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TO THE .CO-OPERATORS OP NOTTINGHAM. My F...
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THE: SJOMHEM STAB '. - ' SATCKDAY, MAY 25, IS50.
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PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS OF THE SESSION. :...
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-r nc . n ' . ' . ^» — NAT ! ON A L BEN E 3 ? * T S O G I E T Y ^ u i Baroll 8 d , par 5 Hant : to « atate 8 aiand . l 0 fe , Rcteria te ; 27 .:. ' ' ^' ;' fTHE ABOVE . SOCIETY , as amended and legalised , was formerl y ^ knowD'as the X 5 ATI 0 XAL CO-OPERATIVB BBSTBFI 3 ; -SOCIETY ; the = maiogers of whidi have . long seek the necessity of lsgalpwlection for the secwiry of its members , laframing the new rules , care has been taken to equalise the expenffitnre with the receipts , so that the permanefitsnecess of & e * ockty should be beyondaU doubts . ; ' . ,-ThrSode ^ is divided into three sections , * te meet the nasessities and reguiremeats of all ' classes of mechanics and Hbdarers , from eighteen years of age to forty . - ., \ - > -. ' ¦ " '• SHB lOSLOWKG IS XBB SC 4 LB OF HES Tltt BB PjUD JUP WEESXT AUOWAKCE M 6 ICSKE 9 S . - ' ESTEASCEt— ' ;;_• > . S . u . ' - . . Age . Istseetion . andsedSe * . Snds ' ecrioa . ! First Section ' ' * l . x \ \ . > - ' -Q ^' ¦' : ' . s . d . -s . d . s . d . Second Section .. ' . ' .. ' " - " " .. ' FromlStoK .... # 0 . „„ 2 O .... 10 . Third Section .. -. — s ° _ 24 . — fl .... G 0 , „ , 4 0 .... 2 0 ¦ . - ' : . ¦ - ' ' ¦ ¦ •" , — 27—SO .... 9 < T .. „ € O .. .. 3 0 - ^ aBEBS HEimi ,. - WKE 6 DEATH . — § 0-33 .... 12 0 .,., S 0 .... 4 0 - i' « . ' i '' ' * , j | — 33-3 G .... 15 0 „ .-. 10 0 5 0 First Section .... 1 . 5 00 ........ 7 10 O _ SC-38 .... IS O ,,., 12 0 6 0 Second Section .. 10 . 0 0 . 5 . O 0 — SS—40 .... 21 0 „ .. . U 0 .... 7 0 Third Section .... 5 0 0 ..... : 3 0 0 MONXBIS CONTMBDTIOSS . - jj „ l- oj ' .. ^^ ssss ^^^^^ s ^ ^ va & oncan Dehad , and members enroUei Country fiiends , ap ^ y in S for rules , can have them ^ forwarded , by enclosmg ^^^^ late < iw ^ iveBenefit 8 ociety , who have paid all dues and deniandsup ^ to thei 25 th December , » 9 , con atonceoetauis ^^ to dther section ^ e-SationalltoefitSo ^^^^ Aeents and sab-ce « Sari « sortiSelate National Co-operative Benefit Society , are requested to immediately inform the eSStewlfSnSot ^ ImbcK MkefcTU * nsfer to the Katioual Benefit Society ; and parties wishing to ^^ aSS toSbrSch f 7 flTe « Ws ^ ty , can be supplied mth every information , on apphcationto the _ 8 «« tary , hy enc ] o ^ ap ^^^
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ISelets to Boxes and Pinxl y will benefit Mrs . Fussell STANDAE D THEATRE , ( Opposite the Eastern Counties Bailway , ) Swreditch . Sole lessee , Mr . Johx Douglas . .- ¦ A few fiiends having formed themselves into a comjmttee , herehv beg to announce to those who have hearts tefeelfor suffering haroanily . that they base taken the tbore splrodid Theatre for the BENEFIT OF 11 RS . PUSSELL ASD FAMILY , . "Pife of Jons Fcssai , one of tlie rolitical Prisoners still confined in the Tblhttl-fidds House of Correction . ) On WEDXESDAY ETESIXC , MAY 29 in , SeiBgthe Second Anniversary of the Evening on which Ifr . Fussell delivered the Speech , of -vrhich he was most unjustly convicted . )
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TO THE EMBARRASSED . ITIHERE are thousands of persons who nave X long struggled against the force of misfortune , but few are aware that , by very recent Acts , all small traders Siring debts not exceeding £ 300 , farmers , private and pro-- essiona \ gentlemen , and all others , owing to any amount the latter without any publicity ) , can be entirely raised ' ron their difficulties at small expense , and without imprisonment or bankruptcy . All such Mr . Weston- begs will apply to hiai at 6 , Essex-street , Strand , by letter , or - exsonally . Offieehoars from 101212 , and 6 till 8 . XBL—The above Acts stay all Palace Court , County Court , and other proceedings . Clergymen need not submit < t sequestrations .
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BEAUTIFUL WHISKERS , HAIR , SKIN , AXD TEETH !! . TWENTY RECIPES Indispensable to THE TOILET , and personal comfort to every Lady V Gentleman , who , at the outlay of a few pence only , and a Enbsegucnt attention to the use of one , or all the following articles , would secure those attractions of which too many , both male and female , are so culpably deficient Ihe Recipes arc foramost beautiful L 1 QTJ 1 D HAIR DYE , . requiring only four minutes in application , and being combed through the Hair with a brush , may be used without assistance . Jt is considered tbe lest Dye extant Renters for Freckles , Sunburn , Pock Marks , Ringworm , and all cutaneous disfigurements ; Superfluous , Weak or Grey Heir , Baldness , & c POMADE and BAKDOLINE for producing and curling
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RSOTHER CHARTISTS BEWARE !! RUPTURES -EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A ^ TRUSS !! DR . DE ROOS still continues to supply theafiiicted with his celebrated cure for single or double RUPTURE , the efficacy of which fur botb seses , aud all ages , is too weU known to need comment It is perfectly free from danger , causes no pain , confinement , or inconvenience , and will with full instructions , < £ c , rendering iauure impossible , be sent free on receipt of 7 s . in cash , or by Post Office order , payable at the Holborn office , A great number of Trusses have been left behind by persons cure ? , as trophies of the immense success of this remedy , which will be readily given to any one requir ing them after a trial of it Letters of inqsirv should contain two postage stamps . Address , WaherDe Koes . M . D .,-35 , Ely-place , Holborn bill , Lsn ^ in . At home from 10 till 1 ; and 4 till S . —( Sundays excepted . ) CAUTIOX . —Sufferers are earnestly cautioned against Tcrathia ! impudent quacks , who copy this announcement , fcrge testimonials , place Dr . before their names make assertions , the most extravagant and absurd , and have recourse tothebasistpracticestovictimisethepublic
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TEE OXLT CURE FOR RUPTURE . TRUSSES—It is sl well-known fact , that of all the jfls that flesh is heir to , none suffer from I . rejua ; eesojaEeh as those aftlicted with Hernia , different kinds of Trusses being required to meet tlie peculiarities cf each case , and as the majority of Truss-maktrs are strongly jH-jadieed to their own inventions they use them to the exclusions of all others . Thus it is that the ruptured public are obliged . to visit numerous Truss-inakers before being suited . Xow the undersigned , a practical maker , having been twesty years ialbe trade , and well acquainted with the virtues and failings of every Truss extant , earnestly invites a visit from the afiicted , when he will exhibit to them tie real cause of their discomfiture , and agree not to receive one penny until complete satisfaction is given , the most hopeless and desperate cases not excepted : with which latter J . G . has been eminently successful , from his impartial system of adaptation . Persons safferingirom buptghes iriH do well to pay Mr . G . a visit alter they have been victimised by Quacks , who profess to have remedies , it being known by the whole "Profession that no rupture can be cured without a Truss adapted to tlie case .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . OFFICESj 14 , SOUTHAMPTON STREET , STRAND , , LONDON . The Provisional Committee of the NATIONAL CHARTER 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 . All applications by letter wiU receive the most prompt attention . , Notice is also given that all the receipts for the Cards issued , must be forwarded monthly . - per Post Office Order , made payable to John Arnott , at the Post Office , Strand , and addressed to him at the Office ofthe Association , 14 , Southampton Street , Strand . London . .
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DEAFNESS . — Important Notice . 4- Sir . FRANCIS , the eminent aurist ,. 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 tha head , and all diseases ofthe aural canal . Mr . F . attends daily from 10 until G , athisconT suiting rooms , C , Beaufort-buildings , Strand , London , Per sons at a distance can state their case by letter ,-. Advice to the poor , Monday , Wednesday , and Friday , from 6 till Sin the evening .
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EMIGRATION TO NORTH 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-everv Ten Days . To BOSTON and PHILADELPUI A-every Fifteen Days . And occasionally to ' '' . BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , andSt JOHNS . ' Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New York , payable in any part of the United States . Tapsoott ' s "Emigrant ' s Guide" sent free , on receipt of Four Postage Stamps . Ifg About twenty-eight thousand persons sailed for the New World , in Tapscott ' s line of American Packets . in 1840 .
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EMIGRATION TO GEORGIA , IRWIN COUNTY , UNITED STATES . COTTON . ' -COTTON . M COTTON ! . ' . ' Independence !—Self Government in Factories!—with Fixity of Working Hours 1 The attention of Manufacturers and Operatives in Cotton of small capital is called to an extract from tlie New York Correspondent ofthe Times , dated 17 th Julv , ISid , which says , relative to the State of Georgia— ' Advantage has been taken of its extensile 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 twentr-fiv « to thirty' per t
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Brotlicr Chartists Beware ! ! RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AND PERMANENTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! CAUTION . —Svfferers are earnestly 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 recourse to the basest practises to victimise the public . EVERY SUFFERER FROM RUPTURE ( Single or Double , and of . every varietv ) is earnestly invited to write , or pay Dr . BARKER a visit , as iu every ease he guarantees them a perfect cure . During an extensive practice in mam thousands of cases ; his remedyhas been entirely successful , ' as the testimonials he has received frdni patients ;' and many eminent members of themedicalprofession , amply prove ..- It ' -is applicable to both sexes , old and young ; easy and painless in use . and most certain in effect . . The remedy is sent post free , on receipt of Cs . Cd . by ' posuoffice order , cash , or postage stamps , by Dr . ALFRED BARKER , 48 , Liverpool-street , King ' s-Cross , London , where he may be consulted daily from y till 1 , and 5 till D Sundays , 9 till 1 . . '
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-. THE OHSiTEBT EBITIOS BVEB FUBL 1 EHED . ! . ••¦ . : ¦ ' . : ,- Price . lB . . 6 d . J . , - . : • [¦'¦' . ¦/ ¦ '"' ¦ - - A : new « id * legant edition , with Steel Plate o £ the ..... . . . .,,. . .,-, Author , of . " : ' ' .... ' - • PACE'S POUTICAL WORKS . <¦ Now Ready , a New Edition of » B , 0 eONH . OR S WORKOHSMALL FARMS Sold by j . Watson , Qjueen ? a Head Pasaagej Paternoster row , London ; A . Jleywood , Oldham-street , Manchester , , imd LbvS and Co .-, 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow .- - ' . . .. [ '" And bv-aU Booksellers in Town and Country .-
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' .,, ; , : SECOND YEAH OF ! ~ THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW Of BRITISH iso-FORElGN . POLITICS , " HISTORY - -,- ' ... . and LITERATURE . .. .. , . : .. . Edited by , G .. JULIAN HARNEY . ' ... . ^ , ¦ On the 1 st of June wiU be published . No . 13 , being the first . number of Vol . , 11 , of this monthly exponent of Democratic and Social Progress .... ., .. '" . Tlie contents of the number for June will uicluda a letter from the Editor on the Conspiracy in France to destroy Universal Suffrage ; articles on Democracy , Mazzins ' s work on the Popedom , < tc ., & c .. In the same number will also appear certain letters excluded , from . the . A ' ortnerii Star ; including the Editor ' s defence of Chartism , in . reply to a Renegade ' s Revelitions ; with other matter important and interesting to the Chartistsj and all friends to Democratic and Social Reform .
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• IMPORTANT DELEGATE MEETING . " A YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE A DELEGATE MEETING will be held in the NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION ROOM at IIEBDEN BRIDGE , on Sunday , ' the 26 th of Mat , 1850 , ' at Ten o'clock in the forenoon , when the following questions will be submitted for consideration ' : — " ¦• -. ¦ '¦ m ' - . ;¦ 1 . —To ' consider , and finally settle ; the : best mode of appointingan Executive head to . the Chartist movement . 2 . —To discuss . the . New : Plan : of . Organisation , as put forth by the London Conference . ' , " . ' . ' •" . - ''" ' ' . - ¦ •¦ - ;•' < .:. 3 . —To consider the best mode , of bringing the Cliartist mind of the two counties , and the country . gerierally > , to bear upon tbe political Questions of the day ; . ; .- - - ¦;' .- / -.. Mr . G . " Ji Hahnev will attend on'behalf of the Provisional Committee .. ,,: ; . ¦ „ . .... .,. : ; - '"' .. ili .. All . communicationf to be addressed to James MiiiH * K « , 7 , Duke-streetBiick , Sandy-broiv , Stockport ,. Cheshire ...,.
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- . - '«¦ - '• -- ' : >' NOTICE . ' •;¦ - ; . ' -..- - • - - 'i A WEST . RIDINCr DELEGrATE MEET -tx- ING will be "held on ' Sunday , June ' 2 nd , at eleven o'clock in the forenoon , at Mitehel ' s Temperance Hotel , Union-stieet , near the Court House , Bradford , when delegates are requested to attend from the following places , ' : — Leeds , Bradford , Halifax , Birstol , Wilsdeh , Keighley , Bingley , Hauley , Holmfirth , Berry-brow , ' Huddersfield , Dewsbury .-Waltefield , Sheffield , Pudsey , and every otHev place in the Riding , for the purpose of drawing up u fresh plan for the lecturers , and other business-will be brought before thejJelegates .: - . ' ...:.. By order of , -. i ' -.-: ., .-- | -, : . , ¦ ^ : Thomas Wkcock , West Riding Secretary .. ¦
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- ¦ - 'Notice . : - ; - - • " " ¦' - '" ' THE NEWCASTLE - UPON - TYNE . BRANCH OF THE NATIONAL LAND' COMPANY , will hold their General Quarterly Meeting in Mr . Greener ' s Long Room , Cock Inn , Dead of the Side , Newca % tlc-upon Tyne , on Sunday , Jd . ne 2 xd . The Chair to be . taken at Two O'Clockprecisely . . " . '' .... " j Town and Country members are earnestly requested to attend , as" business of great importance will be brought before the meeting . - .-i . / ; - -. > i ; -.-. - James Nisbett , Secretary , - ¦ . 10 , Gibson-street , Newcastle . >
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THE LAND AT O'CONNORVILLE . TO BE LET ON LEASE , the superior Two Acre Allotment , now' occupied V-y T . M . IVoesxeb ( thelate purchaser havingfailed iii fulfilling . his engagement ) , ! the - . Land is completely cropped , and the Crops are looking well ; there is . a largo quantity , of fruit trees ; the out-buildings are ample and convenient , and it will be disposed of as a bargain , stock , gardening , im ' pler ments , Sic , included . For particulars apply to T .- M . Wheeleb , O'Conriorville , near Rickmansworth , Herts . — ' . ; All letters must contain a postage stamp for reply .
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NATIONAL CHARTER LEAGUE . , . ; The Public are respectfully informed that the following QBRIE'S , OiF , , L EC T , U RE'S KJ ¦ - Will be . delivered at the
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TO THE . CO-OPERATORS OP NOTTINGHAM . My Fbiends , —During a short stay in your . town , and passing through , one of your streets , ( the name of which ! have forgot , ) my eye caught a glance ' . of a paper in a window which stated , tho premises wore occupied as a Co-Operative Labour and Provision . Store . It was natural for me , being myself a co-operator , to go in and make . some inquiries of tho storekeeper about the principles of . ihe company and the objects in view for . est-nulishing it . To my great delight , I found that the parties did not commence the concern as a money-making affair , as they had far higher objects in view , their intentions
being to provide themselves with good food-and clothing , and to sell to . the public , at reasonable profits ; but their chief object being to . carry Out the Co-Operative Labour Question , by employing their members at their own trades , and so keep for their own . use the profits which fill the long purses of the different grades of moneymongers who Jive and fatten on the labour of . their fellow-creatures . So far my conversation with the storekeeper was of a pleasing character ; but when I asked how many members have yon ? his answer surprised mo . Less than thirty , was his reply . And when I learnt that the shares were only five shillings each , I could not believe I was in the Democratic town of Nottingham , where Chartism was proclaimed with such eclat -in
the election of Mr . O'Connor to Parliament . Only thirty men , practical co-operatists , out of a population of 30 , 000 , in the most Democratic town in England , was an anomaly that I could not tinderstand . \ Yorking-men of Nottingham , do nob allow this noble attempt of a few good men to better your condition want that assistance which you aro bound by your principles to give . The founders of this store have a right to expect your co-operation in their undertaking . If each co-operator would take a share , and bring only a portion of his custom to the shop , the profits would soon enable the momhew to test the Labour Question , as the shares can be paid by small installments , there can bo no excuse on thoground of poverty . If a stranger should judge ofthe Democracy of your town by the conversation
in cottec-houses and ale-houses , bo would think you were Democrats ; . but if his opinion is formed by your neglect of this Store , and your neglect of the WorKing-Men's Schools and News-rooms connected with it , he could not come to the same conclusion . Had I been fortunate enough to have obtained employment in Nottingham , I should have been one in your company of co-operators . Tho individual system must , of necessity , always produce tyrants and slaves ; a wealthy , and a poor miserable class ; ¦ but co-operation , if carried out , would , provide-every one with plenty . Let tho true . Democrats of "Nottingham , to-a . man , rally round this Labour and Provision Company . ; and if the committee ^ storekeeper , or other officers , are not suitable ' for their business , join the society and elect fresh ones but do not let a good thing flag or fail , when , ' as Democrats , you have a right to support it . Yours truly , A Yorkshire ' Tailor on Tiuup .
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TO SIR GEORGE GREY , ' . Secretary of State . ;;" SiR . -Evcrybo . dy is inquiring what those deputations of Doctors that are constantly " with-you demand ? It is a so asked , do the' Doctors require to ply-sic tho . pub he by act of Parliament , and that their fees shall also be paid by act . " of Parliament or what is it they want ? In short , Sir , these con slant attendances , upon you make ' many people think ' thaUhore must be something rotten in the state of Denmark . " : ' ? Wo have tho honour to be , Sir , yours , & e . Ihe Members of the Hritisu Coilegb v . -, , or Health . ' ¦¦ ¦>¦ Acw-road , London , May 7 , 1850 .
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Origin op PntLico . -The derivation of this word is explained from tho following passage in a rare if S ^ b ^ * ,. ^ ;"" ffaToatthoo ' " * on . -Tny bmZ >' v ' f h ^ 0 id Bfln Pimiioo ' 5 nnt-S ir i * kept a l'laco of entertainment in \ LIT i & ' and ™ celebrated forhisnut-W « ii j i T , i ' ' P lace scoms afterwards to have f !«„ , 7 i ledbybis name , and is constantly : mentioned by our early dramatists . In 1600 a tract was printed entitled" Phalvco . or Runno Rod Cap , 'tis « Si i ™ orid at Hojsdon . " Isaac Reed ( Dodsloy ' s ( M Plays , " cd . Collier , vii . 51 , ) says-:- ' ? A place near Chelsea is still called Pimlico , " . and was resorted to within theso few years , on tho same account / is the former at Uogsdon . "* -A otes . and Q ueries , ,
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r 'TheTeadersof the "Northern Star , " and the Demoisratic . ijarty generally , a f o informed , thai there is now a re-issue of the . Various Steel engravings which have " been , lately ' distributed with the " Northern . Star . " . They cbnsist'df " " ' ? . ;> ¦ . ¦•¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ' : ' ¦ :- . KOSSUTH . ' MEAGHER , ' ' MITC 11 EL ; - ' - ' " SMITH O'BRIEN , ¦ ' ¦ •' . LOUIS BLANC .
' ¦ These Engravings have excited the admira tion 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 J . Pave y ^ . Hol y well-street ;
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MAGNIFICENT BNGRAVINa . A sp lendid Steel Engraving—lJeirig ; a Portrait of each American President , froin ; 6 eiieral Washington to : ' the present ^ President , Zachauy Taylou—is now preparing for our subscribers , and frill bo 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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XoTTixonAM . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , ' sent herewith , viz .: — For Hokestv , Fond : —Mr . "Wild 3 d ; Mr . Parker . 3 d ; Mr . Hudson 2 d . —Foii Mrs ! Fussei . l . —From the Eagle -Tavern 2 s Od ; Mr . W . Smalley and Friends Gd ; Mr . II . Lowe'Cd ; Mr . Lowe , jun . fld ; Mr . W . Lees fid ; Mr . U . Spencer 3 d ; Mr . J . Brown 3 d : } 'A Friend Jd ' ; AFHemlld . ; J ' . ¦ :, . Mr . George . White requests m to state that ho has removedfrom ] Leeds . His present address is , 35 , Victoriastreet , . Manchester-road , Bradford , Yorkshire ' . ' : i Newcastleox-Tv . ve . —Mr . MV'Jude hegs to acknowledge the ' reccipt of the following sums for tho Honesty . Fund . Collected : at Chartist Room 5 s ; Joseph Gland ' s Book 5 s Cd ; Mr . Pigdon's Hook , as follows , M . Clark Is ; Win . Wilson Is ; Win . 13 ! eukinsop Is ; J . Drummoiid ' ls ; C . , Clark Cd ; Deduct for Post-office order for this remit-¦ ¦ ¦
tance , and / a previous one Cu>— -Total lis Gd . ¦¦ ' : MAxcimsTEii : —AH communications intended for the Na tional Charter , Association of this locality , must he addressed to the secretary , Thomas Ormesher , D 2 , Briilge-- . water-street , Manchester . Any locality desirous of the " services of Mr . G . J . Mantle , late a prisoner in Chester Castle , may procure thorn by applying as above . Portrait op E . J * . ne 3 . —Several subscribers write to us for the portrait of Mr . Jones ; We beg to inlorra them that we have not any on hand . Mi ' . Jonsotf , Fiiisbury . —Your address would be charged as . an advertisement . Mr . Wc-stlev , Wellingborough . —The sum of 13 s was acknowledged ' as received at the Land-office instead of £ 1 . It was not handed over to me . W . Kider .
aiiEFPiixD : CiiARTiSTS . — We can bear witness that-Mr . Cavill is altogether blameless for the abridgment of the . communication sent to this office on the 11 th instant . Press of matter compelled the abridgment , not only of the SkcSield report , but from other places likewise . Joux HoliJ Fttdihnm We caunot continue tho discussion respecting Potcr ' sville . J . PoRTiionr , . Exeter . Mr . Arnott has informed us that he has written an answer to your question . We have no room for the correspondence from the Western , Times .
The: Sjomhem Stab '. - ' Satckday, May 25, Is50.
THE : SJOMHEM STAB ' . - ' SATCKDAY , MAY 25 , IS 50 .
Progress And Prospects Of The Session. :...
PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS OF THE SESSION . : After a brief recess , the curtain has risen upon the third and concluding act of the annual Parliamentary melo-dra , ma ,. or farcewhichever may bo tho most suitable title for tho performances in the "New Palace , at Westminster . " There has been , during the whole Session—as far as we remember—onl y ona ; " count out . " Members have . . regularl y attended ; to make a House ; and , ' whatever business . was before it , has been doggedly , and steadily dealt with— - "the House" generally rising between twelve and one o ' clock in the morning . Lately , it has taken to the practice of sitting an hour or two longer . Yet ,
with all this diligence for nearly four months , when the work thcy _ havo " turned put" is looked at , it is puzzling to comprehend the possibility of so little , having been done by any humanly-constructed machine for the purposes of human ' government . The closest analogy , we know of in this respect is the treadmill ; but , then , it is : expressly contrived to " churn the wind , " and nothing else . Those who are compelled to keep tlio step-cylinder going which ,. sets it in motion , know beforehand that it is the end of their enforced toil . But , that an assembly of "English gentlemen" should voluntarily place themselves on a leg islative treadmill , with the same results , is " positively astonishing . ' '
It will be remembered that the Ministerial bill of fare , at tho beginning of the Session , was , in itself , of a sufficiently meagre descri ption ; Its composition was characteristic of ¦ the timidity and tlie incompetency of an Administration which certainly has exhibited less intellectual fitness and capacity than any Government ofthis . cQuntry for tlio last half century . at least . But ' weak , temporizing , and paltry as ' , was , the promise , the performance , up to . this time ,, has fallen infinitely short of 'it . ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ .. . ¦ ¦ ! ,. ¦
Of the few measures which could be said to provide , even in a small degree ; remedies for admitted public grievances , tlio Irish Franchise Bill is tho onl y one that lias as yet
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passed the Lower House . - It is said with confidence by the party organs , thjtt it is to be made the ground for a trial of party strength in 'the House of Lords . Tory and Whig , are toie fairly p itted against each other— 'the impetuous Stanle y heading tlie attack . ; If ho has come to the , resolution to do this , and to make the Irish Franchise the battle field , it is no doubt after duo consultation with his party , and abelief that they have on that ground a better chance of success than upon any other at present ., vlndeed , significant hints that such was the policy .-. of the Tories ,. were given in . : .,. ^ . -.- ¦¦ . tt ' ... . • ,,, ui , . nnl
the House of Commons in the debate on the third reading . Our readers know the low value we put ^ upon the measure itself .. If thrown out by the Peers it will be no great loss . ' -But we scarcely think that their ' lordships ' will venture , in tho present state of public opinion , to reject so very " moderate " aiid homoepathic an extension of the franchise as theWhig ministry 'have proposed and carried in the . other , House . . Y-If , however , trie Tories imag ine that "the pear is ri pe , " that their party opponents have , as is their custom when in office , fallen sufficiently into public
disrepute to be safely " turned out , '' tho attempt may be successful . In such cases it is not the merits of the question selected , for the trial that' determines the vote . For our own part , so utterl y sick and disgusted are wo with the imbeciles who have misgoverned the country , ever sincei Sir . Robert Peel ' s retirement in 1846 , that wo -should gladly welcome any Government in their p lace . A bold , consistent , ' stout-hearted Tory administration would be infinitely preferable to a set of political Ia os , who , under pretence of being friendl y to popular liberty , stab it in the back ,
and whose sole positive characteristic is , that they -effectually prevent all positive or perceptible TefcrmAyhile they are hi power . If the Whig * mask wove : torn from tlio . face of the oligarchy / and it became a fair stand-up fi g ht between it , and the people , we haveno fear as to the issue . ' .. In evei-y contest that has taken place between them for the Ias ' t quarter of a century , the peop le have been uniformly victorious . The strength they have . acquired from
past triump hs over bigotry and exclusive . privileges , the increased and increasing diffusion of-political knowledge , and that spirit of calm determined self-reliance which such knowledge invariably generates , would make them more than a match in any future constitutional strugg le ' for supremacy . If the rejection of the miserable mockery , called the Irish Franchise Bill , hastens this consummation , it will be almost tho only one thing that will deserve to be uemember ed of the session of 1850 .
• Wo observe that one "liberal" morning paper , in a very magniloquent style , reminds their " lordships '' of the ; result of their resistance to the Reform Bill of 1832 , and Louis Philippe ' s flight from France in 1848—under the homely cognomen of William Siirriiand threatens them with something similar , if they dare to reject the ricketty Whig bantling which has been sent up to them . Let them riot be daunted .. The people have learned
immensel y since 1832 . They are not to be taken in now by solemn shams and specious claptraps . " ¦ : The only thing that will rouse them in earnest , will be a genuine substantial Reform , not such " Brummagem ware" as Whi gs manufacture . At the same time , it is but right to warn them , that if they take office as an Anti-Reform Ministry , they will have to ; encounter astern and universal opposition on the part of the whole peop le , the result of which must be left in the meantime to their
own cogitations . As to . the other public measures which were promised in the Royal Speech , they have not emerged'from the Commons ; and looking at the short ' time which must elapse before the Session closes , it is very doubtful . whether some of them will do so in time for even colourableconsideration by the " other jl ouso . " The . Bill . for the abolition of Intramural Interments . contains clauses so hostile to the spirit'of parish independence ,-and individual profit-mongering , that it' will have to encounter a most determined opposition , and , besides ,
involves so . many- objectionable principles , and such . vast interests , that . its discussion will necessarily consume much time . "With respect to other measures for the promotion of Public Health , we see in the paper , bills for Scotland and Ireland in different stages ; but the supply of water to the two millions and a-half of people in the metropolitan province has not advanced one jot . All that has been done is to throw out . a ' couple of Bills , which would have added , to ' the number of- private speculators who how possess the exclusive monopoly of poisoning the . lieges at high piices .
The . Budget is nearly as far front being finished as it was on its'first announcement by the " Wooden " Chancellor . The only indication , of its termination is to be found in the fact , that Sir Chaules , after five abortive attempts to constitute a tolerable Stamp Act , has abandoned the whole of them , and brought in a sixth edition , which Would appear to be more palatable to the money-mongers—his masters , and ours . '
The Parliamentary Papers issued during the recess carry down the business before the House of Commons to Wednesday , tho third of July . Looking at the enormous number , of bills set down among the orders of the day , and the importance of a considerable number of them , as affecting the interests of powerful classes , it is quite certain that many of them must be thrown overboard . In the course of another mouth or so the usual yearly slaughter of the Innocents will be commenced , and we shall then be able more accurately to count up the beggarly performances ol
the session . Besides tho bills and motions which are on the paper , for each day , down to the time we have named , there are a considerable number of motions for which no day has been named ; among which may be mentioned one by Mr . Poulett Sen ope , affirming a great and important principle , namel y , that . all persons capable of labour maintained at the public expense , < whether as prisoners or paupers , should be employed as faiv as possible upon labour of a productive character , with a view both to the saving of the cost of their maintenance , and ¦ to their
training to become honest , industrious , useful and self-supporting members of society . If Parliament were to adopt this , principle , and p ass a measure for giving it practical effect , it , wouId : ;' savc itself an infinitude of trouble in future , reclaim from vice and misery hundreds of thousands of poor wretches who are now inevitably driven to the commission of crimeprevent poverty from overwhelming the masses of the people—largely augment the wealth , prosperity , and happiness of the whole community—save at least £ 100 , 000 , 000 annuall y , which is . now . wasted in foolish attempts to
alleviate , cure , or punish , -that which maybe cheaply and effectuall y prevented—aud , above all , convert the whole industrial population into honest , -industrious , useful , and self-supporting members of society . Wo fear the time has not yet come for the adoption of so radical and so rational a measure as this ; and from tlio impatience of the House whenever Mr . Sciiope addresses it , we further apprehend , that , ifhedoes get a day for his motion , it will bo disposed of in dumb show . Mr . P . Howard is to move—if ho can
find an opportunity—for a bill to extend the Elective Franchise in Corporate Towns , to all duly registered on the Burgess Roll , aud to enlarge the suffrage in other toivns returning members to Parliament . Of course , after tho resistance which other measure ' s of Representative Reform have already encountered , there will be no chance for that at the fag-end of tho Session . Mr . H . Drujimoxd , in another shape , proposes to introduce tho question of Protection , by moving thafcit isunjust and impolitic ioimposoany duty oil theproduce of the labourers in GreatBritain ,
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whilst no duty is imposed on the produce offT " labour of foreigners . If common sense in ! i 6 of Political Economy , ruled our Le 4 i af a 4 there would ' , be no necessity for expoun d ' ' snch a truism ' . As it is , it will no d 0 , ^ if ever brought forward , be negatived bv a * votes of a "Free Trade" 'Parliainent -S observe , also , - among these unfixed notL 6 grave . question , mooted by Mr . Bouve !' with . respect to the Law of Divorc e in $ country * He rig htl y affirms , that the pr ! practice of dissolving marriages by w Acts of Parliament , is open to the gravest ^ jectioris , arid ought r iot to be continued a he proposes that an inquiry should b ' Jr whilst nO duty is imposed on the Tirn < 1 «— .
o - by a Commission , whether a Court of L C or Equity , should not have jurisdiction to ?' nounce judgments of divorce . The exi 8 r ° ' state ofthe Jaw on this subject is a dismT to a civilized country , and is characte r !^ throughout by the most flagrant violation 2 of justice . and morality . otl 1 . Looking at the little that has been done ft much that remains to be done , and tlieliw time there is to do it in—there can be no do n u-hatever that the Session will put the dim upon all former legislative shams under t ? Administration of Lord John Russell
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WAR OF PROFITMONGEHS AG-VINcim ' - LIFE AND PROPERTY T It is the fashion of certain journals in « . . and in other countries , to treat the labourin ! masses as if they were the great enemies ! hfo and property . To protect society aea ' Z their ppssible . iiisurrection , an immense reorpl sive force is maintained at a cost which eah into the very vitals of every so-called civilisoS community . Modern societ y seems as if it vvere mastata ofseige , and bristles at all points with civil ,-legal , and military defer !™
,, of " Peace , Law , and Order . " Tho originators . of the calumnies which frighten old women . in and out of petticoats into such a state of terror , that they could no * go to bed at night without expecting , as the Irishman said , to waken next morning and find their , throats cut , unless they , were thus guarded , - ' : take very-good care never to say llable when life aud
a sy property is reall y en . dangercd b y the cap italists for their own selfish purposes . So that the murder can be colourably termed an accident , or one of the casualties of trade , it is . all rig ht . Any in . quiry that may be made , is decorousl y hushed up by a convenient coroner ' s jury , and tlie verdict " Accidental Death " is an answer to all future cayil or queries .
It is r i ow known , thathy means of certain simple and cheap ,, and easily applied inveations , the working of coal and other mines may be made as safe , quite as health y , and nearly as pleasant—except for the deprivation of daylight- —as labour on the surface of the earth . With such facts known , every deaft that takes place in any mine from the nonappliance of -these invention , must be cons : ' dered a case of . wilful murder against the owners , whose avarice or neglect has permitted their workmen to remain surrounded with the
death dealing agencies , which annuall y send hundreds of the miners to . their graves , and leave large families , to dep lore the instant and untimely deaths of their only protectors , But our Government , which so loudl y pro . claims , that the great and paramount duty of the state is to protect life and property , does not think it is bound to interfere in such cases ; or , if some case of more than usual atrocity and appalling magnitude occurs , the most that
is done is to- send down some theoreticall y learned professor , who makes a very learned abstruse , report to the * Secrctary of the Home Department ; who places the said report in one of the many pigeon holes to be found in that department , and then the matter ends , until the next explosion of fire damp hurries 100 or 120 miners into eternity , and leaves three times th » . t number- of widows , mothers , sons and daughters , brothers and sisters , rending tlie air with shrieks for tho loss of their
relatives . .,,, j ; , r , . _ , The : j 3 qV j ernment and Legislature' are groat protectors \ 6 \; life and property ; but it is the lives aud property of the wealthy over which they are so watchful—not ofthe poor An illustration of the impunity with which , in the pursuit of a higher dividend—a larger per centage oil capital invested—the owners of money ' may risk the destruction of life and property , occurred the other day in Scotland .
Everybod y knows that , by various mean £ - not the least potent of which was the disgraceful and unprincipled gambling , and utter want of common 'honesty , which prevailed among the commercial classes a few years sincerailways have turned out a most unprofitable speculation to those who , being caught in the rush , have had to keep their scrip , ami pay their calls thereon . A few Mammoth
speculators , like George Hudson—we will n ot use the harsher , but truer term—may have realised hundreds of thousands by " cobkingaccounts , and by timely bargains , made and paid «> r by . other people's money ; but the great ma * jority of the " small fry" have had to pay somewhat smartly for meddling with railway- ' . It is only within tho last vcar or two . however , that they have found out , and really felt thcl osses of their true position . Previous to that time * they were paid very large dividends on vM in many . instances , * was a fictitious capita '! and , putting one thing with another , tM bona fide investors in railways cannot , as ) fi » j have been of a very ruinous character . •&' the best time , they took care not to over-pa ?
the hard-working operatives , upon ffhj ^' steadiness , skill , punctuality , and trustwar tn .- ucss , the success of those g ' reat undert akii ) B inainlydep ended . Every one must perceive b | j « a succession of accidents , such as could easii • have occurred upon any line , without a ! 1 . jl r < being cliargeablo with any grave or le S illl J '' punishable offence , would have deterred »»» public from using the new mode of loc 0 " , tion . The effect of every accident , in t »» early stages of the system , was of tM kind , and tho natural prejudice ag ainst entrusting life aud limb to the powerful- "" "'"' perhaps , ' uncontrollable elements—broug »» ^ gethcr . on a Railway , in some insfcin « J rose infto a -species c-f panic . 'It was on J J by the exercise of the qualities we ff ^
adverted tq , on the part of guards , eng ' ue e drivers , pointsmen , breaksmen , porters » ? subordinate officers of all kinds , that t » thousand and one delicate and comp liM . ' ^ arrangements , necessary to tho safe work' ^ o of the system , was carried out . Of cours e * ^ ''do not exclude from the enumeration the « " ?' ' ?*' ligent , able , and active superintendents different departments , who devised the systc 1 ' -1 and saw it carried into practice ; but , y '' ^ ever credit may bo duo to them , it is i" 'J ^ jB position as co-Nvorkers to a great end , » ° ^ ^ the character of mere sharers iu dividei"" ^ ^ because they contributed so many P ^ sterling , that they are entitled to public csu
aud gratitude . . . . $ $ ' As the shareholders took the lion's sllll J i ( rWrW thiimselves when times were good , thoy o b > ^ to have left the-working staff untouche d * tlio ' tulo changed , at least for a while " f ^ U , ultimate prospect of Railways , as invest" ^^ could be more distinctly conjectured tha" ^ j ,. can be at present . But avarice an" . f „ , y , $ , ness aro rather strong passions , iu then . ' \ v . \ v . Thoy cannot afford to wait , aud put on a J ^^ of decent conventionalism , when they J ' „ j Ji . risk of losing five per cent . Hence , jjj ^ jj ,, nearly all the lines , attempts have been ^ ^ to reduce tho wages ofthe w orking stai , ^ , ^ ,, many cases , wo regret to say , with sU .. on aona i and it is to the immediate consequences ^ . i of these attomuts , that we wish to
attention . , f ti , P XoArt ' It appears that the Directors or uw , ^^ ,. 03 British Eailway , having resolved to . ^ l the wages of their engine . drivers , they
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 25, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_25051850/page/4/
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