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    • THE NORTHERN STAR, SATPSDAT, MAY' S, 1848.
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      Mo.Vday, Mai 1st. House Of Commons.—This...

      pr _.-n ne-i to ts l _.-ad iato vi . l _.-n-.-e . _wi-ich ;*»« ** _ _> _' eta . racitristic c 1 the people of tnis c -untry , wb , c _^** _,, _£ ,, b , en _, o . which never would be ; they were most likely HSS _^ _" _' _drukkos _^ Lor d Artjhdei , and Subset , ani _Ctptain ' HABBU .. poke in favour cf the bill ; Mr _Usgujust , ifr Hcks acd Dr Bowbiko _againstit . The house divided—For the _secand reading 1 * 1

      Againstit H Majority for second reading .. — - 119 EttCTIVE _FstKOHISE ( _UlfiLAKD ) —Sir W . _SOKflimil then moved fer leave to bring in a bill to regulate the _elective franchise and for ths _regittratin of parliamentary elector * in Ireland . In the statement with _Trbich he prefaced his motion he observed , that tbo evils of the representative system of Ireland were threefold . They _dejeaded , first , oa the nature of the _franchise ; _secondly , on the _iasnSciency of tbe _constituency & S depending on that franchise ; and lastly , on the system ( f registration , which gars rise to Eiany abuses and much cross Injustice . The _aatare ofthe franchise , es it sow existed in Ireland , was very ambiguous ; and , beir . i ? so , was a curse upon _tbecenntry . The judges of

      the tend and the assistant-barristers differed from each _oiheras to the construction of the Before * Act which gave the Irish frsnch' * e ; and bs _btlieved that the very _frsmcra af that act differed _theasselves as to its correct _interpreiatisn . The nert evil was the insufficiency of the _elcetire body . Documents showed that the co & _Btitn-60 Cic 8 Of Ireland were dwindling away , and that , ii the house did not take steps to _cbsek tha diminution of them , the representative system in _Irtlsnd would soon Jscotoe neither more cor lest than a farce . Hc then pointed ont ths evil of the present registration system , aad the gross abuses which existed under it . _Asarc-IHtij TOT tTBQ first Of _tbtseeTils— -. _Ihtimim c £ the fran _.-ebisE —> he propeEed to fall back upon a rating . At pf ; . lea * the franchise was of two sorts—one consected with occupation , and another not requiring it , but both

      depending oa value . K _oe- , it wag desirable to define this _Talue , and not to leave it to ' . he bard swearing of the elector or his witnesses . He , thertfore , proposed thst all _ine eri-ting francbl ? ft n quiring occupation should hi BboPshed , and that , in Ilea thereof , a _eimplo rating under the Poor Law should be substituted of the net ¦ innal value cf £ 8 ana upwards . Healso proposed to COUfer tbe _franCbiss Bpon joint _oceapiers . provided that f ach , when divided , possessed a est value of £ 3 , He also proposed to confer the franchise upon persons entitled to estates in fee or tail of the rated annual value of £ 5 , _bfiaj ia occupation . He then proceeded te explain de machinery by which fee intended to carry _iati tffect his system of _registration . The clerks of the different Poor Law nnioss would transmit tothe clerks ofthe peace _lUts af the persons rated as occupiers of lands and

      tenements at the annual valne of £ 8 . and upwards . Tbe clerk of the peace for the county wonld make ont a list of voters otherwise _qualifitd than by occupation ; and , 8 _dd n ? tbat list to the list of ocenpiers _returned by the clerltt of unions , would form the general county list for revision . He then stated the mode in which rated oceuglere oa itted and elaiming to ho placed on tbe list of voters , ani on which rated occupiers _objecting to tbe _jaames ef other persons in the list , were to proceed either CO vindicate their own votes or to _objr-ct to tbOBe ef e * iher . « snd after a full explanation on that print informed the honse that in future at every October _setsions the _assistant-barrister wonld ba _empowered to investi .

      gate ffeose claims and oVjrctions and to sign the _liv-t , which were to form the general register of the county _. He also provided that tbe occupiers must bs In occupation six _suonths prior to their time of elaiming their TOtes _, and that they must _prijdnce receipts as proof of tfaeir having paid the last rate made for tie _rtlitf of the poor before voting . He did cot propose to make any Change in the town qualification ; but be _intended to repeal all the _clanies requiring payment of rates , with toe exception , of so auch of the poor rate ns had not _sccrned within the last three months . Having thus _stated tbe outline of bis bill , he atked for leave to Satrodace it .

      A _variety of questions as to the details of the measure _TKete then put to Sir W . _Sohebyius , by Mr _Psewer , Mr Liw , Mr KvVZ , Sir D _Kobbeis , Lord _Bessaed , and Hr BaiGBr , wliich v . _tre . replied to by the right hon . "baronet ; leave was then given te introduce this bill , as also to introduce another for the establishment of _edditioaal polling places for the purposes of Parliamentary elections in Irelsnd . The _CHincEttos of * . he _Exchequer . then obtained leave to bring In a bill to smesd certain _sct 3 for grantlag relief to the West Indian Islands . He stated that the object of this measure was to add five years more to ¦ th a time already granted them far the _repayment of tbe Sur . ieane Loins . Ths other ordtrs of the day were then disposed o ' , ar . d the hcuBB sojourned at a quarter past _tleten O ' clock .

      There was ni honse on Tuesday , only twenty . six _saembsrs ba _' mg present when the speaker took the chair tt f our o _' _elocs . _"WEDNESDAY , May 3 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The Kiot it Lihebick . — U > G . A . _HAHitxaR wished to ask ths right hon . _Ssronet ths Secretary of State f » r the Home Department _Whet _& _er be _Jaad received any authentic confirmation from Ireland of a statement which had appeared in tho Tihes newspaper of that morning , and wbicb had beea commented npon in that paper , namely that there had ieen a moral demonstration in the eity ef Limerick—( bear , hear ) that there had been an _emeate oi tbe EOral force ; party against the leaders of tho physical force party ! and that the leaders of the physical force party , Hr Meagher , Mr Mitchel , and Mr Smith O'Brien . flad been maltreated by tfce moral force party , and that Chose very bellicose gentlemen had been obliged to » eek protection from tfee military and the constabulary * ( ' Hear , hear , ' and laughter . ) I

      Sir G _. _Satr . —In repiy to the question put by the hen . gentleman , I beg to inform him that I hare received a letter from tbe Lord Lituttnant of Ireland Wbich substantially confirms the statement its bas al-. _IttoVd to . ( Hear , hear . ) It _sppcars , tbat a meeting _rTasheld atthe cityof Limerick , at which abont iOO persons assembled , the gentlemen to whom the hoD . member has alluded _beiag present , and that , during tbe meeting , sn attack was made npon thea by the people Of Limerick , acd I believe tbat it Is to the prompt int _^ rrention of the militar y and tbe police that the safe ty of those three gentlemtn may be attributed . (* Hear , tear / and laughter . } The Tims is _Ieelisd . —Mr 6 . A . Hakilton begged to ask the _rlglat hon . fearoaet the Secretary for Ireland , whether it was true t & _st 2 fr Mitchel , c f the _Vhitev _Ibisexsk , wh _* was now under _protection , had again pat in a dilatory plea , which woald have tho effect of obstructing or guspeneiBg the proceedings *

      Sir W , Sokibviixb said it was certainl y true that Mr ! Kitehel had put in a plea of that description , but he sloped it ; would not hare the effect oi delaying the trial . ( Hear , hear . ) Tss 'Ko _Horss' or Tdesdat . _—MtEtjke complained _ifcartheg-orersinest ' ssd not taken care to make a house _© V- * ae previous nay . * He * _Denevea Too might eay that independent members of the house _showed on all _occafteas a readiness to facilitate gorerztment business by waiving their notices , and it wax but fair , on the other hand , that government should act _« ith similar consideration towards thera .

      Sir 6 . _Gssr . assured ths _hense that the government _ivad every disposition to forward the business of the " _aoase , _« nd to give every possible facility to its members Sato independent notices . The bon , member should recollect that on the very first day ofthe house meeting af ter tbe recess tbe attendance iras so thin tbat a _palit ; - cal ally of his own , the hon . member for _Southwark , had moved that the house be counted . There could be co question that tbe house ought to sit en notice as well es on _goverament days . ( Hear . ) Hr G . Btatitii said that before he rmved , as he should do , tbe _adjaornmeat of tbe bouse , he had to make one remark . Yesterday was not the first occasion , by Tery many , on which he had known no house arranged , _bfcsuse some independent _raember had a notice coming

      « a dissgreeaV . e to the dominant parties in that bousf , ( Hear . ) He hid many times been stopped in tbe lobby By government officials , and requested not to go ia , be . _Cansa suck or snch a motion was on the paper , which it _Tras _desirei to g 6 t rid of by the _no-honse process . Ou _Sfanday it was perfectly well known that there would ba DO bouse on _Tuesday , because on _Tuesdayan hoa . mem-* b tr had a notice of motion involving grave imputation ? against a nob ' s lord , whom the dominant parties desired to tcreen . Now , it appeared to him essential that the house , instead of blinking Inquiries so _intiiaatsly _confleC'sd with its own cb & _racter _, shonld prosecute them thoroughly instead of getting rid of thtm by s side wind , as iu thh case , or by referring them to a snug committee upstairs , as in the case of tha _Lird-Lieutenaat of Gloucestershire .

      C _iioael SiiTHaxr said hs bad a right to inquire , as a _aember ofthathowe , what her Majesty ' s government were about on _Taesday evening f ( Laughter . ) How Were tbey employed on Tuesday evening ! ( Renewed _laaphttr ) What portion of iheir public duty employed their time oa Tuesday evening ! They could s _« _-nd a pro . Cious lot of underlings to the house on 8 By evening ; but Hhy did not the h « a 4 of the government come dowa oa Tuesday ! It was true he saw ena noble lord at the house ; but he was not in the house , and as far as he could guess , he _appaawd to be only on the look out , SirG _. _GsBT . said tbat he was quite willing toexpiaU the nature of ths avocatlona whieh detained hira . Tba £ sct was , bo snd his _colleagues were preparing to come flown , wbea tbey were informed that there was no hojse . Mr _IIoSsmak charged the _goveraraent with miking Bjstematic attempts to burke disagreeable discussions . After some further debate

      Ur _DacitMosn said that tbe government were over tared already with business , and it waR hardly fair to impose more upoa them . There was some talk of a ra . form of Parliament , but he thought before thsy went aboat that , they should try and reform the _membera . It -was a very singular _fsct that tbey conld not , OUt of six hundred idle meaibers , get an attendance ef forty . ( H ; or _, Bear . ) Er , BxsKEtrr . denied that the _jorermaeat were

      Mo.Vday, Mai 1st. House Of Commons.—This...

      r ; I over » _ork-a ; tVy w rt _n-. t to math to trat me ) c _^ uld not send two Lords of tbo Treasury to listen to the debates ; He had oftea heard it said that tha only nee of tha Lords of ths Treasury was to make a house , keep a bouse , and to cheer the Ministry . ( Hear , hear , and a _kugh . ) The surject then dropped , Mr Berkeley having withdrawn his motion . Shail Debts Bur ,, —Mr B , _Cooubask moved the so . cond reading of the Small Debts Bill , its object being the simplification of the law with respect to the _porrer glren to judges of county courts to Imprison debtors , and also to prevent debtors so _Imprisoned from being put on the felon ' s side of the prison . The _ATioawtT-GBHEBAL opposed the bill as calcu- lated to interfere with the due security of tke creditor , and moved that it bs read a stcond time that day sir months , Which proposition , after e short debate , was _astttA to andthe Mil was ' consequently lost . Bbibebt AfD Co » BCKioH .-Mr Keb _Seiher moved he committal of thB Great Yarmouth _freemen s Dis- j f I '

      _frsnoalsemcnt Bill . .,. ' .,. , _¦„„ » , „» Mr _Abgcstus Staf * oh > objected to the motion , but no division took place , and the house went into committee on t _-a bill . , Oo the metlon that the preamble be postponed _. Sir _STitroiD moved , as an amendment , tbat the Chairman report progress _. The committee dividedand the numbers were——

      , is For the _asaendraent ¦•

      Againstit m ¥ njority against —9 i The various clauses of the till then went through committee . In the course of the discussion , MrHcKt wished to ask If Her Majesty ' s government had any objectien to taka the opportunity which tbia bill would afford tbem ef lowering the franchise so B » to include all £ 5 householders . If they disfranchised so many fretmen aa was proposed , it was right that the number of electors should be made up in gomo Web . a way as he had suggested ?

      Lord J . Rdssbll could net enter into a discussion of tbis nature at present ; but he thought he might say | that it wcu _! 4 not be expedient to make any such _pro-POSBI 88 _tfcat _BDgjfestod by the hon . gentleman . ( Hear . ) i Mr O _' _Coskob must say he wbs rather alarmed At the question which tbe hon . member for Montrose had put to the noble lord ; and perhaps he might be allowed to a . tk him if a £ 5 suffrage _nas to form a basis » f tha great measure he was about to introduce I ( A laugh . ) Mr BrjHE conld assure bis hon . friend that tbe basis of bis measure would be much wider than that . The honse then went into committee on the Joint . Stack Companies Bill , in tha discussion of the various clauses of which tbe remainder ofthe sitting was spent , aud the house adjourned st six o'clock .

      Tional Asseuvbl ^' Will Be Found M Our 8...

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      To Tbe Editor Of The • Northern Star.' N...

      TO TBE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . ' No . 9 , New-street , Woburn , Beds . Sl 3 , —» You will oblige the undersigned memorialists by forwarding the inclosed to Feargus O ' Cob . nor , Esq ., as a testimony ef tbeir political attacament for hia disinterested and noble advocacy of the rights of man . Tours respectfully , Thomas Wilso . v . May 2 nd . G . Fbesch .

      TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . No . 9 , New-street , Woburn , Beds . Sn * , —On behalf of tha enclosed memorialists , we wish you God speed on your perilous political voyage . Bad men have been memorialised , and why should not good ones . Bad your enemies the full benefit ef our best wishe 3 they would not trouble yon much longer ; as it _staada , all men , mechanics and _others , who really love their country , shonld pat tbeir _Bhonlder to the wheel of tbat huge state carriage—bad legislation—and witb one long , strong ,

      united push , burl the clnmgy monster fr ) the home it merits—eternal oblivion ! As mechanics and tradesmen , we know our interests , and as men , withgrate . fal memories , we feel for the situation of those who , in defence of our liberty , so often peril their own . Believe _u ? , Bir , though all besides might forget your public services and the wounds you have received in the cause of freedom , the undersigned memorialists will ever have a lively feeling of Rrati ' . ude for hisa , who , in spite of tyrannic opposition , animosity , and abuse , dares to stand forth , single handed , in the defence of British liberties and British people .

      We are , Sir , on behalf of the undersigned , Thomas Wilson 0 . _Fbsnoh .

      Memorial Of Congratulation, Abdkessed To...

      MEMORIAL OF CONGRATULATION , _ABDKESSED TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR . ESQ _.. M . P . FROM THE _ISHABITAST 3 OP WOBURN , BEDFORDSHIRE . Noble asb _Rbspscied Repbssssiative op ths British Natios , ¦ We , the undersigned inhabitants of Woburn , have taken upon us to congratulate yen on your daring opposition to , and manly strivings with , onr aristocratic oppressors . Sensible as we are oi our many wr . mgs , mindful , too , of onr rights , as the producers of wealth , acd the Tery foundation ofthe social fabric of this great kingdom , we look forward to the day when ( guided by such men as yourself ) , the

      freedom so ardently sought for shall be no longer denied to the British people ; We sympathise with your situation in the Honse of Commoas , and deeply fee ] the many _insultg you daily receive , on account of your Liberal opinions , from the mercenary men falsely called our representatives . ' We applaod the peace ful ntanner in which the late great Chartist demonstration _, was eondacted , and feel s high decree of satisfaction at tbe _fimtratisn of those political manoeuvres , the intention of wbich was the slaughter of unarmed multitudes ; and whilst we view physical measures as needful on argent occasions , we , nevertheless , thiDktbat your moral force principles will do more to promote tbe cause , and unite the middle and _lorcer classes together , tban vielenee or bloodshed ever eould .

      Go on , then , great leader in your work of good . Be the disinterested patriot , the able advocate , and _thehoaestpersavering _champioa yon have hitherto proved yourself , and the best wishes of an enlightened commonity will follow in the _wafes of your mighty deeds to their great climax—the liberation of mankind frem the accursed fetters of cruel , _degradiDgjiSonl-crnBbing , slavery ! We remain , yours respectfully , James H'Kay John Robertson Wm . Grace _Praacls Snook

      Mark Chspman John Davis James Hartley George Hobbs Wm . BodsTrorth "Wm . Judge Peter _WhtUer W . Bolt Thos . Groo-n Wm . Flanders Thoe . Petal C . Inwood _Jtmcg Griffiths John Inwood Thomas Wilson James Daniels _George _Foffler J , _Iuwood _, sen . Jehu _Brickstock Geo . Fowler , sen Richard Green Elijah Brorru DsTid Burgess Joha P _« _rgasoa

      Wm . Caaio John M'Ksy JimasLawton Thomas Odell Jahn Smith Thos . Carter Alex . M'Koy Geo . T . Edmunds John Groom Joseph Wildeman Charles Griffiths Thomas Rutland William Lane 'Wca , _Heigbiatou John Pettlt ThoB . Reddall George _Pe «* $ t J , _Flude Samuel Wilson _Josiah Clarka Wm . _Bedford _JohnRalson Samuel Hopkins G . French God Save the Charter !

      To Feargus O'Connor, Esq., M.P. Thursday...

      TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Thursday , April 20 th , 1848 . Sib , —I am instructed to forrrard to yon a copy of the Resolutions , and the Vote of Thanks unani . mously carried at a public meeting , held this day , in the ilall of Science , City-road , at which 500 persons were present . I have tlio honour to be , Tour obedient Servant , J . Satase . Chairman . Moved by Mr Cooper , seconded by Mr Smith : —

      That in the opinion of this meeting the ministerial bill , entitled an Act for tbe better security of tke Grown and Gevcrament , ' is an infringement of the liberties of thepsople ; tbat it is calculated to destroy freedom of thought and speech , and Is at war with the best _interests of society . Moved by Mr Baker , Beeonded by Mr Tighe ' . — That this meeting pledge themselves to use their utmost exertions to obtain an extension of the franchise , as tbe only meaas of protecting their liberties . Moved by Mr Snow , seconded by Mr Hall : — That the thanks of this _meeting are hereby awarded to those members of the House ot Commoas who so indefatigably opposed the enactment of tbe bill ; and that a _cpy cf tho resolutions bo forwarded to each hy the chairman .

      « C » 3, Pinder's-Paesaee, Stonegate, Yo...

      « 3 , _Pinder's-PaEsaee , Stonegate , Yoik , April 15 th . SlB , —I would _hato long since Bent in my mite for the working out of the piinciplea ofthe Charter Association , only certaia doubt rested upon my mind in reference to the avowal of physical force to obtain a great national deliverance . These doubts have vanished , and 1 now _ _send you 2 * . 63 . of ponage stamps as a token of my anxiety for tho success of the good _eause . I happen to beong to the north of the Tweed , and this may be an apology for _addressing my short epistle to Mr O'Connor instead of tho Editcr of tho Nobthebk Star . Should you think the few thoughts in any way conducive to checking oppression , or the working out of those principles of philanthropy , calculated to _snit the circumstances of the times , lknowyou . will have them prominently inserted in your valuable paper , And , believe me , sir , yourobedieiat servant , Wm , _Lbhhqx .

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      - of a a | | | j f FOR THE _^ ORKI * MILLIONS . : ; I A HOME FOR EVERY INDUSTB _^ _OP MAN ANt > HIS FAMItY _* UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS ' EQUITABLE LAND AND BUILDING BENEFIT SOCIETY , t Enrolled aud Empowered by Aet of Parliamen t to ntttnd over the Un'tod Kingdom , j * ; ~ - — —• ' Paiwis . —T . S . Du kcoubz , Esc , M . P . _Tnoiiis _Wak" * , Esq ., M . P . B . B . _Cabbim , Esq ., M . P . 1 _Lor-don Office . —No . 13 , Tottenham Court , New Road , St _Pancras , London . _—Dahiel William RorrT , Secretary , Arranged In Three Sections . Payments in either Section , 4 d ., 8 d .. Is ., & C , & 0 „ por We . b , payable either Weekly or Monthly . He Sb » tiW _, 8 oHoi * om \ or _Bwehwiom _Pn .. The present Entrance Fee , _U Is . « d . per Share , and _8 d . for any part of a Share , Rules ond Card . 7 o . Cert _. _fioo-tes , is . per _Shai _, , and ed , for any part of a share . _^ ¦ — Srcnow I . _—BjJoMttg this section _fcVtty pusouintown or country can become ' the proprietor of a House and Land in his own neighbourhood , without being _removed trom h » Friends , _Connexions , or the present _meani himselt * and family _issy hare of gaining o livelihood . Sec tion II . —To _raiso a capital by shares to purchase Estates , _trsct Dwellings thereon , and divide the I Land Into allotments frem halt an acre upwards . The property to be the & ona fide freehold of the member in sixteen , eighteen , or tweBty years , from the date of location , according to hia _fcubgcriptions . Siction III . —Saving or Deposit section , in which _tuemberg not wishing ta _parchasoarc enabled _to- nres . , small sums , from 4 d . and upwards , receiving interest at the rate of 5 per cent , per annum , on every sum o ! _ o 9 . and upwards so depoaitod . _^ p Subscription _Offiee , —492 , Nzw Oxfom > . 3 _tbekt . where Meetings are held , and Members enrolled , every Wi » HKBD & ¥ EVBNINQ , from Eight to Ten o ' clock . _LetiuriEaU , for e * pl _ if ) iag the principles and _oljeots of the Society , Tub _PAiiTHBttiCK Rooks , StManin _' _slane , near the corntr of Long-acre . _Lectures dollvertd every Sunday evening at Seven o ' clocc . N _. B . —From £ soo to 4 * 500 will be balloted for by the members of tbe first Section in July _neit , when all persons who have asd may become mcmbirs for _Sharts , or parts of Shares , on or before the 6 th of _Jnijr nest , and who pay sis months' subscriptions in advance , or _otbervtiso , will be eligible for tho ballot , ALSO , FOR THE WOBKING MILLIONS IN CONNEXION WITH THE ABOVE , THE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES , Enrolled pursuant to Act of Parliament , Thus _securing to its members ibe protection of tfc 4 law fo ? thoir funds and property . Legalised to extend over the Bolted Kingdom , with the privilego of appointing Medical Attendants , Agents , & c . An opportunity is now ( fiVred to healthy p . _rsons , up te Forty Years of Age , of joining these flourishing Institutions In tovm or country . LOHDOK OFFICE . —13 ) Tottenham Court , NW Road . St _Pancrag . ( thirteenth honae eastward from Tottenham Court Koad ) —Damkl Wuliam Roppi _, Secretary . Patrons . —T . 8 . Dckcombe , Eso _... M . P . T . Waklit . Esq ., M . P . B . B . Cabell , Esq , M . P . . F . O'Comsoe . Esq ., M . P . L . J . _Hansabd _. Esq . In ths short space of / eur yeags these societies hate paid ths following benefits to their members . SUMMARY OF CUIM 3 . Sickness and Superannuation ... ... ... £ 1905 10 & Aecouchments ... ... .. ... ... € 93 15 0 Funerals ... ... ... ... ... 496 18 1 Loss by Fire ... ... ... ... ... 2 D 5 8 £ 3125 S G Present Capital funded in tbe Bank of England ... £ 1669 10 0 These Societies are in six divisions or sections , for tbe i ! embers to receive tbe following Benefits according to tbeir _Subscriptions : — FIRST DIVISION . FOURTH _DlYISIOtf . Entrance _according to age , from fis . to 10 s . Monthly Con- Entrance , according to axe , from 3 s . 6 d . to 8 a , 6 d _, tribntion for Sickness and Management , 2 s . 7 d . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management . ¦ . ¦— is . 4 d . , & B . d . ! Allowance , in Sickness , per _^ eek .. .. o is o £ _ . d . Member ' s Funeral .. so o 0 Allowance in Sickness , _perwsek .. .. o 9 o Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee g ditto .. . _-. 10 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. ... ,, .. io 0 0 Wife ' s Lying-in ... .. .. .. 200 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 500 Loss by Fire , from .. .. _? 5 0 0 to 20 0 0 Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. .. .. 100 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 6 0 Loss by "ire , from ., .. £ § 0 0 to 10 0 0 SECOND DIVISION . Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . 6 _d to 9 s . 6 d . FIFTH DIVISION . Monthly Contribution for _sictmess and Management , _Entranco . according to nge _, from 3 s to 8 s . Monthly Con-2 s . Id . tribution for Sickness and Management , is . Id . Allowance in SickBess , per week .. .. 0 15 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 7 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. 16 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 600 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 18 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 3 0 0 Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. . .. 1 15 o Wife's Lying-in .. 0 15 0 Loss by Fire , from .. ., £ S 0 0 to IS 0 0 Loss by Firo ., ,, ,, .. 500 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 5 6 Superannuation , par week .. .. ,, 0 . 0 THIRD DIVISION . SIXTH DIVISION . * Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . to 9 s . Monthly Coh- Entranco Money .. .. .. .. 0 3 0 tribution for Sickness and Management , Is . 7 d . Monthly Contribution .. .. .. 0 I 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. 0 ll 0 Allowance in Sickness .. .. .. 0 7 0 < Member ' s Funeral .. .. ,. .. 12 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. 2 10 6 Ditte Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 6 0 0 ' I Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. .. .. 1 18 0 No Levies in thia Division . 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      Just _Published , Price Threepence , tUe BLACK BOOK of the Bsitish Abist _» obaot , containing An _Exposdbe of the Most Monstrous A buses in CnOKCH and State . contents . The Aristocratic System , and its Working ., The narrow limits and ins qualities of the Representation . The cost of _Royalty—Tbe Queen , Prince Albert , and the Royal Dukes and Princesses ; Royal Palaces , Stables , Parks , & C . J Royal Pensioners ; Koyai Household Expenses ; Crown Revenues ; the Crown , ire . _, The Salaries of the British Executive—Salaries ofthe Ministry and their Secretaries , contrasted with those of he United States . Salaries of State Pennons abovo _? 1 , 000 a year—Total cost of Civil Government . Annual coat of Justice in England , Ireland , and Sootland—Law Pensioners above £ 1 , 100 a year—Law Jobs and Sinecures . Diplomatic Expenditure—Cost of titled Ambassadors to Foreign Courts—Titled Diplomatic Pensioners . The Black List of Pensioners for Civil ' Services' - a batch of the smaller Pry of titled Pensioners . Expenditure on the War Men—Expenses of the Aristocratic Fighting Establishment _durinjj thirty-four years ot _peace—Military Sinecure _Celonelcies—What the Iron Duke ( Wellington ) has cost the British Nation—Titled Military Pensioners . Summary of State Pensioners above _? 1 , 000 per annnm . Aristocratic Taxation—How the Money is got—Exemp . tion of the landed class from the weight of Taxation—What tbe poor man pays in taxes—The issue of the whole . Tho * Poor Man ' s Church '—Why so called-What the English Bishops sack annually—Immense fortunes left by Irish Bishops—A chapter af tbe proposed New State ChurchvTestament—Aristocratic patronage ofthe Church —Pickings ofthe Parsons . The Wealth ofthe State Churches In _Eagland and Ireand , ic , ic , & c . London : WM . Stbabob , P » terno » ter-row . Sold by Alice Mann , Leeds ; A . Heywood , Manchester ; and all Booksellers ,

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      A MAGAZINE FOR ALL . THB FAMILY ECONOMIST ; a Penny Monthly _Magarine , devoted to the Moral , Physical , and Domestic Improvement ot the Industrious Classes . This publication treats of Income and Expenditure , — Food and Cooking , —ClotheB and Clothing-Houses , and the way to make them Cemfertable and Happy Homes , — Education ,- Health and Sickness , and Sanitory Reform , -Masters and Scrvants _.-Ths Cottage Garden _andFarnv he ., kc . These subjects are treated in a lively and in terosting style , intorspersed with Dialogues , Anecdotes , and Instructive aud Moral Tales . Each number contains a variety of valuable household receipts . Published on the 1 st of each month . The Family Economist has attained _aclrculation of upwards of 50 , 000 since its com . meacement in January iast . PRICE , A PENNY A MONTH , A SHILLING A YEAR . _(&• All who are interested in tbe welfare of the Working Classas are invited to procure a copy oi this work , and if they approve , to promote its circulation . London : Published by Oroombridge and Sons , Pater . I _noster-row , and sold by all Booksellers .

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      FAMILY ENDOWMENT , LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY . 12 , Chatham Place , Blaekfriars , London . . CAPITAL £ 500 , 000 . _KIBECTOBS . William _Butterworth Bayley , Esq ,, Chairman , John Fuller , Esq ., Deputy Chairman . Kt . Bruce Chichester , Esq . Elliot Macnagbten , Esq . H . B . Henderson , Esq . Major Turner . C . H . Lntouche , Esq . Joshua n aiher , Esq . Edward Lee , Esq . _Mnjsr Willock , K . L . S . BONDS . Thirty per cent . Bonus waB added to the Society ' s Policies on the profit scale in 1845 . The next valuation will be in January , 1852 . AHHtm _rftEmoiis WITH PROWS . Age 20 _AgeW Age 3 l > Age is _AgelO Age 4 $ , A g <» liO Age 56 _V £ t . d . es . d , £ _s . d . £ _s . d , £ s . d £ s . d . Cs . d , £ e . d . jj 1 17 9 _t 3 I . ' 9 7 3 16 2 3 5 9 j 16 2 t 10 6 5 7 C INDIA . The Society also grants Policies to parties proeeeeding to . or _residine in India , at lower rates than any other Office , the Premiums on which may be payable either in London or at the Society ' s Office in Cal utta . Annuities of all kinds ,- as well as Endowments for Children , are granted bythe Seciety . The usual commission allowed to Solicitors and others . Johh Cazenoye _, Seo ,

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      A GOOD FIT WARRANTED at the Great Western Emporium , I and 2 , Oxford-Btreet . Ubsdell and Co are now making to order a Suit of beautiful Superfine Black , any size , for £ s l ' _s . Patent made Summer Trowsere _, l « s ; Registered Summer Over Coats , 29 s , The Art of Cutting taught . Patterns of Garments Cut to Measure for the Trade , aBd sent ( post free ) for Is . 6 d . each , or eighteen postage stamps . Address , Charles Ubsdell , 1 and 2 , Oxford Btreet , London .

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      CHARTEBVILLE . NEAR MINSTER LOVEL . _EDUOSD STALLWOOD respectfully informs his bro . ther Allottees , Neighbours , and Friends , that he has been appointed Agent by an eminent Mercantile House in London , and can supply Teas , Coffees , Sugars , Outmoal , and General Grocery of the finest quality , at London Prices , at their own doorB . Forward your orders to Edmund Stallwood , No . 20 , ' Two Ac-res . Brlsenorton-road . —O . ders promptly attended to , and punctually executed . " N B . —Stationery of every description .

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      THE LA _^ D . TWO _FOUR-ACRE PAID-UP SHARES , with . ill the _Expenses paid for tho present year , w bo Disposed of . Early application is requested , the Party being about to Embark in a few days . Address , post-paid , to John West , r _^ liuc . place Ordnance plaee , Chatham . —Terms , > ' each Four-Acre Share .

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      THE CHARTER AN OLD DOCUMENT . TnE CHARTER , as Agreed to by a Sub Committee of tho Inhabitants of Westminster , at the Freemason's Tavern , April 12 , 1780 , and Presented to Parliament by the Duke of Richmond , the same Year ; printed from the _Original . Apents for London—U . Workman , 22 , Catherlne . sti'eet , Pimlico , - and R . Parks , VI , Little _Windmill-stroet , Golden square . Price One Penny , and may be had on application by the receipt of two postage stamps , Ciiartist Loeaht . es supplied on reasonable terms .

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      Wow Publishing , price Twopence , THE PAUPERS OF THE CHURCH , THE STATE , AND THE PEOPLE . Witb Remarks by F _. —B . —T . Containing , besides a variety of useful information respecting the manner in which the public money is disposed of , an abstract ofthe People ' s Charter , kc . All the information given is brought up to tbe last moment of going to press . P ublished by Edwin Dipple , 42 , Holywell-street , Strand .

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      TRACTS FOR THE FUSTIAN JACKETS AND SMOCK FROCKS . BT _TBB REV . B . PARSONS , \ Author of ' _Antl-Bncchus , ' ' Mental and Moral Dignity of Women , * ' Education the Birthri ght nf Every Human Being , ' _oJC . & _C . No . 1 . The State ofthe Poll , or Masters and Men at the Blentlon , NewEdition , Enlarged . 2 & 8 . Tl _* e Bible and the Six Points of the Charter . New Edition , Enlarged . 4 . Goody Goody , or State Education a National Insult . 5 _. Radicalism an Essential Doctrine of Christianity . 6 . Tho Chief of the Slaughter-men and our National Defences . 7 . The Knife and not the Sword , or Civilisation v . W ar and Desolation . 8 _. The Radicalism of Moses . 9 . The Shaking of the nations and the downfall of Tyranny . ( On May 1 st . ) 10 . A word for the Chartists . ( On Juno tho 1 st . ) ' These Tracts merit and we trust will have an enormous circulation . ' _—Nobthbbn Stas . Londan :- Arthur Hall k Co ., 25 . Paternoster Row .

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      TO TAILORS By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and IT _. R _. H . Prince Albert . NOW READY , THE LONDON AND PARIS SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS for 1848 , _bvMesBrs BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , Eart-street , _Bloomsbnry . square , near Oxford-Street , London ; and by G . _Bewjbr , Holywell-street , Strand ; and all Booksellers , on exquisitely _eseeuted and superbly coloured PRINT . The elegance of this Print excels any before published , accompanied with the Newest Style , and _exti-a-fitfing Frock , Riaing Dress , and Huntvng-Coat Patterns ; tho most fashionable dress Waistcoat Pattern , and an extra-fitting Habit Pattern of « he newest and most elegant stylo of fashion , Every particular p art explained ; method of increasing and diminishing the whole for any sizo fully illustrated , manner of Cutting and Making up , and all other information respecting Style and Fashion , Price _lOs _. postfree lis . KBAD and Co . ' _s new scientific system of Cutting for 1818 is ready , and will supersede everything ofthe hind heretofore conceived . All the Plates are numbered and lettered , and on the scale of Eighteen _Invhes : Whole sine , nevet before attempted , containing twenty-three square feet : particulars , post free . Patent Measures , with full explanation , 8 s . the set . New Patent Indicator , for ascertaining proportion and disproportion , illustrated with Diagrams , price fs . Patterns to Measuro ( all registered according to Act of Parliament ) , post free . Is . eaeh . The whole sold by Re An and Co ., IS , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , London ; and all Booksellers . Post-office orders , and Post Stamps , taken as Cash . Habits performed for the Trade . Busts for fitting Coats on ; Boys ' figures . Foremen _profidcd . — Instructions in cutting complete , for all kinds of Style and Fashion , whieh ean be accomplished in an incredibly short time .

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      # -hT so , send One Shilling J . and a Stamp to J . WILLIS , 4 , Bell ' s Buildings , Salisbury _Bqnare , London , and receive by return ( without fail ) BRANDE'S ENAMEL for filling the decayed spots . An instant and per . manent euro . Charged by Dentists 2 s . fid . Enough for three Teeth . One Thousand Boxes posted weekly . Agents

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      NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . A TWO ACRE ALLOTMENT to be disposed of , situ _, ated at Snig ' s End , near Gloucester . Apnlv if hv letter 1 post-paid ) to W . J ,, 51 , _Lodge-Btrcet , _Olaham-road Manchester . '

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      _EMIGRATION . PERSONS EMIGRATING « an obtain a Free Gift of Forty Acres and upwards of the Best Land in tho most Healthy and Productive portion ofthe United States , also Lard for Sale or Barter , from One Dollar per Acre . Passengers Shipped to all parts of the World , and supplied with Bonded Stores , Provisions , & c \ , on the lowest TenuB . Apply ( post free ) to the General Passenger Shipp _' ng and Land A gency OfBces , 15 , Eastcheap , and at Liverpool .

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      T 0 BE SOLD . _rfiTdl to Q C P N _ 'f ? & _^ _>^ hy letter pre . Holborn ' " ' _PlouB" _- _<* ourt , _Fetter-lane ,

      „: ™ 'S!S&F!Ll*L E - 6t I Te ? F ?«*«* * Lately Uirvi

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      VAM 7 ABLE JNVESTMSNr ' POH SMALL VALUABLE INVESTMENT FOR SMALL I CAPITALISTS . TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION , on _Mojjdat , tbe S 2 n < _3 of Mat , 1848 , at twelve precisely . In nUotmenta of : FOUR ACRES ea « b , all that valuable and highly im-I proved estate 'RED HAIL , * I consisting of 333 acres of the first qualit y land , being freehold and tithe free , situate within one mile ofthe City of Lincoln , on tha _hiffb road to Srsntham . The property of Themai _Alteop , Esq . The proprietor of this estate , conceiving that the salvation of this country depends upon tbe better cultivation ofthe soil , and eonsidering the above magnificent estate I as peculiarly adapted for Spade Husbandry , has ventured 1 ! upon the experiment of thus testing the great _principle of J I manual labour , by wbich means alone England can be ; onabledto _supportherincreasing population . The spirited proprietor looks to the success of this I great national project , rather than to profitable speculation . I The estate , for situation , fertility of the soil , and capa-1 bility , requires no comment , as from its proximity to I market towns , and the facility of _procuring manure , and building materials being on tho spot , with which each j purchaser will be supplied with an abundance , it is not ; to be surpassed by any estate in England . The proprietor hat erected thirteen splendid cottages , I each standing in the centre of four acres , and which I for simple elegance and convenience are not to be surpassed , no expense being spared to secure economical I comfort . The soveral allotments are cropped , and the purchaser ( will be thus accommodated at a price much lower than that at wbich individuals could secure tbese advantages . We may assert that novtrhas so favourable au _invent _, ment been offered to the small capitalist , or the tradesman , who may wish to embark bis capital in a profitable and wholesome speculation . It would be impossible to describe the beauty of tbe situation oftho above property , while its proximity to the City of Lincoln , renders it a most desirable investment , in fact such an opportunity may never again bevresenttd to those living in Nottingham , GainBborough , Hull , and the adjacent towns , of becoming small proprietors in their immediate nei ghbourhood . The soil is 11 rich friable loam , 1 capable of being worked in any season , and producing the most luxuriant crops . ' The best water may be h _* d by . inking about twelve yards , and each allotment has a hi gh road frontage . This splendid _estatehas been pnrchased by the spirited proprietor , in order to carry out the Land Plan established by MR . FEARGUS O'CONNOR , And \ rrto _, in return , has kindly consented to officiate ns auctioneer on the _occasion , in order to explain to the men l of Lincoln , and the several strangers wbo may attend , ; the advantages likel y to accrue to the shopkeeping , _, trading , and working classes , from a system which has . never before been atteropted'in any country . " The whole will be sold without reserve . Tho auction j will take plaee at tbe mansion , on ihe estate , and full particulars of sale will be furnished , and may be had on Monday , the l _^ th , at tbe Saracen ' s Head , Lincoln ; tbe 1 Ram Hotel , Nottingham ; and at the principal Hotels at ( Hull , Grantham , Gainsborough , and the several towns . ia the district ; and at the National Land Company's ' Office , H 4 , High Holborn , London , f

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      , ! ' Aristocracies the Bane of National Freedom . ' Second Edition , 336 closely printed Pages , rive ShiUiacs Bound in Cloth . THE ARISTOCRACY of ENGLAND ; a HISTORY for the PEOPLE . Br Jontt _Hampdsw , J » _v . « The English Aristocracy is the last remnant of the feudal institutions in Europe , and England is the battle ground on which , _thecontest tor its extinction must be fought out _'—Lambbnuais . Effingham Wilson , Publisher , IJ _, Royal Exchange .

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      < I JU 8 T _POBfilSHED _, _raicE _sixr-BNci _, NO . XVII . OF " THE LABOURER , " CONTENTS , 1 . _ThoSoug _« f the Gaggers . by Ernest Jones . 2 . Reform snd Reformers , 3 . St John ' s Eve , a Romantic Drama . 4 . _Salf-Reliance . 5 . The Wife , by Jane . 6 . Pride and _Prejudioe , or the Martyrs of Soolety , 7 . The London Doorstep , a true story 8 . The Pa santGirl . 9 . National Literature . —3 . QeHaany . 10 , Monthl y Review . Letters ( pre-paid ) to ba addressed to the Editors , 16 Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders received by all agents for the "Northern Star " and all booksellers in town and country _.

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      JUST PUBLISHED , Price Threepence . ( Forming 32 large 8 vo . pages , ) A VERBATIM REPORT OF the proceedings of THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . Including full particulars of the Meeting at Kennmgton Common , and the proceedings of th e People and the Government on this momentous subject . Northern Star Office , Great 'Windmill-street , J . Watson , Paternoster row , London ; Abel Heywood , Manchester ; and all Booksellers in . Town and Country .

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      The great length to which our Report of the Proceedings of the National Assembly extends , has obliged us to postpone the publication of much interesting matter from all quarters . We shall be under the necessity of condensing our general news , and sacrificing ( as we have this week done , ) the major part of our _A-dvertisements , during the sitting of the National Assembly , as we have engaged a special short-hand writer to attend its meetings , and intend our future reports to be as full as possible .

      The Northern Star, Satpsdat, May' S, 1848.

      THE NORTHERN STAR , _SATPSDAT , MAY ' S , 1848 .

      Measures . . Not Men. In Another Column ...

      MEASURES . NOT MEN . In another column will be found an address from the National Assembl y to the people , in which the necessity of union is very properly insisted on , and the people are wisely instructed to look only to " measures" without regard to ** men . " Unfortunately , the measures of the Assembly have not yet been agreed upon , otherwise , in all probability , this nu mber of the Northern Star would have contained our earnest appeal to the millions to give their support to the said " measures . " Of course , if any measures are submitted to the people which we believe to be ' Mnwise , we shall , without _regard to

      " men " perform onr duty of warning the people against committing themselves to any fal « e movement . At present , we have no reason to apprehend sueh a misfortune ; but , under any circumstances , both friends and foes will find us faithful to our mission , Earnestly anxious for wise and energetic measures , calculated to a ccomplish the great end of the Chartist agitation , we must express our unfeigned regret that—according to report—valuable time has been wasted bv the Assembly in denouncing " men , "' instead of propounding " measures . " Day hy day , the London journals have contained reports of the abuse heaped upon this paper and its proprietor . Here are specimens . —

      ( From the Morning Post of Thursday , May 4 th . ) Mr O'Connor waa generall y denounced , tha address proposed being stated to bo necessary to re-assure the people tbat tbo cause of ihe Caarter was not dead , though It had been much _damaged by the letters of Mr O'Connor in the Northern Star—to which an opposition was threatened ; one speaker stating tbat they bad Mr O'Connor on tbe hip—they would hurl his paper to death , and expose bim ee that he should never be able again to show his face in publio .

      ( Frem the Dail y News . ) Oae of the delegates for the Tower Hamlets complained _oftBeiniary done to the cause by Mr F O'Connor , and said a bod y of staunch reformers were determined to start n paper In oppo _. _itlou to the northern Star , which would show up Mr O'Connor In his true colours so that he would never be able to take a position among the people again , Now , we beg to assure the dissatisfied amongst the delegates , that we have not the least objection to twenty papers being started , either m opposition to , or in alliance with , the Nor thern Star . We have always welcomed every new candidate for Chartist patronage and if the threatened rival paper will only tne

      go whole hog , " and wisely counsel the people in the _pursuit-. of their ri ghts , we promise it a hearty introduction to our friends . But we will not submit to be bullied from our position as the organ ofthe Chartist movement , By long and zealous service we have won that proud position , and we mean to keep it . As regards Mr O'Connor's letters , that gentleman has replied for himself , and it now only remains forthe people to judge between him and his accusers . For _ourselves , we demand the bill of indictment against the _Nortaevn Star . When we know the charges we shall know how to reply to them . We might say much more , but enough foj the present . We pause for a reply . P . S . A full and faithful report of yesterday ' s proceedings , k the ( Chartist ) ' « _na-

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      tional _Asseuvbl y _^ ' will be found m our 8 th ; h page . We have'been enabled-to-give so fu . ]] a a report enly by sacrificing much other into resting matter . In the first place , we have e had to "burke" reports of a number of Chartist t meetings , which appeared in our country _^ ditions , but which we have been compelled tj _> remove to make room for the "Assembly ' s" ' proceedings . Secondly , we have had to omit ¦ the whole of the very important _neiipg from France nnd other countries , which would have i been given had we not reported the " Assem . _» i „„ al A _« _e _,.-bli-. " will Ua fmind in o » . _c , 7

      bly ' s' discussions at the -length we have done Let our readers peruse the report of _tf , " "Assembly ' s" sittings , and then flask themselves , whether the Democratic movement i 8 aided by the publication of such sayings and doings ? It appears to us , that , had we devoted our space to givingan account of the opening of the National Assembly of France , the mag . nificent spectacle of a free people as sembled to welcome their representatives , and those representatives quitting their place of _meeting _, and , under the canopy of heaven proclaiming

      , the Republic , and swearing to devote to it their talents and their blood , that all true democrats would have been more satisfied . Mr 0 Connor , as proprietor of this paper , is at liberty to " ' do what he likes with his own , " and if he will fill the columns of the Star with accounts of exhibitions so terribly - damaging , as are the proceedings of the " National Assembly , " we cannot help it . But , in the name of the principles we cherish , we protest against such a misapplication of the columns of the Northern Star . 1 '

      Parliamentary Review. Every Movement Of ...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Every movement of the present Ministry only . _^ veals more clearly . the fact , that they are deficient in all the essential requisites which are necessary to a vigorous and efficient Government . They lack , above all , that confidence of the Legislature , which is required to eBable any Government to proceed with a positive policy , of whatever kind it may be . Their official life is one of sufferance , and hence , their official policy is one of shifts and subterfuges . At every step of their career , tbere l ; _, . " j 1 ( . ' f

      starts up some awkward question , which they dare not meet , and are obliged , by one maf nrjBuvre or another , to get rid of . At the very i commencement of the after Easter Session , I when it might have been imagined that our Legislators , recruited and refreshed by spending their holidays in the country , would have been in fine condition for work—if they ever are so—a night has been lost . The long days , and the brilliant suns of May , warn us that the end of the Session is not far off . Visions of partridges , grouse , stubble fields , and red * coated huntsmen , already present themselveg

      to the imagination , and , so far , the new Parliament has _doneJiotblngr but to pass unconstitutional and stringent measures , with the view of repressing the utterance of that discontentwhich it knows not how to remove , and of stifling that disaffection which itis incompetent to allay . The Ministers did not know how to screen a " noble _fnend'Yrom a threatened expo * sure of his doings at Stamford , where he had grosslyv ' abused his social power as a Landlord , for the purpose of promoting his political interests ; they therefore had recourse to the

      clumsy expedient of making " no House / ' a trick which we may simply explain to the uninitiated consists in sending to the Clubs at the West End , and other places where " Members " most do congregate , an ' official called the " Whipper-in , " with a polite request that they won't trouble themselves to be at the House at four o ' clock in the afternoon ! Thus the threatened exposure was burked on that occasion , and Tuesday night—the only one now left , by the way , for independent motions , by individual members—was thrown awav .

      On The First Night Of Their Re-Assemblin...

      On the first night of their re-assembling some more pulls at the national purse were made by Sir Charles Wood , who , if content to abrogate all the other functions of his office , and to take the pay , while he remits the duties to "Committees up-stairs , " at least retains the wish and the power of spending the money of the people . Among three pulls was one of 200 , 0001 ., which the benevolent Baronet hopes to make a present of to the Sugar Planters of Guiana and Trinidad , in order that they may thereb y be enabled to procure a

      fresh supply of Immigrants to cultivate their estates , and , of course , to reduce the wages of the Labourers in their employment . Now we have shown , on former occasions , _tkat our West Indian Colonies have a right to complain very much of the policy pursued towards them by this country , but we object to this ad captandum mode of healing all sores by a golden _plaister . It is not onl y n . costly , but a most ineffective method of governing , and at this moment we are not quite in a position to be making presents of that magnitude . It is well known that financial difficulties are

      thickening around the Government ; and it should be remembered that as " every little makes a mickle , " as the Scotch people say—all these gratuities to favoured interests will , when summed up , amount to a very heavy burden upon a people already overburdened and weighed down with taxation , at a time when trade is almost at a stand still throughout the country . Of course Sir Charles knows what he is about , The SugaT Planters have a lot of votes in the 'House of Commons . There is a

      _OMi ' ri pro quo in these cases . If you let us have the money , we will give you our support when needful . The bargain is struck—the people are sold , and that wonderful thing— -a Whig Ministry—without real life or supporters , manages te get along as if it were a veritable administration !

      Lord John Promised Before Easter, That H...

      Lord John promised before Easter , that he was going to bring forward a host of political and social remedies for Ireland . We suppose we may take the bill of Sir Yf . SomerviUe for Extending the Franchise , as a sample of the stock . It is eminentl y Whiggish . Their last botched-up measure having utterly failed , they are now trying to substitute an al ost equally worthless , vamped up article in its place . _Wim a population of nearly eight millions , Ireland does not possess more than 100 , 000 voters , and these are rapidly diminishing . To remedy this , Sir W . SomerviUe proposes to abolish the existing qualification , and in lieu thereof to adopt the principle that all persons rated to the Poor-rate to the amount of 8 / . and upwards , shall have a vote , * and that the Franchise shall

      extend to cases of joint occupancy , provided the rating of the property , when divided , shall be sufficient to qualif y the different parties . He admitted that under the present system thej elections in Ireland would at no distant date become a perfect farce j and he anticipated from the adoption of his plan , an increase of the constituency at least four-fold . Even if his anticipations were full y realised , tbey would fall far short ofthe justice of the case ; but looking at the actual condition of the people , we do not believe they are at all likely to be so ; and , in the meantime , it is evident that the measure is a mere sop in the pan , proposed with the view of securing for the unpalatable Poor . Law a little more support than it has hitherto received . Now we are

      opposed altogether to this Whig method of making the natural desire of mea to exercise a natural right , the occasion for the construction of tax trapq . They did so in their _Reform Act , and the result is to be seen in the small constituency out of the number nominally entitled , and in the annually increasing disgust with the whole apparatus of Registration Courts . This new specimen of political blundering is not at aU likely to become mors effective or to be more popular , and to propose it at all , in the face of the popular opinion amongst all classes in favour of a very large extension , is either a piece of cool impudence or excessive" folly _.

      A Discussion As To^ The« Propriety Of Di...

      A discussion as to _^ the _« propriety of dis franchising the corrupt fre « _aea of _CJreai Yar _*

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 6, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06051848/page/4/