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TtUITED PATBiOTS' AND PATEIAECHS' BENEFIT SOCJETYi U EMcaedpnrsnanttolOGearV / c ^^ iWrow .-T . S . Ddkoombe , Es * . M . P . T . Wakus , E s ^ , 1 LP . B . Cabbell , Esq ., M . P . F . O'Coskob , Esq ., M . P . IdkeJamesEassaiu ) , Es < t » - . " *» . . . ,, ; . The Sodfityisdiviaedintosirsections , to meetthe necessities and requirements of all classes of inechanics . and labourers , from fifteen years of age to forty-five . This Society consists of above two thousand members , and has a fended canttal of 2 , 6321 . 16 s- 9 < L ; having paid the ^ following sums for l > enefits since its formationi ^ Sictaess , 5 . 70 SL SiTlOd . Funerals , 1 , 3321 . Saperannuabon , SOI Os . 4 d . Fire , 36 { . 16 s . 5 Jd .-Total , 7 , 1591 ' . 2 s . Tjd ; ; ¦? . ^ Ihe feUowing is the SCALE OF FEES to be paid at entrance : 3 s . must be paid when admitted , and the remainder can extend over a period of six months , to be paid with the subscriptions , monthly , if desired : —'•'' - ' . ' Age lstsection . 2 ndsection . 3 rd section ., 4 th section . -... 5 th section .- -. < 6 th section . - i Froml 5 to 32 .... £ 05 s . 2 d . .... £ 0 4 s . 8 d ..... £ 0 4 s . 2 d . .... ' £ 0 3 s . 8 d ..... £ 0 3 s . 2 d * ° *>• r ¦' „» * — 32—36 .... 0 7 2 ...: 0 6 8 .... 0 6 2 .... 0 5 8 .... . 2 .... not . admitted _ 36-40 .... 010 2 .... 0 . 9 8 .... . 0 9 2 -... ' 0 8 8 .... .... . owr w — 40-45 .... 112 .... 1 0 2 019 8 i ... 019 2 .... 0 18 2 - ^ tweBtyyears WIX 5 XT ALtOWASCE Ef HCBSES 3 ASD SOPEEANSUATW . V . MSKBER ' S DEATH . —WIFE ' S OB KOMMEFS DBATH , FirstSecfion .. ' .... 18 s . Od . 6 s . 0 d . s First Section .... fJO 0 J- . ; .. ti « ' » » Second ditto ...... 15 0 ...... 6 0 Secoadditto ..... . - « - » ¦» —• - ¦ ' - ° " n Thirdditto 11 0 4 0 , Thirdditto .... , 12 0 0 .... : j > o « Fourthditto 9 0 4 0 Fourthditto -. ' , Jj > X 2 *'" « n n ' Fifihdiuo 7 0 4 0 - Fifthditto — ... S , x 2 ' * " JL Sixthditto 7 . 0 none . Sixtaditto - .... 210 0 .... none WSSBYFira .-InaUtheDiviiioHS ( withtiie ex (» ptionpftheSU'hj £ 10 . ¦ ' ..... _ .. Monthly contributions to ensure the above benefits . ' ... . ' . Under 30 yearsofage . : Under 40 . , 4 ? %± - ' ' SSBSfciV r- O ^ GeneralExpensesff- } ^^^ ° 'f £ } " %%£ «* > I "SmS ..:: ! 8 J lfaV ^ ntidy ' . l _ 3 j or ^ OJ . 3 d . amonth . 2 _ l ' j . Ifediciae . . ; ..... Sixth ditto .... 13 rift . Widow and Orphans' Funds extra , for which , see the rules . . - ¦ " ' iKc ^^ sSt ^^^^^^^^ dMr 3 ^^ V ofTottenham ^ ourt-roS st . P PeS ^& n D try applrii « forRulesc ^ havethemforwarded , ^ enc losing ' twelve postage' stamps , and if for form of application ,. Action , three stampsmust be *»*<^ . ^ v ^^^^^ . ' ,
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NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY , Enrolled , pursuant to statute 9 th and 10 th Victoria , c 27 . THE ABOVE SOCIETY , as amended and legalised , was formerly known as the NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY ; the managers of which have long seen the necessity of legal protection for the secarirv of its members . In framing the new rules , care has been taken to equalise the eipenditurc with the receipts , so that the permanent success of the bociety should be beyond aU doubts . The Society is divided into three sections , to meet the necessities and requirements of all classes of mechanics and labourers , from eighteen years of age to forty . TBE r 0 U . 0 m . VG IS THE SCALE OF FEES TO BE PAID AT WEEKLY ALLOWANCE EJ SICESESS . ESTE 4 SCE : — S . d . Age . 1 st section . 2 nd section . 3 nd section . First Section .. . .. .... 15 0 s . d . s . d . s . d . Second Section .. .. .. 10 0 Prom IS to 21 .... 3 0 .... 3 0 .... 1 0 Third Section .. .. .. 5 0 — 24—27 6 0 .... i 0 .... 2 0 — 27—30 , „ . 9 0 ,,., 6 0 .... a 0 uembehs beam . vnra ' s j > eato . — 30—33 .... 13 0 .... 8 0 .... 4 0 £ S . d . £ b . d . — 33—36 .... 15 0 .... 10 0 .... 5 0 First Section .... 15 0 0 ...... 7 10 0 — 36—3 S .... IS 0 .... 12 0 .... 6 0 Second Section .. 10 0 0 5 0 0 — 3 S—40 .... 21 . 0 .... 14 0 7 0 Third Section .... 5 0 0 3 0 0 MON-rnLT CONTEIBCTIO . NS , ' - — First Section , 3 s . 6 d . Second Section , 2 s . 4 < L Third Section , Is . 2 d . The Society meets every Monday evening , at the Two Chairmen , Wardour-sireet , Sohb , Middlesex , -where every information can oe had , and members enrolled . Country friends , applying for roles , can have them forwarded , by enclosing four postage-stamps . Members of "he late Co-operative Benefit Society , wno have paid all dues and demands up to the 25 th December , 1349 , can at once be transferred to either section ef the National Benefit Society , without any extra charge . Agents and sub-secretaries of the late National Co-operative Benefit Society , are requested to immediately inform the General Secretary of the number of members likely to transfer to the National Benefit Society ; and parties wishing to become agents , or to form branches of the new society , can be supplied with every information , on application to the Secretary , hy enclosing a postage-stamp for an answer . James Gbassbv , General Secretary , 96 , Regent-street , Lambeth . .........
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FIVE THOUSAND HATS AND CAPS AT ECKERSIEY'S GOLDEN HAT MART A Good Silk Hat ' 3 s . 6 d . to 4 s . Gd . A Fine Rich Silk Hat 5 s . Od . to 6 s . 9 d . A Rich French Silk ... ... 6 s . 6 d . to 8 s . 6 d . A Truly Splendid Hat ... ... . 9 s . Od . to 12 « . Od . YOUTH'S , BOYS , AND CHILDREFS HATS AND CAPS In every shape and variety imaginable , and equally Cheap . OBSERVE , —THE GOLDEN HAT MART , ' . 25 , Crown Street , Halifax , Opposite the Upper George Inn .
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THE MEiERS' C 05 FEREXCE . TO THE MINERS OE GREAT BRITAIN . Fellow Mes , —The long and continued depression in the wages of the miner , and the fearful and excessive competition which produced these results , have once more aroused the brave spirits ofthe 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 the 24 th of May , at "Wigai ) , 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 Trill call down the blessings of ages upon the names of its founders . The Conference will be held at the Horse and Jockey Scholes . Wigan , Lancashire . Mabtlv Jcde .
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- * The skin , though lovely fair , May quickly fade for want ot needful care . ' THE PRIMARY CAUSE of the numerous DISEASES and Affections of the Skin is an impaired condition of the health , arising from a disordered state of tlie stomach , liver , and bowels . From these causes thebloodhecomes corrupt , digestion impaired , the liver inactive , and the bowels constipated . ITence arise blotches and eruptions of the sldn , bilious affections , heartburn , sick headache , irritability , spasms / flatulency , pain after eating , nervous debility , & c . To correct all the crudities of the vital fluids , strengthen the stomach , remove ndigestion and liver complaints , relieve the bowels , invigorate the svstem , and tranquilise the nerves , DR . SCOTT'S FAMILY APERIENT TABLETS wiU be found an unfailing remedy . It is a medicine of pleasant flavour , and possesses extraordinary virtues from its peculiar preparation . With children , also , its effects are most astonishing ; it speedily and effectually removes worms . Sold in boxes at 2 s . 3 d . Agents , Kudd and Co ., 151 , Strand . May be had ( free by post ) , and of all dealers in patent medicines .
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BALDNESS , WEAK OR GREY HAIR , WHISKERS , EYEBROWS , Ac ,, Ac . "D OSALIE OOUPELLE'S celebrated Jj » FABISUN FCMADE is universaBy acknowledged as the only efficient preparation extant for the production of Hair , Whiskers , Eye-brows , & c , in six or eight we ^ fcs , from whatever cause tbe deficiency may arise ; as also checking greyness , weak hair , curing baldness , Ac ., at any age . It has never been known to ail and will be forwarded ( free ) with full instructions , Ac ., on receipt of 24 postage stamps . AUTHENTIC TESTIHOSULS ASB OFMIOSS .
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EMIGRATION TO IfORTH AMERICA . W TAPSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Emigratien Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ships—To NEW YORK—every Five Days . To NEW ORLEANS—every Ten Days . To BOSTON and I'HILADELPHIA-every Fifteen Days . And occasionally to BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , and St JOHNS . Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New York , payable ia any part of the United States . Tapscott ' s "Emigrant ' s Guide" sent free , on receiptof Four Postage Stamps . ij «* About twenty-eight thousand persons sailed for the New World , in Tapscott ' sliae of American Fackets . in 1849 .
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EMIGRATION TO GEORGIA , IRWIN COUNTY , UNITED STATES . COTTON ! COTTON !! COTTON !! . ' Independence!—Self Government in Factories !—with-Fixity of Working Hours ! The attention of Manufacturers and Operatives in Cotton of small capital is called to an extract from the New York Correspondent ofthe Time * , dated 17 thJuly , 1 S & , which says , relative to the State of Georgia— 'Advantage has been taken of its extensire water power to establish cotton manufactories ! A fact not only true , but also that the returns making upon the capital invested in those factories average at the present time from twenty-fire to thirty per cent Why , therefore , do not the small Manufacturers and Operatives of Manchester and its vicinity , who now only obtain a precarious livelihood , club together their funds , while they have any , and proceed in a body to Irwin County . Georgia , where , if a number—say from 150 to 200 families , with capital sufficient to erect a mill—will proceed by the vessels of the adrertiser'in addition to tbe advantages he offers to the general emigrant , he wiU allow them' to choose in the vicinity of their town allotments , free from all charge ,, FIFTY ACRES OF LAND , . as a site whereon to erect such mill' The town in such case to be called ' . .
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jHB CHEAPEST ; EBITION Xttt FOBUSHSD , .. ¦ :- . '' . - ; v \ Prioeii . « iv <' .-, ;'' - : " i ' " - ' - <; r : A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the ., ..--:... , r ;< . r . Author , - . of , i-,: ' i -,. . -. ¦ - < ¦ ; ¦ MAINE'S POLITICAL ; WORKS-
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE ; - - - --- fH : -. 1 -i " .: ' Price One Penny . v .-,. ¦ ' ;¦;';¦ ¦'' - . !• . No .. L . . contains the Bird's-Eye . Parliament ; Baits for the . People { California and Back for a Penny ; Free Thinking ; Experience of Uncle Isaac , Here ' s our Good Health ! proposed by Act of Parliament ; Our Right to be Educated ; & c ; , & c . G . Vickebb , Holywelbstrect , London ; and all Book , ellers . . -. . ..- -. -... -, -.... ' . < : ¦ , {¦ -... ¦ : ....,.-.,,
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NATIONAL ' CHARTER ASSO 0 UTION .. "' . ' . OFFICES , li , SOUTHAMPTON STBEET , STKAND , . ¦ .. ' , ' , -LONDON . ; - . ¦"'"¦ The Provisional Committee of the NATIONAL ' CHAK TER ASSOCIATION hereby give notice , That those friends who are desirous of forming localities can be supplied with Cards of Membership and- Rules , by applying to the General Secretary ,: John Arnott , as above , from nine till two o ' clock , daily ( Sundays excepted ) , and on Monday evenings from seven to nine o ' clock : if by letter , prepaid . ^ AU applications by letter will receive the most prompt attention . . . ;'' - '"' ¦ Noticeis alsogiventhat all the receipts for the Cards issued , mUst be forwarded monthly , per Post Office Order , made . payahle to John Arnott , at tho Post Office , Strand , and addressed to him at the Office of the Association , 14 , Southampton Street , Strand , Lbndon .. .. ' .. ' ¦ -, ' . ' . - V The Committee further beg to announce that they have engaged that splendid Steam-packet , the « Gem , ' for an Excursion to Gravesend , on Whit-Tuesday , May 21 st . The Gem will leave the Adelaide « pier , London-bridge ; at
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lyTATIONAL CHARTER LEAGUE . IV . The Council ofthe League announces to the Friends of Progress , and 40 the Public generally , that they have taken THE DRUID'S HALL , FARRINGD 0 N STREET , for the purposes of the body , and that the' •' FIRST PUBLIC LECTURE will be delivered there on .. . '•' . Sohb « Evesinq , Mat . 26 ih , 1850 ..., . , Chair to be taken at Seven o'Clock . Admission . —Members of the League , one rENNT , and to non-Members , " twopence each . May 16 th 1850 . Thomas Class , Sec .
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THE WOEKINGr SHOEMAKERS ASSOCIATION . APPEAL TO THE P 0 BL 1 C The above Association has commenced business on the Co-opebative principle , with a stock of superior Boots and Shoes , all made on the premises , ih well-arranged workshops , which may be inspected by . any persin who take any interest in this movement . One trial-will prove the superiority ot the work of Co-operative labour over that of starved Competitive Labour , And now for a word on the price of our articles : — -It is a well-known fact that the cheapest in the world are dear at a gift ; we say , that to be really cheap they must be really good ; to prove that ours are so , it must be clearly understood that they are all warranted not to rip ; and should a Boot or Shoe happen to rip , the customer will please-to bring it back , and it will be immediately repaired without any charge . .
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DEAFNESS . — Important Notice . —r Mr . FRANCIS , the eminent aurisfc , who has devoted his attention solely to DISEASES of the EAR , continues to effect the most astonishing cures in all those inveterate cases which have long been considered hopeless , and of thirty or forty years standing , enabling the patient to hear a whisper , without pain or operation , effectually removing deafness , noises in the head , and all diseases ofthe aural canal . Mr . F . attends daily from 10 until 6 , at his consulting rooms , 6 , Beaufort-buildings , Strand , London . Persons at a distance can state their case b y letter . Advice to the poor , Monday , Wednesday , and Friday , from 6 till 8 in the evening . .
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TO THE EMBARRASSED . THERE are thousands of persons who have long struggled against the force of misfortune , but few are aware that , by very recent Acts , all small traders owing debts not exceeding £ 300 , farmers , private arid proessional gentlemen , and all others , owing to any amount the latter-without any publicity ) , can bo entirely raised rom their difficulties at small expense , and without imprisonment or bankruptcy . All such Mr . Weston begs will apply to him at 6 ; Essex-street , Strand , by latter , 01 ersonally . Office hours from 10 till 2 , and 6 till 8 . _ N . B . —The above Acts stay all Palace Court , Countj Court , and other proceedings . Clergymen need not submit 0 sequestrations .
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BROTHER CHARTISTS BEWARE !! RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS U DR . DE ROOS still continues to suppl y the afflicted with his celebrated cure for single , or double RUPTURE , tlie efficacy of which for both sexes , and all ages , is too well known to need comment . It is perfectly free from danger , causes no pain , confinement , or inconvenience , and will with full instructions , & c , rendering failure impossible , be sent free on receipt of 7 s . in cash , or by Post Office order , payable at tho Holborn office , A great number of Trusses have been left behind by persons cured , as trophies of the immense success of this remedy , which will be readily given to any one requiring them after a trial of it 1 ' ¦ -. . Letters of inquiry should contain' two postage stamps : Address , Walter De Ilc . os . M . D ., 35 , Ely-place , Holbonilull , London . At home from 10 till 1 ; and 4 till 8 — ( Sua ' . days excepted . ) ' c , I 9 N- ^ uffere "' s are earnestl y cautioned against youthful impudent quacks , who copy this announcement , forge testimonials , place Dr . before their names make' assertions , the most extravagant and absurd , and have re . course to the basest practices to victimise the public
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BROTHER CHARTISTS ! TRUSSES ' RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY £ ¦* SECURED by Professor GAaam ' s newly invented hght , self-adjusting , elastic truss . J . GAaam , Sical Truss Maker , of 38 , Wardour-street , Oxford-street , tSn istheinyentor of a New Truss , pronounced by the faculty to be the most efficient one extant . Every varietv of trusses and bandages can be . had at the lowest possible prices :-Best plain truss , 5 s .: Ody ' s expired patent fls-Coles ' s expired patent ^ 10 s . ; Eggs , or German truss , 15 s Suspensory bandages-cotton , 2 s . ; silk , 3 s . Cd J g ' after twenty years ' experience , guarantees to secure evcrv case of rupture of however long standing , and earnestly solicits a trial from those who have found eveiy other US 616 SSa
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IMPORTANT DELEGATE MEETING . K ' l a YORKSHIRE' AND LANCASHIRE A DELEGATE MEETING : will , be held at ' HEBDEN BRIDGE , ' on' Sunday , the ' 26 tn Of May , 1850 , ' at Tbj O'Clock in the Forenoon , when the feUowing questions will be submitted for consideration :- ^ r ... 1 .,-,. " - ! . —To consider , arid finally ' settle , ' the best ' mode of appointing anExecutivehead to the Chartist movement . ' ' 2 . —To discuss the New Plan of Organisation , 'as put forthby the London Conference . ' '' ' ; . ; j 8 . —T 0 consider the . best mode . of bringing the . - Chartist mind of . the . two counties , and tbe country generally , to bear upon the political question ' s of the day . ¦ ' .. . ' Mr ; G . W ; ' M . 'Re ' vnoids , of London , will attend on be- - half of the Provisional Committee . ¦> ''¦ ; ¦ >' All communications to . bo addressed to James Williams , 7 , Du ke-street Back , Sandy-brow , Stockport , Cheshire . ,. '
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Education for the Millions . ; 0 N WEDNESDAT . NEXT WILL BE PUBLISHED , ¦ ' .. ' : ' THE FIRST NUMBER' ' ; ' ' . "• • ' , ' - -: OF A " . ' ' ., " - -: " . ; ' - -V- " \ 0 CHEAP UNSTAMPED WEEKLY PERIODIC ^ , r : TO BE CALLED ••'•"• ' - ' ¦
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NorriKOHAM .- ^ -J . Sweet acknowledges . tbe receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , viz .: —Fok Victim Fond . —Mr . W . Lees , Is . ——— Fob'Sins . M'Douaix . — Mr . H . Lowe ,-6 d : " ¦ ¦¦ ¦'•';' ¦ - " " ' ' ; " • ¦ ' Honest * Fund . — Nottingham . — J . Skerritt begs to ac' knowledge the receiptof the following sums , viz .: —Mv . Etche'sBook , 3 s 7 d ; Mr . King ' s Book , Is ; A . Friend , Is 2 d ; Mr . Mason ' s Book , Is 2 d ; Mr . Lowe ' s Book , New Radford , 3 s 3 d j'Seven Stars . Locality , £ 1 Os 8 d ; From Skeritt ' s Shoe Club , 4 s 3 d . ' .- ; The above only amounts tothe sum of £ l 14 s Id . I have received an order for £ 2 . ' b W . ' Rideb . - Mr .. J . Cbooke , Stockport . — The portrait has not been issued . ' . , . ¦ ¦ Mr . J . Mohoan , Wallace-town ,. Ayr . —Sir Robert Peel was ' born February 4 th , 1788 . , ' A Constant Reader , ¦ Craggy near Halifax . —None of the children have died .. . The last born is the seventh . ' " ¦ <
The Victims . —( To Mr . William Rider . ) -Sia , —I enclose you a Post-office order for 51 . Mrs . M'Douoll . 'Mrs . Jones , Mrs . Fusscll , Mrs Sharp , and Mrs . Williams are to get 11 . each . The Committee wish also that' you should state in the Star , ' that they have given 11 . to the widow of James Gow—a man' who took an active part in the good cause in this locality . The money is the surplus of the Saturday night ' s convivial meetings . —Yours , James Geaham , 17 , Tnit ' s-lane , Hawkhill , Dundee , May 13 th . Mr . William Kent , Brighton , is informed that had he expressed a wish that his letter shouldhave been handed to the Star , Jolm Arnott would have had much pleasure in complying therewith . Communications for the Star should be sent to the Star office . Ml ' . 0 . Clark , Bristol . —Yes , you-and all other agents ¦ must procure the National Instructor ' . through the Londonbestsellers . Mr . Bbown has received from Mr . Arnott , and paid to the liberated victims , 5 s . He has also received Is . for the Monument fund . ....
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STAFFOEDSHIRE POTTERIE S . Mr . W , P . Roberts will be iuHanleyon Thursday next , the 23 rd of Mayi ' -.. •• ¦¦' Mr , O'Connor presented the petition of the Miners of Hahley immediatel y after he received it .
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' ¦ Tho first number of " . The National Instructor will be published next Wednesday , and in reply to Agents , who have written to ascertain how the numbers can be furnished , we beg to say that thoy must receive their supply through their London Booksellers and Newsvendors . ¦ ^———
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The readers of the "Northern Star , " and the Democratic party generally , are 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 BLANC . ^ These Engravings have excited the admiration of every one who has seen them . They are faithful portraits , and are executed in the most brilliant style . Price Fourpence each . To be had of W . Pavey , Holy well-street .
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MAGNIFICENT ENGRAVING . A splendid Steel Engraving—being a Portrait of each American President , f rom General Washington to the present President , Zachary Taylok—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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THE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE . The re-action approaches its climax in France . Beaten b y the people in the peaceable and orderly exercise of their- constitutional rights , the perjured conspirators in power seek to destroy the Constitution itself . There is not one of the traitors , from the " Special Constable " . who tenants the Elysee , down to the meanest scoundrel of tho majority in the Assembly , who has not sworn solemn allegiance to the Constitution . It was upon that ground alone that the one was invested with Executive , and others with administrative and legislative powers . The circumstances under which a revision of the
Constitution can take place—the parties by whom that revision is to be made , and the period at which it can be legally done—are all clearl y and unequivocally laid down in the Constitution itself . Louis Napoleon and his advisers have no such power . , The traitorous and unprincip led m ajority have no such power . In proposingi ; therefore , a sweeping confiscation SCJOT- suffrage , they , are guilty of trea son againsUhe ; 8 overeiga people ' arid the Conj sUtutiou of the country , Ihefblaoottt
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selves within ; the' penal operation ofthe law , and are > equitably ' and < iriorally—if not . pet legally—iamenable'to all' the pains and penal * tiesimposediby the Constitution for the violation of its principles and enactments . ' The doiibleVictory achieved iriParisby the calm and intelligent exercise of the franchise , hasdrivenvthereactioriary party to desperation . Hopeless of subverting the Republic by means of trickery , evasion ; and intimidation , united , with the various corrupt influences at the . command of a rich , powerful , and unscrupulous party , they have resolved to throw
down -the gauntlet ; and to disfranchise—by means of a tyrant and perjured majority—the very people who made them what they are , and gave them for the time being the power of legislating for France ., After much deliberation , a iCommittee , consisting of tbe most inveterate supporters of all the despotisms and abuses whioh have cursed the country during the last thirty years , concocted a scheme of wholesale disfranchisement . They proposed , what they called with a grim facetiousness , an "/ Electoral Refobm Bill ; " the leading principle of which is , that in order to havethepower
of voting in future , all persons must have resided '' thbee . tears in one domicile ! the proof of domicile to ^ be founded on an inscription in the assessment © f personal taxes . By other portions of this most infamous proposal—servants , workmen , and the younger members of families are placed entirely at the mercy of their employers ; and if the infernally contrived machinery ofthe measure can be brought into play , it will , undoubtedly , place the franchises of the working classes , in all the large towns , in the power of the capitalists , manufacturers , and , profit-mongers . Mayors and municipal c ' ouncils-r-who are in-, vaflably . ' composed of : these classes—have .
almost unlimited powersgiven to them , to concoct . fraudulent and colourable electoral lists , to suit the purposes bf the party to which they may belong , and , in fact , essentially to deprive the people of the . franchise ,, under a nominal Republic . ' Thaty-in fact , is its direct objectthe purpose for which it has been' constructed —although "with a hypocrisy which is even more detestable than their villany , the concoctors now-pretend that they have no such object in view , and that the measure—which was , ' according to their own organs , the direct result oftho . Paris elections—did not so originate , and that they are sincerely attached to the Constitution . '• :.
. . ; If the measure is carried , it will be even a more flagrant violation of all natural political rights then the " Reform Bill of "Finality John . '" One year ' s residence and payment of rates , entitled to a vote under that act , and the tenant is not deprived of the . franchise by removal from one place to another . All that he has to do is to prove continuous occupation in the borough or county for which he claims to vote . .. '
It is evident that . one great object of the rebels against the Constitution is , to provoke the people ^ if possible , into a physical-force contest , while these traitors still have the command of the army , and the resources ofthe country . They know very well , that if they are foiled in this'object , the inevitable result ofthe peaceful and legal operation ofthe Constitution will be , at the next election , to give to France a Chief Magistrate and an Assembly really representing the people ,, and prepared to act in accordance with the national feeling . Accordingly ; with acool , calculating and bloodthirsty fiehdishness which , we verily believehas
no parallel in history , they have taken every opportunity ofcommittingactsof outrage , and of exercising the most arbitrary and irritating repressive force over the popular Press and popular feeling . Their open and avowed design has been to goad the people into resistance and retaliation , in order that they might have a pretext , under the name of Peace , Law , and Order , of mercilessly urging a war of extermination ,-and of making the streets of all the great cities run with the blood of those who areinot disposed to submit to their domination : Their most earnest desire is , that some excuse may be afforded to them to
' Cry havoc , and let slip the dogs of war . ' Even " the bloody old Times "—as Cobbett used to call it—which every one will allow has few qualms of conscience , when the . object is to put down political liberty , either at home or abroad—pales for the moment , before the bolder and more ferocious tigers on the other side of the English channel . It fears that , in their eagerness for blood , they have lost all the cunning which is' the characteristic of . the dominant class , who everywhere live by the plunder and oppression of mankind . They have cast off the . usual disguises ; and , by
the confession of the absolutest mouth-piece of all the tyrants of Europe , they stand before the world self-proclaimed , self-convicted enemies of " Peace , Law , and Order , " except these are based on the continuance of their own ascendancy . Pathetically does the Times warn its worthy confreres that they have changed places with rebels , traitors , insurgents , and enemies of public well-being—that they are the assailants , and the " common people ''—the defenders of
constitutional institutions , and of all the great interests of society . So far as these are connected with the maintenance of tranquillity and the steady developement of industrial resources , these remonstrances have produced no effect . The reaclionnalres have madl y rushed from one extreme to another ; and , at the present moment—in anticipation of the success of their- hellishly-devised scheme-Paris is swarming ' with troops , ready to slaughter the people the moment they can be roused into desperation and resistance .
In the midst of all these incitements to violence and to just retribution , the people and their leaders have maintained an attitude which reflects the highest honour and dignity upon Democracy and Democratic principles . Individual and repeated violations of the law , have not provoked them into hasty impatience . Wholesale tampering with the Constitution , and obstruction of the exercise of popular rights , have been met by a noble and manly exercise of . Constitutional rights when the right time came , and a leliance upon their own moral power and discipline , which constitutes , in our estimation , one of the brightest , and at the same time , one of the most marvellous pages of history ..
^ The people are quiet , not because they are quiescent , or prepared to submit to the tyranny which a set of scoundrelly adventurers wish to impose upon them , but because they are well organised . and disciplined , . and guided by leaders who are determined , that if a blow is to be struck it shall not be until the right moment has come ; and that if no such time offers for successful physical ' resistance , they will make the Constitution the instrument by which they will peacefully and legall y achieve that predominance in the Legislature , and the administration of which the . majority ought by right to possess . ¦ :
It is with the moat heartfelt pleasure that we have noted the masterly and intelligent manner in which the Democratic party have hitherto comprehended the use , and applied the Constitutional weapons placed in their hands by . the Revolution of 1848 . The political education of the whole people has . proceeded in the most satisfactory and successful manner . If they persevere in the same cautious , but firm and enlightened policy , rio
power on earth can prevent their ultimate triumph ; and they will . triumph too with the hearty sympathy , sincere admiration , and respectful esteem of the good and enlightened men in every part of the world . ; ' The very means adopted by the conspirators for ; their purposes , 'will ultimately recoil upon i themselves , \ andften d most effectuall y to prer vehrtheir fulfilment ; : France will- become I utterly dwgaatedMaatasoiiiatk , Tho dull-
The Struggle In France. The Re-Action Ap...
! ANTI-SOCIALISM AND CLASS LEGISLATION . One of the reasons we have most repeatedly urged for the adoption of the People ' s Charter is , that it would give Labour a chance of being represented in the Legislature , and of having its . interests cared , for . At present every interest but Labour is represented in the House of Commons : and the consequence is , that that House has not the slightest sympathy with the wants , wishes , or opinions ofthe working classes . No more conclusive proof of this fact could be offered than the rejection of Lord Robert Grosven ' qr ' s motion , to refer the case of the Journeymen Bakers of the Metropolis to a Select Committee . The facts
est , and" the least , informed portions oThT 1 community , will be forced to compr ehend th they are the enemies of the ' country an *" interests ; and at the next election—even shonu they succeed an their infamous violation f a Constitution-r-we have not the sli ghtest donl that the national voice would proclaim as turally and Unanimously for their exclua ^' from power , as it did in this countrv fin . * downfall ofthe Whigs ; inl 84 l , after C i years of misrule , nepotism , and treach erv t the people , by whom they wereplacedin fLI ° The fate of European Democracy is fori ?' moment , placed in the hands of the noble n who now lead the Democratic party in Fvm All eyes are anxiously turned towards them all hearts' tremblingly vibrate with their S movement . It is a situation of vast ineaif ^ lable , responsibility-a crisis of the most m mentous character in its influence unnn «?"
wtiole cmliaed world . One false or hastv 21 will give to . the wolves , bloodhounds 2 tigers , who are ready to fly at the throa ts of the people , the opportunity of drownintr Z Revolution in a sea of blood . Patience self command , organisation , and perseverannn within-the limits of the Constitution wiH S the contrary , secure , at no distant day avic tory which will be as permanent as itVillt glorious , because it will neither be the Drodiu * of force nor fraud , but be based on the aiW ing sympathies and intelli gence of the whol « people . lv
If our humble voice has any weight with our brothers across the water—we cry to them with , all earnestness—let their watchwords he - The Constitution . ' ; "Peace , Law ^ Order . ' « Non resistance to Physical Fo rce the moral and intellectual supremacy of thp whole people ! "
Respecting The Situation And The Hardshi...
respecting the situation and the hardships endured by this hard-working body of men , have been . ' so frequently placed before our readers , that it is unnecessary for us to detail them here . It " will be remembered , however , that , on former occasions , their application for the extension of the principle of legally , regulated labour to . their body has been re « fused , on the ground that Parliament was not in possession of sufficient information to enable } t to legislate . In order to put that informa . tion at its command ,, the Bakers proposed a
Select Committee of Inquiry ; whereupon , the Government declined to interfere at all , and "Friend" Bright delivered himself of a speech redolent of the . ignorance , arrogance , and sel < fishness of the "Manchester . School . " According so this dictatorial , oracular , and infallible . authority , the proposal to . prevent , the Journeymen Bakers from being treated worse than the slaves on a cotton or sugar plantation —for ensuring something like regular , even if long , ' hours of labour—and for providing them with places to pursue their toil , fit at least for
beasts to breathe in—is Socialism . Lord Robebt Grosvenor—who repudiates Communism—is a Socialist for making that proposal ; and the Journeymen Bakers have an organ in -which the cotton-lord detects Socialism as rank as that ot Robert Owen , or Louis Blanc . Well , admitting all that to be true—what then ? Mr . Bbighx ' s " eroo'' is that the motion should be resisted . The Journeymen Bakers are "Socialists ; they are
adults—they are more than adults—they are Scotchmen , Therefore , there ought to be no inquiry into their alleged grievances . Q . E . D . Now , we must say , that this appears a very summary mode of disposing of practical questions ; and , if we respectfully venture to differ from so great a luminary , and so infallible a political philosopher as the Member for Manchester , we trust - he will bear a little with our ignorance and imperfections—even should these also savour of that most detestable of all detested
heresies , Socialism . We have , indeed , a suspicion that the frequency with which the " Manchester School'' apply that epithet to everything that savours of humanity , and of equal justice between man and man , will not serve the object they have in view . Instead of defaming such measures , it will have the effect of connecting Socialism in the public m ind with all that tends to alleviate misery—to teach the ignorant—liberate the enslavedand to elevate those whom the present system oppresses .
The custom of laissezfaire is , however , not yet so firmly established , or so generally interwoven into our institutions , as to justify its advocates in this lofty and supercilious treatment of an opposite social policy . In a thousand directions , we see proofs that the philosophy ofthe millocracy and the profitmongevs is of the shallowest description . The varied and conflicting interests of the people , the complicated structure of modern society , present questions which are not to be solved by
the empirical collection of crotchets and selfish dogmas they have dignified by the name of science . An overruling necessit y compels our Government to act upon principles widely opposed in their character and tendency to the " every man for Himself and devil take the hindmost , " gospel believed in by Jo HJt Bright and Co . Hence we have laws for the relief of the poor ; laws for regulating labour in mines ; laws for regulating tho labour and treatment of sailors on board of
ship ; laws prescribing the conduct to be observed by owners of emigrant ships to those who take their passage in them , besides hosts of similar enactments , in all of which , the principle , that the legislature is bound to interfere between the strong and the weak for tho protection of the latter , is distinctly embodied and acted upon . It may ; however , be said , by the political economists , that there are so many instances of mistaken legislation , and so far from making out a case for including the journeymen bakers , that the whole of these
regulating enactments are nuisances which interfere with the free developement of capital and labour , which is the alpha and omega of their so called science . To this , the only repl y is , these laws were necessitated by the heartlessness , the misery , the vice , and the degradation , which the unchecked and unregulated operation of your principles pro duced . Civilization consists in securing to all clas ses an . equitable participation in the pr oducts which accumulated capital , improved skill , ana advanced scientific and mechanical
discoveries have placed at the disposal of society * These advantages are not to be monopoly by any one class , but their benefits oa S V : be fairly distributed among all classes , by tiw medium of such laws and institutions as # neither give encouragement to idleness on «¦> one hand , nor allow a powerful few to ma ** slaves of the toiling many on the other . * such is not to be the result of increasing powers of producing wealth , and of accumu * F" ™ " « " i » uuuiug wtKtiuu , » u « «« ,
lated means for diffusing competence , »"* ' ligence and leisure throughout the com ^; nity , civilization itself is a sham-a miseraWJ mockery—which places the mass of n 1011 ^ in aninfinitel y worseposition than if they w * allowed to remain in a state of . primit ive W . b ' arism . There at least ; their rights « wr w « common bounties : of nature—tho PJj" stream—the ' huntmg ' . grdund-the . WeB ^ S of fm air / aud ligto ^ would be . equal fe WW
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 18, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18051850/page/4/
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