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MAGNIFICENT ENGRAVING*. A splendid Steel...
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THE lO. BTHEi-I STAB SATURDAY, MAY II I, (S50.
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PHYSICAL FORCE PROTECTIONISTS. ; The Gov...
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NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY , , . EHroH _* _i-d , pn _** _Mratto ** _*' » t _^ THE ABOVE . SOCIETY , as amended and legalised , waa formerly known as the KATIONAJi _CO-OPEtUfnTE _BENSHT _SOCnrTT ; the _maaagers of which have long seen the necessity of legal protection fat the security of its members . In fiammg the new rules , care has been taken to equalise the expenditiire mth the --eceipts , so that the ** eni * anent snw _^ s ofthe boeie _^ should be beyond all doubts . " _' , Thi Society is divided into three sections , to meet the necessities and requirements of all classes of mechanics and lslK ) nrei _^ fi » m eighteen years of age to forty . _^ ' THE _FOUiOWIKG IS ' THE SCALB OF ' FEES TO BE PAID AX WEEKtY AUOWASCE M SICKNESS . ' e-stuxce : — B . d . _ige . lstsec & on . _Sndsectioii . 3 _ndsection . FirstSectibn ' . ' . .. 'JS 2 " ' - _" _, _; a . _5--J : _**); _¦*• _•* _* -. Second Section .. ' , .. _^ 2 F _** omlSto _2-i .... » 0 .... 2 0 .... i o Third Section .. .. S ° — 21—27 .... 6 0 .... -1 0 .... 2 0 "' - ' - _• ¦ _— 27-30 .... 9 0 .... 6 0 .... 3 0 _mehbebs death . wifes death . — 30-33 .... 12 0 .... 8 0 .... 4 0 £ fi . d . _*«¦ _° _* _— 2 ~ _2 —* « 2 " 10 ° —• 5 ° FirstSection .... 15 o O | »¦ 0 _~ _S-f ? _- _¦•» 0 — . 12 0 .... 6 o Second Section - 10 0 0 | - _» » — 3 S—10 .... 21 0 .... 14 0 .... 7 o Thlrd Secfion .... & 0 0 s ° " FirstSection , 3 s . fid . ........ _SMfStTS Third Section , Is . 2 d . . The Society meets every Monday evening , at the Two Chairmen . Wardour-sireet , Soho , Middlesex , _w-here every information can ne had , and uiemhers _enrottei Conntry -friends , applying for rules , can have them forwarded , by enclosing four postage-stamps . A . „ / . . Members ofthe late _Cooperative Benefit Society , wno hare paid all dues and demands vp to the _JStH Uecemher , lB 49 , c * _m atones be transferred toafter section effte National Bene . Agents ana snb-secretaries of the late National _Cooperative Benefit Society , are requested to immediately inform the General Secretary of the number of members likely to transfer to tlie National Beneht Society ; and parhes wishing to become agents , or tofonn branches ofthe new society , can be supplied with every information , on application to the Secretary , by enclosing a postage-stamp for an answer . James GbafSby , General Secretary , _0 B , Regent-street , Lambeth .
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NATIONAL CHARTER _ASSOCIATION . OFFICES , ' 14 , SOUTHAMPTON STREET , STRAND ,
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TO THE EMBARRASSED . THERE are thousands of persons who have long straggled against the force of misfortune , bnt few are aware that , by very recent Acts , all small traders owing debts not exceeding £ 300 , -farmers , private and _proessiraai gentlemen , and all others , _oning to any amount the latter without any pnbUcitj ) , can be entirely raised _TOm- ( heir _difficulties at small expense , and without imprisonment or bankruptcy . All such Mr . WfSTO . v begs will apply to him at 6 , Essex-street , Strand , by letter , or ersoaaUy . - Office bonis from 10 till 2 . and 6 till 8 . N . B . —Ihe above Acts stay all Palace Court , County Court , " and other proceedings . Clergymen need not submit o _seqnestratiens .
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EillGRATIOX TO _NORTH AMERICA . W TAPSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING * " • and _Emigration Agents , Liverpool , continue to _despatch First Class Ships—To NEW YORK-evcry Five Days . To NEW OBLEAXS-everr Ten Days . To BOSTON and PHILADELPHIA—every Fifteen Days . And occasionally to BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , and St JOHNS . ___ Drafts for any amount at sight , on New York , payable ia any part ofthe United States . Tapscott ' s "Emigrant ' s Guide" sent free , on receiptof Four Postage Stamps . J _& 3 * About twenty-eight thousand persons sailed for the New World , in Tapscott ' s lino of American Packeu , in 1819-
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BUPTURES EFFECTUALLY AND PERMA XEXTLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !!
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• The skin , though lovely fair , May qnickly fade for want ot needful care . ' THE PRIMARY CAUSE of the numerous DISEASES and Affections of the Skin is an impaired condition of the health , arising from a disordered state of the stomach , liver , and bowels . From these causes the blood becomes corrupt , digestion impaired , the _lirerinactive , and tlie bowels constipated . Hence arise blotches and eruptions of the skin , bilious affections , heartburn , sick headache , irrit-ibility , spasms , flatulency , pain after eating , nervous debility , & c To correct aU the crudities of tbe vital fluids , strengthen the stomach , remove ndigestion and liver complaints , relieve the bowels , invigorate the system , and tranauilise the nerves _^ DR .
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On Saturday , May lSth , 1 S 50 , will be published , price ONE PENNY , the First Number of THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE ; being a Weekly Publication ofthe Thoughts , Wishes , Views , and Sayings of some Working Men , addressed tothe Sincere and Honest of their oira Community . G . Vickers , nolywell-street , London , and all booksellers .
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rat CHEAPEST EDITION EVES _rOBtlSDED . Price ls . Gd , A new and elegant edition , with Steel Plate of the Author , of PAINE'S POLITICAL WORKS .
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Now Ready , a New Edition ol Mr . _O'COeOB'S WORK on small farms Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s Head Passage , Paternoster row , London ; A . Heywood , Oldham-strcet , Manchester , and Love and Co ., 5 , Nelson-street , Glasgow . And br all Booksellers in Town and Country .
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T A _2-TD AND COTTAGES , -Li The property of an independent gentleman . There in now a capital opportunity on the Dibdin HtXL estate , Chalfont , St Giles , Bucks ( two miles from O'Connorville ) , owing to the removal of the principal tenant to the new estate near London . Eight acres , well known as the very best field in the parish of Chalfont ( as will be certified by those excellent judges , Whitsey , lloe , and Page , from Northampton ) , with extensive right of Common , together with two four-roomed cottages , built against each other , may be had immediately for £ 22 a year . But thc freeholder being anxious to honour labour ( being himself a woBEiNo gentleman ) , and to see as many happy families as possible on his estate , he will accept nothing short of £ 3-2 for twelve mouths' rent in advance , if a rich man wants the whole ; but he will require only £ 8 for half year ' s rent in advance , if a man takes only four acres and four rooms ; while he will be satisfied with only £ 2 , for one quarter ' s rent as a security , from any sober , honest , industrious , agricultural labourer , taking only two acres and two rooms .
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IMPORTANT DELEGATE MEETING . A YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE il DELEGATE MEETING wffl be held at HEBDEN BBIDGE , on _Susdat , the 26 th of May , 1850 , at Its O'Clock in the Foeenoox , when the following questions will be submitted for consideration : — 1 . —To consider , and finally _settle , the best mode of appointing an Executive head to the Chartist movement 2 . —To discuss the New Plan of Organisation , as put forth by tbe London Conference . 3 . —To consider the best mode of bringing the Chartist mind of the two counties , and the country generally , to bear npon tbe political questions ofthe day . Mr . G . W . M . Retxoim , of London , will attend en behalf of the Provisional Committee . AU communications to be addressed to James Williams , 7 , Duke-street Back , Sandy brow , Stockport ; Cheshire . .
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_NATIONAL OHARTEB LEAGUE . 11 The Committee of the League respectfully informs the friends < Sf progress , and the public generally , tbat it has taken THE DRUID'S HALL , FARRINGDON STREET , for the purposes of the body , and that the FIRST LECTURE therein , will be delivered on Sunday Evening , Mat 26 n * . Chair to be taken at Seven o'Clock precisely . Further particulars will be given in subsequent announcements . May 9 th , 1850 . Thomas Clabk , Sec .
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THE MINERS * CONFERENCE . TO THE MINERS OE GREAT BRITAIN . Fellow Men , —The long and continued depression in the wages of the miner , and the fearful and excessive competition which produced these -results , have once more aroused tlie brave spirits ofthe leading mining counties , and from a correspondence which has been going on for some time , between Lancashire , Staffordshire , Northumberland and Durham , and several places in Scotland , it has been determined to hold a Conference on the 20 th of May , at Wigan , in Lancashire ; when it is expected all miners who feel a desire to remove the ban of slavery from their class , and who feel it a hardship to lire upon tbe scanty pittance of wages which they receive , will send a Delegate to such Conference , and thus lend a hand to lay the foundation of a system of union and organisation , whose lasting benefits will call down the blessings of ages upon the names ' of its founders . The Conference will be held at the Horse and Jockey , Scholes , Wigan , Lancashire . Martls Jdde .
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Abekdken . —A special general meeting of tlie members of this branch was convened by billon the 3 rd inst ., in Mrs . _Bains's Hall , 63 , Castle-street ; Mr . Charles Maver -was called to tbe chair , who briefly stated the objects ofthe meeting , and said it was shameful to see the apathy that existed amongst the members generally , as it was now evident that the Company ' s affairs were rapidly drawing to a crisis , lie conceived it to be the duty of every individual member to attend the branch meetings , and submit their views to head quarters , regarding the winding up ofthe Company * , this would encourage and strengthen the hands of Mr . O ' Connor , who , he was confident , would act , if possible , in accordance with the views of . the majority . He
wonld now call upon any member to state his views in the shape of a resolution ,, which , if carried at this meeting , would be the opinions of this branch _, lie did not conceive that letters sent from private individuals , and especially when they were not members , as had been the custom lately here , could be considered tbe opinion of any body of the members . Several resolutions were then proposed , but were ultimately withdrawn in favour of the following : —Moved by David Wright , and seconded by David Burns : — " That wo , the members of the Aberdeen branch of the Rational Land Company , believing that there is a general feeling amongst the members in favour of thc immediate winding up ofthe Company ' s affairs , unanimously approve of
that proposal ; and we are ' also of opinion thatthe bill to be introduced by Mr . O'Connor into Parliament , to legalise that measure , should be first submitted to the various branches for their approval , and that steps be immediately taken to carry this into effect , so that the bill may be carried through the Commons during the present session of Parliament . " Moved by William Troup , and seconded by William Lyon : — " That it is the opinion of this branch that as the business of tbe Company has become so limited , that , in order to reduce the expenditure , the services of a few of tbe directors be immediately dispensed with . " Moved by George Smart , and seconded by William Porter : — - "That as the Directors have failed in fulfilling their duty by not forwarding the balance sheets to this branch
for the last three quarters , as da that account wc consider we are not entitled to pay any general expenses , therefore Mr . Clark ' s demand , lately advertised in the Northern Star , cannot be complied with . " Some other business of minor importance being settled , after returning a vote of thanks to a veteran member , who had come to the meeting from the Bridge of Dee , whilst many in the town had not attended , and a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting dissolved . Sooth Loudon Hall . —A meeting was held in the above hall on the 5 th of May , Mr . Colson in the chair ; minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed . Mr . A . J . Side moved , and Mr . W . Side seconded : —" That we , the members of theLambeth branch ofthe National Land Company , do hereby
express our unbounded confidence in Mr . O'Connor and his Land Plan , and are confident that it would have been carried to a successful issue had it not been for the opposition of its enemies . Seeing , then , that Mr . O'Connor is not the cause of its failure , we ace ready to abide by the loss of the whole of our subscription rather than . our friend should be in any way ; inconvenienced in trying to emancipate the working classes . " Carried by the following gentlemen : B . Side , sen ., W . Side , A . J . Side , B . fl . Side , H . Edwards , R . Florence , W . Savage , Cummins , Peane , Duval , Butler , and French , and one neuter . It was moved and seconded , " That the-report be sent to the Northern Star . " The mwting adjourned until the first Sunday in Jane .
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_, * " * BIRTHDAY . OF ROBERT OWEN .- * * : ' i TEA FAB T Y AN D . SOIREE A WM be held ' at ¦ FARRINGDON , ' ; HALL , ' KING'S , _TiT _. r _^ Vi . nr .: _OWAW _miiT . nn TlTBBn AT . Mav . 14 th . to
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cdebratethes ' _eventy-nlnthbirthday ofRobertOwen .,.. / , . Several delegates and friends ofthe Congress will . attend and speak . * ... ¦ , Tea bn the Table at half-paBt six . ¦ ¦ ¦¦'•"• Tickets 2 s . each . , . ¦ _ 1 _--To be had of Mr . Watson , Queen _' s-head-passage , Paterrioster-row ; Mr . E . Truelove , _John-streeUnstltution ; and at the Office of the League , 11 a , Welhngton-street North , Strand . _Henrt A . _Ivoar , non . Sec . -:
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Education for the Millions . SHORTLY . WILL BE . PUBLISHED , THEFIRST NUMBER ; OF A NEW CHEAP UNSTAMPED WEEKLY PERIODICAL TO BE CALtBD " _MWMJ _imTRMWV PRICE ONE PENNY .
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The object oftho Proprietor , Fbarobs O'Cossor , Esq MP is to place within the reach of the poorest classes that Political and Social Information of which they are at present deprived by the Government " Taxes on Knowledge . ' In addition to a serial history of the " Life nnd Adventures of _Fearous O'Connoii from his Boythe best writers oh
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SIXTEEN LABGE OCTAVO PAGES , Price One Penny . Orders and Advertisements to be sent addressed to the office ofthe Northern Star , London ; or to A . Heywood , Manchester ; W . Love , and G ; Adams , Glasgow ; Messrs : Robinson and Co .,. Edinburgh ; J . Sweet , Nottingham ; J . Guest , Birmingham ; or W . Pavey , Holj well-street , London .
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Dr . _M-Don-a * _- ,. —The Chartists of Ashton-under-Lyne have formed a committee for the purpose of raising a sufficient fund to start the Doctor in his own profession after his liberation from gaolin August next , aud they sincerely hope that all other towns will follow then- example , and form committees as quick as possible for this noble object They have _deposited ten pounds in the bank already , leaving in the treasurer ' s hands two ! pounds sisteen shillings and fire pence , and this money will be kept in rescrve ' until his liberation from the fangs ot his oppressors . All donations to be forwarded to William Winterbottom , _Astley-strect _, Dukinfield , Cheshire , near Ashton-under-Lyne . —Wm . Winterbottom , secretary . - Erratum . — In last week ' s Northern Star , Mr . Roberts , Solicitor , is reported to have saia at a meeting held at Hanley , that the working classes ' wanted Homes and Infirmaries '—It should' have been ' . Homes , not
_Infimanes . ' tj _^ We have no room for the following communications this week , they are under consideration : — " Staffordshire Miners _; " "Reply to a Lover of Truth ; " "ABeerseller ; " "A Working Man . " .. Jciian _IIarnet has received the following monies : — _Honesii Fund . —Wm . Jones , 'Manchester , Is , handed to Mr . llider . . Victim Fund . —Mrs Jones , of Manchester , 2 d , handed to Mr . Arnott . Dr . M'DonAit . —A private letter from a friend wlio has lately visited this sufferer for the Charter , reports him as suffering under an attack of Tic Deloureia . Dr . M'Douall desires to have the loan of the Memoirs of Henry Hunt . Any friend who has the book will greatly oblige him by sending it to Mrs . M'Douall , 13 , Kensington-place , Kirkdale , Liverpool . C . Cjubk , Bristol—Received . . ' . ' Hebden Bridge . —Julian Harney accepts thc kind _inritatioa oftlie Hebden . bridge Chartists , and will pay them a -. lat as soon as possible .
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_^ STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES . . Mr . W . P . Robeuts will be at Longton . on Wednesday next .
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2 _$ e $ atfottar Jhtsttttrtim The first number of * * The National Instructor " will be published the week after next ; and in reply to the Derby and other Agents , who have written to ascertain how the numbers can be furnished , we beg to inform all Agents , that they must receive tlieir supply through their London Booksellers and Newsvendors .
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The Readers Of The "Northern Star," And ...
The readers of the "Northern Star , " and the Democratic party generally , are informed , that there is now a re-issue of the various Steel engravings which have been latel y distributed with the "Northern Star . " They consist of KOSSUTH . MEAGHER , MITCHEL , SMITH O'BRIEN , LOUIS BLANC , These Engravings havo excited the admiration of every one who has soen them . They are faithful portraits , and are executed in the most brilliant style . Price Fourpence each .
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MAGNIFICENT ENGRAVING * . A splendid Steel Engraving—being a Portrait of each American President , from General Washington to the . present President , Zachary Taylor—is now preparing for our subscribers , and will be ready for delivery to agents about , the end of the present month . To prevent disappointment , and to ensure early impressions , orders should be forwarded immediately . _,
The Lo. Bthei-I Stab Saturday, May Ii I, (S50.
THE lO . BTHEi-I STAB SATURDAY , MAY II I , ( S 50 .
Physical Force Protectionists. ; The Gov...
PHYSICAL FORCE PROTECTIONISTS . ; The Government has a glorious opportunity of proving its impartiality . The President and leaders of the Physical Force Meeting at the Crown and Anchor on Tuesday , should forthwith be lodged in Newgate . We are not aware that tho Constitution gives dukes , marquisses , earls , viscounts , baronets , members of Parliament , esquires , and tenant farmers , a monopoly of treason and sedition , or the special privilege of violating the provisions of the famous Whig enactment , which prohibits " open and advised speaking" of a certain character . When , therefore , they assemble at
mid-day , in thevery centre of the metropolis , and deliberately proclaim their own disloyalty , incite the labouring peasantry to sedition and open rebellion , " after harvest , "— -when they openly proclaim that , in case of the probable —nay , certain combination andi rising of their labourers—tbey " will not mount their horses' * to aid the authorities in maintaining order or suppressing insurrection ; but that , onthe contrary , they possess nine-tenths of the horses of the kingdom , andean find 44 men" to ride them , ready for a hand-to-hand encounter
with the Free Traders , we think it is time for I Sir George Grey to seeWhat room there is in Her Majesty ' s Prisons . The recent discharge of a few of tho Chartist prisoners , who had undergone a considerable portion of their sentences , will , at all events , have left some vacancies for / these sturdy , stalwart treason-mongers , of which tne Home Secretary may avail himaelf If there are not enough , we respectfully suggest the exchange of Mr . Chowler , tenant farmer , "Nottinghamshire , _"forErnebt Jones , [ Esq ., Barrister at _Law , while Mr , _Hwawe ,
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of Herefordshire , miglit _, replaae Mr . ' JOHN Shaw . ' ' 'The only difference in the favour pf tho' . prisoners we wish to see liberated , is that that were " moderate irien "— . whereas , the two ' '' Jolly Farmers" referred to are regular fire eaters , and with their part y have the means . in tlieir own hands' to ensure ; the predicted . ' rising of the' peasantry ' . ' after harvest . " : The agricultural classes used to boast loudly of their loyalty—they were loyal par excellence / : The perpetuity of our venerable and glorious Constitution , and allthose great
Institutions which made this country " the envy of surrounding nations and the glory of the world , " depended upon the . yeomen of Old England . The . Throne , the Altar , arid the . Constitution were secure , because they had their root in the affections of the owners , occupiers , and tillers ofthe soil ; and , whatever might be the disaffection of a few pale-faced puny tailors , shoemakers , weavers , spinners , and townspeople generally , it was naught ,
while the Institutions bequeathed by our ancestors wero thus protected . Mr . O'Connor long ago discerned the true character , of this vaunted loyalty , and prophesied its termination . He said that the loyalty of the landlords would disappear with their rents , and that parsons would no _longer cling to the Church when tithes wero abolished . The one-half of . the prediction has come true already ; tlie other seems as if it would be fulfilled at no distant date . Mr .
Chowler told Her Majesty , that , if she would protect them , and turn her back on the townspeople , they would protect her , and that she need not fear , as they had niiie-tenths of the horses ofthe country , and ; men to ride them . Very consolatory truly ! But—if the Queen will not' turn her back on the townspeople '—what then ? Why , these horses and horsemen become rather formidable . in connexion with an
organised combination of unemployed , rebellious , desperate labourers , r It is clear that the vaunted loyalty of the farmers had none of that lofty , chivalrous , self-sacrificing character that was claimed- for it . It was a mere mercantile affair , in which th _\ quid pro quo formed the most essential ; element . Mr . Chowler and his brother Protectionists will protect the Queen if she will protect them . Not otherwise . That has the merit of plain speaking at all events , and , when taken in connexion with other declarations , at this memorable meeting , may well create somo uneasiness at Buckingham Palace .,
There was not a single " Institution" which was not alluded to in a hostile spirit . The Church was . fairly told that it could not expect to receive the same amount of tithes that it did when prices of agricultural produce were high . ' The fundholders were distinctly , frequently , and emphatically warned , that , as they had stood by and let the Free Traders rob the landed interest , their turn must come next , and that the sponge must be applied to the National Debt . " The time was fast coming , when the term 'National Faith ' would not be found in the farmer's
vocabulary . " Next they told Ministers , that , as they had been consenting parties to the change , and resisted any alteration by which the present condition of the agricultural districts might be improved , that their salaries must be cut down proportionately , together with the wages of all parties employed by them . Another speaker ' went Btill further , and suggested the formation of a League , pledged to resist the payment of all taxes until Protection was restored ; an appeal which was responded to by the meeting rising en masse and cheering vehemently for some time .
It will thus be seen that the old party of "Peace , Law , and Order" in this country , has become as revolutionary and destructive aa in France , or in Canada , They are peaceable , loyal , and orderly , as long as they have the upper hand , and the system works well for them ; not a moment longer . Like common seuse people they test all National Institutions by their effects on their own welfare and prosperity , and they have a hearty contempt for the fudge preached up by the dominant party for the time being , about unanimous
endurance , and the virtue of long patience and suffering . They leave all that kind of magnanimity and moral greatness to the Chartists , and prefer a more rough and ready method of redressing their grievances . Petitioning-the House of Commons they look upon as rank humbug . " No more of that , " said one of the speakers ; " wo ave not going "to be thrown under the table contemptu" ously ; let us assemble in our thousands arid " march down to the House to demandjus"tice . " Another orator was still more
emphatic and unequivocal in his language . . Mr . Higgins said : " I call on the Government , " and I tell them to redress our wrongs , _* ' and unless thoy do so , we are . prepared' to "* exercise the strength weslillretain in our arms '• ( Vehement cheering . ) Ifthey won't be led "by argument , and by rational means—if " they won't listen to the voice of reason , and " to f ' _aefs and figures , which show the inipos" sibility of farmers continuing under this sys"tem—if they won't alter their system by " moral force , then we ' ll fight for it . " The meeting rose as one man to this invitation
to arms , and for some minutes the cheering , waving of hats and sticks , was tremendous . The Times , commenting upon the meeting , and upon this passage in particular , advises them " not to try the experiment , " because tho very first people , according to it , with whom the farmers will have to fight , will be their own labourers , and for their own houses and farm-yards . We do not see that . Mr . Chowler , wo dare say , spoke truly when he said that the labourers don't blame the farmers for the fall in the price of wheat , and their consequent inability to find work and pay wages . When Mr . Cobden , at Leeds , threatened the landlords with such an agitation as would make them repent their persist ;
ence in the Protectionist Movement , we suspect he did not anticipate such a vigorous response from the Crown and Anchor . Again and again was that defiance adverted to , and hurled back to the Free . Traders ; and they wore told , that if the fight must come , the sooner the better ; for , according to Mr . Ball , of Cambridgeshire , the farmers were already so ruined that they had nothing to fear from the threats of demagogues ; " . they were _disposed to brave all—to dare all —( cheers )—" and that , come when- it might , and cost " what it would , they were ready to take steps " which were frightful to loyal men to engage "in , hut which long-continued injustice had " brought . them , tothe contemplation of . ( _Prolonged cheering . )"
Now it may suit Ministerial Free Trade Papers , like the Times , to throw ridicule upon the men who hold this kind of language—to affect contempt for them , or abuse them as Socialists , after the fashion of the Daily News - , but we say , deliberately- and advisedly , _wat an impartial and a wise G overnment wouW not lightly treat such a manifestation of foehflgon the part of a large , and still powerful interest . That such classes possess the power of realising their own prophecies , of confusion arising out ofthe compulsory idlenessof _^ producers , is
proved by the celebrated _Anti-00-ni-L _. aw _insurrection of 1842 , hi the manufacturing dis tricts . The consp irators who _originated that movement , had the cunning to , draw out of it , in such a manner as to escape the punishment which fell upon innocent men . The landlords and farmers , with more apparent reason and just ice have , at the close of next harvest , the power—as undoubtedly they have the rightto throw the great majority ofthe agricultural labourers idle ; and if they do , a collision must inevitably ensue , in which y _? e doubt not the Jalwurers will pay the _peaaJ-jy that ought to - -f « U on other Moulders ,
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; Werdoh ' t _pi-eten ' d _^ ndviise t _^ e Gdvenim & qr . the Froo Traders ; what course they ' should take in the face of the gathering storm . One thing is- quite certain , that the Protectionists , who were unconvinced ' . hy the statistics of Mr ' Economist Wilson—who were ' . ' uhseduced ' "bythe " unadorned ' eloquence " which converted Sir Robert Peel—who _> were not carried off by the more brilliant , but better oratory of " Friend ' ' Bright , before the repeal of the Corn Laws , are now equally inpredulous to the boasted benefits arising from that repeal In
and out of Parliament , Ministers and journalists assure them that everything is in a most prosperous and flourishing condition ; but with that perversity and _obtuseness of intellect , which is said to be characteristic of them , thoy cannot see it . On the contrary , they handle figures pretty conclusively , to uhow that even as regards the manufacturing and trading interests , the one-sided system , called " Free Trade , " has not compensated by its advantages for the undoubted injury it has inflicted upoii agriculture .
We leave the matter between the contending parties . The quarrel is hone of ours . Inthe threatened civil war between country and town , the labouring classes have no direct interest , and ought to tako no direct part—it is a struggle between territorial and commercial capital , which , shall be predominant . Labour knows enough of both to know that its emancipation and elevation will not be granted by either .
Labour must , therefore , like the sturdy blacksmith in Scott ' s story ofthe Fair Maid of Perth ' — " feclit for its ain hand , " inthe impending struggle . " When rogues fall out , honest men come by _tlisir own . '' Whoever loses , English Democracy may achieve substantial victories if it is wisely directed , and through the medium of these victories , be able , hence-1 forth , to * hold the balance between conflicting J and selfish factions .
The Factory Act Compromise At The Last M...
THE FACTORY ACT COMPROMISE At the last moment Lord Ashley has compromised the claims of the factory operatives . Instead of insisting upon Parliament carrying out its own intentions in good faith , and to the letter , by so amending the act of 1847 , as to make it . an effective measure , he has agreed to let the shabby Whig Government , and the temporizing members , escape the consequences of undisguised apostacy and bad faith . This , is not the first time that Lord Ashley has shown a want of courage and
determination at the moment when those qualities were most needed . After / gaining a decided victory over the Peel Government in 1845 , he was seized with hesitation and fear immediately after his victory , and allowed Sir James Graham to have bis own way apparently from the same excessive caution and timidity , which now prompt him to yield to Sir George Grey . If the late John Fielden had been equally timorous , the Ten Hours Act , which has been eva , ded by a few of the mill owners in Lancashire , and pronounced defective in its wording by the Court of
Exchequer , would never have been passed . In the face ofthe lawless conduct of' a few selfish and cunning scoundrels , who have contrived means for evading the provisions of that act , and of the strictly technical decision by which they were allowed to continue their infamous system of relays , that measure ' has been shown to be an unmitigated benefit to all classes , wherever it has been fairly put in operation . Fortunately for the cause of the operative , of truth , and of justice , that has been in the great majority of instances _. The violators ofthe law form but a small
minority . Themassof the manufacturers- —the whole of the factory hands—areperfectly satisfied with the Ten Hours Act in its entirety , and have unanimously agreed to solicit the House , to make its own work perfect . It is under these circumstances that Lord Ashley , as we think , amply justifies the want of confidence expressed in him by a large number of the Short Time Delegates , when the question as to who was to have charge of the Bill was discussed . He is too much of a drawing-room rose-water reformer , to encounter rough work—too amiable and yielding , especially to Courtly ,
Ministerial , and Party interests and influencesto be entrusted with measures demanding unbending and unflinching resolution . The pretexts on which he accepts the compromise proposed by the Government and the millowners are , no doubt , valid and powerful , to his own mind . There can be a 3 little doubt thathe is conscientiously persuaded he is really taking the best course for the interests of the "hands ; "" but a bolder man would not be influenced by such refined speculations—such cautious splitting of hairs—such fearful reckoning of possible and probable unfavourable
chances . At all events , the opportunity ought to have been fairly afforded to Parliament to say whether or not it would violate its good faith—whether , after having deliberately passed an Act through all its stages — after full discussion on the merits of the question , and in despite of an inveterate opposition—it was prepared , on a technical defect being * discovered in a Law Court , to yield to trick and evasion what it had refused to argument . If this was the case , it wonld have been advantageous to have had it distinctly proved , so that , in future , the
world might know what value to put on the good faith of a British Legislature , when dealing with the interests of the labouring classes . Besides , at the worst , if Lord Ashley had been deserted , either on technical grounds , or upon principle , by any of the members who promised him their support—the factory operatives would have been in precisely the same position , with this important difference , that , as it had not been accepted in their name , they were at liberty to renew the struggle fcr the enactment of an effective Ten Hours Bill . While , however , we condemn in the most
unqualified manner , the course pursued by Lord Ashley on this occasion , as far as his own duty to those who elected him as their Parliamementary leader ¦ is concerned , we must say , thatthe compromise itself has many good points about it . In the first place , it lays a restriction on the moving power . If we understand it aright , the mills are not to commence working till six o ' clock in the morning , and are to shut at six in the evening , five days in the week , and at two o ' clock in the afternoon on Saturday . This closes the door upon a whole host of evasions and complicated
regulations , to meet which : were inseparable from the old system . By giving the power to common informers to proceed for penalties , in every case where mills can he proved to work either before or after the hours specified , the existing cumbrous and expensive machinery of inspectorship , may be to a great extent , if not wholly , dispensed with . The compromise adds two more hours work in theweek , to the number of hours enacted in the Ten Hours
_Act—namely , sixty , instead of . fifty-eight ; but , for five days in ihe week , ifc takes away the _half-hour used for "bagging-time , ' ' inthe afternoon , leaving _half-an-hoar for breakfast , and an hour for ( Sinner . The alteration , on the . surface , seems an _unimportant one ; hWt , iu practice , we fear , it wiil lead to great discontent . It is not easy to change , by law , the settled habits of a large population , as this enactment will attempt to do . Further , it will keep the mill-hand atwork from one o'clock to
bix , without rest or intermission—a period far too hmg tb be borne patiently by the worker , or tend to the pecuniary advantage of either employer or employed . Human beings are not like the machines they tend ; they _require needful and timely rest , in order to recruit strength , renovate exhausted vigour , and keep the faculties in that state of activity which is essential to turning _out-the _laigtfst amount | Of good work in the shortest time . To all _i these the new innovation ig . direotl j _opposed .
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h _\ ' and *>' therefore-look forward to- great _dissatisfacb _^ - _^ j _£ p * G * _ao-4 _d _ty _ty when the new law corac « i ° enforced . On the v-: nt of integrity shown -by the Government Jn deliberately undoing its own work , on its caw _&^ oe and selfishness in . sacrificing the Factory _oneratlrea to the representatives _, of cotton and calico , who * sit behind them , and help to keep them in office , nothing
need be said . It is of a pi _* ece with the whole career and policy of the part ; - * . But we repeat , that Lord Ashley has shewn . more regard for party exigencies , and his own position and _influence in Parliament , than heh _& _'S for the iaforests and opinions of those who committed their cause to his hands ; and , th . it if the fi ° \ _> H thev and mo _- re ** mn . * _Citation of the hours of labour be _hem'ifter raised by those who fi ght the battle of . the tand in and say , tho compromise he accepted was a final settlement of the question _^ _" _^^^^^ " _***** ' * ' _" _*'*^ ' _^^^^*( J _^
PARLIA MENTARY REVIEW , The proceedings in Parliament this weekwith the exception of those that hlvl b _~ noticedelsewhere-areof suchanature _astoS quire no lengthened or critical notice OnT bringing up of tho Report on _Australian Colonies Bill Sir W . _Lss _^ _wS _^ successfully , to engraft upon it his views re . defi
33 * 35 , h ° - niti ? n of Co _^ _al and _ImJ , nal rights , and other cognate topics . & Gladstone succeeded with an attempt to « fi the Bishop of the Established Church in the Colonies a co-ordinate , if not super ior power , to that of the local legislature in mat ters ecclesiastical , and failed . _Jfr ' * g » : i made an attempt to get the _Advisement Duty-repealed with a similar result as has attended many other efforts to get at the iZ
_lously guarded " surplus '' of Sir Cha _^ wood . The other questions have been entirel y of an administrative and routine character , with the exception of a bill affecting the Irish Fisheries , thrown out after some discussion on Friday last . In the Lords , nothing is done , or will be done , until some ofthe stock of Bills , which crowd the business paper of the Lower House in various stages , are disposed off . But the time is coming when they must be cleared off in one way or another as we understand . that it is the full
intention of the Queen to have the Session closed by the end of Jul y . For all the good it is likely to do the masses it might as well " shut up" now . The onl y measures of vital importance were the Sanatory Bills that wero promised ; and , according to present appearances , it is doubtful whether they will pass , at least this Session .
Monies Received For Ths W****K Endiso Ti...
MONIES RECEIVED For _thS W _**** k Endiso Tihi ' bsdat , ' May 9 , 1850 . THE HONETtY FUND . Received by W . Rider . —Hartlepool , per M . Parkinson 4 s —C . Epworth , York 2 s Gd—Bii _* mingham , Ship Inn , per J tiewhouse 17 s—Thos . Green , Wellingborough _&—Norwich ' per J . Hurry 12 _s-jd-Nonvich , per J . Funnell , Pockthorp 7 s 6 d—Lepton Chartists , pet L . Lodge 12 s 2 _d-Kii _* _kheatoa Chartists , per L , Lodge 6 s—Ashton-under-L yne , per J . Taylor 415 s—Colchester , a few Friends 2 s—Mr . Rawlin ? Colchester ls—Mansfield Woodhouse . per J . Sweet 4 s—Mr Hudson , per J . Sweet 2 d—W . Jones , Manchester _Is-New Radford , per J . Saunders II 0 s Gd . Received at Land Office . —From Nottingham—Jlr . Wood 4 s—Mr . Lovett 5 s—Mr . Extern 2 s 6 d—Mr . Januad 2 s Gd—Mr . Williams 2 s Gd-Mr . Wooldridge ls-Mr . 1 ' a _' riest ls—Mr . Evans ls—Mr . Dunford ls—Mr . Brown Gd-Mr . Smith Gd—Mr . Jasper Gd—Mr . W . Jasper fid-Mr . Wiggins 3 d—Mr . Goodacre Cd—Mr . Jasper Gd „ . ,, £ s . A . Received by W . Rider .. .. 8 17 4 Received at Land Office .. 14 9
Total .. .. .. £ 10 2 1 FOR MACNAMAR A ' S ACTION . Received by W . Ridek . —New Radford , per S . Saunders 7 d . AGITATION FOB THE CHARTERReceived by Jons AnNOTT .-Truro , per E . Trcgenger 10 s Gd—Paisley , per A . Robertson . 10 s—Leicester , per W Bradworth IDs—Newport , T . W ., per T . Self 10 s—Yar mouth , Norfolk , per T . _Royall 10 s—P . Hanley ls—J . Walters Is—Mr . Wnlkden 1 *—Mr . G . Farrah Is—Collected at the Public Meeting , Tower Hamlets 19 s I Old—Donations 3 / 13 s 7 jd-Cards at the Office 112 s . —Total 8 { 18 s . TO EXEMPT E . JONES FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received by W . Rh > eb . ~ -A Friend , per J . Sweet , Not tinghauGd . FOR MRS . JONES . Received by W . Rideb . —Norwich , per J . nurrell as 6 d . Received at Land Office—G . W . Gd . —Received by John Arnott . —Mr . Godard , per B . Newby ls—Mr . M . Creat and Friends , Leicester , per W . Bradsworth lsld .
FOR MRS . M'DOUALL . Received by Jons Arnott . —Mr . M . Creat and Friends , Leicester , per W . Bradsworth Is Id . —Received at Land Office . —G . W . Gd . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS AND SHARP , Received by W . Rideb . —Hartlepool , per M . Parkinson 4 s . —Received by John Arnott . —Mr . Walters , St . Paneras ls . TO EXEMPT PRISONERS FROM OAKUM PICKING . Received at Land Offioe . —W . S . Gd . WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Rideb Warrington Chartist Council 2 s —J . Bateman , Wavrington Gd—a Friend , per J . Sweet , Nottingham Gd—Mr . Dalton . per J . Street , Nottingham 3 d —Mrs . Jones , Manchester 2 d .
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BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH , New Road , London . Report of Lieutenant John Mackinnon , General HjgeUa Agent to the British College of Health , New-road , London . ¦ Cape Breton , March Kffli _, 1850 .
TO MESSES . MOB 1 SON . Dear Sms , —I have the pleasure to communicate to yoa that all that my heart could desire has been fully accomplish with respect to ray practice as your agent since I last reported ; and it would be tedious , indeed , to g ive a statement in full of the numerous cases of cure and benefits derived from the heaven-blessed medicines of the British College of Health . The decided superiority ofthe Hygeian system of medicine to all ordinary medical practice has heen recently tested in our neighbourhood , the particulars of which I feel bound to communicate to you . We have lately beea visited with a fatal disease termed by our _doctors typhus fever—and the name of the disease appears to be all they know about it ; for all the patients they took m hand were soon hurried to the long home . Among others who leu victims to this dreadful disease was a Mr . Peter Kelly , age * twenty-two ; a Miss Mary Musgrave , a blooming young lady of nineteen ; and , I have proof that the first doctor employed in this caso after administering medicine , and blisterinc and Weeding to excess , dcelared he had mistaken
her disorder ! however , they soon sent her to her account among tbem . Another who submitted hersetf . to the doctor ' s treatment , was a Mrs . . M'Kay , a young married woman , aged twenty-one , having one child . She too , poor young thing , was soon hurried to the grave . Peop le now began to get out of conceit of the doctors , and the follomne individuals placed themselves in my hands to be treated with the Hygeian medicines of Mr . Morison ; and under the blessingofGod the success of your medicines , gentlemen , lias , in the whole of these cases , been satisfactory in a ruga degree , for all my patients have been thoroug hly restored ta health . , Miss Mary Ann Moffatt , same age and related to the departed-Miss Musgrave . John Maidore , twenty-four years of age . Mrs . Stalery , twenty-three years-of age . The Misses Grant , two sisters , and many others- who hnd the fever lightly by taking the pills in time ; tho- name oftheselhavo not mentioned , but those whose names I send you I consider were on tlie brink of eternity , but tbej are now perfectly recovered , and : I have every hope the disease has now vanished . It carried off five members bt
one family near Sidney , and the doctors there neither kneff the name ofthe disease or how to cure it . I shall only add that I rejoioe to know tliat the system and medicine of the late venerable James Morison are firmly established , aud that the honest people who signed the petition to parliament against the use and sale of doctors' poisons are to have their names recorded ; and I feet pride in . _tjie reflection that I have done my duty in th * cause ou this side the Atlantic , aud have ten children all thoroughly impressed wife the soundnesses the Morisoniaa theory . Should I live a few days longer I shall be sixty--five years of age , and _Ihave taken in my time 18 , 92 a ot > your pills ; but during thd past four years I hove uot take * as . many in twelve months as I formerly tookia one , uori * oae month as many as I formerly took , ih one day . lam , Gentlemen , very sincerely yours , John Mackk' 1 k > _- -U
National Chahtkr Lbaguji.. — The Council...
National _Chahtkr Lbaguji . . — The council met at its rooms , on "Wednesday evening last , and _*? } . ~ z as part ofthe business ofthe evening , upon taKing the Hall ofthe Ancient Druids , Farring don-streec , for the purpose of Lectures , Publio meetings , so . Tho first lecture will be delivered on Sunday eve " ing , May 26 th . They also instructed the secret * " ? to convoy its thanks to several gentlemen for tne" ; _presMioe at the National Hall , and especially to _•»«• Serle of Hammersmith , and Mr . Boukett ot _"¦« _»«*
house . . he Specimens o ? Australian gold , mixed van *•" samo quartzose detritus whwh accomp » _n"e- *> ' metal m other auriferous districts , have recem ; been received in England . „ . ¦ _* , A Letub from Smyrna of the 15 th ult ., _" ¦ * 5 " Osservatore Triestino , states that shocks ol _«» r quake have become so frequent there , tt" »" ground , is in a _stane of continual _owwj _^ J andthat many houses havo already been o _^ ' _^ Princess Belgiojoso arrived at Smyrna ° n _« ' _« ult ., with her daughter and twelve . l _^ m _^ _fugoes . _Thewholop » _rtytanwdutdf Ww * v _" . it & _ntioople ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11051850/page/4/
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