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    • THE I0BTHESH STAR SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1849...
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      To Be Sold *Dy A Party About To Emigrate...

      TO BE SOLD * DY A PARTY ABOUT TO EMIGRATE , D A FOUR-ACRE SHARE in the National Land Company . Price , £ 4 . „ Apply ( if by letter pre-paid ) toM . w , p ., 52 , Broadwall , Christ Church .

      To The Friends Of Humanity! South London...

      TO THE FRIENDS OF HUMANITY ! SOUTH LONDON HALL , 115 , Blackfriars-road _, corner of _Webher-street . THE COMMITTEE ~ of the HAND AND HEART WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS ' . FUND have taken tlie above Splendid Hall for a TEA FESTIVAL , _CONCERT AND BALL , Ox WHIT-WEDNESDAY , MAY 30 . IN AID OF THE ABOVE FUND . Tea on Table at Six o'clock . Danciug to commence at Nine o'clock . A Full andJIfidentSandwillbe engaged for the _Ocflfljioii . The Dances will consist of the most popular of the day .

      Mr . Walter Cooper has kindly consented to preside on the occasion . The following talented advocates will also attend : — Mr . Charles Southwell , Mr . P . _M'Gnvril , Mr . Alekandeh _Campuell . Mr . Edmc . vd Stallwood . Tickets of admission , to tea , concert , and ball , Is . 3 d ; To concert and ball , 3 d ; Tobehadof Mr . Barnes , 29 , Gravel-lane , Southwark ; Mr , Pearse , 43 , Gravcl-Iane , Southwark ; Mr . Heath , Southwark Coffee-house , Suffolk-street ; Mr . Williams , 10 , New Park-street , Southwark ; Mr . Andrews , 14 , Hcrbert ' sbuildings , Waterloo-road ; Mr . Carter , 112 , Tyer ' s-street , Vauxhall ; Mr . J . Grassby , 9 G , Regent-street , Lambeth ; Mr . J . Simpson , Elm Cottage , Waterloo-street , Camber well ; Mr . W . II . Nicholson ,-3 , Garden-row , Kennington-road ; Mr . Edwards , Jeweller , Weston-street , Bermondsey ; Mr .

      Patterson , 58 , Cardigan-street , Vauxhall ; Mr . Collins , 44 , Vine-street , Westminster ; Mr . Milne , 1 , Union-street , Berkeley-square ; Mr . Stallwood , Hammersmith ; Mr . M'Veigh , Two Chairmen , Wardour-strcet , Soho ; Mr . Murray , Coach and Horses , Silver-street , Golden-square ; Mr . Parkes , 33 , Little Windmill-street , - Soho ; Mr . Duddridge , Bricklayers' Arms , Tollbridge-street , New-road ; Mr . Sims , 11 , Tothill-street _, Little _Gray ' s-inn-lane ; Mr . Allnutt , Headman's Coffee-house , Clerkenwell-green ; Mr , Newley , Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town ; Mr . Knowles , Globe and Friends , Morgan-stree t , Commercial-road , East ; Mr . John Arnott , Middlesexplace , Somers Town ; Mr . George Corderey , 8 , Watson ' s Mews , John-street , Edgeware-road ; Terry ' s Coffee-house , 42 J , Church-street , Shoreditch ; and of Mr . Southwell , on the premises .

      In announcing the above benefit to the p hilanthropic public , tlie committee beg to state that thirty widows , and nearlv one hundred orphans are . supported bytlw _. fund , and they trust that those who have hearts to feel for sunering humanity , will rally around them on this occasion . JonN AitNorr , _Sscretary .

      New Monthly Publication Pmce Threepence....

      NEW MONTHLY PUBLICATION PMCE THREEPENCE . On the 1 st of June , will appear No . I . of THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW Of BRITISH and FOREIGN POLITICS , IHST 0 RY , and LITERATURE . Edited by G . JULIAN HARNEY . At present no Monthly Advocate of Democratic Progress exists in this country . It is therefore proposed to establish such an organ , at a . price which will place it within the reach of all sections ot the people . The Democratic Review will roprcsent , contend foiviiild chronicle the progress of Democratie Principles at Home and Abroad . The Political and Social Emancipation of the Proletarians of these Islands by tho enactment of the principles of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER , HOME COLONISATION on A FREE SOIL , and the substitution of CO-OPERATION for Competition in Manufactures and Commerce , will be strenuously advocated in this Publication .

      Believing that Men of all Nations are Brethren , the Editor will advocate Justice for the Oppressed , without distinction of Country or Creed . Talented writers in France and Germany have promised to contribute articles ; and arrangements t . re in progress for securing tlie assistance of correspondents in Italy , bwitzerland , America , ic ., & c . On the 1 st of June , thirty-two pages post octavo , iu a Coloured Wrapper ,

      PRICE THREEPENCE . Copies will be printed to pass through the post , without wrappers , aud will be sent on the receipt of Five Postage Stamps . Orders , Communications , Advertisements , and Books for Review , to be addressed to the Editor , or Publisher , No . 5 , Wine Office-court , Fleet-street , _Loadon . fj _* " To ensure delivery as soon as published , triers shouldbe given immediately . To he had on order of allBooksellcrs aud News _Ajjents in Town and Country .

      Receipts Of The National Land Gomp ' Any...

      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND GOMP ' ANY Fob inE "Week E . vdiko Thcbsdat _, Mat 24 , 1 S 40 . SHARES . £ s . d . £ s d . Ledburv .. 0 10 0 II . Snell .. 10 0 Lambeth .. 0 2 G P . Trumble .. 0 10 Dukinfield .. 0 13 0 R . Pattisou .. 0 2 10 MeithviyMorgan 0 2 a C . Pilgrim .. 0 1 0 Avmley .. 5 30 C . J . Pilgrim .. 0 0 0 Nottingham .. 1 0 10 J . Collison .. 0 10 0 Northampton .. 0 4 0 E . Austin .. 0 5 0 Rochdale .. 1 10 0 T . Gill .. 0 2 0 Newton Heath .. i !) 0 H . Godding .. 0 10 0 _Dalston .. 0 10 10 J . Vigurs .. 0 2 6 Belper . " . 0 6 0 Manchester .. 2 8 10 Winchester .. 093 . Todmorden .. 500 £ 30 18 10 T . Devonport .. 050 »

      EXPENSE FUND . Merthvr , Morgan 0 5 0 II . Smith .. 0 1 C Spilsby .. 0 15 0 C . Michailwaite 0 2 0 Nottingham .. 0 2 3 Newton Heath 0 10 u £ 1 IS 3 William Scott .. 9 5 0 _siaaBa

      TOTALS . Land Fund 30 18 10 Expense ditto ... ... ... 1 18 3 Bonus ditto ... ... ... 510 17 1 Loan ditto ... ... ... 0 12 0 Transfers 0 2 9 Returned Aid Money 20 0 0 £ 570 8 11 TV . Dixon , C . Doyle , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . M'Gkath , Fin . Sec .

      Executive Fund. Received By W. Ridek.—Da...

      EXECUTIVE FUND . Received by W . Ridek . —Daventry , per C . Ashwell , Ss . Cd . VICTIM FUN D . Received at Land _Omas . —Tiverton , per Rowcliffo , 5 s . 1 Mr . Wright , Is . ; Deptford and Greenwich Friends , per Air-Whitcombe , 8 s . VERNON'S DEFENCE , FOR MR . NIXON . Received at Land Office . —Mr . Side , sen ., Is . ; Mr . Side , ' un ., Is . j ; Mr . Edwards , Id , FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Ridek Birmingham , Ship Inn Locality , per J . Newhouse , £ 1 as . ; Haworth , per W . Greenwood , 5 s . 4 d . ; Stroudwater , per _H . _l'ritchard , Ss . 4 d . Nottingham , per J . Sweet , £ 1 2 s . lOd . ; Daventry , per G . Ashwell , 8 s . Ud . ; P . W . B ., Stepney , Cd . ; Levi Francis , _Cathal Mills , Is . ; Sheffield Female Chartists , per Elizabeth Hammond , 3 s . : Carlisle , Chambers' Warpers , per J . Gilbcrtson , 10 s .

      NATIONAL VICTIM FUND . Received by John Arnott . —Totncss , per W . M . Tanner , 7 s . ; Belper , per Richard Wheatley , 10 s . ; J . D ., and a Few Friends , per E . Stallwood , 3 s . 7 d . ; Crown and Anchor Hall Locality , per Mr . Allen , 5 s . Oid . ; D . N . B ., per Mr . Clark , 5 s . ; 28 , Golden-lane , per Thomas Brown , 3 s . 3 Jd . ; Globe and Friends , per Mr . Knowles , 2 s . lOd , ; Lecture Hall , Philpot-strcet , per ditto , 4 s ; Ernest Jones Locality , per Mr . M'Veigh , 0 s . Gd . : Land Office , £ 1 16 s . ' 2 d . ; Mr . Rider , as per Star , £ 3 16 s . Gd . —Total , £ 17 19 s . Ud .

      Duty On Advertisements And Paper On Tues...

      DUTY ON ADVERTISEMENTS AND PAPER On Tuesday evening a general meeting of master printers , compositors , pressmen , and machinists , was held at the Mechanics' Institution ,. Southampton-buildinnrs , Chancery-lane , . iu . pursuance of a requisition issued by the committee of the Compositors Society , for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning parliament to repeal tho duties on advertisements and paper , as also the penny stamp on newspapers ; L . J . Hansard , Esq ., in the chair . The Chairman opened the proceedings with an address of considerable length , in which he contended that the amount of revenue derived by government from the tax on newspapers and advertisements , by no means compensated for the

      deprivation of the means of intellectual culture which it entailed on the working classes , by enhancing the price of hooks , periodicals , & c , and consequentl y contracting their sale , while it afforded no advantage in respect of elevating the intellectual standard or the moral tone of the press . He also showed that the impost was especiall y injurious to compositors and pressmen , by the tendency which it exerted to prevent any increase in the number of newspapers and periodicals published . Mr . Edwards moved the first resolution , which embodied the opinion of the meeting that the taxes on paper and advertisements , as also the stamp duty on newspapers for local circulation , forcibly impeded the industrial operations of tho printing trade , and were otherwise pernicious to tho wel £ of the

      being community , inasmuch as they obstructed the mental a dvancement of the people , and by improperly raising the prices of hooks , publications , and newspapers , prevented the majority from obtaining the practical knowledge and information so immediately essential to tho happiness and condu-C "j _: _? : ° x _^ he g . eneral prosperity of society . He said that the printing business had suffered for many years from the narrow field of labour and the _excessstve number of labourers , and the consequence was that during that period large numbers of men both able and willing to work , were continually out of employment . ' The resolution was seconded by Mr . Baker , supported by Mr . J . Duncan , and carried unanimously A petition to . parliament in which the principal objections to these imposts were briefly and clearly stated having been adopted , the proceedings terminated . °

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      Air. T. Own-Ana Acknowledges The Receipt...

      Air . T . Own-ana acknowledges the receipt of _^^ _"S * sums for the support of the _KirkcWa . _P" _™; - _^ ham , _lUchnrd Barker , 10 s . ; Swineshcad Oloush , toa moruen , Gs . ; Salford , Land Members , Is . M ., 1 adinani Chartists , 10 s . ; Todmorden , Kichard Barker , Gs . Mr . G-. Davidsov , Leith . -Received . have been i « - Mr . _RoTUEitUASi , Wingatc Grangc . -None lia \ e oeen i . S L Hoh > ck .--The legitimate expenses of the election of _^ churchwardens fall on the church rates ; and no on individuals . A written note is generally _kaided in by p . uties demanding a poll-but wc do not believe it to be a positive requirement of the law . Has Holbeck a local net ? if so vou must be guided by that . ,, _- .. . address is 5

      Mr . Fieldes , Todmorden . -Mr . Cooper ' s , Park-row , _Kiiuditsbrldge . Eu . viuiicii . l-We did not receive the report of the meeting until Thursday evening , which will account for the bnet notice we have given of it . . W . II- ft , Birmingham . —We cannot advise . _. J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums ' ( sent herewith ) for Victim Fund , viz . : —Mr . Lees , Is . ; Mrs . Perkins , Id . ; W . M ., 2 . _'d . ; from Carrington , is fcd . ; Tho Seven Stars , Os . 6 d . ; Tlie Alderman Wood , Is . G . Jd . ; The Colonel Hutchinson , 5 s . ; The Balloon , 2 s . __ Mrs _M'Douall . —Received by the Liverpool Committee . — 1 _' er John Knight , Is . Gd . ; Mr . J . Sweet , Nottingham , 6 s . Id . ; per Thomas Whittaker , from Newton Moor , near Hyde , as . J . Nocklks , Glasgow . —We cannot insert your commumea tiou unless paid for as an advertisement .

      To The Land Members The Directors Have R...

      TO THE LAND MEMBERS The Directors have received numerous applications from parties who have been inspired with increased confidence , in consequence of the decision of the Court of Queen ' s Bench , askino- them to postpone the day for ifeceiving Bonuses , in order to enable them to withdraw their monies , and as this cannot in any wise interfere with __ the time of taking possession , the Directors have _ao-rccd to extend the time for receiving bonuses , till Wednesday , the 13 th of June ;

      and in reply to correspondents asking what amount of Bonus would be likely to insure location , the Directors cannot form a guess , nor would it be legitimate for them to attempt one . Every man paying one-third of the amount that the Land and House cost the Company , will receive a conveyance at his own expense , which will amount to between £ 7 and £ 8 , or rather less , while every man who has paid less than a third bv way of Bonus , will receive a lease . Those who pay the largest amount of

      Bonus will bo entitled to the first choice , and so on in proportion to the amount paid , while four per cent , upon the amount paid will be deducted from the annual rent . Some have already paid as much as £ 140 , but this is no guide ; but it should be distinctly understood _, that those who have paid Bonus , but not of sufficient amount to entitle them to location , will have their funds returned . This is rather a better security than monies invested in Railway Companies .

      Fbakgus _O'Cois-iv-on , Philip M'Grath , Thomas Clark , Christopher . Doyle , William Dixon . THE CHARTER . On Monday , the 4 th of June , a meeting will be held in Milton-street Theatre , to adopt a petition for tho People ' s Charter , to which Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and several other Members of Parliament have been invited . Chair to be taken at halt-past seven o ' clock .

      PORTRAIT OF THE PATRIOT , THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER . On Saturday , the 9 th of June , this splendid portrait of Thomas Francis Meagher , together with his biography , will be given with the " Northern Star . " Agents are requested to send their orders , and state to whom they _shttll be sent for enclosure , or by what conveyance they must be forwarded .

      The I0bthesh Star Saturday, May 20, 1849...

      THE I 0 BTHESH STAR SATURDAY , MAY 20 , 1849 .

      The Charter

      THE CHARTER

      There Is' No Coercion That The Inventive...

      There is' no coercion that the inventive mind of man can suggest , that is not being attempted , to seduce , induce , or intimidate us to modify our political principles , and reduce our demands to the standard of expediency . The Free Traders , who based their title to Chartist support in their struggle for cheap bread upon professions of Liberal principles , assured the people that Free Trade once

      accomplished they would then struggle for the Charter . To use Mr . Bright's words , delivered in the Market-square of Northampton , " Let us get the one waggon through the gate first , and then wc will open it wide enough for the six ; " but now they have contracted their space to four of different dimensions , as we do not recognise one of our vans in their group .

      By this party we are now characterised as obstructives ; while some few—and , thank God , they are bat a few—lick-spittle drivellers , formerly the most enthusiastic Chartists , inspired by the hope of another mock crusade , in which they may be the paid apostles to preach another mouthful of moonshine to the oft-deceived working classes , are pinning themselves to tho broad-cloth sleeves of their

      future paymasters , and shadowing forth their future hope , derived from middle class patronage , based upon desertion of Chartist principles . But , thank God , although the English mind is capable of being caught by ilies , which turn out in the end to be stinginggnats , and although we stood alone of our order , we have the courage and resolution to resist tho bait .

      AVliat ! have not the working classes of England gained sufficient experience from the nothing achieved from the three great measures of the last twenty years—namely ,

      EMANCIPATION—RE F OEM—FREE TRADE ? Were not these three chauges considered as essential political changes ? Did not Emanci p ation promise the down-trodden Catholic perfect religious freedom , while he still pays tax to the law church , and sees the conquerors ' trophy in every church steeple ? Did not the promises held out by Reformers excite tho expectants to arson and revolution ? And was not tho confident hope relied upon by the people as the realisation of that measure , that every man should be represented in the House of Commons , leaving the seductive hope of

      PEACE , RETRENCHMENT , AND REFORM wholly out of the question ? Next came Froo Trado , which presented . not only the flattering prospects of

      HIGH WAGES , CHEAP BREAD , AND PLENTY TO DO , but the still fonder belief , that the ultimate object of its advocates was to insure a " full , free , and fair - representation of the whole people in the Commons House of Parliament . " Well then , we would ask if a-people thus juggled for twenty years , and without whose co-operation not one of those measures would have been carried , are again about to surrender that proud position which will ere long make them the real , as they are the legitimate source , of political power , and thus a fourth time be the slayers of popular liberty ?

      Ihe Free Traders , when struggling for the means of competing with the world in manufactures produced by cheap labour , were MORAL FORCE Chartists , andonly required Free Trade as the first stepping-stone to cross the political ford . Knowing that the people of England attach paramount importance to political equality , those who struggle for their own fanancial beneSt find it expedient and necessary to mix

      There Is' No Coercion That The Inventive...

      up Political with Financial Reform . ; hut , lot our readers rest assured , that their Political Reform is but the trap to catch an auxiliary force to secure then- own object ; and that the people aro but used as political engines to intimidate middle class opponents , and to achieve another middle class triumph ; and , that once gained , all thought of extension of political power will vanish , until the support ot the masses may be again required to achieve further financial benefits for their taskmasters .

      We are now taunted with a sluggish inertness of the masses , and are sneeringly asked , if it is not more prudent to walk with those who have power to light us a portion of the way on our Reform journey ? But our answer now is—as it was thirteen years ago—that they will lead us on that road with a dark lantern in their hand , flashing it in our lace when they have arrived at their own goal , thanking us for our company , telling us that they have arrived at their destination , and requesting us to grope our way to ours in tho dark ; ..:....

      When there was more difficulty and greater danger connected with the advocacy of popular rights , we resisted every bait held out , we laughed at every threat , and cheerfully bore oppression and persecution , rather than allow ourselves to he used as tools to deceive the working millions ; and now , that a new campaign has opened , and that another attempt is being made to seduce the Chartists from their allegiance , wc swear before Heaven , that we would ratherjoin even in a physical struggle which should terminate in death , than be again led blindfold , gagged , and manacled , as recruits in the RULE-OF-THREE ARMY .

      What is life , but liberty ? and what is liberty , but the fullest enjoyment of life ? And how could we enjoy life or liberty—how , could we repose by night , or think freely by dayhow could Ave live without pungent remorse , feeling the sting of conscience , were we seduced from our own path by the scoff of the wily , the threat of the powerful , or the desertion of the slave ? Talk not to us about tho promised benefitsto be derived from the QUADRUPED . You —brave Chartists of England—pawned your clothes , your little luxuries , your necessaries of life , and stinted yourselves of food to scud

      delegates—nay hundreds of delegates—from all parts of England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , to Birmingham , in 1842 , to save your loved and honoured principles from the machinations of the wily , whose only PROFESSED OBJECT was to change yourname , but whoso real intention was to slay your constitution ; and if you can derive knowledge of the future from the past , bear the fact in mind , that a small minority of that assembly , professors of Universal Suffrage , and of every point in the Charter , abandoned the meeting when defeated in their attempt to destroy U 3 , thus fully establishing their love for the principle of Universal Suffrage .

      What , then , are you , brave Chartists of England , so degenerate , and have you lost that spirit which animated you in 1842 , to preserve even the name of your Charter ? and will you now , with your prisons full of victims , with millions of your fellows starving for want of bread—will you , who made such sacrifices to preserve even your name in 1842 , consent , in 1849 , to accept the QUADRUPED as a substitute for the Charter ?—if so , seven years do in truth work a mighty change in the human mind .

      Your taskmasters may rejoice in your silence and prostration , and may take advantage of your apparent apathy to raise their own little flag , but wc have made a wrong estimate of English feeling , if we could presume that the English mind is prepared to retrograde ; while , in this age of progress , new opinion is upon every passing breeze , and the people of all other countries are contending for the inalienable rights of man . What said Mr . Williams , tho late member for Coventry , at the Financial Reform meeting , held in the London Tavern on Tuesday last ? He spoke as follows

      ;"The productive power oftlic people had been fearfully reduced , and the consequence was that last year 3 , 38 (> , 0 : _iu received parochial relief , aud 100 , 000 were committed to prison for crime . Surely , than , if something were not done to stay tins further progress or this downward system tliey might live to see a prophecy Sir James Graham , published in a pamphlet thirty years ago , to the effect that ' whenever the country presents the spectacle of millions wanting bread , then would the people sweep away titles , pensions , and honours . ' Tlie only remedy for this complication of evils was parliamentary reform ; it was useless to expect

      financial reform till that had been attained . When Lord John Russell introduced the Reform Bill , he made use of these remarkable words : ' I propose by this bill that the people shall send to the Commons House of Parliament their real representatives , to deliberate on their wants—to consult on their interests—to consider their grievances—to hold the purse-strings of the nation—to lay the foundation for salutary changes in the well-being and comforts of the people—and that laws shall not be passed for the benefit of classes by men roused from their slumbers at twelve o ' clock at night to vote for what they know not . '"

      Well , then , have we not millions wanting bread now ? While Sir James Graham looks sleek and fat , aud is preparing himself as a recipient of a larger amount of bread wrung from tho starving millions , by passing " from the bleak to the sunny side of the Treasury . But we agree with Mr . Williams , and fully , that the hope of Financial Reform , except through the instrumentalit y of Parliamentary Reform is ridiculous aud absurd ; while we further contend that no measure of Parliamentary Reform short of the People ' s Ciiauteii , willever accomplish that Financial Reform which will be of any ( the slightest ) benefit to tho working man .

      Comment upon the hope held out by Lord John Russell when contending for tho Reform Bill , would be useless and more waste of time , inasmuch as we have shown a thousand times over , that not a single promise held out by the advocates of that measure , and not a hope of those who fiercely contended for it , has been realised . Have we not alread y drawn from . pas _' t disappointments a sufficient

      warning for the future to place the Chartists upon their guard against this new recruiting company ? Are they not aware that of all horrors the present system of political persecution is the greatest ? And are they not aware that the juries who carry these fierce laws into execution by their verdicts upon Chartist _prisoners are composed exclusivel y of our middle-class

      FINANCIAL REFORM FRIENDS ? If we required further proof of the power of the middle classes to rule this country , even under Household representation , could wo furnish a stronger one than that which the Irish Poor Law system presents ? In that country three years' residence constitutes a title to parochial relief , and the tyrants take care to eject their slaves every thirty months ; and once establish the principle of Household Suffrage in this country , _ and then , as we before predicted , you will have two description s of House—H-O-U-S-E , to live in—and H-O-U-S-E , to vote out of ; and no man will be secure in the possession of his domicile for one year , much more for three years .

      The mask would then not be relied upon b y the owner , for , even with the Ballot , the owners of property would take good care that their voting houses should only bo occupied by serfs upon whose votes they could depend ; and the result would be continuous oustiugs , and the utter suppression of public opinion , as no occupant of a voting house would run the risk of being ejected . Wh y , did not the Reform Bill—that great Leviathan—promise all but the Charter , and what has it effected for the millions , who are again to be duped by the repetition of a similar humbug ?

      While all other nations , for centuries held in servile bondage , are contending for flesh and blood and mental right , will the English people -tho foremost of all nations in political _know-Uad g _^ _surrcnder flesh and blood , and mind , to the dominion , oi bricks and mortar ? Shall it . be said of the Saxon , that his mind , and the expression of that mind , shall be swayed , directed , controlled and governed by the caprice

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      of the owner of his hovel ? _3 N " o ! bravo Char tists of England , let your watchword bo " THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER !" You have been caught in the middle-class trap three times , and we now tell you , iu con , elusion , that" As well may the lamb with the tiger unite , The mouse with the cat , orthe lark with the kite " — as to presume that the labourer can unite with the moneymonger "for any other purpose than to make him a lark in the claws of the kite , or a mouse in the fangs of the cat . What is to be done for Labour must be done by Labour and , as we have consistentl y fought the battle of Labour , if all others should now desert its banner , and though we stood alone , our watchword shall be—THE FULL RIGHTS OF MAN , ACCOMPLISHED BY THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER .

      The Ballot The Question Of The Ballot Wa...

      THE BALLOT The question of the Ballot was introduced ou Thursday evening , by Mr . _Berkeley , the Member for Bristol , and , after a languid debate , of about an hour and a hall" in which not one of her Majesty ' s Ministers took part , the House divided , when the numbers were , For the Motion 85 Against it I 3 fJ Majority 51

      Parliamentary Review. Chartism Is Too St...

      PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Chartism is too strong a dose to he swallowed entire b y our legislators ; they therefore take it in drops upon the _homajopathie system . Last year on the motion of Mr . H . Bekkelev they adopted a resolution in favour of "the Ballot , by a majority of ei ghty-six to eighty-one ; this week they have by a majority of five declared in favour of shortening the duration of Parliaments . As no specific time was named by Mr . D'Ey _^ _covi'T , who introduced the subject , and who merely asked for leave to bring in a bill with that object , the decision was one upon a principle rather than

      any faxed number of years . Probably the mover himself and many of his supporters would prefer Triennial to Annual Parliaments , but as the decision stands it is merely an affirmation of the justice and policy of short Parliaments , and is therefore as much to he claimed by the advocates of the latter as by those who support the former period . The Ministerial organ on the morning following this decision , tried to throw ridicule upon it . It was a mere joke which was allowed to pass in " the absence of the great bulk of the members . " According to the same venerable authority " upon the

      Derby question , " ( that is , whether the members should have a holiday to go to the races on Wednesday , instead of attending to their business ) there had been a full House and a full division—138 against 119—as the gravity of the subject deserved . Immediatel y the division had taken p lace , the Members presuming that all serious business _ioas at an end , ran out to arrange their plans for the morrow . The " _Tvncs' _' may consider this style of writing hnmorous and witty , we think it brutal and insulting . If it represents the feelings or hurmonises with the sentiments of those it is

      supposed to represent , Ave can only say that we trust that ere long the people of this country will teach them iu an effectual and practical way the difference between their opinions as , to what constitutes " serious business . " In the meantime , however the Puddledock Thunderer may affect to decry the decision of Parliament , on tho subjects of the Ballot and Short Parliaments : however true

      it may be that Ministers could " whip" a counter majority of hacks , whose only business in the Hall of St . Stephen is , in the words of Buiixs , "to say aye or no as they are bidden ; " yet one thing is certain , Parliament has solemnl y recorded its decision in favour of both . There they stand on the Jour * nals of tho House of Commons , and tho reversal of those decisions can onl y bo effected at the cost of the character of Parliament itself for

      integrity and consistency . Mr . _D'Evxcomix ' s speech was studiously subdued and almost ; Whiggish in its tone , though that does not save him from the ridicule of the Ministerial organ , which complains that he treated the subject " retrospectively , prospectively , historically , philosophically , or , as sailors would say , from stem to stern . " This is really , to say the least of it , a strange objection to make to a speech , aud still stranger the sequence . "We ( the _"Times'" ) can only consider the

      question m one way , _afid that is rationally : ' If there beany meaning in words , as used by the recondite authority of _Printing-Housc Square , wc are to infer , that to treat a subject "historically and philosophically "—to view it by the light of past experience—in order to justify the conclusions of abstract , and a priori reasoning ; in short , to look at tho whole question in a comprehensive aud argumentative way— " as sailors would say , from stem to stern "—is to treat it iiiiiatio _' _xally 1 _'* ' This

      conclusion affords a key to the approval of Lord Jonx Russell ' s opposition to the motion . 'Whatever is opposed to history and philosoph y hciug rational in the estimation of tho "Times , " must receive its eulogiums . How far it , and its proteges , will receive the support of the country , in this crusade against common sense , common justice , and common ri g hts , is another question . The wholo of . the Premier ' s address was cast in the old moulds of Toryism . Disraeli ' s most bitting sarcasm on _Teel was , that he had stolen the clothes of the Whigs while they

      were bathing . Lord _Joux has cried " quits , " by borrowing the very arguments which were used against his own Reform Bill , " a long time ago . " That Bill , in the course of some seventeen or eighteen years , has given him aud his party somewhere about twelve or thirteen years of office . "It has worked well : why do you seek to alter things as they arc ? I am very well satisfied with them , and sec no cause for change , and as long as I can prevent it

      there shall be none . " Such is , in effect , Lord John ' s argument . In his present position , perhaps , it is a natural one . But , on the oilier hand , lie ought to recollect , and Mr . D'E ? SCOURT ' s quotation from his own speech on introducing the Reform Bill , was a timely reminder of the fact , that that Bill was not passed into a law merely that the Whigs mi ght be enabled to oust the Tories from office , and enjoy the comforts of place and patronage in their stead . It was intended to enfranchise

      a portion of the people , in order to lav the foundation gradually for a still wider extension of political rights , in order that thou might be exercised for tho promotion of the well-being of all clases of the community . When the advocates of Toryism taunt the supporters of political reform , with the crau-hke progress _^ which has been made under nominally reformed institutions , we have an answer ready m th _* . fact , that the power of the State ha *

      been administered in the spirit of Toryism , for the selfish purposes of individuals and ' clasec *; power has been monopolised in order that its benefits might be confined to the holders and their immediate connexions and dependents , and that the people , as a whole , have been looked upon in the true spirit of aristocratieaj brigandage , as merely subjects for legal plunder . In plain , straightforward desp otisms ; the people are plundered without any disgni " >

      in this country we are robbed under the g uise o constitutional forms—borne down to the earth with general and local taxation—excluded from all direct participation in leg islation and administration , and then mocked with the empty name of " freemen ! " We are niuw mistaken , however , if this state of things l _» s « long . Englishmen will not tamely look on an * see the nations of the Continent achieving _»;

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      Puirons . —T . S . _Dc-vcombe _, Esq ., 3 LB . T . "Wjullev _, Esq Bankers . —The Commavial Bank of Lond London OJ ice . —So . 13 , Tottenham Court , _Xew Koad Aksaxged _bj Tiieee Sections . V Putt Shave > -. .. £ 120—paymt HalfSuare „ . .. 60 — Quarter Share .. .. 30 — Api 1 _'i wnts are _« quested to state in their : ~ So SravEiotts ' , Scijcrror . s ' , or Redemptiox Fees . —Tin pa . - _Ifesie , and 2 s . for any part of a S 0 1 st . —To enable members to build Dwelling Houses . 2 nd . —To afford _ihcraeans of purchasing * K > tl 1 _Freehe and Lcaseltchl Properties or Land . 3 rd . —To advance Mortgages on Property held members . 4 tbl-To enable Mortgagors being members to _rcdei their Mortgages . in lus awn _neignbourhowl , Tnthuut nein re may hare of gaining a "" _^ e _^ L , . _shares to purchase _Seomk 11—To raise _" _££$ _, % or nea _> the ton _-nllotmeuts from j >*« _SS _« term of year the _^^ _fr _^^ Sl _^ it sec tion , in _which me . « cewS ? _to 2 _^ _S _?«* offiveper cent , per mmum _, M . F LP . B . B . CABBttL . EsQ ., M . lY L . J . Hissabd _, _Esj-, ( Branch ) , C _, Henrietta Street , Covent _Oarde" - _ t _Pancni _, LoBdon—DJLSiEL _Wuuam Hem , Secretary le of Shares and Faymcnts for Investors . Of 28 . 4 _J _8 _.-3 Week , or 10 s . 6 d . per Month . _rl rrice of Kules _, including Postage , Is . ECT 5 tn -To Give to Depositing Members a higher rate of _InjSXttoL S _vielded by ordinary modes of investment tt 1 u _* To enable Parents to make Endowments for their _Cluloren , or Husbands for their Wives , or for Marriage _^ fth-Ttopurcba _^ apiece of Freehold Land of sufficient valueto g ive a legal tiue to a County Vote for Members of Parliament " " ™ . _rsonia town or country can become the proprietor of a House and Land Secmos L—Bv joining t _^ _H _° „ Jt _^ -ed from his friends , connexions , or the present means himself _andfamily in lus awn neig _hbourhood , -mtlKiut _oein « _" " mav hare of _f ining a liveHiood . _, 1 WS to purchase Estates , erect Dwellings _tlK-reon , and divide the Land into * Secimx lL-To raise a capital _bj _^ snares _w _£ _^ _^ _^ _^^ bnmchcs of t ] le society . The property to be allotments from _M _^ l _^^ l _^ after a term of years , from the date of location , accordingJo his subscriptions _, the _tawjftfc freehold « f _^^^ fj _^ _don , m which members not wishingto purcliase are enabled to invest small sums , Section- M ' _-- _* _^' _* _' _„ _^ i _™ -cent per aunmn _, on every sum of 10 s . aud upwards so deposited . _r-nn wm hp advanced to the members of the first Section in July next , when all persons who have and may X . R- _fo 00 wffl _beprancedm _^^^ 4 fh rf Ju ) y _^ _^ £ 1 X monthg , sul ) scrlp . _^^^^ o r _^^ _seTSe _eligibleforauadvanee _. > _r-nn wm hp advanced to the members of the first Section in July next , when all persons who have and may X . R- _fo 00 wffl _beprancedm _^^^ _^ rf Ju ) y _^ _^ _^ £ 1 X monthg , sul ) scnp . _niTTF UNITED PATRIOTS' AND _pTtIIIABOHS * BENEFIT SOCIETIES . _niHE _U . M 1 _JUUI _^ i _iparLnent Thus _secu-ing toils members the protection of the law for their J . _^^^^ _JoA _^ _fJM _^ _^^ _^ of appointing Medical Attendants , _SeSc _^ _RpoSS _nowS Institutions in town or country . t _« s ™ v Officel-13 Tottenham Cour t , _Xew Road , St Pancras ( thirteenth house eastward from Tottenham Court-road ) . i / _EOH » wHct . _a » , , WuiiAji Hum , Secretary . 7 NITED PATRIOTS' AND PATIIIABOHS' BENEFIT SOCIETIES . .. _i _, ,.. r , _t t „ am- « f _T-irliament Tims securiusr to its members the protection of the law for then : S _£ _T _* _3 l £ dmcS _^ S tita _^ _EnTted Kingdom , with the privilege of appointing Medical Attendants , Tu _^ pporhTnity tnow offered to healthy persons , up to Forty Yon of Age , of _jpimng these flourishing i town or country . _-E _ i-j Tottenham Court , Xew Road , St Pancras ( fliirteenfli house eastwaid from Tottenham Court-road ) . ' 1 ) j « iel _WniiAM Huffx , _Seci-etary . Patrons .- " ! . S . _Dcxcombe , Esq ., SLY . T . Wjuaraf , Esq ., M . r . B . B . Cabihxl , Esq ., M . P . F . 0 'Co . vsob , Esq ., 1 _LP . L . J . _Hjlssabd , Esq . _aklet , Esq ., M . r . B . B . Cabmxl , Esq ., M . P ' . L . J . IliXSABD , Esq . In the short space of Five years these societies SOMMABY Sickness and Superannuation .. Acoouciunents Funerals .. .. Loss by Fire -- .. Present Capital funded in theB These Societies are in sis divisions or sections , for t their Su ' _Fuisr Divisios . Entrance according to age , from as . to 10 s . Monthly Con tributions for Sickness and Management , 2 s . 7 d . £ s . d Allowance , in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 18 ( Member ' s Funeral .. 20 0 ( Ditto Wife ' s or Xomiuee ' s ditto .. .. 10 0 ( ¦ Wife ' s Lying-in .. .. -. .. 201 loss by Fire , from .. -. £ 5 0 0 to 20 0 ( Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 6 ( Second Division . Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . Gd ., to 9 s . 6 d _ilouthly Contribution for Sickness and Management 2 s . Id . Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 15 I Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. 16 0 < Ditto Wife's or Xominee _' s ditto .. .. SOI "Wife'sLviug-in .. .. .. 1 15 I Xoss by Fire , from ... -. JE 5 0 0 to 15 O I Superannuation , per week .. .. -. 0 5 1 Tuied Division . Entrance , according to age , from 4 s . to 9 s . Monthly Con tributiou for Sickness and Management , Is , 7 d . Allowance in Sickness , per week .. . - - OH I Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. •• 12 0 I Ditto _AYife ' s or Xomiuee ' s ditto .. .. 6 0 1 " Wife ' s Lving-in 1 10 j Xoss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 I Supeninnuation , per week .. .. .. 04 < X . B . —Tlie difference in tlie two Societies is , the _Tatri that benefit , therefore do not pay levies for it g _^ f" Applications for Agencies requested from all parts be obtained bv letter , enclosing a postage stamp . Blank forms and information for the admission of coi _) three postage stamps , to Daniel William _Hurrr , General S HATS ! H J ' HATS ! HATS ! HATS ! IF TOU WAXT A REALLY CHEAP AXD _FASHIONAE ECKERSLEY ' S CELEBRATED ! 25 , CROW _^ _-STIIEET _, O PP O SITE THE UPPER GE O RG r WAST A REALLY CHEAP AXD FASHIONABLE HAT , GO TO LEY ' S CELEBRATED HAT MART _VS-STREET _, OPPOSITE THE UPPER GEORGE _1 XS , HALIFAX . OBSERVE THE LAKGE GOLDEN HAT OVER THE DOOR . EN HAT OVER THE DOOR have paid the following benefits to their members OF CLAIMS . £ 6 . d . .. 3 , 480 14 7 1 , 003 0 JJ .. ' 904 4 9 ' 55 2 0 £ 5 , 449 1 4 c of England .. .. _£ 2 , 18 G 10 5 Members to receive the following Benefits according to riptions : — I Fourth Division . Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . 6 d . to 8 s . 6 d . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , IS . 4 d , ~ " £ s . d . Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 9 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. 10 0 0 Member ' s Wife or . Nominee ' s ditto .. .. 5 0 0 Wife ' s Lying in - .. .. •• •• 1 0 _» Loss by Fire , from .. .. £ 5 0 0 to 10 0 0 Superannuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 Finn Division . Entrance , according to age , from 3 s . to 8 s . Monthly Contribution for Sickness and Management , Is . Id . Allowance in Sickness , per week .. .. 0 7 0 Member ' s Funeral .. .. .. .. COO Ditto Wife ' s or Nominee's ditto .. . 3 0 0 Wife ' s lying-in ... • 0 15 0 loss by Fire .. ' .. .. -. .. 500 _Supentnuuation , per week .. .. .. 0 4 0 Sixth Division . Entrance Money .. .. ... 030 Monthly Contribution .. .. .. 0 10 Allowance in Sickness .. .. .. 0 7 0 Member's Funeral .. .. __ __ .. .. 2 10 0 Ifo levies in this Division . levies according to the demands on each division per quarter . s have an Accouchment benefit , the Patriarchs have not f the country ; information for appointment of Agencies can try members can be obtained by letter , prepaid , enclosing retary , 13 , Tottenham Court , Xew Road , St . Pancras .

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      TOE CHEAPEST EDITION EVEB PUBLISHED . Price Is . 6 d ., A new aud elegant edition , with Steel Flate of the Author , of PA ! HE'S POLITICAL WORKS . Xow Ready , a Xew Edition of . _O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS

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      THE LABOURER MAGAZINE Vols . 1 , % 3 , 4 may still be had , ueatly bound , price 2 s . ( id . each Xo . 4 , the Xumber containing Mb . 0 'Cossor ' s Treatise on tlie _^ National Land Compauy ;" Xo . 10 , the one containing Ma . O'Connor's Treatise " On the National Laud and Labour Bank connection with the Land Company : "Have lately been reprinted , and may be had on application _. Trice 6 _J . each . Imperfections of the * labourer ilagazine' may still be had at the Publishers .

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      In a neat Volume , Price Is . Gd . " The Evidence taken by the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to enquire into the _National Laud Company . " Tills Volume ought to be in the hands of every Member of the Company , as It strikingly illustrates tlie care aud economy that have been practised in tlie management of tlie Funds of the Company , and proves , beyond contradiction _, the practicability of tbe Plan which the Company ivas established to carry out _.

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      Just published , So . III . Price Sixpesce , of THE GOHMGNWEALTH . "THE C 03 IMOXWEALTH" will be the Representative of the Chartists , Socialists , and Trades' Unionists , in the ! Mouthly Press . contests : 1 . What is tote done with Ireland ? 2 . The'Weaver ' s Daughter . 3 . Extinction of Pauperism . 4 . Popular Cause in Europe . 5 . Social Effects of Peasant Proprietorship . 6 . The Hero . 1 . Events of tlie Month .

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      _laSPOSTAKT _PXXBIiICATIOWS Proceedings of the National Convention , * _-hicli assembled at London in April , 1818 Thirty two very large and solid _jjages : price only _Threepence . Tbe Trials of the Chartist Prisoners , Jones , Fussell , Williams , Vernon , & Looney . Tiventy four very large and full pages : price only _Tfaw pence . Sold by J . Watson , Queen ' s nead Passage , raternoster row , _Lsiidon ; A . Heywood , Oldhaui-sfreet , Manchester ; and Love aud Co ., 5 , _Xclson-street , Glasgow . And bv _aU _DookseUers in Towh and Country .

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      CHARTIST SILK FABRICS . - MESSRS . CLARK AND WAIlItEjSr beg jnost respectfully to call tlie attention of the Democrats _*> f Great Britain to tlie lbUowiii _£ splendid assortment of _Xeak aud Pocket Handkerchiefs , Mack Satin Vestpieces , Ladies * Chartist Coloured Satin and Tabby Dresspieces : also a splendid assortment of Ladies' plain and figured Xeek Ties , which have just come to hand from their manufacturer at Macclesfield , aud it is their intention to forward _tliemjcarriage free ) to aU parts of Great Britain and Ireland aiihefollowing prices _i— £ s . d . Ladies' Dress-nieces , fourteen yards to the dress , 3 s . pcryard - 2 2 , 0 Gentlemen ' s Extra Strong Black Satin Vesting , per Vest .. .. 010 0 Ditto , Xeetercfciefs , lUch Oporto Ducapes , Plain aud rhiidal 0 5 6 Ditto , ditto , Satin Ducapes , Plaided .. 0 5 0 Ditto , ditto , Napoleon Blue Satin Brussels , Crimson Borders .. .. 0 4 C Ditto , ditto , Extra Bich . Slack Satin

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      KEGISTER ! REGISTER ! REGISTER ! Now Published , and ready fur circulation , by tbe _National Election" and Registration Committee , * COMPLETE HAND BOOK AND A GUIDE TO REGISTRATION , compiled from the Reform Act and other Parliamentary Papers , making the subject of Registration so plain and . simple , as to bring it within the capacity of all classes . Published by James Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Headpassage , Paternoster-row , London , and seld by aU booksellers in the United Kingdom . Price , only Three Pence . May also be had of the Secretary , James _Gkassbv , 90 , Regent-street , Lambeth .

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      TO _TAIIOKS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His Royal Highness Prince Albert . Now Heady , THE LONDON and PARIS SPRING . and SUMMER FASHIONS for 1819 , by Messrs . BENJAMIN READ and Co ., _li , Hart-street . Bloomsbury-squarc , London ; and by GEORGE BEKGEtt , Holywcll-strcet _, Strand ; a splendid PRINT , elaborately finished , and superbly coloured , the _lAXDSCAI'E _, a correct view in the Queen ' s Botanical Gardens , London , ( by special permission , ) tlie most magnificent place in Europe . This beautiful picture will be accompanied with the most novel , good fitting , aud fashionable Dress , Riding , Frock , and Hunting CoatPatterns , both double and single-breasted ; Hussar ' s Youth's round Jackets , plain and with skirts ; single and double-breasted Dress , Morning and Evening Waistcoats ; also the most fashionable and newest style Habit Pattern ; every particular part of each pattern fully explained , and an illustration of everything respecting Style and Fashion ; p rice 10 s . Sold by Read and Co ., 12 , Hart-street , Bloomsbury-square , lomlon ; G . Berger , Holywell-street , Strand ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country .

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      CIRCULATION— TIIIRTY-FITE THOUSAND ! rpHE FAMILY FRIEND , X A MONTHLY _TERIODICAL , UNRIVALLED IN CHEAPNESS , INTEREST , AND USEFULNESS , Price Twopence , Thirty-two Pages , beautifully Printed , and stitched in a Wrapper , in neat Magazine form . As soon as the FAMILY FRIEND appeared , it was recognised as something new in literature . Its superiority to the great mass of cheap publications , became at once apparent —and hence , before the Fourth Number was issued , tlie circulation rose to THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND , and is stUI rapidly increasing . Upwards of one hundred newspapers reviewed the work in most favourable terras—all concurring in the opinion , that it is a publication which "shouldfind its way to evert ) family in the kingdom . "

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      NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE THE QUARTERLY MEETING of this Branch of the NATIONAL 1 AND COMPANY will be Jiolden on Sdsdat , June 3 rd , 18 W , at Five o ' clock in the Afternoon , at the Cock I \ x , Head of the Side , when the Balance Sheet of tlie Directors will be read , and Officers chosen for the ensuing quarter . AH Members within two miles not attending will subject themselves to a penalty . It is particularly requested that as many will attend as possible , and that all Arrears of local and General Expenses will be paid . Parties neglecting will have the amounts deducted from what has been paid . The attention of the members wiU be called to important business . Thomas Fobrest , Secretary .

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      TODM 0 RDEN .. A DELEGATE MEETING OF THE Chartists of Lancashire and Yorkshire wiU be held in the Chartist Koom , Yorkshire-street , Todmorden , on _Sun-^ _J > « line 3 rd , to commence at ten o ' clock , a . m . ( sanctioned by the Executive , ) to arrange for the annual camp meeting , usually held at Blackstoue-edge ; the following places are requested to send delegates . - —Manchester , Bolton , Oldham , SOUR . He _** woo < J > Bochdale , Itttleborough . Bacup , Burnley , _^ _nflSf _™ . ' _T ° ° _' _-den . _Hebden Bridge , Halifax , Bradford , _Mwgiy , anu surrounding districts .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 26, 1849, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_26051849/page/4/