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    • BRITISH - EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDIN G SOCIETY. On en Advance your Rent is Saved,—-you become your own Land and Householder.
    • Jexsi* Lixd.—The Journal des Dehats of Tuesday says :—" Mdlle. Jenny Lind is at this moment in Paris. This very day (Tuesday) she has taken out
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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATUKDAY, JUNK »i 1819.
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      Juke 2 , 1849 . THE NORTHERN STAR . - 4 - _,. ¦ mi- - ¦ - _?~ _Z- ' ¦¦ _' .

      British - Empire Freehold Land And Buildin G Society. On En Advance Your Rent Is Saved,—-You Become Your Own Land And Householder.

      BRITISH - EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDIN G SOCIETY . On en Advance your Rent is Saved , — -you become your own Land and Householder .

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      Patrons . -T . S . Duscojhh * _, Esq ., M . P . T . Wakley , Esq ., M . F . B . B . Cabbeli , Esq ., M . P- L- _'¦^ J _^ f _* ' EsQ , > Banters *—The Commercial Bank of London ( Branch ) , 6 , HenriettaStreet , tw ¦ eni' *»• SecretlUT . iondon _OJcc-Xo . 13 ; Tottenham Court , New Head , St . l _' ancras , London . -DAMi _* _v-ilham « _w , Tall Share .. .. £ _120-i * aymeut of is . 4 | d . * _$ _H cck , 01 _xus . « u . i . _^ EalfShare .. .. 60 - J " | Z 2 8 — Quarter Share .. .- 3 » ,. _" - " >„ - _„ , tUe Section tliey desire to be a Member of . _Appheznls are r _^ uesled to state : in tiieir form ine £ ntKince _^ _^^ Certificate , Rules , ie ., is is . , _" o Seevetohs ' , Soucitous _" , or _RniBMrnos _*«^ - _^] . _- f Rules , including Postage , ls . l _> _erbliare , aJid 2 s . forany i > aj * r . _oia--, -,, _™ _jiwHouses . 5 th . —To _pve to Depositing Members a liighcr rate of Inlst—To enable members to bu 3 d Dweiun 0 _¦»»* ¦ . terest than is yielded by ordinary modes of iii vestment _, " tid . —To afford tbe means of purcliasins both rreenoia Bdu _ _i 0 euauie Parents to make Endowments for their and Leasehold rropertics or Land . Children , or Husbands for tlieir Wives , or for Marriage , 3 t j ™ , _~ . _Vm-t < n < res on Property beld » y Settlements . 3 rd . —To advance Mortga _o es on 7 tlu-To purchase a piece of Freehold Land of sufficient -members . members to redeem value to give a legal tide to a County Vote for Members of 4 th . —To cnalile 3 Iorts- * _SOIS Deu ° Parliament . _lhtar Mortgages . .. - - * rcr this section every person in town or count-- ) -Km become the proprietor of a House and Land Sec tion * L—By j _« o" _* s . . _,- _^ removed from bis friends , connexions , or tlie present means himself aud family in bis out . n _^ nbmirhooa , wnv _^ ui . _^^ inJ _^ baveofj _^« «* S _* _^ | 1 ) VS _i iares to purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and _ctrndc the . Land into _SscnasU . — -im L _iKicre _iinrar j Bj in or » car ti _\ e towns of tint viva-whs _bvanelwA of Uws society . The _vviv-, vevty to Is * _^ otnients _trom _-u _^ _^ _^^ j , - _^ . _aftor a term of years , from the date of location , according ' o his subscriptions . the _^^^^^ -Savhr' or Deposit section , in which members not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest small sums , _recerS _^ iuterest at the rate < _-f five per cent per annum , on every sum of 10 s . and upwards so deposited . _-w-ji £ 50 ' ) wifi be advanced to tbe members of tlie first Section in July next , _irtien all persons who hare nnd may become members for Sliares , or parts of Shares , on or before the 4 th of July next , aud who pay six months' suliseriplions in advance , or otherwise , will be eligible for an advauce . . ALSO , _niHE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES . A Enrolled _pursuant to Act of Parliament . Tims securing to its member- - 11 «» protection of tbo law for their fends and nroDertv Lc-alised lo extend over the United Kingdom , with the privilege of appointing Medical Attendants . Agents , & c \ -An opportunity L < now ofiered to healthy persons , up to Forty Years of Age , of joining these flourishing Institutions in town or conntry-1 oMms _On-iCE . —13 Tottenham Court , JCew Road , St _PatuM-as ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham Court-road ) . _xum-u . v j Daniel "SViujam R * -ff _** , Secretary . Patrons . —T . S . Dckcombe . Esq ., M . P . T . " SVakut , Esq ., M . P . "B . B . _CABBJOi , Esq ., M . P . F . _O'Conxoh , Esq ., M . P . L . J . Haxsakd , Esq . In the short space of Eve years these societies have paid the Mowing benefits to tlieir members . _SCMI-IABi OF _CLAIMS . £ S . d . Sickness and Superannuation .. .. .. . 3 , 486 14 7 _At-couchments .. .. • • • • • 1 _» _'W 3 0 0 l _' unerals .. -- .- - -- 904 4 0 Loss by Fire .. .. •• •• 55 2 o £ 5 , 443 -14 Present Capital funded in the Bank of England .. .. £ 2 , 186 10 5 These Societies are in ax _diviaons or sections , for the Members to receive the following Benefits according to tlieir Subscriptions : — Fikst Division . I Fourth Dmsws . Entrance according to age , from os . tolOs . Monthly Con- ! Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . ca . to 8 s . Cd . tributious for Sickuess aud Management , 2 s . 7 d . j Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , Is . 4 d , £ s . a * , j Allowance , In Sickness , per week 0 IS 0 ' £ s . d . Member's Funeral .. ... > ... .. 20 0 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 U 0 Ditto "Wife ' s or Xominee ' s ditto " .. .. 10 0 0 : Member ' s Funeral 10 0 0 " _vfife ' _sLvins-in .. .. •• 2 0 0 . Member ' s Wife or _Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 5 0 0 LossbvFir ? , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 20 0 0 Wife ' s Lying in .. .. .. .. 100 SmieKumuation , per week 0 C 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 _Secoso Division * . _Supei'annuafion , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 "Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . Cd ., to 9 s . Cd . Fifth Divkios . „ ' „ ¦ Monthly' Contributiou for Sickness and Management , Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . to 8 s . Monthly Conis . Id . faibution for Sickness and Management , ls . Id . Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 15 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 7 0 _Hember _' sFunerai .. ., .. .. 10 0 0 Member's Funeral .. .. .. .. 6 0 0 _llitto Wife's or _Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 8 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 3 0 0 "Wife ' s Lying-in 1 15 ° Wife's Lying-iu .. .. .. .. 0 L _; 0 Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 15 0 0 LossbyFire .. .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 Superannuation , per week 0 5 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 Thihd Drasiox . Sixth DmsidJ _* . Xnti-aRC _(^ ac «) Tuingto a _*; e , froin 4 s . to 3 s . Monthly Con- Entrance Money .. .. .. .. 0 3 0 tribution for Sickness andManagen-ent , Is , 7 d . Monthly Contribution .- .. .. 0 10 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 011 0 Allowance in Sickness .... .. .. 0 7 0 Member's Funeral 12 0 0 Member ' s Funeral 2 10 0 Ditto Wife's or _Nominee's ditto .. G * 0 0 So Levies in this Division . Wife ' s _Lvins-in 1 10 0 — . LOSS by Fire from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 Levies according to the demands on each division per Superannuation , per west .. .. .. 0 4 0 quarter . _X . B . —The difference in the two Societies is , thc Patriots have an Accouchmeut benefit , the Patriarchs have not that benefit , therefore do not pay levies for it . __ _# # . gij * - Applications for Agencies requested from all parts ofthe country ; information for appointment of Agencies can "be obtained bv letter , enclosing a postage stamp . Blank forms and information for the admission of country members can be obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing threepostage stamps , to Daniel William Uuffj , General Secretary , 1 _* J , Tottenham Court , New lload , St Pancras .

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      HATS ! HATS ! HATS ! IF YOU WAST A ItEALLY CHEAP AND _FASHIONABLE HAT , GO TO . ECKERSLEY'S CELEBRATED HAT MART , 25 , CROWS-STREET , OPPOSITE THE UPPER GEORGE INN , HALIFAX . OBSERVE THE LARGE GOLDEN HAT OVER THE DOOR .

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      JREGISTER ! REGISTER ! REGISTER ! Xow Published , and ready for circulation , by the XmoxAL _Eleciiox _axd Registkation Committee , A COMPLETE HA _^ _vD BOOK AND GUIDE TO "REGISTRATION , coniyiled from the Reform Act and other Parliamentary Papers , making the subject of Registration so plain and simple , as to bring it within the capacity of all classes . Published by James Tvatson , 8 , Queen ' s Heatlpassage , Paternostcr-row , London , and seld by all booksellers in the United Kingdom . Price , only TmiEE Pexce . Alayalsobeliad ofthe Secretary , James Grassby , 96 , Regent-street , Lambeth .

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      CAUTION . Unprincipled persons , tahin * advantage of thc celebrity of "DK . LOCOCK'S WATERS , " attempt to foist upon the pulilic -vaiions Puis and _iliCTrms under nearly sunil . tr names . The public is cautioned that all such preparations are -purious andau imposition : tlie only genuine Medicinehas , besides the words "Dil 1 _* h * ock's AYJiKEas" on tlie Stamp , the Signature of thc Proprietor ' s Sole Agents , Da Silva and Co ., on tbe Directions given -with every Box , without which none are Genuine . TJXDER ROYAL PATRONAGE .

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      FINSBURY LECTURE ROOM , 34 , Clerkenwcll Green . A SUPPER ' WILL TAKE PLACE ON A Monday Evening , Jcse 11 th , in honour of Mr . Doxcombe ' s restoration to health and return to his parliamentary duties . The _ch- _'ir will be taken by M . P . Lee . The following gentlemen have been invited and will attend : — Messrs . Stallwood , Robsox , Peel , Green , and Winters , ofthe Central Committee of United Trades Association , and other taleuted _" advoeates of the Rights of Labour will also be present . Supper on the table at half-past eight o ' clock . TICKETS lS . 3 d . EACH , To be had of thc Secretary any evening during the week at tlie above address . W . _Alnutt , Sec .

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      TO TAILOR'S . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and nis Royal Highness Prince Albert Now Ready , THE LOM _) Oi \ and PARIS SPRING and SUMMER FASHIONS for 1849 , by Messrs . BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; and by GEORGE BERGEH , _Holywell-street , Strand ; a splendid PRINT , elaborately finished , aud superbly coloured , the LANDSCAPE , a correct view iu the Queen ' s Botanical Gardens , London , ( by special permission , ) tlie most magnificent place iu Europe . This beautiful picture wiR be accompanied with the most novel , good fitting , aud fashionable Dress , Riding , Frock , and Hunting CoatPatterns , both double and single-breasted ; Hussar ' s Youth ' s round Jackets , plain and with skirts ; single and double-breasted Dress , Horning and Evening Waistcoats ; also the most fashionable and newest style Habit Pattern ; every particular part of each pattern fully explained , aud an illustration of everything respecting Style aud Fashion ; price 10 s . Sold by Read and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Dloomsbury-square , London ; G . l $ ei * ger , _HolyweU-street , Strand ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      _rfi O _OTH-ACHB PERMANENTLY J- CURED by using BRANDE'S ENAMEL , for filling decaying teeth , and rendering them sound and painless . Sold by Chemists everywhere . Price ls . per packet .

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      CIIARTIST SILK EABRICS . MESSRS . CLARK AND WARREN beg most respectfuUy to call the attention of the De . mocrats of Great Britain to thc following splendid assortment of Neck and Pocket Handkerchiefs , Black Satin Vestpieces , _iadies' Chartist Coloured Satin and Tahb y Dresspieces ; also a splendid assortment of Ladies' plain and figured Neck Ties , which have just come to baud from their manufacturer at Macclesfield , and it is their intention to forward them ( carriage free ) to all parts of Great Britain and Ireland at the following prices *— £ s . d . Ladies' Dress-pieces , fourteen yards to the dress , "Is . per yard - - - - • .. 2 2 0 Gentlemen ' s Extra Strong Black Satin Vesting , per Vest .. .. .. .. .. 0 10 0

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      NOW 1 U 3 ADY , WITH THE JUNE MAGAZINES . Just published , No . I . of THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW Of BRITISH and FOREIGN POLITICS HISTORY , and LITERATURE . Edited by G . JULIAN HARNEY , CONTENTS * . _1 . The "Editor ' s Address to the Working Classes . 2 . Letter to the Trades . 3 . Our Inheritance : The Land , Common Property . 4 . The French Elections . 5 . Political and Historical Review—Domestic and Foreign , ( i . Louis Blanc and Armand Barbes . 7 . Literature : —Prentice's _America ; Louis Blanc ' s Appeal to _Honest People . 8 . Correspondence : —The Sheffield Election , & c ., & e . FORTY PAGES-PRICE THREEPENCE ! London : 5 , Wine Office-court , Fleet-street . To be had of all Booksellers and News Agents in Town and Country .

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      TIIE SUFFERING rATltlOT , ERNEST JONES . IN ORDER TO RAISE FUNDS FOR I THE SUPPORT OF MRS , J 0 NE 3 AND HER FAMILY during the imprisonment of Mr . Jones , a SPLENDID CHINA SII . K SHAWL has been obtained , to be _DISPOSED OF HY TICKCT . As Mv . Joses ' s uietu-ceytaioa is the result of his disinterested and enthusiastic labours in behalf ofthe people , it is confidently expected that tliey will manifest their appreciation ofhis labours by ministering to the support of his family during his incarceration . TioUots , ls . each , may be obtained by applying to Mr . ¦ lour * _Ci-MUM ) , jun ., Union-street , or Mr . Uiuaii _Hisciicliffk _, Darley-strcct , Halifax .

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      TUE CHEAPEST EDITION EVER rUULISHED . Fried ls . Gil ., . A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Now Ready , a New Edition of O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . THE LABOURER MAGAZINE . Vols . 1 , 2 ,-3 , 4 , may still be had , neatly "bound , price 2 s . 6 d . each No . 4 , the Number containing Mr . _O'Cossob ' _s Treatise on the National Land Company ;"• No . 10 , the one containing "Mil . 0 'Con . noii ' s Treatise "On the National Land and Labour- Bank connection with the Land Company : ''Have lately been reprinted , and may be had on application , Price fid . each . Imperfections of the ' Labourer "Magazine' may still be had at tlie Publishers . In a neat Volume , Price Is . Cd . " The Evidence taken by the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into the National Land Company . " This Volume ought to be in the hands of every Member of tlie Company , as it strikingly illustrates the care ami economy that have been practised in the management of the Fmiils of thc Company , and proves , beyond contradiction , the practicability of the Plan which the Company was established to carry out . .., Just published , Nos . I ., IT ., and III ., Price Sixpence Each , op THE COMMONWEALTH . IMPORTANT _PTTBIiIC _& TIOWS . Proceedings of the National _Convention , which assembled at London in April , 1848 . Thirty two very large and solid pages : price only _Threepence . The Trials of the Chartist Prisoners , Jones , Fussell , Williams , Vernon , & Looney . Twenty four very large and full pages : price only Threepence . Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternosterrow , London ; A . Hcywood , Oldliam-street , Manchester ; and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And b . v all Bool-sellers in Town and Country .

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      TO BE DISPOSED OP , The person being about to emigrate , A FOUR-ACRE SHARE IN THE ii . NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . No reasonable offer will be refused . Apply ( if by letter , pre-paid , with a stamp for reply ) to E . ( i ., at E . _Scholey's , Midgate , Peterborough .

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      CIRCULATION—THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND THE FAMILY FRIEND , A _JtONTlILV rEWODICAL ,

      Jexsi* Lixd.—The Journal Des Dehats Of Tuesday Says :—" Mdlle. Jenny Lind Is At This Moment In Paris. This Very Day (Tuesday) She Has Taken Out

      Jexsi * _Lixd . —The Journal des Dehats of Tuesday says : — " Mdlle . Jenny Lind is at this moment in Paris . This very day ( Tuesday ) she has taken out

      Her Passports For Sweden, Her Native Cou...

      her passports for Sweden , her native country , * and it-appears certain that the marriage , about which tliere has been so much idle talk in England , is definitely broken off . " Admiral Vax Tnnoxir , tiie _Friesland Dwarf . — In the Sheriffs Court , the case of Thompson v . Uanncma proved somewhat amusing . Thc p laintiff , who was described as connected with the public press , sought compensation in damages from the defendant , the father of the Dutch dwarf , for a breach of contract . The dwarf , it appeared , was introduced to the public by the plaintiff " , who was to divide the profits with his father . The Queen , and other members of the lloyal family , had visited the dwarf when ho sustained the charactci

      of . Admiral Van Thromp . There was no evidence givea as to the receipts , and it was stated that the defendant had entered into an agreement with a waiter at a tavern , and that a large sum had been realised . A letter written bv thc defendant was read , and afforded much amusement , having been written by a Dutchman . It was as follows : — " "When your worship this letter

      receives , have the Admiral Van Thromp and his father London and the Cosmorama lea vet ( left . ) When she returns from the country she _linows not , but that she thinks that your claim of £ 300 is very generous . AVhen she much money in - her pocket have , she pay and she forget never Mi-George Graves Thompson , and liis excellent manner for the Admiral Van Throm p to exhibit . " The jury assessed the damages at .- £ 200 . HERTFORDSHIRE . —MURDEROUS ATTACK UPON A Mail Guaro . —On Wednesday morning , about three o ' clock , a niosrsavagc attack upon the guard of the mail-cart which is despatched at midnight-from Biggleswade to Ware was made by two men , about two miles- from the town of Stevenage , in Hertford _, shire . From the accounts of the occurrence which

      have reached the Post Office in St . Martin ' s-le-Grand , it appears that , at this lonely point of the cross-road , Morris ( theguard ) observed two men rush up to the cart , the one to the head of the animal he was driving , and the other to the body of the mailcart . In an instant he felt the reins torn from his hand , while the ruffian grasped his throat and dragged him out of the vehicle . In order to protect the letter bags with which he was entrusted , he made a desperate effort to free himself , so that he might regain possession of the mail-cart and its contents ; but the villains , no doubt anticipating his object , rushed upon him with redoubled furv , beating him unmeicifully , and endeavouring to ' rob htm ; they tore open his pockets and rifled them , without ,

      however , hndmg any booty . In the meantime the horse _, hnding himself at liberty , bolted , and rushing forward , could not be stopped until it hadnearlyreached Barnet , where the bags were found quite safe . Some parties from a distance having witnessed the _flight of the animal by the moonlight , and fancying that something was wrong , went in search of the guard who was found in a most disabled state near the spot where the attack was made , the robbers finding themselves foiled in the attempt , having previously made off . About four months ago an attack was made upon a . mail-guard not far from the same spot when the robbers omained 14 s . from the pockets of the party they attacked . Ever */ exertion is being made by the authorities to trace the villains .

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      E Sciioley Begs To Acknowledge The Follo...

      E Sciioley begs to acknowledge the following sums foi the ' Victim Fund ( forwarded herewith ) :-S . Auckland , is . , W . Simpson , 2 d . ; T . Parrish , Id . ; E . _Loomes , 2 d ; A . _Jtunton , id . ' ; G . ' ltoffc , < - > d . _; E . Scholey Sd . ; JVilham Carter , -Id . ; T . Harrison , 2 d , The Chartists of Pete - boroutrh suggest the adoption of a penny subscription throughout the country for the support of the Victims Wives and Families . . I Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums fsent herewith ) for the Victim Fund , viz . : —Mrs . Joynes , 3 d . I Ml ' . Smith , «( J , ; Mr . Chipindale , Gd . Mr . M . _tVvuu , Busby—Received ; also the previous one oil Feb l th Mr . J . ' Gams , St . Hellicrs .-Your quarter terminated on the ' 7 th of April . ¦ ' . ... . _ ' . is tlie

      I C Hewitson , Beadhouses . —It an imposition on ' part of the deliverer . If not discontinued write to the _Postniaster-Scneral . . 0 S ., St . Martin ' s-at-Oak . —You may obtain the portrait of ' . Mr O'Connor on application to Afr . S . Boonham _, 144 , High Holborn . Wo believe the chargs is ls . plain , 2 s . ( id . coloured . .., » , _!• Mr T OnMEsmm acknowledges the receipt of the following sums for the support of the Kirkdalo prisoners : —St . Helen's , per John Ferabcrton , ls . ( id . ; Todmorden , per Richard Barker , 15 s . ; Stockton-on-Tees , per Thomas Bally , 4 _s-i A . Friend , at the "Mechanic Arms , " Is . ; Thviipstoiw ., per _JauiesRowland _. u'd . ; Bury , per J . Jones ' s Victim Box , Cs . _, . E . Bi'MKAS , Dunfermline . —Remit six postage-stamps , and ' the portrait will be forwarded . J . B ., Mertlryr , had hotter apply to Mr . Cleave , publisher , Shoe-lane , _tflGet-sti'Got .

      Notice.

      NOTICE .

      Mr. O'Connor Will Do Himself The Pleasur...

      Mr . O'Connor will do himself the pleasure of attending the meeting at the Milton-street Theatre , on Monday next .

      NATIONAL PETITION . In repl y to our Trowbridge and other friends , relative to the presentation of petitions for the Charter , Ave beg to say , that they should be forwarded to the Members forthe district , and addressed for them to the House of Commons , both ends being left open . And again wc must apprise our readers , that there is no use in writing to other Members to support the prayer of their petition , as no Member—not even the Member presenting a petition—is allowed to make a word of comment upon it . But we trust that every Member , on all sides of the House , will be suffocated with petitions ,

      BENEFIT SOCIETIES , In reply to our friends of Alloa aud other places , we beg to say that next week wc hope to be able to answer their communications .

      The Northern Star Satukday, Junk »I 1819.

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATUKDAY , JUNK _» i 1819 .

      Foreign. The "Special Constable." It Is ...

      FOREIGN . THE " SPECIAL CONSTABLE . " It is the custom with WE'S to prophecy events when they have occurred , while WE , upon the other hand , have ventured to predict the future from passing occurrences . When the _Si-ecial Constable ofthe 10 th of April , was adopted as tho French President by the unsettled mind of France , we ventured to predict , that like his uncle he would make Italy thc scene of his juvenile military exploits , and that having embroiled France in foreign wars , his ambition would drive him to the rejection of the office of Chief Magistrate of the

      Republic , and induce him to accept the title of Emperor . The French are a martial people , trained to arms , and have achieved that character of which they are proud , from THE NAPOLEON . He was his own Cabinet , Prime Minister , and adviser . In return for torrents—nay , oceans ;—of human blood , he adorned the French capital with foreign trophies , and compelled conquered nations to pay the penalty of French barbarism , aud thus drowned the moans ofthe dying—ofthe widow and the orphan- —in the triumphs of an enthusiastic , conquering , warlike people . He

      compelled the Emperor Francis to beg his throne , who in return conferred his daughter upon the Corsican Corporal . It must be remembered , however , that ho was the man of his age—nay , the hirii who created the things of the age ; while the age and its folly has created the Special Constable as his representative . And now our prediction as to his making Italy the scene of his first exploits being fulfilled , wc venture upon a more extended prediction . We predict that the next grand move of the league of European kings will ho to foster and encourage the ambition of the

      Special Constable , to lure him into tho Emperor's trap , for the mere purpose of striking a blow at European Republicanism . If Europe were less convulsed than it is , and if the struggle for democracy were confined to France , it is not improbable that the Legitimists of that country would seek to restore the OLD WOMAN OF CLAREMONT to the French throne ; au attempt from which they are only deterred by the present state of Europe , and in which the English Minister , if he dared , would cheerfully assist . But

      England is now bound over in a heavier recognisance than EIGHT HUNDRED MILLIONS OF MONEY to keep the peace . She is bound over by thc progress of mind of the present age , while , by the ignorance of past times , the cry of " Church and King" was sufficient allurement to charm taxes , war expenses , and National Debt from the breechespocket of loyal John Bull . Those dayB of wild enthusiasm are past and gone , and John of the present day is only now beginning to consider tho folly of John of tho former times , and hence the British Minister-will be driven

      to accomplish , by foreign intrigue , -what his predecessor was enabled to effect by domestic credulity and folly . We would ask any sane or prudent , ay , or Christian man , whether tho human mind could invent a more fantastical folly than the imposition of a spiritual and temporal Monarch , with a staff of Cardinals as his Ministers , upon an enlightened people , who piously and heroically seek to separate the temporal and spiritual functions heretofore exercised b y an individual .

      What would the people of England say if thc _Aitcniiisnoi- of Canterbury , as head of thc Church , though not possessing the same amount of spiritual influence as the PorE , was _appointed Regent of this country ? And what must be tho feelings of the Catholic people of the world at the sanctioii or toleration of the shedding of human blood , for the mere purpose of preserving that temporal power m the hands of one whose whole time should be devoted to spiritual purposes ? The French people have discovered this nefarious juggle upon the part of the Special Constable and his advisers , while the soldiers of the French

      Republic , who have been sent to destroy the Roman Republic , have revolted at the brutal duty thus brutall y imposed upon them . Well , then , we conclude with our prophecy : it is this— " That , in the present disturbed state of Europe—with Monarchs paralysed and thrones tottering under the influence ofthe progressive mind of man , the ambition of the SPECIAL CONSTABLE , will make him a pliant tool in the hands of European Monarchs and cunning Ministers . The next device will be to proclaim him Emperor of France , as the foundation for the establishment of a new league the

      of Kings against new league of mind , ' with the view and intent—but vain hope to suppress and for ever overthrow , that growing spirit of democracy which is now to be found in all countries and upon every passing breeze . This will bo tried , but the attempt will fail . It is only postponed till the strength of the French Assembly is tested , and till the loyalty of the French _Republican army can be ascertained , and the English Special Constable , the tool in the hands of European Monarchs will be the first victim of Ministerial policy in which _England will play the most prominent part . "

      Domestic. The Rule Of ~ The Majority. In...

      DOMESTIC . THE RULE OF THE _MAJORITY . In a previous article we have shadowed forth the future policy of foreign princes , potentates , and their Ministers . And wo shall now call the attention of the reader to the only domestic policy by which those intrigues can be successfully met and successfully overthrown , and that policy is by conferring * the representative power upon a majority of the people . And this never can be successfully , satisfactorily , or beneficially accomplished by __ " nn-u-ffSTTr--

      any other practicable or even possible moans , than transferring the Labour mart from the bastile , the gin-palace , the house of call , and the desolate cottage to the FREE LABOUR FIELD . We have , over and over again , invited professing friend and open foe to point out any possible means by which the labourer can establish the value of his industry in the artificial market , save and except by attaining a perfect knowledge of its value in that Free

      Labour mart , over which no capitalist has control . And ii ; as we havo ( stated one thousand times , thc Laud were locked up to-day we would not give twopence for the Charter tomorrow , because , through the influence of machinery , the game baneful competition would continue to range in tho over-stocked Labour market . Tho present generation has been led captive by the whimsical folly based upon expectation , consequent upon the transfer of power from the DO-NOTHING- INS

      to the PROMISE-EVERYTHINGr OUTS ; and so great , so powerful , and irresistible is the control ofthe respective staffs of those two parties , that a people ; oft—nay , for everdeceived , are still caught in one or other of those traps . Let us now illustrate the position , or , rather , the policy of the Ins . There was no measure to which the fathers in this country , and , the mothers in this country , attached greater importance , than the Ten Hours Bill * - In it they-saw the probable prospect of

      their little children being matured to something like healthy manhood ; to its provisions many humane and kind-hearted employers assented , while the most prominent Free Traders , who are now catering for popular support , are the loudest denouncers of this modicum of infant justice . Let us ask , then , if the working classes of this country could possibly have a clearer insight into the effect of the rule of capitalists , that the fact we have cited furnishes ? And can there be a clearer illustration ofthe difference between the value of Free

      Labour and Slave Labour , than tho fact , that a society of small farmers cultivating their own Land for themselves , would revolt against thc limitation of their hours of labour , while the artificial slaves aro contending for a limitation of their hours ? The argument has been frequently used , that a reduction of the hours of labour in tho artificial market would lead to increased competition , consequent upon an increased surplus of hands ; but to such an assertion we have a ready answer . Wc admit that the fact would be so , if all were confined within the present artificial

      limits ; but this is a mere squinting , one-sided view of the questiou , presented to " the dependent slave through his employers' kaleidescope , Avhile we take a more extensive view , and present Nature ' s uncultivated surface through Nature's telescope , to _Nature ' s bondmen and fettered slaves . We say , that if the restriction of thc hours of labour does create an artificial surplus in the artificial mart , open the natural market for the

      profitable employment of that competitive , unwilling idle reserve , and then you increase the value of every man ' s labour , and make all independent of all . Well , but with the desire upon the part of the employer to repeal the TEN HOURS BILL , how can the working millions hope to achieve justice from any Legislative Assembly , save and except one choson by the pooplo , aiid for the people ? It is for this reason that while all other journalists arc caterins * for the amusement of their

      nondescript readers , that we consider it our paramount duty to keep this LABOUR QUESTION constantly and prominently before our readers . Europe is now convulsed from North to South , from East to West , wholly " arising from the incapacity or disinclination of the gorged and pampered few toadjust the Labour Question ; while , miraculous aud wonderful to say , one little Republic hemmed in by the snow-capped Alps ( Switzerland ) , and two Monarchies ( Belgium and Holland ) both most accessible of approach—remain quiescent in the midst of

      suiTouiidinpconvulsion . And why ? Because in those countries industry is not fettered by the unnatural laws of primogeniture and entail—because the land is open to tenure and purchase —and thus , the natural field of labour bejng open to all , all find a market upon it . Can any man in his senses reflect upon the fact that Belgium , according to extent , has nearly double the population of England—that land that would fetch no more than a pound au acre in England , would fetch over five pounds an acre in Belgium , while land that would fetch thirty pounds an acre in England , if sold ,

      would fetch from £ 150 to £ 200 an acre in Belgium ; that the tenure in Belgium is a nine years' lease , and during that period , in nine cases out of ton , the occupant , at the expiration of his tenure , is able to purchase his holding ; then let us ask what constitutes tho tranquillity of Belgium but the application of its land to the free employment and sustenance of its people ? Can this proposition he refuted ? But we will place it in a more prominent light , by contrast with unhappy Ireland . And we would ask , how comes it that with a more dense population , with a soil not half so fertile

      or productive , and with as great a failure of crops—how comes it , we would ask , in the face of such facts , that the Irish people have perished in thousands and hundreds of thousands of famine , while wo hoar of no such calamity in Switzerland , Belgium , or Holland ? And the answer is prompt and ready . Because the rulers of Holland , Belgium , and _Switzerland are under popular vigilant control , and the land of the country is profitably applied to the sustenance of its people ; while the laud of Ireland , and of England too , constitutes the medium of traffic tor its owners ,

      aud instead ot being cultivated according to the standard of national requirements , it is cultivated by the standard of landlord subserviency and ministerial requirement . But with God ' s blessing and the help of his people , wo will , ore long , see his gift to his children cultivated by them , and for them ,, and its fruits preserved to their kindly use , so as indue time they may enjoy them ; but this will never be until those ehildren demand and receive such a representation in the Commons House of Parliament , ' as . will ensure the restoration of the land to those for whose benefit it

      Avas created , and . this great and glorious boon can only be achieved through their CHARTER , as all proposed substitutes are but " a MOCKERY , a DELUSION , and a

      Parliamentary Review. After A Short Rece...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . After a short recess , the House of Commousre-assembledon _Thui'sday _. aiidproceeded , in a hum-drum sort of way , to dispose of the hum-drum business hefore it . The highest statesmanship ofthe present Ministry is to do nothing , and the highest ambitien of the Legislature is to help them to do it . In reviewin _g the business disposed of , or in progress , at the _faster recess , wc showed how few and futile wore the measures that mi ght be expected from the present Session , and the subsequent experience we have had of its proceedings , fully bears out our statements upon that occasion . With the exception" of the Navigation Laws , not one measure of any general or permanent

      Parliamentary Review. After A Short Rece...

      character has been passed ; and as tliere are _n _9 other measures having a claim to that character hefore Parliament , and the remainin g part ofthe Session will be quite short enough to dispose of the business , in various _stages already introduced ; and to wind up the finan ! . cial arrangements for the year , we may now pretty accurately calculate the amount of work which this third Session of a new Whig p . liament will perform . The Budget will not detain it long , because , come when it may , it will be a mere debto r and creditor statement . Under other Governments , that annual financial statement used to be looked forward to with interest , as the character has been passed ; and as tliere _, _-im „

      great event ofthe Session . It was made earl y , in order that the country and Parliament should have ample time to consider and digest the financial policy of the administration . Sir Charles Wood , last year , copied the example of preceding Governments as to time , but he blundered so egregiously , that he was obli ged —if we remember rig htly—to produce , at various subsequent periods , no less than three or four editions , each of which differed from the other , and all of thorn were full of blunders . This year ho has

      taken the discreet course of getting all the money voted without having made any general statement at all ; and , we presume , that in . stead of an anticipatory exposition of the Finances of the country , made at the commencement of the session , the Budget will , under our present delectable Ministry , become a mere resume ofthe votes ofthe House , pronounced just before Parliament breaks up for the moors . Such a change in tin ' s respect harmonises , however , with the stand-still and donothing policy of the Government . All they

      aim at is , to get the money and spend it quietly . The revision of our system of Taxation , with a view to reducing its amount , or lessening its incidence upon tho overburdened and struggling portions of the community , is an idea above their comprehension , a task above their capabilities . The price the country must pay for being governed by such a set of Incapa * tries is , to suffer the continuance of abuses—to see the national burdens increased , instead of diminished , and every proposition involving Constitutional and Financial Reform" sum . marily scouted and negatived .

      The manner iu which the House of Commons and the Ministry treated Mr . Berkeley ' s motion , for leave to bring in a bill for taking the votes for the election of members by Ballot , illustrates and justifies this statement . That motion was defeated by mere brute force . The power of numbers was the only argument relied upon . There had evidently been a strong whip both on the Whig and the Protectionist sides of thc House . The latter wero anxious

      to get away to their dinners , and therefore thought that sayiug nothing would acceleratethe division , aud release them from attendance ; the Ministers held their peace , because not oneof them could have opposed the motion without stultifying and contradicting himself . Mr _» Grantley Berkeley , amidst shouts of laughter , enumerated most of thc occupants of the Treasury Bench , as having voted in favour of the Ballot in 18 i 2 . The laughter was loudest when the names , of Lord Marcus Hill and Mr . Tupfnell , the Government whippers-in , were recorded among the rest . These _tivo

      Treasury hacks had made the " whip" against the motion , and upon them thc duty was to devolve of tolling the votes ou the part of the opposition to it , and of course of numbering their own in that list . The decision which was thus come to , in thc face of a previous resolution of the House—taken in connexion with the utter absence of anything like argument or reason on the part of the Ministry , was , wc hesitate not to say ; deeply disgraceful to the character ofthe House , and ought to destroy for ever the claims of Lord J . Russell and his on-hangers to the character of liberal politicians .

      We are by no means in favour of tho Ballot in the present state of the representation . In combination with other organic changes , it would be £ i very excellent and useful mode of securing political independence , and foiling corruption and intimidation . But its enactment with the present limited Suffrage , would deprive the unenfranchised of that power wliich they at present possess over those who are said to exercise the vote in the capacity of trustees only . The people at large being deprived of their undoubted right , should know how the trust , exercised in their name by a selected part ofthe community , is fulfilled , and

      therefore , on that ground , we repeat that wo are not favourable to the Ballot , under present circumstances . But still we cannot avoid condemning , in thc strongest manner , the brutal and contemptuous way in which amotion of such importance was treated by the Government and by Parliament . It is an indication of the reactionary spirit , by which both are animated , which ought to show the middle and working classes that there is no hope of any efficient improvement in national ail ' airs , until the House ot Commons and the Representative system is thoroughly and radically reformed .

      It is doubtful , however , whether that will be aided by the members who now claim the title of Radicals . They are not in earnest ; thoy do not pull together ; there is neither concert nor determination . among them , and hence the combined factions have it all then own way . If oven on this question of the Ballot , there had been aiiy real and genuine earnestness among them , they might have at least made the victory of Toryism loss insult "

      mg , aud more difficult to achieve . There were enough of them to have continued tho debate for a tew hours , aud so deprived the silent aud sulky opposition of tlieir dinners , or forced them to put up with a chop at Bellamy ' s . So long as Lord John and his Tory allies can win such easy couqucsts , they will rate very cheaply thc patriotism and tho political integrity _, of the self-dubbed and would-be Radicals in the House of Commons .

      Our Colonial system gave vise to a somewhat interesting debate ou the motion of Mr . Roebuck , who has given much attention to the subject . His proposals wero comprehensive and statesmanlike , and betokened the possession of greater constructive ability than wo have given him credit for . Perhaps " the geographical difference in the position of our own Colonies and the United States is so great- as to weaken any analogy between them , anil , therefore , to present difficulties to the establishment of such a Federative systcm as that prob

      posed y Mr . Roebuck . But there can bo no doubt in the mind of any man who has given the question thc slightest consideration , that every Colony peopled by Englishmen should possess local representative institutions of its own ; that , in accordance with the cha ractcr and habits of Englishmen , they should transact their own business freely , without let and hindrance , and control the expenditure of thoir own local taxation . This Mr . RoEiH'CK proposed to give to all the Colonies so situated , and this the Government , speaking throug h Mr . Hawes , refused . Lord Grey and _^ - Hawes were once great Colonial Reformers ? aud loud talkers upon the subject . Both ot

      them have now boen pitchforked into oftcc , and , with the usual consistency of oft- " holders , have turned their backs upon theni " selves . Instead of using the power and influence they are invested witli for the purpose ot carrying out the views they expressed be fore being put in office , they use it to thwart and obstruct those who upon independent _pi'i _« CI " pies still continue to advocate those views . Lord Grey may depend upon it , that the inert fact of his being elevated to the control of o _" Colonial Empire , has not removed the g _*' " _vfcuces which he used so forcibly to dep ict ana _denouiub . - The want of free local representative institutions , and a control over the _w _*

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 2, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_02061849/page/4/