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      XATIOXAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION OFFICES , 14 , SOTJTHA 3 IPTON STREET , STBiSD

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      TO THE EMBAEKASSED . THERE are thousands of persons who liave long struigled against-the force of misfortune , but few are aware that , ' hy very recent Acts , all small traders Awing debts not exceeding £ 300 , fiirmer 5 , private and professional gentlemen , and all others , owing to any amount the latter withoutasy publicity ) , can be entirely raised rem their difficulties ut small expense * and without imprisonment or paukrupicy . All such Mr . Westox bc-gs will apply to him at S , Essex-street , Strand , by letter , or personally . OSee hoars from 101 HI 2 , and G tfll S . N . B . —The absve Ack stay aU Palace Court , Ccnnty Court , and other proceedings . Ciergjnien need not submit to scqnestraticiis .

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      EMIGRATION TO SORTII A 51 E 1 MCA . W TAPSCOTT A 25 D CO ., SHIPPING and Einigratien Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ships—To NEW YOItK-cverv Five Davs . To NEW OELEANS-everv Ten Days . To BOSTON aad PHILADELPHIA—every FLteen Days . ' " And occasionally te BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , and St JOHNS . __ Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New Yor ]^ payable ra any part of fhe United States . Tapscottfs "Emigi ^ ufs Guide" sent free , on receipt of four Postage Stamps . CS = Abouttwenty-eightthon £ an 3 per . « on 5 sailed for the Kew World , in Tapscott'slinp of American Packets . in 1 S 49 .

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      BUPttjreS EFFECTUALLY AND PERMA SEXTLY CUHED WITHOUT A TRUSS !!

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      •_—The skin , though lovely fair , May qulekly fade for want oi needful care . ' THE PBIMAEY CAUSE of the numerous DISEASES and Affections of the Skin is an impaired condition of the health , arising from a disordered state , of the stomach , Mver and boivels . From Ihese causes the blood becomes corrunt , digestion impaired , tte liver inactive , and the bowels constipated . Hence arise Blotches and eruptions of the skin , bilious affections , heart-» nrn , sick headache , irritability , spasms , flatulency , pain after eating , nervous debBity , & c To correct all the cruoibes of the vital fluids , strengthen the stomach , remove ndkestiori aad liver complaints , relieve the bowels , in-™ g « nate the . system . and taraquilise the nerves , DR . SCOTTj , FAMILY APERIENT TABLETS will be found m unfaawg remedy . It is a medicine of pleasant flavous-, ™" P »^^ extraordinary virtues from its peculiar preparaaon . With children , also , its effects wemostasto-SSi , - ? ! S effeetuaUy removes worms . Ifev £ ^ f- -t * " •• *&»* * ¦ * «« ^ . d Co ., m , Strand , ifay benad nreebypost ) aadofaUdealersin patontme-

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      Oa Saturday , May 16 th , 1 S 50 , will bepubbshed , price ONE PENNY , the First Numbcr . of THE VOICE OF . THE PEOPLE ; being a Wecily-Publication of the Thoughts , Wishes , Yiews , and Sayings-of some Working Men , addressed to the Sincere and Honest of their o > rn Community . G . Vickers , Holywdl-street , London , and all booksellers

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      THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVER rCBLISUED . * ' - Price Is . 6 d ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the •^ Author , of .- •' •¦ ' PAIKE'S POLITICAL WORKS .

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      LAND AND COTTAGES , The property of an independent gentleman . - " Tliere id now a capital opportunity . on the DiBDDf Hot estate , Chalfont St Giles , Bucks ( two miles from O'Cpnnorville ) , oiving to the removal of the principal tenant to the new estate near London . Eight acres , well known as die very best field iu the parish of Chalfont ( as will be certified by those excellent judges , Whit ? ey ,- ' Roe , and Page , from Northampton ) , with extensive right of Common , together with two four-roomed cottages , built against each ether , may be had immediately for £ 32 a year . -But ; the freeholder being anxious to honour labour ( being himself a wobkisg gentleman ) , and to see as many happy families as possible on his estate , he will accept nothing short of £ 33 for twelve mouths' rent in advance , if a rich man wants the whole ; but he will require . only £ 8 for half year ' s rent in advance , if a man takes only four acres and four rooms ; while he will be satisfied with only £ 2 , for one quarter ' s rent as a security , from any sober , honest , industrious , agricultural labourer , takingonly two acres and two rooms .

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      JMPORTANT DELEGATE MEETING . A YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE ^ 1 DELEGATE MEETIXG will be held at : HEHDEN BRIDGE , on Sunday , the 2 Cth of May , 1850 , at Ies O'Clock in the Fonesooj ! , when fhe following questions will be submitted for consideration : — 1 . —To consider , and finally settle , the best mode of appointing an Executive head to tlie Chartist movement 2 . —To discuss tlie New Plan of Organisation , as put forth by the London Conference . 3 . —To consider tho best mode of bringing the Chartist mind of the two counties , and the country generally , to bear upon the political questions of the day . Mr . G . W . M . JiEt . volds , of Lotidon , ' will attend mi behalf-iif the Provisional Committee . All communications to be addressed to J Aires Williams , 7 , Duke-street Back , Sandy brow , Stockport , Cheshire .

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      NATIONAL CHARTER LEAGUE . The Committee of the League respectfully informs Ihefiiends of progress , afid ' the public gcneralJr , that it hastaken THE DRUID'S HALL , FAUIUNGDOX STREET , for fhe purposes of the body , and that tho FIRST LECTURE therein , will be delivered on Scxdat Evening , Mat 2 Cth . Chair to be taken at Seven 6 'Clock precisely . Further particulars will he given ia subsequent announcements . May 9 th , 1850 . Thomas Clark , Sec .

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      THE MIXERS' CONFERENCE . TO THE MINERS OE GREAT BRITAIN . Fellow Mex , —The long and continued depression in the wages cf the miner , and the fearful and excessive competition which produced these results , have once more aroused the brave spirits of the leading mining counties , and from a correspondence which has been going on for some time , between Lancashire , Staffordshire , Northumberland and Durham , and several places in Scotland , it has been determined to hold a Conference on tlie 20 th of May , at Wigan , in Lancashire ; when it is expected all miners who feel a desire to remove the ban of slavery from their class , and who feel it a hardship to live upon the scanty pittance of wages which they receive , will send a Delegate to such Conference , and thus lend a hand to lay the foundation of a system of union and organisation , whose lasting benefits wiU call down the blessings of ages upon the names of its founders . The Conference -win he held at fhe Horse and Jockey , Scholes , Wigan , Lancashire . Mamlv Jena

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      Aberdeen.—A Special General Meeting Of T...

      Aberdeen . —A special general meeting of the members of this branch was convened by bill on the 3 rd inst ., in Mrs . Bains ' s Ball , 63 , Castle-street ; Mr . Charles Maver was called to the chair , who briefly stated tbe objects of the meeting , and said it was shameful to see the apathy that existed amongst the members generally , as it was now evident that the Company ' s affairs were rapidly drawing to a crisis . He conceived it to be the duly of every individual member to attend the branch meetings , and submit their views to head quarters , regarding the winding up of the Company ; this would encourage and strengthen the hands of Mr . O'Connor ,

      who , he was confident , would act , if possible , in accordance with the views cf the majority . He would now call upon any member to state his views in the shape of a resolution , which , if carried at this meeting , would be the opinions of this branch . He did not conceive that letters sent from private individuals , and especially when they wero not members , as had been the custom lately here , could be considered the opinion of any body of the members . Several resolutions were then proposed , but were ultimately withdrawn in favour of the following : — -Moved by David Wright , and seconded by David Burns : —" That we , the members of the Aberdeen branch of the National Land Company , believing that there is a'general feeling amongst the members iri-favour of theimme ' diate winding lip

      of the Company's affairs , unanimously approve of that proposal ; and wc are also of opinion that the bill to be introduced by Mr . O'Connor into Parliament , to legalise that " measure , shoiild-be first submitted to the various branches for their approval , and that steps be immediately taken to carry this into effect , so that the bill may be earned through the Commons during the present session of Parliament . " Jloved by . IVilliam Troup , and seconded by William Lyon : — " That it is the opinion-of this branch that as the business of the Company has become so limited , that , in order to reduce the expenditure , the services of a few of the directors ! be immediately dispensed with . " Moved by George ' Smart , and seconded by William Porter : —" That : as the Directors have failed in fulfilling their dutv

      uy not forwarding the balance sheets to this branch for the last three quarters , as on that account we consider we are not entitled to pay any general expenses , therefore Mr . Clark ' s demand ,-lately advertised m the ivbrtftem Star , cannot be complied with . Some other business of minor importance being settled , after returning a vote of thanks to a veteran member , who had come to the meeting from tbe Bridge of Dee , whilst many in the town had not attended , and a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting dissolved . Sooth Losdos Hall . —A meeting was held in tho above ball on tbe oth of May , Mr . CoJson in tho chair ; minutes of tbe previous meeting were confirmed . Mr . A . J . Side moved , and Mr . W . Side seconded : — " That we , the members of the Lambeth branch of the National Land Company , do hereby

      express our unbounded confidence in Mr . O'Connor and his Land Plan , and are confident that it would have been carried to-a successful issue had it not been for the opposition of its enemies . Seeing , then , that Mr . O'Connor is not the cause of its failure , we are ready to" abide by the Joss of the whole of our subscription rather than our friend should be in any way inconvenienced in trying to emancipate the working classes . " Carried by the following gentlemen : 'JL ~ Sid < £ sen ., W . Side , A . J Side , R . a . Sid ^ H .. Edwards , B ; Ttorerice , w ! Savage , . Cummin ' s , - 'Pearse , 'Duval ; Butler , and French , and one neuter . It was moved and seconded , " That the report be sent to the A ortherk Star . " The meeting adjourned until the first Sunday in June , ¦ ¦'¦ - ¦ . * ...-

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      v /) . Stiri ^ on ^ i ^ i ; ; : ^ SGS ^ rTPZ ^ iMTKBi ^ " * : " :.. ' , ; THE FIRST KTJMBER : : l . ; v : : ; v OF A' ' ¦• •»''"" - : ¦¦¦ " ¦ • WB CHEAP UNSTM ) WEEKLY PEfflflBffiAL , ; ¦ .., , ¦ ::: ' TO IBE CAllBD . ' ,,. '' . " 3 SE MMllr iSSTMCTOB . ^

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      Nomsonaii.—J. Sweet Acknowledges The Rec...

      NomsonAii . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of fh < folldivmg sums , sent herewith , viz .: —Fob tub IIonesti Fdm > . —Mansfield Woodbouse , per Mr . Slaney , As ; Mr Hudson , 2 d . To Exempt Ernest Jones fkosi Oakum Picking A . Friend , Cd . Victim Fc . nd . —A Friend , 6 d ; Mr . Dalton , 3 d . Dr . M'DouALt The ' Chartists of Ashton-under-Lyne have formed a committee for the purposeof raisinga sufficient fund to start the Doctor in his own profession after hit liberation from gaol in August next , and they sincerely hope that all other towns will " follow their example , and form committees as quick as possible for this noble object . They have deposited ten pounds in the hank already , leaving in the treasurer ' s hands two pounds si . v ' teen shillings aud five pence , and this money will he kept in reserve until his liberation : from the fangs ot his oppressors . All donation ! to be forwarded to , Vtflliam Wintorbottom , Asfley-strcei , Dukinfield , Cheshire ,. near Ashton-under-Lyne . — Wm . Wiuterboltbm ; secretary . Mr . G . Hows . —The notices of the Lectures at Oldham ¦¦

      and Stockport are advertisements . ¦ ' ' Mr . G . Toombk , Wcdmore , Somerset . —Your letter ought to have been addressed to . Mr . T . Clark , HI , High Holborn . We have sent it to him . - Ehratojt . — In last week ' s Northern Star , Mr . Roberts , Solicitor , is reported to hate ' said at a meeting held at Hanley , that the working classes ' wanted Homes and Infirmaries '—It . should have been 'Homes , not Innmaries . ' Mr . Jacesos , Manchester . —The stamps for the advertisement have been received , t ^ " We hare no room fjr the following communications , this week , they are -under consideration : — " Staffordshire Miners ; " "Reply to a Lover of Truth ; " " A Beerseller -V " A Working Man . "

      Jduan Habnev has received the following monies : — IIoxEsrr Fu . vd . —Win . Jones . Manchester , Is , handed to Mr . Hider . : Victui' Fund . —JIrs Jones , of Manchester , 2 d , handed to Mr . Arnott . ' Dr . M'Dodail . —A private letter from a friend who has lately visited this sufferer for the Charter , reports him as suffering under an attack of Tic Dolourous . Dr . M'Douali desires to have the loan of the . Memoirs of Henry Stint ; Any friend who has . ' tUcbock will greatly oblige- him by sending . it to Mrs . M | Douall , 13 , Kensingtoii-place , Kirkdale , Livei-pooL j C . Clask ; Bristol—Received . ' ) HrnDES Bridge . —Julian Harney accepts the kind invitatioa ' of the Hebden-bridge Chartists , and will pay them a visit as soon as possible .

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      ^ s y . n . . - ^ . STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES . Mr . W . P . Roberts will heat Longtonon "Wednesday next . » -...

      -MAGNIFICENT ENGRAVING . A splendid Steel Engraving—being a Portrait of each American President , from General "Washington to the present President , Zachary Taylor—is now preparing for our subscribers , and . will be ready for delivery to agents about : the end of the present month . To prevent disappointment , and to ensure early impressions , orders should be forwarded immediately .

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      '. »Tlie First Number Of'' The National ...

      ' . » Tlie first number of '' The National Instructor " will be published tho week after next ; and in reply to the Dcrhy and other Agents , who have written to ascertain hoiv the numbers can he furnished , we Leg to . inform all Agents , that they must receive their supply through their London Booksellers and Newsvendors .

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      The Readers Of The ' 'Nor Them Star, "An...

      The readers of the ' 'Nor them Star , " and the Democratic party generally , arc informed , that there is now a re-issue of the various Steel engravings which have been lately distributed with the "Northern Star . " They consist of KOSSUTH . MEAGHER , MITCHEL , SMITH O'BRIEN ,

      - " LOUIS BLAJfC , These Engravings have excited the admiration of every one who has seen them . : They arc faithful portraits , and are executed in tho most brilliant st y le . Price Eourpence each .

      Fee Iqrfljei Star, Sai'uksjav, May El, Ts50.

      FEE IQRflJEI STAR , SAI'UKSJAV , MAY El , tS 50 .

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      - '¦ ' PHYSICAL " FORCE pifOTEC ¦ : ' ; : tionists . ¦/¦ - ;•• • Tho Government has a glorious opportunit y ' of proving its ^ impartiality . The , -President and leaders of the Physical Force Meeting at the Crown and Anchor on Tuesday , should forthwith he lodged in Newgate . "Wc are not aivare that the Constitution gives dukes , marquisses , earls , viscounts , baronets , members of Parliament , esquires , and tenant farmers , a monopoly of treason and sedition , or tho special privilege of violating the provisions of the famous Whig enactment , which prohibits " open and advised speaking" of a certain character . "When , therefore , they assemble at mid-day , in the very centre of the metropolis , and deliberately proclaim their own disloyalty , incite the labouring peasantry to sedition and open rebellion , . " after harvest ;"—when they openly proclaim that , in case of the ' probable —nay , certain combination and rising of their labourers—they " will not mount their horses " to aid the authorities in maintaining order or suppressing insurrection ; but that , on the contrary , they possess nine-tenths of the ' horses of the kingdom , andean find " men " , to ride them , ready for a hand-to-hand encounter with the Free Traders , we think it is time for Sir George Grey to see what rooni there is in , Her Majesty's Prisons . The recent discharge of a few of the Chartist prisoners , who had undergone a : considerable portion of their sentences , will , at-all events , have left some , vacancies ' . " ' . for ' . - : : these . * sturd y , stajwart : . tteasoh-mqngers , * of . . which ' ¦ ' . ¦ : . the Home ' " " Secretary ' may ' : ;[ avail ; - ¦ himself ! If there are . not enough , -we / . respectfully suggesfc ' the " exchange-of Mr ; CSoWleb , tenant farmer , Nottinghamshire , for Ernest Jones , Esq ., ' Barrister at-Iiawi whileMr , Biggins .

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      ^' Herefordshire ,, mighfc Virepi ^;^ ,, tfe «^ j ShaVJ ¦ The only ; diffe " rei ^ .: ift ? a © v favour . « £ the prisoners ;^ *»* , that were /' moderateimea '? - ^ whereas , ' = fchet two " JoUy Farmers " refers toare regular fire' eaters / rarid'with . thefr party h ' ave ;;^' means in ; their ^ owr i . ' . hands ' to ensure ^ ; ifch $ predicted' prising .-. of ' . ithe ; . ' . peasantry " . " after harvest . ? ' ' , ( ' : ¦ '¦>¦ ¦ : ¦ '><;¦> ¦ ¦¦ ' . ; - ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' ¦¦ ; - ¦ ' > .- ; ¦ ¦ ;¦ •"> The , agricultural' classes used to boast loudly of their loyalty— -they -were , loyal par excellence . ' The . perpetuity , of pur .. venerable

      and g lorious . Constitution , and all those great Institutions . which . made this country . " ; the envy of surrounding nations and the glory ; of the world ; " depended upon , the yeomen of Old Eng land . " The Throne , " the ' i Altar , and the Constitution were secure , / hecause ' they had their root in the affections of tliei owners , occupiers , and tillers of the soil ; and , whatever might be the disaffection of a few pale-faced puny tailors , ' shoemakers , weavers , spinners , ' and townspeople generally , it was naught ; while the Institutions bequeathed ' by . our ancestors were thus protected . Mr . O'Connor

      long ago discernedthe 'true character of this vaunted loyalty , and prophesied its termination . Ho said that the loyalty -of the-land ; lords would disappear with their rents , and that parsons would no longer cling to the Church when ; tithes . were abolished . The one-half of the prediction has come true already ; the other seems . as if it would be fulfilled at no- , distant date . Mr . Cbwler told Her Majesty , that , if she would protect them , and ) , turn her , back on - the '; townspeople , ' they , would

      protect her , and that she-need not fear , - , as they had nine-tenths of the horses of the country , and men to ride them . Very consolatory truly F But—if the Queen will not' tuni'her back , oil ' the townspeople '—what . then ? Why , these horses and horsemen become rather formidable in connexion with ail . organised combination ofunemployed , rebellious , desperate labourers . ' It : is . clear , -that ,, the vaunted loyalty of the , farmers . had ; , none of that-lofty , chivalrous , self-sacrificing character that was claimed for it .:,. It was . afmere .

      mercantile affair , in which . the- quid pro quo formed the most essential .. element . ; Mr . Chowleu and his brother Protectionists will protect tho : Queen if she will protect them . Not otherwise . That has the meritof plain speaking at all events ; ¦ and , when taken in connexion with other declarations , p b this memorable meeting , niay well create some uneasiness at Buckingham Palace . There was not a single . " Institution ";> vhieh was not : alluded ; to ' iu a hostile , spirit . . The Church was . . fairly told , that it co . uId ; not expect to receive the same amount of tithes ; that

      it did when p rices of agricultural produce were high . The fuhdholders were distinctly , frequently , and emphaticall y warned , that , as they had stood by-arid--lot the Free Traders rob the landed interest , their turn must come next ,. and that ; . the spouge must be applied to . tho National Debt . " The time was fast coming , ¦ when the term '' National' Faith ' would not ho found in the farmer ' s , vocabulary . " Next they told Ministers , that , ; as they had been consenting , parties to the . change ,

      and resisted , any alteration by , which the present condition of tlie agricultural districts might he improved , that , their salaries must ho cut down proportionately , together with the wages of alLparti . os employed , hy ; them . Another speaker went still further , and suggested the formation of a League , pledged- to resist the payment of all taxes until Protection was restored j an appeal which was responded to by the-meeting rising' eii- ' masse and cheering vehemently for some time . ' ' ;

      It will thus be seen that the old party of " Peace , Law , and Order" hi this country , has become as revolutionary and ; destructive as in France , or in Canada , They aro peaceable , loyal , and orderly , as long ^ as they have the upper hand , and . the .-systeni works-well for them ; not a moment longer . Like common souse people they test all National Institutions by . their effects on their own welfare and prosperity , and thoy have a hearty contempt for tho fudge preached up by the dominant party for the time being , about unanimous

      endurance , arid the virtue of long patience arid suffering . They leave all that kind , of magnanimity arid moral greatness to the Chartists , aud p refer , a irioro rough and ready method of redressing their grievances . Petitioning the House of .. Commons they look upon as rank humbug . " No more of that , " said one of the , speakers ; - " . we are not going "to he thrown under the table contemptu" ously ; let us assemble in our thousands and " march down to the House to demand jus" tice . " Another : orator was still more

      emphatic and unequivocal in his language . Mr . Higgins said : "I call on tho Government , " aud I . tell them' to vedvcss' -oui- wrongs , " and unless they do so ; '' we are prepared to " exercise the strength ive still retain in our arm ' s "( Vehement cheering . ) . If they won't ho led "by argument , and by rational means—if "they won't listen to the voice of reason , and " to facts and figures , which show the impos" sibility of farmers coutiuuing uuder this sys" tem-rif they won't alter their system by " moral force , then we ' ll fight ma it . " Tho meeting rose as one man to this invitation to arms , and for some minutes the cheering , waving of hats and sticks , was tremendous .

      The Times , " commenting upon the meeting , and upon this passage in particular , advises them " not ; to try the experiment , " because the very first people , according to it , with whom the farmers will have to light , will he their own labourers , arid for their own houses and farm-yards . . We do not see that . Mr ; Chowler , we daresay , spoke truly when ho said that the labourers don't blame tho farmers for the fall in the price of wheat , - and their consequent inability to find work and pay ¦ wages .,. "When Mr . Cobben , at Leeds , threatened the landlords with such an agitation as would make them repent their persistence in the Protectionist Movement , we

      susp . ecf ,, Jio :. did not anticipate such'a vigorous ; response' from the Crown- and Anchor . ; Again and again was that defiance adverted to , arid hurled back to . the Free Traders ; and they were told ,: that if tho . fig ht must come ,. the sooner the better ; for , according to Mr . Ball , of Cambridgeshire , ' the farmers were already so ruined that they had , nothing to fear from the threats of / demagogues ; " they were dis' posed to hrave . all—to dare all —( cheers)—" and that , qomo when it might , and cost " what it would , they were ready to take steps " which iocre frightful to loyal men to engage

      "¦ in' but -which long-continued injustice had ( s brought them tojthe contemplation of . ( Pro" longed . cheering . ) " •¦ ' - ¦¦ ¦ _ ' Now it may suit Ministerial Free Trade Papers , liko the Times , to throw ridicule upon tlie men who hold this kind of language—to affect contempt ' for them , or abuse them as Socialists , ' after the fashion of the Daily-News but we say , deliberately and advisedly , that an impartialand ' awise Gpverriment wouldupt lightly treat such a manifestation of feeling on the part of a large , and still powerful interest . That such classes possess the power . of realising their own prophecies , of confusion arising out of the com pulsory idleness ^ ^ producers is

      proved by the celebrated Anti-oorn-ijaw insurrection of 1842 , in the manufacturing dis tricts Tho consp irators who originated that movement , hadthe cunning to draw , out of it , in such a mamier asto escape the punishment which fell upoii innocent men . The landlords and farmers , . ' with more apparent , reason and justice have , at the closest' next harvest , the pp ^ e ^ as ' rindpubtedly they hayd the . ri ghtto throw'tliegr ^ at majority of tlio agricultural labourers idle ; and if they do , a collision ni ust inevitably ensue , in which - we . doub , not . the labourers will pay the penalty . that ought " to fall on other shoulders .

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      I . . yfp don't pretepdjto . advise thieVGoyernmerit , i ^ tne-tFree-Traders , ' what course they should ifcake ia tte Jaco of fte ^ th Prin g stoririv s 0 > ne thing is quite certain , , th ^ who were uncpnyincea kcohomst . JNiLSOy : —who , were . unseduced . by , the ¦ , '' unadorned . eipquericc '' which converted iSirARoBEnT . 'PEEL- ^ whb : vv-ere ' not , earned off by . the more " brilliaritj but better oratory of " friend" Beight , 6 e / ore the repeal of the C prn LawB , are . now equally incredulous to the . boasted ; benefits arising from that repeal . In and out of Parliament , Ministers and journalr .,: i ,. ii' -i , ~ 3 i ¦ 'f .-j *

      ists assure ; theni , that everything is in a most prosperous and flourishing condition ; but . with that ' perversity : and , obtuscuoss of intellect , which is said to be characteristic of them , they cannot see it . , 'On the contrary , they handle figures pretty conclusivel y , to show' that even as regards ,-the ' manufacturing and trading , interests , the ; one-sided system , called . V Free Trade , " has not compensated by its advantages for the undoubted injury it- has inflicted upon'agriculture , v . ' .. ( Wc leave the matter between the contending parties ; Th p quarrel is none of ours . In " the threatened civil war between country aud town , the labouring classes have no direct interest ,

      and oug ht to take no direct part—it _ is a struggle between'territorial and commercial capital , which shall be predominant . Labour knows enough of both to know that its emancipation and elevation will not bo granted by either . Labour must , ' therefore , like the sturdy blacksriiith in Scott ' s story of the Fair Maid of Perth— "Ifeclit , for its , din hand , " in the ; impending struggle / "When / rogues fall out , honest men come by their own . " . Whoever loves English'Deriiocracy may achieve substantial victories if it is . wisely directed , arid through the medium of these victories , be able , ' . henceforth , to ; hold the balance : hetweeh conflicting aridselfish factions .

      The Factory Act Compromise. '¦ •¦ At . T...

      THE FACTORY ACT COMPROMISE . '¦ •¦ At . the last moment Lord 'Ashley has compromis ' ed' the claims of the factory operatives . ' Instead of insisting upon Parliament ' carrying out it s pivn intentions in good faith , and to the letter , by so amending the act of 1847 , as to , make it an effective ^ measure , he has agreed to let the . shabby Whig Government , - and the . temporizing members , escaporthc

      consequences of undisguised ' apbstacy and bad faith . ; ' This is not tlie'first , timethat Lord Ashley has shown a want ' of courage and determination a . t the moment when these Qualities were most needed . After gaining ; a decided victory over the-Peel Government in 1845 , he was seized with hesitation . and fear immediately after his , victory , and allowed Sir-James ' Graham to have his own way apparently from the same excessive caution . and timidity , which now prompt him to yield to Sir . George Grey . If the late John Fielden

      had been equally ; timorous , tho Ten Hours Act , which has been evaded by a few of the mill owners in ; Lancashire , and pronounced defective : in its wording by the . Court of Exchequer , would ' riever have been passed ; In the face of the , lawless ' conduct of a few selfish and cunning scoundrels , who have contrived means for evading the provisions of that act , and of the strictly technical decision by which they were allowed to continue their infamous system of relays , that measure has been shown to bo an unmitigated benefit to all classes , wherever it has been . fairly put in operation . Fortunately for . the cause of the operative , of truth , and of justice , that has been in - the great majority of" instances .

      The violators of the law form but a small minority . ThemassofthemaHunictarcrs—the whole of thefactoryhands—aroperfoctly satisfied with the Ten Hours Act in its entirety , and have unanimously agreed to solicit the Houso to m ' aktf its own work perfect . ' It is under these circumstances that Lord Ashley , as . we think ; amply justifies the ; want of confidence expressed hiihim by a large ; number of the Short Time Delegates , when the question as to -who ivas to have charge of the Bill was discussed . He is too much of a drawing-room rose-water reformer , to encounter rough work—too amiable and yieldhrg , especially to Courtly ,. Mi nistorialj and Party interests aud influencesto be entrusted with measures demanding

      unbending ' -, and ' unflinching resolution . The pretexts on which he accepts the compromise proposed by the Government and the millowners are , no doubt , valid and powerful , to his own mind . There can bo as little doubt that he is conscientiously persuaded he is really taking the best course for tlie' interests of . the " hands ; " but a bolder man would not be influenced by such refined speculations—such cautious splitting of hairs—such fearful-reckoning of possible and probable unfavourable chances . At all events , the opportunity ought to have been fairly afforded to Parliament to

      say whether or not it would violate its good faith—whether , after having deliberately passed an Act through . all its stages — after full discussion on the merits of the question , and in despite of an inveterate opposition—it was prepared , on a technical defect' being ' discovered in a LawCourt , to yield , to trick and evasion what it had refused to Argument . ' If this was the case , it would have been advantageous to have had it distinctly proved , so that , in future , the

      world might know what value to put on the good faith of a British Legislature , when dealing with the interests of tho labouring classes . Besides , at the worst , if Lord Ashley had been deserted , either oniechnical grounds , or upon principle , by any of the members who promised him their support—the factory operatives would have been precisely the same , with this important difference—that , as it had not been accepted in their . name , they wero . at liberty to renew tho struggle for the enactment of a full and effective Ten Hours Bill .

      While , however , wo condemn in the most unqualified manner , the course pursued by Lord Ashle y on tin ' s occasion , as far as his own dut y to those who elected him as their parliamemeutary leader is concerned ,, we must say , that tho compromise itself has many good points about it . In the first ' place , it lays a restriction on the moving power ..: If we understand it aright , the -mills are not-to commence working till six o ' clock iu themornin « r , arid are to shut at six in'the evening , five day's in the week ; and at two ' o ' clock'in the afternoon on Saturday . This closes the door

      , upon a whole host of evasions and " complicated regulations , to meet which \ were inseparable from the old system . By giving the power to common informers to proceed for penalties , in every , case where mills can be proved to work cither before or after the hours specified , the existing cumbrous and expensive machinery of inspectorship , may be to a groat extent , if not . wholly , dispensed with . The compromise adds two more hours work in the week , to the number of hours enacted 'in tlie Ten Hours Act—namely , sixty , instead ' of fifty-eight ; but , for five days in the week , it takes '¦ - away the half-hour used for' ? bagging-time , " in the afternoon , leaving half-an-honr for breakfast and hour for

      an dinner . - The alteration , on the surface , seems an unimportant one- but in practice , wo fear , " it will lead to great discontent . It is not easy to change , by law , the seWcd habits of a large population , as this enactment will attempt to do . Farther , it will keep the mill-hand at work froni one o ' clock to six , without rest or intermission—a period far too long to he borne patiently by tho worker , or . tend to the pecuniary advantage of-cithor employer or employed . Human beings tiro not like the machines they tend ;; , they require needful , and ,. ; timely , restj ' in ' order to recruit sU'ength .-renoyate exhausted vigour , and keep the faculties in that state of activity which is

      essential , to turning out the . largest amount of ; good work in the shortest ; time ; 'r-Td ^ ll thew the hew innovation is directl y opposed

      The Factory Act Compromise. '¦ •¦ At . T...

      arid , w & therPftiw look ^ forward great dig . satisfactipn being produced byit , when the new law- come B ' to D © eh ? orfted . " ' ' ' „' Ot f ; tlife want ' of- integrity . , shown -b y thei ^ jroyernment in i deliberately : undoing ; its owa work ,-on jits cowardice and selfishness in sacrificing tlie Factory operatives to the representatives , of cotton and calico , who sit behind ; them , and help to keep them in office , nothingneed be said . It is of a piece with the whole career and policy of the party . But we repeat

      that Lord Ashley has shown more regard for party exigencies , and Ms own position and influence in Parliament , than he has for the interests and opinions of those who committed " thcir . causo to his hands ; and , that if the question of a further and more stringent limitation of tlie hours of labour be hereafter raised by those who fight the battle of the labourer , on principle , his Lordshi p must not stand in and say , tho compromise Ae accepted was a final settlement of the question .

      Parliamentary Review. -The Proceedings I...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . -The proceedings in Parliament this weekwith the exception of those that have been noticed elsewhere—are of such a nature as tore quire no . lengthened or critical notice . On the bringing up of the Report on the Australian Colonies Bill , Sir ; W . Moleswomh tried un successfully , to engraft upon it his views respecting the definition of Colonial and

      Imperial rights , and other cognate topics . Mi-Gladstone succeeded-with an attempt to give tho Bishop of the Established Church in the- Colonies , a . co-ordinate , if not superior power , to . that of'the local legislature , ' in matters-ecclesiastical , and ' failed . Mr . Ewaei made an attempt to , get the Advertisement Duty repealed , with a similar result as has attended many other efforts to get at the iPa .

      lously . guarded " surplus" of Sir 'Charles Wood . / The other questions have been entirely of an administrative and routine character , with the exception of a bill affecting the Irish iMsherios , thrown out after some discussion on Friday last . In the Lords , nothing , S A J , ' 7 in bo douo - unti ! s of the stock ot bills , which crowd the business paper of tho Lower House in various stages , are disposed off . But the time is coming when tney must be cleared off in one way or another as wo understand that it is the full intention of the Queen to have the Session closed hy the end of July . For all the good it islikel y .. to do the masses it mi ght as well " shut up" now . The onl y measures of vital

      importance were the Sanatory Bills that wero promised ;• and , according to present appearances , ; it is doubtful whether , they will pass , at least this Session .

      .Monies Received For ¦ She' Week Esdixg'...

      . MONIES RECEIVED For ¦ she' Week Esdixg' Thursday : Mat 0 , . 1850 .

      THE 11 OfESTY FU 1 B . Received by W . Ribrx ..-Hai-tlepool , per M . Parkinson Is -. ft Epworth , York 2 s Cd—nirminglmm , Ship Inn , pei-J . Newlioufo 17 s—Thos . Green , Wellingborough 2 s—Norwich , per J .-IIiirry 12 s Cd—Norwich ' , per J . Funuell ) Pockthorp 7 s Gd—Lepton -Chartists , per L .. Lodge 12 s 2 d—Kirkhenton Chartists , per . L . Lod ^ e Cs—AsUton-under-Lyne , per J , Taylup-115 s—Colchester , a few Friends 2 s—Mr . Rawling , Colchiistcrl ' s—Ai'ansfleld Woodhouse . per . / . Sweet is—Mr . Hudson , per J . Sweet 2 d—W . Jones , Manchester Is—New Radford , per J ; Saunders H Os Cd . Received at Land Office . —From - Nottingham—Mr . Wood 4 s—Mr . Lovett as—Mr . Extern 2 s Gd—Mr . Jarvuml 2 s « d—Mr . . Williams 2 s Cd—Mr . Wooldridgels—Mr . RaVicst Is—Mr . Evans Is—Mr . Dunford Is—Mr . "Brown Gd—Mr . Smith ( id-Mr . Jasper Gd—Mr . W . Jasper 6 d-Mr , Wiggins 3 d—Mr . Goodacre lid—Mr . Jatper Gd £ S . d . ' . . Receivedby W . Rider .. .. s 17 i . lliceived at Land Office .. 14 3

      Total .. .. . ; £ 10 2 1 ' ¦< : [ FOR . MACNAMARA ' S ACTION . . . llceojycd by W . Rides . —New Radford , per S . Saunders "d , ' . ¦ - ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦<>¦ '¦ ' ¦ '' ¦ AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . ! : Received by Jotw AusoTr . —Truro , per E . Tregengcr 10 s Gd- ^ -Paisley , per A . Robertson 10 s—Leicester , per W . Ilradworth-U's—Newport ,- T . . W ., per T . Self 10 s—Yarmouth , Norfolk , yicr T . Rovall 10 s—P . Hanley Is—J . Walters Is—Mr . Walkdeu li-Mr . G . Farrah Is—Collected at ' th ' e ' L ' nbliu Meeting , Tower Hamlets 19 s 10 ^ d—Donations 31 ISs 7 $ d-Cards at tlie Office It 2 s . — 'i otal Si 18 s . TO EXEMPT . G . JONES FROPJ 1 OAKUM PJCKING . Received by W . Kideh . —A Friend , per J . Sweet , NettinghanGd .

      FOR MRS . JONES . Received by IV . Rides . —Norwich , per J . HurrcII as Gd . Received at Land Office . —G-. W . Gd . —Received by Jons Ar . No-rr Mr . Godard , per U . Newby Is—Mr . M . Great aud Friends , Leicester ,-per W . Bradsworth Is Id , FOR MRS . M'DOUALL . Reeiived by John - Anson ' . —Mr . M . Croat and Friends , Leicester , pa- W . Bradsworth Is Id . —Received atLAra OrncE .-G . W . Gd . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP . Received by W . Rides , —Hartlepool , per M . Parkinson 4 s . —Received by Jons Absott . —Mr . Walters , St . Pan . eras Is . - ..- ¦ . TO EXEMPT PRISONERS . FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received at Land . Office . —VZ . S . Gd .

      WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rideb Harrington Chartist Council 2 s —J . Uatenuin , Warriugton Gd—a Friend , per J . Sweet , Nottingham Gd—Mr . BaUun , ptr S , Sweet , Nottingham od —Mrs . Jones , Manchester 2 d .

      Eiutish College Op Health, Nisw Road, Lo...

      EIUTISH COLLEGE OP HEALTH , Nisw Road , LosnoN . r . cpoi-t of Liciitonnnt John Mackihnon , Ccncral Hvgcisn Agout to the British Collcse of Health , Xi-w-roail . Lontlou . Cape Bretun , March lGtli , 1 S 50 . TO MESSI 1 S . M 08 ISOX . Deah Sirs , —I hr . vo the pleasure to communicate to you that all that my heart could desire lias been fully accomplisii with resiieet to my practice as your agent since I last reported ; and it would be tedious , ' indeed , to give a statement in full of the numerous cases of . euro and benefits derived from the heaven-blessed medicines of the British College of Health ..

      The decided superiority of the Hygcian system of medicine to ail ordinary medical practice has been recently tested in our neighbourhood , the particulars of ivln ' cJi I feel bound to communicate to you . We have lately been visited with a fatal disease termed by our doctors typhus fever—and the name of the disease appears to be all tbey Imo ' . v about it ; for all the patients they took in hand were soon hurried to the long home . Among others who tell victims to this dreadful disease was a Mr . Peter Kelly , aged tivcnty-two ; a Miss Mary . Mussrave , a blooming yoimg lady of nineteen ; and , I Imve proof that the first doctor eninioved in this case after administering ; medicine , «« . {

      Wisterias' and bleeding to excess , declared he had mistaken her disorder ! however , ( hey soon sent her to her account : nmoiv them . Another who submitted hevsetf „ to the doetor ' s treatment , was a Mrs . M'Kay , a young married ' woman , aged tvreuty-one , having one child . She too , poor young thing , was soon hurried ; to the grave . People now began to get out of conceit of the doctors , and thefollowing individuals placed themselves in my hands to be treated witli the Hygcian medicines of-Mr . Morison ; and under the blessing of ' God the success of your medicines , gentlemen , has , ' in the whole cf these cases , been satisfactory in a high degree , for allinv patientsjiavo been thoroughly restored to health . . .

      Miss Mary Aim Moffiitt , same age and related to the departed Miss Musgrave . John Maidore , twenty-four years of age . -Mrs . Stalery , twenty-three years oi" age . Tito . Misses Grant , two sisters , and many others whohad the fever lightly . by taking the pills ii time ; the name oftheselhave not mentioned , but those whoso names I send you I consider were on the brink of eternity , hut they are now perfectly recovered , and I have every hope the disease has now vanished . It carried off five raemhers in one family near Sidney , and the doctors there neither knew tlie name of the disease or how to cure it . I shall only add that I rejoice to know that the system

      and medicine of the lato venerahle James Morison arc iii-mly established , and that the honest people who signed the peti > io > t to parliament against the use and sale of doctors' poisons are to have their names recorded ; and lfrel pride in the reflection that I have done my duty in tho cause on this side tho Atlantic , and have ten children aU thoroughly impressed with the SOUliaUtiSS of tllO Morisonian theory . Should I live a few days longer I shall be sistyfavo years . of , age , audi have taken in my time 18 , of your pills ; but during- thil past four years Ihavenot taken as many in twelve months as I formerly took in one , norm one month as many as I formerly took in one day . lam , Gentlemen , very sincerely yours , John Mackksos .

      . Natiosal Charier League.—The Council M...

      . Natiosal Charier League . —The council met at its rooms , on Wednesday evening last , and decided as part ' of tho business of the evening , upon taking the Ilali of tho Ancient Druids , Fnmngdon-slrect , for tlie purpose of Lectures , Pubic meetings , Ac . The first lecture will be delivered on Sunday evening , May 20 th . They also instructed the secretary to convey its thanks to several gentlemen for their presence at the National Hall , and especially to Mr . Serle . of Hammersmith , and Mr . Boukett of

      Limehouse . Specimens or Australian gold , mixed with the same quartzoso detritus which accompanies the jnetal m ot ' . ier auriferous districts , have recently been received m England . V A Leiier from Smyrna of the 15 th ult ., in the Omnatore Iriestino , states that shocks of earthquake _ l , avo-bcconio ' so frequent there , that the ! l ? i * i i m » ; stane . of continual oscillation , ami that many houses have already been damaged . ^ nce ss Bel giojoso arrived at Smyrna on the 9 th mt . y with her daughter and twelve Lombard re-$ r ' r - ^ hole * arty immediatelyleftforCoa

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11051850/page/4/