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IHE NORTHERN STAB..-SATUBDAY, MAY 4, 1850. '
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TRIUMPH OF FRENCH DEMOCRACY. Despite all...
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THE NEW SAVINGS BANK BILL. After much de...
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UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS ' . BENEFIT . SOCIETY , . Enrolled pursuant to 10 ( Seo . IV , c . 56 . 4 : & 5 Will . _l'r . o . 46 , & 9 & 10 Vic . _< _" . 27 ; - _^ InititutEd ; ' 7 th Fete , 1843 . '' Patrons . —T . S . _"OosochsbEj Esct ., H . P . T . Wablet , E « .. MLR B . _Cactiu , Es _« ., M . P .. . F . 0 'Co * a < -o *« , _Ese-, M . _P- less JASES 1 Ia _> ' 8 AKD , JS _* _- _^ * : '; ...- . . -.:.- ' ¦ . _- >¦ The * 3 _^ _efefeaW'l ' ' 'Iin **> 6 _issec'ions- to meet the necessities and requirements of all classes of _mecBanics ana labourers , from fifteen years of aire to forty-five . This Socie _*^ consists of about three thousand members , and has . a funded capital of 2 _. 622 L lCs . 9 d . ; having paid the following sums for benefits since its formation : —Sickness , 5 _. 70 SL 5 s . lOd . _Tonerals , 1 , 383 . _SBperanDiiaUon , 3 W . 0 s . 4 f > . Fire , 3 d . 16 s . 5 | d .-JTotal , 7 , 159 * . is . 7 Jd ; ' The following 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 vrith the subscriptions , montlily , if desired : — . . Age 1 st section . 2 nd section . 3 rd section . 4 th section . Sth section . 6 th section . Froml 5 to 32 .... £ 0 as . 2 d ...... £ 0 43 . 8 d ..... £ 0 4 s . 2 d ..... £ 0 3 s . 8 d ..... £ 0 3 s . 2 d £ 0 2 s . 2 d . * — 32—36 .... 0 7 2 .... 0 6 8 .... 0 6 2 .... 0 5 8 .... 3 5 2 .... not admitted _ 36-40 .... 0 10 2 .... 0 9 8 .... 0 9 2 .... 0 8 8 .... 0 8 2 over - _ 40—45 .... 1 1 2 .... 10 2 ..... 0 19 8 .... 019 2 .... 018 2 .... twenty years . -ffEEKLT ALLOWAXCE K SICKNESS ASD _SUPEB- MEMBER'S DEATH .- "WIFE'S OB NOMINEE'S _ANXDATION . DEATH . FirstSection 18 s , Od Gs . Od . First Section .... i 20 0-0 .... £ 10 u u Second ditto ...... 15 0 6 0 _Seeondditw .... 16 0 0 .... _» u u Thirdditto U 0 4 0 Third ditto .... 12 ' 0 0 .... <¦ _" " Fourth ditto 3 0 4 0 Fourth-ditto .... 10 0 _» * " " Fiftbditto 7 0 4 0 Fifthditto .... 6 0 0 .... 3 Ott Siithditto 7 0 none . Sisthditto .... 2 10 0 .... none LOSS BT FIRE In all the Divisions ( witli the exception of the Sixth ) £ 10 . Montlily contributions to ensure the above benefits . Under 3 : 1 vears of age . Under 40 . . U . ' _51 i _'"* _Firet Division .. 3 s . 7 id _.. 3 s . 101 d .. . « . _•»*¦ " <• •) . . Secoadditto .... 3 0 " 1 _GeneralEsjienses 3 2 i Insurance in caseof fire , 3 7 M . _amvrthfor Thirdditto .... 2 4 I including 2 6 ' car . be raised to 15 * ., . 2 10 I Medical - Fourth ditto - > 0 r _Posta- ** , Ac ., 2 2 f lid . a month extra , 2 51 'Attendance and * Fifth _« £ . _^ I 8 J _lfl mS _* S § . 1 _ _W J or 2 M * 3 d . a month . 2 __ 1 J Medicine . Sixth-ditto .... 1 _jhf , Gi < v widoff . _andOrphans' Funds extra , forwhicb _^ see tlie rules . _--enriesare establL * cdinmanvofthe principal Towns throughout the Queendora , and agents are required in all _tMr-f _^ _owteman' . _eralaUoii-ai . ce _' ismade . Every information can be obtained by application to . the Secretary , at _IhloCofSodeK , 13 , Tottenhain . court , New-road ( thirteen doors from tlie top of _Tottcnham-court-roadj , St . _^ ' _^ _Ss _^' _tieCountiyapplving for Rules can have them forwarded , by enclosing twelve postage stamps , and if for form of appacation _, OTinfcnnation , tlvrec stamps must be enclosed . . "ii" * " ' Dasuim _WwiiJM Rvffx , General Secretory .
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also _inE BEITISH EMPIRE FREEHOLD LAND AND BUILDING . SOCIETY . On an Advance vour Rent is Saved—you become your own Land and Householder . Patrons —T S . Di-xcombe , Es * > ., M . I _* . T . Waklet , Esq .. M . _IV 11 . B . Cam-ox . Esq ., M . P . L . J . _Haxsabd , Esq . _Mauiers . - _^ rhe Commercial Bank of London ( Branch ) 6 , Henrietta Street , Covent Garden , Chairman , of Directors . —SeoIice W . M . _Revsolds , _Es-j . London ( _ffix . So . 13 , Tottenham Court , New Road , St Pancras , London . —Damel _Wiiiusi _Rotft , Secretary . Ar . E 4 _scED ix _Theee SEcrioys . —Value of Shares and Paymcntfor Investors . Full _^ _li-irc .. .. £ 120—payment of 2 s . Sd . per Week , or 10 s . Cd . per Month . llalfSliare .. .. CO — 1 2 _* t — a 3 — Quarter Share .. .. 30 — 0 71 — 2 8 — . Applicants are requested io state in their form the Section lbey desire to be a Member of . . No Scavj-ioss ' , Soucrnas' , oa REDEaniox Fees . —The present Entrance Fee , including Certificate , Rules , & c , is 4 s . . per Share , aud 2 s . 6 d . ior any part ofa share . Price of Rules , including Postage , Is . OBJECTS . 1 st—To enable members to build Dwelling Houses . oth . —To give to Depositing Members a higher rate of in-2 nd .-Toafibrdthe means ot purchasing both Freehold terra * than isyielded by ordinary modes of investment . _«^«« _S * w _» i « ' nr 1 _ii-a Cth . —To enable Parents to make Endowments for their and Leasehold _Properties or Land , Children , or Husbands for their Wives , or for Marriage 3 rd . —To advance Mortgages on Property held bj _segments . ; b members . 7 th . —To purchase apiece of Freehold Land of sufficient 4 th . —To enaWe Mort _^ _gers being members to redeem value to give a legal title to a County Vote for Members of _theifMorteaf-es . " Parliament Section L—Bv joining this section every person in town or country can become the proprietor of a House and Land in bis own neighboriiood , without being removed from "his _fiieuds , connexions , or the present means himself aiid family may have of gaining a livelihood . _Sece-ox IL—To raise a capital by shares to purchase Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide the Land into allotments from _half-an-acreupn-apds , in or near ilie towns of the various branches of the society . The property to be the bonafidt freehold of the member after a term of seven years , from the date of location , according to his subscriptions . SEcnos III . —Saving or Deposit section , in « hich members not wishing to purchase are enabled to invest smaU sums , receiving interest at tfie rate of five per cent per annum , on eveiy sum of 10 s . and upwards so deposited . N . B . — £ -500 wiU be advanced to the members of thefirst Section in November next , when all persons who have and may become members for Shares , or parts of Shares , on or before the 4 th of November next , and who pay six months ' subscriptions in advance , or otherwise , wiU be _eligible for aa advance . '
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_EMIGRATION . TBE BRITISH EMPIRE PERMANENT EMIGRATION AND COLONISATION SOCIETY , " Tosf * nretODachMemberaFARM . olnotlessthanTwenty-fiveAcresofLandii « AMERICA , By Small WceUy or Monthly Contributions . . _- " _ - __' .. ' Loj-dox _Oj-hce : —1-3 , Tottenham Court , New-road , St . Pancras . —D . TV " . _BoiTr , Secretary . , ' - _¦ , . OBJECTS . To pmrrJiase a large tract of Land in the _Vestern States To purchase in _L-nrgc quantities , for the common benefit , of America , upon whicl : tolccrate Members , giving twenty- aR necessary live and dead stock , and other requisites , five acres to each Share subscribed for . supplying each member on location with tlid quantity re-To erect Dweffingf _* , and dtar a certain portion ofthe quired at cost price . Lanct . « n each _allotn-cnt , previous to the arrival of the allottees . _,,., _- . - , ... ' .,, „ „ -. To establish a depot , _froa whicb to provide each family Toi * roi _* idefortlielc < _-.-iUonofgroups , liol ( lingtheLandra . " _^ ... . , , . . _* ., __ _,-. common , as weU as for individuals , securing to each their ¦ _" _«» the required quantity of wholesome food , until their collective _andsepanr . e rights and immunities . own laud produced sufficient for their support , VALUE OF SHARES . " - Each Share to be ofthe ultimate Value of Twenty-five Pounds . ¦ " * _- . - To be raised by Monthly or Weekly Subscriptions , as foVows : — " A Payment of Ninepenee per Week tor Ten Years , will amouut to 19 / 10 s . Bonus , 51 . 10 s . Ditto Sixpence per Week for Fifteen Years vriU amount to 19 * . 10 s . Bonus , ol . 10 s . ' ¦ _Bepaj-ments may be made to the Society in Money , Produce , or Labour . Prospectuses , Rules , Forms of Application for Shares , and every other information , may be bad at the Office as above . AU applications by Letter , addressed to tlie Secretary , must be pre-paid , and enclose a postage stamp for reply , By enclosing twelve postage stamps a Copy of the Rules irill be forwarded , post free . Forms of Eutrance by enclosing three postage stamns . " Agents required in all parts of Great Britain .
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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 formerl y known as tlie i NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY ; the managers of which have long seen the necessity of legal protection for ; hc security of its member- - . In framing the new rules , care has been taken to equalise the expenditure with the receipts , so that the permanent success of the feociety should be beyond all doubts . Thi Society is divided into tliree sections , to meet the necessities and requirements ofaU classes of mechanics and labourers , from eighteen years of age to forty . THE _EOllOWlSG IS _T 3 E SCALE OF FEES TO BE PAID AT WEEKLY ALLOWANCE IS SICKNESS . _ESTSASCS : — S . d . Age " . _Jstsectioa 2 ndsection . _Sndsecfion . First Section .. .. . .. IS 0 s . d . s . d . s . d . ¦ j Second Section .. .. " .. 10 0 Froml 8 to 21 .... 3 0 .... 2 0 .... 1 0 i Third Section 5 0 — 21—27 .... C 0 .... 4 0 .... 2 0 J 27—30 9 0 6 0 .... 3 0 J _membebs death . wife ' s death . _ S _3 _ 33 .,.. 12 0 .... 8 0 .... 4 0 ) £ _s . d . £ s . A . — 33—35 13 O 10 O 5 O j _TfirstSection .... 15 0 0 7 10 0 — SS—3 S - -13 0 .... 10 0 .... G 0 Second Section .. 10 O O 5 0 0 _ 35—40 .... 21 0 .... 14 0 .... 7 0 j Third Section .... 5 0 0 8 0 0 ilOSTHLT _CONTEIBOTIOSS . - First Section , 3 s . Gd . Second Section , 2 s . 4 d . Third Section , Is . 2 d . The Society meets erery Monday evening , a t tbe Two Chairmen , _VPardonr-street , S « ho , Middlesex , where every infor- ] matimi can _oe had , and members enrolled . Couutry friends , applying for rules , can have them forwarded , by enclosing J -Jour postage-stamps . . " _Members oftlie late Co-operative Benefit _Society , who have paid all dues and demands up to the 25 th December , 1819 , can atonce be transferred to either seetiou of the _National Benefit Society , without any extra charge . _Aleuts and sab-secretaries of the late National Co-operative Benefit Society , are requested to immediately inform the , General Secretary of the number of members _HUt-ty to transfer to the National Benefit Society ; and parties wishing to become agents , or to form branches ot the new society , can be supplied with every information , on application to the , Secretary , by _euclosi'ig a postage-stamp for an answer . James _GhasSev _, General Secretary , 96 , Regent-street , Lambeth . ,
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T AND AND COTTAGES , JLi The properrv < _tf an independent gentleman . Therein now a tap Ual opportunity on tlie Dibdin Rill fcState , Chalfont , St . Odes , _Uucks ( _too miles from _O'ConnorvOle ) _, owing to ihe removal ofthe principal tenant to the new estate near London . Eight acres , well known as the rerf best field in the parish of Chalfont ( as wiU be certified by those excellent judges , _Whib-ey . lUie , and Page , from Sorthampton _) , with extensive right of Common , together with two _four-roymed _cottages , built ag : uust each _* _ther _, _maybelladiia _! _a _•• _diatcI for -j ? ia year . Rut tlie freel ; older _btang _anxio'is to honour _labouu ( being himself a _woasiNG gestlemas :, and to see as many happy families as possible on his eswte , he will accept nolhiug _ short uf £ 32 for twelve mouths' rent in advance , if a rich man wants the whole ; but he will require only £ 8 for half year ' s rent in advance , if a _j-san tak « _-s only lour acres and four rooms ; while he w . H be satisfied with only £ 1 , for one quarter ' s rent as a security , from any sober , honest , industrious , agricultural labourer , takingonly two acres aud two rooms .
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DR . BARKER'S RUPTURES . 11 UPTDRES EFFECTUALLY AND PERMA _XENTLY CUfiED WITHOUT A TRUSS !!
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MISS DEAS'S GRAPIUOLOQY . j DO YOU \ nStt TO KNOW YOUR OWN CHARACTERISTICS ? " To knowthTself is the _« no 3 t important of aU knowledge . " * * _MEBTOH . MISS EMILY DEAN continnes with immense success , to delineate the characters of individuals from a _grajWological examination of their handwriting . All persons wishing to "know themselves , ' * or their friends , by means of this extraordinary and interesting science , must send a specimen of their writing , stating sex . age , or supposed age , of the writer , to Miss Dean , 48 , _Iiverpool-street . King ' s-cross , London , ( enclosing thirteen postage-stamps ) , and they will receive a written description of their mental and moral qualities , virtues , and failings , & c , and many things hitherto unsuspected _, calculated t » guide them through life . The many thousands who have thankfully acknowledged the value of advice given , and the accuracy of Miss Dean ' s delineation of character , establish the truth and value of the science beyond a doubt
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* \ ' ow publishing in Numbers a 13 d ., and Parts at Sd . THE EMIGRANTS GUIDE TO THE _GOLDEX LAND . pALIFORNIA _^ ns PAST niSTORY ; ITS PRESENT POSITION ; ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS : WITH A 3 IINOTE AND ACTHESTIC ACCOC . VT OP THE DISCOYERY OF THE GOLD REGION , ASD THE SUBSEQUENT IMPORTANT PROCEEDINGS . In the course of the Work mil be Given PLAIN DIRECTIONS TO EMIGRANTS ,
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_ILLUSTRATED WITH PLATES , London : Printed for G . Vickers , Holywell-street , Strand ; and sold by aU Booksellers in To rn and Country .
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THE CHEAPEST EDITION EVER _rDBLlSHED . Price ls . fid ., A new and elegant edition , witb Steel Plate of the Author , of " _-PAIHE'S POLITICAL WORKS .
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Now Ready , - a New Edition of KR . _O'GOHHOR ' S WORK OH SMALL FARMS _> * old by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A . Heywood , Oldham-street _, Manchester , nd I . ove and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . Ami 1 _*» nil _Booksi-llers in Tout- and Country .
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Just published , 70 th thousaud , THE MORISONIANA ; or Family Adviser ofthe British College of Health , New-road , London . By James _Mokiboh _, tlie Hygeist Price Gd ., vt Is . by post , and to be had of aR the authorised agents fur the sale of Mr . Morison ' s Vegetable Universal Medicine _throughout the world _.
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DE AFNESS . — Important Notice . — Mr . FRANCIS , the eminent aurist , who has devoted bis 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 <» f thirty or forty years standing , enabling the patient to bear a whisper , withont pain or operation , effectually removing deafness , noises in th » head , and aU diseases ofthe aural canal , ilr . F . attends daily from 10 until 6 , at his consulting rooms , fi , Beaufort-buildings , Strand , London . _^ Persons at a distance can state their case by letter . Advice to the poor , Monday , Wednesday , and Friday , from 6 till 8 in the _' evenine .
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TO THE EMBARRASSED . THERE are thousands of persons who have long struggled against tbe force of misfortune , but few are aware that , by very recent Acts , all small traders owing debts not exceeding £ 300 , farmers , private and professional gentlemen , and aU others , owing to any amount ( the latter without any publicity ) , can be entirely raised from their difficulties at small expense , and -without imprisonment or bankruptcy . All 6 ucb Mr . Westos begs wiR apply to him at 6 , Essex-street , Strand , by letter , or personally . Office hours from 10 till 2 , and 6 till 8 . 3 V . B . —The above Acts stay aU Palace Court , County Court , aud other proceedings . _Clei-gymen neednot submit to sequestrations .
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EMIGRATION TO NORTH AMERICA . W TAPSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Emigration Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ships—To NEW YORK—every Five Days . To NBW ORLEASS-every Ten Days . To BOSTON and PHILADELPHIA—every Fifteen Days . And occasionally to BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , andSt JOHNS . * Drafts for -any amount , at sight , on New York , payable ia any part of tiie United States . Tapscott ' a _"Enrdgrantfa Guide" sent free , on receiptof Four Postage Stampi . -. (* - * ¦ ?¦ About twenty-eight thousand perwm sailed for the New . Ww"d , iuTapscott ' s _* iJie of American PaokeU . in 1849 .
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_^ _Jducatioii for _^ Millionsi ' SHORTLYWILLBEPUBmBED _^ _- : ;~ '' ; '' . ' . ' . _THEFII-IST-NUMBER' 7- " ., ' ' _' : [ ' , ¦'¦' . '¦ OFA" , * ¦ . - _:-, ' . .. - '" . : !'• , . ' HEWCHEAP UNSTAMPED _WEEKLY PERIODICAL io be cAviin ... ,-::..,, ' ¦ THE NATIONAL INSTRBCTOB , "
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JUST PUBLISHED , NO . XII . OF , ' _-. _' THE ¦ DEMOCRATIC ¦ " REVIEW JL Of BRITISH and FOREIGN POLITICS , HISTORY and LITERATURE . Edited by 6 . JULIAN-HARNEY . \ co . _ntents : . _- ¦¦ ¦'¦ ' ' _:.- •''• ' 1 . Refusal of Parliament to repeal thc iniquitous Taxes . on Knowledge . 2 . Rural Slavery—A Voice from the County of Kent . 3 . Democracy defended in reply to Thomas ' Carlyle . ( Continued . )
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! . i ... BOROUGH OF FINSBURY . . _( Vf R . JOHN BEZER ( lately liberated - 'J from Newgate ) , will give bis first lectuvo on SUNDAY EVENING , May the 5 th ; at the Old Dolphin , Oldstreet , St . Luke ' s . Subject : " What can I do for liberty V Lectures will be given every Sunday , on popular subjects , and members enrolled iu the National Charter Association . Chair taken at eight o'Clock .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . OFFICES , 14 , SOUTHAMPTON STREET , STRAND
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Nothsa-Usi. —J. Sweet Acknowledges The R...
_NoTHsa-usi . —J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , viz . : —Foa the Honestv FoND .-Mr , Ilenson , 2 d . Fob _V-cntr Fund . - From Carrington , 5 s . ' Local _LEcrraeKS . —The secretaries of localities wishing to be on the South Lancashire local' lecturers' plan are requested to correspond with Robert Shawcross _, No 15 _ro _fe- _w *; "l treet - Ch' _»' tuu _* _'P"n-Medlock , Manchester . W . T ., Wolverhampton . —Received . _™ i _?\ l' n ' _^ * _S ' _'J " Tll « sumieceive' 1- a _» d announced for the _ITonestv Fund onthe Cth ult ,, as 2 s .. ought to have been 2 s . 8 d . ' b
II . G . E .. Maiden . —They are always ready for the Fridav evening ' s post . * * Mrs . RoiiEa-rsoN , Pre _** tonholme . -AU right ; as see list of Honesty fund this week . Mr . _GtouGE _Adaus , 24 , Nelson-street , Glasgow , will sun . ply the Natiojui _, _Insibuctos . His name was not ' iritentionaUy omitted in our la _> t , space would not allow us to give the names of all agents . We wish every agent to give orders through their London _booksellersTas the Instboctob will be conducted entirely distiuct from the Northern Star . , National Hall , Holbomj . —In addition to alongthy report furnished by our own reporter , of the public meeting at the National Hall , Ilolborn , on Wednesday evening , we have received a statement from tho conveners ofthe meeting . We have no room for eithov report or state ment Both shall a * pear in next week' .. Star .
Yorkshire . —The Chartists of Halifax reauest their West Riding friends not to send any moro lecturers to Halifax , without a previous understanding with the Chartists of that town . James Ghabam , Dundee—Tho address of Mrs . Jones is , Milton House , _Bishop's-road , I _' ayswater , London ; Mrs . Fussell , 15 , Pearl-crescent , Bagnigge-wells-road , London ; Mrs . M'Douall , 13 , _Iu-nsingtou-place , Kirkdale , Liverpool . Ioen Lewis , Belfast , —Your letter has been handed to Mr . Arnott , who has undertaken to make the necessary _in-.. _ivby Mrs . M'Douall desires to acknowledge the sum of ten shillings , received from Merthyr Tydvil , on the Uth of _Mirch last . The Chucom . —We will look over the manuscript , and our ¦ ¦ t Mends will hear from us . ' ¦ ¦ _- /¦ . - . Me . o _.-Gladwelu—We think it ttme that this controversy should be closed . - • - _- ¦ _- .
Nothsa-Usi. —J. Sweet Acknowledges The R...
Q . 3 . Man ** - ! - *! ' _Wolverhampton ; ; S . _Hucnmi , Bulwell ; , ' _and C . Hili _^ UCLiFFE , Heckmondwike _.-r-Nextweek .. , _,, ' ( _JviUii"BabM _ev has received , the .. ' following ' -. monies : — Honesti Fund . —From a number of Friends atNortb-; ampt ' n , per John St ' armer' 2 * 7 s lOd . ' ' Hfinded to Mr . ¦ : Rijer . - tit is impossible _to- 'find room for the list of-sub-• . , Bcribers . ] _.-. ' i : ¦ ' ¦ ' - _-,- ¦ _.- : ¦' .: _- " - ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ ;' _.- . " _*¦ ¦ * ¦ — ¦ '¦ Fori the _CnAaiisi _koxstsats . — From . Friends at _Hulnw , - Manchester , pe ' r'W . B . Rqbinspn , is . fid ; . Handed toMr . _JFbom raE _DEMocaiiic School , Halifax ;—Per Isaac Clissett , for Mrs . M'Douall 10 s . - For Vernon ' s Defence 5 s . For Macnamara's Action 5 s . " HindedtoMr . Kidev . Fob tub Fbatebnal Democrats . — From Robert Humphrey ' s , Manchester , is Id—J . C , O'Meagher , Dublin , • is 2 d . " _STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES ., - : Mr . W . P . Roberts will Tie in Hanley on Monday next , the 6 'th of May .
Ihe Northern Stab..-Satubday, May 4, 1850. '
IHE NORTHERN STAB . _.-SATUBDAY , MAY 4 , 1850 . '
Triumph Of French Democracy. Despite All...
TRIUMPH OF FRENCH DEMOCRACY . Despite all tlie arts—all the intimidationall tlio , unconstitutional ,, and arbitrary means resorted to by the band , of perjured conspirators against the French Republic , who r iow hold the reins of office , the Socialists of Paris have again achieved a glorious-victory ! After
the 1 . 0 th ; of . March , the despotic -party dared them to another trial of strength . By the acceptance of the-seat for the Bas _Khhi , M . Vidal vacated his p laco for Paris , and -gave the Ordermongers another chance . This time there was no mistake—there can be no ly ing down the facts . The fight was a hand-tohand one , and we heartily exult in the-thoroug h and complete , victory which has been gained . ' ... ' . ' _¦' ,. " . "
Let the French people continue to carry on the campaign thus admirabl y begun , upon constitutional grounds ,- _, and constitutional princi p les . They are . making a noble use of n o ble institutions . They have .. driven the so-called Ordermongers to despair and desperation . Let them commit political suicide . -But , if the great and _well-organisedj'Demoei-acy of'France will tread the path they have entered upon firml y , ' neither , provoked by , brute violence , insolent taunts , or arbitrary outrages , into untimely action—the day is not distant ' when the material , as well as the ; moral arid intellectual power will be at their uncontrolled disposal .
The New Savings Bank Bill. After Much De...
THE NEW SAVINGS BANK BILL . After much delay , the long-promised me & - sure of the Government , . for the Better Regulation of Savings Banks , has made its appearance . ¦ Since ' we last noticed the subject , other defalcations have been brought to light ; arid , a lt o g e ther , we should imag ine that public confidence is very much shaken in these institutions . Whether the proposed p lan of the Chancellor of the Exchequer will - restore their damaged credit , remains to be seen
. Under the belief that the Government were responsible for the safet y of the deposits , .. the working and . lower portion ofthe middle _classes invested £ -28 , 000 , 000 of money in the Banks . The immediate security offered b y them was a long array of Trustees , comprising noblemen , squires , clergymen , professional men , and merchants , of weight and _influence iii their respective localities . Regulations , b y which tho surveillance of these respectable and benevolent Trustees were ostentatiously paraded ,
by which it appeared that an _, ingenious system of checks and counter-checks was to be set to work , under their immediate alternate supcrintendance , sufficient to prevent any fraud , or misapp lication of the funds , on the part of the paid servants . The Patrons and Trustees gave their services and influence quite gratuitously , for the pleasure of assisting their poorer neighbours to invest their small savings safeiy , and to cultivate in them habits of thrift and forethought .
From these Trustees and Managers , the money had to be handed , under the . requirements of an Act of Parliament , to the Government-, to be by them kept and used in such manner as it might think fit . The Commission for the reduction of the National Debt was the department speciall y entrusted with the receipt and application of the funds thus accumulated . By the Act the Banks were also compelled to forward periodical accounts of the state of their financial position , made up according to
certain forms , which were intended to act as a check upon mismanagement and fraud ; and the Commissioners were imperativel y required b y the law , to t ake steps which would havo had the effect of stopping any Bank which misappropriated the monies intrusted to it . At first the Trustees were , or were understood to be , individually and collectivel y responsible for the deposits ; and on all hands , it was believed that the Government , as the receiver and user of the principal stock , was not onl y morall y , but legall y responsible to those who invested their savings in this manner _.
lhe whole . of this seemmg ly fair and honestl y contrived system was , as we have previously shown , a mere sham . We will not call it a , swindle , because that presumes a deliberate concocted fraud—and we do not go the length of charg ing that upon those who devised it . But the practical working has , in many instances , had as injurious an effect as if the banks had been set up by some of the clover members of the Swell Mob , for the express purpose of p lundering the unwary ; with this difference , that not all the ingenuity of the Swell Mob , could have extracted one hundreth , or . a thousandth part of the money , which the show of respectable and apparently responsible Patrons , Trustees , and Managers did .:
The way in which this happened may be briefly exp lained . Inthe first p lace , an Act of Parliament was obtained , by which the Trustees were made liable only for the sums actuall y paid to them as individuals . Having thus divested themselves of legal , corporate , and individual responsibility , the next stepthat of leaving all the business to the paid Actuary and Secretary , was an easy and natural one . What is e v erybody ' s business we all know is nobod y ' s business . B y most of tho rules of Savings Banks that wo have seen , the Trustees or Managers are requested
to attend alternatel y , on the days tho monies are paid and withdrawn , and to take such a part in the business that fraud would tie extremely difficult , ifnotimpossible ; but instead of doing this , m a ny of them ha v e g o ne on f o r years without mustering the accounts , or detecting gaps through which thousands were filched , by dishonest employes . One would have thought that the trouble of calling in all tho d e positors ' books once a year , and comparing them with the led ger , would have been the least possible discharge of duty _ that these Trustees could perform . Even this , however , has not been done in many cases . In others where ithas been done , it has been left to the
Actuary himself , the very person to be checked by tho process . Nay , to such an extent has tho habit of playing at p itch and toss with the money of the poor depositors proceeded , that blank cheques have been signed by the Trustees to . be filled up by the paid officers without limit . At the period when the Act passed for releasing Trustees from their liabilities , there were Actuaries then in office who had embezzled deposits to the extent of many thousands , which , up to that time at least , the trustees were bound to make good . The result has been , the defalcations which have spread ruin and dismay in many a humble dwelling , both , in England and Ireland . ' ,., . . ¦ . '¦• . '¦ * _,- _- ; : ' ,: _:-.. . /' The office for the Redaction of the _Nationai Debt wm equall y culpable , and equally _reraiw
The New Savings Bank Bill. After Much De...
in the execution of the duties confided to < it . For years it allowed _insolveritBanks to go on receiving the deposits , of tip poor . : For years it connived , at / the , ; , making of returns not in accordance 'with _/ the requirements .. of the Act —for-years it must have seen that this violation of the law in making the returns , could be for no other motive than to cover deliberate frauds , or irregularities in tho accounts , both of which it was their duty to check and pre vent . For years all these facts were before them , with the obligation of making known these facts to the public , and' they __ wilfull y broke the law , and disobeyed the plain injunctions it contained for regulating the discharge of their duty . .-,.-
' Under these circumstances it will be remembered , that in sp ite of the determined opposition oftlie Government , tlie Ilouse . of Cominonsagreed to . the ; appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into three shocking cases of failure in Ireland . B y the terms of the motion the House also imp lied an opinion that the Government were bound to make up the losses which had accrued through the laches of "tbeir Officers , even if there was no positive
enactment binding them to do so upon other and broader grounds of equity . The Government , however , foug ht hard against that conclusion ; and after several nig hts of hard fi ghting , and the exercise of the most unblushing Treasury coercion , and _mancouvei'ing , succeeded in stifling the question , b y appointing a packed Committee pledged to the foregone conclusion of acquitting them from this responsibility . ¦ ¦ - . . Had tho defalcations been confined to
Ireland it is probable we should have heard little more of the / matter . Ireland is the eel of our political system . She is used , to be skinned alive , and the operators have been so long accustomed to the process that , not unnaturall y , like ! the lady at Billingsgate ,, they think she lias " got used to it . * ' But the grand smash of ¦• friend" HoWARTH , - at ! Rochdale , and th e subsequent exposure of the . p lunder that had been carried on at half a dozen other
establishments , - rendered laissez faire no longer possible .. Government were compelled at last to interfere , and the friiitof Jong and careful consideration is now before the couutry . ' . - It is proposed that . in future the Treasurer alone shall receive the deposits ; that he shall be appointed by the Government , which wiii be responsible for him , and in return , he is to give security to the Commissioners for the National Debt . The Trustees are to appoint theother officers , and to be made responsible for them by a restoration of the ' clause' repealed in 1844 . These two provisions
comprise , in fact , all the additional secunties . which the , Governmont propose to g ive depositors in future . There is no retrospective clause providing for the reimbursements of the losses sustained b y them up to this time . Looked at in the abstract , the two propositions seem simple , and tole r abl y well calculated for practical use . But the price of their adoption by those who have a few shillings or pounds to spare is a pretty hig h one " ; and the whole scheme is marked by that desire to throw every pecuniary and social obstacle in the path of tlio poorer classes , which is so characteristic a
feature of our aristocratic legislation . At present , deposits are limited to _£ 150 . In future , they must not exceed £ 100 ; when they reach th a t sum the depositor will be permitted to invest it in the funds , through the agency of the Bank , taking of course all the risk of the fluctuations in the Stock Exchange-- —and then he will be at liberty to begin again . Iri order to pay salaries , and cover the risk of defalcation , the interest is to be still farther reduced on all further deposits . Up to a recent period it was three and a quarter per cent , per annum . It was then reduced to £ 2 18 s . 4 d . per £ 100
per annum , and now it is proposed to lower it still farther , namel y , to £ 2 15 s . It is said that " money makes money " but ifc will be seen from this , that however true that may be of rich man ' s money , it shall not be true of the poor man ' s , if the Chancellor of tlie Exchequer can hel p it . In fact , the Scheme , when seen in all its ramifications , is a very ingenious one .- B y the existing state of the law of partnershi p , any profitable outlet for combined small capitals and accumulations are p laced virtu a ll y upou the footing of lotteries . The law refuses to take cognizance , or to
protect either funds or property thus employed and acquired . The Societies and Associations are subject , at every turn , to bo plundered b y knavish officers , ' or fleeced- by scoundrell y members , without chance of redress or protection . B y amending tlie administration of tho Savings Banks , and g iving a real , instead of a sham and delusive responsibility for investments , the hope is , that the thrifty portion of the poorer and middle classes will necessarily be driven to invest their savings with the Government al o ne , and thus g ive them the means of
perpetuating the present system by the me a ns supplied b y the very parties whom it most grievously oppresses and plunders . The whole scheme is Machiavellian in its conception , and well calculated for the object in view * . It would require a national effort to break through ' the meshes thus craftily woven around the pe o p le ; but recollecting the fate of the Land Company , and the faintly backed struggles of the honourable member for Nottingham , to open a substantial and profitable labour field and investment to the working man and small capitalist , we have small hope of that national effort being made .
Parliamentary Review. Economy Is Still T...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Economy is still the " talk" iu the Commons . All parties have become professedly " Financial Reformers , " though iu the curious " threesome reel , " danced by Protectionists , Whigs , and the ' Manchester School ; " it is somewhat puzzling to comprehend the various evolutions of the performers , notwithstanding a frequent chang ing of positions which appear to mean something . Some how or other , at the close , they a ro all in the old places . Mr . Henley's proposal for a revision of all salaries and wages paid in the public
departments was , on the face , one or those motions which nii g ht fairl y havo been supported by all parties professing to'bo anxious for economy in the public expenditure . But Ministers , whileprofeBsingagreat desire to retrench wherever it was practicable , resisted it on the ground that it was better to leave such red _uctions to the heads of departments , aud to reduce redundant employes , rather than the salaries of those who were reall y required to do the work . Now we hhve not the slightest doubt that Mr . Roebuck , Sir R . Peel , and Lord J . Russell all spoke the truth , when they said that the gentlemen who , in our public offices , reall y carry on the active business of the country , are not over p aid , when the
responsible , confidential , and important nature of the position is considered , in connexion with the ability required for the discharge of those duties . But if the fact is so , why not let an inquiry be made b y Parliament into the matter , and upon the conclusive evidence thus adduced silence all future question or doubt ? A case is generally suspected of being a weak one , when it requires to be hel ped by such evasions as the moving of the previous question * Many portions of Mr . Henley ' s speech were marked by great practical knowledge of bis subject . He especially pointed out the anomaly of exempting from Parliamentary scrutiny and sanction the large sums expended in the collection and supervision of the Customs and Excise . These sums amount to several millions
annually , and it is , obvious what a vast field for jobbing is opened by the , present mode of payment . Nothing can bo more just or . business-like , than to demand that every farthing coilebted _fi"om ; too nation , in the shape of taxes for the Imperial Exchequer , ought to . be . paid
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directly into _itrr-accpunted , for to Parii _^ .-and that the civil , as well as the » iX _**"* ' military _expenditure ,,., should -b e a ' and brought under . the consideration of tho t % kture . ¦ _- _' ¦ '• " ¦ ¦ e L _*&
-Mr . Cobden > nd the , Free Traders j nounced the motion , as , a proposal fo sweep ing reduction _/; " rather _. _str-runm wL" * be sure from the propounder of the p- _^ _* ° ten million reduction . But the real ated difference was , that Mr . Henley ' s . of carried , to the apprehension of the _FronV 1 A p o stle , " a sting in its tail . " It left ? f r _** inferred ,, if it did not broadl y state tW « ° be reductions were the direct _conseonpnl _Peso Free Trade policy , which ha d , by Ef - the ing the general community , rendered I s * * to pay thesame taxation as when nriJL bIe higher , . and , as a consequence , DroV _, _^ _' ' comes better . Mr . Corden is too _'t _? >»• tactician to . allow this slur to _ilf f * his favourite theoiy , if he can hehh Upon therefore , by very bold assertion s ani and vague _pohticb-economical arguments } Very
wwpica _u > ano . vr mat tne _Repeal of thP n Laws , and good wngesought to go toeeth ! ? that the fact was they did go _toletE ? and the proofs he cited in support of th _' a _?!!! _!" _rnent _, were the cases ofthe stocking mil _^^ fetait _^ _andl _^ ffl _^ J _^ J _landCounties , who , hesaid , had struckfon , several times . during the last twelve mon h ? a thing unheard of for fifty years S with ail deference to , the popular orator 1 ° _* > logic has been lauded so hi g hl y , wc _l _? ° that we cannot perceive the connexion hat _^ his facts and his inference . GranCS . ? to be true , where is the proof that the * J £ _l
_ma-cers wages are therefore improved ? M the strikes noMiave _; beon occasioned " bv t _? manufacturers taking occasion from the cL ™ ness of provisions to make still further " _abafo ments " from the wretched earnings foimerlv paid ? May this not have stirred into _opuosi tion a race _^ 'hom long continued toil and semi-starvation have subdued into almost un resisting slaves , but who were yet cap « ll < . of perceiving that it is the last feather thai breaks the Camel ' s back ? If the fact be not thus , what is fo be said , of the justice and the liberalit y of their employers who forced them to the disagreeable , expensive , and ini . _tating policy of a strike for an advance , which , if gained justly , should havo beeu paid to them without such ? But
agency our pseudo economists are fond of repeating that wages do not depend on the price of food . Labour , say they , most sap ientl y , is a commod-t y and its price , like that of every other commodity , depends upon suppl y an d demand . Irue ! Most wonderful philosophers ! But there is a point below which the raw material cannot be produced ; and then in this country are steam engines , mules , throstles , powei _* - looms , lathes , slotting machines , planing machines , and thousands of other contrivances for dispensing with manual labour . Such a superabundance of productive power that adult manual labour must always bo a drug in the market . The suppl y must , under the
present system , always very larg e ly exceed the demand . What then ? Why , that every penny taken off the price ofthe loaf , or tho sugar , or the soap , or the candles , consumed by tho poor man , is an incentive to the scre w ing capitalist to reduce wages , bec a use he well knows that he will find plenty read y to accept work on any terms that will secure tbem a bare subsistence . A reduction in prices leaves those in employment a trifle above that amount ; aud the commercial feudalist , onthe principle of Political Economy , is entitled to appropriate that to himself , in the same way as landlords are to claim for rent the
difference between the cost of cultivation and tho cost of the farmer ' s famil y , and the total amount of produce raised on the farm . Spite of all thai can be said or protested to the contrary , the system i s one that leads to general impoverishment , in connexion with our present modes of emp loying the population , and distributing the products of their labour . If they are not yet satisfied with the experiment that has been made , we must " wait a little longer , " till even the wilfull y blind must be convinced of the erroneous policy they are upholding by the non-fulfilment of all their high anticipations .
Mr . Horsman—on the occasion ofthe second reading ofthe Ecclesiastical Commission Bill —took the opportunit y of giving another of those dissections of Episcopal morality and honesty , for which that gentleman is so famous . A Committee of the House sat in 18-18 , to investigate the manner in which tliose "Ri g ht Reverend Fathers in God" managed the funds entrusted to their care . We have alread y told the story of jobbing , corruption , extravagance , aud dishonesty , which were thus disclosed , aud
need not repeat it . The Committee was composed of persons very friendly to the inculpated _preliites , aud , of course , disposed to let them down as easily as possible . None of their recommendations , we may be sure , were conceived in a hostile spirit . Tliey felt themselves b o und , however , to propose that the Secretary should also be the Treasurer , and the Commission all rolled into one person , and , free to speculate on his own behalf , and to p lunder the public funds , on the simp le condition that he aided the Bishops in carrying out
their own individual pet schemes . The career of the worth y _Secketari * ended less fortunately than his nominal superiors . He burnt his fingers rather severely with tho railways , and other speculations ofa cognate kind , and ultimately went off—it is said by the connivance of the Bishops—with several thousands of the public money . This was—as Lord _Liyeupool said— "too bad ; '' anil even a frien d l y Committee could not overlook i ' . Thoy rec mm e nded , therefore , a st a nding a nd paid Commission to administer these _fuiids r
and , of course , to bo responsible to Parliament for tho manner in which they did so _. After much forcing , and many inquiries , a _> Bill was at length brought forward in the Lords , conceived in a very kindly sp irit towards these ri g ht reverend vultures , but it was not conciliatory enough . They introduced cl a use s , which while , to some extent conceding , a responsible administration had , in fact ,. tli 9 power of p lacing the funds as much as ever at their disposal . The W higs are ' * the mildest , meekest mannered of mankind" when ' they
have a powerful interest to deal with ; but even they , winced somewhat at eating the leek pro v ided for th e m by their godly opponents , and proposed in the Lower House , to restore a few of the ori g inal provisions which the bishops had thrown out , and to disallow others they had imported into the bill . In fact , the measure is merel y intended to evado the report of the committee to confirm the episcopal gri p upon the property they have got within their clutches , and thus- to supply themselves with the means of building new
palaces , keeping old ones in repair , and orna * menting their grounds and gardens out of the funds entrusted to the Commission , instead of their own very scanty revenues * . Mr . HoRSMA _** tore the hypocritical and smooth looking _shan * to tatters , and as a consequence , was as * sailed by Mr . Goulboubn , and Sir JR . _iNfl _^ i with a torrent of vituperation , the only effec * of which was , to damage irretrievably tne cha « racter of their clients , and their own at tho same time . It was clear that the brief of bottt
had been endorsed " no case , abuse the p lan ** tiff , " and thoy did con amore . Neither of them went scatheless however ; the '' ri g ht honour * able member for the University of Cam * brid ge" especially , will not soon , if ever , forget the bitter , but witty descri ption ,. of hia political career , given by Mr . B . _OsBoRFfc It was not exaictly in accordance with . oaxt political ,, to oall thing * by their right name * ; butt-he _( Jhouta of laughter that _greetjtf _wl
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 4, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04051850/page/4/
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