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BRITISH EMTIRE FREEHOLD ^AND AXD BUILDING SOCIETY. I On an Advance jour Kent is Saved,-_ you oecolne J 0ur own Lana ana ijfouseholuer.
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PORTRAIT OF T. F. ME46HEH.
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This splendid portrait "*' will, be issu...
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THE lORTMEBIf 8TAB SAT5JSSOAY, JUJNJE »9 1849. '
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" TIIE COUNTRY'S DANGER.. "We havo procl...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. The discussions ou...
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The The The Chronicle" Of Thursday Treat...
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British Emtire Freehold ^And Axd Building Society. I On An Advance Jour Kent Is Saved,-_ You Oecolne J 0ur Own Lana Ana Ijfouseholuer.
BRITISH EMTIRE FREEHOLD _^ _AND _AXD BUILDING SOCIETY . I On an Advance jour Kent is Saved ,- _ you oecolne J 0 ur own Lana ana ijfouseholuer .
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Tatroes . — T . $ . _SixCiBOE . _Eaj-. _M-P . T . _\ . Airiiv , Esq ., JLP . B . B . Cam-ell , Es _* _. M . P . L . J-. ttixsAM _) , "Esc-., M . P . _B-Mixn . —tiieCoiUESercial _liftuk _' of London ( Branch ) , 6 , Henrietta Sheet , _Covenfcharden . Zon on Ojiice . —Xo . 13 , Tottenham Oourt , Xew Hoad , St . Pancras , London . —Dj _^ iel _WilUAm Rc _** _fv , Secretary . Ac _tak-JiS is Tiuiee Sectioss . Value of Shares and Payments for Investors . rnllSliav _% .. £ 120—iiayinent of 2 s . 3 d . " j ! Week , or 10 s . Cd . per Month . _IlaKSfc-tfc .. - 6 _< J — 1 2 h — 5 3 — Qu !> i-i 5 r Share .. -- 3 * J — 0 7 i — 2 8 . — _A liriK * nts are requested to state in tlieir form the Section they desire-to he a _^ mber o * . No _-ScuvEVwk Soucm _.-ns _' , or _JlEDEarriox FEEs—The present Entrance Fee , _iududlns Certificate Ivule _^ _Ac ., is is . - ° _iKrriJliare ) _audis . 6 d . foranjpartofaShare . Price of rudes , _incuiduig "Postage , is . _MH _& _- ahle _Hiemhers to _huildDivelling Houses . _""" _^^ _ttSfflS _^^ 2 na . _^ -To afford thc means of purchasmg hoth Freehold l 0 _^_ to cable Parents to make Endowments for their _audtJ- _^ _seholdrroi-erties or -Laiid . , Children or _llu-jl-ands for tlieir "Wives . < _ar ± br Marriage : > 1—To advance _Mortgages on rrouerty held hy Settlements . _.- _* ,, - , _? ' , _, ' « .. ' _-Tcohers . 7 th—To purchase a piece oft _reohoJd Land of _suflicient \ _dL-To _cahle Mortgagors _heing memhers to redeem value . to give a legal title to a County Vote tor Members of _fteiv Mortgages . . lal ,.. -. -i -n « • « ci- _ioM - mnnvOTvnprKnnmtomior _couuti-y _' - 'au l _)^ _-Sn h _^ _fnfe _^^^ may have o _^ _umngaltf-eubood . , __ __„ . nase Estatcs , erect _JlwelHogs thereon , and divide the Land into : Sectios II . —To _i-ase a capita- __ - » _^ * _^ „ tsof the _v-uious branches ofthe society . The property to he allotments _iruia _"hatf-en-acrc _l"rL _^ fter a term-of vears , from the date of location , according \> his subscriptions . _-lio ' _towi / _'Jef-rai * _' _^ SECIiO * S llL--Sa * n . llS © * _^ 1 - cent ™ r aimum , on every sum-of 10 s . and HP-Yards so deposited . ' -receiving interest au tlie rate _ m" - 1- . _. * - _nr ti _PMi-raii "be _idvanced to the memhers of the first Section in July next , when all . persons who have and may > . B . — _^ ' _^ " < , _' ' _, _„ ., _ ts of Shares , on or hefore the 4 th of July nest , aud who pay six mouths' _subscrip-^^ _r _^^ _T _^ e _^^ _-ia _^ _^ le for - _advance . _ - ..-. _- ¦< ALSO , - milE UXITED PATRIOTS' AND . PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES . FnraJled pursuant to Aw of-Parliament . Thus securing to its members the protection of the law for their _« _T Is -nd _la-onertv Le" _--lised to extend over the United Kingdom , witli die privilege of appointing Medical Attendants , A _g ents ! _*• £ An opportSsity is now _ogered to healthy persons , up to Forty Years of Age , of joining Uiese flourishing Institutions iu town or _country . - Xox 335 * - © _--ncE . 13 , Tottenham Court , Xew Road , St Pancras ' ( thirteenth . house eastward from Tottenham Court-road ) . Daniel William Hofft , "Secretary . _Fatroitz . —T . S . Dcscombe , Esq ., M . P . T . _TVaklev , Esq ., 3 I . _I" . B . B . _Cabseh ,, Esq ., JI . P . P . O-Cnsxon , _iiso ., 1 LP . L . J- _Hassaud , Esq . In flic short sjwee-of Pive years these societies have paid 4 he foUowing benefits to their memhers . _SUSIMAIir of _slaims . * ' £ s . d . _Sicltness-and Superannuation .. -. .. .- 8 , 480 14 7 Acco -. * cr , niciits .. .. .. .. .. 1 , « 03 0 0 Funerals .. - .. .. - 904 4 9 Loss hy i'ire -. — .. .. 55 2 0 £ 5 , 440 1 4 "Present Capital funaea in tlie Bank of England .. .. JE _* 2 , 1 S 0 10 5 These Societies ra-e in six divisions or seelions , for the Members to receive the following Benefits according to their Subscriptions : — Pibst Division * . i ForKra Division * . Entrance according to age , from 5 s . to 10 s . _"Sfontlily Con- i Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . fid . to 8 s . Cd . trihutioas for Sickness and Alauagenient , 2 s . 7 d . ' _Jleirthly Contribution for Sickness aud ilanagement , j Is . 4 d , £ s . d . Allowance , in Sickness , per week .. 0 IS 0 . * s d . _Member ' s Funeral — .. .. .. 20 0 _, 0 ¦ Allowance m Sickness , per week .. .. 0 9 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Xominee ' sditto .. .. 10 0 0 ' . Members Funeral .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 - "Wife ' s Lviug-iii _~ -. -- -. 2 0 0 Member ' s Wife or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 5 . 0 0 "Loss bv Fire , from — -. £ -5 O O to 20 o 0 i "Wife ' s Lying in .. .. .. .. 10 0 -Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 G 0 Moss by Fire , from .. .. £ -5 0 0 to 10 0 0 Second Division" . ; Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 "Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . Cd ., to 9 s . Cd . Fifth Division * . Monthly Contribnaon for Sickness and . Management . Entrance , according to age , fi-om 3 s . to 8 s . Monthly Con-2 s . Id . ' tribution for Sickness and 31 ' auagement _, ls . Id . Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 15 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week 0 7 0 . Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 16 0 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. COO Ditto Wife's or _Nominee ' s ditto .. .. S 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee's ditto .. .. 3 0 0 "Wife'sLving-in .. .. .- -. 1 15 0 Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. .. .. 0 15 0 loss _ty lire ,-a-oia .. .- % £ 5 0 O to 1-5 O O loss by File .. .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 Superannuation , l » er week .. -- -. 050 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 Thied Division * . Sixth Division * . "Entrance , according to age , irom 4 s . to 9 s . Monthly Con- Entrance Money .. .. .. .. 0 3 0 tribution for Sickness and Management , ls , id . Monthly Contribution .. _.. .. 010 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 011 0 Allowance in Sickness . .. .. .. 070 _Members Fuueral .. .. .. .. 1 * - ' 0 0 _ilember ' sFuneral .. .. ... .. 2 10 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. GOO No Levies in this Division . Wife ' s Lying-in 1 10 0 loss by Fire , irom .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 Levies according to the demands on each division per _Superamiuatioiij per week .. .- -. 0 4 o | quarter . _XD . —Tlie difference in the two Societies is , the Patriots have an Accouelimcnt benefit , the Patriarchs have not that benefit therefore do not pay levies for it . _ijjp Applications for Ascucics requested from all parts ofthe country ; information for appointment of Agencies can he obtained by letter , enclosing a x'OStage stamp . Blank forms aud information for the admission of country members can be obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing three _vostase _sUaa' js , to Hasiel lVuuix ItCFFr , General Secretary , ia , Tottenham Court , New _lload , " 3 t . i'ancras .
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¦ THE CHEAT" * EStTlOS EVER _rCBLISUED . Price Is . CO ., A new and elegant edition , with Steel _Fiate of the Auihsr , of _PAiHE'S POLiTiGAL _WGBKS . "Sow Ready , a Xew EdiSon of HR . ' _fl'GGBSOB ' _S WOM m 8 mALL FARKS . THE _LABOURER _MA _8 _AZINE . Vols . 1 , 2 , 2 , 4 , may still Tie had , neatly Dound , price 2 s . Gu . each No . 4 , the Number containing jIh . O'Cossoa _' s Trcafcc on the _National Law ! Company ;" No . , tiie one containing "Mb . O'Cosson ' s Treatise " On the Xaiiomil Land and Lahoui- Bank . connection with the land Company : "Have lately been rcprinieiL and may "be had on application , I _' ricc < JtL each . Imperfeeiions « f thc ' Labourer _"Maga-dnc' may still he had at the _Publishers . Ia a neat Volume , Price Is . Cd . " The Evidence talcen hy the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to _enquire into the National X .-m < l Company . " Tins Volume ought to be in thc hands of every . Member of the Comjiaiir , as it strikingly illustrates the care and economy that have been practised iu tlie management of tiie Funds of the _Gun-paiiy , and proves , beyond contradiction _, tlie practicability of the Plau which the Company _wtas established to carry out . Just published , Kos . I ., II ., and HI , Price S-SI-ENCE Eaclt , OF THE _DOBHOBWEALTH . EoldhvJ . Watson . Queen's Head Passage , Paternoster - row , _"Ltnidon ; A . _Ileywood , _Oldliam-strect , 3 Ianc ! iester ; and Love and Ov . 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And bv all Bool-sdlcrs in Tom * aiid Country .
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BEGISTE &! . 11 EGISTER ! REGISTER ! _yow Published , and ready for circulation , h y the NA . _TIOSA 1 . _JllECTIOX AND ItEGISTRATION Committee , * _COilPLETE nAND BOOK AND r \ GUIDE TO IlEGISTitATIO _^ _, compiled -from the llefor-ii Act and other lV . rltameiitary Papers , uiakintj the subject of Registration _ so plain and simple , as to bring it within the capacity of all classes . Published , by James " Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Head-E assn « c , _Pateruostci _' -row , London , and said by all _ooksellers in the United _Einsrdom .
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CIURTIST SILK FABRIC . *? . MESSRS .. CLAEK AND _WAEREN beg most respectfully to call tlie attention of the Democrats of Ureal * Britain to the following splendid assortment of Seeh aad Pocket Handkercliiefs , Dlack Satin Vestpieces , Ladies' Chartist Coloured Satin and Tabby Dres _^ pieces ; also a qdendid assortment oi Ladies * plaiu and - figured >* cck Tics , _wliieli have just " come to hand from their manufacturer at "Macclesfield , and it is their intention to forward tliem ( carriage free ) to all parts of Great Britain and Ireland at the following prices - — £ s . d . Ladies" _llress-pleces , fourteen yards to tlie dress , 3 s . per yard .. .. .- -- 2 2 0 Gentlemeu ' s Extra Strong Black Satin Vesting , per Vest .. -. .. .. -. 0 10 0 Ditto , Xeckerchiels , 'Eich Ojiorto Ducapes , Plain and Plaided .. .. _.. .. 5 C
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THE CHARTISTS OF THE WEST BJDKG- OF YORKSHIRE are hereby informed , that a West-Hiding Delegate meeting wiU he held in the Democratic Schoolroom , Croft-street , Trakefleld-read , _^ radford , on Svsdat , Jc— nth , at eleven o ' clock in tne forenoon , for the purpose of preparing a Lecturers' plan Jor the em-Ding quarter , and other important bnsiness connected with the movement
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OX SALE , T _^ _ISor-Suf _-AT-MDJTSTKB XOVEL ; a ,, a F ° C 5-ACR \ and a TWO-ACRE . ' All _apphcatio-is to be _addre-sed to the Directors ofthe
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NOW IlEADY , WITH TUE JUNE MAGAZINE" * . Just published , No . I . of THE DEMOCRATIC EEVIET 7 Of lHimSU and F 011 EIGX POLITICS , _IHSTORY , and _LiraiATUKE . Edited by G . JULIAN " _Q ATCSEY . _costents : I . The Editor's Address to the Working Classes _, i Letter to tiie Trades . 3 . Our Inheritance : flic Land , Common Property . 4 . The French Elections . 3 . Political and Historical Review—Domestic and Foreign . C . Louis lilanc and Amiand Barbes . 7 . Literature : —Prentice ' s America ; Louis Diane ' s Appea _ItoJIC' _-est People . _5 . Correspondence : —The Sheffield Election , & c , ifcc . FOKTY PAGES—PitlCE THREEPENCE ' Iiondon : 3 , Wine _Oflice-com-t , Fleet-street . To be had of _allliooliseilersand Sews _Asents in Town aud Country .
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XOW PUBL 1 _SIILVG , PRICE _OXE TESSY , THE H _02 LE JOU 11 NAL , AND COMPANION POil THE FAMILY CIRCLE . No . I . Amongst tlie prmeipal _origiual articles are—Thc Yeoman ' s Daughter , a Tale of English Country Life—The Conquest of Pride , hy Madame Roybaud—China and the Chinese—A Traveller ' s Tale of Wonder—Position aud Prospects of the National Drama , —The _Iuflneuccs of Cheap Literature—The Famine , a Poem , & c , & c , & e . The contributors to the _"Dojie Joubxal" are ladies and gentlemen of eminence in periodical literature . It contains sixteen large quarto pages of amusement and instruction fur the family circle . Published weekly , at the " office , 10 , Red Lion-court , Fleetstreet _, and sold by all booksellers and dealers in periodicals . Price One Fennv . The largest Weekly Literary Journal .
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On Saturday , June 10 th , will appear , No . 1 of THE PENNY PUNCH , A CHIP OF THE OLD "BLOCK , with all his Father ' s youthful strength and racy humour , devoid of that weakness and imbecility—the result of _dofci _^ c—which has so recently characterised the conduct of his worthy Sire . Por particulars see Prospectus . For convenience of panics in remote parts , tlie Penny Punch may be sent per post , ou receipt of two stamps , or two shillings and twopence per fmarter . "SV . Winn , 24 , Holvwell-strcet , Strand , and all boeteellers .
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TO TAILOR ? -. By approbation of Iter Majesty Queen Victoria and His lloyal Highness Prince Albert . Sow Heady , rpHE LONDON and PARIS _SUJOEER -L PASUIOXSfor ISiO , by _Messrs . UEXJAJIIX HEAD ami Co ., VI , _llait-strcct . liloomsl ) ui'y . s ( iuai _* c , Loudon ; and by GEOHGE BERGEK , Holywell-sticet , fcti-. ind ; a splendid PRINT , elaborately finished , and superbly coloured , the LANDSCAPE , a correct view in the Queen ' s Botanical Gardens , London , ( hy special _permission , ) tlie most magnificent place In liurope . This beautiful picture will be accompanied with the most novel , good _atting , and fashionable Dress , Hiding , Frock , and Hunting Coat Patterns , both double and single-breasted ; Hussar ' s Youth ' s round Jackets , plain and with skirts ; single and _double-breastedjDress , Morning and Evening Waistcoats ; also the most fashionable and newest style Ilaliit l ' attern ; every particular part of each pattern fully explained , and an illustration of everything respecting Style and Fashion ; price 10 s . Sold by Read and Go ., Ii ' , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square _, London ; ti . Beiger , Ilolywcll-street , Strand ; and all Booksellers in Tomi and Country .
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FOR SALE , _ANE FOUR-ACRE PAID-UP SHARE \ J in the National Land Companv . Price , £ i 10 s . One TWO-ACRE SUA 11 B for £ 2 . And 0 XE _SHAliB for any reasonable price . Also , TWO FOUK-ACRE SHARES , P 2 s . being paid thereon , and ONE SHAKE having 10 s . paid thereon , hoth for 14 s . Apply ( prepaid , ) if hy letter , to Mr . James Powell , Maddox-court , _Xorth-parade , "ilomnouth .
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RUPTURES CURED _AVITHOUT A TRUSS . Db . _GuTintEY having heen eminently successfid in tiie cure of Single and Double Ruptures without a truss . _ _now otters his remedy to the public , never having known it to fail . Itis easy and painless in application , is applicable to both sexes , and certain in effect Sent free , on receipt of _sL-c shillings in postage stamps , or otherwise , by Dr . He—t Gctiikev , Xo . " C , Ampton-street , Gray ' s-Innroad , Loudon . At home daily from ten till one . - .: ¦ " 1 am happy to bear testimony to your almost miraculous cure of my rupture , being of twenty-nine years' standing , I really never expected it . —Jons C _^ at , Tiverton , Devon . "
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FOR SALE , AT O _CONNORVILLE , A FOUR-ACRE ii ALLOTMENT , desirably situated in the central partof the estate , _^ witli barn , stable , cart shed , pigsties , & c . Tlie - crops consist of one and a-quarter acres of wheat , half an acre of barley , three quarters of an acre of French wheat , three quarters of an acre of potatoes , quarter of an acre of clover , and the remaining portion peas , beans , carrots , parsnips , mangel _wurzel _, onions . & c . ; the whole of ths crops are in luxuriant . growth , not to be surpassed by any in the neighbourhood . -The occupant having entered into another engagement , will either sell or . let the above excellent little homestead ; the growing crops to be taken at a valuation . For particulars , apply to Thomas Smith , 32 , O'Connorville , near Bickmansworth . AH communications to contain a postage stamp for reply .
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TO BE SOLD , _nPHREE F 0 _TJE . ACRE PAID - UP J- SHARES in the National Land Company , at £ 2 5 s . each share , or _£ GI 0 s . the three shares . " Theproprietor emKrates to Australia in ten days , which is the sole cause ofhis disposing of them . _\ . . All _aiyUcaeons to be made , by letter , to Mr . James Anton , Lani Office , m . lli 2 i , iMWn , * '
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PBKSECUTIOX OF TRADES' UNIONISTS . A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE XX TKADES OP LONDON , and ofthe Workmen of the Metropolis generally , will l ) e held IN THE NATIQ _3 AL HALL , Hl & _tHOLBQiS , On _WniiSSSDAx Evening , JuneI _^' _xU , To take into Consideration the case „ Messrs , ' " DbtjrTi MAnsDK _>' _, lltaxoss , and llALt , the tour Razor Grinders of SheflifeVl , incarcerated in York Castle , at thc instance of the " Sheffield Manufacturers' Protection Society ; " and to adopt such means as may appear best calculated to assist in enabling them to obtain-all the Justice allowed by the laws ot our country , and that may tend to restore them to society , and triumph ¦ over petty despotism and unmerited and unrelenting persecution . Two delegates from Sheffield will attend , and afford full information of the particulars of this im portant case . Boors open at hali-past seven o'clock . The chair will be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . ,, By order of tlie London Befenco Committee , _WIlliasi _Ciiilto-- , Secretary . Bell Inn , Old Bailey , June 4 th , 1849 .
Portrait Of T. F. Me46heh.
PORTRAIT OF T . F . ME _46 HEH .
This Splendid Portrait "*' Will, Be Issu...
This splendid portrait _"* ' will , be issued along with our present number . Of its value we will not comment , as ' the patriot himself lias said to Mr . O'Connor : — "To many claims , however , upon my grateful esteem , you have lately added one more , whicli to my mind possesses a peculiar weight and value . You have * brought out' the very best likeness that has appeared of nie . All my friends arc delighted with it . The execution of it , too , is very beautiful , and has been greatly admired . " Timely notice was g iven to our agents-to forward their orders . About twenty of llieni have neglected to inform us of the mode of transit ; consequently , those subscribers who are . disappointed will know the cause ..
We give a list of the towns to which we have this week sent , aud trust that those agents to whom enclosures are forwarded will oblige by * a speedy delivery . \ .
THE _PORTRAIT . ¦ Is sent to Mr . llobinson , 11 , Grccnside-street , Edinburgh , for our agents in Edinburgh , Alloa , Alva , Perth , Hawick , and Tillicoultry . To Mr . Love , 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow , for that city , Hamilton , Falkirk , Paisley , Greenock , Kilmarnock , and Aberdeen . ¦ - ' To Mr . Simpson , "Well gate , for Dundee , and Arbroath . . - " : To Mr . Lowry , Broad Guards , for Carlisle , "Wi gton , and Dalston . To Mr . Turnbull , Side , for Newcastle , Chesterlc-strcct , Seaham Harbour , Durham , Wingate Grange , Jarrow , Shotley Bridge , Crook , and Ilartlepool . To Mr . Wilson , Bishop-street , for Stockton , Darlington , and South Shields .
To Mr . Roberts , Peter-gate , for York , and Scarborough . •¦ .. ¦ .-To Mr . Cook , 07 , Meadow-lane , for Leeds , Bramhope , * IVoodliousc , Birstal , Millhridgo , Hockmondwikc , Cleekheaton , Barnsley , Wakefield , Dewsbury , Batley , Batley Carr , and Churwell . J To Mr . Cooke , Vicar-lane , for Bradford , Binglcy , Kcighley , and Thornton . To Mr . Lord , Xorth-gate , for Halifax , Rippondcn , Elland , and llebdcn Bridge . To Mr . Clayton , 10 , Kirkgate , for Huddersfield , Bradley , Dalton , Almondbury , Clayton West , Ilonley , and _Holnifirth . To Mr . Barraclough , < 10 , Fnr-gato , for-Sheffield , and Rotherham . To Mr . _Hcyvvood , 58 , Oldham-strcet , Manchester , for Lancashire , and Cheshire .
Mr . Yates , for Shelton , and Walsall . , - To Mr ; J . Sweet , Goose-gate , for _Nottingham , Carrington , Sew Radford , Newark , and Retford . ' To Mr . G . Guest , Bull-street , for Birmingham . To Mr . Plumb , for Sutton-in-Ashfield , and Ironyille . To Mr . Seal , for Leicostov . To Mr . Buddow , Bridge-street , for Merthyr Tydvil . To Mr . Busby , for Grantham , llorncastlc , Gainsbro ' , Lincoln , aud Peterborough . To Mr . Hosier , Much Park-street , for Coventry , and Kidderminster . To Mr . Hornsey , Broad-green , for' Wollingbro' .
Those agents in Northamptonshire , "Worcestershire , Herefordshire , Gloucestershire , Susses , Berks , Essex , Devonshire , Norfolk , Dorsetshire , and other southern counties , who have not received the portrait , must say how their parcels are to bo forwarded . . ''' . ¦ ., ' . ' Agents in town not named above , having weekly book parcels , and who have written to us , ' will find their instructions have been attended to " .
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NOTICE TO LAND-MEMBERS . The Directors of tlio National Land ' 'Company hereby give notice that the Bonus . Fund ibr location on-the Bromsgrovc Estate will close -on Thursday next , the 13 tli of June ; and in the following week tho names of the successful candidates will be published in the "Northern Star . " ' By ovdov of tho Directors . Thomas Olahk , Cor . Sec . . _*
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J . Sweet acknowledges thc receipt of the following sums , sent herewith , for the Victim Fund , viz . : —Mr . Dalton , 5 < l ; - \ Ir . Hall , id ; From the - _'Hulloon , " 2 s Cd ; Mr . Caunt _, 2 d ; Mr . J . King , 'Id ; from the "Colonel Hutchinson , " Ss . Foil Defesci * Fund . —Mr . Chiniudale , ( id . The _CAM-iEim-Eix and Walworth resolution _ivould be chargeable witli advertisement duty . Mr . E . Du . nicax , Dunfermline . —Your letter was properly addressed . Wo forwarded it . Mr . _AuciiTERtoxiE , Landei-uau . —Received . \\ . Peel , Manchester . —Yes . wc shall hc happy to ( lo so . The K . ihkdai . 1 " Fkiso . neiis . —Thomas Ormesher has received the following sums : — _llacup , per James Wilson . 5 s :
Stockport , Thomas _Wooclhdusu , 5 s ; Middlcton , AVilliam Bates . 8 s ; Hull , 11 . Hancock , 7 s ; . _"Uhdon Victim Committee , Si l « s ; llochdale , William Bake , 10 s ; Elland , David Hirst , 4 s ; Manchester , John _"M'Keown , 2 s Gd ; Stockport , Jones Silvester , Vds 7 id . The -Manchester Victim Committee have decided upon sending the late victim , W . Xixou , through the following districts ' . . North Lancashire , Yorkshire , Leicester , Derby , Nottingham , and the Midland Counties , _Birmingham , Staffordshire , Cheshire , and all other localities desirous of his services as a lecturer , for thc support of tlie Kirkdale prisoners . All correspondence must he addressed to the Secretary of the Victim Committee , Thomas Ormesher , D 2 , Bridguwater-street , Manchester .
The Lortmebif 8tab Sat5jssoay, Jujnje »9 1849. '
THE _lORTMEBIf 8 TAB SAT 5 JSSOAY , _JUJNJE » _9 1849 . '
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" TIIE COUNTRY'S DANGER . . "We havo proclaimed it to surfeit , that , the ignorance of a people is the - tyrant' sliest title to power , and wc may add , that the ignorance of their rulers constitutes the country's greatest—nay , only danger . If the mind is the element to he represented in Parliament it is not only right hut indispensable and politic that its true state should be conveyed to , and developed by , " its presumed representatives ; while the withholding of that mind _, . not only induces but justifies a people . in using other means of communicating the nation ' s _Vill . The rulers of a nation are not onl y censurable
, but highly criminal , ' if they are ignorant ofthe state of public feeling ; while they are doubl y so ,, if , cognizant of it , they withhold its true _, state or misrepresent it for one of two , purposes to justify oppression or withhold timely justice . ' When it is necessary to cater : for Ministerial support , and to base confidence upon dire necessity , then the very , air is hugged to bursting , and in every bubble blown by the imaginative genius of spies , informers , and detectives , the Minister sees danger in the distance ; -which . FOR , THE TIME , not only justifies him in withholding timely and prudent concessions , but compels "him to apply to Parliament for a
temporary suspension of the Constitution , to produce that calm in which the law may be moulded to suit the real exigencies ofthe state , but which time never arrives . "It would not bo prudent in him to divulge to the HOUSE the strong , the undeniable , and irrefutable evidence of the existing or threatened danger with which that RED BOX is . charged to explosion , but relying upon the loyalty of that HOUSE , he felt it his duty thus faintly " to foreshadow the coining danger ; and , as to be forewarned was to be forearmed , he . relied upon the loyalty and good sense of that HOUSE to arm her Majesty ' s responsible advisers with those powers necessary— -nay , in-
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dispen _^ Di _^ to the preservation of peace of the country , and to preserve her Majest y s _Voyal subjects against the plots » _dWJMj d machinations of artful and DESIl _* _rMJS < x DEMAGOGUE S , who meditate treason and confiscation . " ( Hear , hear , - and loud cheers . ) This is the channel throug h which the House aud her Majesty ' s Ministers receive thenknowledge of public opinion ,. and the COUNTRY'S ONLY DANGER consists m thc IGNORANCE OF PARLIAMENT , the HYPOCRISY OF MINISTERS , ¦ and the
PROSTITUTION OF . THE PRESS , all constituting roug h elements of danger , winch , ifnot corrected ' and controlled by sound popular judgment , will assuredly , and ere long , add this country to the melancholy catalogue of revolutionised states , and for wliich the Press will one day have to . answer . Let those who would base denial of right upon popular ignorance , visit the several tpwns of England , and behold the newsshops , the cheap publication stands , aud the ono thousand and .. one channels through which knowledge is disseminated ; and it is 110 answer that those arc , for the most
part , marts for the dissemination ot visionary and inflammable nonsense . They constitute tho only source through wliich the working millions can acquire knowledge , or mental recreation , whether right or wrong ; and , if wrong , the Government alone is responsible , for the error , because , with an immense fund justly applicable to the instruction of the people , it is the duty of the Government to see
to the just , the profitahle , and national application of that fund , which could , be . beneficially applied to the sound education of the people , instead of being piously lavished in millions , as a FEUD , FUND , upon the idle sons ot those pliant gentlemen who receive thcpcoplo ' s money , and in return aid the Minister in perpetuating misrule upon the plea of presumed ignorance . Of thc many changes which may bd brought—and unequivocally
sustainedagainst the English Government , none is more heinous than that of popular ignorance . Schools have been established and colleges endowed with . the people ' s money ; hut to those seminaries the . people not only have not access , but in them are taught , fostered , ingrafted , and perpetuated , the strongest aversion and antipathy to _thonatural rights ofthe poor . And why ? Simply because the ignorance of the peoplo constitutes their rulers' best title to power , and upon , the perpetuation of that ignorance depends aristocratic title to monopoly of the" people's education fund , as . well as all other funds .
This class gleans its . knowledge of men and things . ' from . tho fanciful . authors of . exploded times , while the rising mind and rapidly growing genius ofthe age , are framed and modelled according to the" necessities of the age . Whicli of those MENTORS ; : from- ' . whoso fanciful genius . the scions of aristocracy receive their education to qualify them as rulers of a great nation , has ' . written upon steam navigation , railroads ,-the ; printing press , the electric telegraph , or steam power , as a substitute for
manual labour . ? Was hot the knowledge of all , of one and all , devoted to the adaptation of existing things to the existing and , not to the anticipated state of society ? And yet , in this revolutionary age of progress , when mind is upon every passing breeze , and when the genius ot ' the morrow may turn the accepted wisdom of to-day into folly—is it , we would ask , rational to hope . to govern , coerce , and controthat mind by the exploded almanac , of an exploded age ?
Let us now point out the continuous and systematic error into which all Governments have fallen . They have invariably persecuted the pioneers of order , . while they have as invariably been driven to accept tlieir principles at a ruinous expense , and after a tyrannical opposition , thus goading the enraged multitude , until popular strength lias assumed that commanding _, attitude wliich enables-it to reject
with scorn that which , it granted in time , would have been cheerfully , yea , gratefully , accepted as a boon . However , we glean no slight consolation froni the assurance of Lord -John Russell and Sir Geoiigb _Giiey , both of whom , in their speeches upon--Mr . Hl / ME ' S motion , admitted tho necessity of Reform , and a large extension " of the Suffrage , ' while we derive no small pleasure from the progress ' of our DAY 'SCHOLAR OF PRINTING .
HOUSE-SQUARE , in political as well as in social science . From tho following comment of our pupil , upon Mr . Hume ' s ¦ motion , thc reader will learn that not onl y Russell , but the pugnacious "Thunderer" has abandoned all thought o f FINALITY , and that our old opponents are preparing for a morning airing with their CHARTIST FRIENDS . Not that they will have tlie courage , constitution , or strength to go the whole journey with us , _bijt they will condescend to accompany us a part of the way on our long and tedious journey . Well , our pupil says : —
The division last night proved the danger _lelt hy most sensible persons in a theoretical reconstruction ofthe _Lcgis latiirc . It did not commit the majority against practical ami gradual reform ; and , if we read ari g ht the Ministerial speeches , such a reform is in contemplation . Of its nature wo are ignorant , but as hints of this sort have thc invariable ( -licet of stimulating agitation and _weal-eiiing resistance , we presume that no such hint would have been given but for some corresponding design . It is very certain tliat the last Reform Bill would never have heen introduced lnlo lltcllonsc , much less passed into a law , but tor the obstinate resistance made to reform for so many years , and by so many great men .. It tool ; a longtime to ' fill up
the incisure of public indignation ; and it did not overflow till it was full . The fatal _obstinacy of Canning , of Tool , ami of Wellington accumulated those arrears , vhicli it took ii " revolution" to die charge . Without going to the projects of Mr . Hume , Mr . O'Connor , or Mr . Bright , it is easy to point out various emendations and enlargements of the con--itjtuciicics _, purifications in the electoral system , and substitutions of the most populous for the most reduced boroughs , which would reform the House pari _pttssu Willi the changing circumstances of the times . Unless sonic such gradual reform is early , initiated hy thc government _, it may possibly find itself deserted by moderate men , and left to fight its own battles with extreme and revolutionary reformers .
Reader , there is a mouthful of hope for you , and no small consolation for . us , as we learn that wc have not laboured in vain , when we have converted such a profligate old prostitute to the path of virtue . Let OUR READERS bear in mind , that while spoutcrs and scribblers arc NOW predicting that EMANCIPATION , REFORM , and FREE TRADE , might havo been indefinitely postponed , if timely ,-and--prudent concession ' s had been made , we predicted the same of Emancipation and Reform itwelve vears ago ,
and of Free Trade nine year's ago—in 1840 . But let the reader also , mark , aud mark well , too , that there is no vengeance so great as that of the ruling power against those who , by continuous and unswerving resolution , extract changes , whicli otherwise would never have been conceded ; and gaining wisdom from the past , wc now warn the people that a coerced Government , no matter how pitiful its dole , will seek to wreak its vengeance upon "those who extracted it from tlieir fears , as justice is out of the question .
A word to the wise and Ave have done . "To be forewarned is to be forearmed , " and we caution the people not to allow the Government to _b-vso' its '' refusal ' or postponement of the promised boon , upon popular folly . Ber ware , of spies : and informers ; be steady ; be resolute , but in God ' s name be wise and peaceful .
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Rcform , the " Chronicle" of Thursday treats us to a full ; a powerful , able , and comprehensive developement of the means—the only meansby which our representative systcm can be based upon a sound , a solid , and _sat . stactory foundation . And to our mmd the F _^ _g _* ofthe advocate of _Ooh-nel _MAZZAUOM s _sjstem of street warfare as the peacefu means of _ef-T . . , _* . _. _« m ¦ - . , j . _. _v _TUn _^ _U _* Wt & us
, fecting reform , is the only one that would be accepted by the people ;—Here it is : — "For our own part , " says our contemporary , " we _*« no reason why he should not make tl beginning at once ,, DJ finding a popular and wealthy constituency tor tne _w-j seats vacated hy the disfranchisement of Sudbury--- measure which no rational Conservative could serious ly oojeci to , and which far-seeing Reformers would hail as a Iruittui constitutional precedent . "
Now then , brave Chartists of England , what say you to the effect of progress upon the Press , when the enfranchisement of some "popular and wealthy borough , " is recommended as a substitute for the Charter ? Can you despair of all hope in Sir R . Peel and his party , when the organ of that party has the manly courage to propose such a
sweeping measure of reform ? Thc * ' Times , with more prudence—being the organ of that party who are looked to for some organic change—surrounds hope with mist , upon the assurance that the liberal breath of Ministers will one day dissolve the mist , and present to the gaping multitude the anticipated model of a new and liberal Constitution , within tho boundaries of which a sufficient amount of
working class intelligence shall be admitted , to ensure a fair representation of labour . Nevertheless , the " times" of to-day , like the " Tvnes" of yorp , regrets that the ignorance of the working classes would justify tlie application of very narrow limits , within wliich the new reform should bo proscribed . "We have frequently illustrated the fact , that neither danger nor an ignorant Parliament would be the result of conferring the franchise upon the most ignorant people—that is , when the body of electors was too large to be bribed , aud when tho selection of representatives m \<* ht be safely
trusted to thc most ignorant , acting under thc influence of the wisest aud most discreet of their order . It is not to . bo supposed that Tom ,, and Bill , and Haiiiiy— -all ignorant and illiterate —would vote for Mr . Snooks in preference to Mr . GooDcniLn , if Mr . Goo » _ciiii ; i > possessed those qualifications neccssaiy for a representative , and iu which Mr . Snooks may ho wholly deficient . No ; but , on the contrary , the votes of Tom , aud Bill , and Harry , would
be given upon the recommendation ot Mr . Wiseman , one of their order , to the candidate best qualified to do justice to that order , and such a representative , apprehensive that future defeat may be consequent upon the- ' - misdirection of this ignorant mind , would turn his . thoughts to the best mode of destroying that ignorance , the . present pretext for disqualification and , perhaps , the moans of his own future defeat . Lot us most
clearly aud irrefutably illustrate the little danger that would bo likely to result , —or , rather , the no danger , at all , —from the enfranchisement of a class wholly ignorant . Wc . do it thus : —Suppose that the . power was conferred upon every incarcerated criminal to send two or inorc members to Parliament , for whom would such criminals vote ? Why , not one - of themselves , nor for a man who had ever boon suspected of crime , but for one wholly untainted by crime ; if for no other purpose than to establish either their innocence or thcii * love
of virtue . So witli drunkards ; if all tlio drunkards of England were conglomerated into one doctoral district to-morrow , with the power of returning two or more members , the best qualification , for a candidate . presenting himself to such a constituency would be confirmed tectotalism !—But if ignorance could be looked upon as a justifiable cause of disqualification , lot ' us i ' n justice ask , who is chargeable with tho crime—na \ , the sin of popular ignorance ? Why , who but the privileged classes who apply . _thoNationalEdiicationPund to their
own solo use , behoof , and benefit . However , wc see coming events in the distance , from the profession of Ministers and the etching in of thc " Times , " although we are . left in glorious uncertainty as to the extent and form of the animal which is to gobble up and for ever destroy the " quadruped'' aud the " scxipedc . " Wc cannot conclude this article without calling attention to the concluding portion of tho speech of Mr . "O'Connor , delivered at the Milton-street Theatre , and that of Mr . Pack . Wood , on the motion of Mr . . Hume .
Mr . O'Connor declared that he was a complete nonentity in tlie House of Commons , and that thc very fact ¦ of liis proposing a motion , whicli might otherwise have been unanimousl y adopted , would upon his proposition bo as unanimously rejected , lest . its adoption , migb , give him additional influence wfth' the people . . Well , we do notthink that it would bo possible to furnish a stronger illustration of tho fact than the speech of Mr . Pack Wood supplies . That hon . gentleman not only admitted , but boasted , that he voted for . Mr . HuMii ' s motion merely from antagonism to that of Mr " . O'Connor aud yet there are few more honourable or independent members than Mi * .
\ v ood ; and hence the peoplo will learn that an affrighted individual will jump from the top of a house upon the alarm of lire , and thus crack his neck to save himself from the flames . But we beg to assure . Mv . Wood , that the best mode-of saving himself from both jump mid flames is , b y putting his house in order in time , and then ho ' need dread neither jump nor fire . " A stitch in time saves nine ; " and wc would now recommend to her ' . Majesty *' _s MlNISTEfiS so to stitch aud repair their old tattered constitution , as to rentier further patchwork unnecessary ; and to rest assured , that this can onl y be effected b y judicious use ofthe ' _CHARTIST'XEE-DLK .
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. _- _,. ' : PRESS REFORM . If we required- any proof of the influence exercised by the Press over the Ministers of the Crown , or rather- if Aye required proof of the presumption ' of such-power , we ; need not go beyond the definition of Reform , as portrayed by our consistent Radical-physical force ' ¦ Whig , Tory , Conservative , everythinjr-and-notliing _cohteriiporary—^ tlie . ' - Morning Chronicle . "As to politics the ~}\ _Ckwniele" maybe considered a very imperfect reflex of the : " Times ; as we generally find the opinions-and policy ofthe latter 'constitute , the theories of the former . Heuco , while the ' "Times" of Wednesday rather chuckles over the antici pated Ministerial
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The discussions ou the Miscellaneous Estimates which preceded Mr .-Hume ' s motion fox Parliamentary Reform , were most appropriate , and forcible illustrations of its necessity . The scandalous aud disgraceful character of many of the items in those estimates , made even thc *¦ Times - ' . blush—a thing , by the way , which seems a moral impossibility , ' but which , on this
occasion was nevertheless a fact . In . two articles , it dwelt with as much miction on thc enormities of . annual charges for triennial silver trumpets , and similar specimens ' of ¦ Governmental swindling , and modes of ' " obtaining money upon false pretensions , " as could the plain-spoken and candid Mr . Osborne himself- , to whom the public arc , in the first instance , indebted this year , for calling attention to a host of iniquitous charges .
These Estimates , in fact , exhibit more clearl y the frightfully extravagant way in which those sums—annuall y wrung from the people—are squandered , than any other part of the yearly expenditure . Tho total amount included under the head of "Miscellaneous Estimates" is about four millions , but a large portion of the jobbing , corruption , waste , and rascality indulged inby the ruling powers , finds its record
in them ; and so multifarious arc the items , that it is a tolerable , safe speculation to print theny few caring to wade through the mass of figures . and details which show how the money of whicli the people are plundered , is shared by the plunderers . . It would carry us too far to enter upon any detailed comments upon the _natoeoftheso Estimates ; one . sample shall suffice for the manner hi which the . public money is wasted , and the spirit ini _whichf that waste is regarded by official members of the Government .
Most of our readers arc avaro that "Fum _THE _^ ou-am' - was , or considered himself , a great patron ofthe arts , and especially-prided himself on his taste in architecture . In Windsor , Brighton and Lonaon - he indulged his _pi-edilections for putting bricks and mortar together upon a large scale , which was all the
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easier to him inasmuch as he had not to pay the bills . It was onlynecessary to present thorn to an obsequious Parliament , and they were duly cashed . Of his architectural efforts , at Windsor and Brighton , it is onl y requisite to say , that his successor , William Tne Fourth , pulled down that at Windsor , and that the Chinese toy at Brighton has been disposed of as so much useless lumber . Buckingham Palace—the metropolitan residence of the Sovereign—cost an immense sum of money . It was intended especially to illustrate the tasto and enlig htenment of the Monarch , under easier to him inasmuch as had not _pj
whose orders it was erected—and it certainly did so . Itwas , in the first place , builtinaswamp , and , in tho next , was constructed iu a style pi architecture which added to , rather than neutralised , the _disadvantageous appearance inherent to its bad site . There are now scores of streets in Lo ndon infinitel y superior to it in all that constitutes a claim to architectural beauty . To put the finishing stroke to this badly-situated and badly-constructed edifice , a marble arch , which cost nearly £ 100 , 000 , was placed
in the . centre of the . opening in front , though for what purpose we never could see , inasmuch as the exits and entrances were always by a side gateway . When the present Sovereign hpgan to have a family rising about her , it was discovered that her uncle had built the houso for a bachelor , not for ' amarried couple , and two years ago more room was asked for . Some people said then , that , it would be better to build a new . house at once , than to throw more money away upon oue that was incurable" both as to its site and its
original structural defects . It was suggested that Buckingham Palace might be . appropriated to the purposes of a new National Gallery , which it is pretty certain we shall want ero long , and tho peoplo would thus got some * thing in exchange for an additional expenditure on the article of Palaces . This view wasnot adopted . £ 150 , 000 was granted for additions to the old building , which even when completed will not admit of a drawing-room or levee being held in it , and which extending the whole length of the front formerly left open , will prevent that free access of li g ht and air to
the interior of the building so peculiarly required from its low and swampy position , and must materiall y increase the evils and inconveniences arising from its position . In the progress of these alterations it has become necessary to remove tho marble arch , and this year the sum of £ 2 , 000 was charged in the estimates for that' purpose . Mr . OsnoiiNE asked where it was to go to ? Sir Ciiakles Wood replied laughingly that hc could not toll ; but one thing was certain—that it could not stop where it was : whereupon other hon .
members laughed also . No doubt this playing at ducks and drakes with the public money is very funny to those who pocket it , but we opine it is not so pleasant to those who have to pay it . Iu the words of the frogs in the fable to the naughty boys who pelted them with stones and enjoyed thc fun amazingly—• ' It maybe sport to you , but it is death to us . " The one hundred thousand pounds thrown away upon this marble monstrosit y , which is now to cost c £ _-2 , 000 more in pulling down , Avould have placed four hundred families upon tlireeac-rc freehold farms of their own . each with a
comfortable cottage and outbuildings , and an ample supply of implements , seed , and capital to cultivate the soil for their own sustenance and the increase ofthe national wealth . Taking the four hundred families at an averago of six persons' here would havo been twenty-four thousand men , women , and children . rendered independent for life , and a source of continuall y increasing wealth , to the community , by the money which was squandered by a profligate monarch upon a heap of useless rubbish .
It would be easy to extend our remarks , and multiply examples as to the recklessness with which thc money wrung from au oppressed and suffering people is expended , but it is unnecessary ; the two factions who share between them the powers ofthe Government , and who turn out and in when sucji changes appear to them to be required to cheat tho people at large into tlio belief that tliey have really some control ' over Parliament , have , it is quite clear , made up their minds to back each other in maintaining a financial system which p lunders the industrious classes for the s _.-ike of the :
_iristocratie idlers of society . Any real retrenchment can only be effected by a radical reform ofthe so-called House of Commons . It holds the purso-striiigg , and by the exercise of that recognised , undoubted , and all-powerful privilege , could put au end to these abuses at once , no matter what might be the disposition of the monarch and tho aristocracy . It is the perception of this fact wliich rallies both factions , and makes them lay aside , for the time being , their selfish struggles to obtain the mastery ofthe public purse , in order to oppose any change which would rcallv invest tlie
people with the power of imposing their own taxes , and directing the way iu wliich they shall bo applied . ' Mr . I-Ic . UE , " in introducing his motion , forcibly showed tho direct pecuniary bearing ofthe question , when hc said that iu 1792 thc whole annual taxation of tho country was but sixteen millions , of wluulv ono million was applied to the Sinking Fund—in other words , to the gradual extinction ofthe National Debt . Our annual taxation is now sixty millions , and wo have apparently given up all idea of ever reducing the mighty mass of debt which hangs like a millstone " round thr neck . ofthe nation . During the last half century , population has scarcel y doubledtaxation has been quadrupled ; so that _takinE _"
thc mere nominal money amount of taxation , each man , woman , aud child , has to pay twice as much for thc support ofthe Grovertmcnt , as they did in 1792 . But this is an inaccurate test of the amount reall y paid . In tho interim , a great change has been made in the purchasing power of our currency . Under thc paper currency , which prevailed up to 1 _U 1 D , the producer could add the amount of taxation to the cost of new -material and labour ,, and thus make the non-producer and consumer pay something like a fair price for the article . But Peel ' s bill at once , inverted this state of things , and at least doubled the purchasing power of every soverei gn in the pocket of the consumer , and of course took from tho producer double the amount of labour for the same
amounto hnoney . In that way , therefore , it may be said that every man , woman , and child , is now paying four times as much in taxes as was paid in 1792 . It is no wonder , therefore , to find that the country bristles with barracks , bayonets , and cannon , in order to repress the discontent caused by such a monstrous practical oppression' and tyranny as this _, lhe " Times' and" Chronicle" may sneer at motions for the amendment of our representative system , as being theoretical , ill-timed , uncalled for by anything in the present circumstances of the country , and so forth—but , as long as the tax-gatherer is thus seen to stand by the table and the bedside of every poor man , and ; filch . aw _» y the bread , the meat , , the sugar , tea , furniture , and bed clothes he would
otherwise possess , no amount of brazen-faced , impudent assertion will make the people believe that they have riot an interest in an immediate and sweeping reform of the House of Commons . The debate on Tuesday was a triumph for Chartism . The members who supported the motion laid down principles , adduced facts , and brought forward arguments , all of wliich
tend irresistibl y to the conclusions which form the ' political creed--of ' the Chartist body . Wheii Mr . Hume and Mr . Bright complain that _/ out of the six millions of adult males in this country , less than one-sixth are enfranchised , and describe the remaining five millions as slaves , " _tliey mean—if they mean anything at all—that every one of these five million political slaves ought to be cmanci-
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