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THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY, HAY 6. 1848.
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- of a a ^ FR0 M ^Qa^^oT^nD^N^T^ JULY NEXT. d FROM £300 TO £500 TO BE ADVANCED IN JULY NEX1. " t FOR THE WORKING MILLIONS. I A H0MM FOR EVEllY INDU8TIU0TI3 MAN AND HIS FAMILY.
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- - , , , ^ | I UNITED PATRIOTS' AND PATRIARCHS ' EQUITABLE LAND AND BUILDING BENEFIT SOCIETY , t Enrolled and Empowered by Act of Parliament to tXttnd OTer the United Kingdom . ' 2 WW ..-T . 8 . Dhnoomb * , B . Q ., uJ 7 ^~ V ^ Z ** - > M - - B " B ' ^"" J ' !? " £ ' 1 London Office .- ^ . 13 , Toenham Court , New Road , 8 t Pancras , London- D ^ i , Wh-uah Rufpt , Secretory . . ! ' " Z ' , 7 j «^ T « &c tse . per Week , payable either j Arranged in Three Seerfon , . - Pay « , en . » in either Section . ' « ., ««• . " -j . ' ;» ^ ftnce Pee lfl U . 6 d . ! Weekly ov Momblj . No Subteiobs ' , Sol . oitobs ' , or Eeb [ Mptioh « h . v ^ foj , ftny j per Share , and Si . for any port of n Share , Ruleu and Card , 7 a . Cortinoftreu , is . V , part of a ehsre . ' i Sectiom I .-B , joinin * this section ever , p ^ on into * s or country can become the proprlletor of a House ¦ ' an j L _ nJ Jn hi . own neighbourhood , without being removed from bi » Friends , Conner , or tho presentmeane ( U _ 6 eif an ^ land into allotment , frem h . lf an aero up-. rds . The property to be the lom fide <« ehold of tho fflemb . r In ! listen , eighteen , or tweaty years , from the date of location , eccordlng to his subscriptions . I Smiow III -Saving or Deposit section , in which member , not wi . hin ? to purchase are •¦•««» *> i »« . t ' . urns , from 4 d . and upwards / receiving . nUst - t the » t . of 5 por cent , per onnao , on ever , sum 10 ,. 1 upward ! 10 depoaitod . OaurtptUm 0 to » .-493 1 H _ wOMOBi » S »_ FT , where Meetings are held , and Members enrolled , every Wednesday Evening , from E ight to Ten o clock . letof Ball , for expl « i » iBR the principles and orje ^ f 1 h 7 ^^ T _ __ m ™ ^' 'tS ^' " ' I lane , near the corner of Long . BCre . L ctures dolirered every Sunday evening at Seven 0 clocfc . I K . B .- P « -i £ 800 to £ 500 will be balloted for by the members of the first Section . InJol ? ™^_ *« ™ persons who have and maj becomo nimbi ro for Shares , or parts of Shares on or before the 6 th of July next , ana who pay six months' eubscriptioas in advance , or otherwiso , will be eligible for tha ballot .
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Just Published , Prioo Thre « p » nee , the BLACK BOOK of the Bhitiss AaisTOOB _« T , oont « ir » in < j As Exfosbee of tho Mast Monstrous Abuses in Oscraca sod Stats .
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A 1 HGAZINEF 0 R ALL . THE FAMILY ECONOMIST ; a Penny Monthly MaKaaloe , devoted to the Moral , Physical , and Domestic Improvement ot the Industrious Classes . This publication treats of Incsme and Expenditure , — Food and Cooking . -Clolhes and ClothinB -Ilouitg , and the way to make them Comfortable and Happj UoinoB , — Education ,- Health and Sickness , and Sauitory Reform , -J _ a « ters and Servants . -The Cottage Garden and Farm . _ c , _ c . These subjects are troated in a lively ana in teristing style , interspersed with Dialogues . Anecdotes , and Instructiye and Moral Tales . Each number'contains a variety of valuable household receipts . Publisned on the 1 st of each mouth . The Family Economist has attained a circulation of upwards of ii ' . OUO since its commencement in January last . PfUCE , A PENNY A MONTH , A SHILLING A YEAR . jgp AU who are interested in the welfare of the Working Classes aro invited to procure a copy ot this work , and if they approve , to promoto its circulation . London : Published by Groombridge and Sens , Paternoster-row , and sold by all BooUsellei's .
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FAMILY ENDOWMENT , LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIBTV . 12 , Chatham Place , DlacUfriars , London . CAPITAL £ 500 , 000 . DIB _ CTOBS . William Butterworth Bavley , Esq ., Chairman . John Fuller , Esq ., Deputy Chairman , lit . Bruce CMchester , Esq . Elliot Macnag hten , Esq . H . B . Henderson , Esq . Major Turner . C . H . Latouche , Esq . Joshua Walker , Esq . Edward Lee , Esq . Majar Willock , K .. L . S . BONUS . Thirty per cent . Bonus was added to the Society ' s Policies on the profit scale in 1815 . The next valuation will be in January , 1852 . ANNUAl P 3 EM 1 DMS WITH PEOFITS .
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A GOOD FIT WARRANTED at the Great Western Emporium , 1 and 2 , Oxford-street . Bbsdell and Co are now making to order a Suit of beautiful Supei-fiae Black , any size , for £ 3 1 s . Patent mada Summer Trowsers 10 s Registered Summer Over Coats , 20 s . The Art of Cutting taught . Patterns of Garments Cut to Afeasure for the Trade , and sent ( post free ) for Is . 6 d . each , or eitfhtcea postage stamps . Address , Charles Ubsdell , 1 and 2 , Oxford-streot , London .
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CHARTERVILLE . NEAR MINSTER LOVEl . EDMU ND STALLWOOD respectfully informs his brother Allottees , Neighbours , and Friends , that he hiu been appointed Agent by an eminent Mercantile House in Londen . and enn Bupplj Teas , Coffees , sugars , Oatmeal , and General Grocery of the finest quality , at London Prices , at their own doors . Forward your orders to Edmund Stallwood , No . 20 , Two Acres , Brizenorton-toad . —O ders promptly attended to , and punctually executed . N . B Stationery of every description .
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THE LAND . TWO FOUR . ACRE PAID-UP SHARES , with . vll the Ex-1 . penses paid for the present year , to be Disposed of . Early application is requested , the Party being about to Embark in a few days . Address , post-psid , to John West , Caroline place , Ordnance place , Chatham . —Terms , £ 5 is . each Four . Acre Share .
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T HE CHARTER AN OLD DOCUME N T . THE CHARTER , as Agreed to by a Subcommittee of the Inhabitants of Westminster , at the Freemason ' s Tavern , April 12 , 1780 . and Presented to Parliament by the Duke of Richmond , the same Year ; printed from the Original . Agents for London-R . Workman , 22 , Catberine-street , Pimlico ; and R . ParkB , Z'i , Little Windmill-street , Golden square . Price One Penny , and may be had on application by the receipt of two pestnge stamps . Chartist Localities supplied on reasonable terms .
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** Now Publishinff , price Twopence , THE PAUPERS OF THE CHURCH , THE STATE , AND THE PEOPLE . With Remarks by F . —B . —T . Containing , besides a variety of useful information re . 8 pectinpr tho manner in which tlio public money is dis . posed of , an abstract of the People ' s Charter , < fcc . All the information given is brought up to tbe last moment of goinu to press . Published by Edwin Dipplo , 42 , Ilolywell-street , Strand .
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mRACTS FOR THE FUSTrAN JACKETS AND i SMOCK FROCKS . B ? TDK REV . B . PARSONS , Author of ' Anti-Bacchus , ' 'Mental and Moral Dignity of Women , '' Education the Birthright of Every Human Being , _ c . r _ c . No . 1 . Tha State of the Poll , or Masters and Men at the Election . New Edition , Enlarged . 2 _ 3 . The Bible and tho Six Points of the Charter . New Edition , Enlarged . 4 . Goody Goody , or State Education aKationalltlSult . 5 . Radicalism an Essential Doctrine of Christianity . 6 . The Chief of the Slaughtermen and our National Defences . 7 . The Knife and not the Sword , or Civilisation v . War and Desolation . 8 . The Radicalism of Hoses . 9 . The Shaking of the nations and the downfall of Tyranny . ( On May 1 st . ) 10 . A word for the Chartists . ( On June the 1 st . )
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' These Tracts merit and wo trust will have an enormous circulation . '—Nortuekn Stah . London :-Arthur Hall & Co ., 2 s , Paternoster Bow .
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TO TAILORS . By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Yictoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert . NOW READY , THE LONDON AND PARIS SPRING AKD SUMMER FASHIONS for 1848 , bv Messrs BENJAMIN READ » nd Co ., VI , Hart-street , lUooin 9 uury . 8 quar 8 , near Oxfordstreet , London ; and by O . Berber , Holywell-stFect , Strand : and all Booksellers , an exquisitely execnted and raperbly coloured PRINT . The elegance ef this Print excels any beforepublished , accompanied with the Newest Stylo , and extra-fitting Frock , Riiing Dress , and Hunting-Coat Patterns ; the mc 8 t fashionable dressWaistcoat Pattern , and an extra-fitting Habit Pattern of *> he newest and most elegant stylo of fashion . Ever ) particular part explainad ; method of increasing aud diminishing the whole for any size fully illustrated , manner of Cuttiag and Making up , and all other information respecting Style find . Fashion . Price lOs . postfreo Us .
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NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . A TWO ACRE ALLOTMENT to ba disposed of , situated at Snig ' s End , near Gloucester . Apply , if by letter ( postpaid ) to W . J ., 51 , Lodge-street , Oldhara-road , Manchester .
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« - ' EMIGRATION . PERSONS EMIGRATING ean obtain a Free Gift of Forly Acres and upwards of tho Best L » nd in the most Healthy and Productive portion of the United States , also Land tor Sale or Barter , from One Dollar per Acre . Passengers Shi pped to all parts of tbe World , and supplied with . Bonded Stores , Provisions , die , on the lowest Terms Apply ipost free ) to the General Passenger bhipp'ng and Land Agency Offices , 15 , Eautcheap , anO at Liverpool . r
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° *^ TO BE SOLD . A TWO ACHE SHARE »„ the Land Company , Ellglbl * ior Ballot . Price , £ 2 Ids . Apply , ( if by luttcr pre . giid ) , to G . G ., No . n , Plou _ h . court , Fetter-lane ,
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The legislature of the state of Kentucky lately fUrorostlihirt ? couples in h siagle day .
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VArrrinrP INVESTMENT FOR SMAJ-E *»! « . " ™ g" VALUABLE INVESTMENT FOR SMAJ-E CAPITALISTS , TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION , on MeNDAi , th 8 22 nd of Mat , 1848 , at twelve precisely , in allotment * ot POUR ACRES eari > , all that valuable and highly mproved cstiito 'RED HALL , ' consisting of 333 acres . of th « first quality land , being freohold and tithe free , situate within one mile ot the Citj of Lincoln , on the high road to Srantham . The property ofTh 9 masAll ? op , Esq . The proprietor of this estate , conceiving that the saltation ofthis country depends upon the better cultivation of the soil , and gonsidering the above magnificent estate as peculiarly adapted for spade husbandry , hag ventured upon the experiment of thus testing the great principle of manual labour , by which means alone England can be enabled to support her increasing population . The spirited proprietor looks to tbe succens ofthis great national project , rather than to profitable speculation .
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' Aristocracies tte Bane of National Freedom . ' Soeond Edition , 83 S closely prinUd Pares , rivs Shillin . s , Bound in Cloth . mHE ARISTOCRACY of ENGLAND ; a HISTOBY J _ for tha PEOPLE . Bt John Ha-psen , Jbm . ' The English Aristocracy is ths last remnant of tha feudal institutions in Enr . pe , and England is ths battla ground on which the contest for its extinction must b » fought out '—Lakebnnais . Effingham Wilson , Publisher , II , Royal Exch&nga .
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JUST PUBLISHED pbice ( ixrsnos , NO . XVII . OF " THE LABOURER , " 06 NTBOT 8 , 1 . The 8 » ug of tk § Gaggtn . by Eraoat Jones , 2 . Reform and Reformers . 3 . St John ' s Ere , a Romantic Drama . 4 . 8 MRella * M . 5 . The Wife , by Jane . 6 . Pride and Prejudice , or the Martyrs of Society . 7 . The Londen Doorstep , & true story , 8 . The Person ! Girl , 9 . National Literature . —3 . QennsBy , 10 . Monthly Review , Letters ( pro-paid ) to b « addressed to the Editors , M , Great Windmill Street , Hay market , London . Orders received by allagaatg for the "Northern Star " and all booksellers in town and country .
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1 JUST PUBLISHED , Price Threepence . ( Forming 32 large 8 ro , page * , ) A VERBATIM REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OP THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . Including full particulars of tbe Meeting at Kenniegton Common , and the proceedings of the People and the Gorernment on this momentous subject . Northern Star Office , Great Windmill-street , J . Watson , Paternoster row , London ; Abel Heywood , Manchester ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country .
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pronaness to be Had ial ° ™ Uoce - r ^ iXtfnevIrh ' ti no *** , ci ih . people oJ » o" £ J- ^ ffiO . t IIMinjur . ourty » «« et be r e f ffli , unacrBtan 5 ing 3 which S ssirfs H-Mu ^ r ^ -ss cran 2 bi ;« K into 4 u *' JfrH DBtTHHOSD , Lord Abukdm and Scbeet . an . Captain ' H * bb » » p ^» ^ f-irour cf the bill ; ILr Uwahait , Mr HcHE . and Dr Boweisg against it . T be house divided—For the second reading ul Agatastit 2 J Ma ' Diity for eeeoad reading .. i <» ^
EttcriVEFKlKOHISE ( I »« M 1 . ») .-S 1 » W . SOHEBYILLJ then moved for Uave to b . ing in a bWl to regulate the elective franchise and for the rejistrati-n of parliamentary electors in Ireland . In the statement with which be prefaced hie motion he observed , tbet the e ?\ U of the rapresentfitiTe System of Ireland were threefold . They defsmded , first , oa the nature of the i » n . Chise- secondly , on the insufficiency of the constituency as depending on that franchise ; and lastly , oo the system ef regiitration , which gare rise to many abases and much gross injustice . The nature of the franchise , as It now existed iu Ireland , was very ambiguons ; and ,
fesiaj : so , was a curse upon the csuntry . The j udges of the land and ice atsistant-birristtrs differed from each oieras to the construction of the Reform Act which ga « the Irish frtncbise , - and hs bilieved that the very frsmerseftbat act differed themselves es to its correct interpretation . Tke nest evil was the insufficiency of ths elective body . Documents ehowea that the constituencies of Ireland were dwindling sway , and that , if the bouss did not take steps to check the diminution of them , the representative system in Irthnd would eooa becofflB neither more nor less than a farce . He then pointed out the eril cf the present registration system , _ Ed tfag gross abuses which existed cinder it . As 8 rejas 4 y for the first ef tb . es ? eiils—t _ e future cf the frane _ iss te propa ? ed to fall back npoa a rating . At pre . Bias tho franchise was of two sorti—one conceded with
occapation , and another not requiring it , but both depending on ralne . Now , it ~ a » desirable to define this Talue , and not to leave it to ibo bard « wepring of the elector or his witnesses , He . therefore , proposed that sll ths existing franchUes requiring ocenpatfon sfcocld bs abolished , and that , in lien thereof , s simple rating under the Poor Lsw should be substituted of the net Ennnal value of £ 8 and upwards . Healso proposed to confer the franchise upon joint oceupiers . provided that esen , when divided , poisessed a set value of £ 8 . He also proposed to confer the franchise upon persons entitled to estates in fee or tail of the rated annual value Of £ 5 , beJHg iB occupation . He then proceeded t » explain the machinery by which fee intended to carry iot- > effect fcissvetim ofregiitration . The clerk * of tbs different Poor Law uniOBS would transmit to the clerks of the
peace licts ef the persons rated as occuptsrs of lands and tenements at the atnual value of £ 8 , and upwards . The cl ' . rt of the peace for the county vfould make out _ list u : vo : tr . <; o : _ erivue qualified than by orenpttion ; and , adding that list to the list of occupiers returned by theclerks of unions , would ferm the general eounty list for revision . He then stated the mode in which rated occupiers omitted and claiming to be placed oa tbe list of voters , and on which rat * d oceapUrs objecting to the naneS 6 f other persons in the list , were to proceed either to vindicate their own votes or to object to thoie sf others , end after a fail explanation on that pnint informed the hoEie that in future at every October sessions
_ B issistant-tarrister vjould be empowered to investigate those claims and objections and to sign the lists , vrhiefe were to form the geaerkl register of the connty . Ha also provided that the occupiers kjus : be in occupation els months prior to their time of claiming tbelr votes , and tiiat they must produce receipts as proof of their hsring pai 3 the last rate made for the relief of th » poor before voting . He did eoS prope ? e to make any change in the town qualification ; but be intended to repeal sll the clam es reqairing payment of rates , with the exception of so aiueh of the poor rate as had not accrued within the last three months Having that stated ths outline of his bill , he aiked fur leave to introduce it .
A variety of questions as to the details of the raeature ¦ fare then put to Sir W . Sohebville , by J £ r F £ E- « f , Mr Law , Mr Hche , Sir D . Nobekis , Lord Beikaed , and Mr Bbjskt , which were replied to by the right hon , tiaronet ; leaxe was tntn given te introduce this bill , as also to introduce another for the establishment of additional polling places for the purposes of PcrJiaaentary elections ia Ireland . Tha Ceakoellos of the Exchiqoek then obtained leave to bring in & bill to amend certain sets for granting relief to the West Indian Islands . Us stated that the object of this measnre was to add five years more to ths time already granted item for the repayment of the Hurricane Loans . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the house adjourned at a qaerter past eleven o ' cloei .
There was no houss on Tuesday , only tsrenty-sls sembCTs being pressnt irhtn the speaker took the cbair at four o ' clock . WEDNESDAY , Hat 3 . nOUSS OF COHHOXS . —The Riot at Li _ ebic _ . — J £ r G . A . HiHiLTsN wisfced to afk ths right hon . baronet the Secretary of State far the Home Department wtether he had received any authentic confirmstisa ffOTi Ireland of a staUment which had appeared in the TliUS newspaper of thst morning , and which had beea cammealeS apon in that paper , namely that there had been a moral demonstration in she eitjr of Limerick—( hear , hetr ) that there had been an emeute of the raara ! force ; party egaisst the leaders of ths physical fares party ! and that the leaders of the physical forca party , MrMesgher , llr Mitohel , and Mr Smith O'Brien , bid been mEltreatei by the moral force party , and that those rery bellicose gentlemen had beea obliged to sttk protection from tke military and the constabulary ! ( Hear , hear , ' aad laughter . )
fcjr ( J . Sssr . —In reply to the question pot by the hen . gentleman , I beg to Inform him that I have received , a litter from the Lord Lii utenani of Ireland whisk tuxEttntially confirms the statement he has aU 1 55 fd to . ( Hear , hear . ) It appears , that a meetiDg was held at the city of Lim « rick , at which about 400 ptr * soai assembled , ibe gentlemsn to whom the hoD . mem . bsr baa alluded beia ; prseent , and that , dnring th » meeting- , an attack was made upon then by the peep ! , of Limerick , and I btiieve that it is to the prompt in . isneation of the military and the police thai the safety of thosa three gentlazisn may be attributed . ( 'Hear , tear , ' and laughter . ) Tee Tetals is Iselasd . —i £ r G . A . Hahiltok beggefl to ask the rigli ; hon . baronet the Secretary for Ireland , whether it was true that i £ r Mitehel , of the United Ibiezscak , wha wis now under prosecution , had again put in & dilatory plea , which weuld have the effset of obstructing or euspendiBg tbe procefdin ^ s *
Sir W . SOMisviLLt said it was certaiLlj trne that Mr M : tsl > el had put in a plea of that description , but he ko ?? d it ^ wouli cot have the effect of delavinc the trial { Hesr , h-ar . ) The ' Kj House' op ToesDii . —MrHcsi complaised dat : he joverEmeatbaa net taken care to maks a home oasat preriout daj . He belUved he migbt lay that indepeaiient members tf the house showed on all occ « - s : sns a readiness to facilitate government business by waiving their not ' . caj , ani it was but fair , on the other ti ' -fl , that goveroment should act wiih Eitsilur consi-£ ~ ra . iion towards them .
Sir G . Gsit assured the hense that tfeo fOTernmeat had every disposition to forward tke business of the hoass , and to give every possible facility toitsmea : b ' . r « as to independent notices . The hon . member ekould neollect fast on tie rtrj first dsy of s&a iioase meeiing a- 'ier the r « . Cffs the attendance was so thin that b jolitical ally of hi 9 own , the hon . member for Southwarb , had maved that the house be counted . Thcra could be no qaei'ion that the house ought to lit on notice as well as os government dare . ( Hetr . ) llr Q . BE 2 HLET said that before he movgd , as he should do , the adjournment of the house , he had to make oneremark . YesUrdsy was not the first occasion , by very many , oa which he had known no house arranged b . canse some indEpsndeDt member had a aotice coming 1
o * dUsgreeab ' . e to the dominant parties in that house , ( Ssar . ) He h : d many times been stopp-d in the lobby by government ofacisls , aad requested not to go iD , because such or sash a motion was on the paper , which it was deiirei to get rid of by the no-houae process Ou X * Ed * y it was psrfcctly wtll k = own that there would be no house on Tutedsy , because Dn Tuesday an non . mam . bar had a notice of motion invoking grave imputation ! against a coble lord , whom the dominant parties desired to tcreen . Now , it appeared to him essential that tbe boass , instead of blinking inquiries to intimaUly coanw' . ea Tfitb its own character , snoutf proEecut ? them thtrongb }? Instead of getting rid of them by a side r ? ind as ia this case , or by referring them to a snug committee upstairs , as in the case of the Lord-Lieutenant of Gioussstsribire .
Cclenel bistboxp said he had a right to Inquiry , as a jtembsr of that house , what her llajestj ' g government vare about on ; Taesdty eTening ! ( Liughter . ) How were they employed on Tuesday evening ? ( Renewed laughter . ) What portion of Cheir public duty employed their time oa Tuesday evening ? They could send a prtcioas lot of underlings to tbe house on any evening ; but VTtij did not tbe hsad . of the government comadowa ob ^ TtiBiday 1 Icrrastrae be 6 K \ T ens noble lord at the hoaia ; bat he waj sot in the iionse , and sb far at lie could guess , he appeared to be only on the look out . Sir 0 . Gbix said that be was quite Trilling to expiala the satare of ths svocitions which detaiaed him . The flCt was , he and bis colleagues were preparing to come < 3 < JFn , when they were informed tnat there was no It 01 * 9 , Mr Hoksscax charged the government with mtking syitsmttic attempts to burks disagreeable discunUns . A fur some farther debate
2 Cr Bbcvkond laid that tbe govtrnmeat were over ttxsl tlready with business , aad it was hardly fair to impose more upea them . There wsb » ome talk of a reform of Pdrfiameftt , but he thought before thoy went about that , they should try end reform the members . It wssa rery singular fket that they could not , out of sir froadred Kto mnrtiOTj Bet anauendsn . ee ef forty . ( Hear , . * , Bnui 3 X ioMttat tbe gotoramettt wer «
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eTer worked ; they wtre not eo much bo that they could not send two Lords of the Treaiury to listen to the de bates . He bad often heard It said thru tho only use the Lords of tho Treasury was to make a hous " , keep house , and to cheer tha llinittry . ( Hear , near , and lzagh . ) Tbe iubj « ct thsa dropped , llr Berkeley having withdrawn hit motion . Shali . Dibts BiLL .-Mr B . CoCBBA « K moved the Mcoid reading of tbe Small Debts Bill , its ofcjeot beinjtbe simplification of the law with respect to the power given to judges of county courts to impriJon debtors , and also to prevent debtors so Imprisoned fro » being put on the felon ' s sfde ef the priton . The , ATTOvm-BwBzn < , ?!»¦ - * tta b « " nB «| » - Utsd to Interfere y , \\ h tbe due security o / tke creditor , and moved that it b » read a second time that day sis months , which proportion , after a short debate , was arrf ai toand th « bill was consequently lost . , ^ t ' . ! j
, BMBB » T AWD COBSOmow . -Mr K « SETHEttmoved he eoBmlttal of tha 6 re « Yarmouth Fraeman ' . Ob . franoSls « m « ntB ! il . Kr Abgustos Siafiobd objected to the motfoa , bat , ae division took place , and the houna went into csmmit- ^ ttianUebUl . \ Oq ths merion th * t the preamble be postponed , Mr Stafford mored , as an amendment , that the Chalrmas report prsgrass . Tbo committee divided , and the numbers were—For the amendment ^ Against It " Majority against —» Tho vsrloui clauses of the kill « b . en went throogh eommitter . i In tbe conrso of tbe discussion , I ' i ¦ ' I ' I I
MrHcHB wished to ask If Her Majesty's g 07 « rnment had > ny objection to take the opportunity which thin bill would afFori them ef lowering the franchise so a » to lr . cluae all £ 5 householders . If thoy disfranchised so m * nj fretmon at was proposed , it was right that tbe number ef electors should be made up in some such a way sb be had suggested % Lord J . Ruissll could not enter into a dlscusBton of | this nature at present ; but he thought he might say that it would BOt be expedient to make any snob , propossl ae tfcat suggested by the hon . gentleman . ( Hiar . ) Mr O'Cohrox aust say ho was rather alarmed at the qssitloB which tbe boa . member for Montrose bad put to the noble Ir . rd ; and perhaps he wight ba allowed to ajfc klm If a £ 5 suffrage was to form a basis ef the great msanurs b « was about to introduce 1 ( A Iangh . ) 2 fr Evas could » giure his hon . friend that the basis of bit meassxe would be much wider than that . I
Ththonfe then went into committee on tbe Joint . Steclc Comptnles BUI , In the discussion of the various cissies of which the remainder of tbe sitting was spent , and the house adjourned at t ! x o ' clock .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . ' No . 9 , New-street , Wobura , Beds . Sib , —Ton will oblige the undeHieced mernoria ! - istg by forwarding the inclosed to FearguB O'Connor , Esq ., as a testimon y ef their political attachment for his disinterested and noble advocacy of the rig hts of man . Tours respectfully , Thomas Wilson . May 2 nd . G . Frekch .
TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . No , 9 , New-street , 'Woburn , Beds . Sir , —On behalf of the enclosed memorialists , we wish you God speed on your penlons political voyage . Bad men hare been memorialised , and why should not good ones . Had your enemies the full benefit ef our best wishes they would not trouble you much longer ; as it st&ada , all men , mechanics and ethers , who reallj lore their oonntrj , fihonJd pat their ehonlder to the wheel of that huge state carriage—bad legislatien—and with one long , strong ,
united push , hurl the clumsy monster to the home it merits—eternal oblivion ! As mechanics and tradesmeD , we know our interests , and as men , with grateful memories , we feel for tfes situation of those who ( in defence of our liberty , 80 often peril their own . BplieTe us , Eir , though all besides might forget your public services and the wounds you have received in the cause of freedom , the undersigned memorialists will ever have a lively feeling of grati : udo for him , who . in spite of tyrannic opposition , animosity , and abuse , dares to staod forth , single handed , ia the defence of British Jibertiea and British people .
We are , Sir , on behalf of the undersigned , Thomas Wilson G . Fhenoh .
MEMORIAL OF CONGRATULATION , ADBRES 5 ED TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . FROM THE ISHABITAST 3 OF WOBURN , BEDFORDSHIRE . Noble and Respected Refbesbstativb of the Bbitish NatioN j We , the undersigned inhabitants of Woburn , have taken upon ug to congratulate yeu on ypur darine opposition to , and manly strivings with , onr aristocratic oppressors . Sensible as we are of our many wrings , mindful , too , of our rights , as the producers of wealth , and tke very foundation of the social fabric of this preat kingdom , we lock forward to the day when ( guided by suoh men as yourself ) , the free *
dom f o ardently sought for shall be no longer denied to the British people ; We sympathise with your situation in the House of Commons , and deeply feel the many insults you daily receive , on aceountofyour Literal opinions , from the mercenary men falsely called ' our representatives . ' We applaud the peaceful ntanner in which the late great Chartist demonstration wa 3 conducted , and feel a high decree of satisfaction at the frustration of those political manoeuvres the intention of which wag the slaughter of unarmed multitudes ; and whilst we view physical measures a 3 needful on urgent occasions , we , nevertheless , think that your moral force _ principles will do more to promote tbe cause , and unite the middle and lower c'asses together , than rielenoe or bloodshed ever could .
Go on , then , great leader in your work of good . Be the disinterested patriot , the able advocate , and the honest persevering charopioa you have hitherto proved yourself , and the best wishes of an enlightened community vrill follow in tha wake of your miehty deeds to their great climax—the liberation of mankind irem the accursed fetters of cruel , degradine / soul-crusbing , slavery ! We remain , your 3 respectfully , Jamos M'Kay John Robertson Wm . Grace - Francis Snook Mirk Chapman Jahn Davis James Hartley George Hobbs Wm . BodswQrth Wm . Judge P .-ter Whtller W . Bolt Thos . Groom Wm . Flanders Tbos . Pattit C . Inwood Jam s Gr'ffiths Jobnlnwood
Thoaas Wihon James Daniel ! George Fowler J . In wood , aen . John Erick 8 tock Geo . Fowler , sen . Richard Green Elijah Brown Divid Burgesg Jona Feri ; H 3 O . n Wm . Caaso John M'Kay JiroeRLanton Thomas Odsll John Smith Thos . Carter Aleiiil'Kay Geo . T . Edmunds John Groom Joseph Wildeman Charl i Griffiths Thomas Rutland William L * ns Wm . Hcighlnton John Pf ttit Thos . R ; ddall GeorpePettlt J . Flude Samuel Wileon Joiiah Clarke Wm , Bedford John Raison Samuel Hopkins G . Frenco Ood Save tin Charier !
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TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . Thursday , April 20 th , 184 S . Sir , —I aoi instructed to forward to you a copy of the Resolutions , and the Vote of Thanks unanimously carried at a public meeting , held this day , in the Hall of Science , City-road , at which 500 persons were present . I have tho honour to be , Y our obedient Servant , J . Savaoe . Chairman . Moved by Mr Cooper , seconded by Mr Smith : — ThatinihO opiuiea Of this maeting tho ministerial bill , entitled an ' Act for the better security of the Crown aDd Gev-. rBment , 'i 8 an infringement of the liberties Of thppeople ; that it Is calculated to destroy freedom of thought and speech , and Is at war with the best interests of society ,
Moved by Mr Baker , seconded by Me Tjghe : — That this meeting pledge themselves to use their utmost exertions to obtain an extension of the fraschiae , as tbe oal ; meaas of protecting their liberties . Moved by Mr Snow , seconded by Mr Hall : — That the thanks of thii meeting are hereby awarded to those members of tke tloueo ot Commons who BO indefa-Ucablr opposed the enactment of the bill ; and that a copy cf the resolutions be forwarded to each by tbe chairman .
——^* - 3 , Pinder ' B-Pftsssse , Stonegafe , York , April loth . Sir , —I would havo long Bince sent in my mite for the working out of the principles of the Charter Association , only certain doubt rested upon my mind in reference to the avowal of p hysical force to obtain a great national deliverance . Tbese doubts have vanished , and I now send you 2 s . 6 d . of postage stamps as a token of my anxiety for the success of the good omBe . I happen to beong to tho north of tbe Tweed , and this may be an apolsgy for addressing my shnrt epistle to Mr O'Connor instead of thf ; Editor of tha Nobthebh Star . Should you think the few thoughts in any way conducive is checking oppression , or the working out of those principles of philanthropy , calculated to suit the circumstances of the times , 1 know you will have fiem prominently inserted in your valuable paper , And , belisTO me , sir , your obedient servant , Wx , tows ,
The Northern Star, Saturday, Hay 6. 1848.
THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , HAY 6 . 1848 .
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. „ . MEASURES . NOT MEN .
In another column will be found an address from the National Assembly to the people , in which the necessity of union is very properly insisted on , and the people are wisely instructed to look only to " measures" without regard to " men . " Unfortunately , the measures of the Assembly have not yet been agreed upon , otherwise , in all probability , this number of the Northern
Star ' would have contained our earnest appeal to the millions to give their support to the said " measures . " Of course , if any measures are submitted to the people , which we believe to be ^ unwise , we shall , without regard to " men / 7 perform our duty of warning the people against committing themselves to any false movement . At present , we have no reason to apprehend such a misfortune : but , under any circumstances , both friends aDd foes will find us faithful to our mission .
Earnestly anxious for wise and energetic measures , calculated to accomplish the great end of the Chartist agitation , we must express eur unfeigned regret that—according to report—valuable time has been wasted by the Assembly in denouncing " men , " instead of propounding " measures . " Day by day , the London journals have contained reports of the" abuse heaped upon this paper and its proprietor . Here are specimens ;—
{ From the Morning Post of Thursday , May 4 th . ) Mr O'Connor was generally denounced , the addrets proposed being stated to be necessary to re-assure the people that tho cause of iha Charter was aot dead , though it h ? d been much damaged by tha letters of \ Lt O ' Connor in the Norlhtm Star—to wbioh an opposition was threatened ; one speaker stating that they had Mr O'Connor oa the hip—they would hurl bis paper to death , and expose him so that ho should never ba able gain to show his face in nubifo .
( From the Daily A ' ews . ) Oaeof tho delegates for tha Tower Hamleta com . plained of the iDj ' ury doaa to the cause by ifr P , O'Connor , aad aaid a body of staunch raformtrB were deter . mined to start a paper in opposition to the Northern Star , which would show up Mr O'Connor ia big true eolours , < o that ho would never be able to toks a positloa among the people again , Now , we beg to assuve the dissatisfied amongst the delegates , that we have not the least objection to twenty papers being started , either in opposition to , or in alliance with , the Northern Star . We have always welcomed every new candidate for Chartist patronage ; and if the threatened rival paper will only
" go the whole hog , " and wisely counsel the people in the pursuit of their rights , we promise it a hearty introduction to our friends . But we will not submit to be bullied from our position as the organ of the Chartist movement . By long and zealous service we have won that proud position , and we mean to keep it . As regards Mr O'Connor ' s letters , that gentleman lias replied for himself , and it now only remains for the people to judge between him and his accusers . For ourselves , we demand the bill of indictment against the Northern Star . When we know the charges we shall know how to reply to them . We might say much more , but enough for the present . We pause for a reply .
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW , Every movement of the present Ministry only reveals more clearly the f act , that they are deficient in all the essential requisites which are necessary to a vigorous and efficient Government . They lack , above all , that confidence of the Legislature , which is required te enable any Government to proceed with a positive policy , of whatever kind it may bo . Their official life is one of aufferance , and hence , their official policy is one of shifts and sublet
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fuges . At every step of their career , the r « starts up some awkward question , which they dare not meet , and are obiiged , by one ma : nceuvre or another , to get rid of . At the very commencement of the after Easter Session when it might have been imagined that our Legislators , recruited and refreshed by spend . ing their holidays in the country , would hav e been in fine condition for work—if they ever are so—anight has been lost . The long dawg and the brilliant suns of May , warn us tha t the end of the Session is not far off . Visiong of partridges , grouse , stubble fields , and red . fu £ e 8 « At everv step of their career , th er « Jrt 3 up some « , kprd question , * ^
coated huntsmen , already present themselves to the imagination , and , so far , the new Par . liament has done nothing but to pass unconstitutienal and stringent measures , with the view of repressing the utterance of that discontent which it knows not how to remove , and of stifling that disaffection which it is incompetent to allay . The Ministers did not know how to screen a " noble friend'Yrom a threatened exposure of his doings at Stamford , where he had ?
grossly , abused bis social power as a Landlord for the purpose of promoting his political interests ; they therefore had recourse to the clumsy expedient of making " no House , '' a trick which we may simply explain to the uninitiated consists in sending to the Clubs at the West End , and other places where " Members " most do congregate , an [ official called the " Whipper-in , " with a polite request that they won't trouble themselves to be at the House at four o ' clock in the afternoon !
Thus the threatened exposure was burked on that occasion , and Tuesday night—the only one now left , by the way , for independent motions , by individual members—was thrown away .
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On the first night of their re-assembling some more pulls at the national purse were made by Sir Charles Wood , who , if content to abrogate all the other functions ef his office , and to take the pay , while he remits the duties to "Committees up-st ' airs , " at least retains the wish and the power of spending the money of the people . Among three pulls was one of 200 , 000 / ., which the benevolent Baronet hopes to make a present of to the Sugar Planters of Guiana and Trinidad , in . order that they may thereby be enabled to procure a
fresh supply of Immigrants to cultivate their estates , and , of course , to reduce the wages of the Labourers in their employment , Now we have shown , on former occasions , that our West Indian Colonies have a right lo complain very much of the policy pursued towards them by this country , but we object to this * d captandum mode of healing all sores by a golden plaister . It is not only a costly , but a most ineffective method of governing , and at this moment we are not quite in a position to be making presents of that magnitude . It is well known that financial difficulties are
thickening around the Government ; and it should be remembered that as " every little makes a mickle , " as the Scotch people say—all these gratuities to favoured interests will , when summed up , amount to a very heavy burden upon a people already overburdened and weighed down with taxation , at a time when trade is almost at a stand still throughout the country-. Of course Sir Charles knows what he is about . The Sugar Planters have a lot of votes in the House of Commons . There is a
quid pro quo in these cases . Ifyouletus have the money , we will give you our support when needful . The bargain is struck—the people are sold , and that wonderful thing—a Whig Ministry—without real life or supporters , manages to get along as if it were a veritable administration ! Lord John promised before Easter , that he was going to bring forward a host of political and social remedies for Ireland . ' We suppose we may take the bill of Sir W . Sbmerville for Extending the Franchise , as a sample of the stock . It is eminently VVhiggish . Their last
botched-up measure having utterly ( ailed , they are now trying to substitute an al ost equally worthless , vamped up article in its place . With a population of nearly eight millions , Ireland does not possess more than 100 , 000 voters , and these are rapidly diminishing . To remedy thi ? , Sir W . Somerville proposes to abolish the existing qualification , and in lieu thereof to adopt the principle that all persons rated to the Poor-rate to the amount of 8 / . and upwards , shall have a vote ; and that the Franchise shall extend to cases of joint occupancy , provided the rating of the property , when divided ,
shall be sufficient to qualif y the different parties . He admitted that under the present system the elections in Ireland would at no distant date become a perfect farce ; and he anticipated from the adoption of his plan , an increase of the constituency at least four-fold . Even if his anticipations were fully realised , they would fall far short of the justice of the case ; but looking at the actual condition of the people , we do not believe they are at all likely to be so ; and , in the meantime , it is evident that the measure is a mere sop in the pan , proposed with the view of securing for the unpalatable Poor Law a little more support than it has hitherto received . Now we are
opposed altogether to this Whig method of making the natural desire of men to exercise a natural right , the occasion for the construction of tax traps . They did so in their Reform Act , and the result is to be seen in the small constituency out of the number nominally entitled , and in the annually increasing disgust with the whole apparatus of Registra ° - tion Courts . This new specimen of political blundering is not at all likely to become more effective or to be more popular , and to propose it at all , in the face of the popular opinion amongst all classes in favour of a very large extension , is either a piece of cool impudence or excessive folly . a
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A discussion as to the propriety of disfranchising the corrupt freemen 0 / Great Yarmouth , gave Lord John an opportunity oi again hoisting the standard of finality . Moderate J Hume said , that seeing the taking away of the votes from these parties would reduce the constituency ; he wished to ask if , in tkat case , the noble lord would give a 51 . suffrage ? His lordshi p has a horror at the idea of touching the immaculate and sacred workmanship
of 1832 , and , therefore , at once abjured all idea of the kind . It would involve the principle of the " whole Bill ; " and as he is determined that ive shall have " nothing- but the Bill , " why , the constituencies may dwindle down , grow " small by degrees and beautifully less , but this is of no consequence , whatever , compared with the maintenance in all its integrity of that venerable and hallowed portion of the British constitution—the Reform Act '•
The Bill by which the Premier intended to do the handsome' for his Jewish colleague in the representation in the City of London , » nd which was introduced at the commencement of the session , and then lost sight of altogether , has turned up again , at last . Baron Rothschild is no " great shakes '* of a speaker , and , perhaps , his lordship thinks he can pass muster for two members himself ; but we must
say it 13 somewhat disrespectful to the Baron , and , at the same time , a clear deprivation oi political rights to the citizens of London , to have delayed the settlement of this question , so long , But in this case , as in every other ] everything must give way to the exigencies oi a weak and tottering Government , which only continues to live from day to day upon tb « stray planks which the eddies of the political tide happen to bring within their reach
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Chabls . i Miakin . —We know o 7 no bett « r mtnnt of « ting tbo Uhited Ibisbxih than through a Notting ^ newg agent . To Sbbscbibxbs . —Any subscriber , hating copies ef « & Nokbmn Stab of April 24 th , aud Juiw Mb , I ' ' will gr « atly oblige us by sending a copy of each < l » to thii office , for which payment will be remitted . William Mitton , coal miner , Ute of Hlndley , and whi , worked « t the South Wlugate Colliery at tho time " ' the collier * ' strike , is requested to forward his adilS " to / oseph Bomies , DodUuMfchroTr , Hiadlsy ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 6, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1469/page/4/
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