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BRITISH EMPIRE PREEHOIiD LAA T 1) AND BUILDINGS SOCIETY. On an Advance your Rent is Saved,—you become your own Land and Householder.
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THE NORTHERN STAR SAXBK»A¥, JUNJE 9, 1819.
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THE COUNTRY'S DANGER. Wc have proclaimed...
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PRESS REFORM. If we required any proof o...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. The discussions on...
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British Empire Preehoiid Laa T 1) And Buildings Society. On An Advance Your Rent Is Saved,—You Become Your Own Land And Householder.
BRITISH EMPIRE PREEHOIiD LAA 1 ) AND BUILDINGS SOCIETY . On an Advance your Rent is Saved , —you become your own Land and Householder .
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iraiTVUS . 1 . C . . ALU . UUL , XIW *} « .. > *• u aaw ., ., , x , jj . . jJUSUblA ., , --. A « **• v' *— Bankers—The Commercial Bank of London ( Branch ) , 6 , Henrietta Street , Covent Garden . London OJcc . —Xo . 13 , Tottenham Court , Hew Road , St Yancras , London .-Dakiel Wnxux kottt , secretary . Abraw £ D is Three Sections . Talue of Shares and Payments for Investors . Full Share .. .. £ 120-paymeut of 2 s . 3 d . ^ Week , or Ms . 6 d . per Montn . HalfShatfo .. .. 60 — 1 21 — jj 3 — Quarter Share .. .. 30 — 0 7 J — . * \ ™ „„ , w nf Applicants * re requested to state in their form the Section they desire to beji MattbM . Of . 2 fc ScbyeW , Sd < dWBsVor Redemption- F £ Es .-The presentEntranceFee , including Cerbficate , RulsS , & c ., is 4 s . *** 5 CBVEY ' p ^ Share , and 2 s . Gd . for any part of a Share . Price of Rules , includmg Postage , is . rwTvrppnpa -Ut To enalAamemterstoDinldDivellin ! ' Douses . 5 tn .-To give to ^ Depositing Members » higher rate ofln-1 st—ioenau » memi * rstoDmiauwuw ^ j « . u 3 tcrest than is vidded by ordinary lawtes of mvestnient . 2 nd . —To afford the means of purchasing both rreenoia 6 tu- _ T 0 enable Parents to make Endowments for their and Leasehold i'roperties or Land . CluMren ,-or Husbands for their Wives , er for Marriage 3 rd . —To advance Mortgages on Property held by settlements . ^ _ ^ . members . 7 th . —To purchase w piece of Freehold Land of sufficient . « - ,, , t _ »~ , ?„« . numbers to redeem value to give a legal title to a € ouu ^ Vote for Members of 4 th . —Tevnable Mortgagors Ijeing memoes ™ parliaaient . their Massages . _ J . _ -.- „ . u j- section every person in town or country can become the proprietor of a Hov . se and Land Se < 53 okL—By joining * 5 Kj . « iii-iHair-removed from his fiien ds , connexions , or the present means hiinselfaud family in Ms cwn ueigilwurhooA . y * j ° mayhaveofguBing i ^ ehhoo ^ . ^ erect D weUings thereon , and divide the Land into J-Ecno . vll . —io I ~~ { awards , in or near the towns of thc various branches of the society . The property to be allotraents ffomli ^ i- ™ - ^^ ^^^ p a fter a term of years , from the date « f location , -according * o his subscriptions . thc iaiitjide LJT ^ JL atins or llcjiosdt section , in which members not wisliiugto purchase are enabled to invest smaU sums , - -sbotox iu- jj ^ f ^ fj sf five per cent , per annum , on every sum of 10 s . and upwards so deposited . x B _ £ 50 » wili be advanced to the members of the first Section in July next , when all persons who have and may fcr / vmie members for Shares , or parts of Shares , on or before the 4 th of July next , and who pay six months * subscriptions in advance , or otherwise , win be eligible for an advance .
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AL 5 U , niHE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BEjNTSFIT SOCIETIES . I EnroUed pursuant to Act of Parliament Thus securing to its members the protection of the law for their funds and propertv . Legalised to extend over the United Kingdom , with the privilege of appointing Medical Attendants , Agents , Jtc An opportunity is now offered to healthy persons , up to Forty Years of Age , of joining these flourishing Institutions in towu or country . LoMXMi Ofiice . —1 * . Tottenham Court , Sew Road , St Pancras ( thirteenfli house eastward from Tottenham Court-road ) . Daxiel AVnxuji Hurry , Secretary . Patrons . —T . S . Dc . sco . mbe , Esq ., M . P . T . "Waklet , Esq ., 3 I . P . B . B . Cabbell , Esq ., M . P . F . O'Conxob , Esq ., M . P . L . J . Haxsabd , Esq . Iu ihe short space of Five years these societies have paid the foUowing benefits to their members . SUMMARY OF CLAIMS . £ S . d . Sickness and Superannuation .. .. .. .. S , 43 G 14 7 Accouchmcnts .. .. .. .. .. 1 , 003 0 0 Funerals .. -. -- .. .. .. 904 4 9 LosshyFire .. .. .. .. .. 55 2 0 £ 3 , 419 1 4 Present Capital funded in the Bank of England .. .. £ > , 1 SC 10 5 These Societies are in six divisions or sections , for the Members to receive the following Benefits according to their Subscriptions : — Fmsr Dmsiox . ( Foubth Division . Entrance according to age , from 5 s . to 10 s . Monthly Con- Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . Cd . to 8 s . 6 d . tributious for Sickness and Management 2 s . 7 d . ! Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , I Is . 4 d . £ ' s . d . | Allowance , in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 18 0 ! £ s . d . Member ' s Funeral -- -- -- -- 20 O 0 . ' Allowance in Sickness , per -week .. .. OOO Ditto Wife ' s or Sominee ' s ditto .. .. 10 0 0 j Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 "Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. .. .. 2 0 0 -Member ' s Wife or Nominee's ditto .. .. 5 0 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 20 0 0 ! Wife ' s Lying in .. .. .. .. 100 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 C 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 Second Division . Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . 6 cL , to 9 s , Gd . Fifth Division . Monthly . Contribution for Sickness and Management , Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . to 8 s . Monthly Con-- 2 s . Id . tributionfor Sickness and Management , Is . id . ARowance in Sickness , per -week .. .. 0 15 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 7 0 Member's Funeral .. -. -. -. 1 C 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. -. .. .. COO Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 8 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Sominee ' s ditto .. .. 3 0 0 "Wife's Lying-in .. .. .. .. 113 0 AVife's Lying-ia .. .. .. .. 015 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to la 0 0 LossbyFire .. .. .. .. .. 500 Superannuation , per week .. -. -. 050 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 Timid Division . Sixth Division . Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . to 9 s . Monthly Con- Entrance Money .. .. .. .. 0 3 0 lributiou for sickness and Management , Is , "d . Monthly Contribution .. .. .. 0 10 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 011 0 ARowance in Sickness .. .. .. 0 7 0 Member ' s Funeral 12 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 2 10 0 Ditto Wife's or Xominee ' s ditto .- -- 6 0 0 So Levies in this Division . "Wife ' s Lying-in 1 10 0 loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 0 0 O to 10 0 0 Levies according to the demands on each division per Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 040 quarter . X . B . —The difference in the two Societies is , the Patriots have an Accouchment benefit , the Patriarchs have not that benefit therefore do not pay levies for it Ijsr * Applications for -A gvncicsrequested from all parts of the country ; information for appointment of Agencies can "be obtained by letter , enclosing a postage stamp . Blank forms and information for the admission of country members can be obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing threep-jstage stamps , to Daniel William Itumr , General Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , Sew Road , St Pancras .
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THE CHEATEST EDITION IVEB rDBUSHED . Price Is . Cd ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of th Auther , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Xow Ready , a New Edition of ! P . G'GGNNGR'S WORK ON SMALL FAB
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REGISTER ! REGISTER . ' REGISTER ! 3 fow rublislied , and ready for circulation , by the XiiioxAL Election axd Registration fJOMMITIEE , A COMPLETE HAND BOOK AND GUIDE TO REGISTRATION , compiled from the Reform Act and other Parliamentary Papers , making the subject of Registration so plain and simple , as to bring it within the capacity of all classes . Published by James "Watson , S , Queen ' s Headpassage , Patcrnostcr-row , London , and seld by all booksellers iu the United Kingdom . Price , only Three Pence . 3 Diyalsol » e had of the Secretary , James Grassbt , 9 C , Regent-street , Lambeth .
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CHARTIST SILK FABRICS . MESSRS . CLARK AND WARREN be ; most respectfully to call the attention of the Democrats of Great Britain to the following splendid assortment vf Xcck and Pocket Handkerchiefs , Black Satin Vestpieces , Ladies' Chartist Coloured Satin and Tabby Dresspieces ; also a splendid assortment of Ladies' plain and figured Neck Ties , which have just come to hand from their manufacturer at Macclesfield , audit is their intention to forward tbem ( carriage free ) to aU parts of Great Britain and Ireland at the following prices "— & s . d . Ladies' Dress-pieces , four teen yards to the dress , - 3 s . per yard .. V . .. .. 2 2 0 Gentlemen ' s Extra Strong Black Satin Vesting , per Vest .. .. „ .. .. 0 10 0 Ditto , --Neckerchiefs , Rich Oporto Ducapes , Plain and l'laided .. .. .. .. 5 6 Ditto , ditto , Sarin Ducapes . Plaided .. 0 5 0 Ditto , ditto , Xapoleon Blue Satin Brussels , Crimson Borders .. .. 0 4 6 Ditto , - ditto , Extra Bich Slack Satin TmicHeavy 0 4 3 Ditto , ditto ,- BuickBrussels ,. Plain .. 0 4 0 Ditto , ditto , ditto , Tri-co-
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JPHE CHARTISTS OF THE WEST Jr . £ ^ . 0 F YOUKSHIBE are hereby informed , that * West-Bjuing Delegate meeting will be held in the XleinocratM : School-room , Crofr-srreet , WakefieM-read , Bradfv . ru , on Sunday , Jose 17 th , at eleven o ' clock in the fccesflon . for the purpose of preparing a Lecturers' plan for the « seamg quarter , and other important business connected mm the movement
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OS SALE , TWO FARMS AT MNSTER LOVEL a FOmt-ACHg , and a TWO-ACRE . ' 1-u .- a PP Bcatioastobegddre ; sed to the Directors of the iw Lo ^ ' Jjnj ' ^ - ^ - their 0 ffic ^ m > IIigb 1 M "
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SOW READY , "WITO THE JUNE MAGAZINES . Just published , No . I . of THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW Of BRITISH and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY , and LITERATURE . Edited hy G . JULIAN EARNEY . contests : 1 . The Editor ' s Address to the Working Classes . 2 . Letter to the Trades . 3 . Our Inheritance : The Land , Common Property . 4 . The French Elections . 5 . Political and Historical Review—Domestic and Foreign . 6 . Louis Blanc and Armand Barbes . 7 . Literature : —Prentice's America ; Louis Blanc ' s Appeal to Mcucst People . 8 . Correspondence - . —The Sheffield Election , & c ., & c . FORTY PAGES—PRICE THREEPENCE ! London : 5 , "Wine Office-court , Fleet-street To be had of allBooksellers aud News Agents in Town and Country .
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NOW PUBLISHING , PRICE ONE PENNY , THE HOME JOURNAL , AND COM--JL PASION FOR THE FAMILY CIRCLE . No . I . Amongst the principal original articles are—Thc Yeoman ' s Daughter , a Tale of English Country Life—The Conquest of Pride , by Madame Roybaud—China aud the Chinese—A Traveller ' s Tale of Wonder—Position and Prospects of the National Drama—The Influences of Cheap Literature—The Famine , a Poem , & c , & c , & c . The contributors to the "Home Journal' - " are ladies and gentlemen of eminence in periodical literature . It contains sixteen large quarto pages of amusement and instruction for the family circle . Published weekly , at the office , 10 , Red Lion-court , Fleetstreet , and sold by all booksellers and dealers in periodicals . Price One Penny . The largest Weekly Literary Journal .
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On Saturday , June 16 th , will appeal-, No . 1 of THE PEN 2 vT PUNCH , A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK , with all his Father ' s youthful strength and racy humour , devoid of that weakness and imbecility—thc result of dotage—which has so recently characterised the conduct ef his worthy Sire . For particulars see Prospectus . For convenience of parties in remote parts , the Penny Punch may be sent per post , on receipt of two stamps , or two shillings and twopence per quarter . W . Winn , 34 , HolyweU-street , Strand , and all booksellers .
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TO TAILORS . By approhafion of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His Royal Highness Prince Albert . Now Ready , THE LONDON and PARIS SUMMER FASHIONS for 1849 , by Messrs . BENJAMIN READ aud Co ., 12 , Hart-street . Bloomsbury-square , London ; and by GEORGE BEllGElt , HolyweU-street , Strand ; a splendid PRLNT , elaborately finished , and superbly coloured , the LANDSCAPE , a correct view iu the Queen ' s Botanical Gardens , London , ( by spechd permission , ) the most magnificent place in Europe . This beautiful picture will be accompanied with the most novel , good fitting , and fashionable Dress , Riding , Frock , and Hunting CoatPattcrns , both double and single-breasted ; Hussar ' s Youth ' s round Jackets , plain and with skirts ; single and double-breasted Dress , Morning and Evening Waistcoats ; also the most fashionable and newest style Habit Pattern ; every particular part of each pattern fully explained , and an illustration of everything respecting Style and Fashion ; price 10 s . Sold by Read aud Co ., 12 ,-Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; G . Berger , HolyweU-street , Strand ; and aU . Booksellers in Town and Country .
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FOR SALE , ONE FOUR-ACRE PALD-UP SHARE in the National Land Company . Price , £ A 10 s . One TWO-ACHE SHARE f „ rJE 2 . And ONE SHARE for any reasonable price . Also , TWO FOUR-ACRE SHARES , 12 s . being paid thereon , and ONE SHARE having 10 s . paid thereon , both for 14 s . A 11 My ( prepaid , ) if hy letter , to Mr . James Powell , Aladdox-court , North-parade , Alomnouth .
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• PEKSEVinuMi Vr ; TRADES' UNIONISTS A PUBLIC -MEETING OF THE ii TRADES OF L 0 XD 0 N , and of the Workmen of tin Metropolis generally , will be Held ..- IS THE NATIONAL HALL , HIGH H 0 LB 0 RN , . OnWBBSESuAYEvESUNGjJOSElSTH , To take into consideration , the case of Messrs . Dbuki Mabsden , BCLtoss , and Hall , thc four Razor Grinders ( Sheffield , incarcerated in York Castle , at the instance c the " Sheffield Manufacturers' Protection Society ; " and t adopt such moans as may appear best calculated toassis in enabling tiiem to obtain all the Justice allowed b y th laws ot our country , and that may tend to restore themt society , and triumph over petty despotism and unmcrite and unrelenting persecution . Two delegates from Sheffield will attend , and . afford fu information of the particulars of this important case . . Doors open at half-past seven o ' clock . The chair will t taken at eight o ' clock precisely . By order of the London Defence Committee , William Chilton , Secretary , Bell Inn , Old Bailey , June 4 th , 1849 .
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• This sp lendid portrait will be issued along with our present number . Of its value we will not comment , as the patriot himself lias said to Mr , O'Connor : — " To many . claims , however , upon mygrate ful esteem , you have latel y added one more , which to my mind possesses a peculiar weight and value . You have ' brought out' the very best likeness that has appeared of me . All my friends are delighted with it . The execution of it , too , is very beautiful , and has been greatl y admired . " Timel y notice was g iven to our agents to forward their orders . About twenty of tbem have neglected to inform us of the mode ol transit ; consequentl y , those subscribers who are disappointed will know the cause .
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NOTICE TO LAND MEMBERS . Tho Directors of the National Land Company hereby give notice that the Bonus Fund for location on the Bromsgrovc Estate will close on Thursday next , the 13 th of June ; and in the following week the names of the successful candidates will he published in the "Northern Star . " B y order of tho Directors . Thomas Clark , Cor . Sec .
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J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , for the Victim i ' und , viz . : —Mr . llalton , Od ; Mr . Hall , Id ; From the " Balloon , " 2 s 6 d ; Mr . Caunt , 2 d ; Air . J . King , Id ; from the " Colonel Hutchinson , " 5 s . ——Foil Defence rem —Mr . Chipindale , 6 d . The Cambeiiwell and W ^ lwohtii resolution jvould be chargeable with advertisement duty . Mr . 15 . Du . mcax , Dunfermline . —Your letter was properly addressed . We forwarded it . Jlr . Aucuterlonie , Landernau . —ltcccivcd . W . Peel , Manchester . —Yes , wc shall be happy to do so . The Khikdale I ' msoxEits . —Thomas Ormcslier has received the foUowinjr sums : — Bacup , per James Wilson , 5 s ;
Stockport , Thomas"Woodliouse , as ; Middleton , "William Bates , 8 s ; Hull , II . Hancock , Ts ; London Victim Committee , £ i 10 s ; Rochdale , William Bake , 10 s ; EUund , David Hirst , Is ; Manchester , John Mlfeown , 2 s Gd ; Stockport , Jones Silvester , 13 s 71 d . The Manchester Victim Committee have decided upon sending the late victim , W . Nixon , through the following districts ; North Lancashire , Yorkshire , Leicester , Derby , Nottingham , and the Midland Comities , Birmingham , Staffordshire , Cheshire , and all other localities desirous of lus services as a lecturer , for the support of the Kirkdale prisoners . All correspondence must be addressed to the Secretary of the Victim Committee , Thomas Ormesher , Hi , Bridgewater-street , Manchester .
The Northern Star Saxbk»A¥, Junje 9, 1819.
THE NORTHERN STAR SAXBK » A ¥ , JUNJE 9 , 1819 .
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THE COUNTRY'S DANGER . Wc have proclaimed it to surfeit , that thc ignorance of a people is the tyrant ' s host title to power , and we may add , that tho ignorance of their rulers constitutes tho country ' s greatest—nay , only danger , If the mind is the element to he represented in Parliament ; it is not only right but indispensable and politic that its true state should be conveyed to , and developed by , its presumed representatives ; while the withholding of that mind not onl y induces but justifies a people in using other means of communicating the nation ' s ¦ will .: The rulers of a nation are not onl y censurable
, but hi ghly criminal , if they are i gnorant of tho state of public feeling ; while they are doubl y so , if , cognizant of it , they withhold its true state or misrepresent it for one of two purposes ; to justif y oppression or withhold timel y justice . When it is necessary to cater for Ministerial support , and to base confidence upon dire necessity , then the very air . is hugged to bursting , and in every bubble blown by the imaginative genius of spies ! informers , and detectives , the Minister sees danger in the distance , which , FOR THE TIME not only justifies him in withholding timel y and prudent concessions , but compels him to apply to Parliament for a
temporary suspension of the Constitution , to produce that calm in which the law may be moulded to suit the real exigencies of the state , but which time never arrives . "It would not be prudent in lnm to divul ge to the HOUSE the strong , the undeniable , and irrefutable evidence of the existing or threatened-danger with which that RED BOX is charged to explosion , but relying upon the loyalty of that HOUSE , he felt it his duty thus faintl y to foreshadow the coming danger ; and , as to be forewarned was to be forearmed , he relied upon the loyalty and good sense of that HOUSE to arm her Majesty ' s responsible advisers with those powers necessary nay in .
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dispensable—to the preservation of the peace of I the country , and to preserve her Majesty ' s loval subjects against the p lots , designs and Stations of artful and DESIGNING DEMAGOGUES , who meditate treason and confiscation . " ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) This is the channel throug h which the House and her Majesty ' s Ministers receive thenknowledge of public opinion , and the COUNTRY'S ONLY DANGER consists in the IGNORANCE OF PARLIAMENT , the HYPOCRISY OF MINISTERS , and the PROSTITUTION OF THE PRESS , all constituting roug h elements of danger , which , if not corrected and controlled by sound popular judgment , will assuredly , and ere long , add this country to the melancholy catalogue of revolutionised states , and for which the
Press will . one day have to answer . Let those who would base denial of right upon popular ignorance , visit the several towns of England , and behold the newsshops , the cheap publication stands , and the one thousand aud one channels through which knowledge is disseminated ; and it is no answer that those are , for the most part , marts for the dissemination of visionary aud inflammable nonsense . They constitute the only source throug h which the working millions can acquire knowledge , or mental
recreation , whether right or wrong ; and , if wrong , the Government alone is responsible for the error , because , with an immense fund justly app licable to the instruction of tho people , it is the duty of the Government to see to the just , the profitable , and national application of that fund , which could be beneficially app lied to the sound education of the people , instead of being piously lavished in millions , as a FEUD FUND , upon the idle sons of those pliant gentlemen who receive the people ' s money , and in return aid the Minister in perpetuating misrule upon the plea of presumed
ignorance . Of the many changes which maybe brought—and unequivocally sustainedagainst the English Government , none is more heinous than that -of popular ignorance . Schools have been established and colleges endowed with the . people ' s money ; but to those seminaries the people not only have not access , but in them are taught , fostered , ingrafted , and perpetuated , the strongest . aversion and antipathy to the natural ri g hts of the poor . And wh y ? Simpl y because the ignorance of the people constitutes their rulers' best title to power , and upon the perpetuation of that ignorance
depends aristocratic title to monopol y of the people ' s education fund , as Avellas all other funds . This class gleans its knowledge of men and things from the fanciful authors of exploded times , while the rising mind and rapidl y growing genius of the age , arc framed and modelled according to the necessities of the age . Which of those MENTORS , from whose fanciful genius the scions of aristocracy receive their education to qualify them as rulers of a great nation , has written upon steam navigation , railroads , the printing press , the electric
telegraph , t > r steam power , as a substitute for manual labsur ? Was . not thc knowledge of all , of one and all , devoted to the adaptation of existing things to the existing and not to the anticipated state of society ? And yet , in this revolutionary ago of progress , when mind is upon every passing breeze , and when the genius of the morrow may turn the accepted wisdom of to-day into folly—is it , we would ask , rational to hope to govern , coerce , and controthat mind by the exploded almanac of an exp loded age ?
Let us now point out the continuous and systematic error into which all Governments have fallen . They have invariably persecuted the pioneers of order , while they have as invariabl y been driven to accept their princi ples at a ruinous expense , and after a tyrannical opposition , thus goading the enraged multitude , until popular strength has assumed that commanding attitude which enables it to reject with scorn that which , if granted in time , would have been cheerfull y , yea , gratefull y , accepted as a boon . However , we glean no slig ht consolation from the assurance of Lord John Russell and Sir George Grey , both of whom , in their speeches upon Mr . Hume ' s motion , admitted thc necessit y of Reform , and
a large extension of the Suffrage , while we derive no small pleasure from the progress of our DAY SCHOLAR OF PRINTING HOUSE-SQUARE , iu political as Avell as in social science . From the following comment of our pupil , upon Mr . Hume ' s motion , the reader will learn that not onl y Russell , but the pugnacious "Thunderer" has abandoned all thought of FINALITY , and that our old opponents are preparing for a morning airing with their CHARTIST FRIENDS . Not that they will have the courage , constitution , or strength to go the whole journey with us , but they will condescend to accompany us a part of the way on our long and tedious journey . Well , our pupil says : —
The division last night proved the danger felt hy most sensible persons in a theoretical reconstruction of the Legis lature . It did not commit the majority against practical and gradual reform ; anil , if we read aright thc Ministerial speeches , such a reform is in contemplation . Of its nature we arc ignorant , but as hints of this sort have the invariable effect of stimulating agitation and weakening resistance , we presume that no such hint would have been given but for sonic corresponding design . It is very certain that the last Reform Hill would never have been introduced into the House , much less passed into a law , but for the obstinate resistance made to reform for so many years , and by so many great men . It took a long time to fill up
the measure ol public indignation ; and it did not overflow till it was full . The fatal obstinacy of Canning , of Peel , and of Wellington accumulated those arrears , which it took a " revolution" to discharge . Without going to the projects of Mr . Hume , Mr . O'Connor , or Mr . liright , it is easy to point out various emendations and enlargements of the constituencies , purifications in the electoral system , and substitutions of the most populous for the most reduced boroughs , which would reform the Ilouse pari pussu with the changing circumstances of the times . Unless some such- gradual reform is early initiated by the government , it may possibly find itself deserted by moderate men , and left to fight its own battles with extreme and revolutionary reformers .
Reader , there is a mouthful of hope for you , and no small consolation for us , as we learn that we have not laboured in vain , when we have converted such a profligate old prostitute to the path of virtue . Let OUR READERS bear in mind , that while spouters and scribblers are NOW predicting that EMANCIPATION , REFORM , and FREE TRADE , might have been indefinitel y postponed , if timely and prudent concessions had been made , we predicted the same of Emancipation and Reform twelve years ago ,
aud < of Free Trade nine years ago—in 1810 . But let the reader also mark , and mark well , too , that there is no vengeance so great as that of the ruling power against those who , by continuous and unswerving resolution , extract changes , which otherwise would never have been conceded ; and gaining wisdom from the past , we now warn the people that a coerced Government , no matter how pitiful its dole , will seek to wreak its vengeance upon those who extracted it from their fears , as justice is out of the question .
A word to the wise and we have done . " To be forewarned is to be forearmed , " and we caution the people not to allow the Government to base its refusal or postponement of the promised boon upon popular folly . Beware of spies and informers ; be steady ; be resolute , but in God ' s name" bo wise and peaceful .
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Reform , the Chronicle " of Thursdayteat su . to a full , a powerful , able , and comManure developement of the means-the only meaiis--6 y which our representative system can be based upon a sound , a solid , and satisfactory foundation . And to our mind the proposition of the advocate of Colonel Mazzaroni s system of street warfare , as the peaceful means of effecting reform , is tho only one that would be accepted by the people ;—Here it is :- — i i
" For our own part , " says our contemporary , " we see no reason why he should not make a beginning at once , by finding a popular and wealthy constituency for tho two seats vacated by the disfranchisement of Sudbury—a measure which no rational Conservative could seriously object to , and which far-seeing Reformers would hail as a fruitful constitutional precedent . " Now then , brave Chartists of England , what say you to the effect of progress upon thc Press ,- when the enfranchisement
of some " popular and wealthy borough , " is recommended as a substitute for the Charter ? Can you despair of all hope in Sir 11 . PEEL and his party , when the organ . of that part y has tho manly courage to propose such a sweeping measure of reform ? The " Times , " with more prudence—being the organ of that party Who are looked to for some organic change—surrounds hope with mist , upon the assurance that the liberal breath of Ministers
will one day dissolve the mist , and present to tho gaping multitude the anticipated model of a new and liberal Constitution , within the boundaries of which a sufficient amount of working class intelligence shall be admitted , to ensure- a fair representation of labour . Nevertheless , the " Times" of to-day , like the " Times ' of yore , regrets that the ignorance of the working classes would justify the application of very narrow limits , within which the new reform should be proscribed . We have frequently illustrated the fact , that neither danger nor an ignorant Parliament would be
tho result of conferring the franchise upon the most ignorant people—that is , when the body of electors was too large to bo bribed , and when the selection of representatives might be safely trusted to the most ignorant , acting under the influence of the wisest and most discreet of their order . It is not to be supposed that Tom , and Bill , and Harry—all ignorant and illiterate —would vote for Mr . Snooks in preference to Mr . GoOBCHiLD , if Mr . Ggodchild possessed those qualifications necessary for a representative , and in which Mr . Sa ooks may be wholl y delicient . No ; but , on the contrary , the
votes of Tom , and Bill , and Harry , would be given upon the recommendation of Mr . Wiseman , one of their order , to the candidate best qualified to do justice to that order , and such a representative , apprehensive that future defeat may he consequent upon the misdirection of this ignorant mind , would turn his thoughts to the best mode of destroying that ignorance , the present pretext for disqualification aud , perhaps , the means of his own future defeat . Let us most clearly and irrefutabl y illustrate the little danger that would be likely to result , —or , rather ,
the no danger , at all , —from the enfranchisement of a class wholly ignorant . We do it thus : —Suppose that the power was conferred upon every incarcerated criminal to send two or more members to Parliament , for whom would such criminals vote ? Wh y . not one of themselves , nor for a man who had ever been suspected of crime , but for one wholly untainted by crime ; if for no other purpose than to establish either their innocence or their love of virtue . So with drunkards ; if all the drunkards of England were conglomerated into one electoral district to-morrow , with the
power ot returning two or more members , tho best qualification for a candidate presenting himself to such a constituency would be confirmed tcctotalism !—But if ignorance could be looked upon as a justifiable cause of disqualification , let us in justice ask , who is chargeable with the crime—na ) , the sin of popular ignorance ? Why , who but the p rivileged classes who appl y the National Education Fund to their own sole use , behoof , and benefit . However , we see coming events in the distance , from the
profession of Ministers and the etching in of the " Times , " although we are left in glorious uncertainty as to the extent and form of the animal which is to gobble up and for ever destroy the " quadruped'' and the " sexipede . " . W c cannot conclude this article without calling attention to the concluding portion of the speech of Mr . P ' Connor , delivered at thc Milton-street Theatre , and that of Mr . Page Wood , on the motion of Mr . Hume . Mr . O'Connor declared that ho was a
complete nonentity m thc House ol Commons , and that the very fact of his proposing a motion , which might otherwise have been unanimously adopted , would upon his proposition be as unanimously rejected , lest its adoption migli , give him additional influence with the people . Well , we do not think that it would be possible to furnish a stronger illustration of the fact than the speech of Mr . Page Wood supplies . That hon . gentleman not only admitted , hut boasted , that he voted for Mr . Hume ' s motion merely from antagonism to that of Mr . O'Connor ; and yet there are tow more honourable or independent members than Mr .
Wood ; and hence tho people will learn that an affrighted individual will jump from the top of a house upon thc alarm of fire , and thus crack his neck to save himself from thc flames . But wc beg to assure Mr . Wood , that the best mode of saving himself from both jump and flames is , by putting his house in order in time , and then he need dread neither jump nor fire . " A stitch in time saves nine ; " and we would now recommend to her Majesty ' s Ministers so to stitch and repair thoir old tattered constitution , as to render further patchwork unnecessary ; and to rest assured , that this can only . be effected b y judicious use of the CHARTIST NEEDL 15 .
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PRESS REFORM . If we required any proof of the influence exercised b y the Press over the Ministers of the Crown , or rather if we required proof of the presumption of such power , we need not go beyond the definition of Reform , as portrayed b y our consistent Radical physical force Whi g , Tory , Conservative , everything-and-nothing contemporary—the "Morning Chronicle . " As to politics the "Chronicle" maybe considered a very imperfect reflex of the " Times ? ' as we generally find the opinions and policy of the latter constitute' the theories of the former . Hence , while the " Times " ' of Wednesday rather chuckles over the anticipated Ministerial
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The discussions on the Miscellaneous Estimates which preceded Mr . Hume ' s motion for Parliamentary Reform , were most appropriate , and forcible illustrations of its necessity . The scandalous and disgraceful character of man y of the items in these estimates , made even the " Times " blush—a thing , by the way , which seems a moral impossibilit y , ' but which , on this
occasion was nevertheless a , fact . In two articles , it dwelt with as much unction on the enormities of annual charges for triennial silver trumpets , and similar specimens of Governmental swindling , and modes of " obtaining money upon false pretensions , " as could the plain-spoken and candid Mr . Osdoune himself , to whom thc public are , in the first instance , indebted this year , for calling attention to a host of iniquitous charges .
These Estimates , 'in fact , exhibit more clearl y the frightfully extravagant way in which these sums—annuall y wrung ; from the people—are squandered , than any other part of the yearly expenditure . The total amount included under the head of '" Miscellaneous . Estimates " is about four millions , but a large portion of the jobbing , corruption , waste , and rascality indulged in by the ruling powers , finds its record in them ; and so multifarious are the items ,
that it is a tolerable safe speculation to print them , few caring to wade through the mass of figures and details which show how the money of which the people are plundered , is shared by the p lunderers . It would carry us-too far to enter upon any detailed comments upon the nature of these Estimates ; one sample shall suffice for the manner iu which the public money is wasted , and the spirit in which that waste is regarded by official members of the Government .
Most of our readers are aware that " Fum the Fouiixii" was considered himself a great patron of the arts , and especiall y prided hmiselfon lus taste in archi tecture . In K sor . Brighton ; and London , he indX < £ Ms predilections for putting bricks nS ™ f
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easier to him inasmuch as he had not to pay the bills . It was only necessary to present them to an obsequious Parliament , and they were duly cashed . Of his architectural efforts , at Windsor and Brig hton , it is only requisite to say , that his successor , WlLLIAMTHE FOURTH , pulled down that at Windsor , and that the Chinese toy at Brig hton has . been disposed of as so much useless lumber . Buckingham Palace—the metropolitan residence of the Soverei gn—cost an immense sum of money . It was intended especially to illustrate the taste and enlig htenment of the Monarch , under whose orders it was erected—and it certainl y did so . Itwasin thc first place , built in a swamp , i I inasmuch as he had not to pay
, and , in the next , was constructed in a style of architecture which added to , rather than neutralised , the disadvantageous ' appearance inherent to its bad site . There are now scores of streets in London infinitely superior to it in all that constitutes a claim to architectural beauty . To put the finishing stroke to this badly-situated and badly-constructed edifice , a marble arch , which cost nearly £ 100 , 000 , was placed iii the centre of the opening in front , though for what purpose we never could see , inasmuch as the exits and entrances were always by a side gateway . When the present Sovereign began to have a famil y rising about her , it was discovered that her uncle had built the house
for a bachelor , not for a married couple , and two years ago more room was asked for . Some people said then , that it would be better to build a new house at once , than to throw more money away upon one that was incurable both as to its site and its original structural defects . It was suggested that Buckingham Palace mi ght be appropriated to the purposes of a new National Gallory , which it is pretty certain we shall want erelong , and the peopJo would thus got something in exchange for an additional expenditure on the article of Palaces . This view was
not adopted . £ 150 , 000 was granted for additions to thc old building , which even when completed will ' not admit of a drawing-room or levee being held in it , and which extending the whole length of thc front formerl y left open , will prevent that free access of light aud air to the interior of the building so peculiarl y required from its low and swampy position , and must materiall y increase tho evils and inconveniences arising from its position . In the progress of these alterations it has become necessary to remove the marble arch , and this year the sum of £ 2 , 000 was charged in the
estimates for that purpose . Mr . Osborne asked where it was to go to ? Sir Charles Wood replied laughingly that he could not tell ; but one thing was certain—that it could not stop where it was ; whereupon other lion , members laughed also . No doubt this playing at ducks and drakes with tho public money is very funny to those who pocket it , but we opine it is not so pleasant to those who have to pay it . In the words of the frogs in the fable
to the naughty boys who pelted them with stones and enjoyed the fun amazingly— " It may be sport to you , but it is death to us . " The one hundred thousand pounds thrown away upon this marble monstrosity , which is now to cost £ 2 , 000 more in pullin g down , "would have placed four hundred families upon threeacre freehold farms of their own , each with a comfortable cottage and outbuildings , and an ample suppl y of implements , seed , and capital to cultivate the soil for their own
sustenance and the increase of the national wealth . Taking the four hundred families at an average of six persons here would have been twenty-four thousand men , women , and children rendered independent for life , and a source of continuall y increasing wealth to the community , by tho money which was squandered b y a profligate monarch upon a heap of useless rubbish . It would be easy to extend our remarks , and multi p ly examples as to thc recklessness with
which the money wrung from an oppressed and suffering people is expended , but it is unnecessary ; the two factions who share between them the powers of thc Government , and Avho turn out and in when such changes appear to them to be required to cheat thc people at large into the belief that they have really some control over Parliament , have , it is quite clear , made up their minds to back each other in maintaining a financial system which plunders the industrious classes for the sake of the
aristocratic idlers of society . Any real retrenchment can onl y be effected b y a radical reform of thc so-called House of Commons . It holds the purse-strings , and by the exercise of that recognised , undoubted , and all-powerful privilege , could put an end to these abuses at once , no matter what mi ght be the dispositioa of the monarch and the aristocracy . It is thc perception of this fact which rallies both factions , and makes them lay aside , for the time being , their selfish struggles to obtain
the mastery of the public purse , in order to oppose any change which would reall y invest thc people with the power of imposing their own taxes , and directing tho way in which they shall be applied . Mr . Hume , in introducing his motion , forcibly showed tho direct pecuniary bearing of thc question , when he said that in 1792 the whole annual taxation of the country was hut sixteen millions , of which one million was applied to tho Sinking Fund—in other words , to the gradual extinction of the National Debt . Our annual taxation is now
sixty millions , and we have apparently given up all idea of ever reducing the mighty mass of debt which hangs like a millstone round thr neck of the nation . During the last half century , population has scarcely doubledtaxation has been quadrupled ; so that taking the mere nominal money amount of taxation , each man , woman , and child , has to pay twice as much for the support of * thc Govcrtment , as they did in 1792 . But this is an inaccurate test of the amount reall y paid . In thc interim , a great change has been made in the purchasing power of our currency , Under the paper
currency , which prevailed up to 1810 , thc producer could add the amount of taxation to the cost of new material and labour , and thus make the non-producer and consumer pay something like a fair price for the article . But 1 eel ' s bill at once inverted this state of things , and at least doubled the purchasing power of every sovereign in tho pocket of the consumer and of course took from the producer double the amount of labour for the same amount ofmouey . In that way , therefore it may be said that every man , woman and child , i * s now paying four times as much in taxes as was paid in 1792 . It is no wonder , therefore , to find that the country bristles with barracks , bayonets , and cannon , in . order to
repress tho discontent caused b y such a monstrous practical oppression and tyranny as thie , The " Times' and "Chronicle" may sneer at motions for the amendment of our representative system , as being theoretical , ill-timed , uncalled for by anything in the present circumstances of thc country , and so forth—but , as long as tho tax-gatherer is thus seen to stand by the table and the bedside of every poor man , and filch away the bread , the meat , the sugar tea , furniture , and bed clothes he would otherwise possess , no amount of brazen-faced , impudent assertion will make the people believe ttot . they have not an interest in animmemate and sweeping reform of the House of Commons .
^ The . debate on Tuesday was a triumph for Chartism . The members who supported the motion laid down princi ples , adduced facts , and . brought forward . arguments , all of which tend irresistibl y to the conclusions which form wt ir ^ creed of the Chartist body . When Mr Hume and Mr . ; . -Bright complain that , out of the six millions of adult males in this country , less than one-sixth are enfrancmsecl , and describe : the , remaining five millions as ^ slaves , " they mcan _ if thev moan anything a $ ail-that every one of tliCSO five million political slaves ought to he emanci-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 9, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_09061849/page/4/
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