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    • THE NORTHERN riTAK , SATEJItDAY, JUNE 24, 1618.
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      I-Hom £500 To £.Q0 _ To Be Advanced In Juj-- * Jni-Ai.

      i-HOM £ 500 TO _£ . Q 0 _ TO BE ADVANCED IN JUJ-- * JNi-Ai .

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      FOR THE WORKING MILLiUrv _* _.. A EOMK FOR EVERY ISPPSTWOgS -JAN AKD HIS FAMILY . _UV _1 TED PATRIOTS * AND PATRIARCHS ' _FOTTT 4 BLE LAND AND BUILDING BENEFIT _SOCIETY , _BnroUea and _Empowered by Act of Parliament to extend over th . United Kingdom .

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      ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND . YORK ., 1 S . S . PROGRAMME . j _Thgreday , July 6 th . Last day of r-etising Itnpl-mtnts , Seeds , i . c ., to te _hibited in tbe Implement Yard , and arranged by the ewards for the Judges' inspection . Tuesday , Ilia . The Implement Yard open to the Public from Eight in the Moraini ; till Six in the Evening , at 2 s Cd each person , j The Public exhibition of tbe working * of the Light Land Implements to take _piace on the fields of Mr II . Stafford Thompson , adjoining the Helmsl-y Turnpike-road , at the distance of about half a mile from the Show-yard ; and that of the Heavy Land Implements on the fields of Mr H . Stafford _Thempsan , situate _absnt a quarter of a mile bpyond the former . _an 4 nearly adjoining the Helmsley-road . _Stoci received in the Show _yaTd from Eight in the Homing till Four in the Afternoon . At Four o ' clock in the afternoon Professor Johnston , of Durham , to dearer a Lecture in the De Grey Rooms , on the Application of Science to _Agriculture . Members and their friends admitted by free tickets , to be obtained j ' . of the Secretary , at the De Grey Rooms . Doors open at j Half . past Three .

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      EMIGRATION . EMIGRANTS ean obtain a Free Gift ol Forty Acres of the best Land , in tke most healthy and productive portion ofthe United St _. tes . Also , Land for Sale or Barter , from One Dollar per Acre . _Passemjers shipped to all parts of the world , and supplied with Bonded Stores , Provisions , & c ., on tie Iowe . t fens .. Apply ( pre-paid ) to the General Passenger Shipping and Laud A __; en _ y Office * , 15 , Eastcheap , London , and 32 , Waterloo-road , Liverpoal _. It _U-iso the finest part of the globe for consumptive per . _ons to resort to .

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      ' . ft _METROPOLITAN COUNTIES aud GENERAL LIFE _-Vl . ASSURANCE , Annuity . Loan , and Investment SOCIETY , ( incorporated pursuant to thi 7 th and _f ? th Vic , cap . 110 . ) Temporary Offices , _3- > _, Regent-street , Waterloo-place , London . TRUSTEES . Richard Spooner , Esq ., I Spencer Horatio Walpole , M . P . I Esq .. M . P . Edward Yansittart Neale _, Henry Peter Fuller , Esq . Esq . I DIRECTORS . Robert Chalmers , Esq ., Edward Lomax , Esq ., St _Thurlow-square _, Bromp- John ' s Wood . tou . Samuel Miller , Esq ., Lin . Samuel Driver , Esq ., White-1 coin ' s Inn . ball . | James Montgomrey , Esq ., Henry Peter Fuller , Esq ., Brentford . Piccadilly . I Edward Yansittart Neale , John Palk Griffith , Efq _., | Esq ., South Audley-street . _Ironmouger-Iane , Cheap- j William A . S . Weptoby , side . I Esq ., Hyde Park-place . AUDITORS . Henry Peach _Buckler , Esq ., I Henry Grant , Esq ., Shenley _Basinghall street . j House , Brighton . MEDICAL ADVISERS . William Henry Smith , Esq ., I RobertKeate , E « q ., Serjeant F . R . C . S ., 2 , Font-ill- 1 SurgeontothfcQueen . , place , Clapham-rise . | Hertford - street , May H . W . Feller , M . D . tt . j F _. ir . _Half-moon-street , Picca- I dil ' y- I _BACKERS . —The Union Bank of London , 4 , Pall Mall , East . SOLICITORS . W . W . Fisher , Esq ., 3 , King- j W . Chapman , Esq ., Rich . street , Cheapsii . | mond , Surrey . SURVEYORS . Vincent John Collier , E-q ., j Rirhard A . Withall , Esq ., 7 , 3 , _Morgaii-street . j Parliament-street . ACTUARY . —Alexander Jamieson , Esq ., LL . D . MANAGER . —F . Fearguson Camroux _, Esq . The objects of this Society are : — To grant Assurances upon Lives , with or without participation in profits : also Immediate and Dtferred An . unities and Endowments . By combining the advantages of Life Assurance with the business of well-regulated Building Societies , to render a Life Policy an available and economical means of acquiring freehold , leasehold , or other property , by advances repayable by periodical instalments , thus : A person desirous of purchasing his lease , or otherwise _acquiring property , will not only obtain a loan nearly _equal to its value , but on his death will leave the property discharged from 6 uch loan , lu addition to the sum assured to be paid at his death . Three-fourths « f the profits will be divided every five years amongst the assured intitled to participate , and the remaining one-fourth will be added to the profits of the shareholders . Prospectuses with tables , and every information , may be obtained at the Society ' s Temporary Offices , 3 « , Regent . street _, Waterloo-place , or of any of ita Agents in the country .

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      THE LAND . T _^ OR SALE , at O'Connorville , a Two Acre Cottage with E ) nearly Three Acres of ground , being the end allotment near the School . The Land is in excellent condition and is well cropped , one acre being potatoes , threequarters of an acre wheat , one quarter of an acre barley , nearly half an acre buck wheat , and the remaining portion with peas , beans , mangelwurtzel , carrots , parsnips , onions , cabbages , ic . For particulars apply to John Neil , O'Connorville , near _Rickmansworth . All letters to be pre-paid , and enclose a stamp for reply _.

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      WANTED , by a person of sober and industrious habits , a Three or Four Acre Allotment , on lease . Apply ( by letter , ) stating every partieular , to 5 . Y . Z ., at Mr _Saunders ' s , Temperance Hotel , Blandford .

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      TO TAILORS By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victorta _. and Q . R . H . Prince Albert . NOW READY , THE _LOKDON' AND PARIS SPRING A _* 3 > SUMMER FASHIONS for 1848 , bv Messrs BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloom 6 bury-square , near Oxfordstreet , London ; and by G . Bekqee , Holywell-street , Strand ; aud all Booksellers , an exquisitely execated and 6 _upcrbly coloured PRINT . The elegance eft-is Print excels any beforepubliahed _, accompanied with the Newest Style , and extra . fitfing Frock , Riding Dress , and Huntir . g-Coat Patterns ; the most fashionable _dressWaistcoat Pattern , and an extra-Itting Habit Pattern of * he newest and most elegant style of fashion . Every particular part _explaingd ; method of increasing and diminishing the whole for any size fully illustrated , manner of Cutting and Making up , and all other information respecting Style and Fashion . Price 10 s . post free lis . HEAD and Co . ' b new scientific system of Cutting for 1848 is ready , and will _^ _upersede everything ofthe kind heretofore conceived . _^ H the Plates are numbered and lettered , and on the scale of Eighteen _Inekes ; Who-t sire , never before attempted , containing twenty-three square feet : particulars , postfree . Patent Measures , with full explanation , Ss . the set . New Patent Indicator , for ascertaining proportion and disproportion , illustrated with Diagrams , price " s . Patterns to Measure ( all registered according to Act of Parliament ) , post free , Is . each . The whole sold b y R _ an ( 1 Co _, 12 ) _Hart-street , _BloomBbury-square , Lon . on _; and all Booksellers . _Post-omc . orders , ana Post Stamps , taken as CaBh . Habits penformed for the Trade . Basts for fitting Coats on ; Boys ' figures . Foremen provided . — Instructions in cutting Complete , lor all kinds of Slyle au _^ Fashion , which can bs aceomph-hea m an incre dibl y short time .

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      ALLOTMENTS ON SALE . A FOUR ACRE at Bromsgrove . — a FOUR ACRE drawn fn the November ballot- — a THRFK ACRE at Lowbands , and T _* vo four ACRES at . Minster LovelL All cf which are cropped . —a TWO ACRE at Snig ' s End , a part of wliich is cropped .. _Amplications tn be made to the Direcim , tne _- _ of 30 ., Hi , High Holborn , _LondoOi

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      COLLIVER'S COMMERCIAL COFFEE AND CHOP HOUSE AND READING ROOMS , 266 $ , STRAND , LOKDON . • _ . , J COLUVER returns his sincere thanka to his , Friends and the _PtfbUe nt large , fol- tha Support be has received at tlieir _iiauds during the la _ t ton years , and hopes , by strict attention and civility , to merit a continuance of their _patronage . J . C . also begs to stato , tbat having _if'tely mado extensive _nlteratious and improvements 111 hiS premise ., he is now enabled to atiord additional convenience without extra charge . A Commercial Coffee-room upstairs , with every facility for Travellers and Visitors from the country . The House is situated in the very heart of the Metropolis , in the centre ofthe Theatres , near the National Land Office and Public B uildings . Omnibuses pass to and from all the Railway Stations , to meet the Trains , every five raiuutes . .... Beds , is . to is . _6 d . per _nicbt . AH other charge . equaly moderate . NO FEES TO SERVANTS-

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      WAVERLEY . TEMPERANCE HOTEL . 43 , _miNCES-BTREET _, ED 1 NB 0 _RQH _, ( Opposite the Scott Monument . ) ROBERT CRANSTON having REMOVED from 129 , High-street . to 43 . _Princes-street , begs respectfully to call tbe attention ol his customers to th- _Bup . rloi' ac commodation and more central situation of his new pre misee . K . C . respectfully submits that the WAVERLEY will be found must comp letely adapted to the wants of the Commercial Community . His long experience also enables him to assure them that , combined with a strict attention to their comforts , it shall be bis study to havo every article supplied of the very best quality , and that , in short , while the accommodation and attendance will be equal to those of a _fibst-rate hotel , the usual reasonable charges will be continuid . R . C . also directs the attention of TRAVELLERS to the tact that THE RAILWAY STATIONS are in the immediate vicinity of THE WaVF . UI . EY . An extensive News Ro » m and S . _lect _T _. ibrary . All the refreshments ' usually in demand atTemperanc . Houses . N . B .-No intoxicating drinks sold ner allowed to be used on the premises .

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      THE LAND . TWO FOUR ACRE SHARES in the Land Company , eligible for tho Ballot . 1 'rice £ t l »> s .. eaeh . Apply , if by letter ( pre-paid ) , to Mr Wilshire , news agent , No 15 , Lower George-street , Cheshire .

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      " TO BE SOLD , a Paid-up Four Acre Allotment to Jaiiu J ary , 1813 . Price , £ _i IPs ., a bargain . For further particulars apply to Mr Toomay , 3 , Water loo-place , _tiray ' _s-inn-Road _, London .

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      Now Ready , a New Edition of Mit . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To be had at tho Northern 5 ' ar _Oftce , 16 , Great Vilud Bill Street ; and of Abel Heywood . Manchester .

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      JUST PUBLISHED , _PBICE SIXPENCE . NO . XVIII . OF " THE LABOURER , " CONTAINING & _treatise on tfje' Itadout < g } U _£ 0 t . 0 ! t , ' Bi _Fearqus O'Conhor , Esq ., M . P . Letters ( pre-paid ) to be addressed to the Editors , 16 , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders received by all agents for the "Northern Star " and all booksellers in town and country . Ihe Evidence taken before the Committee on the National Land Company ( so far as is yet printed , ) will appear in the ensuing _nnraljer of the' I-ABOtTREI . j and the whole of the evidence will be given in subsequent numbers .

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      TBE CHEAPEST EDITION EVKB _PDBLISHED _, Now ready , prico Is . Cd ., A new and elegant _edition , with Steel Plate ofthe Author , of PAINE'S POLITIGAL WORKS .

      The Northern Ritak , Satejitday, June 24, 1618.

      THE NORTHERN _riTAK , SATEJItDAY , JUNE 24 , 1618 .

      *' Spread , Spread The Charte^ Spread Th...

      * ' Spread , spread the _Charte _^ Spread the Charter through the Lind . " * ' Onward and we conquor ! _E-tckwarn and we full I I THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER ASD NO SURRENDER '

      Lord John Russell A Chartist. Heigho.' W...

      LORD JOHN RUSSELL A CHARTIST . Heigho . ' We live in queer times when we have witnessed the adoption of lhe six point * of the scoffed-at _, condemned , and persecuted Charter , by the Prime Minister of England . Of course we speak comparatively , as all things are judged by comparison , and the noble lord " at the head of Her Majesty ' s Government has declared his preference for the six-legged animal—bristles and all—as compared with the limping quadruped of the honourable member for Montrose .

      Those who have witnessed the progress of the contemned beast from its infancy to its present giant strength , will derive no small consolation from the speech of the noble lord ; even the calm discussion upon the subject in the House of Commons , independent of its adoption by the whole people outside , must give to it an impetus which popular clamour , as it is called , never could impart . The reviled Chartists may hold their meetings and proclaim their principles , but their sentiments were confined within the dead walls of the meeting house , or scattered to the winds outside , as their publication did not suit the interest or the purpose of those who have not yet fraternised with the poor , the unrepresented , and non-advertising portion of the community ,

      The ordeal through whichever } ' popular agitation has to pass , is—First—scoff , derision , and laughter ; next apprehension , doubt , and fear ; then slander , reviling , and persecution ; then deliberation ; then argument ; then legislation ; and finally , ascendancy ; as from the very nature of man he is averse to the principle of finality . Hence we find that there are trials to which classes , as well as sentiments , must be subjected . When a class is oppressed it first looks for toleration , and pleads meekly for the boon , and having achieved that object it pleads more stoutly for equality , until emboldened by concession and inspired by natural instinct , it contends

      for ascendancy . Such is the present position of lhe English People ; they have thrown off the yoke of serfdom , and constituting notonly a numerical majority of the nation , but the strength and sinew of the nation , they contended for equality through the Reform Bill , and that measure having failed to realise those prospects of equality held out by its supporters , they now boldl y and man Cully contend for ascendancy . And why should they not have it ? Does not the parent assume dominion over his offspring , and is not Labour the parent ( of Capital ? although , hitherto , the unnatural laws made by the few have made the parent subservient to the edicts of the child .

      The debate on Mr Hume ' s motion furnishes food for deep thought , and grave consideration . It realises the prediction of the Chartist Chief , that the day would " arrive when Peel and Russell would bid for popular support , by an adhesion to popular principles ; and any man who reads the Bpeech of the Prime Minister , must feel convinced that , though delivered from the Treasury Bench , it was framed as a precedent to be quoted from the O pposition side of the House ; and when the noble Lord , who has fought the sexipede against the quadruped , shall again breathe in that gloomy region , he will refer , not to the 10 th of April for the triumph of the " Specials , ' ' but to the 20 th of June for the promulgation of his principles .

      There was something artful , as well as precautiona-y , in that speech . With the horrors of an empty Exchequer , the noble lord baited tfce hook with Savings' Bank deposits as a qualification for the voter , while he was compelled to admit the injustice of excluding any , if any were admitted . Now , this is * _. valuable admission , coming from the Prime Minister of England , and one which we trust the people will turn to profitable account . The noble lord has sounded the trumpet of agitation , and has proclaimed his preference for the more extensive principle ; and as Ministerial influence cannot be denied , it , therefore , becomes the bounden and paramount duty of the supporters of tbe minor proposition to merge their principles in the major .

      " Old birds are not to be caught with chaff ; " and the only conclusion at which we can _Arrive , from a perusal of the noble lord ' s

      Lord John Russell A Chartist. Heigho.' W...

      speech , is , that his object waa todivide the parties seeking their respective reforms in the House of Commons ; but , however the effect of his speech may be to invigorate aud embolden the pressure from without , we have mud . doubt that his bait will be taken within , as we presume that all who would vote for the larger , will also vote for- the smaller . It was very foolish , and more than ridiculous , to presume that the mind of England would stand idle—or rather retrogade—while revolution was fluttering around this seabound dungeon , chained by class legislation ; . . I .... i _.:. .. K ' n _«» » ... u ta _rihriria thft

      and little hope is to be drawn from the exultation of the hired Press , that not more than 20 000 signatures have _. been appended to petitions for Mr Hume ' s motion . People only petition when they have reason to anticipate a calm consideration of the wrongs complained of ; but they become moody , silent , and dogged , when those wrongs are scoffed at . Such has been the feeling of the English people since the 10 th of April—when the enthusiasm of the " specials'' silenced the voice of the complainants , and such will remain their resolve until their every right is conceded .

      The speech of Mr Fox was argumentative , philanthropic , humane , and eloquent . The orator placed the people ' s claim" upon its legitimate foundation , and , urged it with an irresistible power . In eulogising the working classes upon their attainments , however , he committed the blunder of ascribing the publication of the ' Purgatory of Suicides' to the generosity ofthe hon member for Buckinghamshire , while of right it belongs to the hou . member for Nottingham ,

      who was the means of publishing it to the world . However , there was a flow of majestic eloquence pervading the speech of the Hon . Member , which was divested of the feudal grasp and the speculative cupidity . Itwas for the people , and for the people only—it breathed the pure spirit of liberty—it advocated the right of freedom—and the right of freemen to make laws for themselves—and , unpalatable as it was to both sides of the House it elicited boundless cheers from all .

      The speech of Mr Disraeli was one of bitter and cutting sarcasm against those who promised so much , and did so little , for the poormingled with a proud and magnanimous appeal to their natural patrons to stand up as the protectors of their natural clients , and rescue them from the art of those who make merchandise of their credulity and confidence . Upon the whole , Tuesday night ' s debate may

      be looked upon as the conception of Chartism , and nothing now can postpone its birth but the indolence , the negligence , or the want of exertion , of the people themselves . They have , for the first time , been acknowledged as the party in the ascendant by the Prime Minister of England . Let them , therefore , _maintain that position , and not merge the greatness of the principle in the littleness of speculation .

      We have always told the people , that if they surrendered their larger claim to-morrow , their professing friends would surrender theii smaller claim upon the next day , and that , therefore , like creditors with _jast claims , it is their duty to sue for twenty shillings in the pound of the debt due to them . The resolution and voice of Chartism outside has compelled the English Minister to acknowledge its power to

      inside , and , therefore it is our _^ duty march onward , and as public meetings are called for the purpose of testing public opinion , it becomes the bounden duty of the Chartists to support the admission of the Prime Minister of England , that tbe "ANIMAL"is in the ascendant . Let them , then , upon every occa sion when public opinion is to be tested , meet in tlieir thousands and their tens of thousands .

      and proclaim tlieir principles in opposition to all others . Those who have mounted the quadruped have not complained ofthe suppression of public opinion—they have not complained of any special or particular grievance under which the people suffer , while tbey hope to gull the people with a notion that they are tlieir only friends . From this day forth . Chartism must take its stand upon its own base—its motto must be , " All who are not

      for us are against us "—the rights we contend for are withheld by all , and , therefore , we are opposed by all and opposed to all . Of course we shall look anxiously lor the result of the motion of Mr Hume , and , no doubt , we shall find that it is too much for some , and , like the noble lord , too little for others ; while for ourselves we shall give it our humble support , lest our opposition may furnish its advocates with a justification for declaring our disregard of attachment to popular principles .

      In conclusion we would say , that now , more than ever , it becomes the duty of the Chartist party to remain distinct and separate from all others—to hold fast by their principles—and persevere in their honoured

      motto'' Onward and ne conquer ! _Barktv-rd nod we fall !

      THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER !

      To Your Tents, O Iseael ! Chartists, You...

      TO YOUR TENTS , O ISEAEL ! Chartists , you must lie up and doing . Your Tory , Liberal , and Sham-Radical enemies , have asserted that you were put down on the 10 th of April , and extinguished on the 12 th of June . You must prove that your enemies have lied . They said , in 1839 , that you were dead _. and again , in _1842-that there was an end ofVChartism ; and on each occasion , there speedily followed manifestations of your life

      and your strength . For the third time , the enemies of progress have " slain the slain , " and now , for the third time , you must prove that neither " Specials , " nor * ' Peelers / ' nor military , nor gaolers , nor—worse than all—a vile , lying , corrupt , and truculent Press-gang , are able to kill or silence you . Arise in your strength , men of the masses . Assert your vitality , and prove your determination to be free .

      The prosy blunderings of Hume have produced one good effect —the recognition of Chartism by tbe three factions of the House of Commons . TheLeaguers , speakingthrough Mr Fox , whilst supporting the Four-point motion , endeavour to win your support by defending your principles . The Tories , represented by that odd-fish Disraeli , appeal to the traditions of the past , with the hope—the vain hopeof inducing you to rally under the banners of

      feudalism . And , lastly , the Whigs , findingtheir mouthpiece in Lord J . Russell , can advance no better arguments with which to oppose Hume , than that the majority of the _jjunrepresented demand a more extensive Reform , full and honest representation , as provided for in the Charter . Lord John Russell prefers tbe Charter to Hume ' s scheme , because complete and based upon a principle—the common and equal rights of all .

      It is true that whilst preferring the Charter to the " four points'' _eeheme , the Whig Premier has no intention of making tbe Charter a " Cabinet measure : '' but

      ' « Work 6 littlo longer , " and even such an exhibition of Jim _Crowism —out-Peeling Peel—may be seen . It mill be seen , and that speedily too , if yOU do your duty . As Mr Hume has proposed one scheme of Reform , and bis supporters and opponents have either advocated or admitted the superiority of another ; and as , under these circumstances , the House of Commons may fairly affect to feel mystified , as to what really is the popular demand ; means should be taken to put an end to this uncertain state of things . We suggest ,

      1 st . —That the unrepresented people attend all public _meetings called b y the " Beformers , " and , without noise or clamour , calmly and earnestly insist upon the full recognition of their rights , by proposing and carrying an amendment for the Charter . Let the Chartists see that tho amendment , when earned , is made the prayer of the Petition ; and if , in any instance , on the Charter being adopted , tbe conveners of the meeting refuse

      tn tm on with the business , let the Chartists to go on with the business , let the Chartists do the work for them . Adopt the petition , and take steps to place it in the hands of some member who will be sure to present it and do justice to the petitioners-2 . —Without waiting for meetings called by the " Reformers , '' and in addition to what may be done at such meetings when called , let petitions be immediately got up , something like the following : — To the Honourable the Commons of Gre « t Britain and Ireland , in Parliament assembled—The Petition of the Undersigned Shewkth ,

      'lhat your petitioners have learned with gr _. at satisfaction the disavowal of sentiments attributed tothe Prime _Mininter _, that her M _» je _ _ty'a advis . _rs were opposed to all reform . That _> our petitioners fully adopt the sentiment of the Prime Minister , lhat "the whole population of thia kingdom hive aright to the best possible _povernment , " wt , icb , your petitioners respectfully submit , has not bien secured to thc people of tbese realms by the Reform Bill . Your petitioners are happy to learn that her Majesty V principal adviser concurs with them as to the _superiority of Universal over Household Suffrage _, and of Annual over Triennial Parliaments .

      Your petitioners beg also to express their agreement -villi tbe Prime Minister , that any proposition for _Household Suffrage would not satisfy your pttitioners , because _nat baaed upon tbe principles of equal and eternal justice . Your petitioners , therefore , pray y-ur hon . bouse forthwith to pasB into a law the document known _a- _« tbe People's Charter , whicii would establish _parliamentarj representation upon the _braso * and only honest basis of Universal _Suflrase , _together with ihe _neces-ary adjuncts to secure equal and faithful _representation , viz .: —Vote by Ballot , Annual _Parliaments , Equal Electoral Districts , No Property Qualification for Rvpresentati' _- ' _-s , and _Payment for their Services , And your petitioners will ever pray , < fec .

      Working men , whatever may be your well grounded disgust for petitioning , we entreat you not to hesitate at sending copies of the above petition—or petitions to the above effeet—forthwith to the Ilouse of Commons . It is very possible that the debate adjourned till Friday ( we write on Thursday ) may be postponed , or if brought on , may be again adjourned . Even should the debate be brought to a conclusion this week , your petitions will

      not be too late . Let them be only numerous and numerously signed , arid depend upon it they will tell upon both ministers and members Adopt your petitions at public meetings , either called by yourselves , or by the " Heformers ; " adopt them also at meetings ofyour associations , clubs , and sections ; likewise in factories , mines , and workshops . Let neighbours or members of the same family club their signatures . Lastl y , let individuals also send tlieir petitions .

      Let every Petition have the address in full of each person signing it j and where petitions have numerous signatures ( with the residences ) attached , let the persons having [' charge of the sheets carefully watch the signatures . There must be no chance given to the enemy ; neither " Wellingtons" nor ** Flatnoses" must be allowed to disfigure the People ' s demand . Address the petitions ( open at each endthey may be sent free ) to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., MP ., House of Commons . Or , if preferred , tbe peitions may be sent to any other member , as policy or fancy may dictate . If women sign petitions , let their signatures ( with residences ) be appended to sheets distinct from those containing the signatures of the men .

      Where persons do not write their own names , let each one append his mark , and let the person writing down snch signatures state the fact und give his address , in full , at the bottom ofthe sheet . To the good work at once . On Sunday and Monday next hundreds ef Petitions should be prepared and signed . Thereought to be a cloud of tbem overshadowing the House by tbe middle of next week . Men of the Chartist Councils , leading and active Democrats , we look to you to take the initiative , and set the example . Work—as the sailors say— " work with a will . " Strike while the iron is hot . li England expects that every man will do his duty . '

      House Of Commons, Thursday. Mb Ik'mb's M...

      HOUSE OF COMMONS , THURSDAY . MB IK'MB ' _S M _1 TION ON REF-BM . Mr Cobdkn begeed leave , on behalf of his hon . friend the member for Montro _. _? , to give notice that the adjourned _riebatu on his motion would be _postponed from to-murtow until to morrow week ( Friday next , ) en which d . iy ' . _ t 8 government had kindly consented lo allow it precedence . ( Hoar , hear . )

      Parliamentary Review. Mr Hume's Motion H...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Mr Hume ' s motion has had one good effect already . It has brought out the Whig Premier ' s Budget of Anti-reform arguments . We now know all he can urge against the proposition that the people should be really represented in their own House . The hollowness and the weakness of the oration is only typical of the system it was meant to defend ; and both combined , give good augury of an approaching triumph over the oligarchy , who , under the mask of popular institutions , tyrannise over tbe people of this country .

      Lord John ' s speech taken as a whole , was , in fact , but a repetition of the speeches ofthe Duke of Wellington and the Tory opponeibts of his own Reform Bill . The only original parts of it , those which referred to existing circumstances , were not an improvement upon his predecessors in this line . Perhaps that was unavoidable , when it is considered that the orator had to contend against his own previous sp eeches , and to fly in the face of his own policy , as well as his own promises . The eagerness with which he seized upon any available slip of the tongue on the part of Mr Hume —( and

      everybody knows that Joseph ' s oratory abounds in them)— -and the pettifogging , lawyer-like _quibbles on words and phrases , which characterised a great portion ofthe speech , were conclusive ) proofs that he felt he had no ground of principle to stand upon . Some of his arguments were singularly infelicitous . If they led to any conclusion at all , they were the very reverse of that assumed by his lordship . He stated that in the early part ofthe Session , large numbers of Petitions had been presented in favour of tbe Charter . That atthe meetings called for the purpose

      of supporting the " Four Points'' movement , Chartist amendments had either been carried , or upon a division the parties were so balanced that the Hume party could not claim the meetings as being in their favour . Ordinary logicians would , from such premises , have drawn the conclusion that the people were in favour of the Charter—consistent and bold statesmen deduced the policy of concession to their wishes in time . Lord John Russell did neither ; because these meetings proved that the majority were in favour of the Charter , and the minority in favour of the " Four Points , " therefore he determined to oppose

      both ! Another curious specimen of political logic was the following ' . He preferred Annual Parliaments to Triennial Parliaments , therefore he resolved to maintain Septennial Parliaments I The mental process by which such extraordinary conclusions are deduced from 6 uch premises , baffles our comprehension , and forces the conviction upon us that Whig brains are constituted differentl y from those of the rest of the world . On the whole , Lord John may be safely said to have driven another nail into the coffin of Whiggism . Whatever may be the immediate result of the motion , the fate of himself and party is by no means problematical .

      The motion itself had not the benefit of any very strenuous or consistent advocacy . The immense array . of facts through which Mr Hume blundered in his usual rambling and unconnected st y le—if they proved anything at all—estaUished propositions far more extensive than those contained in his motion . He , himself , declared that it was unsatisfactory to liis own mind , and that , to make it at all consistent , it ought , at least , to have included the abolition of the Property Qualification for Members . Why did he not propose that , if his conviction was so strong upon the point ? On

      Parliamentary Review. Mr Hume's Motion H...

      the other hand , Mr W . J . Fox , who made oneie ! of those beautifully constructed rhetoricahl speeches for which he is so celebrated , arguedi not for a suffrage based upon and bricks mor- _' - tnr . but man . Ilk speech , if it went for any "" thing at all , went for the People ' s Charter " and to have been consistent , it should haves concluded with an amendment to that effect ' This halting between two measures—this in . \* consistency of premise and conclusion was . seized hold of b y Mr Disraeli , and brought to . bear with great force upon the false position . occupied by the "four point" advocates l _^ the other hand , Mr W . J . Fox , who mado _«„ ,

      . must , we think , be apparent to the honest men of the party , that in abandoning the ' strong ground of principle , and taking „ d a [ position on expediency , they , in fact , pj ay into , the hands of the anti-reforming party „ ,, , sides of the house . The debate , at the time we write , may be said to have only commenced . ' , It will probabl y occupy one or two ni (_ _hts more , and will help us to form a more accu-. rate idea of the relative numbers of parties in i the House than we could otherwise have done ' it will all also show up a few renegades , who * because they are now in office , will turn round and vote

      contrary to the principles they have t all their lives professed to hold . We shall be curious to hear the speeches of Mr G . H Ward , for instance , who , not lon g ago , used to ' second the motions of Mr Duncombe on these questions . Mr B . Hawes , and others _simiarly situated , will also , we imagin e he somewhat puzzled | 10 w to rec , mcil _^ then- antagonist position with their for mer professions . If they escape one horn or the dilemma b y remaining silent they must , we presume , to retain office , im ' pale themselves upon the other , by votimr against themselves . Either way the Countr _? will know what to think of them . As a _speci men of the position in wliich the Ministry

      are placed b y then- resistance to this motion , we may quote the following resolution , which was proposed b y Sir John Hobhouse , at a _MiddlefooA ° « _X . _? Ieetin !?' on the l 5 th December , 183 );— I hat no House of Commons would be de : serv , n r of the confidence of the People until the right of Suffrage be extended to al ) Householders ; . until each Member of that House be chosen by a proportionate body of Electors ; until the duration of Parliament be materiall y shortened ; nor until each Elector _without hope or fear of private loss or _&}* ' be allowed to Vote by Ballot . " The resolution proposed b y Mr Hume , and that moved b

      y Nil * . liihn . __ - _> ... -- - _** 'l * - _ _ r . J bir John-nuw a Cabinet Minister-are as ike each other as two peas . Thev embrace the same points , enumerated in almost precisely the same order . What will Sir John now say , or do , with reference to measures of which he said , " With these measures the Ministers may do every thing for the good of the People , Without them . voT . n « , ; a „ d if you hnd Ministers not disposed to do their duty come forward boldly and tell them soand let me add , m the present State of the country , tins is a trust they must take , for with . out the le

      Peopno Administration can do anything . Out ol that sentence a bill of indictment against Sir John , and his Colleagues , may be iramed _, upon whieh an unanimous verdict , froni men of all parties , would be returned . If they attempt to retain office without passing " measures with ivhich they could do everything , without which they can do nothing , " they stand condemned , on their oivn showing , as a set of paltry place-hunters , who are robbing the people of pav , on the pretence of performing duties which thev cannot perform ,

      The Only Other Topic Worthy Of Comment, ...

      The only other topic worthy of comment , is the new Ministerial Scheme of Sugar Duties . Ifc ih eminentl y Whiggish— - " a mocker }' , a delusion , and a snare "—and from the moment of its enunciation , bas had the good fortune to displease all parties . We do not remember any measure which bas been so unanimousl y scouted both ia and out of Parliament . TheSugarDuties Act of 184 G , imposedaduty of Hs- per cwt . upon Muscovado Sugar , the produce ofthe British West Indies , or of those parts of our East Indian possessions into which tbe importation of Sugar is prohibited . The

      same act imposed a duty of 11 . Is . per cwt . upon _foreign Muscovado Sugar , until Jul y 5 , 1847—to be diminished Is . in July , 1848 , ' and to fall Is . ( _jj . every subsequent year , till ifc came to 14 s . —the duty on British " Muscovado Sugar . The conflicting and vacillating policy of tbe Imperial legislature towards the West Indian Colonies has all but ruined them . They clamour loudly for protection or relief from the intolerable position in which they have been placed . The Free Traders on one side , and the Anti-Slavery party on the other , demur tothe only practicable means b y which the

      position of the planters can be really bettered ; and in order to please these opposite parties , Lord John comes forward with ameasure for altering the scile of duties we have named , and substituting another . There are to be two declining scales of duty . The duty on British Sugars is tobe _reducedfroml 4 s . to 13 s . per cwt . in 1849 , and to fall is . each succeedingyear , until it reaches 10 s ., at which amount it is to be fixed . The duty on foreign Muscovado is to be 19 s . 6 d . in 1849 , and to be reduced Gd . in 1 S 50 and 1851 , and Is . in each of the succeeding years till 1854- In 1855 it is to be reduced 2 s ., in order

      to equalise it with the duty on British sugar The practical result of this complicated and clumsy expedient will be to give the West Indians protection for six instead of three years , after the present year ; that their gradually vanishing protection will start in 1849 from a differential duty of 3 s . ( id ., instead of 4 s . Gd . There are other results affecting certain classes of sugars , but the real feature ofthe plan is , that the ruling differential duty during the time the scheme ( if carried ) will be in operation , is 5 s . Gd . It has been demonstrated , over and over again , that the

      difference between the cost of producing sugar ia our West Indian Colonies , by the present system , am-I that of the sugar of the Brazils , and other _slave-hoh'ing colonies , is not less than 15 s . 9 d . per _cwfc . Lord John ' s scheme , therefore , is clearl y no adequate protection to the West Indian , while , on the other hand , by extending the time during wliich the protection is to exist , and making it slightly more favourable to the planter than the present scale « f duties , he is violating the canons of the school of economists ,

      whose whole philosophy is wrapped up in that sagest of maxims , " Buy in the cheapestsell in the dearest , market . '' The scheme , as we have said , pleases nobody , nor ought it ta do so . Itis a transparent juggle . Lord John himself is so satisfied of its utter inadequacy to meet the complaints of the planters , that he proposed to lend ( query give . ' ) them , in addition , £ 500 , 000 , to promote the emigration of free tropical labourers . This , again , excites the bile of the anti-slavery party , who see in it the establishment of the slave trade under

      another name . For our own part , ive look upon it as only another of those modes- of cutting the Gordian knot of difficulty , to which your Whig is compelled to resort from sheer want of brains to untie it . This lavish and extravagant scattering of the publio money , for the purpose of bribing ; discontented interests into silence , is an inherent vice in the policy of the Whig party . It is a most destructive and ruinous one . The working classes

      of this country will have to pay all these half million loans—which are in reality gifts—in one form or another . When tbe aggregate amount , thus recklessly squandered b y those whose statesmanshi p does not rise above the level of a nursery-maid—who gives lollipops to her crying charge for the purpose of quieting it—is reckoned up , it will be seen that we > pay dearly indeed for tbe privilege of being ruled by the present most delectable Cabinet .

      South London Chartist Haix. —• Mr Walfor...

      South London Chartist Haix . —• Mr Walford will lecture in tbe above hn'l on Sunday _tveiiiig ne _*< i » June 25 , , t . _eij-hj o ' clock , Subject ; ' Tkeb 83 tmea . il to obtain ihe Charter /

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 24, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24061848/page/4/