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UNITED PATRIOTS' _ASJD _PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETY Enrolled _mrrsnantto 1 0 Geo . IV , c'M _. A & 5 Will , 1 TVc . « , _& . 9 . « _Ss lOYiac 2 T—Instituted , _71 h . Feb ., 1 M 3 . _^^ -T . S . _BwooiBE _^ _Esa .. M . P . T . Wakus , _£ s 8 ., M . P . B . Cabbqx _, Esq ., M _. P . _^ F . 0 'Coski 3 _,-Es « ., HP . Lcke JambsJtu , MBo , Es _* . The _qorfetvtodiridedintosix sections , to meet tbe necessities and .. requirements of all classes of mechanics and _l » w _£ _i from fifteen years of ace to _forty-five . This Society consists of above txro thousand members , and tour a SIX ) _ramtal of 2 , 6221 . 16 s . 9 d . ; having paid the following sums for benefits since its formation _r-Sicltaess , S _^ a _SsTlOd . Funerals , 1 _. SS 2 J . Snperannnation , 30 L 0 s . id . Fire , 36 L Ms . 5 _Jd .-Total , 7 _. 159 _Z . 2 s . 7 _Jd . - . Tie following is the SCALE OF FEES to be . paid at entrance : 3 s . mnst . be paid when admitted , and the remainder oan ' extendoveraperio < lofskmonths , tobepaidTfi _& _the-subscriptions ) monthly , ifdesired : — A _« e 1 st section . 2 nd section . 3 rd section . 4 th section . 5 th section . _^ _S _^ _Sr" Froml-5 to 32 .... £ 0 5 s . 2 d . .... Si _4 s . Sd ..... £ 0 4 s . 2 d . £ 0 Ss . 8 d ..... _O » 3 s . 2 d m _^^' „ _, x - 82-36 .... 0 7 2 .... 0 6 8 .... 0 6 2 0 5 8 .... ' 9 5 2 .... not _**« , tKa _ 36-40 . .... 0 10 2 .... 0 0 8 0 9 2 „ _.. OSS .... * f I —• tweH _Z L ars - -40-45 .... 1 1 2 .... 1 0 2 .... 019 S 019 2 .... 018 2 " . * _J _£ g _* ears TEEEKLT AtU miSCE Ei SICKNESS ASD _SCEEEiSSnATlOS . _xBHEEtt _' s DEATH . —WIFiCTS OB _XOJn- ¦ ErstSecuon ... ' ... 183 . 03 Gs . _OJ . First Section — - _± *> _" _*^ _g , _S , Second ditto 15 0 G 0 _Secoadmtto .... _« » u 6 „ 0 - Thirdditto 11 0 4 0 Tliirdditto .... _^ _« _?¦¦•— s 0 „ _Fonrtfa ditto 9 0 i 0 i _^ _" " " _^ 0 0 ' 3 00 Fifth ditto 7 0 4 0 I ? ft _^! _-V _£ - *"" -Sifl 0 " .. none . Sisthditto 7 0 none . _¦» _* xthmtto .... - _» » SW
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JILSO THE _BRITISH E 5 IPIRE _FREEHOLD LAND AND _BVULDING 80 CIETS D On _* n _Advancs vour Kent is Saved-you become _younomi Land and Householder . » . _# « . _« T S I ) _Sto _^ : e 4 _M-P . T . WAKLEf , _©* ,, M . P . B . B . _Gabbeu .. Ess ., MJ . L . J . _IXassakd , Esq . iW » w _^ _2 te _!? _fS _? cSS _merciilBankofLondon ( Branch ) 6 , Henrietta _StveeVCownt Garden , . _CAatrKaao / _JJiwriors . — Seoege W . M .: B £ _i-NonDS , Eso , IanZon C § sc—So . 13 , Tottenham Court , Sew Road , St Pancras , _Loadon _.-DiSiEL _Wnausi _Rofft _, Secretary . _Aeranged is _Thcee Sechoss . —Value of Shares _andiPaymentfor-Investors . Fnll Share -. £ 120—payment of 2 s . ad . per Week , or 10 s . _Od . _jer Month . Half Share . " . .. CO 1 2 | . 5 3 _Ouartcr Share .. .. 30 0 _/* & * _AimlieniK are rccraested to state in their form the Section they desire to be a Member of . Xi » _tt nEresoss ' . Squcitoes ' , or Uedeisstios Fees . —The present EntranceEae , including Certificate , Rules , & c ., is 4 c . per Share , and 2 s . 6 d . _for any part of a Share . Trice of Boles , including Postage , Is . OBJECTS . 1 . * -Toenable members _tobaMDwellingnouscs . ' 5 th .-To girete Depositing Members a higher rate of _iivt : _„ - _* _'¦ , . * _.. _™ _- _^ — _. i ,, _™ _, w , Fwifrild . ierest than is yiaHed by _ordiuary-modes of investment _iioanora _toisuis _^^
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EMIGBATI 02 _J . THE BRITISH EMPIRE PERMANENT EMIGRATION AND COLONISATION SOCIETY , To « _° _eare to each Member a FASM ot _uptless than Tiventy-firc Acres of Land in AMERICA , Bu _Ssiall Weekly or Monthly _Coiitributioiis . Los-cos Orncr : —1-3 , Tottenham Com _% _Xew-road , St Pancras . —D . W . HofiT _, Secretary . OBJECTS . To purchase a large tract of Land in the Western States To purchase in large quantities , for the common benefit , _ofAmericajnrra-vrhkbiAlccateNemberSjgivmgtwenty- all necessary live and dead _stoek _. and other requisites , five acres to each Share subscribed for . supplying each member ou location with the quantity rc-To erect Dwellmae , and clear a certain portiou ofthe quirett at cost price _, land on each allotment , previous to the arrival of the allottees . . To establish a depot fi - om which to proride each family To _Tirovide for the losation of groups , holding the Land m _a .-. _^ , , * , »• , * _eonunon _, as well as forindiriduals , securing to each theu- With the required quantity of wholesome food , until thencollective and separate rights and immunities . | own land produced suiBcient for their support "VALUE OF SHARES . Each Share to be of the ultimate Value of Twenty-five Pounds . To he raised ty Jfoaftly or Wfeldy Subscriptions , as fol _' otns : — A Payment of Xinepence per Week ior Ten Years will amount to 19 / . 10 a Bonus , SI . 10 s . Ditto . _Shpence per Week for Fifteen Years will amount to WJ . 10 * . Bonus , hi . 10 s . ' Repayments may be- made to the Society in Money , Produce , or Labour . _Prospecroses , Rules , Forms of Application for Shares , and every other information . ' may be had at the Office as above . AU applications by Letter , addressed to the Secretary , must be pre-paid , and enclose a postage stamp for reply , By enclosing twelve postage stamps a Copy of the Rules will be forwarded , post free . Forms of Entrance by enclosing three postage stamps . * Agents required in all parts of Great Britain .
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NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY , BaroIIed , pursuant to statute 9 tb anil 10 th Victoria , c . 27 .-THE ABOVE SOCIETY , as amended and legalised , was formerly _KD . 0 WD . as the _NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE liEXEFIT SOCIETY ; the managers of which have long " seen the necessity of legal protection for the secarity of its members . In framing the new rules , care has been taken to equalise the cxpenfiiture with the receipts , so tha _' t the permanent success of the _Society should be beyond all doubts . Th « Society is divided into three sections , to meet the necessities and requirements of all classes of mechanics and labourers , from eighteen years of age to forty . IHE rOIMWISG IS THE SCALE OF FEES IO BE PAID AT _WEEKLV- ALLOWASCE IS SICKNESS . estraxce : — s . a . Age . _lstsection . 2 nd section . _Sndseetion . First Section 15 0 s . d . s . d . s . d . Second Section 10 0 FromlSto _24 .... 3 0 .... 2 0 .... 1 0 Third Section 5 0 _ 21—SI .... _C 0 .... 4 0 .... 2 0 . — 37—30 9 0 .... C 0 .... 3 0 MEMBERS DEATH . WIFE ' S DEATH . — 80—33 . . .. 12 0 .. .. S 0 . . .. 4 0 £ s . d . . £ s . d . _ 33—3 G .... 15 0 .... 10 0 .... 5 0 First Section .... 15 0 0 ...... 7 10 0 _ , Sj—53 .... 13 0 .... 12 0 .... G 0 Second Section .. 10 0 0 5 0 0 — 33—49 .... 21 0 .... 14 0 .... 7 0 | Third Section .... o 0 0 3 0 0 _SOXTHLT _COvrHIEOTIOXS . First Section , 3 s . fid . Second Section , 2 s . 4 d . Third Section , Is . 2 d . The Society meets every Aionday evening , at the Two _CJiairmen , _lVardour-street , Soho , Middlesex , where every information can _oe had , and members enrolled . Country friends , applying for rules , can have them forwarded , by enclosing four postage-stamps . Members of the late Co-op _? rativc Benefit Society , who have paid all dues and demands up to the 23 th December , J & $ 9 , can at once _ba transferred to either section of the National Benefit Society , without any extra charge . Agents and sub-secretaries of the late National Co-operative 3 enefit Society , are requested to immediately inform the General Secretary of the number of members likely to _twnsfer to the National Benefit Society ; and parties wishing to become agents , or to form _hrauches of the new society , can be supplied vrith _ every information , on application to the Secretary , by enclosing a postage-stamp for an answer . J . _uies _GsAsssr , General Secretary , OS , Regent-street , Lambeth .
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FIVE THOUSAND IIATS AXD GAPS AT ECKERS . _LEY'S GOLDEN- HAT MART . . A Good Silk Hat 3 s . Gd . to 4 s . Cd . A Fine Rich Silk IIat os . Od . to Cs . 9 d . A Rich _Frensh Silk ... Cs . U . to Ss . Cd . A Truly Splendid Hat 9 s . 0 J . to 12 ? . Od . ' YOUTH'S , EOYS , _ASD _CHILDREN'S HATS _AXD CAPS In every shape and variety imaginable , and equally Cheap . OBSERVE , —THE GOLDEN HAT MART , 25 , Crown Street , Halifax , Opposite the Upper George Inn .
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THE 2 IINERS' CONFERENCE . TO THE MINERS OE GREAT BRITAIN . Fellow 3 & x , —Thelong and continued _depression in the wages ofthe miner , aud the fearful and excessive competition which produced these results , have once more arou ? cd the brave spirits ofthe leading muring counties , and from a correspondence which has been going on for some time , ietween 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 "Wi gan , in Lancashire ; wnen it is expected all miners _' wuo feel a desire to remove the ban of slavery from their class , and ivbo feel it a hardship to live upon the scanty pittance of wages which they receive , will send a Delegate to such Conference , and thus lend a hand to lay the foundation oi a system of union and organisation , whose Lasting benefits wifl call down the blessings of ages upon the umnes of its founders . The Conference will be held at the Horse and Jockey , Scholes , Wigan , Lancashire . _Mahtis Jdde .
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• The skin , though lovely fair , May qnickly fade for want ot needful care . ' THE PRIMARY CAUSE of tlie nnmerons DISEASES and Affections of the Shin is an impaired condition of the health , arising from a disordered state of tlie stomach , liver , and bowels . From these _causes the blood becomes corrupt , digestion impaired , the liver inactive , nnd the bowels constipated . Hence arise blotches and eruptions of tlie skin , bilious affections , heartbum , dek headache , irritability , spasms , flatulency , pain after eating , nervous debility , & c . To correct ail the eradities of the vital fluids , strengthen tlie stomach , remove _ndigesrioa and liver complaints , relieve the bowels , in-Tlgarate tlie svstem , and trauquilUe , the nerves , DR . SCOTT'S _FAMILY APERIENT TABLETS will be found an unfailing remedy . It is a medicine of pleasant flavour , and possesses extraordinary virtues from its peculiar preparation . With children , " s o , its effects Qre most _asto-JUShing : it speedily and t-i _& _etnaliy removes worms . Sold in boxes at'is . Ud . Agents , Ruddand Co ., 151 , Strand . May be had ( free by post ) , and of all dealers in patent medicines .
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BALDNESS , WEAK OR GREY HAIR , WHISKERS , EYEBROWS , & c ., & c . KOSALIE COUPELLE'S celebrated PARISUN _TOJIADE is universally acknowledged as the only efficient preparation extant for the production of Hair , Whiskers , Eye-brows , Ac in six or eight weeks , from whatever cause the deficiency may arise ; as also checking greyness , weak hair , curing baldness , & c .. at any age . It has never been known to fail , and will be forwarded ( free ) with fuR instructions , & c , on receipt of -1 postage stamps .
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EMIGRATION TO _XORTII AMERICA . WT APSCOTT AND CO ., SHIPPING and Emigration Agents , Liverpool , continue to despatch First Class Ship?—To NEW YORR-every Five Days . To NEW ORLEANS-every Ten Days . To BOSTON and _I'HILADELPHIA-every Fifteen Days . And occasionally to BALTIMORE , CHARLESTON , SAVANNAH , QUEBEC , and St . JOnNS . Drafts for any amount , at sight , on New York , payable iH any part of tlie United States . Tapscolt ' s "Emigrant ' s Guide" sent free , on receipt of Four l _' ostage Stamps . CS * About twenty-eight thousand persons sailed for the New World , inTapscott ' sline af American l _' ackets . iu 1 S _13 .
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EMIGRATION -TO GEOPtGIA , IRWIN COUNTY , UNITED STATES . COTTON ! COTTON !! COTTON 1 1 ! Independence I—Self Government in Factories!—with Fixity of Working Hours ! The attention of Manufacturers and Operatives iu Cotton of smaU capital is called to an extract from the New York Correspondent ofthe Times , dated 17 thJuly , ISM , which says , relative to the State of Georgia— ' Advantage has been taken of its extensice water power to establish cotton manufactories ! A fact not only true , but also that the returns making upon the capital invested in those factories average at tlie present time from twcnty-ftv > . to thirty per cent Why , therefore , do not the small Manufacturers mid Operatives of Manchester and its vicinity , who now only obtain a precarious livelihood , club together their funds , while they have any , and proceed in a body to Irwin County , Georgia , where , if a number—say from 150 to 200 families , -with capital sufficient to erect a mill—will proceed by the vessels of the advertiser' in addition to the advantages he offers to the _general emigrant , he will allow them to choose in the vicinity of their town allotments , _fi-ee from all charge _.
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THE _CBBCfflSI _EBITKW _EViarDBLISHED , _,. ' . . ' _' . _-. > . _flfkeHS . GO ., Z- Z . ' _-,-r : ' yl _4 tn 3 W and < ftegaat edition , -with Steel Plate of the . _A & _oOiMyof j ••¦ " w \ _n _% _mnvcRt _wffps .: '
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" _BtorfSteaflyj _* New Edition ' ot " 1 "" - " _MrtGatHian & _JM OH SMALL FARMS
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_TfiHE T _^ ICE -OF THE PE O PLE ; A < F » ioe , One Penny . _Xo . 1 . cohiaias _thcJBii'd's-Bya Parliament ; Baits for the People - / California , and- Back for a Penny ; Free Thinking ; Experience cf Uncle Isaac , Here ' s our Good Health ! proposed-by Act of Parliament _'; Our Right to be _Educated- _^ fcc .,., _« tc . G . VicKEKfi , _HolywelV-strect , London ; and all _BookeHers .
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KATIOSAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . OFFICES , 14 , SOUTHAMPTON STREET , STRAND , : _iLONDON . Tlie Provisional Committee of the NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION hereby give notice , That those friends _who- _^ iro desirous of forming localities can be supplied vrith Cards of Membership and Rides , by applying to _the-Gencral Secretary , John Arnott , as above , from nine till two o clock , daily ( Sundays excepted ) , and on Monday evenings from so _^ en to nine o ' clock : if by letter , prepaid . All applicationsby letter will receive the most prompt attention . . ¦ _"•' . ¦ -. '?; v v .... Notice is also . given that . all the . receipts ; . , for the Cards issued , must be forwarded monthly , _per-Post Office Order , made payable to . Johh Arnott ,. at . tho Post Office , Strand , and addressed to him at the Office ofthe Association , 14 , Southampton Street , Strand , London .
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NATIONAL CHARTER' LEAGUE . The Council of the League announces to the Friends of Progress , and to the ; Public generally , that they have taken THE DRUID'S HALL , FARRINGD 0 N STREET , for the purposes of the body , and that tho FI 11 ST PUBLIC LECTURE . will be delivered there on Sunday . _Evexisc , Mat 2 Gtii , 1850 . Chair to _T )' e taken at Seven o'clock . Admission . —Members of the League , one ienxv , and to _lion-Membevs , twopence each . May Iflth 1800 . ' Thomas Clakk _, Sec .
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fPHE WORKING SHOEMAKERS A ASSOCIATION . -APPEAL TO THE _rUBWC . The above Association has commenced business on the Co-operative principle , with a stock of superior Roots and Shoes , all made on tbe premises , in well-arranced workshops , which may be inspected by any persnt who take any interest in this movement . One trial will prove the superiority of the work of Co-operative Labour over that ol started _CoTiipetUiee Labour . And now for a word on the price of our articles : —It is a well-known fact that the cheapest in the world arc dear at a gift ; . we say , that to he really cheap they must he really good ; to prove that ours are so , it must be clearly understood that they are all warranted not to rip ; and sho ' ulJ a Boot or Shoe happen to rip , the customer will please to bring it back , and it will be immediately repaired without any charge . We are convinced that this appeal to the public will bo responded to , since it will be perceived that we only aik for a fair remuneration for our labour , and 10 lie removed from the miserable dwellings where wo work , live , sleep , and die , to healthy workshops .
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DEAFNESS . — Importaut Notice . — Mr . FRANCIS , the eminent aurist , who has devoted his attention solely to DISEASES of the EAR , ' continues to effect the most astonishing cures in all thosu inveterate cases which have long been considered hopeless , and < _sf thirty or forty years standing , enabling the patient to hear a whisper , withont pain or operation , effectually removing deafness , noises in the head , and all diseases ofthe aural canal . Mr . F . attends daily from 10 until ( J , at his consulting rooms , fi , Beaufort-buildings , Strand , London . Persons at a distance can state their case by letter . Advice to the poor , Monday , Wednesday , and Friday , from C till Sin the _cvenins-.
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TO THE EMBARRASSED . THERE are thousands of persons who have long struggled against the force of misfortune , hut few are aware that , by very recent Acts , all small traders owing debts not exceeding £ 300 , farmers , private and _proessional gentlemen , and all others , owing to any amount the , latter without any publicity ) , can . be entirely _iwised ran their difficulties at small expense , and without imprisonment or bankruptcy . All such Mr . Weston begs will apply to him at ( 5 , Essex-street , Strand , by letter , or ersoually . Office hours from 10 till 2 , and C till 8 . N . B . —The above Acts stay all Palace Court , County Court , and other proceedings . Clergymen need uat submit o _sequestrations .
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BROTHER CHARTISTS BEWARE !! RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY CURED WITHOUT A TRUSS !! - Fj | R . DE ROOS still continues to supply _-s' the afflicted-with his celebrated cure for siimlo or double RUPTURE , the efficacy of which for both sexes , ' and all ages , is too well known to need comment . It is perfcetJy free from danger , _causss no pain , confinement , or inconvenience , and will with full instructions , & c , venderin " failure impossible , he sent free on receipt of 7 s . in cash or by Post Office order , payable at the Holborn office , ' A great number of Trusses have Veen left behind by persons curcS , as trophies of the immense success oV < _hls remedy , which will be readily given to' any oiie requiring them after a trial of it . Letters of inquiry should contain two postage stamps . Address , Walter l ) e _ll-.-s . M . D ., 35 , Ely-place ? _Holborn-Inll , London . At home from IU till 1 ; and 1 till 8 —( Sundays excepted . ) ' ' _™^ ni _? Z _~?' i ! rCrS i nre _, _•»""»« _/ cautioned against youthful impudent quacks , who copy this announcement , lorge testimonials , place Dr . _btfore their _nameTmaldasserlioiis the most extravagant and absurd , and hive recourse to the basest practices to victimise lhc public
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BROTHER CHARTISTS . ' TRUSSES ' RUPTURES EFFECTUALLY rm 8 _W - hy _? _" _*** " ¦ _GAnnErr _' s _nel " invented hght , Self . ad JUstmg , elastic truss . J . _GAiam _Piic ical Truss -Maker , of 38 , _Wardour-street , Oxford-street Lon Ion is the inventor _rf _. _Sw Truss , pronounced bMh _^ fi euU v to be the most efficient one extant . Brer ? _rarfetv of trusses and bandages can be had at the _Cct _nobble prices : _ B st plain truss , Ss ..- Ody _' s expired ! Stent 8 s Coles ' s expired patent , 10 s . ; Eg ? S , or German tms " IDs Suspensory _bandages-co tton / _ls : ; silk , T « , i ' _x _« after twenty year ,, ' experience , guarantees to secure every case of rupture of houever long standing , and " a ? ne = ty SSL - ose wUo havo fjund _™ S _« The following are authentic testimonials , the orurinals of _Suted :- _< _: _Cn _, a , C ParticS c ° , nu '« ' _»^ " ith if
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{ IMPORTANT _BEBBGATE MEETING ; " * YORKSHIRE -AN © . LANCASHIRE ' R . . DELEGATE . MEE ! CINO > will be- held at HE BDEN ERiaSE , on , SuNDAr , " the 26 th of May , 1850 , at Ten _O'Clook in aio FoEESooN _. _AVhto the _followiiig _ouestionswiU be submitted for consideration : — : . "¦ li—To consider ; _ahdmnaHy-settle , the best mode of _appointing aii _. Exeoutivehea ' _ditdith ' c Chartist movement . 2 ,-rTp discuss the -Now . Plan of Orgauisation , as put _iforth by the London Conference . . ' _S _;_^ To consider the _bostimode of bringing the Chartist mind of the two countios , ; flud the country generally , to bear upon the political guestions of tho-day . Mr . G . W . M . _Retnoldb , of London , will attend on behalf : of the Provisional-Committee , i . _,- ; _,- . ' ;' All communications to . be addressed to _Jasies - \ _ViiiiAMS , 7 . _JJiike ' -street Jiack . SuKdy-biwr , _Sloekport , Cheshire . .
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Education for the Millions . 0 _J \ r WEDNESDAY NEXt WILL BE PUBLISHED , THE FIRST NUMBER " ' . . ' OF A . ' NEW CHEAP UNSTAMPED WEEKLY PERIODICAL , ' . . j TO BE CAWED
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Morrison am . —J ! Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , scut'herewith ; viz .: —Foil Victim Fund . —Mr . W . Lees , Is . —For Mas . _M'Douali .. — Mr . II . Lowe , Cd . Honesiv Fund . — Nottisgium . — J . Skcrritt begs to ackno ivledge the receipt of the following sums , vht .: — Mr . Etchc ' s Book , 2 s 7 d i Mr . King ' s Book , Is ; A Friend , Is 2 d ; Mr . Mason's Book , Is 2 d ; ' Mr . Lowe's Book , New Radford , 8 s 3 d ; 'Seven Stars Locality , £ 1 Os Sd ; From Sketitt ' s Shoe Club , Is 3 d . ' / The above only amounts to the sura of £ l lis Id . I have received an order fur A' 2 . W . Hides . Mr . J . _CaobKE _, Stockport . — The portrait has not been issued . Mr . J . Morgan , 'Wallace-town , Ayr . —Sir Robert Peel was born February 4 th , 17 _SS . A Consta _. nt Readek , Crugg , near Halifax . —None of the children have died . The last bora i 3 the 'seventh . riiE Victims . —( To Mr . 'William _lUOer . )—Sir , —I enclose you
a _POSt-OUlCO ovdev fin- U . Mrs . M'Douali , Mrs . Jones , Mrs ! l ' _ussoU Mre Sharp , and Mrs . Williams arc to get 11 . each . The Committee wish also that you should state in the Star , that they have given 11 . to the widow of James G ' ow—a man who took an active part in the good cause iu this locality . The money is the surplus of the Saturday night ' s convivial meetings . —Yours , James Guaiiam , 17 , Tai _t's-lanc , llawkhill _, Dundee , May 13 th . Mr . William Kent , Brighton , is informed that had he expressed a wish tli at his letter should have been handed to the Star , John Avnott would have had muth pleasure in complying therewith . Communications for tho Star should be sent to the Star office . Mr . C . Clark , Bristol . —Yes , you and all other agents must procure the _A ' alional Instructor through , the London bosUsellers . Mr .-Brows has received from Mr . Arnott , and paid to the liberated , victims , 5 s . He has also received Is . fur the Monument fund .
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' _STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES . Mr . W . P . Roberts will bo in Hauley on Thursday next , the 23 rd of May . Mr . ' _O'Comtoe presented the petition of the Miners of Hauley immediately after ho received it .
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The First Number Of'' The National Instr...
The first number of'' The National Instructor " ' will be ' published next Wednesday , and in reply to Agents , who have written to ascertain how the numbers can be furnished , we bog to say that they must receive their 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 , arc 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 , . . M 1 TOHBL _, . . SMITH O'BRIEX ,
LOUIS BLANC . __ These Engravings have excited tlie admiration of every one who has seen them . They are faithful portraits , and arc executed in the most brilliant style . Price Fourpence each . To bo had of W : Pavey , Holywoll-strcct .
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MAGNIFICENT ENGRAVING . A splendid-Steel Engraving—being a Portrait of each American President , from General _Washington to the present President , _Zachau y Taylor— -is now preparing' for our subscribers , and will be ready for delivery to agents about the end of tlie present mouth . To prevent disappointment , and to ensure earl y impressions , orders should be forwarded immediately .
Notice. I Am Instructed To Roquest That ...
NOTICE . I am instructed to roquest that all monies subscribed for tho '' Honesty " and " Macimmara" Funds be sent direct to the _"Sxaii " office , in order to obviate a complication of accounts . Wh . _ilim- _'R .
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The Struggle In France. The I Re-Action ...
THE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE . The i re-action approaches its climax in France . Beaten by the people in the peaceable , aud orderly exercise of their constitutional rights , the perjured conspirators in power , seek to destroy tho Constitution itself . There is not one ofthe traitors , from the _•' SrECiAL Constable" who tenants the Ely see , down to the meanest scoundrel of the majority iu the Assembly , who has not sworn solemn allegiance to the Constitution . It was upon that ground alone that tho one was" invested with Executive , and others with
administrative- and legislative powers . The circumstances under which a revision of tho Consti tutipu can take place—the parties by whom that revision is to be made , and the period at whicli it can be legally done—are all clearl y ami unequivocally laid down in the Constitution itself . Louis Napoleon and his advisers have no such power . The traitorous and unprincipled majority have no such power . In proposing , therefore , a sweeping confiscation of Universal Suffrage , they are guilty of treason' against thesovereign people and the Constitution of the country , T % place them-
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_Mlw _»» within'ihe _'perialbperatioiv of the law , and are '' _equitably and morally—if hoi yet _% a % _—^ amenable to a ll the pains and penalties ftnposefl by the Constitution for the violation of it ' s | pi'inciples and enactments . - The double victory achieved- in Paris by the calm andthitelligenfc exercise of the franchise , has driven the reactionary party to desperation . ' Hopeless of subverting the Republic b y means o £ trickery , evasion , and intimidation , united with ! the various corrupt influences at the . eommaiid of a rich , powerful , and unscrupulous party , they have resolved to throw down 'the ' - ' gauntlet , and- to ¦ ¦ disfranchise—by
means' of a tyrant and perjured majority—the very people who made them what they arc , and gave them for the time being tho power of legislating for France . After much deliberation , a Committee , consisting of the most inveterate supporters of all the despotisms and abuses which have cursed the country during the last thirty years , ' concocted a scheme of wholesale disfranchisement . They proposed , what they called with a grim facetiousness _, an " ElectoralRefohm Bill ; " the leading principle of . which is , that in order to have the power of voting , in future , all persons must have resided three years in one domicile ! the
proof of domicile to : be founded on an inscription in the assessment ef personal taxes . By . other portions of . this . most infamous proposal—servants , workmen , and the younger members ot families are placed entirely at tho mercy of their employers ; and if the infernally contrived machinery of the measure can be brought into play , it will , undoubtedly , place the franchises of the working classes , in all the large towns , in the power of tho capitalists , -manufacturers , / . and _ profit-mongers . Mayors and municipal councils—who arc invariably composed of these classes—havo almost unlimited'powers , given to them , to
concoct fraudulent and- colourable electoral lists , to-suit tho purposes of the party to which they may belong , and , in fact , essentially to deprive the peo p le of the franchise , under a nominal Republic . Tlnit , in fact , is its direct objectthe purpose for which it has been constructed —althoug h- with a hypocrisy which is even more detestable than their villany , tho conc ' octors now pretend that they have no such object in view , " and that , the measure—which was ,. according to their own organs , the direct result of the Paris elections—did net so originate , and that they , are sincerely attached to the Constitution . •'
If the measure is carried , it will bo even a more flagrant violation of all . natural political rights then the Reform Bill of " Finality John . " One year ' s residence and payment of rates , entitled to a vote under that act , and the tenant is not deprived of the _franchise by removal from one place to another . All that he has ' to do' is to prove . continuous occupation in the borough'or county for which he claims to vote . ¦' . _' ¦ ¦ _' '
• It is evident that one great object of the rebels against the Constitution is , to provoke the people , if possible , into a pbysical-fprco coutcst , while these traitors still have thecomm ' and of the army , and the resources of the country . They know very well , that if they are foiled in this object , tho inevitable result ofthe peaceful and legal operation of the Constitution will be , at the next election , to give to France a Chief Magistrate and an Assembly reall y representing the people , and prepared to cict in accordance with the national feeling . Accordingly , with a cool , calculating and bloodthirsty fiendishuess which , we verily believe has
no parallel in history , they nave taken every opportunity of committing acts of outrage , and of exercising the most arbitrary aud irritating repressive force over tho popular Press and popular feeling . Their open and avowed design has been to goad the pcoplo into resistance and retaliation , in order that they might have a pretext , under the name of Pence , Law , and Order , of mercilessly urging a-war of extermination , and of making the streets of all the great cities run with the blood of those who arc not disposed to submit to their domination . Their most earnest desire is , that some excuse may be afforded to them to
' Cry havoc , and let slip the clogs of war . ' Even "thebloody old Times' "—as _Cobbett used to call it—which every one will allow has few qualms of conscience , when the object is to put down political liberty , cither at home or abroad—pales for tho moment , before the bolder and more ferocious tigers on the other side of the English channel . It fears that , iu their eagerness for blood , they have lost all the cunninff which is the characteristic of the
dominant class , who everywhere live by the plunder and oppression of mankind . They have cast off the usual disguises ; and , by the confession ofthe absolutest month-piece of all the tyrants of Europe , they stand before the world self-proclaimed , self-convicted enemies of "Peace , Law , and Order , " except these arc based on the continuance of their own ascendancy . Pathetically does tho Times warn its worthy confreres that they have changed places with rebels , traitors , insurgents , and enemies of public well-being— that , they are tho assailants ,
and the " common people' '—tho defenders of constitutional institutions , and of all the great interests of society . So far as these arc connected with ' the maintenance of tranquillity and the steady devclopcmeut of industrial resources , these remonstrances have produced no effect . The . reaclionnaires havo madly rushed from one extreme to another ; and , at the present moment—in anticipation of the success of . their hellishly-devised scheme-Paris is swarming with troops , ready * to slaughter the people the moment they c : in be roused into desperation and resistance .
In the midst of all these incitements to violence and to just retribution , the people and their leaders have maintained an attitude whicli reflects the highest honour aud dignity upon Democracy and Democratic- principles . Individual and repeated violations of the law , have not provoked them into hasty impatience Wholesale tampering with tho Constitution , and obstruction of tho exercise of popular righto , have been met b y a noblo and manly exercise of Constitutional rights when the right time came , and a _icliance upon their own moral power aud discipline , which constitutes , in our estimation , one of the brightest , and at the same time , one of the most marvellous pages of history .
The people are quiet , not because they are quiescent , or prepared- to submit to the tyranny which a set of scoundrelly adventurers wish to impose upon them , but because they are well organised and disciplined , and guided by leaders who arc determined , that if a blow is to be struck it shall not be until the right moment has come ; and that if no such time offers for successful physical resistance , they will make the Constitution the instrument by which they will peacefully and legally achieve that predominance in _tluLogishtare , and tho administration of which the majority ought by right to possess .
It is with tho most heartfelt pleasure that we have noted . the masterly and intelligent maimer in which . the Democratic party have hitherto comprehended the use , ' and applied tho Constitutional weapons ' placed iu their hands by the Revolution of 1840 . Tho political education of tho whole people has proceeded in the most satisfactory and successful manner . If they persevere in the same cautious , but firm aud cnlightcnod policy , no power on earth can prevent their ultimate triumph ; and they will triumph too with the hearty sympathy , sincere admiration , and respectful esteem of tho good and enlightened men in every part of the world . ;
The very means adopted __ by the conspirators for their purposes , will ultimately recoil upon themselves , ' and tend most effectuall y to prevent "' their fulfillment . ¦ _; France will become utterly disgusted and antagonistic . " Tho dull-
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est , and the least informed _portionT f _1 community , will be forced to compr ehei , ] % they are the enemies of the country _^ t interests ; and at the next election— ev _^ its they succeed in their infamous violation r ' Constitution—we have not the _slightest ° i _" _« that the national voice would proclaimVH turally . and unanimousl y for _tlieir ' ? _? ' from power , as it did in this countrvf l 0 l downfall of the Whigs in . 1841 , after H- ' _^ years of . misrule , nepotism , and _tre-iChp lt toi ! tho . people , liy whomtkoy \ vere pl aced ™ 5 The fate of _European Democracy j s r _^ moment , placed in the hands of thonoH t ! e _"'who now lead the / Democratic party in p _^ All eyes arc anxiously turned toward sn 0 ' all hearts tremblingly vibrato with thcl " ' _iiiuvciiik is
_uu . u a situation of vast u " lablc , responsibility—a crisis of the mi ? " mentous character in its influence UDo _^ whole civilized world . One false or 1 ., V ll 6 will give to tho wolves , bloodhoun d ? _^ tigers , who are ready to fl y at the tin ! 1 tho people the opportunity of drown , ! ]? Revolution m a sea of blood _P-ition ' command , organisation , uud p m SeIf _' wtbin the limits of tho _CWitutiC _" _>' he contrary , secure , at no distant day ' l- tt tory which will bo as permanent as i \ J nf glorious , because it will neither be tho \ S * o ' fom _. _nor _^ _but bo _hMSSS _^ p ? opir patlnes and intel _% _-oof _tiSS
I our humble voice has any _weight vin , our brothers across the watcr-wo en ? n \ i _^ all earnestness-let their w _£ ft "The Constitution ; ' * " peace T , " Sb
Anti-Socialism And Cla ^J Legislation. O...
ANTI-SOCIALISM AND CLA _^ J LEGISLATION . Ose of the reasons we have most _rcpeaWlv urged for the adoption of the People ' s Char tor is , that it would give Labour a chance " of being represented in the Legislature , m \ 0 _J _having its interests cared tor . At present every interest but Labour is represented in tl ! e House of- Commons : and the consequence is that that House lias not the slightest sympathy with the wants , wishes , or opinions of the working classes . No more conclusive proof _tf this fact could ha of : b : 'od thaii the rejection of Lord IiOBEM _GnosvEson ' s motion to refer
the case of the Journeymen Bakers of tie Metropolis to a Select Committee . The facts respecting the situation and the hardships endured by this hard-working body of men have been so frequentl y placed before our readers , that it is unnecessary for ns to detail them here . It will be remembered , however that , on former occasious , their applica tioa for tho extension of the principle of le « _- ; ilivregulated labour to their body has been re . fused , on the ground that Parliament was not in possession of sufficient information to enable it to legislate . In order to put that _informa .
tion at its command , the Bakers proposed a Select Committee of Inquiry ; wliereupou , the Government declined to interfere at all , and "Friend" Bright delivered himself of a speech redolent of the ignorance , arrogance , and selfishness of the " Manchester School . " _Recording so this dictatorial , oracular , and infallible authority , the , proposal to prevent Ills Journeymen Bakers from being treated _irorsa than tho . slaves on a cotton or sugar plantation —for ensuring something like regular , even if long , hours of labour—and for providing them
with places to pursue their toil , fit at least for beasts to breathe iu—is Socialism . Lord Robeut Grosyexqr—wIw repudiates Communism—is a Socialist for making that proposal ; and the Journeymen Bakers have an organ in which the cotton-lord detects Socialism as rank as tluit of _Robeut Owes , m Louis Blaxc . Well , admitting all that to be true—what then ? Mr . BniGHx ' s " ergo" is that the motion should be resisted . The Journeymen Bakers arc Socialists ; they are adults— -thev are inero than adults—thev are
Scotchmen , Therefore , there ought to bono inquiry into their alleged grievances . Q . E . D . Now , wo must say , that this appears a very summary mode of disposing of practical questious ; and , if we respectfully venture to diller fraiusa great a luminary , and so infallible a political philosopher as . 'the Member for Manchester , we trust he will bear a little with our ignorance and imperfections—even should these also _savour of that most detestable of all detested
heresies , Socialism . We have , indeed , a suspicion that the frequency with which tho "Manchester School ' - ' apply that epithet to everything that '' savours of humanity , and of equal justice betweeu _uuui aud man , will not serve the object they have in view . Instead of defaming such measures it will have tho effect of connecting Socialism in the public mind with all that tends to alleviate misery—ft teach the ignorant—liberate the enslavedaud to elevate those whom tho present system
oppresses . 'The custom of hisses faire is , however , not yet so firmly established , or so generally interwoven iuto our institutions , as to justify iu advocates in this lofty and supercilious treatment of au opposite social policy . In a thousand directions , wc see proofs that the p hilo * sophy ofthe _millocracy and the profitm _ciigers is of the shallowest description . The varied and conflicting interests of the people , uw complicated structure oi modern society , piesent questions which arc not to be solved by
tho empirical collection of crotchets and selfish dogmas they have dignified by the nam *) of science . An ' overruling necessity compels our Government to act upon principles \ nday opposed iu their character and tendeney to the " every man for himself and devil take t . « hindmost , " gospel believed in by J _^ _BiiiGiiT and Go . Hence wc have laws j or _tltf relief of tho poor ; laws for regulating _^ hour in mines ; laws for regulating t & i labour and treatment of sailors on board ol
ship ; laws prescribing tho conduct to be oJ _" served b y owners of emigrant ships to those who take their passage in tlieni _, besides Iio _« of similar enactments , in ail of which , _t-J ° priuciple , that the legislature is bouud to n > tcrfero between tho strong and the weak i ' _- i tho protection of the latter , is distinctly eff >* bodied and acted upon . It niay , howe ver , 1 said , by the political economists , that there a j so many instances of mistaken legislation , » ' so far from making out a case for _inchuUug
the journeymen bakers , that the whole of the : " ' regulating enactments are nuisances irhirh i _' ' tcrfero with tho free developemcnt of eiip ' , and labour , which is the alpha aud _oii > _'V f their so called science . To this , tho o _» _-J repl y is , those laws were necessitated by _^ hoavtlessncss , tho misery , the vice , and t . _i » degradation , whicli the unchecked an d un _^' gulatod operation of your principles produce _^ Civilization consists ' _iu securing to aU _elas _^ an equitable narticination in _^ tho l > i ' 0 (! i ! t ' ,
which accumulated capital , improved skill ) a _^ advanced scientific and mechanical _d ' sc _^' rics havo placed at tho disposal of £ 0 CI . ; _- j These advantages are not to bo monopoliz _^ liy any one class , hut their benefits oU S' | V be fairly distributed among all classes , by ' •' medium of such laws and institutions as \| neither give encouragement to idleness on ' one hand , nor allow a powerful lew to » ul- . slaves of tho toiling many on the other- _^ such is not to be the result of iuci'M _^ powers of producing wealth , and of acco _» " _£ lated means , for diffusing competence , "" _- _^ ligencc and leisure throughout the ccniuv-. nity , civilization itself is aah _.-un—a nu ? . . _»
mockery—which places the mass of >» _^ j in an infinitely worse position than if they _» _i allowed to remain in a state of primitiv e _* _- barism . Thereat least , their rig hts over _icommon bounties of nature—the fisl _!^ _, stream—the hunting ground—the l » Icss ' _» of free air and lig ht-would be _egual to w _*
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 18, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18051850/page/4/
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