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the triumph of Chartism—" A consummation...
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RED HALL.
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I have received numerous letters, asking...
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THE ' LABOURER.' The June number of the ...
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THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1848.
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THE 'TIMES'AND CHARTISM. THE SHAM REFORM...
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Mr O'Connor's letter '' to the Chartists...
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THE PIGMY PREMIER. Mister John Russell, ...
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THE TRADES AND THE CHARTER. We direct th...
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WHOLESALE TRANSPORTATION. The wealthy cl...
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The Triumph Of Chartism—" A Consummation...
THE N 0 R T HERN ST A F . . ... . May 27 , 184 _^ , _* _^ _- " L ' . _n _^ _TuiHirmwOTFnRSMATr i _¦¦ " ¦¦ ' — . VALUABLE INVEb I M _^ N _lv _i OK _bMALiLi V \ LUABLE INVESTMENT FOR SMALL
Zr7~7z*To Be Advanced In July Next From £S00 To £500 Tu Jsh, A ^— = Tv, Xm.V Keyt
Zr 7 ~ 7 Z _* TO BE ADVANCED IN JULY NEXT FROM £ S 00 TO £ 500 TU jsh , a _^— = TV , _xm . v KEYT
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F OR THE WORKING MILLIONS . A HOMr FOK _BTSRY gPlIST « 0 W KAN AKD HIS FAMILY . VMTED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS ' _rormHLE -LAND and building benefit society , EQ iLtlledand _Entered byActof _Filament to extend over the United Kingdom . T S _DwcoKM , Bio , M . F . Tho ** . _WAHxr , Esq ., M . P D - B . B . Cabbhil , Uso ., M . P . J _^ _S _^ X _^^ _^ *« » _- ¦ st p _— _^ - _— wiiiiah RmT ' secretsry _- _^ three _B _^^ _IobT _^ _tP _^ - _* _- ¦ S £ 5 _^^ .. _^ _£ , t _£ i ; _ZtrTe'lT _^ Tet _jr _^^^^ _° "; ificates ; ls - per Shale > and 6 d ' 8 Dy Bart of a _etiare , , _ — 7- _T _^ r _. _rm _intoKB or country can become the _preprleter ofa House Seciiok I .-Bt joining this sect Ion . very P » " » " 2 " _" _^ Friends , _Conntiiens . or the _presentmeans and Land in hiB own n _. _ighbonrhood , witoont b eing _reraored _froa h . _t itaself and f & mUy _raay have of gaining a "T elin °° * „ t , KBB Estates , erect Dwellings thereon , and divide r in _Bechok II .-To _« i _« a capital by shares to' P _'f _^ f _* _£ the tout fide freehold of tha _tuembB land into allotments fr _* m bollux MM xm * U f _» - T _^ r ° P _'Jording to hi . subscriptions . Eixteen , _eighteen , or _twenty years _^ fron 1 the iMe ot _loc-uo _^ Mt _^ _hjng to _pnrchase are enabled to ' « t SzcnoH in . -S « T « g or Deposit section , » _" » { f 9 per cent . per annum , on every sum of 10 s : 6 maU sums , from 4 d . and upwards , receiving Interest at tne ra . find _Up-TKdsEO deposited . — e _ _,-r . _r _= hHre _Meetings are held , and Members enrolled , a *** - _^ J _^ _SSU . _^ ... a „ _v _;« n » . nf the _Societt . The _Parthekium Room , St Martin ' s-* _^ _e _^ _^^ ALSO FOR THE WOBKIKG MILLIONS IN CONNEXION _WITH THE ABOYB _, THE UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES , _Eoto-Oct pursuant to Act of Parliament . Thus securing to its members the protection of the lair for their Ws and _prOBtrtS . _LrgalUed to atend over the United _Kingdom , « lth the _pnv . _lege of appointing Medical A ttendants , Agents , & C . An opportunity is new offered to healthy person . , up t _. Forty Years of Age , of joining these flourishing Institutions m tonn or country . _Lotdok Or . _uc--13 Tottenham Court , Kew Road , St _Pancras , ( thirteenth house _eastward from Tottenham " ' Court Road ) . _—DiHltt _Wiujah _Rorrx , Secretary . Patrons-T . S _Ddkcohbe . Esq ., M . P . T . Wi « xr , Esq ., M . P . B . B . _Cabell , Esq .. M . P . F . _O'Cokkob . Esq ., M . P . L . J . Hakbabd . Esq . In the Short Bpace of fear years these societies hare paid the _foUorrfng beEefitB to their members . SUHUAKT OF CLAIMS . _Sicknef s and _Superannuation ... ... . _^ £ 1305 10 5 Aecouchment * ... ... ... ... c ' _- ** Funerals i 9 e 1 S * Loss by Fire ... ... ••• ••• 29 5 O £ 3125 8 8 Present Capittl funded In the Bank of England ... £ 1669 10 0 ThKD Societies ere in E-ix divisions or sections , fer tbe Members to receiTe the _foUowing Benefit * _aecordicg to t & eir Subscriptions : — FIRST _DIVISION 1 FOURTH _DiVISIOxV . Entrance accorcinc to age , from as . to 10 s . _Monthly Con-1 Entrance , according to ape , from 3 s . Gd . to 8 s . 6 d , _Shntion for Sickness and Management , 2 s . 74 Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management . ___ Is . 4 a . £ i . d . _„ _Allowance , in Sickness , rer week .. .. ( 1 18 0 - * - _MenTber ' s Funeral .. F SO 0 0 Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 9 0 Ditto Wife ' s ot Nominees ditto .. .. 10 0 0 Member s Funeral .. .. .. .. 1 _life ' s _LTincin 2 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 500 Iocs by Fire , from .. .. _* 5 0 0 to 20 8 0 Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. " " Superannuation , per week 0 6 0 Loss by P _, re , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 _fiit-nnVD BIYISIQV Superannuation , per week .. .. .. tf i 0 -entrance , accord _^ t age from is . 6 A to 9 s . 63 . FIFTH DIVISION Sontiily Contribution for Sickness and Management , Entrance , according to _oge , from 3 s to 8 s . Monthly Con-- _* 2 s . Id . tribution for Stckn & es and Management , is . Id . Allowance in Sichvess , per week .. .. 8 15 0 _Allo-wanee in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 7 0 Member ' s Funeral .. " * •• Jf ° ? _£ emb _« r '! funeral .. .. .. .. 6 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 18 0 0 Ditto Wife ' s or " Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 3 0 0 Wife ' s Lvins-in .. .. .. 1 15 6 Wife ' s Lying-in 0 15 0 Less bv " Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 15 O 0 Loss by Fire .. .. .. .. 580 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 5 0 superannuation , per woek .. .. .. 0 i 0 _^ ' THIRD DIVISION . SIXTH DIVISION Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . to 9 s . Monthly Cos- Entrance Money .. .. .. .. 0 3 0 tribution for SickneES and Management , is . 7 d . Monthly Contribution .. .. .. 0 10 AHoirance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 11 0 Allowance in Sickness .. .. .. 070 Member ' s Funertl .. .. - .. 12 0 O Member's Funeral .. .. .. 2 10 0 Ditto Wife's or Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 600 Wife's Lving-in 119 0 No Levies ta this _Dmsion . Loss by " Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. ' .. 0 4 0 Levies according to the demands on each division per quarter . K . B . —The only rMeience in the Wo Societies is , thn Patriots have an _Accoucbnunt benefit , the Patriarchs have not that benefit , therefore do not pay levies for it . _2 _*§~ Applications for Agencies _rcqueittd frem all parts of the country ; _liformatien for appointment of Agencies can be obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosings postage stamp . Blank forms and information for the admission of country members can be obtained by letter , prepaid , _enclosing tbree postage stamps , to Dakiel Williah _RcFtr , General Secretary , 13 , Tottenham Court , New _Ho & d _, St Pancras .
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LONDON NEWSPAPERS FOR SALE . THE Tihes , _Hebald _, and Cheosicle , posted the day of Publication - - 2 os . per quarter . Posted the day after Publication at 10 s . „ The _Distatch _, Beli / s Life , _Scxdat Tises , _Laut ' _s _Newspapzb , posted the day after Publication , at 12 s . per amnam . The subscription to be paid in advance . A list will be forwarded on the receipt of two postage stamps . No _conuexion Kith anj other person _. Address free to WILLIAM BARRETT , Town and Country Newspaper Agent , 122 , Houndsitcb , London .
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ORDER THE _TEifPERANCE GAZETTE ; A monthly , post free , Journal of Moral and Social Progress . THE TEJfPERANCS GAZETTE contains Twenty _, four closely printed double columns , Svo . pages , End will be sent to any address , free by post , for is . per annum , payable in advance . It can also be had at 2 d . per dozen : All orders and advertisements must be sent to _Ricaued _Waselis , West Bromwich . London ; W . _Bkittais _, and all Booksellers .
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Just Published , Price 2 d . DR M'DOUALL ' S ADDRESS to the MIDDLE CLASSES . THE CHARTER—WHAT IT MEANS ; THE _CHARTISTS-WHAT THEY WANT . S . Dipp _' e , 4 ? , Holywell-street , Strand , London , and all Booksellers ; also , at the Literary Institution , Johastreet , Tottenham-court-road , and the Land Office , 144 , _HUb . Holborn .
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NOW PUBLISHING . THE POLITICAL WORKS O ? THOMAS PAINE Complete ia one thick volume , price 5 s ., in which ¦ will be found several pieces never before published in "England ; and an appendix , containing the Trial of Thomas Paine , with a portrait ofthe author . Just Published , in Penny numbers and Fonrpenny parts . VOLTAIItE'S PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY . May be had . complete , in two volumes , handsomely " bound * , 12 ? . The first volume has a medallion likeness ofthe author , andthe second , a full length portrait , as fee appeared in bis 70 th year . To the first volume is prefixed a copious Memoir ofbisLifeand Writings . Every care has been taken to keep the text correct , so that it may remain a lasting monument of tbe genius and indo , ; ipitable perseverance of the author in enlightening and liberating _Ihb fellow creatures . The two volumes contain 2 , 276 pages , eleariy printed , crownSvo . VOLTAIRE'S ROMANCE AND TALES , in one voL price Ss . 63 . THE DEVIL'S PULPIT . By the Rev . Robert TATL 02 . two vols , price 5 s ., published at 9 s . THE DIAGESIS . By the _sameaathor , price 5 s ,, _pnblished at One Guinea . THE MANUAL OF FREEMASONRY . . Vy CarlUe , _pcblisbed at 15 s . and now reduced to 6 s , This is the only edition that contains the celebrated Introductions , being a complete Key to the science and mystery of _Aasonry . Three parts in one volume , handsomely be und . THE MIRROR OF ROHANCE , one think vol ., 400 pages , ito ., double columns , pries Ss ., _containing the following : —Leone Leoni , by George Sand—Physiology of _HatriiEony , fifty cuts , by Paul de Kock—White House , a Remance , and the History of Jenny , by the same author—Simon , the Radical , a Tale ofthe French Revolution—Xemoirs of an Old Han of Twenty . five , an amusing tale , ic W . Dngdale , 16 , Holywell-street , Strand .
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PORTRAIT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Est } ., M . P ., T MARTIN informs Ms friends and the Chartist body generally , that he has reduced the price of bis lithographic full-length portrait of their Illustrious Chief to the following price : —Prints , Is ; coloured ditto , 2 s . 6 d . Also , a beautiful lithographic portrait of W . Dixon , Iste of _ifanchester , now one of the Directors , by T . _Jlartin , Price-plain , Is ., coloured , 2 s . PEOPLE'S EDITION . To be had attho _Nostherk Stab office , IS , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket ; at the OSce of the National Land Company , 144 , High Holborn ; Sweet , Goose Gate Kottinghain ; Heywood , Manchester , and ail booksellers C the United Kingdom .
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COLLIYER ' S _COMMERCIAL COFFEE AND CHOP HOUSE AND READING ROOHS , _266 _J _, STRAND , LOFDON . J OOLLIVES returns Hs sineere thanks to his Friends , and the Public at large , for the support fee lias received « t their hands during the last tea years , and hopes , by strict attention and civility , to merit a continuance of their patronage . J . C . also begs to state , that having lately made extensive alterations and improvements in his premises , he is now enabled to afford additional convenience without extra charge , A Commercial Coffee-room upstairs , with every facility for Travellers and Visitors from the country . The House is situated ia the very heart of the Metropolis , in the centre of the Theatres , near the National _XandOmce , and Pnbiic BnildiDgs . Omnibuses pass to end from all the Railway Stations , to meet the Trains , every five minutes . Beds , is . to l < _=. 6 d . per night . All other charges anally moderate . NO FEES TO SERVANTS ,
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IKPORTANT TO THE BL 0 CKFRINTER 3 OF _^ _- , SCOTLAND . THE BOARD OP ORGANISATION call tho attention of their fellow workmen to the circular— ' Policy of the Board '—issued by them this week , and requssttiicm to take it into their serious consideration . AU communications to be addressed to the Secretary—Thomas Watson , 7 , _Smith-MUs , Paisley .
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T , TO BE SOLD , HE BISHT OP LOCATION of a Four Acre Allotmeat on the Estate near Bromsgrove , « 5 _» T _~ _P _^^ _nlors ( stating terms } , by _enclosing a Postage _S _^ _fto _Chae . _Godwin , 19 , DarWItreet , Bir-
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Now Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To be had at the Korthem Star Offiee , 16 , Great Wind . mill Street ; and of Abel Heywood , Ifanehester .
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JUST PUBLISHED , fbics sixrrscB . NO . XVII . OF " THE _LABOURER , " COKTKHTS , 1 . The Song of the _Gsggers , by Ernest Jones , 2 . Reform and Reformers . 3 . St Jehn ' s Eve , s Romantic Drama . i . Self-Reliance . 5 . The Wife , by Jane . ' 6 . Pride and _Prf ' u 4 iee _, or the Martyrsof Sooiety . 7 . The London Doorstep , a true story . 8 . The Pa santGIrl . 9 . National Literature . —3 . Germany . 10 , Houthly Review . 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 ,
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TO BE SOLD . A FOUR ACRE SHARE in the Land Company , with all expense paid for the present y « ar—the Advertiser being about to emigrate . Price £ 5 ie . Apply ( if by letter , pre-paid ) to W . G ., caro of Mr Morgan , Malt Mill-square , Merthyr Tydvil .
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ROTAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETT OF ENGLAND . YORR MEETING . ALL PERSONS whe intend to exhibit Live Stock at the ensuing York Meeting of the Society , are requested to transmit to the Secretary ( at li , Hanoversquare , London ) , on or before the First of June next , a statement of the particular animals they int ? nd to exhibit on that occasion ; as , by the Rules of the Society , no entries can be received after that date . Jax £ s Hudboh _, Secretary . London , 24 th M 3 y , ISIS .
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EMIGRATION . PERSONS desirous of Emigrating ; can obtain _' a Free Gift of Forty Acres of the best Land , in the most healthy and productive portion of the United States , Also , Land for Sale , or Barter , from ene Dollar per Acr * . _Passengers shipped to all parts of the Werld / . and supplied with Bonded Stores , Provisions , & c , on the lowest terms . Apply ( post free ) to the General Passenger Shippinz and Land A gency Offices , 15 , Eastcheap , London ; and 32 , Waterloo-read , Liverpool .
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert ., NOW READY , THE LONDON AHD PARIS SPRING AND SUtfHER FASHIONS for 184 S , bv Messrs BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , near Oxfordstreet , London ; and by G . _Beboeb , Holywell-street , Strand ; and all Booksellers , an exquisitely exeeated and superbly coloured PRINT . The elegance ef this Print excels any _beforepublished , accompanied with the Newest Style , and extra-fitting Frock , Riding Dress , and Hunting-Coat Patterns ; the most fashionable dress WaUtcoat Pattern , and an extra-fitting Habit Pattern of- he newest and most elegant style of fashion . Every particular part explained -, method of increasing and diminishing the whole for any size fully illustrated , manner of _Cuttlag and Making up , and all other information respecting Style and Fashion . Price 10 b . postfree lis . READ and Co . ' s new scientific system of Cutting for 18 i 8 is ready , and will supersede everything ofthe kind heretofore conceived , AU the Plates are numbered and lettered , and oa the scale of Eighteen _Inrfjes ; Whole size , never before attempted , containing twenty-three square feet : particulars , postfree . Patent Measures , with full explanation , 83 . the set . New Patent Indicator , for ascertaining proportion and disproportion , illustrated with Diagrams , price 7 s . Patterns to Measure ( all registered according to Act of Parliament ) , post free , Is , eaeh , Tbo whole sold b y Read and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , " London ; and all Booksellers , Post-office orders , and Post Stamps , taken as Cash . Habits performed for the Trade . Busts for fitting Coats on ; Boys ' figures . Foremen provided . — Instructions in cutting complete , for all kinds of Style _ang Fashion , which can be accomplished in an incredibly short time .
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SNIG'S END . TO BE SOLD , a Four Acre Allotment , on the above desirable Estate , the holder having _engagemeits that prevent his taking possession . Letters containing a stamp to be addressed to G . W . Wheeler , No . 3 , O'Connorville , Sickmansworth , Herts .
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_pw » T ' _- ~ _" *> . mesti , ? s of tho members of the Charter Association , will be held at Mr Farrall _' s 4 _S _^ treet , cn Sunday evening , to S r ' the means to csny out the New Planiof Organisation talier _' _s , 93 , Great _Ancoate-sK ' WtuU i fc _u _^ 'T _^ _K _, meetiBg of the branch will bo \ h e ld in the _iVilbsrforea room , on Friday _eveainp-Jane 2 nd , for the purpose of electing a eecretarv in the room of Mr Stephens , leaving _tswn . Mb Dixon will deliver a lecture , on Sunday even ing , M ay 23 t h , at the King's Crosa Locality , Masons' . Arms , Britannic-strcct , Graj _' d Inn-lane . Chair will be taken at half-past ; eight o ' clock precisely .
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_n _^ _Tu SMATr VALUABLE INVEb I M _^ N _i OK _bMALiLi V \ LUABLE INVESTMENT FOR SMALL CAPITALISTS . TO BE SOLLVBY AUCTION , On Monday , the 29 th of May , 1848 , At twelve precisely , IN ALLOTMENTS OF _& _UJO attir _Mxiv _® tm $ m \) , AM , THAT VALUABLE AND HIGHLY IMPROVED ESTATE , " RED HALL , " CONSISTING of 333 acres of the first quality land , being freehold and tithe free , situate within one mile of the City of Lincoln , on the high road to Grantham . The property of Thomas Allsop , Esq . The proprietor of this estate , conceiving tbat the salvation of this country depends upon the better c u lti v atio n of th e soil , and considering the above magnificent estate as peculiarly adapted for Spade Husbandry , has ventured upon the experiment of thus testing the great principle of manual labour , by which means alone England can be enabled to support her increasing population . The spirited proprietor looks to the success of this great national project , rather than to profitable speculation . The estate—for situation , fertility ofthe soil , and capability—requires _] no comment , as from its proximity to market towns , and the facility of procuring manure , and building materials being on the spot , with which each purchaser will be supplied with an abundance , it is uot to be surpassed by any estate in England . Every acre has been thoroughly drained . The proprietor has erected thirteen splendid cottages , each standing in the centre of four acres , and which for simple elegance and convenience are not to be surpassed , no expense being spared to secure economical comfort . The several allotments are cropped , and the purchaser will be thus accommodated at a price much lower than that at which individuals could secure these advantages . We may assert that never has so favourable an investment been offered to the small capitalist , or the t radesman , who may wish to embark his capital in a profitable and wholesome speculation . It would be impossible to describe the beauty of the situation of the above property , while its proximity to the City of Lincoln , renders it a most desirable invertment : in fact , such an opportunity may never again be presented to those living in Nottingham , Gainsborough , Hull , and the adjacent towns , of becoming small proprietors in their immediate neighbourhood . The soil is a rich friable loam , capable of being worked in any season , and producing the most luxuriant crops . The best water may be had by sinking about twelve yards , and each allotment has a high road frontage . This splendid estate has been purchased by the spirited proprietor , in order to carry out the Land Plan established by mv- _tftaxgw <& ' _® _oititor , And who , in return , has kindly consented to officiate as Auctioneer on the occasion , in order to explain to the men of Lincoln , and the several strangers who may attend , the advantages likely to accrue to the shopkeeping , trading , and working classes , from a system which has never before been attempted in any country . The whole will be sold without reserve . The auction will take place at the mansion ; on the estate , and full particulars of sale will be furnished , and may be had on Monday , the 22 nd , at the Saracen ' s Head , Lincoln ; the Ram Hotel , Nottingham ; aud at the principal Hotels at Hull , G rantham , Ga insborough , and the several towns in the district ; and at the National Land Company ' s Office , 144 , High Holborn , London .
Red Hall.
RED HALL .
I Have Received Numerous Letters, Asking...
I have received numerous letters , asking me for information , as to the description and quality of the Land of Red Hall . I can onlv say in reply to all , that there is not in all England _PRIiMER LAND for spade husbandry , and that I should not recommend auy poor man to lay out his money to a loss . I have undertaken to discharge the duties of auctioneer , without fee or reward , oreven my travelling expenses , to have the pleasure of expounding my plan in a maiden district ; wbere , hitherto , it has been impossible for the small capitalist to possess himself of a patch of land . W ere I to ans w e r one tenth of the letters I receive upon the subject , it would occupy my whole time . Feargus O'Coiwvok .
The ' Labourer.' The June Number Of The ...
THE ' LABOURER . ' The June number of the ' Labourer' will consist of an article written by Mr F . O'Connor , embracing the whole Labour Question , showing the inseparable ties by which the natural and artificial labourers are bound , and clearly illustrating the fact —that all hope for the emancipation of Labour depends upon its representation , and upon the location
of the surplus labourers upon the land ; and , to our mind , the arguments in favour of the project are so clearly put , so ably sustained , and so convincing , as to leave not a doubt of the practicability of this National Scheme . The article itself will well repay perusal and we commend it to the attention ot all who live by labour , and who desire , by a fair adjustment ofthe Labour Question , to see Society restored , _froia its present state of Uncertainty , to a state of Prosperity .
The Northern Star , Saturday, May 27, 1848.
THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , MAY 27 , 1848 .
The 'Times'and Chartism. The Sham Reform...
THE 'TIMES'AND CHARTISM . THE SHAM REFORMERS UNMASKED . " "We bave put down Chartism ; lut we have not conciliated discontent . " Thus , a few days ago , spoke the Thunderer of Printinghouse-square . A great fact conjoined to a great falsehood . It is true that discontent has not been conciliated ; and it is not the less true that Chartism has not been put down . Chartism cannot be put down as long as discontent exists , and discontent must continue until the system of justice embodied in the Charter is acknowledged and acted upon . When the Charter becomes law , discontent will be conciliated ; because the discontented will be enabled , by legal and moral means , to redress their grievances . Until then there will not and
there ought not to be peace in the land . The Times , whilst admitting that " Poverty is the unstatutable offence of modem conventionalism } " and that its victims are far more numerous than w ere' the proscribed followers of Huss , Wickliffe _, and Penn—the victims of former religious intolerance—has no remedy to offer ( for this deplorable state of things but " Emigration . " With all the bullying energy for which the Timesh celebrated , it is , day by day , striving to show that " _emifKW J _^ ni ° _- this C 0 Unti V' and that Systematic Colonisation "—that is the wholesale transportation of the poor , is the onlv remedy for existing evils . " ¦¦ _et-u . y
In another column we have commented on this subject at greater length . Here , we wi only add a word of warning to those _eoldgorged conspirators who pull the wires of the _W . _* -Think not , gentlemen , that the people of this country will ever allow themselves to he humbugged into tolerating your infernal design of " putting down" Chartism by transporting the discontented . Your journalists may preach , lie , whine , and bully , until as black in the face as they are black hearted ; but no amount of sophistry or bullying will induce the people to tamely submit to be transported from the land of their birth . Beware ! Perseverance in your present course
may produce results fatal to your power . If once the people , driven to despair , inscribe upon their banners the ominous motto of the ouvriers of Lyons : " To live working , or ilie lighting" it will not be Gagging Bills , nor Times articles , that wnT prevent them doing themselves justice . Being determined to do its best to get all the discontented transported , the Times is , f course , furious at the prospect of a national
agitation for Reform in Parliament . The Times knows well that a real reform in Parliament would enable the people to improve their social condition , without going through the process of transportation , but that would be
The 'Times'and Chartism. The Sham Reform...
the triumph of Chartism— " A consummation devoutly to be feared" by the Times and its masters . # But let the 7 Ws rave ever so furiously , the agitation for real Radical Reform will go on . Ln saying this , we are speaking for the working classes ; That the new Middle Class Movement has real Reform for its object , we cannot believe . No doubt , many individuals amongst the middle classes , are actuated by a fair and honest spirit ; the Newcastle meeting , reported i n our p r e sen t number , is a proof of this ; but we have no faith in the mass ofthe bourgeoisie the triumph of Chartism— « A consummation « ___ i , _r , - „ _,,. . ., m _' _^ _oo _^ d U _.
Their present shouting for " Reform" appears to us to be only a repetition of the fraud of 1831—32—a mockery , a delusion , and a snare . If the bourgeoisie were determined to place the representation of the country on a just basis , why not have taken the principles ofthe Charter for the object of their agitation ? In the anarchy which pervades the forces of the middle class , it is difficult to say what they even profess to seek for—some asking for an undefined Extension of the Suffrage , some for an Extension to Ratepayers , some for Householdand a few for Universal Suffrage ; but
, the majority , we presume , follow Mr Hume ' s banner , inscribed " Household Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Triennial Parliaments , and Equal Electoral Districts . " Such a change , if accomplished , would be no settlement ofthe question of " Reform . " Household Suffrage would exclude from the representation tens of thousands of the classes best fitted to exercise the franchise , whilst it would include every fool or knave who possessed the qualification of being a housekeeper . Thousands of the best educated men in this Metropolis are lod gers , and tens of thousands of the best
politicallyinformed amongst the working classes are compelled by poverty to occupy rooms only , instead of each family having , as it ought to have , its own separate dwelling . Under a system of " Household Suffrage" the 16 , 000 _cellamien of Liverpool would be enfranchised , whilst at least double that number of artisans , warehousemen , clerks , and assistants living in lodgings , would be repulsed from the polling booths . In this metropolis , certainly , three-fourths ofthe intelligence and patriotism existing is to be found amongst the lodgers ; but they would be
excluded . from their rights by Mr Hume and his friends , whilst every keeper of a brothel , or receptacle for stolen goods , would be permitted to legislate , or at least have a voice in electing the legislators . Certainly , Universal Suffrage would not exclude the questionable or unquestionable characters of Liverpool and London from the representation , but under that system of suffrage the evil influence of such characters would be neutralised . The h onest , the industrious , the intelligent , and the thoughtful , would far outnumber the knavish , the idle , the ignorant , and the prejudiced .
But we protest against Household Suffrage on the broad _ground of princip le . Household Suffrage would continue the present accursed system of Property Qualification . Why will men palter with _' principles ? " Man is man , and who is more ? " Any system , by which even one man would be excluded from the enjoyment of his natural rights , would be a system of injustice . Why this cavilling about what is expedient ? The right is simple enough , * justice is understandable by all . If men would act upon the principle , " Do unto thy brother man as thou wouldest he should do unto thee , " injustice' could not exist . He who will not act upon this principle , no matter whether he call himself a - * Conservative "
or a " Reformer , " a " Supporter of our Glo rious Institutions , " or a . " Friend to Progress , " is a tyrant and a knave , a robber and a hypocr ite ; and whether he mouths the cant of Toryism or the cant of Liberalism , he " is a liar , and the truth is not in him . ' ' Again , the new Reform dodge , if successful , would compel the Electors to select , as now , their Representatives from the ranks of the
enemies of industry . What matters it that you have a " voice ' * in selecting from a basket of oranges when the whole are rotten ? Any system which would continuejthe present Property Qualification for Members of Parliament would be utterly valueless . Even Universal Suffrage would not be worth a straw unless accompanied by those two other important " points" of the Charter — No _^ Property Qualification , " and " Payment of Members . " , _-
We have two more objections to urge against the " new move . " First—Household Suffrage would be no settlement of the Suffrage agitation . The excluded masses would very properly continue to agitate until they had obtained their rights . We can assure Messrs Hume and Co . that as long as one political slave exists on Britain ' s soil , we shall continue to " agitate ! agitate 1 ! agitate !! 1 " Second—Itis evident , from the insolent tone of Lord John Russell and tiie innate despotism of the present Parliament , that the country must he brought to the verge of a revolution before even Hume ' s " Reform Bill" could be carried * now the same amount of popular agitation could not fail to carry the Charter .
We have an additional reason for distrusting the " new move . ' ' Hume and his friends mix up with Parliamentary Reform the question of " an equitable reform of taxation . " In the Anti-Corn-Law agitation _theoe men told the Chartists that it was necessary to do one thing at a time , and , therefore , they stuck to Free Trade . Why not now act upon their old rule of " one thing at a time ? " If they were honest they would do so . This " equitable taxation" humbug is the cloven foot revealed . "" Hume , Cobden and Co . know well that a House of Commons that really represented the
people , would at once set about reforming the taxation and expenditure . The shortest road , therefore , to ' * equitable taxation '* is through a real Radical reform of Parliament . But it is not " equitable taxation ' that these shampatriots want . They want to remove the bur . dens , which at present oppress them , to the shoulders of other people—either the leviathans of laud and capital or the working classes , they are indifferent as to which , so thatthey relieve themselves . The "Reform " dodge is only a whip with which to frig h t en the Government into yielding to their
demands for a revision of taxation . If the " equitable taxation" scheme were accomplished , the " Reform" cry would at once expire * and as the aristocracy will grant the bourgeoisie any concession rather than grant the people their rights , the working classes may assure themselves that if they give their support to the middle classes , upon the terms at present proposed by the latter , they will be served as they have been before , —made use of to promote the selfish , ends of their " respectable" friends , and then trampled in the mire . A week " ago many were inclined to views
more favourable towards the new agitation , but the scene in the House of Commons on Tuesday last , must satisfy the most credulous a s t o th e rea l desi gns of the bourgeoisie . After the just complaints of Mr O'Connor against the jugg lir ) g course pursued b y Mr Hume , up got Cobden , and in the most venomous terms denounced the Chartists , and declared he never had , and never would , fraternise with them . That the people may not be deceived by the sham Radicals , of whom Cobden is the real head , we will here place on record his words . Let every Chartist read , mark , and inwardly digest them ;—
1 never fraternised with the honournblo member or with his myrmidons . No one cau charge ma with ever having fraternised with or succumbed to them tor a mo mont , I always treated th e honourable momber na a leader of a small , insignificant , and very powerless partu ( Cheers pro * a laugh . ) I never identlfiad him or his _flowers with the mass of tbe working classes of thia country . I treated him then as I treat him now , not na tho leader ot the _workin- claases of England , but as the loader . of « i organised faction of the very Smallest di . _menstons . I have set _hlmpubliol j end _politicly at defiance , on * I have never failed to beat thc honourable mel oer _l _> y a vole , » pullic aMemWto , „ _,,, _« , " every county m the kingdom . Now , I may _rarfor mjJlf thatlnany advocacy which I may entcr TO or _^ _J Z r ? t 0 ftl , e . _^ Ut , Cal _^ _"Be of tho _worWng classes , / never wiU fraternise with the honourable _tnemd
The 'Times'and Chartism. The Sham Reform...
andhis organised _folloicers ; and If he says , ashe has said , that he _kas been _preparing his followers to go with us , I will say , as I have said a hundred times , that , with lite Chartists as organised under his leadership , I never will fraternise — I have set them at defianaebeforc , and I set _tltem al defiance t _. ow . ( Cheers . ) Chartists , you are denounced as a " small , insignificant , and powerless party , " whom the League king sets at "defiance . " We accept his " defiance . " Cobden says that he and his " mvrmidons" never failed to beat the Chartists . and his organised folloicers ; and _ifhe says , ashe _hansaW , that he _kas beon Dreoarine hU £ 0 llow « Bto gonlth ua ,
A grosser falsehood never came from the lips of even a Leaguer . He knows that as lon _^ r as the League meetings were free to the public , the Chartists constantly unmasked his schemes , and outvoted his paid spouters and deluded dupes . It is notorious that , in consequence of being invariabl y defeated by the Chartists in open meetings , the _Leagae had recourse to closed meetings . In the last two or three years of its
existence , the League had scarcely throughout the kingdom any collection of human beings that was not a ticket meeting . Free discussion was completely proscribed , and any one who , at the CoventGardenTheatregatherings , ventured to put a question to the speakers , was hustled out of the place . In the teeth of these facts , to outrage the truth as Cobden did on Tuesday night , shows him to be possessed of powers of face perfectly matchless .
After this exhibition of furious hatred on the part ofthe middle-class leader , compromise is impossible ; until the middle-classes renounce Cobden and his schemes of delusion , and prove their honesty of purpose by adopting the entire principles of the Charter , there can be no union with them . Let the shopkeepers have their private and " organised faction" meetings unmolested ; but if tbey venture before the public , and pretend to take the sense of the public on their nostrums , and demand the support of the people , let them be made to understand the only terms on which they shall have that support : — THE CHARTER , THE WHOLE CHARTER AND NOTHING BUT THE CHARTER !
Mr O'Connor's Letter '' To The Chartists...
Mr O'Connor ' s letter '' to the Chartists , " and tbe address from the Chartist Executive , received since the above article was put into type , recommend precisely the line of policy we have above recommended . We are happy to perceive that the Star , Mr O'Connor , and the Chartist Executive , are all of the 6 ame mind . Energetic action must be the fruit of this union ot sentiment . Throughout our serried ranks but one resolve must run : — No Compromise ! THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER !
The Pigmy Premier. Mister John Russell, ...
THE PIGMY PREMIER . Mister John Russell , _coramonly known by _tfhe style and title of Lord John Russell , has ventured to assert that the people desire neither Mr Hume's scheme of " Reform , " nor the " People ' s Charter / ' According to his Lordshi p , the _"Working Classes are quite indifferent to the question of their rights , as embodied in the Charter . Chartists of Great Britain , you well know how to answer this mendacious insolence . You will carry out the Proclamation of the Chartist Executive , and strike conviction to the puny pettifogging soul of the Whig Premier , by raising from the Land ' s-End to John-o-Groats , one united , thundering peal for "TUE CHARTER , THE WHOLE CHARTER , AND NOTHING BUT THE CHARTER J "
The Trades And The Charter. We Direct Th...
THE TRADES AND THE CHARTER . We direct the attention of our readers , particularly those who are members of Trades ' Societies , to an ably written Address in our 2 nd page , from the Stone Masons of London to the Trades of the Metropolis and the country generally . It will be seen that the Stone Masons urge upon their brother operatives the necessity of forming a Metropolitan Trades '
Political and Social Union , for the purpose of obtaining legislative recognition of the political and social rights of Labour . The Stone Masons in contending for the political ri ghts of industry , demand the Six Points of the Charter , and wisely add that they regard the _^ vote only as a means to an end . Their views of social reform do them great credit , and are well worthy the serious consideration of all who earnestly desire the veritable emancipation of the millions .
We are especially well pleased with lhe sensible observations of the Masons on the necessity ofthe working men obtaining by discussion and mutual instruction a thorough comprehension of their political rights and duties , and the measures necessary to effect the social salvation of the masses . When Universal Suffrage is obtained—as obtained it will be—we trusl it will be better employed than hitherto it has been in America , or than it was employed in France , on the occasion of electing the present rotten Assembly . If the Stone Masons can succeed in inducing their brother operatives to follow their noble example , then , indeed , political enfranchisement will come soon , and social regeneration will as surely follow .
When , on a late occasion , at a meeting of the Metropolitan Trades , certain individuals , more zealous than wise , succeeded in tacking the Charter and Repeal on to the " Report /' presented by the delegates to the meeting for adoption , we werejby no means pleased at their " triumph . " It was , to say the least , an indiscreet act , calculated to prejudice the Trades against the Chartists . The operatives , who are not Chartists , must be converted , not driven . Now it appears to us , t ha t the movement of the Stone Masons is admirably calculated to win over to the good cause those who hitherto have not been with us . The
greatest stickler for unadulterated Trades ' Unions , cannot object to the Stone Masons ' scheme . They do not wish to bring politics into the Trades' Societies ; they [ desire , on the contrary , that those societies should be wholl y devoted to Trades' interests but , seeing that Trades' Unions alone are not a sufficient defence ofthe workmen ' s interests , and certainly not calculated to obtain for the
working men the restoration of their plundered rights , they propose the establishment of an Association which they ( and we ) believe to be calculated to promote the social _fc interests of the Trades , by and through the obtainment of those rights which will arm the people with the power to enact good laws , and establish social institutions founded on the principles of eternal justice .
Wholesale Transportation. The Wealthy Cl...
WHOLESALE TRANSPORTATION . The wealthy classes are very much puzzled just now . They don ' t know what to do with the " poorer classes . ' Notwithstanding artillery , soldiers , pensioners , police , and special constables , they have an uneasy consciousness that the system is ricketty beyond the power of such props to keep up much longer , and that a change of some sort or other must be made .
But what kind of change shall it he ? The producers of wealth demand their fair share of political power , in order that they may use that power to promote the social well-being of their _^ 'order . " The possessors of the wealth , who are not its producers , re f use , under vari ous pretexts , to concede this just demand—the real reason being that they fear the establishment of just political relations would lead to equitable social practices , and the labourer then he not only worthy of his hire , but actually receive it , which is not the case at present .
The question , how e ver , must be answered in some way or other , or it is evident that this land will become too hot to hold the partv of the " haves , " and the party of the " havenots _* ' together . Therefore , the rich people have bethought themselves of a comfortable mode of settling the difficulty , in a way which they natter themselves will appear exceedingly patriotic and philanthropic on their parts , and
Wholesale Transportation. The Wealthy Cl...
at the same time secure not onl y a ] i _^ . present advantages , but conduce to the _futur _' permanent predominance of their class . Tn 9 Times is the exponent of the panaeea _^ fbr tha wretched and disturbed state of society . Tj _ der the catching title of " Colonisation , '' u . has , by leaders and letters addresssed to itself by its own writers , been busily employed ' fop some time past in writing up the wholesale transportation of our "superabundant" w orking population to the antipodes . It is found that the " Gagging Act '* does not fulfil its vocation by enabling our rulers to transport any of them felons at the same time secure not onl y a _] l th . nre . cwnt jidvant . _airw _! _. hvit . _r-. nndnc . ft tn + _! , „ c . , r
as , so a systematic and extensive expatriation is recommended , and called " National Colonisation . ' ' The hundreds of thousands who are thus to be got rid of , are uncon . victed by any court of law , but their crime is apparent enough . There are too many of them—human vermin that they are—for the comfort of the rich : therefore , we are to " ship off cargoes of human beings starving here" to Australasia and elsewhere , and thug , in the language of the same authority , " turn that which seems a curse into a blessing , and to supersede the turbulent discontent of halfemployed multitudes by the well-directed efforts of a National Colonisation !"
Casting about for the means of carrying out this scheme of National Transportation- we beg pardon , Colonisation—the Time . ? finds that the Poor-rates absorb a great deal of money very wa 6 tefully , besides the large amounts expended in maintaining h osp itals alms-houses , _orphan-schools , and other _charu table institutions , and appealing to the selfish _, ness and the pockets of the wealthy , it says
, " would it not be cheaper for you to pay a good round sum , and get rid of this f surplus ' humanity at once ! '' On the other hand , to entice the working classes , it publishes highlyco lo ured pictures of colonial felicity at the _Antipodes " Lumpers" getting 6 s . a day in a country where meat is 6 d . per pound , and bread , 1 _^ . In fact , " where the servants are masters , and lose half their time . "
It is scarcely necessary to observe , that these pictures are drawn by men who want more la . hour , in order to enable them to beat down its present price in the colonies ; and that if the Times could succeed to any great extent in persuading people to adopt this " National Coloaisation , " the result would speedil y be what we see at home . There would be more labourers than were wanted by the Capitalist and consequently the high wages and <( mag ' tership' ' of the " servants" would vanish to . gether . They would become , as they are afc home , the serfs of the commercial feudalism which has superseded the iron rule of the mailed barons of old , with , in our opinion , but very little , if any , change for the better to the serf
To a just , necessary , and rational system of National Colonisation , we are by no means opposed . In the course of Nature , nations must throw off fresh hives , as well as bees ; but the bees never do so until there is a real necessity for it . The means of subsistence equitably distributed among the workers , are found to be inadequate to the support of the whole , and then the Emigration takes place .
But they don ' t expatriate the working bees , and keep the drones to consume the honey which the workers have stored up , with only so many other workers behind as may suffice to m a k e mor e hone y for the drones . The bees are too sagacious to worship their drone * ocracy to that extent . As long as they are useful or tolerable , they have no objection to them ; but when they become neither , they are dealt with a la Jeremy Bentham—on the principle of utility .
We would apply the same principle to human affairs . We shall grant that when there is a " surplus population , " the surplus should swarm off and find a new hive , and a new field for their industry . But who are the surplus ? Those who create the wealth of the country , or those who merely consume it ? The best way to test any principle is to push it to its extreme . Let us suppose , then , that all thetillersofthesoil—the shepherds andgraziers , the bricklayers , masons and carpenters , t h e wea v ers , spinners , and mechanics—in short , those who raise the food ,
build the houses , produce the clothing , and furnish all the convenience , comforts , and luxuries of society—let us suppose , we say , that every one of them , if it were possible , were to sail to the Antipodes in one day , leaving behind only those who have hitherto honoured them by condescending to consume the fru its of their toil , and who now coolly talk of their wholesale expatriation . What would be the result if the land of _Englaad was thus left ia the undisturbed and sole possession of the Lord Johns , Sir Georges , Sir Charleses , and noble and ri ght hon . gentlemen , who now imagine they sway its destinies ? We suspect that it would be found very soon that these idols of
the British Constitution , were as wooden gods iis ever were worshipped by the most ignorant savage . The armies of labourers who went forth from its shores would carry with them civilisation and plenty . Mighty and ever beneficent labour would clear away forests ; stately cities rise up amidst the wilderness ; pleasant farmsteads nestle in the valleys , and smile upon the hill-sides ; cultivated fields would stretch away to the horizon , rich in the promise of plenty for man and beast ; and the rivers which flowed through their new home , would be brightened by the white wings of vessels wafting from other lands their produce in exchange for the surplus wealth sent thither .
But what would become of England left in the hands of the serene nonentities—the " lords and gentlemen , " and who now think themselves the great pillars of the State . ' Her cities would fall into ruins _; her fertile soil revert to a state of nature ; and her now busy ports cease to be visited b y a single sail . If we are to have a system of colonisation , let it be for the purpose of sending away the real surplus , not the real wealth of the country . Every labourer sent out of it who might be profitably employed in it for himself and the country , id an abstraction from the national strength and prosperity . Every useless idler exported would be a substraction from the
national burden , lhe true surplus are those who _arelunwilling to work for their own maintenance , and who think they have a right to live on the labour of others . ' Send them away by a ll means , as fas t as yo u l eas e , with just so many captains and sergeants of industry as may suffice to teach the poor benighted and ignorant wretches , how to earn an honest livelihood . Give at the same time the implements and the means of living , unti l the y get thei r first crops in , and then you will have done all they can fairly expect from you , and have restored England into the hands of its real owners—those whose labours make it what it is .
This question must be fairly understood . The richest man amongst us can eat , drink , wear , or spend nothing whatever which has not , in the first place , been produced by Labour . Only a comparatively small portion of the population actually labour ; therefore , every labourer produces a great deal more than he consumes , or would be capable , under any circumstances , of consuming . As Christianity and natural justice equally concur in laying down the principle that , " the labourer
shall firstbe pa rtaker ofthe fruits , " it follows that , until he and his are satisfied , there is nothing for anybod y else . If , after this is done , he is contented to let his surplus go to teed idlers , under any name whatever , why he has a ri ght to do so . But if there comes a pmeh , aud there is not enough for all , it is clem- the original owner—because the first creator of the wealth—has the right to say to the idler , " l can ' t afford to keep you here in idleness any longer . You are ' _surphi- ' . ' and must betake yourself elsewhere . "
But we denounce the whole theory of - 'if plus' upon which this scheme of _whole- _> . il _' transportation is based , as a fiction , iniv _; _-:- - - ' * tor the purpose of propping up an ur . _ju--t _, _vn < i unnatural system , and of screening from publi '' indignation the real ori gin of the artiticiu . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27051848/page/4/
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