 2 nd . G . Fbekch . TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . No . 9 . New-atreat , Wobnrn , Beds . Sib , —On behalf of the enclosed memorialists , we wish you God speed on your perilous political voyage . Bad men have been memorialised , and why should not good one * . Bad your enemies the full benefit of onr best wishes they wonld not trouble yon much longer ; as it sta & ds , all men , mechanics and ethers , who really love their country , should pat
their shoulder to the wheel of that huge state carriage—bad legislation—and with one Jong , strong , united push , hurl the clumsy monster to the home it merits—eternal oblivion ! As mechanics and tradesmen , we know onr interests , and as men , withgrate . ful memories , we feel for the situation of thoso who , in defence of our liberty , bo often peril their own . Believe us , sir , though all besides might forget your public services and the wounds you have received in the cause of freedom , the undersigned memorialists will ever have a lively feeling of gratiiude fxr him , who , in spite of tyrannic opposition , animosity , and abuse , dares to stand forth , single handed , in the defence of British liberties and British people . " We are , Sir , on behalf of the undersigned , Thomas Wilson . G . French .
MEMORIAL OF CONGRATULATION , ABDKESSBD TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . FROM IHE INHABITANTS OF WOBURN , BEDFORDSHIRE . Noble asd Respected Representative of the BainsH Nation , We , the undersigned inhabitants of Woburn , have taken upon ui to congratulate yen on your daring opposition to , and manly strivings with , our aristocratic oppressors . Sensible as we are ot our many wrings , mindful , too , of our rights , as the pro - ducers of wealth , and the very foundation of the social fabric of this great kingdom , we look forward to the day when ( guided by such men as yourself ) , the
freedom fo ardently sought for shall be no longer denied to the British people-. We sympathise with your situation in the House of Commons , and deeply f eel the many insults you daily receive , on account of your Liberal opinions , from the mercenary men falsely called' our representatives . ' We applaud the peaceful ixanner in which the late great Chartist demonstration was conducted , and feel a high decree of satisfaction at the frustration of those political manoeuvres , tbe intention ol which was the slaughter of unarmed multitudes ; and whilst we view physical measures as needful on urgent occasions , we , nevertheless , think that your morel force principles win do more to promote the cause , and unite the middle and lower classes together , than violence or bloodshed ever could .
Go on , then , great leader in your work of good . Be the disinterested patriot , tbe able advocate , and the honest persevering champion you have hitherto proved yourself , and the best wishes of an enlightened community will follow in the wake of your mighty deeds to their great climax—the liberation of mankind from the accursed fetters of cruel , degradiDg , ; 8 oal-crii 8 bzDg , slavery I W © remain , youra respectfully , James M'Eay John Robertson Wm , Grace Francis Snook Hark Chapman John Davis James Hartley George Hobbs Wm . Bodsworth Wm . Jeldga Peter Whaller W . Bolt
Tbos . Grooa "Wm . Flanders Taos Pettit C . inwood Jimes Griffiths John Inwood Thamai Wilson James Daniels George Fowler J , Inwood . sen . Jehn Erickstock Geo . Fowler , sen , Richard Green Elijah Brown BividBurgesa John Ferguson Wm . Cause John M'Eay Jimes Lawton Thomas Odell
John Smith Tbos . Carter Alex . M'Kay Geo . T . Edmunds John Groom Joseph Wildeman Charles Griffiths Thomas Rutland William Lane Wm . Heighiaton JohnPtttit Thos . Reddall George PetSU J . Flude Samuel Wilson Josiah Clarke Wm . Bedford John E 3 ison Samuel Hopkins G . French God Save the Charter I
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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Thursday , April 20 th , 1818 . Sin , —I am instructed to forward to you a copy of the Resolutions , and the Vote ot Thanks unanimously carried at a public meeting , held this day , in the Hall of Science , City-road , at which 500 persons were prejsent . I have the honour to be , Tour obedient Servant J . Savage . Chairman , Moved by Mr Cooper , seconded by Mr Smith : — That in tbe opinion of this meeting the ministerial bill , entitled an 'Act for the better security of tie Crown and Government , ' is an infringement of the liberties of tbepeople ; tbat it is calculated to destroy freedom of thought and speech , and is at war with the best interests of socictv .
Moved by Mr Baker , seconded by Mr Tighe : — That this meeting pledge themselves to use their utmost esertions to obtain an extension of the fraachise , as the only meaas of protecting their liberties . Moved by Mr Snow , seconded by Mr Hall : — That the thanks of this meeting are hereby awarded to those members of the House of Commons who so indefatigably opposed the enactment of the bill ; and tbat a copy cf the resolutions be forwarded to each by the chairman .
3 , Finder ' s-Passage , Stonegafe , Yoi k , April 16 th . Sib , —I would have long since sent in my mite for tho working out of the principles of the Charter Association , only certain donbt rested upon my mind in reference to the avowal of physical force to obtain a great national deliverance . These doubts have vanished , and I now esnd you 2 a . 6 d . of postage stamps as a token of my anxiety for the success ol the good cause . I happen to beong to the north of the Tweed , and this may be an apology for addressing my short epistle to Mr O'Connor instead of thfj Editor of the Nobthkbh Star .
Should you think the few thoughts in any way condecive to checking oppression , cr the working out of those principles of philanthropy , calculated to suit the circumstanoes of the times , I know you will have them prominently inserted in your valuable paper , AndjbeUsTi } Bi 0 » eif » your o & edieat servant , Wm . Lbkhqx ,
I Prom Je300 To £500 To Be Advanced In July Next. For The Working Millions.
I PROM JE 300 TO £ 500 TO BE ADVANCED IN JULY NEXT . FOR THE WORKING MILLIONS .
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A EOMK POR EVERY INDUSTRIOUS MAN AND HIS FAMILY . UNITED PATRIOTS' A $ D PATRIA RCHS ' EQUITABLE LAND AND BUILDING BENEFIT SOCIETY , Enrolled and Empowered by Act of Parliamen t to extend o ^ er tbe United Kingdom . Patrons .- ? . S . Ddmcombj , EtQ , mITtiiojub WaMW ^» M . F . B . B . 0 * m «» , B « ., M . PLinden ^« . -No . 13 , Tottenham Court , New Road , St Pancras , London . -DAN . Ei . William Burn , Secretary . Arranged in Three Seetton , . Payment , in either Sec . ion , 4 d ., 8 d „ 1 . .. & C , & 0 . W jr » k , W * to * to * menu or *»«*< ,. k . a *™ , - , c < . „»« ™ ii ^ S X £ £ per Share , and 9 d , for any part ot a Share , Rutee and CaW , ™ - wmuw ' t ' r I part of a share , ¦ I Section L-B , joining tfal . flection every pcreon in town or country enn become the pwprtater of a House and Lanain bis own „ ei . _ b , arbood , mthout beiny remored from b-t Friends , ConncxienB , or the present means ¦ himself and family may hove of gaining n livelihood . , .... .. I Section II . -Torai « e a capital by ehares to pnrchBBB EgtatCB , met P ^ lllpga tbereon , an * divide tha . ' Land into allotments frtm half an acre upwurde . Tbe property to bo tbe bona fide freehold of the member In I sixteen , eighteen , or twenty years , from the date of location , according to bin subscriptions . | Stcnos 111— Saving or Deposit section , in which membcre not wishing to purchase are enabled to j _ vest ' email sums , from 4 d . and upwards , receiving interest at tbe rate of 5 per Cent , per annum , On CV « ry 8 UQ 1 of lOg . and upwards bo deposited . Subscription Office , —402 , Nsw Oxfosd-Stbeet , where Meetings are held , and Members enrolled , every WiDNKsDii Evemno , from Eight to Ten o clock . Lecture Bail , for explaining the principles and oljects of the Society , T PabtheniCM Rooms , % t Martin'slane , near the corntr of Long-acre . L ctures delivered every S unday evening at Seven o ' clock . N . B . —From £ 300 to £ 506 will bo balloted for by tbe members of tbe Brat Section in July next , when all i persons who have and may become momb . re for Shares , or parts of Sharts , on or before the 5 th of July next , and i -who pay six months' subscriptions In advance , or otherwise , will bo eligible for the ballot . ALSO , FOR TOE WORKING MILLIONS IN CONNEXION WITH THE ABOVE . THE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES , Enrolled pursuant to Act of Parliament . Thus securing to its members the protection of tbo law for their funds and property . Legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , with the privilege Of appointing Medical Attendants , Agents , be . An opportunity if no , T < ff ,: red «<> hoitby paeons , up te Forty Yeara of Age , of joining these flourishing Institutions in town or country . Loudon Office . —13 , Tottenham Ceurt , New Road , St Pancras , ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham Court Road )—Damibi . William Rofft , Secretary . Patron * . —T . S . Ddkcombb , Esq ., M . . T . Waklet . Esq ., M . P . B . B . CabSM , Eso , , M . P . F . O'Conkob , Esq ., M . P . L . J . Eivssnv , Esq . In the short space of faur years these societies have paid the following benefits to their members . SUMMARY OP CLAIMS . Stekneaa and Superannuation ... ... ... £ 1905 10 5 Accoachments ... ... ... ... ... € 93 15 « Funerals ... ... ... ... ... 496 J 8 * Loss by Fire ... 29 5 0 £ 3125 8 6 Present Capital funded in tbe Bank of England ... £ 1 C « 9 10 0 These Societies are in six divisions or sections , for tbe Membera to receive tho following Benefits according to their Subscriptions : — FIRST DIVISION . I FOURTH DIVISION . Entrance according to age . from 5 s . to 10 s . Monthly Con . ( Entrance , according to n * e , from 3 s . 6 d . to 8 s . 6 d , tribntion for Sickness and Management . 2 s . 7 d . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management . Is . 4 d . £ a . d . - Allowance , in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 18 0 x 1 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 28 O 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 9 0 Ditto Wife's or Nominee q ditto .. .. 10 0 0 Member's Funeral .. 10 o o Wife ' s Lyine-in .. 2 0 0 Ditto . Wife's or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 5 0 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 20 0 0 Wife's Lying-in 10 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 fi 0 Loss by Pire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 SECOND DIVISION . Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . 6 d to 9 b . 6 d . FIFTH DIVISION . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , Entrance , according to age , from as to 8 s . Monthly Con ; 2 s . Id . tribution / or Sickntss and Management , Is . Id . Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 15 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 7 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. IS 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 6 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee's ditto .. .. 18 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 3 0 0 Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. . .. I 15 o Wife's Lying-in .. .. .. .. o 15 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ S 0 0 to IS 0 0 Loss by Fire .. .. ., .. 500 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 5 0 . Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 THIRD DIVISION . SIXTH DIVISION . Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . to 9 s . Monthly Con- Entrance Money .. .. .. .. 0 3 0 tribution for Sickness and Management , is . 7 d . Monthly Contribution .. .. .. 0 10 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. Oil 0 Allowance in Sickness .. .. .. 0 7 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. ,. .. 12 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. 2 10 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 6 0 0 Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. .. .. 1 18 0 No Levies in this Division , Logs by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 Levies according to the demands on each division per quarter . N . B , —The only difference 'n tbe two Societies is , the Patriots have an Acconchment benefit the Patriarchs have not tbat benefit , therefore do not pay levirs for it . 25 ?» Applications for Agencies nqatBttd from fill par's oi ihe country ; information for appointment of Agencies can be obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing a postage stamp . Blank forms and information for the admission of country members can bo obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing three postage stamps , to Daniel William Rdfft , General Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , New Road , St Pancras ,
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Ju \ st Published , Price Threepence , tke BLACK BOOK of the Bbitish A nisTonaAor , containing Ah Exposure of the M « st Monstrous A buses m Chdbce and State .
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A MAGAZINE FOR ALL . THE FAMILY ECONOMIST ; a Penny Monthly Magasine , devoted to the Moral , Physical , and Domestic Improvement oi the Industrious Classes . This publication treats of Income nnd Kxpenditure , — Food aud Cooking , —Clothes and Clothing-Houses , and the way to make them Comfortable and Happy Homes , — Education ,-Health aud Sickness , and Sanitory Reform , —Masters aud Servants . -The Cottage Garden and Farnv & c , & e . The » e subjects are treated in a lively and in teresting style , interspersed with Dialogues , Anecdotes , and Instructive aud Moral Tales . Each number contains a variety of valuable household receipts . Published on the 1 st of each month . The Family . ECONOMIST has attained a circulation of upwards of S-J . OUO since its eommencementin January last . PRICE , A PENNY A MONTH . A SHILLING A YEAR . «&• AU who are interested in the welfare of the Working Classas are invited to procure a copy ot this work , and if they approve , to promote its circulation . London ; Published by Groombri < ige and Sons , Paternoster-row , and sold by all Booksellers .
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FAMILY ENDOWMENT , LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY . 12 , Chatham Place , Blackfriars , London . CAPITAL £ 500 , 000 . DIBECTOBS . William Butterworth Bayley , E ? q „ Chairman . John Fuller , Esq ., Deputy Chairman . Kt , Bruce Chichester , Esq . Elliot Macoagbten , Esq . H . B . Henderson , Esq . Major Turner . C . H . Latouche , Esq . Joshua Walker , Epq . Edward Lee , Esq . Majjr Willock , K .. L . S . BONDS . Thirty percent . Bonus was added to the Society ' s Poll , oiea on the profit scale ia 18 * 5 . The next valuation will be in January , 185 i . ANHDAI P & EMIPMS WITH PROFITS . ~ Age 20 Age 28 Age 3 u Ago i &\ Ag etOI A « e 45 , Agg Jo Age i 5
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THE CHARTER AN OLD DOCUMENT . THE CHARTER , as Agreed to by a Subcommittee of the Inhabitants of Westminster , at the Freemason ' s Tavern , April 12 , 1780 , and Presented to Parliament by the Duke of Richmond , the same Tear , printed from the Original . Agents for London—R . Workman , 22 , Catherine-Street , Pimlicoj and R . Parks , 32 , Little Wlndmill-street , Golden square . Price One Penny , and may be had on application by the receipt of two postage stamps . Chartist Localit . es supplied on reasonable terms .
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Now Publishing , pneo Twopence , THE PAUPERS OF THE CHURCH , THE STATE , AND THE PEOPLE . With Remarks by P . —B . —T . Containing , besides a variety of useful information respecting tho manner in which the public monfy is disposed of , an abstract of the People ' s Charter , isc . All the information given is brought up to the last moment of going to press . Published by Edwin Dipple , 4 ? , Holywell-street . Strand .
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TRACTS FOR THE FUSTIAN JACKETS AND SMOCK FROCKS . BY THE REV . B . PARSONS , AuAor of Anti-Bjicchus , ' 'Mental nnd Moral Dignity of Women , " Education the Birthri ght f > f Every Human Being , ' & c . < fcc . No . 1 . Tho State of the Poll , or Masters and Men at the Election . New Edition , Enlarged . 2 < Ss 3 . The Bible and tho Six Points of the Charter . New Edition , Enlarged . 4 . Goody Goody , or State Education aNationalInsult . 5 . Radicalism an Essential Doctriuo of Christianity . 6 . The Chief ot the Slaughtermen and our National Defences . 7 . The Knife and not the Sword , or Civilisation v . W ar a ad Desolation , 8 . The Radicalism of Moses . 9 . Tho Shaking of the nations and the downfall of Tyranny . ( On May 1 st . ) 10 . A word for the Chartists . ( On Juno tha 1 st . ) ' These Tracts merit nnd we trust will have an enormous circulaKon . '—NonTHEKN Stab . Londen : - Arthur Hall & Co ., 25 , Paternoster Row .
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TO TAILORS By approbation of Hor Majesty Queon Victoria , and II . R . H . Prince Albert .
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Tho Loki9lnturo Of Tho State Of Kentucky...
Tho loKi 9 lnturo of tho state of Kentucky lately divorced thirty couples in a single day .
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TALWHHrurjWTJIW , FOR SMALL VALUABLE INVE STMENT FOR SMALL C APITALISTS . TO BE SOLD BT AUCTION , on ATohimi , the 22 nd of Mat , 1 * 848 , at twelve precisely , in allotments of FOUR ACRES each , all that valuable and highly improved estate 'RED HALL , ' consisting of 383 acres of ths first qoaliJr land , being freehold and tithe free , situate within one mile of the City of Lincoln , on the high road to © rantham . The property of Themat Alleop , Esq . The proprietor of this estate , conceiving that the salvation of this country depends upon the better cultivation of the soil , and considering the above magnificent estate as peculiarly adapted for Spade Husbandry , has ventured upon the experiment of thus testing the great principle of manual labour , by which means alone England can be enabled to support her increasing population . The spirited proprietor looks to the success of this great national project , rather than to profitable fljpetiu . lation .
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' ArUtoorociss the Bane of National Freedom . ' Second Edition , 836 closely printed Pages , Five Shillings , Bound in Cloth . THE ARISTOCRACY" of ENGLAND ; a HISTORY for the PEOPLE . By John Hahfdin , J „ . v . ' The English Aristocracy is tho last remnant of the feudal institutions in Europe , and England is the battle ground on which the contest for its extinction must be fought out- '—Lahebncuis . Effingham Wilson , Publisher , U , Royal Exchange .
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JUST PUBLISHED , raicB sixrEKci , HO . XVff . OF " THE LABOURER , ' CONTENTS . 1 . Tha Song of the Gaggers , by Ernest Jones , 2 . Reform and Reformers , 3 . St Jehn ' s Eve , a Romantic Drama . 4 . Self . Reliance . 6 . The Wife , by Jane . 6 . Pride and Prejudice , or the Martyrs oif Society . 7 . The London Doorstep , a trae story . 8 . ThsPe eontGirl . 9 . National Literature . —3 . Germany , 10 . Monthly RsWew . Letters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to the Editors . 16 . Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders received by aU agents for the "Northern Star " and all booksellers in town and country .
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JUST PUBLISHED Prioa Threepence . ( Forming 32 large 8 * 0 . pages , ) A VERBATIM REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . Including full particulars of the Aleeting at Kenniisgton Common , and the proceedings of the People and the Government on this momentous subject . Nort / tern Star Office , Great Windmill-street , J . Watson , Paternoster row , London ; Abel Heywood , Manchester ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country .
The Great Length To Which Our Report Of ...
The great length to which our Report of the Proceedings of the National Assembly
extends , has obliged us to postpone the publication of much interesting matter from all quarters . We shall be under the necessity of condensing our general news , and sacrificing ( as we have this week done , ) the major part of our Advertisements , during the sitting of the National Assembly , as we have engaged a special short-hand writer to attend its meetings , and intend our future reports to be as full as possible .
The Northern Star Saturday, May G, 1848 .
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MAY G , 1848 .
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MEASURES . NOT MEN . In another column will be found an address from the National Assembl y to the people , in which the necessity of union is very properly insisted on , and the people are wisely instructed to look only to " measures" without regard to " men . ' ' Unfortunately , the measures of the Assembly have not yet been agreed upon , otherwise , in all probability , this number of the Northern
Star would have contained our earnest appeal to the millions to give their support to the said " measures . " Of course , if any measures are submitted to the people which we believe to be ^ unwise , we shall , without regard to " men / ' perform our duty of warning the people against committing themselves to any false movement . At present , we have no reason to apprehend such a misfortune ; but , under any circumstances , both friends and foes will find us faithful to our mission .
Earnestl y anxious for wise and energetic measures , calculated to accomplish the great end of the Chartist agitation , we must express our unfeigned regret that—according to report—valuable time has been wasted bv the Assembly in denouncing " men , " instead of propounding " measures . " Day by day , the London journals have contained reports of the abuse heaped upon this paper and its proprietor . Here are specimens ;—
( From the iSfomfii ^ Post Thursday , May 4 th . ) Mr O'Connor waa generally denounced , the address proposed being stated to bo necessary to re-a « ure tho people that the cause of ihe Charter was not dead , ihouga it hrd been much damped by , be ietterg of ^ O Connor in the Northern Star-to which an opposition ? , " ™ Catened ; ° ne BP 6 aker stating that they had Mr 0 Connor on tbo hip-tbey would hurl his paner to death , and eipose him se that he ahould never be able again to ehow his face in public .
( Prom tho Dail y News . ) „ i ? aVf >^ ° . ***•* " for tb « Tow ' tr Hamlets com . plained of the ir ^ ry done to the cause by Mr F . O'Con . nor , art said a body of . launch rofortners were deter . sTwSpV ! m f ' VPPO ^ oa to the Abrtft . ™ wi h ! ° I ? Bh 0 K ° P Mr OCoa ™ »¦ "is true colours , so that he « ould never be able to take a position among the people again , position a ^ ZU V i % assure the dissatisfied amongst the delegates , that we have not the Pi ? hpr ! jeCtl ° . ? . twenty Papers being Btarted , Si v * . S 8 , t , on t 0 ' itl alliance with the Northern Star . We have always welcomed every new candidate for . Chartist patronage and ii the threatened rival naner will nnlv
go the whole hog , " and wisel y counsel the people in the pursuit of their rights , we promise it a hearty introduction to our friends . Hut we will not submit to be bullied from our position as the organ of the Chartist movement . % long and aealous service we have won that proud position , and we mean to keep it . As regards Mr O'Connor ' s letters , that gentleman has replied for himself , and it now only remains for the people to judgfe between him
and his accusers . For ourselves , we demand the bill of indictment against the Northern Star . When we know the charges we shall know how to reply to them . We might say much more , but enough for the present . We pause for a reply , .,
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Every movement of the present Ministry only reveals more clearly Ithe fact , that they are deficient in all the essential requisites which are necessary to a vigorous and efficient Government . They lack , above all , that confidence of the Legislature , which is required to enable any Government to proceed with a posL tive policy , of whatever kind it may be . Their official life is one of sufferance , and hence , their official policy is one of shifts and subterfuges . At every step of their career , there starts up some awkward question , which the y dare not meet , and are obliged , by one ma-PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW .
noeuvre or another , to get rid of . At the very commencement of the after Easter Session , when it might have been imagined that our Legislators , recruited and refreshed by spending their holidays in the country , would have been in fine condition for work—if they ever are So—anight has been lost . The long days , and the brilliant suns of May , warn us that the end of the Session is not far off . Visions of partridges , g rouse , stubble fields , and redcoated huntsmen , already present themselves to the imagination , and , so far , the new Parliament has done nothing but to pass unconstitutional andstringent measures , with the view of repressing the utterance of that discontent
which it knows not how to remove , and of stifling that disaffection which it is incompetent to allay . The Ministers did not . know how to screen a " noble friend"from a threatened exposure of his doings at Stamford , where he had grossly [ abused his social power as a Landlord , for the purpose of promoting his political interests ; they therefore had recourse to the clumsy expedient of making ' * no House , " a trick which we may simply explain to the uninitiated consists in sending to the Clubs at the West End , and other places where ' < Members " most do congregate , an 'official called the " Whipper-in , " with a polite request that they won't trouble themselves to be at the House at four o ' clock in the afternoon !
Thus the threatened exposure was burked on tbat occasion , and Tuesday night—the only one now left , by the way , for independent motions , by individual members—was thrown
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away . — On the first night of their re-assembling some more pulls at the national purse were made by Sir Charles Wood , who , if content to abrogate all the other functions ef his office , and to take the pay , while he remits the duties to " Committees up-stairs , " at least retains the wish and the power of spending the money of the people . Among three nulla was one of 200 , 000 / ., which the benevolent Baronet hopes to make a present of to the Sugar Planters of ( iuiana and Trinidad , in order that they may thereby be enabled to procure a
fresh supply of Immigrants to cultivate their estates , and , of course , to reduce the wages of the Labourers in their employment . Now we have shown , on former occasions , that our West Indian Colonies have a right to complain very much of the policy pursued towards them by this country , hut we object to this ad captandum mode of healing all sores by a golden plaister . It is not only a costly , but a most ineffective method of governing , and at this moment we are not quite in a position to be making presents of that magnitude . It is well known that financial difficulties are
thickening around the Government ; and it should be remembered that as " every little makes a mickle , " as the Scotch people say—all these gratuities to favoured interests will , when summed up , amount to a very heavy burden upon a people already overburdened and weighed down with taxation , at a time when trade is almost at a stand still throughout the country . Of course Sir Charles knows what
he is about . The Sugar Planters have a lot of votes in the -House of Commons . There is a quid pro quo in these cases . If you let us have the money , we will give you our support when needful . The bargain is struck—the people are sold , and that wonderful thing—a Whig Ministry—without real life or supporter ? , manages to get along as if it were a veritable administration . '
Lord John promised before Easter , that he was going to bring forward a host of political and social remedies for Ireland . We suppose we may take the bill of Sir W . Somerville for Extending the Franchise , as a sam ple of the stock . It is eminently Whiggish . Their last botched-up measure having utterly failed , they are now trying to substitute an al ost equall y worthless , vamped up article in its place . With a population of nearly eight millions , Ireland does not possess more than 100 , 000 voters , and these are rapidly diminishing . To remedy this , Sir W . Somerville proposes to abolish the
existing qualification , and in lieu thereof to adopt the principle that all persons rated to the Poor-rate to the amount of 8 * . and upwards , shall have a vote ; and that the Franchise shaH extend to cases of joint occupancy , provided the rating of the property , when divided , shall be sufficient to qualif y the different parties . He admitted that under the present system the elections in Ireland would at no distant date become a perfect farce ; and he anticipated from the adoption of his plan , an increase of the constituency at least four-fold .
Even if his anticipations were fully realised , they would fall far short of the justice of the case ; but looking at the actual condition of the people , we do Dot believe they are at all likely to be so ; and , in the meantime , it is evident that the measure is a mere sop in the pan , proposed with the view of securing for the ? unpalatable Poor Law a little more support than it has hitherto received . Now we are opposed altogether to this Whig method of making the natural desire of men to exercise a natural right , the occasion for the construction of tax traps . They did so in their Bptorm / vet
, and the result is to be seen in the small constituency out of the number nomi nally entitled and in the annually increashZ disgust with the whole apparatus of Regisil hon Courts This new specimen of political blundering „ „ t at all likely to become more hTS V ° r ^ r P , L ular > and ttt P ™ P ° 2 it atdll , in the face of the popular opinion amongst al classes in favour of a very large extension , is either apiece of cool impudSS or excessive folly . "" puuence
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A discussion as to the propriety of disfranchising the conupt freemen of Great Yarmouth gave Lord John an opportunity of again hoisting the standard of finality . Mode-V tl . Ultt * 8 aid ' ^ mfeJngthetaW aww of the votesfrom these parties would reduceThe constituency ; he wished to ask if \ in ttat Ifo tort JXJh lor < i vvould give a 3 < - «* 4 $ HIS lordship has a horror at the idea of touch-71 32 and tLate r SaCred » £ to £ hto ? dpfl nfihl i ' , therefOT e , at once abjured afi ett ^ i , i ^? Uid Evolve \ he prin . Xd [ that "Wt ! aadas hei 8 deter " Bill' ? whiTJ ShaU - > thin S bllt the down I / ' ? ° nstlt « encie 3 may dwindle less - iS V - mall by degrees and beautifully compared « tV ?/ n onse luence , whatever , 3 J fl th the maintenance in all its in-S t ? I p ¦ ? f venerable and hallowed portion ot tne British constitution—the Reform Act I
« £ a I I v the Premier ^ tended to t do the handsome" for his Jewish colleague ! L vTesentati # n in ^ e City of London , and which was introduced at the commencement of the session , and then lost sight of al-Lft has turf <* up again , at last . Baron Rothschild is no - great shakes" of a speaker , mfcVfV T ' lordshi P think 3 he can pass muse , for two members himself ; but we must say it s somewhat disrespectful to the Baron , ana , at the same time , a clear datirivatinn of
S L the citlzens of London , to hav e delayed the settlement of this question Zl , f u- But ln this case ' as in every other , f w / l g ^? st wav t 0 ^ exigencies of a weak and tottering Government , which only stZTl i ° , from da >' *» y u P ° *• s ray planks which the eddies of the political tide happen to bring within , their reach .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 6, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_06051848/page/4/
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