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XX _Editcdby William akd Mary IIowitt , contains Kre beautiful Engravings , viz . —Werther's Charlotte , from a painting by Kaulbach ; Portrait of William Lovett . ; fete at St . Germain ' s ; Conversazione , by Oakley ; the fiipsey Mother , by Witkie ; with Three "Vignettes , to . —The Month of May ; the Haunted House , by Scott , of Newcastle ; and the Poet ' s Children , by Absolom . Amongst tbe Literary Content _^ are the following : —Lecture on National Education , by " _j _* ° ' Earliest Flowers of the Season , by W . Hincks , _r-h _f- — The Hyacinth and the _Mav ; die Month in Prospect , try W . _Howitt : Free Trade _Bd-ollections-T he Greeks , by
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ON THB FIRST OF JU 1 Y 1847 Witt he Published , NO . h ( PRICE SIXPENCE , ) OF
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IMPORTANT TO EMIGRANTS . AGRICULTURISTS and others may purchase 1-5 U ACRES OF RICH TIMBERED 1 AXD IN WESTERN VIRGINIA , described by General Washington as the Garden of America , for £ 24 8 s . 8 d . Sterling , ABOUT THREE SHILLINGS PER ACRE . £ 2 12 * . only to be paid down , the remainder in FIVE ANNUAL _PATMEATS . For further information apply to CHARLES WILLMER , American Land Office , STASLEY _BOILDIN'GS , BATH STREET , LIVERPOOL . Of whom may be had a Pamphlet en Emigration , in which these Lands are fully described , and tbe terms of ¦ ale explained , by sending three postage stamps to free the same .
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AUXILIARY TO THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . THE FOUNDER of the NATIONAL CO-OPERATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY respectfully acquaints his brethren of the Land Company and his Brother Democrats in general , that his object in founding the Society was to aid and assist the National Laud Company ii its glorious efforts to emancipate the human race , by pouring funds into its exchequer , through the means of the NATIONAL LAND and LABOUR BANK ; but the adoption of the PEOPLE'S BANK has proved a death , blow to the enrolment ofthe Society . All enrolled societies since the passing of the New Friendly Societies' Act , being compelled to deposit their cash iu the Bank of England , and thus furnish the " sinews" to uphold a Standing Army ,
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TO TAILORS . B . Read's New Patent Indicator for finding proportion and disproportion in all systems of cutting . Caveats granted , April 22 nd , 1817 , signed by Messrs Pool and Capmeal , Patent Office , 4 , Old Square , Lincoln ' s Inn . Declaration of same , signed by Sir G . Carroll , Knt , Lord Mayor of London . THE LONDON AND PARIS SPRING AND SUMMER FASHIONS for 1817 , are now ready , by BENJAMIN READ and Co ., r 2 , Hart-street Bloomsbury square , London ; and by G . Berger , Holywell-street , Strand . May be had of all booksellers wheresoever _jeaidins ' . By approbation of her Majesty Queen Victoria
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Tbe disturbances in the Grand Ducby ef rosea eassuned a threatening appearance .
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HO . VI . OF " THE _^ _LABOURER , " Now Ready , enriched 1 with ah elegarit ' Portrait _engraved on Steel , of ' ' T . S . DUHCOMBE , _ESQ M MP . .:: ' ¦ CONTENTS .-1 . T . S . Duneombe , Esq ., M . P . 2 . War , Love and Liberty , by Ernest Jones . 3 . The Insurrections of the Working Classes . 4 . The Confessions of » 'King . '•' 8 . Letter to Sir R . Peel . 6 . The Romance of a People . 7 . The Phase of Political Parties . 8 . The _jolly Young Poacher . 9 . The Land . 10 . The Monthly Review . 11 . Literary Review . IW . Correspondence ,-etc . 13 . Preface , & c . to Vol . I .
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Number VI . will complete the first Volume of the " Labourer , " copies of which , neatly bound in embossed clotb , ( Price 3 s . 6 d . each ) will be ready early in the month of June .
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NO . III . of "THE LABOURER , " Containing , amongst other matters , a Reprint of Mr F . O'Connor ' s Letter , in the "Northern Star" of January 30 th , demonstrating the certainty with which an allottee may support himself and family , and accumulate money , on a "Two Acre" allotment . The very general demand that was made for the paper containing the above letter induced the Editors to reprint it , after careful revision , in the March Number - of the "Labourer . " NO . IV . of "ME LABOURER , " Containing an elaborate Treatise on the NATIONAL LAND . AND LABOUR BANK , IN ITS RELATION WITH THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Are now reprinted i and may be had on applications .
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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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Just published , price 6 d . ( printed from the Short-baud Writer ' s Notes , ) ¦ ¦' < rpHE TRIAL OF THE MECHANICS AT LIVERPOOL A on the 2 nd and 3 rd of April , 1817 . Edited by W . P . Robeets , E « q . London : Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket : and at the offices of Mr Roberts , 2 , Kobert-street , Adelphi , ' London : and 3 , Essex Chambers , Manchester : and Abel . Hey wood , _Oldham-street , Manchester : and all Booksellers . .
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Now Ready , a New . Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORE ON SMALL FARMS . To be had at the Ncrthern Star Office , 16 , Great Wind _, mill Street ; and of Abel Hey wood , Manchester . .
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BALDNESS _EFFECTUALLMEMOVED . A SURGEONresidingjitf _CorkMttavmg , _^ n . the ' coarse of his Practice , had his attention particularly directed to _. fend acquired great experience in the _TREATMENT OF CAPILLARY DISEASES , begs toinformithosepersons afflicted with BALDNESS ( whether . in ' youth-nriadvanced . in life ) may , by a most simple process , itEPRODUCE that ' necessarjJoTOament . Parties _applying will _/ requiretoenelose a . small quantity of hair , and a . fee of'five shillings , bv post-office order , in favour of Surgeon Edward Williams , ! 3 , _Henry-street _,: Cork ; when the _netsstary instructions will be ft" warded by return of post .
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A COLOURED DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAIT in best morocco case for 10 s ., which is 15 s . less than any other London establishment , and warranted to be equally good , by MR EGERTON , 148 , Fleet-street , opposite Bnurerie-street , and 1 , Temple-street , Whitefriars . Open daily from nine till four . Foreign Apparatus Agent to Voigtlander aud Liribours , a complete Book of Instruction , price 7 s . 6 < L , by post 10 s . Price lists sent post free .
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APPROACHING DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT . A SPECIAL-GENERAL MEETING of the ELECTORS of the CITY of WESTMISSTER will be held on Wednesday , June 2 nd , at the Crown and Anchor Tavern , Strand , by the Committee conducting the Election of CHAKLE _5 COCHRANE , Esq . The Chair will be taken at Eight _o'Clock precisely . The Committee request the early attendance ' of those Electors who desire to ' . secnre admission , as the meeting will be open to any Citizen of Westminster , .
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FRIDAY , May 28 , HOUSE OF . LORDS . —Tbe Lords re-assembled this evening for tbe first time after the Whitsnn recess . Tbe Army Service Bill was read a third time and passed . Tbe other business of tbe evening ' was of no importance . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The House _re-assembled for tbe first time after the holidays . Mr Ewart rose to bring forward the resolutions of which be bad given notice _against the present system of direct taxation , tbe hon . member contending , in a speech ef some length , that a more direct mode of taxation would be moro beneficial to the community , and especially to the pocrt-r portions of it . The _CHANCELtes of the Exchequer said that the entire subject of taxation would come before Parliament next session , and be thought it nould be inconvenient to anticipate that discussion . Mr Ewabt , with tbe consent of the House , withdrew his motion .
The house then went into Committee on the Estimates , and a number of votes baring been agreed to , the Chairman reported progress , and the house adjourned .
Famine Riots On The Continent. Poskk.—Th...
FAMINE RIOTS ON THE CONTINENT . Poskk . —The riots in the grand duchy of _Posen still continue . On the 12 th of May a riot took place in the town of Witkowo . Un the 9 tb , at Gnesen , the mob plundered about thirty shops , notwithstanding that a battalion of Infantry was garrisoned in the place ; on the _san » e day a similar outrage was committed at the town ef _Irzemiszno , two miles from Gnesen . Rogowo and Czarnigewo were the scenes of the like outrages . In the villages for two miles round , tbe mob , provided with clubs aud and sacks , came into Wilkowo as early as four in the morning into the market place . A general riot being feared ,
fifty _burghers were ordered out to maintain the peace . But when tbey saw . a crowd of nearly one thousand persons assembled , they thought it prudent t > withdraw . A scene of plunder then commenced amidst the shouts of the populace , a number of carts containing potatoes were surrounded and pillaged , as well as several bakers' shoos . The police did all in their power to appease the tumult , but for a long time without success . They did so at last , and troops having come to their assistance , several _arrests ware made . Disturbances have also taken place at Marienwerder .
Ghent Order _hasbeenat last re-established in the above city . The Jfosaoer de ( Zand * of the 16 th _inst . states that on the Place _d'Artevelde , the . troops were attacked by a crowd of determined rioters , and were obliged to fire on them . Several _persons were wonnded . A proclamation , dated May IS , announced that the military were ordered to make use of t Denarius in case of need . Another proclamation ordered all cafes and estaminets to be closed at 6 p . m . It appears - by the Messager that 11 factories in Ghent have entirely stopped work ; that 25 are at work only during a portion of the week , and that only 7 are on full time .
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_Ibish Confederation . —At Cartwright ' s _coffeehouse , on Sunday last , avery interesting discussion tcok place on tbe state of parties in Ireland . The secretary read an article from the Daily News of Friday , which was ably commented on by Messrs Martin Ryan , Reardon , Sullivan , and M'Carthy . Mr Braceland , ofthe Golden-lane _confederates , addressed the meeting , lie was happy to see his old friends again . ( Hear , hear . ) The article just read bad taught them a lesson ; it taught them thai the Whigs were about making a death-struggle in Ireland , but he hoped the working men would take a lesson by the activity of their enemies , and be up and doing . What did the people of Ireland ever get from the Whigs ? Under Earl Grey were they not the bitter oppressors
of the people ? and , at this day , were they not treated worse thau dogs ? Had not the mother to go out and dig her husband ' s and her children ' s graves ? Under the Whigs every good man was banished . from Ireland who dared , to be politically honest . He believed great truths would come out . They had banished the man who was now doing good for the English people . It was nut the fault of the English people , if Ireland were cursed by the Whig faction ; the leaders of the Irish people had chosen them , but the English people had no voice in the matter . The _people were starving , dying—murdered ; yet had they land enough ? Political economists did not care how the people fared , so that they could get their exports made up , to make a show in figures . The rich had no feeling for the poor—the _government had no feeling for the poor—and it was idle to think that they had any other object in view than the selfish aggrandisement of their own order .
The present lord-lieutenant , whose name was Villiere , was rewarded by the title ot Clarendon for his services , or rather vices , in Portugal . He was one of the most crafty of his erder , and must therefore be esteemed a fit and proper person to delude the Irish people . The whole system was a mockery . Mr B . _delivered a very argumentative aod able address , and was much applauded throughout . Mr Waddick followed on the same side , and ably reviewed the history of the United . Irishmen , following Jthe patriotic _footsteps of Wolfe Tone through France , America , and Holland ; minutely contrasting his noble disinterestedness with the sordid acts of the . sham-patriots of the present day . He sat down much applauded . All persons wishing to _address the _meeting ( a 3 the right of all is admitted ) are requested to be punctual in attending early . Chair taken _everySnnday evening , at eight o ' clock . The lambing season in the northern Highlands has been unfavourable .
Food Riots . —A detachment of troops marched from I ! endeHD B Castle to ilelston on Friday , to repress some anticipated disturbances . On the previous day a gang of miners at Stithins stopped a waggon load of bread , belonging to Mr _Teasjue , mayor oj Penryn _, and stole its content ? ;
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Many of our agen ts having , some weeks ago , -informed us that they would require a further suppl y of the Mounted arid _Coloured Plates , as soon as we were in a position to meet the . demand , we now beg to announce that we have this week completed the orders given at the first issue , and are _prepared to execute further requirements . Agents yet . wauling , the Plate will oblige b y forwarding their orders , and staling the mode of transit . . We will accommodate our Welsh friends during the coming week .
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OBSERVE . ' All correspondence , reports' of public meetings , Chartist and Trades' Intelligence , and general questions , must be addressed : to Mr G . ' J .- . _Hakkkt , " Northern Star Office , " 16 , Great Windmill Street , London . All legal questions , and matters of local news , not noticed in provincial papers , and requiring eomme t , to be addressed to Mr Ernest Jones as above . All questions respecting Bills introduced into the Legislature , Acts of Parliament , their meaning and intent , < fcc , and questions respecting the Ministry , . and the . members of the two Houses of Parliament , to be addressed to Sir George Fleming , " Northern Star" Office . ' " All questions , connected with the management of land , and touching the operations of building , cultivation , & c _, to be addressed to Mr O'Connor , . Lowbands , Red Mariev , Ledbury , , ; ¦ - , Worcestershire . All communications of Agents , and all matters of account , tobeaddressed te Mr . W . Rider , "Northern Star Office , " 16 . Great Windmill Street , London ,
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"THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER !" FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq . FOR NOTTINGHAM . Wereceived Mr O'Connor ' s address to the electors af Nottingham too late lor insertion this week ; it shall appear in our next . Mr O'Connor declares bis intention of contesting the borough to the last .
The Northern Star Saturday, May 29, 1847.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MAY 29 , 1847 .
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O'CONNORVILLE . The first grand result of the Land Plan has been practically shadowed forth . The first members of a class new to modern times—a class to which the ancestors of our factory slaves and labouring serfs belonged before Monopoly had wrested the soil from their grasp , —a class of small landholders , of independent freemen , are now located on their own , —a germ from which a great growth of political and social reform is destined to arise . These men are
placed on the land with more than the facilities enjoyed by their forefathers . They live under a superior state of agricultural science , — -they possess mproved implements of husbandry , —they enjoy the advantages of cheap and rapid transit , —they find ten markets where there used to be only one ; yet , without these advantages , the cottagers of Old England led a merry life , when the harvest-home brought its dower to their own stores , and they still held the soil on which they " lived by the sweat of their brow . " It were strange , indeed , should the
present representatives not be as successful ' as the olden prototypes , and a failure in any one instance could only arise from the neglect of the allottee himself , since even incompetency could not be urged as an excuse . For , where the incipient farmer is taken from the mill and the loom , he will hot be placed alone in his labour of love _; he will not be forced to rely on the teaching of dearly-bought , experience ; no man can excuse a slovenly farm , or an _ill-managed crop , on the plea that he did not know how to set about his work . Here is the advantage
of co-operation . He will be surrounded by many practical farmers , allottees like himself ; he will follow their example— -he Jwill have the benefit of their instruction , and he will learn the " great mystery" of handling a spade and working for himself . Strange it is that some men , who think nothing of attempting a new , complex and artificial calling , should seek something mysterious and difficult iu the most easy and the most natural , as it is tbe most healthful and most pleasant , employment of man . But Monopoly , that dreads the
emancipation of Industry , has whispered , these bugbears in the ears of its slaves . Let the factory-lord go to 0 ' onnorville—let him look at the altered appearance of those who have even so recently escaped his grasp—let him compare their homes with the homes HE prepared for Labour—their independence with tbe pittance HE doled out—their security with the insecurity of employment in the factory-market—and ask them , if they will leave their promised land again ?—let him hear the price they sit on their farms;—let him hear the
sums offered to these _^ very allottees , and he will then learn that Labour needs but a fair chance , to redeem itself from thaldrora ; that the working classes ask but a fair field and no favour , to build themselves a home secure from the grasp of sordid avarice , that turns government into a stock-jobbing concern , and speculates upon the hunger it creates . Even Nature has smiled upon this holy undertaking the backward spring has come at last , with the proraise of a glorious harvest , and the grateful earth yields its full richness to the hand of toil . The corn dealers and speculators begin to fear the coming plenty;—to keep up prices , they announce in their
lying organs of the Press , that there is not a three- ! weeks supply of food in the country—and we rjfer our readers to another column of our paper , here they will fiud it stated , under the Irish News , that though in some markets produce is . plentiful , yet prices are kept up . We know of some farmers who , instead of mowing their hay , are sending their cattle into their meadows , since they have old hay enough on hand ; and thus at once keep up the price , and save the expense of labour . We know of some eminent corn-dealers ' too , who recently went rto the market , but never opened or produced their _-amples ; thus _creating a belief in scarcity , and drivng pices to the _desired pitch . We say . to _ the .
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allottees ofthe Land Company ; they will _ba safe frbn _^ _tricki"bf _ttaselharpfej j _jthoiigh ' prices . rise or wages fall they will grow their own produce-they will earn'their own living ; and we will even venture to assert more l ~ when , tbe great manufacturing interest , as represented by the overgrown Capitalist , shall have ceased—when the manufacturing industry of England shall look to other hands than ; a ¦ Marshall , a Cobden , or a Bright , to uphold its powerwhen the shuttle shall again be heard in the cottage , and machinery become the blessing instead of the
_enrseofman : then shall the different branches of industry , hot living upon conflicting interests , be developed on the true principle of reciprocity , the only guarantee of general prosperity—and the germ ; of this we behold in the Land Plan . And again we say to those who are yet aliens on . their own soil , and cry despondingly , "What shall we do till the next harvest . ' " we say , what will you do AFTER it ? Ypii see the preparations that are being -made to counteract the beneficent intentions of the' Deity j you see how the farmer and the corn-dealer are
providing AGAINST the coming plenty , and smoothing the pathway for an artificial famine . "You see in the daily Press how Irish landlords are selling the corn in the market which was given them for seed , and how broad acres remain unsown , ' while they , are _hoarding plenty in their granaries . We ' say to the people : you _mostnot bear your present _afflictions with apathetic endurance in the hopes of coming plenty . The same causes that produced famine after the last harvest , will produce ¦ it after the next oHe . Nay , when the hound has once tatted blood it grows
more ravenous . Thus , rest assured , after the monopolist has reaped the advantages of touk famine , he will seek after another . You must therefore rouse yourselves in time to counteract the machinations of your enemies . You . must remember , 'that after every fresh year of famine , as after a defeat , you lose a portion of your / confidence , your _strength , " and your resources—while your opponent gains fresh courage ,, wealth , and influense . Next year you will hot be so capable of resisting him as this- year . The time to struggle is not when you are utterly
prostrated;—bound hand and foot at the mercy of your enemy _v but while you still possess some vigour—some power of resistance . _> You are not how as weak as job have been ; you possess' advantages once undreamed of ; Land and Capital , and social as well as political unions , are raising jou on , a footing with your opponents ; they cannot now hurl you down from the golden ramparts of Monopoly , but as the towers of ancient besieging artillery brought the assailant to a level with his foe—thus the Landthe Bank—and the Union , ' are fast enabling the great army of the Charter to scale the citadel of Corruption . And as men struggle the more bravely when they have something worth struggling for , —
thus will the allottee become doubly ardent in the cause of democracy . His self-interest alone will ensure this . It will remind him that legislative monopolies deprived his fathers before him . of their lands by unequal laws and oppressive taxation ; it will tell him that those monopolies exist in undiminished force , and that under . them there is no security for honest labour ; it will incite him to relieve his property from the weight of undue taxation , and by ameliorating the laws of his country , secure the fruits of his industry ! in fine , it will make him rally boldly for the CHARTER that has already given him the LAND , and that can alone secure to him its undiminished fruits .
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« THE LABOURER . " The periodical Press is an exponent as well as a tutor of the popular mind . We know some of it ' s members that are , in fact , a sort of political barometer ; one can always tell when Democracy is in the ascendant , for at such times they grow wonderfully democratic ; and when the elements of faction are alternating in the scale of power , they change from Whig to Tory , and from Tory to Whig , with niarvallnlla _cl'ill mid arlmiralila pnmnlanonnv _$ nmA
of them just catch the breath of a public opinion before it has blown over the breadth of the land , aud then arrogate the credit of having created it . Others , bought by Ministerial intrigue , prophecy the success or failure of measures to be decided by men bought like themselves , —and know the result beforehand , since they could even tell you what bribe liad been received by each . We have seen some , too , spontaneously shoot forth into the broad sunlight of Democracy , and sport for a while in ephemeral Liberalism , till they grow popular and
powerful ; then we have heard the jingle of shopocralic gold in their leaders , and beheld them all fall back on middle class interests , and draw their inspirations from the counter . We , therefore , hail with pleasure in the Labourer the appearance and success of a Magazine that has not belied the promise given at its commencement ; and we see in that success a favourable omen for the _progress of Democracy . It proves that the appetite is not wanting when the food is supplied ; that the germ of democratic life is still _accive in the country j
and were it only as a feeler thro . wn out to test the mind of the people , this Magazine would have justified its mission . But we will venture to assert it has done more . It has proved the depth and character of the movement ; it has given the lie to those who asserted that passion more than reason was the guiding genius of the Charter—and that its talent lay more in declamatory energy than in varied knowledge . We need but refer to the political articles in the numbers that have already appeared in this remarkable periodical ; and well were it for
Lord John Russell and the country if he had not only read but heeded the letter addressed to him in the Magazine to which we allude . Well were it , indeed , for Ireland , if he had acted on the suggestions it embodies ; but vain were it to expect Progression from " Finality , " or Justice from " Expediency . " Nevertheless , the articles we refer to remain a monument of that noble spirit embodied in the Charter , and of the principles that will guide the Government of this country , when that Charter becomes , as it must become , the law of the land . We are proud of this Magazine as an exponent of democratic feeling , and proud of its having
maintained its position as a proof of democratic energy . It has ; not been' one of those periodicals that do more injury to a cause thau an open enemy , by espousing its interests at the outset , and then , veering round , throw the da oer of discouragement upon it , and the reaction ot expectations raised and disappointed . At the same , time , the Labourer thus fills a vacuum long felt in democratic literature , without a due representation in which a democratic movement lacks an essential ; and we have , therefore , watched it narrowly from its commencement , anxious for its oneness of purpose , and thence for its success . Now that it has reached the
conclusion of a first volume—now that it is thus far established in character and position—we bid it a more formal welcome than the mere monthly review in our literary columns , for , as we have said above , we regard it as an omen and aid for Democracy ' s approaching triumph . On whichever side we look , wc behold similar signs of encouragement . Tb is is but one of many . On the broad basis of the LAND the triumph of _Chartism _j s being reared ; the hand of UNION is
working at its walls ; even CAPITAL is _leading her unwonted aid , won by the charm of thr _. ft and ternperance ; and LITERATURE is finisbjing the graceful architrave , showing the world . ' that those from whom it can thus emanate , who can enjoy its inspirations , and he influenced b y its guidance , must already be far advanced on the pathway of education , aud well-fitted to wield that political power without which s . qq \& 1 amelioration , can never be obtamed .
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THE'NATIONAL TRADES' CONFERENCE . Whatever doubts _^ may have up . tb _. this ' time . _existei ) among the Trade _« , / as to the merits of the principles and plans' of ; the _Rational Associatio " n ; of United Trades , they . must , _^ imagine , , be . ' completely removed by a perusal of the ' elaborate and interesting Report of the Central Committee , read to the Annual Conference of that , body .. on Monday last .
It is seldom , indeed , that the results of practical experience square with the- predications " of theory . . Some unexpected hitch , some . contingency not , calculated upon , : some fortuitous combination of adverse circumstances ; nqt taken into account , come into play ,, derange the whole machinery , _aiid leave only disappointment and confusion where certain success and triumph were looked for .
Injthe painful catalogue of the attempts made b ) the working classes , in obedience to the impulses o » those natural instincts which impel humanity to struggle upwards , and the dictates of that natural sense of justice which has led them to demand a fuller participation in the fruits of their toil and skill , we do not remember one effort which , even in its proudest < and palmiest days , effected so much for the real elevation of the industrious classes as has been effected by what the Central Committee justly term this " infant Association . " As Hercules in
his cradle , by strangling tbe serpents that crept into it , gave token in his childhood of the strength which was to distinguish his manhood , so has the Association , presided over by Mr Duneombe , at the very , commencement given unmistakeable evidence ofthe possession of vigour whioh ; when duly developed and judiciously directed , must triumphantly achieve . the . emancipation of . Labour from the shackles of a false system , and give to the producer that place in the social scale , whether as respects positive _i enjoyment : or social respect and position , which is now ' most irrationally conceded ! to the idler . .
The principle and mode of action by which these results hafve been achieved are well deserving of the most _profound and patient consideration of the order of Labour . Almost the very earliest glimpses of society _present the phenomena _of a dominant and an oppressed class ; and though history , or the writers of what is falsely called by that name , have been too much occupied with the _chronieles of battles between royal or feudal robbers , or in recording tbe struggles of contending partizans for the loaves and
fishes of office , to take much note of that everlasting protest against man ' s injustice to- man which has ever , risen up from the great heart of society , yet it is not the less true that the protest has been made and thestruggle been interminable . Alike under the iron rule of the feudal baron , and the equally detestable tyranny of modern commercial feudalism , has this battle been waged , and must continue to be so long as man can feel the difference between right and wrong , just and unjust .
But the inferences from this fact are twofold . While , on the one hand , it guarantees to the hopeful disciple of progress that the world is not destined to go backwards , that it is in the very nature of our common humanity to aspire , it , on the other hand , suggests to the practical Reformer the question why past efforts have been so comparatively inefficient . Granting to those who have , heretofore laboured in the political and social vineyard all the credit , due to their lofty patriotism and persevering exertions , the fact that the great masses of the community are still tbe bond-slaves of the few is conclusive as to the truth of the statement , that the task has yet to be achieved which they essayedperhaps helped—but did not complete .
Perhaps in no one single direction has there been an equal amount of money , time , energy , intellect , and good intentions , expended with the object of improving the condition of the productive classes , as in Trades' Unions . It would be unjust and untrue to say that the whole of these have been utterly lost . Though the condition of the operatives is not what it ought to be , it might have been very much worse but for the existence of these unions . That may be freely conceded ; but at best it is but a negative commendation . What is now , what has always been wanted , is an organisation by which the
labouring classes may be positively raised in the scale of society , and endowed with the political , industrial and civil rights of citizenship . The rights of Labour are in essence paramount to the rights of Property , because labour is the parent of all property ; but , as affairs are now ordered , the oldest and most essential of all rights and of all kinds of property is trampled under foot , and man becomes the slave of the wealth he has created , and ofthe crafty few who by means of cunningly-devised institutions , have continued to accumulate it in masses , leaving to the original producers at the best a scanty subsistence .
To the solution of this great problem—tried by many , but without success hitherto in this country , the National Association resolutely addresses itself . Its first attempts , as we have said , appear to us of the most hopeful and cheering description . In nine or ten important cases , by the expenditure » f a small sum of money , it has , either by mediation alone , or by the show of preparation to set the men to work , by the capital subscribed by working _mentor the benefit of the working men , fucceeded in obtaining great advantages for the trades in whose
behalf it has interfered . This is altogether a new feature in the history of the industrial classes . Employers . have frequently precipitated strikes for private purposes , or with the view of humbling the spirit of the trades , when they thought that they were growing too independent in spirit and sentiment . Unfortunately , under the old system of local or sectional Trades' Associations , they could play the game with impunity . The long purse enabled them to hold out . The empty exchequer , and the empty stomachs of the working men , compelled
them again to submit to the worse than Egyptian bondage thus infamously prepared for them . " A change has come over the spirit of their dream- ' * A new actor appears on the stage . The masters have no longer to cope with the isolated members , of a trade in a single town , or even the associated members of their trade throughout _ths county .. A ne and holy league has been formed by the soas of Labour , who recognise in their common occupation a common ground of union ; and this confederation resolute not to exceed the law—determined at the same time to- avail itself of the aid of the law ,
whenever it can do so ; and above all , wielding the moral force and the _pecusjary energies oS a mightylegal , peaceable , and constitutional _confederationsteps in between the oppressor and his , prey , at the moment of contemplated injustice , and either compels him to abandon the intended aet of oppression , or rescues the victim from its endurance . We repent , we know of no instance iu which any association , with such objects in view , can point to so splendid a series of victories in a single year as that recovded by the Report of the Central Committee o I this Association .
Another and not less interesting feature of the Association is that presented by the fact , that where mediation has failed it has , in the majority of cases > set the men to work at better prices than those offered by the masters , and that between 120 and 130 persons are thus employed at the present time in various branches of industry . How much superior s this mode of employing the funds to the old
method of squandering them in keeping men idle , to the manifest loss of the societies , and the great injury ot the individuals themselve _? . There is an old adage , " that when the devil finds a man idle he generally sets him to work , " and looking back at the wreck of character , the destruction ot sober and industrious habits , which we _baye seen in
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I connection wiihfprotracted strikes , _wi _; _^ think that it contains a bitter truth . _* _mn By the new policy of this Association . „ evils are avoided _; and if tbe industrial den _» ; ' be managed by ; persons accustomed to com transactions , the capital , so far from being J _^ he made to fructify , and give , year bv year , „ ' _^ ing means of employment ' arid increasing _nJp ' fluence in the settling of disputes between eranl 0 * and employed . _^
We have given a full report of the proceedi no the Conference of Delegates , from which _jt v _-i , ° seen that mush interesting business has been t ' acted by it in an impartial spirit and in a blls _^ like style , which . emphatically , proclaims an _^* mense advance in the education of the people in ' _^ matters . That misunderstandings and differen opinion should exist in such bodies is tobeexce tt'at they should be freely expressed is desirable _/ cau _^ e nothing could more fatally lead to rem- " all healthy growth and expansion than n ' _suppression of opinion and tbe fullest discussion * every matter connected with the Association .
It lY _especially gratifying for us , in this eur $ o „ notice of a most interesting and important meetij to note that the working classes fully appreciate n _, immense : advsntag . es they derive from having j |] Duneombe at their head . The language of the _fy , port , in alluding at- the close to his labours , _fojj cate 3 in a manner at once most honourable to th >| gentleman and to the _trader , the manner ia whit i , they estimate his invaluable _services , and to add anj . thing here on the _subject would only be to spoil _iij effect of what has been so- well stated in that _docj . ment . Cordially , most cordially , . do we respond _>
the closing wish : —Long may the Association ! honoured by the presidency of ayman whom Englatj proudly acknowledges to be one © 8 _theniostpatriot ! _^ disinterested and efficient members- of . the _Legblj , ture , and whom- Labour ' s sons have . universal ! adopted as their champion ! _; Any review of the measures adopted by She Con . i ference will come better after we have the full rep _^ j before us , and we shall have much pleasure hi t _< . i turning to the _subjest _..
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NOTTCE . —Since the Law Department of _the-AWfe _* Star ? was opened , I havr received almost daily % _coni plaints from poor men that they hare been plunder _^ either by Pettifogging _Atteimeys or Advertising Lait , offices .. It was to save poor men from these fcaroiM that the law Department _ofi ' the Star was openedi * To give gratuitous Legal advice is one of the princi pal objects of that department . Vn no case , therefore , shall I take even the smallest fee oil remuneration frcm a poor man , except where my professional services shall render him a richer man than he was before . -Where * ' client , through my professional assistance , _recover property and becomes . _richer ,, than . he previously was , there-1 shall expect amnderate fee ; but evea . that I shall not take till after the- property has bc _« . recovered .
It is no unusual thing for those who have got _fraudo . lently or wrongfully into possession , of property , to set the claims of justice at defiance on account of the poverty of the rightful owner . Where' a poor man ' s claim to property is believed to be good ,. mV poverty will act upon me as an additional stimulus , to obtain justice for him . : There is another legal grievance which many people , even in good circumstances , suffer from . ;¦ namely , the heavy expenses they are put to about Leases , Agree . ments , Conveyances , Mortgages , Marriage Settlements , Making their Wills , lie . All these things are commonlr made longer by three or four times than they need to be " ; and the consequence is , the expenses and-stamps are twice or three times as much as they ought to be . To correct this evil a most skilful conveyancer ronders me his services , and upon terms so moderate that the ex . penses of Conveyances , Wills , < fcc , will be less than one . half of their usual amount .
When clients wish to have papers returned ,, or private answers to their inquiries , it is expected _thai they will send thercquisito number of postage stamps . In stating their cases , let clients simply _state / arfj _, and avoid all remarks and comments of their own , Much , often , depends upon tbe time at which , a thing happened ; as the time of a person ' s Birth , Marriage , Death , Date of his Will , the Date of the Probate , ku . therefore in all these , and similar cases , let dates be given . _Ebxjsst _Josas .
_LFOAl . William Bbook , Wakefield . — You and your brother may recover the legacies given by your aunt ' s will p but be . fore proceedings are instituted send me a copy of the will , or at any rate of so much of it as relates to tin legacies . John Boothroyd Shaw . —You should hare paid the in . stalments according to the agreement : it was not ne . cessary that your _creditor should send to you for the money . Tho only advice I can give is , to state your case to the court , and see if it can do _anything for you or to throw yourself on the mercy of your creditor . ; J . Debby . —If E . survived T . he had the power _t-t dispose of the property , or to charge it by his will as lie pleased , notwithstanding he died in the lifetime of T ' s wife . W . Sawkings , Kingsland-road . —To disinherit an _aeir-atlaw , there is no necessity "to give him a shilling . " If the testator ' s widow is living , she is most probably entitled to dower , or thirds , out of the property . _Isuupose
the will was duly executed and attested , and that the testator was of sound mind-. L . M . C—If the debt was contracted for necessaries , ( as food , clothes , etc ., ) the debtor is liable to the-payment of it notwithstanding he was- wider age whun . it _wui contracted ; but his goods cannot be taken iiv execution , unless judgment has been obtained _agaiust him . James Hailiwell . —The cottagers are liable to be dis . trained upon for the rates ;¦ but if they are too . poor to pay them , the magistrate can remit them upon proof of their poverty . ' J . W ., Ovenden . —The notice yourlandlordlias given you is bad . He van only turn you out of possession at the end of your current year ; namely , on the 7 th of Mar , 1818 , and that upoa giving you six months' notice to quit , unless there is a custom to make a shorter notice sufficient .
C . J . —The debt being under £ 20 _j must be sued . for under the SraalL Debts' Act . J . M . —I am of opinion that the second _rcsolulion was illegal ; and as the autlwrities have droppedthe prosecution under yoar retractation , you had best let tho matter drop . Were you to prosecute foe- the words you mention , you would nok ,. I conceive , obtain a couvictiou . Richabd _. IIakpeb . —My application would , bo of no use whatever unless you can prove yourself : to _ue-the heirat-law or next of kin . of Johu _EdwardsJ ; you must therefore first inform me what evidence you possess of your being either one or the other . E . Schomy . —The property being copyhold , _Ifmust see a copy of the surrender to Mr Broughtou . heforel can judge of your friend's case . As , however ,, obtaining _suchlcopy would bo attended with _espensn ,. and jonr friend , you say ,, being , poor , if you will _. _gijse me Mr Broughton ' s address 1 \ vul write to him .. A Ckautist . —The old debt is not recoverable , unless it has been acknowledged in writing , within the last six
_jjears , _Geobge Medlocic—I _liaite written to Mr . Cooke . _Roiieut Sands . —All the arrears of . the ,-weekly paymeut . to Mrs Macliin may be recovered by _. her personal _reprtscntative against . Mrs . llawkridge . Give , _nioher address , or that of her husband , if living , and , I . will write on the .-subject ; aud tell me who is the executor or aciniiniSv trator of _Mrs-Machin . J . W . A ., WeBtBvouvwicb . 1 do . not very clearly under . stand your case ; but as you are anlj . _reliiAed in the female line , and . as jour question seems to _relate to land . or real property , 1 do not see _ho- * . yo _\ _t . _cua have any _clainv ' to it , there being others in themk line who are as nearly related as . you aje in the female ,. John Eaduj ,. _Gkvan . —The _powflr of . attorney will . not enable the party to whom it is given , lo draw any larger sum tlian the sum specified iii the . puwer . John _JJoabwms . —If the baker , will not pay you you . must
prove your debt under the bankruptcy , aud inform the assignees of wha t he stated about the moneys in the _Baak . W . H . _Pickvance . —During , the tisae you have been shut out of the room you are . not liable to rent ; , aud was your landlord to briug an action forit ho would , no doubt , bo non-suited . J . S ., Do _* v . —I will write to the gentleman yea mention ; was your agreement in writing or have yoiway respectable witness to prove it I A . V . —Whether done by . a very long lease at . 3 . rent or by a conveyance of the fee subject to a fee firm rent , the effect , as respects " security , " will be much the same ; provided the thing be skilfully and properly done . Z . N . —If your children ave by " your late wife . " they ar _« entitled to the same share of tho personal estate _# _fyou ? late wife ' s mother as your late wife herself would hare been entitled to- had she survived hei mother . J . C . Whitehead— The nephewit would appear , is 3 tu
, living and husissuc , therefore tho . cousin ( the clnisM 1 " ; can have no right to the _property . If , however , 1 saw a copy of the will or of so much o * f it as relatos . lo the property in question , I should be better enabled to advise tho claimant what to do . Tiios . Bbetton . —Your case is one for an American lawyer . The executors should have sold aud have _« mitted the money to tho legatees in England . If v » l wish it , I will write either to them or to the Clerk oi _«« Court of Common Pleas of the State of Ohio . , .. J . R . S . —If the executors have sold the property tor a »' price , and the puvcuasev has completed Ms purenw > you must call upon tho executor to lay out the purcii _* - - money ( after deducting the legacies awl the _expen . _»" the sale ) on good , real , security , till' it be _asccvwi " wIipHipv vmir father is livihtt or dead . It you wiu _S
mo the address of the executors I will write , to _?^ and take care that the money ( after paymen t _« is legacies aud expenses ! is secuved . to your father auu MrTsELr , Newport , Isle of Wight .-The 5 s _fcrp Warrington Conspiracy never reached «» s «" consequently , wc could nol acknowledge 'ho _" P' e Cuaktut Poems . —All parties holding copies of tnc » _; are requested to state how many they have sow . « to forward the amount received for tho sauio w author at the " Northern Star" _Offine . xl J . Johnson , Manchester .-You had best wait till uf _VL court , ; and if your solicitor then does not proceeu ' out showing a satisfactory reason , you must » P j the court , to have him struck off the rolls tor u _' _^" duct . It does not very clearly , appear from you » J ., _thirt _BnuUcj had not ft right ' t sill the _wrticles m
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 29, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_29051847/page/4/
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